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31 January 2020

12:00, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

George W. Christians

... that George W. Christians (pictured), leader of the American Fascists, claimed to be "so red" that he made the Russians look yellow?
... that some media sources described Queen Elizabeth II's agreement with Prince Harry and Meghan as a "hard Megxit"?
... that Bill Regan hit two of his eighteen career home runs in a single inning of a Major League Baseball game on June 16, 1928?
... that violent content in the video game Road Rash disqualified it from official motorcycle manufacturer endorsements, resulting in soundalike brands such as "Panda" for Honda and "Kamikaze" for Kawasaki?
... that Taiwanese politician Lai Pin-yu cosplayed as Asuka Langley Soryu during her 2020 election campaign?
... that La Saline Natural Area in northeastern Alberta, Canada, features a large tufa mound?
... that in the 1883 political cartoon "An appalling attempt to muzzle the watch-dog of science", Friedrich Graetz portrayed Herbert Spencer as a monumental dog?
... that the Wellington clock tower has no clock?

00:00, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Map of the Holy Land published in 1620–21

... that engraver Abraham Goos and merchant Jacob ben Abraham Zaddiq were responsible for the first map of the Holy Land printed in Hebrew (pictured)?
... that Fresh Off the Boat is the longest-running Asian-American family sitcom in television history?
... that after a knee injury at the age of 12, ballet dancer Akane Takada waited more than a year to physically grow enough for corrective surgery?
... that the Carnegie Building in Atlanta was designed by G. Lloyd Preacher, who moved his offices to the building after its completion?
... that Scottish screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns, who co-wrote the Academy Award–nominated screenplay for the World War I film 1917, once wrote a short story about killer guinea pigs?
... that the locally scarce bird's eye primrose grows at Cow Myers in North Yorkshire?
... that the bypassing of Nizar in the Fatimid caliphal succession, and his subsequent revolt and execution, led to a split in the Isma'ili branch of Shia Islam that lasts to this day?
... that a 1986 contest by radio station KXUS jammed all telephone circuits in Springfield, Missouri, for an hour?

30 January 2020

12:00, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Assassination attempt on Louis Philippe I of France

... that the infernal machine was a 25-barrel gun used in a failed assassination attempt on King Louis Philippe I in 1835 (depicted)?
... that boxer Charles Lubulwa is the youngest Ugandan ever to compete at the Olympic Games?
... that the magazines Pulp and Animerica Extra have been called "instrumental in disseminating manga culture" in North America?
... that three cannonballs were discovered in the roof of the Church of St Cuthbert, Bellingham, during renovation works?
... that despite her membership in two of Scotland's largest land-owning families, philanthropist Lady Victoria Campbell dedicated her life to helping those who lived on the islands of Argyll?
... that the International Ice Hockey Association was established as a means of shifting the control of world hockey to Canada, "where it rightfully belonged"?
... that Prince Minye Kyawhtin, who had rebelled against three Ava kings for over 32 years, was killed by his own bodyguard for sexually assaulting the guard's sister?
... that the player controls a smiley face in 868-HACK?

00:00, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Doubleband surgeonfish

... that the doubleband surgeonfish (example pictured) can turn a dark brown shade flushed with red or violet when stressed?
... that martial law was declared in Russell County, Alabama, after the assassination of state attorney general candidate Albert Patterson in 1954?
... that despite spending 15 years in the Soviet Union's Italian embassy, diplomat Valentin Bogomazov's only ambassadorships were to South American countries?
... that the fleet of the Fatimid Caliphate went up in flames in 996, resulting in anti-Christian pogroms in Cairo?
... that Richard Rudzitis wrote poetry and articles with a pencil on rags, which he stitched into a pea coat, while in labour camps?
... that an extension of New York City's Q27 bus route was discontinued because it was losing $120 a day?
... that the China-exclusive Let's Hunt Monsters is the second highest-grossing augmented reality mobile game, behind Pokémon Go?
... that German spy Alphons Timmerman was captured while carrying ingredients for invisible ink?

29 January 2020

12:00, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

Church of the Good Shepherd

... that the bell of the Church of the Good Shepherd (pictured), one of New Zealand's most photographed buildings, commemorates photographer and explorer Edward Sealy and his granddaughter?
... that the 2016 24 Hours of Daytona saw two Chevrolet Corvette C7.R cars finish within 0.034 seconds of each other in the closest class finish in the race's history?
... that according to philosopher Liu Gangji, modern Chinese aesthetics have largely resulted from the propagation of German idealism?
... that the cemetery of what is now Fordham University had to be relocated in 1889 to make way for the New York Botanical Garden?
... that not only does Couma utilis have edible fruit, its latex is used as a base for chewing gum, caulking boats, and whitewashing houses?
... that Uganda's delegation at the 1968 Summer Olympics included boxers Leo Rwabwogo and Eridadi Mukwanga, who won the nation's first Olympic medals at the Games?
... that place cells are thought to play an important role in episodic memory?
... that Seattle councilmember Andrew J. Lewis was sworn in at a community garden atop a parking garage?

00:00, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

Justitia et pax, by an anonymous painter

... that a verse from Psalm 85 inspired artworks depicting the kiss of Justice and Peace (example shown)?
... that Odette Rousseau almost drowned after landing in a river during a 1955 world-record skydive?
... that 75 business leaders, pastors, and listeners of Nevada's KRCV radio attempted to buy the station, even though it was not making money?
... that between 934 and 944, Abu Abdallah al-Baridi fought against Ibn Ra'iq, Tuzun, Bajkam, the Hamdanids, the Buyids, and Oman, twice occupied Baghdad, and was named vizier four times?
... that sand blown from a landslide in the Ringold Formation has created sand dunes nearby?
... that one out of ten labourers in the haruwa–charuwa system is forced to work when seriously ill or injured, and may still face deduction or non-payment of wages?
... that in the Apollo 11 spaceflight, Neil Armstrong brought two pieces of the Wright Flyer to the Moon in his personal preference kit?
... that English footballer Tyreece John-Jules's uncle is Red Dwarf's Cat?

28 January 2020

12:00, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Angelina

... that the performance of French singer Angelina (pictured) at the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest marked France's return to the competition after 14 years?
... that the first Celtic currency of Britain consisted of iron bars?
... that the 1990 Wrestling Summit was the only time the World Wrestling Federation, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and All Japan Pro Wrestling presented a show together?
... that Svetolik Dragačevac was deported to a concentration camp after sending a threatening letter to Adolf Hitler?
... that with a stretched length of up to 20 cm (8 in), Pontobdella muricata is one of the largest marine leeches?
... that Hui Kālaiʻāina collected 17,000 signatures from Hawaiians seeking to restore the monarchy?
... that Skeleton Cave in Maricopa County, Arizona, gets its name from the bones of the massacre victims from the Battle of Salt River Canyon that were found inside?
... that typeface designer Dick Dooijes's first solo design was a Hebrew alphabet, which he could not read?

00:00, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Mozart in a 1777 copy of a painting

... that Mozart (portrait shown) composed four litanies between 1771 and 1776 – two Marian and two sacramental – as a church musician for the prince-archbishop of Salzburg?
... that students from eight school districts in the region of Wenatchee, Washington, created public artwork for Columbia Station?
... that Charlotte Spencer, Countess Spencer, formed an organisation in the East End of London in 1868 that provided "outfits for girls going into service, or families willing to emigrate"?
... that photographs of the 1941 Lviv pogroms have been described by historians as "infamous", "horrific", and "almost iconic"?
... that Uganda's delegation at the 1972 Summer Olympics included both the nation's oldest and youngest athletes ever to compete at an Olympic Games at the time?
... that American bacteriologist Harold Conn was sometimes called "Dr. Stain"?
... that the Raja Rao Award for Literature was bestowed only seven times before it was discontinued?
... that the identification of the body of outlaw Joseph Henry Loveless more than 100 years after his death is the oldest successful identification by the DNA Doe Project?

27 January 2020

08:39, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Kraków szopka by Bronisław Pięcik, 1998

... that it would take Bronisław Pięcik upwards of a thousand hours on average to build his elaborate Kraków szopka nativity scenes (example pictured)?
... that the critically endangered spoon-billed sandpiper can often be seen at Laem Phak Bia in Thailand?
... that Mackay Yanagisawa was forced to re-mortgage his house three times to keep the Hula Bowl running?
... that Kim A. Wagner wrote The Skull of Alum Bheg to tell the story of "thousands of Indian soldiers" who rebelled in 1857?
... that quotations by architect Abraham H. Albertson about the Cobb Building in Seattle were immortalized 80 years later in a staircase in nearby University Street station?
... that five days after evacuating Blechhammer concentration camp in January 1945, German soldiers returned to murder prisoners who had been unable to leave?
... that Hungarian veterinarian József Marek, the first to identify Marek's disease, also developed a remedy for liver fluke in cattle and a nasogastric tube for treating horse colic?
... that the song "New Body" was removed from Kanye West's 2019 album Jesus Is King one day before its release?

26 January 2020

12:00, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Statue of Robert Burns
in Milwaukee

... that U.S. general Arthur MacArthur gave an address at the unveiling of a monument (pictured) to Scottish poet Robert Burns in Milwaukee?
... that Israeli wildlife photographer Roie Galitz won first place at the Siena International Photo Awards in the "Fragile Ice" category for his picture of a sleeping polar bear?
... that the 1989 film Begotten was made to resemble what the director called "a time that predates spoken language"?
... that audio engineer Bill Hare has been called "the Dr. Dre of a cappella recording"?
... that the Marine Cemetery, made from plastic bottles collected from an Indian beach, is dedicated to nine endangered aquatic species?
... that BECAUSE is the longest-running and largest conference for the bisexual community in the United States?
... that Gabriela Rodríguez de Bukele, the current first lady of El Salvador, is the first person in the country to hold a doctorate in prenatal psychology?
... that within six hours of Alabama radio station WFPA being served an eviction notice, the tower had been dismantled?

00:00, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Winter bell

... that the main pollinators of the winter bell (pictured) are the singing honeyeater and the red wattlebird?
... that chef Tore Wretman introduced Toast Skagen to the Swedish public?
... that in 2019, the United States ratified a treaty that had been negotiated 16 years earlier to protect the wreck of the RMS Titanic?
... that both Aleksandr Blagonravov and his son Aleksandr worked on designs for armoured vehicles for the Soviet Armed Forces?
... that although afarit are not necessarily components of a person, but independent entities, a common belief in Islamic Egypt associates them with part of a human's soul?
... that the 369th Regiment Armory, built for the "Harlem Hell Fighters", was planned as a boxing and gymnastics venue in New York City's unsuccessful bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics?
... that novelist Leslie Schwartz has published a memoir about the 22 books she read in jail while recovering from alcoholism?
... that Robin Hood's Larder is also known as the Butcher's Oak, the Slaughter Tree, and the Shambles Oak?

25 January 2020

12:00, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Ranjit Sitaram Pandit

... that Ranjit Sitaram Pandit (pictured) translated Kalhana's Rajatarangini while he was imprisoned?
... that the swing span of Macombs Dam Bridge was considered the world's heaviest movable mass at the time of its construction?
... that Queen Tuarii traveled to the Cook Islands to seek British intervention in Raiatea's war with France?
... that All the Freckles in the World, a Mexican coming-of-age romantic comedy film, was released on Netflix after finding success in theaters in Mexico?
... that sprinter Judith Ayaa, the first Ugandan woman to win a Commonwealth Games medal, later lived in poverty, begging on the streets of Kampala?
... that Hay-a-Park Gravel Pit is "one of the most northerly inland breeding populations of reed warbler in Britain"?
... that Yukari Miyake joined the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force to realize her dream of singing on stage?
... that ashes from a nearby fire left the freshly painted tower of radio station WCAI black instead of red?

00:00, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Ulysses S. Grant astride his horse, Cincinnati

... that Ulysses S. Grant (pictured), known for his excellent horsemanship, set a high-jump record at West Point in 1843 that stood for 25 years?
... that Yefim Gorodetsky and the "Mints group" were criticised by a fellow Soviet historian for being objective, fact-based, internationalist, and insufficiently partisan?
... that chitons, such as Acanthochitona crinita, are molluscs with a shell composed of eight separate articulating valves?
... that Indian lyricist Gulzar wants his patriotic song "Ae Watan" to become the "song of our nation"?
... that 608 Fifth Avenue was designed to be adaptable for multiple uses due to uncertainty regarding the development of Rockefeller Center around the building?
... that Fred Evans is the most successful Welsh boxer in Olympic history?
... that the Cassington Canal was built by the Duke of Marlborough to connect his lands to the River Thames and the country's network of canals and rivers?
... that Austrian neurologist Adele Juda concluded that Mozart was "psychiatrically normal"?

24 January 2020

12:00, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

Sea life mural by Francisco Narváez

... that the degradation of a mural (pictured) by Francisco Narváez in the University City of Caracas led to the formation of a group dedicated to preserving his works there?
... that as an attempt to Turkify its Kurdish minority and their land, the Turks deported 300,000 Kurds in 1916 alone and continued the deportations until the 1940s?
... that there is a US$5 million reward for information leading to the conviction of Gilberto Barragán Balderas?
... that Home for Christmas, Netflix's first Norwegian TV show, was inspired by televised Nordic Christmas calendars?
... that stock car driver Joey Logano's victory in the 2009 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at the age of 19 made him the youngest person in history to win a NASCAR Cup Series race?
... that Reinhold Fritz of the Stuttgart Court Opera, who participated in world premieres such as Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss, was dismissed in 1933 because his wife was Jewish?
... that Baltimore television station WMET-TV was housed in a converted movie theater?
... that the 97-year-old, 499 km (310 mi) Irish land border discusses Brexit on Twitter as @BorderIrish and in its book I Am the Border, So I Am?

00:00, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

Cory Wong performing with Vulfpeck in 2017

... that guitarist Cory Wong (pictured, left) was mentored by Peruvian guitarist Andrés Prado and Prince's drummer Michael Bland?
... that Whittington Tump in Worcestershire was the site of a motte castle?
... that when Louisville, Kentucky's WKYW radio became religious station WFIA in 1965, it ceased accepting beer, wine and tobacco commercials?
... that only a few hundred Jews survived out of the more than 57,000 who were deported from Slovakia in 1942?
... that fashion model Kesewa Aboah is descended from British nobility?
... that the Mad About You episode "The Conversation" was filmed with a single camera in one take, and broadcast without interruption from commercials?
... that cricketer Khaya Majola rejected offers to play alongside white players and overseas because he believed that black Africans were "being used as stooges" to benefit white South Africans?
... that the Hong Kong restaurant Shia Wong Hip stores hundreds of live and venomous snakes on-site for its cuisine, and serves a soup made from lizards, silkworms, and seahorses?

23 January 2020

12:00, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

Tansy beetle

... that the nationally rare tansy beetle (example pictured) survives at Acaster South Ings, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near York, England?
... that Baya Jurquet organized demonstrations by female prisoners in France in the 1950s?
... that when Eureka Iron & Steel Works produced the first steel rails in the United States in 1865, it marked the beginning of the American steel industry?
... that Infection, the first Venezuelan zombie film, has been banned in the country despite horror being a popular genre there?
... that Wanjira Mathai aims to continue the work of her mother, Nobel Peace Prize–winning environmentalist Wangari Maathai, by restoring 12.6 million acres (5.1 million hectares) of Kenyan land by 2030?
... that leaks by Miami radio stations WMJX and WHYI-FM forced the release date for the new Bee Gees album Spirits Having Flown to be brought forward?
... that despite Charles Jones already having a reputation for ineptitude and dishonesty, he was awarded the contract to dig the longest canal tunnel in England?
... that the City of San Francisco considers its United Nations Plaza eligible for landmark status due to its historical connection to the LGBTQ movement?

00:00, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

Winshill Water Tower

... that Winshill Water Tower (pictured) was guarded by Boy Scouts during the First World War?
... that pediatrician Noni MacDonald was invested into the Order of Nova Scotia in 2019?
... that period names for Ancient Egyptian history, such as "Old Kingdom" and "New Kingdom", are modern inventions?
... that actress Georgina Amorós has worked in three languages: Catalan, Spanish, and English?
... that the Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center was originally housed in a Cincinnati mansion built around 1815?
... that Ugandan boxer Leo Rwabwogo is the only athlete in the nation's history to have won more than one Olympic medal?
... that Farnham Mires is one of the few sedge-and-rush marshes left in the Vale of York?
... that U.S. attorney general William Barr rejected his inspector general's finding that the FBI investigation into Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign was justified?

22 January 2020

12:00, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

RF-94113 "Valentin Bliznyuk"

... that in 2006, a Tupolev Tu-160 bomber (pictured) was named after its chief designer, Valentin Bliznyuk?
... that the music of Grim Fandango is considered one of the best early examples of adaptive music systems in video gaming, heralding the era of cinematic experiences in gameplay?
... that George Downing created the first surfboard with a removable fin?
... that the egg sacs of the newly discovered Phinda button spider are made of bright purple silk that fades to grey when it dries?
... that medal inflation is the devaluation of military awards if too many are issued?
... that many survivors of the Holocaust in the Sudetenland lost their Czechoslovak citizenship after the war because they were deemed to be "Germans"?
... that Georgina Gascoyne-Cecil became a leading member of the Primrose League, the first British political organisation to give women a prominent role, despite finding its medieval influences absurd?
... that Peter Hedges was paid $10 to write the screenplay for Pieces of April, and another $10 to direct the film?

00:59, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

Model of the Kłodzko Synagogue

... that the Kłodzko Synagogue, destroyed in 1938 during Kristallnacht, has been commemorated in a cast-aluminum sculpture model (pictured)?
... that James Stephen, who designed several schools listed on the National Register of Historic Places, received his architectural training through a correspondence course?
... that the lizard goby holds on to rocks in fast-flowing water by means of a "sucker" formed from two fins?
... that Ustad Qasim has been described as the "father of Afghan music"?
... that the UT Arlington Mavericks women's wheelchair basketball team played its inaugural 2013–14 season without any substitute players?
... that Jutta Hering-Winckler, a lawyer from Minden whose grandfather saw the premiere of Wagner's Ring cycle, "made the impossible possible" by organizing Der Ring in Minden?
... that upon the demise of WFAN-TV in Washington, D.C., its owner took out a full-page newspaper advertisement declaring that the station had been "choked to death" by an inability to upgrade its signal?
... that Klepetan and Malena have been described as "Croatia's most unusual love story"?

21 January 2020

12:00, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

Passionvine bug

... that hosts of the passionvine bug (example pictured) include coffee, citrus, mung bean, squash, and mango?
... that when he was killed, Mexican drug lord Luis Alberto Guerrero Reyes was wearing a live grenade as a necklace?
... that Filipe Albuquerque, João Barbosa, and Christian Fittipaldi won the 2018 24 Hours of Daytona, and broke a distance record that had been held since the 1982 race?
... that Irene Palaiologina, the elder sister of Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, became a staunch opponent of his proposed union of the churches, and tried to form a Bulgarian–Mamluk alliance against him?
... that the International Criminal Court investigation in Palestine will investigate alleged war crimes by Israel, Hamas, and Palestinian armed groups?
... that producer Orla Doherty spent 500 hours underwater in a submarine during her work on Blue Planet II?
... that after its sale to Western Bible College, radio station KJOL toned down its protests against abortion clinics and grocery stores that sold pornographic materials?
... that Liverpool F.C. became the first team allowed to wear the FIFA Champions Badge in the English Premier League, but only for one game against Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. on 29 December 2019?

00:00, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

Albert Lortzing in 1845

... that Albert Lortzing (engraving shown), who adapted a 1733 French play for his German Spieloper Die Opernprobe, died the day after its successful premiere at the Oper Frankfurt on 20 January 1851?
... that Chinese-Hawaiian politician and businessman John Ena was decorated with the Royal Order of the Crown of Hawaii by King Kalākaua?
... that a 1-metre (3.3 ft) section was added to the County Fermanagh War Memorial to commemorate eleven civilians who were killed in a 1987 IRA bombing at the site?
... that after the Indian team won the 1983 Cricket World Cup, their manager PR Man Singh ensured that Wisden Cricket Monthly editor David Frith would "eat his words"?
... that the Gorham Manufacturing Company opened buildings at Broadway and at Fifth Avenue to display its merchandise in New York City?
... that George Nathanael Anderson translated the New Testament into the Iramba language?
... that the 17th-century Antonio de Vea expedition to the fjords and channels of Patagonia was triggered by false rumours about English settlements?
... that Lake Kristi in North Carolina was built specifically to allow water skiing champion Kristi Overton Johnson to train?

20 January 2020

12:00, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Emily Hale at Phillips Academy in 1956

... that T. S. Eliot defended himself from the grave after 1,131 of his letters to Emily Hale (pictured) were released in January 2020, stating that he "never at any time had sexual relations" with her?
... that the Dęblin–Irena forced-labor camp was one of the last forced-labor camps for Jews in the Lublin District?
... that Willard Ryan was the first head coach of the Green Bay Packers, even though the team claims that Curly Lambeau was actually the first?
... that following the annexation of the Leeward Islands, the people of Bora Bora appointed a blind man to raise the flag of France?
... that in 1988, Columbia Villa was the site of the first known drive-by shooting in Portland, Oregon?
... that after Mexican drug lord Ediel López Falcón was ordered to forfeit US$15 billion in the U.S., Mexican authorities wanted to keep fifty percent of it?
... that Dreamer's Bay on the island of Cyprus is considered "one of the best-preserved ancient ports in the Mediterranean"?
... that 23 of the 25 disc jockeys of Utah radio station KJQN-FM defected and started their own station, taking with them a converted truck called the "Milk Beast"?

00:00, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Makiyakinabe

... that Japanese rolled omelettes are made with rectangular pans (examples pictured)?
... that the uncle–nephew conflict between Liu Xianshi and Wang Wenhua in the Guizhou clique involved student organizations, an attempted assassination, and a violent coup?
... that in order to bypass political changes demanded by Germany at the 1940 Salzburg Conference, Slovakia adopted the Führer principle?
... that after a car accident left him unable to play brass instruments, Native American musician R. Carlos Nakai began playing a traditional cedar flute, and went on to receive eleven Grammy nominations?
... that Pope Alexander VI granted a plenary indulgence to those willing to work on the demolition of the Meta Romuli?
... that British aviation businessman Christopher Harborne donated £5 million to the Brexit Party in 2019?
... that forests on the Massif des Maures experience frequent fires, but the thick bark of the cork oak helps it to survive?
... that Irish neuroscientist Sabina Brennan was a soap actress in the television series Fair City before she started investigating dementia?

19 January 2020

12:00, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

Wacław Brzeziński

... that Polish baritone Wacław Brzeziński (pictured) was praised in Italy for his performances as Rossini's Figaro and Verdi's Rigoletto?
... that cooking manga achieved mainstream popularity in the 1980s as a result of the "gourmet boom" associated with the Japanese bubble economy?
... that Carole Ann Haswell was part of the team that discovered the super-Earth-like exoplanet Barnard's Star b?
... that Cincinnati high-school radio station WNSD was permanently shut down in part because its faculty advisor went on maternity leave?
... that German journalist Jürgen Hinzpeter, who covered the Gwangju Uprising, was honored by the May 18 Memorial Foundation with a memorial stone containing his hair and nail clippings?
... that New York City's Grand Central Terminal was built at its current location because of a prohibition of steam trains in Lower Manhattan?
... that Shanqi, a Manchu prince, worked with the Japanese Empire and his daughter, Yoshiko Kawashima, to create an independent state in Manchuria in 1912?
... that a whale found in western Vermont has presented further evidence of glaciation in New England?

00:00, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

Kogin-zashi patterns on items
from Aomori Prefecture

... that kogin-zashi (patterns pictured) was created by peasants to bypass local regulations on clothing during the Edo period?
... that the Terebinth of Nero in Rome got its name from a species of tree that traditionally shaded Saint Peter's tomb?
... that Pepe the Frog and the LIHKG pig have become the unofficial mascots of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests?
... that Dehenna Davison is Bishop Auckland's first Conservative member of Parliament since the constituency's creation in 1885?
... that Antares Point, the part of Route 66 that runs through Antares, Arizona, is the longest continuous curve on any U.S. highway?
... that according to Kuldip Nayar, Hans Raj Vohra's testimony in 1929 was "crucial" in his associate, Bhagat Singh, being sentenced to death?
... that the biannual festival Wiesbadener Bachwochen has featured Faure's Requiem sung by a project choir in 2015, and Bach's Mass in B minor sung by the Schiersteiner Kantorei in 2019?
... that amateur radio operator Charles E. Apgar's recordings of radio transmissions during World War I were found to include covert messages that exposed an espionage ring?

18 January 2020

12:00, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

Larose Forest

... that more than 18 million trees were planted to create Larose Forest (pictured) in Eastern Ontario, Canada?
... that before becoming an electrical engineer and factory inspector, Marjorie Bell shovelled coal at a gas works?
... that the West Fifth Street Bridge in Austin, Texas, is a cantilever bridge designed to look like an arch bridge?
... that Russian historian Arkadiĭ Sidorov fought in the Moscow People's Militia during the Second World War?
... that the Royal Commission on London Traffic proposed constructing 9 miles (14 km) of avenues with railways underneath at the cost of £30 million in 1905 (equivalent to £3 billion in 2016)?
... that after world-record breaststroke swimmer Gordon Warner lost his left leg, he resumed practising the Japanese way of the sword and eventually became the discipline's highest-ranked Westerner?
... that the Czech-language fascist newspaper Arijský boj ('Aryan Struggle') claimed that the daughter of a former president kept a lesbian harem and lusted after Jewish men?
... that someone shot out KSNN radio's tower lights using a .22-caliber rifle in 1967?

00:00, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

Salvador Dalí with his pet ocelot Babou

... that artist Salvador Dalí claimed that his pet ocelot (both pictured) was an ordinary domestic cat that he had "painted over in an op art design"?
... that Ralph Evans is the first Welshman to win an Olympic medal in boxing?
... that Hui Aloha ʻĀina was established in 1893 to promote Hawaiian independence and oppose the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom?
... that Marilyn Saviola, a polio survivor, attended Long Island University classes remotely by telephone from her hospital ward?
... that the 1864–65 Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem created the first "perfectly accurate" map of the city, and was the impetus for the new Palestine Exploration Fund?
... that taxi driver Pierre Mambele was credited with playing "a unique part in shaping coverage" from the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
... that according to a 2019 biography, R. N. Kao forewarned Indira Gandhi and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman about their assassinations?
... that Eastern Michigan University football head coach Chris Creighton has won American football games on three continents?

17 January 2020

12:00, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Reema Juffali in her Formula 4 car at Thruxton Circuit, 2019

... that Reema Juffali (pictured in race car) is the first Saudi Arabian woman to obtain a racing license and compete in an international racing event in the country?
... that the oldest rock in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton is a 3.8- to 3.6-billion-year-old trondhjemitic piece of gneiss?
... that although Michael Buie practiced Fox News anchor Bret Baier's speaking style for his role in the film Bombshell, they had never talked to each other until after filming had finished?
... that the corporate history of Xinuos begins with repeated attempts to acquire a troubled software company in bankruptcy?
... that engraver Julius Bien sided with liberals in the 1848 revolutions like many other Jews, and fled Germany to the U.S., where he became a lithographer and the president of B'nai B'rith?
... that the palm scale was first found on an endemic species of palm on the island of Réunion, but now infests plants in at least 78 families around the world?
... that New York City's Governors Island has been the site of a Statue of Liberty celebration, a U.S.–Soviet summit, and the signing of a peace treaty between Haitian political leaders?
... that despite being nearly illiterate, Chinese soldier Gao Yubao wrote an autobiographical novel that has had more than six million copies in print?

00:00, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Guillaume Brune

... that French general Guillaume Brune (portrait shown) signed the Armistice of Treviso on 16 January 1801, despite promising Napoleon that he would not agree to a ceasefire on such terms?
... that gay pornographic film actor and director Erik Rhodes was posthumously outed as HIV-positive in his New York Times obituary?
... that the first episode of Welcome to the Family was Catalan network TV3's most watched premiere in over a decade?
... that Francis X. Talbot was one of the early leaders of the Catholic literary revival in the U.S.?
... that unlike most of its competitors in Hong Kong, stationery retailer Cheap Lab allows its retail staff to manage its Facebook fan page with few restrictions?
... that in France, the beetle Aepus marinus is restricted to a narrow strip of the beach near the high-water mark?
... that Angelo Neumann toured major European opera houses with a production of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen using the sets and costumes from its 1876 world premiere at the Bayreuth Festival?
... that the owner of Hawaii television station KHBC-TV compared an effort to unionize the station to "socialism"?

16 January 2020

12:00, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Devils Hole pupfish males

... that a court case about the Devils Hole pupfish (examples pictured) went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court?
... that Gates of Tears is the first comprehensive study of the Holocaust in the Lublin District of Poland?
... that U.S. citizens are prohibited from engaging in business activities with Abel Briones Ruiz?
... that as of 2016, Wellacre Academy had 1720 solar panels, more than any other school in the United Kingdom?
... that Lisa Ainsworth leads a project that involves studying plants under atmospheric conditions that are predicted for 2050?
... that private equity firm MerchantBridge never recovered from the death of its founder and CEO in an airplane crash in Iraq?
... that Lucinda L. Combs, the first female medical missionary to serve in China, established Beijing's first women's hospital?
... that Sangrador, Venezuela's submission for the 2003 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, had only 31 box-office attendances in the country that year?

00:00, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Plaza de Isabel II

... that the Plaza de Isabel II (pictured) now stands on the site where an historic fountain was buried in 1809, and may be the starting point of the Walls of the Arrabal?
... that Rex Ryan once flew fellow American football coach Sam Pittman to his house to build a fort for Ryan's children?
... that small Indian ringstones of the 3rd to 2nd centuries BCE typically have four nude female figures around the central hole?
... that American actress and romance novelist Bella Jarrett was a member of Mensa International, the largest and oldest high IQ society in the world?
... that Amritsar 1919 by Kim A. Wagner aims to dispel myths surrounding the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
... that the 12-year license fight that led to the establishment of Washington, D.C., radio station WYCB also drained its principals' finances?
... that as the youngest UK Member of Parliament elected in 2019, Nadia Whittome became the Baby of the House?
... that Anisocentropus krampus was described in the same paper as other insects with monstrous names like Ganonema dracula and Anisocentropus golem?

15 January 2020

12:00, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Christmas Island red crab

... that the red crabs (example pictured) dominating the wildlife of Christmas Island have been threatened by the arrival of yellow crazy ants?
... that Khabzela, a 2005 bestselling biography by Liz McGregor, concerns a South African disc jockey who died of AIDS?
... that GrapheneOS, a free and open-source operating system for selected Google Pixel smartphones, was recommended by Edward Snowden?
... that Russian historian Igor Pavlovich Shaskol'skii helped build defensive structures during the Siege of Leningrad?
... that the oldest part of the Western Block of the North China Craton formed 2.7 billion years ago?
... that Francis Dzierozynski's dispute with Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal over land ownership in Maryland escalated to involve Pope Pius VII and two U.S. secretaries of state?
... that the Polish publishing house WSiP had a monopoly on textbook publishing from the 1950s to 1989?
... that the parting of the Red Sea scene in Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 film The Ten Commandments was created by filming the release of hundreds of thousands of gallons of water into a large tank and playing the resulting footage backwards?

00:00, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Woman inspecting photographs
by William Goldman

... that William Goldman secretly assembled a collection of photographs (example shown) of prostitutes in Reading, Pennsylvania, in the 1890s?
... that redbanded thrips are a significant pest of mango and cacao in the West Indies?
... that Japanese manga artist Machiko Satonaka has written and illustrated nearly 500 manga titles since her professional debut in 1964?
... that the Hazeltine 2000 is possibly the first general-purpose computer terminal?
... that Nesta Wells, the first British female police surgeon, published a survey in the British Medical Journal of the 1,959 suspected sexual offence cases which had been referred to her?
... that the 1938 hymn "Dein Lob, Herr, ruft der Himmel aus" ('The sky shouts your praise, Lord') is based on a text by a 17th-century Jesuit astronomer paraphrasing Psalm 19?
... that American jockey Mack Garner was posthumously inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1969?
... that all the residents of Wallacepur, a village in the Indian state of Gujarat, are Christian?

14 January 2020

12:00, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Interior of Mariä Krönung

... that the Mariä Krönung pilgrimage church in Lautenbach (interior pictured) retains original Gothic features, such as the high altar and fused stained-glass windows?
... that Megan Fisher is the first woman with a lower-leg amputation to complete an XTERRA off-road triathlon?
... that Hugh Orde, the head of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, has been criticized for using the phrase "acceptable level of violence"?
... that the Cowthorpe Oak was mentioned in Shakespeare's As You Like It?
... that separate locker rooms and a divider in the gymnasium help segregate middle-school and high-school students at Cypress Creek Middle High School in Wesley Chapel, Florida?
... that Walsh McDermott won a Lasker Award for his research on isoniazid, an antibiotic that he had taken to treat his own case of tuberculosis?
... that the export of used cars from China was legalized in 2019 to increase domestic sales and trade in the Chinese automotive industry?
... that Albert Flynn, the director of the British Army's accounts, wrote stories about aliens invading the Earth?

00:00, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Chelsea McClammer in 2013

... that Chelsea McClammer (pictured) was the youngest member of Team USA's track-and-field team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics?
... that jellyfish blooms can clog coastal power plants, causing losses of tens of thousands of US dollars per day?
... that King John of England is said to have convened an assembly in 1212 at the Parliament Oak to order the hanging of 28 Welsh boys?
... that the hymn "Nun lässest du, o Herr", written by Georg Thurmair as a paraphrase of the Nunc dimittis, appeared with a 16th-century melody in the first Gotteslob, but with a modern one in the second?
... that the Slovak periodical Nástup blamed Jews for both communism and "immoral capitalism"?
... that Navy Midshipmen quarterback Malcolm Perry was watching his team from the stands when an injury to a starter forced him to play in the game?
... that The Sack of Bath, a collection of newspaper articles by Adam Fergusson, sparked a resurgence in architectural conservation in Britain?
... that actor Chris Evans made his film debut in an educational film co-produced by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation?

13 January 2020

12:00, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Log jam at the Dalles of
the St. Croix

... that the 1886 St. Croix River log jam (pictured) was described as the "jammedest jam"?
... that evolutionary biologist Rebecca Kilner has found that mites can give burying beetles a competitive advantage?
... that a Staples store in New York City's Spingler Building received a criminal court summons over its refusal to remove several signs?
... that Miriam Salpeter and her husband Edwin Ernest Salpeter collaborated to study how nerves and muscle fibers interact?
... that Pervez Musharraf is the first former military ruler in Pakistan's history to face a trial for treason?
... that the Charlotte MLS team signed a kit sponsorship deal months before being officially awarded an expansion franchise?
... that a Nepali girl who spent three years in jail for showing a black flag of protest to King Mahendra went on to become the country's first female deputy prime minister?
... that after the end of the First World War, thousands of former British Army officers were forced to sleep rough in Hyde Park?

00:00, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Buddha on lotus platform

... that around 200 CE, the Indian monk Nagarjuna exhorted a king to make "Images of Buddha with fine proportions / Well designed and sitting on lotuses" (example pictured)?
... that Virginia Crosbie, the member of Parliament for Ynys Môn, is a former dolphin trainer?
... that the German Advent song "Tochter Zion, freue dich" has words by Friedrich Heinrich Ranke set to music used for triumphant entrances in two of Handel's oratorios?
... that Bessie S. McColgin, the first woman elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives, was seen as a "superior orator"?
... that sedimentary rock in the Junggar Basin in northwestern China was formed by deposition from rivers and lakes in the Permian?
... that the developers of the indie video game A Story About My Uncle had to teach themselves how to use Unreal Engine to produce it?
... that Earl Landgrebe said, "Don't confuse me with the facts. I've got a closed mind. I will not vote for impeachment" when asked about the transcript of the "smoking gun" tape?
... that in 2007, a rescued European bison calf dubbed Pubal grew so attached to humans in southeastern Poland that he could not be successfully reintegrated back into the wild?

12 January 2020

12:00, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Eleanor Vadala

... that Eleanor Vadala (pictured), the third woman in the U.S. to receive FAA certification as a balloon pilot, also studied and repaired balloons, and drove chase cars after them?
... that collegiate a cappella was so dominated by cover songs that the genre's first album of original music was not published until 2004?
... that historians have not concluded whether Hans Raj turned state's evidence for the British Raj, or if he had been a police agent all along?
... that when the Daryl Roth Theatre opened within a former bank, it was described as one of a "growing number of unconventional spaces" that were being converted to theatres?
... that one person died during the 1929 New Zealand cyclone when a railway locomotive fell from washed-out track into the Taieri River?
... that Kate Griffiths was elected member of Parliament for Burton in the 2019 UK general election, replacing her estranged husband?
... that the Malayan banded pitta is threatened by the destruction of its forest habitat and by being targeted for the illegal trade in birds?
... that the Lincoln University Art Collection was initially funded by selling cigarettes in the staff common room?

00:00, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

1997 SCO Forum keynote addresses being held in the fog

... that the SCO Forum computer conference (pictured) was noted for its redwood-forested setting?
... that Neil McLaughlin started boxing "by mistake" after an argument with his gymnastics coach?
... that the female Savannah darter lays clutches of sticky eggs that she buries in gravel or sand?
... that the Figuralchor Frankfurt, founded in 1966 as a youth choir for the state broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk, sang Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand at the opening of the Alte Oper concert hall?
... that when WFAB radio in Miami was forced off the air in 1977, Hispanic-owned shops in Homestead closed for an hour in protest?
... that British neuroscientist Rebeccah Slater led a study that showed that not only do babies experience pain, they may be more sensitive to it than adults?
... that Bihar Animal Sciences University is one of four state universities and six private universities established in the Indian state of Bihar in 2017–18?
... that Salvatore Pais's design for an electromagnetic field generator to deflect asteroids away from the Earth has been patented by the U.S. Navy?

11 January 2020

12:00, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Painting of the Wallace Oak in Elderslie

... that oak trees associated with William Wallace stood in Elderslie (pictured), Port Glasgow and Torwood in Scotland?
... that scientist KC Claffy was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame for her work on measuring the Internet?
... that the hymn "Gott, der du warst und bist und bleibst" ('God, you who were, are, and will be') was composed for the opening of the Sankt Georgen seminary church in Frankfurt?
... that a night-time guard at the Bank of the Metropolis once left the bank unprotected when he went out for a drink?
... that Mexican soldier Jorge López Pérez is wanted for high treason, but has been a fugitive since 2003?
... that school officials in Palm Springs were not successful in using radio station KPSH-FM as a vocational tool, so they turned it over to the University of Southern California?
... that Kim A. Wagner, a Danish author of books on India, is named after Rudyard Kipling's novel Kim?
... that high mountains can remain standing on Jupiter's moon Io because of heat-pipe tectonics?

00:00, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Laura Aikin as Marie in Die Soldaten

... that American coloratura soprano Laura Aikin (pictured), who began her opera career in Berlin, appeared as Marie in Zimmermann's Die Soldaten at the 2012 Salzburg Festival?
... that the Lac La Croix Indian Pony was recreated from a breeding population of four mares by crossing them with a Spanish Mustang?
... that Sir Alexander Gillies was instrumental in establishing orthopaedics as a surgical speciality in New Zealand?
... that according to a 2001 documentary, Ron Jeremy became a pornographic actor after his girlfriend sent a nude photo of him to Playgirl magazine?
... that the cotton mealybug, originally discovered in an underground ants' nest in New Mexico, is now a major cotton pest in India?
... that American businessman David Rabhan was imprisoned in Iran for more than a decade, from 1979 to 1990?
... that political cognition shows that the effects of voter persuasion are relatively small and fade rapidly?
... that people have randomly interjected the phrase "Epstein didn't kill himself" as a non sequitur at the end of statements?

10 January 2020

12:00, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

The Central Park mandarin duck

... that a mandarin duck (pictured) that appeared in New York City's Central Park became an international celebrity, with followers whom the Associated Press called "quackarazzi"?
... that Saida Muna Tasneem is the first woman to hold the positions of Bangladeshi high commissioner to the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Liberia?
... that the dictator game and the ultimatum game provide experimental evidence for social preferences in behavioral economics?
... that an initiative by a Daimaru department store in which menstruating employees could choose to wear a badge featuring the cartoon character Little Miss P caused a public outcry?
... that leaders within the Independent Network Charismatic Christianity movement do not aim to grow churches, but rather seek to influence the "seven mountains of culture"?
... that William Verbeck, who served as Adjutant General of the New York National Guard, was born to Dutch missionaries in Nagasaki, Japan?
... that the sculpture A Line Made by Walking proposed that the simple act of walking could be an art form?
... that John Muriel's novel Youth in Bondage, about the love life of a schoolmaster's wife, was banned in the Republic of Ireland?

00:00, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Queen Elizabeth II
with a Launer handbag

... that Queen Elizabeth II owns more than 200 handbags by Launer London (example pictured)?
... that cognitive inertia is said to play a role in why group brainstorming sessions often fail to generate many ideas?
... that the Renfrewshire Council cloned the Wallace Yew, as the historic tree was dying from a fungal infection?
... that after three-time Chinese Basketball Association champion Ji Zhe died aged 33, the Beijing Ducks distributed 18,000 T-shirts bearing his jersey number of 51?
... that early tenants at New York City's Lincoln Building ranged from architects such as Alfred Zucker to film companies such as the Universal Film Manufacturing Company?
... that several months after Thomas I. Gasson became the president of Boston College, he began arranging to relocate the school to Chestnut Hill?
... that "Wir pflügen und wir streuen" ('We plow and sow'), with words by Matthias Claudius, began as a song of a fictional harvest festival, and is now a Protestant hymn for Erntedankfest?
... that at the age of 84, Charles Duke is the youngest man to have walked on the Moon?

9 January 2020

12:00, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

Equatorium indicating the orbit of Saturn, 1551

... that the 14th-century manuscript The equatorie of the planetis, sometimes ascribed to Chaucer, describes an equatorium (example pictured)?
... that Russian historian Inna Lubimenko wrote about the letters between Queen Elizabeth I and Ivan the Terrible?
... that the Superior Craton covers central Canada?
... that WWNN (980 AM) in Pompano Beach, Florida, was the first radio station in the United States to adopt a format consisting of motivational speeches?
... that Ivan Borkovský, under Nazi German pressure, identified the Prague Castle skeleton as a Nordic burial and then later, under Soviet pressure, as a Slavic burial?
... that a severe infestation of the palm weevil borer can kill its host palm?
... that after American baritone Raymond Wolansky appeared as a guest at the Staatsoper Stuttgart as Verdi's Rigoletto, he remained at the theatre for more than 30 years and made an international career?
... that Czech fictional outlaw Rumcajs was so popular in Poland that a brand of detergent was named after his son?

00:00, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

Portrait of Teriitaria II (c. 1826)

... that Queen Teriitaria II (pictured) led her people into battle and defeated a French invasion force during the Franco-Tahitian War?
... that the first known paravian dinosaurs were from China, but they now live on every continent?
... that six All India Institutes of Medical Sciences began operating in 2019, including institutes in Telangana, in Jharkhand, and in West Bengal?
... that DreamWorks Water Park, advertised as North America's largest indoor water park, will include a 1.5-acre (0.61 ha) wave pool and 40 water slides?
... that orchestrator Charlie Rosen can play 70 different musical instruments?
... that during the Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka massacre, five Polish families were executed by Nazis for helping Jews?
... that the 2019 drama thriller Living in Bondage: Breaking Free became one of the highest-grossing Nigerian films of all time?
... that superstitious people hold a Cleveland Indian responsible for losses by the Cleveland Indians?

8 January 2020

12:00, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

Interior of the Church of Santo Tomás

... that the Real Monasterio de Santo Tomás (church interior pictured), a royal monastery and burial place for John, Prince of Asturias, now houses two museums?
... that KFXY in Flagstaff, Arizona, was reported by American newspapers in 1925 to be the only radio station in the world owned by a woman?
... that Clebsch–Gordan coefficients, which describe how spinning objects influence each other in quantum mechanics, come from the structure of semisimple representations?
... that Enrique Ika and Moisés Tuʻu Hereveri were the last two kings of Easter Island until Valentino Riroroko Tuki declared himself king in 2011, more than a century later?
... that microcracks in rocks are oriented roughly parallel to the maximum applied stress?
... that the W New York Union Square building and the Everett Building form an "imposing terminus" to New York City's Park Avenue South?
... that nearly half of paramilitary punishment attacks in Northern Ireland have occurred since the official end of the conflict?
... that Honey Davenport reigned over Paradise before appearing on RuPaul's Drag Race?

00:00, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

Statue of Guanyin in royal ease, Shanghai Museum

... that in Buddhist art, bodhisattvas are often shown seated in royal ease (example pictured)?
... that National Medal of Science recipient Herbert E. Grier built the firing mechanism used in the Fat Man bomb?
... that Nepal's first highway tunnel was constructed by the country's first civil engineering graduate?
... that Herbert Willi composed Montafon, a cycle of four concertos with orchestra – for trumpet, flute and oboe, clarinet, and horn?
... that the stems and leaves of the endangered Holloway's crystalwort look as if they are covered in sugar crystals?
... that Richard Verschoor won the 2019 Macau Grand Prix, becoming the first Dutch driver to win the event?
... that in the 2000s, the Brooklyn Bridge Park was described as the "most important public space" to be built in Brooklyn in over a century?
... that Scarlett Johansson's film roles have included spy Natasha Romanoff, English queen Anne Boleyn's sister Mary, and an artificially intelligent voice assistant?

7 January 2020

12:00, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Graphic showing when regions of the Tibetan Plateau reached their present-day elevation

... that during the collision of India with Asia, the southern part of the Tibetan Plateau achieved its high elevation before the northern part (graphic pictured)?
... that Theodora Agnes Peck became the first female honorary member of the Medal of Honor Legion of the United States, at the age of 18?
... that ensemble coding is the ability to see the average or variance of a group of objects?
... that historian John Belchem's work covers popular radicalism in 19th-century Britain, Irish migration, the Isle of Man, and modern history?
... that the 1990 Bijnor riot was the most destructive event during concurrent Hindu nationalist campaigns in India, which eventually led to the demolition of the Babri Masjid?
... that Frank Soo has been the only person of East Asian descent to play for the England national football team?
... that 44 Union Square in New York City has housed the Tammany Hall political organization, a labor union, and two theaters?
... that award-winning film editor Fu Zhengyi was called the "first pair of scissors" in China?

00:00, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Metropolitan Anthony in Kiev, 2019

... that Eastern Orthodox primate Anthony (pictured) has spent most of his pastoral career in predominantly Roman Catholic areas?
... that when students feel a greater sense of school belonging, their mental health and well-being are improved?
... that Billy Wilder, an award-winning film director and screenwriter, had minimal knowledge of English when he arrived in Hollywood in 1934?
... that the Epiphany hymn "Deep in the Darkness a Starlight is Gleaming" covers the topic of a Christian's journey, as Mary, Joseph and Jesus had done on the flight into Egypt?
... that newly appointed U.S. senator Kelly Loeffler co-owns the women's basketball team Atlanta Dream?
... that the South China Craton is thought to have been adjacent to eastern Australia and western Laurentia in the "missing link" hypothesis?
... that David Hillhouse Buel, a lieutenant colonel in the Union Army, was assassinated by a fellow soldier whom he had imprisoned for desertion?
... that the book Trekonomics argues that while the warp drive seems impossible, Star Trek's post-scarcity economy can plausibly be achieved?

6 January 2020

12:00, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Rajini School

... that to counter the influence of Western missionaries, a Japanese woman was hired as the first principal of Bangkok's Rajini School for girls (pictured) in 1904?
... that Notre Père is a setting of the Lord's Prayer in French by Maurice Duruflé, and his only composition suitable for congregational singing?
... that Christine Duffy, the president of Carnival Cruise Line, was considered too short to become a flight attendant?
... that the Land League's "rival government" surpassed the power of the British government in many parts of Ireland during the late 19th century?
... that the Heckscher Playground, the oldest playground in New York City's Central Park, was initially opposed because people wanted to preserve the park's passive landscape?
... that the Anatolian frog is exported from Turkey to France, Italy and Switzerland for food, and is considered by the IUCN to be a near-threatened species?
... that Charles H. Mahoney was the first African American to serve as a delegate to the United Nations?
... that The Conspiracy Collection, a makeup palette whose creation is profiled in The Beautiful World of Jeffree Star, sold out in 30 minutes?

00:00, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Chess players photographed in
Burma by Max Henry Ferrars

... that British colonial officer Max Henry Ferrars took hundreds of pictures of Burmese life and customs in the late 19th century, such as two men playing the Burmese version of chess (shown)?
... that genetic diversity in the deep biosphere is at least as great as it is on the surface?
... that only police detectives attended the funeral of Artemus Ogletree after his unsolved murder 85 years ago today?
... that the beetle Zaitzevia thermae has a total habitat of less than 35 square metres (380 sq ft) around one hot spring in Montana?
... that Kurt Honolka's mid–20th century German translation of Smetana's Dalibor was still being performed in 2019 in a new Oper Frankfurt production?
... that in a 1967 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the deportation of an alien for being homosexual?
... that Satoru Noda, author of the manga series Supinamarada!, cited the series's difficult-to-remember name as a probable reason for its commercial failure?
... that after Steeplechase Park burned down in 1907, its owner offered "admission to the burning ruins" for ten cents?

5 January 2020

12:00, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

LuEsther T. Mertz Library

... that the LuEsther T. Mertz Library (pictured), one of the world's largest botanical libraries, had 6.5 million plant specimens and 75 percent of the world's systematic botany literature in 2002?
... that under the leadership of ethnomusicologist Agnes Nebo von Ballmoos, the University of Liberia choir performed around the world, including at Lincoln Center?
... that the Clan Mackintosh fought against the Clan MacDonald and Clan Cameron in 1688, in what is claimed to have been the last Scottish clan battle?
... that Australian biologist Lee Berger identified Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis as being responsible for the decline and extinction of hundreds of amphibian species?
... that a protected structure on Britain Quay, once adorned with a time ball, was demolished to make way for the construction of Ireland's tallest building?
... that after moving to the Canary Islands in 1992, future politician Luc André Diouf ran out of money and was homeless for 42 days?
... that posting one's feelings on social media is a form of affect labeling, and may help reduce emotional distress?
... that when Donnis Thompson was appointed the University of Hawaii's first women's athletic director, she was given a budget of only $5,000?

00:00, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Front Palace

... that to avoid a curse against non-descendants placed by Siam's Prince of the Front Palace (pictured), two of his successors married his daughters?
... that the character of Rose Tico in the Star Wars sequel trilogy was played by Kelly Marie Tran, who had never seen a Star Wars film before auditioning?
... that software company Caldera International tried to combine Unix with Linux for business customers, but did not succeed?
... that when Nicholas Danby recorded the complete organ works of Johannes Brahms, a reviewer noted that he had "put musicality above effect"?
... that upon its founding in 1869, the Brooklyn Fire Department replaced a volunteer fire department of about 3,000 firefighters with a paid force?
... that under Du Ruiqing's leadership, the Xi'an Foreign Languages Institute established one of the first centres for Australian studies in China?
... that Indian choreographer Mrinalini Sarabhai suggested the egg-shaped Kuiper belt object 20000 Varuna be named after the Hindu deity Varuna?
... that Bertha Boronda tried to flee on a bicycle after committing mayhem against her husband?

4 January 2020

12:00, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Byblos figurines at the National Museum of Beirut

... that more than 1,500 Byblos figurines (examples pictured) found in the Temple of the Obelisks and the Temple of Baalat Gebal have become the "poster child" of the Lebanese tourism ministry?
... that William J. Devlin was called the "builder of the super-structures" at Boston College, despite his fundraising campaign falling short of its goal?
... that the Paradise High School football team had an undefeated regular season in 2019, even though most of the players had been burned out of their homes the year before?
... that electronics engineer Chen Xingbi was inducted into the ISPSD Hall of Fame for his invention of superjunction power semiconductor devices?
... that New Jersey's Big Snow American Dream became the first indoor ski park in North America when it opened last month?
... that British medieval historian Isobel D. Thornley died when her home was hit by a bomb during the London Blitz?
... that the design of Totzeret HaAretz Tower 1 in Tel Aviv, Israel, was inspired by an iceberg?
... that The Idea of Pakistan attempts to answer the question "What is Pakistan"?

00:00, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Zuzana Čaputová

... that the election of Zuzana Čaputová (pictured), the Progressive Slovakia candidate in the 2019 presidential race, was hailed by international media as a victory of liberalism over populism?
... that although he was a renowned writer, Miquel Bauçà was so reclusive that his body was not discovered until the year after he died?
... that the Independence was the first propeller-driven vessel built on Lake Michigan, and, in 1845, the first steamboat to run on Lake Superior?
... that professors at the Roman law school of Beirut drafted parts of the Corpus Juris Civilis, a fundamental work in Roman jurisprudence?
... that the Caton Oak in Lancashire, England, was reputed to be a site of worship by druids?
... that tenor Carl Demmer was possibly Beethoven's first Florestan at the Vienna Court Opera, but failed to please the composer?
... that the success of the 1978 film The Other Side of Aspen led to increased production of feature film–length works across the gay pornography industry?
... that Herbert C. Ridout wanted to "set the Thames on fire"?

3 January 2020

12:00, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

Baralt Theatre

... that the Baralt Theatre (pictured) in Maracaibo, the location of Venezuela's first film screenings, now hosts the country's short-film festival?
... that the 2020 MLS All-Star Game will be the first to be played against an all-star team from another soccer league?
... that space entrepreneur Susmita Mohanty has started companies on three continents?
... that the card game of Kaschlan, named after its top trump, became so popular that it was used in the Prussian idiom "my stomach's playing Kaschlan with my bowels"?
... that the recreational reading collection at Imperial College London's Central Library was started from books accumulated in student halls?
... that Bambang Soegeng initiated a service number system in the Indonesian National Armed Forces, and received a service number of 10001?
... that a bowling green and a monument now occupy the site of Helston Castle in Cornwall?
... that although judge R. W. Buzzard has been criticized for drinking and carrying a loaded gun on the job, he has also personally intervened in fistfights and pursued fleeing suspects?

00:00, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

Limnological tower in Rutland Water, England

... that limnological towers (example pictured) can be used to predict algal blooms that may have an adverse effect on drinking water quality?
... that Ralph Mellanby's production of the 1988 Winter Olympics for CTV used a television lens described as the "world's longest", for the ski jumping events?
... that as recently as 2013, girls as young as six from landless families were sold each year as labour in Nepal?
... that Keanu Reeves's film roles include a time-travelling slacker, a computer hacker, an exorcist, and a dentist?
... that Missouri radio station KADY was the first ever recipient of a fine from the FCC for failing to illuminate its tower?
... that India's Mohan Samant managed the largest covert naval operation in history, which resulted in the destruction of around 100,000 tonnes of Pakistani shipping during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971?
... that the manga series Our Colors was inspired by author Gengoroh Tagame's desire to create a story about gay characters that was not centrally focused on romance or sex?
... that British teacher Joe Kirby has described marking homework as a hornet?

2 January 2020

12:00, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

Colossal Buddha head in Ratnagiri

... that the Buddhist site of Ratnagiri (Buddha head pictured) in Odisha, India, includes rare carved scenes that seem to combine eroticism and hair-cutting?
... that Cheng Sihan, a former driver and art-school dropout, started a successful acting career after becoming homeless and desperate for work?
... that Twenty One Pilots had concerns over the sensitivity of their handling of the topic of suicide in their song "Neon Gravestones", but still kept it in their album Trench?
... that Andrew Watt Kay's paper describing his augmented histamine test was the single most cited paper in the British Medical Journal between 1945 and 1989?
... that the Century Building in New York City was built in 1880 as a speculative project, the developers having purchased the land more than a decade earlier?
... that Oskar Cohn initiated protests against the deportation of Jews from Tel Aviv and Jaffa in the German parliament?
... that although it is classified as a commuter rail line, Cercanías Madrid's C-9 line primarily serves ski resorts?
... that upon his election in 1970, Cecil Andrus became the first Democratic governor of Idaho in 24 years, and began 24 consecutive years of Democratic governors?

00:00, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

View of Auvers-sur-Oise (c. 1879) by Cézanne

... that the theft of Paul Cézanne's View of Auvers-sur-Oise (pictured) from Oxford's Ashmolean Museum 20 years ago today used the noise of fireworks from the millennium celebrations as a distraction?
... that Olivia Salamanca, one of the founding members of the Philippine Anti-Tuberculosis Society, died from the disease at the age of 24?
... that Ave Maria, an obscure piece for two men's choirs by Franz Biebl, became a choral standard after Chanticleer made it part of their holiday programs?
... that Dogor, an 18,000-year-old canine puppy, may represent a common ancestor of the dog and the wolf?
... that the STIR/SHAKEN protocols aim to end the "epidemic" of robocalls, of which there were an estimated 5.7 billion in the U.S. placed in October 2019 alone?
... that the name of the Japanese band Spira Spica comes from a Latin word meaning "having hopes as long as one lives", and the star Spica?
... that the Revolutionary Party of Mozambique initially relied on sticks, axes, machetes and spears to fight its insurgency in the late 1970s?
... that Rabbi Chaim Malinowitz approved every line and footnote of the English translation of the Talmud in the 73-volume Schottenstein Edition of the Babylonian Talmud?

1 January 2020

12:00, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Fossil teeth of Alopias palatasi

... that the extinct giant thresher shark Alopias palatasi is the only one of its kind to possess serrated teeth (pictured)?
... that actress Anne Baxter's roles included an Egyptian princess, a ruthlessly ambitious understudy, an alcoholic, and two villains in the 1960s Batman television series?
... that Priestly's Hydraulic Ram in Gooding County, Idaho, pumped water uphill with no moving parts?
... that "Tom's Secret", an animated short film by Israeli artist Ohad Elimelech, was selected as the official video for the 2016 European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse?
... that 110 East 42nd Street and the Pershing Square Building, both located above a subway station, were designed with interlocking structures, including what is thought to be New York City's tallest party wall?
... that Carla's coach at the French talent show The Voice Kids did not want her to release a record?
... that the J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia was published before the copy-editing process was completed?
... that in 1975, Donna Tobias became the United States Navy's first female deep-sea diver?

00:00, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Queen Kapiʻolani

... that Queen Kapiʻolani (pictured) founded the Kapiʻolani Maternity Home for the care of Hawaiian mothers and newborns, and a school for the daughters of leprosy patients?
... that André Couto, the winner of the 2000 Macau Grand Prix, is the first Macanese driver to win the race under Formula Three regulations?
... that neuroengineer Maryam Shanechi and her research team developed a method to determine a person's mood from their brain activity?
... that there were only 218 Washington College alumni from 1845 to 1903?
... that Irrfan Khan recommended Saba Qamar to the makers of the film Hindi Medium after watching her YouTube videos?
... that a cantata titled God is Now, based on the hymn "Gott ist gegenwärtig" and scored for choir, big band, organ, and live electronics, premiered on the 250th anniversary of the hymn writer's death?
... that Korean-Chinese missile expert Li Xianyu is the only female general in the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force?
... that after Mississippi radio station WKNZ relaunched as "Zoo 107", it sponsored a name-the-zebra contest at its namesake, the Hattiesburg Zoo?