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16 February 2025
- 00:00, 16 February 2025 (UTC)
- ... that zoologistOlive Swezy(pictured)appeared in the 1944American Men of Science?
- ... that the communist-era science-fiction novelMałe zielone ludzikipresents a futuristic depiction of Africa that reflects Polish perceptions of the continent during the Cold War?
- ... thatBill Pultedescribes himself as the "inventor of Twitter philanthropy"?
- ... that theAndu Masjid,which might have been built as awomen's mosque,banned the entry of women?
- ... that copies of7 Wonders Duelsold twice as fast asthe board game of which it is a spinoff?
- ... thatOliver Cromwell's decision in 1648 to launch the attack that became theBattle of Prestonwas an enormous gamble and hardly credible?
- ... thatAllbirdsinvited Amazon to copy its materials after look-alikes appeared on the site?
- ... that Chinese embroiderers createdseven tapestriesabout theTrojan Warin the 1620s?
- ... thatJin the otterwent loose for almost a month after escapingAuckland Zoo?
15 February 2025
- 00:00, 15 February 2025 (UTC)
- ... that a contemporary chronicler does not dare say who assassinatedMiles of Plancy(event pictured),but a later source implicates an in-law?
- ... that the1862 Brooklyn riotinvolved a mob mainly comprisingIrish AmericanstargetingAfrican-Americanworkers at atobacco factory?
- ... thatA Foreign Soundincludesa songthatCaetano Velosocalled "a fake American song written by a Brazilian", anda songhe called "a fake Brazilian song written by Americans"?
- ... that whileGeorge Rolphsued six of his assailants in theAncaster incidentfor £1000 each, the trial only awarded him £20 from two of the assailants?
- ... that a government had to intervene after 80 percent of all personal loans taken outwere to cover wedding expenses?
- ... thatCarlos Miguel Buelarepeatedly disobeyed sanctions placed on him by theHoly See?
- ... thatan Alaska TV stationused home movie cameras to shoot newsfilm?
- ... that novelistHal Clementcreated the planetMesklinin 1953 based on the real-world suspected detection of anextrasolar planet?
- ... that the dogPrivate Chestywas demoted fromprivate first classfor willful destruction of government property?
14 February 2025
- 12:00, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
- ... thatHans Dieter Beck(pictured),a co-head of the publisherC. H. Beck,rode a bicycle to work until he was 92?
- ... that the2023 Aston by-electionwas the first time in more than 100 years that the governing party won a seat from the opposition at an Australian by-election?
- ... thatWalter III Brisebarrerenounced thelordship of Beirutto inherit a greater lordship from his father-in-law, only to permanently lose both upon the deaths of his wife,Helena of Milly,and their daughterBeatrice?
- ... thatBorn in the U.S.A.was the firstcompact discto be manufactured in the United States for commercial release?
- ... thatÍvar Bárðarson's14th-century reports of feral livestock inhabitinga failed Greenlandic colonywere corroborated by the discovery of a frozen goat and animal feces inside an abandoned home?
- ... thatPrincess Mononokewas the most expensively animated, most expensively promoted, andhighest-grossing Japanese filmof its time?
- ... thatRaging Bullwas the firsthypercoasterto feature atwister layout?
- ... that theAlbis Tunnelwas the second-longest railway tunnel in Switzerland when it was built?
- ... thatMorphwas included inX-Men: The Animated Seriesbecause the writers "really wanted to kill somebody"?
- 00:00, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
- ... that theFatimid Caliphateused gold from the tombs of thepharaohsinits gold coinage(pictured)?
- ... thatPariswas the first county seat ofLinn County, Kansas,but hardly a ruin is left to tell where it once was?
- ... thatAmérico RamosbecamePrime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipeafter his predecessor,Ilza Amado Vaz,resigned following a tenure of three days?
- ... that a million tulips at the1939 New York World's Fairwere destroyed and replaced the month after the fair began?
- ... that there are more than 100 rock paintings of Aboriginalpictographson a cliff face inMissinaibi Lake?
- ... that theDeval Mosquewas formerly aHindutemple?
- ... thatAndrei Demurenko,the first Russian officer to be a graduate of theU.S. Army Command and General Staff College,served alongside theWagner Groupin Ukraine?
- ... that theStridebus network will launch with electricdouble-deckersthat charge wirelessly?
- ... thata Taiwanese livestreameraccidentally solved a missing persons case?
13 February 2025
- 12:00, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
- ... that according to legend, troubadourJaufre Rudelfell in love withCountess Hodierna of Tripoliwithout ever having seen her, sailed to Tripoli to meet her, and promptly died in her arms(pictured)?
- ... thatMarietta College'ssecond radio station,airing classical and jazz music, freed upits original outletfor student programming?
- ... that theLegends of Tomorrowepisode "Wet Hot American Bummer"quotes a bad review fora different episode ofLegends of Tomorrow?
- ... that despite the song "French Letter"being banned in all French territories, members of theFrench Foreign Legionsang along to the song when the bandHerbsperformed it while playing in Tahiti?
- ... that English footballerIan Wolstenholmeonce saved threepenalty kicksin a 1966 match?
- ... thatan apartment buildingthat once housed North Korean soldiers, the American CIA, and United Nations troops is set to be demolished?
- ... that two poll workers for the2024 United States electionswere found dead on Election Day, having drowned ina major flash flood event?
- ... that a North Korean refugee became the "godfather of gangsta rap" by selling records at theCompton Swap Meet?
- ... that the "world's loneliest seabird"chose a concrete statue as his mate?
- 00:00, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
- ... thatVictor Cordelladesigned around twenty churches inMinnesota,including theChurch of St. Casimir(pictured)?
- ... that theSpring Willow Societyprobably staged the first full-length Shakespearean play in China?
- ... thatLa QueridainPalm Beach, Florida,served as theWinter White Housefor PresidentJohn F. Kennedy?
- ... that residents ofTudor Cityonce put themselves in front of a bulldozer to prevent a park there from being demolished?
- ... that the logo of the South Korean companyLGis based onan ancient roof tile?
- ... thatabortion in the United Arab Emirateshas been described byNewsweekas less restrictive than some American states following the overturning ofRoe v. Wade?
- ... that opera singerSusan Bottiperformed an Olympic jingle forKodakto pay for graduate school?
- ... thata 15th-centurycause célèbresawa duchessdead, innocents hanged, villains and sorcerersdrawn and quartered,and eventuallythe king's brotherexecuted in abutt of malmsey?
- ... that theblack mollymight not be a blackmolly?
12 February 2025
- 12:00, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
- ... thatJohn Beagleholedescribed the appointment ofJohann Reinhold Forster(pictured with his sonGeorge)as naturalist onCook's second voyageas "one of the Admiralty's vast mistakes"?
- ... that theUniversity of Virginiathreatened to leave theNational Collegiate Athletic Associationin 1949 if theSanity Code,which barredathletic scholarships,was not amended?
- ... thatKit Nascimento,a spokesperson for thegovernment of Guyanaduring the aftermath ofJonestown,disagrees with current proposals to open the former Jonestown site as a tourist attraction?
- ... that the morning show onan Oklahoma TV stationwas such a "local phenomenon" that the president ofABCacquiesced to them not airingGood Morning America?
- ... thatRiko Dan,who featured on a UK Top 30 hit in 2024, first performed on the radio in 1994?
- ... thata blizzard across the United Statescauseda major water crisis in Richmond, Virginia?
- ... that it is said thatAntoinette Lubaki,Congo's first named woman artist, painted her watercolours by candlelight at night, as no stories were allowed to be told during daylight?
- ... thatGraham Crowleyentered theJohn Moores Painting Prizeten times since 1976 before finally winning in 2023?
- ... that "Dr. Sex"called for a" Big Breast Renaissance "?
- 00:00, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
- ... thatJohnny Gaudreau(pictured),despite being one of the smallest players in theNational Hockey League,was a seven-timeAll-Star?
- ... that Paul Steele was elected as council leader on thecut of a deck of cardsfollowing the2022 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election?
- ... that theSanta Ynez ReservoirinPacific Palisades,which was built to provide water for firefighting, was empty when the 2025Palisades Firebegan?
- ... that Polish 1960 sci-fi novelWielka, większa i największawas very influential for Polish young-adult literature?
- ... that theEucharistic liturgiesofSeek,a Catholic young-adult conference which attracts thousands of attendees, are planned more than a year and a half in advance?
- ... that in the early 1170sHumphrey III of Toronmay have been the lord of Transjordan, but he also may have been dead?
- ... thatJane Removerwas inspired to createCensus Designatedafter a self-described "near-death experience" traveling through a blizzard?
- ... thatMaria Einsmannclaimed to be her own husband, Josef, when she registered the births of her companion Helene Müller's two children in 1921 and 1930?
- ... thatDeath Angelsare Happy?
11 February 2025
- 00:00, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
- ... thatMetropolitan OperadirectorMaurice Grau(pictured)was "important in the growth of popular musical theatre in America"?
- ... that televangelistGene Scottwent 65 hours without sleep when he barricaded himself in the studios ofhis Connecticut TV stationto protest an order to pay taxes?
- ... thata train station in Singaporerepeatedly had issues with the design of its stairs?
- ... that the Olympic shooterHo Chung Kintranslated more than 150Tang-dynastyandSong-dynastypoems, maintaining a rhyme structure that mirrors the originalclassical Chinesetexts?
- ... that most or all of the inhabitants ofMoneka, Kansas,wereabolitionists?
- ... thatDavid of Sassounhas been called the most recognized symbol of Armenia, along withMount Ararat?
- ... that the deaths of five teenagers in Poland in theToNiePokój escape room fireled to inspections ofescape roomsin Lithuania and Czechia?
- ... thatThomas M. Robinswas responsible for the construction of theBonneville Dam?
- ... that according to one school ofepistemology,nobody knows anything?
10 February 2025
- 00:00, 10 February 2025 (UTC)
- ... that some North American swimming spots have had to be closed becauseMacrobdella decora(pictured)posed such a hazard to bathers?
- ... that the majority ofSelected Ambient Works Volume IIwas supposedly composed throughlucid dreaming?
- ... thatKarl Malte von Heinzdesigned theVatican,Pakistani,Yugoslav andThai diplomatic missions in India?
- ... that the anarchist groupLos Solidariosassassinated the leader of the Catalanpistoleros,the governor ofBiscay,and thearchbishop of Zaragoza?
- ... that photographerPeter Millerstated in 2014 that the "Vermont Way" of grumbling and every so often remembering that "we live in beauty" was "coming to an end"?
- ... that a group of Jewish refugees continued work ontheir Yiddish encyclopediaafter fleeing from Germany and France?
- ... that the unlicensedWilly's Chocolate Experiencein Scotland led toa crossover eventbetween the American television seriesAbbott ElementaryandIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia?
- ... thatMufasashared the same voice asDarth Vader?
- ... thatDez did not actually catch it?
9 February 2025
- 00:00, 9 February 2025 (UTC)
- ... thatLouis Malet de Graville(coat of arms pictured)began a successful career at the centre of French politics after his father was captured by the English?
- ... thatan Ohio TV stationbribedABCto obtain a network affiliation, only to lose it within the year?
- ... that theLoyang Tua Pek Kong Templein Singapore houses effigies of both theJade EmperorandMahaganapati?
- ... thatElizabeth Schuyler Hamiltonspent the last 50 years of her life preservingAlexander Hamilton's andGeorge Washington's legacies?
- ... that most of the films produced by theHuaju Film Companystarred its co-founder and his girlfriend?
- ... thatDemi Lovatochanged a lyric from "Cool for the Summer"forRevampedto reflect pride in her sexuality?
- ... that young maleAfrican bush elephantsinmusthkilled about 49white rhinocerosinPilanesberg National Parkbetween 1992 and 1997?
- ... thatScholastique Dianzingaedited a post-independence history of women in the Republic of the Congo that discussed why women's emancipation has been hindered?
- ... that a host of theLongform.orgpodcast once interviewed a writer while accidentally high onedibles?
8 February 2025
- 00:00, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
- ... that the relationship between theDirini(example pictured)andits closest relativehas been described by researchers as "odd"?
- ... thatZhang Zhiyun,crowned "movie queen" in a newspaper poll in 1926, is reported to have died homeless in Hong Kong?
- ... that a summons to theCouncil of Tripoliwas issued in the name of the Church to bypass the issue of whether a king could summon a prince?
- ... that aSwim Schoolsong described by one reviewer as "a heavy dystopian doom rocker" was originally performed byTaylor Swift?
- ... that the Japanese manga seriesMinkfeatured futuristic technology even though its creator was unfamiliar with computers?
- ... that theAirbnbhomestay wherea songwas recorded byGlaiveandEricdoawas dubbed by fans as the "HyperpopHype House"?
- ... thatthe fourth president of Austria'spost-secondary instructors included all three of his predecessors?
- ... thatThe Catch IIgame had "one of the most amazing finishes inNFL postseasonhistory ", according to theNFL?
- ... that theBank of Koreaasked the makers ofa cheese-filled waffleto change its design?
7 February 2025
- 00:00, 7 February 2025 (UTC)
- ... thatthe 1972 collapseof theSidney Lanier Bridge(pictured),which was caused by a collision with a cargo ship, caused ten deaths and over a million dollars in damages?
- ... thatChristian death metalhas been called the least likely musical development at the close of the 20th century?
- ... that the second edition ofAn Introduction to Non-Classical Logicmore than doubled the length of the original text?
- ... thatWolseley Haignoted that it was not the "city's huge mosque"but the" far less pretentious "Jama Masjidthat served as the congregational mosque inHyderabad?
- ... that the violent end ofa bog bodymight be related to the cult of the Celtic godEsus?
- ... that the three costliesttornadoes in Oklahoma's historyhitthe same townin2013,in 1999andin 2003?
- ... thata TV station in Windsor, Ontario,was spared from closure even though it lost money for ten consecutive years?
- ... that the leaves of the herbspiked savoury,although protected under Israeli law, are foraged by local people to make aspice mix?
- ... that the earliestblack holes in fictionappeared decades before the termblack holewas coined?
6 February 2025
- 00:00, 6 February 2025 (UTC)
- ... thatWoljeonggyo(pictured)was an 8th-century bridge that was recreated in 2018?
- ... thatFatima Paymanis the first elected woman to wear ahijabinAustralia’s parliament?
- ... that Turkey approved the expansion ofa coal-fired power stationwhile also bidding to host the2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference?
- ... that the Yiddish writerShmuel Hurvitsquit his job as a teacher to become a street paver due to an ideological appreciation for manual labor?
- ... that the majority ofextrasolar planets in fictionareinhabited by native species?
- ... thatWu Yunwrote a treatise on immortality but apparently declined to discuss the subject withEmperor Xuanzong of Tang?
- ... thatNotre Dame's win in the2025 Orange BowlAmerican football game madeMarcus Freemanthe first Asian and first Black head coach to earn a spot in anFBSnational championship game?
- ... thatPanchikoreleased their first studio album,Failed at Math(s),more than 20 years after the band's formation?
- ... thatScrat,who appears in many films in theIce Agefranchise,was originally intended to be killed in the introduction ofthe first film?
5 February 2025
- 00:00, 5 February 2025 (UTC)
- ... that the top of theJulier Pass,2,284 metres (7,493 ft) above sea level, is flanked by two ancient Roman columns(pictured)?
- ... that executiveJohn Spytekhelped theTampa Bay BuccaneerssignTom Brady,more than 20 years after Spytek played with him?
- ... thata Florida TV station'sdecision to fire one of its main newscasters led to picketing?
- ... that thewuxiastarWu Suxinpassed as a man in several of her films?
- ... that the pilot episode fora BBC series on a suicide prevention charitymade some critics laugh?
- ... that Syrian vloggerHayla Ghazalused online humour to explore the limitations placed on women in the Arab world?
- ... that the Polish subgenre of speculative fiction known asklerykal fictionemerged in the 1990s as a response to societal fears of church influence in politics?
- ... that thebugia,a ceremonial candlestick used byLatin Catholic bishops,is named after the Algerian city ofBéjaïa,which was a source of candle wax?
- ... that Brooklyn'sRoll-A-Palacehas been called "the front-runner of the roller-disco craze"?
4 February 2025
- 00:00, 4 February 2025 (UTC)
- ... thatAn African Song or Chant from Barbados(manuscript pictured)was nominated for inscription on UNESCO'sMemory of the World International Registerby someone who saw it in an online exhibition?
- ... thatElisheva Biernoffpaints recreations of found vintagesnapshotphotographs, some including details likelens flareandoverexposure?
- ... that staffers ofan Ohio radio stationlearned that it had been sold on the same day asits owner's death?
- ... thatA Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Paul Aermont Among the Planets(1873), following the cancellation of a planned second edition, was not reprinted until 2018?
- ... thatHarold Harringtondid not seek out new species, but was the first to collecta plantthat was later named after him?
- ... that fans of romcom heroineBridget Joneswere shocked at the death of a favourite character in the 2013 novelMad about the Boy,and then again ina 2025 film?
- ... that a Bronze Age priestess namedErithawas the focus of the first recorded legal dispute in Europe?
- ... that the Roman-eraArd-al-Moharbeen necropolisis the largest cemetery discovered in Gaza?
- ... that the writer of "Crabs for Christmas"joked that it contributed toBaltimore's population decline?
3 February 2025
- 00:00, 3 February 2025 (UTC)
Rose barnacles inRoyal National Park
- ... that therose barnacle(examples pictured)eats only when the current is strong?
- ... thatDoris Tulifau,after founding an online campaign to counter Samoan gender-based violence, moved to Samoa to expand the campaign in person?
- ... that the 2014chariot racingvideo gameQvadrigawas inspired bya 1979 board game?
- ... that singerTomoko Aranbecame acity-popicon decades after her initial music career?
- ... that the owner ofa Montana TV stationbought anAmerican Legionhall, gutted by fire, to use as a studio building?
- ... thatErnesius,a 12th-centuryarchbishop of Caesarea,was once prevented from crossing the sea by such a severe storm that he refused to make a second attempt?
- ... thatOlde Raleigh Distilleryis not located within its namesake city?
- ... that archaeologists found evidence atTaur Ikhbeinehin the Gaza Strip of interactions between Egyptians andCanaanitesin the 4th millennium BC?
- ... that an emu namedEmmanuel Todd Lopezwas the target of adeath hoaxby undercover journalists?
2 February 2025
- 00:00, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
- ... thatLi Minghui(pictured)faced accusations of lewdness at the age of 12 after challenging Chinese stage conventions?
- ... that theChauburjimight have been the Mughal emperorBabur's original burial place?
- ... that the magazineScience Fiction Chroniclechanged its name to justChronicletwo decades after its launch, to avoid being confused with theSan Francisco Chronicle?
- ... thatfootballmanagerDarren MooreledSheffield Wednesdayto promotion even after they lost the first leg of their play-off semi-final4–0?
- ... that some locals have criticised theflag of Kagoshima Prefecture,which is supposed to depict the prefecture's topography but omits its outlying islands?
- ... thatRichard Davismade the earliest known continuous land-based weather recordings in New Zealand?
- ... that the month of July isnamed after Julius Caesar?
- ... thatthe first ministerof theHopewell Baptist Churchis presumed to be buried under the building?
- ... thata 2001 bookshares the history of a small Tudor community through a 54-year-long "running commentary"by"a somewhat unamiable busybody"?
1 February 2025
- 00:00, 1 February 2025 (UTC)
- ... that the common Japanese name ofLilium nobilissimum(pictured)may refer to the sleeves used to carry it from the cliffs on which it grows?
- ... that the parked vehicle ofone candidate in a 2024 Mexico City borough electionwas shot five times to "give her a scare"?
- ... that "The Man in the Yellow Tie",an episode ofThe Flash,concludes a plotline established two years earlieron a different TV series?
- ... thatcollege footballplayerChad Brinkercontinued his career after undergoing brain surgery and eventually signed into the NFL?
- ... thatTheir Highest Potentialshows the positive side of segregated schools, as written by a student who was taught in one?
- ... thatAnn McMillanrecalled "playing" a tape recorder forDéserts,a piece byEdgard Varèse?
- ... thatan Iowa TV station,in one fell swoop, fired nearly a third of its staff and canceleda children's showthat had been on the air for 32 years?
- ... thatHenry A. Henrybrought an extensive library ofJewish literaturewhen he emigrated to the United States in 1849?
- ... thatKing Philiprefused to give upChampagne?