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... that Jane Withers(pictured) rose to child stardom in the 1930s playing mischievous little girls, "tomboy rascals", and "America's favorite problem child"?
... that a round bezel ring (pictured) from the West Yorkshire Hoard rattles when moved and may contain a relic?
... that in 1997,
Princess Diana donated her entire wardrobe to a charity auction organized by
AIDS activist Marguerite Littman, which raised more than $3 million?
... that although he was the eldest son of Byzantine emperor
Andronikos I Komnenos, Manuel Komnenos was not named as heir, as he opposed his father's policies?
... that the 1990 Hindi film Drishti, which follows the story of a married couple who divorce and later meet again, has been praised for its "harsh look at monogamy"?
... that Pierre Bleuse, who learned conducting after a career as a violinist, was chosen by composer
Michael Jarrell to lead his opera Cassandre, starring
Fanny Ardant?
... that Women's Barracks(cover pictured), regarded as a classic of
lesbian pulp fiction, was banned in Canada and became the first paperback-original bestseller in the United States?
... that the architect who was hired to remodel 5 Columbus Circle's lower stories later expressed regret for the renovation?
... that Rui Pinto uncovered four terabytes of confidential information about
association football finances despite having no formal education in computer science?
... that the development of the video game Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope was affected by two developers suffering injuries during a football match?
... that
Victor Jory's first major screen role as a lecherous landlord in the 1933 film Sailor's Luck was praised as "deliciously slimy" and "insanely funny"?
... that the Polish public-television film Invasion "depicted LGBT rights activists as a foreign-backed threat to Polish children, religion, values, and the very biological continuation of the nation"?
... that the Gozo Phoenician shipwreck excavation is the first maritime archaeological survey to explore sunken vessels beyond a depth of 100 metres (330 ft)?
... that the character of Swiss-type cheeses comes from originally being made on high alpage pastures, as part of the historic culture of
Alpine transhumance?
... that German children's author Kirsten Boie has published more than 100 books?
... that
Jean Ritchie formed her own record label "out of self-defense" following distribution problems with None but One?
... that Anna Hájková says her research into LGBT people and the Holocaust "shows a more complex, more human, and more real society beyond monsters and saints"?
... that former
NCAA president Judith Sweet chose to pursue a career in physical education following a blind date?
... that the 1906–1907 weekly Der nayer veg (The New Path) contained some of the earliest critical scholarly writings on
Yiddish language and literature?
... that First World War
flying aceMax Näther was appointed as commander of his squadron at age 18?
... that Busiri Suryowinoto was the first governor to propose splitting the province of
Papua?
... that the early French science-fiction novel Memoirs of the Year 2500 was one of the most popular titles of the 18th century, despite being banned by the
Holy See and the
Inquisition?
15 November 2020
00:00, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
A dog bedecked with flower garlands
... that on the second day of
Tihar each year, Nepali people worship dogs(example pictured) to please
Yama?
... that journalist Robert Sam Anson, assigned to cover boxer
Joe Frazier, instead got into the ring with him and suffered a broken leg or dislocated shoulder as a result?
... that a
fatberg heavier than an African elephant was removed from a sewer beneath Cadogan Place?
... that author and book reviewer Janice Harayda started an all-woman church service in New York City in 1974?
... that 2b2t, a no-rules
Minecraft multiplayer server running since 2010, has seen more than 580,000 distinct Minecraft players join and explore its nine-terabyte map (pictured)?
... that the scholarship of Nyasha Junior on the life of
Moses has been described as a starting point for how he can be viewed as a subject of feminist inquiry?
... that after qualifying
on the pole at a
late-model stock car race, Ty Majeski chose to start at the rear for a chance to win more money—and won the race?
... that the case of Adelia Silva, an Afro-Uruguayan teacher who was removed from three different schools due to her race, generated national attention and disciplinary action against one of the principals?
... that
Jon Pardi had each song on California Sunrise recorded with a full band to create the feel of a live recording and carry the "traditional country soul"?
... that epidemiologist J. Michael Lane, who played a leading role in the global
eradication of smallpox, trekked across the United States from Atlanta to Seattle at the age of 79?
... that a book on Vanity Fair says of Goedecker's "Modern Strategy", a caricature of
Moltke(pictured): "... in a glance the viewer can comprehend the essence of the individual, yet recognize the man"?
... that the establishment of KVZK-TV led to the electrification of many villages in
American Samoa?
... that Vijayalakshmi Ramanan, the first woman officer of the
Indian Air Force, custom-tailored her uniform as there were no specific uniforms for women when she joined the force?
... that in the early use of intravenous therapy, attempts were made to inject milk, sugar, honey, and egg yolk into a person's veins?
00:00, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
"We have only one goal ... Victory at all costs!" (29 April 1942)
... that Parole der Woche (Slogan of the Week; example pictured) has been described as "the most ubiquitous and intrusive aspect of Nazism’s visual offensive"?
... that Marla Berkowitz considers herself a
sumain, meaning someone who communicates using their hands?
... that a playlist of budots music features excerpts from speeches of Philippine president
Rodrigo Duterte?
... that Christian Flor, described in a 1740 encyclopedia as a famous organist
from Lüneburg, composed settings of Bible verses for collections, and one of the earliest
Passion oratorios?
... that after working to
desegregate nursing in the US, Alma John(pictured) produced the 1970s television show Black Pride, interviewing prominent figures like
Rosa Parks and
Ella Fitzgerald?
... that in a speech after the 1901 FA Cup Final, General
Sir Redvers Buller compared football to the Army by saying that the winning side is usually the one best practised at shooting?
... that St Mark's Campanile(pictured) in
Venice was initially built as a watchtower to sight approaching ships, and its spire, once gilded, became a "welcoming star" for navigators?
... that the Gulmarg Golf Club in
Kashmir, situated at an altitude of 2,650 metres (8,690 ft) above sea level, is the highest green golf course in the world?
... that Ukrainian-born Stefania Berlinerblau was one of the first Jewish women to practice surgery in the United States?
... that a 2019 book argues that the
Armenian Genocide was part of a larger genocide which targeted all of the Christian minorities in the Ottoman Empire?
... that the State-of-the-Art Car was designed to run on portions of five different subway systems?
... that hundreds of academics signed a letter opposing the "coordinated harassment campaign by the Polish ruling party" against law professor Wojciech Sadurski?
... that James Biggart's election to the
Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago was viewed by Tobagonian planters as lowering their social standing, because it meant that they were represented by a person of African descent?
... that the Cem river basin (pictured) in the borderlands of Albania and Montenegro is home to more than a quarter of the total plant species identified in each country?
... that James Nathan Calloway, born in slavery in Tennessee, established an experimental cotton-growing farm in Togo?
... that
Dua Lipa created the music video for her 2020 song "Hallucinate" with teams working in London, Paris, and Los Angeles?
... that Ibaqa Beki was briefly married to
Genghis Khan, who abruptly gave her to one of his generals, possibly as a reward to that general for killing her father?
... that according to local legend, the catfish that inhabit the reservoir at the Shah Jalal Dargah(grave pictured) are the cursed and reincarnated soldiers of
Gour Govinda?
... that the 2013 Nepali historical drama Badhshala was briefly banned by the
Nepali Army because the actors wore military uniforms without permission?
... that with the designation of County Highway A-2 in 1970, Mrs. Howard "Gene" Temple became the first Michigan woman to acquire a highway designation from the State Highway Commission?
... that the opera Die Prinzessin Girnara, by composer
Wellesz and librettist
Wassermann, and based on a legend from India, premiered simultaneously at two opera houses in 1921?
... that Estonian linguist Jaan Puhvel has worked for more than half a century on his multi-volume Hittite Etymological Dictionary?
... that
Rod Serling's Forbidden Area(actor pictured), a nuclear-war thriller, launched the four-year run of a series voted in 1970 as "the greatest television series of all time"?
... that a male spider of the species Zygiella x-notata uses vibrational courtship signals when entering a female's web to alert her of his presence as a potential mate, rather than potential prey?
... that the Odyssey has been used as a school text since antiquity?
... that Ann Bedsole, the first woman to be elected to the
Alabama Senate, printed a timetable for the state's
hunting season on the back of her re-election campaign flyers?
... that actress and dancer Raissa Gourevitch performed in surrealist plays before becoming an archaeological authority on Roman statuary?
... that in his hurry to get to a fire in Fort Saskatchewan, the town's fire chief was pulled over for speeding and nearly hitting a police officer in
Edmonton?
4 November 2020
12:00, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
City Investing Building
... that the City Investing Building(pictured) was regarded as a "monument to greed" due to its sheer size?
... that Paula Bataona Renyaan was the first woman to become a vice governor and the third woman to become a police general in Indonesia?
... that the USA team at the 2007 World Cup of Pool wore orange shirts after both home-nation Dutch teams had been eliminated?
... that Folker Bohnet, who acted in
Bernhard Wicki's 1959 film Die Brücke while still studying, toured for 13 years with a comedy play that he co-authored?
... that the French painter Genskof is a pioneer in laser eye surgery?
00:00, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
Mary Dee
... that Mary Dee(pictured), a popular radio personality in
Pittsburgh,
Baltimore, and
Philadelphia, is widely regarded as the first African-American woman disc jockey in the United States?
... that unlike neighboring tribes, the Pastia people of south Texas escaped detection by Spanish explorers until the early 18th century?
... that the 2020 film A Life on Our Planet is
David Attenborough's self-described "witness statement" on how human activity has affected the environment?
... that
Augustine's views of Christian theology were developed in opposition to Pelagianism, which he declared a heresy?
... that Ita Maximowna, who trained as a painter in Paris and Berlin in the 1920s, began working in scenic and costume design after World War II and went on to work internationally?
... that
Steve McQueen and
William Shatner starred in The Defender, the first live television drama in the US divided for broadcast on separate nights, "leaving audiences dangling on the cliff"?
... that Don Johnson used "personality and polish" to make friends?
... that the
Federal Radio Commission revoked the license of Chicago radio station WCHI in 1931 for attacking medical procedures such as surgical operations and vaccinations?
... that gravediggers discovered the Hexham Hoard of eight thousand
stycas in a bronze bucket in 1832?
... that American actress Masey McLain's feature film debut in I'm Not Ashamed was praised by critic
Jordan Hoffman, who said of her acting future, "the sky is the limit"?
... that "So nimm denn meine Hände" by
Julie Hausmann, first printed in 1862, placed seventh in a 2019 survey of favourite funeral music in Germany, immediately behind "
My Way"?
... that Bups Saggu learned to play the
tabla at the local
gurdwara in
Wolverhampton, but later moved on to playing the
dhol because he "took a liking to the larger and louder sound"?
... that a group of prisoners building the Honolulu Courthouse overpowered their guards, took possession of gun batteries overlooking Honolulu, and attempted to open fire on nearby buildings?
... that ChilledCow has one of the longest videos on
YouTube, totaling over 13,000 hours?
... that despite being excluded from the standard edition of 1989, "New Romantics" by
Taylor Swift was named one of the best songs of the 2010s decade by Rolling Stone?