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... that after a 20-year search, a gun barrel from the
HMAS Sydney and a gun shield from the
HMAS Adelaide, discovered on a rubbish tip, were fitted together and put on display at Leighton Battery?
... that with his victory at
The Big House 9, Zackray became the first Japanese player to win a premier-tier Super Smash Bros. tournament held outside Japan?
... that the former operator of the Q38 bus route was not compensated for the route's takeover, as their equipment was considered obsolete?
... that Henrietta Garnett travelled England in a convoy of horse-drawn caravans in support of peace and love, later calling the group "chequebook hippies"?
... that U.S. presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Obama vowed "never again" (memorial pictured), but
genocide took place during each of their presidencies?
... that Lady Bathurst, once described as "the most powerful woman in England, without exception other than royalty", lived in relative obscurity for the last four decades of her life?
... that the hymn "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier", a prayer for illumination because the human mind is "shrouded in darkness", became popular in English as "Blessed Jesus, at your word"?
... that in her self-made music video for "Mooo!",
Doja Cat(pictured) raps in front of a
green screen that alternates between cartoon GIFs of food, farms, and bouncing
anime breasts?
... that
Sid Meier prototyped the interleaved turns system in XCOM: Chimera Squad using a
game engine that he had developed over a period of around twenty years?
... that interior designer Valerian Rybar's dining room was lined with 400 fake books with titles about episodes in his life, including International Boredom, allegedly about
his ex-wife?
... that after Congress limited presidential power granted by the Forest Reserve Act of 1891, President
Theodore Roosevelt quickly protected 16 million acres of forest while the bill sat on his desk?
... that after a disgruntled worker dumped parts of 140 Broadway's air-conditioning system into a tank, 10,000 workers were "uncomfortably warm" for weeks until scuba divers retrieved the components?
27 May 2020
12:00, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
Meerkats
... that meerkats(examples pictured) use
alarm calls that can identify the type of predator posing the risk, the level of danger, and the caller itself?
... that United States district judge Douglas P. Woodlock ordered Guatemalan general
Héctor Gramajo to pay $47.5 million in damages for human rights abuses?
... that after New York City's Q79 bus was discontinued due to low ridership, a private car service was provided, which was later also discontinued for the same reason?
... that the facade of the Collegio Ghislieri in Rome was preserved from the building's 1936 demolition and incorporated into the
Liceo Classico Virgilio?
... that the Hoby treasure found in Denmark contains two Roman silver cups with scenes from the Iliad?
... that when Pavel Schilling invited Tsar
Nicholas I to touch two wires together, the tsar was greatly surprised by the resulting distant explosion?
... that by the time New York City's Richmond Hill station was closed, it averaged a single passenger per day?
... that two separate contests were held to determine the words and the music of the national anthem of Guyana?
... that TrueAnon bills itself as "the only non-pedophile podcast"?
26 May 2020
12:00, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
Likelike
... that Hawaiian princess Likelike(pictured) died under mysterious circumstances in 1887 amid rumors that she had been malevolently "prayed" to death?
... that only nine pieces (example pictured) produced by the earliest French
porcelain factory, which operated in Rouen around 1673 to 1696, are thought to survive?
... that a 1967 study on voice confrontation found that only 38 percent of people could identify recordings of their own voice within five seconds?
25 May 2020
12:00, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Hudson Yards
... that at a cost of $25 billion, Hudson Yards(pictured) in Manhattan is one of the most expensive real-estate developments ever built in the United States?
... that
effigies of Soedjono Hoemardani, a personal assistant to Indonesian president
Suharto, were burnt by students protesting foreign investment?
... that a golden statue was erected in Taiwan in honor of bank robber and murderer Lee Shih-ke?
24 May 2020
12:00, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
Mustafa Wahbi Tal, late 1920s, colorized
... that Mustafa Wahbi Tal(pictured),
Jordan's most prominent poet, was arrested in 1926 for displaying the
Bolshevik emblem, getting drunk in a bar, and publicly reciting a poem that insulted
the Emir?
... that actress
Ruth Warrick was said to have "stolen the show" as a sweet young bride who grows into a disillusioned, middle-aged woman in the 1950 Christian film Second Chance?
... that during the Battle of Boulogne on 23 May 1940, a shell from the British ship
HMS Venomous(pictured) made a German tank turn "over and over, like a child doing a cart-wheel"?
... that when introduced in 1974, the British Rail Passenger Timetable cost 50p (the equivalent of £10 today) and its 1,350 pages provided times for the entire year?
... that Dagmar Burešová hid a classmate after he escaped a communist prison, and enabled him to flee from Czechoslovakia to West Germany?
... that besides eating ants and termites, the waved woodpecker feeds on fruits, berries, and seeds?
... that although the 2018 release Hamari Paltan was promoted as the last film of veteran Indian actor
Tom Alter, another one featuring him premiered later that same year?
... that Carol Brightman first gained inspiration for her book Sweet Chaos from her younger sister, who worked as the
Grateful Dead's lighting director and literary agent?
... that an incident in which a player clipped another's heel at the 2002 PDC World Darts Championship was the catalyst for the creation of the exclusion zone in darts?
... that 14 Wall Street in Manhattan was among the first skyscrapers to use a pyramidal roof?
... that Albert Camus's novel The Plague is based on an epidemic in
Oran, Algeria, and examines how a government could turn tyrannical?
00:00, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Christ Appointing Saint Roch as Patron Saint of Plague Victims (1626)
... that radio station WSID, located in a suburb of
Baltimore, claimed that a city court had no jurisdiction over it?
... that a draft condition of the Treaty of Lutatius to end the
First Punic War, stipulating that Carthage pay Rome 57,000 kg (126,000 lb) of silver, was rejected as insufficient?
... that volcanoes in Honolulu(example pictured) were active within the last 80,000 years, and future eruptions are possible?
... that although the
Alvvays song "Archie, Marry Me" did not chart, it is still considered to be the band's breakout hit?
... that Helmut Machemer joined the army of Nazi Germany in the hope of winning a bravery award to save his part-Jewish family?
... that a new platform was built at the Bowling Green station in
Manhattan after it became overcrowded just four years after opening?
... that public reaction to Agatha Christie's eleven-day disappearance in 1926 included speculation the incident was an attempt to frame
Archie Christie, her then husband, for murder?
... that the
communications satelliteLES-1, launched in 1965, spontaneously began transmitting again in 2012 after more than 40 years of silence, making it one of the oldest
zombie satellites?
... that Leeds Civic Trust has created
a trail of rainbow plaques(example pictured) to commemorate individuals, significant places, and events which have contributed to the LGBT+ history of
Leeds?
... that the Slovak periodical Svedectvo (Testimony) receives a government subsidy, despite having published apologist articles defending convicted war criminals?
... that in 1917, the crew of HMS Terror had to abandon ship after the captain refused to sail the damaged ship stern first?
00:00, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Eric Thorne as Baron Popoff
... that although Eric Thorne was never a big star in London's
West End, he was "a great favourite in the provinces", including as Baron Popoff (pictured) in The Merry Widow?
... that Turkish female international sailing competitor Ecem Güzel has finished in the top three of a competition five times in the last seven years?
... that the Indian film Chand Bujh Gaya (The Moon Is Eclipsed) was denied a censor certificate for fear of "inciting communal violence" and "communal disharmony"?
... that Hege Lanes Steinlund is believed to have officiated more international
football matches than any other Norwegian referee?
... that the 2010 Young Report cited a story about a clown being banned from wearing oversized shoes as an example of "health and safety hysteria in the media"?
... that J. F. S. Stuart found the republican opinions of American colonists "obnoxious to a loyalist, and their barbarous manners repellent to a gentleman"?
... that one of the most common stereotypes of a Karen is asking to "speak to the manager"?
00:00, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hellmut Stern pointing to Harbin on a map
... that violinist Hellmut Stern(pictured), whose family escaped Nazi Germany to
Harbin, China, worked for 23 years to achieve his dream of a
Berlin Philharmonic tour of Israel?
... that due to Pakistani actress
Saeeda Imtiaz's role in Redrum, one of the film's producers said, "I am worried if my film will see the light of day"?
... that the 145th Street station in
Manhattan was slated to be replaced with another subway station in the 1960s, but remained open following protests?
... that Coleraine Cricket Club once became champions of the North West Cricket Union Premiership by default after their nearest competitors went on holiday?
... that every sixth person in the world who has
diabetes is from India?
... that New Mexico radio station KARA was sued by
a competitor who claimed that the station was impeding delivery of its mail?
... that according to numerous Sanskrit, Chinese, and Southeast Asian texts, Mahākāśyapa left his body in suspended animation to see the future Buddha?
... that shortly after the Battle of Cape Hermaeum, most of the victorious Roman fleet was destroyed in a storm, with the loss of over 100,000 lives?
... that Yan, a fourth kingdom during the
Three Kingdoms period of China, was conquered only one year after its establishment in 237?
... that when NASA Astronaut Group 6 were told that they were not required after reporting for duty, they started calling themselves the "Excess Eleven"?
... that five people have received
Nobel Prizes for direct and indirect studies of vitamin B12?
... that Riverside Park, designed by
Central Park's architects, suffered from outdoor sewerage, squatters' shacks, and coal emissions in the late 19th century?
... that Noureddine Diwa was one of the first Tunisian footballers to play abroad?
... that interest in network synthesis research is now greater than at any time since the 1950s due to its new applications in mechanics, particularly in
Formula One?
... that the prison in
Pretoria where
Pedi king Mampuru II was executed was renamed in his honour in 2013?
... that the Norwegian band Vardøger formed, recorded music, disbanded, re-formed to release Whitefrozen, disbanded again, re-formed to release Ghost Notes, and then disbanded yet again?
... that the producers of the 1990 American comedy film Home Alone were threatened with legal action by the French director of 3615 code Père Noël, who alleged that it was a remake of his film?
... that Italy helped to renovate a bridge between Israel and Jordan?
... that the role of Antonio Crutta, the interpreter for Polish king
Stanisław August in the 1787–1792
Russo-Turkish War, was to "melt the suspicions of the Turks without arousing those of the Russians"?
... that despite overcrowding at the Nostrand Avenue station in
Brooklyn, two of its entrances remained closed for several decades?
... that Tetraponera tessmanni, a very aggressive ant, is able to establish dominance over the whole of the liana in which it lives, which may be 50 m (164 ft) long?
... that Tatiana Calderón(pictured) increased her neck measurement through strength training by 9 cm (3.5 in) to cope with the
g-forces generated by driving a
Formula One car?
... that artwork at the Jackson Avenue station in the
Bronx depicts images from six Latin American stories?
... that most of the known Gigantopithecus fossils are of teeth because the other bones are likely to have been eaten by
porcupines?
16 May 2020
12:00, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
Wigwag flags and torches
... that an officer continued to send wigwag flag signals(example flags pictured) with a bedsheet after the flagman retreated during
Pickett's Charge in 1863?
... that Miller's langur, one of the rarest primates in
Borneo, was feared to be extinct until a 2012 study rediscovered it in an area where it was previously unknown?
... that feminist Mary Stuart Smith publicly admonished the aristocracy of
Virginia in 1893 for their failure to recognize the talent of native artists?
... that American bishop Lawrence Sabatini travelled to Mexico to learn the language and culture because the Italian parishioners at his church in Chicago had been replaced by Hispanics?
... that the small Ma On Shan Village in Hong Kong saw a large number of new arrivals after changes in methods of mining
iron ore were implemented at
a nearby mine in 1953?
... that an original illustration from the
manga series Ai to Makoto, believed lost in 1974, was discovered after being listed in an online auction by the Japanese retailer Mandarake(store pictured) in 2018?
... that
Jean Arp designed the wavy form of the Berger des Nuages sculpture to simulate nature and express opposition to the machines that caused wars?
... that musical theatre actress Kitty Loftus was praised as "a tricky sprite and a fantastic elf"?
00:00, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
Tombstones in the churchyard of St Thomas à Becket, Box
... that the churchyard of the Church of St Thomas à Becket in
Box, Wiltshire, includes a pyramidical tombstone (pictured, right) said to have been contrived to prevent the deceased's wife from dancing on his grave?
... that in a 2014 case, the
U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that a group of police officers acted reasonably when they fired fifteen shots to end a high-speed
car chase?
... that boxer Johnny Owen was so dedicated to his career that he never drank alcohol nor dated?
... that during the 17th-century heyday of French Nevers faience, its painted decoration drew from Italy, Turkey (example pictured), Persia, and China, as well as the Court style of
Louis XIV?
... that Ross Perot met his wife on a blind date while a
midshipman in Baltimore?
... that Horizon, once called "the most automated self-service store in Canada", went defunct less than seven years after it opened?
... that the
Albanian tribeGruemiri (literally 'good woman') was possibly named after a distinguished female leader?
... that video game developer Be-Rad Entertainment created Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack! using code repurposed from Lame Castle, its previous release?
... that in the final movement of Die Sintflut (The Flood), a
cantata for eight-part unaccompanied choir by
Willy Burkhard, the voices
paint Noah's rainbow?
... that the northern plains gray langur monkey (example pictured) is killed in India for food and to prevent crop raiding, despite being considered sacred by Hindus?
... that Jerry Givens served as Virginia's chief executioner for 17 years before becoming a campaigner against the death penalty?
... that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, the most common liver disorder worldwide, is present in approximately 25 percent of the world's population?
... that Elzie Odom was the first black postal inspector in Texas, and the first black mayor of
Arlington?
... that Ben Lugmore is the second-highest peak on the 15-kilometre (9.3 mi) Mweelrea Horseshoe, which has been described as one of Ireland's "top three" mountain walks?
... that the deaths of the leading Muslim commanders in
Syria from the plague of Amwas in 639 paved the way for the establishment of the
Umayyad Caliphate?
... that older adherents of the Hindu sect Ramnami Samaj have the word "
Ram" tattooed over their entire bodies?
... that when three deaths occurred at Elmhurst Hospital Center in 1978 and prompted a homicide investigation, the cause was found to be a shortage of nurses and beds?
... that Chinese women's rights activist Shen Zijiu spent some four years as a fugitive?
... that in 1966, Baylor University student John Westbrook was the first African American athlete to play a game in the
Southwest Conference of American football?
... that until the end of the 19th century, the Palazzolo hill in Rome was for the Romans synonymous with "madhouse"?
... that after the Battle of Prairie Grove, the bodies of dead soldiers had to be protected in homemade enclosures to prevent
feral hogs from eating them?
... that Egypt's Deputy Minister of Culture Mohsen Shaalan was imprisoned for a year in connection with the unsolved theft of
Van Gogh'sPoppy Flowers?
Hunter/killer team of
AH-1 and
OH-58 helicopters as tested at Ansbach
... that when the Ansbach Tests pitted
attack and scout helicopters (examples pictured) against
tanks, the outcome was so lopsided that some claimed the era of the primacy of the tank was over?
... that Northern Dancer was the first Canadian-bred horse to win the
Kentucky Derby, setting a new track record of two minutes flat?
... that
Ernest Renan abandoned his excavations of Umm al-Amad(depicted) in Lebanon when he found that the ruins were only about two thousand years old?
... that the Slovak authorities suspended restitution to Holocaust survivors after the Partisan Congress riots, as many
partisans were unhappy at returning property to its original Jewish owners?
... that American ice hockey coach Lou Vairo introduced European coaching concepts to the United States?
... that after twelve medical schools rejected her applications, partly because of her gender, U.S. congresswoman Patsy Mink(pictured) became a lawyer instead?
... that four elevator accidents occurred in 150 Nassau Street in
Manhattan within two years of its opening?
... that
Edwin Arlington Robinson's 1897 poem "Reuben Bright", considered good teaching material for English classes, featured a "cow-killer converted" in a realistic, vernacular narrative?
... that a wall and a statue of
Mary that survived the World War II bombing of St. Kolumba in
Cologne have been incorporated into a chapel within the
Kolumba art museum?
... that marshland around the Flushing River, considered "all but worthless", was later expanded into a park used for two
world's fairs?
... that when a spectator tried to help Australia's first Olympian Edwin Flack after he collapsed during the
1896 marathon event, the athlete punched him to the ground?
... that eight-year-old Nigerian refugee Tanitoluwa Adewumi won a New York state chess championship while his family was living in a homeless shelter in
Manhattan?
00:00, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
Goat tower in Illinois
... that many goat towers(example pictured) have become tourist attractions?
... that the Toronto-based Human Computing Resources was a pioneer in the commercialization of the
Unix operating system?
... that according to the 2019 documentary Toxic Beauty, thousands of carcinogenic and hormone-disrupting chemicals are used in cosmetic products in the U.S. without adequate government regulation?
... that Swiss World War II spy Otto Pünter used crosswords and lemon juice as means of
encryption?
... that Aquarium has a problem with water getting in?
00:00, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
Potter Building
... that the Potter Building(pictured) in
Manhattan replaced a structure that "made itself notorious the country over for burning up in the shortest time on record"?
... that Florence Boot introduced the sale of books, stationery, and perfume at the pharmacy chain
Boots?
... that an estimated 3 million women and children in the United States were wearing clothing made from feed sacks(example pictured) at any given time during World War II?
... that Neil Malhotra found evidence that voters reward incumbents for disaster-relief spending, but not for disaster-preparedness spending?
... that Tetraponera penzigi is one of several species of ant that protect
whistling thorn trees in East Africa from grazing giraffes and rhinoceroses?
... that Hawaiian chieftess Haʻaheo Kaniu converted to Christianity and attended classes taught by American missionaries?
... that according to legend, the 6th-century Irish monk
Brendan spent days fasting on Mount Brandon before voyaging across the Atlantic to discover
Saint Brendan's Island?
... that having served as acting governor for five
Indonesian provinces, Eddy Sabara was known as the "acting governor specialist"?
... that to win It's a Crime, a
play-by-mail game, players had to first succeed as a gang leader before rising to mob boss level, and achieve victory as "Godfather"?
... that the Buddhist disciple Śāriputra made a pact with his friend
Maudgalyayana that they would tell each other if one of them found the path to
nirvana?
... that the marriage bed of Henry VII, valued at £20 million, lay dismantled for a while in a hotel car park?
00:00, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
ʻIoane ʻŪkēkē dressed in his finest
... that the fashionable
hula master ʻIoane ʻŪkēkē(pictured) was mistaken for a prince in his prime but ended his days blind and begging for money on the streets of
Honolulu?
... that sympathetic accounts of Norway's first Christian kings include descriptions of them committing gruesome torture against pagans, but non-sympathetic accounts do not?