User:Onegreatjoke/Successful Did You Know? Reviews
Hello! This is a list of all Did you know reviews that I, Onegreatjoke have successfully (or helped) approved and had promoted to the main page. I split this off from my user page because the list was getting too long and making my userpage too big.
Successful Did You Know? Reviews 
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Reviews 1-100
[edit]| No. | Article | Approval Date | Promotion Date | Display Date | Review Page | Nominator | Promoter | Did You Know? |
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| 1 |  Oak Industries
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1 October 2022 | 2 October 2022 | 8 October 2022 | Review Page | DigitalIceAge | RoySmith | ... that Oak Industries was the largest American maker of TV tuning dials in 1980? |
| 2 | Howie Shanks
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2 October 2022 | 2 October 2022 | 10 October 2022 | Review Page | Muboshgu | Theleekycauldron | ... that a doctor told Howie Shanks that he only had a few weeks to live, but he lived another 31 years? |
| 3 | Kiriko (Overwatch)
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1 October 2022 | 3 October 2022 | 11 October 2022 | Review Page | Soulbust | Theleekycauldron | ... that Kiriko, a "fox girl" character for Overwatch 2, was teased through a coded message that translates to "What Does the Fox Say?" |
| 4 | WNER
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2 October 2022 | 7 October 2022 | 12 October 2022 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | RoySmith | ... that a New York state radio station became entangled in an estate dispute in which a man was jailed four times in six months for contempt of court? |
| 5 | East English River Provincial Park
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1 October 2022 | 8 October 2022 | 12 October 2022 | Review Page | P199 | CSJJ104 | ... that the English River within the East English River Provincial Park has no regulated flow and no pollution, unique in northwestern Ontario? |
| 6 | Tiger Fire
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1 October 2022 | 10 October 2022 | 15 October 2022 | Review Page | JoleBruh | Theleekycauldron | ... that one day after the Tiger Fire (pictured) ignited, it had already burned 5,567 acres (2,253 ha) of land near Black Canyon City, Arizona? |
| 7 | Cryptodidymosphaerites
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7 October 2022 | 11 October 2022 | 15 October 2022 | Review Page | Kevmin | Theleekycauldron | ... that Cryptodidymosphaerites is a parasite of a parasite? |
| 8 | Novak v. City of Parma
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7 October 2022 | 11 October 2022 | 16 October 2022 | Review Page | Tamzin | Theleekycauldron | ... that The Onion said in a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court that "the federal judiciary is staffed entirely by total Latin dorks"? |
| 9 | Dimension 68000
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3 October 2022 | 11 October 2022 | 16 October 2022 | Review Page | DigitalIceAge | Theleekycauldron | ... that the Dimension 68000 microcomputer had expansion cards to emulate the Apple II, the IBM PC, and various CP/M machines? |
| 10 | Hermann Marx
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3 October 2022 | 11 October 2022 | 16 October 2022 | Review Page | Philafrenzy | Theleekycauldron | ... that banker Hermann Marx and his firm underwrote the share issue that led to the "pepper scandal" of 1934? |
| 11 | 2022 Berlin Marathon
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4 October 2022 | 12 October 2022 | 15 October 2022 | Review Page | Dying | Theleekycauldron | ... that in the 2022 Berlin Marathon, Tigist Assefa won by running the third-fastest marathon ever by a woman, in just her second marathon, breaking her personal best by nearly 20 minutes? |
| 12 | Delaware Straight-Out Truth Teller
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2 October 2022 | 12 October 2022 | 16 October 2022 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | Theleekycauldron | ... that the only purpose of the Delaware Straight-Out Truth Teller was to promote a political candidate? |
| 13 | Windows 2.1x
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1 October 2022 | 12 October 2022 | 16 October 2022 | Review Page | Vacant0 | Theleekycauldron | ... that Windows 2.1 was the first version of Microsoft Windows to require a hard disk drive? |
| 14 | Working from Within: The Nature and Development of Quine's Naturalism
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2 October 2022 | 12 October 2022 | 16 October 2022 | Review Page | Alduin2000 | Theleekycauldron | ... that the book Working from Within details how W. V. Quine only began to use the term "naturalism" years after he had already developed the key tenets of the philosophy? |
| 15 | Yoga nidra
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12 October 2022 | 15 October 2022 | 16 October 2022 | Review Page | LordPeterII | SL93 | ... that Yoga nidra, a state of consciousness "in which Buddhas may access secret knowledge", is being studied for potential treatment of sleep problems? |
| 16 | Windows 3.1x
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1 October 2022 | 15 October 2022 | 17 October 2022 | Review Page | Vacant0 | Cwmhiraeth | ... that Windows 3.1 had a special version, known as Modular Windows, that was controlled via television? |
| 17 | Jonathan Beaulieu-Richard
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2 October 2022 | 15 October 2022 | 17 October 2022 | Review Page | Muboshgu | Cwmhiraeth | ... that Jonathan Beaulieu-Richard retired from the Canadian Football League to become a pharmacist? |
| 18 | Ann Beaglehole
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2 October 2022 | 16 October 2022 | 18 October 2022 | Review Page | Chocmilk03 | SL93 | ... that former child refugee Ann Beaglehole has become a historian specialising in refugee history? |
| 19 | Pharah
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12 October 2022 | 18 October 2022 | 20 October 2022 | Review Page | Soulbust | SL93 | ... that the combat suit Pharah wears in Overwatch bears a strong resemblance to those featured in mecha anime? |
| 20 | Rebeca Delgado
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16 October 2022 | 18 October 2022 | 20 October 2022 | Review Page | Krisgabwoosh | SL93 | ... that Rebeca Delgado created Freedom of Thought for Bolivia after being told by her previous party that she should leave if she wanted to be a "freethinker"? |
| 21 | Amy Santiago
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2 October 2022 | 18 October 2022 | 20 October 2022 | Review Page | Pamzeis | SL93 | ... that Brooklyn Nine-Nine character Amy Santiago has straight hair because the show's two Latina regular cast members feared that one of them would be fired? |
| 22 | Adam Kingsmill
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14 October 2022 | 18 October 2022 | 20 October 2022 | Review Page | HickoryOughtShirt?4 | SL93 | ... that Adam Kingsmill, who is missing most of his right leg, played stand-up ice hockey until 2016? |
| 23 | Murder of the DeLisle children
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3 October 2022 | 18 October 2022 | 20 October 2022 | Review Page | Cbl62 | SL93 | ... that a 28-year-old tire store manager drowned his four children in the same station wagon in which his father fatally shot himself in the head? |
| 24 | Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Atlanta)
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2 October 2022 | 18 October 2022 | 21 October 2022 | Review Page | JJonahJackalope | Theleekycauldron | ... that in 2010, the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Atlanta became the first church in the state to be elevated to the rank of minor basilica? |
| 25 | Robert Nimmo
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2 October 2022 | 18 October 2022 | 21 October 2022 | Review Page | Peacemaker67 | Theleekycauldron | ... that Robert Nimmo's command of the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan remains the longest ever command of a United Nations operation? |
| 26 | Resplendent quetzal
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12 October 2022 | 18 October 2022 | 22 October 2022 | Review Page | LordPeterII | Theleekycauldron | ... that killing a resplendent quetzal was a crime in Aztec and Maya law? |
| 27 | Rockstar Leeds
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2 October 2022 | 18 October 2022 | 23 October 2022 | Review Page | IceWelder | Theleekycauldron | ... that Rockstar Leeds was once based at a decommissioned church? |
| 28 | Empire Theatre (42nd Street)
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9 October 2022 | 18 October 2022 | 23 October 2022 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Theleekycauldron | ... that Abbott and Costello dragged the Empire Theatre 168 feet (51 m) in 1998? |
| 29 | Holy Ground (song)
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7 October 2022 | 21 October 2022 | 24 October 2022 | Review Page | Unlimitedlead | RoySmith | ... that the beat in Taylor Swift's song "Holy Ground" was described by Brad Nelson of The Atlantic as "insistent enough to act as punctuation for the lyrics"? |
| 30 | The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli
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4 October 2022 | 21 October 2022 | 24 October 2022 | Review Page | Etriusus | RoySmith | ... that Carlo Carrà attributed The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli to the 1904 Italian general strike, while the actual funeral and riot occured in 1906? |
| 31 | Tropical Storm Hermine (2022)
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6 October 2022 | 21 October 2022 | 25 October 2022 | Review Page | Cyclonebiskit | LordPeterII | ... that Tropical Storm Hermine (pictured) in September 2022 produced record-breaking rainfall in the Canary Islands amounting to more than 20 times the monthly average? |
| 32 | Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
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22 October 2022 | 22 October 2022 | 24 October 2022 | Review Page | JJonahJackalope | RoySmith | ... that the Church of the Immaculate Conception was rededicated as a shrine in 1954, 100 years after the dogma of the Immaculate Conception was defined? |
| 33 | De Boom Die Alles Zag
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4 October 2022 | 23 October 2022 | 24 October 2022 | Review Page | Styyx | Cwmhiraeth | ... that a grey poplar in Amsterdam is "the tree that saw it all"? |
| 34 | Rape during the Vietnam War
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19 October 2022 | 23 October 2022 | 25 October 2022 | Review Page | Mhhossein | SL93 | ... that a U.S. soldier who killed a Vietnamese woman after raping her was dubbed a "double veteran"? |
| 35 | All Saints' Episcopal Church (Austin, Texas)
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12 October 2022 | 23 October 2022 | 26 October 2022 | Review Page | Bryanrutherford0 | SL93 | ... that All Saints' Episcopal Church contains the crypt of its founder, Episcopal Bishop of Texas George Herbert Kinsolving? |
| 36 | Nakhichevan uezd
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17 October 2022 | 23 October 2022 | 26 October 2022 | Review Page | Olympian | SL93 | ... that the Nakhichevan uezd was home to more than 54,000 Armenians until they perished through the events of 1918–1920 as a result of the Russian Revolution? |
| 37 | Tyrone Davis (American football)
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12 October 2022 | 23 October 2022 | 26 October 2022 | Review Page | Bloom6132 | SL93 | ... that Tyrone Davis was the first wide receiver selected by the New York Jets in the 1995 NFL Draft? |
| 38 | Romina Pérez
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19 October 2022 | 23 October 2022 | 26 October 2022 | Review Page | Krisgabwoosh | RoySmith | ... that before entering politics, Romina Pérez worked at the Center for Legal Studies and Social Research, which "became a 'nursery' for intellectual and political cadres of the Movement for Socialism"? |
| 39 | Kline's Mill, Virginia
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12 October 2022 | 23 October 2022 | 26 October 2022 | Review Page | Shearonink | RoySmith | ... that Kline's Mill is a rare surviving example of an Oliver Evans milling system from 1794? |
| 40 | Lafayette Cartee
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22 October 2022 | 24 October 2022 | 27 October 2022 | Review Page | Orygun | SL93 | ... that after serving as Speaker of the Oregon Territory House of Representatives, Lafayette Cartee moved to the Idaho Territory where he became a well-known horticulturalist? |
| 41 | Ball Ground, Georgia
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12 October 2022 | 25 October 2022 | 28 October 2022 | Review Page | Aoidh | RoySmith | ... that Ball Ground, Georgia, received its name because the land was originally used by Native Americans to play stickball? |
| 42 | Leon Burton
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17 October 2022 | 25 October 2022 | 28 October 2022 | Review Page | Bloom6132 | RoySmith | ... that Leon Burton set the NCAA record of 9.6 yards per carry in 1957? |
| 43 | WSCV
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12 October 2022 | 25 October 2022 | 28 October 2022 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | RoySmith | ... that a Florida TV station operated from an abandoned amusement park? |
| 44 | WHYY-TV
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17 October 2022 | 26 October 2022 | 29 October 2022 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | SL93 | ... that episodes of such game shows as Double Dare, Finders Keepers, and You Bet Your Life were filmed at the Philadelphia studios of a public TV station? |
| 45 | Loch Ness Monster (roller coaster)
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24 October 2022 | 26 October 2022 | 30 October 2022 | Review Page | Adog | Theleekycauldron | ... that there is a Loch Ness Monster in Williamsburg, Virginia? |
| 46 | Halyna Kuzmenko
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18 October 2022 | 27 October 2022 | 30 October 2022 | Review Page | Grnrchst | RoySmith | ... that Halyna Kuzmenko promoted the Ukrainization of the Makhnovist movement, successfully increasing the use of the Ukrainian language by Russian speakers? |
| 47 | Parallax Graphics
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26 October 2022 | 27 October 2022 | 30 October 2022 | Review Page | DigitalIceAge | LordPeterII | ... that Mike Judge's three-month tenure at video card manufacturer Parallax Graphics was an inspiration for Office Space? |
| 48 | Bruce Timm
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15 October 2022 | 27 October 2022 | 30 October 2022 | Review Page | FlairTale | LordPeterII | ... that Bruce Timm created most of the character designs for Batman: The Animated Series? |
| 49 | TXO Production Corp. v. Alliance Resources Corp.
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26 October 2022 | 27 October 2022 | 30 October 2022 | Review Page | KiraLiz1 | LordPeterII | ... that in 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld West Virginia's largest punitive damages award in history, awarding $10 million – 526 times larger than the compensatory damages? |
| 50 | Margie Masters
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13 October 2022 | 28 October 2022 | 31 October 2022 | Review Page | Bloom6132 | SL93 | ... that Margie Masters made the cut at a golf tournament despite being shot at by a sniper on the course? |
| 51 | The Faulkland Quiz
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23 October 2022 | 28 October 2022 | 31 October 2022 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | SL93 | ... that Delaware weekly newspaper The Faulkland Quiz was founded, edited and published by an 18-year-old? |
| 52 | The Bone People
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18 October 2022 | 28 October 2022 | 1 November 2022 | Review Page | Chocmilk03 | RoySmith | ... that The Bone People by Keri Hulme nearly ended up as a doorstop instead of a Booker Prize-winning novel? |
| 53 | Chuck Deardorf
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18 October 2022 | 28 October 2022 | 1 November 2022 | Review Page | Bloom6132 | RoySmith | ... that Chuck Deardorf joked that he "played both kinds of music: country and western"? |
| 54 | Antinous
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9 October 2022 | 28 October 2022 | 1 November 2022 | Review Page | Unlimitedlead | Theleekycauldron | ... that the Roman emperor Hadrian was so grieved by the death of his male lover Antinous that he made him into a god and founded a city in his honour? |
| 55 | Alt attribute
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17 October 2022 | 29 October 2022 | 1 November 2022 | Review Page | Aoidh | Theleekycauldron | ... that organizations have been successfully sued for not using the alt attribute correctly on their websites? |
| 56 | Lindsay Ring
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20 October 2022 | 29 October 2022 | 2 November 2022 | Review Page | Iainmacintyre | SL93 | ... that Lindsay Ring regained control of his family catering firm and went on to become Lord Mayor of London? |
| 57 | Dark forest hypothesis
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28 October 2022 | 29 October 2022 | 2 November 2022 | Review Page | LordPeterII | SL93 | ... that some scientists believe we may live in a "dark forest"? |
| 58 | Bowery Savings Bank Building (130 Bowery)
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11 October 2022 | 29 October 2022 | 2 November 2022 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Theleekycauldron | ... that when the Bowery Savings Bank Building opened in 1895, "the bank as a work of architecture went from the merely big to the colossal"? |
| 59 | Iowa Cow War
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22 October 2022 | 29 October 2022 | 2 November 2022 | Review Page | SL93 | LordPeterII | ... that the Iowa Cow War started due to bovine tuberculosis testing? |
| 60 | Josef Somr
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18 October 2022 | 30 October 2022 | 2 November 2022 | Review Page | Bloom6132 | Theleekycauldron | ... that despite having roles in more than 170 films, Josef Somr preferred acting in theatre? |
| 61 | List of compositions by Graham Waterhouse
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28 October 2022 | 30 October 2022 | 2 November 2022 | Review Page | Gerda Arendt | RoySmith | ... that compositions by Graham Waterhouse (pictured) range from the beginning of his String Sextet, Op. 1, in 1979 to the Fantasia Ucraina for two violins in 2022? |
| 62 | Castle Clinton
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19 October 2022 | 30 October 2022 | 3 November 2022 | Review Page | Epicgenius | RoySmith | ... that the New York City Board of Estimate voted to demolish Fort Clinton (pictured) six times before the fort became a U.S. national monument? |
| 63 | Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
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20 October 2022 | 31 October 2022 | 2 November 2022 | Review Page | Rhain | RoySmith | ... that Oh My God, Charlie Darwin was recorded by the Low Anthem in ten days in a Block Island basement? |
| 64 | Alien: Covenant
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26 October 2022 | 31 October 2022 | 3 November 2022 | Review Page | Lankyant | RoySmith | ... that a scene featuring Michael Fassbender kissing himself in Alien: Covenant was cut from the Chinese release due to censorship? |
| 65 | Elcho Castle
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22 October 2022 | 31 October 2022 | 3 November 2022 | Review Page | Kj cheetham | RoySmith | ... that Elcho Castle never saw combat, but was nearly burned down by a mob in 1773? |
| 66 | Meadow knapweed
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31 October 2022 | 31 October 2022 | 4 November 2022 | Review Page | LordPeterII | Kavyansh.Singh | ... that meadow knapweed (pictured) is a hybrid between black knapweed and brown knapweed, which were both introduced to North America? |
| 67 | Pride Month
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26 October 2022 | 31 October 2022 | 4 November 2022 | Review Page | DecafPotato | Kavyansh.Singh | ... that Pride Month is held in commemoration of the Stonewall riots? |
| 68 | Graham Hawkins
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30 October 2022 | 31 October 2022 | 4 November 2022 | Review Page | EchetusXe | Kavyansh.Singh | ... that Graham Hawkins coached the Wolverhampton Wanderers to the top division in his first season as a manager? |
| 69 | KTVU (Stockton, California)
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28 October 2022 | 31 October 2022 | 4 November 2022 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Kavyansh.Singh | ... that the studios of a California TV station were converted back into a movie theater after it went out of business? |
| 70 | Andrea Bonetti
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28 October 2022 | 31 October 2022 | 4 November 2022 | Review Page | Dr Salvus | Kavyansh.Singh | ... that Andrea Bonetti was Juventus U16's most prolific player of the 2018–19 season with 16 goals? |
| 71 | City Pier A
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23 October 2022 | 31 October 2022 | 4 November 2022 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Kavyansh.Singh | ... that City Pier A's clock tower was the first memorial to World War I casualties in the United States, according to a New York City government spokesperson? |
| 72 | Rockstar Lincoln
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21 October 2022 | 31 October 2022 | 5 November 2022 | Review Page | IceWelder | RoySmith | ... that Rockstar Lincoln used to keep live tarantulas at its offices? |
| 73 | Anti-Hero (song)
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23 October 2022 | 31 October 2022 | 5 November 2022 | Review Page | Unlimitedlead | RoySmith | ... that in the music video for the song "Anti-Hero", Taylor Swift imagines a scenario in which she is killed by her own daughter-in-law? |
| 74 | Jon Brittenum
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17 October 2022 | 1 November 2022 | 3 November 2022 | Review Page | Bloom6132 | SL93 | ... that Jon Brittenum managed an investment banking firm after his fourteen-game-long NFL career? |
| 75 | Ryti–Ribbentrop Agreement
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27 October 2022 | 1 November 2022 | 5 November 2022 | Review Page | LordPeterII | RoySmith | ... that the United States severed diplomatic ties with Finland in 1944 because of a personal letter sent to Hitler? |
| 76 | H. E. and A. Bown
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18 October 2022 | 1 November 2022 | 5 November 2022 | Review Page | Storye book | RoySmith | ... that Arthur Bown designed the Jubilee Memorial, Harrogate (pictured) to commemorate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee? |
| 77 | Jubilee Memorial, Harrogate
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| 78 | J. Elroy McCaw
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20 October 2022 | 1 November 2022 | 5 November 2022 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | RoySmith | ... that J. Elroy McCaw feigned losing his wallet to make women pay for meals at restaurants? |
| 79 | Roberts's triangle theorem
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1 November 2022 | 2 November 2022 | 6 November 2022 | Review Page | David Eppstein | RoySmith | ... that it took 90 years to replace the "unconvincing" original proof of Roberts's triangle theorem, on the number of triangles formed by systems of lines, with a correct proof? |
| 80 | View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Manhattan, 9/11
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1 November 2022 | 2 November 2022 | 6 November 2022 | Review Page | Redrobsche | RoySmith | ... that View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Manhattan, 9/11 taken on the day of the attacks on the World Trade Center was not published until 2005 because it seemed too pretty to its creator Thomas Hoepker? |
| 81 | Deveselu Military Base
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31 October 2022 | 3 November 2022 | 6 November 2022 | Review Page | LordPeterII | RoySmith | ... that the Aegis BMD at Deveselu Military Base, intended to intercept missiles from Iran, has been called a "direct threat" by Russian officials? |
| 82 | Declaration of Sainte-Adresse
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27 October 2022 | 3 November 2022 | 6 November 2022 | Review Page | Dumelow | RoySmith | ... that in the 1916 Declaration of Sainte-Adresse Britain, France and Russia committed to securing the political and economic independence of Belgium after the First World War? |
| 83 | Westland Explorers' Monument
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23 October 2022 | 3 November 2022 | 7 November 2022 | Review Page | Schwede66 | RoySmith | ... that the Westland Explorers' Monument (pictured), placed within an intersection, was seen as an obstruction and relocated, only to be replaced with an even larger monument? |
| 84 | A Man and His Dog (novella)
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1 November 2022 | 3 November 2022 | 7 November 2022 | Review Page | WatkynBassett | RoySmith | ... that the dog in A Man and His Dog was modelled after Thomas Mann's real-life dog Bauschan? |
| 85 | Jemma Mitchell case
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2 November 2022 | 3 November 2022 | 7 November 2022 | Review Page | Nineteen Ninety-Four guy | RoySmith | ... that the sentencing phase of the Jemma Mitchell case was the second to be filmed in England and Wales since a change in the law permitted television cameras into court? |
| 86 | KCCC-TV
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30 October 2022 | 3 November 2022 | 7 November 2022 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | RoySmith | ... that the opening day of a California TV station was affected by a strike when workers refused to cross a two-man picket line? |
| 87 | Wibautstraat metro station
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30 October 2022 | 4 November 2022 | 7 November 2022 | Review Page | Styyx | Theleekycauldron | ...that the letters on the platform walls of Wibautstraat metro station (pictured) refer to the offices of Dutch newspapers that were located on the street above? |
| 88 | Chifeng sui
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2 November 2022 | 5 November 2022 | 7 November 2022 | Review Page | Kingoflettuce | SL93 | ... that the Marrow of the Red Phoenix was composed by the "Daoist Confounded by Plum Blossoms"? |
| 89 | Dērītum
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30 October 2022 | 5 November 2022 | 7 November 2022 | Review Page | LordPeterII | SL93 | ... that the statue of the goddess Dērītum had to be ceremonially bathed? |
| 90 | Terbium compounds
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29 October 2022 | 5 November 2022 | 7 November 2022 | Review Page | Praseodymium-141 | SL93 | ... that terbium compounds have applications in fields such as optics because of its green fluoroscence? |
| 91 | Brendan Bechtel
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28 October 2022 | 5 November 2022 | 7 November 2022 | Review Page | Cielquiparle | SL93 | ... that one of Chairman and CEO Brendan Bechtel's first jobs was to install security cables for laptops at Bechtel headquarters in San Francisco when he was 14 years old? |
| 92 | Zork
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27 October 2022 | 5 November 2022 | 8 November 2022 | Review Page | LordPeterII | Jack Frost | ... that one scholar compared the importance of Zork to that of Homer's Iliad? |
| 93 | 1920 Xalapa earthquake
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31 October 2022 | 5 November 2022 | 8 November 2022 | Review Page | Dora the Axe-plorer | Rlink2 | ... that the first probable scientific study of aftershocks following a destructive earthquake was undertaken after the 1920 Xalapa earthquake? (Hook later removed due to it turning out to be untrue). |
| 94 | Rockstar New England
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24 October 2022 | 5 November 2022 | 8 November 2022 | Review Page | IceWelder | Rlink2 | ... that Rockstar New England is based in Andover, Massachusetts, because it is the founder's "favorite place"? |
| 95 | 1990 Arkansas Amendment 3
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2 November 2022 | 5 November 2022 | 8 November 2022 | Review Page | Elli | Rlink2 | ... that the constitution of Arkansas contained text opposing racial integration for 34 years until it was repealed in a 1990 amendment? |
| 96 | Helmut Reimer
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28 October 2022 | 5 November 2022 | 8 November 2022 | Review Page | Gerda Arendt | SL93 | ... that Helmut Reimer, who was professor of microelectronics at the Technische Universität Ilmenau from 1971, began in 1992 to make TeleTrusT a competence centre for applied cryptography and biometrics? |
| 97 | BMX XXX
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20 October 2022 | 5 November 2022 | 8 November 2022 | Review Page | Cat's Tuxedo | SL93 | ... that the concept of adding strippers to the extreme sports video game BMX XXX was initially proposed in jest? |
| 98 | Camarão Indians' letters
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31 October 2022 | 5 November 2022 | 10 November 2022 | Review Page | LordPeterII | SL93 | ... that the first known texts written by Brazilian indigenous people, written in 1645, were only completely translated in 2021? |
| 99 | Le Vaillant
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2 November 2022 | 5 November 2022 | 10 November 2022 | Review Page | Dumelow | SL93 | ... that in 1916 the French appointed a pigeon to the Legion of Honour? |
| 100 | Impact events on Mars
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3 November 2022 | 6 November 2022 | 9 November 2022 | Review Page | Exoplanetaryscience | RoySmith | ... that in 2021, two asteroids hit Mars, each leaving craters over 100 meters (330 feet) across and being felt as marsquakes by the InSight mission thousands of kilometers away? |
Reviews 101-200
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| 101 | Fire Shut Up in My Bones
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1 November 2022 | 6 November 2022 | 9 November 2022 | Review Page | JohnmgKing | RoySmith | ... that Fire Shut Up in My Bones, a 2019 opera by Terence Blanchard, was the first by a black composer to be performed at the Metropolitan Opera since its founding in 1883? |
| 102 | A Sun
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20 October 2022 | 6 November 2022 | 9 November 2022 | Review Page | Gerald Waldo Luis | SL93 | ... that the Taiwanese film "陽光普照" was translated to "A Sun" in regards to its homonym with "A son", with the film being about parental favoritism? |
| 103 | Seyrani Monument
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3 November 2022 | 6 November 2022 | 9 November 2022 | Review Page | Gazozlu | SL93 | ... that Gürdal Duyar's 1976 Seyrani Monument became a symbol of the Develi district? |
| 104 | What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848
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25 October 2022 | 6 November 2022 | 10 November 2022 | Review Page | Hydrangeans | RoySmith | ... that What Hath God Wrought, the 2007 history of Jacksonian America written by Daniel Walker Howe, is dedicated to Andrew Jackson's "political nemesis" John Quincy Adams? |
| 105 | Muslim uprisings in Kars and Sharur–Nakhichevan
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30 October 2022 | 6 November 2022 | 10 November 2022 | Review Page | Olympian | RoySmith | ... that with the help of Turkish and Azerbaijani agents, Muslims in Armenia revolted in 1919–1920 and massacred over 10,000 Armenians? |
| 106 | Martin Wemyss
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4 November 2022 | 7 November 2022 | 10 November 2022 | Review Page | Dumelow | RoySmith | ... that as a young midshipman Martin Wemyss, arriving late at a function and using the wrong entrance, bumped into George VI and was invited to dance with the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret? |
| 107 | Nicole Lloyd-Ronning
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2 November 2022 | 7 November 2022 | 11 November 2022 | Review Page | David Eppstein | RoySmith | ... that Nicole Lloyd-Ronning returned to astrophysics research after a ten-year hiatus, aided by an American Physical Society award for women with interrupted careers? |
| 108 | Sundrum Castle
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26 October 2022 | 9 November 2022 | 11 November 2022 | Review Page | Kj cheetham | SL93 | ... that the fall of Sundrum Castle was alluded to in a poem by Robert Chambers in the 19th century and was later referred to as a curse? |
| 109 | Choe Han-gi
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9 November 2022 | 9 November 2022 | 12 November 2022 | Review Page | LordPeterII | RoySmith | ... that Choe Han-gi (pictured) published a theory that aimed to replace Newtonian mechanics with one based on qi? |
| 110 | GPS Air
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4 November 2022 | 9 November 2022 | 12 November 2022 | Review Page | Silver seren | RoySmith | ... that a class-action lawsuit against Global Plasma Solutions claimed that their air-purification devices used in schools did not function as advertised and were potentially harmful? |
| 111 | Arthur Leslie Walter Newth
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3 November 2022 | 9 November 2022 | 12 November 2022 | Review Page | Dumelow | RoySmith | ... that Arthur Leslie Walter Newth was only 21 when appointed to command the 16th (Service) Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment during the First World War? |
| 112 | Annas Maamun
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2 November 2022 | 9 November 2022 | 12 November 2022 | Review Page | Juxlos | RoySmith | ... that when sworn in, Annas Maamun was the oldest serving Indonesian governor? |
| 113 | 2000 Taiwanese presidential election
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3 November 2022 | 9 November 2022 | 12 November 2022 | Review Page | Duonaut | RoySmith | ... that the 2000 Taiwanese presidential election ended more than 50 years of Kuomintang rule? |
| 114 | Paleoflora of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands
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13 October 2022 | 10 November 2022 | 15 November 2022 | Review Page | Kevmin | SL93 | ... that the paleoflora of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands (fossil pictured) has a noted mixture of both temperate and subtropical plants? |
| 115 | Cedric Oglesby
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10 November 2022 | 11 November 2022 | 15 November 2022 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | SL93 | ... that former Arizona Cardinals kicker Cedric Oglesby, one of the first African-American kickers in NFL history, received his chance to play when the team's previous kicker injured himself celebrating? |
| 116 | KTAR (AM)
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1 November 2022 | 11 November 2022 | 16 November 2022 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | SL93 | ... that by the time he became Governor of Arizona, John Howard Pyle's appearances on a Phoenix radio station made him "as familiar in Arizona homes as the family radio"? |
| 117 | Enriqueta Legorreta
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25 October 2022 | 11 November 2022 | 17 November 2022 | Review Page | SusunW | SL93 | ... that Enriqueta Legorreta (pictured), who was the first Mexican woman to appear as Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walküre, became an award-winning environmental activist? |
| 118 | Politics in The Simpsons
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3 November 2022 | 12 November 2022 | 17 November 2022 | Review Page | Thebiguglyalien | SL93 | ... that politics in The Simpsons have caused controversy in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, and Japan? |
| 119 | Tove Birkelund
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28 October 2022 | 12 November 2022 | 19 November 2022 | Review Page | LordPeterII | Theleekycauldron | ... that the Danish geologist Tove Birkelund (pictured) received a gold medal for her early work on fossils of Scaphites in Greenland? |
| 120 | Radoje Pajović
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5 November 2022 | 13 November 2022 | 19 November 2022 | Review Page | Peacemaker67 | RoySmith | ... that Montenegrin historian Radoje Pajović refused to engage in historical revisionism to rehabilitate Chetniks who collaborated with the Axis powers? |
| 121 | Warren Zevon on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2002
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3 November 2022 | 13 November 2022 | 20 November 2022 | Review Page | The ed17 | RoySmith | ... that when rock musician Warren Zevon received a terminal diagnosis of lung cancer, he learned to "enjoy every sandwich"? |
| 122 | I. C. Vissarion
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11 November 2022 | 13 November 2022 | 20 November 2022 | Review Page | Dahn | SL93 | ... that writer I. C. Vissarion was sentenced to death during the 1907 Romanian peasants' revolt, after it was alleged that he had created homemade bombs? |
| 123 | War Memorial Building, Belfast
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5 November 2022 | 14 November 2022 | 19 November 2022 | Review Page | Dumelow | RoySmith | ... that Belfast's War Memorial Building was built on the site of a hotel destroyed during the 1941 Belfast Blitz? |
| 124 | Taters Chatham
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8 November 2022 | 14 November 2022 | 20 November 2022 | Review Page | Dumelow | RoySmith | ... that after Taters Chatham stole the chelengk of Lord Nelson (replica pictured) in 1951 it was never recovered? |
| 125 | Eurovision Song Contest 1998
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10 November 2022 | 14 November 2022 | 20 November 2022 | Review Page | Sims2aholic8 | RoySmith | ... that Dana International, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, received death threats following her selection to compete? |
| 126 | Tom Pashby
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15 November 2022 | 15 November 2022 | 22 November 2022 | Review Page | Flibirigit | RoySmith | ... that ophthalmologist Tom Pashby spent 46 years improving the safety of hockey helmets? |
| 127 | Atkinson Hyperlegible
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11 November 2022 | 16 November 2022 | 22 November 2022 | Review Page | Tamzin | SL93 | ... that to optimize Atkinson Hyperlegible for visually impaired people, its designers intentionally broke the rule that a typeface should be uniform? |
| 128 | SooperDooperLooper
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11 November 2022 | 16 November 2022 | 22 November 2022 | Review Page | Adog | SL93 | ... that the name of the SooperDooperLooper was picked when a Hershey executive was outvoted by his wife and children? |
| 129 | Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu
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15 November 2022 | 17 November 2022 | 23 November 2022 | Review Page | Lajmmoore | RoySmith | ... that Eritrean poet Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu was imprisoned for six years without trial, and later published poems in Tigrinya based on her experience? |
| 130 | 2021 in China
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17 November 2022 | 17 November 2022 | 23 November 2022 | Review Page | Thebiguglyalien | RoySmith | ... that China limited online video games for children to three hours per week in 2021? |
| 131 | Spatial inequality
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17 November 2022 | 17 November 2022 | 24 November 2022 | Review Page | NP824 | RoySmith | ... that spatial inequality refers to the unequal distribution of income and resources across geographical regions? |
| 132 | Syndicate (Internet personality)
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17 November 2022 | 17 November 2022 | 28 November 2022 | Review Page | Sparkl | Theleekycauldron | ... that Syndicate was the first to reach 1 million followers on Twitch, beating League of Legends developer Riot Games to the record? |
| 133 | Yerko Núñez
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15 November 2022 | 17 November 2022 | 28 November 2022 | Review Page | Krisgabwoosh | Theleekycauldron | ... that after he, his father, and his grandfather won the Rurrenabaque mayoralty as MNR members, Yerko Núñez switched parties and won a third term, defeating the MNR by a margin of 3,476 votes to 30? |
| 134 | 30 West 44th Street
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15 November 2022 | 19 November 2022 | 26 November 2022 | Review Page | Epicgenius | RoySmith | ... that when the Yale Club of New York City Building was completed in 1901, a Yale Club member said "it will be an easy matter to look down upon" the Harvard Club? |
| 135 | Yes (band)
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20 October 2022 | 19 November 2022 | 26 November 2022 | Review Page | LordPeterII | SL93 | ... that given a choice between Life and World, the answer was Yes? |
| 136 | Bernard Rwehururu
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21 November 2022 | 21 November 2022 | 29 November 2022 | Review Page | Applodion | RoySmith | ... that Ugandan military officer Bernard Rwehururu originally wanted to become a Catholic priest, but enlisted as a soldier to pay for his siblings' school fees? |
| 137 | Nawrahta of Salin
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15 November 2022 | 22 November 2022 | 1 December 2022 | Review Page | Hybernator | RoySmith | ... that Hanthawaddy royal Bya Kun fought for Ava against his enemy King Razadarit in the Forty Years' War? |
| 138 | New Body Rhumba
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22 November 2022 | 23 November 2022 | 28 November 2022 | Review Page | Aria1561 | RoySmith | ... that LCD Soundsystem recorded for the first time in five years by making the song "New Body Rhumba" for the 2022 film White Noise? |
| 139 | The Roosevelt Hotel (Manhattan)
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23 November 2022 | 23 November 2022 | 2 December 2022 | Review Page | Epicgenius | RoySmith | ... that the Roosevelt Hotel had a Teddy Bear Cave? |
| 140 | Through the Darkest of Times
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22 November
2022 |
24 November 2022 | 3 December 2022 | Review Page | Sennecaster | RoySmith | ... that Through the Darkest of Times was the first video game published in Germany to use swastikas? |
| 141 | Wales bucket hat
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24 November 2022 | 26 November 2022 | 28 November 2022 | Review Page | Sionk | Theleekycauldron | ... that giant bucket hats (pictured) were placed around Wales and in Qatar to mark Wales' football team reaching the 2022 FIFA World Cup? |
| 142 | Central America under Mexican rule
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25 November 2022 | 26 November 2022 | 3 December 2022 | Review Page | PizzaKing13 | Theleekycauldron | ... that the Central American government voted for annexation to the First Mexican Empire after a request from Regent Agustín de Iturbide? |
| 143 | Baeoentedon bouceki
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25 November 2022 | 26 November 2022 | 3 December 2022 | Review Page | An anonymous username, not my real name | Theleekycauldron | ... that although collected from China in 1983, Baeoentedon bouceki was not formally described as a new species until 2014? |
| 144 | Craig Greenberg
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17 November 2022 | 26 November 2022 | 3 December 2022 | Review Page | Muboshgu | RoySmith | ... that Craig Greenberg was shot at while running in the 2022 Louisville mayoral election? |
| 145 | Bernardo Adam Ferrero
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23 October 2022 | 26 November 2022 | 4 December 2022 | Review Page | Gerda Arendt | SL93 | ... that Bernardo Adam Ferrero wrote compositions such as Danzas alicantinas for Spanish civil and military bands that he conducted? |
| 146 | Instant Replay Game
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11 November 2022 | 28 November 2022 | 4 December 2022 | Review Page | Gonzo fan2007 | SL93 | ... that for 10 years the Chicago Bears media guide had an asterisk placed next to the result of the Instant Replay Game noting the team's belief that the game was decided incorrectly? |
| 147 | Down Will Come Baby
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28 November 2022 | 29 November 2022 | 6 December 2022 | Review Page | Bennv123 | Theleekycauldron | ... that the 1999 television film Down Will Come Baby aired two weeks after the Columbine High School massacre and was criticized for exploiting parental fears with its depiction of child violence? |
| 148 | Maha Thamun
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28 November 2022 | 29 November 2022 | 7 December 2022 | Review Page | Hybernator | Theleekycauldron | ... that when Maha Thamun, the head of the Hanthawaddy delegation, presented his king's demands, King Thado of Ava reflexively ordered his execution? |
| 149 | Hotel McAlpin
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28 November 2022 | 30 November 2022 | 4 December 2022 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Theleekycauldron | ... that several murals from New York City's Hotel McAlpin were reinstalled in the subway after being found in a dumpster? |
| 150 | Josephine Gates Kelly
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23 November 2022 | 30 November 2022 | 7 December 2022 | Review Page | HelenDegenerate | Theleekycauldron | ... that Josephine Gates Kelly of the Standing Rock Reservation once hitchhiked to Washington, D.C., to protest portions of the Indian Reorganization Act? |
| 151 | Durham police mast
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27 November 2022 | 30 November 2022 | 7 December 2022 | Review Page | Dumelow | Theleekycauldron | ... that the Durham police mast was designed to be slender to minimise the impact on views of Durham Cathedral? |
| 152 | The Sims 4
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21 November 2022 | 30 November 2022 | 9 December 2022 | Review Page | Theknine2 | RoySmith | ... that The Sims 4 by Maxis started as an online multiplayer game, but was transitioned to a single-player experience following the negative launch reception of SimCity in 2013? |
| 153 | Nettie Metcalf
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29 November 2022 | 30 November 2022 | 10 December 2022 | Review Page | Evedawn99 | RoySmith | ... that Nettie Metcalf was the first woman recognized by the American Poultry Association for creating a breed of chicken, the Buckeye chicken (example pictured), in the 1890s? |
| 154 | Teardown (video game)
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21 November 2022 | 30 November 2022 | 10 December 2022 | Review Page | IceWelder | Theleekycauldron | ... that Teardown was not traditionally marketed because of the popularity it gained through Twitter? |
| 155 | True (Spandau Ballet song)
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27 November 2022 | 1 December 2022 | 10 December 2022 | Review Page | Daniel Case | RoySmith | ... that Gary Kemp put subtle references to Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita in his lyrics for Spandau Ballet's "True" so Clare Grogan would know the song was about her? |
| 156 | Richard Newland (cricketer)
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27 November 2022 | 2 December 2022 | 12 December 2022 | Review Page | Boca Jóvenes | RoySmith | ... that Richard Newland was cricket's earliest-known left-handed batter? |
| 157 | Overwatch
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29 November 2022 | 2 December 2022 | 17 December 2022 | Review Page | Soulbust | RoySmith | ... that although Blizzard's franchise Overwatch is centered around video games, its lore is mainly told through animated shorts, comics, and novels? |
| 158 | Kopka River
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3 December 2022 | 3 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | Review Page | P199 | RoySmith | ... that although the provincial park surrounding the Kopka River had not been thoroughly investigated, the potential for archaeological sites was considered to be high? |
| 159 | John Cooper (New Jersey politician)
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2 December 2022 | 5 December 2022 | 10 December 2022 | Review Page | Cielquiparle | Theleekycauldron | ... that the home of American revolutionary leader John Cooper was used by General Lord Cornwallis as his headquarters during the British occupation of Woodbury, New Jersey, in 1777? |
| 160 | New Jersey's 1927 biannual elections proposal
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3 December 2022 | 5 December 2022 | 11 December 2022 | Review Page | Gerda Arendt | Theleekycauldron | ... that because of a mistake in a proposed state constitutional amendment, the New Jersey Legislature defined biannually to mean biennially? |
| 161 | Ella Stewart Udall
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22 November 2022 | 5 December 2022 | 11 December 2022 | Review Page | P-Makoto | RoySmith | ... that Ella Stewart Udall relayed her husband's letters to his semi-secret second wife? |
| 162 | Tom Harkin 1992 presidential campaign
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2 December 2022 | 5 December 2022 | 14 December 2022 | Review Page | JJonahJackalope | Theleekycauldron | ... that Tom Harkin ended his 1992 presidential campaign just one month after he won a landslide victory in the Iowa caucuses, where he received over three-quarters of the total vote? |
| 163 | Nathaniel H. Gates
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23 November 2022 | 7 December 2022 | 10 December 2022 | Review Page | Orygun | Theleekycauldron | ... that in 1858, when Congress delayed its decision on Oregon statehood, Nathaniel H. Gates became the last Speaker of Oregon’s Territorial House of Representatives? |
| 164 | Robert de Ogle
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22 November 2022 | 7 December 2022 | 11 December 2022 | Review Page | Ficaia | Theleekycauldron | ... that Robert de Ogle captured five Scottish knights near Newcastle in 1341 and received royal licence to crenellate his property? |
| 165 | Edgar J. Kaufmann Conference Center
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23 November 2022 | 7 December 2022 | 14 December 2022 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Theleekycauldron | ... that New York City would not allow a forest in the Edgar J. Kaufmann Conference Center? |
| 166 | T. E. Lawrence
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3 December 2022 | 7 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | Review Page | ZaniGiovanni | Theleekycauldron | ... that T. E. Lawrence travelled 1,000 miles (1,600 km) on foot alone during a three-month tour of crusader castles before studying the Crusades and European military architecture? |
| 167 | Robert Home (officer)
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2 December 2022 | 7 December 2022 | 16 December 2022 | Review Page | Ficaia | Theleekycauldron | ... that Robert Home was sent by the British Army to Canada in 1864 to report on the defence of the frontier against the eventuality of an American invasion? |
| 168 | Tennessee State Route 396
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4 December 2022 | 8 December 2022 | 12 December 2022 | Review Page | Bneu2013 | RoySmith | ... that Tennessee State Route 396 was constructed to provide access to the sole manufacturing facility of Saturn Corporation? |
| 169 | Robert Palmer (British writer)
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8 December 2022 | 8 December 2022 | 16 December 2022 | Review Page | Dumelow | RoySmith | ... that a football injury saved Robert Palmer (pictured) from being besieged at Kut, but he died serving with the relief expedition? |
| 170 | Getting Older
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9 November 2022 | 10 December 2022 | 16 December 2022 | Review Page | Your Power | RoySmith | ... that Billie Eilish had to take a break from writing a song alluding to her childhood trauma and sexual abuse? |
| 171 | Hyatt Grand Central New York
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28 November 2022 | 11 December 2022 | 14 December 2022 | Review Page | Epicgenius | SL93 | ... that the operator of the Commodore Hotel once hosted a circus, featuring an elephant in the ballroom, to impress visiting hoteliers? |
| 172 | Fort Pearson
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1 December 2022 | 11 December 2022 | 17 December 2022 | Review Page | Dumelow | SL93 | ... that during the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War a British soldier committed suicide by throwing himself off the 300-foot-high (90 m) cliffs at Fort Pearson (depicted)? |
| 173 | Chase Brown
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30 November 2022 | 11 December 2022 | 17 December 2022 | Review Page | Cbl62 | SL93 | ... that Canadian running back Chase Brown ranked second in American college football with 1,643 rushing yards in 2022? |
| 174 | Church of St Giles, Stoke Poges
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9 December 2022 | 11 December 2022 | 17 December 2022 | Review Page | Theleekycauldron | SL93 | ... that the Church of St Giles, Stoke Poges, is featured in the "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" and a James Bond film? |
| 175 | The Pagan School
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30 November 2022 | 11 December 2022 | 17 December 2022 | Review Page | Ffranc | SL93 | ... that Charles Baudelaire wrote "The Pagan School" in opposition to the veneration of Pan in 19th-century France? |
| 176 | Tiandi yinyang jiaohuan dalefu
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27 November 2022 | 11 December 2022 | 17 December 2022 | Review Page | Kingoflettuce | SL93 | ... that the "Poetic Essay of the Great Bliss of the Sexual Union of Heaven and Earth and Yin and Yang" argues that heterosexual sex is the "ultimate human pleasure", but affirms homosexuality as well? |
| 177 | Edward Thonen
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5 December 2022 | 13 December 2022 | 17 December 2022 | Review Page | Renerpho | SL93 | ... that Edward Thonen, one of the miners killed in the Eureka Rebellion, had gained notoriety in England as a jewellery thief prior to his emigration to Australia? |
| 178 | Rooppur pillow scandal
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11 December 2022 | 13 December 2022 | 18 December 2022 | Review Page | Mehediabedin | SL93 | ... that pillows were purchased for 20 times above the market price in Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant's housing complex? (hook later pulled for inaccuracy). |
| 179 | 1945–1946 Charleston Cigar Factory strike
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3 December 2022 | 14 December 2022 | 18 December 2022 | Review Page | JJonahJackalope | Theleekycauldron | ... that according to The Atlantic, "the first widely acknowledged performance" of the song "We Shall Overcome" occurred during the 1945–1946 Charleston Cigar Factory strike? |
| 180 | Hernán Galíndez
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4 December 2022 | 14 December 2022 | 19 December 2022 | Review Page | Kosack | Theleekycauldron | ... that Ecuadorian footballer Hernán Galíndez won a bicycle for beating a team featuring Lionel Messi, when they were children? |
| 181 | Armwell Long
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13 December 2022 | 14 December 2022 | 20 December 2022 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | Theleekycauldron | ... that Delaware politician Armwell Long was said to have once outranked his close friend, George Washington? |
| 182 | Wyndham New Yorker Hotel
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7 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | 19 December 2022 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Theleekycauldron | ... that the New Yorker Hotel once had the largest private power plant in the United States? |
| 183 | 1937 Fleischer Studios strike
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10 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | 19 December 2022 | Review Page | JJonahJackalope | Theleekycauldron | ... that the 1937 Fleischer Studios strike in New York City was the first major labor strike in the animation industry? |
| 184 | John Hart Ely
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11 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 | 23 December 2022 | Review Page | GuardianH | Theleekycauldron | ... that American legal scholar John Hart Ely penned a law review article castigating the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade, despite being pro-choice? |
| 185 | Maria Advocata (Madonna del Rosario)
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14 December 2022 | 16 December 2022 | 20 December 2022 | Review Page | Ficaia | SL93 | ... that the Maria Advocata is one of the oldest icons of Mary, mother of Jesus, and that according to legend it was painted by Luke the Evangelist? |
| 186 | 2022 Bahamas Bowl
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8 December 2022 | 16 December 2022 | 21 December 2022 | Review Page | PCN02WPS | SL93 | ... that prior to kickoff, the Bahamas Bowl announced that the winner of a regular season game between Miami and Ball State would earn a bid to the 2022 edition of the game? |
| 187 | Ammonihah
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25 November 2022 | 16 December 2022 | 21 December 2022 | Review Page | P-Makoto | Kingsif | ... that in the story of the Book of Mormon, the city of Ammonihah kills Christians by fire as a deliberately twisted reference to a warning that spiritual death is like a "lake of fire and brimstone"? |
| 188 | Boudica
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14 December 2022 | 16 December 2022 | 21 December 2022 | Review Page | Amitchell125 | SL93 | ... that Boudica's actual name is unknown? |
| 189 | Battle of Malacca (1641)
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30 November 2022 | 16 December 2022 | 23 December 2022 | Review Page | An anonymous username, not my real name | SL93 | ... that despite losing almost one thousand men capturing Malacca in 1641, the Dutch East India Company did not invest much time or energy into it afterward? |
| 190 | Shahid Afridi
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23 October 2022 | 16 December 2022 | 24 December 2022 | Review Page | Hamza Ali Shah | Kingsif | ... that Shahid Afridi (pictured) broke the record for the quickest century in ODI cricket during his first international innings? |
| 191 | Ethan Allen Express
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16 December 2022 | 16 December 2022 | 26 December 2022 | Review Page | Pi.1415926535 | Theleekycauldron | ... that Amtrak called the Vermont Rail System the worst host railroad in the country in 2010 due to delays on the Ethan Allen Express? |
| 192 | Bohemian harp
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17 December 2022 | 17 December 2022 | 22 December 2022 | Review Page | Frzzl | RoySmith | ... that the Bohemian harp spread to Western Europe after a fire hit the town of Přísečnice? |
| 193 | Bern Disputation
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17 December 2022 | 17 December 2022 | 23 December 2022 | Review Page | Awsomaw | SL93 | ... that the Bern Disputation of 1528 led to the Swiss canton becoming the second Protestant canton in the Swiss Confederacy? |
| 194 | Samuel Plata
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6 December 2022 | 19 December 2022 | 24 December 2022 | Review Page | Krisgabwoosh | SL93 | ... that before being named jach'a mallku cantonal, Samuel Plata worked as an auto mechanic in El Alto? |
| 195 | Rosa Diaz
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3 December 2022 | 21 December 2022 | 26 December 2022 | Review Page | Theleekycauldron | SL93 | ... that the Brooklyn Nine-Nine storyline about Rosa Diaz's bisexuality was heavily influenced by the bisexuality of her portrayer? |
| 196 | CMS Enhancements
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3 December 2022 | 21 December 2022 | 27 December 2022 | Review Page | DigitalIceAge | SL93 | ... that hard drive reseller CMS Enhancements nearly went bankrupt while attempting to enter the personal computer systems market amid a price war? |
| 197 | The Widows of Culloden
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11 December 2022 | 21 December 2022 | 28 December 2022 | Review Page | Premeditated Chaos | SL93 | ... that the runway show for the Alexander McQueen collection The Widows of Culloden ended with an illusion of Kate Moss that brought the audience to tears? |
| 198 | Illusion of Kate Moss
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| 199 | Andrew Planta
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14 December 2022 | 22 December 2022 | 6 January 2023 | Review Page | Kusma | SL93 | ... that despite published scholarship to the contrary, Andrew Planta neither received a doctorate nor taught mathematics at Erlangen? |
| 200 | Junior Colson
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2 December 2022 | 22 December 2022 | 28 December 2022 | Review Page | Cbl62 | SL93 | ... that Junior Colson, the leading tackler on the 2022 Michigan Wolverines football team, lived in a Haitian orphanage prior to his adoption at age nine? |
Reviews 201-300
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| 201 | List of municipalities in Cantabria
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16 December 2022 | 22 December 2022 | 28 December 2022 | Review Page | Red-tailed hawk | SL93 | ... that some people who are not Spanish citizens have the right to vote in elections for local public officials in the municipalities of Cantabria? |
| 202 | Shipyard Railway
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6 December 2022 | 22 December 2022 | 29 December 2022 | Review Page | Pi.1415926535 | Theleekycauldron | ... that management of the Richmond Shipyards "went out of its way to propagandize against" the Shipyard Railway that was built to serve it? |
| 203 | Yusuf al-Hani
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8 December 2022 | 22 December 2022 | 29 December 2022 | Review Page | Dumelow | Theleekycauldron | ... that Yusuf al-Hani was executed by the Ottoman Empire after a letter he wrote to François Georges-Picot was found in the French consulate in Beirut during the First World War? |
| 204 | Union Pacific 4014
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18 December 2022 | 23 December 2022 | 1 January 2023 | Review Page | Trains13 | Bruxton | ... that Union Pacific 4014 (pictured) has been the only Big Boy locomotive operating in the United States since 2019? |
| 205 | Mars in fiction
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11 December 2022 | 23 December 2022 | 1 January 2023 | Review Page | TompaDompa | Bruxton | ... that the first fictional depiction of the moons of Mars predates their discovery by a century and a half? |
| 206 | Abdul Hamid al-Zahrawi
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8 December 2022 | 23 December 2022 | 2 January 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Bruxton | ... that Abdul Hamid al-Zahrawi, a former member of the General Assembly of the Ottoman Empire, was executed in 1916 for his support for Arab nationalism? |
| 207 | Paul Dini
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15 December 2022 | 23 December 2022 | 2 January 2023 | Review Page | FlairTale | Bruxton | ... that Paul Dini was a writer for both the animated television series Batman: The Animated Series and the video game series Batman: Arkham? |
| 208 | USS Romeo
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14 December 2022 | 23 December 2022 | 2 January 2023 | Review Page | Hog Farm | Bruxton | ... that Romeo and Juliet both served in the Union Navy? |
| 209 | Midwest Scientific
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18 December 2022 | 23 December 2022 | 3 January 2023 | Review Page | DigitalIceAge | Bruxton | ... that Midwest Scientific was the only maker of microcomputers in Kansas City in the late 1970s? |
| 210 | West Side Story (2021 film)
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19 December 2022 | 23 December 2022 | 3 January 2023 | Review Page | MyCatIsAChonk | Bruxton | ... that the 2021 film West Side Story was banned in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain, likely due to the transgender character Anybodys? |
| 211 | Fuccbois
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12 December 2022 | 24 December 2022 | 4 January 2023 | Review Page | Theleekycauldron | Bruxton | ... that Fuccbois' crew won awards, while Fuccboi's prose received both praise and criticism? |
| 212 | Fuccboi (novel)
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| 213 | Peter Strausfeld
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22 December 2022 | 24 December 2022 | 4 January 2023 | Review Page | Edwardx | Cielquiparle | ... that after fleeing the Nazis in 1938, Peter Strausfeld befriended the manager of London's top art house cinema and designed their posters until his death in 1980? |
| 214 | Episodes (ballet)
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14 December 2022 | 26 December 2022 | 6 January 2023 | Review Page | Corachow | Bruxton | ... that George Balanchine said that a solo in his ballet Episodes (pictured) should evoke the image of a fly in a glass of milk? |
| 215 | Sarah Mardini
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16 December 2022 | 26 December 2022 | 6 January 2023 | Review Page | Munfarid1 | Bruxton | ... that Sarah Mardini worked as a humanitarian for refugees and now could be sentenced to 25 years in prison? |
| 216 | Macks Creek Law
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23 December 2022 | 26 December 2022 | 6 January 2023 | Review Page | Hog Farm | Bruxton | ... that the Macks Creek Law originated in response to a state legislator getting a traffic ticket? |
| 217 | 2022 New Orleans Bowl
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22 December 2022 | 28 December 2022 | 6 January 2023 | Review Page | PCN02WPS | Bruxton | ... that Austin Reed's 497 passing yards in the 2022 New Orleans Bowl set a New Orleans Bowl record? |
| 218 | WUPA
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17 December 2022 | 30 December 2022 | 6 January 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Theleekycauldron | ... that Atlanta's "quicker picker-upper" aired martial arts movies, professional wrestling, jazz music, and Japanese-language programming? |
| 219 | 2022 Armed Forces Bowl
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25 December 2022 | 30 December 2022 | 7 January 2023 | Review Page | PCN02WPS | Bruxton | ... that a kickoff temperature of 13 °F (−11 °C) at the 2022 Armed Forces Bowl nearly made it the coldest bowl game ever? |
| 220 | WTRF-TV
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23 December 2022 | 30 December 2022 | 7 January 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Bruxton | ... that the general manager of a West Virginia TV station called changing its network affiliation "the hardest decision I've ever had to make"? |
| 221 | 59th Street–Columbus Circle station
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21 December 2022 | 31 December 2022 | 8 January 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Bruxton | ... that after a CCTV system was installed at the 59th Street–Columbus Circle station, crime went up? |
| 222 | 9 January 1917 German Crown Council meeting
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12 December 2022 | 1 January 2023 | 9 January 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | TSventon | ... that on 9 January 1917 German Emperor Wilhelm II agreed to implement unrestricted submarine warfare? |
| 223 | Nucleon magnetic moment
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17 December 2022 | 30 December 2022 | 8 January 2023 | Review Page | Bdushaw | Theleekycauldron | ... that the neutron has a magnetic moment even though it lacks an electric charge? |
| 224 | William W. Jefferis
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31 December 2022 | 31 December 2022 | 8 January 2023 | Review Page | Topshelver | Theleekycauldron | ... that two railroad boxcars were needed to ship William W. Jefferis's vast mineral collection to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History? |
| 225 | Bad for Me (Meghan Trainor song)
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16 December 2022 | 2 January 2023 | 8 January 2023 | Review Page | MaranoFan | Bruxton | ... that Meghan Trainor wrote her song "Bad for Me" with strangers? |
| 226 | 1961 Indonesian census
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17 December 2022 | 3 January 2023 | 9 January 2023 | Review Page | Arsonal | Bruxton | ... that the 1961 Indonesian census was the country's first since 1930 and the first since gaining independence from the Netherlands? |
| 227 | Among Us VR
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22 November 2022 | 3 January 2023 | 10 January 2023 | Review Page | Pizzaplayer219 | BorgQueen | ... that the developers of Among Us VR said that the game could have been "too spooky"? |
| 228 | Paleofauna of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands
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21 December 2022 | 3 January 2023 | 10 January 2023 | Review Page | Kevmin | Aoidh | ... that with more than 20 species, marchflies (example pictured) are the most common insect of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands paleofauna? |
| 229 | Liang Tingnan
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11 December 2022 | 3 January 2023 | 10 January 2023 | Review Page | Kingoflettuce | BorgQueen | ... that Chinese scholar Liang Tingnan suggested that China should emulate the United States to "avoid the upheavals of dynastic change"? |
| 230 | Kingdom Two Crowns
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6 December 2022 | 3 January 2023 | 10 January 2023 | Review Page | The Night Watch | BorgQueen | ... that the music for the Norse Lands DLC of Kingdom Two Crowns utilizes the hurdy-gurdy and moraharpa? |
| 231 | Ravenshoe (novel)
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16 December 2022 | 3 January 2023 | 11 January 2023 | Review Page | Ficaia | Aoidh | ... that the 1862 Henry Kingsley novel Ravenshoe has been noted for its passages dealing with the famous Charge of the Light Brigade? |
| 232 | Willi Ritschard
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13 December 2022 | 3 January 2023 | 11 January 2023 | Review Page | Paradise Chronicle | Aoidh | ... that Swiss Social Democratic federal councilor Willi Ritschard was not amused when he had to attend a royal banquet for Queen Elizabeth II on International Workers' Day 1980? |
| 233 | Parasitic Engineering
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17 December 2022 | 5 January 2023 | 11 January 2023 | Review Page | DigitalIceAge | Aoidh | ... that Parasitic Engineering was named as a reference to a MITS co-founder calling third-party hardware vendors "parasite companies"? |
| 234 | Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (France)
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5 January 2023 | 5 January 2023 | 12 January 2023 | Review Page | Fayenatic london | Cielquiparle | ... that the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris was desecrated during riots in 1927? |
| 235 | Zenock
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19 December 2022 | 6 January 2023 | 9 January 2023 | Review Page | P-Makoto | BorgQueen | ... that the name Zenock is misspelled in almost every published edition of the Book of Mormon? |
| 236 | St. Regis New York
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2 January 2023 | 6 January 2023 | 12 January 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | SL93 | ... that in the 1980s, New York City's St. Regis Hotel (pictured) was said to have hosted every U.S. president since its opening? |
| 237 | Eurovision Song Contest 1997
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20 December 2022 | 6 January 2023 | 13 January 2023 | Review Page | Sims2aholic8 | BorgQueen | ... that Paul Oscar (pictured), Iceland's participant at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, was the contest's first openly LGBT artist to compete? |
| 238 | Kitab al-wadih bi-l-haqq
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6 January 2023 | 7 January 2023 | 12 January 2023 | Review Page | Srnec | SL93 | ... that the Kitab al-wadih bi-l-haqq is a critique of Islam written by a convert to Coptic Christianity during a period of persecution? |
| 239 | 2022 LA Bowl
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15 December 2022 | 7 January 2022 | 14 January 2023 | Review Page | PCN02WPS | SL93 | ... that Washington State linebacker Daiyan Henley opted out of playing in the 2022 LA Bowl and served as an assistant linebackers coach during the game instead? |
| 240 | Supreme War Command
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16 December 2022 | 7 January 2023 | 14 January 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | SL93 | ... that the Central Powers brought their armies under a supreme headquarters in September 1916, 18 months before the Allies did the same? |
| 241 | Row NYC Hotel
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16 December 2022 | 8 January 2023 | 14 January 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Aoidh | ... that the Royal Manhattan Hotel (pictured), sold for $10 million in 1969, attracted no buyers when it was placed for sale at $1.8 million just six years later? |
| 242 | List of generals of the British Empire who died during the First World War
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19 December 2022 | 8 January 2023 | 15 January 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | SL93 | ... that at least 78 British general officers were killed as a result of active service in the First World War (gravestone of one pictured), but a popular myth holds that general officers rarely visited the battlefield? |
| 243 | Ismail Suko
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9 December 2022 | 8 January 2023 | 15 January 2023 | Review Page | Juxlos | SL93 | ... that Ismail Suko was elected governor of Riau in 1985, then forced to resign before taking office? |
| 244 | Soony Saad
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8 January 2023 | 8 January 2023 | 15 January 2023 | Review Page | Nehme1499 | 97198 | ... that Soony Saad (pictured) scored on his Major League Soccer debut on his 19th birthday? |
| 245 | Lone gunner of Flesquières
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22 December 2022 | 10 January 2023 | 16 January 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | SL93 | ... that the story of a lone German artillery officer disabling up to 16 British tanks (examples pictured) on the first day of the 1917 Battle of Cambrai was encouraged by the German Nazi Party? |
| 246 | Park Ji-hyun (politician)
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15 December 2022 | 10 January 2023 | 17 January 2023 | Review Page | Cielquiparle | SL93 | ... that Park Ji-hyun helped to expose an online sex-crime ring and later became the interim co-chair of the Democratic Party of Korea at the age of 26? |
| 247 | Sergio Salomón Céspedes
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16 December 2022 | 11 January 2023 | 18 January 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | SL93 | ... that the president of his own party criticized the speed at which members of the Congress of Puebla moved to appoint Sergio Salomón Céspedes as the substitute governor? |
| 248 | HMS Stephen Furness
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23 December 2022 | 11 January 2023 | 18 January 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | 97198 | ... that the luxury passenger steamer Stephen Furness was taken into Royal Navy service during the First World War and was sunk by a U-boat, with the loss of more than 100 lives? |
| 249 | Big Stan (drill rig)
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4 January 2023 | 11 January 2023 | 20 January 2023 | Review Page | Etriusus | SL93 | ... that the Big Stan drill rig is claimed to be the largest vehicle-mounted drilling rig in the United States? |
| 250 | Dimitrie Stelaru
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26 December 2022 | 12 January 2023 | 17 January 2023 | Review Page | Dahn | Bruxton | ... that Romanian poet Dimitrie Stelaru said that he once traveled to Paris by truck, adding "I hardly remember anything, I was drunk the whole time"? |
| 251 | Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum
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2 January 2023 | 12 January 2023 | 18 January 2023 | Review Page | BorgQueen | SL93 | ... that the title page of Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum shows an eagle atop a globe flanked by serpents (pictured), which symbolizes worldly triumph? |
| 252 | Antonio Cano
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7 January 2023 | 12 January 2023 | 19 January 2023 | Review Page | Moonraker | Bruxton | ... that after architect Frà Antonio Cano died of a fall from scaffolding at his new Cathedral of Our Lady of the Snows (pictured), Alberto della Marmora accused him of destroying many former basilicas? |
| 253 | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Snows
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| 254 | Circle in the Square Theatre
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12 January 2023 | 12 January 2023 | 19 January 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Bruxton | ... that the founders of New York City's Circle in the Square Theatre had a total of $320 when they leased an inn in 1951? |
| 255 | 2022 Myrtle Beach Bowl
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22 December 2022 | 12 January 2023 | 19 January 2023 | Review Page | PCN02WPS | Bruxton | ... that Marshall ended a three-game college football bowl losing streak with its win in the 2022 Myrtle Beach Bowl? |
| 256 | Miguel Barbosa Huerta
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14 December 2022 | 12 January 2023 | 20 January 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Bruxton | ... that Governor Miguel Barbosa Huerta said that his predecessor's death in office was a punishment from God – and then died in office himself? |
| 257 | Loddon Bridge disaster
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4 January 2023 | 13 January 2023 | 19 January 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Bruxton | ... that the Loddon Bridge disaster, which killed three people, led to changes in how falsework was managed on British construction sites? |
| 258 | Forest Park Carousel
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7 January 2023 | 14 January 2023 | 21 January 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | SL93 | ... that after the Forest Park Carousel (pictured) was acquired for $30,000 in 1972, one of its later operators likened the deal to "buying a Rembrandt for $25"? |
| 259 | 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election
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7 January 2023 | 14 January 2023 | 21 January 2023 | Review Page | Muboshgu | Bruxton | ... that the January 2023 election of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives was the longest speaker election since December 1859 – February 1860? |
| 260 | Bag End
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9 January 2023 | 14 January 2023 | 23 January 2023 | Review Page | Chiswick Chap | Bruxton | ... that Tolkien's aunt lived in Bag End? |
| 261 | New Beehive Inn
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11 January 2023 | 14 January 2023 | 26 January 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Bruxton | ... that the New Beehive Inn in Bradford, England, was "a rare example of a public house built by a local authority"? |
| 262 | June (magazine)
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12 January 2023 | 16 January 2023 | 22 January 2023 | Review Page | Morgan695 | Bruxton | ... that the Japanese male–male romance magazine June was originally pitched to its publisher as a "mildly pornographic magazine for women"? |
| 263 | Lou Henry Hoover
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7 January 2023 | 16 January 2023 | 23 January 2023 | Review Page | Thebiguglyalien | Bruxton | ... that American first lady Lou Henry Hoover secretly sent money to families in need during the Great Depression? |
| 264 | Milton C. Moreland
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16 January 2023 | 16 January 2023 | 23 January 2023 | Review Page | PCN02WPS | Bruxton | ... that Centre College president Milton C. Moreland wrote his honors thesis about the Nag Hammadi library? |
| 265 | Obliskomzap
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16 January 2023 | 17 January 2023 | 23 January 2023 | Review Page | Soman | Cielquiparle | ... that Obliskomzap People's Commissar for Public Charity V. L. Mukha resigned in protest over the dispersing of the First All-Belarusian Congress? |
| 266 | Messe in A (Tambling)
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16 January 2023 | 17 January 2023 | 23 January 2023 | Review Page | Gerda Arendt | Cielquiparle | ... that the mass Messe in A by Christopher Tambling, originally set for high voices, proved so popular that a four-part version was commissioned? |
| 267 | 2006 FIFA World Cup Group A
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11 January 2023 | 17 January 2023 | 23 January 2023 | Review Page | Kosack | 97198 | ... that Group A of the 2006 FIFA World Cup featured the highest-scoring opening game in World Cup history since the competition began using a single match opening format? |
| 268 | Enola Holmes (film)
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16 January 2023 | 17 January 2023 | 24 January 2023 | Review Page | MyCatIsAChonk | Cielquiparle | ... that after the release of Enola Holmes in 2020, the original author's estate sued Netflix, claiming that it violated copyright laws because it depicted Sherlock Holmes as having emotions? |
| 269 | Faces of War Memorial
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16 January 2023 | 17 January 2023 | 30 January 2023 | Review Page | Aoidh | Bruxton | ... that the dedication ceremony for the Faces of War Memorial included missing-man flyovers? |
| 270 | Union Station (Burlington, Vermont)
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16 January 2023 | 18 January 2023 | 24 January 2023 | Review Page | Pi.1415926535 | Bruxton | ... that Burlington Union Station is home to winged monkeys? |
| 271 | Concerto Barocco
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7 January 2023 | 19 January 2023 | 25 January 2023 | Review Page | Corachow | Theleekycauldron | ... that although George Balanchine incorporated jazz dance-inspired choreography in his ballet Concerto Barocco (pictured), those elements are now gone? |
| 272 | 2020 Colonial Pipeline oil spill
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19 January 2023 | 19 January 2023 | 25 January 2023 | Review Page | JJonahJackalope | Bruxton | ... that the 2020 Colonial Pipeline oil spill was discovered by two teenagers? |
| 273 | Dumitru Petrescu
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2 January 2023 | 19 January 2023 | 25 January 2023 | Review Page | Dahn | Cielquiparle | ... that Soviet-trained commissar Dumitru Petrescu supervised propaganda (example pictured) aimed at purging a "nest of reactionaries" out of the Romanian Army? |
| 274 | Capture of Wejh
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29 November 2022 | 19 January 2023 | 26 January 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | SL93 | ... that Arab troops under King Faisal missed the 24 January 1917 capture of Wejh by two days because they had been celebrating the capture of £20,000 in gold? |
| 275 | Leonard Parrington
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3 January 2023 | 19 January 2023 | 27 January 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Bruxton | ... that when Brigadier Leonard Parrington ordered Sergeant Jack Hinton to surrender, Hinton told Parrington to "go and jump in the bloody lake"? |
| 276 | Logan (novel)
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16 January 2023 | 20 January 2023 | 26 January 2023 | Review Page | Dugan Murphy | SL93 | ... that author John Neal said reading too much of Logan would kill you? |
| 277 | Soekiman Wirjosandjojo
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22 December 2022 | 20 January 2023 | 27 January 2023 | Review Page | Juxlos | 97198 | ... that although he was a former Indonesian prime minister, Soekiman Wirjosandjojo was not arrested during a political purge as he was considered a non-threat? |
| 278 | Oscar Ortiz (Bolivian politician)
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3 January 2023 | 21 January 2023 | 28 January 2023 | Review Page | Krisgabwoosh | Cielquiparle | ... that Oscar Ortiz continued his 2019 presidential campaign even after his own running mate asked him to withdraw? |
| 279 | 2022 Liberty Bowl
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20 January 2023 | 21 January 2023 | 29 January 2023 | Review Page | PCN02WPS | Bruxton | ... that a targeting penalty that caused the disqualification of an Arkansas player during overtime of the 2022 Liberty Bowl was overturned by the NCAA the next day? |
| 280 | Fernando Cajías
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3 January 2023 | 21 January 2023 | 29 January 2023 | Review Page | Krisgabwoosh | SL93 | ... that Fernando Cajías, who belongs to the first generation of professional historians in Bolivia, composed part of history academia's "Mirista wing"? |
| 281 | Three Tuns, Alcester
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20 January 2023 | 21 January 2023 | 29 January 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Bruxton | ... that the Three Tuns, a 17th-century pub in Alcester, has been left roofless since a 2021 fire? |
| 282 | Ðàn tre
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18 January 2023 | 22 January 2023 | 28 January 2023 | Review Page | Schminnte | Bruxton | ... that the đàn tre uses an olive oil can to make music? |
| 283 | William Nicholas (officer)
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11 January 2023 | 22 January 2023 | 30 January 2023 | Review Page | Ficaia | SL93 | ... that during the bloody siege of Badajoz, William Nicholas (pictured) was wounded by musket-ball and bayonet, but continued to give orders and was carried up the breach, only to be shot again? |
| 284 | Gogu Rădulescu
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7 January 2023 | 23 January 2023 | 24 January 2023 | Review Page | Dahn | BorgQueen | ... that Gogu Rădulescu, a member of the Romanian Communist Party central committee, was allegedly spied on by his colleagues through Lăutari performers, called upon to "sing him the blues"? |
| 285 | Shrine of Husayn's Head
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9 January 2023 | 23 January 2023 | 27 January 2023 | Review Page | Onceinawhile | BorgQueen | ... that the demolition of the Shrine of Husayn's Head, probably the most important Shi'a Muslim shrine in Israel, may have been related to efforts to transfer Palestinians out of the country? |
| 286 | A Pickle for the Knowing Ones
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9 January 2023 | 23 January 2023 | 30 January 2023 | Review Page | MyCatIsAChonk | BorgQueen | ... that after complaints of A Pickle for the Knowing Ones lacking punctuation, the author published a second edition with full pages of punctuation in the appendix? |
| 287 | Art Haege
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22 January 2023 | 23 January 2023 | 31 January 2023 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | BorgQueen | ... that after each loss, American football coach Art Haege made his players crawl from the locker room to the practice field, saying "if you played like a worm, you crawled like a worm"? |
| 288 | Academy Fight Song
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22 January 2023 | 23 January 2023 | 1 February 2023 | Review Page | Metropolitan90 | Aoidh | ... that Rolling Stone named Mission of Burma's "Academy Fight Song" as one of the 100 greatest debut singles of all time? |
| 289 | Fleet faction
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19 January 2023 | 24 January 2023 | 2 February 2023 | Review Page | Yokohama1989 | BorgQueen | ... that Katō Kanji (pictured), leader of the fleet faction, shouted that "war with America starts now" after the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty? |
| 290 | The Brooklyn Tower
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21 January 2023 | 24 January 2023 | 2 February 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Bruxton | ... that the Brooklyn Tower, the first supertall building in Brooklyn, was described as the "Empire State Building of Brooklyn"? |
| 291 | Execution of Majidreza Rahnavard
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13 January 2023 | 24 January 2023 | 3 February 2023 | Review Page | Fad Ariff | Bruxton | ... that Majidreza Rahnavard was the first Iranian to be executed in public in connection with the Mahsa Amini protests? |
| 292 | Sailors and Soldiers (Gifts for Land Settlement) Act 1916
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4 January 2023 | 24 January 2023 | 3 February 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | 97198 | ... that only one person made a donation of land for the settlement and employment of British military veterans under a 1916 act of Parliament? |
| 293 | Valentín Carboni
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8 January 2023 | 24 January 2023 | 3 February 2023 | Review Page | Oltrepier | 97198 | ... that Valentín Carboni played in the same three youth teams as his brother Franco before they both received their first call-up to the Argentine senior national team in March 2022? |
| 294 | List of Royal Navy flag officers who died during the First World War
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3 January 2023 | 24 January 2023 | 5 February 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Theleekycauldron | ... that of the ten Royal Navy flag officers to die during the First World War, three were killed in action? |
| 295 | Phil Fletcher
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22 January 2023 | 25 January 2023 | 3 February 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Cielquiparle | ... that Phil Fletcher as Hacker T. Dog caused Lauren Layfield to make the "most famous snort" in the United Kingdom in 2016? |
| 296 | Luna Park (Coney Island, 1903)
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21 January 2023 | 25 January 2023 | 4 February 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Cielquiparle | ... that during the construction of Coney Island's Luna Park (pictured), its owners electrocuted Topsy the elephant? |
| 297 | Ice shows produced by Yuzuru Hanyu
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11 January 2023 | 25 January 2023 | 4 February 2023 | Review Page | Henni147 | Cielquiparle | ... that with his self-produced solo ice show Gift, two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu is expected to become the first ice skater to perform at the Tokyo Dome? |
| 298 | Assassination of Paweł Adamowicz
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24 January 2023 | 26 January 2023 | 31 January 2023 | Review Page | Luxtaythe2nd | Cielquiparle | ... that after a stabbing attack on Paweł Adamowicz (pictured), the mayor of Gdańsk, at least 41 units of blood were used in an unsuccessful attempt to save him? |
| 299 | Interstate 81 in Tennessee
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25 January 2023 | 26 January 2023 | 6 February 2023 | Review Page | Bneu2013 | Bruxton | ... that Interstate 81 in Tennessee was the site of a carjacking that culminated in the Lillelid murders in 1997? |
| 300 | 1834 Philadelphia race riot
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21 January 2023 | 26 January 2023 | 7 February 2023 | Review Page | JJonahJackalope | Bruxton | ... that the 1834 Philadelphia race riot began at a carousel before spreading to other parts of the city? |
Reviews 301-400
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| 301 | Grand station (CTA Logan Square branch)
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22 January 2023 | 26 January 2023 | 9 February 2023 | Review Page | John M Wolfson | Bruxton | ... that Grand was the least-ridden station on the Logan Square branch for most of its existence? |
| 302 | Enriqueta Medellín
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20 January 2023 | 28 January 2023 | 8 February 2023 | Review Page | SusunW | Bruxton | ... that Enriqueta Medellín, a Mexican surgeon, has an ecological center and environmental prize named after her in the state of Aguascalientes? |
| 303 | The Robesonian takeover
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27 January 2023 | 29 January 2023 | 3 February 2023 | Review Page | Indy beetle | Bruxton | ... that two Tuscarora men held their local newspaper hostage in an attempt to expose local police corruption, to no avail? |
| 304 | Oise amber
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26 January 2023 | 29 January 2023 | 9 February 2023 | Review Page | Helloheart | Bruxton | ... that even though Oise amber is found in France, it was produced by a type of tree now found in the Amazon? |
| 305 | Nieuwmarkt metro station
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30 January 2022 | 2 February 2023 | 16 February 2023 | Review Page | Styyx | Cielquiparle | ... that the riots protesting the destruction of the houses in Nieuwmarkt are memorialised in its namesake station? |
| 306 | Two Lovers and a Beachcomber by the Real Sea
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2 January 2023 | 4 February 2023 | 11 February 2023 | Review Page | Mx. Granger | Cielquiparle | ... that Sylvia Plath criticized her own award-winning poem for its "old crystal-brittle and sugar-faceted voice"? |
| 307 | Henry Ketchum
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27 January 2023 | 4 February 2023 | 13 February 2023 | Review Page | Ivanvector | Cielquiparle | ... that railway engineer Henry Ketchum earned the first diploma in civil engineering granted by the University of New Brunswick? |
| 308 | Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Springtown, New Jersey)
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18 January 2023 | 5 February 2023 | 15 February 2023 | Review Page | Dwkaminski | Cielquiparle | ... that the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (pictured) in Springtown, New Jersey, was used by Harriet Tubman to help fugitive slaves escape? |
| 309 | Bataha Santiago
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4 February 2023 | 5 February 2023 | 16 February 2023 | Review Page | Nyanardsan | Cielquiparle | ... that King Bataha Santiago's parents sent him to school when he was 44 years old? |
| 310 | Muhammad Musa'ad
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4 February 2023 | 6 February 2023 | 15 February 2023 | Review Page | Jeromi Mikhael | Cielquiparle | ... that academic Muhammad Musa'ad was barred from running as a candidate in the Papuan gubernatorial election due to his Arabic ancestry? |
| 311 | KGME
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19 January 2023 | 6 February 2023 | 15 February 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Cielquiparle | ... that the Arizona Coyotes ice hockey team objected to a new host on the Phoenix radio station that carried their games, leading to his removal after a week? |
| 312 | Royalton Hotel
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22 January 2023 | 6 February 2023 | 17 February 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Cielquiparle | ... that the lobby of the Royalton Hotel was once compared to an ocean liner? |
| 313 | Tonan Maru No. 3
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6 January 2023 | 8 February 2023 | 17 February 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Cielquiparle | ... that the Japanese vessel Tonan Maru No. 3 (pictured), sunk in a 17 February 1944 air raid, was raised more than seven years later and returned to service as a whaling factory ship? |
| 314 | Battle of Chios (1912)
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22 January 2023 | 8 February 2023 | 17 February 2023 | Review Page | Cplakidas | Cielquiparle | ... that although Greek forces captured the Aegean island of Chios in January 1913, its annexation to Greece was not finalized until 1923? |
| 315 | Battle of Puketutu
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28 January 2023 | 9 February 2023 | 18 February 2023 | Review Page | Zawed | Cielquiparle | ... that the Māori believed that the failure of the rockets launched at a pā (fort) during the Battle of Puketutu was due to rites and rituals performed during its construction? |
| 316 | There's a Blind Man Playin' Fiddle in the Street
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5 February 2023 | 10 February 2023 | 21 February 2023 | Review Page | VirreFriberg | Cielquiparle | ... that the 1968 single "There's a Blind Man Playin' Fiddle in the Street" by Tages was inspired by an old man that could be seen roaming around the streets of Gothenburg, playing a violin? |
| 317 | New York Marriott East Side
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7 February 2023 | 12 February 2023 | 24 February 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Bruxton | ... that in the 1970s, the Shelton Hotel avoided demolition after seven elderly residents and a secretary refused to move out? |
| 318 | Minuscule 1689
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10 February 2023 | 12 February 2023 | 24 February 2023 | Review Page | Stephen Walch | Bruxton | ... that Minuscule 1689, a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, went missing for nearly 100 years after it was moved during World War I? |
| 319 | Ward v. Flood
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5 February 2023 | 12 February 2023 | 26 February 2023 | Review Page | Cielquiparle | Bruxton | ... that Ward v. Flood was the legal basis for racially segregated education in California? |
| 320 | Lexington Hotel (New York City)
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10 February 2023 | 12 February 2023 | 28 February 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Bruxton | ... that New York City's Lexington Hotel banned tipping when it opened? |
| 321 | Gnat Computers
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4 February 2023 | 14 February 2023 | 27 February 2023 | Review Page | DigitalIceAge | Bruxton | ... that Gnat Computers was one of the first to license the CP/M operating system, paying only US$90 for a perpetual license before the price skyrocketed to tens of thousands of dollars? |
| 322 | Silver (concert)
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28 January 2023 | 15 February 2023 | 26 February 2023 | Review Page | Pseud 14 | Cielquiparle | ... that on the day of her Silver concert, singer Regine Velasquez (pictured) suffered from a viral infection and temporarily lost her voice? |
| 323 | Long, Long Time (The Last of Us)
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13 February 2023 | 15 February 2023 | 27 February 2023 | Review Page | Rhain | Bruxton | ... that Linda Ronstadt's "Long, Long Time" saw a 4,900-percent increase in Spotify streams in the United States in the hour after the broadcast of the third episode of The Last of Us? |
| 324 | Chicago station (CTA Logan Square branch)
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13 February 2023 | 15 February 2023 | 27 February 2023 | Review Page | John M Wolfson | Bruxton | ... that from the old Chicago Station, a five-cent fare would get you as far west as California? |
| 325 | Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company
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15 February 2023 | 18 February 2023 | 1 March 2023 | Review Page | Trainsandotherthings | Dying | ... that three decades after chasing away surveyors for a previous railroad with guns, residents of Wickford, Rhode Island, built their own railroad? |
| 326 | WYBU-CD
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15 February 2023 | 18 February 2023 | 1 March 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Dying | ... that a media columnist in Columbus, Georgia, opined: "If TV-16 was a horse, it would have been shot long ago"? |
| 327 | Nicholas Orsini
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6 February 2023 | 19 February 2023 | 27 February 2023 | Review Page | Cplakidas | Cielquiparle | ... that Nicholas Orsini became Despot of Epirus by murdering his uncle, only to be in turn killed by his brother five years later? |
| 328 | Helen Turner Watson
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18 February 2023 | 19 February 2023 | 28 February 2023 | Review Page | Topshelver | Cielquiparle | ... that nursing educator Helen Turner Watson was one of the first African-American women to become a commissioned officer in the United States Navy? |
| 329 | Nothing, Forever
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4 February 2023 | 21 February 2023 | 2 March 2023 | Review Page | ElijahPepe | Cielquiparle | ... that Nothing, Forever is completely procedurally generated? |
| 330 | The Benjamin Royal Sonesta New York
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19 February 2023 | 21 February 2023 | 3 March 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Bruxton | ... that in the 2000s, New York City's Benjamin Hotel offered a pillow menu and hired a sleep concierge? |
| 331 | Luci van Org
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20 February 2023 | 23 February 2023 | 6 March 2023 | Review Page | Ffranc | Cielquiparle | ... that the singer Luci van Org followed up her mainstream success from the 1990s by starting a "Latin–disco–pop–country crossover" band? |
| 332 | Daikoku Seamount
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22 February 2023 | 23 February 2023 | 6 March 2023 | Review Page | Reego41 | Cielquiparle | ... that a boiling pond of liquid sulfur was discovered at the summit crater of the Daikoku Seamount in 2006 in the Northern Mariana Islands? |
| 333 | Ludwig's subathon
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13 February 2023 | 24 February 2023 | 5 March 2023 | Review Page | PerfectSoundWhatever | Cielquiparle | ... that Ludwig Ahgren showered on camera during his 31-day continuous livestream? |
| 334 | Boykinia richardsonii
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15 February 2023 | 24 February 2023 | 7 March 2023 | Review Page | Daniel Case | Aoidh | ... that the popularity of Boykinia richardsonii (example pictured) with grizzly bears in Denali National Park and Preserve has earned it the common name "bearflower"? |
| 335 | Shiroi Heya no Futari
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8 February 2023 | 24 February 2023 | 8 March 2023 | Review Page | Morgan695 | Cielquiparle | ... that Shiroi Heya no Futari is regarded as the first work of yuri, a genre of manga and other media focused on female-female romance, despite not being the first manga to depict romance between women? |
| 336 | S. H. M. Byers
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22 February 2023 | 25 February 2023 | 10 March 2023 | Review Page | CaptainEek | Bruxton | ... that S. H. M. Byers not only coined the phrase "Sherman's March to the Sea", but also wrote Iowa's state song? |
| 337 | Trams in Olsztyn
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20 February 2023 | 26 February 2023 | 9 March 2023 | Review Page | Dudhhr | Cielquiparle | ... that tram service in Olsztyn (pictured) restarted after no trams had operated in the city for more than fifty years? |
| 338 | Deaths of Arnold Archambeau and Ruby Bruguier
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22 December 2023 | 26 February 2023 | 10 March 2023 | Review Page | Daniel Case | Cielquiparle | ... that police doubt that Arnold Archambeau and Ruby Bruguier died shortly after a car accident, even though their bodies were found near the scene three months later? |
| 339 | Benjamin Tompson
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25 February 2023 | 27 February 2023 | 11 March 2023 | Review Page | Gwillhickers | Theleekycauldron | ... that Benjamin Tompson's poem "Harvardine Quils" called for writers in New England to memorialize the loss of "whole towns and Churches" in King Philip's War? |
| 340 | Khirbet Kurkush
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6 February 2023 | 1 March 2023 | 12 March 2023 | Review Page | Tombah | Cielquiparle | ... that archeologists disagree about whether the ancient necropolis discovered in Khirbet Kurkush (tomb pictured) was used by Jews, Samaritans or pagans? |
| 341 | Duffield Memorial
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26 February 2023 | 1 March 2023 | 12 March 2023 | Review Page | Usernameunique | Bruxton | ... that the Duffield Memorial was termed "quite unique" in 1912, and "unusual" in 2022? |
| 342 | Division station (CTA Logan Square branch)
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1 March 2023 | 3 March 2023 | 13 March 2023 | Review Page | John M Wolfson | Bruxton | ... that a bill poster for the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad ended up robbing the Railroad's own Division station? |
| 343 | Battle of Winwick
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22 January 2023 | 8 March 2023 | 14 March 2023 | Review Page | Gog the Mild | Cielquiparle | ... that after the Battle of Winwick in 1648 some Scottish prisoners were sold as slaves? |
| 344 | Infest the Rats' Nest
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3 March 2023 | 8 March 2023 | 14 March 2023 | Review Page | Arcahaeoindris | Cielquiparle | ... that King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard's "cli-fi" thrash metal album addresses a mix of current ecological threats and attempts to find another planet to live on? |
| 345 | Logical Machine Corporation
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20 February 2023 | 8 March 2023 | 14 March 2023 | Review Page | DigitalIceAge | Cielquiparle | ... that Logical Machine Corporation product range of computers included the ADAM, the Mike, and the Tina? |
| 346 | Seongsu Bridge disaster
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20 February 2023 | 8 March 2023 | 15 March 2023 | Review Page | Freedom4U | Cielquiparle | ... that after the Seongsu Bridge collapsed (pictured) in Seoul, radiographic testing found that 110 of the 111 connections in the bridge were filled with defects? |
| 347 | Roman Catholic Diocese of Suzhou
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4 March 2023 | 9 March 2023 | 15 March 2023 | Review Page | TheLonelyPather | Cielquiparle | ... that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Suzhou has both the tallest Catholic church building in China and the first ever Chinese bishop to meet the pope? |
| 348 | BowieNet
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3 March 2023 | 9 March 2023 | 15 March 2023 | Review Page | Thriley | Cielquiparle | ... that in 1998, David Bowie launched BowieNet, a pioneering internet service provider which offered exclusive access to audio recordings, music videos, an online chat, and a virtual world? |
| 349 | Nagaoka Nobuko
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3 March 2023 | 10 March 2023 | 16 March 2023 | Review Page | CurryTime7-24 | Cielquiparle | ... that Japanese pianist Nagaoka Nobuko, a child prodigy called an "absolute genius", was killed in the final American firebombing of Tokyo? |
| 350 | West Auckland, New Zealand
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22 February 2023 | 10 March 2023 | 16 March 2023 | Review Page | Bruxton | Cielquiparle | ... that West Auckland is home to the largest stratovolcano in the geologic history of New Zealand? |
| 351 | Bit House Saloon
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18 February 2023 | 10 March 2023 | 16 March 2023 | Review Page | Bruxton | Cielquiparle | ... that Bit House Saloon's menu featured Rocky Mountain oysters? |
| 352 | Polygonalization
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20 February 2023 | 10 March 2023 | 17 March 2023 | Review Page | David Eppstein | Cielquiparle | ... that a simple polygon through all the points of a three-by-three grid must pass straight through some of the points, rather than turning at each of them? |
| 353 | Bill Hansell
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9 March 2023 | 10 March 2023 | 17 March 2023 | Review Page | Orygun | Bruxton | ... that it has been a goal of Oregon state senator Bill Hansell to get the potato officially designated as the state vegetable? |
| 354 | Group 5 element
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9 March 2023 | 10 March 2023 | 17 March 2023 | Review Page | Praseodymium-141 | Bruxton | ... that all stable group 5 elements are silvery-blue refractory metals? |
| 355 | Stonewall Jackson's arm
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4 March 2023 | 10 March 2023 | 17 March 2023 | Review Page | Hog Farm | Bruxton | ... that attempts to locate Stonewall Jackson's arm with a metal detector failed? |
| 356 | Esmond Venner Keogh
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4 March 2023 | 11 March 2023 | 18 March 2023 | Review Page | Hawkeye7 | Bruxton | ... that Esmond Venner Keogh was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in World War I and later protested against the Vietnam War? |
| 357 | Bonnie J. Dunbar
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26 February 2023 | 12 March 2023 | 18 March 2023 | Review Page | Bruxton | Cielquiparle | ... that NASA astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar (pictured) flew on five space missions and has spent more than 50 days in space? |
| 358 | Liberian National Transitional Government
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3 March 2023 | 12 March 2023 | 18 March 2023 | Review Page | Soman | Cielquiparle | ... that through their participation in the Liberian National Transitional Government, warlords could gain access to state resources whilst continuing hostilities between each other? |
| 359 | Gangnam (Seoul)
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1 March 2023 | 12 March 2023 | 19 March 2023 | Review Page | Freedom4U | Cielquiparle | ... that the rapid development of the region of Gangnam (pictured) in Seoul was spurred by the 1968 North Korean assassination attempt on military dictator Park Chung-hee? |
| 360 | County Road 186 (Delta County, Michigan)
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4 March 2023 | 12 March 2023 | 19 March 2023 | Review Page | Imzadi1979 | Bruxton | ... that due to a dispute over who owned a road in Delta County, Michigan, eight school children missed two weeks of school? |
| 361 | Dokdo Is Our Land
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8 March 2023 | 13 March 2023 | 19 March 2023 | Review Page | Freedom4U | Cielquiparle | ... that the melody of "Dokdo Is Our Land" is commonly used by South Korean students as a study tool? |
| 362 | Williamsburg Bray School
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19 February 2023 | 13 March 2023 | 19 March 2023 | Review Page | Pbritti | Cielquiparle | ... that the Williamsburg Bray School – the "oldest extant building in the United States dedicated to the education of Black children" – was moved a second time in February 2023 (pictured)? |
| 363 | Abdul Ghani Azhari
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2 March 2023 | 14 March 2023 | 20 March 2023 | Review Page | TheAafi | Cielquiparle | ... that Abdul Ghani Azhari wrote Qadim Tarikh-e-Gujjar in Urdu, detailing the ancient history of Gujjars in India? |
| 364 | Revolutionary Girl Utena
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27 February 2023 | 14 March 2023 | 20 March 2023 | Review Page | Morgan695 | Cielquiparle | ... that director Kunihiko Ikuhara created the anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena after becoming frustrated by his lack of creative control as a director of the anime series Sailor Moon? |
| 365 | Knowledge
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10 March 2023 | 14 March 2023 | 20 March 2023 | Review Page | Phlsph7 | Bruxton | ... that it is controversial whether knowledge is the same as justified true belief? |
| 366 | Helene Scheu-Riesz
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8 March 2023 | 14 March 2023 | 20 March 2023 | Review Page | SusunW | Bruxton | ... that Helene Scheu-Riesz created the first German translation of Alice Through the Looking-Glass but struggled with Lewis Carroll's made-up words? |
| 367 | WMBF-TV
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9 March 2023 | 14 March 2023 | 20 March 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Bruxton | ... that a South Carolina TV station went on the air 12 years after its owner said the odds of it existing were "fairly long"? |
| 368 | Luna Park, Alexandria
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11 March 2023 | 14 March 2023 | 20 March 2023 | Review Page | Bruxton | Lightburst | ... that when Luna Park opened in 1906, the first program included "comedy sheep"? |
| 369 | Igor Stravinsky
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11 March 2023 | 14 March 2023 | 21 March 2023 | Review Page | MyCatIsAChonk | Bruxton | ... that composer Igor Stravinsky fled Russia after the October Revolution, but returned once in 1962 to conduct in Moscow and Leningrad, meeting Nikita Khrushchev during the visit? |
| 370 | John Cecil Russell
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13 March 2023 | 14 March 2023 | 21 March 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Bruxton | ... that despite being accused of cowardice at the 28 March 1879 Battle of Hlobane, John Cecil Russell rose to become a major-general? |
| 371 | WTCE-TV
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10 March 2023 | 14 March 2023 | 21 March 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Bruxton | ... that a Florida TV station claimed freeze damage to its transmitter as the reason it had to delay its first broadcast? |
| 372 | Danielle Marcano
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10 March 2023 | 14 March 2023 | 21 March 2023 | Review Page | CeeGee | Lightburst | ... that soccer player Danielle Marcano scored four goals in back-to-back games that helped to send the University of Tennessee to the NCAA tournament quarterfinals for the first time in history? |
| 373 | Michael Stuart (physician)
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14 March 2023 | 15 March 2023 | 19 March 2023 | Review Page | Flibirigit | Bruxton | ... that Michael Stuart raised three sons to play in the National Hockey League, then established a sled hockey team? |
| 374 | C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)
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11 March 2023 | 15 March 2023 | 21 March 2023 | Review Page | C messier | Bruxton | ... that the comet C/1963 A1 (Ikeya) was discovered by 19-year-old amateur astronomer Kaoru Ikeya using a self-made telescope? |
| 375 | Shirley Franco
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15 March 2023 | 15 March 2023 | 22 March 2023 | Review Page | Krisgabwoosh | Bruxton | ... that as a member of the Bolivian Chamber of Deputies, Shirley Franco presented a bill that would penalize street harassment with up to eight hours in jail and a 500-boliviano fine? |
| 376 | Benjamin N. Duke House
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11 March 2023 | 16 March 2023 | 22 March 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Bruxton | ... that the Benjamin N. Duke House (pictured), owned by the same family for more than a century, was later sold to a former taxi driver? |
| 377 | Jikandia: The Timeless Land
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16 March 2023 | 16 March 2023 | 23 March 2023 | Review Page | Nomader | Bruxton | ... that the developers of Jikandia: The Timeless Land wanted to make a game that could be finished in the time of a normal Japanese train commute? |
| 378 | Panzer Dragoon Orta
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6 February 2023 | 17 March 2023 | 22 March 2023 | Review Page | Bryanrutherford0 | Red-tailed hawk | ... that although previews called Panzer Dragoon Orta's story a sequel to Panzer Dragoon Saga's, developers have said that it might reflect an alternative timeline? |
| 379 | Basilica of Our Lady of Hungary
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11 March 2023 | 18 March 2023 | 23 March 2023 | Review Page | Jan Spousta | Bruxton | ... that parts of the Basilica of Our Lady of Hungary were thought to be Gothic until wall probes showed otherwise? |
| 380 | Osney Martínez
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4 February 2023 | 18 March 2023 | 23 March 2023 | Review Page | Krisgabwoosh | Bruxton | ... that prior to serving in the Bolivian Chamber of Deputies, rancher Osney Martínez sought to be elected the mayor of San Borja, as his mother had been before him? |
| 381 | WRIE
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17 March 2023 | 18 March 2023 | 23 March 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Lightburst | ... that the owner of a Pennsylvania radio station compared his job to that of Lee Iacocca at Chrysler? |
| 382 | Carlisle Turkish baths
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17 March 2023 | 18 March 2023 | 24 March 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Lightburst | ... that in the 1960s one could have tea and toast served to your changing room at the Carlisle Turkish baths in England? |
| 383 | Palmwood shipwreck
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18 March 2023 | 19 March 2023 | 25 March 2023 | Review Page | Valereee | Lightburst | ... that two dresses (one pictured) recovered from a 17th-century shipwreck may be the only such items in existence? |
| 384 | WDCW
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6 February 2023 | 19 March 2023 | 25 March 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | BorgQueen | ... that Ron Brown, the United States secretary of commerce, leased equipment to a TV station in Washington, D.C., whose owner turned out to be his lover? |
| 385 | Bapaume town hall explosion
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23 February 2023 | 19 March 2023 | 25 March 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Bruxton | ... that two members of the French parliament were killed when a delayed-action German bomb exploded in the town hall at Bapaume on 25 March 1917 (aftermath pictured)? |
| 386 | Nabataean Aramaic
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20 February 2023 | 19 March 2023 | 25 March 2023 | Review Page | Benji man | BorgQueen | ... that the earliest Nabataean Aramaic inscriptions contain Arabic names and loanwords? |
| 387 | First Telephone Exchange
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22 February 2023 | 19 March 2023 | 25 March 2023 | Review Page | Locomotive207 | BorgQueen | ... that New Haven, Connecticut, was home to the world's first commercial telephone exchange? |
| 388 | 1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom)
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22 February 2023 | 19 March 2023 | 26 March 2023 | Review Page | Bruxton | BorgQueen | ... that the 1st Armoured Division of the British Army chose a white rhinoceros on a black oval as their insignia (pictured)? |
| 389 | Regine at the Theater
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23 February 2023 | 19 March 2023 | 26 March 2023 | Review Page | Pseud 14 | BorgQueen | ... that the concert series Regine at the Theater was conceived two years earlier but was delayed after singer Regine Velasquez suffered acid reflux? |
| 390 | Harry Bolick
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22 February 2023 | 19 March 2023 | 26 March 2023 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | Bruxton | ... that American football fullback Harry Bolick was described as being a more effective blocker than an iron fence? |
| 391 | Mets–Willets Point station (IRT Flushing Line)
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15 February 2023 | 20 March 2023 | 27 March 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | BorgQueen | ... that despite having been enlarged for the 1939 New York World's Fair, the Willets Point Boulevard station served practically no resident population by 1949? |
| 392 | Malinau Kota
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3 March 2023 | 20 March 2023 | 27 March 2023 | Review Page | Nyanardsan | BorgQueen | ... that Malinau Kota, Indonesia, with 31 percent of the population of Malinau Regency, is home to more than 70 percent of its registered restaurants? |
| 393 | Left Behind (The Last of Us)
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8 March 2023 | 20 March 2023 | 27 March 2023 | Review Page | Rhain | BorgQueen | ... that a same-sex kiss scene in the seventh episode of The Last of Us was censored in some regions? |
| 394 | Andrew Sorrell
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13 March 2023 | 20 March 2023 | 28 March 2023 | Review Page | Kafoxe | Valereee | ... that Andrew Sorrell, State Auditor of Alabama, initially ran for election to the Alabama House of Representatives when his father declined to run for the seat? |
| 395 | Open Arms (SZA song)
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3 March 2023 | 21 March 2023 | 29 March 2023 | Review Page | Your Power | BorgQueen | ... that a woman who died from Alzheimer's was memorialized by her granddaughter through posthumous vocals in a song? |
| 396 | Capex Corporation
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22 March 2023 | 22 March 2023 | 31 March 2023 | Review Page | Wasted Time R | BorgQueen | ... that the Optimizer by Capex Corporation brought memory and runtime savings to COBOL programs running on IBM mainframes? |
| 397 | Lunar Hilton
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22 March 2023 | 22 March 2023 | 8 April 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Cielquiparle | ... that in 1967 Hilton Hotels revealed plans for a 100-room hotel on the Moon? |
| 398 | Farides Vaca
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26 February 2023 | 23 March 2023 | 31 March 2023 | Review Page | Krisgabwoosh | Cielquiparle | ... that as part of its strategy of political renovation, National Convergence nominated a librarian to contest one of Bolivia's most competitive legislative districts? |
| 399 | Mount Bibele
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13 March 2023 | 23 March 2023 | 31 March 2023 | Review Page | Graearms | Cielquiparle | ... that the site of Mount Bibele is home to a necropolis with 171 tombs? |
| 400 | Samuele Parlati
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22 February 2023 | 23 March 2023 | 8 April 2023 | Review Page | Oltrepier | Cielquiparle | ... that in February 2023, Italian footballer Samuele Parlati saved a penalty kick while playing as an emergency goalkeeper? |
Reviews 401-500
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| 401 | Abbas ibn Abi al-Futuh
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21 March 2023 | 23 March 2023 | 8 April 2023 | Review Page | Cplakidas | Cielquiparle | ... that Abbas ibn Abi al-Futuh was a Zirid prince who became a vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate after assassinating his stepfather, and was overthrown after murdering caliph al-Zafir? |
| 402 | Jasper Abraham murder case
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4 March 2023 | 24 March 2023 | 2 April 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Bruxton | .... that British outrage at the sentencing of a white Kenyan settler to just two years imprisonment for the 1923 killing of a black employee eventually led to the replacement of the colony's legal code? |
| 403 | Tinder Fire
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26 February 2023 | 24 March 2023 | 3 April 2023 | Review Page | Vami IV | Cielquiparle | ... that at the peak of the 2018 Tinder Fire in Arizona, 695 firefighters worked to contain its spread? |
| 404 | Brightwell Manor
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23 March 2023 | 24 March 2023 | 3 April 2023 | Review Page | Edwardx | Cielquiparle | ... that Brightwell Manor was the home of a eugenicist clergyman who did not believe in democracy? |
| 405 | 1913 El Paso smelters' strike
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2 March 2023 | 25 March 2023 | 2 April 2023 | Review Page | JJonahJackalope | Cielquiparle | ... that during the 1913 El Paso smelters' strike the Industrial Workers of the World and the Western Federation of Miners competed to organize the strikers with their respective labor unions? |
| 406 | Avi Kwa Ame National Monument
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24 March 2023 | 25 March 2023 | 2 April 2023 | Review Page | Reywas92 | Bruxton | ... that Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, protected as a national monument since March 21, is a significant habitat of Joshua trees and threatened desert tortoises? |
| 407 | Jaylen Clark
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17 March 2023 | 25 March 2023 | 4 April 2023 | Review Page | Bagumba | Bruxton | ... that UCLA basketball player Jaylen Clark was named the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year in 2023, after also significantly improving on offense? |
| 408 | Knowsley Hall shootings
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17 March 2023 | 25 March 2023 | 4 April 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Lightburst | ... that in 1952 a 19-year-old footman shot Lady Derby and three members of staff at Knowsley Hall in England? |
| 409 | Spiders Georg
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20 March 2023 | 26 March 2023 | 1 April 2023 | Review Page | Theleekycauldron | Cielquiparle | ... that "'average person eats 3 spiders a year' factoid actualy just statistical error"? |
| 410 | The Firebird
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23 March 2023 | 26 March 2023 | 2 April 2023 | Review Page | MyCatIsAChonk | Cielquiparle | ... that the 1919 suite of The Firebird contained "more than three hundred errors"? |
| 411 | The Ansonia
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24 March 2023 | 26 March 2023 | 5 April 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Cielquiparle | ... that originally, residents of New York City's Ansonia Hotel received fresh eggs from a farm on its roof? |
| 412 | Roger Bonk
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1 March 2023 | 26 March 2023 | 6 April 2023 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | Cielquiparle | ... that football linebacker Roger Bonk was nicknamed "the Boinker"? |
| 413 | Charles III of Navarre
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22 March 2023 | 26 March 2023 | 7 April 2023 | Review Page | Surtsicna | Cielquiparle | ... that King Charles III's wife left him after she found four of his lovers living in his palace? |
| 414 | Eurovision Song Contest 1999
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13 March 2023 | 26 March 2023 | 7 April 2023 | Review Page | Sims2aholic8 | Cielquiparle | ... that Sweden won the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, twenty-five years after ABBA brought the country its first victory in the contest? |
| 415 | Guillaume Diop
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15 March 2023 | 26 March 2023 | 8 April 2023 | Review Page | Corachow | Cielquiparle | ... that Paris Opera Ballet dancer Guillaume Diop co-authored a manifesto that called for the Paris Opera to make urgent changes to address racial discrimination? |
| 416 | Updown early medieval cemetery
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27 March 2023 | 28 March 2023 | 10 April 2023 | Review Page | Richard Nevell | Bruxton | ... that Sonia Chadwick Hawkes led a rescue excavation at the Updown early medieval cemetery in 1976 because the site was threatened by a planned pipeline? |
| 417 | Pubs in Brighton
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20 March 2023 | 28 March 2023 | 11 April 2023 | Review Page | Hassocks5489 | Bruxton | ... that 100 beerhouses were licensed in Brighton (population 40,000) in the first week after the Beerhouse Act 1830 was enacted? |
| 418 | Charles III, Count of Alençon
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28 March 2023 | 29 March 2023 | 1 April 2023 | Review Page | Surtsicna | Cielquiparle | ... that Charles III abdicated to become a monk, leaving his land divided between his younger brothers? |
| 419 | Vermont Public
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24 March 2023 | 29 March 2023 | 11 April 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Bruxton | ... that in 1979, Vermont ETV received more donations from viewers in Quebec than it did from Vermonters? |
| 420 | Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park
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20 March 2023 | 29 March 2023 | 12 April 2023 | Review Page | Bneu2013 | Bruxton | ... that Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, modeled on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was created to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the statehood of Tennessee in 1996? |
| 421 | Albert Luthuli
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28 March 2023 | 30 March 2023 | 12 April 2023 | Review Page | Iamawesomeautomatic | Bruxton | ... that Albert Luthuli was the first African to win the Nobel Peace Prize? |
| 422 | 2023 Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Purdue men's basketball game
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22 March 2023 | 30 March 2023 | 18 April 2023 | Review Page | BullDawg2021 | Bruxton | ... that Fairleigh Dickinson's upset victory over Purdue was the biggest upset in terms of point spread in NCAA tournament history, with Purdue being a 231⁄2-point favorite? |
| 423 | Christian Keller (sports administrator)
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13 March 2023 | 31 March 2023 | 14 April 2023 | Review Page | Modussiccandi | Bruxton | ... that Christian Keller worked as an academic before running SSV Jahn Regensburg? |
| 424 | 161 Maiden Lane
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17 March 2023 | 2 April 2023 | 9 April 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Cielquiparle | ... that the developers of 161 Maiden Lane offered luxury yachts to attract tenants? |
| 425 | Seven (1995 film)
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31 March 2023 | 2 April 2023 | 14 April 2023 | Review Page | Lankyant | Bruxton | ... that Ned Beatty turned down the role of John Doe in the film Seven because the script was the "most evil thing" he had ever read? |
| 426 | Logic translation
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30 March 2023 | 4 April 2023 | 15 April 2023 | Review Page | Phlsph7 | BorgQueen | ... that logic translations can be used to analyze whether arguments expressed in ordinary language are correct? |
| 427 | Mosaic of Rehob
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1 April 2023 | 5 April 2023 | 17 April 2023 | Review Page | Davidbena | BorgQueen | ... that the Mosaic of Rehob is the oldest surviving Talmudic text? |
| 428 | Rhina Aguirre
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26 March 2023 | 5 April 2023 | 17 April 2023 | Review Page | Krisgabwoosh | BorgQueen | ... that after losing her eyesight to toxoplasmosis, Rhina Aguirre dedicated herself to disability rights and was elected to the Bolivian Senate in 2009? |
| 429 | Alterlaa
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31 March 2023 | 5 April 2023 | 18 April 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Lightburst | ... that residents at Alterlaa (building pictured), a housing complex in Vienna, have large concrete planters in which plants can be grown? |
| 430 | 1866 Helston by-election
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3 April 2023 | 5 April 2023 | 18 April 2023 | Review Page | Harrias | Cielquiparle | ... that both candidates in the 1866 Helston by-election received the same number of votes? |
| 431 | Northeastern Army
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5 April 2023 | 7 April 2023 | 19 April 2023 | Review Page | SilverStar54 | Bruxton | ... that Nationalist China's own Northeastern Army captured Chiang Kai-shek to convince him to end the civil war against the Chinese Communist Party? |
| 432 | 323P/SOHO
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29 March 2023 | 7 April 2023 | 19 April 2023 | Review Page | C messier | Cielquiparle | ... that the periodic comet 323P/SOHO approaches the Sun at a distance of 0.04 AU, nearer than any other numbered comet, every 4.15 years? |
| 433 | Rahudman Harahap
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27 March 2023 | 7 April 2023 | 20 April 2023 | Review Page | Juxlos | Cielquiparle | ... that Medan under Rahudman Harahap attempted a crackdown on pig farms within city limits, but backed down after local opposition? |
| 434 | Thanos (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
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27 March 2023 | 7 April 2023 | 21 April 2023 | Review Page | ZooBlazer | BorgQueen | ... that Digital Domain created a new facial-capture system to help create the look of Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame? |
| 435 | Lovely's Purchase
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5 April 2023 | 7 April 2023 | 21 April 2023 | Review Page | GenQuest | Bruxton | ... that President James Monroe promised the eastern Cherokee a "gateway to the setting sun" where they were not "surrounded by the White man", which resulted in the creation of Lovely's Purchase? |
| 436 | Untitled Goose Game
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5 April 2023 | 7 April 2023 | 21 April 2023 | Review Page | MyCatIsAChonk | Bruxton | ... that Untitled Goose Game escaped being called Some Like It Honk? |
| 437 | First Battery Armory
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8 April 2023 | 9 April 2023 | 22 April 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Bruxton | ... that a former armory in New York City later housed ESPN offices? |
| 438 | 2022 New York City Marathon
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8 April 2023 | 10 April 2023 | 17 April 2023 | Review Page | Joseph2302 | Bruxton | ... that the men's winner of the 2022 New York City Marathon was almost hit by a vehicle during the race? |
| 439 | West Mata
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5 April 2023 | 10 April 2023 | 22 April 2023 | Review Page | Festucalex | BorgQueen | ... that the two primary vents of West Mata (pictured), a submarine volcano, are called "Hades" and "Prometheus"? |
| 440 | Matt Hicks (basketball)
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9 April 2023 | 10 April 2023 | 23 April 2023 | Review Page | TonyTheTiger | Bruxton | ... that NIU dormitory residents cast 65,000 write-in votes to elect Matt Hicks to the 1977 Pizza Hut All-American game? |
| 441 | Starrett–Lehigh Building
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9 April 2023 | 10 April 2023 | 23 April 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Bruxton | ... that the 19-story Starrett–Lehigh Building was built on the principle of "every floor a first floor"? |
| 442 | Church Street School swimming pool
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20 March 2023 | 11 April 2023 | 24 April 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Bruxton | ... that buddleia grows from the exterior of the Church Street School swimming pool (pictured) in Glasgow? |
| 443 | Ilona Tóth
|
12 April 2023 | 13 April 2023 | 26 April 2023 | Review Page | Thebiguglyalien | Theleekycauldron | ... that Ilona Tóth testified that she had injected a man with gasoline? |
| 444 | The 1619 Project (TV series)
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13 April 2023 | 14 April 2023 | 26 April 2023 | Review Page | Cielquiparle | BorgQueen | ... that "Fear", an episode of The 1619 Project, traces present-day vigilante violence against Black youths in the United States to the fear of slave rebellions? |
| 445 | Iga ikki
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12 April 2023 | 14 April 2023 | 26 April 2023 | Review Page | 3family6 | BorgQueen | ... that ninja families in Sengoku Japan established self-governing confederacies in Iga and in Kōka, which formed an alliance? |
| 446 | Kōka ikki
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| 447 | Iga–Kōka alliance
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| 448 | Darryl Milburn
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8 April 2023 | 15 April 2023 | 26 April 2023 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | BorgQueen | ... that Darryl Milburn made his Canadian Football League debut on his birthday, but did not appear in any other games that year? |
| 449 | Begleitungsmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene
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14 April 2023 | 15 April 2023 | 26 April 2023 | Review Page | CurryTime7-24 | BorgQueen | ... that Arnold Schoenberg composed a film score to no film? |
| 450 | Music of The Last of Us (TV series)
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14 April 2023 | 15 April 2023 | 27 April 2023 | Review Page | Rhain | BorgQueen | ... that the soundtrack of The Last of Us features a song performed by Nick Offerman, who played a character in the series? |
| 451 | List of The Last of Us (TV series) characters
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| 452 | N53 road (Ireland)
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13 April 2023 | 15 April 2023 | 27 April 2023 | Review Page | Ritchie333 | Bruxton | ... that the Irish N53 road from Dundalk to Castleblayney has a 6-kilometre (3.7 mi) gap where it enters Northern Ireland? |
| 453 | Lake of the Woods Provincial Park
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14 April 2023 | 16 April 2023 | 28 April 2023 | Review Page | P199 | Bruxton | ... that the mainland portion of Lake of the Woods Provincial Park in northwestern Ontario, Canada, was deregulated as part of a First Nations land claim settlement? |
| 454 | Housatonic Railroad (1836)
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16 April 2023 | 16 April 2023 | 29 April 2023 | Review Page | Trainsandotherthings | Bruxton | .... that the Housatonic Railroad used to send 100,000 US quarts (95,000 litres) of milk to New York City per day? |
| 455 | Elogium (literary genre)
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14 April 2023 | 17 April 2023 | 28 April 2023 | Review Page | Alessandro57 | BorgQueen | ... that in the Forum of Augustus in Rome, elogia were hung on statues of commanders and Augustus's ancestors? |
| 456 | Junichi Yamakawa
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14 April 2023 | 17 April 2023 | 28 April 2023 | Review Page | Morgan695 | BorgQueen | ... that the pseudonymous manga artist Junichi Yamakawa never disclosed to his editor his legal name, address, or contact information? |
| 457 | Taiari / Chalky Inlet
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18 April 2023 | 19 April 2023 | 29 April 2023 | Review Page | Turnagra | BorgQueen | ... that more than 100 traps were set to catch a single stoat on an otherwise predator-free island in Taiari / Chalky Inlet in 2022? |
| 458 | Canterbury Pioneer Women's Memorial
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12 April 2023 | 20 April 2023 | 29 April 2023 | Review Page | Schwede66 | Bruxton | ... that although it was a centennial project, the Canterbury Pioneer Women's Memorial (pictured) in New Zealand was opened 90 years after the region's organised settlement began? |
| 459 | WQCY
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16 April 2023 | 20 April 2023 | 29 April 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Bruxton | ... that in the same year, an Illinois radio station lost its station manager in a car crash and its advertising revenue to flooding? |
| 460 | Jake Witt
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29 March 2023 | 21 April 2023 | 27 April 2023 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | Bruxton | ... that although he only had ten minutes to learn to play offensive lineman, college football player Jake Witt was able to successfully block against "the best defensive line" in the U.S.? |
| 461 | Search for Grace
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16 April 2023 | 21 April 2023 | 29 April 2023 | Review Page | Bennv123 | Bruxton | ... that to prepare for her role in the television film Search for Grace, actress Lisa Hartman Black underwent hypnosis? |
| 462 | Oya Ekici
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9 April 2023 | 21 April 2023 | 30 April 2023 | Review Page | CeeGee | Bruxton | ... that 47-year-old Turkish para-karateka Oya Ekici won the bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships? |
| 463 | Battle of Nicopolis (1798)
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27 March 2023 | 21 April 2023 | 30 April 2023 | Review Page | Cplakidas | Bruxton | ... that during the Battle of Nicopolis in 1798, Revolutionary French troops placed their artillery on top of an ancient burial mound? |
| 464 | The Birds (Alexander McQueen collection)
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21 April 2023 | 22 April 2023 | 27 April 2023 | Review Page | Premeditated Chaos | Bruxton | ... that British designer Alexander McQueen constructed a dress made of clear pallet wrap for his Spring/Summer 1995 collection The Birds? |
| 465 | Bolor Ganbold
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10 April 2023 | 23 April 2023 | 1 May 2023 | Review Page | Walrus World | BorgQueen | ... that after becoming one of the Mongolian Armed Forces' first female recruits, Bolor Ganbold is now its first female brigadier general? |
| 466 | Rufina Bazlova
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21 April 2023 | 23 April 2023 | 1 May 2023 | Review Page | Paul2520 | BorgQueen | ... that Rufina Bazlova has used traditional embroidery to depict protests in Belarus? |
| 467 | Wikipedia coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic
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20 April 2023 | 23 April 2023 | 1 May 2023 | Review Page | MyCatIsAChonk | Lightburst | ... that in 2020, COVID-19–related articles across all Wikipedias received more than 579 million pageviews? |
| 468 | Mr. X (Resident Evil)
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16 April 2023 | 24 April 2023 | 1 May 2023 | Review Page | Bruxton | BorgQueen | ... that in the remake of Resident Evil 2, Mr. X walks at four times his normal speed when the player cannot see him? |
| 469 | Oscar Holmes
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2 April 2023 | 26 April 2023 | 2 May 2023 | Review Page | Clarityfiend | P199 | ... that during World War II, Oscar Holmes became the first black US naval aviator only because the still-segregated Navy initially thought that the light-skinned Holmes was white? |
| 470 | Eldridge Milton
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25 April 2023 | 26 April 2023 | 3 May 2023 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | Theleekycauldron | ... that future NFL linebacker Eldridge Milton liked playing with alligators at a young age? |
| 471 | Neptune (Alexander McQueen collection)
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23 April 2023 | 27 April 2023 | 30 April 2023 | Review Page | Premeditated Chaos | BorgQueen | ... that the Alexander McQueen collection Neptune drew negative reviews comparing the clothing to 1980s science fiction, Xena, and Wonder Woman? |
| 472 | Testimonies (novel)
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27 April 2023 | 27 April 2023 | 2 May 2023 | Review Page | MichaelMaggs | BorgQueen | ... that Patrick O'Brian's Testimonies received reviews that variously described it from "clumsy in construction to the point of amateurishness" to "rare and beautiful"? |
| 473 | Sam H. Harris Theatre
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24 April 2023 | 27 April 2023 | 3 May 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Lightburst | ... that despite plans to restore the Sam H. Harris Theatre in the 1990s, it became an entrance to a wax museum? |
| 474 | Maria Vladimirovna Mironova
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5 April 2023 | 27 April 2023 | 3 May 2023 | Review Page | BorgQueen | Bruxton | ... that for several decades, Soviet actress Maria Vladimirovna Mironova acted out scenes of a quarrelling couple on stage with her real-life husband? |
| 475 | Jozef Israëls Monument
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24 April 2023 | 27 April 2023 | 3 May 2023 | Review Page | Bruxton | Lightburst | ... that a monument to honor the Jewish artist Jozef Israëls was destroyed during World War II, but the pieces were saved and it was restored and unveiled in 1946? |
| 476 | Mansfield Hotel
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24 April 2023 | 27 April 2023 | 3 May 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Lightburst | ... that New York City's Mansfield Hotel was developed by two neighbors from Vermont, one of whom later served as Vermont's governor? |
| 477 | Coronation of Edward VI
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25 April 2023 | 27 April 2023 | 6 May 2023 | Review Page | Tim O'Doherty | Bruxton | ... that Edward VI was only nine years old on the day of his coronation? |
| 478 | N54 road (Ireland)
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20 April 2023 | 27 April 2023 | 11 May 2023 | Review Page | Ritchie333 | Bruxton | ... that a 3.5-kilometre (2.2 mi) section of the N54 road in the Republic of Ireland cannot be reached without first travelling through Northern Ireland? |
| 479 | Juice Scruggs
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27 April 2023 | 28 April 2023 | 3 May 2023 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | Bruxton | ... that nearly two years after getting into a serious car accident that sidelined him for a full season, football player Juice Scruggs returned to the field, and was named All-Big Ten one year later? |
| 480 | Takin' It Back
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14 April 2023 | 28 April 2023 | 4 May 2023 | Review Page | MaranoFan | Bruxton | ... that an earlier title going viral on TikTok prompted Meghan Trainor to take it back to doo-wop, which made them look again? |
| 481 | Robert Tvorogal
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24 April 2023 | 28 April 2023 | 4 May 2023 | Review Page | Riley1012 | Bruxton | ... that in 2020 Robert Tvorogal became Lithuania's first European champion in gymnastics? |
| 482 | Zenith Data Systems
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27 April 2023 | 28 April 2023 | 4 May 2023 | Review Page | DigitalIceAge | Bruxton | ... that Zenith Data Systems's $242 million contract with the United States Department of Defense in 1986 was the largest federal computer contract until then? |
| 483 | Uranus in fiction
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27 April 2023 | 29 April 2023 | 5 May 2023 | Review Page | TompaDompa | Bruxton | ... that in early depictions of Uranus in fiction, the planet was portrayed as solid (example pictured)? |
| 484 | Sun in fiction
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27 April 2023 | 29 April 2023 | 7 May 2023 | Review Page | TompaDompa | Bruxton | ... that the 1961 film Barabbas portrayed a solar eclipse (pictured) by shooting during a real one? |
| 485 | John C. Carson
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27 March 2023 | 30 April 2023 | 5 May 2023 | Review Page | Orygun | Bruxton | ... that John C. Carson built the first sidewalk in Portland, Oregon? |
| 486 | Ernst Scheurlen
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23 April 2023 | 30 April 2023 | 7 May 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Bruxton | ... that Vice Admiral Ernst Scheurlen was killed in action a month before the end of the Second World War in Europe while leading a hastily raised division of naval troops in defence of Germany? |
| 487 | WTOB-TV
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9 April 2023 | 2 May 2023 | 6 May 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | BorgQueen | ... that the tower of a defunct TV station turned into a Christmastime landmark in Winston-Salem, North Carolina? |
| 488 | KSTU
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21 April 2023 | 2 May 2023 | 7 May 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Lightburst | ... that one of the longest civil trials in Utah history, with 1,000 exhibits, concerned the purchase of a Salt Lake City TV station? |
| 489 | Computer Applications, Inc.
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9 April 2023 | 2 May 2023 | 7 May 2023 | Review Page | Wasted Time R | Lightburst | ... that in a rapid decline, Computer Applications, Inc. went from the second-largest independent software firm in the United States to being bankrupt and subject to liquidation? |
| 490 | Instrument 1
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30 April 2023 | 2 May 2023 | 7 May 2023 | Review Page | Schminnte | Lightburst | ... that the Instrument 1 can be a guitar, piano, violin, or drum kit? |
| 491 | Monument to the Martyrs of the 1830 Revolution
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13 April 2023 | 2 May 2023 | 8 May 2023 | Review Page | BorgQueen | Lightburst | ... that the Monument to the Martyrs of the 1830 Revolution is surmounted by a statue of Liberty (pictured) inscribing the days of 23, 24, 25 and 26 September 1830 in a book? |
| 492 | Soekotjo Sastrodinoto
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27 April 2023 | 4 May 2023 | 7 May 2023 | Review Page | Juxlos | BorgQueen | ... that under Soekotjo Sastrodinoto, the municipal government of Surabaya signed up the city's homeless population for the transmigration program? |
| 493 | Anton Novakov
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3 April 2023 | 4 May 2023 | 8 May 2023 | Review Page | Dahn | BorgQueen | ... that Bessarabian legislator Anton Novakov, who was absent when his colleagues voted on union with Romania, sued the Romanian state for land benefits they had received for voting in favor? |
| 494 | Constantin Bivol
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9 April 2023 | 4 May 2023 | 9 May 2023 | Review Page | Dahn | BorgQueen | ... that Constantin Bivol, who championed land reform in Bessarabia, could only locate half of his ten dessiatins of ancestral farmland, noting that "God only knows where the rest of them are"? |
| 495 | Barbara Kennedy
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14 April 2023 | 5 May 2023 | 9 May 2023 | Review Page | Soulbust | Bruxton | ... that Barbara Kennedy was the first player to lead NCAA Division I women's basketball in scoring? |
| 496 | Nadiri
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4 May 2023 | 5 May 2023 | 9 May 2023 | Review Page | RAJIVVASUDEV | Bruxton | ... that the nadiri, a sleeveless overcoat, was personally designed by Jahangir, the fourth Mughal emperor? |
| 497 | Soeparno (mayor)
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23 April 2023 | 5 May 2023 | 9 May 2023 | Review Page | Juxlos | BorgQueen | ... that Soeparno moved the official year of establishment of Surabaya, Indonesia, from 1906 to 1293? |
| 498 | Balanoglossus gigas
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24 April 2023 | 5 May 2023 | 9 May 2023 | Review Page | Edward-Woodrow | BorgQueen | ... that the acorn worm Balanoglossus gigas gives a strong iodoform-like smell when handled, possibly to ward off predators? |
| 499 | Capa House
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25 April 2023 | 5 May 2023 | 10 May 2023 | Review Page | Paul2520 | Bruxton | ... that at Capa House, photographer Robert Capa captured The Picture of the Last Man to Die, of American soldier Raymond J. Bowman? |
| 500 | Tina Hutchinson
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8 April 2023 | 5 May 2023 | 10 May 2023 | Review Page | Bagumba | Bruxton | ... that in her first year with San Diego State, basketball player Tina Hutchinson set NCAA freshman scoring records and led the Aztecs to their first NCAA tournament? |
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| 501 | Jean Mignon
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5 April 2023 | 5 May 2023 | 10 May 2023 | Review Page | Johnbod | Bruxton | ... that most figures in 16th-century etchings by Jean Mignon have open mouths? |
| 501 | Kentucky Derby Festival Basketball Classic
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4 May 2023 | 5 May 2023 | 11 May 2023 | Review Page | Bagumba | BorgQueen | ... that an FBI investigation contributed to the cancellation of the Kentucky Derby Festival Basketball Classic, which had been the longest-running U.S. high school all-star basketball game? |
| 502 | William F. Matthews (died 1977)
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20 April 2023 | 5 May 2023 | 11 May 2023 | Review Page | Philafrenzy | BorgQueen | ... that in 1976, William F. Matthews became the first bookbinder to receive the Insignia Award of the City and Guilds of London Institute? |
| 503 | Cassette Beasts
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5 May 2023 | 6 May 2023 | 12 May 2023 | Review Page | Nomader | BorgQueen | ... that one reviewer said that her favorite part of Cassette Beasts was that it is not "forced to cater to younger children", unlike Pokémon? |
| 504 | International Aviation Meet at Belmont Park
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7 May 2023 | 8 May 2023 | 16 May 2023 | Review Page | Lightburst | Bruxton | ... that American aviator John Moisant crashed his plane twice before participating in the 1910 International Aviation Meet at Belmont Park (pictured)? |
| 505 | Marios Georgiou
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4 May 2023 | 9 May 2023 | 15 May 2023 | Review Page | Riley1012 | Bruxton | ... that in 2022 Marios Georgiou became Cyprus's first European champion in gymnastics? |
| 506 | List of awards and nominations received by Angel Aquino
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4 May 2023 | 9 May 2023 | 16 May 2023 | Review Page | Pseud 14 | Bruxton | ... that Angel Aquino received two nominations for Best Supporting Actress at the 2014 Gawad Urian Awards? |
| 507 | List of all-time WNBA win–loss records
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25 April 2023 | 9 May 2023 | 17 May 2023 | Review Page | Soulbust | Bruxton | ... that the Los Angeles Sparks have the most wins and highest winning percentage in WNBA history? |
| 508 | Fu-Go balloon bomb
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9 May 2023 | 9 May 2023 | 19 May 2023 | Review Page | Goszei | Bruxton | ... that the first intercontinental weapon was not a missile, but a Japanese balloon (example pictured)? |
| 509 | KTNV-TV
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9 May 2023 | 10 May 2023 | 18 May 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Bruxton | ... that in 1956, a Las Vegas TV station may have been the only 24-hour TV station in the U.S.? |
| 510 | Satrio Sastrodiredjo
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27 April 2023 | 10 May 2023 | 18 May 2023 | Review Page | Juxlos | BorgQueen | ... that Satrio Sastrodiredjo and Moerachman, both former mayors of Surabaya, Indonesia, were held as political prisoners in the same prison after the 30 September Movement in 1965? |
| 511 | Moerachman
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| 512 | Marisa Anderson
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8 May 2023 | 10 May 2023 | 19 May 2023 | Review Page | QuietHere | Bruxton | ... that Marisa Anderson organized and participated in multiple cross-country walks to raise awareness for various political causes? |
| 513 | Gold(III) chloride
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15 April 2023 | 11 May 2023 | 20 May 2023 | Review Page | Keresluna | Bruxton | ... that gold(III) chloride can directly convert a primary amine to a ketone without any additional steps? |
| 514 | Dubuque, Arkansas
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13 May 2023 | 13 May 2023 | 21 May 2023 | Review Page | Hog Farm | Bruxton | ... that Dubuque, Arkansas, was destroyed in the American Civil War and is now covered by the waters of Bull Shoals Lake? |
| 515 | Logic
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12 May 2023 | 13 May 2023 | 21 May 2023 | Review Page | Phlsph7 | Bruxton | ... that Aristotle's system of logic formed the foundation of logical thought in the Western world for more than 2,000 years until the advent of modern symbolic logic? |
| 516 | Hotel Belleclaire
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14 May 2023 | 15 May 2023 | 22 May 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Lightburst | ... that after a guest smuggled a lion into the Hotel Belleclaire using a piano crate, the lion was thrown out of the hotel? |
| 517 | Chicano Liberation Front
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8 May 2023 | 15 May 2023 | 22 May 2023 | Review Page | Jengod | Lightburst | ... that the Chicano Liberation Front claimed responsibility for 28 bombings in Los Angeles in 1970 and 1971? |
| 518 | William Westerfeld
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13 May 2023 | 15 May 2023 | 23 May 2023 | Review Page | Bruxton | Lightburst | ... that confectioner William Westerfeld hired architect Henry Geilfuss to design his home in San Francisco, and then died in it? |
| 519 | Baise Uprising
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14 May 2023 | 16 May 2023 | 23 May 2023 | Review Page | SilverStar54 | Lightburst | ... that Deng Xiaoping called his actions during the Baise Uprising "one of the worst mistakes" of his life? |
| 520 | Angel Aquino on screen and stage
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30 April 2023 | 16 May 2023 | 24 May 2023 | Review Page | Pseud 14 | Lightburst | ... that Crying Ladies and Donsol, films starring Angel Aquino, were Philippine submissions for Best International Feature Film at the 77th and 80th Academy Awards, respectively? |
| 521 | Adam Korsak
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13 May 2023 | 16 May 2023 | 24 May 2023 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | Lightburst | ... that to learn the rules of American football, Australian Adam Korsak, who was named the best college punter in 2022, played Madden NFL 06 and watched Any Given Sunday? |
| 522 | Boroqul
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13 May 2023 | 16 May 2023 | 25 May 2023 | Review Page | AirshipJungleman29 | Lightburst | ... that the Mongol general Boroqul saved the life of the future Ögedei Khan by continually sucking clotted blood from a wound on his neck? |
| 523 | Prodigy Education
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11 May 2023 | 17 May 2023 | 25 May 2023 | Review Page | Shadow of the Starlit Sky | Bruxton | ... that Prodigy Math Game was initially created as a school project? |
| 524 | D. I. Suchianu
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8 May 2023 | 17 May 2023 | 25 May 2023 | Review Page | Dahn | Bruxton | ... that film critic and censor D. I. Suchianu wanted Romanian moviegoers to cease "falling asleep whenever they're not shown a naked breast [or] a hip that's getting some action"? |
| 525 | Pantalon rouge
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16 May 2023 | 17 May 2023 | 26 May 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Bruxton | ... that French Army infantrymen wore red trousers (example pictured) from 1829 until 1914? |
| 526 | Nisn Pups
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20 April 2023 | 17 May 2023 | 28 May 2023 | Review Page | Soman | Theleekycauldron | ... that when journalist and trade unionist Nisn Pups was released from jail, the Communist Party of Lithuania instructed him to change his name? |
| 527 | Tissue (cloth)
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7 May 2023 | 20 May 2023 | 25 May 2023 | Review Page | RAJIVVASUDEV | Cielquiparle | ... that the word 'tissue' in textiles refers to types of fabric that are delicate, lightweight, and sheer in nature? |
| 528 | Breaking Barriers 50km
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7 May 2023 | 20 May 2023 | 25 May 2023 | Review Page | Dying | Cielquiparle | ... that a world record has been set every year Gqeberha has held its Breaking Barriers 50km event? |
| 529 | Katharina von Schnurbein
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27 March 2023 | 20 May 2023 | 26 May 2023 | Review Page | Longhornsg | Cielquiparle | ... that Katharina von Schnurbein is the European Commission's first coordinator on combatting antisemitism, having served in the role since 2015? |
| 530 | Bob Harrington (preacher)
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14 May 2023 | 20 May 2023 | 28 May 2023 | Review Page | 78.26 | Lightburst | ... that evangelist Bob Harrington would drive miles out of his way to avoid the sight of a steeple? |
| 531 | Carbatina
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16 May 2023 | 20 May 2023 | 29 May 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Lightburst | ... that the carbatinae (examples pictured), shoes worn in ancient Greece and Rome, were single pieces of leather tied onto the foot? |
| 532 | The Reconstruction of Nations
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18 May 2023 | 20 May 2023 | 29 May 2023 | Review Page | Piotrus | Lightburst | ... that the 2003 book The Reconstruction of Nations describes how "national reconciliation is possible after even the most terrible conflicts", including ethnic cleansing? |
| 533 | 1978 World Snooker Championship
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19 May 2023 | 20 May 2023 | 31 May 2023 | Review Page | BennyOnTheLoose | Lightburst | ... that at the 1978 World Snooker Championship, Fred Davis reached the semi-finals at the age of 64? |
| 534 | Hold on Tight! (Inside No. 9)
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20 May 2023 | 21 May 2023 | 28 May 2023 | Review Page | ISD | Cielquiparle | ... that crew members had to sign non-disclosure agreements to stop them revealing that the Inside No. 9 episode "Hold on Tight!" was fake? |
| 535 | Wager Island
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17 May 2023 | 23 May 2023 | 29 May 2023 | Review Page | DiverDave | Cielquiparle | ... that of approximately 140 men stranded after a shipwreck on Wager Island in 1741, only 36 returned alive to Britain, according to Rear Admiral C. H. Layman? |
| 536 | Roy McGrath
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27 April 2023 | 23 May 2023 | 29 May 2023 | Review Page | TDKR Chicago 101 | Cielquiparle | ... that Roy McGrath, who was the chief of staff to Maryland governor Larry Hogan, was wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was killed during a shootout by agents? |
| 537 | Art Greenspon
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22 May 2023 | 24 May 2023 | 30 May 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Bruxton | ... that Vietnam War photojournalist Art Greenspon was wounded in the face by a shot that had first passed through colleague Co Rentmeester's hand? |
| 538 | WVIZ
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20 May 2023 | 24 May 2023 | 30 May 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Bruxton | ... that programs at a Cleveland public TV station had to be recorded in between school bells and fire drills? |
| 539 | Milwaukee Cold Storage Co. Building
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23 May 2023 | 24 May 2023 | 31 May 2023 | Review Page | Lightburst | Bruxton | ... that the 1892 Milwaukee Cold Storage Co. Building has very few windows, and walls which are two feet (0.6 m) thick? |
| 540 | Angelo Emo
|
22 May 2023 | 24 May 2023 | 31 May 2023 | Review Page | Cplakidas | Bruxton | ... that the Venetian admiral Angelo Emo invented floating artillery batteries on rafts during his campaign against the Beylik of Tunis? |
| 541 | Alfred Verdross
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12 May 2023 | 24 May 2023 | 31 May 2023 | Review Page | Gitz6666 | Bruxton | ... that in the 1930s Alfred Verdross, an Austrian international lawyer and future judge of the European Court of Human Rights, sympathised with National Socialism? |
| 542 | Portrait of Count Stanislas Potocki
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20 May 2023 | 26 May 2023 | 2 June 2023 | Review Page | Ppt91 | Bruxton | ... that Jacques-Louis David's Portrait of Count Stanislas Potocki from 1781 has been described as one of his masterpieces? |
| 543 | İbrahim Çolak (gymnast)
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24 March 2023 | 26 May 2023 | 3 June 2023 | Review Page | Riley1012 | Lightburst | ... that İbrahim Çolak's 2019 gold medal in still rings was Turkey's first at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships? |
| 544 | Michael Block
|
23 May 2023 | 26 May 2023 | 3 June 2023 | Review Page | AirshipJungleman29 | Bruxton | ... that Michael Block, a club professional who charges $150 per hour for golfing lessons, scored a hole in one on his way to finishing joint 15th at the 2023 PGA Championship? |
| 545 | Leonie ter Braak
|
26 May 2023 | 26 May 2023 | 4 June 2023 | Review Page | Simeon | Bruxton | ... that Leonie ter Braak made her film debut in The Marriage Escape, the film of Dutch origin with the most cinema ticket sales in 2020? |
| 546 | Aile Asszonyi
|
7 May 2023 | 29 May 2023 | 5 June 2023 | Review Page | Storye book | Lightburst | ... that in Strauss's Elektra, Aile Asszonyi was said to be convincing as a woman close to madness? |
| 547 | Gull egg
|
29 May 2023 | 29 May 2023 | 14 June 2023 | Review Page | Jengod | Lightburst | ... that seagull eggs (examples pictured) were used as counterfeit plover eggs? |
| 548 | The Wilbraham
|
29 May 2023 | 30 May 2023 | 10 June 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Bruxton | ... that although the Wilbraham (pictured) was built as an apartment building for bachelors, more women than men lived there by 1929? |
| 549 | Der Bialistoker Shtern
|
9 May 2023 | 31 May 2023 | 7 June 2023 | Review Page | Soman | BorgQueen | ... that Der Bialistoker Shtern's unique spelling policy combined standard Soviet Yiddish orthography with the traditional final forms of Hebrew letters? |
| 550 | Bellona's Husband: A Romance
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27 May 2023 | 31 May 2023 | 7 June 2023 | Review Page | TompaDompa | Bruxton | ... that the 1887 novel Bellona's Husband: A Romance by William James Roe "may be the earliest example of the time in reverse tale presented in full-fledged narrative form"? |
| 551 | Matt Landers
|
8 May 2023 | 31 May 2023 | 7 June 2023 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | Bruxton | ... that after playing American football for three different high schools, Matt Landers played for three different colleges? |
| 552 | A Honeymoon in Space
|
30 May 2023 | 31 May 2023 | 8 June 2023 | Review Page | TompaDompa | BorgQueen | ... that George Griffith's 1901 novel A Honeymoon in Space contains what may be the first space suits in fiction (pictured)? |
| 553 | Katie Higgins Cook
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30 May 2023 | 31 May 2023 | 9 June 2023 | Review Page | Bruxton | Lightburst | ... that United States Marine Corps captain Katie Higgins flew nearly 400 combat hours in seven countries before performing with the Blue Angels in an airplane named "Fat Albert"? |
| 554 | Joanne Marrow
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9 April 2023 | 1 June 2023 | 8 June 2023 | Review Page | MatthewHoobin | Red-tailed hawk | ... that a university student sought counseling from his pastor after attending a guest lecture on sexuality by lesbian and former novice Joanne Marrow? |
| 555 | A (For 100 Cars)
|
28 May 2023 | 1 June 2023 | 10 June 2023 | Review Page | Schminnte | BorgQueen | ... that in A [For 100 Cars], an orchestra of cars play the note A for 28 minutes? |
| 556 | Indonesia–Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
|
1 June 2023 | 2 June 2023 | 9 June 2023 | Review Page | Juxlos | Bruxton | ... that the Indonesia–Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement covered access to South Korean online video games in Indonesia? |
| 557 | The Myth Makers
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1 June 2023 | 2 June 2023 | 9 June 2023 | Review Page | Rhain | Bruxton | ... that while filming the Doctor Who serial The Myth Makers, William Hartnell was jealous of being upstaged by the other actors? |
| 558 | J. Howard Crocker
|
29 May 2023 | 2 June 2023 | 12 June 2023 | Review Page | Flibirigit | Bruxton | ... that Canadian pentathlon champion J. Howard Crocker introduced volleyball to China? |
| 559 | Antonio del Pollaiuolo
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31 May 2023 | 4 June 2023 | 11 June 2023 | Review Page | Johnbod | Lightburst | ... that the only papal tombs to survive the demolition of Old St Peter's and be reconstructed in the present St Peter's Basilica are the two by Antonio del Pollaiuolo (one pictured)? |
| 560 | Urwa ibn al-Zubayr
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27 May 2023 | 4 June 2023 | 11 June 2023 | Review Page | AhmadLX | BorgQueen | ... that Urwa ibn al-Zubayr has been called the founder of Islamic historiography? |
| 561 | Kinjirō Ashiwara
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29 May 2023 | 4 June 2023 | 12 June 2023 | Review Page | BorgQueen | Bruxton | ... that Kinjirō Ashiwara (pictured), a self-proclaimed emperor, initially called himself a shogun? |
| 562 | Khirbet Kheibar
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6 June 2023 | 6 June 2023 | 13 June 2023 | Review Page | Tombah | BorgQueen | ... that based on 19th-century local traditions and name preservation, it has been suggested that the archaeological site of Khirbet Kheibar was once inhabited by Jews expelled from Khaybar? |
| 563 | Kaz Ayabe
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23 May 2023 | 7 June 2023 | 13 June 2023 | Review Page | Morgan695 | BorgQueen | ... that when Kaz Ayabe pitched his video game Boku no Natsuyasumi to Sony, he said that illustrator Mineko Ueda was interested in the project even though they had never actually met? |
| 564 | Boku no Natsuyasumi
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| 565 | Mineko Ueda
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| 566 | Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin
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16 May 2023 | 8 June 2023 | 13 June 2023 | Review Page | CurryTime7-24 | BorgQueen | ... that the 1975 premiere of the Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin by Dmitri Shostakovich was described as a "pretty weird experience" by Alfred Schnittke? |
| 567 | Oh My God (Adele song)
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6 June 2023 | 8 June 2023 | 13 June 2023 | Review Page | MaranoFan | BorgQueen | ... that an Adele song titled "Oh My God" is about the joys of hooking up? |
| 568 | Yemi Mobolade
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18 May 2023 | 9 June 2023 | 14 June 2023 | Review Page | Muboshgu | Bruxton | ... that Yemi Mobolade is the first Black person and the first non-Republican to be elected the mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado? |
| 569 | Pansophic Systems
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4 June 2023 | 9 June 2023 | 14 June 2023 | Review Page | Wasted Time R | Bruxton | ... that when the founder of Pansophic Systems tried to return to the company, he was rejected? |
| 570 | Bahsahwahbee
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7 June 2023 | 9 June 2023 | 15 June 2023 | Review Page | Reywas92 | Lightburst | ... that three massacres of the Western Shoshone took place at Bahsahwahbee, a sacred grove of swamp cedars? |
| 571 | Jurate Kazickas
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8 June 2023 | 9 June 2023 | 16 June 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Lightburst | ... that war correspondent Jurate Kazickas financed her plane ticket to Vietnam in 1967 with a US$500 win on the game show Password? |
| 572 | Brooklyn Trust Company Building
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8 June 2023 | 9 June 2023 | 18 June 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Bruxton | ... that a former bank vault in the Brooklyn Trust Company Building (pictured) contains a pet-grooming station? |
| 573 | Gus C. Moser
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6 June 2023 | 9 June 2023 | 18 June 2023 | Review Page | Orygun | Bruxton | ... that Gus C. Moser served five 4-year terms in the Oregon State Senate, including two non-consecutive 2-year periods as senate president, to which post he was elected unanimously in 1917? |
| 574 | Al-Faddayni
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11 May 2023 | 11 June 2023 | 14 June 2023 | Review Page | Al Ameer son | BorgQueen | ... that the rebel al-Faddayni, a descendant of Caliph Uthman, led the last major attempt to reestablish Umayyad rule in Syria? |
| 575 | Soewardi (governor)
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6 June 2023 | 11 June 2023 | 16 June 2023 | Review Page | Juxlos | BorgQueen | ... that in the lead-up to the 1997 Indonesian legislative election, Soewardi engaged in the "yellowization" of Central Java? |
| 576 | Kandake of the Sudanese Revolution
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23 May 2023 | 11 June 2023 | 17 June 2023 | Review Page | FuzzyMagma | BorgQueen | ... that the photograph Kandake of the Sudanese Revolution symbolised the determination of the Sudanese people as they called for political change? |
| 577 | Sarita Colonia
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10 June 2023 | 11 June 2023 | 17 June 2023 | Review Page | Thebiguglyalien | Bruxton | ... that some prisoners in Peru get tattoos of Sarita Colonia for alleged protection? |
| 578 | Tavius Robinson
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18 May 2023 | 12 June 2023 | 17 June 2023 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | Bruxton | ... that it was through a social media post that 2023 NFL Draft pick Tavius Robinson was able to receive several offers to play college football? |
| 579 | Mollie Steimer
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10 June 2023 | 12 June 2023 | 18 June 2023 | Review Page | Grnrchst | Bruxton | ... that after Mollie Steimer was convicted for sedition, she refused to join a prison escape attempt as she did not want to dishonor the workers who had paid her bail? |
| 580 | German atrocities committed against Polish prisoners of war
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4 June 2023 | 12 June 2023 | 18 June 2023 | Review Page | Piotrus | Bruxton | ... that during the German invasion of Poland in 1939, German war crimes included the murder of about 3,000 Polish prisoners of war? |
| 581 | Talking to Yourself
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20 May 2023 | 12 June 2023 | 19 June 2023 | Review Page | MaranoFan | Evrik | ... that Consequence selected Carly Rae Jepsen's "Talking to Yourself" as song of the week and declared her music speaks for the "delightfully unhinged"? |
| 582 | Ludwig Keke
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6 June 2023 | 12 June 2023 | 20 June 2023 | Review Page | RoundSquare | Bruxton | ... that in the 1968 election, Ludwig Keke defeated Nauru's first female candidate for parliament, his sister Liebon Sunshine Keke? |
| 583 | Katyusha Maslova
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6 June 2023 | 12 June 2023 | 22 June 2023 | Review Page | CurryTime7-24 | Evrik | ... that while Dmitri Shostakovich composed his opera Katyusha Maslova, Sergei Prokofiev was also contemplating an opera based on the same subject? |
| 584 | Joe A. Garcia
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6 June 2023 | 13 June 2023 | 23 June 2023 | Review Page | Cielquiparle | Lightburst | ... that in 2007, Joe Garcia became the first governor of a pueblo to swear in the governor of New Mexico? |
| 585 | Assassination of Omar Menéndez
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13 June 2023 | 15 June 2023 | 24 June 2023 | Review Page | Oltrepier | Lightburst | ... that in February 2023, Ecuadorian entrepreneur Omar Menéndez was elected the mayor of his canton the day after his assassination? |
| 586 | Lidia Patty
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14 June 2023 | 19 June 2023 | 23 June 2023 | Review Page | Krisgabwoosh | Lightburst | ... that while being considered for the post of ambassador to Paraguay, Lidia Patty brushed off her lack of diplomatic training because she had "indigenous, native, peasant diplomacy"? |
| 587 | Sergey Girinis
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17 June 2023 | 19 June 2023 | 23 June 2023 | Review Page | Soman | Lightburst | ... that after being arrested for organizing a general strike in 1920, S. Girinis was sent to the Soviet Union following a Soviet-Lithuanian exchange of political prisoners? |
| 588 | Willow Kayne
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17 June 2023 | 19 June 2023 | 28 June 2023 | Review Page | Launchballer | Theleekycauldron | ... that future Loud LDN member Willow Kayne went into music after temporarily losing her sight? |
| 589 | Turtle River–White Otter Lake Provincial Park
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30 May 2023 | 19 June 2023 | 28 June 2023 | Review Page | P199 | Theleekycauldron | ... that the White Otter Castle is the most popular attraction in the Turtle River–White Otter Lake Provincial Park, even though it is not accessible by road? |
| 590 | WXEL-TV
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19 June 2023 | 20 June 2023 | 25 June 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Lightburst | ... that volunteers at a Florida public TV station forced its chief fundraiser to resign by accosting him in the hallway? |
| 591 | Muhammad Ismail (governor)
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14 June 2023 | 20 June 2023 | 25 June 2023 | Review Page | Juxlos | Bruxton | ... that during his tenure as Governor of Central Java, Muhammad Ismail banned rock music concerts and car rallies? |
| 592 | James Tissot
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10 June 2023 | 20 June 2023 | 25 June 2023 | Review Page | Orchastrattor | Bruxton | ... that James Tissot is thought to have transgressed many Victorian sexual boundaries in his work, even setting a painting aboard the HMS Calcutta as a pun on a female subject's behind? |
| 593 | Jäñgir-Kerei Khan
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19 June 2023 | 20 June 2023 | 27 June 2023 | Review Page | Mupper-san | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Jäñgir-Kerei Khan (pictured) was responsible for establishing the first school, settlement, hospital, and museum in the Bukey Horde? |
| 594 | Soňa Červená
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17 June 2023 | 20 June 2023 | 29 June 2023 | Review Page | Storye book | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that international opera singer Soňa Červená (pictured) won the Alfréd Radok Award for Best Actress when she was 83 years old? |
| 595 | Clipperton Island
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18 June 2023 | 20 June 2023 | 29 June 2023 | Review Page | Dr vulpes | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that the dispute between France and Mexico over Clipperton Island was settled by King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy? |
| 596 | Simone Vignoso
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18 May 2023 | 20 June 2023 | 29 June 2023 | Review Page | Cplakidas | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that the Genoese admiral Simone Vignoso conquered the island of Chios and founded a joint-stock company to rule it? |
| 597 | Effects of climate change
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22 May 2023 | 20 June 2023 | 29 June 2023 | Review Page | Chidgk1 | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that due to climate change there are not only more heatwaves over land, but also more heatwaves in the ocean? |
| 598 | KVCR-DT
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21 June 2023 | 24 June 2023 | 30 June 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Bruxton | ... that staff of a California public TV station were unaware it was broadcasting in color until a viewer called to compliment their color signal? |
| 599 | Obviously 5 Believers
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5 June 2023 | 24 June 2023 | 1 July 2023 | Review Page | BennyOnTheLoose | Bruxton | ... that "Obviously 5 Believers" (1966), which featured one of the Hawks, later known as the Band, inspired the name of a band, later known as the Hawks, that was featured on Obviously 5 Believers (2021)? |
| 600 | Atonio Mafi
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18 May 2023 | 25 June 2023 | 1 July 2023 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | Edge3 | ... that 2023 NFL Draft pick Atonio Mafi played both on offense and defense during his college career, and shares a UCLA record with 56 games played? |
Reviews 601-700
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| 601 | 81 Willoughby Street
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18 June 2023 | 25 June 2023 | 1 July 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Bruxton | ... that 81 and 101 Willoughby Street were described as being one city block apart physically but "eons apart in their architecture"? |
| 602 | BellTel Lofts
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| 603 | Dance the Night
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28 May 2023 | 25 June 2023 | 2 July 2023 | Review Page | MaranoFan | Edge3 | ... that the song "Dance the Night" killed a viral meme about Dua Lipa's hip twist, as news about the song replaced it in online search results? |
| 604 | Gisela Werbezirk
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13 May 2023 | 25 June 2023 | 2 July 2023 | Review Page | Bungle | Edge3 | ... that Austro-Hungarian actress Gisela Werbezirk claimed to receive up to 20 prank calls a day about her married name, Gisela Werbezirk Piffl? |
| 605 | Zinkiv (city)
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21 June 2023 | 25 June 2023 | 3 July 2023 | Review Page | Longhornsg | Aoidh | ... that Zinkiv, Ukraine, was a center of Hasidic Judaism until almost the entirety of the city's 2,300-strong Jewish population was murdered during the Holocaust? |
| 606 | Blackwell Street Historic District
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4 June 2023 | 25 June 2023 | 4 July 2023 | Review Page | Zeete | Edge3 | ... that the highest point on Blackwell Street is the bell tower of the First Memorial Presbyterian Church (pictured)? |
| 607 | Piero del Pollaiuolo
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25 June 2023 | 29 June 2023 | 4 July 2023 | Review Page | Johnbod | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that in recent years several paintings have been attributed to the 15th-century painter Piero del Pollaiuolo that were once ascribed to his brother Antonio? |
| 608 | Timothy Brosnahan
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9 May 2023 | 1 July 2023 | 6 July 2023 | Review Page | Ergo Sum | Red-tailed hawk | ... that Timothy Brosnahan began the physical separation of what would eventually become Boston College High School from Boston College? |
| 609 | Schramm's model of communication
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21 June 2023 | 1 July 2023 | 6 July 2023 | Review Page | Phlsph7 | Red-tailed hawk | ... that Schramm's model of communication introduced the idea of feedback loops to understand communication? |
| 610 | 17-animal inheritance puzzle
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29 June 2023 | 1 July 2023 | 8 July 2023 | Review Page | David Eppstein | Bruxton | ... that the 17-animal inheritance puzzle has variously been stated with 17 camels, 17 elephants, or 17 horses? |
| 611 | Offerman Building
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1 July 2023 | 1 July 2023 | 8 July 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Red-tailed hawk | ... that though the Offerman Building is only eight stories high, its tall ceilings once made it one of the tallest buildings in Brooklyn? |
| 612 | Andrius Domaševičius
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29 June 2023 | 2 July 2023 | 7 July 2023 | Review Page | KrivisKrivaitis | Edge3 | ... that one of the founders of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, Andrius Domaševičius, had his own private gynecology practice, treating poor women free of charge? |
| 613 | Jack Critchley
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18 June 2023 | 2 July 2023 | 10 July 2023 | Review Page | Peacemaker67 | 97198 | ... that Jack Critchley, state parliamentarian then senator for South Australia, was invalided home from the Western Front with "wry neck"? |
| 614 | Thomas Illyricus
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28 May 2023 | 4 July 2023 | 11 July 2023 | Review Page | Srnec | Edge3 | ... that the itinerant preacher Thomas Illyricus (pictured) wrote early critiques of Martin Luther based only on sources that Luther would accept? |
| 615 | Japan–Korea Joint Development Zone
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7 June 2023 | 5 July 2023 | 10 July 2023 | Review Page | Johnson524 | Edge3 | ... that despite the Japan–Korea Joint Development Zone containing "prolific" oil reserves, none has been produced to date? |
| 616 | List of homeless relocation programs in the United States
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29 June 2023 | 6 July 2023 | 9 July 2023 | Review Page | Cielquiparle | Vaticidalprophet | ... that as of 2017, New York City was spending $500,000 per year on bus tickets and airfare for homeless people to leave New York? |
| 617 | Schloemer (automobile)
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5 July 2023 | 6 July 2023 | 14 July 2023 | Review Page | Michael Barera | Lightburst | ... that the Schloemer automobile (pictured), once described by The Milwaukee Journal as "America's first practical horseless carriage", is now considered to just have been the first car running in Milwaukee? |
| 618 | Domingo Germán's perfect game
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2 July 2023 | 6 July 2023 | 14 July 2023 | Review Page | Muboshgu | Lightburst | ... that Domingo Germán was booed off the pitcher's mound in the game prior to his perfect game? |
| 619 | The Magic Island
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21 June 2023 | 6 July 2023 | 15 July 2023 | Review Page | MatthewHoobin | Vaticidalprophet | ... that the 1929 book The Magic Island by William Seabrook is considered the first popular English-language work to describe a zombie? |
| 620 | Ann Tahincioğlu
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5 July 2023 | 6 July 2023 | 15 July 2023 | Review Page | CeeGee | Vaticidalprophet | ... that Ann Tahincioğlu was 49 years old when she competed in Turkey's first all-women car race, the "Volkswagen Polo Ladies Cup"? |
| 621 | Maatamees
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5 July 2023 | 7 July 2023 | 12 July 2023 | Review Page | Soman | Evrik | ... that during the July Days, the Estonian Bolshevik rural newspaper Maatamees (pictured) could continue to appear whilst its urban counterparts were banned? |
| 622 | M. Farooqui
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26 June 2023 | 7 July 2023 | 12 July 2023 | Review Page | Soman | Evrik | ... that M. Farooqui, who had been expelled from his studies for having organized a strike in 1940, received his Delhi University degree in a special convocation in 1989? |
| 623 | David Gerard (author)
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3 July 2023 | 7 July 2023 | 12 July 2023 | Review Page | Maine Lobster | Evrik | ... that David Gerard is the author of Attack of the 50-foot Blockchain, a "'no holds barred' attack" on cryptocurrency? |
| 624 | Sjoerkani
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29 June 2023 | 9 July 2023 | 12 July 2023 | Review Page | Juxlos | BorgQueen | ... that after Indonesian football club PSMS Medan won three consecutive national championships, Medan's mayor Sjoerkani granted the club a stadium? |
| 625 | Europium compounds
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5 July 2023 | 9 July 2023 | 12 July 2023 | Review Page | Praseodymium-141 | BorgQueen | ... that many europium compounds fluoresce under ultraviolet light? |
| 626 | Gansen-ji
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25 June 2023 | 9 July 2023 | 13 July 2023 | Review Page | Aoidh | Vaticidalprophet | ... that the Japanese Buddhist temple of Gansen-ji has a 275-centimeter-tall (9.02 ft) statue of Amitābha Buddha that was created in the year 946? |
| 627 | Soundbombing II
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21 June 2023 | 9 July 2023 | 13 July 2023 | Review Page | AstonishingTunesAdmirer | Vaticidalprophet | ... that an underground hip hop album was funded by James Murdoch, the son of billionaire Rupert Murdoch? |
| 628 | Jeffersonville station
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5 July 2023 | 9 July 2023 | 15 July 2023 | Review Page | PlanetJuice | Vaticidalprophet | ... that Amtrak opened the Jeffersonville train station before ending its only service there less than four years later? |
| 629 | Whisnu Sakti Buana
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26 June 2023 | 9 July 2023 | 15 July 2023 | Review Page | Juxlos | Vaticidalprophet | ... that Whisnu Sakti Buana served as the mayor of Surabaya, Indonesia, for just one week in 2021? |
| 630 | Elena Mikhnenko
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13 June 2023 | 11 July 2023 | 15 July 2023 | Review Page | Grnrchst | Vaticidalprophet | ... that Elena Mikhnenko was born in a prison in Warsaw where her mother had been detained for allegedly plotting an anti-Polish uprising? |
| 631 | Rallou Karatza
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29 June 2023 | 11 July 2023 | 16 July 2023 | Review Page | Dahn | Vaticidalprophet | ... that Princess Rallou Karatza's theater in Bucharest, now upheld as a pioneering institution of modern Greek drama, was described in one Wallachian chronicle as a "temple" for devil-worship? |
| 632 | Fred Plump
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1 July 2023 | 11 July 2023 | 16 July 2023 | Review Page | Kafoxe | Theleekycauldron | ... that Fred Plump sued Alabama governor Bob Riley over an appointment to the county commission of Jefferson County? |
| 633 | Rawson Stovall
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8 July 2023 | 11 July 2023 | 16 July 2023 | Review Page | Vortex3427 | Vaticidalprophet | ... that Rawson Stovall became the first nationally syndicated video game journalist in the United States when he was only eleven years old? |
| 634 | Dave Viti
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5 July 2023 | 11 July 2023 | 16 July 2023 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | Vaticidalprophet | ... that when Ralph Sazio, a Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductee, visited Boston University to scout a player, he became so impressed by Dave Viti that he signed him instead? |
| 635 | 2022 Optus data breach
|
19 June 2023 | 12 July 2023 | 16 July 2023 | Review Page | JML1148 | Theleekycauldron | ... that the 2022 Optus data breach affected over a third of Australians? |
| 636 | Ida Mett
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19 June 2023 | 12 July 2023 | 17 July 2023 | Review Page | Grnrchst | Theleekycauldron | ... that Ida Mett was expelled from a Russian anarchist group for mourning her deceased father by lighting a Yahrzeit candle? |
| 637 | 2023 Tour Féminin des Pyrénées
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1 July 2023 | 12 July 2023 | 17 July 2023 | Review Page | Joseph2302 | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that the final stage of the 2023 Tour Féminin des Pyrénées was cancelled for safety reasons? |
| 638 | Marie Sophie Hingst
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26 June 2023 | 12 July 2023 | 17 July 2023 | Review Page | Vaticidalprophet | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that when the German-Irish historian Marie Sophie Hingst was revealed to be faking descent from Holocaust survivors, the media of different countries disagreed on how to report on it? |
| 639 | Jazzy (singer)
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6 June 2023 | 13 July 2023 | 18 July 2023 | Review Page | Launchballer | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Jazzy's 2023 single "Giving Me" made her the first Irish solo female act to top the Irish Singles Chart since Julie-Anne Dineen in 2009 with "Do You Believe"? |
| 640 | Apparition (company)
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8 July 2023 | 13 July 2023 | 18 July 2023 | Review Page | Slgrandson | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Bill Pohlad, co-founder of film distributor Apparition, was surprised by his fellow co-founder Bob Berney's resignation? |
| 641 | Ancelma Perlacios
|
19 June 2023 | 13 July 2023 | 18 July 2023 | Review Page | Krisgabwoosh | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that cocalera activist Ancelma Perlacios, the first Afro-Bolivian to be elected to the Senate, was her organization's secretary of defense of the coca leaf? |
| 642 | Dick Wildung
|
29 June 2023 | 14 July 2023 | 18 July 2023 | Review Page | Cbl62 | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Minnesota's Dick Wildung played for back-to-back national championship teams and was twice selected as a consensus All-American? |
| 643 | David B. McCall
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7 July 2023 | 15 July 2023 | 19 July 2023 | Review Page | Longhornsg | Vaticidalprophet | ... that just four days before his death in 2004, David B. McCall received a presidential pardon from George W. Bush for fraud charges dating from the 1990s? |
| 644 | 1935 SMU vs. TCU football game
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13 July 2023 | 15 July 2023 | 19 July 2023 | Review Page | JJonahJackalope | Vaticidalprophet | ... that the 1935 SMU vs. TCU football game, known as the "Game of the Century", was the first football game in Texas to be broadcast nationally? |
| 645 | October 1 (film)
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8 July 2023 | 15 July 2023 | 20 July 2023 | Review Page | Daniel Case | Vaticidalprophet | ... that the Nigerian film October 1 could not be released on October 1, the country's Independence Day? |
| 646 | Preußisches Obertribunal
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6 June 2023 | 16 July 2023 | 19 July 2023 | Review Page | WatkynBassett | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that few decisions have instigated more discussion in German criminal law scholarship than an 1859 judgement of the Preußisches Obertribunal? |
| 647 | Across the Board
|
8 July 2023 | 16 July 2023 | 20 July 2023 | Review Page | Hameltion | 97198 | ... that on the 1950s game show Across the Board, crossword answers were clued by both a phrase and an image? |
| 648 | Rudolf Pardede
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30 June 2023 | 16 July 2023 | 20 July 2023 | Review Page | Jeromi Mikhael | Theleekycauldron | ... that former North Sumatra governor Rudolf Pardede was once the richest public official in Indonesia? |
| 649 | Jon Brower Minnoch
|
5 July 2023 | 16 July 2023 | 21 July 2023 | Review Page | Dr.Swag Lord, Ph.d | Theleekycauldron | ... that Jon Brower Minnoch weighed twelve times his 110-pound (50 kg) wife? |
| 650 | Poppy Garden
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5 July 2023 | 16 July 2023 | 21 July 2023 | Review Page | Cbl62 | 97198 | ... that none of the actors in Poppy Garden, a film depicting a father and son's struggle for survival during the Colombian conflict, had previously acted in a film? |
| 651 | The Owl and the Pussy Cat (Stravinsky)
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5 July 2023 | 17 July 2023 | 21 July 2023 | Review Page | CurryTime7-24 | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Igor Stravinsky suggested that performances of his song "The Owl and the Pussy Cat" should be "a little hooted, a little meowed, a little grunted"? |
| 652 | Built to Spill Plays the Songs of Daniel Johnston
|
13 July 2023 | 17 July 2023 | 22 July 2023 | Review Page | Voorts | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that indie rock band Built to Spill accompanied outsider musician Daniel Johnston at his final two concerts? |
| 653 | Karl Rozental
|
13 June 2023 | 17 July 2023 | 22 July 2023 | Review Page | Soman | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Karl Rozental was investigated and surveilled by police after the 1912 sappers' revolt in Tashkent? |
| 654 | Julius Shiskin
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5 July 2023 | 18 July 2023 | 23 July 2023 | Review Page | RAJIVVASUDEV | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Julius Shiskin originated the idea that a recession can be identified by two quarters of negative GDP growth? |
| 655 | Peter II (cat)
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13 July 2023 | 18 July 2023 | 23 July 2023 | Review Page | Tim O'Doherty | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that despite Peter and Peter III each serving about 17 years, Peter II's tenure only lasted six months? |
| 656 | Etika
|
13 July 2023 | 18 July 2023 | 28 July 2023 | Review Page | PantheonRadiance | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that a mural created to honor the late YouTuber Etika was added as a PokéStop in the mobile game Pokémon Go? |
| 657 | The Loveliest Time
|
6 July 2023 | 19 July 2023 | 24 July 2023 | Review Page | MaranoFan | Evrik | ... that Carly Rae Jepsen recorded over 65 songs for The Loneliest Time and created another album from its outtakes? |
| 658 | Store of Knowledge
|
5 July 2023 | 19 July 2023 | 24 July 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Evrik | ... that weeks after its CEO said the chain had no plans to open or close stores, Store of Knowledge filed for bankruptcy and initiated a liquidation? |
| 659 | Wilberforce (cat)
|
8 July 2023 | 19 July 2023 | 24 July 2023 | Review Page | Tim O'Doherty | Evrik | ... that Margaret Thatcher once bought Wilberforce a tin of sardines in a Moscow supermarket? |
| 660 | Baljuna Covenant
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13 June 2023 | 19 July 2023 | 29 July 2023 | Review Page | AirshipJungleman29 | Vaticidalprophet | ... that the Baljuna Covenant, an oath sworn by the future Genghis Khan (pictured) in summer 1203, encapsulated his ideals of social equality and personal choice? |
| 661 | Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky
|
19 July 2023 | 20 July 2023 | 27 July 2023 | Review Page | Gerda Arendt | Vaticidalprophet | ... that in 1973 Luten Petrowsky (pictured) played the saxophone in a quartet that made the first record with jazz musicians from both East and West Germany? |
| 662 | Hurricane Heather
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19 July 2023 | 21 July 2023 | 29 July 2023 | Review Page | Skarmory | Evrik | ... that Hurricane Heather caused the normally dry Santa Cruz River to reach a 100-year flood stage? |
| 663 | KGCW
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7 July 2023 | 22 July 2023 | 30 July 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Bruxton | ... that the Fox television network successfully moved to strip an Iowa TV station of its affiliation? |
| 664 | Jon Stewart's 2004 appearance on Crossfire
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16 July 2023 | 22 July 2023 | 30 July 2023 | Review Page | Theleekycauldron | Bruxton | ... that three months after Jon Stewart went on CNN's Crossfire and told the hosts that their show was "hurting America", CNN cancelled it and fired co-host Tucker Carlson? |
| 665 | Vera Brodsky Lawrence
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11 July 2023 | 24 July 2023 | 31 July 2023 | Review Page | CurryTime7-24 | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Vera Brodsky Lawrence (pictured) hated being called the "queen of ragtime" despite being a catalyst for the revival of Scott Joplin's music? |
| 666 | Central Library (Brooklyn Public Library)
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21 July 2023 | 24 July 2023 | 31 July 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Lightburst | ... that the façade of the Brooklyn Central Library was removed in an attempt to save money? |
| 667 | American premieres of Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7
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19 July 2023 | 24 July 2023 | 1 August 2023 | Review Page | CurryTime7-24 | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that years after premiering Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 in the US, conductor Arturo Toscanini allegedly asked if he had really learned and conducted "such junk"? |
| 668 | Martin Farquhar Tupper
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16 July 2023 | 24 July 2023 | 1 August 2023 | Review Page | Garnet-Septagon | Vaticidalprophet | ... that Martin Farquhar Tupper was a favourite poet of Queen Victoria, but his works are now almost entirely forgotten? |
| 669 | Iberian orca attacks
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15 July 2023 | 24 July 2023 | 1 August 2023 | Review Page | Gobonobo | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that orcas have been teaching each other to attack boats? |
| 670 | Brunswick Falls
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19 July 2023 | 25 July 2023 | 1 August 2023 | Review Page | Jake-jakubowski | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that in 1835 the run of Brunswick Falls was 1,280 feet (390 m)? |
| 671 | Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah
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25 June 2023 | 25 July 2023 | 3 August 2023 | Review Page | Longhornsg | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that former Kuwaiti foreign minister Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah interrupted his studies in France to volunteer during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait? |
| 672 | This Stupid World
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25 June 2023 | 25 July 2023 | 3 August 2023 | Review Page | Koavf | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that almost 40 years into their career, American indie rock band Yo La Tengo released their first self-produced album, This Stupid World, in 2023? |
| 673 | Ferrial Sofyan
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5 July 2023 | 25 July 2023 | 3 August 2023 | Review Page | Juxlos | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Ferrial Sofyan was absent at the inauguration of his successor as deputy speaker of the Jakarta Regional People's Representative Council? |
| 674 | 3C 120
|
5 July 2023 | 26 July 2023 | 4 August 2023 | Review Page | C messier | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that the active galaxy 3C 120 was given the variable-star designation BW Tauri because of its variability in the visible spectrum? |
| 675 | Sudakshina Sarma
|
5 July 2023 | 26 July 2023 | 5 August 2023 | Review Page | Ktin | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Indian singer Sudakshina Sarma sang in Assamese as Mahatma Gandhi's ashes were immersed in the Brahmaputra River? |
| 676 | Mardani Ali Sera
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16 July 2023 | 30 July 2023 | 2 August 2023 | Review Page | Juxlos | BorgQueen | ... that Mardani Ali Sera, after initiating a campaign to "Replace the President", prohibited himself from speaking of it after the 2019 Indonesian presidential election? |
| 677 | Gento (song)
|
29 June 2023 | 30 July 2023 | 6 August 2023 | Review Page | Abacusada | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that SB19 became the first Filipino group to appear on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart, with "Gento"? |
| 678 | Siege of Landau (1704)
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10 July 2023 | 30 July 2023 | 6 August 2023 | Review Page | Srnec | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that the commander of the French garrison at the 1704 siege of Landau was blinded by an Allied artillery bombardment? |
| 679 | I Gede Pasek Suardika
|
14 July 2023 | 31 July 2023 | 5 August 2023 | Review Page | Juxlos | BorgQueen | ... that I Gede Pasek Suardika resigned the chairmanship of the Nusantara Awakening Party to be succeeded by his formerly imprisoned colleague Anas Urbaningrum? |
| 680 | Trade-dollar locket
|
13 July 2023 | 1 August 2023 | 9 August 2023 | Review Page | Bruxton | Lightburst | ... that the trade-dollar locket (example pictured) has also been referred to as an opium dollar? |
| 681 | Soledad Rosas
|
16 July 2023 | 2 August 2023 | 8 August 2023 | Review Page | Gobonobo | Bruxton | ... that Soledad Rosas was falsely charged with eco-terrorism in Italy? |
| 682 | Peta (cat)
|
8 July 2023 | 4 August 2023 | 7 August 2023 | Review Page | Tim O'Doherty | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that by 1967, staff at the Home Office were told not to feed Peta morsels of food as she had become "inordinately fat"? |
| 683 | Jalin Hyatt
|
13 July 2023 | 4 August 2023 | 10 August 2023 | Review Page | Newtothisedit | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Will Muschamp told Jalin Hyatt: "Man, you're fast, but you need to eat more peanut butter"? |
| 684 | Kamrussamad
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5 July 2023 | 7 August 2023 | 12 August 2023 | Review Page | Juxlos | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Kamrussamad lost five Indonesian elections before finally winning a seat on the People's Representative Council in 2019? |
| 685 | KANG-TV
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9 July 2023 | 7 August 2023 | 13 August 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that a company controlled by Lady Bird Johnson bought a Texas TV station from one of her college classmates? |
| 686 | Jake Ryan (American actor)
|
9 July 2023 | 8 August 2023 | 14 August 2023 | Review Page | Hameltion | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Jake Ryan has acted in Wes Anderson films since he was seven? |
| 687 | Ivo Rojnica
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16 July 2023 | 8 August 2023 | 14 August 2023 | Review Page | Amanuensis Balkanicus | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that in 1941 Ivo Rojnica ruled that all Serbs and Jews were banned from walking the streets of Dubrovnik at night? |
| 688 | Anne Balay
|
16 July 2023 | 8 August 2023 | 15 August 2023 | Review Page | Miraclepine | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that historian Anne Balay wrote two books on oral histories from LGBT steelworkers and truck drivers? |
| 689 | Source–message–channel–receiver model of communication
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16 July 2023 | 8 August 2023 | 15 August 2023 | Review Page | Phlsph7 | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that according to the Source–Message–Channel–Receiver model, all forms of communication are attempts to influence the behavior of the audience? |
| 690 | Audition (The Fools Who Dream)
|
19 July 2023 | 8 August 2023 | 16 August 2023 | Review Page | Pamzeis | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that La La Land's composer initially wanted "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" to be the film's "award song" instead of "City of Stars"? |
| 691 | Outram Park MRT station
|
16 July 2023 | 8 August 2023 | 16 August 2023 | Review Page | Brachy0008 | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that an artwork in Singapore's Outram Park MRT station represents the state of mind of commuters through 69 engravings of surreal human forms? |
| 692 | Libellus de vocabulis rei militaris
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9 July 2023 | 8 August 2023 | 17 August 2023 | Review Page | Srnec | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that the Libellus de vocabulis rei militaris has been misattributed to Cicero, Cato, Pomponius Laetus and a mysterious Modestus? |
| 693 | Crusading movement
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7 June 2023 | 9 August 2023 | 19 August 2023 | Review Page | Norfolkbigfish | Edge3 | ... that the crusading movement defined concepts of warfare throughout medieval Europe? |
| 694 | Intrapersonal communication
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19 July 2023 | 10 August 2023 | 20 August 2023 | Review Page | Phlsph7 | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that some theorists claim that intrapersonal communication is the basis of all communication? |
| 695 | Russ Winnie
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21 August 2023 | 21 August 2023 | 28 August 2023 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | Lightburst | ... that to announce the first commercially broadcast Green Bay Packers game in 1929, Russ Winnie sat in a studio and read out telegrams sent from someone who was at the game? |
| 696 | WVIR-TV
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21 August 2023 | 21 August 2023 | 28 August 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Lightburst | ... that equipment from a bankrupt North Carolina TV station was dismantled, loaded on three rental trucks, and reassembled to start a station in Virginia? |
| 697 | Juventus Next Gen
|
19 July 2023 | 22 August 2023 | 28 August 2023 | Review Page | Wikipediæ philosophia | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Juventus's reserve team, Juventus U23, won their first trophy after only two years in existence? |
| 698 | Carlos Alberto Sonnenschein
|
21 August 2023 | 22 August 2023 | 28 August 2023 | Review Page | Krisgabwoosh | Lightburst | ... that Carlos Alberto Sonnenschein won three terms and spent twelve years in the Bolivian parliament despite barely attending any legislative sessions? |
| 699 | Jacob Sykes
|
21 August 2023 | 22 August 2023 | 29 August 2023 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | Lightburst | ... that National Football League player Jacob Sykes took college courses in sixth grade and assisted in teaching college courses in seventh grade? |
| 700 | Kamil Tolon
|
21 August 2023 | 23 August 2023 | 25 August 2023 | Review Page | Styyx | Bruxton | ... that inventor Kamil Tolon manufactured the first Turkish electric engine after prime minister Adnan Menderes prohibited him from importing them? |
Reviews 701-800
[edit]| No. | Article | Approval Date | Promotion Date | Display Date | Review Page | Nominator | Promoter | Did You Know? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701 | Eduardo Maldonado
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22 August 2023 | 23 August 2023 | 27 August 2023 | Review Page | Krisgabwoosh | Bruxton | ... that after his candidacy was disqualified by Bolivia's electoral court, Eduardo Maldonado sued the state at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and won? |
| 702 | Fulton Street station (New York City Subway)
|
22 August 2023 | 24 August 2023 | 29 August 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Bruxton | ... that before the Fulton Street station (entrance pictured) was renovated in the 2010s, a New York Times reporter said the station "might be a good spot for M. C. Escher to set up an easel"? |
| 703 | Grant's Tomb
|
22 August 2023 | 24 August 2023 | 31 August 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Bruxton | ... that by the late 20th century, many tourists did not know who was entombed in Grant's Tomb (pictured)? |
| 704 | Yusuf Meddah
|
21 August 2023 | 25 August 2023 | 26 August 2023 | Review Page | Golden | Vaticidalprophet | ... that a 14th-century work, originally attributed to another poet, was discovered in 2018 to be the creation of the Azerbaijani poet Yusuf Meddah? |
| 705 | Ängelholm UFO memorial
|
21 August 2023 | 25 August 2023 | 28 August 2023 | Review Page | Rjjiii | Lightburst | ... that the Ängelholm UFO memorial reflects the account of Swedish entrepreneur Gösta Carlsson, who attributed his success in life to encountering a UFO in 1946? |
| 706 | Kississing Lake
|
18 August 2023 | 26 August 2023 | 29 August 2023 | Review Page | P199 | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that although Kississing Lake is threatened by water contaminated with tailings, it is the main resource for nearby residents? |
| 707 | 1995 Hotel Properties Limited apartment sales
|
16 July 2023 | 26 August 2023 | 1 September 2023 | Review Page | Kingoflettuce | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and his son Lee Hsien Loong donated the "unsolicited discounts" from their controversial purchase of condominium units to charity? |
| 708 | Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020
|
24 July 2023 | 26 August 2023 | 2 September 2023 | Review Page | Grk1011 | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Slovenian-born singer Ben Dolic was set to represent Germany at Eurovision in 2020? |
| 709 | Ian Heslop
|
20 August 2023 | 26 August 2023 | 2 September 2023 | Review Page | UndercoverClassicist | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that butterfly collector Ian Heslop was once required to supervise an execution? |
| 710 | Regina Purtell
|
22 August 2023 | 27 August 2023 | 3 September 2023 | Review Page | Fortunaa | Bruxton | ... that Regina Purtell took such great care of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders that the press called her the Florence Nightingale of the Spanish–American War? |
| 711 | C/1990 K1 (Levy)
|
26 August 2023 | 27 August 2023 | 4 September 2023 | Review Page | C messier | Bruxton | ... that C/1990 K1 (Levy) was the first comet observed by the Hubble Space Telescope, but only short exposures were obtained as the telescope was not yet able to track Solar System bodies? |
| 712 | Spear (Griffith novel)
|
27 August 2023 | 28 August 2023 | 4 September 2023 | Review Page | Vanamonde93 | Bruxton | ... that Nicola Griffith's novella Spear examines how the Roman conquest made Britain an ethnically diverse society? |
| 713 | Munich Mouser
|
17 August 2023 | 29 August 2023 | 5 September 2023 | Review Page | Tim O'Doherty | Cielquiparle | ... that the Munich Mouser, Neville Chamberlain's pet, and Nelson, Winston Churchill's pet, had a rivalry during World War II? |
| 714 | Nelson (cat)
| |||||||
| 715 | 14th Street–Union Square station
|
27 August 2023 | 29 August 2023 | 9 September 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Bruxton | ... that when the New York City Subway's 14th Street–Union Square station was built, the park above it was raised? |
| 716 | Daniela Ceballos
|
27 August 2023 | 2 September 2023 | 9 September 2023 | Review Page | Oltrepier | Cielquiparle | ... that Daniela Ceballos worked with the Football Federation of Chile to supervise safety protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic while playing football herself? |
| 717 | Taipei Mission in the Republic of Latvia
|
24 July 2023 | 2 September 2023 | 9 September 2023 | Review Page | Toadboy123 | Cielquiparle | ... that Taiwan used to have a consulate general in Latvia before it was downgraded? |
| 718 | Models of communication
|
27 August 2023 | 2 September 2023 | 10 September 2023 | Review Page | Phlsph7 | Cielquiparle | ... that one of the earliest models of communication was developed by Aristotle? |
| 719 | Revolution of the Ganhadores
|
1 September 2023 | 2 September 2023 | 10 September 2023 | Review Page | JJonahJackalope | Cielquiparle | ... that African porters in Salvador, Bahia, went on strike after the provincial government passed a law requiring them to wear metal identification tags? |
| 720 | Akiho Suzumoto
|
2 September 2023 | 2 September 2023 | 10 September 2023 | Review Page | Narutolovehinata5 | Cielquiparle | ... that Japanese voice actress Akiho Suzumoto can recite 70 digits of pi from memory? |
| 721 | Occleshaw House
|
21 August 2023 | 2 September 2023 | 10 September 2023 | Review Page | Dumelow | Cielquiparle | ... that since being left vacant the grade II–listed Occleshaw House in Leyland, Lancashire, has been used as an illegal cannabis farm and suffered a suspected arson attack? |
| 722 | DeepStateMap.Live
|
27 August 2023 | 2 September 2023 | 10 September 2023 | Review Page | Johnson524 | Cielquiparle | ... that DeepStateMap.Live, an interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, received up to 120,000 visitors in 30 minutes during the Battle of Izium in the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive? |
| 723 | Rock Diver
|
31 August 2023 | 2 September 2023 | 10 September 2023 | Review Page | Piotrus | Cielquiparle | ... that several science fiction critics praised "Rock Diver", the first short story by American writer Harry Harrison, for its compelling take on technology for passing through matter? |
| 724 | Diggin' Dogs
|
1 September 2023 | 2 September 2023 | 10 September 2023 | Review Page | Waxworker | Cielquiparle | ... that an initial gameplay concept for Diggin' Dogs was "possibly going to be worms eating into a diseased brain", with design input from Edmund McMillen? |
| 725 | Sometime Samurai
|
1 September 2023 | 3 September 2023 | 11 September 2023 | Review Page | Damian Vo | Cielquiparle | ... that Towa Tei's "Sometime Samurai" remained unfinished for eight years until Australian singer Kylie Minogue re-recorded the song in 2004? |
| 726 | Castle in the Sky
|
1 September 2023 | 3 September 2023 | 11 September 2023 | Review Page | TechnoSquirrel69 | Cielquiparle | ... that fans of Castle in the Sky twice broke the record for largest number of tweets posted per second? |
| 727 | Cliftonville Ladies F.C.
|
2 September 2023 | 3 September 2023 | 11 September 2023 | Review Page | Oltrepier | Cielquiparle | ... that despite being the first women's football team in Northern Ireland to sign players on professional contracts, Cliftonville Ladies F.C. were not the first club to register them? |
| 728 | Leskov Island
|
2 September 2023 | 3 September 2023 | 11 September 2023 | Review Page | Jo-Jo Eumerus | Cielquiparle | ... that Leskov Island is probably inaccessible for penguins? |
| 729 | Frances Vorne
|
22 August 2023 | 5 September 2023 | 12 September 2023 | Review Page | Cbl62 | Vaticidalprophet | ... that a photograph of Frances "the Shape" Vorne wearing a swimsuit made from remnants of a captured Nazi parachute (pictured) was one of the most sought-after pin-ups of World War II? |
| 730 | Restless Heart
|
29 August 2023 | 5 September 2023 | 13 September 2023 | Review Page | TenPoundHammer | Vaticidalprophet | ... that record executive Tim DuBois locked the members of Restless Heart (pictured) in an office for seven hours until they came up with a name for the band? |
| 731 | William L. Keleher
|
4 September 2023 | 5 September 2023 | 13 September 2023 | Review Page | Ergo Sum | Vaticidalprophet | ... that William L. Keleher fired three teachers who said Boston College was teaching heresy? |
| 732 | Renewable energy in Turkey
|
22 August 2023 | 7 September 2023 | 13 September 2023 | Review Page | Chidgk1 | Cielquiparle | ... that following the energy price shock caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Turkish government intervened to have the country's renewable energy subsidise coal and gas? |
| 733 | Kingdom Rush
|
2 September 2023 | 8 September 2023 | 14 September 2023 | Review Page | The Night Watch | Vaticidalprophet | ... that the success of Kingdom Rush prompted plans to grow the video game industry of Uruguay? |
| 734 | WNUV
|
22 August 2023 | 9 September 2023 | 13 September 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Cielquiparle | ... that a Baltimore TV station aspired to be "the Cadillac of independents"? |
| 735 | George Griffith
|
31 August 2023 | 9 September 2023 | 15 September 2023 | Review Page | TompaDompa | Vaticidalprophet | ... that George Griffith (pictured) wrote a book about the Boer War three years before it started? |
| 736 | List of cranes
|
7 September 2023 | 9 September 2023 | 15 September 2023 | Review Page | AryKun | Vaticidalprophet | ... that the Siberian crane is considered more threatened than the whooping crane, despite there being an estimated ten times more of them? |
| 737 | Barry Windsor-Smith
|
26 August 2023 | 9 September 2023 | 15 September 2023 | Review Page | FlairTale | Vaticidalprophet | ... that comic book artist Barry Windsor-Smith wrote, drew, inked, and lettered every page of his graphic novel Monsters by himself? |
| 738 | Occult America
|
24 July 2023 | 9 September 2023 | 15 September 2023 | Review Page | Vaticidalprophet | Bruxton | ... that Occult America suggests that Abraham Lincoln may have turned to Spiritualism after the death of his son? |
| 739 | Simón (2023 film)
|
18 August 2023 | 9 September 2023 | 15 September 2023 | Review Page | NoonIcarus | Bruxton | ... that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the nightclub scene in Simón used only 30 extras instead of the originally intended 250? |
| 740 | KUVS-DT
|
29 August 2023 | 9 September 2023 | 16 September 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Chester Smith's California TV station ran its newscast on a "dental floss budget", as one former anchor put it? |
| 741 | George S. Bowdoin Stable
|
27 August 2023 | 9 September 2023 | 18 September 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Bruxton | ... that the George S. Bowdoin Stable has variously served as a garage, private residence, art gallery, cultural center, and office? |
| 742 | Hotel Brexton
|
10 September 2023 | 10 September 2023 | 16 September 2023 | Review Page | Evrik | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that the Hotel Brexton in Baltimore was once home to Wallis Simpson, the American divorcée who married Edward VIII? |
| 743 | Tennessee State Route 158
|
18 August 2023 | 10 September 2023 | 17 September 2023 | Review Page | Bneu2013 | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that portions of Tennessee State Route 158 have been called "Front Street", "Front Avenue", "Lakefront Drive", "Neyland Drive", and "James White Parkway"? |
| 744 | John Ogilby
|
11 September 2023 | 11 September 2023 | 15 September 2023 | Review Page | JMF | Vaticidalprophet | ... that John Ogilby saved the manuscript of his translation of the complete works of Virgil from destruction in a shipwreck by wrapping it in a waterproof cloth? |
| 745 | Imagining Mars: A Literary History
|
31 August 2023 | 11 September 2023 | 17 September 2023 | Review Page | TompaDompa | Vaticidalprophet | ... that Imagining Mars: A Literary History "presents a compelling case that 'Mars matters'"? |
| 746 | Ashy flycatcher
|
11 September 2023 | 13 September 2023 | 18 September 2023 | Review Page | AryKun | Vaticidalprophet | ... that one way to tell the African dusky flycatcher apart from the ashy flycatcher (example pictured) is that the former is "cuter"? |
| 747 | Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station
|
11 September 2023 | 14 September 2023 | 18 September 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Vaticidalprophet | ... that the Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station has a Hook, Line, and Sinker? |
| 748 | 2012 Singapore bus drivers' strike
|
4 September 2023 | 14 September 2023 | 19 September 2023 | Review Page | Kingoflettuce | Vaticidalprophet | ... that a number of bus drivers who participated in a strike were unaware that it was illegally held? |
| 749 | Erskine Childers (author)
|
11 September 2023 | 14 September 2023 | 19 September 2023 | Review Page | AntientNestor | Vaticidalprophet | ... that novelist Erskine Childers was an artilleryman in the British Army, a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, a major in the Royal Air Force, and a staff captain in the Irish Republican Army? |
| 750 | Mihai Iștvanovici
|
11 September 2023 | 14 September 2023 | 19 September 2023 | Review Page | Dahn | Vaticidalprophet | ... that upon establishing Georgia's first printing press for Vakhtang VI, Mihai Iștvanovici published Romanian verse in Georgian script? |
| 751 | Salar de Pedernales
|
4 September 2023 | 15 September 2023 | 20 September 2023 | Review Page | Jo-Jo Eumerus | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Salar de Pedernales in Chile features dark slope streaks resembling dark slope streaks on Mars? |
| 752 | Mioarele
|
31 August 2023 | 15 September 2023 | 20 September 2023 | Review Page | Dahn | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that three American bombers were downed over the Romanian village of Suslănești in May 1944? |
| 753 | Reichsgesetzblatt
|
16 September 2023 | 16 September 2023 | 20 September 2023 | Review Page | WatkynBassett | Cielquiparle | ... that the Reichsgesetzblatt was last issued five days before the Battle of Berlin began? |
| 754 | Jergins Trust Building
|
4 September 2023 | 16 September 2023 | 21 September 2023 | Review Page | SportingFlyer | Vaticidalprophet | ... That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd that once led to the Jergins Trust Building in Long Beach, California? |
| 755 | Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall/Chambers Street station
|
15 September 2023 | 16 September 2023 | 23 September 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Vaticidalprophet | ... that the Chambers Street station (pictured) was once called "easily one of the most decrepit stations" in the New York City Subway system? |
| 756 | HMS Redpole (1808)
|
2 September 2023 | 17 September 2023 | 18 September 2023 | Review Page | Ykraps | Cielquiparle | ... that HMS Redpole, one of the aptly-named coffin brigs, sank in an action with a pirate vessel in August 1828? |
| 757 | Out of All the Masts
|
21 August 2023 | 17 September 2023 | 22 September 2023 | Review Page | Dahn | Vaticidalprophet | ... that Mihai Eminescu's poem "Out of All the Masts", which Eminescu himself never intended to publish, has won posthumous praise as a "perfect combination of words"? |
| 758 | The Last Hope: Dead Zone Survival
|
27 August 2023 | 18 September 2023 | 23 September 2023 | Review Page | NegativeMP1 | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that The Last Hope: Dead Zone Survival has been considered one of the worst video games of 2023? |
| 759 | Julian Hill (American football)
|
6 September 2023 | 18 September 2023 | 25 September 2023 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | Bruxton | ... that Julian Hill was the first player from Campbell University to make an NFL roster, but Brevin Allen was the first to play in a game? |
| 760 | Brevin Allen
| |||||||
| 761 | Lake (video game)
|
18 September 2023 | 19 September 2023 | 25 September 2023 | Review Page | Rhain | Vaticidalprophet | ... that a freelance game developer successfully pitched a video game with a picture of a car driving around a lake? |
| 762 | Cyprian Norwid
|
16 September 2023 | 19 September 2023 | 26 September 2023 | Review Page | Piotrus | Vaticidalprophet | ... that the 19th-century poet Cyprian Norwid (pictured), now recognized as one of the most important Polish poets, led a poverty-stricken life and his works were rarely appreciated until decades after his death? |
| 763 | No Saint
|
4 September 2023 | 19 September 2023 | 26 September 2023 | Review Page | Sebbirrrr | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that according to Rolling Stone, Lauren Jenkins blended music and acting for No Saint "in ways not currently common practice" in country music? |
| 764 | KDNL-TV
|
29 August 2023 | 21 September 2023 | 27 September 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that one reviewer described a TV station in St. Louis as appearing to be "not serious about the news"? |
| 765 | Dvorichna settlement hromada
|
1 September 2023 | 21 September 2023 | 28 September 2023 | Review Page | Johnson524 | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that the Dvorichna settlement hromada has remained divided between Russia and Ukraine since the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive? |
| 766 | Chanig ar Gall
|
21 September 2023 | 21 September 2023 | 28 September 2023 | Review Page | Miraclepine | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Chanig ar Gall joined her husband Charlez ar Gall in Breton-language broadcasting after learning Breton? |
| 767 | Charlez ar Gall
| |||||||
| 768 | Darl+ing
|
21 August 2023 | 21 September 2023 | 28 September 2023 | Review Page | Luminous Person | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that South Korean band Seventeen partnered with Apple to let fans create remixes of their song "Darl+ing" on GarageBand? |
| 769 | 2023 Leagues Cup final
|
4 September 2023 | 21 September 2023 | 28 September 2023 | Review Page | SounderBruce | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that tickets on secondary markets for the 2023 Leagues Cup final ranged from $484 to $12,000 within a day of release? |
| 770 | Chaimas Kaplanas
|
16 September 2023 | 21 September 2023 | 28 September 2023 | Review Page | Soman | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Chaimas Kaplanas took part in four hunger strikes during his imprisonment at Kaunas Prison? |
| 771 | Vera Curtis
|
18 September 2023 | 21 September 2023 | 29 September 2023 | Review Page | 4meter4 | Vaticidalprophet | ... that soprano Vera Curtis was the first singer trained exclusively in the United States to perform with the Metropolitan Opera? |
| 772 | WCSH
|
21 August 2023 | 22 September 2023 | 25 September 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Lightburst | ... that a Maine TV station was so protective of its evening newscast that it preempted nearly 40 percent of all NBC Sports programming in 1994? |
| 773 | Himmatul Aliyah
|
20 September 2023 | 22 September 2023 | 29 September 2023 | Review Page | Juxlos | Vaticidalprophet | ... that Himmatul Aliyah was born in Tangerang and represents Jakarta in Indonesia's House of Representatives, while Himmatul Alyah was born in Jakarta and represented Tangerang? |
| 774 | Himmatul Alyah Setiawaty
| |||||||
| 775 | Iron Man
|
21 September 2023 | 24 September 2023 | 30 September 2023 | Review Page | FormalDude | Vaticidalprophet | ... that Stan Lee modeled Tony Stark after 20th-century business magnate Howard Hughes? |
| 776 | John A. Kennedy (Illinois politician)
|
25 September 2023 | 25 September 2023 | 1 October 2023 | Review Page | Elli | Lightburst | ... that John A. Kennedy was placed near the top of the 1964 Illinois House election ballot because of his name? |
| 777 | Christina Rosendahl
|
22 September 2023 | 26 September 2023 | 1 October 2023 | Review Page | Miraclepine | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that film director Christina Rosendahl started her career with a documentary about her sister Pernille's music career? |
| 778 | Cataract surgery
|
23 September 2023 | 27 September 2023 | 3 October 2023 | Review Page | Oltrepier | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that indirect evidence suggests that cataract surgery could have been performed as early as in ancient Egypt? |
| 779 | Profira Sadoveanu
|
25 September 2023 | 27 September 2023 | 3 October 2023 | Review Page | Dahn | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that writer Profira Sadoveanu and her novelist father Mihail once had to take turns defending their home against attacks by the Iron Guard? |
| 780 | Arthur Yorinks
|
24 September 2023 | 27 September 2023 | 4 October 2023 | Review Page | MonarchOfTerror | Vaticidalprophet | ... that Arthur Yorinks's children's book Louis the Fish was inspired by Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis? |
| 781 | Daniel Whelan
|
24 September 2023 | 27 September 2023 | 4 October 2023 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | Vaticidalprophet | ... that in 2023, Daniel Whelan became the first Irish-born NFL player since 1985? |
| 782 | Elizabeth James-Perry
|
25 September 2023 | 27 September 2023 | 5 October 2023 | Review Page | Miraclepine | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that wampum artist Elizabeth James-Perry also works on ecological restoration projects, including the reintroduction of native plant life? |
| 783 | Kent Gaydos
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25 September 2023 | 27 September 2023 | 5 October 2023 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Kent Gaydos played quarterback in high school, then wide receiver in college, and in the NFL changed to tight end before going back to receiver, then tight end again, and then receiver once more? |
| 784 | Murder of Li Sin-heng
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21 September 2023 | 27 September 2023 | 6 October 2023 | Review Page | SBS6577P | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that the perpetrator of a murder on a bus once described meeting his victim, who was his girlfriend, to be "like winning the Mark Six"? |
| 785 | Mitzura Arghezi
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25 September 2023 | 27 September 2023 | 6 October 2023 | Review Page | Dahn | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Romanian actress Mitzura Arghezi was once told by her father that her career path held "few satisfactions [...] if you're not a director's wife, a manager's wife, this and that man's girlfriend"? |
| 786 | I, Rocket
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22 September 2023 | 27 September 2023 | 6 October 2023 | Review Page | Dying | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Ray Bradbury's short story "I, Rocket" won an award 76 years after it was first published? |
| 787 | Paul Roach
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28 September 2023 | 28 September 2023 | 8 October 2023 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | Vaticidalprophet | ... that Paul Roach became so popular for coaching the Wyoming Cowboys football team that people voted for him to be the state's governor even though he was not a candidate? |
| 788 | Jessica Berman
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28 September 2023 | 28 September 2023 | 8 October 2023 | Review Page | Longhornsg | Vaticidalprophet | ... that when Jessica Berman was named the deputy commissioner of the National Lacrosse League, she became the first woman to hold that position in a men's professional sports league? |
| 789 | Spiritbox
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15 September 2023 | 28 September 2023 | 9 October 2023 | Review Page | DannyMusicEditor | Vaticidalprophet | ... that after their 2020 tour was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Spiritbox received $10,000 from Shinedown's Brent Smith, a stranger, to cover losses? |
| 790 | Orders of battle for the Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1385–1391)
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1 August 2023 | 29 September 2023 | 11 October 2023 | Review Page | Hybernator | Vaticidalprophet | ... that the royal chronicles report that the Kingdom of Ava mobilized nearly 300,000 troops for one invasion, but they probably only mobilized around a tenth of that? |
| 791 | Fred Vehmeier
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25 September 2023 | 29 September 2023 | 12 October 2023 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | Lightburst | ... that of newly hired coach Fred Vehmeier, one newspaper said: "Any candidate for the university football team who gets a bit sassy can count on a beating, if this new coach is the man he looks to be"? |
| 792 | Jonathan W. Allen Stable
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11 September 2023 | 29 September 2023 | 12 October 2023 | Review Page | Epicgenius | Lightburst | ... that a 19th-century horse stable in New York City later housed a luxury pet sitter for cats and dogs? |
| 793 | The Creative Gene
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11 September 2023 | 2 October 2023 | 12 October 2023 | Review Page | PantheonRadiance | Vaticidalprophet | ... that in his book The Creative Gene, Hideo Kojima (pictured) revealed that he would sacrifice his position as a game designer to go to outer space? |
| 794 | Yunus Emre power station
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24 September 2023 | 2 October 2023 | 12 October 2023 | Review Page | Chidgk1 | Vaticidalprophet | ... that the Yunus Emre coal-fired power station is licensed to operate after Turkey's goal for net zero? |
| 795 | Anthony Vaz
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28 September 2023 | 6 October 2023 | 14 October 2023 | Review Page | BeanieFan11 | Lightburst | ... that Anthony Vaz was the first flag bearer and team captain for Kenya at the Olympics? |
| 796 | DeLancey W. Gill
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8 October 2023 | 8 October 2023 | 15 October 2023 | Review Page | Generalissima | Lightburst | ... that despite having no professional training or experience, DeLancey W. Gill was appointed to take thousands of photographs for the Smithsonian Institution? |
| 797 | Aleksander Barkov
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6 October 2023 | 8 October 2023 | 18 October 2023 | Review Page | HickoryOughtShirt?4 | Lightburst | ... that at the age of 27, Aleksander Barkov became the Florida Panthers' all-time leading scorer? |
| 798 | Early prime time
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8 October 2023 | 9 October 2023 | 17 October 2023 | Review Page | Sammi Brie | Lightburst | ... that in the early 1990s, several TV stations in Northern California experimented with moving prime time up an hour? |
| 799 | Sara Mérida
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6 October 2023 | 11 October 2023 | 17 October 2023 | Review Page | Kingsif | Vaticidalprophet | ... that footballer Sara Mérida played for Espanyol Femení, was a physiotherapist for the club, and ultimately helped coach her former team to promotion in 2022? |
| 800 | Dankeskirche (Sebaldsbrück)
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8 October 2023 | 11 October 2023 | 17 October 2023 | Review Page | Soman | Vaticidalprophet | ... that a 1937 proposal to name a small church in Bremen after Horst Wessel provoked a fierce dispute with the local Nazi Party leadership? |
Reviews 801-900
[edit]| No. | Article | Approval Date | Promotion Date | Display Date | Review Page | Nominator | Promoter | Did You Know? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 801 | LittleBits Synth Kit
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28 September 2023 | 11 October 2023 | 18 October 2023 | Review Page | Schminnte | Vaticidalprophet | ... that the littleBits Synth Kit is like Lego for making instruments? |
| 802 | Maria, dich lieben ist allzeit mein Sinn
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8 October 2023 | 11 October 2023 | 19 October 2023 | Review Page | Gerda Arendt | Lightburst | ... that to include the popular Marian hymn "Maria zu lieben, ist allzeit mein Sinn" in the first common Catholic hymnal in German, Friedrich Dörr retained only its first line? |
| 803 | Mandate (politics)
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8 October 2023 | 11 October 2023 | 19 October 2023 | Review Page | Thebiguglyalien | Lightburst | ... that no single political party has a mandate in a coalition government? |
| 804 | In G Major
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24 September 2023 | 12 October 2023 | 19 October 2023 | Review Page | Corachow | Vaticidalprophet | ... that Jerome Robbins choreographed In G Major for New York City Ballet's Ravel Festival, in celebration of the composer's centenary? |
| 805 | Songs and Flowers of the Wasatch
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6 October 2023 | 12 October 2023 | 21 October 2023 | Review Page | Rachel Helps (BYU) | Vaticidalprophet | ... that Songs and Flowers of the Wasatch represented a shift in Mormon history toward a "socially-accepted American cultural and religious heritage", according to historian Jennifer Reeder? |
| 806 | Shows of a Lost World
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6 October 2023 | 15 October 2023 | 24 October 2023 | Review Page | Nathan121212 | Vaticidalprophet | ... that the Cure's Shows of a Lost World has grossed $37.5 million and become their highest-grossing tour to date, despite the band's refusal to use Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing? |
| 807 | Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersley, Ltd.
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25 September 2023 | 17 October 2023 | 25 October 2023 | Review Page | Daniel Case | PrimalMustelid | ... that in a copyright infringement case over a coffee-table history of the Grateful Dead, the Second Circuit held that a reuser can still claim fair use despite negotiating with the rights holder? |
| 808 | 2023 Louisiana wildfires
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24 September 2023 | 17 October 2023 | 25 October 2023 | Review Page | Tails Wx | PrimalMustelid | ... that officials said this year's Louisiana wildfire season includes the largest wildfire in the state's history? |
| 809 | Bill Dunn (Pilbara elder)
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17 October 2023 | 17 October 2023 | 26 October 2023 | Review Page | Jack4576 | Vaticidalprophet | ... that Bill Dunn, an Indigenous Australian pastoralist approaching retirement, sold his station at half-price to the Jigalong community despite receiving full-price offers from non-Indigenous people? |
| 810 | Section 54 of the Constitution Act, 1867
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17 October 2023 | 17 October 2023 | 26 October 2023 | Review Page | Mr Serjeant Buzfuz | Vaticidalprophet | ... that before the House of Commons of Canada considers a taxation or spending bill, a royal recommendation has to be given by the governor general? |
| 811 | Oil in Turkey
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24 October 2023 | 26 October 2023 | 1 November 2023 | Review Page | Chidgk1 | Vaticidalprophet | ... that Batman has extra heavy crude? |
| 812 | Jimmie Rodgers
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28 October 2023 | 31 October 2023 | 6 November 2023 | Review Page | GDuwen | Vaticidalprophet | ... that Jimmie Rodgers (pictured) is considered the "Father of Country Music"? |
| 813 | In Eutropium
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28 October 2023 | 31 October 2023 | 7 November 2023 | Review Page | Graearms | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that the ancient Roman poem In Eutropium criticized the politician Eutropius for holding a "feminine" triumph? |
| 814 | Anoplotherium
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24 September 2023 | 2 November 2023 | 11 November 2023 | Review Page | PrimalMustelid | Vaticidalprophet | ... that in 1822, the Paleogene mammal Anoplotherium commune (reconstruction pictured) was the first fossil species to be subjected to a brain cast study? |
| 815 | East Bengal Scheduled Castes Federation
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21 September 2023 | 4 November 2023 | 5 November 2023 | Review Page | Soman | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that before a separate party was created for Pakistan, the All India Scheduled Castes Federation simultaneously held the posts of Minister of Law in both Pakistan and India? |
| 816 | Lessons in Chemistry (novel)
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28 October 2023 | 5 November 2023 | 22 November 2023 | Review Page | Justiyaya | PrimalMustelid | ... that while writing Lessons in Chemistry, the author self-studied chemistry and was a full-time copywriter? |
| 817 | Vindication Island
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30 October 2023 | 6 November 2023 | 13 November 2023 | Review Page | Jo-Jo Eumerus | PrimalMustelid | ... that an island vindicated James Cook? |
| 818 | Legislative Council of the Autonomous Kurdistan Region
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27 August 2023 | 6 November 2023 | 18 November 2023 | Review Page | Soman | PrimalMustelid | ... that after the Iraqi government lost control of its northern territories following the 1991 Gulf War, the Legislative Council of the Autonomous Kurdistan Region was based in Baghdad? |
| 819 | Mario Party DS
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3 December 2023 | 14 December 2023 | 22 December 2023 | Review Page | The Green Star Collector | AirshipJungleman29 | ... that Mario Party DS's minigames feature "minimized" Mario characters? |