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19 September 2025

02:41, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

Neocicindela tuberculata

... that in Ngāti Whātua culture, Neocicindela tuberculata (example pictured) could be the manifestation of the demigoddess Kui?
... that the freighter James Gayley is one of the largest undiscovered shipwrecks on the Great Lakes?
... that the old defensive walls at New College, Oxford, are examined by the lord mayor every three years in a tradition dating back to 1379?
... that Caspar Schmalkalden's 17th-century travelogue describes noises made by animals like the three-toed sloth and the hedgehog fish?
... that the Japanese colonisation of Hokkaido was facilitated by the expertise of American advisors?
... that Tobias Rahim sold a nude photo of himself to challenge his fears?
... that an 1890 short story by the author of Dracula was unknown to scholars until its rediscovery in the 21st century?
... that the French Olympic champion Boughera El Ouafi received more coverage from the American press over a few months than from the French press over his entire life?
... that a museum in Malaysia has more than 80,000 products from McDonald's?

18 September 2025

02:42, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

Jay Rayner

... that the Top Chef Masters judge Jay Rayner (pictured) has attributed writing his viral review of Le Cinq to being "eye-gougingly, bone-crunchingly, teeth-grindingly angry"?
... that Red Sea tuna and seashells found at the roadside station of Khirbet es-Samra suggest that long-distance trade reached deep into Roman Arabia?
... that Dan Pashman spent three years working on a new pasta shape that he named cascatelli, after the Italian word for 'waterfall'?
... that the Dark Millennium, which suddenly followed the Neolithic in the United Arab Emirates around 4000 BC, has furnished virtually no evidence of human activity?
... that Jeffrey Epstein's contact list has been published three times, but the existence of a separate client list is a matter of controversy?
... that the rise of CONUS Communications spurred the Big Three American TV networks to subsidize the purchase of satellite trucks for local newsgathering?
... that a former handball player was the tallest player in the Canadian Football League?
... that Ahmad Shah Durrani faced an army five times larger than his own at the Battle of Manupur?
... that Kim Jong Un was amused by a lube factory?

17 September 2025

00:00, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

Garamut from Papua New Guinea

... that different sounds drummed on the garamut (example pictured) can indicate the intended recipient?
... that the 11.7 million people of Papua New Guinea speak more than 800 languages?
... that the Papua New Guinean government almost ran out of foreign exchange reserves during a financial crisis in 1994?
... that the cavefish Oxyeleotris caeca is found in surface waters during the wet season?
... that changes in land use and forestry turned Papua New Guinea's contribution to climate change from being a net carbon sink to a net emitter?
... that communities around the Sirinumu Dam lack reliable access to electricity and drinking water?
... that Nancy Sullivan and ten other activists were sued by the Papua New Guinean government as retribution for opposing the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone?
... that the Organic Law on the Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates was intended to stop "yo-yo politics"?
... that inland fisheries in Papua New Guinea are used by more than half of people living in the mountainous Highlands Region?
... that a bay in Papua New Guinea is Goodenough?

16 September 2025

00:00, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Women's 400 metres hurdles medalists at the 2022 World Championships

... that Sydney McLaughlin's world record of 50.68 seconds in the 400 metres hurdles (medalists pictured) was called "one of the greatest track performances of all time"?
... that Emperor Tenmu had his sons swear to honor his consort and niece Uno-no-sarara as their mother, including two of her brothers?
... that a 1981 article about the disease of Turku claimed that the city council of Turku was made up of Finnish Freemasons?
... that minister George Freeman ran The Monastery as a gay church, nightclub, and homeless shelter in 1980s Seattle?
... that Muslim sources say that 50,000 inhabitants "burned alive" in the sacking of Tbilisi in 853?
... that No Kaebang's wife, preferring death to capture by Japanese troops, leapt from a cliff while holding her husband's certificate of civil examination?
... that "Cwm Rhondda" was written for Capel Rhondda?
... that Koh Sok Hiong, a former first lady of Singapore, wrote a cookbook compiling more than 200 of her Peranakan recipes?
... that the app Baby Shaker was removed from the App Store for letting players shake a baby to death?

15 September 2025

00:00, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Hilda Clark in a Coca-Cola poster

... that the Coca-Cola company named operetta soprano Hilda Clark (print ad pictured) as their first brand ambassador?
... that a schoolteacher predicted the existence of Iru hillfort after reading about the hill in an ancient poem?
... that Anju Jason nearly quit taekwondo before he became one of the first Olympians for the Marshall Islands?
... that Africa deindustrialised in the 1980s?
... that Nevada City Firehouse No. 2 was built after the city burned five times within ten years?
... that the medieval Gdańsk Crane was primarily being used by the late 19th century to lift ships for propeller repairs?
... that two competing hypotheses seek to explain the unusual orbit of the exoplanet Nu Octantis Ab?
... that Istana Park was designed to make the front area of the residence of the president of Singapore more prominent?
... that Jenni's Quesadillas actually belongs to Elena?

14 September 2025

00:00, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

20th-century lithograph of Madri

... that some scholars dispute the Mahabharata's account of Madri (pictured) self-immolating on her husband's pyre?
... that the creator of the series Anthology of the Killer improvised its game design by squeezing in more jokes and "arbitrarily" combining in-game locations?
... that Ada Schnee, a former actress born in New Zealand, experienced World War I in East Africa as the wife of the German governor?
... that one contemporary reviewer was suspicious of an unacknowledged translation of Les Malheurs de l'inconstance because "French principles and French depravity mark the whole work"?
... that Canadian football player Arek Bigos left Poland to escape the communist regime?
... that Cara Mehmed gained his freedom in a successful slave rebellion, but was later executed after he participated in an unsuccessful plot orchestrated by his former master?
... that Rodger Bumpass, before becoming the voice of Squidward, was an announcer, film processor, and cameraman at an Arkansas TV station in the 1970s?
... that an English mayor once brought a gold medallist home to his village in a Rolls-Royce?
... that The Darkness Which Reveals at Siglap MRT station conveys that darkness can reveal instead of conceal?

13 September 2025

00:00, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

Liatu King

... that basketball player Liatu King (pictured) played boys' American football when she was a child?
... that the kinetic-energy output from the 2011 Sawyerville–Eoline tornado was almost twice as high as that released during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima?
... that a study found the Curtis Bay Incinerator causes US$36.9 million in damage per year to public health?
... that it only took 13 minutes to sell out the second season of Crypto: The Game?
... that the 1966 production of Peter Handke's Offending the Audience, directed by Claus Peymann at the Theater am Turm, has been described as "the beginning of modern theatre"?
... that kart racing has crowned its first female champion in a global series since 1966 within its newly established OK-N category?
... that Soviet Island is in Japan?
... that one reviewer wrote that the tone of Meat Is Murder "begs for a belt in the chops"?
... that Boogie Knight was selected to a team of the best college football player names along with General Booty and Storm Duck?

12 September 2025

00:00, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

Coronation of Baldwin III of Jerusalem

... that much of what is known about the coronations of the kings and queens of Jerusalem (example pictured) comes from the Pontifical of Tyre, with which Archbishop Bonacursus de Gloria likely fled the fall of Tyre?
... that after South Sudan gained autonomy, it implemented an abortion law that was more restrictive than that of Sudan?
... that North Korean footballer Tak Yong-bin scored the winning goal in the last match that South Korea played in the North for 29 years?
... that clanker has gained popularity as a slur for robots?
... that Voyager 1 crossed the Solar System's termination shock without detecting the expected surge of anomalous cosmic rays, creating the "Voyager paradox"?
... that a court ordered a U.S. basketball league to let two schools into its tournament, but both were knocked out in the first round?
... that singer Shiyui got her stage name from a Buddhist statue in Kyoto?
... that "Good Old Neon" uses mathematical logic as a metaphor for what dying feels like?

11 September 2025

00:00, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

Chermin Island

... that Chermin Island (pictured), at the mouth of the Brunei River, became Abdul Hakkul Mubin's administrative seat during the Bruneian civil war?
... that Herbert Brandl once created a large mountain painting in about 15 minutes?
... that the baseball biopic 42 was screened in the White House?
... that Yoolya, a member of the Nyigina who was taken from his people as a child, was in later life committed to both Aboriginal and Catholic beliefs?
... that a former beauty consultant created the manga guide Makeup Is Not (Just) Magic?
... that Di Botcher was inspired to complete a first-aid course after playing the paramedic Jan Jenning in Casualty?
... that Ezra Dotan shot down two MiG-17s while flying an aircraft not designed as a fighter?
... that there are rock paintings around Potrok Aike, a lake that is an important source of water in the region?
... that Ian Matakis once won a World Series of Poker bracelet while competing in another tournament at the same time?

10 September 2025

00:00, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Centauress and Faun

... that Centauress and Faun (pictured) puzzled critics for inverting the traditional motif of the centaur carrying away a nymph?
... that the cover of the children's novel The Butterfly Club was recreated using 7500 Loom bands, which are included in the novel's plot?
... that actress Ashling O'Shea found joining the cast of Hollyoaks "surreal" as she had grown up watching the soap opera?
... that Brazilian troops captured more than 3,000 women after the Battle of Tupí-hú?
... that problems with the construction of a Florida TV station prevented its owner from building a station in Texas?
... that Weezer announced the Indie Rock Road Trip after plans for a Broadway concert residency fell through?
... that a scandal saw several sports commentators receiving Sports Emmy Awards statuettes that they were ineligible to receive?
... that Bedok Lighthouse is the first fully automated lighthouse in Singapore?
... that a Utah college radio station was found not to be educational enough?

9 September 2025

00:04, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

Joseph Buh

... that Joseph Buh (pictured), a Slovene Catholic missionary priest in Minnesota, was called Meshidong or 'Long Beard' by the Ojibwe?
... that the English composer Gustav Holst published a collection of Hindu hymns based on his own translations of Sanskrit literature?
... that Alaíde Foppa used the airwaves of Mexico City to launch a feminist "forum for women"?
... that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Chae Chan Ping v. United States that courts must defer to Congress and the president in immigration and nationality law?
... that the only album of an obscure Japanese singer became a city-pop cult classic?
... that the route of the Bond End Canal later became a railway and then a road?
... that Aleksandras Olelka was initially a supporter of the Lithuanian grand duke Švitrigaila, but later participated in a coup d'état against him?
... that logistical support for Operation Forager involved calling forward ammunition ships to replenish the fleet despite almost daily Japanese air attacks?
... that an Australian radio station defended playing Zheani's "Bring Wet Cunt" uncensored in 2024?

8 September 2025

00:00, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

Antonio Oteiza and his paintings

... that Antonio Oteiza (pictured) was a missionary in Latin America but from 1961 focused on creating religious art, which he felt had more impact than sermons?
... that the Vanuatu beer Tusker is named after the tusks of a pig, a traditional symbol of wealth?
... that at least 30 people have been arrested since 2018 for allegedly abusing children whom they met on Roblox?
... that Farhan Hadafo is Somalia's first Paralympian?
... that most Bhutanese people have no surname?
... that Ali Akbar is the last newspaper hawker in France?
... that an episode of the British soap opera EastEnders encouraged LGBTQ+ men to come out?
... that conservationist Stephen King was kicked out of Bible College for refusing to wear shoes?
... that the first Portuguese translation of Homer's Odyssey was reportedly "harder to read than the [original] texts"?

7 September 2025

00:00, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

Round tower at Devenish Island

... that the ecclesiastical site at Devenish Island (pictured) was among the first protected monuments in the United Kingdom?
... that wrestler Vladimir Popov initially viewed winning a bronze medal at the Olympics as a "failure"?
... that the German Empire dispatched six warships to Nicaragua after a marriage dispute led to a shooting and Germany's consul being arrested?
... that a Japanese racehorse was named the tourism ambassador of a city in Hokkaido?
... that President Paul Kagame pardoned more than five hundred people who had been arrested for abortion in Rwanda?
... that Frank W. Lehan invented a search-and-rescue system used in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, but never profited from it?
... that the devkit used to develop Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy had to be smuggled into the United States due to export restrictions?
... that Achmad Maschut, the mayor of Kediri, gave municipal government jobs to players from the city's football club after they became national champions in 2003?
... that the Little Valley Fire prompted the evacuation of 101 horses and one parrot?

6 September 2025

00:00, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

Leontyne Price

... that the recordings of Leontyne Price (pictured) have been nominated for 25 Grammy Awards and won 13?
... that after the Battle of Vrigne-Meuse the identity of the last French soldier killed in World War I was disputed?
... that, when Richardson Viano was asked to represent Haiti at the 2022 Winter Olympics, he initially thought it was a joke?
... that the concept for the Radar, Coast Defense, Mark I, emerged in 1939 when an experimental radar set saw the splashes from shells falling in the water?
... that geologist E. Dale Jackson conducted experiments with Jello to test theories on the formation of the Hawaiian islands?
... that the "umbilical cord" panhandle is only about 90 centimetres (35 in) wide at its narrowest point?
... that the 2016 Christmas Eve EastEnders episode featured a character returning after 21 years?
... that the murder of the former director of Trinidad and Tobago's national museum in 2017 brought attention to crime and violence against women in the country?
... that the leaves of Coprosma foetidissima, when rubbed, produce a smell like rotten cabbage?

5 September 2025

00:00, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Aeneas Valley, Washington

... that the Great Northern Railway almost came to Aeneas (pictured)?
... that Frenchman Ernest Grandier was the only white prisoner taken by the Zulu during their 1879 war with Britain?
... that a major UK retail CEO criticised the "Not for EU" label as "bureaucratic madness"?
... that at his first international competition, runner Bhupendra Silwal started bleeding when he tried to remove tarmac embedded in his feet?
... that in the 2024 Salvadoran presidential election, there was a 78 percentage point difference between first and second place?
... that NFL player Broc Rutter only received a $279 signing bonus from the San Francisco 49ers?
... that the creators of a botanic database for machine learning included three images of leaves from an extinct relative of the rose?
... that a 1908 glider demonstration at a Bronx airport was successful only after a car replaced a horse for motive power?
... that in 2009, a Japanese man held a wedding ceremony to marry his fictional waifu, with the ceremony broadcast live to thousands of viewers?

4 September 2025

00:00, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

The New York Life Building

... that when a developer tried to buy Kansas City's New York Life Building (pictured) in the 1990s, it was unclear who owned it?
... that, while in exile in Paris, the Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis worked with the Chilean ambassador and poet Pablo Neruda on Canto General?
... that fistfights broke out at a 1903 meeting of African-American leaders, when some challenged Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise?
... that the 2020 Summer Olympics mascots were chosen by schoolchildren?
... that Spotify Pakistan's most streamed artist of 2024 made his cinematic debut the same year to present his album?
... that Gaetano di Mauro was the runner-up in a 2017 racing championship despite carrying 80 kg (180 lb) of ballast in his car?
... that the basement of the Old Town Hall in Gdańsk was rented by a famous astronomer to store his beers?
... that many Muslims in Gaza reportedly celebrate Christmas with the Christian population, despite being officially forbidden to do so since 2020?
... that zebros were not zebras?

3 September 2025

00:00, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

Arch of the Philaeni

... that the Arch of the Philaeni (pictured) drew parallels between the dictator Benito Mussolini and the Roman emperor Augustus?
... that George Lincoln helped draft the document which ended World War II 80 years ago today?
... that a music publication apologized after reporting that Ghostholding was the work of a fictional indie rock band?
... that Bosnian Olympic runners Islam Ðugum and Kada Delić were both nearly killed by snipers during their training?
... that brothers Craig and Scott Hendrickson played gridiron football together in college and professionally?
... that Andrea Enisuoh campaigned to retain the name of her local library, honouring Trinidadian writer C. L. R. James?
... that Somalia bans abortion in its constitution, one of only three countries to do so?
... that Amrom Harry Katz, using aerial photographs of tides, helped to capture Seoul during the Korean War?
... that the restaurant Megatron was reported to police as a UFO when it first opened?

2 September 2025

00:00, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Alejo Igoa

... that Alejo Igoa (pictured) hosts the most-subscribed Spanish-language YouTube channel?
... that Swertia japonica was used as an insecticide for clothes during the Edo period?
... that Joseph M'Bouroukounda was both an Olympic boxer and an art teacher?
... that a dam on Madura Island began construction in 1980, triggered a violent incident in 1993, and only opened in 2016?
... that Max-Emmanuel Mader pretended to be deaf and mute when Nazi Germany occupied France so that his accent could not be identified?
... that the dedication ceremony for the Cathedral of Christ the King was attended by both the governor of Georgia and an imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan?
... that Jordan Howlett went from sleeping in his car to amassing millions of followers on TikTok?
... that, in his autobiography, footballer Lê Công Vinh criticised a teammate for not passing the ball to him?
... that KING fought and then bought KONG?

1 September 2025

00:00, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

Porcelain snuff bottle, 18th century

... that some Chinese snuff bottles (example pictured) were made to look like people?
... that boxing rings are square, despite their name?
... that as of 2024, fewer than 150 people had ever been diagnosed with Meier-Gorlin syndrome?
... that Ann Perkins often taught graduate students at Yale University even though, as a woman, she could not teach undergraduates?
... that the prefectural border on Hyōtanjima is only 74 metres (243 ft) long?
... that Moira Deeming comes from a family of union leaders and Australian Labor Party members, but is a member of the Liberal Party?
... that the spider Rhene hexagon gets its name from the unusual hexagonal shape of one of its principal body parts?
... that Matt Koehl stated that Adolf Hitler was "a gift of Almighty Providence"?
... that Eritrea's abortion law was based on Ethiopia's, which was based on Switzerland's, which was based on France's?

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