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31 July 2023

00:00, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

Gladys Ingle preparing to wing walk

... that Gladys Ingle was a wing walker who successfully moved from the wing of one airplane to the wing of another in mid-air (example pictured) more than 300 times?
... that the Fox television network successfully moved to strip an Iowa TV station of its affiliation?
... that Canadian football player Nicholas Dheilly tied his team's single-game sack record in his debut?
... that the Octavius V. Catto Memorial, unveiled in 2017, contains the first statue on Philadelphia public property of a specific African American?
... that Heba Saadia, the first Palestinian referee at a World Cup, only took up the profession when she noticed there were no women among a group of referees she saw training?
... that three months after Jon Stewart went on CNN's Crossfire and told the hosts that their show was "hurting America", CNN cancelled it and fired co-host Tucker Carlson?
... that the Poniatowski gems, 19th-century forgeries of ancient engraved gems, have themselves been copied by other forgers?
... that Wrinkle Five Star set an unratified 1 km (0.62 mi) world record of 18 minutes 8 seconds while running in custom shoes?

30 July 2023

00:00, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

Genghis Khan

... that the Baljuna Covenant, an oath sworn by the future Genghis Khan (pictured) in summer 1203, encapsulated his ideals of social equality and personal choice?
... that Wallachian statesman Radu Golescu, who worked with Russian occupiers in 1806, was described as "immeasurably thirsty for wealth, and mean-spirited"?
... that the song "Money" by the Drums was certified gold by the RIAA over a decade after its initial release?
... that German cyclist Antonia Niedermaier won a stage on her first UCI Women's World Tour event, then crashed out of the event the next day?
... that a minute's silence was incorporated into the opening ceremony of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup after a deadly shooting in a host city earlier that day?
... that Charles F. Gumm Jr. was the first aviator to score an aerial victory in the P-51 Mustang?
... that Hurricane Heather caused the normally dry Santa Cruz River to reach a 100-year flood stage?
... that 15 U.S.C. § 68 contains provisions to prevent pulling the wool over consumers' eyes?

29 July 2023

00:00, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Coronation of the Virgin by Pollaiuolo

... that the six saints in the Coronation of the Virgin (pictured) by Piero del Pollaiuolo are "poised between ecstasy and migraine"?
... that Israeli journalist Ayala Hasson is the first woman to head Channel 1's news division?
... that the notorious gambler Richard Albert Canfield stayed in the Elihu Akin House for a summer when he was thirteen years old?
... that New Zealand footballer Grace Wisnewski's bottom-ranked team upset the defending league champions when she scored what an A-League statistician called an "acrobatic" 99th-minute equalising goal?
... that the toroidal solenoid was the first fusion-power device to be patented?
... that leading Sacaba's largest drivers' union was José Mendieta's second choice of career, after teaching?
... that Melanie Golding's theory that changeling folklore was an attempt to explain postpartum psychosis inspired her horror novel Little Darlings?
... that a mural created to honor the late YouTuber Etika was added as a PokéStop in the mobile game Pokémon Go?

28 July 2023

00:00, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Luten Petrowsky

... that in 1973 Luten Petrowsky (pictured) played the saxophone in a quartet that made the first record with jazz musicians from both East and West Germany?
... that after Texaco accused the academic publishers suing it for copyright infringement of profiteering, the judge called it "an odd argument ... to be made by an oil company"?
... that after Luigi Galleani was deported from the United States, his followers retaliated by carrying out a series of bomb attacks against government officials?
... that Tropicana was reportedly the first building in Singapore to contain nightclubs, restaurants, and a theatre?
... that in August 2021 Sheika Scott became the youngest player to score in the Costa Rican Women's Premier Division, at just 14 years old?
... that the newly discovered red tigrina may already be extinct?
... that Emi Wong, the Hong Kong YouTuber with the most subscribers, used a carpet sweeper to do lunges and bottles of laundry detergent to do squats?
... that the 100 gecs tree was listed as a "place of worship" on Google Maps?

27 July 2023

00:00, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Artist's impression of HD 189733 b

... that the weather forecast for HD 189733 b (pictured) is "Westerly winds at 2000 m/s, with molten glass showers"?
... that Continental Army soldier Adamson Tannehill, later the president of the Pittsburgh branch of the Bank of the United States, was also convicted of extortion?
... that in a 2014 study viriditoxin was able to inhibit prostate cancer cells' growth in a lab environment?
... that Romanian musicologist Cornel Țăranu completed unfinished scores by George Enescu that Enescu did not wish to publish?
... that the Algoma Headwaters Provincial Park in Ontario has some of the oldest and best samples of old-growth white pine in the Algoma region?
... that after Spanish footballer Elene Lete had to leave Spain's under-20 football team with an injury in 2022, she returned to join the senior World Cup squad in 2023?
... that a political action committee paid $132,000 to former First Lady Melania Trump's fashion stylist for strategy consulting?
... that drummer Ivan Conti earned the nickname "Mamão" after destroying a papaya tree?

26 July 2023

00:00, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Holy Door, Santiago de Compostela

... that a year when the Feast of Saint James falls on a Sunday is designated a Jacobean Holy Year, and the Holy Door (pictured) at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is unblocked for all to enter?
... that the coat of arms of Santiago de Compostela features a chalice and host from the Galician arms, as well as a star and the tomb of Saint James?
... that the lower level of Santiago de Compostela's Plaza de la Quintana is called the Quintana de Mortos because it was once a cemetery?
... that during a Jacobean Holy Year, the Berenguela Tower's lantern is lit throughout the year to act as a lighthouse to guide pilgrims to the cathedral?
... that according to legend the tomb of James the Apostle was forgotten for eight centuries until it was found by Pelagius in the forest Libredón?
... that both the Way of the Lighthouses and the Way of Saint James end at Cape Finisterre in Galicia?
... that the Cross of Saint James is associated with the apostle's appearance at the mythical Battle of Clavijo?
... that Queen Lupa sent the disciples of James the Apostle to Mount Ilicino without telling them about a dragon?

25 July 2023

00:00, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

Sofía Otero

... that the portrayal of a transgender child by Sofía Otero (pictured) made her the youngest actor to win the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance?
... that Carly Rae Jepsen recorded over 65 songs for The Loneliest Time and created another album from its outtakes?
... that at age 14, footballer Lara Esponda was the youngest goalkeeper to debut in the top division of women's football in Argentina?
... that Tesla, Inc. is the only major U.S. automobile manufacturer with no unionized American plants?
... that Chief Rabbi of Madrid Yehuda Benasouli's first language was Castilian Spanish, but he also knew Hebrew, French, Arabic, Ladino, Haketia, and some English?
... that weeks after its CEO said the chain had no plans to open or close stores, Store of Knowledge filed for bankruptcy and initiated a liquidation?
... that nearing the end of his tenure as mayor of Tegal, Indonesia, Adi Winarso took part in a talkshow with his former political competitors?
... that Margaret Thatcher once bought Wilberforce a tin of sardines in a Moscow supermarket?

24 July 2023

00:00, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Jenny Geddes protesting the 1637 Scottish Prayer Book

... that because of violent reactions – such as Jenny Geddes's on 23 July 1637 (pictured) – to a Scottish prayer book, Walter Whitford kept loaded pistols visible to his congregants while using the book?
... that multiple mathematics competitions have made use of Sophie Germain's identity?
... that Julius Shiskin originated the idea that a recession can be identified by two quarters of negative GDP growth?
... that during the creation of Sophitia Alexandra, her designers focused on maintaining an innocent appearance for her face?
... that episodes of Angel, Lost, and The Office inspired the writer of The Flash series finale?
... that the Leeds 13's attempt at staging a holiday at Leeds University Union's expense was taken literally by the British press?
... that Michaela Foster, a New Zealand footballer playing in the 2023 World Cup, is known for her mana?
... that despite Peter and Peter III each serving about 17 years, Peter II's tenure only lasted six months?

23 July 2023

00:00, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

Map of the Persian Gulf from the Book of Roads and Kingdoms

... that the Book of Roads and Kingdoms includes illustrations so geometric that they are barely recognizable as maps (example pictured)?
... that Carol Thomas began her football career at the age of 11, while the sport was still banned for women?
... that the old Ashford railway works is being redeveloped into Ashford International Studios?
... that Brison Manor, who played eight years in the National Football League, had never set foot outside of his home state before attending college?
... that indie rock band Built to Spill accompanied outsider musician Daniel Johnston at his final two concerts?
... that Karl Rozental was investigated and surveilled by police after the 1912 sappers' revolt in Tashkent?
... that the web-based video game Moderator Mayhem was based on a card game meant to demonstrate the difficulties of content moderation?
... that Goddard. learned Reason?

22 July 2023

00:00, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

Laser Ranging Retroreflector

... that scientists shooting lasers at a mirror on the Moon (pictured) discovered that their telescope was not where it should be?
... that upon the announcement of the verdict in the trial of Lina E., court spectators shouted "fuck class justice" and "you are friends of fascists"?
... that Jon Brower Minnoch weighed twelve times his 110-pound (50 kg) wife?
... that none of the actors in Poppy Garden, a film depicting a father and son's struggle for survival during the Colombian conflict, had previously acted in a film?
... that Jon Secada became the first black artist to top the Hot Latin Tracks chart in 1992, with the Spanish version of "Just Another Day"?
... that Smoke over Birkenau by Polish writer Seweryna Szmaglewska, published in 1945, was one of the first and most influential works about the Auschwitz–Birkenau concentration camp?
... that when TVBoy's daughter said she wanted to be a footballer like Alexia Putellas, he painted a mural of Alexia as a superhero to inspire other girls?
... that Igor Stravinsky suggested that performances of his song "The Owl and the Pussy Cat" should be "a little hooted, a little meowed, a little grunted"?

21 July 2023

00:00, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Robert Todd Lincoln

... that Robert Todd Lincoln (pictured) was saved from possible death by Edwin Booth, whose brother, John Wilkes Booth, assassinated Robert's father, Abraham Lincoln?
... that the Nigerian film October 1 could not be released on October 1, the country's Independence Day?
... that in July 2023, Giulia Dragoni became the youngest person to represent any Italian senior national football team – including both men and women – in the 21st century?
... that although Vibe Chemistry's "Balling" only peaked at No. 35 on the UK Singles Chart, it spent ten weeks in the UK Top 40, five of them at No. 38?
... that a painting by Major League Baseball player Gene Locklear was hung in the White House?
... that the visual design of Overwatch character Widowmaker was inspired by World of Warcraft character Sylvanas Windrunner?
... that former North Sumatra governor Rudolf Pardede was once the richest public official in Indonesia?
... that Dark Archives reveals that most books bound in human skin were made by respected doctors?

20 July 2023

12:00, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Chimnabai Clock Tower

... that Chimnabai Clock Tower (pictured) was named after a queen of Baroda State?
... that the Royal Academy of Arts exhibited Wyndham Lewis's portrait of T. S. Eliot in 2018, after having rejected it 80 years earlier?
... that according to the Burmese Razadarit Ayedawbon chronicle, Commander Pyit-Nwe of Myaungmya refused to join the royal service after being defeated in battle, and instead asked to be executed?
... that on the 1950s game show Across the Board, crossword answers were clued by both a phrase and an image?
... that Spanish diplomat Ángel Sagaz Zubelzu secured the release of more than 1,500 Jews from prison in Egypt by arguing they were descended from expelled Jews and thus entitled to Spanish citizenship?
... that the short film Once Upon a Studio features previously unheard audio from Robin Williams as the Genie?
... that Katherine Henderson led efforts to reverse the gender pay gap in Canadian curling?
... that the creator of The Password Game was unsure whether winning the game was possible before releasing it?

00:00, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Glyn Johns

... that Glyn Johns (pictured) was the recording engineer for Led Zeppelin's debut album, the Beatles' Get Back Sessions, and the Rolling Stones album Let It Bleed?
... that an air traffic controller's confusion of two planes' locations caused sixteen skydivers to drown after they unknowingly jumped over Lake Erie?
... that just four days before his death in 2004, David B. McCall received a presidential pardon from George W. Bush for fraud charges dating from the 1990s?
... that although more than a thousand used Japanese train cars had previously been imported into Indonesia, the Indonesian government blocked a recent attempt to import more?
... that Patricia Banks-Edmiston was prevented from becoming a flight attendant during the 1950s because she was black?
... that the 1935 SMU vs. TCU football game, known as the "Game of the Century", was the first football game in Texas to be broadcast nationally?
... that Emmanuel Zheng Manuo was the first Chinese student in Europe and the first Chinese Jesuit priest?
... that Piri & Tommy's Froge.tour included pole dancing?

19 July 2023

12:00, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

Jet of 3C 345, as seen in radio waves

... that the quasar 3C 345 has a jet (pictured) that appears to move five to fifteen times faster than the speed of light?
... that Patricia Davies and Jean Argles, two sisters who signed the Official Secrets Act as World War II codebreakers, did not find out about each other's top-secret work until the 1960s?
... that in 1978, Keine Kameraden's findings – that 3.3 million Soviet prisoners of war died of ideologically motivated mistreatment – caused a sensation in Germany?
... that 2023 Ecuadorian presidential candidate Luisa González was pepper-sprayed by the National Police while on her way to register her candidacy?
... that few decisions have instigated more discussion in German criminal law scholarship than an 1859 judgement of the Preußisches Obertribunal?
... that A Little Sound began uploading music to her YouTube channel when she was eleven years old?
... that Kenneth Halliwell murdered his lover Joe Orton with a hammer at their flat in London's Noel Road, before taking a drug overdose?
... that Ben Phillips replaced his friend's hair gel with superglue, put Viagra in his sports drink, and placed him on a lake while he slept on an inflatable mattress?

00:00, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

Dolly Johnson

... that Dolly Johnson (pictured), who had once been a slave of 17th U.S. president Andrew Johnson, opened her own bakery business in 1881?
... that the 1979 video game Superman was one of the first console games with a pause feature?
... that neurologist Christopher J. Boes has discussed the history of treating headaches without drugs?
... that after freestyling over DJ Marky and XRS's "LK (Carolina Carol Bela)" on stage, Stamina MC was asked to record official vocals for the song?
... that Minnesota's Dick Wildung played for back-to-back national championship teams and was twice selected as a consensus All-American?
... that critics felt that the claustrophobic submarine setting was one of the scariest parts of the vampire novel 100 Fathoms Below?
... that curator Nina Tonga is the first Pasifika person to be a contemporary art curator at Te Papa, the national museum of New Zealand?
... that some fictional music can actually be heard?

18 July 2023

12:00, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Fronde wrecked in Hong Kong

... that the French destroyer Fronde was wrecked during the 1906 Hong Kong typhoon (pictured), killing five of her crew members?
... that Russian indie artist polnalyubvi bought her first guitar with money earned from busking with her violin?
... that although the Brooklyn Union Gas Company's original building, next to its replacement, was once described as having been "miraculously saved", the older building was demolished in 2004 without protest?
... that Barrie Trinder helped to raise the standing of industrial archaeology to that of a respected academic discipline in Britain?
... that the United States won the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League final and extended a home unbeaten streak against Canada that dates back to 1957?
... that Jazzy's 2023 single "Giving Me" made her the first Irish solo female act to top the Irish Singles Chart since Julie-Anne Dineen in 2009 with "Do You Believe"?
... that Bill Pohlad, co-founder of film distributor Apparition, was surprised by his fellow co-founder Bob Berney's resignation?
... that cocalera activist Ancelma Perlacios, the first Afro-Bolivian to be elected to the Senate, was her organization's secretary of defense of the coca leaf?

00:00, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Bouboule, Palmire Dumont's dog

... that Palmire Dumont, a pioneer of LGBT nightlife in "Gay Paree", was among the first members of the French Bulldog-Owners Club (her dog pictured) and met other bulldog owners in her lesbian bar?
... that the 2005 video game Bokura no Kazoku was inspired in part by the birth of its creator's first child?
... that Keith Raniere co-founded NXIVM, a multi-level marketing company that has been described as a cult?
... that the final stage of the 2023 Tour Féminin des Pyrénées was cancelled for safety reasons?
... that the actions of Henry de Hinuber and his battalions during the Battle of Bayonne in 1814 reportedly "saved the allies from a very terrible disaster"?
... that Igor Stravinsky's unfinished Two Sketches for a Sonata has been called a "poignant summing-up of a life's work"?
... that when the German-Irish historian Marie Sophie Hingst was revealed to be faking descent from Holocaust survivors, the media of different countries disagreed on how to report on it?
... that Peter III, a cat employed by the British government, was buried in Ilford with "full honours"?

17 July 2023

12:00, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

American Football House

... that none of the members of American Football ever actually lived in the American Football House (pictured)?
... that the poet Fernando Pessoa considered Alberto Caeiro, one of his own heteronyms, to be his master?
... that Shanghai Trolleybus Route 20 was so popular in the 1980s that it required 65 buses to run as little as 30 seconds apart?
... that the Belgian far-right activist Robert Steuckers is critical of the French New Right for their lack of proficiency in German?
... that according to Fodor's Travel, the 16th Avenue Tiled Steps is "possibly the world's largest mosaic staircase"?
... that Ida Mett was expelled from a Russian anarchist group for mourning her deceased father by lighting a Yahrzeit candle?
... that Piri & Tommy's "Beachin" was an attempt at imitating the Isley Brothers?
... that Newton's apple tree was blown down in a storm in 1816?

00:00, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Lil Uzi Vert

... that Lil Uzi Vert (pictured) told the crowd at one of their concerts that they were all "going to hell"?
... that OnPoint NYC's safe injection sites treated 672 overdoses in their first year of operation, with no resulting deaths?
... that when Ralph Sazio, a Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductee, visited Boston University to scout a player, he became so impressed by Dave Viti that he signed him instead?
... that when it opened in 1968, the Beth Yaacov Synagogue in Madrid was the first new synagogue built in Spain since Jews were expelled from the country by the Catholic Monarchs in 1492?
... that Peter Read coined the term "Stolen Generations" to refer to Aboriginal children who were forcibly separated from their families by Australian governments?
... that Jean Sibelius likely wrote his first composition, Water Droplets, as a schoolboy?
... that the Benz and Phats & Small singer Tony Thompson is a former cage fighter?
... that Kraft Heinz was "intrigued" by the fake product image of Mayoreo that became an Internet meme in June 2021?

16 July 2023

12:00, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

Bus of the Yan'an Road Medium Capacity transit system

... that in 2015, more than 300 complaints were made in a few days about proposed adjustments to a route of the Yan'an Road Medium Capacity Bus Transit System (bus pictured)?
... that Princess Rallou Karatza's theater in Bucharest, now upheld as a pioneering institution of modern Greek drama, was described in one Wallachian chronicle as a "temple" for devil-worship?
... that a demo version and a music video of Greece's 2017 Eurovision candidate song, "This Is Love", were leaked online?
... that Michele Beevors explores the complicated relationships between humans and the natural world through hand-knitted skeletons?
... that critically ill patients undergoing mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit have been sedated with ciprofol?
... that Fred Plump sued Alabama governor Bob Riley over an appointment to the county commission of Jefferson County?
... that the 2022 Optus data breach affected over a third of Australians?
... that Rawson Stovall became the first nationally syndicated video game journalist in the United States when he was only eleven years old?

00:00, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

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Rebecca Jane

... that in October 2022, the UK Independence Party appointed the former Marilyn Monroe lookalike Rebecca Jane (pictured) as deputy leader?
... that a verse by Kendrick Lamar for The Melodic Blue was leaked before the album's release and went viral as an Internet meme?
... that Soepardjo Rustam guarded a double of Indonesian Armed Forces commander Sudirman to draw attention away from the real commander?
... that the 1929 book The Magic Island by William Seabrook is considered the first popular English-language work to describe a zombie?
... that Ann Tahincioğlu was 49 years old when she competed in Turkey's first all-women car race, the "Volkswagen Polo Ladies Cup"?
... that though poisonweed, Delphinium geyeri, is highly toxic, it is less poisonous after it starts flowering?
... that Elena Mikhnenko was born in a prison in Warsaw where her mother had been detained for allegedly plotting an anti-Polish uprising?
... that Egghead & Twinkie claims to be the first feature film crowdsourced on TikTok?

15 July 2023

12:00, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

Ein Samiya

... that Ein Samiya (pictured), which provides the water for Taybeh, the first beer brewed in Palestine, was depopulated in 2023 after harassment by neighboring Israeli settlers?
... that when Carla Monroe's vocals were used in MK's "17", she was working in a prison?
... that basketball player Lou Williams was nicknamed "Lemon Pepper Lou" after an incident involving lemon pepper wings?
... that Jerome Epstein was advised not to take credit for his production work on Charlie Chaplin's 1952 film Limelight due to accusations that Chaplin had communist sympathies?
... that Amtrak opened the Jeffersonville train station before ending its only service there less than four years later?
... that Austrian online streamer Keekihime became fluent in Japanese from live-streaming daily on the Japanese video website Nico Douga?
... that police in Indianola, Mississippi, shot an unarmed 11-year-old African-American boy after responding to his 9-1-1 call for help at his home?
... that Whisnu Sakti Buana served as the mayor of Surabaya, Indonesia, for just one week in 2021?

00:00, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

Basshunter

... that the song "Now You're Gone" by Basshunter (pictured) was played non-stop for 20 hours in a charity fundraising event?
... that MetroHero used to let riders know whenever the Washington Metro caught on fire?
... that an Armenian Apostolic Church lawsuit over the Zeytun Gospels led Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh to write a history of its separated canon tables?
... that during the excavation of the Beulé Gate, a dynamite explosion sent a piece of mortar through one onlooker's hat?
... that an Egyptian rabbi's authority was invoked in a deed freeing a woman from slavery in 1132 in Mangalore, India?
... that the Kawa model uses the metaphor of a river to help people contemplate their well-being?
... that Paul Christiano founded the Alignment Research Center to align advanced artificial intelligence with human values and priorities?
... that joking about the Chinese military can cost you US$2 million?

14 July 2023

12:00, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Schloemer automobile

... that the Schloemer automobile (pictured), once described by The Milwaukee Journal as "America's first practical horseless carriage", is now considered to just have been the first car running in Milwaukee?
... that Nazi Party member Adalbert Baumann created Oiropa'pitshn, a language based on Yiddish?
... that Domingo Germán was booed off the pitcher's mound in the game prior to his perfect game?
... that the history of philosophy in India is characterized by its combined interest in the nature of reality, the ways of arriving at knowledge, and the spiritual question of how to reach enlightenment?
... that a misreport led to Francis Slater Rebow being recorded in the wrong military rank for three years?
... that Robin Roberts, later of ESPN and Good Morning America, worked as a reporter for the radio station at Southeastern Louisiana University while a student there?
... that Tatsuya Takahashi worked with Red Bull Music Academy to create an online game about synthesisers?
... that even though syndicated talk show Karamo generally replaced Maury, its host promised it would feature "no baby mama stuff"?

00:00, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

G. E. Clements

... that during World War II, pilot G. E. Clements (pictured) was removed from training for secret missions associated with the Manhattan Project when senior officers realized she was a woman?
... that the Japanese Buddhist temple of Gansen-ji has a 275-centimeter-tall (9.02 ft) statue of Amitābha Buddha that was created in the year 946?
... that Astrid Lindgren can be read in 100 languages?
... that an underground hip hop album was funded by James Murdoch, the son of billionaire Rupert Murdoch?
... that prior to his career in the CIA, Dick Linthicum played basketball at UCLA and became the university's first All-American in any sport?
... that three days after announcing their ROG Ally handheld computer, Asus had to clarify that it was not an April Fools' prank?
... that Precious Brady-Davis and her husband were the first transgender couple to have their gender identities listed correctly on an Illinois birth certificate?
... that during the sinking of the Costa Concordia, Gregorio de Falco told Francesco Schettino "Vada a bordo, cazzo!" which loosely translates to "Get back on board, for fuck's sake"?

13 July 2023

12:00, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Lady with a Fan

... that Lady with a Fan (pictured) by Gustav Klimt set a record for the highest price achieved at auction for a work of art in Europe?
... that Mother Mother's "Hayloft" received only niche radio play for more than a decade after its release, and then started pulling in a million streams a week?
... that after Indonesian football club PSMS Medan won three consecutive national championships, Medan's mayor Sjoerkani granted the club a stadium?
... that many europium compounds fluoresce under ultraviolet light?
... that the 2014 text adventure The Uncle Who Works for Nintendo is inspired by a source cited by children for spreading video game rumors?
... that King Mohammed VI of Morocco donated part of his royal collection to the new National Jewellery Museum?
... that Jordan Hawkins won the 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game a day after his cousin won the women's championship?
... that unicorn hunting is the practice by a couple, usually a man and a woman, of seeking a third partner for the relationship, usually a bisexual woman?

12 July 2023

22:35, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Cover page of Maatamees

... that during the July Days, the Estonian Bolshevik rural newspaper Maatamees (pictured) could continue to appear whilst its urban counterparts were banned?
... that M. Farooqui, who had been expelled from his studies for having organized a strike in 1940, received his Delhi University degree in a special convocation in 1989?
... that the director of House of Ashes included both American and Iraqi protagonists because he felt that movies about conflicts tend to dehumanise people?
... that David Gerard is the author of Attack of the 50-foot Blockchain, a "'no holds barred' attack" on cryptocurrency?
... that the 75/24 Split in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has been one of the worst bottlenecks for trucks in the United States?
... that Harold Ingrams said that Yemeni philanthropist Sayyid Abubakr bin Shaikh Al-Kaff could be an embarrassment for wanting Hadhramaut to be ruled by the British like Singapore?
... that Les Avariés was temporarily banned in England and France for its focus on syphilis?
... that, in her second season in the SDHL, ice hockey defenseman Ebba Berglund scored no points but accrued 20 penalty minutes?

00:00, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Woodcut of Thomas Illyricus preaching

... that the itinerant preacher Thomas Illyricus (pictured) wrote early critiques of Martin Luther based only on sources that Luther would accept?
... that Michael Huber's translation of Salomon Gessner's works into French made Gessner the best-known German-language poet in Europe before Goethe?
... that 24 Hour Psycho slows down Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho to two frames per second, stretching its duration to a full 24 hours?
... that Moenadi was reportedly offered the post of Governor of Central Java during a flight?
... that Olivia Rodrigo wears two interlaced purple Band-Aids in the artwork for her song "Vampire"?
... that Peter Fallon, an Irish poet who translated Virgil's Georgics, also edited a 1970 beat-poetry magazine that featured works by John Lennon and Allen Ginsberg?
... that the story for Infogrames' 1992 computer game Alone in the Dark was outlined in just three days?
... that research conducted in 2020 found that squirrels are "nearly ubiquitous" on college campuses in the United States and Canada?

11 July 2023

00:00, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Eiji Tsuburaya

... that Eiji Tsuburaya (pictured) helped complete the first iron shooting crane?
... that bshp's cover of "Kissing You" was streamed more than 3,000,000 times on Spotify after it appeared on Love Island?
... that the book Racecraft argues that the concept of human races was developed to justify racism?
... that Jack Critchley, state parliamentarian then senator for South Australia, was invalided home from the Western Front with "wry neck"?
... that despite the Japan–Korea Joint Development Zone containing "prolific" oil reserves, none has been produced to date?
... that Antonio Dini was the only survivor of a three-man crew after he crashed a plane into the sea, but had no recollection of the crash due to concussion?
... that a Fort Worth police officer who shot and killed a 72-year-old man on the latter's own property in 2013 did not face any charges?
... that "Clown" is an answer song in which Mariah Carey responds to Eminem's comments about their relationship in "Superman"?

10 July 2023

00:00, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

HMCS Caraquet with SW1C on top of her mast

... that during combat, the Canadian-designed SW1C radar (pictured) failed to find not only its U-boat _target, but also an iceberg near the ship?
... that the only known copies of the oyster dress designed by Alexander McQueen for his collection Irere are owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Kim Kardashian?
... that Dean Faithfull was the oldest player in NCAA Division II football history?
... that classified documents of the United States were partially leaked onto a Discord server for the video game Minecraft?
... that before Ashley Jade debuted on the UK Singles Chart, she had played the lead in the BAFTA Award-winning short film About a Girl?
... that as of 2017, New York City was spending $500,000 per year on bus tickets and airfare for homeless people to leave New York?
... that while Eliza Stephens worked as governess for Mary Eleanor Bowes, she supported Andrew Robinson Stoney's schemes to seduce her employer?
... that the Pidakala War is a cow dung fight held every year?

9 July 2023

00:00, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Keaton Winn

... that before Major League Baseball pitcher Keaton Winn (pictured) was called up to the majors in June 2023, he had never been to a major league stadium?
... that Piri's self-produced music video for "Soft Spot" features her performing against her bedroom wall to projected "trippy liquid visuals" she found on YouTube?
... that the 17-animal inheritance puzzle has variously been stated with 17 camels, 17 elephants, or 17 horses?
... that Seda Kaçan became Turkey's first race-winning female driver?
... that the Vegas Golden Knights used five different starting goaltenders during their 2022–23 Stanley Cup championship season?
... that Leonard Abrams founded the arts and culture magazine East Village Eye, which he claimed was the first publication to print a comprehensive definition of hip-hop?
... that though the Offerman Building is only eight stories high, its tall ceilings once made it one of the tallest buildings in Brooklyn?
... that John Oliver dared Disney to sue him over his version of Mickey Mouse?

8 July 2023

00:00, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

Pachysentis lenti

... that parasitic worms of genus Pachysentis have hooks on their heads (example pictured) and attach themselves to the intestine of the host?
... that Fall Out Boy's updated "We Didn't Start the Fire" mentions Myspace, but not the COVID-19 pandemic?
... that one of the founders of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, Andrius Domaševičius, had his own private gynecology practice, treating poor women free of charge?
... that in April 2023 the Last Dance shoes sold for US$2.238 million, the highest sale price ever realized for any pair of shoes?
... that College Football Hall of Fame inductee Pug Lund received his college degree 62 years after enrolling at the University of Minnesota?
... that cactus fries taste similar to onion rings and asparagus?
... that Edna Thomas portrayed Lady Macbeth in Orson Welles's "Voodoo" Macbeth?
... that former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said that she would swim in Loch Ness naked if the SNP won more than 50 seats at the 2019 United Kingdom general election?

7 July 2023

00:00, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

Hanna Cavinder

... that Haley and Hanna Cavinder (pictured) made over US$1 million in student athlete compensation in the year after the National Collegiate Athletic Association legalized the monetization of personality rights?
... that the economy of Tolkien's Middle-earth has been described as a mix of feudalism and capitalism, with one scholar even suggesting it had communist elements?
... that despite being a dwarf, Anomochilus monticola is the largest species in its genus?
... that although her character goes through writer's block while writing "The Rose Song", Olivia Rodrigo wrote its first version chords in 20 minutes?
... that British communist leader Trevor Carter was the stage manager for the first British-Caribbean carnival, held in St Pancras Town Hall?
... that Timothy Brosnahan began the physical separation of what would eventually become Boston College High School from Boston College?
... that Schramm's model of communication introduced the idea of feedback loops to understand communication?
... that Rodger Page was called out of retirement in 1947 to officiate at the double wedding of two Tongan princes?

6 July 2023

00:00, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Catherine de Parthenay

... that Catherine de Parthenay (pictured), a 16th-century Huguenot leader, was a member of "a highly successful network of information" during the French Wars of Religion?
... that in United States v. Strong, a U.S. appeals court upheld the conviction of a man for covering a federal courthouse restroom in his own feces?
... that Wanda Warska was nicknamed the "First Lady of Polish Jazz"?
... that The Stylus was published for the first time in 1883, during Jeremiah O'Connor's presidency of Boston College?
... that in 930, the Qarmatians sacked Mecca, massacred Hajj pilgrims, plundered the Kaaba, and carried off the Black Stone to their homeland in Bahrayn?
... that JetBlue's CEO, Robin Hayes, flew in an airplane for the first time aged 18?
... that the lands of the Shirvanshah served as the focal point for Persian literature during the 12th century?

5 July 2023

00:00, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

First Memorial Presbyterian Church

... that the highest point on Blackwell Street is the bell tower of the First Memorial Presbyterian Church (pictured)?
... that after Victor Verity crash-landed his plane in Norrent-Fontes and travelled back to England, he discovered that he had been reported as being missing in action?
... that 16 Montana youths are plaintiffs in the lawsuit Held v. Montana, the first constitutional climate change lawsuit to go to trial in the United States?
... that in recent years several paintings have been attributed to the 15th-century painter Piero del Pollaiuolo that were once ascribed to his brother Antonio?
... that countertenor Christopher Lowrey's voice has been described as "packed with enough character to sink a battleship"?
... that the restricted life of the Shia imam Ali al-Hadi under Abbasid surveillance ended the imams' direct leadership of the Shia community?
... that the First Lady Bake-Off was inspired by a political gaffe by Hillary Clinton and predicted five out of seven elections?
... that in 2007, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling's cat Sybil met Margaret Thatcher?

4 July 2023

00:00, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Anne Mills Archbold

... that two lion cubs that Anne Mills Archbold (pictured) brought to America as pets on the Lusitania became exhibits at the Bronx Zoo?
... that Zinkiv, Ukraine, was a center of Hasidic Judaism until almost the entirety of the city's 2,300-strong Jewish population was murdered during the Holocaust?
... that due to her leftist beliefs, journalist Ana Amado was told not to come to work by her public television employer while her husband was on the death list of the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance?
... that the Japanese manga series Minato's Laundromat originated as a story titled Wash My Heart! that was posted on Pixiv?
... that former Czech Army doctor Marek Obrtel returned his military decorations from NATO operations in 2014, citing his pro-Russian and anti-American views?
... that the text of the Acts of Peter and the Twelve was completely unknown until its discovery at Nag Hammadi in 1945?
... that when Doug McKechnie played the "Big Moog", he was sometimes fueled by psychoactive drugs?
... that If Books Could Kill, there would be a podcast about it?

3 July 2023

00:00, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Interior of St. Maria, Landau

... that Tambling's 2014 work Missa brevis in B-flat for mixed choir, trumpets, trombones, tubular bells and organ was premiered by 1,400 singers at the Parish Church of St. Mary of the Assumption (pictured) in Landau?
... that the killing of Mitch Henriquez led to four days of rioting in The Hague, prompting the police to announce a ban on public assemblies of more than three people?
... that Loud LDN members once occupied five places in a single edition of the UK Singles Chart?
... that William F. Gannon died before reforming the membership of the married men's sodality in Philadelphia?
... that the song "Dance the Night" killed a viral meme about Dua Lipa's hip twist, as news about the song replaced it in online search results?
... that María Pérez was signed to FC Barcelona Femení's B team in 2020 but started for the first team by the end of the season?
... that the Fore River Railroad was bought by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority as part of a project to clean up Boston Harbor?
... that Austro-Hungarian actress Gisela Werbezirk claimed to receive up to 20 prank calls a day about her married name, Gisela Werbezirk Piffl?

2 July 2023

00:00, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

Drew O'Connor

... that after he went undrafted into the National Hockey League, four teams heavily recruited Drew O'Connor (pictured) upon the conclusion of his collegiate career?
... that celebrities who were interviewed in The Canadian Conspiracy were paid US$500?
... that Howard Florey led the team that developed penicillin?
... that "Obviously 5 Believers" (1966), which featured one of the Hawks, later known as the Band, inspired the name of a band, later known as the Hawks, that was featured on Obviously 5 Believers (2021)?
... that Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja called King Leopold II's atrocities in the Congo Free State the "Congo holocaust"?
... that 81 and 101 Willoughby Street were described as being one city block apart physically but "eons apart in their architecture"?
... that 2023 NFL Draft pick Atonio Mafi played both on offense and defense during his college career, and shares a UCLA record with 56 games played?
... that the rivalries of University College London students have led to pitched battles with other institutions involving rotten apples, emasculation, and the embalmed head of Jeremy Bentham?

1 July 2023

00:00, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Merit's wig

... that Merit's wig (pictured), discovered in the tomb TT8, still shone with perfumed oils at the time of its discovery?
... that at the age of 82, Kuwaiti crown prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is the oldest heir apparent in the world?
... that Jordan Stephens has released solo music under his own name and the pseudonyms "J Steezy", "Rizzle", "Wildhood", "Gnarly Ventura", and "Al, the Native"?
... that parts of the Marsala Punic shipwreck were marked with alphabetical signs intended to facilitate and speed up assembly?
... that prior to attorney Stanley Woodward representing Donald Trump aide Walt Nauta and Oath Keeper Kelly Meggs, he represented tenants in D.C. who were facing eviction?
... that staff of a California public TV station were unaware it was broadcasting in color until a viewer called to compliment their color signal?
... that the flightless suliforme Klallamornis likely went extinct when the volcanic islands it used for shelter along the coast of the Pacific Northwest eroded away into the Pacific Ocean?
... that Kevin A. Gilroy served as the mayor of Gilroy?

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