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3 October 2024
- 00:00, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
Andrea Navagero
- ... that much to his dismay, Andrea Navagero (pictured) was named the Venetian ambassador to France in 1529?
- ... that a major anime piracy website had over 100 million monthly visits and was one of the top 200 most popular Internet properties?
- ... that while Council Working Parties only formally prepare decisions of the Council of the European Union, they de facto shape the majority of those decisions?
- ... that actress Norma Phillips starred in a 52-episode silent film series in 1914 that interviewed real-life celebrities?
- ... that mutilated body parts found in the spring of Tattarisuo in 1931 were used to practice black magic?
- ... that Dezső Varga was the first Szekler ice hockey player to be inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame?
- ... that at least 69 countries have "no net loss" environmental policies?
- ... that in Hindu mythology, Madhavi, who was blessed with the miraculous ability to regain her virginity after each childbirth, was married to three kings, each in exchange for 200 rare horses?
- ... that the ending of the TV series Community features a fourth-wall-breaking monologue?
2 October 2024
- 00:00, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
Healed tuberculous lung cavity
- ... that many people who recover from tuberculosis lose more than half of their lung capacity (example pictured)?
- ... that Henry Kailimai and his Hawaiian Quintet were hired by Henry Ford to serve as official musicians for the Ford Motor Company?
- ... that when the Edward S. Harkness House was built, its owner took the address from his neighbor?
- ... that a New Testament manuscript was "barbarously scored with red chalk" by a book publisher?
- ... that Thomas Bertrand-Hudon is the first professional football player to wear a Guardian Cap during a regular season game?
- ... that the 1998 cyberpunk short story "CyberJoly Drim" caused a controversy in the Polish science fiction and fantasy community?
- ... that Ajah Pritchard-Lolo is Vanuatu's first Olympic weightlifter?
- ... that many hapa haole songs were written by non-Hawaiians and featured nonsensical, faux-Hawaiian lyrics?
- ... that Shoko Ikeda once admitted that Haruhi Suzumiya, a character she designed, was "just like me"?
1 October 2024
- 00:00, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Statue of Yakushi Nyorai at Jingo-ji
- ... that a statue of the Medicine Buddha (pictured), dating from the late 8th or early 9th century, never left its temple grounds until 2024?
- ... that Russian pianist Pavel Kushnir died on a hunger strike after his arrest for anti-war videos posted on a YouTube channel with five subscribers?
- ... that public health measures and advances in medical science in modern human history helped raise global life expectancy from about 31 years in 1900 to over 66 years in 2000?
- ... that Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends" became closely associated with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina?
- ... that scientists publishing in Liebigs Annalen were subject to criticism and attacks by editor Justus von Liebig?
- ... that English amateur geologist Charlotte Eyton wrote a number of papers and pamphlets on the geology of the Wrekin, a part of Shropshire, between 1862 and 1870?
- ... that the director of a Lake Erie-based walleye fishing tournament defended two anglers accused of cheating until he found weights in their winning fish two years ago today?
- ... that East Suffolk Park, a former student hostel in Edinburgh, was once an internment camp for enemy aliens?
- ... that football player Kyle Hergel said his biggest strength was "my nastiness"?