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30 September 2025

00:00, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Donavon F. Smith

... that fighter pilot Donavon F. Smith (pictured) was nicknamed "Dieppe" for evading anti-aircraft fire over the French port?
... that the Taliban supreme leader canceled a 2023 Victory Day military parade so as to "not disturb the public"?
... that in the 1260s one Bishop William moved from Agen to the Holy Land, while another Bishop William moved from the Holy Land to Agen, leaving some historians confused as to which was which?
... that the hospital ship Tübingen was sunk as a result of "a curious mixture of bad luck and stupidity"?
... that Jackson Sombach played with three of his brothers on the Regina Rams?
... that Pythagorean addition, available in many programming libraries as hypot, can compute distances, polar coordinates, and the relativistic energy of moving objects?
... that the Rydges Hotel in Christchurch, New Zealand, has been empty since the 2011 earthquake?
... that no candidate won an absolute majority in the 1931 Salvadoran presidential election, so the Legislative Assembly elected the president instead?
... that Tom Wilson Weinberg's song "Lesbian Seagull" was popularized by Engelbert Humperdinck on the soundtrack of Beavis and Butt-Head Do America?

29 September 2025

12:00, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Nereus Mendenhall

... that Nereus Mendenhall (pictured) led a delegation to the Confederate States Congress in April 1862 to allow military exemption in the Confederate Army for Quakers?
... that chess tournaments implemented doping tests before doping in chess was even proven to be possible?
... that Salvador Chuliá composed Tríptico elegíaco para un percusionista for orchestra in memory of his son?
... that some Japanese sex workers after World War II organised their own self-defence groups?
... that NFL player Norbert Hayes was known as "Butts"?
... that Peter Gersten has been called the "UFO lawyer"?
... that larvae of the mosquito Opifex fuscus live in high-salinity rock pools?
... that Mary C. Henderson once criticized Neil Simon for his excessive use of dinner tables?

00:00, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Times Square Hotel

... that before the Times Square Hotel (pictured) was renovated in the 1990s, it was described as "a scene of complete social chaos", with 1,700 violations of building codes?
... that Jules Verne's 1875 short story about Amiens in the year 2000 describes some changes he later oversaw as a city councilor?
... that broadcaster Van Hackett returned to the industry a decade after lamenting the "trivialization" of television news?
... that the owner of Contramar opened it in Mexico City to recreate the experience of dining in a beachside palapa?
... that the pulp era of science fiction may have begun in 1896 or 1930, and ended in 1937 or 1960?
... that the Škoda 26 T concept could be ordered in lengths varying from 18 to 50 metres (59 to 164 feet)?
... that Pamela Nicholson left her political party as she did not support her party's choice of a by-election candidate?
... that Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada ordered the Afghan government not to celebrate Departure Day as a national holiday in 2023?
... that some people think that the most recent series of MasterChef should not have aired?

28 September 2025

12:00, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

Zheng Lücheng

... that a memorial park was planned in South Korea for composer Zheng Lücheng (pictured), despite controversy over his collaboration with North Korea and China?
... that an 829-kilometer-long (515 mi) lightning flash set a record eight years later?
... that prison abolition is not embraced by most human rights organizations, despite similar evidence for harm as from recognized forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment?
... that Philippine senator Bong Go showed his back two times to refute accusations from a YouTube series?
... that the Montreal Canadiens hockey team threatened to force a Vermont TV station to stop airing Boston Bruins games?
... that in 1808 a wealthy Frenchman bought 2,700 acres (1,100 ha) of land in central New York and built a large estate, but abandoned it and returned to Europe less than a decade later?
... that Josiah Mtekateka, the first indigenous Malawian Anglican bishop, began his career as a priest's dog keeper?
... that relations were sour from the onset between the Afghan emperor Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Qianlong Emperor of Qing China?
... that Mr Flashy's gang used teenagers on electric scooters to deliver crack cocaine?

00:00, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

A Bugis poetry collection taken in 1814

... that after capturing the Bone Sultanate's palace in an 1814 expedition, the British brought back 30 Bugis and Makassarese manuscripts (example pictured)?
... that fan-art of a romantic pairing between two South Park characters later appeared in the show itself?
... that the English inventor Horace Dall invented a foldable telescope, a tube for flow measurements, and a pantograph which allowed him to engrave "280 bibles/square inch"?
... that the urban legend Polybius shares its name with a historian who warned against reporting stories that cannot be verified?
... that the Red October ouster plot allegedly tried to "brainwash and incite students" in multiple universities across the Philippines?
... that Li Gang, a top member of China's anti-corruption agency, was arrested on suspicion of bribery?
... that the US Coast Guard canceled a class of 96 ships simply stating that, "times have changed"?
... that Alexander McQueen was accused of misogyny after a model in his Eshu collection was fitted with a mouthpiece that forced her lips into a snarling expression?
... that Wonderful Terrific Monds's father, son, and grandson are also named Wonderful Monds?

27 September 2025

12:00, 27 September 2025 (UTC)

Ships in the Night performing in 2025

... that the American electronic artist Ships In The Night (pictured) makes synthwave music with melodies inspired by bird songs, church bells, and trains?
... that Gerard Way played pornography while recording the vocals of "You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison" as a form of method acting?
... that Richard Nixon asked Jet Li to be his personal bodyguard during the 1974 China national wushu team's tour to the United States?
... that the regimental band of the British Central Africa Regiment were known as the "canary birds" because of their bright yellow trousers?
... that Endah Subekti Kuntariningsih began her career in her current political party as a typist?
... that viewers complained over the reopening of a fictional pub in an episode of EastEnders as they felt that it looked "almost identical" to the original?
... that the Japanese considered enlisting Tekinaiti as an anti-British collaborator—until they discovered he had a Union Jack tattooed on his chest?
... that the 74th Street Generating Station's interior was once described as "an industrial-grade Grand Canyon"?
... that US Air Force pilot Alexander Kratz Rupp once kidnapped a goat?

00:00, 27 September 2025 (UTC)

Flags of Ireland (left) and Ivory Coast

... that Ulster loyalists in Northern Ireland have mistakenly burned the flag of Ivory Coast instead of the flag of Ireland (both pictured)?
... that the dark sky movement in New Zealand aims for certification of the country as a Dark Sky Nation?
... that the reigning world champion did not qualify for the men's trampoline final at the 2020 Summer Olympics?
... that mountain degu families take turns having dust baths?
... that an American Titanic survivor threatened to throw a British seaman overboard during a confrontation on board Lifeboat No. 6?
... that members of the Autonomous Workers' Union depicted the Euromaidan as a bourgeois revolution?
... that Nina Milkina composed a piano piece at age 11 that a music critic said was too difficult for a child to play?
... that the site of Chiang Kai-shek's arrest during the 1936 Xi'an Incident remains a popular tourist attraction?
... that a Japanese governor once formed a band inspired by the American singer Prince?

26 September 2025

12:00, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

Incan ceremonial vessel

... that 99% of the collection of the National Museum of Ecuador is not on public display (example of the 1% pictured)?
... that Samsul Ashar pawned personal valuables to support his city's football club?
... that the size of the entrance hall at the British legation in Uruguay was increased after a diplomat complained that there was not enough room to hold dances?
... that a former North Korean spy has been unable to return to North Korea since 1953?
... that Christapor Mikaelian was killed by his own explosives, which were intended for the attempted assassination of Sultan Abdul Hamid II?
... that burial vaults at Spring Street Presbyterian Church were forgotten under a parking lot until 2006?
... that one anthropologist has described scenes in the 1893 Wild Australia Show as examples of "settler denialism" and "colonial fantasy"?
... that Marcello Magni voiced more than a dozen characters in the claymation series Pingu?
... that Seven McGee was given his name because he was the youngest of seven children in his family?

00:00, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

Flag of Lebanon

... that the cedar tree on the Lebanese flag (pictured) is mentioned 103 times in the Bible?
... that abortions in Mozambique had government approval for three decades before abortion was actually legalized?
... that the Yemeni general Nasser Mansour Hadi, brother of a president, was taken prisoner by the Houthis and later freed?
... that the Beninese government has threatened to ban newspapers which report on the ongoing jihadist insurgency?
... that, before playing professional football for the Green Bay Packers, Gus Rosenow had his left arm amputated and was shot in the leg by a friend?
... that one proposal for the future of London's Wood Street police station would have seen its cells converted into whisky-tasting rooms?
... that, in a 15-day span, Hurles Scales was released by the St. Louis Cardinals, signed by the Chicago Bears, released by the Bears, and signed by the Cardinals?
... that Yvonne Engelman survived the Holocaust because the gas chamber she was in malfunctioned?

25 September 2025

12:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

Matei Millo in travesti as Marguerite Gautier

... that Romanian actor Matei Millo (pictured) continued an 1877 performance of a politically charged comedy even after the offended authorities had extinguished his theater's candelabra?
... that Kembangan station is decorated with a mural of a church and a mosque?
... that several 19th-century presidential elections in El Salvador had candidates that ran virtually unopposed?
... that the village office on the islet of Koja Doi was destroyed by a tsunami in 1992, after which it was rebuilt across a causeway on the larger Besar Island?
... that a 1526 pirate raid might have inspired a Maltese ballad about a bride being abducted from her wedding?
... that in the 1984 Summer Olympics, boxer Zaw Latt nearly knocked out his opponent in the first round, but did not win a single judge's vote?
... that the Yonezawa Shokai Building is the only building left in the former city center of Rikuzentakata after it was destroyed by a tsunami?
... that an alleged deal between labour boss Ramsingh Verma and mill owner R. C. Jall provoked a bitter dispute between Verma and union leader G. R. Tiwari, leading to Verma's ousting?
... that reviewers described Prudence and Emily as "unsophisticated ducklings", whereas Bella showed "badass bitchery"?

00:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

Matei Ghica

... that in 1752, Matei Ghica (pictured) took the throne of Wallachia with support from his father-in-law, allegedly ignoring his late father's last will?
... that Gulhifalhu, previously uninhabitable, is now described by the Maldives Independent as "engineered for urban disaster"?
... that two sons of Ismail Thomas contested the 2024 regency election to succeed Fransiskus Xaverius Yapan in West Kutai, Indonesia, and the younger brother, Frederick Edwin, won?
... that Naughty Dog's first published game was initially planned to be distributed locally in Ziploc bags?
... that director Abel Ferrara "delayed" the 64th Locarno Film Festival by singing rock and roll songs?
... that all candidates in the 1982 Salvadoran presidential election were pre-selected by the military?
... that Ragıp Vural Tandoğan began his long-distance open-water swimming career in his fifties?
... that an oil rig trailer and winch were used to help build a Texas TV station?
... that the Brazilian Navy Nuclear Program attempted to hide their research, but their facilities became public knowledge even before they opened?

24 September 2025

12:00, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Tomb of Yue Fei

... that four statues at the tomb of Yue Fei (two pictured) in Hangzhou, China, were ritually defecated on for centuries?
... that on the same day as the Pikysyry campaign's final battle, Paraguayan president Francisco Solano López had his brother shot?
... that Émilienne Morin participated in the legal defence campaign of her future partner before they had even met?
... that Ex parte Rodriguez would have invalidated an 1873 election based on the placement of a semicolon in the Texas Constitution?
... that Rama Alexander Asia attempted to make community forestry permits last up to 100 years, although legally they could only last for 25?
... that Giant Digger opened in an area of Lotte World Adventure Busan designed as a mining town inhabited by ogres?
... that Lloyd A. Williams was Malcolm X's godson?
... that the Magong First Fishing Port opened in 1940, was severely damaged by US raids in 1945, and was only largely reactivated around 1955?
... that Japanese YouTuber Pocky named his channel after his dog?

00:00, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Boating Party

... that France bought Boating Party (pictured) for €43 million after declaring it a national treasure?
... that two-time World Games gold medalist Silvia Contreras wanted to be a cheerleader in high school before she discovered flag football?
... that the European Union cannot certify the quality of cocoa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo because of armed conflict in the country?
... that Boyan the Mage, the son of a Bulgarian emperor, was claimed to shapeshift into wolf form?
... that the poem "Ozymandias" and the birthplace of Pythagoras inspired an Australian sculpture?
... that according to one account, Patriarch Nicholas's valuables were found on a Venetian ship after he allegedly slipped to his death during boarding, leading some to suspect foul play?
... that Dream Park was designed by Forrec, the same company that designed Universal Studios Florida?
... that, before he came to advocate Transnistrian separatism within the Moldavian SSR, Stanislav Moroz had been one of Moldavia's state planners?
... that a member of Active Bird Community made a solo EP with money intended for the band's fifth album?

23 September 2025

12:00, 23 September 2025 (UTC)

Jorge Meléndez

... that Jorge Meléndez (pictured) was appointed as the National Democratic Party's candidate for president of El Salvador in 1919, after both frontrunners suddenly dropped out days before the election?
... that the Téléscaphe was an underwater cable car system that allowed tourists to visit the seabed?
... that opera singer Olga Olgina used the same stage name as her mother?
... that "Ya Laylat al-Eid", originally a number in Dananeer, a 1940 musical about a singing slave girl, was removed from the film and had its lyrics changed to better associate it with Eid?
... that being outranked by Bishop Thomas Agni of Lentini so infuriated the future Pope Urban IV that he left Palestine and went to Rome?
... that Taylor Swift announced her new album on a sports podcast?
... that the first field test of one potential truth serum by the U.S. government was on an unwitting mafia enforcer?
... that, amidst Laurent Saint-Cyr's transition to office as chair of Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council, "bursts of gunfire" were heard in the capital?
... that a musk duck named Ripper could apparently say "you bloody fool"?

00:00, 23 September 2025 (UTC)

O'Bajan

... that O'Bajan (pictured) sired 312 foals over 25 years?
... that the French Army initially named the Saint-Cyr class of 2016–2019 after Georges Loustaunau-Lacau, but backed down after a public outcry?
... that America Windows by Marc Chagall is a stained-glass window designed for viewing in a museum?
... that one assessment concluded the Bohu laser facility is the primary site for China's directed-energy weapon research and development?
... that a speech written by Wisaksono Wirjodihardjo for Indonesian president Sukarno presciently warned against converting prime rice fields into golf courses?
... that the screenplay for the 2002 film Pure was inspired following script writer Alison Hume's interviews with recovering heroin addicts?
... that Vinanda Prameswati, at the age of 26, became Indonesia's youngest sitting regional leader in 2025?
... that Gunbuster is considered a forerunner to the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion?
... that Sweet Martha's Cookies bakes around three million cookies on the busiest days of the Minnesota State Fair?

22 September 2025

12:00, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Statue of Michael Arthur Bass

... that the statue of Michael Arthur Bass (pictured) in England stands in front of the town hall he paid for?
... that the subjects of Robert M. Edsel's book The Monuments Men returned more than five million objects stolen by the Nazis during World War II?
... that Rinalds Grants, Archbishop of Riga, began his career as a criminal investigator?
... that one airbreathing catfish species cooperates in pack hunting with another species of catfish?
... that Samuel Toloza fought off Iraqi militants with only a knife after his convoy was attacked and ran out of ammunition?
... that The Battle of Calverhine, Henry Darger's largest collage, is ten feet (3 m) wide and almost impossible to make out with the naked eye?
... that Małgorzata Rosiak, after receiving a snowboard as a Christmas present, went on to win 14 national championships and medals at the European and World Championships?
... that the Book of Accusations excoriates halakhic interpretation, Kabbalah, magic, superstition, the commentary of Rashi, and the Ashkenazi rabbinical tradition of pilpul?
... that when the architect of Chicago's IBM Building was driven to the construction site, he reportedly asked, "Where's the site"?

00:00, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Regent Theatre

... that the dome of the Regent Theatre (pictured) in Christchurch contained an apartment?
... that the wreck of HMS Cambrian marks the extent of jurisdiction of the Portsmouth competent harbour authority?
... that the SX 200 microcontroller was designed and built by a wiring company?
... that Mimoun Ben Ali, a left-handed Spanish boxer of Moroccan descent, was a three-time European champion?
... that the Gesshizu, a group of video game characters, got their name from gesshirui, the Japanese word for 'rodent'?
... that the Mainz Rose Monday parade includes more than 9,000 participants from Germany and abroad?
... that Farrell's Bar & Grill in Brooklyn continued serving beer in its large containers after a city ban forced it to swap from styrofoam to paper and plastic?
... that the Oroku-baka Tomb contains an urn from 1494 with the oldest known inscription in Japanese characters from the Ryukyu Kingdom?
... that writer Gustave Louis Maurice Strauss sued The Athenæum twice over negative reviews?

21 September 2025

12:00, 21 September 2025 (UTC)

Duckabush River

... that pillow lava can be found along the upper reaches of the Duckabush River (pictured), even though those structures can only form underwater?
... that Spanish footballer Emilia Ibáñez scored 40 league goals in the 1985–86 season, yet was not the top goalscorer in the league?
... that the Sanok Construction Company operated its own medical clinic and had sports teams for shooting and volleyball?
... that Chinese warlord Deng Benyin came out of hiding to lead guerrilla campaigns during the Second Sino-Japanese War?
... that a church of the Order of St. Augustine in the United States was burned to the ground during the Philadelphia nativist riots of 1844?
... that Hitomi Tohyama, who was raised primarily in an English-speaking environment, did not learn Japanese until she began performing professionally in Japan?
... that Jay-Z and Kanye West once played "Niggas in Paris" twelve times in a single concert?
... that a Delaware TV station that had once hoped to present the "best of television" was forced to switch to home shopping after less than five months on the air?
... that Indonesia's ambassador to Hungary and representative to ASEAN are married?

00:42, 21 September 2025 (UTC)

Mary Jo Copeland

... that Mary Jo Copeland (pictured) received the Presidential Citizens Medal from Barack Obama for founding Sharing and Caring Hands?
... that Reedsburg Municipal Airport had a water runway during the 1960s for use by the builder of Lake Redstone?
... that Xu Jie avoided the purges of the Great Rites Controversy because he was at home mourning his father?
... that the app Tea has been praised as an aid for women's safety but was sued for jeopardising its users' safety?
... that the Gym Rat in Gaza posts videos of bodybuilding among the rubble of the Israel–Hamas war?
... that the flatbread luchi was historically made with bananas instead of water?
... that German social media personality Maya Leinenbach became vegan after completing a school project on the influence of nutrition and consumption on the environment?
... that Gabriel Green ran for U.S. president on the platform of universal health care, free college education, and releasing secret government information on extraterrestrials?
... that Savannah blockaded Savannah?

20 September 2025

02:42, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

Finnie the Unicorn

... that the next Commonwealth Games mascot is a unicorn (pictured) designed by 76 children?
... that Mary Karadja founded an organisation to deport European Jews to Madagascar, despite previously advocating against antisemitism?
... that the writer Laurence Sterne became famous for a bawdy comic novel, and immediately sold a book of sermons?
... that the geographer Suzanne Daveau, who turned 100 on 13 July 2025, has received honours from three countries?
... that Zhang Juzheng was criticised for not adequately mourning the death of his father, after which he eliminated around fifty opponents through self-evaluation tests?
... that Felix Mendelssohn revised his Rondo capriccioso after a 17-year-old pianist "commanded" him to do so "under pain of one disgrace or another"?
... that Indian activist V. V. Dravid moved to Indore to build a textile workers' union, spent one and a half years in jail there, and later represented the city at the state's legislative assembly?
... that the Tochigi–Gunma–Saitama border is a rare example of a prefectural tripoint in Japan located on flat land?
... that the Red Nun of the Mayab worked as a courier and spy for an insurrectionist faction in Valladolid, Yucatán?

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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