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31 January 2016

12:00, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Grizzled giant squirrel

... that the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary is home to the grizzled giant squirrel (pictured), which is highly endangered within Karnataka, India?
... that Zesh Rehman is the first Pakistani international footballer to play in the AFC Cup?
... that probes into corruption in Uzbekistan led to the arrest of top executives of the nation's Coca-Cola bottling plant?
... that Playboy threatened to sue Betty Brosmer after she declined to pose nude at a photo shoot?
... that Christ's Hospital, the forerunner of today's Stormont–Vail HealthCare complex in Kansas, was deeded to the city of Topeka for one dollar?
... that Dreaming of You, the fifth and final studio album by American singer Selena, became the best-selling Latin album of all-time in the U.S.?
... that a 1909 report deemed that the discharge of sewage into Zerbe Run did not pose a threat to public health?
... that F.C. United of Manchester's Broadhurst Park stadium includes a recycled stand previously used at another football ground?

00:00, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Artist's impression of a khedda operation

... that in Assam, which has one of the largest elephant populations in India, the practice followed to trap them was the khedda system (pictured), also known as Mela Shikar?
... that the Indonesian film actress Titien Sumarni was married to her uncle?
... that a westerly wind burst can spur the formation of twin tropical cyclones across the equatorial Pacific?
... that Cecil Thomas won the competition to design the first coinage for Queen Elizabeth II, but his design was used on only two British coins?
... that during the photo shoot for the cover of Take Back, Kumi Koda did not even know what that shoot was for?
... that orbs are found at Cerro Panizos in Bolivia?
... that an online petition calling for the removal of Survival Island 3 from Google Play and the App Store had received more than 60,000 signatures as of January 16, 2016?
... that one of the first women to work in radio astronomy, Elizabeth Alexander, actually preferred geology?

30 January 2016

12:00, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Agnieszka Popielewicz

... that Agnieszka Popielewicz (pictured) hosts the behind-the-scenes episodes of the Polish version of Dancing with the Stars?
... that the extinct mining bee Andrena antoinei has coloration of black, brown, and yellow?
... that schoolboy Pranav Dhanawade broke a 116-year-old cricket world record by scoring 1,009 runs not out?
... that Tapastic was created as a "YouTube for comics"?
... that the Indonesian composer Koesbini changed the final lines of his song "Bagimu Negeri" at the request of Sukarno?
... that pre-orders of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus exceeded four million within its first 24 hours of availability?
... that Typhoon Fran in 1976 produced a then record 1,140 mm (44.8 in) of rain in 24 hours, in Hiso, Japan?
... that before becoming a successful pulp magazine illustrator, Modest Stein was an aspiring assassin until he dumped his dynamite in a Pittsburgh outhouse?

00:00, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

St Botolph's Church

... that the artist Charles Haslewood Shannon is commemorated by a plaque in St Botolph's Church (pictured) in Quarrington, where his father was rector for nearly 50 years?
... that Gertrude Pitzinger, who toured Europe and the United States singing Lieder, recorded the alto part of Mozart's Requiem, conducted by Ferenc Fricsay?
... that the archaeological finds reported from Chirand are from the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Iron Age periods, including a cache of 88 Kushan period coins?
... that prior to opening Trylon Microcinema, Take-Up Productions' first film screening was projected against a white brick wall behind a coffee shop?
... that Jedi Training: Trials of the Temple features Darth Maul and lets children duel Darth Vader or the Seventh Sister?
... that in June 1992, the Quebec Nordiques agreed to two different trades involving Eric Lindros within 80 minutes?
... that despite being announced in 2011, the Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez on Me only began filming in December 2015?
... that after Bethany Decker disappeared, five years ago today, someone continued to send messages to her friends via her Facebook account?

29 January 2016

12:00, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

Tumbling puffballs

... that tumbling puffballs (pictured) have been used as charms by the Chippewa people of North America?
... that Johan Ludvig Holstein was one of the co-founders of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters?
... that Conor McGregor became the cover athlete of EA Sports UFC 2 by defeating José Aldo at UFC 194?
... that a verse from the Hindu text Maha Upanishad which regards the entire world as a family is engraved in the hall of the Parliament of India?
... that bass-baritone Louis D'Angelo sang in the world premieres of seven operas at the Metropolitan Opera, including Puccini's Gianni Schicchi?
... that during the Napoleonic occupation of the Principality of Erfurt, the French introduced street lighting and a tax on foreign horses to pay for maintaining the road surface?
... that in 1929 John Watson became Solicitor General for Scotland in the UK's second Labour government, despite not being a member of the party?

00:00, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

1869 Holly fire hydrant

... that Birdsill Holly invented a water pumping system for city mains that not only supplied drinking water for domestic service, but also furnished water under pressure for fire hydrants (Holly fire hydrant pictured)?
... that the only description of the mystery rites of the goddess Isis comes from a Roman novel about a man who is transformed into a donkey?
... that nuclear chemist and Haitinger Prize winner Elizabeth Rona worked at the Bornö Marine Research Station for twelve summers analyzing sea sediments for their radium content?
... that in Christine de Pizan's dream allegory Le livre du chemin de long estude (1402–03), she takes the place of Dante and replaces Virgil with his own Sibyl?
... that Turkish-German women's footballer Filiz Koç acted as a model, performed in a TV-series episode and worked as a sideline reporter?
... that the claimant in the English court case of Woodroffe-Hedley v Cuthbertson was a six-year-old child whose father had died in a mountaineering accident in France?
... that Alfonsina Orsini, though not elected, directed the decisions of the government of the Republic of Florence from 1515?
... that Operaphone Records did not release recordings of operas?

28 January 2016

12:00, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School pupil in a DH.60 Moth, c. 1940

... that lack of parachutes cut flying at No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF (pupil pictured) before "permission was granted to continue training without them until supplies were forthcoming"?
... that American artist Katherine Schmidt made paintings with a realism that one critic called "mysterious" and another "magical"?
... that the silver mylossoma, an Amazon basin fish, feeds on fruit and seeds?
... after the death of Bajirao I, his first wife, Kashibai made arrangements to train his son from another marriage in weaponry?
... that armed groups have occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge since January 2, 2016?
... that the Dahomeyan post and telegraph workers leader Paul Kpoffon went on to become a government minister and ambassador?
... that in the 1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake, the Shiva Temple, Kera, was substantially damaged, leaving only the main spire and inner sanctum in a good condition?
... that Cicely Blair discovered that people with albinism cannot get blackheads?

00:00, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

Jacob deGrom

... that New York Mets fans mark games started by Jacob deGrom (pictured) with the Twitter hashtag #hairwego?
... that an unusual number of recipients of the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest military honour for gallantry, are buried in Richmond Cemetery?
... that while interviewing for the post of dean of women at Bates College, Judith Magyar Isaacson was asked if she had ever resided in a dormitory and she replied, "Yes, at Auschwitz"?
... that the marbled swamp eel can live out of water for at least six months?
... that brothers Abe Moffat and Alex Moffat were trade unionists and communist activists who became successive presidents of the National Union of Scottish Mineworkers?
... that to promote athletics in India, only Indian nationals are eligible for the prize money in the Kolkata Marathon?
... that pianist Mina Miller founded Music of Remembrance to perform music by and about victims of the Holocaust?
... that Mile Run is almost two miles (3.2 km) long?

27 January 2016

12:00, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Fleet Street c. 1890

... that an 18th-century waxworks exhibition on Fleet Street (pictured) featured a woman whose father avoided starvation by sucking her breast?
... that Bianca de' Medici played an organ concert for a current pope and a future pope in 1460?
... that Star Wars: The Force Awakens character Captain Phasma's creation was inspired by a rejected costume design for Kylo Ren?
... that Paul I. Richards published one of the earliest theoretical models of traffic waves?
... that the Sydney Jewish Museum records the contribution that Holocaust survivors made to Australia, which has more survivors per capita than any country except Israel?
... that 23 years ago, the game Electro Man came with a cassette tape containing the soundtrack?
... that Swedish politician Julia Kronlid has worked as a volunteer at a hospital clinic in Papua New Guinea?
... that clam juice and aspirin were served at the Everleigh Club brothel as a starter for breakfast, which began at 2:00 in the afternoon?

00:00, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Female ghostly seadevil with two attached males

... that many female ghostly seadevils (pictured) never encounter a male in the ocean depths in which they live?
... that after winning the 1977 Indian general election from the Kutch constituency, Anant Dave rose to the status of "giant killer"?
... that various onion cakes are consumed in China, Germany, Korea, Switzerland, Wales, and other countries?
... that journalist Ametist Azordegan is a member of the Grammis award jury and the Swedish Music Hall of Fame?
... that Pioneer Place commissioned the Soaring Stones sculpture as a gift to city residents to replace a fountain that was removed during construction of the mall?
... that although all copies of William Ketel's work on the miracles of John of Beverley are lost, a previous transcription of the work forms the basis for the edition printed in Acta Sanctorum?
... that The Glory Brigade is the only film in which Lee Marvin wears glasses in all his scenes?
... that City Oval, Pietermaritzburg and St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, are the only two first-class cricket grounds with a tree inside the boundary?

26 January 2016

12:00, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Isopogon anemonifolius

... that the Australian shrub Isopogon anemonifolius (pictured) was first cultivated in the UK in 1791?
... that until 1989 a wide downtown Yangon street was named after Htaw Lay, a 19th-century defector to the British and principal restorer of the Shwedagon Pagoda?
... that Freefall 3050 A.D. was one of only eight video games released for the Nuon platform?
... that Edmund Wainwright was considered to be amongst those who resurrected South Australian cricket?
... that many Iranian women chose not to leave their houses, and a few even committed suicide, to avoid removing their hijabs due to Reza Shah's Kashf-e hijab decree?
... that Bridget Tan, who founded the Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics to provide services to abused migrant workers, was honored for her work by Hillary Clinton?
... that Project Copper began and ended military cooperation between the Khmer Republic and the Kingdom of Laos?
... that contemporaries of the American artist Adelaide Lawson saw her as a lovably gypsy-like young woman who "had never been taught to wash her ears and neck"?

00:00, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Domaine de Marie

... that Suzanne Humbert, the wife of former French Governor of Indochina Jean Decoux, is buried in the Domaine de Marie Catholic convent (pictured) in Da Lat, Vietnam?
... that five protesters were shot during demonstrations against the shooting of Jamar Clark?
... that in the Maitreya Upanishad, Sakayanya expounds the nature of human life, stating that "Artha is Anartha", or "objects of senses are in truth worthless"?
... that to get her first job in television, Melissa Bachman worked for free, drove 150 miles (240 km)^* daily, and supported herself as a waitress?
... that the red-tailed goby lays its eggs in fresh water but the larvae will die if they are not washed downstream to the sea?
... that the Ghana Code Club is an after-school program in Ghana that teaches children computer programming skills?
... that Čakr-paša was killed by his comrade while shaving?

25 January 2016

12:00, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Passenger pigeon shooting in 1875

... that in 19th-century America, any amateur hunter could kill six passenger pigeons in a single shot (shooting pictured)?
... that botanist Pieter Baas was convinced that Queen Beatrix helped in the formation of the National Herbarium of the Netherlands, which the responsible minister denied?
... that Methane Pioneer was the world's first oceangoing LNG tanker?
... that former Rajya Sabha member Lakhiram Agrawal was detained under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act in 1975 during The Emergency?
... that smokebushes get their name from the resemblance of their flowers to smoke arising from the plant?
... that Fanny Knight excavated a Roman villa, repaired a castle, wrote a book, and was an accomplished botanist and artist?
... that the Museum of Goa in India does not host a permanent collection, instead operating as a gallery temporarily exhibiting works from around the world?
... that the Bulgarian idiom "Ideal Petrov", denoting something of excellent quality, derives from the name of an actor?

00:00, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Clara Henry

... that Clara Henry (pictured) wrote the book I've Got the Period, So What? about female menstrual periods and why women should not be ashamed to talk about them?
... that the Theatre Royal in Bath has been described by the Theatres Trust as "one of the most important surviving examples of Georgian theatre architecture"?
... that American sociologist Salvatore Babones specializes in topics related to the world system and China?
... that the Yoga Yajnavalkya is one of the texts on asanas and meditation that dominated the Indian yoga scene before the 12th century?
... that a 2001 survey found that only one of the officially named tributaries of Mahanoy Creek had fish, but that tributary had 20 fish species?
... that the roof plates of traditional Acehnese houses are lashed to the beams using ropes, so that the roof can be quickly detached in case of fire?
... that Patricia M. Collins and Donald Collins were the first married couple to each serve as mayor of Caribou, Maine?
... that Sankofa is the fossilized remains of eggs that were probably laid by a transitional species from dinosaurs to birds?

24 January 2016

12:00, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Varanasi, the holy city

... that the nearly 2000-year-old Hindu text Jabala Upanishad discusses what makes Varanasi (pictured) holy?
... that when General Vang Pao begged senior generals for reinforcements to stave off defeat in Campaign 139, they were busy with parade practice?
... that "Zueignung" (Dedication), the first published song by Richard Strauss, was dedicated to Heinrich Vogl, the principal tenor of the Munich Court Opera?
... that fig cake and similar cakes have traditionally been served in the Appalachian Mountains as a part of Old Christmas celebrations?
... that the mining industry of Cyprus is synonymous with copper extraction which began around 4,000 BC?
... that Praška filmska škola is a term applied to the works of several Yugoslav film directors who graduated from the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU)?
... that in the viral ad video Heimkommen, a German grandfather fakes his own death to reunite his family?
... that The Pink Assassin was a flamboyant masked villain from Fire Island, New York?

00:00, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

White plate, partly painted

... that 2015 auction prices for pieces from the Meissen porcelain Swan Service of 1737–1742 (example pictured) include £31,250 for a teacup and saucer?
... that the Mamluk sultan an-Nasir Ahmad ruled from the desert fortress of al-Karak instead of the Mamluk capital in Cairo?
... that the Holly Steam Combination Company was the first commercially successful steam heating company for district heating from a central distribution station?
... that comedian Rachel Mohlin made her acting debut in the soap opera Vänner och fiender, appearing in 695 episodes?
... that the Forty Hadith authored by Ayatollah Khomeini is a collection of personal interpretations of 40 traditions attributed to the prophet Muhammad and The Twelve Imams?
... that in April 2015, Ollie Robinson became the first Sussex cricketer in 95 years to score a century on a County Championship debut?
... that in Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 3, a chorale cantata based on Moller's hymn in 18 stanzas, the first cantus firmus is sung by the bass supported by a trombone?
... that Gene Roddenberry pushed for Star Trek to be filmed in color so that the green skin of the Orion slave girl could be seen?

23 January 2016

12:00, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

Black-bellied tern

... that the black-bellied tern (pictured), an endangered species, breeds by rivers and is threatened by human activities?
... that Swedish journalist Per Sinding-Larsen has interviewed musicians such as Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, and Madonna during his years at ZTV?
... that reconnaissance aircraft were flown into tropical cyclones in the Australian region only during the 1978–79 season?
... that King Henry II of England supposedly said of Alan de Neville, his chief forester, that an abbey could have his body, the king would have his money, and "the demons of hell his soul"?
... that the debut single "Talk Talk" by The Music Machine has been attributed to influencing The Doors and Iron Butterfly, as well as future punk bands?
... that Abbo Nassour became the speaker of the Chadian parliament in 1969, after having been sentenced to death a few years earlier?
... that the steeple of the Readington Reformed Church was blown over by a cyclone on January 3, 1913, and restored one hundred years later?
... that professional wrestler Sean Royal was once managed by a robot?

00:00, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

Elephant & Castle tube station

... that the first baby born on the London Underground was delivered at the Elephant & Castle tube station (pictured) in 1924?
... that bebop jazz pianist Richie Powell was fond of inserting musical quotes, including from nursery rhymes and opera?
... that brain surgery can be done while the patient is awake?
... that between 1995 and 2003, table tennis player Jing Junhong won medals at five consecutive Southeast Asian Games?
... that the marlin sucker often clings onto its host fish in pairs, with a male under one gill cover and a female under the other?
... that physicist Ronald Mickens was a member of the founding council of the Edward Bouchet Abdus Salam Institute, which supports collaboration among African and American physicists?
... that the world's largest star sapphire, The Star of Adam, is valued at $100 million?
... that Mary Amdur gassed her own guinea pigs to prove that breathing sulphuric acid was dangerous?

22 January 2016

12:00, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Drawing of Nicolette Bruining

... that VPRO founder Nicolette Bruining (pictured) was honored as Righteous Among the Nations for assisting Jews during World War II?
... that Newry City Ladies F.C. were the first team for 14 years to win the Women's Premier League outside of Belfast?
... that a small fish, the California grunion, buries its eggs in sand high on a beach?
... that one historian described the family relationships of Alan de Neville (floruit 1168) as "a veritable labyrinth into which many a genealogical enquiry has vanished without trace"?
... that South Hams District Council in Devon offers seagull-proof refuse sacks to reduce waste and injuries caused by the birds?
... that the soul sampling in Porter Robinson's hip-hop- and disco-influenced track "Flicker" was inspired by Daft Punk's second album Discovery?
... that the National Education Association started a teacher legal defense fund with monies left over from collections for Kate Frank's case to be rehired by Muskogee schools?
... that some trainee pilots of Project Waterpump had to sit on cushions to fly?

00:02, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Sharyn Canyon

... that the geology of the Sharyn Canyon (pictured) is sedimentary red sandstone, which has weathered to create unusual formations?
... that the video for the rap number "An Open Letter to Honey Singh", which was written in one hour, received around a million hits in five days?
... that the 2014–15 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team coach John Beilein was voted 2014 Coach of the Year by Big Ten media?
... that Crab Run is listed as being impaired by abandoned mine drainage, even though no mining has been done in its watershed?
... that, according to a Reuters analyst, Hyundai launched Genesis Motors to _target "fat profit margins from high-end motorists to help it reverse out of a protracted earnings slide"?
... that the Alliance of Palestinian Forces, formed in 1993 by Hamas and nine other groups who rejected the Oslo Accords, was marginalized by the time of the Second Intifada in 2000?
... that French economist Laurence Tubiana, appointed Special Ambassador to the COP21 climate change meeting in Paris, managed the negotiations that led to a new agreement signed by 195 countries?

21 January 2016

12:00, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Jarrad Seng

... that photographer Jarrad Seng (pictured) pranked music festivalgoers by disguising himself as American DJ Steve Aoki?
... that during his arrest, the suspect of the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting said in an interview, "No more baby parts"?
... that one failed candidate for Toulouse's Capitoulate tearfully complained in court that his 4000-livre bribe had bought him nothing?
... that screenwriter Kelly Fremon is making her directing debut with the upcoming film Besties?
... that the 2013–14 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team were the 2013–14 Big Ten Conference champions?
... that Jessica Plummer started her singing and acting careers in 2013?
... that during feeding, the cichlid fish Retroculus lapidifer dives into the sediment with its mouth open and then expels sand through its gill chambers?
... that Lionel Royce, who fled Europe due to the Nazi persecution of Jews, became well known in American films for playing a Nazi?

00:00, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Isopogon latifolius

... that the wildflower Isopogon latifolius (pictured) is the showiest of the drumstick genus Isopogon?
... that Sudanese citizens report that the police are the most corrupt institution in Sudan?
... that while Ben Musa served as an Oregon state senator, his wife was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives, representing approximately half of his senate district?
... that the McEwen Bridge has not been subjected to major rehabilitation or repair since opening in 1923?
... that some fans had a racist reaction to the character of Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
... that the trematode Metorchis conjunctus can cause disease in fish-eating mammals including humans?
... that Sergio Casas was elected Governor of La Rioja Province, Argentina after serving as vice-governor?
... that Donald L. Bryant Jr. did not "SELL THE HOUSE SELL THE CAR SELL THE KIDS", but sold the painting in 2001?

20 January 2016

12:00, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton

... that in The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777 (pictured), the painter used the general's son as a model?
... that the wildlife of Russia includes about four million reindeer in the tundra region which can endure temperatures down to about −50 °C (−58 °F)?
... that the image of Marianna Dolińska's dead children has been falsely used to represent victims of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army?
... that Poe Dameron, portrayed by Oscar Isaac, was initially scripted to be killed off in Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
... that the symmetrical appearance of Kankainen Manor is a result of renovations made between 1762 and 1763, when the windows were realigned and a false second entrance was added?
... that the 1896 US presidential campaign of William McKinley laid the groundwork for modern campaigns?
... that Marathi-film director Raja Thakur holds the record of winning the Maharashtra State Film Awards three times from 1970 to 1972 in the Best Film category?
... that flooding has been known to occur on Dry Run?

00:00, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Lancaster Memorial in East Sheen Cemetery

... that "one of the most significant 20th-century examples of funerary sculpture" (pictured) can be found in East Sheen Cemetery?
... that the footballer Rafa Jordà scored six goals in the 2007–08 season, which saw his side being promoted to La Liga?
... that the Racking Horse Breeders' Association of America was formed partially to give amateur horsemen a venue to train and show their own horses?
... that high school best friends Zofia Glazer and Cypora Zonszajn saved Rachel while separated by circumstances beyond their control during the Holocaust in occupied Poland?
... that peak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of extraction of petroleum is reached, after which it is expected to decline?
... that Richard Honeywood established best practices for video game localization at Square after going through "pure hell" while translating Xenogears?
... that Gaylord Wilshire's electric belt used a weak magnetic current to purportedly cure most diseases and improve health?
... that President Obama shared a Death by Chocolate cake with the crew of Air Force One?

19 January 2016

12:00, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

Space-filling model of the benzylamine molecule

... that the hydrochloride salt of benzylamine (molecular model pictured) was given to NASA astronaut John Glenn as a treatment for motion sickness in the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission?
... that the Ornithological Dictionary; or Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds is George Montagu's best-known work, and the one that established his reputation as a pioneer of British ornithology?
... that Rattling Run is a Coldwater Fishery, but had no fish as of 2001?
... that literary scholar Hana Wirth-Nesher grew up with her father reading to her in Yiddish, her mother and grandmother speaking to her in German, and her friends conversing with her in English?
... that the Lindbergh Beacon atop Los Angeles City Hall was deactivated after the attack on Pearl Harbor and not fully restored and reactivated until 2001?
... that Rakel Wärmländer's real-life friend, actress Josephine Bornebusch, played her friend in the film Love and Lemons?
... that in the early 1940s, the New York Yankees used the Salamanca Erie Railroad station as a rest stop because of a delayed game with the Cleveland Indians?
... that dak bungalows are "about as handsome as a stack of hay"?

00:00, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

Macun in Turkey

... that varieties of macun (pictured) were served in Turkey as both a medicine and as a confectionery during the time of the Ottoman Empire?
... that during his 50-year acting career, John Marriott originated the role of Joe Mott in Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh, and played the asthmatic security guard in the film Dog Day Afternoon?
... that Braemar Hill Mansions in Hong Kong is composed of 15 tower blocks of 25 floors each, for a total of 925 apartments?
... that during the governorship of Ridwan Pasha, founder of the Ridwan dynasty, Ottoman authority in Yemen largely collapsed?
... that while Julien Baker was writing the songs on Sprained Ankle, she didn't intend to release them as an album?
... that ground staff from No. 1 Initial Flying Training School RAAF won the Hewitt Trophy for small arms proficiency in 1953?
... that former Bengal cricketer Prakash Poddar is regarded as the man who "discovered" Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni in 2003?
... that in 1965 a USGS employee found everyone he met in and around Freeburg, Pennsylvania, knew a nearby stream as "Susquehecka Creek", but only two knew how to spell the name?

18 January 2016

12:00, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

N&W LC-1 No. 2501 on the Elkhorn Grade in 1915

... that at the time of its introduction on the Elkhorn Grade, the N&W LC-1 (pictured) was the largest and heaviest electric locomotive in the United States?
... that Wided Bouchamaoui, the leader of UTICA, was one of those accepting the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet?
... that in 1573, Emperor Akbar had set up his military base camp near Gopi Talav during the siege of Surat?
... that residents in the English village of Clovelly operated their own rescue services from 1988 to 1998, because Clovelly Lifeboat Station was closed by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution?
... that in Christ, the Messenger, Swami Vivekananda attempted to analyze the life and messages of Jesus through Vedanta?
... that as many as 3.3 million newborns die each year, of which 23.4% succumb to neonatal infection?
... that many guerrilla leaders in the Guatemalan Civil War had been members of the Patriotic Labour Youth during high school?
... that a museum collection of Irish film costumes compiled by Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh included a set of underwear worn by Daniel Day-Lewis in In the Name of the Father?

00:00, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Isopogon ceratophyllus

... that Isopogon ceratophyllus (pictured) is known as the wild irishman and horny conebush?
... that the first university course in American Literature was taught at Princeton University in 1872?
... that Sarah Hay has been nominated for a Golden Globe, a Satellite Award, and a Critics' Choice Television Award for what she considers to be her first acting role?
... that Turkish football referee Yeliz Topaloğlu is the first FIFA-listed female beach soccer official?
... that the Palestinian Liberation Front left the PLO in protest against the 1993 Oslo Accords?
... that the pianist Staffan Scheja had a well-publicized feud with comedian Jonas Gardell when he tried to teach Gardell how to play the violin in the series Stjärnorna på slottet?
... that the eponymous story in the manga Trash Market is based on the author's experience working at a blood bank?
... that Norman C. Pickering, co-founder of the Audio Engineering Society, was caught off guard by the introduction of the LP record?

17 January 2016

12:00, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Baltit Fort

... that the Baltit Fort (pictured), which also functioned as a palace, was built when the village of Karimabad was under the rulership of the Mir of Hunza?
... that a father and son received the death penalty for the Woodburn bank bombing, which accidentally killed two policemen?
... that at least seven denominations trace their history to a Pentecostal church founded by Mary Magdalena Lewis Tate, the first American woman to serve as bishop in a nationally-recognized denomination?
... that the fossil bee Protohabropoda has a dense coating of hairs preserved on its body in places?
... that Alfred Charles Garratt was the first full-time medical doctor in electrotherapy in the United States, and wrote the first book on the subject?
... that the Yoga-kundalini Upanishad is one of the most important texts on Kundalini yoga?
... that historian and priest Zenovie Pâclișanu was imprisoned by both Austria-Hungary and Communist Romania, the latter incarceration proving fatal?
... that Philippine presidential candidate Roy Señeres hopes he will not be declared a "nuisance candidate" by the Comelec during the upcoming election?

00:00, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Brigitte Boehme

... that Brigitte Boehme (pictured), the president of the Protestant Church of Bremen who moved the German Evangelical Church Assembly 2009 to the town, was baptized in her forties?
... that the Mediterranean saltwort, a climax plant on the Syrian steppe, is part of the varied wildlife of Syria?
... that American wrestler Dr. Heresy has a real-life career in the mental health industry?
... that a lotus medallion and a 9-foot (2.7 m)-long pillar depicting the Buddha as fire were stolen from the Chandavaram Buddhist site?
... that seven songs used in telenovelas reached number one on the Billboard Mexican Espanol Airplay chart in 2014?
... that the British child rapist William Goad fled to Thailand, only to get caught using his credit card upon return and be sentenced to life imprisonment?
... that the first reported Shinto wedding ceremony was in the 1880s?
... that Kathy Bardswick got her first job at The Co-operators Group when her mother applied for her and pretended she was Kathy when the company called back?

16 January 2016

12:00, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Church of St George the Exiler

... that the Church of St George the Exiler (pictured) in Famagusta has been used as a Nestorian church, a stable for camels, a Greek Orthodox church, and a cultural center over its 650-year history?
... that of the ten songs written by Brad Neely for China, IL's "Magical Pet", three are performed by Cat Power?
... that after she treated injured students in the 1981 protests in Kosovo, Sehadete Mekuli was denied a full professorship at the University of Pristina and forced into early retirement?
... that Rapid Vienna won the 1941 German football championship on the same day that Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union?
... that the Texas A&M–Commerce Lions women's volleyball team plays its home games at the University Field House, which George Dahl designed to resemble an airplane hangar?
... that artist Naziha Mestaoui's One Heart, One Tree installation at COP21 will support the planting of 52,677 trees?
... that the hydrology of the Daecheong Dam, on the Geum River in South Korea, is influenced by seasonal monsoons?
... that Governor Thilawa of Yamethin is said to have smiled only three times in his life?

00:00, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Hors d'oeuvre

... that hors d'oeuvre trays (pictured) served on a table may be referred to as buffet-style, while those held and passed by servers are part of butler-style service or butlered hors d'oeuvres?
... that Stanisław Lem's character pilot Pirx defeats a perfect robot thanks to human imperfection?
... that the Soviet icebreaker Moskva once helped to free a herd of beluga whales trapped by pack ice?
... that Surinam-born Dutch author Astrid Roemer is the first Caribbean writer selected to receive the highest Dutch literary prize, the P. C. Hooft Award?
... that Dragon Age: Origins has 68,260 lines of dialogue, and its quality assurance testers enabled a cheat to automatically skip dialogues during test runs?
... that the musicologist David Fallows discovered that the biography of composer Johannes Ciconia was actually of Ciconia's father?
... that the fireworm Odontosyllis phosphorea lives unobtrusively on the seabed but rises to the surface and produces a sparkling display when it breeds?
... that at General Aung San's request, Myint Swe used to play the violin while Khin Kyi sang the hits of the day?

15 January 2016

12:00, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Swimming porpoises

... that porpoises (pictured) were one of the most accessible species for early cetologists, because they could be seen very close to land, inhabiting shallow coastal areas?
... that a reviewer of a solo exhibition by Lena Gurr said that the American artist "painted with the gusto of a Goya"?
... that in 2015, the Indian whiskey Officer's Choice became the world's highest-selling spirit brand?
... that director Frank Stähle revived the choir and orchestra of Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium and conducted them in Mozart's Requiem for the centenary of the Lutherkirche?
... that physical paintings of Pepe the frog have been put up for sale on eBay?
... that Max Deutsch intentionally destroyed his compositions so that his only surviving legacy would be his students?
... that King Abdullah II donated two helicopters to Jordan's newly established Air Ambulance Center?
... that David Dewhurst's campaign for Lieutenant Governor of Texas released disco-themed "Lt. Gov. You've Gotta Love" and "Frozen", a parody of "Let It Go", as political advertisements?

00:00, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Jo-Anne McArthur

... that the photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur (pictured) was the "main human subject" of the 2013 documentary film The Ghosts in Our Machine?
... that the Andes have risen significantly in the last 30 million years?
... that Belgian cartoonist Hergé died before completing Tintin and Alph-Art, the final volume in the The Adventures of Tintin, leaving the character's fate unexplained?
... that U.S. Highway 102 was the first U.S. Highway in Michigan to be decommissioned, just two years after designation?
... that Larycia Hawkins, American professor at Wheaton College, was suspended after she wore a hijab and made comments regarding Christianity and Islam in December 2015?
... that American Samoan association football team Utulei Youth had a perfect season in 2014, winning every game in the Senior League and taking home the President's Cup?
... that haematologist Lucy Meredith Bryce was the director of the first blood transfusion service in Australia?
... that shortly after the full moon and precisely 55 minutes after sunset, the female Bermuda fireworm rises to the sea surface and produces a bioluminescent display?

14 January 2016

12:00, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Arii Matamoe

... that Arii Matamoe (pictured), an 1892 painting of a Pacific Islander's severed head, may have been inspired by the death of Pōmare V shortly after Paul Gauguin's arrival in Tahiti?
... that Ida Silverman logged over 600,000 air miles traveling the world, speaking and fund-raising for the creation of a Jewish state?
... that Ian McDonald's 2015 science fiction novel Luna: New Moon has been called "Game of Thrones in space"?
... that Emma Dench, a British classicist and the McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History at Harvard University, appeared in a film alongside her aunt Judi Dench in 1968?
... that the type fossil of the damselfly Electropodagrion consists only of a thorax, leg, and wing portions?
... that Lord Minginish is the first Gaelic-speaking Chairman of the Scottish Land Court?
... that the Sacred Heart Church in Exeter, England is the earliest surviving architectural work of Leonard Stokes?
... that Donald Trump's spokesperson Katrina Pierson appeared on CNN with a necklace made of bullets?

13 January 2016

22:17, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

The Gerrards Cross Memorial Building

... that the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens designed dozens of war memorials, but the Gerrards Cross Memorial Building (pictured) was the only one with a functional purpose?
... that a legal challenge by Zunera Ishaq resulted in allowing the niqāb to be worn while taking the Canadian Oath of Citizenship?
... that Liza Levy, a board member and past president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, originally joined the group as a way to make friends and retain her Jewish identity?
... that Cyclone Ilona produced record rainfall over Pilbara, Western Australia, in December 1988?
... that the scene in Neighbours Episode 7202 where Terese Willis pushed Lauren Turner into the pool could only be shot once?
... that Ruth B's debut single started off as a Vine video?
... that Mycomorphoolithus is a kind of fossil egg distinguished by its mushroom-shaped eggshell units?
... that some fans consider Rey from Star Wars: The Force Awakens to be a "Mary Sue"?

02:17, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Northern three-toed jerboa

... that the midday jird, the Libyan jird and the northern three-toed jerboa (pictured) all colonised Aralkum, a man-made desert?
... that Carrie Mac, a Canadian author specializing in Young Adult fiction, is a winner of the CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize, the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize, and the Arthur Ellis Award?
... that Nellie Campobello's Cartucho is the only canonical literary representation of the Mexican Revolution written by a woman?
... that Justin Bieber asked his Twitter followers to get charity record "A Bridge over You" to the UK Singles Chart Christmas number one ahead of his own song?
... that during the start up of Chicago Pile-1, Norman Hilberry stood ready with an ax to cut the scram line?
... that when the Texas A&M–Commerce Lions softball team was established in 2015, it made A&M–Commerce the last school in the Lone Star Conference to sponsor the sport?
... that when Otto Hackbarth nearly defeated eventual winner Jim Barnes in the second round of the 1919 PGA Championship, The New York Times described the match as "the proverbial close shave"?
... that places of worship in Woking borough include Britain's first mosque, a Buddhist temple in a former asylum and an Eastern Orthodox church in a cemetery?

12 January 2016

12:00, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Cedar of Lebanon

... that the cedar of Lebanon (pictured), an iconic part of Lebanon's wildlife, is under threat?
... that Edith Mansford Fitzgerald invented the Fitzgerald Key, which at one time was used by 75% of the US schools teaching the hearing impaired?
... that the Revolutionary Communist Party of Argentina won key leadership posts in the Córdoba auto workers union election of 1972?
... that percussionist Annette A. Aguilar was sent to South Africa by the U.S. State Department as a Latin Jazz Ambassador?
... that Andrew Tremlett had his appointment as Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons blocked because he was "another white middle aged man"?
... that during the Naqib al-Ashraf Revolt, the rebels and inhabitants of Jerusalem engaged in virtual self-rule in the city for over two years?
... that the British physician Albertine Winner helped establish the first modern hospice at St Christopher's Hospice in Sydenham, London?
... that during Operation Junction City Jr., members of Bataillon Commando 203 fled from a crowd of refugees they mistook for enemy troops?

00:00, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

A rock relief at Taq Bostan

... that rock reliefs (example pictured) have been made in many cultures, and were especially important in the art of the ancient Near East?
... that a young Cincinnati artist, Joseph Mason, painted uncredited plant-life backgrounds for more than 50 of John James Audubon's bird studies?
... that the Hindu text Mantrika Upanishad is one of the earliest Yoga Upanishads composed in the 1st millennium BCE?
... that Theodore Komnenos Doukas founded the short-lived Empire of Thessalonica and came close to restoring the Byzantine Empire before his defeat and capture by the Bulgarians?
... that professional golfer Eddie Loos accidentally hit Walter Hagen's ball in the 1931 Los Angeles Open, earning a two-stroke penalty and a loss to Ed Dudley?
... that the Muslims of Granada revolted against their Catholic rulers seven years after the conquest of Granada, triggered by forced conversions imposed by Cardinal Cisneros?
... that Steven Anzovin published the first serious study on computer pollution and how it affects the world's environment?
... that medical self-experimenter Nicholas Senn had nearly six litres of hydrogen pumped into his anus?

11 January 2016

12:00, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

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Davina Delor

... that choreographer and TV artist Davina Delor (pictured) became a Buddhist nun after meeting the Dalai Lama, and converted her country home in Haims to a monastery?
... that the Supreme Court of the United States recently held that plaintiffs cannot sue foreign sovereigns for injuries that are based upon conduct that occurs solely in a foreign country?
... that in Dick Hogan's last film role, in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Rope, his character is murdered at the start and concealed in a chest at a dinner party?
... that it is claimed that 36 M3 Gun Motor Carriages destroyed 30 German tanks, including 2 Tiger tanks, at the Battle of El Guettar in March 1943?
... that, while studying interfacial phenomena, Heather C. Allen discovered that halides such as bromide are located close to the surface of water?
... that the ant tribe Prionomyrmecini has two members, the genus Prionomyrmex, which is extinct, and Nothomyrmecia, which is critically endangered?
... that Miriam Goldberg succeeded her husband as publisher of the Intermountain Jewish News, which he had bought for one dollar?
... that the frog galvanoscope was tens of thousands times more sensitive to electric current than galvanometers available in the early nineteenth century?

00:00, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms

... that in the painting A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms (pictured), a handwritten sign in Flemish is posted on a wood placard that scholars have stated represented a warning to society at that time?
... that Bach composed the cantata for the Sunday after Epiphany, Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen, BWV 32, as a dialogue of the Soul and Jesus, using elements of contemporary opera?
... that Afghanistan's vineyards cover an area larger than do Austria's despite alcohol being officially forbidden?
... that Porcupine was the first Native American to derail a train during the Indian Wars?
... that distinguishing science from non-science is an unsolved problem in the philosophy of science, so an "I know it when I see it" standard is sometimes used to recognize pseudoscience?
... that Colonel Frank M. Hume formed his own army, which would later be designated Company L of Maine's National Guard?
... that mazamorra is an historical corn stew of the indigenous peoples in South America?
... that November 14, 1976 was proclaimed by Governor Boren as Opaline Wadkins Day to honor the first African American to earn a master's degree in nursing education from the University of Oklahoma?

10 January 2016

12:00, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Al-Masjid an-Nabawi

... that Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (pictured), the second holiest mosque of Islam, was built by Muhammad partly on a burial ground?
... that Indian otorhinolaryngologist Mohan Kameswaran performed the first auditory brainstem implant surgery in South Asia, and later became the first in Asia to perform the procedure on a child?
... that Priscilla Laws conceived AtariLab after seeing a computer chart temperatures in real time and realizing it would make lab work easier?
... that Sir George Kenning called his Derby car showroom Morris House and it was opened by Sir William Morris?
... that in 1920, a deadly arson attack occurred at the offices of the Federación Obrera de Magallanes trade union in Punta Arenas, Chile?
... that five-time Pro Bowl linebacker John Offerdahl founded a chain of bagel restaurants, helped rescue an elderly couple from drowning, and may have foiled a murder attempt?
... that The Talk of the Town was the first Tennessee Walking Horse to win three World Grand Championships, and one of only two horses ever to do so?
... that the second time that Christina Carpenter was placed in a cell, it had no door?

00:00, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

The Tour Ronde

... that a mountain guide whose client was killed whilst climbing the Tour Ronde (pictured) near Mont Blanc was successfully sued for negligence by the client's six-year-old son?
... that Jeanette Rubio was a Miami Dolphins Cheerleader before she married Senator Marco Rubio?
... that in Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs, Lisa Randall offers a credible but "far from compelling" hypothesis for why dinosaurs became extinct?
... that Ode de Pougy, abbess of Notre Dame aux Nonnains and niece of Manassès II de Pougy, was excommunicated after throwing the Archbishop of Tyre out of the Church of St Urbain?
... that despite its name meaning "quick, active, swift" in Old English, the River Tale is noted as being "sluggish"?
... that after being jailed for 10 years and then deported to Jordan, Palestinian communist leader Arabi Awwad was elected to the Palestinian National Council in 1974?
... that the Milam Building was both the tallest brick and reinforced concrete structure and first office building with built in air conditioning in the United States when it opened in 1928?
... that in December 2015, Trent Zimmerman became the first openly gay man to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives?

9 January 2016

12:00, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

The Human Comedy

... that The Human Comedy (pictured) by French sculptor Ernest Christophe inspired Baudelaire's poem "The Mask"?
... that Ananda Thuriya, a chief minister, general, and son-in-law of King Sithu II of Pagan, began his career in the royal security detail?
... that basketball player Kobe Bryant was the first guard to play 20 seasons in the NBA?
... that Turkish-German women's footballer Melike Pekel was top scorer of the German Regionalliga Süd in the 2013–14 season, and became a member of the Turkey women's national team in 2015?
... that the fossil bumblebee Bombus cerdanyensis has notable darkening and texturing of the wing apex?
... that a Palestinian, Muhammad Najati Sidqi, wrote a book in 1940 arguing that Nazism was incompatible with Islam?
... that although designed as an input for gaming controllers like joysticks, the Atari joystick port was also used as a serial port for devices like modems?
... that Indian cricketer M. P. Pandove scored his maiden first-class century at age 16, while his son Dhruv Pandove scored his at age 14?

00:00, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Army & Navy Union badge

... that the Army and Navy Union (badge shown) is the oldest veterans' organization in America?
... that sociologist C. K. Yang argued that religion was an important "diffuse" force in Chinese society even though it was not institutionalized in churches?
... that the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource originally included over 50 stations deemed significant for their architectural and cultural merit?
... that 100 years ago, Robert Burgess was killed after being knocked off his bike by a shell?
... that the pharmaceutical drug patiromer lowers potassium levels in the blood but is not absorbed from the gut?
... that the Austrian physician Gisela Januszewska, famed for her work among Bosnian Muslim women and highly decorated for her World War I service, died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp?
... that the biologist Honor Fell directed the Strangeways Research Laboratory for 41 years, then returned to continue her research until shortly before her death in 1986?
... that in David v. Poe, the Senate Electoral Tribunal of the Philippines declared that Grace Poe, formerly a foundling, is a "natural-born Filipino", allowing her to remain in the Philippine Senate?

8 January 2016

12:00, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Firehouse, Hook & Ladder Company 8

... that the firehouse (pictured) from Ghostbusters is to be released as a 4,500-piece Lego set?
... that on 29 August 1942, Gordon Gollob became the first fighter pilot to claim 150 aerial victories in World War II?
... that flooding in October 2008 in Central America was considered the worst natural disaster since Hurricane Mitch 10 years prior?
... that Indian composer and singer Shankar Mahadevan made his acting debut in the 2015 Marathi film Katyar Kaljat Ghusali?
... that despite using forward air control operations during the Korean War, the U.S. military could not agree on a common doctrine between 1946 and 1966?
... that Hu Di, a top Communist Chinese secret agent, was executed by the Communist commander Zhang Guotao?
... that the title of Monica Byrne's drama What Every Girl Should Know is drawn from a sex education column in the New York Call by Margaret Sanger?
... that Bionade-Biedermeier might be replaced by rhubarb spritzer-Rokoko?

00:00, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Khandro Rinpoche

... that Khandro Rinpoche (pictured) of the Mindrolling lineage is considered the present reincarnation of Urgyen Tsomo?
... that the HTC One (E8) has been described as an HTC One (M8) with a plastic shell?
... that Ju Zheng was persuaded to oppose Chiang Kai-shek's candidacy for president of China in 1948 and received 10 percent of the vote in the National Assembly, with Chiang elected overwhelmingly?
... that the music of Red Dead Redemption was inspired by Ennio Morricone's work on the Dollars Trilogy?
... that after leading a nationwide strike during his presidency of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria, Isaac Folorunso Adewole was declared a wanted man and had to go into exile?
... that the two-story station building at Readville was destroyed in a suspicious fire in 1983?
... that on 24 October 1941, Günther Lützow became the second fighter pilot to claim 100 aerial victories in World War II?
... that stale beer tends to smell like cat urine and then cardboard?

7 January 2016

12:00, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

A layer cake prepared with avocado

... that avocado cake (example pictured) may be topped with an avocado-based fool, a pressed fruit mixture or fruit purée mixed with custard or cream?
... that William Walker was the last underarm bowler to have played for Tasmania?
... that the wildlife of Jordan includes a critically endangered fish found at a single oasis with a shrinking water supply?
... that while Caroline Stephen's book was considered a "Quaker classic" even 100 years after publication, her brother had dismissed it as "another little work of hers"?
... that an altarpiece by Bror Hjorth was the only item saved from a 1993 fire in Salabacke Church in Uppsala?
... that Mary Docherty, a Scottish communist, was treated for tuberculosis while visiting the Soviet Union?
... that the upcoming film The Bleeder is about Chuck Wepner (portrayed by Liev Schreiber), who challenged Muhammad Ali for the world's Heavyweight title in 1975?
... that David van Rooyen was the South African Minister of Finance for four days?

00:00, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Al-Maghtas baptism site

... that Al-Maghtas (pictured), in Jordan, is considered by Christians as the location for the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist?
... that Victoria Bricker has studied the languages, astronomy, and ethnobotany of the Maya?
... that Julian Lage's album World's Fair was inspired by Andrés Segovia?
... that four years after Han Qing set the Asian Games record in the 200 metres sprint, she tested positive for using dihydrotestosterone and was given a ban that effectively ended her career?
... that an entire chapter was censored from the hentai manga Coffin of Cerebrum due to "the shota aspect and the violence towards children"?
... that Sergeant Donald Nichols correctly forecast that the Korean War would start within a certain three-day period?
... that Saimaluu Tash, a petroglyphs site, has black-and-white rock paintings which are a globally important collection of rock art?
... that players can fire teddy bears strapped to sticks of dynamite in Sunset Overdrive?

6 January 2016

12:00, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

The Adoration of the Three Kings

... that Melchior, Caspar, and Balthazar are the traditional names of the Biblical Magi who visited the baby Jesus (pictured), though they are not named in the Bible?
... that binary logarithms can be used to determine the number of octaves between two musical tones?
... that violinist Mia Matsumiya spent ten years cataloging online harassment that she received, and has created a popular Instagram account featuring those messages?
... that the leaves of the scallop hakea cup the stem and the axillary flowers?
... that Major Arthur V. Peterson traveled to Europe before D-Day to warn General Eisenhower about the dangers of the Germans using radioactive weapons?
... that the Khpal Kor Foundation, which operates an orphanage in Pakistan's Swat District, established a Child Assembly that Malala Yousafzai once chaired?
... that Commonwealth Games multiple medal-winning gymnast Nathan Gafuik was diagnosed with Addison's disease at the age of 15?
... that the "Mauthausen Trilogy", composed by Mikis Theodorakis, has been described as the "most beautiful musical work ever written about the Holocaust"?

00:00, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Demarest Building, circa 1891

... that the Demarest Building (pictured) built by Aaron T. Demarest was the first building with an electric elevator?
... that the second column of the Tchepone Operation was Orange, Red, and Black?
... that the guitar/drum duo Two Gallants are named after a short story by James Joyce?
... that Israeli filmmaker Yael Reuveny says she only really got to know her mother by interviewing her for Farewell Herr Schwarz, her documentary about her family's history?
... that Edith Irby made national news when she was accepted in 1948 as the first African American medical student in the Southern United States?
... that the ice-breaking in the title Islossningen i Uleå älv, a 1889 composition for narrator, men's chorus, and orchestra by Jean Sibelius, was a political statement?
... that by 2013, the revenue of the Syrian tourist industry had decreased by 94 percent since the start of the Syrian Civil War in 2011?
... that the Anita Krajnc case could result in her spending ten years in prison for giving water to thirsty pigs on their way to slaughter?

5 January 2016

12:00, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

Christian Ramsay, Lady Dalhousie

... that Christian Ramsay (pictured), an honorary member of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, died with a list of plants in her hand?
... that the Turkish slave-soldier Ahmad ibn Tulun established the first local dynasty to rule Egypt since the Pharaohs?
... that fossil eggs classified as Elongatoolithidae have been found with preserved embryos inside?
... that Marianne Katoppo, who wrote the book Compassionate and Free. An Asian Woman's Theology, found the term feminist theology "too loaded"?
... that the virtually abandoned Rukai slate village of Kucapungane is an "endangered site" according to the World Monuments Fund?
... that the Manav Vikas Mission of the Government of Maharashtra provides free bus service for village girls from their native village to their schools?
... that Appian Way Productions has produced The Aviator (2004) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), both of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture?
... that a recitative in Bach's cantata for the Sunday after New Year's Day, Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 58, retells the prescribed gospel about the Flight into Egypt?

00:00, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

Lucy Goode Brooks

... that former slave Lucy Goode Brooks (pictured) helped found the Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans, which still serves families in Richmond, Virginia, as the Friends' Association for Children?
... that six different species of gibbon are among the animals found in Laos?
... that Aviel Barclay, the first woman to be traditionally trained and certified as a Jewish scribe, completed her first Torah scroll in 2010?
... that the funeral march In Memoriam by Jean Sibelius was conceived in memory of Eugen Schauman, who shot a Governor-General in 1904?
... that Mãe Menininha do Gantois was instrumental in gaining legal recognition of Candomblé and its rituals?
... that the lemon-shaped container for Jif lemon juice was one of the first blow moulded polythene containers used for food applications?
... that Ernie Blake helped interrogate Nazis Hermann Göring and Albert Speer, and adopted his code name as his real name, before founding Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico?
... that the 2015 Bangkok Half Marathon was called the "world's longest half marathon"?

4 January 2016

12:00, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

Magdala stone

... that the Magdala stone (pictured) may show the oldest known image of the Temple Menorah?
... that the 1981 election of Kathryn J. Whitmire as mayor heralded a major change in the city politics of Houston, Texas?
... that the house of the Chief or King of the community, at the southwestern end of Bawomataluo village, is said to be the "oldest and largest on Nias"?
... that devout Muslim Mohamed Hadid, a lifelong teetotaler, owns a 5,000-bottle wine cellar and a Beverly Hills winery?
... that Judd Nelson, who played Joe Hunt in the 1987 TV movie Billionaire Boys Club, is playing the character's father in the upcoming film of the same name?
... that Polish football player Łukasz Cieślewicz was named player of the year in the Faroe Islands in 2011 and 2015?
... that We, too, have a Job to Do was painted by Norman Rockwell to encourage Boy Scouts to participate in the war effort during World War II?
... that Izzy Slapawitz was responsible for several fan riots in the Southern United States between 1978 and 1982?

00:00, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

Qian Zhuangfei

... that Qian Zhuangfei (pictured), a Communist secret agent credited with saving the life of Premier Zhou Enlai, was the father of Li Lili, nicknamed "China's Mae West"?
... that the plot for the 200th episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was partly inspired by the strip search phone call scam?
... that the Welsh rugby league prop Morgan Evans made his national debut in a charity match against Keighley Cougars in honour of the rugby league footballer Danny Jones?
... that the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale is used in clinical settings to measure distress?
... that in February 1850, Sisters of Charity Hospital in Buffalo was the subject of a public letter-writing feud?
... that Harald Sigtryggsson was installed as King of Limerick by his cousin Olaf Guthfrithson, King of Dublin?
... that the first popular bootleg rock album was Bob Dylan's Great White Wonder?
... that after Rachel Henderlite's 1965 ordination as a minister, a retired pastor sent her a postcard every year quoting the biblical injunction, "Let the women keep silent in the churches"?

3 January 2016

12:00, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Minaret next to the Malé Friday Mosque

... that the minaret adjoining the Malé Friday Mosque has a wide base like a ship's funnel and resembles a wedding cake?
... that Maria Corsini, Italian writer and Roman Catholic lay person, was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 31 October 2001 along with her husband, Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi?
... that the Huawei Ascend P7 smartphone has been noted for its high-resolution front camera and slow processor?
... that Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller, a senior faculty member at Neve Yerushalayim College for Women, has thousands of students around the globe?
... that Edvard Munch's painting Love and Pain sold for more than US$38 million in 2008?
... that Ismail Pasha al-Azm laid the foundations for the Azm family's political dominance in Damascus during Ottoman rule?
... that a ban on women Shinto priests ended after World War II?
... that during the American Revolution, Loyalist spy Joseph Bettys failed in his mission to capture General Philip Schuyler because Bettys left his unit and went off to visit his girlfriend?

00:00, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Madagascar hissing roaches

... that a few cockroach species (example pictured) are kept as pets, and several species are raised as food for insectivorous pets?
... that The X Factor winner Louisa Johnson initially applied for Britain's Got Talent?
... that Level Mountain is the most voluminous and most persistent volcano in the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province of North America?
... that Vernon Arnold Haugland was the first civilian to receive the Silver Star medal, normally awarded only to members of the United States Armed Forces?
... that the 2015 Hurricane Blanca was the earliest recorded tropical cyclone to make landfall on the Baja California Peninsula in any given year?
... that the legend of Lopamudra in Mahabharata is said to be "the glorification of domestic life and family and demonstrates the incompleteness of a life based solely on asceticism"?
... that British media have compared the Scottish footballer Ryan Gauld to Lionel Messi?
... that Operation Maeng Da translates as "Operation Pimp"?

2 January 2016

12:00, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Yedigöller National Park

... that the Yedigöller National Park (pictured) in Turkey is best known for its seven lakes formed by landslides?
... that Elisabeth Abegg, a teacher who provided shelter to Jews during the Holocaust, also tutored Jewish children at her home?
... that music from Bach's cantata for New Year's Day, [[[Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm, BWV 171|Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm, BWV 171]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), appears in his Mass in B minor?
... that polymer chemist Swaminathan Sivaram holds the record for the most United States patents by an Indian national working in India?
... that in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Baekje Historic Areas, about 4,600 antiquities were discovered in good condition in the Royal Tomb of King Muryeong?
... that Pu Shunqing is considered the first female screenwriter in China?
... that the Argentine stem weevil is not considered economically important in its native South America, but is a serious agricultural pest in New Zealand?
... that an opposing basketball coach praised UCLA Bruins freshman Aaron Holiday's defense by comparing him to a Tasmanian devil?

00:00, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Bara Gumbad

... that Bara Gumbad (pictured), built during the Lodi dynasty in 1490 CE, is believed to have the earliest constructed full dome of any building in Delhi?
... that after almost drowning during his foray into water polo, Ka'imi Fairbairn returned to American football and was named the top college kicker in the nation?
... that perennial ryegrass staggers is a disease of livestock caused by an endophytic fungus sometimes present in perennial ryegrass?
... that 138 years after establishment of the Anglican Diocese of Nassau, Angela Palacious became its first woman deacon in 1999?
... that by 1566, Fukuda was home to more than 1,000 Catholic Kirishitans?
... that Ardina Moore, a fluent speaker of Quapaw, created her own workbook, tapes, and classes to help preserve and teach the language to younger members of her tribe?
... that Jean Sibelius conducted his Andante Festivo in a live broadcast on New Year's Day 1939, the only sound document of his interpretation of his works?
... that the abolitionist Eliza Ann Gardner made her living as a dressmaker?

1 January 2016

12:00, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Meherzia Labidi Maïza

... that Meherzia Labidi Maïza (pictured) was proud of including women's rights in the post-Arab Spring Tunisian constitution?
... that Pitbull began producing a New Year's Eve special for Fox in 2014?
... that in 1941, Scottish soldier Peter Cochrane single-handedly destroyed two Italian machine gun posts with grenades?
... that real ear measurement used by audiologists involves insertion of a probe to within 6 mm of the eardrum?
... that Elvis Presley's hairstylist Larry Geller was also his spiritual advisor?
... that in 2013, there were 819 active mines in Yemen producing stone, gypsum, refined petroleum products, and salt?
... that at the pulpit of the synod of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, Arenda Haasnoot said, "This is my calling. Here I am in my place"?
... that in the 1907 Tour de France, some participants treated the race as a pleasure ride, stopping for lunch when they chose and spending the night in the best hotels they could find?

00:00, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Raspberry-vanilla beer jam

... that beer jam (pictured) may be sweet or savory, and some have a syrupy consistency?
... that 210 journalists and intellectuals called for Governor Li Hongzhong to step down after he grabbed the recorder from a reporter who sought to interview him?
... that Natalia Lafourcade sought inspiration for her album Hasta la Raíz in Agustín Lara's repertoire and her native country, Mexico?
... that the Venezuelan footballer Edder Farías scored against Honduras in February 2015, his country's first victory since September 2013?
... that in the Sharabha Upanishad, Shiva, incarnating as Sharabha in a fierce anthropomorphic form of an eagle, lion, and man, slays Narasimha, an incarnation of Vishnu?
... that serial killer Hilda Nilsson committed suicide by hanging the same day the courts commuted her death sentence to life imprisonment?
... that The New York Times called the 2013 film Stray Dogs a "glum, humorless exercise in Asian miserablism"?
... that drummer, singer, and songwriter Emily Estefan was born in 1994 after her mother, Gloria Estefan, had been told she would never give birth following a 1990 tour-bus crash?