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31 August 2024

00:00, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

A Perugia's limia male approaching a female

... that dominant males of Perugia's limia (species pictured) may be so preoccupied with fighting each other that the females end up mating with the subordinate males?
... that Sophie Kropotkin and her husband returned to France despite the risk of being arrested, as they thought that detention in a French prison would be preferable to living in England?
... that following the filming of the music video for "Guess", Charli XCX and Billie Eilish donated 10,000 pairs of underwear to charity?
... that Winzar Kakiouea was the sole athlete from his nation at the 2024 Olympics?
... that resources to fight the 1988 White Mountain Fire were slow to arrive because of fires at Yellowstone?
... that journalist Jules Loh reported that Malcolm X told him that "his own people would kill him" before his assassination?
... that Bangué, the smallest island of the Bazaruto Archipelago, was formed by ocean waves shaped by the surrounding archipelago?
... that The Game led to a boom in all-channel TV sales so viewers could see the game on Ohio State University's TV station?
... that Aphex Twin never intended to release Drukqs and only did so because he accidentally left an MP3 player on a plane?

30 August 2024

00:00, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Blinking Sam

... that Samuel Johnson did not want to be depicted as "Blinking Sam" (pictured)?
... that Olympic breakdancer Sun Chen is nicknamed "Quake" as he was born on the day of a deadly earthquake?
... that The Eternaut 1969 is a reboot of the original comic, with an anti-imperialist tone?
... that storm chaser Reed Timmer feared thunder and lightning at a young age?
... that the Durrës Expedition in 1376 saw Louis of Évreux successfully recapture Durrës from Karl Thopia, only for Thopia to reclaim the city in 1383?
... that Robert Turner remained in post for around 30 years after being described as "the oldest soldier in the Royal Artillery"?
... that you can search Wikipedia or a database of more than 37 billion compounds by substructure?
... that Luxembourgian myrmecologist Robert Stumper also played as a goalkeeper for his nation's football team?
... that mamas sang on "Mama"?

29 August 2024

00:00, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Interior of Liebfrauenkirche

... that Liebfrauenkirche (pictured), a Catholic church in Zurich, was designed with Italian influences to distinguish it from churches of other denominations?
... that a Stegosaurus fossil sold for $44.6 million?
... that according to Charles Melville, the poet Hatefi implied that Timur was another Alexander the Great by making Timur the subject of the fourth poem of a quintet?
... that photographs of Donald Trump taken during the failed attempt to assassinate him have been acclaimed as "immediately legendary"?
... that Jerzy Artysz was given a gala concert on his 70th birthday by the Chopin University of Music?
... that Ernest Hemingway broke a cane over John O'Hara's head in Costello's, an Irish bar in New York City?
... that after her 2019 death in rural China, Huang Wenxiu was elevated into a national model by the Chinese Communist Party?
... that traditional folk dances are an essential part of Pontic Greek culture?
... that police were called several times in 2014 about a fictitious post on r/nosleep?

28 August 2024

00:00, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Titiou Lecoq

... that Titiou Lecoq (pictured) only realized that "women did not rule the universe" after she left home?
... that Brandiose's design work for the Rocket City Trash Pandas helped the team sell $4 million in merchandise before it played its first game?
... that Tupou VI was crowned by D'Arcy Wood, an Australian, in order to respect the tradition of native Tongans not touching the king's head?
... that Aleister Crowley's 1941 manifesto controversially asserts a human right to commit tyrannicide?
... that Begüm Pusat, a 15-year-old Turkish wheelchair basketballer, was one of the youngest players at the 2019 Women's U25 World Championship?
... that by losing her constituency of South West Norfolk in 2024, Liz Truss became the first former UK prime minister since 1935 to lose their seat?
... that Carey Wright implemented literacy reforms that led to the "Mississippi Miracle"?
... that Upper Ivory Coast was created from the former French Upper Volta to facilitate the provision of forced plantation labour?
... that Quintus Quincy Quigley preferred "Angles" to a ring?

27 August 2024

00:00, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Drawing of an aphid by Charles De Geer

... that entomologist Charles De Geer made all the illustrations for his eight-volume work himself (example pictured)?
... that the anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's 1974 speech at the United Nations has been observed as Bangladeshi Immigration Day in New York since 2019?
... that thousands of crocodiles were once farmed on Bazaruto Island?
... that the flag of North Korea has been mistakenly used by international organisations to represent South Korea?
... that Marie Breen retired from the Australian Senate to care for her husband, who had been badly injured in a car accident?
... that Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez were picked for the 2024 MLS All-Star Game but could not play?
... that Spanish bishop Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat is expected to be a future head of state of Andorra?
... that after becoming a religious leader of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, Slaybebtikud united the tribes and established himself as their sole leader?
... that Wolfgang Rihm asked of the music of his 1987 opera Oedipus: "Sound is a weapon here – or a scalpel?"

26 August 2024

00:00, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Milk Drop Coronet (1957)

... that Doc Edgerton created a stroboscope that he used to take high-speed photographs of bullets being shot, insects flying, and drops of liquid (pictured)?
... that Michael Jerrell was the only player from the NCAA Division II level to be selected in the 2024 NFL draft?
... that Crystal Castles canceled their studio recording plans for "Not in Love" because of Robert Smith's demo vocals?
... that architect John Henry Hirst designed at least nine Grade II listed buildings, including Cambridge Crescent, Harrogate, which hosts the newsroom of the Stray Ferret?
... that Nosy Komba is a destination for both ecotourism and illegal logging?
... that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founder and first president of Bangladesh, experienced his birthday in jail eight times?
... that Hadriana in All My Dreams, published in 1988, was the first novel by a Haitian author to win a major French literary award?
... that Hendrik Wortman oversaw the early development of the Zuiderzee Works, which dammed off the Zuiderzee to create arable land in the Netherlands?
... that though Donatello was a Bardi, he was not a Bardi?

25 August 2024

00:00, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Milkie Way

... that a performance by Milkie Way (pictured) at the 2021 Heavy Music Awards got its Twitch stream banned for three days?
... that women seeking abortions in Eswatini or in Lesotho may travel to neighbouring South Africa, where it is legal?
... that New Zealand mayor Georgina Beyer was the world's first openly transgender mayor?
... that during World War II an armed resistance group was based at the Norwegian Soy Flour Plant in Larvik?
... that Moain Sadeq led excavations at Tell es-Sakan in the Gaza Strip, the oldest-known ancient Egyptian fortification to be excavated?
... that Richard Swanson died while trying to dribble a soccer ball from Seattle to São Paulo?
... that Winston Churchill was often portrayed as a bulldog, but his personal pet dog during the Second World War was a poodle?
... that when Didier Berthod failed to make the first free ascent of Cobra Crack in 2005, he quit climbing and became a Franciscan monk?
... that voice actress Aoi Koga has an interest in manhole covers?

24 August 2024

00:00, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Flag of Togo

... that the five stripes of the flag of Togo (pictured) represent the country's five regions?
... that a commentator said the McLaren MCL60 underwent "one of the most impressive in-season development steps ever seen" in Formula One?
... that Kanaria's song "King" has been characterized as an allegory for the house arrest, trial, and execution of Louis XVI?
... that a schoolteacher tried to make left-footed footballer Norman Hunter play right-footed?
... that the Santos Passos Church in Guimarães, Portugal, was declared a royal chapel by King Luís I in 1878?
... that the United States' largest planned solar project, Mammoth Solar, is named after mastodon fossils rather than its size?
... that a lyric in the song "Hands on Me" is about Meghan Trainor being unable to have sex due to pelvic floor damage?
... that William Hewett was the last-surviving British Army officer to have fought at the Battle of Waterloo?
... that a 1938 Catholic procession featured 80,000 marchers and one blimp?

23 August 2024

00:00, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

134B Nethergate, Dundee

... that in 1989, Rockstar North opened its first offices above a former fish and chip shop (pictured) in Dundee?
... that the discovery of Laquintasaura challenged the idea that early dinosaurs could not survive in equatorial regions?
... that the Yerevan Children's Art Museum deliberately kept no records from the 1970s to the 1990s?
... that Sam Carling is the first UK member of Parliament to be born in the 21st century?
... that an Idaho TV station lost its network affiliation after less than two years on the air but did not permanently close for another decade?
... that some LGBT people wear shorter nails on their middle and index fingers to allow for easier manual sex and to express a queer identity?
... that Eilish Cleary was controversially dismissed as New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health while studying glyphosate, a herbicide widely used in the province's industries?
... that in 1683 ice floes on the River Trent in England badly damaged the bridges at Nottingham and Newark?
... that a superseded combination is not a synonym for a synonym?

22 August 2024

00:00, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

F-22 Raptor

... that the Advanced Tactical Fighter program resulted in the F-22 Raptor (pictured)?
... that in revenge for the torture of Polish prisoners, the terminally-ill Jan Kryst walked into the Café Adria and shot members of the Gestapo?
... that Panamanian earth scientist Erika Podest uses remote sensing to see how climate change has affected global soil moisture?
... that the Linda Lindas have recorded a cover of the song they were named after?
... that a South Korean church suspended a pastor, Lee Dong-hwan, after he performed a blessing at a queer festival and eventually excommunicated him?
... that more than 90 world leaders have made a pledge to achieve nature-positive goals?
... that Anna DeShawn started E3 Radio to help educate others about Black women that she did not learn about in grade school?
... that a Vancouver TV station was intended to stop the "$1,500 cup of coffee"?

21 August 2024

00:00, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

John S. McCain Sr. (left) and John S. McCain Jr.

... that John S. McCain Sr. and John S. McCain Jr. (both pictured) were the first father-and-son pair to achieve the U.S. rank of four-star admiral?
... that the thrash metal band Hermética arranged to receive the gold certification for Víctimas del Vaciamiento on-stage during a concert?
... that a scholar argued that the 2021 German novel About People, which is set during the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, encourages "sympathy with rightwing extremists"?
... that those found guilty of cocoa smuggling in Ghana face a maximum sentence of ten years in prison?
... that actor Scott Jarvis was angered when White House officials under Richard Nixon requested that portions of his role in the musical 1776 be cut due to its anti-war theme?
... that the 1885 wreck of the cargo ship Dmitry was the inspiration for the arrival of Count Dracula in England in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel?
... that Alexander Langmuir created the Epidemic Intelligence Service to send epidemiologists across the world?
... that the first Miss Indigenous Canada contestants were judged on ambassadorship, character, community service, and cultural involvement?
... that the character Dogpool was portrayed by "Britain's ugliest dog"?

20 August 2024

00:00, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Tomb of Joseph Crocé-Spinelli and Théodore Sivel

... that the two victims of the Zénith balloon incident are depicted holding hands on their tomb (pictured)?
... that Lionel Haward applied an early example of offender profiling to help identify high-ranking Nazis disguised as ordinary troops?
... that the adventure game Until Then has an in-universe version of Facebook where the player can like and comment on other characters' posts?
... that Lisa M. Corrigan used the prison memoirs of black activists to show how incarceration impacted the black power movement?
... that a shipwreck in the eastern Mediterranean, dating from the Late Bronze Age, is the earliest deep-sea shipwreck to be discovered?
... that Johann Joseph Dömling suggested in 1803 that venous blood contained carbon monoxide?
... that Togo's abortion law was one of the first in Africa to allow abortion in the case of rape?
... that Dissolution Grip by KMRU uses recordings of the artist's shack being struck by strong winds?
... that, according to a local myth, a headless priest cursed León Viejo with earthquakes?

19 August 2024

00:00, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Ravenswood standing stone

... that the 4,000-year-old Ravenswood standing stone (pictured) now lies in a cul-de-sac in a 1970s Scottish housing estate?
... that Dov Noy founded the Israel Folktale Archives, which have collected around 25,000 Jewish folk tales?
... that Choco Togo produces heat-resistant chocolate bars that can withstand temperatures of up to 35 °C (95 °F)?
... that one newspaper expected mayor Sun Zhiyang to help turn Guangzhou into a "smart car city"?
... that Jennifer Brea directed an Academy Award–shortlisted documentary while bedbound from ME/CFS?
... that the DI MA-1 Mk. III rifle was made in Myanmar as a reverse-engineered copy of the Chinese QBZ-97?
... that sport in Vatican City has included cricket, calcio fiorentino, and taekwondo?
... that a scrapped song from SZA's second album was supposed to be on her next one, but when the song was leaked she had to scrap it again?
... that Abraham Lincoln felt obliged to propose to Mary Owens – a woman he did not want to marry – but was rejected several times?

18 August 2024

00:00, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Hayari Miyake

... that Japanese surgeon Hayari Miyake (pictured) cured Albert Einstein of a tropical fever?
... that after 1943, the Symphony for Strings by Georgy Sviridov was not played again until 2000?
... that non-white Samoan people were permitted to join the local branch of the Nazi Party in the 1930s?
... that a Philadelphia TV station shut down because of a family feud?
... that Ecco2K created a fashion brand when he was 16 years old by talking online to Chinese factory managers who did not know his age?
... that an 1814 British raid on a fort in Virginia was guided by an escaped slave of the American garrison commander?
... that the Mercer Art Gallery rediscovered little-known artist Eva Leigh and exhibited her work?
... that classical composer Carl Ludvig Lithander also worked as a teacher at a military academy?
... that South Korea has a day to celebrate North Koreans?

17 August 2024

00:00, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Pavonia praemorsa flower

... that the flowers of Pavonia praemorsa (pictured) bloom and die within the same day?
... that soprano Joan Ruth rejected a marriage proposal because her suitor wanted her to abandon ambitions of a singing career?
... that the mascots of the 2026 Winter Olympics and 2026 Winter Paralympics were designed by schoolchildren?
... that Bengisu Avcı had to abandon her 45-kilometre (28-mile) swim across the Kaiwi Channel after being stung by jellyfish twelve hours in?
... that some of the first likely Libotonius fossils collected are lost at the Smithsonian?
... that Argentine naval officer Barry Melbourne Hussey was known as El Ingles ('The Englishman') by his comrades?
... that the 2024 song "Tobey" features "3 generations of Detroit"?
... that Leonhard Kaiser, a student of Martin Luther, was burned at the stake on 16 August 1527 after being declared guilty of heresy?
... that the area of Cultybraggan Camp has been a royal hunting ground, a prison for fervent Nazis and the site of an underground bunker intended for use in a nuclear war?

16 August 2024

00:00, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Amy Sawyer

... that Amy Sawyer (pictured) was the only woman to contribute to the more than a thousand illustrations created for H. Rider Haggard's works during his lifetime?
... that President Ieremia Tabai of Kiribati was elected in 1978, 1982, 1983 and 1987, although his eligibility for the fourth term was subject to a legal challenge?
... that Chinese archaeologist Zou Heng was forced to work as a poultry farmer during the Cultural Revolution?
... that the American Pigeon Museum & Library keeps a flock of hundreds of pigeons for public viewing?
... that Major General Jarrett Robertson earned the nickname "Desert Fox" by having similar skills in battle to German field marshal Erwin Rommel, who held the same nickname?
... that despite being New Zealand's biggest earthquake in 78 years, the 2009 Dusky Sound earthquake caused only minor damage?
... that college football player Reggie Brown tore three knee ligaments but still made it to the NFL?
... that the Linda Lindas wrote No Obligation, their second album, during breaks from school and touring?
... that the Historia Divae Monacellae, a medieval hagiography, tells of wild hares performing miracles?

15 August 2024

00:00, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Ocean Parkway

... that horse and sleigh racing once took place on Ocean Parkway (pictured)?
... that islands are home to an estimated 41 percent of land vertebrates at risk of extinction?
... that Ken Goldin has sold more than US$1.3 billion in collectibles?
... that one of the items on display at the Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts was George Washington's shaving brush?
... that before Fred Thomas became an MP, he was the Royal Marines' light heavyweight boxing champion?
... that Fumika Baba had to learn how to draw for her role in the live-action drama adaptation of Hey Sensei, Don't You Know?
... that before becoming a commissioner of Indian affairs, William P. Dole was only known to have encountered Native Americans once in his life?
... that the pulse stops during the soliloquy of In C Mali?
... that Bolivian intelligence officer Roberto Quintanilla was responsible for cutting off Che Guevara's hands?

14 August 2024

00:00, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Possible T. rex coprolite

... that the Poozeum holds fossilized dinosaur feces (pictured) which may have come from a T. rex?
... that Suleiman of Germiyan allowed the Ottoman annexation of much of his territory to pay his daughter's dowry?
... that a £142 wine fridge was smuggled into Downing Street on 11 December 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom?
... that voice teacher Verna Osborne retired at the age of 101?
... that researchers estimated that training the model for ChatGPT used the equivalent energy footprint of "driving 123 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles for a year"?
... that Felix Eberty was called "an original and ingenious person" by Albert Einstein?
... that the H. Wortman Pumping Station has four pumps, but is only used in exceptional circumstances?
... that frontier physician Isaac Coe is credited with saving Indianapolis from an 1821 outbreak of malaria?
... that an art collective released a dating simulator dedicated to preparing the player's income taxes?

13 August 2024

00:00, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Fănuș Neagu

... that writer Fănuș Neagu (pictured) claimed to have spent the Romanian floods of May 1970 stranded with a feral wolf on the roof of a cannery?
... that Sierra Leone is the only country where a British law from 1861 still bans abortion?
... that Lewis Worthington Smith received royalties from his textbook The Mechanism of English Style for 20 years?
... that Tomas Fung founded the predecessor of the restaurant Ling Nam with only 3,000 Philippine pesos?
... that Lothar von Falkenhausen was appointed an honorary professor of Zhejiang University, an honor usually reserved for Nobel Prize winners?
... that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a United States regulatory agency, does not require workplaces to have employee break rooms?
... that a critic compared vocalist Riley Gale to a "rabid wolf"?
... that The Strip documents how the gangster Meyer Lansky would walk his Shih Tzu near the pool while visiting a casino?
... that a woman was sentenced to 10 months of forced labor when she "tickled" the breasts of The Motherland Calls?

12 August 2024

00:00, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Astronauts training in the Reduced Gravity Walking Simulator

... that Apollo astronauts walked on walls (pictured) before walking on the Moon?
... that Finn Butcher is the inaugural Olympic champion in men's kayak cross?
... that Barry Burton's lines such as "You were almost a Jill Sandwich!" from the first Resident Evil game were popular enough to be referenced in following games?
... that locally endangered Eurasian otters along the river Meghri have become a nuisance to local fish farmers?
... that the parents of Olympian Minna Stess built a concrete skatepark in their backyard for their children?
... that wealth generated by tourism in Barcelona is claimed to be a reason for increased social inequality, causing activists to protest against overtourism?
... that Olympic sport shooter Ada Korkhin practiced in her family's apartment, shooting from the kitchen through the living and dining rooms?
... that Alien Blue was the most popular Reddit app for iPhone and iPad at the time of its discontinuation?
... that New York Mets executive Jay Horwitz did not publicly reveal that he had a glass eye until he was in his 70s?

11 August 2024

00:00, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

Ol' Rip the Horned Toad in his casket

... that the National Casket Company made caskets for U.S. president William McKinley and Ol' Rip the Horned Toad (pictured)?
... that Olympic wrestler Gaku Akazawa also runs a popular massage parlor?
... that Richard Beale Davis first published Chivers' Life of Poe almost 100 years after it was written?
... that taekwondo practitioner Alasan Ann was injured by a gunshot four months before an Olympic qualification tournament, but recovered in time and won the competition?
... that some abortions in Malawi are performed by traditional healers?
... that the cuisine of Jerusalem reflects a blend of Jewish culinary traditions, including Sephardic, Kurdish, Ashkenazi, as well as Palestinian Arab traditions?
... that female wrestler Kennedy Blades once won a state championship against boys?
... that Dead Pony renamed themselves after a track expressing how they felt after being told that Santa Claus was fictional?
... that Classic Tetris World Champion Alex Thach celebrates victories by dumping Parmesan cheese on his head?

10 August 2024

00:00, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

Hannibal von Degenfeld

... that Hannibal von Degenfeld (pictured) played the leading role in establishing the Bavarian Army in 1682, before leading it to the Battle of Vienna a year later?
... that a reviewer did not expect a documentary on assisted suicide to be so funny?
... that while Sunny Choi and Logan Edra represent their country at the Olympics in breakdancing, Afghan breakdancer Manizha Talash competes as a member of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team?
... that the 2025 Philippine general election is set to be the first to be held under a new voting system provider after the previous one was disqualified over bribery allegations?
... that the Piano Quintet by Dmitri Shostakovich has been called "the most expensive piece of chamber music ever composed"?
... that workers building Mercy Gilbert Medical Center plowed over alfalfa fields and chased off sheep during construction?
... that the discovery of a coffin belonging to Ahhotep I, which had been reused to bury a high priest, ignited a debate among scholars over the true number of Egyptian queens named Ahhotep?
... that Washington's participation in the 2024 Sugar Bowl marked the first appearance of any Pac-12 Conference team in the Sugar Bowl?
... that British physician John H. Bryant gave the first description of a blue scrotum caused by a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm?

9 August 2024

00:00, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Uniform of Capital Bicycle Club

... that residents reported the first cycling club in Washington, D.C., (uniform pictured) to the police over concerns that bicycles posed a danger to pedestrians?
... that Olympic taekwondo practitioner Emmanuella Atora described her career as "I hit people for a living"?
... that an American citizen was sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to overthrow the government of Cambodia?
... that Sarah Gibson, who formed a piano duo with Thomas Kotcheff, composed warp & weft inspired by the art of Miriam Schapiro, to be played today by the BBC Philharmonic at The Proms?
... that eight cardboard white elephants were put up as a form of public protest to lobby for the opening of Buangkok MRT station in Singapore?
... that "Lucki" Allen's prediction of the Tet Offensive was ignored, but she was later inducted into the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame?
... that the idea for Clustertruck came from a developer wanting to escape traffic?
... that American Olympic rugby player Sarah Levy is the great-granddaughter of a Springbok?
... that David Tennant filmed a Doctor Who mini-episode on his birthday?

8 August 2024

00:00, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

T. acutiloba flowers

... that on top of being used as a culinary herb, Tulbaghia acutiloba (pictured) has traditionally been used in treating infectious diseases and hypertension?
... that Olympian Ruby Remati got into synchronized swimming because she liked the competitors' "sparkly suits" as a child?
... that São Tomé and Príncipe was popularly known as the Chocolate Islands in the early 1900s, when it was the world's top exporter of cocoa?
... that when not rock climbing, American Olympian Jesse Grupper develops exoskeletons?
... that a Japanese essayist and film historian has called Godzilla Minus One a "dangerous movie"?
... that refugee Hadi Tiranvalipour spent his first ten days in Italy living in a forest before joining the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics?
... that in its two years of existence, the Hunter River Railway Company initiated construction on what would eventually become the Great Northern Railway connecting Sydney to Queensland?
... that Patrick Gottsch, the founder of RFD-TV and The Cowboy Channel, led the effort to break the Guinness World Record for the largest parade of pickup trucks?

7 August 2024

00:00, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Céline Dept

... that Céline Dept (pictured) was the first Belgian YouTuber to reach 10 million subscribers?
... that Operation Matterhorn logistics involved the construction of airfields in China by thousands of laborers with hammers and wicker baskets?
... that after qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics at the age of 11, skateboarder Zheng Haohao became the youngest Chinese sportsperson to participate in the Olympics?
... that electrical engineering professor Mariesa Crow raises alpacas?
... that Larisa Latynina became the most-medalled Olympian after she won six medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics?
... that South African singer Tyla delayed her debut album's submission date in order to collaborate with Tems?
... that Jenya Kazbekova, a competition climber on Ukraine's 2024 Olympic team, is the daughter and granddaughter of competition climbing medalists?
... that when delivering his speech "The boys of Pointe du Hoc" on the 40th anniversary of the Normandy landings, Ronald Reagan addressed 62 veteran service members present on D-Day?
... that after the McVey Fire, the United States Forest Service accidentally planted thousands of acres of non-native trees?

6 August 2024

00:00, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Cannonball

... that the Cannonball (pictured), a commuter train on the Long Island Rail Road, was once operated exclusively with parlor cars?
... that Piper Kelly secured her position as a competitor in speed climbing at the 2024 Olympics by reaching the final race at the 2023 Pan American Games, before winning the race?
... that a Bangladeshi government agency collected ৳6.5 billion (equivalent to US$150 million in 2023) from corruption suspects, but a court ruled it was illegal?
... that after Jamal Valizadeh was tortured in Iran, hid for six months, and escaped, he qualified to compete in the Olympics as a member of the Refugee Olympic Team?
... that the electoral victory of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress in 2018 led to DR Congo's first peaceful transition of power since its independence from Belgium in 1960?
... that in May 1983 British public health physician Spence Galbraith suggested withdrawing blood products made from blood donated in the U.S. after 1978?
... that Jack White released his sixth studio album unannounced by including unmarked vinyl copies of it with purchases made at Third Man Records stores?
... that Aniya Holder secured a spot at the 2024 Summer Olympics by winning a speed climbing competition, for which she had started training without even knowing that it was an Olympics qualifier?
... that the only known solution to the Erdős–Moser equation is 1 + 2 = 3?

5 August 2024

00:00, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

Soviet Red Army Monument, Harbin

... that although the Soviet Red Army Monument in Harbin (pictured) was covered with scaffolding during the Sino-Soviet split, wreaths were still laid in front of it during the Qingming Festival and on Victory Day?
... that Femke Bol won the women's 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in an unprecedented double victory?
... that Cambodian architect Vann Molyvann declined a request from Lee Kuan Yew to help design Singapore?
... that Michigan and Alabama entered the 2024 Rose Bowl as the two college football teams with the most all-time wins?
... that the author of the novel Wandering Souls, about Vietnamese refugees, was inspired by an episode of A Very British History?
... that Kim Ye-ji's performance in the 10 meter air pistol at the 2024 Summer Olympics led her to be dubbed the "coolest person on the planet"?
... that for the 1936 Summer Olympics, Liechtenstein flipped their flag upside down?
... that after a British Sikh physician could not find any recent mainstream English film led by a woman that resembled her, she co-wrote and co-produced her own?
... that Frederick Perceval, 11th Earl of Egmont, was nicknamed "the loneliest boy in the world" by journalists?

4 August 2024

00:00, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

Oriana Skylar Mastro

... that Oriana Skylar Mastro (pictured), a Stanford political scientist, joined the U.S. Air Force as a PhD student to better understand military issues in the Asia–Pacific region?
... that the championship record was broken three times in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 World Athletics Relays?
... that in its centennial year, Anderson's Grocery was said to be one of only ten small U.S. groceries that were more than a hundred years old?
... that Israeli archer Mikaella Moshe competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics after having spent less than two years in the sport?
... that a third of London Underground stations have step-free access?
... that Olympic sprinter Filomenaleonisa Iakopo is also a competitive bodybuilder?
... that the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery faced criticism in 2014 when it did not allow a lesbian couple to be buried together?
... that three-quarters of Doctor Who's longest story are missing?
... that had Cambodian swimmer Apsara Sakbun declined her invitation to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics, her sister would have become an Olympian instead?

3 August 2024

00:00, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Leaves of S. tonkinensis seedlings

... that the dried leaves of Strobilanthes tonkinensis (examples pictured) give black tea a sticky rice flavor?
... that at age 12, Emily Ausmus participated in an international water polo tournament against players as old as 19?
... that a crab species was named after both an ancient board game and a League of Legends character?
... that Cho Myung-chul was the first North Korean defector to be elected to the South Korean National Assembly?
... that the flagbearer for the Philippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics also carried a flag of the United States?
... that a geographer determined the surface area of Carl Friedrich Gauss's brain?
... that a Kentucky TV station gained industry attention after it criticized the overuse of the term "breaking news"?
... that citizens of New Westminster burnt effigies of Attorney General George Hunter Cary and drowned the ashes?
... that many enthusiasts say that a good tomato sandwich is so messy, it should be eaten over the kitchen sink?

2 August 2024

00:00, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

Matahi Brightwell

... that Matahi Brightwell (pictured) reintroduced the sport of waka ama to New Zealand?
... that during the First Bishops' War, the Duke of Hamilton's mother intended to shoot him with silver bullets if he landed in Scotland?
... that Warren Lawrence, the first Dominican swimmer at the Commonwealth Games, is the son of the first Dominican swimmer at the Olympics?
... that a high school evicted a Pennsylvania TV station?
... that the National Library of Korea is a no kid zone?
... that in its first appearance at the Olympics, Suriname was represented by a single athlete, who missed his event?
... that Myinsaing withstood a ten-week siege by the Mongols because its three brother leaders bribed the invaders to withdraw?
... that basketball player Marcedes Walker became an Olympian 16 years after her WNBA career ended?
... that "the old man was startled and a little shocked" when he was shown Walter Frere's revision of his book?

1 August 2024

00:00, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Inauguration of Lai Ching-te

... that China launched a military exercise in response to the inauguration of Lai Ching-te as president of Taiwan (pictured)?
... that although Luxembourg has won the Eurovision Song Contest five times, none of the winning artists representing the country have been native Luxembourgers?
... that basketball player Dylan Travis played for nine head coaches in nine years?
... that The Chinese in America documents how people in California, during the gold rush era, mailed their laundry to Hong Kong for cleaning?
... that a member of the House of Lords was the principal of a Canadian junior school?
... that despite being invented in the 2000s, Frutiger Aero was not named until 2017?
... that Roscoe "Red" Jackson was the last person to be publicly executed in the United States?
... that Cameroonian-born Joel Embiid opted to play for the 2024 U.S. Olympic basketball team instead of France in part because his son is American?
... that after Wong Sau Ying attempted to assassinate a British colonial official, the police and press began to associate the bob cut with anarchism?

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