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... that the original video about the slang term "cheugy" didn't go "
TikTok viral", but two months later, a New York Times article about the video did?
... that males of the fossil ant Klondikia have "massive" genitalia?
00:00, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
Cut glass punchbowl, 1895
... that
John Ruskin wrote that "all cut glass is barbarous, for the cutting conceals its ductility and confuses it with crystal"?
... that Leon Hale, who would have turned 100 today, was rejected from the
US Navy and the
Marine Corps during World War II partly due to the odd placement of his eye?
... that at 100, Eric Tweedale is the oldest living Australian rugby international player?
... that the editor of the
Pixar film Soul directed its prequel short film 22 vs. Earth?
... that social worker Mary Treglia died before the Mary J. Treglia Urban Renewal Project razed the neighborhood of immigrants in
Sioux City, Iowa, whom she had helped?
... that Charles Strum, the obituaries editor of The New York Times, seldom employed the terms "first" or "last" in an obituary to avoid issues with contradictory stories?
... that, on arriving at
Mecca with a pilgrim caravan, the mahmal was given an elaborate fabric covering?
... that 219 East 49th Street(pictured) contains windows with 12-by-12-inch (300 by 300 mm) glass bricks, larger than any others manufactured at the time?
... that while performing their song "Sing" on Top of the Pops, Scottish band
Travis engaged in a pie fight?
... that Chinese activist Li Qiaochu was detained on 31 December 2019 and spent New Year's Day in handcuffs in relation to the "12.26 Citizens Case" while her partner
Xu Zhiyong was still in hiding?
... that during
World War II, 150,000 carillon bells were stored in "bell cemeteries" (German: Glockenfriedhöfe) before being melted down to make shell casings and armaments?
... that Frank Jackson was born free but had to win two court cases before he was freed from forced slavery?
... that Road Rash 3 artist Michael Hulme created ten conceptual settings for the game before settling on seven?
... that a potential buyer of the Rockefeller Guest House, trying to bid on the house while in a tunnel, found that the house was already sold when he emerged?
27 May 2021
12:00, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
Pipe organ of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin
... that although some sources have cited the fish kick as potentially the fastest way for humans to swim, it has not been widely used in competitive swimming?
... that a Turkish court banned a Hrant Dink Foundation conference about the social, cultural and economic history of
Kayseri?
... that in April 2020, the Somali health minister, Fawziya Abikar Nur, announced the death of Somalia's second COVID-19 victim, a state justice minister?
... that dentist Christian Linger ordered two hand-powered horseless carriages to be constructed by machinist Frank Toepfer, leading to the first American
gasoline-driven vehicle?
... that during World War II, Helena Kuipers-Rietberg helped create a national underground network that supported Dutch Jews, downed airmen, and people conscripted for forced labor in
Nazi Germany?
... that despite growing up "no more than a bus ride away from
Yankee Stadium", Don Savage had never been to the team's home field before he made the 1944
New York Yankees roster?
... that the work (example pictured) of Sudanese visual artist Rashid Mahdi was discovered by a French photographer in the dusty backrooms of several stores?
... that the unfinished Interstate 405 was used to mark the border between two of Oregon's congressional districts?
... that the UFC's
Dana White said that EliteXC: Heat was "fucking illegal" over allegations of fight tampering in the main event involving
Kimbo Slice?
... that in 1886 prison superintendent John W. Tyler took 34 Indians, mostly prisoners, to the
Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London to show their skill in carpet weaving?
... that seven years after Miss America cut the ribbon for the Pepsi-Cola world headquarters in New York City, the company announced it would move to the suburbs?
... that the
University of Oulu renamed an institute after Finnish politician Kerttu Saalasti(pictured) in 2017, six decades after she introduced the bill that established the university?
... that because of her striking beauty and sense of high fashion, soprano Annamary Dickey was dubbed the "Glamour Girl of the
Met" in 1949?
... that the statue of Billie Holiday in Upton, Baltimore, also depicts a crow eating a gardenia?
... that the Nakba – the destruction of Palestinian society, their homeland, and the permanent displacement of a majority of the Palestinian people – has been described as an ongoing catastrophe?
... that financial troubles at
a television station in Florida led to the bankruptcy that caused the 1994 demise of Mississippi radio station WHSY?
... that Hampden Park's square wooden goalposts, which were used at Scotland's national football stadium between 1903 and 1987, were later placed on the roof of an English pub?
... that future Bangladeshi prime minister Tajuddin Ahmad earned a degree in law after taking his law examination in prison?
22 May 2021
00:00, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
Serpent eel
... that the serpent eel(example pictured) wriggles backwards into the sandy seabed, leaving only its head visible?
... that the court of Hossein Ali Mirza, the governor of
Fars, was compared to the courts of Ottoman sultans due to its large and extravagant festivals?
... that the owner of a radio station in Hawaii changed its call letters to KIMO because the
Hawaiian name Kimo translates to Jim, the owner's name?
... that a hardware bug in early versions of the Intel
Pentium CPU led to the affected processors being recalled, in what was the first full recall of a computer chip?
... that the founder of
New Orleans radio station WHIV-LP chose those call letters to help reduce the stigma surrounding
the virus?
... that the New York and Long Island Coignet Stone Company went out of business less than a decade after completing its headquarters building?
... that despite being warned that her "female parts would be damaged", Susan Beharriell recorded 80 hours in a jet during her time training fighter pilots?
... that Kosrae State Museum used virtual reality technology to inspire interest in the state's heritage from local stakeholders and members of the Kosraean diaspora?
... that Esquire magazine, a tenant of 488 Madison Avenue(pictured), tried to prevent the building from being named after Look, its competitor in the same building?
... that the neighborhood of Eastport in
Annapolis, Maryland, declared independence in mock secession after the state highway administration temporarily shut down the drawbridge connecting it with the rest of Annapolis?
... that The Kiffness satirised the South African national anthem as a protest against the ban on cigarette sales during the COVID-19 pandemic?
16 May 2021
00:00, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
Comstock mealybug infestation
... that in a 1980 Japanese study, virgin female adult Comstock mealybugs(examples pictured) were taken from pumpkins so that scientists could extract their
sex pheromone to capture the males?
... that the 2021 FA Cup Final between Leicester City and Chelsea today is expected to be the first football match in England with more than 8,000 supporters since March 2020?
... that Orvokki Kangas authored six books, including a novel, memoirs, and religious devotionals, after she left the
Finnish parliament at the age of 61?
... that although considered impenetrable when built, the fortress town of Mariembourg(pictured) was taken by French troops after only three days of siege?
... that for several nights early in her career, ballerina Mary Ellen Moylan danced in a
Balanchine ballet, then took a taxi to another theater to appear in the second act of an operetta?
... that the region of Oostpunt, which encompasses roughly 10 percent of the island of
Curaçao, is privately owned?
... that the 1914 Greek deportations have been described as "a trial run for the Armenian Genocide"?
... that Silvia Bottini, the face of the "First World Problems"
meme, has done makeup for
T-Pain and publicly performed
Ovid?
... that the only winner of Spain's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? used his "Phone a Friend" lifeline on the final question to tell his wife that he was going to win?
... that in The Gamblers, Shostakovich tried to set
Gogol's play word for word but gave up after one act, and
Krzysztof Meyer completed the opera decades later?
... that Norwegian footballer Sissel Grude retired aged 22, but returned for a one-off appearance 22 years later?
... that two utility companies fought in court over who would supply electricity to
North Dakota radio station KBMR?
... that during his fourteen years as mayor, László Bogdán transformed the town of Cserdi in what was known as the "Cserdi miracle"?
... that the "Dirty Tricks" campaign run by British Airways against Virgin Atlantic involved BA staff working behind locked doors to illicitly obtain information about Virgin by pretending to be Virgin?
... that critic
Jack Anderson described Patricia Bowman as "the first American ballerina to win critical acclaim and wide popularity as a classical and a musical-theater dancer"?
... that the Soviet frigate Zadornyy was named after the Russian word for "provocative"?
... that
Ontario's last German-language newspaper, the Berliner Journal, was forced to publish in English in 1918 after the Canadian government prohibited German publications?
... that when Risa Tsumugi was hired to be the disc jockey and rapper for the band
Raise A Suilen, she had no prior experience in either disc jockeying or rapping?
... that one of the first two women diagnosed with tetrasomy X was living semi-independently 26 years after her diagnosis, instead of in an institution?
... that Irma Toivanen, who was part of a group of Finnish volunteer medics during World War II, helped make a film about the group six decades later?
... that the 1972 invasion of Uganda was described by a historian as "one of those rare events in military history. A perfect failure."?
... that extracts from the brown algae Dictyota dichotoma and Dictyota implexa have been shown to have various antimicrobial, antioxidant and antifungal properties?
... that when Hetty Jane Dunaway created Dunaway Gardens near Atlanta, it had a 400- and a 1,000-seat theatre and a swimming pool blasted out with explosives?
... that the breakaway club Dial Square F.C. was founded under the original name of Arsenal as a protest against Stan Kroenke's ownership of the contemporary club?
Animation showing the flooding of the Long Sault rapids
... that the Long Sault Parkway connects eleven islands created by the flooding of the
Long Sault rapids (animation pictured) during the construction of the
St. Lawrence Seaway in the late 1950s?
... that Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company claimed in 2017 to be brewing beer "around the clock – 22 and a half hours every day" in order to keep up with demand?
... that the Kharijites were the first sect to arise in Islam?
... that horticulturalist Albert F. Yeager's accomplishments led to him being referred to as the "plant wizard of the north" and the "
Luther Burbank of North Dakota"?
... that facial
scarification(example pictured), a feature of ethnic groups of both Northern and Southern Sudan, has been documented by various photographers in Sudan?
... that after Lady Ganga learned that she had stage-four
cervical cancer, she traveled to India and set a women's world record by
standup-paddleboarding 700 miles (1,100 km) on the Ganges?
... that confusion over time zone changes in the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan resulted in technical violations at WCKD radio and almost cost the owner an opportunity to build a station in Illinois?
... that Martin Willock took breaks in his cycling career to build a house and start a repairs company?
... that a Financial Times reviewer described Der Mieter (The Tenant), a German opera based on
a French novel, as "a journey to the blackest regions of an anguished psyche in a hostile world"?
... that the former Adelaide Level lead mine (pictured) at Arn Gill in
Swaledale, England, was named after Lady Adelaide Lamont, a descendant of
Judge Jeffreys?
... that pioneer film actress Ann Brody was known for her roles as Jewish mothers?
... that when Ruth Stokes defended her dissertation on the theory of
linear programming in 1931, she became the first person to earn a doctorate in mathematics from
Duke University?
... that the 11th-century Dalby Gospel Book is the first medieval manuscript known to have existed in Denmark?
... that art collector Michael Xufu Huang bought a portrait of
Anna Sorokin, who had defrauded him years earlier, to be displayed in his museum?
... that the Chamber of Progress describes itself as devoted to a "progressive society" but some critics have called it an
astroturfing group and "progressive camouflage" for anti-union organizing?
... that Spanish actress
Úrsula Corberó captured footage for the music video for "Un Dia (One Day)" without involving production assistants?
... that the russet brittlegill is collected and eaten by people in the Ivory Coast?
... that the yellow and orange mushroom Imperator luteocupreus stains blue when bruised or cut?
... that the founding owner of Minnesota radio station WVAL would climb the 300-foot (91 m) transmission tower himself and change the light bulbs on the mast?
... that Chris Horn, founder of the NASDAQ-listed
IONA Technologies, was still living with his wife and four children in a three-bedroom
semi-detached house at a time when his net worth exceeded 300 million dollars?
... that soprano Florence Kirk's temperamental fit over her costume as
Lady Macbeth led to the professional debut of opera star
Regina Resnik who replaced her?
... that actor
Don Johnson and other investors reportedly planned to restart production of the Renaissance Tropica, an electric car which appeared in an episode of Nash Bridges?
... that Adeline Gray was the first person to jump using a nylon parachute?
... that
Asus had to rename their ZenFone 6 for the Indian market after the
Delhi High Court ruled that the name violated a competitor's trademark?
... that Finnish minister Kyllikki Pohjala learned English while working in New York hospitals to pay for her education at
Columbia University?
... that the Flying Dutchman(model pictured), a locomotive powered by a horse on a treadmill, could carry 12 passengers at speeds of around 12 miles per hour (19 km/h)?
... that toy manufacturer siblings Nick, Anna, and Mat Mowbray bought Coatesville mansion near
Auckland, New Zealand, for
NZ$32.5 million when they were in their early thirties?
... that safe listening prevents risks to hearing from voluntary sound exposure rather than unwanted noise?
... that geographer John Fraser Hart does not use a computer, preferring to type emails on his typewriter and have an assistant re-type them digitally?
... that Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television is the first book that collects information from various sources to determine how the wide availability of television affects society?
... that after the
BBC suspended its regular programming following the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the broadcaster received criticism for its continuous coverage of the event?
... that Aaron Nola was the first
Philadelphia Phillies pitcher since 1989 to make his major league debut the year after he was drafted?
... that the live-action television drama adaptation of Kakafukaka was the first show broadcast on
MBS's programming block, Drama Tokku?
... that for his 2015 mural Mutual Entanglements, artist Sandeep Mukherjee instructed the gallery to install the 10 panels in whatever order and orientation they wanted?
... that the president of the Palestine Oriental Society was of the opinion that the monuments and antiquities of Palestine belonged to the Palestinians?
... that on Christmas Eve in 1917, Lieutenant Cedric Naylor and some of his crew remained aboard their sinking ship so they could fire upon the submarine that had torpedoed her?
00:00, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
72nd Street station original entrance
... that the original entrance to New York City's 72nd Street station(pictured) was once called "a miserable monstrosity as to architecture" and recommended for demolition?
... that the 2011 single "Chic C'est la Vie" by
Luann de Lesseps was called "stunningly un-self-aware and over the top" by a critic?
... that in Open Wounds,
Vicken Cheterian argues that "by censoring the Armenian Genocide, its impact, traces and consequences do not simply disappear. It continues in various forms"?
... that the Christuskirche, a German Protestant parish church in Paris completed in 1894, has been a venue for performances of Bach's Christmas Oratorio?
... that although they were positioned just a few miles away, the soldiers of George Johnstone's brigade were unaware of the
Battle of Waterloo taking place?
... that the 1989
mangaSweet Spot by Yutsuko Chūsonji originated the slang term oyaji gal, used to describe young businesswomen who have the interests and hobbies of middle-aged businessmen?
... that Terence Lam, who initially did not plan to become a singer, received
ViuTV Chill Club's best male singer award and
Commercial Radio Hong Kong's best new artist award?
... that the supermarket Omega Mart has nut-free salted
peanuts available for purchase?
... that the use of a gold background(example pictured) has been prevalent for some types of art from Europe to Japan?
... that Helen D'Amato was appointed to a three-year term as Malta's commissioner of children, but held the role for nearly twice as long after her term expired without a successor being designated?
... that upon its completion, 400 Madison Avenue in New York City was described as one of several buildings that comprised the "Grand Canyon of midtown business"?
... that Captain John T. Newton commanded
USS Missouri on the first crossing of the Atlantic by an American steam-powered warship, and was later
court-martialed after an accidental fire sank the ship?