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30 September 2018
00:00, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
Bavarian-pattern playing cards used in Grasobern
... that the game of Grasobern(card deck pictured) is easy to play, without the mental or psychological demands of other Bavarian card games like Schafkopf and Watten?
... that during his long acting career, Walter Renneisen has presented Patrick Süskind's Der Kontrabaß (The Double Bass) in his own touring production?
... that the Rose Street Club in 19th-century Soho has been described as bridging the political gap between an earlier generation of chartists and a newer trend towards anarchism and socialism?
... that English rock band XTC hired a 40-piece orchestra for their 1999 album Apple Venus Volume 1, to get a sound akin to "Vaughan Williams with a hard-on"?
... that the potato stalk borer used to be considered a serious pest of potatoes but modern management practices, such as the burning or removal of crop residues, have reduced its impact?
... that Kloster Gnadenthal(building pictured) was a Cistercian nunnery from 1235, a Protestant women's Stift from 1564, and became an ecumenical community in 1969?
... that Oakland mayoral candidate Cat Brooks performs in a one-woman show inspired by the death of Natasha McKenna in police custody?
... that a successful Peninsular War charge led by Thomas Hawker(pictured) was said to prove that the use of carbines by cavalrymen was "nothing short of insanity"?
... that basketball player Zach Hankins helped Ferris State win its first Division II title in 2018, being named the tournament's most valuable player?
... that the 31 acoustic panels (pictured) on the ceiling of the Central University of Venezuela's Aula Magna auditorium were originally meant to be an art installation in the outside corridor?
... that in 1904, Dawson Williams, editor of the British Medical Journal, commissioned research from Edward Harrison that exposed numerous medications as "valueless"?
... that Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos sold one million copies within a month of release in July 2002, making it the fastest-selling PC video game in history at that time?
... that the Old Harbor U.S. Life Saving Station(pictured), built in 1897 to rescue shipwrecked mariners, was itself rescued from the sea and given a new lease of life?
... that the Israeli actor Topol, who won a Golden Globe for his performance as Tevye in the 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof, played the role in shows and revivals about 3,500 times?
... that the suspected Mexican drug lord José González Valencia possessed an official passport that had all the security features needed for international travel, issued under a false name?
22 September 2018
00:00, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
Long-stalk spiderhead
... that flowers of the long-stalk spiderhead(pictured) produce a sweet smell late in the afternoon?
... that Kalākaua restored the hula, which had previously been banned from being publicly performed, and sponsored other Native Hawaiian traditions in the first Hawaiian Renaissance?
... that brownies, helpful household spirits from British folklore, are said to leave a house forever if offered a gift of clothing?
... that Brian Kershisnik's experiences of the births of his children inspired his painting Nativity?
... that Helen Woodrow Bones(pictured), U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's first cousin, became a "surrogate First Lady" for 16 months between the death of his first wife and his second marriage?
... that while the filters added to the chimneys of the Windscale Piles(pictured) were mocked as "Cockcroft's Follies", they prevented what might have been a disastrous radioactive accident?
... that Big Tips Texas features scantily-clad waitresses from Redneck Heaven, a breastaurant whose body-paint events led to nudity law changes in at least three Texas municipalities?
... that the brown-hooded kingfisher(pictured), about 22 centimetres (8.7 in) long, has been recorded eating reptiles as long as 25 centimetres (9.8 in)?
... that basketball player Trey Kell signed with the Bosnian team Igokea over nine other European offers?
... that Bob Wood, co-creator of the comic Crime Does Not Pay, served three years in prison for manslaughter, and was murdered a year after his release?
... that on arriving in Cuba in 1920, the SS Yarmouth(crew pictured), flagship of Marcus Garvey's Black Star Line, was hailed as the "Ark of the Covenant of the colored people"?
... that "Love Men Holic" by Shiena Nishizawa is a love song that uses ramen-related puns in its lyrics?
... that perfumer Alberto Morillas has created nearly 7,000 fragrances?
15 September 2018
00:00, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
Ignaz Brüll
... that Das goldene Kreuz (The Golden Cross), the second opera by Ignaz Brüll(pictured), was an immediate international success but was later banned by the Nazi regime?
... that in 1985, Shiv Pande arranged for a joint India-Pakistan cricket team to play "the rest of the world" in aid of Mother Teresa's charity and the orphans of the Bhopal gas disaster?
... that Radio Times critic Alison Graham called the character Jacob Masters "a cocky narcissist" following his debut in Casualty?
14 September 2018
00:00, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
Male Luna moth
... that the long tails on the hindwings of the Luna moth(pictured) are thought to interfere with echolocation detection used by predatory bats?
... that five years ago today, Tiffany Whitton left her handbag and flip-flops behind when she ran out of a Walmart at 2 a.m., and has not been seen since?
... that the Hanbo scandal, one of South Korea's largest corruption cases, involved presidential aides, a former minister, and top banking executives?
... that the bioluminescent scales of the worm Lepidonotus squamatus adhere to any predator that feeds on it, making the attacker more visible to its own predators?
... that the 2018 animated film Seder-Masochism was said to turn parts of the Exodus(God figure pictured) "into Busby Berkeley-style song-and-dance numbers"?
... that the surgeon Graham Stack advocated naming the fingers of the hand, rather than numbering them, in order to avoid surgical errors?
... that the United States Lifesaving Association calculated that a person has a 1 in 18 million chance of drowning at a beach patrolled by lifeguards affiliated with the association?
... that though caterpillars feed on the leaves of Hypericum punctatum, the foliage is toxic to mammals?
... that Max Steiner was often criticized for his excessive use of "Mickey Mousing" in his film scores?
10 September 2018
00:00, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
IranPride Day logo
... that despite homosexuality being punishable by death, Iranian LGBT activists celebrate IranPride Day(logo pictured) by secretly photographing themselves holding rainbow flagsinTehran and other cities?
... that police investigating the 1988 murder of 8-year-old April Tinsley believed that the murderer also left threatening notes with used condoms on girls' bicycles in 2004?
... that Prince William Pitt Leleiohoku II(pictured) formed the Kawaihau Glee Club, said to be composed of the "very purest and sweetest male voices to be found amongst the Native Hawaiians"?
... that Japanese voice actressAzumi Waki initially wished to pursue a career as a flight attendant, but gave up because she felt that her English language skills were inadequate?
... that in most of the killings of the Bangladesh Drug War the victims were shot at night, and weapons and drugs were found near the bodies?
... that the surrender of the Polish garrison at the Battle of Westerplatte on 7 September 1939 ended what has been described as the opening battle of World War II?
... that Margaret Storkan made seven trips to the developing world on the hospital ship SSHope where she was the only dermatologist?
... that one account has it that King Charles II offered his mistress Nell Gwyn(pictured) "all the land she could ride around before breakfast"—and the next morning she rode out early and encircled what would become Bestwood Park?
... that 15 future professors of medicine in Japan worked in Ken Hashimoto's American laboratory?
... that the sea anemone Diadumene cincta reproduces by basal laceration, with pieces of tissue becoming detached from the base and developing into new individuals?
... that in 1608, Greek spy Petros Lantzas devised a plan to assassinate the Ottoman Sultan by placing a present containing explosives in front of him?
... that in 1959, the US Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional for a prosecutor to knowingly use false testimony, even if the testimony does not directly relate to the defendant's guilt?
... that the Palembang Light Rail Transit, which opened last month, is the first operational light rail system in Indonesia?
... that clothes created by Matilda Etches in the 1940s were the first modern fashion items to be honoured as key acquisitions by London's Victoria and Albert Museum?
... that Major League Baseball umpires have visited 131 hospitals since 2006, giving seriously ill children more than 12,500 stuffed toys, through their UMPS CARE charity?
3 September 2018
00:00, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
1790s Vienna porcelain
... that exports of Vienna porcelain(example pictured) to the Ottoman Empire reached 120,000 pieces a year in the 18th century?
... that Ian Aird performed chest surgery on a wounded German officer after the British surgeon had been captured by a German Panzer column during the North African Campaign?
