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15 October 2016

00:00, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

Flag of Guernsey

... that the Flag of Guernsey (pictured) is based on a banner used by Duke William the Bastard of Normandy during the Battle of Hastings?
... that in 1974, Barbara Thoman Curtis led the establishment of the American Nurses Association's first political action committee?
... that most Numayrid princes, apprehensive of urban life, ruled their cities from their Bedouin camps in the pastures?
... that the extinct sawfly Ypresiosirex orthosemos was named for the unique corrugation of its wings?
... that missionary Thorarinn Thorason's wife threatened to drown herself due to his missionary efforts in Iceland, but instead he drowned later that year?
... that Space Battle Lunchtime is a comic about food preparation, a subject largely ignored in American comics?
... that Henri Laborit recognized the psychiatric uses of chlorpromazine, which helped reduce asylum populations and "change the face of serious mental illness"?
... that since 1912, Spanish association football club Athletic Bilbao only fields players with ancestry from the Basque Country?

14 October 2016

00:00, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

Edmund Kalau

... that after Edmund Kalau (pictured) spent his childhood in the Hitler Youth, he converted to Christianity and served in Palau and Yap in the Liebenzell Mission?
... that the philosophy journal Between the Species took its name from a fictional periodical mentioned in a George Abbe novel?
... that the science fiction video game Tharsis, inspired by the sinking of the whaling ship Essex, allows the crew of the player's spacecraft to use cannibalism to survive?
... that both the 5-8 Club and Matt's Bar, two Minneapolis eateries on the same street, claim to have invented the Juicy Lucy cheeseburger?
... that the band The Mutants developed from the idea of an album set out to retrace the roots of punk, new wave, and ska, featuring an all-star cast of punk musicians?
... that Anne Ramberg was awarded the H. M. The King's Medal of 12th size to wear on a blue ribbon for her work in the Swedish justice system?
... that Tony Award-winning Broadway actress and singer Lillian Hayman played Sadie Gray on the American soap opera One Life to Live for 17 years?
... that if you bend indium it might cry?

13 October 2016

00:00, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Royal Stables of Sweden

... that the Royal Stables of Sweden (pictured) were established in 1535 and still serve the Swedish Royal Family?
... that artist Michael Lark spends ten or more hours a day working on the comic Lazarus?
... that SMS Erzherzog Albrecht was one of the first two iron-hulled ships built for the Austro-Hungarian navy?
... that the soprano Katharine Fuge took part in John Eliot Gardiner's Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, both as a member of the Monteverdi Choir and as a soloist?
... that the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library at Brigham Young University houses Max Steiner's scores for King Kong and Gone with the Wind?
... that Queen Salote College was named after the Tongan Queen Sālote Lupepauʻu, who was named after the British Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz?
... that the rice root aphid can complete its whole life cycle on plum trees?
... that Robert Rutman invented the steel cello, a giant sheet metal instrument?

12 October 2016

00:00, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

David Suhor

... that David Suhor (pictured) opened proceedings for a meeting of the Pensacola City Council by delivering a Satanic prayer?
... that professional Street Fighter player Daigo Umehara lost an exhibition match of Street Fighter V to rapper Lupe Fiasco?
... that Swedish photographer Gösta Peterson met his wife at a cocktail party, where he was watering the flowers?
... that the number of traffic collisions at the TEDES-monitored intersections and fast lanes in Gaziantep, Turkey, declined by about 40% within two months of its installation?
... that a 15th-century English gentleman was called "Humphrey Stafford with the Silver Hand" because of a prosthesis he wore, perhaps having lost his limb in a "bellicose engagement"?
... that Kirkus Reviews wrote that the plot and tone of the 1998 young adult novel Love Among the Walnuts were akin to those of a Preston Sturges or Frank Capra film?
... that retired Canadian meteorologist Peter Coade was certified by The Guinness Book of World Records as having had the longest career of any weather forecaster?
... that in 1595, the Chantry House in Bunbury, Cheshire, was leased for 2,000 years for the rent of a red rose?

11 October 2016

00:00, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Florida predatory stink bug nymph

... that the Florida predatory stink bug (nymph pictured) is considered beneficial because it feeds on various pest insects?
... that George Strait recorded several songs written by Clay Blaker?
... that in the 2015 Jhabua-Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency by-election, Janata Dal (United)'s candidate was supported by five other parties?
... that horse trainer Jeff Givens was killed when his horse trailer overturned?
... that the States of Jersey were obliged to ask permission from Queen Elizabeth II in order to adopt the Jersey Red Ensign, because it contained the Jersey Arms with the Plantagenet crown?
... that Russia's Aluchin volcano is thought to have formed around 1000 CE?
... that the Hiroshima Lightning was the only active team refused entry into Japanese basketball's B.League?
... that after the 6-foot-9-inch (206 cm), 300-pound (140 kg) former Harlem Globetrotter Rico Harris disappeared two years ago today, searchers wondered why they could find no trace of such a large man?

10 October 2016

00:00, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

After the Deluge

... that After the Deluge (pictured) was described by Walter Bayes as "a kind of sublimation of all the most poetic elements in nature"?
... that Gadis Arivia established Indonesia’s first journal of feminist theory?
... that of the 482 coins found in the Viking Age Sundveda Hoard outside Stockholm, only one came from Western Europe?
... that in 1985, China–Hong Kong football rivalry resulted in China's first recorded case of football hooliganism?
... that the Cuban national Order of Playa Girón, named after the location of the Bay of Pigs Invasion, was first presented to the cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin?
... that on one occasion, protesters used a foghorn to discourage Mormons in Ireland from meeting?
... that Charles Brantley was the first person in the Tennessee Walking Horse industry to be inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame?
... that Alyssa Milano released four studio albums in Japan after appearing in ads there for pasta and chocolate milk?

9 October 2016

00:00, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

South Africa Red Ensign

... that the South Africa Red Ensign (pictured) was raised over Windhoek following the British conquest of German South West Africa in 1915?
... that after admitting he took $10,000 to help a fictitious Arab sheikh, Joseph A. Maressa argued that "it would be patriotic to take some of this OPEC oil money and get it back to the United States"?
... that the opening episode of Cash Trapped contained a continuity error which revealed the outcome at the start of the game show?
... that Guiseley A.F.C. were accused of "disgraceful unsporting behaviour" when a player broke an unwritten fair-play convention to score past goalkeeper Tom King?
... that in 1960, two barges collided with the 4,162-foot (1,270 m) Severn Railway Bridge, causing two bridge spans to fall into the river?
... that a reviewer of Zwölf Stücke, Op. 65, twelve organ pieces by Max Reger, wrote that the composer was "still in his storm and stress period"?
... that research by Columbia Law School professor Jeffrey Fagan into stop-and-frisk in New York City was a major factor in Judge Shira Scheindlin's decision to rule the practice unconstitutional in 2013?
... that swarms of dykes have intruded into Uruguay?

8 October 2016

00:00, 8 October 2016 (UTC)

American germander

... that American germander (pictured) is visited by bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, but avoided by grazing animals?
... that the BBC's Daud Junbish is one of the few journalists in the world to have met former Taliban chief Mullah Omar?
... that members of a press gang from HMS Aigle stood trial for murder when four people were killed during a raid on the Isle of Portland in 1803?
... that Finnish architect Gustaf Nyström has been described as a "legendary teacher of architecture"?
... that the University of Dundee School of Medicine has one of the biggest research complexes in the UK?
... that in 2013 the mayor of Yokneam Illit called for the rural village of Yokneam Moshava to be annexed to his city because it was blocking the city's ability to expand?
... that in the second year after its launch, biological preprints hosted on bioRxiv repository were tweeted about on over 20,000 occasions?
... that actress Georgina Bouzova feared that people would spit at her because of the behaviour of her character Ellen Zitek?

7 October 2016

00:00, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

Handel

... that the naturalisation of Handel (pictured) as a British citizen came via an Act of Parliament which required him to enter into communion with the Church of England?
... that cheese slaw is sometimes used as a topping for hot dogs?
... that different measurements of the size of the hydrogen atom nucleus when a muon replaces an electron is an unsolved problem in physics known as the proton radius puzzle?
... that Carnethy 5, an annual hill race held in the Pentland Hills, commemorates the Battle of Roslin?
... that the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane caused at least 2,500 deaths in Florida, making it the second deadliest tropical cyclone in the US, behind the 1900 Galveston hurricane?
... that the fossil ant Gesomyrmex magnus is notably larger than any other living or extinct Gesomyrmex species?
... that Max Esposito and his sister Chloe were the first Australian athletes to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics?
... that although the Beatles had a more successful version, the first recording of "Twist and Shout" was by The Top Notes, and was produced by Phil Spector—who later went on to produce the Beatles?

6 October 2016

00:00, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Wash's Restaurant

... that Wash's Restaurant (pictured) served up soul food dishes to Atlantic City beach-goers by day and its nightclub-hoppers by night?
... that Ravana had promised Kalanemi half his kingdom if he killed Hanuman?
... that New York City's Citywide Ferry Service is expected to carry 4.6 million passengers each year, roughly as many as the New York City Subway carries each weekday?
... that Duayne Boachie was nominated for a "Best Newcomer" award at the 2016 British Soap Awards for his portrayal of Zack Loveday?
... that in 1998, The Boston Globe said the girls' video game market was "exploding" with titles such as The American Girls Premiere?
... that Moise Poida, the Vanuatuan national football team manager, has played against World Cup winner Zinedine Zidane?
... that eruptions of Anyuyskiy Volcano in Siberia may have inspired legends of places where hunting is banned and smoke and fire rise from the ground?
... that John Harvard may have been inspired by Clio?

5 October 2016

00:00, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Fossilised human footprints at Ciampate del Diavolo

... that the oldest known human footprints in continental Europe (pictured) are called "devil's trails" by locals?
... that Edward Iacobucci has followed in his father Frank Iacobucci's footsteps as dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law?
... that Chinese Ding ware of the 11th century has been described both as porcelain and as stoneware?
... that Ingmar Bergman based his script for the Palme d'Or-winning film The Best Intentions on the life of his father Erik Bergman, salvaged from scattered notes, stories, and conversations?
... that the Wrecking Crew supplied the instrumental tracks on dozens of hits recorded in Los Angeles during the 1960s, including "California Dreamin'", "Mr. Tambourine Man", "He's a Rebel", and "Good Vibrations"?
... that Laurence Fishburne played Josh Hall, a member of "daytime television's first African American family," on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live?
... that when Talbieh Refugee Camp first opened, most of its inhabitants were displaced persons, as opposed to refugees?
... that syndicated cartoonist Mark Tatulli received a note from a former teacher saying "I can't believe you're still doing the same crap you were doing in junior high, and now getting paid for it"?

4 October 2016

00:00, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Lena Sundström

... that Swedish journalist Lena Sundström (pictured) was a foundling?
... that in the 1970 Florida gubernatorial election, Claude Kirk called Reubin Askew a "momma’s boy who wouldn't have the courage to stand up under the fire of the legislators"?
... that to reduce injuries, professional tennis tournaments are no longer played on carpet courts?
... that the Bayit Lepletot orphanage in Jerusalem houses and educates girls from as young as three years of age until they are ready to marry and start homes of their own?
... that Michigan Wolverines shooting guard Charles Matthews preferred the trombone and skateboard to basketball in his youth?
... that the fossil ant species Formica paleosibirica has been described from only three partial males and two lone wings?
... that at age 78, Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe was awarded the Padma Shri for his lifetime work in photography?
... that the Get Out and Push Railroad required passengers to help its trains over the steeper sections of the route?

3 October 2016

03:30, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Pygmy goosefoot

... that the pygmy goosefoot (pictured), a plant endemic to New Zealand that was thought to be extinct, was rediscovered in 2015?
... that Akiyama Tokuzō, once referred to as the "Japanese Escoffier", became Master Chef of the Imperial Court of Japan at only 25 years of age?
... that in the 1990s Disney created animated storybook video games for The Lion King, Pocahontas, Toy Story, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 101 Dalmatians, Hercules, The Little Mermaid, and Mulan, as well as 1966 and 1974 shorts based on Winnie the Pooh?
... that Emma Wiggs, a gold medallist in paracanoe at the 2016 Paralympics, competed at the 2012 Paralympics as a sitting volleyball player?
... that planners of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mahane Yehuda offered free land to the first 50 families, but there were no takers?
... that the statistician Kai-Tai Fang's dissertation was written in two weeks but not published for 19 years because of the Cultural Revolution?
... that in honor of Georgia Tech's 1929 Rose Bowl victory, running back Stumpy Thomason was given a bear cub by a local businessman, which he drove around Atlanta and fed Coca-Cola?

2 October 2016

07:22, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Air-raid shelter at St Leonard's Court

... that St Leonard's Court in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames has a Grade II listed underground air-raid shelter (entrance pictured) built in the 1930s?
... that the stories of Italian author and Holocaust survivor Rubino Romeo Salmonì were an inspiration for Roberto Benigni's 1997 film Life Is Beautiful?
... that Restaurant Andrew Fairlie is known for a signature dish of lobster cold smoked over whisky casks?
... that Zufar al-Kilabi was given a high position in the Umayyad court and army in return for abandoning his support for the rebellion of Ibn al-Zubayr?
... that Channel 4's 2016 Paralympics trailer "We're the Superhumans" featured a big band comprised of musicians with disabilities?
... that Moldavian pediatrician Anastasie Fătu proposed a ban on open-casket church funerals?
... that Jordan has remained one of the safest countries in the Middle East, despite regional turmoil?
... that RKO Pictures fired director Howard Hawks after Bringing Up Baby flopped, but the 1938 screwball comedy is now regarded as one of Hawks' masterpieces?

1 October 2016

04:47, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Elin Rombo as Sister Blanche

... that Elin Rombo (pictured) played Sister Blanche in Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites in a 2011 production at the Royal Swedish Opera?
... that Timber Sycamore is a covert CIA program that arms and trains rebels in the Syrian civil war?
... that the Paralympic canoeing champion Anne Dickins had to overcome seasickness when she took up the sport?
... that the turnip aphid is highly prolific, with as many as 35 generations a year being recorded in Texas?
... that Daniel Dalton has a graduate degree in public administration, but called his work in a U.S. congressman's office "the greatest education I've ever had"?
... that the CMLL 68th Anniversary Show was the first time that a steel cage match was held at a CMLL anniversary show?
... that when King George Tupou II of Tonga married Lavinia Veiongo instead of ʻOfakivavaʻu, there were riots in the streets of Nukuʻalofa?
... that the Sunday Mirror recommended that players stumped by video game Myst should get Pyst?

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