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30 September 2019

00:00, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Salomon Klass

... that when a German colonel found out that Finnish captain Salomon Klass (pictured) was Jewish, he said "I have nothing personal against you as a Jew" and gave him the Hitler salute?
... that a 2008 plea bargain to settle criminal charges against financier Jeffrey Epstein has been described as a sweetheart deal?
... that John Deane and his crew of the Nottingham Galley cannibalised in desperation the ship's deceased carpenter when the ship wrecked on Boon Island in 1710?
... that the 56-story Essex on the Park in the Chicago Loop was built on a former swimming pool?
... that Swedish scientist Marie Dacke discovered that dung beetles can use the Milky Way to navigate at night?
... that a clandestinely-distributed poem about the Kurds became a Ukrainian symbol of national revival and resistance against the Soviet Union?
... that Dorothy Olsen was one of only twelve American women certified for night flight in World War II?
... that the Seventh German Inner Africa Research Expedition served as cover for a secret First World War espionage mission?
... that in June 2019, Hamilton Tiger-Cats placekicker Gabriel Amavizca became the first non-Canadian or non-American player to score points in a Canadian Football League regular season match?
... that high school radio station WGAG-FM had a yearly budget of US$200, which it raised by selling donuts and clearing lawns?

29 September 2019

00:00, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

White-Robed Guanyin,
by Qiu Zhu

... that 16th-century Chinese painter Qiu Zhu was known for her depiction of Guanyin (pictured), the goddess of compassion popular among women?
... that in the Zambrów massacre, during the September 1939 invasion of Poland, German Wehrmacht soldiers murdered more than 200 Polish prisoners of war?
... that J. J. Stiffler's "unparalleled" and "landmark" book Theory of Synchronous Communications (1971) sprang from NASA's need for power-efficient synchronization of data transmission for its space probes?
... that when Harley-Davidson demanded that William Morris take its signs down from his store, he put them on display in his Bill's Old Bike Barn?
... that Andrea Ihle performed the role of Ännchen in Weber's opera Der Freischütz in the opening performance of the rebuilt Semperoper in Dresden?
... that the phoulkon was a shield wall formation of the late and East Roman army, which classical writers described as both a testudo and a phalanx?
... that two months after being unable to walk properly, Indian long jumper M. Sreeshankar won the bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships?
... that following a strike at Lundy's Restaurant in New York City, its owner announced that it would "never reopen" – only to have it reopen a few months later?

28 September 2019

00:00, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

Bangs's monument at Rosehill Cemetery

... that George Bangs's cemetery memorial features a mail car (pictured), carved to scale, commemorating his leadership of the Railway Mail Service?
... that in September 1610, Monteverdi dedicated to Pope Paul V his Vespro della Beata Vergine, a complex vespers composition which included the style of the emerging opera?
... that Jihan Wu co-founded Bitmain, the world's largest computer chip company for bitcoin mining?
... that Sheep Meadow in New York City's Central Park has been used as a sheep pasture, for festivals and concerts, and as a helicopter landing site?
... that footballer Sean Morrison was described as being "45 minutes from death" before undergoing emergency surgery?
... that the dune hairy-footed gerbil locates its burrows close to plants, where the roots stabilise the shifting sand?
... that Semin Öztürk Şener is Turkey's first female professional civilian aerobatic pilot?
... that during the capture of Wakefield, some historians claim that the town's commander led a counterattack "in his nightshirt" because he was hungover?

27 September 2019

00:00, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Type 273Q atop the mast of HMS Duke of York

... that one of the first microwave radars, the British Type 271 (Type 273Q pictured) on board HMS Duke of York, led to the night-time sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst?
... that Philadelphia-based physician Charles Sajous, called the "father of American endocrinology", received the French Legion of Honour and the Venezuelan Order of the Liberator?
... that Ng On-yee won the 2018 Women's World Snooker Championship without losing a single frame in all six of her tournament matches?
... that at his death in 1881, Victoriano G. de Ysasi owned a nearly complete collection of the stamps of Spain?
... that after KSJU radio was forced off FM and onto a cable system, students at the College of Saint Benedict could not listen to it on campus, even though their activity fees supported it?
... that Jeni Bojilova-Pateva became a women's rights activist when she was barred from teaching because she was married?
... that the iPhone 11 Pro is the first iPhone to feature a "Pro" designation, which was previously used only for larger Apple devices?
... that just prior to his arrest in 2019, investigative journalist Ivan Golunov was examining the links between Moscow funeral businesses and the Federal Security Service?

26 September 2019

00:00, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Central Park

... that in the 1860s, the land for New York City's Central Park (pictured) was purchased for a higher price than was paid for Alaska?
... that Emirati geneticist Habiba Alsafar was named as one of the "100 Most Powerful Arab Women" of 2015?
... that at approximately 5,000 years old, the Lothagam North Pillar Site is thought to be the earliest and largest monumental cemetery in eastern Africa?
... that a mural of William Rath depicts him drinking from a Fountain of Youth?
... that despite its title, the Venezuelan film Muchachos bañándose en la laguna de Maracaibo ('Kids bathing at the lagoon of Maracaibo') also features street shots of the city of Maracaibo?
... that a court in communist Romania found banker Aristide Blank guilty of high treason, based on his meetings with foreigners and notes from Blank's unpublished novel?
... that the folk tales in Bernard Binlin Dadié's The Black Cloth express the "African sense of community" and the "wisdom of an ordered society" in the face of French claims of moral superiority?
... that Russian journalist Vsevolod Kukushkin said the Soviet Union national ice hockey team was nicknamed "The Red Machine" due to a Minneapolis newspaper headline?

25 September 2019

00:00, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Jawaharlal Nehru and his sister Nan

... that the book Before Freedom contains 38 years of letters from Jawaharlal Nehru to his sister Nan (both pictured), including some he wrote while imprisoned during India's fight for independence?
... that in 1822 John Henry Wishart gave the first description in English of type 2 neurofibromatosis?
... that some protesters have described "Glory to Hong Kong" as the unofficial national anthem of Hong Kong?
... that with his appointment to head the 12th Submarine Squadron, Rear-Admiral Andrei Volozhinsky commanded nearly 14 percent of strategic Russian warheads and 63 percent of Russia's naval strategic nuclear forces?
... that the Georgetown University School of Dentistry was established during Jerome Daugherty's tenure as university president?
... that Tove Lo wrote the plot for the music video of her song "Timebomb", inspired by the "kind of love that can't last forever because it isn't allowed to or it's not socially accepted"?
... that National Route 280 was of defensive importance to the Japanese, who feared a Russian incursion into Ezo?
... that American writer Jan Fortune was born in the back of a post office in Wellington, Texas?

24 September 2019

00:00, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Sketch of the hall of the Ringkirche by Otzen

... that in 1894, the Ringkirche was the first Protestant church to follow the Wiesbadener Programm of Johannes Otzen, which focused on providing a clear view of the combined altar, pulpit, and organ areas (architect's sketch shown)?
... that Mary van Kleeck, a social reformer and labor activist, was the first woman appointed to a position of authority in the American government during World War I?
... that the metabolic rate of Rhoptropus bradfieldi is about a quarter of that of other desert lizards?
... that following an injustice suffered by the British consul, Charles Sotheby trained his frigate's guns on the Bey of Rhodes' house and opened fire?
... that the Lake, completed in 1858, was the first feature to be finished in New York City's Central Park?
... that Leo Frobenius led 12 German Inner Africa Research Expeditions between 1904 and 1935?
... that Filipino-born scientist Ye Zhupei founded chemical metallurgy in China, while his American wife became an English professor who taught the future Chinese foreign minister Li Zhaoxing?
... that Katharine Hepburn is said to have encountered snakes in the living room of Misty Mountain?

23 September 2019

00:00, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Bernard Schriever

... that when Bernard Schriever (pictured) was promoted to general in 1961, General Curtis LeMay looked at his four stars and said that had it been up to him, Schriever would not be wearing them?
... that during the Battle of Bovey Heath, Royalist officers escaped by "throwing their stakes of money", which the enemy soldiers paused to collect?
... that Kevin Harlan said his "first good move" in sports broadcasting was getting into radio at WGBP-FM?
... that after 78-year-old Maggy Hurchalla was ordered to pay US$4 million for interfering with a mining company, her kayaks were seized?
... that the Celebes warty pig has been domesticated and introduced into other Indonesian islands?
... that bassist Fred Thomas performed with James Brown for over thirty years?
... that the African tropical tree Pouteria adolfi-friedericii was named after a German explorer?
... that the gynaecologist Margaret Puxon, who started studying law to prevent boredom while on maternity leave, eventually became a barrister?

22 September 2019

00:00, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

A child picks chili peppers in an Indonesian home garden.

... that jackfruits and chili peppers (pictured) are among the many crops planted in Indonesian home gardens?
... that in his novel A Time of Terror, Douglas Morey Ford imagined anarchists attempting to overthrow the British government?
... that despite its large screen size, the Samsung Galaxy A90 5G can be operated with one hand?
... that it has been claimed that the Crawley Edge Boatshed is the most photographed travel attraction in Perth, Western Australia, ahead of Elizabeth Quay, Cathedral Square, and the Swan Bells?
... that the 1985 World Snooker Championship holds the record for the highest-rated post-midnight broadcast in the United Kingdom?
... that when Yu Dunkang was denounced as a "rightist" and banished from academia for twenty years, he found solace in the early Chinese philosophy of Xuanxue?
... that the Ba Congress failed to prevent the Allies of World War II from breaking off contact with Draža Mihailović's Chetnik movement?
... that Scyller Borglum and a deceased candidate both won the same election?

21 September 2019

00:45, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Ignacio Garriga

... that Ignacio Garriga (pictured) is the first politician of African descent in the recently formed Spanish populist party Vox?
... that nests of the black-tailed tree rat resemble those of the red-billed buffalo weaver?
... that George Fayad is depicted in a painting of eminent international surgeons that was shown at the National Portrait Gallery in London?
... that the Battery in Lower Manhattan contains an old fort that later served as a theater, immigration processing center, and aquarium?
... that Der Club, a weekly German-language talk show on Swiss television discussing current topics, was first aired in 1985 as Zischtigsclub ('Tuesday Club')?
... that Yale University pediatrician Grover Powers gave liver extract as a nutritional supplement to children with celiac disease?
... that the Ninth German Inner Africa Research Expedition recorded 2,000 examples of rock art?
... that after U-2 spy aircraft piloted by Yeh Changti and Chang Liyi were shot down over China, the United States began prioritizing the development of drones at Area 51?

20 September 2019

12:00, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Janice Kavander

... that Janice Kavander (pictured) once sang both the U.S. and Canadian national anthems at a hockey game – in Sweden?
... that although Schreber's yellow bat is believed to be an insectivore, the related white-bellied yellow bat has been observed to eat dead bats in captivity?
... that African-American suffragist Maud E. Craig Sampson Williams was denied membership in the National American Woman Suffrage Association?
... that What Did You Eat Yesterday? was one of the first pieces of mainstream Japanese media to substantially depict a cohabiting gay male couple?
... that Sir Donald Douglas was President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and his son Sir Neil Douglas was President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh?
... that the death penalty in Missouri was restored in large part due to the lynching of Jay Lynch?
... that Polish resistance member Alicja Iwańska became an academic and compared political, religious, and racial persecution in Europe to U.S. segregation restrictions?
... that in 1975, a field mouse knocked Michigan radio station WKJR off the air for 45 minutes?

00:00, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Hurricane Dorian approaching peak intensity over the Abaco Islands on September 1

... that Hurricane Dorian (pictured) was the strongest hurricane on record to strike the Bahamas?
... that when Osama bin Laden issued his 1998 fatwa proclaiming jihad against the U.S. and its allies, many Islamic jurists stressed that he was not qualified either to proclaim jihad or to issue a fatwa?
... that Catherine Lutz was the first female general in the Mississippi National Guard?
... that the phloem sap of Phyllanthus balgooyi contains up to 16.9 per cent nickel by weight, giving it a bright green color?
... that according to Johannes Latuharhary, the education system of the Dutch East Indies in Ambon, Maluku, was designed to create "scribes and clerks, soldiers and sailors"?
... that the Shore Theater, originally designed to satiate "the great need in Coney Island for an all-year amusement", is being redeveloped into Coney Island's first new hotel in 50 years?
... that William Smith was prompted to write The Annals of University College after the Court of King's Bench proclaimed the wrong person to be the founder of University College, Oxford?
... that an implicature might tell you that the nephew of Mrs Jenkins, an old windbag, is standing right behind you?

19 September 2019

12:00, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Baba Anujka at her 1929 trial

... that Serbian poisoner Baba Anujka (pictured), aged over 90 at the time of her trial, was sentenced to 15 years' hard labor?
... that Carlton le Willows Academy alumni include cricketer Mark Footitt, Air Supply singer/guitarist Graham Russell, and balloonist Janet Folkes?
... that Para Mi, the debut studio album by Cuco, touches on recent problems that he has experienced first-hand, including a tour bus accident that sent him and his band to the hospital?
... that although honeynut squash originated about forty years ago, it has only been in markets for four years?
... that when rag sorter Mary Fitzpatrick was tried for murder, the jury included six aristocrats and the judge was Sir Henry Hawkins of the High Court, known as "Hanging Hawkins"?
... that the Elevador de Aguas de Gordejuela housed the first steam engine on Tenerife?
... that according to Jennifer Foster, Iron Age metalsmiths of high-quality goods in Britain might have been itinerant rather than having a fixed abode?
... that Leo Frobenius announced the discovery of the lost city of Atlantis during his Fourth German Inner Africa Research Expedition?

00:00, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Temple of Bziza

... that the Roman temple of Bziza (pictured), dedicated to the Semitic god Azizos, was converted to a church by the Byzantines?
... that Better Together's "The woman who made up her mind" advert opposing Scottish independence so upset politician Sandra Grieve that she changed her mind and began supporting independence?
... that Ralph Henry Gabriel founded the American Studies Department at Yale University but later resigned in protest during the Cold War?
... that the Carroll Street Bridge is one of four remaining retractable bridges in the United States, and one of two in New York City?
... that obstetrician James Scott showed that certain diseases in newborns were caused by their mothers' antibodies crossing the placenta?
... that the territory of Central Australia existed only from 1927 to 1931?
... that after Mary Ma orchestrated Lenovo's acquisition of IBM's PC division, she was named by Forbes as the 57th most powerful woman in the world?
... that the cut flesh of the bitter tooth mushroom smells of watermelon?

18 September 2019

12:00, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Dogū with palms pressed together

... that the dogū with palms pressed together (pictured) is one of the five dogū that have been designated National Treasures of Japan?
... that Sahraa Karimi is the first and only woman in Afghanistan who has a PhD in filmmaking?
... that The New York Times's The 1619 Project, which aims to re-examine slavery in the United States, was developed in collaboration with the Pulitzer Center for use in schools?
... that footballer Josh Yorwerth received what is believed to be the longest doping-related ban in English football history?
... that Thomas's rope squirrel can communicate with other squirrels vocally or by stamping?
... that South African Member of Parliament Wynand Boshoff is the grandson of assassinated apartheid-era Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd?
... that backlash over Dodge City, Kansas, radio station KTTL's racist programming and its refusal to pay property taxes left the station with just one advertiser by 1983?
... that during the First World War, the Women's Reserve Ambulance Corps was criticised in the contemporary press for "encroaching too closely on male territory"?

00:00, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Brigitte Kronauer

... that writer Brigitte Kronauer (pictured), who won the Georg Büchner Prize, the Jean Paul Prize, and the Thomas Mann Prize, was described as both "a master of spite" and having "great kindness"?
... that the Narsaq stick was the first Viking Age runic artifact discovered in Greenland?
... that though she lacked her brothers' opportunities for formal schooling, the Irish suffragist Mary Ward was the first woman to pass the Cambridge moral sciences tripos with first class honours?
... that Monowai volcano is growing so quickly that it frequently collapses, generating landslides?
... that footballer Megan Wynne played for Tottenham Hotspur while also working full-time in the club's human resources department?
... that there is a myth that the pieces of the broken tail of the slender glass lizard can grow into new lizards?
... that Russian ambassador to Egypt Sergei Kirpichenko was the son of Vadim, former KGB resident to the country, and Valeriya, a philologist specialising in Arabic literature?
... that an unauthorized student pilot was in control of Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431 up until five seconds before it crashed?

17 September 2019

12:00, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Lady Burton's rope squirrel

... that Lady Burton's rope squirrel (pictured) was named in honour of Isabel Burton, wife of British explorer Sir Richard Burton?
... that Major League Baseball player Cole Sulser has two degrees in engineering from Dartmouth College?
... that Ulrike Sonntag, a soprano at the Staatsoper Stuttgart and an academic voice teacher in Stuttgart, recorded an oratorio by Fanny Hensel and psalm settings by Lili Boulanger?
... that the submarine volcano Vailulu'u was named after a sacred rain and might become an island in the future?
... that Bush Terminal, an intermodal shipping, warehousing, and manufacturing complex in New York City, was once so large that it had its own judicial system?
... that Yang Hongxun designed the National Museum of Chinese Writing in the form of an ancient pictographic character from oracle bones?
... that the final of the 2017 World Women's Snooker Championship was the longest ever recorded best-of-11-frames match, lasting over eight hours of playing time?
... that former Oregon state representative Ole W. Grubb and his wife had nine children of their own and cared for about 160 foster children?

00:00, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Ye Zhemin at graduation from Peking University

... that a sherd of pottery found by Ye Zhemin (pictured) led to the identification of the kiln site for the rare Ru ware of the Song dynasty?
... that the 1805 Treaty of Potsdam committed Prussia to joining the War of the Third Coalition, but was effectively ended by the Battle of Austerlitz less than a month later?
... that Dorothy Christian Hare was the first woman general physician to be elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians?
... that despite the Zulu serotine bat having a widespread distribution in Africa, it is not known where it roosts during the day?
... that lieder singer and voice teacher Franziska Martienssen-Lohmann's textbook for singers was recommended for general readers interested in "the human instrument"?
... that while the American company Roper was the largest stove producer in the world, they also produced artillery shells during World War II?
... that José Naranjo delivered the head of his own brother to Diego de Vargas, the Spanish governor of New Mexico?
... that Taylor Swift uses Leonardo DiCaprio as an example to explain sexism in her song "The Man"?

16 September 2019

12:00, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Chrysler Building

... that Art Deco architecture of New York City was typified by the use of new metals, such as the stainless steel and aluminum of the Chrysler Building (pictured)?
... that Kazuo Wada spent decades building his parents' grocery store into the multinational retailer Yaohan, but became almost penniless after it went bankrupt during the 1997 Asian financial crisis?
... that in 1991, the Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples became Canada's first national parish for indigenous people?
... that John Howland established the United States' first full-time pediatric department at the Johns Hopkins Hospital?
... that after the Siege of Ghent, the victorious commander, the Duke of Marlborough, claimed the garrison was so numerous that it took their army "from ten in the morning till seven at night" to evacuate the town?
... that 2016 Paralympics para-rowing gold medalist Roman Polianskyi started experiencing symptoms of Strumpell disease at the age of ten?
... that clover grass used to grow in the Pacific Ocean, but has not been seen there since a severe storm in 1996?
... that surgeon Sir James Dundas-Grant conducted his own orchestra?

00:00, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Silver dirham minted in the name of Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan

... that Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan (dirhams pictured), the first governor of a unified Iraqi province, restarted the Muslim conquests in Khurasan?
... that Yella Beezy's father was murdered when the rapper was 12 years old?
... that a dark form of the Angolan slender mongoose is found to the south of the Cunene River and a pale form to the north?
... that Thuy Trang became so ill on her voyage out of Saigon to seek political asylum in the US that other passengers wanted to throw her overboard, thinking she was dead?
... that the Bronx–Whitestone Bridge's stiffening trusses accounted for a quarter of the weight held up by its suspension cables, contributing to the bridge's deterioration and necessitating their removal?
... that after studying excavated legal documents from the ancient Qin dynasty, Gao Heng concluded that Qin's sentence of penal servitude was a lifelong punishment?
... that Ariana Grande's song "In My Head" includes a voicemail recorded by her best friend, Doug Middlebrook, because it suited the lyrics?
... that in 1862, the pilot of the steamboat Spread Eagle rammed into the Emilie in a desperate attempt to reach Fort Benton first?

15 September 2019

12:00, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Pholiota squarrosoides

... that the mushroom Pholiota squarrosoides (pictured) has decayed logs of the trees Acer saccharum and Tilia glabra in the Great Lakes region of the US?
... that while Greenpeace activist Steve Sawyer was celebrating his birthday ashore with his crew, French agents bombed and sank their boat, the Rainbow Warrior?
... that Bharatiya Janata Party politicians Maneka Gandhi and Santosh Gangwar, current members of the 17th Lok Sabha, have been elected to the Indian lower house for the eighth time?
... that during the English Civil War, Katherine Stuart smuggled messages from Charles I to royalist sympathisers in London?
... that in 1949, the students of Northwestern Schools underwrote the US$40,000 cost to build KTIS in Minneapolis, the first radio station of Northwestern Media?
... that Australian astrophysicist Kirsten Banks was inspired to learn about her Wiradjuri heritage while training at the Sydney Observatory?
... that Alexander's bush squirrel is named after Lieutenant Boyd Alexander, a British Army officer, explorer, and ornithologist?
... that 19-year-old mxmtoon, who records lo-fi songs in her parents' guest bedroom, reached 100 million streams and nearly sold out an international tour before releasing her first album?

00:00, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Samarjitsinh Gaekwad

... that in 2013, Sangramsinh Gaekwad and his nephew, Samarjitsinh Gaekwad (pictured) – the unofficial Maharaja of Baroda – settled a 23-year-long legal inheritance dispute worth more than ₹20,000 crore (US$3 billion)?
... that the cause of the 1957 crash of Pan Am Flight 7 was never determined?
... that research by Chinese professor Wang Buxuan resulted in the doubling of ammonia production at a major chemical plant in Sichuan province?
... that the Samsung Galaxy A70's triple-lens camera can create a bokeh effect through a 3D depth sensor?
... that Oregon state legislator Vernon A. Forbes drowned while fishing in an Oregon lake?
... that the myth of the clean Wehrmacht persisted in Germany until the 1990s, when it was eroded by the Wehrmacht Exhibition?
... that Canadian dressage rider Tina Irwin was forced to restart after a power outage at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, and achieved a 2017 world record small tour score on her next attempt?
... that in 1865, Confederate losses during the American Civil War were characterized as "blessings in disguise"?

14 September 2019

12:00, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Empress Elisabeth Bridge

... that the Empress Elisabeth Bridge (pictured), a chain bridge over the Elbe that opened in 1855, was named in honor of the newly married Elisabeth of Austria?
... that Donald Balfour, who began working at the Mayo Clinic as a pathology assistant, later became the director of the Mayo Foundation?
... that cricket coach Gurcharan Singh survived the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi with the help of his trainees?
... that Ernst Dammann, an early member of the Nazi Party, was a founding figure of African studies in East Germany – together with Walter Markov, a communist who spent much of the Nazi era in prison?
... that the Texas Reliability Entity monitors the state's electrical grid to ensure its reliability?
... that twelve years after his death, Mou Zuoyun became the first Chinese person to be inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame?
... that the Asian garden dormouse can enter torpor, a state in which it may remain for several days?
... that the novel Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann uses stream of consciousness narrative and mostly consists of a single sentence running over more than 1,000 pages?

00:00, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Chinese sang de boeuf bowl

... that American potter Hugh C. Robertson was left "nearly penniless" in 1889 by his years of attempts to recreate the Chinese porcelain sang de boeuf glaze (example pictured)?
... that in his book ABC of Alcohol, Alex Paton explained why women are more susceptible to the effects of alcohol?
... that the No. 8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid won the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans after its sister No. 7 car had a tyre pressure sensor system wiring fault that incorrectly indicated a front-right puncture?
... that South African theoretical physicist Adriana Marais was one of 100 candidates chosen for Mars One?
... that the nymphs of the mayfly Ephemera simulans are able to burrow?
... that according to Bert Cumby, China used thought reform on American prisoners of war during the Korean War as part of a plan to create support for China-friendly policies in the United States?
... that the Field Music album Commontime received media attention after Prince tweeted about one of its songs?
... that Mexican lawyer María José Cristerna, known as "The Vampire Woman" for her extensive body modifications, is recognized as the most tattooed woman in the world?

13 September 2019

12:00, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Trypanosoma parasites in blood

... that Robert Michael Forde made the first definitive observation of the cause of sleeping sickness (parasites pictured) in human beings?
... that in 1949, the Kurtis Sport Car was driven by National Hot Rod Association founder Wally Parks to over 142.5 mph (229.3 km/h) on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah?
... that the Hong Kong Way was a peaceful political campaign held in Hong Kong on the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way?
... that American actor Matt William Knowles was a "rotating mayor" of Danzhai Wanda Village in Guizhou, China?
... that Facebook has to vet fake news in India for 23 official languages, but has been able to cover only 10 of them?
... that footballer Carrie Jones made her international debut for Wales despite being too young to play for her club side?
... that WBBY-FM lost its license because the man who claimed to be its manager worked full-time at a car dealership 120 miles (190 km) away?
... that ice almost half a million years old has been found on a mountain named after a sled dog driver?

00:00, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Nadia Murad

... that a 2018 documentary depicts Nadia Murad (pictured), who escaped sexual enslavement by the Islamic State, alerting politicians and journalists to the atrocities being committed in her native Iraq?
... that Mexican drug lord Alfonso Lam Liu spoke over radio using a coded language, to prevent law enforcement from understanding his drug operations?
... that Spoon frontman Britt Daniel was inspired by Franz Ferdinand's 2004 song "Take Me Out" while writing "I Turn My Camera On", and was influenced by Prince to sing it with falsetto vocals?
... that Doris Bergen holds Canada's only endowed chair in Holocaust history?
... that some Buddhists believe that all beings could have been their parents in a previous life, so liberating people from suffering is a form of filial piety?
... that an hour and a half before fur trader Captain Joseph LaBarge died, he received a telegram from historian Hiram M. Chittenden assuring LaBarge of the completion of his biography?
... that the parasite Enteromyxum scophthalmi causes a severe illness in farmed turbot for which no cure is known?
... that Xu Xiaodong defeated a self-styled kung fu master, who claimed to possess supernatural powers, in 20 seconds?

12 September 2019

12:00, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Jean-François Champollion

... that after making a breakthrough in the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs, Jean-François Champollion (depiction shown) cried "I've done it!" and collapsed in a faint that lasted days?
... that in 2008, Vice-Admiral Nikolai Maksimov was in charge of the largest Russian military manoeuvres in the Atlantic since 1991?
... that Pumpkin Spice Spam is a legitimate product that started out as a joke on Facebook?
... that Liu Wenxi's art is universally known in China?
... that C. P. E. Bach's Sonata in A minor for Solo Flute, composed around 1747 for flauto traverso without bass and printed during his lifetime, is one of the few significant pieces for solo flute?
... that Leila Ernst barged into a dance audition to show theatre producer George Abbott that she could sing and dance?
... that one of the weapons in the video game Venetica was named as a result of a contest?
... that a mute coal miner is said to have spoken for the first time in several years after riding the Coney Island Cyclone in 1948?

00:00, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Glastonbury Tor and the 14th-century
tower of St Michael's Church

... that an earthquake on 11 September 1275 caused the destruction of the church on Glastonbury Tor (tor and rebuilt church pictured) and was felt across England and Wales, but its epicentre is unknown?
... that Pandrosion may have been an earlier female contributor to mathematics than Hypatia?
... that the interviewer in the documentary Enter the Anime did not know anything about anime?
... that in 1808, Joseph LaBarge traveled from Quebec over a series of rivers and lakes and down the Mississippi River to St. Louis in a birch-bark canoe?
... that National Treasures at Hōryū-ji include the Tamamushi Shrine and images inside the Tachibana Shrine?
... that in 1945, Arnold Peter Meiklejohn supervised the medical students at the newly liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp?
... that at around 127 acres (51 hectares) in size, Crotona Park is known as the "Central Park of the South Bronx"?
... that when learning to play pool, Veronika Ivanovskaia stood on a crate of Coca-Cola?

11 September 2019

12:00, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Map of Poland showing provinces and counties declared LGBT-free zones

... that as of August 2019, around thirty LGBT-free zones have been declared in Poland, including four south-eastern voivodeships (depicted on map)?
... that hematologist Samuel Charache discovered the first effective treatment for sickle cell disease?
... that St Andrew's Cross in Glasgow is also known as Eglinton Toll, as it was the entry point to an inland dock for a canal established by Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton, in the early 19th century?
... that Chinese-American mathematician Stephen Shing-Toung Yau established the "Yau algebra" and the "Yau number"?
... that Aama was the first Nepalese film to be produced in Nepal?
... that Siegel modular varieties naturally capture information about black hole entropy in string theory?
... that billionaire Max Auschnitt bribed Romanian authorities, and worked with "an anti-Semite, but a civilized one", to help Jews escape the Holocaust?
... that in 1874, the New York Herald wrote a hoax story to draw attention to inadequate safety precautions at the Central Park Zoo?

00:00, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Carolina Reaper

... that according to Guinness World Records, the Carolina Reaper (pictured) is currently the leader in the race to grow the hottest pepper?
... that Julius Tahija was the only Indonesian to receive an Allied nation's highest military decoration during World War II?
... that the String Quartet in A major, composed by Arthur Bliss around 1913 as a student, was later withdrawn from performance and not revived until his widow gave permission in the 1990s?
... that Mathea Olin's gold and bronze medals at the 2017 Pan American Surf Games were Canada's first international medals in surfing?
... that the crew of Plymouth Lifeboat Station saved a flying boat during World War II?
... that Winnie Quagliotti protested against the Australian Bicentenary by dressing in a possum-skin cloak and throwing a wattle wreath into the sea at Princes Pier?
... that there are believed to be fewer than 100 mature specimens of Dacrydium guillauminii, which is considered critically endangered?
... that during the political campaign for the 1953 Italian general election, the Italian Nettist Party promised voters a free daily supply of steak?

10 September 2019

12:00, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

The Brooch, Eva Mudocci
by Edvard Munch

... that English violinist Eva Mudocci (depiction shown) was a muse to Edvard Munch and Henri Matisse?
... that the Namib day gecko can sprint at 2.5 m/s (8 ft/s) in bright light?
... that Guo Zhenqian and his successor, Guo Shuyan, both ended their governorships of Hubei prematurely due to disagreement with the province's party secretary?
... that the video for Marilyn Manson's soft-rock ballad "Running to the Edge of the World" was widely condemned for its depiction of violence against women?
... that Noelle Campbell-Sharp has led the Cill Rialaig project, hosting over 5,000 artists on residencies in County Kerry, Ireland, since 1991?
... that at the Battle of Sourton Down, a Parliamentarian ambush by 108 soldiers successfully routed a Royalist army of 3,600?
... that Russian breakdancer Sergei Chernyshev, the 2018 Youth Olympics B-Boys champion, competes under the nickname Bumblebee, after a robot superhero in the Transformers franchise?
... that Jones Bar-B-Q is old school, but Jones Bar-B-Q is an American classic?

00:00, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Betula leopoldae leaf fossil

... that the extinct birch Betula leopoldae (leaf fossil pictured) is named after conservationist Estella Leopold?
... that playwright Eugene O'Neill stipulated that actress Mary Welch had to gain at least 50 pounds (23 kg) for a role in his play A Moon for the Misbegotten?
... that red yeast rice is used both in traditional Chinese medicine and as a modern-day dietary supplement?
... that footballer Jordon Garrick nearly gave up the game as a teenager to pursue a career in rugby league before being persuaded to change his mind by his mother and his coach?
... that until the 1930s, sheep grazed in a meadow in New York City's Prospect Park?
... that Brad Leone, a chef and YouTube personality at Bon Appétit, started at the magazine as a self-described "glorified dishwasher"?
... that Lučko Airport in Zagreb, Croatia, is the helicopter base for an anti-terrorist police unit that gave former member and mixed martial arts champion Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović his nickname?
... that Danish MEP Pernille Weiss is a sexologist?

9 September 2019

12:00, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Aerial view of Mikhailovsky Garden

... that Carlo Rossi designed a pavilion and a bridge for his redevelopment of the Mikhailovsky Garden (pictured) in Saint Petersburg?
... that comic books by Magdalene Visaggio have been nominated for two Eisner Awards and three GLAAD Media Awards?
... that Andi Herzog is the most capped footballer in Austrian history and the only player to win more than 100 caps?
... that Petro Kilekwa from Zambia was enslaved because his mother could not pay the ransom – eight yards (7.3 m) of calico cloth?
... that after the September 11 attacks, a seldom-staffed temporary border patrol checkpoint was installed on Interstate 91 near White River Junction, Vermont, about 100 miles (160 km) from the Canadian border?
... that as general manager of the municipal theatres in Frankfurt, Harry Buckwitz staged plays by Brecht including Mutter Courage, and recruited Georg Solti for the opera?
... that China is the only country in the world to have a licensed vaccine for hepatitis E?
... that military historian Dominick Graham was a prisoner of war in Italy during World War II, and later returned as a member of the British Olympic skiing team?

00:48, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Patricia Ortega

... that Venezuelan director Patricia Ortega (pictured) has drawn strength from her film Being Impossible during both personal and political upheavals?
... that the prisoner of war massacre in Ciepielów is the most infamous instance of the war crimes of the Wehrmacht committed during the invasion of Poland?
... that Prince Tarabya Minye Kyawhtin ceded the throne of Ava to his cousin Prince Min Nyo after marrying his deceased brother's favorite queen, Shin Saw Pu, in return?
... that the hard seeds of the Guinea plum are dispersed by elephants, and crushed and eaten by Sanje mangabeys?
... that Wang Guodong painted some of the world's most recognizable portraits, which inspired Andy Warhol?
... that before opening West Point High School, the Tolleson Union High School District in Arizona was so overcrowded that it had to turn students away and use teachers' lounges as classrooms?
... that in June 2019, Northern Irish pilot Norman Surplus became the first person to circumnavigate the globe using an autogyro?
... that two Russian tortoises were aboard the first spacecraft to return safely from a trip around the Moon?
... that Turkish women's footballer Aslı Canan Sabırlı was appointed technical director of her team while she was still a member of the squad?
... that the Tarzan of Manisa planted thousands of trees on Mount Sipylus in Turkey?
... that The O.C. is the "official, original, and only club that matters"?

8 September 2019

14:48, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

West Point cadets toss their hats.

... that West Point cadets fill their hats with notes and other items for small children to collect after the hat toss (pictured) during their graduation ceremony?
... that former Mexican police chief Gilberto Lerma Plata was ordered to forfeit US$10 billion in drug profits?
... that Zenker's fruit bat often forages in areas of forest where Haumania liebrechtsiana grows, a plant favoured by gorillas and chimpanzees?
... that Chinese Muslim scholar Yu Zhengui worked as a laogai labourer during the Cultural Revolution?
... that the Jewish Democratic Committee and the Romanian Communist Party together sent Romanian Jews to Israel, hoping to make it a communist ally?
... that the African-American conductor Henry Lewis conducted the Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra in support of America's cultural diplomacy initiatives after World War II?
... that the Sogenanntes Linksradikales Blasorchester ('So-called Left Radical Wind Band') played at demonstrations against nuclear power and far-right politics, and at the Berliner Philharmonie?
... that Claude Ruggieri described pyrotechny as "a dark chaos which one cannot penetrate without the torch of chemistry"?

04:48, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Lebombo wattle in the sand forest

... that the Lebombo wattle (pictured), the water ironplum, and the Zulu coshwood grow in the Southern African Sand Forest, where they are often swathed in pinhead orchids and other epiphytes?
... that an anti-suffragist threw rocks at Nora Houston as she was giving a speech advocating for women's voting rights, and Houston kept one of the rocks for the rest of her life?
... that several entrants in the 2019 Riga Masters professional snooker event—including the defending champion—missed the tournament because their flights were cancelled?
... that four species of reptile, a bird, and an amphibian were named after Arthur Lennox Butler?
... that Qatar expressed interest for its industrial security personnel to be trained at the National Industrial Security Academy of India?
... that Steve McClellan booked Prince in the early 1980s, when Minneapolis discouraged black musicians from playing downtown?
... that after the fall of the state of Zhongli, its eponymous capital remained an "important governmental, economic, cultural, and military center" for over a thousand years?
... that Hungarian MEP Anna Júlia Donáth represents the third generation of her family to enter political office, each time for a different party?

7 September 2019

13:42, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

Samragyee RL Shah

... that Samragyee RL Shah (pictured) is the highest-paid actress in Nepali cinema as of 2019?
... that the melody of the Christian hymn "Ich steh vor dir mit leeren Händen, Herr" is written without bar lines, reflecting the singer's insecurity and questions?
... that in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, the player character Caveira's "Silent Step" ability featured a game-breaking bug?
... that the polluted Roberts Landing on San Francisco Bay, California, was cleaned up to create a housing development and a marsh, now home to the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse?
... that the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh suspended a bylaw to enable Thomas Chavasse to apply for a surgeon's post?
... that eight years to the day after it first signed on, WVOB radio in Bel Air, Maryland, lost its tower when a construction worker clipped the tower's guy wires?
... that with 20 goals, Hassan Maatouk is the Lebanon national football team's joint top-scorer?
... that James Blake took inspiration from the 1967 film Barefoot in the Park for his song of the same name, despite never having watched it?

00:00, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt

... that the Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt manage stages for opera and drama under one roof, in a building (pictured) incorporating the ruins of the bombed former playhouse?
... that a former member of ISIS who was arrested in 2016 and released in 2017 attacked a police and army patrol in Tripoli, killing four people, in 2019?
... that snooker player Mandy Fisher played whilst pregnant, but lamented that this was more newsworthy than female players' skill?
... that Duthie's golden mole and the long-tailed forest shrew are among the wildlife of South Africa that are both endemic and "vulnerable"?
... that General Cao Shuangming was dismissed as Commander of the Chinese Air Force after it suffered an excessive number of accidents?
... that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Australia began when a 17-year-old missionary arrived from England in 1840?
... that Abigail Mbalo-Mokoena's 4Roomed, a restaurant 30 kilometres (19 mi) outside Cape Town in Khayelitsha township, was one of only three in Africa named to a 2019 list of the best in the world?
... that for the fifth anniversary of video game developer Defiant Development, everyone who had been employed at the company for at least two years was gifted a sword?

6 September 2019

12:00, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

Joseph J. Himmel

... that Joseph J. Himmel (pictured), once president of Georgetown University, lived out his final years as a recluse in the university's archives?
... that India is creating the post of Chief of the Defence Staff twenty years after it was officially suggested?
... that Ursula Boese, a long-time member of the Hamburgische Staatsoper, appeared as Stravinsky's Iocaste at La Scala, and at the San Francisco Opera in the presence of the composer?
... that radio station KSUN in Bisbee, Arizona, sold its call letters to a station in Phoenix after going off the air due to financial troubles?
... that when Chen Shunyao served as deputy party chief of Tsinghua University, the future Chinese president Hu Jintao was a protégé of hers?
... that the father of athlete Safia Abukar Hussein disliked the idea of her competing for Somalia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as he thought it would prevent her from finding a husband?
... that Celso-Ramón García oversaw early clinical trials of the first contraceptive pill in Puerto Rico?
... that a Neanderthal man, whose upper jaw was found in the Cova Foradà in Spain, used a toothpick because he had sore gums?

00:00, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

The Buckie Cathedral, viewed from the sea

... that James Kyle, Roman Catholic bishop of Aberdeen, designed a Buckie parish church so grand that it is known locally as the Buckie Cathedral (pictured)?
... that the fictional character Forrest Gump was portrayed as serving during the Vietnam War with the 47th Infantry Regiment?
... that although the Fazzan Basin in Libya currently averages less than 20 mm (0.8 in) of annual rainfall, paleohydrological study shows that it has periodically contained a large lake?
... that investigation by detective Wu Guoqing, who was acclaimed as "China's Sherlock Holmes", led to the murder conviction and death sentence of a prosecutor?
... that research into digital media use and mental health has found that females are more likely to be affected by problematic social media use while males are more likely to have gaming disorder?
... that a Waterford Crystal trophy, won by Russian pool player Kristina Tkach at the Women's Pro Players Championship, shattered when it was dropped as it was being carried out of the arena?
... that the novel Trust Exercise was inspired by discussions about sexual abuse which followed the publication of the Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape?
... that the Women's World Cup and the CONCACAF Gold Cup finals both involved the United States and were played on the same day?

5 September 2019

12:00, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Aleksei Grishin on a Belarusian stamp

... that Aleksei Grishin (depiction shown) put his 2010 Winter Olympics gold medal—Belarus' first gold in the Winter Olympics—up for auction to raise money for another person's surgery?
... that the dark and fatalistic humour of Canadian comedians has been attributed to the dangers of Canada's climate and geography?
... that David Morgan, the most successful British fighter pilot in the Falklands War, had a hole in the heart that was only discovered after he applied to join the military?
... that psychoanalyst Carl Jung could afford to build his mansion on Lake Zürich (now the C. G. Jung House Museum) after his wife Emma inherited her father's fortune?
... that themes of British band Everything but the Girl's 1985 album Love Not Money include sexism, social and economic stratification, and The Troubles in Northern Ireland?
... that Kihaule's mouse shrew is named after the medical-entomological technician who collected the type specimen from the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania?
... that Chen Jiayong was the first Chinese scientist to have a satellite named after him?
... that US Attorney General Thomas Watt Gregory accused the United States Guards of imposing a "reign of terror" in Butte, Montana?

00:00, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Enischnomyia fossil in Dominican amber

... that the bat fly Enischnomyia (pictured) was first described from a specimen fossilized with Vetufebrus malaria in its gut?
... that Peter Hamm, a successful writer, literary critic, and jury member for literary prizes, dropped out of school when he was 14?
... that experimental folk band House and Land have reinterpreted traditional ballads to remove misogyny by focusing on female protagonists?
... that Johann Schwarzhuber, the leader of the Auschwitz men's camp, was sentenced to death during the first Ravensbrück concentration camp trial?
... that multi-level marketing company Younique was valued at US$1 billion at the time of its acquisition by Coty?
... that among Ibuki Kido's voice acting roles is a vacuum cleaner?
... that the Arizona Miner, a newspaper published in Prescott, Arizona Territory, changed its political leanings from Republican to Democrat and back again over a succession of owners?
... that motorsport official Charles Faroux was also a three-time French carom billiards world champion?

4 September 2019

12:00, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Carlisle Military Academy students, 1910

... that while Carlisle Military Academy was nominally a school for boys, it also accepted a "limited number of girls" (female students pictured)?
... that social worker Damodar Ganesh Bapat helped around 26,000 leprosy patients?
... that the scaly ground roller mostly eats earthworms and centipedes, but has been known to also eat frogs, lizards, and shrews?
... that in 1877, the Wellington County House of Industry and Refuge spent less than Can$0.76 per week on the care of each resident?
... that after the U.S. Congress passed a resolution urging the IOC to reject Beijing's bid for the 2000 Olympics, the city's vice mayor Zhang Baifa threatened to boycott the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta?
... that the Palembang Light Rail Transit, which opened last year, is the first operational light-rail system in Indonesia?
... that Vice-Admiral Aleksandr Nosatov was appointed head of the Russian Naval Academy in 2016, but spent only one and a half months in the post?
... that in its early years, New York City's Sunset Park could only be reached by 60-foot (18 m) ladders?

00:00, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Montanhof in Hamburg's Kontorhaus District

... that a cholera outbreak was ultimately responsible for the development of Hamburg's Kontorhaus District (building pictured)?
... that Chinese entrepreneur Frank Tsao co-founded the national shipping lines of both Malaysia and Thailand, and was awarded the nobility title Tan Sri by the king of Malaysia?
... that the Lebanon women's national football team's first official qualification campaign took place eight years after their inception?
... that Beth Van Duyne, the mayor of Irving, Texas, from 2011 to 2017, initially became involved in politics due to a zoning dispute?
... that the endorheic salt lake Sebkha el Melah in Algeria has two parts, the upper one pond-like and biodiverse and the lower one salt-encrusted and nearly devoid of vegetation?
... that British actress and scriptwriter Betty Paul wrote for the first rural soap opera, Weavers Green, in collaboration with her third husband?
... that the Mapuche-Huilliche of southern Chile defeated a slave-hunting Spanish army at the Battle of Río Bueno in 1654?
... that shortly after serving as President of Georgetown University, David H. Buel quit the Jesuits and secretly married?

3 September 2019

12:00, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

[[File:|124px|Figurines of Jewish men in Kraków, the one at left holding a coin and bag ]]

Figurines of Jewish men in Kraków

... that in some Polish homes, an image of a Jew holding a coin (example pictured) hangs to the left of the doorway, and is customarily turned upside down on the Sabbath so that good fortune may fall upon the household?
... that Yola Letellier is widely believed to be the model for the main character in Colette's story Gigi?
... that the depiction of the ruins of the leper colony Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium in Atsushi Fujiwara's 2015 photobook Poet Island was inspired by the poetry of Kaijin Akashi, who lived, wrote, and ultimately died there in 1939?
... that Clarence Ervin became the first African-American brigadier general in the history of the North Carolina Air National Guard in 2015?
... that in his opera Sirenen – Bilder des Begehrens und des Vernichtens, Rolf Riehm included instruments such as archaic wood planks, a musical saw, an accordion, and a piano?
... that UCLA football player Joshua Kelley's career-high 289 rushing yards against USC last season were the most by any player on either team in the history of the schools' crosstown rivalry?
... that an endemic species of trout in Lake Aguelmame Sidi Ali became extinct after the common carp was introduced in 1934?
... that Meghan Trainor's 2019 EP The Love Train was promoted through a press release which drew controversy because of its "graphic nature and bizarre phrasing"?

00:00, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Brooklyn Army Terminal

... that upon its completion one hundred years ago this month, the Brooklyn Army Terminal (pictured) was the world's largest concrete building complex?
... that Werner Müller managed a reduction in Germany's dependence on coal in a socially responsible way as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy and as CEO of major energy companies?
... that the Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat uses its hind feet to comb its fur and its tongue to wash its face, wing membranes, and genital region?
... that the work of C. Doris Hellman on the Great Comet of 1577 led historians of science to recognize the comet's key role in the success of the Copernican Revolution?
... that Ali Sayyad Shirazi, deputy chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces, was assassinated in 1999 by a Mojahedin-e Khalq agent disguised as a street cleaner?
... that when National Basketball Association revenue in Canada grew 224 percent in five years, vice-president Dan MacKenzie attributed it to marketing strategy and the sport's appeal to young Asian Canadians?
... that the International Agrarian Bureau was criticized by the right as advocating the "peasant-boot dictatorship", and by the left as a vehicle for "peasant individualism"?
... that when offered the award of the Iron Cross from Nazi Germany, Leo Skurnik, a Jewish major in the Finnish Army, refused, reportedly saying "I wipe my arse with it"?

2 September 2019

12:00, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

John Hiller in 1976

... that after suffering a heart attack at the age of 27, relief pitcher John Hiller (pictured) made a comeback and broke Major League Baseball's record for saves in a season?
... that the Spanish idiom "¿Cuándo hemos comido en el mismo plato?" ('When have we eaten from the same dish?') is used as social commentary about poor manners or incivility?
... that Patricia Marshall's role in the 1947 film Good News was originally meant for Gloria DeHaven?
... that the anti-Muslim Ełk riots in Poland led to the launch of the ironic The Kebab War website, which listed attacks on kebab eateries?
... that the lightning-caused Swan Lake fire in Alaska has burned over 160,000 acres (65,000 ha) of wildland?
... that a critic described the song "Lover" as a throwback to Taylor Swift's "country days"?
... that in Su Shuyang's tragedy depicting the last day of Lao She's life, the celebrated writer converses with dead characters from his own works before committing suicide?
... that The Urology Foundation carried out a survey of how often British men check their testicles?

00:00, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Largest knife and fork
of 1876

... that the Beaver Falls Cutlery Company manufactured the "largest knife and fork in the world" of its time (pictured) in 1876?
... that Professor Lu Yonggen was named by Harvard Kennedy School as the second most generous Chinese philanthropist of 2017 after donating his entire life savings to South China Agricultural University?
... that a 1946 United States proposal to buy Greenland from Denmark remained classified until the 1970s, when Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten discovered documents related to it?
... that Prince Min Nyo of Kale seized the throne of Ava by having his lover, Queen Shin Bo-Me, assassinate his eight-year-old nephew, King Min Hla?
... that Jebel ech Chambi, the highest mountain in Tunisia, is one of the few places in which the Cuvier's gazelle survives?
... that as state health commissioner of Indiana, Woody Myers supported the right of Ryan White, a teenage boy with HIV/AIDS, to return to public school in the face of anti-AIDS discrimination?
... that Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi ordered his air force to attack a city during the Uganda–Tanzania War, but his bomber instead hit a game reserve and killed antelopes?
... that London surgeon Laidlaw Purves was described as the "fairy godfather of ladies' golf"?

1 September 2019

12:00, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Apple dumplings

... that when Pehr Kalm explored North America in the mid-1700s, he reported being served apple dumplings (pictured) at every meal?
... that voice actress Ai Fairouz's interest in anime and manga was influenced by her reading the series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure in online Skype sessions?
... that trace amounts of snowfall account for up to 80 percent of all precipitation that falls in some areas of northern Canada?
... that Agadzagadza is a mythological trickster from Nigeria who is responsible for bringing death to humankind?
... that the PATH train system was sold to allow the first World Trade Center in New York City to be built?
... that legal scholar Wang Jiafu gave lectures to China's top leaders, including President Jiang Zemin and Premier Li Peng?
... that the Natal cycad and the dune false currant are among the 1,900 endemic plant species found in the Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Hotspot?
... that Petra Klingler finished third in the Ice Climbing World Cup while climbing on one leg?

00:00, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Bruce McCandless II during a 1984 spacewalk

... that Bruce McCandless II (pictured) flew in space for the first time in February 1984, nearly eighteen years after being chosen as a member of NASA Astronaut Group 5?
... that Vicky Knight, who played an acid-attack victim in her debut film role, works as a healthcare assistant in the hospital where she was treated as a child?
... that Mexican drug lord Carlos Landín Martínez was arrested while buying watermelons?
... that the Vel blood group was discovered when a patient experienced a severe transfusion reaction, and her blood type was found to be incompatible with all but five out of ten thousand blood donors?
... that Tong Daoming wrote plays without antagonists?
... that the chase scene from the 1968 Steve McQueen film Bullitt starts on Cesar Chavez Street (then Army Street) before continuing through San Francisco?
... that Tonic Trouble, released in 1999, was the first video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal?
... that John Pierce has performed Wagner roles internationally, such as Tannhäuser and Lohengrin at the Stadttheater Minden, and Tristan in Prague, Rotterdam, and Rio de Janeiro?
... that FreeConferenceCall.com faced a public backlash for trying to change its hold music?