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31 May 2016

12:00, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Barbara Robb, c. 1941

... that Barbara Robb (pictured), a campaigner for the well-being of older people, was described by a cabinet minister in 1969 as a "terrible danger" to the British government?
... that the sugarcane shoot borer, the Gurdaspur borer and the gold-fringed rice stemborer are all parasitised by the fly Sturmiopsis inferens?
... that Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner was a plural wife to both Joseph Smith and Brigham Young?
... that the 1940 crash of a New York Central luxury train, the Lakeshore Limited, killed 31, including the engineer who was one month from retirement?
... that linebacker Tuineau Alipate is the nephew of Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe, former queen consort of Tonga?
... that writing the screenplay for the Kingsman: The Golden Circle was the "hardest thing" Matthew Vaughn has ever done?
... that for her work presenting Lincoln cars in live commercials on The Ed Sullivan Show, Julia Meade was described as "part auto dealer, part chic sexpot"?

00:00, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Cheetah

... that every cheetah (pictured) has a unique pattern of spots in its coat?
... that one commentator suggested that a recent United States Supreme Court decision may "raise more questions than answers"?
... that the music video for Girls' Generation's "Paparazzi" begins with the members "whimsically prancing" to Gene Kelly's "Singin' in the Rain"?
... that racing driver Diane Teel was the first woman to win a NASCAR-sanctioned race at Langley Speedway in 1978?
... that the late 15th-century Evliya Kasim Pasha Mosque in Edirne, Turkey, has not been used since 1950 due to its separation from the city by a levee of the Tunca River?
... that Else Seifert worked as an onboard photographer for Hamburg Süd on its shipping routes around Europe, Africa, and the Middle East in the 1930s?
... that when the Archie vs. Predator comic was first announced, many media outlets noted in their headline that the news was not a joke?

30 May 2016

12:00, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Israel Putnam (left) and Henry Dearborn (right)

... that the Dearborn-Putnam controversy erupted when Henry Dearborn accused Israel Putnam (both pictured) of cowardice 43 years after the Battle of Bunker Hill?
... that Peking opera star Li Yuru's family was so poor that she was sent to learn her trade in part because the school would provide her meals?
... that Gökgöl Cave, a show cave in Zonguldak, Turkey, was flooded in 2014 and remained closed until May 2016?
... that real estate developer and Philadelphia City Councilman Allan Domb is known as the "Philly Condo King"?
... that Supreme Sultan was immortalized with a bronze statue at Kentucky Horse Park?
... that perfumer Jacques Cavallier used a synthetic molecule to impart a sea-breeze scent to his most successful perfumes, including Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gio and Issey Miyake L'Eau d'Issey?
... that Silver Creek was referred to by two different names on the same USGS map—and the locals had never heard of either name?

00:00, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Trefignath burial chamber

... that Trefignath (pictured), Presaddfed, Lligwy, Bodowyr, Din Dryfol, and Pant-y-Saer are all burial chambers on Anglesey?
... that LDS missionary Mary Ellen Edmunds writes inspiring and humorous books on living a happier life, such as Thoughts for a Bad Hair Day?
... that Girls' Generation's music video for "I Got a Boy" won Video of the Year at the 2013 YouTube Music Awards, beating more well-known nominees such as Psy, Justin Bieber, and Lady Gaga?
... that after T. J. Leaf was cut from the U.S. national under-19 basketball team, he represented Israel at the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and was named the tournament MVP?
... that in the stealth video game Sneaky Sneaky the player controls a hooded thief, Sneaky, whose task is to retrieve rubies that were stolen from him?
... that Camilla Palmer QC founded the Women's Equality Network?
... that Voltaire described his history The Age of Louis XIV (Le Siècle de Louis XIV) as less of a history and more like a painting?

29 May 2016

12:00, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Æthelstan presenting a book to St Cuthbert

... that the earliest painted portrait of a reigning English king is a presentation miniature showing Æthelstan c. 934 (illustrated)?
... that Lili Almog exhibited a photographic series titled "Perfect Intimacy" in 2006, specifically made by her in three Carmel monasteries in Haifa, Bethlehem, and Port Tobacco?
... that the Moirang Phee of Manipur has a specific design called the "MoirangPheejin" which is woven with cotton or silk threads sequentially on both longitudinal edges of the fabric?
... that in a recent United States Supreme Court decision, Justice Sonia Sotomayor declined to remove the "doctrinal wall between corporate and unincorporated entities"?
... that actress Kim Sae-ron's first adult role is in the Korean drama Mirror of the Witch, where she plays a cursed princess in love with Heo Jun?
... that the Kimberley archerfish has a range that extends 300 kilometres (190 mi) upstream in the Fitzroy River system and has been observed as far inland as Geikie Gorge National Park?
... that Canadian football wide receiver Ted Alford earned a place on the BC Lions by practicing with the team for free after being cut in the preseason?

00:00, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

A transcript of the charter

... that friar Anđeo Zvizdović, who negotiated the promise of freedom of religion to the Bosnians (charter pictured), is credited with the survival of Roman Catholicism in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
... that the 58th Ariel Awards will be held at the National Auditorium instead of the Palacio de Bellas Artes to increase the number of guests?
... that Wingfield W. Watson, an Irish immigrant to the United States, became a religious leader of the Strangites and wrote several publications in support of their beliefs?
... that musicians 5ive, Alesha Dixon, DJ Luck and MC Neat, East 17, Electric Swing Circus, Sigma, and Sister Sledge all pulled out of the pro-Brexit concert Bpoplive after learning it was political?
... that in Mexico, crema is sold directly to consumers by ranches that produce it?
... that Canadian football player Troy Alexander was selected in a bonus round of the 1995 CFL Draft as the fourth overall pick?
... that the New Zealand mushroom Cortinarius cucumeris smells strongly of cucumber?

28 May 2016

12:00, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Remnants of Caparra

... that the Taíno burned the Spanish capital of Caparra (pictured) during the Spanish–Taíno War of San Juan–Borikén?
... that Sally Brampton was The Sunday Times's agony aunt?
... that the website Football Leaks reveals transfer fee, wage and contract information about famous footballers?
... that John Ernuszt, who was born into a Jewish family in Vienna, was buried in a chapel dedicated to the Holy Virgin in Buda?
... that postdoctoral researcher unions have successfully negotiated for a minimum salary, paid maternity leave, and just cause protections for discipline or dismissal?
... that after Mourad Laachraoui won a gold medal at the 2016 European Taekwondo Championships, the Flemish taekwondo federation dubbed him "Europe's king of the lightweights"?
... that Holy Ghost!'s extended play Crime Cutz was influenced by Russian disco records that member Alex Frankel found on eBay?

00:00, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Common fangtooth

... that juvenile and adult common fangtooth (adult pictured) look so unlike each other that at one time they were thought to be different species?
... that Mary Field Garner was the last living acquaintance of Joseph Smith and the oldest Utah resident when she died at age 107?
... that the Montreal Laboratory was initially located in a house where bathrooms were used for offices, with papers and books stacked in the bathtubs?
... that Isa ibn Muhanna, the commander of the Bedouin of Syria, was praised for securing the Mamluk victory over the Mongols at the Second Battle of Homs in 1281?
... that Peter Martyr Vermigli's best known work, the Loci Communes, is a compilation of excerpts from his biblical commentaries published after his death?
... that Wangkhei Phee, a fabric woven by women of Manipur, is made of fine white cotton yarn with a closely-woven texture and is "fully transparent"?
... that businessman Xia Jiantong went to university at the age of 14?

27 May 2016

12:00, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Haskell canoe

... that the one-piece Haskell canoe (pictured) was made from plywood glued together with slaughterhouse blood?
... that Geraldine Roman is the first openly transgender woman elected to the Congress of the Philippines?
... that Pachycorioolithus is a kind of fossil egg native to China that is notable for having a three-layered eggshell with an unusually thick external layer?
... that according to one commentator, a recent United States Supreme Court ruling will "cast a shadow over equitable tolling cases for years to come"?
... that in 1971, "Anthrope Agapa" (Humankind Love Each Other), an album by Greek pop group Poll, sold 200,000 copies, a record unsurpassed by any Greek band since then?
... that in Seeds of Change: Five Plants That Transformed Mankind, Henry Hobhouse "altered the way we understand modern history"?

00:00, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Red-wattled lapwing

... that Rathika Ramasamy's wildlife photographs (example pictured) were exhibited at the Clean Ganga Campaign held at the India International Centre in September 2005?
... that 1–13 Arundel Terrace in Brighton consists entirely of Grade I listed buildings?
... that current Liga de Fútbol Profesional president Javier Tebas is a Real Madrid supporter?
... that members of the Welsh churches Holy Trinity Church, Sarn, St Nicholas' Church, Church Stoke, and St Andrew's Church, Presteigne all voted against joining the Church in Wales in order to stay with the Church of England?
... that in May 1926 investigator Rose Mackenberg testified before Congress about fraudulent mediums with her mentor, Harry Houdini?
... that δ³⁴S values in certain Archean pyrites suggest that sulfate-reducing organisms were present 3,470 million years ago?
... that Peter Martyr Vermigli was allegedly challenged to a duel with a double-edged axe by Theodore Bibliander over the doctrine of double predestination?

26 May 2016

12:00, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

George O'Mullane

... that during the early years of Australian rules football, only Tom Wills was said to be able to match the "pluck and skill" of George O'Mullane (pictured) as a player?
... that NASCAR drivers Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, and Brad Keselowski were hired to assist in developing the video game NASCAR Heat Evolution?
... that the song "Ständchen" (Serenade), by Richard Strauss, begins with an appeal to creep out quietly and ends with a climax of expecting a rose to glow from the rapture of the night?
... that Sigismund Ernuszt, Bishop of Pécs, was accused of embezzlement in 1496, and murdered for his wealth in 1505?
... that Seema Malaka, a 19th-century Buddhist temple in Colombo constructed on platforms in a lake, slowly sank into the water but was reconstructed in 1979?
... that Ben Affleck won the Golden Globe and BAFTA for Best Director for Argo, but did not receive an Academy Award nomination, though the film won the Oscar for Best Picture?
... that widgiemoolthalite, which is composed in part of nickel, was first described by a man named Nickel?

00:00, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

Lowestoft Maritime Museum

... that Lowestoft Maritime Museum (pictured) is Britain's most easterly museum?
... that Ryan Patterson is the first male South African gymnast to qualify for the Summer Olympic Games in over 50 years?
... that the original Dhar iron pillar must have been almost twice as high and at least 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb) heavier than the iron pillar of Delhi?
... that Steve Alexandre taught French at Laval Liberty High School after retiring from the Canadian Football League?
... that in the stealth video game Space Marshals, players can unlock gear and weapons such as shotguns, crossbows and axes, based on their performance in each level?
... that Vassar College's Ely Hall once housed the largest collegiate swimming pool in the United States?
... that after the announcement of 1979 Revolution: Black Friday, a conservative Iranian newspaper accused game director Navid Khonsari of espionage, and members of his development team took on aliases?
... that Amanda Barnes Smith allegedly healed her son's shattered hip by divine inspiration after the Haun's Mill massacre?

25 May 2016

12:00, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Penrhos Feilw

... that the Penrhos Feilw Standing Stones (pictured) are a bit of a mystery?
... that the Haskell Manufacturing Company produced the material for the first airplane made with moldable plywood?
... that Barbara Tsakirgis worked at archaeological excavation sites in Sicily for her doctoral thesis on the subject of Hellenistic houses at Morgantina?
... that Chicago Justice's backdoor pilot from Chicago P.D. was based on a true story?
... that horse trainer Casey Wright got a World Grand Championship for his birthday?
... that the bell in the tower of St. Joseph's Catholic Church is the only item saved after the first church building burned down in 1902?
... that Chet Trail is the only person to be on a World Series roster despite never playing in a Major League Baseball game?
... that Facebook released a Tor hidden service at facebookcorewwwi.onion?

00:08, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Will Rogers Memorial Museum

... that a 2016 law making the Will Rogers Memorial Museum (pictured) a part of the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) also requires the Governor to appoint a direct descendant of Rogers to the OHS board?
... that Mike Agostini was the first track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games?
... that the first women's shelters in the United States were established by grassroots volunteers in the 1970s?
... that in the rhythm video game Give It Up! the player must complete levels by jumping over obstacles to the beat of a song?
... that Claudius Hieronymianus built a temple to the god Serapis at Eboracum (present-day York) in the early 3rd century AD?
... that women from Saint Kitts and Nevis seeking abortions often travel to other Caribbean countries to remain anonymous?
... that Stade Arsène Wenger used to be a potato field?
... that in the Moving Pictures webcomic, World War II is used solely as a backdrop to tell a "fucked up love story"?

24 May 2016

12:23, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

Judge Isaac Parker

... that Isaac Parker (pictured) was known as the "Hanging Judge" of the American Old West?
... that the Old Ship Hotel is the oldest hotel in Brighton?
... that Alita: Battle Angel has been repeatedly delayed by James Cameron's work on Avatar and its sequels?
... that Canadian football player Dave Albright made no tackles as a rookie before setting the league record for most tackles the following season?
... that Whadjuk Noongar woman Corina Abraham claims the construction of Roe 8 in Perth, Western Australia, will impinge on an area closely associated with Noongar dreamtime?
... that the Full Impact Pro World Heavyweight Championship changed hands during their tour of China?
... that the United States Supreme Court's recent ruling in Sturgeon v. Frost began as a dispute about a hovercraft, but "the stakes in this case are potentially huge"?
... that The Torist, a dark web site, is a literary review that can only be reached through Tor?

00:38, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

New terminus station of the Northwest Extension at 19th Ave/Dunlap

... that after the opening of the Northwest Extension (new station pictured), the Valley Metro light rail system in Arizona is 26 miles (42 km) long and has 35 stations?
... that Canadian football linebacker Jesse Alexander was nominated for the Presidents' Trophy as the nation's best defensive player, but played only two games of professional football?
... that the romantic comedy film 5 to 7, about a young man who falls in love with a married woman, was inspired by a couple who had a "terribly civilized" open marriage?
... that Ethel V. Ashton's 1941 post office mural at Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania was featured in a 2009 documentary?
... that when the binary search algorithm was assigned in a course for professional programmers, 90 percent of the programmers failed to provide a correct solution?
... that the star-shaped Manjarabad fort, built in 1792 by Tippu Sultan, was patterned on the military forts developed by the French architect Sebastien le Prestre de Vauban?
... that Robert Todd Carroll started his skeptic's journey as a seven-year-old doubting Santa Claus?
... that only South Africans are allowed to be issued Springbok colours?

23 May 2016

12:53, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Dysdercus cingulatus (red cotton stainer)

... that Dysdercus cingulatus (pictured), Dysdercus koenigii, and Dysdercus suturellus are all pests of cotton crops, feeding on the ripening seeds?
... that the Welsh footballer Trevor Ford once stepped in as a replacement fielder for Glamorgan County Cricket Club during a match?
... that the Pigot Diamond was the largest diamond in England at the turn of the 19th century but its location today is unknown, although a popular legend says it was crushed to powder?
... that Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop the Feeling!" became the 26th song to debut at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100?
... that during World War II, approximately 500 Jews were transported from the Winschoten railway station via the Westerbork transit camp to Nazi concentration camps, where most of them were killed?
... that Mattie Edwards Hewitt was described as "one of the best known and most lyrical garden photographers of her day"?
... that the 2016 Uttarakhand forest fires affected about 3,500 hectares (8,600 acres) in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, claiming seven fatalities?
... that rather than accept his appointment as a bishop in Cyprus, the Christian saint Demetrian is said to have fled his home and hidden in a cave?

00:00, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

HMS Anne Galley ablaze off Toulon, 1744

... that in 1744, the British fire ship HMS Anne Galley (pictured) exploded and sank after onboard cannon fire ignited loose gunpowder in the ship's hold, killing all aboard?
... that many villages were named after a profession in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, indicating that the villagers were required to render a specific service to their lords?
... that on volunteering for service in the First World War, England rugby captain Ronnie Poulton declared that he "would be a skunk to hold back"?
... that "On, Brave Old Army Team" was named one of the "top 25 college fight songs" by William Studwell?
... that in his proposal for Commentaires sur Corneille, Voltaire described the dramatist Pierre Corneille as the Homer of the French language?
... that while performing on tour in Europe during World War II, Janie Thompson sang with Tony Bennett?
... that the 1972 film Chi l'ha vista morire? featured George Lazenby in a performance complimented by critics?
... that when a train carrying newspapers derailed in the Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1903, two people believed their lives were saved because they were cushioned by bundles of newspapers?

22 May 2016

12:00, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Organ in Störmthal church

... that Bach used the cantata Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest, BWV 194, written for the inauguration of the church and organ in Störmthal (pictured), several times for Trinity Sunday?
... that the Central Acropolis of the ancient Maya city of Tikal, built during the Late Preclassic period, served as a residence for Tikal's royal families?
... that the principal character Tux Dog in The Problem Solverz was developed while its creator Ben Jones was in grade school?
... that in 1930, at Effendi's request, Euphemia Eleanor Baker toured incognito, mostly dressed in a black chador, to photograph locations associated with the origins of the Babí and Bahá'í Faith?
... that the Asian rice gall midge causes a disease known as silver shoot or onion shoot in rice?
... that South Korean singer Yohan Hwang won the first season of I Love OPM in 2016?
... that S/2015 (136472) 1 is the only known moon of the dwarf planet Makemake?
... that RAAF Northern Command was going to be an area, then became a command, then became an area, and then became nothing at all?

00:00, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Wembley Stadium, venue for the 2016 FA Cup Final

... that Manchester United equalled Arsenal's FA Cup winners record with a win in the 2016 FA Cup Final (venue pictured) against Crystal Palace today?
... that David Cohen, deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, received a recommendation from Alan Dershowitz for his first job out of law school?
... that today's Scottish Cup Final between Rangers and Hibernian is the first contested by two teams not in the top division?
... that Yezi auditioned at LOEN Entertainment after the agency noticed her singing and dancing videos, which were the most popular videos on Cyworld?
... that the Farmers Cricket Club Ground in Saint Martin, Jersey, is scheduled to host five matches in the 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five between 21 and 28 May?
... that the Empathy Quotient can be used to screen for autism spectrum disorder?
... that in 1951, birch dieback disease was estimated to have killed two thirds of the birch trees in Maine?
... that jockey Corey Lanerie said he knows the Churchill Downs racetrack "better than anybody"?

21 May 2016

12:00, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

Katie Morrow

... that at 16, Katie Morrow (pictured) was the youngest player selected for the British women's wheelchair basketball team for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio?
... that despite the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi's neutrality during the American Civil War, many Hawaiians enlisted in the military regiments of other states?
... that for campaigning against indefinite psychiatric imprisonment for opponents of the regime, Vladimir Bukovsky was confined for years in Soviet psychiatric prison-hospitals, labor camps, and prisons?
... that Arsenal goalkeeper Dan Lewis blamed a greasy shirt for letting in the only goal of the 1927 FA Cup Final, gifting victory to Cardiff City?
... that South Korean girl group Twice portray characters from famous films in their music video for "Cheer Up", including Roman Holiday, Chungking Express, and Scream?
... that Virginia Cutler completed her master's degree despite being widowed, raising two small children alone, and breaking her back?
... that Trefelin BGC's women's football team broke away from the club after two years in the Welsh women's top division?
... that the announcement trailer for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare received over two million dislikes and is the second most disliked video on YouTube?

00:00, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

Hot macaroni pie

... that an American recipe from 1870 for macaroni pie (pictured) includes meat from squirrels, birds or wild ducks?
... that Sword Art Online character Sinon's glasses were created as the authors felt there were not enough characters in the series with glasses?
... that Jieyang Prison in Guangdong was the first prison in China to implement a video conferencing system for inmates and their family members?
... that baseball player Ryan Boldt, who is naturally left-handed, taught himself to throw with his right arm after having surgery on his left arm at age 10?
... that Mamluk Sultan Baibars built two bridges near the towns of Jindas and Yibna in the outskirts of Ramla, which have survived more than seven centuries?
... that at the age of 18, Robin McCall became the youngest woman to qualify for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race?
... that while adult red pumpkin beetles consume the leaves and flowers of the plant, their larvae eat the roots, stems and parts of the fruit in contact with the soil?
... that Yang Hongying, whose books have sold more than 50 million copies, is known as "China's J. K. Rowling"?

20 May 2016

12:00, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

RV Cefas Endeavour

... that when Cefas' RV Cefas Endeavour (pictured) performed a marine biology survey of the east coast of England, it also found Exmoor?
... that Hisashi Eguchi abandoned the serialization of his manga Stop!! Hibari-kun! after fleeing to a hotel room?
... that Sitric II may have co-ruled Viking Northumbria with Olaf Cuaran?
... that all eleven tracks from Busker Busker 1st Album charted on the Korea K-Pop Hot 100 and Gaon Digital Chart, including six in the top ten?
... that the Anatolian crested newt is a cryptic species, only shown to be distinct by genetic analysis?
... that during the Welsh Premier Women's Football League 2015–16 season, Llandudno Ladies were one of only two North Wales teams in the league?
... that Dina Kawar, a Jordanian Christian, was the first Arab woman to preside over the United Nations Security Council?
... that the song "Cupid", from Oh My Girl's self-titled debut album, features drumline percussion and "bubblegum cheerleader chants"?

00:00, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Thracian golden wreath

... that a golden wreath (pictured) found in 2005 in the tomb of a Thracian ruler in Southeastern Bulgaria was dated to the mid-4th century BC?
... that Nikolaus Hillebrand, who as a boy was a member of the Regensburger Domspatzen, recorded with them as a soloist on Bach's St John Passion in 1979 and Dittersdorf's Requiem in 2009?
... that a goal of the National Strategic Computing Initiative is to combine big data methods with supercomputing technology usually used for physical simulations?
... that the Indonesian actor Darussalam was a nurse by training?
... that the Psychopathic Personality Inventory examines eight personality traits commonly found in psychopaths?
... that Marianne Appel, a WPA post office muralist, was later a Muppet designer for The Jim Henson Company?
... that the 1899 Sewanee Tigers won five road games in six days, all by shutout over Southern college football powers?
... that a prostrate cultivar of the swamp she-oak was named for its resemblance to Cousin Itt?

19 May 2016

12:10, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Jessica Chastain

... that Jessica Chastain (pictured) received a scholarship funded by Robin Williams to study acting at the Juilliard School?
... that curve-shortening causes every smooth simple closed curve to become convex and then near-circular before it shrinks to a point?
... that a skeleton found at Auldhame in 2005 may belong to Olaf Guthfrithson, king of Dublin and Northumbria?
... that the Bank of California Building in downtown Portland, Oregon, has been described as being in the style of an Italian Renaissance palazzo?
... that Laura Wolvaardt made her Women's One Day International cricket debut for South Africa at the age of 16?
... that the tunicate Phallusia mammillata accumulates vanadium in its blood cells?
... that Sedap Malam was the first Indonesian film directed by a woman?

00:25, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Coconut shrimp with a dipping sauce

... that coconut shrimp (pictured) is a popular dish at tiki bars in the Caribbean and the Florida Keys?
... that in 1931, John Polando and Russell Boardman set a flying distance record of 5,011.8 miles (8,065.7 km)?
... that the next main entry in the Battlefield series after Battlefield 4 is Battlefield 1?
... that graffiti by artist Heba Amin which appeared in an episode of the television series Homeland included phrases in Arabic such as "Homeland is racist"?
... that the Amara War Cemetery in Iraq contains the graves of three Victoria Cross recipients from the First World War?
... that Canadian football player Tony Akins returned two punts exactly 65 yards for touchdowns in 2000?
... that the Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio short story "The Painted Skin" has been praised for its "powerful theme and the sheer gruesomeness of its detail"?
... that Netty Herawaty began acting at age 13 and was married within a year?

18 May 2016

12:40, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

Max Reger in 1895

... that after attending the premiere, a critic wrote that Gesang der Verklärten by Max Reger (pictured) "may well reach the outermost limit of musical expression altogether"?
... that Josephine Nesbit, an American army nurse and second-in-command of the Angels of Bataan, was credited with their survival through internment at Santo Tomas?
... that human activity has helped the gray encrusting sponge to disperse across the Pacific?
... that S.S. Held's 1931 novel The Death of Metal was an inspiration for works by Ross Lockridge and perhaps David H. Keller?
... that the crash of Sonicblue Airways Flight 604 bankrupted Sonicblue Airways?
... that Paralympic snowboarder Carl Murphy competes using a specially designed carbon fibre prosthetic leg?
... that when viewed from above, the choreography of Oh My Girl's "Closer" forms the shapes of the astrological signs in order to highlight the song's cosmic imagery?
... that when the office of Poet Laureate of Washington was established in 2007, it was proposed to pay the incumbent with a firkin of beer?

00:55, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

Hurricane Sandra

... that Hurricane Sandra (pictured) in 2015 was the strongest November tropical cyclone on record in the Northeastern Pacific basin?
... that Victoria Hamilton has appeared in three Jane Austen adaptations, most recently as Maria Bertram?
... that the Cavell Nurses' Trust began with funds gathered through an appeal during the First World War and became the UK's "largest benevolent fund for nurses"?
... that racing driver Jeff Burton broke a 175-race winless streak by winning the 2006 Dover 400?
... that the GSI Mariner, a Canadian research/survey ship, was built in Edmonton and trucked to the Hay River in sections to be reassembled for launch on Great Slave Lake?
... that former Kentucky Senator Walter Arnold Baker once advised the parliaments of Tomsk and Nizhny Novgorod on writing constitutions?
... that in The Play of Wit and Science, Wit wins Science's heart by slaying the monster Tediousness?
... that Sian Williams became the first professional player in the Wales women's national rugby union team, after the Royal Air Force granted her elite athlete status in 2016?

17 May 2016

13:10, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

An oleg dance

... that despite being a fusion of Western and Balinese styles, oleg (pictured) was promoted as a traditional dance?
... that Garo Paylan was one of the first ethnic Armenians to serve as a member of the Turkish parliament in decades?
... that the Grade I listed building 56 Artillery Lane in London is now used as a free art exhibition space?
... that in 2016, Ross Greer became the youngest ever Member of the Scottish Parliament, elected at the age of 21?
... that Shaphee Lanphee, a traditional fabric of Manipur protected under the GI registration, was in the past used by the King to honour soldiers for their bravery?
... that physician and diplomat Edward Stevens may have been Alexander Hamilton's half-brother?
... that the silk dudou was the early-modern Chinese equivalent of the corset, used to flatten women's breasts?
... that Canadian football player Marcus Adams left the Rough Riders to join the Roughriders?

01:25, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Bhojeshwar Temple

... that the architectural plans for the finished temple are etched on rocks near India's incomplete Bhojeshwar Temple (pictured)?
... that Syrian dissident and human rights activist Nizar Nayyouf won the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize while in Mezzeh prison?
... that the River Trave was declared Germany's 2016/17 "Riverscape of the Year" by the Friends of Nature?
... that Mexican director David Pablos earned his academic degree from film school with a short film that won an Ariel Award?
... that chahan, a Japanese fried rice dish, may have originated from Chinese immigrants who arrived at the port of Kobe in the 1860s?
... that Max Reger's Nachtlied (Night Song) appears on the recording The Best of the King's Singers?
... that the Holyhead Mountain Hut Circles were occupied at various periods and a small hoard of Roman coins was found in one?
... that Muhammad Ali has qualified to box for Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics?

16 May 2016

13:40, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Chalciporus pseudorubinellus

... that bolete mushrooms of the genus Chalciporus, such as C. pseudorubinellus (pictured), are thought to be parasitic?
... that South Korean girl group Oh My Girl was denied entry to the United States when they flew to Los Angeles for Pink Ocean's album cover photoshoot?
... that sociologist William Chambliss concluded that conflict between social classes is the fundamental force in capitalist societies?
... that in 2015, the Oregon Department of State Lands closed Crump Lake to the public because drought had reduced the lake’s water level exposing the lakebed to looting by cultural artifact hunters?
... that Indian gender equality activist Trupti Desai has successfully campaigned for women to be allowed entry to various religious places?
... that films featuring Matt Damon have collectively earned over $2.9 billion in North America?
... that South African rower Sandra Khumalo competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics just two years after taking up the sport?
... that when threatened, the megascolecid worm Octochaetus multiporus squirts a luminescent fluid from its mouth?

01:55, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Pentecost Miracle

... that Bach's O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe (O eternal fire, o source of love) was a wedding cantata before he adapted it for Pentecost (pictured)?
... that Jacky Morkel scored four tries in five test matches on the Springboks tour of 1912–13?
... that the Welsh Church (Burial Grounds) Act 1945‎ restored the legal right for the Church in Wales to look after burial grounds after they had been doing so unofficially?
... that Druze chieftain Ismail al-Atrash established his own sheikhdom out of territory he captured from the Hamdan clan?
... that even though Lower Merion Library System accounts for only 7% of the county's population, it accounts for over 20% of its circulation?
... that Andrew-John Smith, director of music at London's St Peter's at Eaton Square, recorded the complete organ works by Camille Saint-Saëns in three volumes?
... that the 2015 American film Digging for Fire was filmed from a two-and-a-half–page outline rather than a traditional screenplay?
... that despite its name, the jungle cat eschews rainforests and woodlands, and prefers swamps?

15 May 2016

14:10, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

U.S. National Bank Building

... that the U.S. National Bank Building (pictured) in Portland, Oregon, features stained-glass windows by Povey Brothers Studio in its board room and illustrations in bronze relief on its doors?
... that Welsh television producer Lowri Williams changed her surname to the Welsh form, Gwilym?
... that the Bani al-Atrash were the most prominent Druze clan in the social hierarchy of Jabal Hauran, controlling 16 towns and villages?
... that during her Dato' Siti Nurhaliza & Friends Concert, Siti Nurhaliza was supported by eight guest Malaysian and Indonesian artists?
... that Magdalena Fularczyk was part of the first female Polish team to win a World Championship gold in an Olympic boat class?
... that the U.S. Supreme Court recently decided that a law that applied only to one case, identified by docket number, and that abrogated all of a party's defenses, did not violate the U.S. Constitution?
... that in 2012 the Trinidadian Céline Gittens became the first black ballerina to dance the twin rôles of Odette and Odile in Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake in the United Kingdom?
... that Richmond F.C. returned to the professional 2016–17 RFU Championship after climbing eight tiers following administration, but chose to remain semi-professional?

00:55, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

Jeremy Lin in 2010

... that Jeremy Lin (pictured) and Jordan Clarkson were the first Asian Americans in NBA history to start together at guard?
... that Syrian hamsters are used in research to model various human medical conditions?
... that the 16th-century K'iche' language document Título C'oyoi contains an account of the death of the K'iche Maya hero Tecun Uman during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala?
... that actress Han Hyo-joo accepted a lead role in Love, Lies because it is female-dominated, unlike most recent successful Korean films?
... that a cyclist was caught mechanical doping after an electric motor was found in her bike, 6 years after the first allegations emerged?
... that a Natural Ice Cream store appeared in the Limca Book of Records for the largest ice cream slab, which weighed 3,000 kilograms?
... that Yoko Kawahara was the voice of the forest bird in the Jahrhundertring, and was the first to perform the soprano solo in Reger's fragment of the Dies irae?
... that for the show horse Dark Spirit's Rebel, 13 was a lucky number?

14 May 2016

13:10, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Four-horned antelope

... that the unusual four-horned skull of the four-horned antelope (illustrated) makes it a popular target for trophy hunters?
... that Eritrean-born Tsegai Tewelde, who sought political asylum in the United Kingdom, has been selected to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics for Team GB?
... that according to Mexican singer-songwriter Alejandra Guzmán, A + No Poder is a "more intelligent, mature and planned album" than her previous ones?
... that George S. Ballif was chairman of the World Peace Through Law Committee with the Utah State Bar Association?
... that the temple at Malinithan was built with granite stones under Aryan influence, unlike other Northeast India temples built with bricks?
... that Chloe Pirrie was named one of BAFTA's "Breakthrough Brits" in 2013?
... that David S. Gallant was fired after the game he developed, I Get This Call Every Day, was featured on the front page of the Toronto Star?
... that Palestinian poet Rashid Hussein used Jewish gallows humor in poems he wrote about Arab conditions in Israel?

01:25, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Shri Govindajee Temple

... that one of the seven images of Krishna carved from the Sacred Jackfruit Tree is located in the Shree Govindajee Temple (pictured) in the palace at Imphal?
... that Spain's first International Cross Country Championships gold medallist Francisco Aritmendi later sold his medal?
... that solid nitrogen is an important component of the surfaces of Triton, a moon of Neptune, and of the dwarf planet Pluto?
... that Michelle Williams is a Best Actress nominee at the upcoming 2016 Tony Awards?
... that in the science fiction video game Mayday! Deep Space, the player uses voice commands to instruct the only survivor on a ship full of dead crew members?
... that The Josh Carrick Foundation, which funds research into testicular cancer, has raised over £300,000 since 2012?
... that prior to playing for the Wales women's national rugby union team, Bethan Dainton was awarded the Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan?
... that the stage backdrop for Leona Lewis' I Am Tour was described by one critic as resembling "five strips of giant toilet paper"?

13 May 2016

13:40, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Hassan Shateri

... that Hassan Shateri (pictured), a senior commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards who had been an assassination target for some time, was killed in Syria in February 2013?
... that LCD Soundsystem is releasing a new studio album in 2016, even though they had disbanded five years prior following a big farewell show?
... that the idols of English goalkeeper Callum Burton include his German counterparts Manuel Neuer and Marc-André ter Stegen?
... that actor Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. was one of the founding members of the American Society of the Order of St John?
... that after serving as a temporary secretary to George Bernard Shaw, Mabel McConnell Fitzgerald tried to convert him to Irish separatism?
... that in his Essai sur les mœurs et l'esprit des nations ("Essay on the Customs and Spirit of Nations"), Voltaire attacked prejudices against the Muslim world?
... that Richard Rushall's election to mayor of Rangoon was described by The Straits Times as having given "universal satisfaction"?
... that the first train station in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, a predecessor of the Scelsi ITC, "was never so much admired as during the last half-hour of its existence"?

01:55, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Model of a mastodon

... that the domed wooden Dorkovo Museum displays fossils from the Pliocene epoch, including a life-size model of a gomphothere (pictured)?
... that Max Reger regarded his composition Der Einsiedler, a setting of a poem by Eichendorff for baritone, choir and orchestra, as "among the most beautiful things I've ever written"?
... that the 13 member countries of OPEC account for 40 percent of worldwide oil production and 73 percent of proven oil reserves?
... that Cerys Hale was selected for the Wales women's national rugby union team squad for the 2014 World Cup, while still at university?
... that the upcoming film Rebel in the Rye is based on a non-fiction book about the life of author J. D. Salinger during World War II?
... that Aled Roberts was disqualified from the Welsh Assembly because of incorrect guidance given in a Welsh-language document?
... that the new Evergreen Point Floating Bridge is the fourth floating bridge to connect Seattle with its Eastside suburbs, and the world's longest?
... that the Cheltenham Town footballer Daniel Wright gave his son the number 9 as a middle name?

12 May 2016

14:10, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Main tower in the Shumen fortress

... that the Shumen fortress (pictured) was destroyed in 1444 after the battle between Władysław III of Poland and the Ottomans?
... that less than two months after Rush kicked Marco Corleone out of Los Ingobernables, the two wrestlers were teamed up for the 2016 Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles?
... that Gott ist mein König, BWV 71, is the only surviving church cantata by Bach to have been printed during his lifetime?
... that Delila Richards Abbott worked for a top secret government committee which advocated for policy changes for U.S. servicewomen in the 1960s?
... that the most streamed song of all time also reached number-one on the Mexico Airplay chart?
... that, speaking at the 2014 Conference on the Culture of Peace, Vijaya Melnick said that violence against women "continues to be our greatest shame and tragedy"?
... that the Puerto-Rican singer Ricky Martin won two Lo Nuestro Awards for an album that won a Grammy and a song nominated for two Latin Grammys?
... that the Recreation Ground in Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain formerly had to be cleared of cow dung before each football match?

00:25, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Max Reger in 1913

... that among the late works by Max Reger (pictured) are a fragment of a Latin Requiem and the Hebbel Requiem?
... that according to Shia tradition, Narjis converted to Islam on the request of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad, whom she saw in her dreams?
... that Antonia and William Kennedy Dickson's History of the Kinetograph, Kinetoscope, and Kinetophonograph is considered the first book on the history of film?
... that Iranian para-archer Zahra Nemati has qualified for both the 2016 Summer Paralympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics?
... that the Swedish immigrants who built Larson's Hunters Resort on the western border of Minnesota initially lived in a dugout?
... that the Bosnian prince Vladislav was passed over in succession for unknown reasons, but nevertheless ruled with his wife Jelena in the name of their minor son Tvrtko?
... that the British Institute in Amman was founded by the archaeologist Crystal Bennett in 1975 to provide a base for British archaeological expeditions to Jordan?
... that Busker Busker's "Cherry Blossom Ending" re-enters the South Korean music charts every spring and is nicknamed "Cherry Blossom Zombie"?

11 May 2016

12:40, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Marlia Hardi

... that, at the age of 24, Marlia Hardi (pictured) portrayed an old woman in one of her first film roles?
... that Max Reger had the proofs of his eight-part motet Der Mensch lebt und bestehet open next to his bed when he was found dead on 11 May 1916?
... that a Honey and Bee Museum has been established at Ooty to promote beekeeping in India?
... that Ffion Bowen took up rugby union due to the closure of her local netball club, and 18 months later was called up to the Wales women's national team?
... that while serving in the United States Army Medical Department on Guadalcanal, D. Elden Beck collected over 16,000 insect specimens and sent them back to Brigham Young University?
... that in an upcoming film, Kevin James plays a writer who is mistaken for a real assassin when his fictional novel is published as non-fiction?
... that Canadian football return specialist Harry Abofs accidentally gave away the Toronto Argonauts' final possession of the 59th Grey Cup by kicking the ball out of bounds?
... that Bob Beckman claimed that his Old English Sheepdog, William, was a successful stock picker?

00:10, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Mary, Queen of Hungary

... that Mary, Queen of Hungary (pictured), regained the throne after her mother, Elizabeth of Bosnia, had Charles III of Naples assassinated in 1386?
... that Maryland was forced to issue refunds, potentially up to $200 million, after part of the state's personal income tax scheme was found unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court?
... that long jumper Irene Martínez was Cuba's first Pan American Games champion in a jumping event?
... that two deputies of the German Party were elected in the 1938 Slovak parliamentary election, former Carpathian German Party chief and member of the Czechoslovak parliament from the 10th district Franz Karmasin, and the priest Josef Steinhübl?
... that the Bank of England 10s note was replaced by the fifty pence coin during decimalisation?
... that Attila Losonczy's lab uses calcium and two-photon imaging to observe the activity of hundreds of neurons in the hippocampus of active mice?
... that Jacqui Kapinowski competed in wheelchair curling at the 2010 Winter Paralympics and has qualified to compete in rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics?
... that the fish Opisthoproctus soleatus has tubular eyes which point upwards?

10 May 2016

12:06, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

HMS Pembroke in 2008

... that while travelling back to Scotland from the Persian Gulf in 2012, the minehunter HMS Pembroke (pictured) protected a cargo ship adrift in the Gulf of Aden from pirates?
... that after retiring from the Kentucky Supreme Court, Dan Jack Combs was twice arrested on marijuana-related charges and became an advocate for the drug's legalization in the United States?
... that Coimbatore is known as "Manchester of South India" due to its cotton production and textile industries?
... that the 2016 Gran Alternativa wrestling tournament marked the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre debut of Golden Magic?
... that Russian-Jewish linguist Elye Falkovitsh saved the lives of 88 wounded people during a single battle in World War II?
... that the upcoming film Patriots Day is based on the 2013 terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon on Patriots' Day?
... that "Atatürk's Pine Tree" is a place in the Soğuksu National Park with historic value, where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk once took a rest?
... that the Welsh women's rugby union international Elen Evans rode a lifeboat across the Menai Strait as part of the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay?

00:21, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Welsh Church of Central London

... that David Lloyd George regularly attended the Welsh Church of Central London (pictured) and his daughter was married there?
... that Chan Yuen-ting was the first female manager to lead a men's association football team to a league championship in a nation's top league?
... that gypsy sauce may have originated from à la zingara?
... that the Welsh professor Karen Holford entered the first rounds of the 2004 Formula Woman Championship behind the wheel of a Caterham 7?
... that Der 100. Psalm, an extended setting of Psalm 100 for choir, orchestra, and organ by Max Reger, was premièred simultaneously in Chemnitz and Breslau?
... that the depiction of guerrillas in Selamat Berdjuang, Masku! may have led to a decline in films based on the Indonesian National Revolution?
... that Hygrophorus pudorinus mushrooms can taste of turpentine?
... that the suffragette Elsie Howey once had nearly all of her teeth broken during force-feeding after undertaking a hunger strike in prison?

9 May 2016

12:36, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

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A halal snack pack

... that four months after its creation, a Facebook group dedicated to the halal snack pack (pictured) had almost 90,000 members?
... that Emilia Baeyertz preached to crowds on Christianity but her son, Charles Nalder Baeyertz, was concerned about the moral dangers of "a prevalence of bad English"?
... that after losing a steel cage match in the main event of the 2016 Guerra de Golfo, professional wrestler Astro was forced to take off his mask?
... that L. Douglas Smoot made contributions both locally and nationally with his chemical engineering work in combustion research?
... that in the Microsoft Windows and Wii video game Snail Mail, players navigate the various levels by controlling the main character, a snail named Turbo with a jetpack?
... that the Belgian folklorist Emiel van Heurck never graduated, but wrote books on religious popular culture and translated Multatuli into French?
... that American slaveholders altered "O'er the Gloomy Hills of Darkness" because they felt they could not sing a hymn that endorsed educating "the Negro"?
... that the footballer Emily Allen once scored 15 goals in one match?

00:51, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Eduardo Sasha

... that Brazilian footballer Eduardo Sasha (pictured) is nicknamed after the model and actress Sasha Meneghel?
... that during World War II, the six-member Steinlauf family from the Nowy Sącz Ghetto were rescued by the nine-member Król family, who were risking the death penalty?
... that snowfall in Buenos Aires is rare, being observed only three times since the start of meteorological observations in 1906?
... that Max Reger dedicated Der Einsiedler to conductor Philipp Wolfrum and his choir, but they performed the premiere only after the composer's death, together with his Requiem?
... that the Tennessee Walking Horse RPM was sold as a four-year-old for US$1.25 million?
... that the music video for "Girls / Girls / Boys" was inspired by D'Angelo's video for "Untitled (How Does It Feel)"?
... that following safety-related rule changes to limit throwing distances, the U.S. women's high school record for the javelin throw set by Barbara Friedrich in 1967 may never be broken?
... that in the upcoming open world science fiction game Rokh, players must survive on Mars?

8 May 2016

13:06, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Busoni around 1895

... that one of the major works by Ferruccio Busoni (pianist-composer pictured) is his Piano Concerto which is more than an hour long and ends with a men's chorus singing a hymn to Allah?
... that while the national motto "Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa" was supposed to build a unified Filipino national identity, it was later denounced as being "the slogan of a fascist regime"?
... that the music video for Justice's song "Stress", ranked by Complex magazine as the second-best music video of the 2000s, was banned from French television?
... that Wajida Tabassum's story Hand Me Downs, published in 1994, was made into a movie under the title Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love?
... that the Veronica Mars episode "My Big Fat Greek Rush Week" features guest appearances from Dan Castellaneta, Rider Strong, and Samm Levine?
... that Ina Plug's research work on fossils from a site of an Early Iron Age settlement in the farm "Diamant" near Ellisr in South Africa was of domestic dogs dated to 570 AD?
... that prior to fronting Think Tank, Bill Turnbull had wanted to host a quiz show for some time?
... that Romanian footballer Ioan Hora spent "two beautiful years" at Gloria Bistrița?

01:21, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Tarquin and Lucretia, Titian, 1571

... that Titian's painting of Tarquin and Lucretia (illustrated) took over three years to complete?
... that Iran has accused Israel of being behind the assassination of several Iranian nuclear scientists?
... that the upcoming BBC TV series Redwater is the first major network drama to derive from the soap opera EastEnders?
... that Nat Caldwell and Gene Graham exposed the "sweetheart deal" that kept miners from being treated for black lung disease?
... that IRNSS-1G, successfully launched by ISRO in April, was the seventh and last satellite of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System?
... that when three American basketball players left the Oita Ehime HeatDevils after the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, their coach was fired for failing to stop them?
... that the fossil ant Liometopum incognitum was described from a single partial queen?
... that in keeping with the The Fast and the Furious franchise's penchant for filming in "exotic" locations, such as Dubai and Rio de Janeiro, Fast 8 is filming in Cuba?

7 May 2016

13:36, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Hu Lanqi

... that before Hu Lanqi (pictured) became China's first female major general, she was a magazine cover girl, a prisoner of Nazi Germany, and was invited to Moscow by Maxim Gorky?
... that the British Relief Association was the largest provider of private relief during the Great Irish Famine?
... that during an 8-week period in World War II, Major General Douglass T. Greene was consecutively commander of the 16th Armored Division and the 12th Armored Division and then Deputy Commander of the Second United States Army?
... that Rhyl & Prestatyn Ladies F.C. picked up a number of Wrexham players following the latter club's dissolution?
... that Michael Laucke's snooker winnings allowed him to finance 110 trips from Montreal to New York City to study the classical guitar with Franco-Spaniard Rolando Valdès–Blain?
... that $100–$120 billion worth of Iranian assets are frozen around the world and the nuclear agreement will lead to the release of only about $30 billion of it?
... that officers of the United States have been delegated part of the "sovereign power" of the United States?
... that Chip Fairway left the sporting world at age 31 so that he could spend more time with his family?

00:51, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Iris atrofusca

... that the flowers of Iris atrofusca are so dark that in Jordan it is often called a "black iris"?
... that dessert sauce can be prepared as a hard sauce using alcoholic beverages?
... that twelve fossil ant species are placed in the morphogenus Emplastus?
... that Sarah Charles Lewis played Winnie Foster in the musical Tuck Everlasting's 2015 world premiere and is reprising the role on Broadway in 2016?
... that Argentina, Thailand and Great Britain were the first three nations to qualify for the Team BC1–2 event in boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics?
... that Frankie Ruiz, popularly known as the "Father of Salsa", never took singing classes?
... that of all the wrestlers in the video game WWE Road to WrestleMania X8, only Kevin Nash did not actually compete at WrestleMania X8?
... that the controversial Torre de Manila, a residential condominium under construction in the Philippines, has been nicknamed by its critics as the "national photobomber"?

6 May 2016

13:06, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

£1 note, issued in 1805

... that the Bank of England £1 note (1805 issue pictured) ceased to be legal tender in 1988 and was replaced by the one pound coin?
... that David Hall bought Benjamin Franklin out of his printing business?
... that the Canadian classical scholar Elizabeth Caskey supervised and summarised annual archaeological trench excavations in Greece?
... that the literary historian Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga, once a member of the Romanian Communist Party's central committee, became a nun late in life?
... that the extinct lacewing Prosisyrina is described from fossils found in Cretaceous amber?
... that American football player Devin Fuller toured as a youngster with singer Luther Vandross?
... that the British modern pentathlete Joe Choong is studying for a degree in maths at the University of Bath?
... that the Seri Rambai cannon in Penang, Malaysia, is considered a fertility symbol?

01:21, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Statues of women with offerings

... that most of the 300 stone sculptures (examples pictured) found at Cerro de los Santos depict women, many with tiara-like headdresses or cloaks?
... that organized horse fighting has been a traditional Miao Chinese New Year observance for 500 years?
... that the orientation of new Etruscan temples may have been decided by augurs observing the flight of birds?
... that U.S. Army Lieutenant Ethel Weed was a pivotal figure in establishing women's rights in postwar Japan?
... that Graham Waterhouse began his String Sextet, Op. 1, in 1979, and completed it 34 years later?
... that the Electro-Dynamic Light Company, organized by Albon Man and others, was formed three months before the Edison Electric-Light Company?
... that medu vada was popularized outside of South India by Udupi restaurateurs of Mumbai?
... that Girls' Generation is the first girl group to have three music videos, including "The Boys", with more than 100 million views on YouTube?

5 May 2016

13:36, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Side door at Wimpole Hall, by James Gibbs

... that the Gibbs surround (pictured) is named after the architect James Gibbs, though he did not invent this style of framing a door or window?
... that the customary salutation used in letters from one president to another is "My Great and Good Friend"?
... that Susan Rice was the first woman to head a British clearing bank?
... that with his victory in the 2006 Bank of America 500, Kasey Kahne became the eighth driver to win both annual Sprint Cup Series points races at Lowe's Motor Speedway?
... that Klaus Uwe Ludwig played the complete organ works by Bach and Reger at the Lutherkirche in Wiesbaden?
... that the U.S. Supreme Court recently held in Heffernan v. City of Paterson that a public employer violates the First Amendment even when it mistakenly disciplines an employee for political activity?
... that Gilbert Whitley thought Toxotes lorentzi was more primitive than other archerfish because it lacks the distinctive side markings characteristic of its genus?
... that Guinness World Records recognizes Justin Bieber's "Baby" as the most disliked YouTube video?

01:51, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Sam Allardyce

... that the Premier League manager Sam Allardyce (pictured) learned many training methods from observing the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers?
... that when she was 11, Emily Hollinshead challenged an FA ban on girls and boys playing football together?
... that Lemonade was accompanied by the release of a 60-minute short film of the same name, which premiered on HBO?
... that Fritz Stein found in an archive orchestral parts of the Jena Symphony, which he published as possibly an early work by Beethoven?
... that the ANZAC Peace Park in Albany, Western Australia was built to honor soldiers who served in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during WWI?
... that Helen Matusevich Oujesky pursued environmental research on pollution of soil and water, particularly of toxic wastes?
... that the roof trusses from Philadelphia's 1755 Great Meeting House (demolished 1812) have been recycled twice?
... that a dozen temporary triumphal arches were constructed in Philadelphia for the entrance of the Marquis de Lafayette into the city in 1824?

4 May 2016

14:06, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Logo for the Star Wars franchise

... that Harmy's Despecialized Edition is a fan-made effort to recreate the theatrical releases of the original Star Wars trilogy (logo pictured) in high-definition?
... that in No. 2 of three chorale fantasias, Op. 52, Max Reger has the chorale tune enter like "the voice of an angel", according to the organist Karl Straube?
... that the vicar of St Trygarn's Church did not live in the parish in the mid-19th century?
... that Dwight L. Bush, Sr. was a banker, a bundler, and a businessman before serving as an ambassador?
... that players take control of animals to solve puzzles and defeat enemies in Space Station Silicon Valley?
... that Pathers use "vandal sand" to make moulds for Nachiarkoil lamps?
... that despite preparing for a variety of situations, many U.S. government leaders remain vulnerable to BOOBs?

02:21, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

The U.S. Army's Presidential Salute Battery firing an M5 gun

... that the U.S. Army's Presidential Salute Battery uses the World War II-era M5 gun?
... that Zahida Khatun Sherwani wrote poetry in Urdu under the pseudonyms "Zay Khay Sheen" and "Nuzhat", as the then-Muslim society did not permit women to write poetry or further women's causes?
... that in 1936, Southeast Asia's oldest warp ikat was found among skeletal remains in caves in Banton, Romblon, Philippines?
... that U.S. Senator Henry B. Payne actually had no middle name, but added the initial to give his name "a more pleasing effect"?
... that Meghan Trainor's "Lips Are Movin" music video received over 2.5 million YouTube views in less than two days?
... that Neisha Pratt captained the Hong Kong women's national cricket team in their first official match in 2006?
... that from 2020, the Bank of England £20 note will feature J. M. W. Turner and his painting The Fighting Temeraire?
... that, "blown away" by William Primrose's viola playing, David Dalton decided to become a violist?

3 May 2016

14:36, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Trevor Story

... that Trevor Story (pictured) is the first rookie in Major League Baseball to hit home runs in each of his first four games?
... that construction in Euonymeia uncovered one of the largest known Bronze Age industrial complexes of the Mycenaean civilization?
... that Hans-Dieter Bader performed the title role of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's opera Sly, recorded live at the Staatsoper Hannover, "as written", while Plácido Domingo had to cut and change the part?
... that the Welsh Church (Amendment) Act 1938 was passed to give Swansea University the same rights to the Church in Wales' endowments as the University of Wales?
... that Sir Frederick Ballantyne, a cardiologist and the Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, was the first in his family to attend high school?
... that a memorial was not erected for the 674 bodies at the Hurricane of 1928 African American Mass Burial Site until the 75th anniversary of the hurricane?
... that the poets Sajida and Zahida Zaidi, professors at the Aligarh Muslim University, were known as the "Zaidi Sisters" in the literary community?
... that the Ram Rath Yatra was a political-religious march led by BJP leader L. K. Advani in an air-conditioned Toyota designed to resemble a chariot?

01:51, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Snow-covered Guallatiri

... that glacier-covered Guallatiri (pictured) was last active in 1960, and still features fumaroles?
... that George P. Hammond discovered new details about the desertion of Oñate's colony in New Mexico?
... that daily fantasy sports have faced legal scrutiny in the United States over whether they are a game of chance?
... that in 1892, Venance Payot, a former mayor of Chamonix, France, argued against the building of the Montenvers Railway on the grounds it would take business away from mule drivers and porters?
... that American singer-songwriter Romeo Santos broke the record for the most nominations in a single ceremony at the 2015 Latin Billboard Music Awards?
... that Elisabeth von Heyking's debut novel sold out within three weeks of its release?
... that the memorandum of understanding between Argentina and Iran for a joint investigation of the AMIA bombing never came into force?
... that Grace Banker and her team of telephone operators reported for work wearing helmets and gas masks?

2 May 2016

14:06, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

A hypercycle

... that the hypercycle model (pictured) could explain how life on Earth might have begun?
... that Marten Gasparini's US $1.3 million signing bonus is a Major League Baseball record for players from Europe?
... that you are more likely to die on or near your birthday than at other times?
... that, in 1989, Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Robert F. Stephens issued an opinion that the state's entire public school system was unconstitutional?
... that an album recorded at Guitar Center was named after a line from the film Wayne's World?
... that for the 1954 film Beneath the 12-Mile Reef, seven-time Academy Award nominee Edward Cronjager became the first cinematographer to use CinemaScope underwater?
... that Catatonia had intended to include an anti-Warner Bros. Records song on their triple-platinum selling album International Velvet?
... that Liverpool F.C. striker Paul Walsh received months of treatment from a broken ultrasound machine?

02:21, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Richard Dehmel

... that Richard Dehmel (pictured) said that "Befreit" (1898), the Lied setting of his poem by Richard Strauss, was "a little bit too soft compared to the text, but it appeals to most people"?
... that intricate artworks on an Australian prison cell wall that were discovered by accident almost a century later are thought to be the handiwork of convict James Walsh?
... that the Udokan Plateau experienced volcanic activity from the Miocene until about 2200 years ago?
... that Jozef Raskin, a Belgian Scheutist missionary who was guillotined for spying in World War II, has a statue erected in his honor in the city of Aarschot?
... that the United States' 191st Army Band has the special unit designation "Band of the Wild West"?
... that the Social Democrats were the only party to win more than 16% of the vote in any national parliamentary election in the First Czechoslovak Republic?
... that the lead actress of the Mexican film Un Monstruo de Mil Cabezas created her character based on her father's death?
... that a team of refugees is expected to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics?

1 May 2016

14:36, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Lucca with her handler

... that Lucca (pictured) became the 67th recipient of the Dickin Medal, having lost a leg in an IED explosion?
... that rabbi Carole B. Balin rediscovered the existence of 67 Jewish women writers from the late 19th- and early 20th-century Russian Empire?
... that the rock formation containing Paradictyoolithus, a type of dinosaur egg, was determined to be 91 to 94 million years old using uranium-lead dating?
... that Swedish diplomat Cossva Anckarsvärd, a witness to the Armenian Genocide, called it an attempt to "exterminate the Armenian nation"?
... that the current Bank of England £10 note features a portrait of Charles Darwin and an illustration of HMS Beagle on the reverse?
... that Paul Browne, a British former European champion Paralympic archer, was born with arthrogryposis?
... that "We Don't Have To Dance" by Andy Black was written with Fall Out Boy singer Patrick Stump?
... that 76 people complained when the EastEnders characters Paul Coker and Ben Mitchell were seen topless together in a funeral parlour with a corpse in the room?

02:51, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Kasturi Rangappa Nayaka Fort

... that the sites of Sira and the Kasturi Rangappa Nayaka Fort (pictured) were considered auspicious because of a good omen of a hare chasing a hound, a common legend in the building of forts in India?
... that Vice Admiral Robert Walls was among the last intake of 13 year old cadet midshipmen to be accepted by the Royal Australian Naval College?
... that after the 1972 hijacking of Pan Am Flight 841, the pilot received honors at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport as well as death threats and vandalism at his home?
... that American cross-country skiing coach Jon Kreamelmeyer was inducted into the Paralympic Hall of Fame in 2014?
... that the next version of the Bank of England £5 note will feature a portrait of Winston Churchill?
... that Tony Stewart won the 2006 Banquet 400 despite running out of fuel?
... that in Munin, a puzzle-platformer video game, the goal is to retrieve the main character's wings, stolen by the Norse god Loki?
... that in one study, a newt was able to regenerate the lens of its eye eighteen times?