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4 December 2024
- 00:00, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
Former tin mining pit in Belitung, Indonesia
- ... that water-filled pits(example pictured)left behind bytin mining activities in Indonesiahave become tourist attractions?
- ... thata senior colonelwith 30 years' experience in North Korean intelligence agencies defected to South Korea in 2014?
- ... that an underground tunnel between two houses in what is nowJugtown Historic Districtwas used to hide fugitive slaves?
- ... that when John of Montfort was captured in1341 during the Breton Civil War,his wife took command of the Breton army?
- ... thatSehomewas an incorporated town for only three years?
- ... that five of the six people killed in the2011 Cullman–Arab tornadowere members of the same family?
- ... thatOrnithoprionwas studied primarily using X-rays of its fossils?
- ... that the author ofOh My Mother!has written about the phenomenon of givingAsian-Americangirls the name "Connie"?
- ... that theCampo Valdés Roman bathswere rediscovered during the construction of a sewer system in 1903?
3 December 2024
- 00:00, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
Zooming In on the Andromeda Galaxy
- ... that more than one hundred million stars are visible inZooming In on the Andromeda Galaxy(pictured)?
- ... thatKaren Tei Yamashitarealized the structure of her novel,I Hotel,by cutting, folding, and writing on ten cardboard cubes, each representing a year in the book?
- ... thatCarrlyn Bathemet her husband after he sent her gear from his clothing brand?
- ... that due to thenear-miss effect,gamblers may mistake a game of luck for a game of skill?
- ... that tacklers "bounced off"Chauncey Archiquette"as if he were a brick wall"?
- ... that the author of the comic bookTimeless Voyagewas the leader of aUFO religion?
- ... that Chief ConstableJames Smartflooded police courts with over 17,000 cases to prove the impracticality of leaving homeowners with the responsibility for lighting stairs?
- ... that an Indiana university recently argued in court thatThe Silver Veil and the Golden Gate,a 1914 painting, was too modern for their art collection?
- ... thatPiri Reisdidnotmap Antarctica in the sixteenth century?
2 December 2024
- 00:00, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
Carmen,canoe designed by Carl Smith in 1882
- ... that acanoe(pictured)designed byCarl Smithaccompanied acircumnavigation of Earth in 1883–1885?
- ... that although no people died in the1984 Southland floods,about 12,000 sheep perished?
- ... that while conducting research forKingdom of Characters,authorJing Tsuvisited archives across multiple countries and continents?
- ... thatPatriarch Amalricwas, according to the archbishop of Tyre, "reasonably well educated but bereft of intelligence and virtually useless"?
- ... that according toThe Encyclopedia of Science Fiction,the 1913 Polish novelThe Cross and the Crescentis "perhaps the first example" of the genre ofmilitary science fictionin Polish literature?
- ... that the director forYuzuru Hanyu'sEchoes of Life Tourchoreographed the2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony?
- ... that theMrBeast Labtoy line first debuted in a pop-up store in the shape of an overturned tanker truck carrying toxic waste?
- ... thatPeel's Cut,a watercourse in Staffordshire, lasted more than 100 years longer than the mill it was excavated to power?
- ... that no actual voting took place in the1939 Liechtenstein general election?
1 December 2024
- 00:00, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
Nayib Bukele
- ... that Salvadoran presidentNayib Bukele(pictured)has referred to himself as the "coolest dictator in the world"?
- ... that following itsdeconsecration,theChurch of Santa Maria Maggiorein Venice and its grounds have been used as a stable, a tobacco warehouse, and a prison?
- ... that television directorDiana Edwards-Jonesintroduced earpieces to permit direct communication between acontrol roomand newsreaders?
- ... thatSt Francis of Assisi Church, Notting Hill,contains afontdesigned byJohn Francis Bentleyand in which he was later baptised?
- ... that the1983 Spanish floodswere the most economically damaging in Spain until the2024 Spanish floods?
- ... that the medievalCastle Knobwas the site of a Cold War nuclear monitoring station?
- ... thatZhou Houkunwrote a thesis on the use of bamboo to reinforce concrete?
- ... thatBurrito Expressbegan shipping out its burritos by mail because of demand from former customers who had moved away from California?
- ... that weightlifterWu Tsai-fudrank six huge glasses of beer to help himself urinate for a drug test?