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27 April 2024

• 00:00, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Mirna El Helbawi

• ... that Mirna El Helbawi (pictured) discovered a way to reconnect people in Gaza to the internet through donated eSIMs, and her organisation Connecting Humanity has connected more than 200,000 people so far?
• ... that John Bennet Lawes started producing superphosphate, the first chemical manure produced in the world, from fossilised dinosaur dung on an industrial scale?
• ... that World Pilots' Day is celebrated on 26 April to commemorate Fesa Evrensev's first flight, which took place 112 years ago today?
• ... that the design of Genshin Impact's Furina has elements inspired by classical stories and musicals?
• ... that Porter Robinson discovered that his song "Ghost Voices" had been nominated for a Grammy through Twitter?
• ... that one of Ukraine's largest power plants was mostly destroyed by Russians in March 2024?
• ... that Angela Doyinsola Aina helped to found the Black Mamas Matter Alliance to address the higher rate of maternal mortality faced by Black women in the United States?
• ... that the live-action drama adaptation of Our Dining Table was filmed in the hometown of one of the lead actors?
• ... that Fox bought a Philadelphia TV station started by a Fox?

26 April 2024

• 00:00, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Vicky López

• ... that Vicky López (pictured) took up horse riding during a six-month period when she was not allowed to play football?
• ... that Blackpink's "Pink Venom" incorporates the sounds of traditional Korean instruments such as the geomungo?
• ... that Iona Allen, "the only one to ever make a perfect pair of boots", constructed the pair worn by Neil Armstrong on the Moon out of thirteen layers of precisely fabricated material?
• ... that Vostok 2022 marked the most comprehensive participation of Chinese forces in a Russian military exercise to date?
• ... that the chandelier Pokémon Chandelure is a playable character in the fighting game Pokkén Tournament?
• ... that the REM de l'Est, a planned light rail network, was abandoned due to its controversial use of elevated railways in downtown Montreal?
• ... that Porter Robinson listened to excerpts of 100,000 songs in two years to create his EP Virtual Self?
• ... that tokoyama (traditional Japanese hairdressers) working in kabuki are divided into specialties named after the floors of the Kabuki-za?
• ... that the Puyallup people traditionally took ritual sweat baths before hunting, after intercourse, and even as a sport?

25 April 2024

• 00:00, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Celestial globe by Åkerman

• ... that Anders Åkerman started the production of terrestrial and celestial globes (example pictured) in Sweden?
• ... that the West Georgia Wolves football team won 13 games in 13 years before folding, but upon returning two decades later compiled consecutive undefeated regular seasons and became national champions?
• ... that Fūka Izumi became a voice actress despite initially doubting that she could be one?
• ... that seven countries competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 for the first time, the largest single expansion of participating countries since the contest's first edition?
• ... that the young Turkish open water swimmer Aysu Türkoğlu has completed three of the Oceans Seven series?
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