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... that John Moutoussamy is the only African-American to have designed a high-rise building—which featured "colorful walls and psychedelic carpets"—in the Chicago Loop?
... that the first owners of radio station KSTO fled Guam after running up a debt of $60,000 in less than seven months of operation?
... that the Fatimid Caliphate prepared their conquest of Egypt in 969 through a long and patient propaganda effort, resulting in it being swift and almost unopposed?
... that the Hellvi helmet eyebrow(pictured), made of iron, bronze, and silver, is one of several Vendel Period helmets for which only eyebrows remain?
... that due to Spanish singer Melody's three-year disappearance from the public eye, she was rumoured to be dead?
... that the director of a 2018 documentary uncovered evidence of FBI surveillance of Arab-American families in her hometown outside Chicago?
... that TMNT Shellraiser, the world's steepest roller coaster, beat the previous record holder by half a degree?
... that German SS commander and convicted war criminal Kurt Meyer falsely claimed that the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre was the only war crime that SS troops ever committed?
... that the Field Music album Plumb was nominated for the 2012 Mercury Prize, even though the band thought that their odds were "minimal to nil"?
... that medical scholar Ronald Grossarth-Maticek directed a long-term study involving 30,000 people from 18,000 households, spanning more than 20 years?
... that Mexican drug lord María Antonieta Rodríguez Mata controlled a drug trafficking ring that extended across Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, and the U.S.?
... that Yume Wo Katare(pictured), a ramen bar in Cambridge, Massachusetts, encourages diners to share their dreams and aspirations with each other after finishing their meals?
... that the sale of WWIZ radio in Lorain, Ohio, undertaken in order to raise capital to build WXTVinYoungstown, prompted both stations to lose their licenses?
... that blue-ice areas are places in Antarctica where snow evaporation and wind have exposed blue-colored ice, which often accumulates meteorites (example pictured)?
... that before entering journalism, G. Gould Lincoln was part of Thomas Edison's team that looked for nickel in Canada?
... that according to academic Yo Tomita, the Bach Digital portal website has largely replaced printed reference works as first point of entry for Bach scholarship?
... that as a child, American Civil War historian Charles P. Roland heard first-hand accounts of the war from veterans who served in it?
28 December 2019
12:00, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
A Still Life with Two Objects
... that Vytautas Tomaševičius is the first Lithuanian to win an Excellence Award at the Tokyo Art Olympia Biennale, for his painting A Still Life with Two Objects(shown)?
... that ShetlanderJohnnie Notions, a physician with no formal medical background, developed a smallpox inoculation that successfully immunised thousands of people before Jenner's vaccine was available?
... that after the withdrawal of Walter Bersey's1897 design(drawing shown), it took 120 years for fully electric-powered taxis to return to the streets of London?
... that although Half Alive wrote their song "Still Feel" with the intention of making it unattractive for radio stations, it became their breakout hit?
... that when the Thai government ordered her return from the U.S. during World War II, PhD student Poonsapaya Kraiyong joined the Free Thai resistance movement instead?
... that the demise of Sportsvue, which lost $2 million in its 10 months of operation, prompted Jim Fitzgerald to sell the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team?
... that the sermons of Greek Catholic priest Michal Mašlej inspired the villagers of Oľšavica to hide Jews during the Holocaust even though German soldiers were quartered in the village?
... that it can take Yvonne Walker Keshick up to a year to gather the porcupine quills and other materials she needs for a particular work of art?
... that the New York City comic shop Desert Island(pictured) maintains a modified version of the signage used by the previous tenant, an Italian bakery?
... that Chinese economist Wei Xinghua refused to be known as an "authority" and proclaimed that China had no world-class authority in economics?
... that the Famine Inquiry Commission has been criticized by scholars and Indian nationalists for exonerating the British government of responsibility for the 1943 Bengal famine?
... that Rabbi Reuven Elbaz used to frequent pool halls and coffee shops around Jerusalem to talk with secular Jewish youth about religion?
... that after John Lennon called the Beatles more popular than Jesus, KLUE radio responded by staging a bonfire of Beatles memorabilia – and its transmitter was struck by lightning the next day?
... that one of the versions of Vivaldi's Magnificat included five arias to be performed by girl soloists from the Ospedale della Pietà orphanage, who were named in the score?
... that soprano Irma Beilke appeared as Marzelline in Beethoven's Fidelio on 4 September 1945 in the first opera performance in Berlin after World War II?
... that New York City's $4 million Squibb Park Bridge was demolished less than seven years after it was built?
... that Shen Jilan, who successfully proposed the clause of equal pay for equal work in China's first constitution in 1954, is still serving as a congresswoman 65 years later?
... that The History of Doing describes a fundamentalist Hindu protest, with many women part of it, in favour of sati, the burning of widows?
... that Jef Raskin would prove his FLOW language was easy to use by closing his eyes, typing randomly on the keyboard, and producing executable programs?
22 December 2019
00:00, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
Sun Yang
... that Sun Yang(pictured) is the first swimmer in history to win Olympic gold medals in the 200-, 400-, and 1500-metre freestyle events?
... that U.S. Department of Defense civil servant Laura Cooper has noted that she has frequently been the "only woman in the room" for much of her career?
... that the Pak-Age-Car(example pictured) is similar in appearance to a horse-drawn delivery carriage, which it was designed to replace?
... that after Chinese poet Liu Shahe was denounced as a "filial descendant of the landlord class" in 1957, he performed forced labour for eight years and was unable to publish for two decades?
... that since modernisation work in 2016, trains can only call at Pilning railway station when travelling eastbound?
... that in his 1915 En blanc et noir for two pianos, Claude Debussy quoted Luther's hymn "Ein feste Burg" and dedicated the work in part to Jacques Charlot, who fell in World War I?
... that the pianist Clara Schumann, who toured Europe for decades, taught 68 students at Dr. Hoch'sinFrankfurt, including those from Britain and the U.S.?
... that to assist the Australians with INTERFET logistics, the U.S. Army brought in helicopters from Russia and Bulgaria?
... that Frank Palmer started in the advertising business on April 1, 1969, and retired 50 years later to the day?
... that the 2001 manga series World of the S&M was released in English as The World Exists for Me?
... that Mongol general Uriyangkhadai invaded the territory of the Song dynasty in southern China by going through Tibet and Vietnam?
... that Hirtodrosophila mycetophaga mate on bracket fungi, selectively choosing those with a lighter surface to enhance the visibility of their courtship displays?
... that in 2014, Moroccan-born long-distance runner Adil Bouafif won his fourth gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the Swedish national championships?
... that Berna Gözbaşı is the first woman president of a football club playing in the Turkish top-level men's league?
... that 17 extensions and modifications of the construction permit were necessary before Hawaii radio station KFSH went on the air in 1985, more than eight years after the permit was awarded?
... that Christ Mocked(shown), which recently sold for €24 million, is a long-lost painting by Cimabue discovered in the kitchen of an elderly Frenchwoman?
... that Concert Grove in New York City's Prospect Park is used as a sculpture garden because its acoustics turned out to be bad for musical performances?
... that Juli Briskman, who received international coverage for flipping off President Donald Trump, went on to enter politics and win an election?
... that an article published in the Satyaprakash weekly, which criticised Hindu religious leaders, resulted in a libel case?
... that after her own childhood experiences, Carla Herrero founded Rompe el Silencio ("Breaking the Silence") to support youth who have suffered bullying, abuse, and psychological disorders?
... that St. Louis County police arrested engineers and announcers of KXLW because their tower violated local zoning laws?
... that John Blackwell was dismissed for being "bigoted and obstinate" by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for suggesting a new road might cause a landslide, which indeed happened once the road was built?
... that before Minoru Yoneyama founded the sports-equipment company Yonex, he was a member of a Japanese suicide unit during World War II?
... that the Hong Kong biopic Lost in the Fumes was rated M18 in Singapore due to "political sensitivities" and screened only to members of the country's film society?
... that Nevada radio station KONE was sued in 1966 by the proprietors of 16 musical works, who claimed that the station did not pay royalties for playing songs such as "San Antonio Rose" and "Sweet Georgia Brown"?
... that infestations of the cotton jassid can be reduced by growing a cotton cultivar with hairy leaves?
... that prior to debuting as a voice actress in 2018, Iori Saeki had been self-publishing songs as a dōjin musician for several years?
... that after ineffective counsel led to a man's prison sentence being increased a hundredfold, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that attorneys are obligated to inform their clients about plea bargain offers?
... that Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, was a failure in its original form, but was revised partly at the behest of Carl Weinmüller, who then appeared in the premiere in the bass role of Rocco?
... that in the Newar festival of Depukhu, young men compete for the carcass of a young female goat that is first sacrificed by drowning in the Deopokhari pond in Khokana, Nepal?
... that Chinese economist Zhang Peigang's dissertation was translated into Spanish and used as a university textbook in Latin America in the 1950s, but was not published in Chinese until 1984?
... that after taking the unprofitable station off the air, Harold Orr hired a crew of young announcers to broadcast on KSVY 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, to keep the license?
... that Indian-American chef Raji Jallepalli, who is credited with "originating the fusion of classic French and Indian cuisines", originally trained as a microbiologist?
... that the Peleng tarsier, a small carnivorous primate, can rotate its head nearly 180 degrees in either direction?
... that German World War II general Heinz Guderian issued post-war apologetics for Hitler, writing that "his struggle was about Europe, even if he made dreadful mistakes and errors"?
... that sculptures of rats outside the Graybar Building, near Grand Central Terminal, were included to signify New York City's role as a "great transportation centre"?
... that Alois Ickstadt founded a children's choir and an adult choir for the public broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk, conducting the latter for 45 years?
... that radio host Rick Cluff(pictured) accepted a position at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation despite his father's belief it was "full of left-wing communists" and that radio was "a dead-end career"?
... that the granulate ambrosia beetle is native to Asia but has spread as an invasive species to Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania?
... that the government of Thailand has branded the Buddhist celebration Magha Puja as a day of spiritual love and gratitude, to compete with Valentine's Day?
... that Sara Wesslin, featured on the BBC's 100 Women for 2019, is one of only two journalists in the world broadcasting in Skolt Sami?
... that Unhappy the Land argues that the Irish are not the "most oppressed people ever"?
3 December 2019
00:00, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
Steven Matz
... that before they were New York Mets teammates, baseball pitchers Steven Matz(pictured) and Marcus Stroman faced each other in a high school game that a Mets scout called "one of the best duels I've ever seen"?
... that the Lord & Taylor Building in New York City incorporated innovative window displays that could be lowered into the basement and swapped out?
... that British journalist Anna Kessel co-founded the charity Women in Football, and initiated the Blue Plaque Rebellion, to promote gender equality for women in sport?
... that Kathrin Göring portrayed both Fricka and Waltraute in Der Ring in Minden, and a critic called her scene in Götterdämmerung a highlight, noting her dramatic mezzo-soprano and intense acting?
... that research on pain in fishbyVictoria Braithwaite resulted in new rules in the UK, Europe, and Canada to make fisheries more humane?
... that string quartet Well-Strung has performed "Chelsea's Mom", a reimagining of "Stacy's Mom", for Hillary Clinton?
... that the chirps of the snowy tree cricket can be used to estimate the temperature?
1 December 2019
00:00, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
Yūki Yamato
... that screenwriter and director Yūki Yamato(pictured) created her first film, That Girl is Dancing by the Seaside, while studying philosophy at Sophia University?
