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27 November 2024

00:15, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

Kiki Wong

... that heavy-metal guitaristKiki Wong(pictured)played drums for Taylor Swift before joiningthe Smashing Pumpkins?
... that during thecolonial period,the Dutch East Indies was the third-largest exporter of teaafter theBritish RajandCeylon?
... thatthe directorofEating Out 2: Sloppy Secondsonce described the film as "gaysploitation"?
... thatXu Xinfuadapted the fictional Chinese-American detectiveCharlie Chanfor Chinese audiences?
... that large aircraft once operated on a regular basis fromGriffin–Spalding County Airportdespite it only having a 3,100-foot-long (940 m) runway?
... thatSusanne Craigwon thePulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reportingfor her reporting on Donald Trump's taxes after receiving a copy of his tax records in her mailbox?
... that New York City'sHotel Marseilles,once a shelter for Holocaust survivors, later became affordable housing for the elderly?
... thatAnatolii Brezvinhelped establish a youth hockey championship in Ukraine, and sought to open 60ice rinks?
... that theUnion of Assyrians'smishandling of shoe-polishing stations led to violent conflicts in 1920s Moscow?

26 November 2024

00:00, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Badge from aThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxyvideo game

... thatfeelies(example pictured)have been used for everything fromcopy protectionto sexual roleplay?
... that in 1959,Henri Claireauxclaimed that a reduction to a subsidy toSaint Pierre and Miquelonhad devolved the territory into "a state bordering on poverty"?
... that bothTim WalzandJD Vancewere accused ofsanewashingin the2024 vice presidential debate?
... thatKazimierz Sakowiczspent three years recording themurder of tens of thousandsin his diary, which was published decades later?
... thatRust Red Hillsis being sold to renovate student housing, a court-approved move that museum associations say violates the ethics ofdeaccessioning?
... thatAmaury du Closelfounded the Forum Voix Etouffées to revive music that was suppressed by 20th-century totalitarian regimes?
... that 38 per cent ofWelsh university students in 1900were women?
... thatJohnny Frippwas described as "a bundle of football-toting dynamite"?
... thatBig Motoremployees hit cars with socks stuffed with golf balls as part of an insurance-fraud scheme?

25 November 2024

00:00, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

Charles J. M. Gwinn

... thatCharles J. M. Gwinn(pictured)was the firststate's attorney of Baltimoreelected under theMaryland Constitution of 1851,which he had helped to draft?
... that "Every Night",released ten years ago today, was called" the smartest dumb music out there "?
... that BishopJohn Dunncontinued to celebrateMassafter a fire broke out in the choir loft ofSt. Cecilia Cathedralduring theSixth National Eucharistic Congress?
... that over the opening weekend ofFlorentina Holzinger'sfirst opera, eighteen audience members required medical treatment for severe nausea?
... that theapricot dress of Jacqueline Kennedykept its shape in India's hot weather?
... that weightlifterOun Yao-lingwas asked to compete in theSouth African Games,but the invitation was swiftly rescinded once the organisers learned that he was Chinese, not white?
... that the opening ofSalmon n' Bannockled to the owner reconnecting with her long-lost family?
... thatWładysław Umiński's 1914 novelCzarodziejski okrętwas described as being a "grotesque" treatment of therobinsonade?
... thatRoss Mihara"didn't know ayorikirifromhara-kiri"when he was hired as asumocommentator byNHK?

24 November 2024

00:00, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

Panhandle Gap

... thatMount Rainiercannot be seen fromPanhandle Gap(pictured),despite the trail being "possibly the best day hike" in Mount Rainier National Park?
... that despite her father wanting her to become a music teacher,Marcia Mooreran away to Chicago to star insilent film,vaudeville,cabaret,andburlesqueperformances?
... thatal-Shaykh Badrwas the hometown ofSalih al-Ali,who led theAlawite revoltagainst theFrench in Syria?
... that a charity founded byHenry Smithin 1628 now has assets of more than £1 billion?
... that the2024 Talerddig train collisionwas the first collision between passenger trains in Wales since 1991?
... thatNew World Mallwas the largest Asian shopping mall in theNortheastern United Statesupon its opening in 2011?
... thatMariah Careyused asamplefrom the New Zealand duoAdeazein her 2005 song "Your Girl"?
... that working at a post office was howDerrick Hardenbecame an NFL player?

23 November 2024

00:00, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

Ariafrom aPeking operainspired
by the murder of Wang Lianying

... that themurder of Wang Lianyingwas followed by a blitz of newspaper coverage, books, stage performances, a film, and songs(example featured)?
... thatMichael F. Adamswas the first president ofCentre Collegenot to be aPresbyterian?
... that between 30 and 300 millionrupees' worth of goods were plundered during theAfghan sack of Delhi?
... thatShuah Khan,the first woman fellow of theLinux Foundation,"signed off" on a patch recommending the use of inclusive terminology in theLinux kernel?
... thatBenjamin Brittenwas said to have composedCanticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus"in the face of death"?
... thatLast Call BBScontains achip-manufacturinggame, amodel-buildingsimulator, a game ofsolitaire,and more?
... thatPablo Barragánoriginally wanted to be a jazz saxophonist, but was more attracted to the clarinet because he thought it resembled the human voice?
... thatMalfunction Junctionin Birmingham, Alabama, carried 160,000 vehicles in 2018, instead of 80,000 as it was intended to hold?
... that according to the author ofStuff Matters,holding a sample of anaerogelis "like holding a piece of sky"?

22 November 2024

00:00, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

Song Zhenzhong

... thatSong Zhenzhong(pictured),the son ofSong QiyunandXu Linxia,was detained by theKuomintangbefore his first birthday and executed at the age of eight?
... thatNapoleon IIIwas buried inSt Mary's Church, Chislehurst,before his remains were moved toFarnborough Abbey15 years later?
... thatSankar Montoutebecame the first NFL player from Trinidad and Tobago in 1987?
... thata San Francisco–area radio stationsometimes had to be quiet to avoid disturbing patients at a nearby dentist's office?
... thatBethwel Henrywas the first Micronesian to receive a degree in his field, and served as a United Nations delegate at the age of 25?
... that the novelBloody Bread,about the struggles of Polish immigrants in the US, was briefly criticized by communist censors for "glorifying the United States"?
... thatLeonardo DiCapriowas set to star in the film adaptation ofLeonardo da Vinci?
... that thefishing catmainly inhabitswetlandsand preys predominantly on fish?
... thatEwa Ligockacooked another mathematician's goose?

21 November 2024

00:00, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Texas and Pacific 610

... thatTexas and Pacific 610(pictured)was once bought for $1?
... thatHelmut Bauerconfirmedaround 150,000 young people, including 500 in Tanzania?
... that although the plant speciesDolichostachys elongatawas first described in 1962, it was not consideredvalidly publisheduntil 60 years later?
... that a review describedHe Fucked the Girl Out of Meas being about "all the ways in which American society fails its most vulnerable"?
... that the restoration ofNeknampur Lakewas recognised "as the best model of lake restoration in India"?
... thatBenjamin Franklin Shumard'sassistant named an oak species after him, and then sabotaged his reinstatement after he was fired?
... that the 2013 bookBrick by Brick,about howThe Lego Groupreinvented itself, became a popular business text?
... that theTrilobite Wildernessis so rich intrilobitefossils that in places virtually every rock contains a fossil?
... that cavalry officerHarvey Tuckettretired from the British Army to become an actor, but was shot in a duel by his former commanding officer?

20 November 2024

00:00, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Elogio del Horizonte

... thatElogio del Horizonte(pictured)has been nicknamed "King Kong's toilet "?
... that after fleeing to Argentina as aSpanish Civil Warrefugee,Maria Muntañola Cvetkovićbecame one of Yugoslavia's first experts on microfungi?
... thata modern Polish fairy tale,written during the period ofmartial law in Polandin the 1980s, mixes the themes of real-world environmental protection and fantasy-like gnomes?
... that the Japanese TV showIron Chefgained a cult following ona San Francisco TV stationbefore it was dubbed into English and aired on theFood Network?
...thatMalik Arslanwas assassinated on the orders of theMamluk Sultanof Egypt due to his ties with theOttomans?
... thatThe Gust of Windis Renoir's attempt to paint air?
... thatEquatorial Guinea's national abortion lawis, as of 2022, one of only eleven that requires a woman to get her spouse's approval to receive an abortion?
... thatWasswa Serwangaand his twin brother were the first two NFL players from Uganda?
... that "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites"has been credited with bringingdubstepto the mainstream?

19 November 2024

00:00, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Taylor Swift performing "How You Get the Girl"

... that the choreography of "How You Get the Girl"duringthe 1989 World Tour(pictured)resembled that of the musicalSingin' in the Rain?
... thatJohann Friedrich Hartknochpublished the first edition ofImmanuel Kant'sCritique of Pure Reason?
... that according to theLaws of London,merchants from lands ruled by theGerman emperorenjoyed special trading privileges in 11th-century London?
... that language activistHasan Alispent more than 20 years compiling a dictionary of theOsing language?
... thata Chinese poetwrote abouta Syriac church in Sichuanwithout knowing what it was?
... that the politicianVeylma Falaeois the first woman to bePresident of the Congress of New Caledonia?
... that housewives were encouraged to keepEdmondsbaking-powder tins to be used as bombs?
... that the members ofNocturnamet for the first time while recording their debut album?
... thattyromancyis a form of fortune-telling using cheese?

18 November 2024

00:00, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Campaign poster for the 1917 Łódź City Council election

... that socialists received 31 percent of the vote in the1917 Łódź City Council election(campaign poster pictured),but the system implemented by the German occupying authorities only gave them 8 percent of the seats?
... thatSamuel Landerfounded theWilliamston Female Collegein an abandoned hotel?
... thatLeon Trotskyfrequented aJewish dairy restaurantin the Bronx but refused to tip, and the waiters retaliated by spilling hot soup on him?
... thatRoger Farmer,the first NFL player from Barbados, reached the league after playing for schools that a newspaper described as having "terrible records"?
... thata recurrent faminehas haunted Madagascar's southern regions since the 1930s?
... thatGeorgina Suttonwas the first woman to be appointed the chief pilot of an Australian airline?
... that the ballot summary for2024 Ohio Issue 1was a flashpoint for legal action?
... that ballerinaMarina Kondratyevaserved theBolshoi Balletand its school for over 70 years?
... thatEternity in Flames,now commonly shown in Chinese schools, was banned during theCultural Revolution?

17 November 2024

00:00, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Rincón Chileno

... thatRincón Chileno(pictured)was nicknamed the "second Chilean consulate" by the Chilean immigrant community in Los Angeles?
... that before selling chicken and pies,5-foot-9-inch (1.75 m)Eddie SheldrakebrokeUCLA's single-game scoring record in basketball?
... thata bookknown as the "PolishPinocchio"was published a hundred years ago?
... thatSun Jianaico-foundedone of China's first national universitiesin 1898?
... that in its 1962 election campaign, theSocialist Party of Indiademanded that twice-yearly inter-caste dining be made a mandatory criterion for government employment?
... that the2000 editionof theEurovision Song Contestwas the first to be broadcast live over the internet?
... that the cast ofThe Perfect Couplecreated a WhatsApp group to avoid filming a dance sequence tothe theme song?
... thatNegussie Robawas an Olympicsprinterwho later became a top marathon coach?
... that smokestacks ata former rayon millwere stabilized by dropping bricks into them?

16 November 2024

00:00, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

Reverse ofHistory Instructing Youth,featuring Martha Washington

... thatMartha Washington's portrait on the1896 US one-dollar silver certificate(pictured)is the most recent time that a woman has been featured on US paper money?
... thatDalibor Riccardi,a head of state of San Marino, has played more than 70 matches in the country's football league?
... that at the2024 Democratic National Convention,vice presidential nomineeTim Walzwas booed for visiting the"wrong" Pennsylvanian gas station chain?
... thatEunus,a Syrian slave and reputed prophet, led a slave revolt in Sicily against the Roman Republic?
... that China was once the "Kingdom of Bicycles"?
... thatAlan Rosenonce sold 2,400cheesecakesin four minutes to television shoppers?
... thatChecheyigen'spolitical acumen ensured that her family became one of the most powerful in theMongol Empire?
... that theMartha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studieshouses aJohn Steinbeckarchive of more than 50,000 items?
... that "Buy Cash"is the speaker of theHouse of Assembly of Eswatini?

15 November 2024

00:00, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

Cannonballin Milwaukee, 1966

... that despite being an ordinary commuter train, theCannonball(pictured)was known for its Friday-night parties?
... thatJeya Wilsoninvited New Zealand prime ministerDavid Langeto debate the moral indefensibility of nuclear weapons at theOxford Union?
... that the music producer ofBarney & Friendsconsidered it ludicrous that its theme songwas used in torture at Guantanamo Bay?
... that theXinwen Baowas first published during theLunar New Yearto take advantage of its competitors being on hiatus?
... that psychologistSonya Friedmanrecommends that women create a totem, a collection of objects that represent important turning points in their lives?
... that theFCCcanceled a permit to builda Florida TV station,finding that "the most prominent facility completed within the studio building appears to be a toilet"?
... that a renovation of240 Centre Streetwas delayed by several months because a street map was incorrect?
... that with the exception of one day in 1941, theKaunas Carillonstopped playing music for sixteen years due to theSoviet and German occupations of Lithuania?

14 November 2024

00:00, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Sophie Anderson(top)and Rebecca More

... thatThe Cock Destroyers(pictured)released atrans-inclusivesex education video for Netflix before hostingSlag Wars: The Next Destroyer?
... that Northern Cypriot minister of healthİzlem Gürçağ Altuğrawarned that her country would be destroyed unless it started producing drugs?
... that the barracks at theXifeng concentration campwere named forConfuciantenets such asrighteousnessandfilial piety?
... thatNathania Onghad not seenLes Misérablesbefore successfully auditioning for the role ofÉponine?
... that "All Hell Breaks Loose",the last episode ofCharmedto featureShannen Dohertyas Prue, was also directed by her?
... that a poem byMoses da Rietiincludes an encyclopedia of the sciences, a Jewish paradise fantasy, and a post-biblical history of Jewish literature?
... thatEl Eternauta: tercera partekeptHéctor Germán Oesterheld,the creator of the original comic, as a narrator after he was disappeared?
... that the assassination ofFengshanresulted in a pun combining fried eggs and bombs?

13 November 2024

00:00, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Members of the Fijian Labour Corps in 1918

... that members of theFijian Labour Corps(pictured)attracted notice on theWestern Front of World War Ifor their height and muscularity?
... thatYe Gongchuoworked for emperors, warlords and republicans before leaving politics to focus on art?
... that controversy ensued when the paintingPleasure Gardenwas offered to theRobert McDougall Art Gallery?
... thatWalter Campbell Smith'straining in mineralogy led him to volunteer with the chemical warfare unit of British Army during World War I?
... thatWill Woodperformed nude for the music video of a song onSELF-iSH?
... thatWilf Perreault'sartwork of landscapes and alleyways was influenced by artists such asReta CowleyandDorothy Knowles?
... that theHollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment Districthas 102 properties within 12 blocks and contains "excellent examples of the predominant architecture styles of the 1920s and 1930s"?
... that Dutch rabbiMeijer de Hond,who grew up in poverty, was known as theVolksrebbe('people's rabbi') for his popularity among the Jewish poor of Amsterdam?
... thatChinese Garden MRT stationdid not originally have access to theChinese Garden?

12 November 2024

00:00, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Rock-cut niches of Teniky in southern Madagascar

... thatan enigmatic ancient site deep in Madagascar(pictured)may have been built byZoroastrians?
... thatJacques Lewis,a 105-year-old French veteran ofD-Day,insisted on participating in a ceremony commemorating the invasion's 80th anniversary?
... thata memorial in Suffolk, England,marks the deaths of six members of a scout troop in a 1914 boating accident and that of the sole survivor two years later in theBattle of the Somme?
... that, according to his family,Ye Yanlanwas compelled to leave government service after speaking Cantonese in front of the emperor of China?
... that the suppression of theDiaspora Revoltof 115–117 CE led to the near-total annihilation and displacement of Jewish communities inCyrenaica,Cyprus,and much ofEgypt?
... that50 Lanoccupied the number-one spot in Taiwan'sbubble teamarket for most of 2023?
... that the world's oldest timepiece with ananchor escapementis in the collection of theIrish Museum of Time?
... that editors often line up in rival camps during contentiousdisputes on Wikipediaand the winning side typically cites encyclopedic policies to favor their viewpoint?
... that althoughHugh O'Neillpublicly assisted the English Crown in thwarting Irish rebels during theNine Years' War,he was secretly the leader of the Irish confederacy?

11 November 2024

00:00, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Núria Llansà

... that despite being Barcelona's starting goalkeeper for 1972,Núria Llansà(pictured)played one match asright-back?
... that theLichfield War Memorialincludes a life-size depiction of Saint George and a slain dragon?
... that the currentflag of Falcón,a state of Venezuela, was first hoisted at theMonument to the Venezuelan Federationin 2006 and is based on the design of the 1806 naval flag ofFrancisco de Miranda?
... thatAbraham Hamadehlostone of the closest elections in Arizona historyby 280 votes, and has filed multiple lawsuits challenging the results?
... that during the Second World War the British governmenttransmitted German music to Nazi U-boats?
... that photographerCharles Biasiny-Riveraand fellow members of the artistic collectiveEn Focodrove around New York City in hisVolkswagen Busputting on art exhibitions in Latino neighborhoods?
... that sculptorMoelwyn Merchantdescribed his 1982 pieceGrowing Formas resembling "a tulip bud with the front leaf pulled out"?
... that the music video for "It's OK I'm OK"was edited to makeits singerappear naked?
... that hot-dog vendorDan Rossihas slept inside his cart overnight to preserve his spot in front of theMetropolitan Museum of Art?

10 November 2024

00:00, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Kent shaving brushes

... thatKent Brusheshave supplied their products(examples pictured)to every British monarch sinceGeorge IV?
... thatHe JianshiusedChinese operato advance a revolution against theQing dynasty?
... that crab isserved in school mealsinToyama Prefecture?
... thatAniello Priscowas shot to death while trying to extorta crime boss?
... that the rural village ofNeath, New South Wales,had a population of threeTok Pisinspeakers in 2021?
... that Canadian microbiologistPatricia Taylorhelped American diplomats hide in her house in Tehran during theIran hostage crisis?
... that a "glompingcircle "in 2008 reportedly lasted seven hours?
... thatMargaret Pargeterpublished 49 books in eleven years, with another book following eleven years later?
... that theHoly Seehas been represented byan anime-style mascot?

9 November 2024

00:00, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Detail ofGenesisby Rico Lebrun

... thatRico Lebrunrefused to submit sketches ofGenesis(detail pictured),a mural commissioned byPomona College,for approval by its board of trustees?
... that college football playerRicot Josephdeclined a full scholarship so that he could be awalk-on?
... that theheadquarters of the Northern Ireland Prison Servicewere breached by protestors in 2003?
... that Ukrainian journalistVictoria Roshchyna'scar was once fired on by Russian tanks?
... that the owner of theDe Vinne Press Buildingfinalized his purchase of the building while in an elevator?
... thatGrizel Nivencreated "The Bessie", theWomen's Prize for Fictionstatuette, which a past winner called "ugly"?
... that two of the victims and much of the aircraft involved in the crash ofWestern Air Lines Flight 636were never removed from San Francisco Bay?
... thata superintendent of the New Orleans Police Departmentposed as a corrupt officer during covert operations?
... thatThe Lock-Up,an art gallery housed in a former police station, retains the graffiti drawn by prisoners in the holding cells and has incorporated it into a performative exhibition?

8 November 2024

00:00, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Issue 3 ofThe True Record

... thatThe True Record(issue pictured)closed shortly after implicating Provisional PresidentYuan Shikaiin the assassination ofSong Jiaoren?
... thatAllison Reesehas received millions ofviewsfor herimpressionsofKamala Harris?
... that theembassy of the Philippines in Bucharestis the country's first mission in theEastern Bloc?
... that the lyrics ofGigi Perez's"Sailor Song"were criticized by far-right conservative Christian communities?
... thatthe first Chinese driverto race in Formula One debuted at the2022 Bahrain Grand Prix?
... that several major U.S. politicians have spreadconspiracy theories about the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season?
... thatTenzin Doendrup,the 68thJe Khenpoand chief abbot of Bhutan, issued a decree to stop the practice of animal sacrifices?
... thatManhoodwasJosh Hawley's second book to be published byRegnery,after he was dropped bySimon & Schusterfor his support ofattempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election?
... thatVivian Stranders,a British-born Jew, served as an officer in the Nazi SS?

7 November 2024

00:00, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Sana, vocalist of Sajou no Hana

... that the name of the Japanese bandSajou no Hana(vocalist pictured)has no official meaning?
... thatFrom Warsaw to Ojców,an 1897 Polish adventure and travel novel for young readers, was inspired byJules Verne's works but reflects Polish patriotic and educational values?
... thata portrait engravermade the controversial decision to change a Sioux chief's war bonnet so that it would fit on the 1899 United States five-dollar silver certificate?
... thatCharli XCXonce followedGeorge Danielinto a toilet but stopped halfway, and later wrote the song "Talk Talk"about the experience?
... thatRose O'Neill'smarriage toHugh Roe O'Donnellunited two powerful noble families that had been rivals for centuries?
... that the practice of some Christians of making thelesser sign of the crosshas been traced back to the 11th century?
... thatFrederick Priggand his predecessor as secretary of theProvisional Government of Oregonwere both doctors who drowned in a river atOregon Cityjust three years apart?
... that arainbow plaquemarks the site of Peckham'sBlack Lesbian and Gay Centre?
... that one of the paintings sold byBeijing Hanhaiwas stolen byan emperor,and another was hidden in a well?

6 November 2024

00:00, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

"Neuron screen" at the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences

... that a screen based on the circuitry of a rat brain(pictured)is displayed on the façade of the Jerusalem-basedEdmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences?
... that the Korean War allowedDon Braggto set aUCLA basketballrecord for the mostreboundsby a varsity freshman, which stood for almost 40 years?
... that theIndonesian pulp and paper industrycollectively controls over 10 million hectares of land?
... thatTore Skeie'sfirst book, written while he faced severe financial hardship, won him a prize ofNOK100,000?
... that 1977'sTyphoon Thelmawas the most destructive event in Taiwan since World War II?
... thatSammy Bassowas the oldest known person withprogeria?
... that the 2024psychological horrorgameMouthwashingutilisesnon-diegeticscene transitions that mimic glitches andcrashes?
... thatJohn W. Keoghkilled an attorney to encourageredistricting?
... thatMethuselahlikes belly rubs?

5 November 2024

00:13, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

Zhuhai Fisher Girl

... that Chinese sculptorPan Hecreated theZhuhai Fisher Girl(pictured),an icon ofZhuhai?
... thatToby Keith's last recording before his death was a cover ofJoe Diffie's "Ships That Don't Come In"on the tribute albumHixtape: Vol. 3: Difftape?
... that swimmerAlex Portaland his brotherKylian Portalboth won medals in the same event at the 2024 Paralympics?
... that the Chinese community ofKota Kinabalusponsored the creation of theMalaysia Monumentjust 20 days before it needed to be completed to mark the formation of Malaysia?
... that Marine chaplainFrancis W. Kellywas known as "Father Foxhole" for his presence on the front lines of thePacific Theater?
... that in October 2024Manawanuibecame the first Royal New Zealand Navy vessel to be lost in peacetime?
... thatself-helpauthorBeth Kemptonheld positions at both the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Tokyo and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London?
... that when theE-Defensewas commissioned in 2005, it was the world's largest 3Dearthquake shake table?
... that thePuck Buildinghas two gildedPucks?

4 November 2024

00:00, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

James Davis

... that convictJames Davis(pictured)escaped custody in Australia and lived withAboriginal Australiansfor 13 years?
... that America's first small-size silver certificate was referred to as aFunnyback?
... that the British Army deployedcompanies of aliensto France during the First World War?
... thatCate Blanchettplayed 13 different characters in the multi-screen film installationManifesto?
... thatMarie Marckssarcastically caricatured gender roles like no one before, according toJutta Limbach?
... that the tenants ofa New York City apartment buildingprotested against its owner by going to a racetrack and betting on his horse?
... that one of the last surviving women fromRapa Nuito receive traditional facial tattoos was queen consortAna Eva Hei?
... thatthe Nualas'2015 novelty song "Yes 2 Love" was created to promotea yes vote?
... thatIvan Ivanplayed forthe Eaglesandthe Eagles?

3 November 2024

00:00, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Edmonds Band Rotunda

... that the basement of theEdmonds Band Rotunda(pictured)was once used as a kitchen?
... that a member of thesecond Adrian Hasler cabinetwas expelled in 2019 following an embezzlement scandal?
... that after Liam and Noel Gallagher's band Oasis announced "the most controversial band reunionsince the Sex Pistols' 1996Filthy Lucre Tour",Noel's daughterAnaïs Gallaghercriticised some fans for ageism and sexism?
... thatoral repositoriesare individuals trusted with memorising a society'soral traditions,and have been termed "walking libraries"?
... thatDavid de Pomispublished a trilingualHebrew–Aramaic,LatinandItaliandictionary in 1587?
... thatCome Inwas recorded on a hands-free microphone attached to a pair of headphones?
... thata poultry farmerwas the first woman to compete for theSovereign's Prize,the highest honour in British rifle shooting?
... thatLego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventuresexcludes mentions ofNazismthat are present in theIndiana Jonesfilms?
... thatMitch Torresis a "self-proclaimeddamperdestroyer "?

2 November 2024

00:00, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Chili Williams in a polka-dot bikini

... that a photograph ofChili Williams,known as the "Polka Dot Girl"(pictured),was one of the "two most famouspin-up pictures"of World War II?
... that diverse fields study themind,includingpsychology,neuroscience,cognitive science,andphilosophy?
... that NFL playerMuadianvita Kazadiviewed football as "war", according to a teammate?
... that, despiteDelibirdbeing directly inspired by Santa Claus,TheGamerrefused to give it the title of Christmas Pokémon?
... thata German court's decisioninvolving football stadiums may preclude Facebook from arbitrarily banning users?
... thatYang Pao'anrefused to forsake theChinese Communist Party,reportedly even after a telephone call withChiang Kai-shek?
... that despite being commonly found off the coast of Argentina,Diplodus argenteusis not named after the country?
... that the music video forJohn Lennon's "You Are Here",issued half a century after the song was released, shows previously unseen footage of Lennon?
... that politicianTeleke Lautiunseated a former prime minister, was himself unseated by a future prime minister, and later ran again to replace a former prime minister?

1 November 2024

00:00, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

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... thatslime monsters(example pictured)have been described as both "a tool for questioning the idea of human exceptionalism" and "loyal punching bags"?
... that some Idahomountain deathcamasare pollinated by carrion and flesh flies rather than bees?
... thatWhat a Merry-Go-Roundclosed withevil clownscavorting around a carousel?
... that the ghost ofMargaret C. Waitesis said to haunt an undergraduate suite at Harvard College'sCabot House,protecting her book collection?
... thattrunk-or-treatingwas created as a safer alternative to regulartrick-or-treating?
... thatVincent Darréhad a Parisian apartment decorated with skulls?
... that the song "Haunted""blends cuteness and spookiness "?
... that the Australian spiderProgradungula barringtonensishas been called a "ghost ofGondwana"?
... thatBrian David Gilbertreleased a series of monster-themedABBAcovers under the nameAAAH!BBA?
... that the zombie filmGet the Hell Outwas shot at the currently abandonedKaohsiung City Council Hall,which had neither water nor electricity?
... that theDevil's Doorwayis found in Wisconsin?

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