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30 June 2017

00:47, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

N. lecontei larvae

... that larvae of the red-headed pine sawfly (pictured) are gregarious, and when they have defoliated a tree, move as a group to a neighbouring one?
... that American trade unionist George Baldanzi worked out of Greensboro, North Carolina, as part of Operation Dixie because it was close to many textile plants?
... that sopa de fideo, a soup in Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine, may have originated in Spain?
... that Us Conductors, the debut novel by Sean Michaels depicting a fictionalized account of the relationship between Léon Theremin and Clara Rockmore, won the 2014 Scotiabank Giller Prize?
... that Desideria Quintanar de Yáñez was reportedly inspired by a dream to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1880 in Mexico?
... that under Operation Temperer, thousands of British Army troops can be deployed to support police in guarding key sites in the UK against terrorist threats?
... that Al Densmore was 24 years old when he took his seat in the Oregon House of Representatives, and just four years later his House peers elected him speaker pro tempore?
... that ArsenalFanTV was designed to give football supporters a chance to have their opinions heard?

29 June 2017

00:00, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

À la Carte Restaurant, RMS Titanic

... that Luigi Gatti ran a restaurant (pictured) on the Titanic for passengers for whom first class was not exclusive enough?
... that John Hyrum Koyle built the Dream Mine after the Angel Moroni reportedly showed him a Nephite mine in Salem, Utah, which would help fund the gathering of Israel?
... that in 1984, Typhoon June killed 121 people in the Philippines?
... that French footballer Alban Lafont is the youngest goalkeeper ever to play in Ligue 1, having made his debut at the age of 16 years and 310 days?
... that the Baroque pipe organ of the Church of Reinhardtsgrimma was built by Gottfried Silbermann?
... that the Ore Dock Brewing Company's flagship beer is named for the recycled material used in constructing the brewery?
... that ticket purchases for Witness: The Tour will include copies of Katy Perry's album Witness?
... that RCA's only astronaut, civilian Bob Cenker, narrowly avoided catastrophe during his mission on Space Shuttle Columbia, which experienced several launch-pad aborts and almost exploded?

28 June 2017

00:00, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Miriam Makeba

... that South African singer and anti-apartheid activist Miriam Makeba (pictured) was followed by the CIA and the FBI after she married Black Panther Stokely Carmichael?
... that the toxin found in the skin of the hooded pitohui, a bird from New Guinea, is the same as that found in poison arrow frogs?
... that American pediatrician L. Emmett Holt Jr. received the Czechoslovak Order of the White Lion, the Finnish Mannerheim Cross, and the Order of the Star of Jordan?
... that "Dies sind die heilgen Zehn Gebot" is a hymnal version of the Ten Commandments by Martin Luther?
... that German footballer Lewis Holtby was eligible to represent England through his paternal lineage?
... that the South Korean government tried to metricate the country unsuccessfully four times before finally criminalizing traditional Korean units in 2007?
... that Alfred Starbird directed the Operation Dominic nuclear tests which "significantly enhanced the security of the nation and the free world"?
... that the Thunderbolt was damaged by lightning and then destroyed by a hurricane?

27 June 2017

00:00, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

Mkrtich Khrimian

... that Mkrtich Khrimian (pictured), head of the Armenian Church, endorsed an armed struggle against the Ottoman Turks?
... that in Batman and Harley Quinn, Kevin Conroy reprises his role as Batman?
... that Typhoon Abby originated from the Western Pacific monsoon trough?
... that Mormon missionaries were temporarily banned from New Zealand, supposedly for trying to convince Maoris to move to America?
... that Margit Neubauer appeared as Sesto in Handel's Giulio Cesare, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, at the start of her 39-year career at the Frankfurt Opera?
... that the Gudjonsson suggestibility scale has been used in court cases to determine how suggestible a person will be during interrogation?
... that Indian legislator Ahmed bin Abdullah Balala urged the government to relax the helmet rules for motorcyclists due to the high temperatures of the summer months?
... that Warkworth's Chronicle, covering the years 1461 to 1474, reports on the double bleeding of Henry VI and a headless man who cries, "Bowes, bowes, bowes"?

26 June 2017

00:00, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Beer can chicken

... that proponents of beer can chicken (pictured) claim that the grilling method enhances the chicken's texture and flavor, while others are skeptical of its efficacy?
... that the Javanese philologist Poerbatjaraka obtained a doctorate cum laude at Leiden University, even though previously he had only attended primary school?
... that Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker, a summer festival of chamber music founded in 1946, was directed by violinists such as Carolin Widmann?
... that Liu Qingyun has been described as "the most prolific woman playwright of the nineteenth century"?
... that Rustin McIntosh received the Croix de guerre for his service in World War I, and the John Howland Award for his contributions to pediatrics?
... that according to Abu Hurairah, the Islamic prophet Muhammad often recited the Quranic chapter Al-Insan on Friday during the early morning prayer?
... that the new West London Air Terminal building was opened by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in 1963?
... that former Houston Astros pitcher Mike Grzanich bought his own uniform in an internet sale?

25 June 2017

00:10, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

Ye Olde Hob Inn

... that the Battle of Bamber Bridge began when white American military police arrested a black USAAF soldier in an English village pub (pictured), and ended with a mutiny that left one dead and seven injured?
... that the ground-dwelling redthroat bird can imitate the sound of a crested pigeon in flight?
... that since being introduced in the mid-1990s, the red turpentine beetle has destroyed six million trees in China?
... that the mandatory eight count was introduced to boxing in 1953 by the New York State Athletic Commission in order to protect fighters from unnecessary damage?
... that one question about Hughes Dynamics, an early 1960s subsidiary of Hughes Tool Company, is whether Howard Hughes ever approved its creation?
... that the photographer Fred Gildersleeve captured depictions of a lynching in progress?
... that the 2017–18 RFU Championship will feature a college team that climbed from the bottom tier of English rugby to the second tier within 13 years of its formation?
... that during the 1691 papal conclave, cardinals burned down their sleeping quarters in the Vatican while playing cards?

24 June 2017

01:22, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

Cortinarius orellanus

... that the toxic nature of the fools webcap (pictured) was discovered only after 102 people in Bydgoszcz were poisoned in 1952?
... that D. J. Wilson entered the 2017 NBA draft rather than staying in college and playing for the 2017–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team?
... that the first soundtrack album from How I Met Your Mother, titled How I Met Your Music, was originally released only through iTunes because the creators considered CDs to be "too 1992"?
... that Sir Henry Wade saved the leg of Norman Dott, who then became a surgeon too?
... that Barbadian-Canadian author Austin Clarke listened to Miles Davis while writing his Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning novel The Polished Hoe?
... that Giovanni Gribodo, an architect in the Italian Art Nouveau Liberty Style, also published 42 scientific papers describing 377 new taxa of Hymenoptera?
... that stew peas with rice was declared to be "the best dish made in Jamaica" by The Gleaner in 1992?
... that Helen Sandoz sometimes wrote editorials for the lesbian magazine The Ladder from the perspective of her cat?

23 June 2017

01:37, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

Cardinal Agagianian

... that Cardinal Agagianian (pictured), leader of a small Eastern church, was twice a serious papal candidate?
... that Washington State Route 522 has been named as one of the most dangerous highways in the United States?
... that a famous painting by Liu Guandao portrays Kublai Khan as an "aging and obese man"?
... that Casualty producers worked with the Association of Air Ambulances for over half a year on the special episode "Too Old for This Shift"?
... that Öget Öktem Tanör, Turkey's first neuropsychologist, was charged with "terrorism propaganda" in 2017 for signing a petition?
... that only male Chloropicus xantholophus have golden crowns?
... that a recording of Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle with Cornelia Kallisch as Judith was nominated for a Grammy Award?
... that Soviet economist Dimitri Navachine, assassinated in Paris in 1937, may have been killed for possessing documents showing that certain Soviet political prisoners were innocent?
... that in the Southern Hemisphere, all willow sawflies are female, while in the Northern Hemisphere both males and females occur?
... that in 1980, the American Meat Institute tried to ban turkey ham products from being labeled as such?

22 June 2017

01:52, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

Arm & Hammer logo

... that Austin Church and John Dwight were the first to commercially manufacture baking soda in the United States, and the former was first to use the Arm & Hammer trademark logo (pictured) for selling it?
... that the Supreme Court of Canada held that it was unreasonable for there to be a 44-month delay between the filing of charges and the trial?
... that in 2003, Susan Baker became the first woman to hold a King Carl XVI Gustaf Professorship in Environmental Science?
... that some of the text on the back of the Fighters Uncaged box resulted in a lawsuit from Zuffa?
... that Peter Bonsall-Boone and his partner personally appealed to the Australian prime minister to legalise same-sex marriage?
... that the Brut Chronicle was one of the most-copied chronicles in medieval England?
... that the TEN Oil Field in Ghana was not so named because of the number of oil wells?
... that Roy Wiggins claimed to have ruined 80 million records?

21 June 2017

00:00, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

Cephalotes alveolatus

... that the ant Cephalotes alveolatus (pictured) is distinguished by its clubbed hairs?
... that Soviet economist Dimitri Navachine, assassinated in Paris in 1937, may have been killed for possessing documents showing that certain Soviet political prisoners were innocent?
... that in his Viola Sonata entitled Sonata ebraica ("Hebrew Sonata"), Graham Waterhouse quotes the Yiddish song "Oyfn Pripetshik"?
... that Frieda Fraser and Edith Williams corresponded for 24 years before they were able to acquire a home to live together in 1941?
... that the National Film Awards in various categories have been presented to the films Doghi (Other Social Issues), Vastupurush (Best Feature Film in Marathi), Devrai (Environment Conservation/Preservation), Samhita (Best Music Direction), Astu (Best Dialogue) and Kaasav (Best Feature Film), all by filmmaker duo Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar?
... that the first tests of the British hydrogen bomb programme were hailed as a triumph but in fact were failures?
... that Oscar Lerman produced The Stud, The Bitch, and two children with Jackie Collins?

20 June 2017

05:16, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

Petit Trianon, Versailles

... that May Bonfils Stanton built an exact replica of Marie Antoinette's Petit Trianon château (pictured) on her estate in Lakewood, Colorado?
... that Flood of Fire, the final volume of the Ibis trilogy by Amitav Ghosh, won the Crossword Book Jury Award in Fiction in 2015?
... that Sir Barry Shaw was the first Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland?
... that the pelage of Ruschi's rat is a mixture of ordinary hairs and flattened, black-tipped spines?
... that William Lloyd Webber's Missa Princeps Pacis was performed at St Martin-in-the-Fields to celebrate his centenary?
... that a cable car flywheel found during construction of Pioneer Square station in Seattle now sits on display at the station's mezzanine?
... that Xavier Bettel became the first European Union leader to marry someone of the same sex when he married Gauthier Destenay in 2015?
... that "Empty Orchestra", an episode of Inside No. 9, features a karaoke version of Yazoo's "Only You" sung by Janet, who is played by the Deaf actor Emily Howlett?

19 June 2017

05:31, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

Seoullo 7017 Skypark

... that Seoul has a new elevated park, Seoullo 7017 Skypark (pictured), converted from a disused overpass?
... that Canadian author David Bergen won the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award for A Year of Lesser (1996), The Time in Between (2005), and The Retreat (2009)?
... that Andre Anderson was the first New Mexico State Aggies player to be selected for the East–West Shrine Game?
... that Die Weihe der Nacht, composed by Max Reger for a female soloist, men's choir, and orchestra and set to a poem by Friedrich Hebbel, evokes daybreak?
... that Cephalotes caribicus worker ants had semitransparent expansions on their bodies, possibly for protection?
... that Jennie Anderson Froiseth, an anti-polygamy crusader during the 1800s, published a book about the experiences of women in polygamous marriages?
... that one of the reasons for the partitioning of Poland was the thousands of Russian peasants escaping from serfdom to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth?
... that Sarah Lancashire was nominated for four British Academy Television Awards between 2013 and 2017, and won two of them?

18 June 2017

00:00, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

The town house
where "Lofsöngur"
was composed

... that "Lofsöngur", the national anthem of Iceland, was composed in an Edinburgh town house (pictured)?
... that to portray events of The Blair Witch Project as real, its actors were listed on the IMDb website as "missing, presumed dead"?
... that pathologist Walter Lazarus-Barlow pricked his thumb during a postmortem examination and lost an arm as a result?
... that Violet Lake, a high-elevation lake on the slope of the West Maui Mountains, was believed to be the home of the Hawaiian lizard goddess Kihawahine?
... that the Estadio Tecnológico de Oaxaca was designed to mimic the ball court at Monte Albán?
... that the blackchin shiner was thought to have vanished from Ohio before 1940, until it was rediscovered there in the 1980s?
... that Mozart composed his motet Ave verum corpus for the church choir of St. Stephan in Baden on 17 June 1791?
... that Roy Ananny was a Canadian football player, a fireman, a police officer, a curling player, and a realtor?

17 June 2017

00:00, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Abigail Franks

... that letters written by Abigail Franks (pictured) to her son in England are peppered with family gossip, local politics, and observations on the state of Judaism in 18th-century colonial New York?
... that arson in royal dockyards‎ was one of the last four crimes in the United Kingdom to carry the death penalty?
... that in 2016 Pascal Rophé conducted works by Henri Dutilleux to celebrate the composer's centenary, including Tout un monde lointain... and Le temps l'horloge?
... that in the Southern Hemisphere, all willow sawflies are female, while in the Northern Hemisphere both males and females occur?
... that Deepak Kumar was one of the first Indian condensed matter physicists to predict the experimental consequences of spin clusters near the percolation threshold?
... that the Beach Boys' experimental album Smiley Smile (1967) was used by some rehab centers to help ease patients off drugs?
... that walnut soup is a part of the cuisines of China, Italy, and Mexico?
... that Jimmy Florian won the Ford Motor Company's first NASCAR Grand National Series race while driving a car that was formerly owned by the Detroit chief of police?

16 June 2017

00:10, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

Oscar Wilde Memorial Sculpture

... that the Oscar Wilde Memorial Sculpture (pictured) is nicknamed "The Queer with the Leer" and "The Fag on the Crag"?
... that William R. Rowley was one of nine American Civil War generals who came from Galena, Illinois?
... that in 1621, it was suggested that the election of future popes should take place in the presence of the previous pope's corpse?
... that Kingsley, Iowa, was once named Quorn after the Quorn Hunt in England?
... that Wolf W. Zuelzer, who demonstrated that children could be cured of leukemia, died from the disease in old age?
... that the video game Resident Evil 7: Biohazard resolved to focus on survival horror as opposed to its predecessors' action-oriented gameplay?
... that Seattle's University Street station was designed in a "high-tech" style to match nearby high-rise office buildings?
... that rugby union player Fionn McLoughlin represented both Ireland and Wales in youth internationals?

15 June 2017

00:25, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

Double rod pendulum animation showing chaotic behavior

... that Muthusamy Lakshmanan, K. Murali, and Leon O. Chua developed a non-autonomous circuit based on chaotic behavior (pictured)?
... that Newcastle Interchange railway station was completely redesigned in response to criticism of the original proposal?
... that a Munchausen by proxy expert says the murder of Dee Dee Blancharde, discovered two years ago today, is the first instance he knows of where the abused child killed the abusive parent?
... that during the Spanish conquest of El Salvador, the Spanish town of San Salvador was destroyed by natives within a year of being founded by Gonzalo de Alvarado?
... that Andreas Schager was called a "sensation" when he first performed Wagner's Tristan in Minden, and went on to Siegfried at the Staatsoper Berlin, La Scala, and The Proms?
... that tonkotsu ramen is renowned for the significant time it can take to prepare a proper version of the dish?
... that Joseph and Emma Nāwahī co-founded the Hawaiian-language newspaper Ke Aloha Aina to oppose the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to the United States?
... that contrary to the urban myth, dialing 999 does not charge mobile phone batteries?

14 June 2017

00:40, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Raising of Lazarus, detail

... that Michelangelo had Sebastiano del Piombo paint his Raising of Lazarus (detail pictured) to outdo his rival Raphael, but Raphael's painting was judged superior?
... that the apple sawfly is invasive in North America, and a parasitic wasp has been introduced in an attempt to control it?
... that a good word from his son-in-law's employer gained Edward L. Hedden the position of Collector of the Port of New York?
... that the leader of the Chechen-led Jihadist group Ajnad al-Kavkaz believes there will eventually be a world war against Russia?
... that U.S. citizens are prohibited from conducting business transactions with Elvis González Valencia?
... that the final mission from the 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron was flown into Typhoon Cary?
... that professional wrestler Jerry London worked in the main event of both the first and second EMLL 33rd anniversary show, three weeks apart?
... that shags may be spotted in New Zealand?

13 June 2017

00:00, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

Tom kha kai

... that several varieties of coconut soup exist, such as binignit, laksa, and tom kha kai (pictured)?
... that Indian quantum physicist Shasanka Mohan Roy developed an exact integral equation, now known as "Roy's equations"?
... that the Jefferson Elementary School District started with a one-room building constructed in 1856?
... that Shinnyo was the first fully ordained bhikkhuni for several hundred years?
... that 154 flights of stairs in New York City will cost $150 million to $200 million?
... that in 1907, George H. Brimhall permitted Brigham Young University students to paint the letters "B", "Y", and "U" on the mountain nearest to campus, but the work was only partially completed and it became Y Mountain?
... that the video game Nights: Journey of Dreams inspired an unofficial two-CD tribute album?
... that when the Vikings occupied Seville in 844, they tried unsuccessfully to burn the city's great mosque?
... that the red-billed quelea is the most numerous undomesticated bird species on earth, with an estimated population peaking at 1.5 billion?
... that bae is a term of endearment popular on social media and in contemporary song lyrics?

12 June 2017

00:00, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Flock of red-billed queleas

... that the red-billed quelea (flock pictured) is the most numerous undomesticated bird species on earth, with an estimated population sometimes peaking at 1.5 billion?
... that Jon Anabo was half of the "best 1-2 quarterback punch on the West Coast"?
... that the death toll in a 2016 mass methanol poisoning in Irkutsk, Russia, led the Associated Press to call it "unprecedented in its scale"?
... that Helmut Franz conducted the NDR Chor in Ligeti's Lux aeterna, which was later used as music for 2001: A Space Odyssey?
... that Typhoon Kelly caused 452 landslides in Japan?
... that a play by Babette Hughes was performed in 1938 by six blind actresses?
... that the journalist behind the Narada sting operation was inspired by Israeli Mossad officer Mike Harari?
... that real-life advertising "Mad Man" "Smokey" Salmon fired the Ford Motor Company?

11 June 2017

00:00, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

7th-century Japanese textile

... that the original 7th-century elements (detail pictured) of the Japanese Tenjukoku Shūchō Mandala remain better preserved than the replica created approximately 600 years later?
... that Marguerite Alibert killed her husband after watching The Merry Widow with him?
... that after releasing DanTDM: Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal, author Dan Middleton was the first writer in 2016 to sell out tickets to his event at the Cheltenham Literature Festival?
... that white nationalist Mike Enoch helped Richard Spencer successfully sue Auburn University after it attempted to cancel their speaking engagement?
... that the Sea Bright-Monmouth Beach Seawall runs along a stretch of Atlantic Coast that is one of the most heavily engineered sections of ocean shorefront in the world?
... that DJ Minami Momochi wears an anime character face mask while performing?
... that the Estadio Gaspar Mass is named for one of the pioneers of American football in the Mexican state of Nuevo León?
... that White was the first black school principal of Philadelphia?

10 June 2017

00:00, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

Josie Sadler

... that "Dutch" comic Josie Sadler (pictured) recorded her biggest Broadway hit for Victor, but it was never released?
... that there is indirect, but unconfirmed, evidence of certain diseases being spread by toilet plume?
... that professional baseball player Devin Smeltzer was diagnosed with cancer when he was nine years old?
... that the title track of Barbra Streisand's Lazy Afternoon was suggested to her over dinner by Francis Ford Coppola?
... that during the Martial Law, Imelda Marcos prevented local screenings of the film Insiang as it did not depict a "beautiful view" of the Philippines?
... that the Carmen Sandiego edutainment franchise, which began with video games World (1985) and U.S.A. (1986), will see its fourth television series air on Netflix in 2019?
... that Biswa Ranjan Nag has contributed to the development of a Monte Carlo method for the computation of the coefficient of velocity?
... that the pilots for Apollo Gauntlet and Hot Streets were released online by Adult Swim, who gave viewers the opportunity to rate each using five buttons marked with reactions?

9 June 2017

00:00, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Kollegienkirche in 1712

... that the Kollegienkirche (pictured in 1712), the church of the University of Salzburg built by Fischer von Erlach, was the venue for a Hofmannsthal premiere and a Sciarrone opera?
... that the Lynnwood Convention Center was rejected by voters on three occasions in the 1980s and 1990s, before it was finally built in 2005?
... that Claude Henderson was the first cricketer to sign a Kolpak contract?
... that George Morison Robertson, a Scottish expatriate in Hawaii, married a shipwrecked Englishwoman from Australia?
... that Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1938 play Abe Lincoln in Illinois was written as a riposte to isolationists in the United States?
... that all 300 special edition copies of SimetriSiti, an album by Malaysian singer Siti Nurhaliza, sold out in 20 minutes?
... that Alaska P. Davidson was the first female FBI special agent?
... that the Minar in the centre of the Sassanid circular city of Gōr may have been an observation tower, a water tower, part of a temple, a symbol of the new government, or a combination of these?

8 June 2017

00:00, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

Kiełbasa szynkowa, a Polish ham sausage

... that ham sausage (example pictured) is a part of Polish, German, British, and American cuisine?
... that Edward Dalton created New York City's first ambulance service?
... that the short satirical opera Das geheime Königreich (The Secret Kingdom) by Ernst Krenek premiered in Wiesbaden in May 1928?
... that Venezuelan footballer Sergio Córdova scored on his professional debut for Caracas FC?
... that unmated female Diprion similis produce only male offspring while mated females produce young of both sexes?
... that Albert P. Halfhill is considered the father of the tuna packing industry and was the first to use the slogan "chicken of the sea" as a sales gimmick?
... that in 1984, Tropical Storm Warren destroyed 740 homes across the Philippines?
... that activist Ed Forchion tried to legally change his name to NJWeedman.com, but was denied by courts in New Jersey and California?

7 June 2017

00:00, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Jean Trogneux shop

... that Jean Trogneux (shop pictured) is a chain of macaron shops named after the father of Brigitte Macron, wife of the President of France?
... that comments made by National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) president Dennis Coralluzzo led to Extreme Championship Wrestling breaking away from the NWA?
... that Erwünschtes Freudenlicht, BWV 184, Bach's cantata for the third day of Pentecost, contains dances, because it is based on a secular model?
... that the first civil Commissioner of Weihaiwei oversaw the transformation of the territory from a planned British naval base to a holiday resort?
... that a campaign to conserve the Narmada River centering around a 2,930-kilometre (1,820 mi) yatra has reached more than 30 million people?
... that the billed personality of EastEnders character Babe Smith was swapped with that of Stan Carter?
... that Andrew Jackson's objection to a renewed embargo between the United States and West Indies in the wake of the 1827 North Carolina hurricane helped him win the presidency a year later?
... that Lady Hambro was nicknamed "the bulldozer" when she worked at Queen magazine in 1960s Swinging London?

6 June 2017

00:00, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

The Avenue at Middelharnis (1689)

... that The Avenue at Middelharnis (pictured) by Meindert Hobbema is his most famous painting, but it does not typify his work?
... that Henry Ludington helped General George Washington create a spy ring to gather information on British troops during the American Revolutionary War?
... that The Old Axolotl, an experimental electronic novel by Jacek Dukaj presenting a post-apocalyptic, cyberpunk vision of Earth, incorporates hypertext and 3D-printable models of its characters?
... that Phil Lyne entered more than 100 rodeos in 1971 and 1972, winning the All-Around Cowboy championship in both years?
... that Typhoon Dinah was considered the worst tropical cyclone to affect Okinawa in 20 years?
... that Pirgel is the highest mud volcano in Iran?
... that when the Vikings occupied Seville in 844, they tried unsuccessfully to burn the city's great mosque?
... that the Bone Bill aimed to increase the number of cadavers available for dissection?

5 June 2017

00:00, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

J. R. Watkins with horse and buggy sales wagon

... that J. R. Watkins (pictured with sales wagon) offered America's first money back guarantee for his products?
... that "Der Geist des Herrn erfüllt das All", a hymn for Pentecost, was written by Maria Luise Thurmair in 1941, the year of her marriage to the hymn writer Georg Thurmair?
... that in the rubber tree genus Hevea, H. benthamiana, H. microphylla, and H. brasiliensis are deciduous, while H. guianensis, H. nitida, H. rigidifolia, and H. spruceana are evergreen?
... that Paul M. Nakasone commanded the Second United States Army until it was inactivated for the fourth time in its history in 2017?
... that Green Day's 2016 song "Bang Bang" was inspired by the events of mass shootings in the United States and is written from the viewpoint of a mass shooter?
... that H. J. de Graaf was called the "father of the study of Javanese history" by historian M. C. Ricklefs?
... that Russia has denied claims that it has attacked hospitals in Syria?
... that Taufa Vakatale was the first indigenous Fijian woman to serve as a secondary school principal, to be elected as a cabinet minister, and to be president of her political party?
... that fans of the Atlanta Braves were asked to stop doing the tomahawk chop with foam tomahawks, as it was viewed as a mockery of Native Americans?

4 June 2017

00:00, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

Estadio Tecnológico

... that Estadio Tecnológico (pictured) hosted all three group stage matches of the England national football team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup?
... that Taufa Vakatale was the first indigenous Fijian woman to serve as a secondary school principal, to be elected as a cabinet minister, and to be president of her political party?
... that the Hochschule für Musik Mainz collaborated with the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden to stage a production of Scarlatti's La Giuditta earlier this year?
... that when President George H. W. Bush violated his "Read my lips: no new taxes" pledge, opposition by House Minority Whip Newt Gingrich led to the U.S. federal government shutdown of 1990?
... that tabletop game Beasts of Balance won the Technology Award at the 2015 Indiecade festival?
... that the Marriage (Wales) Act 2010 was passed by Parliament to bring the marriage law of the disestablished Church in Wales into line with the established Church of England?
... that Vijay Kumar Kapahi elucidated the relativistic beaming in nuclear jets of quasars?
... that for decades, Long Island commuters knocked knees on the Long Island Rail Road's PRR MP70 cars?

3 June 2017

00:00, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

A ramen shop in Tokyo

... that in Japan, television shows devoted to ramen shops (example pictured) are popular?
... that Ranganathan Shashidhar developed a family of 256-greyscale electroclinic liquid crystals with a response time of less than 100 microseconds?
... that The Dethe of the Kynge of Scotis is the only 15th-century chronicle that says that James I of Scotland was killed in the privy?
... that drag boat racing driver Tyler Speer's boat uses parts from his ARCA Racing Series stock car?
... that the Joint Typhoon Warning Center accurately predicted that Typhoon Vera would strike Okinawa 66 hours in advance?
... that the early Buddhist wall paintings at the Tiantishan Caves were detached due to construction of a reservoir?
... that Junius Kaʻae was implicated in an opium bribery scandal involving the Hawaiian king Kalākaua and a Chinese rice planter?
... that LSD and psychotherapy were used to treat alcoholics during the Spring Grove Experiment?

2 June 2017

00:15, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

Alma L. Hayden

... that Krebiozen, an expensive cancer treatment scam, was unmasked in 1963 by chemist Alma Levant Hayden (pictured)?
... that Missa aulica is a Missa brevis in C with trumpets and violins by František Xaver Brixi, who was director of the choir at St. Vitus Cathedral from age 27?
... that the role of Lofty Chiltern in Casualty was specifically written for actor Lee Mead?
... that according to the 2009 book Pinoy Capital, a significant number of Filipino Americans in Daly City, California, preferred to be identified as Filipinos?
... that Ivy Josiah led opposition to domestic violence against women and children in Malaysia?
... that America's current laws on cadaver acquisitions followed 19th-century riots over medical grave-robbing?
... that it was initially claimed by newspapers that "King Kong" Kirk died after being splashed by Big Daddy Shirley Crabtree in a wrestling match?
... that after a long official debate, Puddletown stopped being Piddletown?

1 June 2017

00:30, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Aruncus sawfly larva

... that all aruncus sawflies (larva pictured) are female?
... that actress Charlotte Salt likened her Casualty character Sam Nicholls to Lara Croft?
... that freight derailments occurred at both of Wachusett's predecessor stations?
... that mezzo-soprano Eva Randová was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for her performance as the Kostelnička Buryjovka in Janáček's Jenůfa at the Royal Opera House?
... that the cyberpunk science-fiction genre was named after the 1983 short story "Cyberpunk" by Bruce Bethke?
... that anchovy paste has been used for centuries to provide flavor for foods and as a source of nutrition?
... that Mary Florence Potts patented various styles of cold-handle clothes irons that were the most popular irons ever used?
... that in the 1949 film Kind Hearts and Coronets, the actor Alec Guinness plays nine members of the same family?