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31 July 2017
00:00, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
Jamaica High School
... that Jamaica High School(pictured), once
Queens' largest public high school with 4,613 students, closed in 2014 with a graduating class of only 24 students?
... that for the filming of Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? on Manhattan's
Upper West Side, the filmmakers relied on regular pedestrian traffic to background the scenes rather than hiring
extras?
... that the 58th chapter of the Quran explains how Muhammad's original position on the legal status of divorced women was overruled?
... that in the late 1980s, the now defunct airline Nigeria Airways took delivery of the last
DC-10 ever built?
... that the black stork(pictured) population has been declining for many years in Western Europe and the bird is no longer a summer visitor to
Scandinavia?
... that Robert Lee Burns, a reformed convict from
Oregon, was the subject of an interstate extradition battle between Oregon and California?
... that some inhabitants of the
Colca Canyon believe their ancestors came from the Hualca Hualca volcano?
... that Swedish singer Wille Crafoord launched the Hovturnén, an annual concert tour in
Skåne, in which singers and performers travel by horseback between gigs?
... that the tubeworm Eunice norvegica often grows in association with a deep water coral?
... that the increased prominence of pizza in China had the secondary effect of introducing Chinese consumers to cheese as a culinary ingredient?
... that in 1975, eight men stole $30 million from the Providence Mafia and associates in the Bonded Vault heist?
29 July 2017
00:00, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
Launch of USS Albacore
... that the hull of
USS Albacore(launch pictured) had the Lyon Shape that was originally designed for airships by a woman?
... that early coffee vending machines used instant coffee powder mixed with hot water, while some modern machines fresh-grind the coffee and dispense various espresso drinks?
... that when dislodged from its burrow, the onion anemone may get rolled around by the sea before finding a suitable place to dig?
... that in 1944, Northern Ireland politician William Lyle denounced as "obnoxious" the views of minister
Harry Midgley, whom Lyle hoped would become "more mature"?
... that the Hainan partridge occurs in forests that have recovered from logging?
... that the 1928 one-act play The Queen's Messenger was the first television drama?
27 July 2017
12:00, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
Nili Patera dune field
... that the Nili Patera dune field(detail pictured) was the first location on
Mars where evidence was obtained of
dune movement of a minimum of 1 metre (3 ft 3 in)?
... that the release of
Los Gatos' debut single "La balsa" on July 3, 1967, is widely considered to be the origin of
Argentine rock?
... that according to
Snopes, the belief that the
soul weighs 21 grams should not be given any credence?
...that within a Monte Viso Tunnel is the most ancient tunnel of Italy throught the mountain?
26 July 2017
12:00, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
Gorgonia mariae
... that Gorgonia mariae(pictured) is one of several species of sea fans affected by a terrestrial
fungal disease in the Gulf of Mexico?
... that Alfred Ezra learnt how to keep hummingbirds in captivity using
baby food?
... that the Flag of Washington must show
George Washington's profile facing the same direction on both sides, making it one of the most expensive U.S. state flags to produce?
... that Charles Moses escaped from Singapore with Major General
Gordon Bennett, led a cavalry regiment at the Battle of Buna-Gona, and crossed the Rhine with the British commandos?
... that The Big Bend, which would be the world's longest building if built, was designed to circumvent zoning regulations?
... that Donald Trump blamed his
ghostwriter for inaccuracies in Trump 101, saying in a deposition that he had read it "very quickly" before publication?
... that the Incident at Clovelly Cottage (1895) was the "first successful motion picture film made in Britain"?
... that the operator of
Casino Pier returned from lunch to find his new roller coaster was being built in a different location than he had intended?
... that Hendrika B. Cantwell, one of the first physicians in the US to work for a
child protection agency, came in contact with an estimated 30,000 cases of suspected
child abuse and neglect?
... that the legality of a 2016 plan to tax the Yale University endowment was questioned, in part due to a 1745 act of the
Colony of Connecticut which granted the school tax-exempt status?
... that GhanaSat-1, the first
Ghanaian satellite in space, is used to monitor the country's coastline as well as broadcast
Ghanaian songs?
15th-century woodcut of a bishop blessing the newlyweds in bed
... that the bedding ceremony(pictured) symbolised the involvement of family, friends, and neighbours in the newlyweds'
sexual intimacy, but also had legal importance in parts of Western Europe?
... that developer
Parroty Interactive's 1997 parody video game The X-Fools was released in anticipation of the fifth season of the paranormal TV series The X-Files?
... that the vegetable leaf miner became a serious problem in tomato crops in Florida after insecticides had killed the
wasps that had previously kept it under control?
... that tea garden worker Karimul Haque has been awarded India's fourth highest civilian award?
... that during the Rhode Island banking crisis of the early 1990s, hundreds of thousands of people lost access to their money?
... that within 100 years of the Spanish conquest of Nicaragua, the native population had been all but eliminated by a combination of newly-introduced disease, the slave trade, warfare, and mistreatment?
... that A Voz do Brasil is the longest-running radio program in the Southern Hemisphere?
... that Greek shipping tycoon Basil Goulandris and his wife Elisa died childless and left an art collection worth an estimated $3 billion that has been the subject of a family feud ever since?
... that the critically endangered shrub orange dryandra is known from an area of less than 4.5 square kilometres (1.7 sq mi) in Western Australia?
... that Sue Alexander tapped into her grief over her younger brother's death to write a children's book about a
Bedouin girl dealing with the same issue?
... that the Indian Ocean coral Acropora rudis is "
endangered" by habitat destruction and its susceptibility to coral bleaching, disease and ocean acidification?
... that the bass Oskar Czerwenka appeared in 1,084 performances at the
Vienna State Opera, and his home was integrated into a state music school (pictured) that was named after him?
... that the music video for
Oh Land's "Cherry on Top" is intended to serve as the first of three short films directed by Duncan Winecoff?
... that as a teenager,
association footballerFrank Dudley gave up on turning professional due to his height—and then experienced a 6-inch (15 cm) growth spurt?
... that in creating his Luceafărul myth about the impossible love between a deity (pictured) and a mortal,
Mihai Eminescu may have been influenced by the Katha Upanishad?
... that Paul Abels, the first openly gay minister to serve in a major Christian denomination in the United States, was nearly removed from his pastorate after he
came out in the 1970s?
... that the Thai
heistthriller film Bad Genius is centred on what its director calls "the most boring activity on earth"—taking exams?
... that when Ulysses S. Grant was nominated for president in 1868, he received all 650 votes from delegates, with no other candidate being nominated?
... that after being thrown into the Atlantic Ocean by
Hurricane Sandy, the Star Jet roller coaster (wreckage pictured) was replaced—safely inland—by Hydrus?
... that the real-life subject of the film The Broken Cord, diagnosed with
fetal alcohol syndrome, was struck by a car and died before the film's release?
... that Women Wage Peace held a 50-day
hunger strike outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's formal residence in 2015?
... that 35 years ago today,
Tucson, Arizona, radio station KIKX shut down after losing its
FCC license over a 1974 kidnapping hoax involving one of the station's DJs?
18 July 2017
12:00, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
Brasheedah Elohim
... that when Brasheedah Elohim(pictured) signed with an Israeli women's basketball team in 2007, her unusual surname prompted local media to quip, "
God has arrived in Israel"?
... that
Ursula K. Le Guin's 1971 novel The Tombs of Atuan tells the coming-of-age story of a female character, a choice unusual to fantasy of the time?
... that Dutch-Jewish lawyer Abel Herzberg and his wife were moved by train from
Bergen-Belsen in April 1945, liberated by the Soviets in May, survived typhoid, and arrived back in Amsterdam in June?
... that Coney Island's Cannon Coaster was designed to shoot its riders out of a giant cannon over a gap in the tracks?
... that a rhyming passage from
Mihai Eminescu's novel Poor Dionis proposes "that this world is merely dreamland and a cat's fantastic vision"?
00:00, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
Disneyland Railroad Locomotive No. 3
... that several freight cars of the Disneyland Railroad(locomotive pictured) originally had no seats because
Walt Disney wanted passengers to feel like cattle riding in a real
cattle train?
... that Melanie Lewy had to sell some of her clothes to pay for her husband's funeral?
... that Typhoon Betty killed 101 people in the Philippines?
... that Marjan Šarec started his career as a comedian, but was later elected Mayor of
Kamnik and recently announced his candidacy for
President of Slovenia?
... that Stephen III of Moldavia stated in 1502 that he had fought 36 battles and only lost two of them?
... that the Eitel Building was nominated for historic landmark status by nearby condominium owners to prevent the construction of a 22-story tower?
... that the upcoming video game The Artful Escape is described as "
David Bowie traveling off from London on an interstellar trip to create Ziggy Stardust"?
... that Constance Wood was the first to install a cyclotron in a hospital, but was teased by one of her patients with a rat?
... that Science Express, a scientific exhibition for children mounted on a train, is included in the Limca Book of Records for being the largest, the longest running and the most visited mobile exhibition?
... that Foxwarren Park(pictured) was the inspiration for Toad Hall, a location for Robin Hood and test site for the bouncing bomb?
... that during the reign of Muhammad II,
Granada survived simultaneous attacks by
Castile and the
Marinids, its two larger neighbors?
... that the Rolling Stones' concert in Havana was the first foreign rock concert to take place in Cuba and was attended by an estimated 500,000 people?
... that
pimento cheese(example pictured) is a type of cheese spread that has been referred to as "pâté of the south" and "Carolina caviar"?
... that after lobbying to regulate the licensing of nurses in
Colorado, Louie Croft Boyd applied for and became the first licensed nurse in the state?
... that living glass anemones can be dissected in the laboratory and then put back in an aquarium, where they will
heal?
... that the Islamic prophet
Muhammad was reported to have said that whoever recited the Quranic chapter Al-Waqi'a every night would "never be afflicted by need"?
... that the book Insane Clown President by
Matt Taibbi debuted on bestseller lists for both The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times?
... that
Ivan and Nina Efimov, known as the Adam and Eve of Russian puppetry, lived for six years largely on earnings from their traveling puppet show (pictured)?
... that Typhoon Joe and Typhoon Kim struck the Philippines within a week of each other in July 1980?
... that the first United States vessel to enter the
Black Sea was owned by Ezra Weston II, a Massachusetts shipbuilder known as "King Caesar"?
... that MINURCA was established by the
UN Security Council to replace another peacekeeping force called MISAB?
... that Kate Devlin is a computer scientist working in the field of
sex robots and human-computer interaction?
... that award-winning film director Nujoom Al-Ghanem is also a poet?
... that the Irish Fright caused thousands of English people to arm themselves against non-existent Irish marauders believed to be burning and massacring English towns?
00:00, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
Sofia Richie
... that model Sofia Richie(pictured) played soccer until she broke her hip in a
Segway accident?
... that Indian politician Akhtarul Iman withdrew his candidacy for the
2014 Indian general election ten days before the poll, stating that he did not want to split the Muslim vote?
... that Dutch politician Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello was the first person to introduce protection of lesbian rights and anti-discrimination measures at an official
UN conference?
... that the first-round draw for the English 2017–18 EFL Cup was held in Thailand?
The Centrepiece Masterpiece by Kazimierz Mrówczyński
... that Compendium ferculorum ("A Collection of Dishes"), the oldest cookbook in Polish, inspired the description of a traditional banquet (illustration pictured) in
the Polish national epic?
... that
Oklahoma state legislator Emily Virgin tried to derail a
religious freedom bill by proposing that businesses must publicly post a notice declaring whom they would refuse services to?
... that Hayao Miyazaki aspired to become a manga artist but found he could not draw people, instead drawing primarily planes, tanks, and battleships for several years?
... that the release of
Los Gatos' debut single "La balsa" on July 3, 1967, is widely considered to be the origin of
Argentine rock?
... that Richard H. Carmichael was shot down on 20 August 1944 while leading the 462d Bombardment Group in the
bombing of Yawata, the first daylight air raid on Japan since the
Tokyo Raid in 1942?
... that when comedian
Peter Sellers visited his friend
Spike Milligan at Monkenhurst(pictured) naked as a practical joke, he was sent away still naked?
... that the Kölner Rundfunkchor, the radio choir of the
WDR in Cologne, premiered Karlheinz Stockhausen's Momente in 1962?
... that Janina Goss has been described as the "power behind the throne" in modern Polish politics?
... that
Ajige beheaded Shen Shikui for his refusal to surrender Ka Island?
... that Truth Serum,
Tove Lo's debut EP, is a
concept record that describes her most intense love affair, from the happy beginning to trying to move on after the breakup?
... that the novel The Princess of the Moon: A Confederate Fairy Story by Cora Semmes Ives(pictured) depicts a lunar invasion by
Yankeecarpetbagger balloonists?
... that Puchuldiza in Chile was the site of the first electricity generated from
geothermal energy in South America?
... that during the civil war of the
Ottoman Interregnum, at one time or another Junayd Bey, ruler of the
Beylik of Aydın, supported four different Ottoman princes vying for the throne?
... that Brideside was launched in
Chicago because it was perceived to be the largest bridal market in the United States?
... that at the beginning of his reign, Muhammad III of
Granada allied his kingdom with
Castile and
Aragon against the
Marinids, while at the end those three powers were allied against him?
... that the Porco caldera in Bolivia, a major source of
silver for the
Inca, is now Bolivia's largest
zinc mine?
... that chaudfroid sauce can be prepared using a
reduction of boiled meat carcasses and other ingredients?
... that Sunil Babu Pant was the first openly gay federal-level legislator in Asia?
... that the Hotel Manger once used a steam locomotive to heat the building?
00:00, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
Adelphi School
... that the Adelphi School(pictured) is considered to be the last free-tuition charity school building still standing in
Philadelphia?
... that in 1972, Colorado engineering technician Janet Bonnema legally challenged the superstition that a woman who went underground into a tunnel or mine brought bad luck?
6 July 2017
00:00, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
Anti-Terror Unit fighters
... that the leader of the US-trained Anti-Terror Units(fighters pictured) in the Syrian Civil War was suspected to have been assassinated by
Turkish Intelligence operatives for conducting "terror operations"?
... that construction of the Macrolibramiento Palmillas-Apaseo el Grande highway was delayed by difficulties acquiring rights of way, rising material costs, and intermittent funding from the Mexican government?
... that in 2013, Poland became the world's largest producer of mead made according to traditional methods (example pictured)?
... that Gonçalo Teixeira Corrêa crossed China in the 1620s to train the
Ming army in modern artillery, but lost his life to a mutineer's arrow?
... that the hymn "Breathe on Me, Breath of God" was described as being so simple it belied the education and knowledge of its author, Professor Edwin Hatch?
... that the video game Remember Me was appraised by its developer as the
digital view of human identity compared to its
analog counterpart, Life Is Strange?
... that
Alabama was one of six U.S. states to not have a
human trafficking law before state legislator Merika Coleman successfully cosponsored a bill criminalizing it?
... that Tui Manu'a Matelita, the Samoan queen of
Manu'a, was described by
Robert Louis Stevenson as "a little slip" of a girl, "who sits all day in a pink gown, in a little white European house"?
... that "Fatshe leno la rona", the national anthem of
Botswana, was reportedly not the government's preferred choice because it was composed by the co-founder and leader of an
opposition party?