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31 May 2017

00:45, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Wynee

... that Wynee (pictured) was the first Native Hawaiian to travel outside the islands on a foreign vessel?
... that in his Requiem für einen jungen Dichter, composer Bernd Alois Zimmermann combines the Latin Requiem with literary, philosophical, religious and political texts that shaped his lifetime?
... that according to Ralph Wolfe Cowan who painted him as The Visionary, Donald Trump's hands are "perfectly proportioned"?
... that infighting among the conquistadors hindered the Spanish conquest of Honduras?
... that the Pediatric Symptom Checklist identifies children with problems in psychosocial functioning by measuring inner distress and mood, behavior, and attention?
... that the association footballer Harry Beadles was awarded the Serbian gold medal for bravery during World War I?
... that Typhoon Gerald was the one of three typhoons spawned by the monsoon trough in early September 1987?
... that thousands of escaped slaves created a free colony on Edisto Island, South Carolina, during the American Civil War?
... that the tenth chapter of the Quran is named after Jonah, even though only 1 of its 109 verses mentions him?
... that Mary M. Crawford became Brooklyn's first female ambulance surgeon after the hospital forgot to exclude women from applying?

30 May 2017

00:00, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Bridal Veil Falls in Réunion National Park

... that Réunion National Park (pictured) could become the first French national park to lose its status?
... that Reverend Arthur Broome was one of the founders of the RSPCA and, as guarantor for the society's debts, went to debtors' prison when it declared bankruptcy?
... that the borders negotiated after the Song-Lý War largely remain as the current boundaries between China and Vietnam?
... that Probir Roy proposed a solution for the U(n)-symmetric Thirring model?
... that on the links at the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia, a monument commemorates a Civil War battle that never happened?
... that the Native Hawaiian suffragist Wilhelmina Widemann Dowsett organized the first women's suffrage club in the Territory of Hawaii and believed women were superior to men?
... that Siti Nurhaliza won her 13th Best Vocal Performance (Female) in a Song award from Anugerah Industri Muzik with "Menatap dalam Mimpi"?
... that the National Wrestling Association's World Light Heavyweight Championship was originally created by the National Boxing Association?

29 May 2017

00:00, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

Malacañang of the North

... that Malacañang of the North (pictured) was built as a presidential mansion for Ferdinand Marcos' 60th birthday?
... that Eli Parsons Royce founded the city of Escanaba, Michigan, while Nelson Ludington named it?
... that "Mer Hayrenik", the national anthem of the First Republic of Armenia, became a protest song when it was banned during the Soviet era?
... that Isadora Duncan danced at The Wabe in London's Hampstead to raise money for the cause of women's suffrage?
... that during his youth, Argentine president Néstor Kirchner was present at the Ezeiza massacre and the expulsion of Montoneros from Plaza de Mayo?
... that the Japanese visual novel Harmonia was first released in English to see how the game would be received worldwide before its release in Japan?
... that Manning M. Kimmel was one of four West Point graduates to fight on both sides of the American Civil War?
... that the Miami Dolphins' first-ever regular season game began with running back Joe Auer returning the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown?

28 May 2017

00:00, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Rose C. Davison

... that Rose C. Davison (pictured) represented Hawaii at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition as a symbol of "Kanaka civility" to counter the image of hula dancers?
... that Arsenal are looking to win a record 13th FA Cup at the FA Cup Final against Chelsea today?
... that Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz was a daredevil horseman whose feats included riding between the sails of a windmill in full swing?
... that parts of southern New Mexico and Chihuahua were covered by the former Lake Palomas, the remnants of which existed as recently as 500 years ago?
... that the soprano Margot Guilleaume recorded the part of Marzelline in Beethoven's Fidelio in a complete live recording without dialogue in 1948?
... that Sallekhana is a religious practice of voluntarily fasting to death?
... that the emotional journey of the protagonist in the 2004 Ursula K. Le Guin novel Gifts has been compared to that of Max in the 1963 children's picture book Where the Wild Things Are?
... that Albertine Lapensée, described as Canada's first female ice hockey "superstar", was dogged by accusations of being a man?

27 May 2017

00:00, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

Schnitger organ case

... that the Lutheran church St. Laurentii in Itzehoe had one of Arp Schnitger's last pipe organs (case pictured)?
... that James Scott Howard, the postmaster of Toronto, infuriated his superiors by refusing to open mail of suspected rebels before the 1837 uprising?
... that during the 1678 Kediri campaign, the VOC–Mataram army purposely split itself and took a longer route to Kediri, in order to impress more people?
... that the prosecution of Theoris of Lemnos is the most detailed account of a witch trial to survive from Classical Greece?
... that the diet of the white woodpecker includes wasps and bees, their larvae and honey?
... that former Snohomish County Executive Bob Drewel had surgery to treat prostate cancer only days after being re-elected to a third term?
... that during the March 1605 papal conclave, a fight broke out that was so noisy that people outside opened the doors early because they thought a new pope had been elected?
... that Mary Ann Harris Gay's memoir Life in Dixie During the War directly inspired several of the scenes in the novel Gone with the Wind?

26 May 2017

00:00, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

Depiction of a miracle by Saint Zenobius

... that Botticelli's four panels with Scenes from the Life of Saint Zenobius (detail pictured) are split among three museums?
... that the Custer Wolf, a North American gray wolf referred to as the "master criminal of the animal world", killed livestock worth almost $300,000 in today's money?
... that Margot Shiner, who fled Nazi Germany as a teenager, was instrumental in establishing the medical subspecialty of paediatric gastroenterology?
... that the glass-floor observation deck of Ulubey Canyon Nature Park is 131 m (430 ft) above the canyon floor?
... that Albert Pierce Taylor, author of Under Hawaiian Skies, attempted to join the Cuban War of Independence but was deported by the Spanish?
... that The Duals' "Stick Shift" was the first hot rod song to chart nationally in the United States?
... that Narendra Kumar is the co-developer of the Dorokhov-Mello-Pereyra-Kumar equation, a theory on multi-channel conductivity using the principle of maximum entropy?
... that in 1979, Somerset deliberately lost a cricket match in 18 minutes?

25 May 2017

00:00, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

Barn the Spoon

... that it takes Barn the Spoon (pictured) between twenty minutes and two hours to carve a spoon out of green wood?
... that the epicenter of the 2009 Bhutan earthquake was 10 miles (16 km) away from Trashigang Dzong, and caused wide cracks to appear in the 350-year-old structure?
... that the 2017 French presidential election was not fought between left and right, but between open and closed?
... that Rosalie Keliʻinoi, the first female legislator in the Territory of Hawaii, passed a bill which gave married women the right to sell their property without their husbands' permission?
... that the Grand Canyon's Thunder River is the steepest in the United States?
... that Argentine chef Federico Tobares disappeared while driving in Jalisco, Mexico?
... that thousands of escaped slaves created a free colony on Edisto Island, South Carolina, during the American Civil War?
... that Clotilde Bressler-Gianoli played the titular character in Carmen in 1907 with "the allurement of sheer wickedness", and was accidentally stabbed on stage?

24 May 2017

00:00, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

Corrour Bothy

... that visitors can stay overnight free of charge in any of over ninety bothies (Corrour Bothy pictured), but must bring their own fuel in order to watch "bothy TV"?
... that Quintus Publilius Philo, Rome's first proconsul, was described as a "popular dictator"?
... that the tenth chapter of the Quran is named after Jonah, even though only 1 of its 109 verses mentions him?
... that Emma Ahuena Taylor, a supporter of women's suffrage, organized knitting units on behalf of Native Hawaiian soldiers fighting in World War I?
... that six government reviews have recommended Australia adopt "fair use" into its copyright law?
... that Jeanette Antolin won three NCAA titles with the UCLA Bruins women's gymnastics team?
... that the manga My Brother's Husband by Gengoroh Tagame tackles issues of homophobia in Japanese society?
... that the May 1605 papal conclave was the only known papal election to result in broken bones?

23 May 2017

00:00, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Ochre-collared piculet

... that the white-barred piculet hybridises with the ochre-collared (pictured), varzea, ocellated, and white-wedged piculets where their ranges overlap?
... that Vidhu Vincent is the first woman to win the Kerala State Film Award for Best Director?
... that Tapeats Creek in the Grand Canyon National Park is named after the Southern Paiute Indian who claimed ownership of it?
... that Zahava Burack survived the Holocaust by hiding in a crawlspace beneath the home of a sympathetic Polish family for two and a half years?
... that "The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show" was based on old minstrel and medicine shows, but was interpreted as an allegory on the dangers of success in the music business?
... that the UK Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Act 2015 was created to affirm the right to hold council prayers after the High Court had ruled them unlawful?
... that Hans Peter Blochwitz, who appeared as Mozart's Don Ottavio at the Metropolitan Opera, premiered Hans Zender's Schubert's "Winterreise" with the Ensemble Modern in 1993?
... that the Twin Bing has been described as "two brown lumps, about the size of golf balls, roughly textured, and stuck to one another like Siamese twins"?

22 May 2017

00:00, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Pregnancy portrait

... that there was a fashion in England for pregnancy portraits (example pictured) in the decades around 1600?
... that Sudhanshu Shekhar Jha was guided in his doctoral studies by Felix Bloch, 1952 Nobel laureate, and in his post-doctoral work by Nicolaas Bloembergen, 1981 Nobel laureate?
... that Jimmy Wales wants WikiTRIBUNE to counter fake news?
... that the 13th-century English royal justice Elias Beckingham was described as being one of only two honest judges in the kingdom?
... that EuropaChorAkademie, a choir formed by students from two universities, participated in an award-winning recording of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Requiem für einen jungen Dichter?
... that Mariano Gagnon was a Franciscan friar who organized airlifts to help refugees escape the Shining Path?
... that Simon Pagenaud's victory at the 2017 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix was his first-ever IndyCar Series win on an oval track?
... that the Stumptown scud, a crustacean endemic to the Portland metropolitan area, looks like a "cross between a prawn and a potato bug"?

21 May 2017

00:00, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

Wawatam Lighthouse

... that Wawatam Lighthouse (pictured) started out as an architectural folly at a highway Welcome Center, was moved more than 300 miles (480 km), and is now an operating Coast Guard-approved aid to navigation?
... that Christoph Siebert conducted the Collegium Vocale Gent singing music by Schubert and Annelies Van Parys in a theatrical performance at international festivals?
... that in 2007, some UEFA members voted against allowing Gibraltar membership because Victoria Stadium was built on disputed land?
... that Linda Laubenstein was one of the first physicians in the United States to recognize the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s?
... that during the Humboldt Park riot 40 years ago, the Chicago police department battled Puerto Rican protesters and rioters?
... that Jepara was the only town on the north coast of Mataram not to be taken by Trunajaya's North Coast offensive, after a successful joint defense by Mataram and the Dutch East India Company?
... that the Reconstruction Era National Monument includes the place where, on New Year's Day 1863, Union Army General Rufus Saxton publicly read the Emancipation Proclamation to 3,000 slaves?
... that the owner of World Champion bucking bull Bones exercised him in a mechanized circular walker in a deep sand pit?

20 May 2017

00:00, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

European herring gull

... that the family Laridae (European herring gull pictured) are the only shorebirds known to have developed ultraviolet vision?
... that Robert Grace was the first manufacturer of the Pennsylvania fireplace, designed by Benjamin Franklin, which heated rooms more efficiently than an open fireplace?
... that Katy Perry first teased the release of her song "Bon Appétit" with a cherry pie recipe?
... that in 1970, Austrian Post issued a commemorative postage stamp honoring the composer and bass singer Thomas Koschat?
... that in 1959, an Alabama state senator said a children's book about two fuzzy rabbits, The Rabbits' Wedding, was "propaganda for integration and intermarriage" and tried to get the book banned?
... that Shyam Sunder Kapoor contributed to the establishment of a pelletron accelerator facility at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research?
... that Electrada Corporation, a 1960s-era conglomerate, ran into difficulties after its management reportedly spent more time on acquisitions and financial markets than on actually running the business?
... that Kong Tai Heong, the first Chinese woman to practice medicine in Hawaii, was credited by Ripley's Believe It or Not! as having delivered over 6,000 babies?

19 May 2017

00:00, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

Kenchin jiru

... that kenchin jiru (pictured) may have originated several centuries ago from the Japanese Kenchō-ji temple?
... that Gordian Fulde, the director of one of the busiest emergency departments in Australia, was named Senior Australian of the Year in 2016?
... that when passenger service was resumed on Sweden's Lysekil Line after 33 years, the train driver had to switch on the line's power himself?
... that Günter Jena, for decades a church music director in Hamburg, conducted the NDR Chor in a recording of the complete a cappella works by Johannes Brahms?
... that fragments of ancient Maya books have been recovered from the ruins of Guaytán in Guatemala?
... that James Dale Ritchie was not suspected to be the Anchorage Serial Killer until after he had been shot dead while attacking a police officer?
... that the newly established Women's Super Rugby league will include Gloucester-Hartpury Women, Harlequins Ladies, Loughborough Students (Lightning), and Waterloo Ladies, but will exclude a team that has been in the top flight for 15 years?
... that although the lyrics of the Chick Corea song "500 Miles High" express romantic love, it became a hippie drug anthem?

18 May 2017

00:00, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

[[File:|x100px|McLoughlin Promenade, overlooking Willamette Falls ]]

McLoughlin Promenade

... that the McLoughlin Promenade (pictured) sits on a bluff in Oregon that was occupied by the Molala people thousands of years before the arrival of settlers of European ancestry?
... that Max Thurn, who founded the NDR Chor in 1946, conducted a series of Bach cantatas and prepared the choir for a live recording of Isang Yun's Om mani padme hum in 1964?
... that Five Nights at Freddy's appeared in the Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition, breaking the record for the most sequels released in a year?
... that astronomer Sidney C. Wolff was the first woman to direct a major observatory in the United States?
... that a cryptic crossword central to "The Riddle of the Sphinx", an episode of Inside No. 9, was published in The Guardian the same day the episode aired?
... that when the Red Rock Bridge was no longer needed for trains, it was converted to carry the auto traffic of U.S. Route 66 over the Colorado River?
... that although socialism is one of its four fundamental principles, the Constitution of Bangladesh also allows cooperative and private ownership alongside state ownership?
... that Leon Day pitched a no-hitter on Opening Day after a nearly three-year absence from the Negro leagues?

17 May 2017

03:33, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

[[File:|x100px|McLoughlin Promenade, overlooking Willamette Falls ]]

McLoughlin Promenade

... that the McLoughlin Promenade (pictured) sits on a bluff in Oregon that was occupied by the Molala people thousands of years before the arrival of settlers of European ancestry?
... that Max Thurn, who founded the NDR Chor in 1946, conducted a series of Bach cantatas and prepared the choir for a live recording of Isang Yun's Om mani padme hum in 1964?
... that Five Nights at Freddy's appeared in the Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition, breaking the record for the most sequels released in a year?
... that astronomer Sidney C. Wolff was the first woman to direct a major observatory in the United States?
... that a cryptic crossword central to "The Riddle of the Sphinx", an episode of Inside No. 9, was published in The Guardian the same day the episode aired?
... that when the Red Rock Bridge was no longer needed for trains, it was converted to carry the auto traffic of U.S. Route 66 over the Colorado River?
... that although socialism is one of its four fundamental principles, the Constitution of Bangladesh also allows cooperative and private ownership alongside state ownership?
... that Leon Day pitched a no-hitter on Opening Day after a nearly three-year absence from the Negro leagues?

16 May 2017

03:21, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Snap and rattle blossoms

... that the snap and rattle tree (blossom pictured) is native to Australia?
... that Democrats Thomas P. McHenry and Maurice S. Osser served together as Philadelphia City Commissioners for 20 years, until McHenry died and Osser went to jail?
... that finds made at the Pocklington Iron Age burial ground include a rare chariot burial complete with horses?
... that Japanese singer-songwriter Anly began playing songs by ear on her guitar when she was in third grade?
... that hundreds of tourists became stranded when Cyclone Ada ravaged Whitsunday Island resorts in January 1970?
... that Chanchal Kumar Majumdar developed the Kohn-Majumdar theorem with his mentor, Walter Kohn, and the Majumdar–Ghosh model with his student, Dipan Ghosh?
... that Arlington, Texas, was the largest city in the United States without public transportation until it launched the Metro Arlington Xpress in 2013?
... that classically trained pianist Jon Schmidt augments his live performances by playing the piano with his toes and performing while upside-down?

15 May 2017

03:36, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Cornell Pulpwood Stacker

... that a steep catwalk leads to the top of the 175-foot (53 m) high Cornell Pulpwood Stacker (pictured)?
... that the Rugrats episode "Mother's Day" addressed the absence of Chuckie Finster's mother by revealing that she had died of a terminal illness?
... that in his 2014 exhibition Using Beauty as a Remedy for Life, Pakistani artist Mahmood Hayat questioned whether objective standards of beauty exist?
... that during the Balfour Mission 100 years ago, Arthur Balfour became the first Englishman to address both houses of the U.S. Congress?
... that several buildings by Ellamae Ellis League are listed in the National Register of Historic Places, including the home she built for herself?
... that the Japan Medical Association deployed 6,054 medical and support personnel during the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami?
... that "'Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr" is one of the oldest hymns of the Reformation?
... that the big blue octopus often forms a midden outside its den?

14 May 2017

03:51, 14 May 2017 (UTC)

Bust of Philip II of Macedon

... that after conquering and uniting most of ancient Greece, Philip II of Macedon (bust pictured) was assassinated while in Aegae for his daughter’s wedding and was succeeded by his son Alexander the Great?
... that in his song cycles, Graham Waterhouse has used a cello, a string quartet, or a Pierrot ensemble to complement the singer?
... that the Train Track Park, containing 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) of walking and biking trails, was built over the century-old route of the Jaffa–Jerusalem railway?
... that Krityunjai Prasad Sinha secured a second doctorate from the University of Bristol based on his post-doctoral work at Maurice Pryce's laboratory?
... that occupational exposure banding can quickly and accurately assign chemicals into specific hazard categories when quantitative exposure limits are not available?
... that the name of Japanese electronic rock band The Sixth Lie is a reference to a quotation from Claude Debussy?
... that the pendulum car was an experimental forerunner of the tilting train, but was not widely adopted on American railroads?
... that Lukas Lundin had a US$100 million eco-friendly super-yacht built in 2015?

13 May 2017

04:06, 13 May 2017 (UTC)

Beatrice Alexander

... that 90 years after Beatrice Alexander (pictured) founded the Alexander Doll Company, the company issued a doll in her likeness, priced at US$1,499.95?
... that proteins from a bacterium toxic to pests have been incorporated into crop plants for biological pest control?
... that in 2000, Lloyds Bank RFC's ground was sold by Lloyds TSB, which meant the club had to groundshare with a rival bank?
... that V. S. Sangwan developed a treatment protocol for corneal injuries using cultured limbal stem cells?
... that Turkish journalist Erol Önderoğlu, a campaigner for freedom of the press, was arrested for spreading "terrorism propaganda" in favor of the Kurdistan Workers' Party?
... that the German cities of Duisburg, Essen, and Kiel all had their populations increase five-fold or more between 1875 and 1910?
... that conquistador Pedro de Portocarrero founded the first Spanish colonial town within the territory of the modern Mexican state of Chiapas?
... that Arlington, Washington, was locally known as the "Shingle Capital of the World"?

12 May 2017

04:21, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

Broken Down Dam

... that the abrupt collapse of Broken Down Dam (pictured) at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, in 1909 caused other downstream dams to collapse?
... that a number of insect species were named in honour of Dutch entomologist Jacobus van der Vecht?
... that some critics noted that Demi Lovato's song "Fix a Heart" has references in its lyrics to the singer's past issues with self-harm?
... that the proposed Mega Manila Subway would be the first subway system in the Philippines?
... that sociologist, feminist, and campaigner for lesbian and gay rights Mary Susan McIntosh was deported from the U.S. in 1960 for speaking out against the House Un-American Activities Committee?
... that the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens was selected for the United States' National Register of Historic Places?
... that Chinmoy Sankar Dey developed an insulin-resistant in-vitro skeletal muscle model for screening anti-diabetic medication, for which he holds a U.S. patent?
... that the Dark Hedges tree tunnel, a popular tourist destination since it was used as the King's Road in Game of Thrones, might not last twenty years?

11 May 2017

04:36, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Flag of Weihaiwei

... that the flag of Weihaiwei (pictured) was redesigned to include Mandarin ducks, as it was felt inappropriate to have a Chinese imperial dragon on a British flag?
... that the lascivious lyrics of The Band's "Jemima Surrender" inspired Naomi Weisstein to form the Chicago Women's Liberation Rock Band?
... that Anne Penfold Street, one of Australia's leading mathematicians, earned bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry before switching to mathematics?
... that the Guatemalan labor organization Committee for Peasant Unity once led a strike that forced a minimum wage increase of nearly 200%?
... that French singer-songwriter Indila, who has described herself as a "child of the world", is of Algerian, Cambodian, Egyptian, and Indian descent?
... that the Kurşunlu Mosque and Complex hosts a museum that exhibits handmade meerschaum pipes?
... that E. S. Raja Gopal held the position of a CSIR emeritus scientist at both the National Physical Laboratory of India and the Indian Institute of Science?
... that in 2007, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that a sperm donor was not obligated to pay child support?

10 May 2017

04:51, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Château de Bouxwiller

... that the residence (pictured) of the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg in Bouxwiller was pillaged during the French Revolution and completely destroyed soon thereafter?
... that Yves Bélanger had been working as a cinematographer for more than twenty years when he made his breakthrough with Dallas Buyers Club?
... that coon hunting dogs can bark as many as 150 times per minute?
... that S. C. Jain, together with Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan, developed a method for the measurement of thermal conductivity at high temperatures in solids?
... that the predatory mite Typhlodromips swirskii is able to control melon thrips on cucumber leaves, but fails to control common blossom thrips on the flowers?
... that mathematician Donald G. Saari advocates deciding elections by the Borda count instead of plurality voting, because it leads less often to paradoxical outcomes?
... that the Whitehorse Trail uses a railroad that was abandoned after major floods in 1990?
... that due to the English North-South divide, Craig, a character in "The Bill", is unfamiliar with diddlums, piss-mints, and bluecocks?

9 May 2017

05:06, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

Hotpants

... that hotpants (example pictured) were originally short shorts made from materials such as velvet, silk, and fur?
... that U.S. citizens are prohibited from engaging in business transactions with Antonio Oseguera Cervantes?
... that in 1759, when she was ten years old, Fenix carried the new king, Carlos III, from Naples to Barcelona?
... that Gail G. Shapiro was the first democratically elected president of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology?
... that Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy by Jaggi Vasudev has been described as recasting Patanjali's Yoga Sutra in layman's terms?
... that Peter Par Jiek, who had fought alongside Riek Machar for over ten years during the Second Sudanese Civil War, was later killed by rebels loyal to Machar?
... that the speckle-chested piculet is endangered by the ongoing destruction of its forest habitat?
... that The Great Friendship had distinctly unfriendly consequences?

8 May 2017

05:21, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

A Pickett-Hamilton fort

... that a Pickett-Hamilton fort (example pictured) could be lowered into the ground when not in use and raised for combat?
... that professional wrestler Garza Jr. showed his face for the first time on a television dating show?
... that "crawler" cycad scale insects are sometimes carried away by the wind, landing on nearby plants and infesting them?
... that the contralto Anna Erler-Schnaudt performed in the premiere of Mahler's Eighth Symphony in 1910?
... that foreigners who openly call for a boycott of Israel may be banned from entering the country?
... that Alexander Bonner Latta made the first steam fire engine to be used regularly by a city fire department in the United States?
... that William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse, the first airman to receive the Victoria Cross, is buried at Parnham House?
... that the main characters of Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard fight zombies with paintballs?

7 May 2017

04:46, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

Dura-Europos fresco

... that the earliest visual depiction of the Finding of Moses is a fresco of c. 244 AD (pictured) in the Dura-Europos synagogue?
... that in 1950, Hans Grischkat compiled and conducted a concert Vom Reiche Gottes from single Bach cantata movements to celebrate the bicentenary of the composer's death?
... that Frederick Wiseman intended his 1969 documentary Law and Order as "a chance to do in the pigs", but as he made the film he came to understand the "fear that cops live with"?
... that professional wrestler King Kaluha was the hand-picked opponent for Dr. Death's comeback match after battling throat cancer?
... that over 60,000 pieces of stained glass were used to create the Roots of Knowledge installation at Utah Valley University?
... that the population of the endangered sea snake Aipysurus fuscus is thought to have declined by at least 70% between 1998 and 2013?
... that African-American mathematics professor Thyrsa Frazier Svager and her physics professor husband Aleksandar Svager lived on one salary to build a scholarship fund?
... that Morrison-Knudsen built four Popsicles for the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1978?

6 May 2017

05:01, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

Eurymela distincta

... that the leafhopper species Eurymela distincta (pictured) is often accompanied by ants that eat its sugary excrement?
... that the Dutch admiral Cornelis Speelman called the Javanese Muslim nobleman Raden Kajoran a "prophet of the devil"?
... that The Formation World Tour by Beyoncé featured a 60-foot (18 m) tall rotating LED cube as the stage's focal point, nicknamed the "Monolith" by designers?
... that gay Jewish poet Jacob Hiegentlich committed suicide days after the Nazis invaded the Netherlands?
... that the Indian reservation for the Cowlitz Tribe of Washington state was established for the construction of a casino?
... that the original draft for the light novel series Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World was over 1,000 pages and had to be significantly cut?
... that the military historian Clifford Kinvig, whose surname is an anagram of Viking, came from a Manx family?
... that The Big Treehouse covers 5,000 square feet (460 m²) and has 12 levels that reach five and a half stories tall?

5 May 2017

05:16, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Statue of St Sophia and her daughters

... that St Trophimus' Church, Eschau, houses relics of St Sophia and her daughters Faith, Hope and Charity (pictured)?
... that The Soft Parade is the first Doors album not to credit the members of the band collectively on songs?
... that in late 14th-century England, John of Gaunt built up a massive affinity of supporters which his son Henry later used as an army to depose King Richard II?
... that James Niehues, who paints ski resort trail maps, has been called "the Michelangelo of snow" and "Monet of the mountain"?
... that part of the Kansas highway K-99 honors the war dead of Frankfort, which lost more men per capita in World War II than any other community in the United States?
... that Annelies Van Parys has composed music for Muziektheater Transparant, including her first opera, Private Views, which premiered in 2015?
... that despite its title, Boogeyman 2 does not actually feature the mythical creature as the main antagonist?
... that Brigadier General Pompey Elliott convinced his men that his horse could spot men who were unshaven or incorrectly dressed?

4 May 2017

05:31, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

PFE Albee in her saleslady's outfit

... that PFE Albee (pictured) is considered the first "Avon Lady", and was followed by over half a million others?
... that the shooter's sandwich became a minor internet meme after an article in The Guardian declared it to be the best sandwich in the world?
... that Indonesian Constitutional Court Justice Saldi Isra twice failed university entrance exams, but later went on to be awarded summa cum laude?
... that in order to put the silver Kalākaua coinage into circulation, Claus Spreckels formed the Spreckels & Company Bank in Hawaii?
... that arriving penniless in Oregon in 1903, Harley J. Overturf financed his education at the University of Oregon by filing a timber claim and selling the property for a profit?
... that at a show during the 2nd Global Indian Film Awards, around ₹2.2 million (US$26,000) was raised by auctioning off costumes of Bollywood actors?
... that the bismuth phosphate process was used by the Manhattan Project to extract plutonium for use in atomic bombs?
... that after Christian Hamburger oversaw her sex reassignment, Christine Jorgensen chose her new name in his honor?

3 May 2017

05:46, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Tall houses at Gokayama village

... that the tall roof spaces of Japanese houses in the Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama (pictured) were built with two or three levels in them for rearing silkworms and storing mulberry leaves?
... that the Javanese prince Pangeran Pekik was killed by order of his son-in-law, Amangkurat I?
... that a rented flat in Grosvenor Gardens House may have been the birthplace of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother?
... that substitution of a hazardous chemical can backfire if it turns out to be a "regrettable substitution" that unwittingly introduces a new hazard?
... that Mia Borders has an arm tattoo of a saying which means "Better to die standing than to live on your knees"?
... that the volcanic area of Kula Geopark was mentioned by the Ancient Greek geographer Strabo in the encyclopedia Geographica as Katakekaumene, literally "Burnt Land"?
... that when the Vikings occupied Seville in 844, they tried unsuccessfully to burn the city's great mosque?
... that Sigurd Slembe is a trilogy of plays by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson about a worthless bastard who tries to seize the throne of Norway?

2 May 2017

01:10, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

"Nevertheless, she persisted" tattoo

... that after Mitch McConnell said, "Nevertheless, she persisted" in reference to Elizabeth Warren's silencing during a U.S. Senate debate, more than 100 women in Minneapolis got tattoos (example pictured) of that meme?
... that Barry Ramachandra Rao and his team designed the first multi-frequency HF phase path radar based on a spaced-receiver configuration?
... that Falcon Nest is the tallest single-family home in North America?
... that de Balzac considered the examining magistrate to be more powerful than the king?
...that the privately held Dunn Gardens in Seattle were designed by the Olmsted Brothers, who also designed the city's park system?
... that the Silk Board junction witnesses the slowest-moving traffic in Bangalore and is one of the two most polluted places in the city?
... that the communion hymn "Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele", with lyrics by Johann Franck and a melody by Johann Crüger, was translated to "Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness"?
... that Indonesian political prisoner Pramoedya Ananta Toer researched his historical novel Footsteps from memory and composed it through oral narration to his fellow inmates?

1 May 2017

01:25, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Aphaenogaster dlusskyana

... that the Aphaenogaster dlusskyana ant fossil (pictured) was collected in 1972 and described in 2016?
... that Myrtle Florence Broome and the Canadian epigrapher Amice Calverley traveled together throughout Egypt taking trains and often driving across the desert in a Jowett car they named Joey?
... that the Swedish film The King of Ping Pong won the Grand Jury Prize for world cinema at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival?
... that Air India saw its bookings to America double after the US banned electronic equipment larger than a mobile phone from the passenger cabin for flights departing certain Middle Eastern airports?
... that Santosh G. Honavar treated more than 2,000 children affected with retinoblastoma, with a reported success rate of over 85 percent?
... that the Fort Custer Maze featured a new design each week?
... that Makassarese warrior Karaeng Galesong helped Trunajaya conquer Surabaya and Gresik as a condition for marrying his niece?
... that Loser.com used to redirect at different times to Kanye West's and Donald Trump's Wikipedia entries?