Wikipedia:Recent additions#5 August 2013

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20 October 2025

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Harriet Harris
Harriet Harris
  • ... that, as the University of Edinburgh's chaplain, Harriet Harris (pictured) appointed more than 40 honorary chaplains to serve traditions including Daoism, humanism, paganism and mindfulness?
  • ... that Badingah became the first female regent of Gunung Kidul after her predecessor died of a heart attack?
  • ... that First Nations actor and musician Erroll Kinistino grew up in a two-room, mud-shack cabin?
  • ... that impersonations of United States immigration officials have become a chronic crime problem in 2025?
  • ... that Gilles of Saumur was given the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tyre as compensation for the loss of the Archdiocese of Damietta during the Seventh Crusade?
  • ... that the 71-year-old Jackie Chan performed all his own stunts without using doubles in The Shadow's Edge?
  • ... that Angus Watt was a financial advisor, broadcaster, and diplomat all at the same time?
  • ... that the Paraguayan Regional Workers' Federation named and shamed known strikebreakers in its newspaper?
  • ... that PETA wrote a letter to the CEO of Nintendo over a Cow?

19 October 2025

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Page from the Tarikh-i Alfi
Page from the Tarikh-i Alfi

18 October 2025

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Cormocephalus rubriceps
Cormocephalus rubriceps

17 October 2025

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Sylvester Espelage
Sylvester Espelage

16 October 2025

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Holy Trinity Anglican Church
Holy Trinity Anglican Church

15 October 2025

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Postage stamp commemorating the Corrective Move
Postage stamp commemorating the Corrective Move

14 October 2025

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Shreen Abdul Saroor
Shreen Abdul Saroor
  • ... that women's rights activist Shreen Saroor (pictured) was sent to a Catholic convent for her education after her mother became concerned with her tomboy-like behavior?
  • ... that four US Army soldiers stole $36 million in valuables from a German castle in late 1945?
  • ... that forensic scientist Luke S. May was nicknamed "America's Sherlock Holmes" for his work as an investigator?
  • ... that the author of The Space-Time Painter considers the review bombing against it to be reasonable?
  • ... that Rita Rusk was employed to style the hair of her former trainee Sharleen Spiteri after Spiteri became the lead singer of Texas?
  • ... that architect Geoff Malone was tasked with impressing visitors with a "rocket ship" design for a Singapore movie theatre?
  • ... that Sarah Kraning perceives sound as color, texture, and movement?
  • ... that the ependytes, originally a Persian male tunic, became a luxury fashion statement in classical Athens, where it was worn by women and children?
  • ... that part of the bonus paid to bartender Gary Hoffman after he was selected in the 1984 NFL draft was a round of drinks for his friends?

13 October 2025

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The Accidental Burning of the USS Missouri in Gibraltar
The Accidental Burning of the USS Missouri in Gibraltar
  • ... that the only casualty of USS Missouri's destruction (pictured) was a pet bear?
  • ... that Lourdes Ambriz, singing voice of Belle in the Spanish version of Beauty and the Beast, became the artistic director of the Mexican national opera?
  • ... that numerous historians and academics have argued that Israel has used the Holocaust to justify its treatment of Palestinians?
  • ... that Riho Furui wrote her debut song after struggling with life in Canada?
  • ... that professional sumo fighting stables are often housed in Shinto shrines when they travel outside of Tokyo?
  • ... that the son of Mary Fortune – one of the earliest female writers of detective fiction – was a career criminal?
  • ... that Diane Orr and C. Larry Roberts were once said to "epitomize the regional, independent filmmaker"?
  • ... that in 2010 a journalist fell for a satirical tweet made by a fictional U.S. congressman, then wrote a lengthy response in The Washington Post?
  • ... that the musical duo Braxe + Falcon formed a supergroup with the band Phoenix to make music about UFOs?

12 October 2025

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Sappho Fresco
Sappho Fresco

11 October 2025

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S. R. Crown Hall
S. R. Crown Hall

10 October 2025

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Ángel Salas Larrazábal
Ángel Salas Larrazábal

9 October 2025

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Ivatan woman wearing a vakul
Ivatan woman wearing a vakul

8 October 2025

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Launch of Apollo 11 on a Saturn V
Launch of Apollo 11 on a Saturn V

7 October 2025

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Inland Steel Building
Inland Steel Building

6 October 2025

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Mitchell Sabattis
Mitchell Sabattis

5 October 2025

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Shaktikanta Das
Shaktikanta Das

4 October 2025

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Anne
Anne

3 October 2025

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Ferber House
Ferber House

2 October 2025

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Josephine Hall
Josephine Hall

1 October 2025

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Great Armoury
Great Armoury