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28 March 2025

01:03, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

University of Wisconsin–Platteville Richland campus

... that the closure of five University of Wisconsin branch campuses (one pictured) has called into question the future of the Wisconsin Idea?
... that during the 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Apurbalal Majumdar ran in two different constituencies and was elected in both?
... that the soundtrack to the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz was not commercially available until 1956?
... that tea-garden labour leader Prem Oraon lost his right leg in 1970 during a protest against a factory closure?
... that when the Brighton Town Commissioners wanted to build Queen's Road through a slum district, they invited all the residents to a festival and demolished their houses while they were away?
... that Green Bay Packer Wally Ladrow worked as a packer?
... that the outbreak of the Java War, which lasted five years and killed more than 200,000 people, was triggered by a government road project?
... that Herzog Wine Cellars produces approximately 250,000 cases of kosher wine annually?
... that a car accident may have wrecked Richard Petty's chances of being elected North Carolina's secretary of state?

27 March 2025

00:00, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

Ancient Egyptian stone vessels

... that ancient Egyptians crafted hundreds of thousands of stone vessels (examples pictured) before the workforce was redirected to build pyramids?
... that when the crime of mugging gained attention in the UK, one book argued that mugging was not distinct from existing crimes?
... that in the essay "Toward European Unity" George Orwell presumed that one of the greatest obstacles to a federal Europe would be economic pressure by the United States?
... that Fadel al-Utol considers preserving Gaza's archaeological sites to be a peaceful act of resistance against Israel?
... that cyclist Mike Allen compared participating in the Olympics to Disneyland?
... that New York City's unbuilt River Walk development was delayed due to a $2 million study of striped bass?
... that a character from Gunbuster popularized an arm fold commonly seen in anime?
... that Marilyn Fisher Lundy developed one of Michigan's first accredited charter schools?
... that a journalist used vibe coding to create an app to suggest what to pack for lunch?

26 March 2025

00:00, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Protesters in front of the Grand Husseini Mosque

... that the Grand Husseini Mosque has served as a gathering point for political demonstrations in Amman (example pictured) for nearly a century?
... that Indian communist revolutionary S. A. Rawoof was charged with conspiracy to murder two individuals with the same name?
... that the FogCam is believed to be the world's longest-running public webcam?
... that cowries were increasingly used during the reign of Ehenneden as currency in Igodomigodo's markets?
... that the Christchurch Seagull Pit has been described as the "ninth wonder of the world"?
... that Herman Martell, who co-founded the alumni association for the Green Bay Packers, only appeared in one NFL game for the team?
... that the Mobile Adapter GB was an early, albeit unsuccessful, attempt at handheld online gaming for the Game Boy Color and the Game Boy Advance?
... that Genora Johnson Dollinger was known as the Joan of Arc of Labor due to having to be dragged away from the 1936 Flint sit-down strike?
... that a train station in Japan appointed a cat as an "honorary assistant"?

25 March 2025

00:00, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

Willie Williams

... that retired United States Marine Corps three-star general Willie Williams (pictured) originally planned to enlist in the Air Force after high school instead of going to college?
... that an Israeli diplomat was assassinated in Ankara just two days after diplomatic relations between Israel and Turkey were fully established?
... that Celeste Bedford Walker said that both her plays on the Houston riot of 1917 and Tulsa race massacre were "quintessential racial confrontation stories"?
... that actor Kōta Nomura had no experience in cooking before being cast in the live-action drama adaptation of Perfect Propose?
... that Gerry Snyder brought the Summer Olympics and Major League Baseball to Montreal?
... that an attempt to use automated dialogue replacement in the Reservation Dogs episode "Deer Lady" failed because the voice sounded too much like Yoda?
... that a former police whistleblower is developing six islands in The World?
... that the 2012 Southern Indiana tornado ripped chunks of asphalt concrete off of a road and threw the pieces 30 yards (27 m) away?
... that the proprietor of the company Samurai Shokai promoted the foreign practice of shaking hands in Japan?

24 March 2025

00:00, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

Catholic deacon receiving a tattoo at Razzouk

... that Razzouk Tattoo in Jerusalem has been giving tattoos to Christian pilgrims (process pictured) for more than 250 years?
... that John Albrinck is estimated to have planted more than 1,500 fruit trees during his time as a seminary rector?
... that clapper-bells are the oldest bronze-cast objects found at Erlitou?
... that the historic water stream Seil Amman was roofed to make way for a road in the 1960s?
... that C. G. Joshi played cricket for Rajasthan at the same time that he ran the fine arts department at Mayo College?
... that the French, when they began to colonize Cambodia, agreed that Angkor Wat was in Thailand?
... that there was initially an attempt to cover up any casualties during the 2025 New Delhi railway station crowd crush?
... that the music video for the single "Dam" by the Filipino boy band SB19 has been compared to Game of Thrones and The Lord of the Rings?
... that the "Slicker" "performed so well at cracking skulls"?

23 March 2025

00:00, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

4th-century sharin-seki

... that Japanese art during the Kofun period included carriage-wheel-shaped (example pictured) and hoe-shaped stone "bracelets"?
... that Mabel Dole Haden gained her law degree at Howard University after not being able to afford to complete her bachelor's degree there?
... that Zhou Enlai reportedly enjoyed watching the play Li Huiniang, while Mao Zedong did not?
... that the Philippines' gold medal at the 2025 Asian Winter Games was also its first medal at the Asian Winter Games?
... that "Hardwired" was interpreted as a statement on the outcome of the 2016 United States presidential election?
... that Kevin Jefferson started kindergarten at age 3, high school at 12, and college at 16, and made his NFL debut at 20?
... that Vince McMahon reportedly attempted to buy the rights to a documentary on his career?
... that Dan Bull was a keyboardist for Eskimo Joe before he was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly?
... that the painting Christ's Entry into Jerusalem was once cut from its frame and dragged "like a wet blanket" to save it from a fire?

22 March 2025

12:00, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

Fabián Cháirez in April 2023

... that a painting by Fabián Cháirez (pictured) depicting a nude, effeminate Emiliano Zapata caused violent protests at the Palacio de Bellas Artes?
... that an American football game had missiles set up in firing position on the field?
... that Chung Suet Ying has better sign language skills than her character in The Way We Talk, which requires her to sign "worse"?
... that while executives believed the Golden Rondelle Theater would be a waste of money, it was one of the 1964 World's Fair's most popular attractions?
... that University of Indonesia dean Sahati Suharto was sued by one of her expelled students?
... that the first general manager of a Michigan radio station almost died of carbon monoxide poisoning during construction?
... that the Attorney General of Georgia argued that Robin Shahar's lesbian wedding meant that she didn't have "good sense"?
... that the expansion of glaciers created two distinct forms of Aquilegia confusa, with individual populations better adapted to different elevations?
... that the identity of Cleo, who provided online answers to complex mathematics problems without showing any work, was revealed over a decade later in 2025?

00:00, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

Ginkgo adiantoides with autumn leaf color

... that some fossils of the paleobiota of the Latah Formation still have living color (example pictured)?
... that the Anishinaabe founded Little Current, but were displaced by white settlers who took over their profitable trade?
... that in the span of five years, Elsie Chin was a nurse during the Battle of Hong Kong, served with the Chinese Red Cross, trained soldiers on first aid in India, and joined the U.S. Army Nurse Corps?
... that in 1359 the French king signed a treaty which ceded almost half of France to England?
... that Bahraini author Fatema Al Harbi, the first non-government Bahraini to visit Israel, faced death threats upon her return to Bahrain?
... that Sacred Heart Church was the birthplace of the orphanage which would become the only pontifical university in the United States?
... that actor Darcy Grey sold "posh dog food" on weekends?
... that the Dutch edition of Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival was recalled?
... that brothers Carl, Martin, and Dick Zoll all played exactly one NFL game for the Green Bay Packers?

21 March 2025

12:00, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

Cao Shumin

... that Cao Shumin (pictured) was instrumental in overseeing the establishment of China's 4G mobile network?
... that an activist group projected an image of Elon Musk's salute onto a Tesla factory with the phrase "Heil Tesla"?
... that Jake Brown, although born with cerebral palsy, made dozens of appearances for the mainstream association football club Askam United?
... that the Hennepin Avenue Bridge was the first bridge across the Mississippi River?
... that Karl Braun and other German scientists played cards with their British colleagues during World War I?
... that a five-year-old boy thrown from a third-floor balcony in the Mall of America was released from the hospital just in time for his first day of kindergarten?
... that Andrzej Sapkowski, the creator of The Witcher, described his short story W leju po bombie as the only one of his works that can be classified as science fiction?
... that Black Forest gateau inspired an Internet meme?
... that Tim Urban stated that a procrastinator's brain is distracted by an "instant gratification monkey" and saved at the last minute by a "panic monster"?

00:00, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

Ibrahim Adil Shah II Hawking

... that an inscription on the painting Ibrahim Adil Shah II Hawking (pictured) identifies its subject as an emperor, even though he was not?
... that Japanese singer Cindy was once said to have an "angel voice"?
... that Ronald Reagan's friends thought that his official White House portrait did not look like him?
... that Kwek Leng Joo co-created an exhibition combining modern photography and traditional Chinese painting?
... that the library of the Institut Français d'Archéologie de Beyrouth contained about 24,000 volumes by 1970?
... that one scholar regards an Old Irish oath as a scholarly Christian invention, but another sees it as the descendant of a Proto-Indo-European oath?
... that Evan Honer was told by American Idol judge Luke Bryan to "stick to diving"?
... that by the First Treaty of London England was to gain a quarter of France?
... that Wayne Davenport, in a six-year span, went from playing college football to coaching football, returning to college, playing in the NFL, returning to coaching and then back to college football?

20 March 2025

12:00, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

Loudon depicted as a "human battering ram"

... that Paul Loudon was described as a "human battering ram" (pictured)?
... that the Battle of the Bosporus, one of the largest naval battles in the Middle Ages, was fought during the night in a storm in a narrow strait?
... that Terry Davis created TempleOS, a Bible-themed operating system that had more than 120,000 lines of code?
... that two EF2 tornadoes merged near downtown Tallahassee in 2024?
... that environment minister Peng Chi-ming drafted Taiwan's first weather insurance policy?
... that Los Angeles Rising was put together by two musicians who had been forced to evacuate their homes due to the January 2025 wildfires in Los Angeles?
... that the lead cast of Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In reunited to star in the unrelated film Hit N Fun?
... that The Hungry Five were credited with maintaining the unique ownership structure of the Green Bay Packers?
... that the zookeeper of the "loneliest elephant in the world" credited her with saving his marriage?

00:00, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

Wingspread

... that when the owner of the house Wingspread (pictured) complained that his roof was leaking, the architect reportedly advised him to move his chair?
... that music manager Alan Wills learned about management from his father, who was "in charge of the UK's nuclear early warning system"?
... that according to some value theorists, nothing is good or bad?
... that the main dome of the Sadna Qasai Mosque has collapsed?
... that Gil Skeate was called up to the NFL straight from a lumber camp?
... that a Doctor Who episode took place during the partition of India, and used a unique Indian adaptation of the usual closing theme?
... that multiple deaths could have been avoided if the Peachtree 25th Building had a fire sprinkler system?
... that it took 40 years after the formation of the state of West Bengal before a member of the Rajbanshi people became a government minister?
... that anthropologist H. Russell Bernard teamed up with an oceanographer to estimate the number of people killed in an earthquake?

19 March 2025

12:00, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

Olivia Rodrigo performing "Logical"

... that "Logical" was performed on a crescent moon (pictured) suspended from the ceiling on Olivia Rodrigo's Guts World Tour?
... that a newly discovered bee descends from a single ancestor that reached the Hawaiian Islands between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago?
... that a single company authorizes health-insurance coverage for more than one hundred million Americans?
... that politician Prasenjit Barman was credited for leading the restoration of the Cooch Behar Palace?
... that Sound Transit has 170 pieces of permanent public art at its stations and facilities?
... that football player DJ Pickett was the first All-American at his high school since his uncle nearly 30 years prior?
... that The Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy features stories spanning two centuries of Polish literary tradition, exploring the theme of personification of evil?
... that Roger Tocotes was suspected by the Duke of Clarence of masterminding the Duchess of Clarence's death, but Tocotes avoided capture until the King got involved?
... that Saturday Morning Strippers restored the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio?

00:00, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

Self-portrait by Sardoine Mia

... that Sardoine Mia (pictured) creates paintings whose surfaces look like concrete?
... that the church that attempted to sell a Kansas radio station could not locate the money allegedly paid by the buyer?
... that Rudolf Herzog's novels have been described as characterised by the "sentimentality and harshness, pomp and plainness" of Kaiser Wilhelm II?
... that King Faisal Street, one of the main thoroughfares in downtown Amman, has been used as a public space for national events and celebrations?
... that "Busy" Beasy was a boxer, a professional American football player and a firefighter, all at the same time?
... that a Google Doc written by a high school student has become "part of the online queer canon"?
... that the West Bengal relief minister Santosh Roy resigned in 1975 after the Wanchoo Commission found him guilty of securing a government job for his sister?
... that Sabrina Carpenter was sad that the song "Busy Woman" could not be included on Short n' Sweet and later released it as a "thank you" to her fans?
... that the Caucasian stonecrop frequently escapes, perhaps through birds or garden waste?

18 March 2025

12:00, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

Cat at the Forbidden City

... that around 200 cats (example pictured) are tasked, as "security officers", with keeping mice out of the Forbidden City?
... that the lyrics in Conan Gray's song "People Watching" were based on things he heard while eavesdropping on couples?
... that Lydie Pongault was appointed to the Congolese government to fill the roles of two other ministers?
... that the gray stonecrop was little known in the 1970s but became so popular by the 1990s that demand exceeded supply?
... that using samples provided by Johann Jacob Ferber, it was demonstrated that mosaics at Pompeii were made with glass paste, not stone?
... that seven U.S. prosecutors resigned in protest over the Eric Adams corruption case?
... that Abbess Ruothild wrapped the body of Saint Fara in a silk covered with bare-breasted Amazons?
... that Ethan Hawke and Devery Jacobs smoked CBD while filming the Reservation Dogs episode "Elora's Dad"?
... that when someone accused George Chapman of basing his translation of the Odyssey on a Latin translation, he called them an "envious Windfucker" in the preface?

00:00, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

Emperor Jahangir Triumphing over Poverty

... that a 17th-century painting (pictured) depicts an Indian emperor shooting arrows at a personification of poverty?
... that people in the 1980s expressed interest in buying Chicago's James Charnley House only because they wanted to see the interior?
... that most sports fans are male, and class distinctions also influence which sports people follow?
... that a diamond named after Sienna Spiro sold for $3.4 million in June 2021?
... that David D. Demarest was the first professor of pastoral theology and sacred rhetoric at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary?
... that Nachi Gordon was one of the youngest agents to sign an NBA player?
... that Jim Photoglo wrote the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Fishin' in the Dark" and joined the band – almost 30 years later?
... that scholar Axinte Frunză wanted Romania to join the Central Powers in 1916, espousing "a vision that was profoundly anti-statist (with hints of anarchism), populist, and virulently anti-Russian"?
... that an effort to ban one German political party revealed that it was so heavily infiltrated that the German government partially controlled it?

17 March 2025

12:00, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Ana María Iriarte

... that Ana María Iriarte (pictured) made her professional opera debut in 1945, retired from the stage in 1960, and created a foundation promoting zarzuela in 2006?
... that during the siege of Utica in 204 BC the Romans tied their whole fleet together prior to battle?
... that former Griqualand West cricketer Mike Doherty was the team's chairman when they won their first trophy in over 100 years?
... that only broken Japanese can be used on the social networking application Tsuita?
... that Prem Bery hosted state visits at the Central Cottage Industries Emporium?
... that Melania Trump wrote that Floor Frame represented "the important contributions of Asian American artists"?
... that you should "hang a gone fishin' notice on your office door" before reading Geometry of Quantum States?
... that the relationship between Sherlock Holmes and John Watson in Sherlock is one of the most studied examples of queerbaiting?
... that an image of a skull can be used to express happiness?

00:00, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Petrosedum sediforme

... that some pale stonecrops (example pictured) in Spain closely resemble Israeli specimens, while neighboring plants in Spain can look vastly different?
... that John Stacy warned the Duke of Suffolk that a Tower would be dangerous to him; Suffolk was later murdered by sailors on a ship called The Nicholas of the Tower?
... that Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple was likened to a Mayan ball court after its completion in 1908?
... that Emmett Barrett wore glasses while playing American football?
... that when emos and anti-emos confronted each other, Hare Krishna members de-escalated the situation?
... that baritone Simon Neal's 2020 performance as Don Pizarro in Beethoven's Fidelio included riding a horse on the stage of the Royal Opera House?
... that the defection of Padua during the Scaliger War was partly due to a Scaliger lord's open seduction of the wife of the Lord of Padua?
... that Lyle Lin was the first Taiwanese player to be selected and signed via the Major League Baseball draft?
... that in one version of Zeus's childhood his enemies are terrified of the goat who raised him?

16 March 2025

12:00, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Bersey Electric Cab

... that the crash of a Bersey Electric Cab (pictured) in London in 1897 led to the first-ever charge of drunk driving?
... that Domingo Chalá worked as a gravedigger for much of his life before releasing his debut album?
... that the Louafi Bouguera Olympic Bridge was named after the first Franco-Algerian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal?
... that brass casting, which later became a hallmark of Benin art, was first introduced to Igodomigodo during Uwa's reign?
... that Benevacantism is the belief that Francis is not truly the pope, because his predecessor did not validly resign?
... that Wes Carlson used a different last name than his father because of a schoolteacher's mistake?
... that Sedum palmeri is common on windowsills in the Mediterranean because it is easy to share with other people?
... that the runway show for Scanners by Alexander McQueen concluded with a mostly nude model struggling through an artificial snowstorm in a wind tunnel?
... that the lord of Bitchū Matsuyama Castle is a cat?

00:00, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Roland L. Bragg

... that the new eponym (pictured) of Fort Bragg stole a German ambulance and drove 20 miles (32 km) under fire to save a wounded soldier during the Battle of the Bulge?
... that a series of agreements at the Upstalsboom in 1323 prohibited bride kidnapping, provided the right to a speedy trial, and created a judicial veto in all Seven Sealands?
... that Time paid Alfred Wertheimer $3,000 to use a picture of Elvis Presley singing to a dog?
... that the political and media storm around so-called African gangs in Australia has been described by academics as a moral panic?
... that Palestinian singer Zeinab Shaath assumed a short film featuring her had been destroyed until a researcher discovered a copy in the archives of the Israel Defense Forces?
... that Our Friends from Frolix 8 could be Philip K. Dick's "most sterile" novel?
... that Jerome Xavier learned Persian to work on the Mir'at al-quds, a biography of Jesus?
... that before playing in the NFL, Rip Owens worked at a steel mill?
... that researchers confirmed that they had discovered toilets at the Archaeological Site in Wanggung-ri by finding a high concentration of parasite eggs there?

15 March 2025

12:00, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

Pronolagus randensis

... that Jameson's red rock hare (pictured) once had ten recognized subspecies, but now has none?
... that both a statue of Lord Botetourt and a medal named for him have been the subject of replicas made for the College of William & Mary?
... that after being unpicked for the NBA, Damian Chong Qui went on to become the first player to score a triple-double in the East Asia Super League?
... that the mummy of the ancient Egyptian estate manager Wah was wrapped in 375 m² (448 sq yd) of linen?
... that 404 Fifth Avenue's exterior terracotta features a color scheme usually found in pottery rather than on facades?
... that due to her experience of Italy's immigration policies, journalist Nadeesha Uyangoda has been outspoken on migrant rights?
... that The Use and Abuse of History: Or How the Past Is Taught explores how school textbooks across the world distort history to serve political interests?
... that Ray Jennison legally changed his last name from "Jenison" because "people were always misspelling it"?
... that history has a history?

00:00, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

Nyango Star playing the drums

... that Nyango Star (pictured), a half-cat, half-apple character who plays death metal drums, helps fund a town with a declining population?
... that the Williamsburg indie music venue Baby's All Right occupies a former hot dog factory?
... that Jarrad Searby left the Proud Boys after he became angry with their disavowal of neo-Nazism?
... that the Olympic Village in Saint-Denis used wood sourced from eco-managed forests and ultra-low-carbon concrete to reduce the carbon footprint of its construction?
... that Olympic team chaplain Ashley Null credits his work counseling elite athletes to his scholarly research on the Protestant Reformation?
... that French president Emmanuel Macron posted deepfakes of himself on Instagram ahead of the AI Action Summit?
... that George Seeman, shortly after signing to play for the Green Bay Packers, played in a game against the Packers?
... that four locations of Video Update were seized by sheriff's deputies in a lawsuit by a sign manufacturer?
... that, inspired by the short story "Qingfeng", Mao Zedong likened the United States to a ghost?

14 March 2025

12:00, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

Edmund C. Stanton

... that the tenure of Edmund C. Stanton (pictured) as director of the Metropolitan Opera featured the first United States performance of Wagner's Ring cycle?
... that Eurowhiteness disputes the belief that the European Union "stands for diversity, inclusion and openness"?
... that Hikaru Mori and Megu Uyama became world champions in synchronized trampoline after training together for only a month?
... that the Battle of Chunj is the only battle in which a British soldier died in action for Pakistan?
... that pilot-induced oscillations on board Olympic Airways Flight 3838 killed seven people, including Greek deputy foreign minister Giannos Kranidiotis?
... that Soepojo Padmodipoetro, despite being the highest administrator of Gadjah Mada University, could not attend its meetings?
... that a search engine for pirated books has been used to train large language models?
... that "Plaza", a recognized Basque surname, comes from the Spanish language?
... that the rock stonecrop can go in a soup as well as on a roof?

00:00, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

NGC 1700

... that the galaxy NGC 1700 (pictured) has a rotating hot gas disk glowing in X-rays after merging with another galaxy three billion years ago?
... that coach Ed Storm, after seeing his American football team losing late in a game, put on a uniform, entered the game, and made the game-winning score?
... that the 1731 novel Manon Lescaut did not become popular in France until after it was banned for immorality?
... that it took 12 and a half hours for Rashid Israr to reach his highest score in cricket?
... that the American play His Majesty Bunker Bean was a national hit that had "been seen by most of the country east of the Mississippi River" before it reached Broadway?
... that singer Andrew Cushin used to play as a goalkeeper in Newcastle Benfield F.C.'s youth team?
... that a model prototype of the Helmover torpedo went out of control while under test and struck a motor launch?
... that Bradley Smalley, the political boss of the Vermont Democratic Party, once received the Republican nomination for alderman?
... that Comorian football club Djabal Club d'Iconi were deducted two points in the 2023–24 season after a player was found guilty of witchcraft?

13 March 2025

12:00, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

Tenrei Ōta

... that birth-control advocate Tenrei Ōta (pictured) changed his name and went into hiding after he was repeatedly arrested for his work?
... that a variety of the Mancos columbine was thought to be extinct but was found in its native cave in 2008?
... that Radim Novák conceded a goal directly from a corner kick in the first match of the season, but his team went on to win the league?
... that a rickshaw puller inspired Helal Hafiz to write "Nishiddho Sompadokiyo" during the 1969 East Pakistan mass uprising?
... that the Iron Alps Complex Fire took nearly $74 million to suppress?
... that the undisturbed Bronze Age necropolis of Byblos was discovered in 2019 during excavations of a previously unexplored area of the ancient city?
... that the language of Natalia Maree Belting was said to be "spare, rhythmic, and resonant"?
... that almost half of the invasive species in the United Arab Emirates are birds?
... that Ashley Tisdale did not record new screams for Phineas and Ferb season 5 because she was pregnant and did not want to scare her baby?

00:00, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

1890 illustration of Telmatrechus stali

... that species of the fossil water strider Telmatrechus (example pictured) were both winged and wingless?
... that Eddie Eagan's gold medal at the 1932 Winter Olympics made him the first man to win a Summer and Winter Olympic gold medal in different events?
... that John Neal recommended buying The Token and Atlantic Souvenir "if you have a wife or so of your own"?
... that a group of parents discovered that a children's charity had been embezzling money?
... that the Nepali term "sukumbasi" refers to squatters, who typically avoid using the word because of its negative connotations?
... that Murad Agha, a former slave turned ruler of Ottoman Tripolitania, commissioned the construction of a mosque that doubled as a fortress?
... that 1Verse is the first K-pop boy band with North Korean defectors?
... that cave art, indigenous dance and an ancient flute inspired the work of Libyan artist Shefa Salem?
... that the name of a Portland soccer team refers both to sausages and long-distance goals?

12 March 2025

12:00, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

Sony PVM-4300, with a cat for scale

... that the Sony PVM-4300 (pictured) has the largest cathode-ray tube ever made?
... that the Samsum ant is known for a powerful sting that can lead to anaphylactic shock and death?
... that the first owner of the 55 Bar supposedly won the property in a card game?
... that tsunami stones serve as risk warnings for tsunamis in Japan?
... that Jackson Cantwell, the number-one college football recruit for 2026, is the son of two Olympians and holds several youth world records in track and field?
... that most of My Chemical Romance's debut album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, was recorded in only a week?
... that Gerald Shirtcliff's fake engineering qualifications were exposed following the collapse of the CTV Building?
... that the Santander anarchist newspaper Adelante had to be printed in neighbouring Torrelavega, as no printing shop in the city was willing to print it due to its political orientation?
... that "Go New York Go" has energized New York Knicks fans at Madison Square Garden since 1993?

00:00, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

Saraswati enthroned

... that Saraswati enthroned (pictured) has been described as "a pinnacle of Indian art"?
... that O-Zone threatened legal action over Haiducii's cover of "Dragostea din tei", which became a hit on charts at the same time as the original?
... that historian Gu Jiegang secretly continued research into children's copybooks during the Cultural Revolution?
... that a 1968 protest at Bucks County Community College was one of only two gay-rights protests in the United States to occur on a college campus prior to the Stonewall riots?
... that Marion Wiesel translated 14 of her husband's books from French?
... that the first-ever mass message to the U.S. government's two million employees was an enticement for them to resign?
... that a Celtic god described by Caesar has been variously identified with a thunder god, a mallet god, a stag god, and a god with no name?
... that a municipal merger in Japan failed after the merger council named the new city after an airport in a different city?
... that the anonymously run Socialite Rank and Rich Kids of Instagram were both compared to the fictional Gossip Girl?

11 March 2025

12:00, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

Fallingwater

... that the first owners of Fallingwater (pictured), a house in Pennsylvania, were rumored to hide tables when the house's architect visited?
... that in 2008, artist Rutherford Chang collected around 4,000 ink-dot portraits from The Wall Street Journal and reorganized them alphabetically into a yearbook-style publication?
... that in 1997, several merchants of North Kent Mall in Grand Rapids, Michigan, did not know who owned the mall?
... that in 1858, when 400 Black Americans experiencing discrimination in California resettled on Vancouver Island, clergyman Edward Cridge integrated Christ Church to welcome them?
... that Georgia O'Keeffe's Hawaii series began as a commercial art commission for Dole pineapple juice?
... that Mariel Molino starred in the first Amazon original film for Mexico?
... that the tower of a North Dakota TV station was the world's tallest man-made structure from 1963 to 1974 and again from 1991 to 2008?
... that Tim Johnston pledged not to become a minister if he was elected to the House of Keys, but did so anyway?
... that some drug trafficking factions in Brazil have partnered up with evangelical churches?

00:00, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

John Hogan

... that tobacco brands like Marlboro, led by John Hogan (pictured), turned Formula One into a global sport because F1 cars evaded European tobacco advertising restrictions?
... that one incident in Vatican City caused it to have the highest murder rate in the world in 1998?
... that the earliest of the authentic portraits of Mozart shows the prodigy wearing the clothes of Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria, given as a gift by Empress Maria Theresa?
... that a rookie WNBA player crafted a leg sleeve to avoid discomfort and did not expect it to become a fashion trend?
... that the oldest depiction of the Amida Triad in Japanese art was donated to the Imperial Household by Hōryū-ji in 1878?
... that Barack Obama listed an anti-war song as one of his favorite songs of 2022?
... that an "everliving" stonecrop has helped diabetic mice?
... that footage of the 1970 Minneapolis teachers' strike uncovered in 2022 showed an 11-year-old Prince speaking in favor of the striking teachers?

10 March 2025

00:00, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

Final outfit from Angels and Demons

... that the private showings of Alexander McQueen's posthumous final collection Angels and Demons (final look pictured) ended with a whisper saying "There is no more"?
... that Charlton Hunt was a cousin of the author of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and a grand-uncle of a Nobel Prize laureate?
... that "Create", the theme song to the 35th anniversary of Super Mario Bros., features various Nintendo references?
... that Paraguayan drag artist Usha Didi Gunatita dressed as Santa Claus and visited children in a cancer hospital?
... that while six EF5 tornadoes hit the United States during the 2011 tornado season, there has not been an EF5 tornado in more than ten years?
... that the editors of the Red Army newspaper Qьzьl Armies were seen as opponents of the reform to introduce a Latin script for the Tatar language?
... that the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge was called "elegant" while also having a "Mussolini kind of quality"?
... that Sonya Williams made her first stock investment using Sharesies, the company that she co-founded?
... that the discovery of the Bunnik Hoard was a result of metal detectorists searching for a farmer's lost tractor keys?

9 March 2025

00:00, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Russian Memorial Church of Saint Alexius

... that Russia funded the building of the Russian Memorial Church in Leipzig (pictured) as a monument to the 22,000 Russians who died in the 1813 Battle of Leipzig against Napoleon?
... that Jean-Paul Belmondo allowed Jean-Luc Godard to dub over his lines on their first collaboration, on the condition that Belmondo be cast in Godard's first feature film?
... that Reyhaneh Soltaninejad, the girl in the pink jacket, became a symbol of the 2024 Kerman terrorist attacks after being identified by her distinctive pink jacket and heart earrings?
... that the Guantanamo Migrant Operations Center, a facility for holding undocumented immigrants to the United States, is set to have its capacity expanded from about 130 to 30,000?
... that in 2024 Yang Nien-hsi became the first University of Taipei player to sign with a Major League Baseball team since 2008?
... that a dissident faction of the Communist Party of Western Belorussia seized the printing press of the underground party organ Balshavik at the end of 1924?
... that Irish actors Maria McDermottroe and her daughter Gina Costigan each portrayed the love interest of real-life criminals in 2003's Veronica Guerin?
... that scientists debate whether a brain microbiome exists?
... that the orange stonecrop is a successful garden escapee?

8 March 2025

12:00, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

Isabel Coursier doing a ski jump

... that Isabel Coursier (pictured) was only 15 years old when she became the first North American to break the world record for women's ski jumping?
... that Samba Yonga and Mulenga Kapwepwe founded the Women's History Museum of Zambia to counter a colonialist perspective on women's history?
... that Barbara Neumann invented one of the first nanomaterials to be produced on an industrial scale?
... that the music video for "Breakfast" was reimagined by Dove Cameron after the Supreme Court of the United States' decision to overturn Roe v. Wade?
... that Czech Romani social worker and human rights activist Elena Gorolová worked as a metalworker in her youth?
... that Episode 8055 of the Australian television soap opera Neighbours is the first episode in the show's history to star and be directed and written entirely by women?
... that Danielle Sassoon, a former acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, credits her study of the Talmud for preparing her for her future legal career?
... that the ending of the music video for Hoshimachi Suisei's "Bibbidiba" was called inspiring to struggling women?
... that Shirley A. Pomponi helped to create a cancer drug out of a sea-sponge compound?

00:00, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

Kazuyoshi Akiyama

... that in 1994 Kazuyoshi Akiyama (pictured) conducted the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in the first performance of Schoenberg's Moses und Aron with Japanese musicians?
... that a Michigan TV station once aired a program speculating on Richard Nixon's resignation—two days after he had already resigned?
... that the impact of the Charlottetown meteorite was the first to be recorded on video and audio?
... that Alexander Goehr formed New Music Manchester, described as a "distinctive, progressive force", with Peter Maxwell Davies, Harrison Birtwistle, Elgar Howarth and John Ogdon?
... that the Fun Lounge police raid is considered the main cause for the formation of Mattachine Midwest, a gay rights group in Chicago?
... that the 8-Bit Big Band won Nintendo their first Grammy Award?
... that a person required intensive care after being splashed with salt water by a beluga whale?
... that Alia Fischer led the first women's college basketball team to achieve back-to-back undefeated seasons?
... that among the sources for early Irish law are judgments on bees, on the sea, on sports, on blood-lying, and on inadvertence; judgements which are wrong, false, shrouded, and from a god; the paths to judgement and to distraint; the shaving of the court; the branched purchase; a glossary; and a lot of lists of seven?

7 March 2025

12:00, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

Brian Driscoll

... that Brian Driscoll (pictured) became the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation by accident?
... that censorship in communist Poland delayed the publication of the novel Zaziemskie światy for nearly a decade due to its "inappropriate ideological basis" and positive portrayal of the United States?
... that the Russian government has been blamed for helping to escalate the Wars in the Caucasus by pursuing a policy of neocolonialism?
... that the concept of Weighing Souls with Sand reflects the guitarist's grief over the death of his first girlfriend?
... that Naenano was once known as "the face that Japanese girls most want to have right now"?
... that the Hennepin Avenue Steel Arch Bridge had to be put up for sale before it could be demolished?
... that Erin LeCount regularly rehearsed at a music venue owned by her primary school teacher?
... that Jacinda Ardern said that she was "sometimes a reluctant participant" of a documentary film about her?
... that an author referred to her book Accidental Gods as "dad non-fiction"?

00:00, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

Grain Belt Brewery

... that the Grain Belt Brewery (pictured) was built with four distinct architectural sections, in homage to the four companies that combined to form it?
... that Madmuin Hasibuan's father punished him for not fasting in Ramadan by not giving him food for three days?
... that SZA named a song after a well-known film director, but was shocked to get his blessing days after release?
... that a former French secret-service agent was responsible for seven out of the 26 Formula One drivers qualifying for the 1980 South African Grand Prix being French?
... that Josaphat Park, according to tradition, was named for its valley's striking resemblance to the Valley of Josaphat in the Holy Land?
... that Deborah D. Rogers used Ann Radcliffe's commonplace book to show that Radcliffe was not driven mad by her Gothic novels, but that she just had asthma?
... that Mammillaria luethyi was not seen for 44 years after being discovered growing in a coffee can on the windowsill of Mrs Crosby's?
... that Zulu prince Hayseed Stephens played in the American Football League?
... that syncing zombie cookies can create a cookie that is almost impossible to delete?

6 March 2025

12:00, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Norse Peak

... that Norse Peak (pictured) is the namesake of a wilderness area, a wildfire, and a fleece jacket?
... that Mark Leiter spent four months working as a corrections officer while rehabilitating from shoulder surgery?
... that the two regions most devastated by Typhoon Yagi in Vietnam declined government funding for recovery efforts?
... that Benjamin Schreiber argued that his life sentence ended after he was resuscitated?
... that a National Guard pilot died while pursuing a reported flying saucer in 1948?
... that Philip S. Low received a PhD from the University of California, San Diego, before Philip S. Low received a PhD from the University of California, San Diego?
... that when the French web series Blow Up briefly aired on television in 2014, its allotted airtime was too short to fit some of its episodes?
... that American Football's American Football, regarded by the band as a side project, went on to achieve cult status?
... that "Point the Finger", a comic-book story written in 1989, has been described as "Trump fiction"?

00:00, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Eosalmo driftwoodensis

... that the salmon Eosalmo (fossil example pictured) likely never migrated to the ocean?
... that professional baseball player Eric Reyzelman was twice cut from his high-school baseball team?
... that the Dakhni and Amanat Khan caravanserais, built to provide lodging to travelers, are situated on a little-used, Mughal-era highway between Agra and Lahore?
... that Huwie Ishizaki was often asked to "write his real name", despite Huwie being his actual name?
... that Joss Whedon was hired to "contribute creatively" to each film in Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in addition to writing and directing Avengers: Age of Ultron?
... that in the official historiography of the Chinese Communist Party, Wei Baqun is considered one of its great early peasant-movement leaders, along with Mao Zedong?
... that Post Malone publicly called his debut album "mediocre" less than a year after its release?
... that the Ming dynasty fantasy novel Journey to the South – whose protagonist accidentally amputates his right leg and converts to Buddhism – alludes to popular one-legged spirits?
... that Vince Gill once mooned a crowd that poorly received him as an opening act for Kiss?

5 March 2025

00:00, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

Mammillaria glassii

... that Bob Foster named a small cactus species (pictured) after his best friend, Charlie Glass, with whom he undertook more than a dozen plant-hunting expeditions to Mexico?
... that Autechre used something called "the system" during the composition of Sign?
... that a Roman Catholic archbishop was the first person to translate some of Shakespeare's works into Polish?
... that there was once a stalagmite heist from the longest cave in Arkansas?
... that the Korean royal palace Deoksugung mixes Korean and Western architectural styles?
... that May You Stay Forever Young is the first Hong Kong film to be banned following the amendment of the Film Censorship Ordinance?
... that Reine Abbas chose the name Wixel Studios, a blend of "Weird Pixel", in recognition of being one of the only gaming studios in Lebanon?
... that the Ibn Shillif brothers, evading the Ottoman authorities' pursuit after leading a local rebellion, found safe haven in the Alawite villages of Ayn al-Kurum and Annab?
... that Tina Leung dressed as her comic book alter ego when accepting an award for the House of Slay?

4 March 2025

00:00, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Paraquilegia microphylla plant

... that a 1920 article segregated members of Isopyrum into the new genus Paraquilegia – assigning it P. grandflorum, P. caespitosa, P. microphylla (example pictured), and P. uniflora – but had the "rather less fortunate" effect of expanding Semiaquilegia beyond S. adoxoides?
... that the publication of Ten no Hate Made – Poland Hishi, the first legally published manga in Poland, has been described as the event that created the manga fandom in the country?
... that when Wilson Starbuck's play Sea Dogs was staged in 1939 it "contained some of the foulest language heard on Broadway" at that point in history?
... that Harry Clarke's Geneva Window was never installed in Geneva because of the "grave offense" it might cause?
... that Michal Pivoňka's father was demoted at work as a result of his son signing with the Washington Capitals?
... that more than 5,000 genres on Spotify use the suffix -core?
... that blackface minstrel show performer George L. Wade was also a race car manufacturer?
... that transportation during the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics accounted for 53 percent of the games' carbon footprint?
... that a specimen of Tyrannasorus rex had six legs and wings and was killed by a legume?

3 March 2025

00:00, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

Naide Gomes

... that Naide Gomes (pictured) broke the Portuguese long-jump record fourteen times in her career, raising it from 6.56 metres to 7.12 metres?
... that Documented is the first non-Chinese newsroom in the United States with a WeChat account?
... that Mao Zedong ordered the lenient treatment of bandit leader Cheng Lianzhen, as he thought it rare for a female bandit leader to be from an ethnic minority in China?
... that the building Seokjojeon was meant to symbolize the Korean Empire's authority, but it was completed just months before Japan annexed Korea?
... that Fritz Strassmann, a co-discoverer of nuclear fission, concealed a Jewish woman in his home during World War II?
... that thimble cactus is one of the most commonly grown nipple cacti because it breaks into pieces at the slightest touch?
... that 19th-century tightrope walker Madame Saqui performed well into her seventies?
... that Michel Langevin described Rush's "Didacts and Narpets" as "a Max Roach–esque avant-garde jazz piece"?

2 March 2025

00:00, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

Grain Belt Beer Sign

... that the annual operating cost of the Grain Belt Beer Sign (pictured) dropped from $48,000 to $7,500 after it was renovated with LED lighting?
... that Pan Shu had to write psychological theory in secret during the Cultural Revolution?
... that a 1922 Brazilian film was presumed lost for more than 90 years until a copy was rediscovered in 2023?
... that peasant Agnieszka Machówna repeatedly deceived Polish nobles into thinking that she was a noble?
... that a former professional football player stated his intention to buy the rights to a 25-year-old children's sports game in his podcast?
... that Yuika was allowed by her parents to take a music-related course after playing one of her songs to them?
... that Walnut Valley, the neighborhood most affected by the 2023 Little Rock tornado, reported theft and illegal dumping during rebuilding efforts?
... that the fictional character Moira Pollock was described as a "battleaxe"?
... that a butt of malmsey was required to make "Tyre that is excellent", as part of a mixture of "fat Bastard, two gallons of Cute [and] Parrel"?

1 March 2025

00:00, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

Megaliths at the Pengkalan Kempas Historical Complex

... that attempts to draw tourism to the town of Pengkalan Kempas include the promotion of an ancient megalith site (pictured)?
... that eight Delta Air Lines executives were killed in the 1947 Columbus mid-air collision, including the airline's vice president of operations?
... that the South Indian restaurant New Krishna Bhavan served 600 litres (160 US gal) of sambar every day?
... that a historical society celebrated the 50th anniversary of its acquisition of Armstrong House by hosting a murder mystery?
... that there are more than 100 accepted species of columbines, but Aquilegia kubanica was identified as one of only four to live in the Caucasus?
... that Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountain was developed during a week-long game jam?
... that although nine alibi witnesses placed Temujin Kensu more than 400 miles from a shooting in Port Huron, Michigan, in November 1986, he was convicted of murder and has been in prison ever since?
... that Luis Sera was designed to resemble Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings?
... that Magnus Gens was given ten trillion Zimbabwean dollars for developing a crash test dummy moose?

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