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20 May 2024

00:00, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Emerald-set box from Heaven on Earth

... that the exhibition Heaven on Earth: Art from Islamic Lands included art from the 8th to 19th centuries (object pictured)?
... that a major parade took place in Cairo on 24 August 1472 for the hanging of Shah Suwar?
... that Ronald MacDonald was allegedly drugged with chloroform during the 1901 Boston Marathon, sabotaging his race?
... that avant-garde musician Mabe Fratti's religious upbringing restricted her to classical and Christian music until she discovered file sharing on LimeWire?
... that a North Carolina TV station broadcast from a "residential showplace" that was considered to be "one of finest" houses in town?
... that Lithuanian communist activist Valerija Narvydaitė spent more than 14 years in jails and detention centres?
... that "Not Strong Enough" by Boygenius describes conflicting mental states of self-hatred and self-importance?
... that Ronald Reagan did not publicly mention AIDS until 1985, after more than 5,000 people in the United States had died from it?
... that many winter wonderland fairs have become notorious as "winter blunderlands"?

19 May 2024

00:00, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Death camas miner bee on a death camas flower

... that the nectar and pollen of the meadow death camas and its relatives are so toxic that no bee except the death camas miner bee (pictured on flower) can eat them?
... that according to Dadang Supriatna, his father gave him 1,000 bricks to fund his studies?
... that sulfate pollution causes cooling through global dimming, which is comparable to warming from methane?
... that a priest refused to perform the wedding ceremony for Austrian socialist Josef Peskoller and his fiancée Maria Griel on political grounds in 1928?
... that data breaches are rarely detected by the compromised organization?
... that Puerto Rican singer Young Miko composed "Classy 101" in Los Angeles and had never met Colombian singer Feid before he recorded the song with her?
... that Fang Gan failed the imperial examination more than ten times, apparently because of his cleft lip?
... that ice in outer space is an amorphous solid, and this may be the most common phase of ice in the universe?
... that Butt Drugs in Corydon, Indiana, had Butt Liquors and free parking in the rear?

18 May 2024

00:00, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

George Jenkins

... that George Jenkins (pictured) was described in 1901 as "the happiest, proudest, most important and most worried individual" in Australia, but 90 years later as "a lazy, dictatorial, unctuous opportunist"?
... that the Golden State Valkyries are the first expansion franchise in the WNBA since 2008?
... that a 2021 Dutch translation of the Bible introduces five new animals?
... that in Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945, "the 'American people' appear with conspicuous infrequency"?
... that Julian Prégardien's performance as the Evangelist in Bach's St Matthew Passion was noted by one reviewer for its emphatic and penetrating "profoundly human" nature?
... that The New York Times called Teeth a "feminist awakening with a lethal bite"?
... that Debbie Currie once worked as a lollipop lady?
... that the Missoula Children's Theatre works with more than 65,000 children every year?
... that in two years the Thourots became the Brewers, who became the Palaces, who became the Jackaways, who became the Mules, who then disbanded?

17 May 2024

00:00, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Enchylium limosum

... that Enchylium limosum (example pictured) loves lime?
... that despite graduating last in his West Point class, Frederick Kimble eventually became a general?
... that the 2024 film 18×2 Beyond Youthful Days was filmed in Japan in March to capture both snowfalls and cherry blossoms in the same month?
... that a will bequeathing the Chestnut Street Opera House to the University of Pennsylvania was contested at the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania?
... that the comedian Jonny Pelham is one of an estimated 200 people in the UK to suffer from popliteal pterygium syndrome?
... that after a CD edition of Taylor Swift's album Midnights containing the exclusive song "You're Losing Me" was released at MetLife Stadium, some of the first purchasers uploaded the song online?
... that BBC Breakfast's resident doctor Nighat Arif has advocated for more women to be given vibrators for medical reasons?
... that Soviet prisoners of war were the second-largest group of victims of Nazi mass killing?
... that Katherine Sleeper Walden was a journalist, postmistress, innkeeper, community organizer, environmental activist, and conservationist who now has three mountains named after her?

16 May 2024

00:00, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Erik Sparre

... that Erik Sparre (pictured) is known as "the father of Swedish constitutional law"?
... that writer and artist Jim Steranko was given authorship of "The Strange Death of Captain America" in part to resolve a dispute between himself and Stan Lee?
... that Jan Klán, as a pilot in the Groupe de Chasse II/5, became the first Czech to achieve an aerial victory against the Luftwaffe while flying the Hawk 75?
... that as part of illegal wildlife trading, Oophaga solanensis frogs are bought for US$3 in their native Colombia and sold for up to US$1,000 overseas?
... that before becoming a voice actor, Kikunosuke Toya was the keyboardist of an all-male Princess Princess cover band in high school?
... that the U.S. state of Oklahoma was not allowed to ban Sharia law?
... that Triton, a moon of Neptune, has thin clouds that are likely made of nitrogen ice crystals?
... that Jake Bates's first in-game field goal was the second-longest in professional football history?
... that all sea lions in Otago descend from Mum?

15 May 2024

00:00, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Spoonful and jar of mad honey

... that hallucinogenic honey (pictured) was used as a biological weapon more than 2000 years ago?
... that after failing to qualify for prestigious races as an athlete, Mounir Akbache became a rabbit?
... that the memorial Ivančena was created to honor members of the Silesian Scout Resistance who were executed for their part in the resistance to Nazi occupation during World War II?
... that Lewis W. Green was one of the two members of the first graduating class of Centre College and later became its president?
... that "Toy Town" was said to have "almost destroyed" the happy hardcore scene?
... that nearly a thousand elections for local executives were held in Indonesia between 2005 and 2013, with an average of around one every three days?
... that although Agnes Kimball was a popular recording artist of opera and musical theatre, she never appeared as a singing actress on the stage?
... that 287 Broadway was once called "the most succulent cast-iron street-show in all New York"?

14 May 2024

00:00, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Li Zhaoxing

... that Li Zhaoxing (pictured), a former Chinese minister of foreign affairs, has published more than 200 poems and was known as a "poet minister"?
... that at least one person on every NFL All-Decade Team has played for the Green Bay Packers, although one of those players was only with the Packers for one season?
... that the 2024 opening of regular sessions of the National Congress of Argentina took place at 21:00 instead of 12:00?
... that Ground Round attempted to diversify its meat-heavy menu with such dishes as swordfish and Mexican pizza?
... that Final Fantasy's "first great villain" has been compared to characters like the Green Goblin and the Joker?
... that singer Frank Croxton performed a duet with his father for the unveiling of a monument to a Confederate States Army general?
... that Thomas Figures prosecuted two members of the Ku Klux Klan for murder, and Michael Figures bankrupted their organization in a civil lawsuit?
... that ancient humans cared for a 14,000-year-old puppy?

13 May 2024

00:00, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

COSMOS field, imaged by CFHT

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