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... that rebel leader and later Ugandan president
Yoweri Museveni had to walk 19 kilometres (12 mi) and borrow a car before the Battle of Kabamba because his pickup truck had broken down?
... that Lori Gramlich, a survivor of
sexual abuse in her childhood, introduced legislation that made it easier for sexual abuse survivors in
Maine to file civil lawsuits against their abusers?
... that in their book about
molybdenum, American chemists Arthur Linz and David H. Killeffer complained that previous works included the true and the false, the probable and the fantastic?
... that
Royal Navy officer John Wells managed to escape the
Nore mutiny through a
gun port in his ship, returning later to accept the mutineers' surrender?
... that during Tag des offenen Denkmals, Germany's largest annual cultural event, thousands of historic monuments are opened for free?
... that Lydia Wevers was the first scholar to write about the history of short stories in New Zealand?
00:00, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
Remains of the Musalla complex
... that most of the
Timurid 15th-century Musalla complex(remains pictured) was destroyed in 1885 by the British and the Emir of Afghanistan,
Abdul Rahman Khan?
... that each of the three times Fox Island exploded, shockwaves could be felt dozens of miles away?
... that Anna Apostolaki, the first Greek woman to work as a professional archaeologist, was also a feminist educator who promoted women's traditional crafts?
... that the social golfer problem is used to assign groups in classrooms to maximize student interaction?
... that sportswriter Matt Zabitka started his career at the age of 13?
... that the music for the video game Rings of Power was composed by a first-year medical student?
... that Jean-Paul Jeannotte, founder and first artistic director of the
Opéra de Montréal, performed the role of Bobino more than 100 times, in the premiere on
CBC TV and on stages on a Canada tour?
[[File:|140px|Elizabeth II presenting the Air Force Cross to Andy Carswell ]]
Elizabeth II presenting the Air Force Cross to Andy Carswell
... that over his long career in aviation, Andy Carswell(pictured) was shot down over Germany, made two famous rescues, met Queen Elizabeth II, and upset the Canadian transport safety establishment?
... that director
Matt Shakman filmed footage specifically for the opening of the 1970s-inspired WandaVision episode "Now in Color", deviating from typical sitcoms of the era that used
stock footage in their openings?
... that American serial killer Michael Sumpter was never convicted of murder and it was only after his death that he could be linked to his killings through DNA evidence?
... that Wu Dao has ten times as many parameters as
GPT-3?
... that Thai YouTuber MindaRyn began an
anime singing career after her music covers were noticed by a Japanese record label?
... that there is a monument of a
photocopier in the Indonesian village of Atar, commemorating the involvement of migrants from the village in the trade?
... that
Mack Trucks adopted the
Bulldog as its corporate logo after World War I British soldiers nicknamed the Mack AC(example pictured) the "Bulldog", a reference to the model's tenacity and stub nose?
... that there are tens of thousands of Polish proverbs, the oldest known of which dates to the year 1407?
... that the Concerto for Two Cellos, RV 531, Antonio Vivaldi's only concerto for two cellos, begins unusually with the two soloists entering alone in fast
imitation?
... that when England moved to take over the Dutch colony of New Netherland in 1664, a delegation met at Stuyvesant Farm to negotiate the
Articles of Surrender?
... that Soviet scientist Mikhail Ioffe was not allowed to collect the
Atoms for Peace Award because he was seen to be too friendly with western scientists?
... that the Australian music festival Isol-Aid takes place entirely on
Instagram?
... that Noliwe Rooks coined the term "segrenomics" to describe a system of separate, segregated, and unequal education created by the privatization and deregulation of American public education?
... that the great hall of Dowhill Castle had a hatch in its floor leading to a pit used as a prison?
... that Michael Barredo campaigned for
Filipino athletes competing in disabled sports to receive government incentives?
... that Kaludah was destroyed by fire in 1911, just two years after the ship was commissioned?
... that the city of
Dearborn forgot about the existence of Fordson Island for several decades?
00:00, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
"Daisy"
... that
Monique Corzilius did not realize that she was the girl featured in the famous "Daisy" advertisement (pictured) until the 2000s, when she searched for the commercial on the Internet?
... that
Victorian post office official William Rundell also collected stamps in his spare time, acquiring 48 copies of the "Sydney view" stamps of New South Wales?
... that the butterfly rare skipper was only known from five rivers in the United States until sometime in the 1980s?
... that John Henry Dunn resigned from the
Executive Council of Upper Canada only three weeks after his appointment, throwing away a post he had sought for 16 years, on a matter of political principle?
... that the Lithuanian town of Lyduvėnai had one of the world's largest wooden bridges?
... that the construction of the Erawan Hotel was delayed by so many mishaps that
a shrine to Brahma was built to ward off ill fortune?
... that Brian O'Neill said in his tribute to Leslie Daiken: "He was always busy, always with a half dozen irons in the fire, always trying to give a hand to some Irish writer who needed it"?
... that the February 28 Popular Leagues would seize foreign embassies in protest against the military junta in El Salvador?
... that experimental musician John Olson has been called a "sort of bizarro influencer" because of his habit of "chaotic shitposting"?
00:00, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
Isatou Nyang
... that after the Paralympics, Gambian athlete Isatou Nyang(pictured) continued to train at night, and during the day she would beg to support herself?
... that the critically endangered Menai Strait whitebeam has a population of roughly 30 individuals?
... that Headreach Island had 175 acres (71 ha) of farmland in 1923, but by 1974 was mostly marshland or underwater?
... that a temporary two-lane viaduct was built along Cross Street to replace the closed lanes during the construction of Singapore's Telok Ayer MRT station?
... that Thomas J. Hannon succeeded in having a playground in his neighborhood named after his mother?
... that scouring in wool is among the essential pre-treatments of
textiles that prepares them for subsequent processes such as
bleaching,
dyeing, and
printing?
... that since he was able to cure
goitre, which local
shamans could not do, Naga Thein Hlaing(pictured) was recognized by the
Naga people as Naga Nat and worshiped as a deity?
... that the last commanding officer of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Charlie Aust, described himself as "seedy moustache, glasses and intensely ugly" so soldiers knew how to identify him?
16 September 2021
00:00, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
Klassische Philharmonie Bonn
... that the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn(pictured), a symphony orchestra founded and conducted by
Heribert Beissel, has a tradition of playing a series of concerts at more than ten major halls in Germany?
... that criminologist Herschel Prins found in 1993 that young black men at
Broadmoor Hospital were often stereotyped as "big, black and dangerous"?
... that the birdfoot buttercup is found on three continents, mostly in the Arctic zone?
... that the cast and crew of the
zombie filmJunk, which made use of real meat for its
gore effects, were sometimes unable to stomach meat for dinner after spending hours filming?
15 September 2021
00:00, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
Portrait of Maungwudaus
... that when it was sold in 2002, a painting of the
Ojibwe performer Maungwudaus(pictured) was the second-most expensive artwork ever sold in Canada?
... that the medieval
rood of Ramsåsa Church was discovered in the church attic at the beginning of the 20th century?
... that Rhodesians continued to raise the Union Jack to celebrate Pioneers' Day every 12 September, even after adopting a new flag, in order to honour the original pioneers?
... that as documented in The Presidential Vote, 1896–1932, fewer than a quarter of the United States' counties voted for the same party in every presidential election from 1896 to 1932?
... that the
Ming-dynasty novella The Jealous Wife might have been written by the "Master of the Doctrine of Subduing Women"?
12 September 2021
00:00, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
Flight 175 explodes after hitting the South Tower.
... that after being hijacked, United Airlines Flight 175 almost had two mid-air collisions with other aircraft before crashing into the South Tower of the World Trade Center (pictured)?
... that Plevna in
Tampere, Finland, was the first building in the
Nordic countries and the
Russian Empire (of which Finland was part at the time) to be lit by electric lights?
... that American journalist and activist Clara Leiser traveled to Nazi Germany frequently, and documented the plight of families of political prisoners?
... that the New Zealand tree tarahinau has evolved to develop thinner leaves as it matures, probably as a result of the high winds of the
Chatham Islands?
... that Joe Murphy's civil-engineering firm was known colloquially as "Grey Murphy" to distinguish it from that of
his brother, which was known as "Green Murphy"?
... that Leo Kestenberg, a concert pianist, initiated a large-scale reform of music education in
Prussia, but had to flee the Nazis first to Prague and then to Tel Aviv?
... that the
Banjul sector Half Die was reportedly given its name due to an epidemic outbreak in the 19th century?
... that Angelo Tsarouchas nearly abandoned his hopes of being a comedian because his wife at the time thought it was a bad idea?
... that the 2005 documentary The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till, about African-American teenager
Emmett Till's murder in 1955 for whistling at a white woman, contributed to the case being reopened?
... that some protesters in the 2021 London Impossible Rebellion dressed as bankers with blood on their hands?
... that the
Noh play Haku Rakuten is parodied in a woodblock print (pictured)?
... that Mary V. R. Thayer was briefly arrested on suspicion of spying after abandoning a 1929 business trip in the Soviet Union to explore the
Caucasus?
... that the fungal infection conidiobolomycosis mainly affects people living in tropical areas but was first reported in horses in Texas?
... that racing driver James Sofronas worked as a salesman for a technology company to buy the
Nissan NX 2000 required for his first competitive race?
... that according to legend, Malan Bridge(pictured) was built by two mythical princesses who mixed egg shells with clay to create a bridge stronger than steel?
... that the owner of the Solow Building(pictured) tried to evict the
Bank of America under a law normally used for evicting drug dealers and prostitutes?
... that American Ken Whitlock played
football in Canada because of segregation in the United States?
... that the director of the horror film Camera Obscura was inspired to write the screenplay after one of his co-workers was not allowed to take pictures in South America due to locals believing "it would steal their souls"?
... that before Carnegie Hall Tower(pictured) was built, pianos at
Carnegie Hall were carried up staircases because the hall did not have a freight elevator?
... that Belarusian activist Vitaly Shishov, the head of an organisation helping people escape repression following the
2020–2021 Belarusian protests, was aware of risks to his life before he was found dead?
... that following World War II, members of Bangkok's British Club were able to reclaim their building (pictured) thanks to a mortgage that helped preserve its land deeds?
... that Singapore's Nicoll Highway MRT station had to be relocated as a result of a 2004 tunnel collapse near the station?
... that when Texas radio station KNUE was sold to another station in 1982, the new owners added a second story to their newly constructed studios to accommodate the addition?
... that more than 400 millimetres (16 in) of rain was recorded in northern Turkey on 11 August 2021, causing catastrophic flooding?
... that Fatykha Aitova agreed to marry her husband on the condition that he help her construct a school?
... that In the Ditch (1972) is based on the experiences of writer
Buchi Emecheta, and deals with the systemic violence faced by working-class women in Britain at the time?
... that when the Irish
Bronze AgeGleninsheen gorget(pictured) was found in 1930 by a local hunting rabbits, he brought the "queer looking thing" to his uncle, who would not let it be kept in his house?
... that seventeen-year-old Julie Hayden(pictured) was killed by members of the
White Man's League days after starting a position teaching Black children, and became "the poster child of
southern violence"?