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... that the elements of the Flag of Ulster(pictured) supposedly trace their origins to a cross drawn in Saracen blood and a hand cut off to claim a kingdom?
... that the English and French translations of Kenjirō Tokutomi's The Cuckoo all omit a key aspect of its most famous line?
... that Sandra Perron, whom other Canadian Armed Forces officers viewed as a threat, was once interrogated and left in the snow for two hours without boots as part of a training exercise?
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Mud play in a rice field during the 2020 National Paddy Day
... that on National Paddy Day in Nepal, people splash each other and play in the mud (pictured), plant rice seedlings, eat curd and beaten rice, and sing folk songs?
... that during the Congo Crisis, American Methodist bishop Newell Snow Booth was threatened at gunpoint by a soldier before being released by an officer who recognized him?
... that Ty Dolla Sign's song "Ego Death" is a "first-ever of its kind" 9D listening experience?
... that Ba Than, a school teacher, wrote the Burmese history textbook used in many Burma high schools from the 1930s to 1950s?
... that to demonstrate elevator safety in the Empire Building, eggs and light bulbs were loaded in a cab that was dropped past the third floor at 82 miles per hour (132 km/h), emerging undamaged?
00:02, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
Two members of the Curragh Wrens
... that the Wrens of the Curragh group of sex workers (members depicted) lived in "nests" hollowed from the ground near Curragh Camp in the 19th century?
... that Iain Macintyre's group was the first to show that the hormone calcitonin was produced by the thyroid gland?
... that in 1988, an enquiry confirmed Joe Collier and Aggrey Burke's findings that racial and sexual discrimination operated in the selection of students at London medical schools?
... that only three Confederate soldiers were killed at the Battle of Grand Gulf, but one of them was the commander of Fort Wade?
... that St. James Church in New York City was once occupied by a veterans' organization, an Indonesian church, and a group for Chinese senior citizens?
... that the 1990 Message from Turnberry issued by NATO has been called the "first official recognition of the end of the Cold War"?
... that after Dua Lipa wrote her song "Break My Heart", she noticed similarities to INXS's "Need You Tonight" and decided to credit the band?
... that Xu Chang's rebellion against the Han dynasty attempted to revive the ancient state of Yue, which had ended about 400 years earlier?
28 July 2020
12:00, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
Lady Tambourine
... that videos of Lady Tambourine(pictured) playing the tambourine at Southern Louisiana football games went viral in 2017?
... that due to its explicit content, a manga seriesonShōnen Jump+ cannot be accessed via its iOS app, but is available on its website and Android app?
... that the Builders Building(pictured), originally built to house construction industries, would eventually be home to the Chicago Board of Education and later be renovated into a hotel?
... that BTS's Japanese single "Lights" surpassed one million pre-orders in Japan and broke the 24-year-old record of Celine Dion's 1995 single "To Love You More"?
... that Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman co-founded the Sadie Collective, which aims to increase representation of black women in economics and other quantitative fields?
... that a large sign announcing the winner of the Democratic nomination for a New Mexico special election appeared three hours before the meeting to select him had started?
... that in 1948 and 1952, nuclear physicist Leslie Shepherd published scientific papers on the use of nuclear technology for interplanetary and interstellar space travel?
... that New York City's Rattlesnake Creek was named after the rattlesnakes that once populated the Bronx?
... that the founders of the literary journal Irreantum hoped it would become the source for nationwide publishers to access the best of Mormon literature?
... that Portuguese HIV researcher Odette Ferreira flew from Lisbon to Paris with test tubes of blood in her coat to maintain the right temperature for testing at the Pasteur Institute?
... that many law enforcement authorities in the United States can issue civil investigative demands to compel the production of documents before an action has begun?
... that while the management of Wyoming television station KFNB claimed transmitter trouble as the reason for going off the air, a former reporter announced that all staff had been laid off?
... that the rapper Akala explains in his book Natives why he was placed in special-needs classes for children who did not speak English, despite reading The Lord of the Rings at the time?
... that the 2002 video game Unlimited Saga was one of five games planned for use in a Sony promotional lottery that was cancelled due to tensions between the U.S. and Iraq?
... that following decades of repairs due to vandalism and falling headstones in the Children of Israel CemeteryinWinnipeg, Canada, maintenance is now limited to "mowing the grass"?
... that during contract bidding for structural steel for New York City's New Lots Line, all three bids were rejected partly because the chief engineer was banking on steel prices falling?
... that the Isma'ili leader Ibn Hawshab had to surrender his son as hostage to a rival, who returned him after a year with a golden necklace as a gift?
... that the town of TofinoonVancouver Island was host to a hippie commune called Poole's Land where residents could exchange their labour for accommodation and drugs?
... that the genus Pterodactylus(species depicted), the scientific name for a pterodactyl, had been considered a "wastebasket taxon" as many species were assigned to it and later reassigned?
... that Nyma Tang sheds light on colourism in the beauty industry through her YouTube series The Darkest Shade?
... that the Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones, the communications and media regulator of Argentina, was created despite a court ruling blocking the act?
... that Turkish soldier Abdur Rahman Peshawari was appointed as Turkey's ambassador to Afghanistan in part due to his knowledge of Pashto and Persian?
... that in 1548, the parish of Egginton sold two church bells to fund repairs to the Monks Bridge?
... that Edmund Kurtz's edition of Bach's cello suites, published in 1983, is recognized as one of his greatest achievements?
... that in a new book, Wolf Gruner argues that the collaborationist Czech government played a significant role in the persecution of Jews in Bohemia and Moravia?
... that American space rock band Hum released Inlet, their first album in 22 years, as a surprise on June 23?
... that lifelong Democrat Stephanie Pollack was appointed by lifelong Republican Charlie Baker to lead the Massachusetts Department of Transportation?
... that Charles Rolls's first car showroom, Lillie Hall, was on the site of a disused skating rink?
... that Moral, part of a loose trilogy of feminist films directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya, was initially dismissed by critics but is now regarded as one of the best Filipino films ever made?
... that the administrator Winifred Tumim called the state of management where charity trustees had no knowledge of their legal and professional obligations "mad chair disease"?
... that Real Life, Brandon Taylor's debut novel, is an American campus novel about a gay, black doctoral student in a mostly white PhD program?
... that Indiana radio station WFCI engaged in a five-year battle to increase its transmitting power, facing opposition from a local TV station?
... that the chief executive officer of the Central Police Canteen was removed from his position for issuing a list of non-indigenous items that were supposed to be banned for sale?
... that Zico's "Any Song" dance challenge went viral on TikTok after several South Korean celebrities including Hwasa, Chungha, and Lee Hyori participated in the trend?
... that a LinkedIn license contract compelled UpCounsel, an online marketplace for legal services, to close but it ended up remaining in business?
... that Italian prima ballerina Alessandra Ferri originated the lead role in the 2015 ballet Woolf Works at age 52?
... that astronomer Mustafa ibn Ali wrote mostly in Ottoman Turkish rather than Arabic, in order to make his field more accessible in the Ottoman Empire?
... that when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis instructed the first director general of television station Canal 21 to position the station "between nude women and the Sunday Mass"?
... that the 1994 film Fresh Kill is noted for its influence on hacker subculture, with a 1995 article about the film containing one of the first recorded uses of the term "hacktivism"?
... that Venezuelan sociologist Esther Pineda G popularized the term violencia estética ('aesthetic violence') to describe the damaging pressure on women to respond to prevailing ideas of beauty?
... that some typefaces used in Thai typography are designed to resemble Latin sans-serif, and the Thai characters พ, ร, and บ(pictured in two fonts) may look just like the English letters W, S, and U?
... that O sacrum convivium! is one of the best-known works by Olivier Messiaen, but he declared that it was not representative of his compositional style?
... that "Oye Mujer", a song certified 14× Multi-Platinum (Latin) in the US, was composed by Mexican musician Raymix while he was participating in a NASA educative internship?
... that a same-sex kiss, broadcast in January 2020, between the Casualty characters Marty Kirkby and Jack Ward received 111 complaints?
... that the "bad apples" metaphor has changed from a warning not to interact with corrupt individuals to a claim that bad apples are not representative of an entire group?
... that Joseph Ngolepus finished third at the 2003 London Marathon, one second behind the winner, in the closest London Marathon finish in history?
... that Operation Gideon, an attempt to infiltrate Venezuela by sea and remove Nicolás Maduro from office, was stopped before it got further than the beach?
... that Thomas Powell(pictured) was one of several exceptionally fast Hudson River steamboats of the 1840s powered by the marine engineering works of T. F. Secor?
... that to avoid prosecution, managers of illegal opioid prescription centers known as "pill mills" tend to run their facilities like pop-up stores?
... that Jan Otrębski, who knew nothing of the Lithuanian language until his adulthood, is honored in Lithuania for his studies of the language?
... that the frog Corythomantis greeningi retreats into a hole, blocks the entrance with its spiny head, and injects venom into anything that tries to dislodge it?
... that Angèle Dola Akofa Aguigah demonstrated that the earthworks at Notsé in Togo were used to define separate social spaces, not for defence?
... that Seu'ula Johansson-Fua is the keeper of the Kukū Kaunaka Collection, an archive of doctoral and masters dissertations written by Tongan scholars based at universities around the world?
... that Ethel McGhee Davis, an alumna of Spelman College, later served as the school's first African-American dean and was a member of its board of trustees for 24 years?
... that in the 1970s, Indian retailer Anokhi, which produces hand-printed garments, helped revive traditional Rajasthaniwoodblock printing?
... that in 1918, a Jewish couple was married in a cemetery in Winnipeg with 1,000 people in attendance?
... that a song by Belarusian rock band Molchat Doma reached number two on the Spotify Viral 50 chart after it was frequently used as background music on video sharing platform TikTok?
... that although it depicts an indigenous goddess, the statue María Lionza is deliberately located in the middle of a highway?
... that John Whitworth, a singing lay vicaratWestminster Abbey for 22 years, was praised for his "voice of great beauty, rich in the lower register, trumpet-toned in the upper"?
... that the title of the 2020 Nepali comedy–drama film Senti Virus was changed from Anti Virus on the advice of an astrologer?
... that Bruce Jay Friedman described his first marriage as having "crumbled like an old graham cracker"?
00:00, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
Deutsches Reichsbräu logo
... that the German police were called to investigate Deutsches Reichsbräu beer because of the Nazi-style imagery on its logo (pictured)?
... that Kessler R. Cannon, who later became an Oregon state representative, interviewed Oregon pioneers for his popular 15 Minute Histories radio program broadcast on KBND in the 1950s?
... that the card gameofHusarln ("Hussar") is dominated by the distribution of tarot cards, giving it "that brisk and energetic feel" which is reflected in its name?
... that A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip, the new album by rock group Sparks, contains lyrics that appear to foreshadow COVID-19, even though it was recorded before the onset of the pandemic?
... that a report by Chinese journalist Chen Jieren on university students turning to prostitution to pay for their tuition fees sparked a major debate about prostitution in China?
... that in a survey, a Pakistani stated that a visit to one of the American Spaces under increased security conditions was "like going to jail or getting into Fort Knox"?
... that Charles Kingston O'Mahony's selection of murderers in his 1927 book Enemies of Society includes five doctors?
... that when Nigerian women's rights activist Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti(pictured) was banned from organizing demonstrations, she organized "picnics" and "festivals" instead, drawing up to 10,000 participants?
... that the Jimi Hendrix guitar solo which Beautiful People sampled for their 1993 single "Rilly Groovy" had to be cut into about forty pieces and rearranged to fit the beat?
... that during the first few days of the launch of the internet bench(pictured), two teenagers phoned the local council and Bill Gates after discovering that it could be used to make international calls?
... that in a 2013 ranking compiled by the political editors of Verdens Gang, Astrid Gjertsen was rated the ninth-most important woman in Norwegian history?
... that the Lekhapaddhati, a guidebook written in Sanskrit, includes specimens of letters and documents intended to be used by administrators during Chaulukya rule in Gujarat, India?
... that NASA mechanical engineer Aaron Yazzie has compared the surface of Mars to the landscape near his birthplace in the Navajo Nation?
12 July 2020
12:00, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
Khalili Imperial Garniture
... that on their display in Chicago in 1893, the vases of the Khalili Imperial Garniture(pictured) were described as "the largest examples of cloisonné enamel ever made"?
... that Taroc l'Hombre imported bidding from the world's most successful card game, Ombre, a feature that was crucial to the future of Tarot games outside Italy?
... that a Spanish woman was arrested for carrying a bag that read "A.C.A.B." accompanied by the phrase "All Cats Are Beautiful"?
11 July 2020
12:00, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
Topo Islet (background) off the coast of São Jorge
... that during the topping-out ceremony for 1 Wall Street, while workers hoisted an evergreen tree to its pinnacle, a hot rivet fell onto the street and caused a fire?
... that in R v Zora, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the offence of breaching bail conditions requires subjective mens rea?
... that trade union official Roger Poole spent his honeymoon travelling the Americas in a double-decker bus promoting British products, until the bus sank in a river in Peru?
... that after early professional success as a snooker player, Patsy Fagan developed a psychological block when using the rest and never won another major tournament?
... that the British government funded Crossroads, the first Kazakhstani soap opera, to promote the country's transition to a free-market economy after the collapse of the Soviet Union?
... that the Jamai PalaceinFez was originally the residence of a grand vizier, but was later seized by the state, sold, and converted into a hotel?
... that during World War II, Polish-Jewish economist Ludwik Maurycy Landau conducted undercover research into the economic conditions in occupied Poland?
... that Nick Begichwon reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives despite having gone missing the previous month?
... that Friedrich Dörr was a member of the commission for Gotteslob, the first common Catholic hymnal in German, which included several old hymns translated by him into modern language?
... that the 14-year-old lead actress in the 1931 British Indian film The Last Kiss was brought from a brothel in Dhaka?
8 July 2020
00:00, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
Pratt's 1867 Pterotype
... that John Jonathon Pratt, known as the grandfather of the typewriter (1867 model pictured), invented several common typewriter features before RemingtonorHammond machines entered the market?
... that rights of nature are legally recognized in twelve countries?
... that the "lost manuscript" of The Ickabog was featured on the dress worn by J. K. Rowling at her 50th birthday party?
7 July 2020
00:00, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
"Your Britain. Fight for It Now" poster
... that Kensal House, the UK's first modernist block designed for the working class, was used by Abram Games for his 1942 poster "Your Britain. Fight for It Now" (pictured)?
... that Boneybefore in Northern Ireland contains the ancestral home of the seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson?
... that the first expulsion from the National Assembly of Guyana took place in 1991, when MPIsahak Basir threw a glass of water at the speaker in protest against one of his decisions?
... that fans were asked to return their copies of The Lot, a 2013 compilation album by Queen drummer Roger Taylor, due to audio and typographical errors?
... that the Pepsi Number Fever draw in May 1992 was supposed to have just two 1-million-peso winners, but 486,170 people made claims for a winning bottle cap?
... that St Luke's burial ground, on the south side of London's Cale Street, once had a 9-foot-high (2.7 m) wall and railings to protect against grave robbers?
... that MkLeo, regarded as the best Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player in the world, won his first tournament at the age of eight?
... that after a show host on Orlando-area radio station WTLN hired a hitman to kill his former lover's husband, the intended victim began a campaign to urge advertisers to boycott the station?
... that the second commander of the 3rd Missouri Light Battery was elected by the men of the battery after the original commander was transferred away from the unit?
... that Pakistani model Zara Abid, who made her film debut in the upcoming biopic Chaudhry, died in the crash of PIA Flight 8303?
