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2 January 2025
- 12:00, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
Memorial statue of Ethel Preston
- ... that the grave of Ethel Preston in Leeds, England, has a life-sized statue of her (pictured) stood in front of black marble doors, left ajar?
- ... that meetings between Biblical and post-Biblical characters, such as when Moses sees Rabbi Akiva teach and be martyred, are rare in Talmudic stories?
- ... that Marie-Thérèse Eyquem served in the government of Vichy France, and was later appointed a national secretary of the French Socialist Party?
- ... that An Amorous History of the Silver Screen, an exploration of more than four decades of film in China, argues that cinema is a "modern folk tale"?
- ... that a critic called Benjamin Britten's Tema "Sacher" a "truncated and barely coherent page [of music]" and "a pathetic fragment"?
- ... that the 1980s Beechcraft BQM-126 _target drone could be launched from aircraft based on aircraft carriers?
- ... that children's author Mary Chalmers owned ten cats and a Pomeranian dog, whose poses helped her draw illustrations for her books?
- ... that in the 1917 Moscow District Duma elections, the Bolshevik Party won 97 percent of the votes of the soldiers at the heavy artillery workshops?
- ... that Flora Hommel, after being afraid of giving birth to her own child, went on to teach the Lamaze technique to more than 17,000 couples?
- 00:00, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
Paora
- ... that following public backlash over the mistreatment of Paora (pictured), Zoo Miami stated: "We have offended the nation of New Zealand"?
- ... that lacrosse player Austin Staats was undefeated in his college career?
- ... that one of the major prey groups of the paddle crab, Ovalipes catharus, is other paddle crabs?
- ... that Arab Christian physician Abu Sulayman Da'ud served both Latin Christian and Arab Muslim rulers?
- ... that jazz dancer LaTasha Barnes used to be a sergeant in the U.S. Army?
- ... that the basic tune for "As Long as You're Mine" from 2003's Wicked was written by Stephen Schwartz in the 1970s?
- ... that Jing Tsu remembers being called "female tiger" because her schoolteachers' punishments had little effect on her?
- ... that booing heard after the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 was reportedly either a response to past football hooliganism, claims of lip syncing, or alleged plagiarism of the Supremes?
- ... that the 2024 American Samoan gubernatorial election was won by Pula and Pulu?
1 January 2025
- 12:00, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
1991 Andover tornado
- ... that the 1991 Andover tornado (pictured) narrowly avoided hitting two warplanes equipped with nuclear warheads?
- ... that Murad Al-Katib provided 700 million meals of Saskatchewan-grown chickpeas, lentils and wheat to a United Nations program for Syrian refugees?
- ... that insurers paid out about NZ$171 million in damages caused by a 10-minute hailstorm in New Zealand?
- ... that Scottish bricklayer Brian Higgins was unable to find work for 25 years after appearing on a construction-industry blacklist?
- ... that the dragonfly Antiquiala was described from a single wing found in the state of Washington?
- ... that Edward W. Gantt was a Confederate soldier who defected to the Union during the American Civil War?
- ... that bored soldiers during the siege of Ak-Mechet began stealing watermelons from gardens outside the enemy fortress?
- ... that Shō Sen'i was overthrown in favor of his thirteen-year-old nephew?
- ... that the titular songstress in Sing-Song Girl Red Peony, a contender for China's first sound film, was overdubbed by a man?
- 00:00, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
Zeng Laishun
- ... that Qing-dynasty official Zeng Laishun (pictured) attended the second inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant?
- ... that the male standard-winged nightjar grows a wing ornament more than twice the length of its body during breeding season?
- ... that John Green was UCLA's leading scorer on the first of coach John Wooden's 12 Final Four teams?
- ... that while Schubert wrote a melody for the song "Bunt sind schon die Wälder" in 1816, Johann Friedrich Reichardt's 1799 version is the one that remains popular?
- ... that a fighter-bomber group under the command of Walter G. Benz Jr. during the Korean War became the first United States Air Force unit to complete 50,000 combat sorties?
- ... that because of the cultural impact of Dragon Ball in Mexico, Goku has been described as "a Latino icon"?
- ... that Chrystal read law before beginning a music career?
- ... that the straight-tusked elephant was one of the largest land mammals ever?
- ... that seamen from the warship USS Roy O. Hale boarded the Soviet ship M/V Novorossiysk in 1959, in response to a report from AT&T?