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Danny Kaleikini in a publicity photo for a 2005 concert
... that Danny Kaleikini(pictured) once worked as a singing hotel busboy in
Waikiki before becoming the headline entertainer at the Kahala Hilton for 28 years?
... that shoshin is a
Zen Buddhist term that means having a "beginner's mind"?
29 September 2022
04:36, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
Tulainyo Lake
... that in 1937, water from Tulainyo Lake(pictured) was carried by runner, horseback, donkey, covered wagon, twenty-mule team, stagecoach, train, car, and plane to
Death Valley to mark a highway opening?
... that The Last of Us Part I features three accessibility presets for those requiring hearing, motor, or visual aids?
... that Univel was an early-1990s attempt to compete with
Microsoft on the desktop, but one industry consultant said of the company's goal, "they're dreaming"?
28 September 2022
00:00, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
383 Madison Avenue
... that at one point in 2008, the Bear Stearns Building(pictured) was worth approximately five times the price offered for the acquisition of
Bear Stearns?
... that Saudi Arabian poet Hamad al-Hajji lost three members of his family during his childhood and later suffered from
schizophrenia until he died at the age of 49 after a lung disease?
... that the court-martial of William T. Colman, the commander of a U.S. air base, created a storm of protest when he was merely reduced in rank after shooting a black soldier?
... that Adriana Salvatierra(pictured), the youngest legislator to preside over the Bolivian Senate, accompanied her father to trade-union meetings while still a child?
... that The Maiden in the Tower, the only opera by
Jean Sibelius, was withdrawn after only three performances with the intention to revise it, which never happened?
... that when Francesco Lanzillotta conducted Dallapiccola's Ulisse at
Oper Frankfurt in 2022, a reviewer noted that he "does not shy away from agglomerations of sound"?
... that in 2009, residents of Maine voted to repeal a law that would have legalized same-sex marriage?
... that yachting photographer Eileen Ramsay damaged many
Rolleiflex cameras by attempting to take photos at water level?
... that "illegal operation" was a common euphemism for
abortion in early-20th-century North American newspapers?
... that Ekuikui V was deposed as the king of Bailundo in 2021 and sentenced to six years in prison?
... that according to one sociologist, Franklin Flores's landslide victory demonstrated
his party's ability to win the rural vote "regardless of the candidates nominated"?
... that Northwest High School required transgender staff members of the student newspaper to use deadnames in bylines?
... that Drummie Zeb was one of the last two original members of
Aswad still playing with the reggae group by 2006?
... that concerts of the Spannungen festival of chamber music, founded by pianist
Lars Vogt in 1998, are played in a power plant?
21 September 2022
00:00, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
Abbas II of Persia
... that the reign of Abbas II of Persia(pictured) was marked by peace with neighbouring nations, except for
a war with the
Mughal Empire in 1649 to recover the city of
Kandahar?
... that according to Modern Times, a San Francisco–based bookstore collective, if there was only one book that you read in 1975 it had to be Canadian author and activist Helen Potrebenko'sTaxi!?
... that actress Zita Moulton first starred in theatre performances after a bet with her fiancé that she would be able to get a stage job within 24 hours?
... that when Bill Renwick was asked to review a neo-Nazi case at the
University of Waikato it was meant to take three weeks, but instead took nearly two years?
... that a job offer from the Empire Cinema saved science fiction writer
John Russell Fearn from factory-based war work that "damned near killed [him]"?
... that according to
Ruth Marcus, the facts of Michael H. v. Gerald D. "more closely resembled a soap opera synopsis than a typical Supreme Court case"?
15 September 2022
00:00, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
Mick Moloney
... that Mick Moloney(pictured) was a social worker in London before establishing the Green Fields of America, an Irish traditional music ensemble?
... that the working title of Alien was Star Beast?
... that a bystander's video of the arrest of Randal Worcester in
Mulberry, Arkansas, showed one law enforcement officer holding Worcester on the ground while two other officers beat him?
... that Zack Kelly received a $500
signing bonus, lost money in his first professional seasons, and was released by two organizations before he made his
Major League Baseball debut?
... that in Norse mythology, the sun and moon are each chased by a warg?
00:00, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
Maybole Castle
... that in the legend of
John Faa, styled
King of the Gypsies, the Countess of Cassilis was imprisoned for life in Maybole Castle(pictured) by her husband after he killed Faa for attempting to elope with her?
... that
Adele moans in "Can I Get It", a song about desire for a real relationship instead of casual sex?
... that despite two 16th-century books often being referred to as the Edwardine Ordinals, the word "ordinal" was not applied to them until the 17th century?
... that Louise McKinney(pictured) was the first woman in the British Empire to be sworn in as an elected legislator?
... that a television station spent so little on programming that a media columnist called it the "IOUs of Cincinnati"?
... that Sheila Egoff, Canada's first professor of
children's literature, returned to her library work immediately after retirement?
... that the Indie sleaze era, from approximately 2006 to 2012, was described by singer
Gwenno as "very debauched, and probably the last moment where kids had been able to do whatever they want"?
... that after depopulating the island of
Samson, Augustus Smith established a deer park there, only for the deer to escape to the neighbouring island of
Tresco?
... that the man who built Cauley Square originally used the village to ship his tomatoes?
... that Eva Duldig, who was interned by Australia during the Second World War, later represented the country at the
Wimbledon Championships?
... that in Arnett v. Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court justice
William Rehnquist said public employees must accept "the bitter with the sweet" in their
due-process rights when contesting dismissal?
... that Seattle-based Tom Alberg, one of the earliest investors in
Amazon, was convinced of the company's promise when he could not find a book by
Peter Drucker in his local bookstore?
... that a New York
pop-up restaurant opened by Louisa Shafia served stews and rice dishes described in a review as a "Persian-tapas gateway into the ancient cuisine"?
... that Alexander Marble, an expert in diabetes, was described as one of "the giant trees among the diabetes
sequoias"?
... that the developer of Citizen Sleeper was inspired by the feeling of people coming together and their own experiences as a
non-binary person struggling to make ends meet through the
gig economy?
... that the choral music of Artemy Vedel, who is regarded as one of the Golden Three composers of 18th-century Ukrainian classical music, was censored but performed from handwritten copies?
... that Buford Dam(pictured) is maintained in part by a "Chew Crew" of sixteen goats?
... that Joseph-Alexandre Baile argued against the separation of the parish of Notre-Dame in Montreal, declaring it to be against civil law?
... that by switching to the smaller typeface Retina in the stock listings of their newspaper, The Wall Street Journal was able to save $6 to 7 million annually?
... that Brizlincote in
Burton upon Trent, England, was formerly known as "Little Switzerland" for its charm and recreational use by locals?
... that Captain Archie C. Kuntze, known as the "American Mayor of Saigon", was court-martialled for living "openly and notoriously in his official quarters" with his Taiwanese girlfriend?
... that despite a truce, the siege of Wark continued?
... that a conversion plan led to the "Battle of the Century"?
00:00, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
Diagram of ring theory
... that Susan Silk developed ring theory(pictured) when a colleague said that Silk's breast cancer wasn't just about her?
... that "Spotlight", the best-selling digital single in Chinese music history, saw its
Douban rating drop from 10.0 to 3.2 less than two days after its release?
... that the melting of the Platigliole Glacier in Italy has revealed artefacts of the
White War, including clothing and hay more than 100 years old?
... that the selection of Palu as capital of Palu Regency led to protests from the nearby town of
Donggala, concerned they would lose out on economic development?
... that elderly showman Bronco Charlie Miller would light matches, held in the mouths of Boy Scouts, using a 20-ft bull whip?
00:00, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
Lài dog
... that Lài dogs(pictured) were instrumental in the Vietnamese
Lam Sơn uprising against Ming China in 1418–1428?
... that after Mehmet Şerif Fırat helped the Turkish military defeat the
Sheikh Said rebellion, he was internally exiled with relatives of the leaders of the rebellion?
... that a report commissioned by the Jews of Color Initiative described "Jews of color" as "an imperfect, but useful umbrella term"?
... that U.S. regulators determined that a South Carolina radio station broadcast from unauthorized facilities for more than 15 years?
... that 11th-century French peasant Leutard of Vertus is said to have preached heresy against the Catholic Church after dreaming his body had been invaded by bees that entered through his genitals?
... that overcrowding at the Marine Air Terminal prompted one airline owner to buy a boat?
... that one witness claimed that not even God could have prevented the Battle of Omagh?
5 September 2022
12:00, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
Taras Bulba
... that in the history of opera in Ukraine,
Mykola Lysenko's historical Taras Bulba(title character pictured) was the first
grand opera, but not performed during his lifetime because he refused a performance in Russian?
... that the Eocene Okanagan Highlands span approximately 1,000 km (620 mi) through British Columbia and Washington?
... that Mihi Edwards did not use her own name as a young woman because of discrimination against
Māori people in New Zealand?
... that in 1933, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Italian wing of Rockefeller Center's International Building was interrupted by a fascist chant led by an unemployed bricklayer?
... that Russia launched an Iranian satellite into orbit just three weeks after Putin and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei vowed to cooperate against the West?
... that medieval literature scholar Theodore Silverstein's unit in World War II took over the
Eiffel Tower to intercept communications of German aircraft?
... that hedge fund manager Patrick Degorce was an early investor in
Moderna, with the hope that they could find a cure for his wife's stage-IV lung cancer?
... that
Ingrid Andress said that she wished she had included a parrot which startled her in the music video for her single "The Stranger"?
Interior of the United Nations General Assembly Hall
... that according to one account, planners put a dome above the United Nations General Assembly Building(interior pictured) so the UN headquarters could be funded more quickly?
... that the German conductor Kai Bumann was the music director of the
Warsaw Chamber Opera, and toured Japan with the company twice?
... that the genetic deletion of the protein Rubicon increases the lifespan of roundworms and female fruit flies?
... that Creekfinding was inspired by epidemiologist
Michael Osterholm's efforts to restore a creek that had been diverted decades earlier?
... that when the British government discovered that John Jarvis-Smith was not dead, they gave him a medal?
... that the woodcarver Violet Pinwill of the Pinwill sisters was still working on a life-size figure of Saint Peter days before her death in 1957, aged 82?
... that the founder of the magazine Shōjo Club(issue pictured) hoped that the publication would instill in its readership the "inner modesty and fortitude of samurai women"?
... that Canadian architect Barry Downs contributed to the redevelopment of the
Expo 86 site in
Vancouver, the largest private development in North America at the time?