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31 January 2023

00:00, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

William Nicholas

... that during the bloody siege of Badajoz, William Nicholas (pictured) was wounded by musket-ball and bayonet, but continued to give orders and was carried up the breach, only to be shot again?
... that David Bowie frequently updated the lyrics for his song "Young Americans" to keep them contemporary?
... that in 1991, Juan López Mella was the first Spanish rider to achieve a podium place in the Superbike World Championship?
... that after complaints of A Pickle for the Knowing Ones lacking punctuation, the author published a second edition with full pages of punctuation in the appendix?
... that in 1998, the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR received the Guinness World Record for the most expensive production car?
... that the 1995 dedication ceremony for the Faces of War Memorial included missing-man flyovers?
... that fossils are included in Polystoechotites due to being poorly fossilized, rather than due to relation?
... that politician Kalervo Kummola introduced karaoke to Finland?

30 January 2023

00:00, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

MacCharlie

... that the release of the MacCharlie (pictured)—an IBM PC that clipped onto the side of the original Macintosh—nearly bankrupted Dayna Communications in 1985?
... that Indian Carnatic music vocalist R. K. Padmanabha teaches group singing predominantly to women?
... that a targeting penalty that caused the disqualification of an Arkansas player during overtime of the 2022 Liberty Bowl was overturned by the NCAA the next day?
... that Fernando Cajías, who belongs to the first generation of professional historians in Bolivia, composed part of history academia's "Mirista wing"?
... that a mercury spill occurred at Agua Fria High School when students discovered and started playing with an unsecured supply of the element?
... that industrial designer Cesar Vergara started designing trains because he "thought most were awful looking"?
... that the Three Tuns, a 17th-century pub in Alcester, has been left roofless since a 2021 fire?
... that Solihin G. P. was anecdotally asleep when he was announced as the commander of the Hasanuddin Military Region?

29 January 2023

00:00, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Diana and Endymion

... that Madonna could be the owner of a French painting believed to have been destroyed in World War I (pictured)?
... that the Phoenixonian Institute was the first African-American high school in California?
... that Oscar Ortiz continued his 2019 presidential campaign even after his own running mate asked him to withdraw?
... that of up to 300 bullets fired in the Ash Street shootout between U.S. Army Rangers and alleged drug dealers, none were reported to have hit anyone?
... that before Paul Goodman became known for his views on education, he wrote an autobiographical novel about a teacher's sexual relationship with his student?
... that Piotr Sierzputowski and Tomasz Wiktorowski each coached Iga Świątek to win a French Open title?
... that the đàn tre uses an olive oil can to make music?

28 January 2023

00:00, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Laura Bergt Eskimo-kissing Spiro Agnew

... that Laura Bergt was said to have gained millions of acres of land for Native Alaskans by Eskimo-kissing Vice President Spiro Agnew (pictured)?
... that when Nashville's Eighth Avenue South Reservoir ruptured in 1912, one family was swept away while still lying in bed?
... that when Brigadier Leonard Parrington ordered Sergeant Jack Hinton to surrender, Hinton told Parrington to "go and jump in the bloody lake"?
... that the demolition of the Shrine of Husayn's Head, probably the most important Shi'a Muslim shrine in Israel, may have been related to efforts to transfer Palestinians out of the country?
... that as a last-minute substitute in a premiere performance at Oper Frankfurt, Elena Manistina sang from the side while the assistant director mimed onstage?
... that the agent at 14th Place station was the target of an attempted murder?
... that although he was a former Indonesian prime minister, Soekiman Wirjosandjojo was not arrested during a political purge as he was considered a non-threat?
... that the now-drained lake Tarn Wadling was famous as a liminal place where the spectre of Guinevere's dead mother appeared to her and Gawain in The Awntyrs off Arthure?

27 January 2023

00:00, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Passing Mother's Grave

... that the painting Passing Mother's Grave (pictured) by Jozef Israëls was his best-known work, and was made into a bronze sculpture after his death?
... that David Burbank, a dentist, founded Burbank, California?
... that Arab troops under King Faisal missed the 24 January 1917 capture of Wejh by two days because they had been celebrating the capture of £20,000 in gold?
... that the Daughters of the American Revolution opposed Marjorie Lynch's nomination to a government post due to her birth in Britain?
... that the New Beehive Inn in Bradford, England, was "a rare example of a public house built by a local authority"?
... that during Matt Lanter's audition for Star Wars: The Clone Wars, he was told that he was going to play Deak Starkiller even though he was actually going to play Anakin Skywalker?
... that the Sangage Sheikhdom was the last holdout of native Swahili resistance to Portuguese colonization in northern Mozambique?
... that author John Neal said reading too much of Logan would kill you?

26 January 2023

00:00, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

1946 Romanian propaganda poster

... that Soviet-trained commissar Dumitru Petrescu supervised propaganda (example pictured) aimed at purging a "nest of reactionaries" out of the Romanian Army?
... that the case Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. was considered essential to the future of video game modding in the United States in 1992?
... that Louis Pasteur's 1859 experiment is widely seen as having disproved the theory of spontaneous generation?
... that, before same-sex unions were legally recognised in the UK, the London Partnership Register allowed nearly 1,000 couples to celebrate their relationships?
... that modern sources believe that the first Catilinarian conspiracy was fake?
... that Kuchipudi exponent Maddali Usha Gayatri choreographed a 12-hour ballet that was performed by a troupe involving 12 of her disciples?
... that employees claimed to have temporarily shut down an Arkansas radio station over not receiving paychecks?
... that in a tennis match against Stefanos Tsitsipas, Daniil Medvedev called the umpire "a small cat"?

25 January 2023

12:00, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Polish National Ballet dancers in Concerto Barocco

... that although George Balanchine incorporated jazz dance-inspired choreography in his ballet Concerto Barocco (pictured), those elements are now gone?
... that Amdek Corporation, a popular manufacturer of computer monitors in the 1980s, started out as a reseller of car radio components?
... that before pursuing a career in music, Lauren Jenkins was the host of a wrestling television show?
... that the manga series Sora ga Suki! depicted two male characters kissing each other although it was a taboo for manga in the 1970s?
... that the 2020 Colonial Pipeline oil spill was discovered by two teenagers?
... that W. A. F. J. Tumbelaka once expelled his children from the University of Indonesia after they failed to pass an evaluation?
... that three blocks near Stampede Park were transformed into a destroyed city for the first episode of The Last of Us?
... that the wine cellar of New York City's Barclay Hotel is on the second floor?

00:00, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Supermarine S.4

... that the Supermarine S.4 (pictured) was built to race in the 1925 Schneider Trophy but crashed during it?
... that Gogu Rădulescu, a member of the Romanian Communist Party central committee, was allegedly spied on by his colleagues through Lăutari performers, called upon to "sing him the blues"?
... that although Andrzej Żuławski's film Possession is referred to as a psychological drama and horror, its genre is still a matter of controversy?
... that Thin Lizzy's debut single only sold 283 copies?
... that Kakusan-ni was the founding abbess of a Buddhist convent that was a refuge for women running away from their husbands?
... that Phineas Gage was buried in Lone Mountain Cemetery twice, once without his head, before being relocated still without his head?
... that Jessica Martin has played both a punk werewolf and the voice of the Queen in Doctor Who?
... that Burlington Union Station is home to winged monkeys?

24 January 2023

12:00, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

Kalyani Sen (left)

... that when visiting Britain during World War II, naval officer Kalyani Sen (pictured) reported that Indian women were breaking down prejudices against men and women working together by joining the military?
... that the work of Danish plant physiologist Peter Boysen Jensen paved the way to the discovery of the plant growth hormone, auxin?
... that the lobby of New York's 630 Ninth Avenue is decorated with stylized movie cameras, evoking the building's original purpose?
... that Sosates was described as the "Jewish Homer", but all of his works are lost?
... that health economist Selma Mushkin estimated in the early 1970s that up to 50 percent of poor children in Washington, D.C., were affected by lead poisoning?
... that after the release of Enola Holmes in 2020, the original author's estate sued Netflix, claiming that it violated copyright laws because it depicted Sherlock Holmes as having emotions?
... that Buffalo's band, cheerleaders, and radio crew were unable to make the trip to the 2022 Camellia Bowl due to a winter storm?
... that a new parasite was described from a certain shrew's feces?

00:00, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX

... that the Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX (pictured) traveled more than 1,000 km (621 mi) from Sindelfingen to Cassis on a single charge with energy to spare?
... that Obliskomzap People's Commissar for Public Charity V. L. Mukha resigned in protest over the dispersing of the First All-Belarusian Congress?
... that Hindu religious leader Siddeshwar Swami declined the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honor?
... that the mass Messe in A by Christopher Tambling, originally set for high voices, proved so popular that a four-part version was commissioned?
... that American football player Joe Hall, whose position was running back, weighed up to 340 pounds (150 kg) during his career?
... that Group A of the 2006 FIFA World Cup featured the highest-scoring opening game in World Cup history since the competition began using a single match opening format?
... that Centre College president Milton C. Moreland wrote his honors thesis about the Nag Hammadi library?
... that Tolkien's aunt lived in Bag End?

23 January 2023

12:00, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

Tomb of Aegisthus

... that the Tomb of Aegisthus (pictured) helped to settle the 'Helladic Heresy' over the relationship between Minoan and Mycenaean civilisation?
... that Marlis Rahman was sworn in as Governor of West Sumatra in a garage?
... that John Lennon believed that the Rolling Stones' 1978 hit "Miss You" was based on a sped-up version of his 1974 song "Scared"?
... that Philip Wodehouse spent four months chasing after HMS Peterel across the Mediterranean before catching up with the ship and taking over command from Bartholomew James?
... that American first lady Lou Henry Hoover secretly sent money to families in need during the Great Depression?
... that the novel Anon Pls. is based on the author's real-life experience going viral on Instagram?
... that the Iowa Colored Cowboys played softball for audiences of over a thousand people, in an atmosphere similar to a Harlem Globetrotters show?
... that Vice-Admiral Gerald Marescaux was reprimanded for wearing pyjamas?

00:00, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

Herat Citadel

... that the ruined stronghold of Alexandria Ariana, a city founded by Alexander the Great, may lie underneath the citadel of Herat (pictured) in present-day Afghanistan?
... that the 2022 Gasparilla Bowl was the first edition of the game to feature two Power Five teams?
... that when Australian Brihony Dawson debuted as the first non-binary host of reality TV franchise The Challenge, they decided not to imitate the "ominous" style of the U.S. host?
... that the Japanese male–male romance magazine June was originally pitched to its publisher as a "mildly pornographic magazine for women"?
... that the cremated remains of AIDS activist Ortez Alderson were thrown onto the South Lawn of the White House in the ACT UP Ashes Action of 1992?
... that in November 2022 the Supreme Court of New Zealand ruled that the voting age of 18 was unjustified age discrimination in Make It 16 Incorporated v Attorney-General?
... that Ted Danson's role in "Somewhere Else", an episode of The Good Place, featured a nod to his previous role as a bartender?
... that Isabel Cooper painted live snakes while holding them in her hand?

22 January 2023

12:00, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

Grey's Monument

... that in 1941 a bolt of lightning knocked off the head of Grey's Monument (pictured)?
... that after being removed from his post as governor due to a corruption case, Djoko Munandar was later found not guilty?
... that in Freedom & Civilization, an anthropological analysis of the concept of freedom, Bronisław Malinowski argues for the creation of a world government?
... that Sandra Dombrowski was the first female to referee an IIHF World Women's Championship gold-medal game?
... that a construction worker working on the Great World MRT station died after an excavator's bucket dislodged and fell on him?
... that Sears heiress Edith Rosenwald Stern organized a women's broom brigade against political corruption in New Orleans?
... that the Leedy Manufacturing Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, was at one point the largest manufacturer of drums in the world?
... that Ming-dynasty physician Miao Xiyong used a virgin boy's urine to treat a stroke patient?

00:00, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

Mabel Freer

... that Mabel Freer (pictured) was deported from Australia because she could not speak Italian?
... that the January 2023 election of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives was the longest speaker election since December 1859 – February 1860?
... that PeopleSound was Europe's most visited music streaming site in 2000, and had offered any artist £100 for each song they uploaded?
... that American football linebacker Segun Olubi grew up in New Jersey, Minnesota, Arizona, England, and California, and attended four different colleges in Idaho, California, and Arkansas?
... that according to a critic, Odysseus, Verbrecher portrays Odysseus with post-traumatic stress disorder?
... that nearby homeowners believed the tower of a TV station in Arkansas was responsible for "a bad effect on the peace and health of the citizens"?
... that St Mary's Anglican Church, Busselton, Australia, has been a part of six dioceses, namely Canterbury, Calcutta, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth and Bunbury?
... that Scottish scientists attempted to create a carrot-based substitute for carbon fibre?

21 January 2023

12:00, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Forest Park Carousel

... that after the Forest Park Carousel (pictured) was acquired for $30,000 in 1972, one of its later operators likened the deal to "buying a Rembrandt for $25"?
... that Elisabeth Waterhouse founded the National Chamber Music Course summer school in 1974 and has managed it since?
... that Soviet cruiser Vasily Chapayev was ordered to sail on 24 December 1976, but its crew refused to comply, causing the removal of its senior officers?
... that Dawid Celt was Agnieszka Radwańska's hitting partner before he became her domestic partner?
... that the actor who played Screech on Saved by the Bell portrayed Harvey Weinstein in a music video for the song "Kill All the Things"?
... that comedian Frankie Boyle's debut novel Meantime is about a Glaswegian drug addict investigating his friend's death?
... that Jiří Kylián had all the dancers in his ballet Bella Figura appear topless to equalise men and women?
... that Canadian artist Tom Forrestall spent six months painting his own car?

00:00, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Charles Wolley-Dod

... that British Imperial Airways manager Charles Wolley-Dod (pictured) and two crew members were killed in an unexplained plane crash in Germany in 1937?
... that after Archimedes first defined convex curves, mathematicians lost interest in their analysis until the 19th century, more than two millennia later?
... that British architect Diane Haigh transformed one historic building into an art gallery and another into a hospice?
... that Dana Holgorsen coached Houston in the 2022 Independence Bowl while wearing a jacket that honored Mike Leach, his late coach and mentor?
... that Liu Ji'en was assassinated just 60 days after being crowned the emperor of the Northern Han?
... that the developers of Sonic felt the series' linear design contained "little room for evolution" so they decided to make Sonic Frontiers an open world game?
... that Governor Miguel Barbosa Huerta said that his predecessor's death in office was a punishment from God – and then died in office himself?
... that Bothie was the only dog to "set paw" on both the North and South poles?

20 January 2023

12:00, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Yellow-spotted emerald

... that a yellow-spotted emerald (pictured) specimen was found for the first time in the United Kingdom in 2018, when a wildlife photographer used Twitter to identify it?
... that an NFL scheduling decision forced ESPN to change the kickoff times and television networks of the 2022 Las Vegas Bowl and the 2022 New Mexico Bowl?
... that Nobel laureate Thomas Mann reportedly did not want his Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man to be translated into English during his lifetime due to its chauvinistic content?
... that Ariana Orrego was the first Peruvian gymnast to compete at the Olympic Games?
... that the cold pad batch method halves the amount of water needed to dye cotton with reactive dyes?
... that the Big Stan drill rig is claimed to be the largest vehicle-mounted drilling rig in the United States?
... that the wealth of bakers in ancient Rome may have contributed to them receiving a negative reputation?
... that Charles F. Barlow helped to fund his medical education with his magic act, The Great Barloni?

00:00, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Goodwin Fire burning in the Bradshaw Mountains

... that civilian-operated drones twice forced aerial firefighting operations on the Goodwin Fire (pictured) to stop?
... that R. J. Mitchell was the lead designer of the Supermarine Spitfire?
... that Marshall ended a three-game college football bowl losing streak with its win in the 2022 Myrtle Beach Bowl?
... that hot springs at Aachen nurtured its 1,000-year-old textile industry?
... that before Sarah Elmaleh voiced the player character in the video game Anthem, developed by BioWare, she voiced characters in a mod of an earlier BioWare game?
... that the Loddon Bridge disaster, which killed three people, led to changes in how falsework was managed on British construction sites?
... that because of dotations made by Napoleon to his supporters, the Kingdom of Westphalia was never fiscally solvent under French rule?
... that Andrew Leake was called "Queen Anne's handsome captain"?

19 January 2023

12:00, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Snows

... that after architect Frà Antonio Cano died of a fall from scaffolding at his new Cathedral of Our Lady of the Snows (pictured), Alberto della Marmora accused him of destroying many former basilicas?
... that The Man Without Talent is an I-novel, a genre of semi-autobiographical confessional literature that has been popular in Japan since the early twentieth century?
... that Timo Meier became the first player in San Jose Sharks franchise history to score five goals in one game when he was 25?
... that electric organs are composed of stacks of specialised cells that can generate electricity?
... that the South Australian Labor politician Ernest Roberts served two tours in South Africa during the Second Boer War?
... that the founders of New York City's Circle in the Square Theatre had a total of $320 when they leased an inn in 1951?
... that Nina de Creeft Ward worked on art that resembles corpses of extinct and endangered species to show "how people have caused a scourge to the balance of nature"?
... that an old cookbook recommends eating tiger meat to ward off tigers?

00:00, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

Emblem in Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum

... that the title page of Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum shows an eagle atop a globe flanked by serpents (pictured), which symbolizes worldly triumph?
... that after Jim Sheddan ditched his Hawker Typhoon in the North Sea upon it being damaged by anti-aircraft fire, he spent 19 hours in an inflatable dinghy?
... that Bulkboeken ('bulk books') were cheap reprints of Dutch literary classics, published from 1971 to the late 1990s, and again from 2007?
... that the 2022 Yangtse clash saw Chinese and Indian troops fight hand-to-hand with melee weapons on a high-elevation ridgeline that formed their frontier in the area?
... that Elie Honig obtained the convictions of more than 100 members of the American Mafia, including members of the Genovese and Gambino crime families?
... that the New Zealand Geographic Board initially rejected the name of the Garden of Eden Ice Plateau for being biblical in origin?
... that Riddiculous riddlemaster Henry Lewis has appeared in The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Magic Goes Wrong, and The Goes Wrong Show?
... that statistics for the roller coaster Steel Curtain were announced through a scratch card?

18 January 2023

12:00, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Coat of arms of Raphael de Mercatellis

... that the library of Raphael de Mercatellis (coat of arms pictured) was the first library in the Low Countries to "reveal an extensive interest in what we may call Renaissance ideas"?
... that the Kill Bill films inspired SZA to write a song about murdering her ex-boyfriend?
... that the president of his own party criticized the speed at which members of the Congress of Puebla moved to appoint Sergio Salomón Céspedes as the substitute governor?
... that the luxury passenger steamer Stephen Furness was taken into Royal Navy service during the First World War and was sunk by a U-boat, with the loss of more than 100 lives?
... that Pap of Armenia survived an assassination attempt by Roman legions during a battle, but was later murdered by the Romans during a feast?
... that the Communist Opposition was the most popular slate in the 1931 Czechoslovak municipal election in Unhošť?
... that American professor Emerson Charles Denny co-published the Nelson–Denny Reading Test in 1930, which has parts held at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History?
... that according to Ren Xiaoping, the first reference to a body swap occurs in the Chinese short story "Judge Lu", in which the titular character performs a head transplant on his friend's wife?

00:00, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

A hallway, an example of a liminal space

... that research suggests liminal spaces (example pictured) appear unsettling by falling in the uncanny valley of physical places?
... that Robert Zollinger was a surgeon and an avid rose grower, serving as president of both the American Surgical Association and the American Rose Society?
... that Russian money, known as qiang tie by locals, was used as legal currency in some regions of China for decades?
... that Chekri Ganem's play Antar was described as the most significant display of Arab nationalism organized outside the Arab world?
... that Luis Miguel's chance meeting with Juan Luis Guerra led to Guerra writing the song "Hasta Que Me Olvides" on a napkin?
... that Innokenty Fedenev, who was an Old Bolshevik, inspired one of the characters in How the Steel Was Tempered, a novel he helped to get published?
... that the Frye Fire decimated the population of the already endangered Mount Graham red squirrel in Arizona?
... that Romanian poet Dimitrie Stelaru said that he once traveled to Paris by truck, adding "I hardly remember anything, I was drunk the whole time"?

17 January 2023

12:00, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Antoinette Tidjani Alou

... that Antoinette Tidjani Alou (pictured) wrote a work of autofiction that traces the journey of a Jamaican woman who moved to Niger for love?
... that the 1601 medical text Zhenjiu dacheng recommends acupuncture-based cures for mental illness?
... that Park Ji-hyun helped to expose an online sex-crime ring and later became the interim co-chair of the Democratic Party of Korea at the age of 26?
... that the Aesculapian Club, founded in Edinburgh in 1773, still meets twice a year?
... that the Glock switch is a device that can turn a handgun into a machine gun?
... that Liz Shore's nomination to be Chief Medical Officer of the United Kingdom was vetoed by Margaret Thatcher because of Shore's husband's political affiliation?
... that the Allegheny river cruiser can be accurately identified by holding it or by studying its genitalia?
... that the Los Angeles Rams roster features T. J. Carter and T. J. Carter?

00:00, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Disabled British tanks at Cambrai

... that the story of a lone German artillery officer disabling up to 16 British tanks (examples pictured) on the first day of the 1917 Battle of Cambrai was encouraged by the German Nazi Party?
... that Sybil Thorndike was known as Britain's leading tragedienne?
... that a 1987 march attended by about 20,000 protestors in Forsyth County, Georgia, has been called one of the largest civil rights demonstrations since the civil rights movement?
... that the ferry General Joe Potter at Walt Disney World is named in honor of Major General William Everett Potter?
... that Japanese bookstore employees recommended Candy Color Paradox as one of the best yaoi manga titles in 2016?
... that Will Arbery's view that the media shallowly examined supporters of Donald Trump after the 2016 presidential election crystallized Arbery's desire to write a play?
... that the relatively low death toll of 100 of the 1997 Bojnurd earthquake was attributed to a foreshock and most residents being outdoors?
... that the Los Angeles Salsa, from the United States, attempted to join a Mexican soccer league?

16 January 2023

12:00, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Talabaw soup

... that the talabaw soup (pictured), which consists primarily of bamboo shoots, is the essential dish of Myanmar's Karen people, who use it to supplement rice?
... that Lord Cottenham resigned from MI5 during the Second World War, as he did not support the war with Germany?
... that the BK inequality was used to identify implausibly lucky Florida Lottery winners, whose involvement in illegal activities was later confirmed by investigations?
... that after Deutsche Bahn built Berlin's central railway station according to plans that had been altered against the original architect Meinhard von Gerkan's wishes, he sued them, and won?
... that the Argentina and Netherlands national football teams have played each other at every other FIFA World Cup since 1998?
... that Don Luce led a group of Americans to a secret part of a South Vietnamese prison where inmates were kept in squalor in what were called "tiger cages"?
... that the Blemyomachia is an epic poem describing a historical clash between the Roman Empire and the Blemmyes in the Nile valley?
... that the city of Palo Alto, California, is named after a big tree?

00:00, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Soony Saad

... that Soony Saad (pictured) scored on his Major League Soccer debut on his 19th birthday?
... that to comply with a law that restricted liquor sales near churches, the Peninsula New York placed its cocktail lounge up a flight of stairs and down a long hallway?
... that Shigeru Ohmori and his team took half a year to design the grass in Pokémon Sword and Shield?
... that in 2019, the Canadian government's Translation Bureau began providing translation services in Dene, East Cree, Plains Cree, and Mohawk?
... that Robert Rattenbury said to his student Geoffrey Kirk: "Good Heavens! Well, I don't suppose I shall be seeing you again"?
... that the construction of the Botaş Saros FSRU Terminal in the Gulf of Saros, Turkey, continued despite a court-ordered stay of execution?
... that illustrator Rudy Nappi based his cover art for the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories on summaries provided by his wife, who actually read the books?
... that Fucking Trans Women associates erectile dysfunction with pleasure?

15 January 2023

12:00, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Grave of Brigadier-General Roland Bradford

... that at least 78 British general officers were killed as a result of active service in the First World War (gravestone of one pictured), but a popular myth holds that general officers rarely visited the battlefield?
... that Ismail Suko was elected governor of Riau in 1985, then forced to resign before taking office?
... that Eastern Michigan's only bowl-game victory before defeating San Jose State in the 2022 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was against San Jose State in the 1987 California Bowl?
... that campaigning by climate activist Kimiko Hirata halted plans to build 17 new coal-fired power plants following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan?
... that the only known specimen of the Cretaceous lizard Carsosaurus contains preserved embryos?
... that Anglo-Indian sprinter Kenneth Powell was the first sportsperson from Karnataka to win the Arjuna Award?
... that the Casablanca Protocol was the only binding instrument of the Arab League that addressed the status of Palestinian refugees?
... that exactly how "man of mystery" Max Wenner fell from an airliner flying over Belgium remains a mystery?

00:00, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Row NYC Hotel, formerly the Royal Manhattan

... that the Royal Manhattan Hotel (pictured), sold for $10 million in 1969, attracted no buyers when it was placed for sale at $1.8 million just six years later?
... that Italian designer Livio Castiglioni was the elder brother of Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, sons of sculptor Giannino Castiglioni?
... that an internet meme about the nonexistent film Goncharov inspired more than 500 fan fiction works about the film?
... that the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church admonished pastor John Swanel Inskip for allowing men and women to sit together at church?
... that forest defenders sat in trees at the Old Atlanta Prison Farm to Stop Cop City?
... that París Galán, who introduced a style of drag performance in Bolivia, became the first-ever transgender individual to win elective office in the country?
... that Called Up Sent Down: The Bevin Boys' War describes the experiences of young men conscripted to work as coal miners in Britain during World War II?
... that when asked by reporters why he was retiring, U.S. Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall replied: "What's wrong with me? I'm old. I'm getting old and coming apart"?

14 January 2023

12:00, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Janet Sorg Stoltzfus

... that American educator Janet Sorg Stoltzfus (pictured) established the first foreign school in northern Yemen?
... that the character Kurama was inspired by a friend of manga creator Yoshihiro Togashi?
... that there was an organism from which all current life on Earth is descended?
... that Ernest Fanelli's composition Thèbes, written in 1886, utilizes musical elements considered to precurse Impressionism?
... that Washington State linebacker Daiyan Henley opted out of playing in the 2022 LA Bowl and served as an assistant linebackers coach during the game instead?
... that while Arifin Achmad was the third governor of Riau, he was the first to hail from the province?
... that the Central Powers brought their armies under a supreme headquarters in September 1916, 18 months before the Allies did the same?
... that, when discussing his music project Love or Loved, K-pop star B.I said that he felt the opposite of love was not "I don't like you", but rather "I loved you before"?

00:00, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Commander and soldiers of the Detached Unit of the Polish Army

... that the Detached Unit of the Polish Army (pictured) is often described as the first Allied partisan unit of World War II?
... that businessman Usman Ja'far was the first locally born governor of West Kalimantan elected in nearly 40 years?
... that although it was rejected by the lesbian mainstream when it was first released, Kamikaze Hearts has since been called a milestone in queer cinema?
... that Paramount Chief Matilda Lansana Minah V has backed a 30-percent quota for the representation of women in the parliament of Sierra Leone?
... that during the 1930 Bago earthquake, a witness observed surface waves propagating through a tennis court?
... that the Seattle SeaDogs won the final Continental Indoor Soccer League championship before the league folded?
... that Aang Kunaefi banned the jaipongan dance from official events because some saw it as being too erotic?
... that both Toyota and Pizza Hut have had commercials saying "Sheesh!"?

13 January 2023

12:00, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Paul Oscar

... that Paul Oscar (pictured), Iceland's participant at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, was the contest's first openly LGBT artist to compete?
... that a dispute led to HMS Gloucester taking a path that caused the ship to hit a sandbank, leading to it sinking?
... that Paul Joseph Cini, a Canadian skyjacker, thought that he could evade justice by parachuting from the plane before landing?
... that the Second Vatican Council tried to undo the latinization of Eastern Catholic liturgy?
... that writer Eliza Bland Smith Erskine Norton married two different men who both lost an arm in battle?
... that Midway v. Artic helped establish that video games are eligible for copyright protection as audiovisual works?
... that the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the premises of the Telangana Legislative Assembly was sculpted by C. S. N. Patnaik?
... that the Piano Quintet by Alfred Schnittke has been called one of the most depressing pieces ever written?

00:00, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

St. Regis New York

... that in the 1980s, New York City's St. Regis Hotel (pictured) was said to have hosted every U.S. president since its opening?
... that classical dances of Gaddam Padmaja Reddy, recipient of India's highest award for performing arts, explore contemporary social issues such as female foeticide and HIV/AIDS?
... that the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris was desecrated during riots in 1927?
... that John Kinch worked two jobs in the late 1970s, as a mail carrier and a professional football player?
... that the Kitab al-wadih bi-l-haqq is a critique of Islam written by a convert to Coptic Christianity during a period of persecution?
... that fighter pilot Winton W. Marshall used the jet exhaust of his F-86 Sabre to extinguish the fire from a crashed B-47 bomber?
... that a man who fatally shot a Florida woman waving a gun at him from her front yard after a road-rage incident was not charged in connection with her death?
... that according to Chinese physician Zhu Zhenheng, apparent possessions are typically no more than confusion caused by mucus?

12 January 2023

12:00, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Eckford (far right) and his fellow pilots

... that the Spirit of the Few Monument at Hawkinge is based on a photograph of Alan Eckford and other pilots of No. 32 Squadron (pictured) during the Battle of Britain?
... that the geology of the Ellsworth Mountains was explored by geologists using motor toboggans in 1961?
... that soprano Galina Pisarenko studied economics, English, and Norwegian at the same time she was studying to become a professional opera singer?
... that Parasitic Engineering was named as a reference to a MITS co-founder calling third-party hardware vendors "parasite companies"?
... that Volodymyr Kozhukhar, the chief conductor of the National Opera of Ukraine in Kyiv, led Lysenko's opera Taras Bulba and Shchedrin's ballet Carmen Suite?
... that so little is known about the reclusive developer of Yume Nikki that its publisher Kadokawa Games had to debunk rumors that they had died in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake?
... that Jack Melchor stayed at Claridge's annually over a 40-year period?
... that the documentary Railway with a Heart of Gold has actual footage of a derailment captured whilst the filmmaker was attached to the side of the train?

00:00, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Shrine of St. Patrick's Bell

... that a number of early medieval Irish bell shrines (example pictured) were probably hidden in bogs or church walls to save them from Viking raiders?
... that after being benched at quarterback, Jackson State Tigers football player T. C. Taylor changed his position and became a record-setting wide receiver?
... that Canadian poets Milton Acorn, Margaret Atwood, and Gwendolyn MacEwen performed at the Bohemian Embassy on the same bill as burlesque dancer Libby Jones?
... that American teacher Marc Fogel was sentenced to 14 years in Russian prison for possessing a small amount of marijuana, but has gotten little public attention compared to Brittney Griner?
... that the dinosaur Bashunosaurus was first mentioned in a scientific paper in 1989, but was only formally named in 2004?
... that Patty Loveless's musical career rebounded after she underwent surgery to repair a blood vessel on her vocal cords?
... that Monaco GP was the most popular arcade driving game in the United States in 1981?
... that Walter von Pückler earned the nickname Dreschgraf ('Thrashing Count') due to his frequent use of violent, antisemitic language?

11 January 2023

12:00, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Ruby Tandoh

... that when baker Ruby Tandoh (pictured) publicly came out, she mocked critics who suggested that she had romanced a male contest judge?
... that the San Diego Trough Fault Zone can produce an earthquake that devastates the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego, California?
... that Ravenshoe has been noted for its passages dealing with the Charge of the Light Brigade, a failed military action during the Crimean War?
... that the note-taking software Obsidian was created by just two developers during the COVID-19 pandemic?
... that Willi Ritschard was not amused when he had to attend a royal banquet for Queen Elizabeth II on International Workers' Day?
... that creating Vennture Brew Company involved 18 months of construction and $22,000 in crowdsourced funds?
... that abused Overseas Filipino Workers accused the former chargé d'affaires of the Philippine embassy in Damascus of neglecting them while he was regularly partying with handsome Syrians?
... that gas lighting inspired Stephen Gunzenhauser to start a classical music festival?

00:00, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Marchfly fossil

... that with more than 20 species, marchflies (example pictured) are the most common insect of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands paleofauna?
... that Tibor Wlassics's upper-class status forced him to work as a manual laborer?
... that Bethune: The Making of a Hero, once Canada's most expensive film, had a documentary about its troubled production shown at the 1988 Toronto International Film Festival instead of itself?
... that Chinese scholar Liang Tingnan suggested that China should emulate the United States to avoid the upheavals of dynastic change?
... that the music for the Norse Lands DLC of Kingdom Two Crowns utilizes the hurdy-gurdy and moraharpa?
... that after Mary Gardiner Horsford died, her husband married her sister Phoebe?
... that while most lichens that grow on plants live on the surface, the sole species in Amazonotrema grows partially among the cells of the tree bark on which it lives?
... that Adib Pishavari likened Britain to an old fox?

10 January 2023

12:00, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Lê Thị Tuyết Mai

... that diplomat Lê Thị Tuyết Mai (pictured) studied at three different universities in three different countries?
... that the feedback sounds in the Yardbirds' "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" were later "swiped" by Jimi Hendrix?
... that the first day of filming of the psychological thriller Farah coincided with the beginning of the 2019 Lebanese protests?
... that the Douglas branch's Roosevelt station went from having more than 700,000 riders in 1910 to only 50,000 in 1950?
... that Nasser Abu Hamid had five brothers serving life sentences in addition to him?
... that the 2022 Quick Lane Bowl had to use a substitute referee after the original referee's flight was canceled?
... that Robert Spencer Finkbine spent 13 years as the superintendent of construction of the Iowa State Capitol?
... that the developers of Among Us VR said that the game could have been too spooky?

00:00, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Kyiv's old post office after its explosion

... that Kyiv's Central Post Office was built after military forces deliberately destroyed its predecessor (pictured) less than a year after it was completed?
... that Kaiu Shirai said that some parts of his story The Promised Neverland came from nightmares?
... that on 9 January 1917, German Emperor Wilhelm II agreed to implement unrestricted submarine warfare?
... that Dreamer Isioma began learning music theory at the age of three?
... that the government of Victoria, Australia, has a program to remove 110 level crossings by 2030, the fastest rate in the state's history?
... that witchcraft historian Malcolm Gaskill documented a real-life 17th-century witch hunt in Springfield, Massachusetts?
... that the 1961 Indonesian census was the country's first since 1930 and the first since gaining independence from the Netherlands?
... that the name Zenock is misspelled in almost every published edition of the Book of Mormon?

9 January 2023

12:00, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

Sigismund Mohr

... that Sigismund Mohr (pictured) lit the first electric street lamps in Quebec City to a crowd of 20,000 spectators?
... that Meghan Trainor wrote her song "Bad for Me" with strangers?
... that two railroad boxcars were needed to ship William W. Jefferis's vast mineral collection to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History?
... that according to Viktor Kožený's lawyer, Fox Hill Prison in the Bahamas is known for "breaking even the toughest of men"?
... that one of the districts in the city of Astrakhan is named after Bolshevik leader Aleksandr Trusov?
... that Lady Gaga said she was in a dark state of mind when writing the song "Free Woman" but got over it after completing the song?
... that after saying that joining the Three-Self Patriotic Movement was "against the will of God", Chinese theologian Jia Yuming joined it and became its vice chairperson?
... that workers had to somersault to safety when the Secor Bridge collapsed in 1911?

00:00, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

Mercedes-Benz CLK LM

... that the Mercedes-Benz CLK LM (pictured) won every single event it entered in the 1998 FIA GT Championship?
... that the neutron has a magnetic moment even though it lacks an electric charge?
... that croton seeds were already being used as a laxative when Chinese physician Wang Haogu discovered that they could also be used to treat diarrhea?
... that the Georgia Cryptologic Center is an NSA facility that uses the code name "Sweet Tea"?
... that in the 1920s, Australian journalist E. George Marks predicted military conflict in the Pacific between Japan and the United States?
... that the North-Western Regional Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) ran an underground network to distribute literature to German soldiers in occupied areas?
... that National Football League player Grant Hermanns won his state high-school wrestling championship just months after a near-fatal staph infection?
... that Kamibox's video game A Joke That's Worth $0.99 is permanently on special offer because Itch.io does not allow $0.99 as a regular price?

8 January 2023

12:00, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Skull in Ye Olde White Harte

... that Ye Olde White Harte, reputed to be "one of Hull's most haunted pubs", has a skull of unknown provenance (pictured) in the bar?
... that the 2022 Boca Raton Bowl was the first bowl game loss in Liberty program history after three wins in their first three appearances?
... that after a lifetime of feeling undervalued, Nergisî gained the appreciation of the Ottoman sultan and was sent to the front as a chronicler, only to fall from his horse and die on his way?
... that a Washington state radio station turned to "professional bikini watchers"—military recruiters—to report on crowds at local beaches?
... that Ephraim E. Lisitzky wrote an epic poem in Hebrew based on Native American legends?
... that the Paul Delvaux Museum exhibits not only Paul Delvaux's paintings, but also a collection of model trains?
... that Chinese physician Gao Ruona's son, son-in-law, and student all served as editors at the Song government's Bureau for Editing Medical Texts?
... that after a CCTV system was installed at the 59th Street–Columbus Circle station, crime went up?

00:00, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Sir William Siemens

... that when launched in 1896, the freighter Sir William Siemens (pictured) and her sister ships were the longest vessels on the Great Lakes?
... that Anna Maria Bowes escaped from her governess Elizabeth Parish by crawling over a plank to cross a narrow street?
... that the general manager of a West Virginia TV station called changing its network affiliation "the hardest decision I've ever had to make"?
... that Akshata Murty, the wife of British prime minister Rishi Sunak, reportedly has more personal wealth than King Charles III?
... that the first public usage of the term "ongoing Nakba" is widely credited to Hanan Ashrawi, who referenced it in a speech at the 2001 World Conference against Racism?
... that Michael S. Farbman's reporting of the Russian Civil War in winter 1917–18 was described by The Observer as "one of the outstanding successes of the time in special correspondence"?
... that despite being in force for more than 100 years, no known prosecutions were made under the Seamen's and Soldiers' False Characters Act 1906?
... that U.S. first lady Bess Truman was humiliated by a champagne bottle?

7 January 2023

12:00, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

Geneva official chestnut tree

... that the opening of the first bud of a horse chestnut tree in Geneva (pictured), as recorded by the secretary of the Parliament, announces the beginning of spring?
... that people are prone to such a strong distaste for uncertainty that they might value a $50 gift card more than a lottery ticket that yields a $50 or $100 gift card with equal probability?
... that although the First World War ended with the armistice of 11 November 1918, twenty-one generals are recognised as having died for France after this date, some as late as 1923?
... that Concentricities, a 2019 clarinet–cello–piano trio by Graham Waterhouse, musically depicts a theme of circular, spiraling, or oscillating concentric phenomena in nature and human structures?
... that Wan Abubakar submitted his resignation to run for reelection, but retracted it when his candidacy failed?
... that a kickoff temperature of 13 °F (−11 °C) at the 2022 Armed Forces Bowl nearly made it the coldest bowl game ever?
... that Debbie Friedman and Drorah Setel's Mi Shebeirach for healing, written by the couple amidst the AIDS crisis, has become "the emotional highlight of synagogue services" for many Jews?
... that American Elmer Carlson brought a roller-skating mule to the 1964 Democratic National Convention?

00:00, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

Kyrgyz man wearing a malahai

... that the malahai (example pictured) served as a protective helmet, even though it is a fur hat?
... that the show The Thing About Pam is based on Pam Hupp's involvement in the murder of Betsy Faria?
... that Austin Reed's 497 passing yards in the 2022 New Orleans Bowl set a New Orleans Bowl record?
... that Sarah Mardini worked as a humanitarian for refugees and now could be sentenced to 25 years in prison?
... that Quasar Data Products' ruggedized QDP-300 microcomputer alerts the user if it is potentially overheating by sounding an alarm?
... that a 2016 leaflet published by the British government warned that Brexit would increase the cost of living and lead to a decade or more of uncertainty?
... that the Macks Creek Law originated in response to a state legislator getting a traffic ticket?
... that James B. Jones got his nickname, "Jawbone", from his time as a traveling soap salesman?

6 January 2023

12:00, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Paul Taylor in Episodes

... that George Balanchine said that a solo in his ballet Episodes (pictured) should evoke the image of a fly in a glass of milk?
... that L. J. Potts translated the Poetics as Aristotle on the Art of Fiction, a title accused of "[narrowing] dangerously the wide gap between Aristotle and ourselves", but later called "creative genius"?
... that Atlanta's "quicker picker-upper" aired martial arts movies, professional wrestling, jazz music, and Japanese-language programming?
... that despite published scholarship to the contrary, Andrew Planta neither received a doctorate nor taught mathematics at Erlangen?
... that in November 2022, Leicester City Council used the Food Act 1984 in combination with a royal charter of 1199 to levy a charge on the organisers of two Christmas light switching-on events?
... that after Domen Križaj from Slovenia was a prize winner in the singing competition Neue Stimmen, he moved to the Oper Frankfurt where he appeared as Massenet's Albert and Mozart's Papageno?
... that Manny's Deli in Chicago received national recognition for its popularity among politicians, including Barack Obama?
... that Claude C. Robinson was supposed to pick the star-of-the-game, but he left early when struck in the head by a hockey puck?

00:00, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Marine painting by Isaac Sailmaker

... that artist Isaac Sailmaker (painting shown) was referred to in contemporary journals and books as "the father of British sea painting"?
... that the audience sometimes heckles defeated sumo wrestlers by throwing zabuton onto the stage at them?
... that while at high school, Johann Georg Seidenbusch declared to Our Lady: "ad carissimam Sponsam te eligo" (I choose thee as my dearest Bride)?
... that Cincinnati hired Louisville's head football coach to replace their own outgoing head coach just days after the two teams were announced as opponents for the 2022 Fenway Bowl?
... that George Jameson was the highest-scoring New Zealand night fighter pilot of World War II?
... that when the former Clarence Hotel in Brighton began to collapse in 1990, the resulting closure of North Street diverted 120 buses per hour in each direction for a week?
... that when serving as Governor of Riau, Soeripto helped found the province's first daily newspaper?
... that Culver City's Measure VY would have allowed 16-year-olds to vote, but it fell short by 16 votes out of over 16,000?

5 January 2023

12:00, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Sao Sanda

... that Sao Sanda (pictured), the last princess of Yawnghwe, is one of only two living princesses to have attended the 1947 Panglong Conference?
... that Gene Cipriano played the saxophone part for Tony Curtis's character in the film Some Like It Hot?
... that when Westminster City Council in London agreed to use "global majority" as a more inclusive term than BAME or "ethnic minority", a Conservative MP called it "deeply sinister"?
... that Rhea Seehorn wanted the sprinkler in the cold open to the Better Call Saul episode "Hit and Run" to sound like a machine gun?
... that after leaving his job promoting Qatar ahead of the 2022 World Cup, Marc Bennett alleged he was tortured before being found hanged in his hotel room?
... that at age 10, Sophia Lucia surpassed the world record for consecutive pirouettes by 19 turns?
... that the medieval baptismal font of Löderup Church in Sweden contains a depiction of a ship with a dragon's head at the stem, similar to a Viking ship?
... that New York mayor Michael Bloomberg said that the only calls on his bat phone were from salespeople offering magazine subscriptions or insurance policies?

00:00, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Monument to the Founders of Kyiv, depicted on a Ukrainian banknote

... that after being made of reinforced concrete to conform with orders from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the Monument to the Founders of Kyiv (depicted) partially collapsed?
... that Fuccbois' crew won awards, while Fuccboi's prose received both praise and criticism?
... that after fleeing the Nazis in 1938, Peter Strausfeld befriended the manager of London's top art house cinema and designed their posters until his death in 1980?
... that the Allman Brothers Band's well-known 1971 interpretation of "Done Somebody Wrong" had four songwriters listed in the credits, but not Eddie Kirkland, who wrote the original song?
... that Imam Munandar once proposed releasing prisoners to kill them?
... that although the third Onondaga County Courthouse was demolished in 1967, the hand-cut stones of its tower have been preserved?
... that King Albert Park MRT station and its adjoining stations Tan Kah Kee and Sixth Avenue are intended to represent the natural elements?
... that Aaron Stark's life may have been saved by a friend inviting him in for a blueberry-peach pie?

4 January 2023

00:00, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Wilhelmine Key

... that Wilhelmine Key (pictured) studied wasps as a child, and as an adult she kept them as pets?
... that C. J. Phipps, the leading theatre architect of the age, was found responsible for the deadliest-ever UK theatre disaster?
... that Michelle Lyons has personally witnessed nearly 300 executions?
... that the 100-player board game Cartographers has a crowdfunded expansion set?
... that Midwest Scientific was the only maker of microcomputers in Kansas City in the late 1970s?
... that Catholic bishop-elect Philip Moger knew that he wanted to become a priest when he was eight years old?
... that the 2021 film West Side Story was banned in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain, likely due to the transgender character Anybodys?
... that according to legend, Giriyak Stupa was constructed over the body of a dead goose?

3 January 2023

00:00, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Myosotis pansa subsp. praeceps

... that one threatened species of plant (pictured) endemic to the North Island of New Zealand is colloquially known as a forget-me-not?
... that the parliamentary sign-language interpreter could not make out what South African MP Joan Fubbs tried to say in her tribute to President Cyril Ramaphosa?
... that Perry County is the least densely populated county in Tennessee?
... that Abdul Hamid al-Zahrawi, a former member of the General Assembly of the Ottoman Empire, was executed in 1916 for his support for Arab nationalism?
... that a section of Mississippi Highway 489 was designated as the Jason Boyd Memorial Highway to commemorate the MDOT superintendent who was killed while removing debris from the road?
... that in mediaeval England an area of special legal jurisdiction extended around the royal court and moved with it?
... that Paul Dini was a writer for both the animated television series Batman: The Animated Series and the video game series Batman: Arkham?
... that Romeo and Juliet both served in the Union Navy?

2 January 2023

00:00, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Union Pacific 4014

... that Union Pacific 4014 (pictured) has been the only Big Boy locomotive operating in the United States since 2019?
... that the first fictional depiction of the moons of Mars predates their discovery by a century and a half?
... that in Mother and Child, composed in 2002 by John Tavener for the vocal ensemble Tenebrae, organ and temple gong enter for the climax?
... that the 2022 Cure Bowl is the only one of the 2022–23 NCAA football bowl games scheduled to be played between FBS conference champions?
... that Burton Raffel called Arthur Cooper's translation of a poem by Du Fu "exceedingly lame"?
... that Minnesota legislator Claudia Meier cosponsored a bill freeing women from having to take their husbands' last names, and then took her husband's last name?
... that at the height of the war between Iraq and the Islamic State, diplomats of the Philippine embassy in Baghdad agreed to die together rather than be taken hostage?
... that all three of playwright Oliver Hailey's Broadway productions closed after one regular performance?

1 January 2023

00:00, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Sitara from the door of the Kaaba

... that the British Museum's 2012 exhibition Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam included textiles from the Kaaba (example pictured) that were described as bringing "a visceral artistic buzz to the display"?
... that Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed to investigate Donald Trump, played football for Liverpool?
... that the parasitic fossil fungus Paleoserenomyces allenbyensis was named after a Canadian ghost town?
... that retired Indonesian general and politician Mochamad Hasbi fled from arrest for seven years after he was sentenced to a year in prison in relation to a corruption case?
... that the Apple II game Pentapus was developed by Jeremy Sagan, son of astronomer Carl Sagan?
... that the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights has been described as "Canada's most prominent pro-gun group"?
... that the South Asian river dolphin is nearly blind and relies on echolocation for navigation?
... that Cow Hell Swamp got its name because cows would frequently wander in and get stuck?

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