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28 February 2023

00:00, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Robert Parker Coffin Bridge

... that the covering of the Robert Parker Coffin Bridge (pictured) has been struck by vehicles at least 40 times since August 2020?
... that although SS Tembien was known to be carrying Allied prisoners of war, she was sunk by a British submarine on 27 February 1942 with hundreds killed?
... that the conservationist Martha Isabel Ruiz Corzo sings when she speaks?
... that Linda Ronstadt's "Long, Long Time" saw a 4,900-percent increase in Spotify streams in the United States in the hour after the broadcast of the third episode of The Last of Us?
... that Nicholas Orsini became Despot of Epirus by murdering his uncle, only to be in turn killed by his brother five years later?
... that Max Reger's Piano Concerto was premiered by Frieda Hodapp in 1910, but has rarely been performed since due to its difficulty?
... that Gnat Computers was one of the first to license the CP/M operating system, paying only US$90 for a perpetual license before the price skyrocketed to tens of thousands of dollars?
... that from the old Chicago Station, a five-cent fare would get you as far west as California?

27 February 2023

00:00, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Regine Velasquez

... that on the day of her Silver concert, singer Regine Velasquez (pictured) suffered from a viral infection and temporarily lost her voice?
... that LaDainian Tomlinson scored two touchdowns in 47 seconds to break the NFL single-season touchdown record?
... that tobacco conglomerate Philip Morris Cos. marketed Capri Sun to children based on experience selling tobacco to young people?
... that in the aftermath of the American Civil War, the only Black-led organization providing teachers to formerly enslaved people was the African Civilization Society?
... that Gother Mann commanded a small body of militia on Dominica during the French invasion in 1778?
... that Ward v. Flood was the legal basis for racially segregated education in California?
... that Kenneth Willoughby Heaton developed the Bristol stool scale for classifying the consistency of human faeces?
... that the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Sports Illustrated have all profiled the smallest TV station in the United States?

26 February 2023

00:00, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Escalators at Maryina Roshcha

... that the upcoming Moscow Metro station Maryina Roshcha's four escalators (pictured) are the longest in Moscow?
... that in 1785, at the age of 24, James Freeman convinced his congregation to adopt his revised prayer book, which contributed to King's Chapel becoming the first Unitarian congregation in the United States?
... that Haunted House has been called one of the earliest video games in the survival horror genre?
... that Bernie Wrightson spent seven years drawing an illustrated edition of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein?
... that the Highfield Cocoa and Coffee House in Sheffield, England, sold tea, coffee and cocoa at a penny a pint and also provided billiards and reading rooms?
... that under a rules draft presented at the 1857 baseball convention, baseball bats would have been allowed to be shaved flat on one side?
... that Norcliffe Norcliffe was severely wounded in the head at the Battle of Salamanca but survived?
... that a solvent company can access the bankruptcy courts by doing the Texas two-step?

25 February 2023

00:00, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Saturn and its rings

... that the visual appeal of its rings (pictured) has made Saturn popular in fiction?
... that for an additional US$25, Martin Research shipped its 1975 book on microcomputers with an Intel 8008?
... that the 2017 acquisition of Katz Broadcasting by the E. W. Scripps Company was seen as a validation of the business of diginets?
... that aircraft helping to fight the Poe Fire in northern California in September 2001 were grounded by the FAA following the September 11 attacks?
... that Elvis Costello and the Attractions were consistently intoxicated during the recording of the album Trust?
... that in the 1970s, the Shelton Hotel avoided demolition after seven elderly residents and a secretary refused to move out?
... that Minuscule 1689, a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, went missing for nearly 100 years after it was moved during World War I?
... that Greg Noire aims to "de-concert" his concert photography?

24 February 2023

00:00, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

John McCaffary House

... that the John McCaffary House (pictured) was the site of the 1850 murder of Bridget McCaffary, for which John McCaffary became the first and only person to be executed by the state of Wisconsin?
... that 2022 documentary The Australian Wars explores "the great Australian silence" about massacres of Indigenous Australians?
... that Devolver Digital published A Fistful of Gun after its developer jokingly suggested a collaboration?
... that John Rauch, of the firm Venturi, Rauch & Scott Brown, was called "one of the unsung heroes of postwar American architecture" by the Architectural Record?
... that Informer released a portable computer terminal that also doubled as an IBM PC compatible?
... that in 2010 the Indonesian National Armed Forces brought a retired brigadier general before a military tribunal over a land dispute?
... that although the Liberty Theatre was built in 1904 to host the Rogers Brothers' musicals, the brothers made their last appearance there three years later?
... that Korey Foreman held a makeshift raffle to decide where to play college football?

23 February 2023

02:18, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Portrait of George Washington Taking the Salute at Trenton

... that the head in the Portrait of George Washington Taking the Salute at Trenton (pictured) is based on the work of another painter?
... that contract killer Werner Pinzner fatally shot the investigating public prosecutor, his own wife, and himself at the Hamburg police headquarters?
... that David H. Ahl called Comp-Sultants one of the first casualties of the microcomputer revolution?
... that college basketball player Jett Howard almost signed at Tennessee, but instead chose the Michigan team of his father Juwan Howard?
... that one could get prosecuted for comparing the Turkish President Erdoğan to Gollum, a character from The Lord of the Rings?
... that tickets of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad could be purchased for Bellwood station at a local drug store?
... that in 1998, Chris Lewis and other volunteer despammers on Usenet went on a labor strike?
... that Lady Rainier has been raising a glass since 1903?

22 February 2023

00:00, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Iznik pottery dish with the dollar pattern

... that the dollar pattern (example pictured) in Turkish Iznik pottery is a variant of the rock-and-wave border pattern adapted from Chinese porcelain?
... that Jane Dempsey Douglass became the first woman to head a worldwide communion of churches in 1990?
... that the 1968 single "There's a Blind Man Playin' Fiddle in the Street" by Tages was inspired by an old man that could be seen roaming around the streets of Gothenburg, playing a violin?
... that Kurnianingrat helped historian George McTurnan Kahin smuggle speeches by leaders of the Indonesian revolution from the Dutch?
... that Ethel Barrymore and Luisa Tetrazzini reportedly visited the Lambs Club Building even though women were not allowed to access the clubhouse's upper floors?
... that in August 2022, Igor Mangushev spoke on a stage in a Russian nightclub with what he said was the skull of a Ukrainian soldier killed in the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works?
... that the Capitol Hill Citizen's motto, "Democracy Dies in Broad Daylight", is intended as a jab at The Washington Post's motto, "Democracy Dies in Darkness"?
... that Paul Harvey improvised a viral piano piece using only four notes?

21 February 2023

00:00, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Equestrian statue of George Washington in Morristown, New Jersey

... that the horse in an equestrian statue of George Washington (pictured) was modeled on a workhorse that had been seen pulling a milk wagon?
... that Richard Horn's 1969 novel was an Encyclopedia?
... that Michał Węsławski was the first non-Russian mayor of Vilnius after the January Uprising?
... that the Servants' Characters Act 1792 criminalised the creation of false references by servants in Great Britain?
... that on his wedding night, Maximilian of Habsburg had a childhood friend, wearing a suit of armour, stand in for him in bed with his new wife?
... that for the fourth episode of The Last of Us, Melanie Lynskey was told her character's brother was "basically Jesus"?
... that the search for a lost radioactive capsule along a 1,400-kilometre (870 mi) stretch of road in Western Australia was likened to looking for a needle in a haystack?
... that Rear Admiral Edward B. Barry was once demerited for "very disorderly humming"?

20 February 2023

00:00, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

Darwin's first sketch of an evolutionary tree

... that Charles Darwin used a tree of life model (sketch pictured) to conceptualise his theory of evolution?
... that American folklorist Esther Shephard collected tall tales from logging camps in the state of Washington to complete her 1924 book about Paul Bunyan?
... that the Māori believed that the failure of the rockets launched at a pā (fort) during the Battle of Puketutu was due to rites and rituals performed during its construction?
... that a lawyer got his client acquitted of a 1975 kidnapping by accusing the victim of masterminding his own abduction—but in 2020 admitted that he had known it was a lie?
... that a teenager planned to blow up the tomb of Islamic saint Habib Noh because he believed that it was un-Islamic?
... that former NASCAR driver St. James Davis was badly mauled by two chimpanzees while visiting one who was the best man at his wedding?
... that the City and Guilds of London Institute developed the City & Guilds Computer virtual machine as part of their 1960s teaching materials?
... that Mimi Kilgore gifted Willem de Kooning a frog that had been run over by a car?

19 February 2023

00:00, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Erna P. Harris

... that African-American journalist Erna P. Harris (pictured) was called a "fearless critic" of the internment of Japanese Americans by the US government during World War II?
... that despite J. R. R. Tolkien's dislike of Shakespeare, he was influenced by his work?
... that the television series The Owl's Legacy was modelled after the ancient Greek symposium?
... that James Danandjaja, an expert on Indonesian folklore and the pioneer of Indonesian folkloristics, also learned ballet and modern dance?
... that Rick and Morty caused McDonald's to bring back its Szechuan Sauce, twenty years after it was discontinued?
... that the release of Mario Kart: Super Circuit in China was cancelled because of excessive video-game piracy in the country?
... that Constans II was a monk before he became a Roman emperor?
... that the particular church to which one belongs determines the right rite and the use to use?

18 February 2023

00:00, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Tonan Maru No. 3

... that the Japanese vessel Tonan Maru No. 3 (pictured), sunk in a 17 February 1944 air raid, was raised seven years later and returned to service as a whaling factory ship?
... that Eva Siracká remained the president of the League Against Cancer, citing the reign of Elizabeth II as the reason?
... that the lobby of the Royalton Hotel was once compared to an ocean liner?
... that Mark Wetjen was a top advisor for Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, during an aggressive lobbying campaign at the United States Congress?
... that although Greek forces captured the Aegean island of Chios in January 1913, its annexation to Greece was not finalized until 1923?
... that in 2022, Briton Charlotte Payne broke the world record for a hammer throw by a deaf woman by almost 5 metres (16 ft)?
... that the Arab Orthodox Movement aims to Arabize the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, a church whose laity is mostly Arab but is led by Greek clergy?
... that Mittens was a chess-playing "cat"?

17 February 2023

00:00, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Title page of the Grammatica Litvanica

... that Daniel Klein's Grammatica Litvanica (pictured), the first printed grammar of the Lithuanian language, introduced the distinctive Lithuanian letter Ė?
... that the riots protesting the destruction of the houses in Nieuwmarkt are memorialised in its namesake station?
... that King Bataha Santiago's parents sent him to school when he was 44 years old?
... that, due to bandits, convoys of ten or more vehicles are required on some roads when driving in Madagascar?
... that United States Air Force brigadier general E. Daniel Cherry became close friends with the Vietnamese pilot whom he shot down during the Vietnam War?
... that the College Entrance Examination Board went back and forth over whether the Achievement Test in English Composition should include an essay component?
... that Sakhela Buhlungu's anti-corruption efforts at the University of Fort Hare led to a failed assassination attempt that killed his bodyguard?
... that Dr. Oz called his veggie tray "crudité" in his supermarket scanner moment?

16 February 2023

00:00, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

... that the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (pictured) in Springtown, New Jersey, was used by Harriet Tubman to help fugitive slaves escape?
... that academic Muhammad Musa'ad was barred from running as a candidate in the Papuan gubernatorial election due to his Arabic ancestry?
... that Damen, despite being one of the busiest stations on the Chicago "L", lacks accessibility for the disabled?
... that the BBC documentary India: The Modi Question, which examines the career of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, was banned in India?
... that Lucien Laurent scored the first goal in FIFA World Cup history during the inaugural game of Group 1 of the 1930 World Cup?
... that Grace Lavery's autobiography Please Miss discusses her transition but also the "paradigmatic concept of the penis"?
... that the Arizona Coyotes ice hockey team objected to a new host on the Phoenix radio station that carried their games, leading to his removal after a week?
... that Alexis Soyer's dish of lamb cutlets Reform is still on the menu at the Reform Club?

15 February 2023

00:00, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Mary Arthur McElroy

... that Mary Arthur McElroy (pictured) was never given formal recognition as First Lady of the United States out of respect for Nell Arthur, the deceased wife of then-president Chester A. Arthur?
... that actor Tatsunari Kimura ate pancakes and drank coffee while talking for eight hours during the filming of the television drama Old-Fashioned Cupcake?
... that popular Korean folk singer Wang Su-bok was given birthday gifts by both Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il?
... that the painting God Giving Birth was inspired by Monica Sjöö's inner visions while giving birth?
... that King Edgar of England wanted to marry Wulfhild, but she rejected him to become a nun instead?
... that in 2007, the 1966 track "Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine" was the first of Bob Dylan's songs to be officially remixed?
... that trans man Iszac Henig alternated wins against trans woman Lia Thomas on the way to the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming Championship?
... that the Commission on Training Camp Activities allegedly used sexual denial to make American World War I soldiers fight harder?

14 February 2023

02:42, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Burned-out houses after the Wennington wildfire

... that after the Wennington wildfire (destroyed houses pictured) hit London in 2022, experts warned that climate change would cause more wildfires in the future?
... that conservator Carolyn Price Horton helped to direct a "Mud Angel army" that rescued books after the Arno flooded museums and libraries in Florence, Italy, in 1966?
... that when Ashgabat Zoo opened in Turkmenistan, dictator Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow's personal menagerie was moved to the zoo?
... that railway engineer Henry Ketchum earned the first diploma in civil engineering granted by the University of New Brunswick?
... that the first batch of Action Computer Enterprise's Discovery 1600, one of the first multi-user microcomputers, was delivered to a tobacco-growing business in Thailand?
... that the infected creatures in the second episode of The Last of Us were created using prosthetics instead of visual effects?
... that Ertuğrul Gazi, a Turkish floating storage and regasification unit for liquefied natural gas, has a daily capacity of 28 million cubic metres (990 million cu ft), among the world's largest?
... that California rancher Frank O'Connor could grow Lipstick and Halloween in a greenhouse?

13 February 2023

00:00, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

African Union Conference Center and Office Complex

... that after erecting the African Union headquarters (pictured), the Chinese government was accused in 2018 of spying on the building for five years?
... that the hook and concept of the song "Big Brother" was conceived by Kanye West in an elevator ride?
... that Kalle Rovanperä became the youngest podium finisher in 2020, the youngest event winner in 2021 and the youngest world champion in 2022 in the World Rally Championship?
... that many surviving remnants of North American prairie grasslands are in cemeteries?
... that Indian harmonium player Appa Jalgaonkar stopped singing due to puberty?
... that the chapters of 2 Maccabees contain some of the earliest statements of belief in a bodily resurrection in Judaism?
... that Charles Grobe wrote the "Lincoln Quickstep" in honor of Abraham Lincoln?
... that the 1980s were the "age of hole-discovery" in yaoi erotica?

12 February 2023

00:00, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame

... that the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes at the University of Notre Dame (pictured) contains two stones originally from the grotto at which Our Lady of Lourdes is said to have appeared to Saint Bernadette?
... that the "You've Got Mail" voice actor was one of dozens of people fired from an Ohio TV station after its takeover by Paxson Communications?
... that Paul Freeman became one of the few Westerners interred at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis, following his death in an experimental propeller-driven Soviet railcar?
... that Lewis Fry Richardson's Statistics of Deadly Quarrels suggested that the establishment of a world government might end wars?
... that a bloodied fingerprint on newspaper was the central piece of evidence in the murder of Vivianne Ruiz?
... that Sylvia Plath criticized her own award-winning poem for its "old crystal-brittle and sugar-faceted voice"?
... that Edward A. Hanna wanted to eliminate the New York State Assembly while he served in it, and later wanted to close down the government of the city of Utica while he was its mayor?
... that Pulaski's Masterpiece, billed as the "world's most valuable dog", disappeared without a trace in 1953?

11 February 2023

00:00, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

Selfie of Ong, commonly replicated by the Step Chickens

... that "Step Chickens" on TikTok replaced their profile pictures with an image (shown) of Melissa Ong, whom they call "Mother Hen"?
... that interfaith greetings in Indonesia include phrases from Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism?
... that Absaroka was a proposed U.S. state that would have included parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, and Montana?
... that Kimmo Leinonen helped establish both the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame and the IIHF Hall of Fame?
... that the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel All the Light We Cannot See contains a sympathetic Nazi?
... that prior to entering politics, Herbert Salvatierra led a troupe of carnival comparsas?
... that during the filming of Dawn of the Dead, hundreds of extras in zombie makeup had to be on constant standby, so the crew built a "factory" where painted extras were on-call?
... that Winston Churchill published an essay on extraterrestrial life during the Second World War?

10 February 2023

00:00, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Skull of the Luttra Woman

... that the last meal the Luttra Woman (skull pictured) had was raspberries?
... that Daniel Thrasher once unintentionally re-created the theme song of The Office?
... that talim encodes intricate patterns for Kashmir shawls and carpets?
... that the 1981 Japanese experimental short film Spacy is made up of 700 still photographs of a gymnasium?
... that in 1943, it took the Oregon State Senate 45 ballots to elect William H. Steiwer as president of the senate over fellow Republican Dorothy McCullough Lee?
... that even though Oise amber is found in France, it was produced by a type of tree now found in the Amazon?
... that Grand was the least-ridden station on the Logan Square branch for most of its existence?
... that one can swim with humpback whales in the Niue Nukutuluea Multiple-Use Marine Park?

9 February 2023

00:00, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

Bearded Man with a Beret

... that Bearded Man with a Beret (pictured) by the Dutch artist Jan Lievens is an example of a tronie?
... that a Bot Sentinel report described conspiracy theories about Prince Harry and Meghan as being reminiscent of QAnon?
... that Enriqueta Medellín, a Mexican surgeon, has an ecological center and environmental prize named after her in the state of Aguascalientes?
... that the Norwich and Worcester Railroad became independent again in 1976 after more than 100 years of being leased, only to immediately have its line taken over by another railroad?
... that T-Pain said that he thought of the concept for the song "Good Life" while dining at a restaurant with Kanye West?
... that the Virginia Quay Settlers Monument in London has been subject to bombing and theft?
... that before becoming a successful children's author, Myron Levoy was an engineer doing research on nuclear-powered spaceships for a mission to Mars?
... that the takedown of a controversial Goddess of Victory: Nikke advertisement led to another controversy?

8 February 2023

00:00, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Reverse of Monotron's printed circuit board (PCB)

... that a heavily modified Monotron synthesizer (PCB pictured) was nicknamed "FrankenSynth" by music resource site Ask.Audio?
... that the 1834 Philadelphia race riot began at a carousel before spreading to other parts of the city?
... that the May Queen dress worn by Florence Pugh in the film Midsommar was made of 10,000 silk flowers and reportedly sold for US$65,000 at auction?
... that William J. McGee said that the 2022 Southwest Airlines flight delays were the result of "appearing to regulate rather than actually regulating"?
... that the contest of the 1830 Liverpool by-election was considered to be "in great measure a personal one"?
... that Berta Berkovich, who was skilled in sewing, managed to survive Auschwitz in a fashion salon established by the wife of the concentration camp commandant?
... that the 1931 Valentine earthquake was the strongest earthquake in recorded history to hit Texas?
... that Kangal shepherd dogs can gall cyclists in Turkey?

7 February 2023

00:00, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

A Jewish Wedding

... that the subject of A Jewish Wedding (pictured) was said to be the marriage ceremony of the artist's daughter?
... that Perla Batalla was once a backup singer for Leonard Cohen, who encouraged her to write her own songs?
... that MicroProse was formed to publish Hellcat Ace after Sid Meier boasted that he could design a better video game than Red Baron in a week?
... that Interstate 81 in Tennessee was the site of a carjacking that culminated in the Lillelid murders in 1997?
... that during the First World War, James Kirkham Ramsbottom saved the British daffodil industry?
... that the 801 Grand is the tallest building in the state of Iowa?
... that a 15-year-old swim team member is credited with saving several lives in the crash of Alitalia Flight 1553?
... that Leverington Cemetery has the most orbs and apparitions in Philadelphia?

6 February 2023

00:00, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Poster for Captain America (1944)

... that a 1944 serial film (poster pictured) was the first film appearance of Captain America and the first film appearance of any Marvel Comics character?
... that of the ten Royal Navy flag officers to die during the First World War, three were killed in action?
... that Henry R. Pattengill requested that his name be removed from the ballot?
... that zinc white was found in several versions of The Scream?
... that Indian independence activist and author P. Kodanda Rao's correspondence with Mahatma Gandhi helped to clarify Thoreau's influence on Gandhi?
... that some historians believe that Steele's Greenville expedition marked a shift in the Union's war policy?
... that after his tenure ended in 1964, Ipik Gandamana would be the last Indonesian minister of home affairs to be a civilian until 2009?
... that Alexander the Great occasionally founded cities not named after himself?

5 February 2023

00:00, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Luna Park

... that during the construction of Coney Island's Luna Park (pictured), its owners electrocuted Topsy the elephant?
... that with his self-produced solo ice show Gift, two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu is expected to become the first ice skater to perform at the Tokyo Dome?
... that during its run of screenings at the Whitney Museum, the 1979 film Asparagus was shown rear-projected onto a set that appears in the film itself?
... that Eudoro Galindo, who was nearly elected Vice President of Bolivia, was also a three-time national fencing champion and a two-time Bolivarian Games bronze medallist?
... that SZA said her label insisted on scrapping a song from her second album, even though they had used it to promote the album?
... that attendees from forty countries and financial institutions at the 2023 International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan pledged more than US$9 billion for flood recovery?
... that Margaret Cooper wrote that the Women's Royal Indian Naval Service was providing "the experience of a lifetime" to the young women she recruited during the Second World War?
... that in 2012, a "stylish but illegal monkey" was seen wandering a Toronto-area IKEA?

4 February 2023

00:00, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Rizal Monument

... that while other countries built monuments to José Rizal a century after his birth, the Rizal Monument (pictured) in Madrid was built a century after his death?
... that Majidreza Rahnavard was the first Iranian to be executed in public in connection with the Mahsa Amini protests?
... that Southern Railway 1401 was one of eight locomotives that hauled the funeral train of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
... that Henrietta Bruckman founded the first fraternal organization for Jewish women in the United States?
... that only one person made a donation of land for the settlement and employment of British military veterans under a 1916 act of Parliament?
... that Valentín Carboni played in the same three youth teams as his brother Franco before they both received their first call-up to the Argentine senior national team in March 2022?
... that two Tuscarora men held their local newspaper hostage in an attempt to expose local police corruption, to no avail?
... that Phil Fletcher as Hacker T. Dog caused Lauren Layfield to make the "most famous snort" in the United Kingdom in 2016?

3 February 2023

00:00, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Katō Kanji

... that Katō Kanji (pictured), leader of the fleet faction, shouted that "war with America starts now" after the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty?
... that the music video for David Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes" was, at a cost of £250,000, the most expensive made at the time?
... that Jack Champion had to film all his scenes in Avatar: The Way of Water twice?
... that a model walked the runway at the Alexander McQueen show The Dance of the Twisted Bull in a flamenco dress pierced with spears?
... that the Brooklyn Tower, the first supertall building in Brooklyn, was described as the "Empire State Building of Brooklyn"?
... that according to a critic, the black metal album The Mercian Sphere is not folk metal, but close enough for "black metal purists" to reject it?
... that when West Java governor Nana Nuriana ran for reelection in 1998, he faced fifteen challengers?
... that members of Lego fandom not only design their own sets but also engage in cosplay?

2 February 2023

00:00, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Embriachi marriage casket

... that around 1400, the Embriachi workshop in northern Italy specialised in marriage caskets with carved bone plaques (example pictured)?
... that after David Glenn Lewis was killed in an apparent hit-and-run incident 30 years ago today 1,600 miles (2,600 km) from his home, it took a Google search in 2004 to identify his body?
... that the launch of a Florida TV station was brought forward nearly two months because the local ABC affiliate stopped airing more than half of its prime-time shows?
... that Peruvian foreign minister Manuel María Gálvez Egúsquiza was arrested by Chilean troops for refusing to sign peace with the cession of territory during the War of the Pacific?
... that Rolling Stone named Mission of Burma's "Academy Fight Song" as one of the 100 greatest debut singles of all time?
... that the first issue of Allan, one of the earliest Japanese magazines focused on male–male romance for a female audience, featured a pin-up poster of David Bowie?
... that the Banu Kalb tribe were originally Christians but became Muslims after the Muslim conquest of the Levant?
... that a donut has a donutussy?

1 February 2023

00:00, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Paweł Adamowicz

... that after a stabbing attack on Paweł Adamowicz (pictured), the mayor of Gdańsk, at least 41 units of blood were used in an unsuccessful attempt to save him?
... that Adam Ramage was considered one of the most important early American printing press builders in his day, having produced 1,250 presses during his lifetime?
... that Tolkien's Morgoth has been seen as analogous to Satan?
... that after each loss, American football coach Art Haege made his players crawl from the locker room to the practice field, saying "if you played like a worm, you crawled like a worm"?
... that for his first film, Operation Java, director Tharun Moorthy and his production team handpicked all 83 actors rather than doing an open audition for roles?
... that with no documents verifying its establishment, an American concession existed de facto in the Chinese city of Tianjin for more than 40 years?
... that George Charles Hoste took charge of the quarter-deck guns of the frigate Spartan, defended her against a French squadron, and took the brig Sparvière as a prize?
... that at the start of Drama Shower, Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss!?

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