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... that at civil disobedience events, undocumented students from Freedom U wear painted
monarch butterfly wings symbolizing migration's naturalness and their immigrant experience?
... that American volunteer civilian physician Beulah Ream Allen(pictured, right) survived three Japanese internment camps in the Philippines during World War II?
... that when Turkish singer Hamiyet Yüceses lamentingly sang an
Ottoman classical song after her husband's death in a submarine accident, many people thought she had composed the song herself?
... that with no prior work experience, William B. Jordan turned the
Meadows Museum's collection into the most prominent collection of Spanish art outside Spain?
... that the
chitonTonicella marmorea was first described from Greenland by the Danish naturalist
Otto Fabricius, who spent five years as a missionary in the country?
... that the direction of the
black swan on the flag of Western Australia(pictured) was corrected in 1953, even though this issue was identified 17 years earlier?
... that during the Second World War,
Abkhazian female pilot Meri Avidzba flew 477 combat sorties and dropped 63 tonnes of bombs onto the enemy?
... that the Mutual Reserve Building was described as "a law office slum" and a 1920s center of the "personal injury underworld"?
... that early
vocational-education advocate Mary Schenck Woolman(pictured) obtained her first teaching position as a result of her "harsh" review of a sewing manual?
... that the seeds of Guilandina bonduc, commonly known as
nickernuts, are buoyant and remain viable while being dispersed by ocean currents?
... that the Third Punic War between Rome and Carthage ended in the complete destruction of Carthage and the death or enslavement of all of its citizens?
... that
Jane Fonda paid for her political activism with the profits of her Workout videos?
... that a historical theory argues that
Nixon sought a decent interval between American withdrawal and South Vietnamese collapse to avoid becoming the first president to lose a war?
... that writer Jeanne Humbert was repeatedly arrested for spreading information about
birth control and
abortion after they were banned in France in 1920?
... that historian Jeffrey Kimball argued that the Vietnam War "was waged as much against Saigon as it was against the [Viet Cong / North Vietnamese] enemy"?
... that residents of
Devdaha, Nepal, decided that a 13-year-old girl should marry her 25-year-old alleged rapist?
... that Zofia Poznańska, cipher clerk to the Red Orchestra espionage group, was captured in Belgium by the Abwehr in 1941 and hanged herself in prison in 1942?
... that when William R. Watson retired from his gallery for contemporary art in Montreal, one of his artists wrote: "You have known, and been a good friend to nearly all the artists"?
... that after the Rockaway Boardwalk(pictured) was destroyed in
Hurricane Sandy, a radio ad campaign using the Ramones song "
Rockaway Beach" was aired to draw visitors to the adjacent beach?
... that Essop Moosa, who was of Indian origin, became the first non-white player to play for an all-white
soccer team in South Africa, appearing under a pseudonym?
... that S&M2 is the highest-grossing rock
cinema event of all time?
... that Du Shuzhen was the first woman in
Henan, China, to perform the
Hajj?
... that after shutting down in 1954, Indiana television station WRAY-TV was activated once a year to air the annual
March of Dimes telethon?
... that the $10 million Tri-City Mall in
Mesa, Arizona, began to lose stores and customers ten years after opening, and even a multimillion-dollar renovation could not save it?
... that excavations in Romajë have revealed double-edged axes thought to have been related to
sun worship?
... that the artwork for the 2017
Bonobo album Migration was captured in four hours?
... that less than 18 months after being launched, radio station KFNA of
El Paso, Texas, declared bankruptcy after its format failed to attract listeners?
... that the European Commission of Human Rights found in 1969 that the
Greek junta systematically tortured dissidents, leading to Greece's exit from the
Council of Europe?
... that in the album title Not Our First Goat Rodeo, the term goat rodeo refers to a chaotic event in which many things must go right for the situation to work?
... that the Hong Kong Logistic Support Regiment RLC was nicknamed the "1000-Day Regiment" as its 1,181 days of service made it possibly the shortest-lived peacetime regiment in the British Army?
... that French novelist Claire Etcherelli's 1967 novel Elise, or the Real Life gained a brief cult following and was adapted into
a 1970 film?
... that eyewitnesses at the Battle of Sedalia reported seeing Confederate soldiers riding barefoot because their boots were full of plundered
whiskey?
00:00, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
Jim Watkins
... that Jim Watkins founded a super PAC to back politicians who support the
QAnon conspiracy theory, furthering belief by experts that he has close ties to, or is, Q?
... that some works by the Baltic-German writer Laura Marholm were part of "feminist literary criticism", known as
gynocriticism, 70 years before the term was coined?
... that
Japanese occupying forces reportedly sentenced Fatah Jasin to death, but Japan surrendered and Indonesia became independent before he could be executed?
... that
Newcastle architect Gibson Kyle lay in wait and caught a burglar who was absconding with 33 lb (15 kg) of lead belonging to
Richard Grainger?
00:00, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
Launch of a Gemini B capsule and a Manned Orbiting Laboratory mockup
... that a 1966 test flight (pictured) of a Gemini B spacecraft for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory was the first time an American space capsule intended for human spaceflight had flown in space twice?
... that Leonhard Lechner, who trained as a chorister in Bavaria under
Orlande de Lassus, composed a
Passion for choir in 1593 that strongly influenced the genre?
... that 54 years ago today, California television station KCFT-TV went off the air when
General Electric showed up with a moving van, a locksmith, and a court order to repossess equipment?
... that on the single "Bra Off" from
Natalie Lauren's album Handle with Care, Lauren points out that women should not be subject to insult, assault, or
sexism when they do not wear a
bra?
... that to help counteract misleading online information on vaccines, the Vaccine Safety Net provides a list of scientifically reviewed websites?
... that although Major General Thomas Holden was twice elected to the
Continental Congress, he does not seem to have taken up his seat?
... that sixteen people were injured while fleeing a non-existent terrorist attack during the Oxford Circus panic?
... that "phantom borders" left behind by the
partitions of Poland by imperial powers have an impact on which political parties Polish citizens vote for?
00:09, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
Melinda Plowman
... that child actress Melinda Plowman(pictured), who appeared in many early television shows, was one of the original
Mouseketeers?
... that the "Hot Air Line" was so-called due to shaky financial backing and grandiose claims?
18 September 2020
14:12, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
Naturaleza muerta (1645–1650) by Tomás Yepes
... that Tomás Yepes(work pictured) settled a lawsuit his elder sister brought against him by giving her some religious paintings?
... that Peanuts Gallery, a 1997 piano concerto by
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, portrays Peanuts characters in movements such as "Schroeder's Beethoven Fantasy" and "Snoopy Does the Samba"?
... that sect leader Li Guangchang ruled as self-proclaimed emperor for five years in the 1980s before being arrested by the Chinese police?
... that seeds of the sea bean can be dispersed for long distances by ocean currents?
... that among rock critic Jacoba Atlas's many concert reviews was a "disastrous appearance" by
Joe Cocker?
... that at Osthofen concentration camp, the camp doctor declared all new arrivals healthy and medically fit for imprisonment, even if they had been mistreated before?
... that among proofs of the Sylvester–Gallai theorem,
Kelly's has been praised as "simply the best", but also criticized as "like using a sledge hammer to crack an almond"?
... that professional athletes protested by refusing to play in response to high-profile police shootings of Black people in 2020?
... that a flag was used to facilitate trade between
Momoyama Japan and
Ming China?
... that even though Judith Sims of TeenSet magazine was touring with
the Beatles, she was not, "alas", sleeping with them?
17 September 2020
12:00, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Inuit reindeer-hide parka with dog-fur trim
... that modern studies have shown that the characteristic fur-trimmed hood on traditional Inuit skin clothing(example pictured) is more effective at preventing heat transfer than manufactured
winter clothing?
... that the heart of Pierre David was found in a Belgian fountain in August 2020?
... that a 10 cm3 (0.6 cu in) sponge Hymeniacidon kitchingi can filter 22.5 L (5 imp gal; 6 U.S. gal) of water per day?
... that Jackie Summers(pictured) quit his corporate job to pursue a "lifelong dream of day-drinking professionally"?
... that cavalry of both sides at the Battle of Ticinus fought on foot?
... that Alex Anderson became interested in quilting after finishing her grandmother's quilt, which had been started decades earlier, for a college credit?
... that irritant hairs on the seed pods of the horse-eye bean have traditionally been used to get rid of intestinal worms?
... that blues-rock guitarist
Gary Moore did not follow up his 1973 debut solo album Grinding Stone for another five years?
... that Franz Leuninger, a Catholic trade unionist in
Silesia who ran against the Nazis for election to the
Reichstag in 1933, was executed in March 1945?
... that the Hokitika Clock Tower(pictured) on the
West Coast of New Zealand's South Island serves the unusual dual purpose of a war memorial and a town clock?
... that mercury pressure gauges as tall as 23 metres (75 ft) have been built to measure very high pressures?
... that when Bertha Park High School opened, all pupils were provided with
iPads, but had to lock their own phones in lockers?
... that Sarika Kale, a
kho kho player who has struggled financially for years, won ₹51,000 for her performance as captain of the India national team at the Third Asian Kho-Kho Championship?
... that in 2019, despite a nationwide ban in India, an estimated more than
₹900
crore (US$130 million) was wagered on cockfighting(example pictured) in
Andhra Pradesh in just three days?
... that Polish children's author Maria Kownacka wrote for an underground children's magazine during the
Warsaw Uprising?
... that according to the Hebrew Bible, a perjurer should receive the same punishment he sought to inflict on the falsely accused?
... that many of the teen actors in the
Jane Withers comedy film High School had been guests at her thirteenth birthday party?
... that while Leslie Goonewardene was one of the largest landowners in Sri Lanka through inheritance, he re-introduced inheritance tax to the country?
... that New Jersey radio station WJJZ lost its
license over an unauthorized payment of $25,000 to a competing applicant for its frequency?
... that My Michael, a novel by Israeli author
Amos Oz set in
Jerusalem of the 1950s, was reviled by critics as being "politically dangerous and subversive"?
... that President
Donald Trump watched the 2019 film Joker with his friends and family at the
White House and reportedly enjoyed it?
... that General Order No. 1's broad definition of "sexually explicit" material led to a ban on
bodybuilding magazines and underwear catalogues for U.S. personnel during the
Gulf War?
... that in September 2019, far-right politician Milan Mazurek became the first Slovak parliamentarian to lose his seat due to a crime after comparing
Romani children to "animals in the zoo"?
... that a witness said he saw Thomas David Morrison wearing glasses in the
Upper Canada Rebellion, but his defence attorney said Morrison wore sunglasses and would not have worn them at night?
... that the founder of the pornography
zineS.T.H. once joked that it was "the only gay-sex magazine funded by the U.S. government"?
00:00, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
2017 Miss Supranational finalists
... that
Jenny Kim's victory in the 2017 Miss Supranational beauty pageant (finalists pictured) marked the first time that a contestant representing South Korea won a major international pageant?
... that
FBI informant Ricardo Morales, who testified against Cuban militant
Orlando Bosch in 1968, shared a hotel with Bosch in 1976?
... that Japanese essayist Mineko Nomachi's 2006 book I'm Queer But I'm An Office Lady details her experience as a transgender woman in a
pink-collar job?
... that injector pens increase
patient adherence in part by reducing the stigma surrounding injecting medication in public?
... that in 1833, English magistrate John Peele Clapham edited a children's hymn book which had numerous editions and a wide circulation?
... that the Turkey men's U23/U24 team won the
CMAS World Age Group Underwater Hockey Championships in 2019 for the third time in a row, becoming the only national team to accomplish this?
... that a purchaser of Delaware radio station WJWL called the transaction "the longest deal in my lifetime"?
... that a Christian writer claimed to have seen Yusuf II of Granada putting on a poisoned
tunic, which caused the Sultan's death within thirty days?
... that female spiders of the genus Diguetiastridulate while mating, and make a noise loud enough for humans to hear when they are harassed?
00:00, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
Lydia Mendoza
... that when
Tejano singer Lydia Mendoza(pictured) was a child returning to Texas with her parents in 1920, border agents immersed her and other Mexican children in gasoline baths?
... that after the Battle of Leptis Parva, the losers were spared—except for their commander, who was tortured to death?
... that US diplomats asked Poland not to name their new military base Fort Trump lest it be perceived as a vanity project and not a serious military proposal?
... that the Singer Building, the world's tallest building when completed, later became the world's tallest building to be demolished?
... that
Helen Reddy said that her single "No Sad Song" sold poorly "because it put down men too much"?
... that three Prix Gémeaux categories for best drama were created after a boycott by Quebec production studios?
10 September 2020
12:00, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Felimida krohni
... that the sea slug Felimida krohni(pictured) can sequester
toxins from the sponges on which it feeds?
... that stuntwoman Betty Danko earned $35 for riding the Wicked Witch's smoke-spewing broomstick in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, and was hospitalized for eleven days after it exploded on her?
... that a one-legged engineer rode the escalators at Earl's Court tube station on their first day of operation to reassure passengers of their safety?
... that a print of Badnam Basti, often described as India's first
gay film, was discovered in 2019 after having been
lost for 40 years?
... that American industrialist Roy James Carver's company supplied self-priming pumps to the United States and Allied Forces navies during World War II?
... that footpaths in
Knutsford, England, built intentionally narrow by Jane Stanley to prevent 18th-century couples walking arm-in-arm, were only replaced in 2014?
... that the A479 is one of Wales's most dangerous roads?
8 September 2020
12:00, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
Liberty Tower
... that New York City's Liberty Tower(pictured), now a residential building, was once occupied by
Franklin D. Roosevelt's law office and by German spies plotting to intervene in World War I?
... that the first item of the Havering hoard, the largest Bronze Age hoard found in London, was discovered by a 23-year-old archaeologist only four weeks into a temporary contract?
... that Florence "Johnny" Frisbie's 1948 autobiographical children's novel, Miss Ulysses of Puka-Puka, was the first published literary work by a
Pacific Islander woman author?
... that
professional Super Smash Bros. player Axe(pictured) is known for a "lightning-quick" style of play with
Pikachu, which enables him to predict his opponent's attacks and swiftly retaliate?
... that
4chan owner
Hiroyuki Nishimura claims that 2channel, once "Japan's most popular online community", was stolen from him?
... that the hashtag #KHive, used by an online support community for
Kamala Harris which defends her from racist and sexist attacks, is a play on a hashtag used by fans of
Beyoncé?
... that when his widowed mother remarried, James Gordon seized Rusco Tower and imprisoned her to ensure that she did not make it over to her new husband, whom he later killed?
... that cellist, composer, and conductor Rudolf Hindemith was the brother of the famous
Paul Hindemith, with whom he played in the
Amar Quartet, but later used pseudonyms to hide the relation?
... that misogynist terrorism is listed as a "rising threat" by counter-terrorism researchers?
... that the founder of Reynolds Brothers retired as chairman on his 100th birthday?
... that sculptor Alfred Gilbert fled England twice—once for love, once for money?
00:00, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
Mizrah wall hanging
... that Jewish homes in the
Diaspora often feature a mizrah wall hanging (example pictured) to indicate the direction of prayer towards Jerusalem?
... that
Vermont radio station WFAD was ordered to shut down just two weeks after it launched?
... that Kanon Shizaki, the second
voice actress for BanG Dream!'s Rinko Shirokane, was quickly embraced by fans and her
Roselia bandmates, as her shyness mirrors her character's personality?
... that the sponge Biemna variantia broods its young, and can also reproduce by budding and fragmentation?
... that Edward B. Foley described the
blue shift, a phenomenon in US elections showing that
provisional ballots are more likely to be for Democrats and can change projected results after election day?
... that many dishes in Lebanese cuisine can be traced back thousands of years to eras of Roman, Greek, Persian, Byzantine, Arab, Egyptian, and Phoenician rule?
... that
imamMahmoud Dicko, one of the most influential political figures in Mali today, announced that he was leaving politics despite never having run for office?
00:00, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
Equestrian statue of Ferdinand III of Castile in Seville
... that
Aminé delayed the release of the music video for the song "Riri" from his album Limbo in order to participate in the
George Floyd protests?
... that the Soviet Army during the early Cold War had a smaller number of military personnel per division than the US Army, partly because it used civilian labourers and anti-aircraft gunners?
... that Mary Haʻaheo Atcherley was allowed to stand as a candidate for a seat in the senate of the
Territory of Hawaii in 1920, but was legally prevented from holding the office if she won?
... that the nudibranch Aeolidiella alderi attacks
sea anemones with the stinging cells it has already acquired from other anemones?
... that WHUM-TV featured a cooking show hosted by a woman who did not know how to cook and scoured for recipes at the local public library?
5 September 2020
12:00, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
Prince Baltasar Carlos in the Riding School (1636)
... that Mübeccel Argun, a Turkish-language presenter for the
BBC World Service in London for 25 years, was formerly a physical-education teacher and one of the first female athletes in her country?
... that the City Bank–Farmers Trust Building had a shooting gallery in the basement for the guards protecting the bank vault to practice in?
00:00, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
[[File:|140px|McWhorter (top right) on the American Fighter Aces Congressional Gold Medal ]]
McWhorter (top right) on the American Fighter Aces Congressional Gold Medal
... that all that remains of Willenhall House in north London are the gateposts?
... that construction of the 195 m (640 ft) Gorkha Bridge in Nepal reconnected seven remote villages and reestablished a portion of a popular hiking trail?
... that Ugandan commander Godwin Sule was reportedly run over by one of his own tanks, contributing to the Ugandan defeat during the
Battle of Lukaya?
... that a 1967 promotion by Virginia radio station WHIH, anticipated to receive 15,000 entries, instead received nearly 180 million?
... that the memoirs of the
eunuch chamberlain Jawdhar are one of the most important sources on the history of the
Fatimid Caliphate in the mid–10th century?
... that death squad commander Otto Ohlendorf claimed that the extermination of 90,000 Jewish men, women, and children was a justified act of self-defense?
... that in 1975, Dick Bond introduced legislation to ban the sale of intoxicating beverages on university, college, and community campuses in
Washington?
... that
Rembrandt's later prints make great use of surface tone, by leaving a thin film of ink on parts of the printing plate?
... that a U.S.
Republican candidate criticized rappers
Cardi B and
Megan Thee Stallion's song "WAP", stating that it made him want to "pour holy water" in his ears?
3 September 2020
12:00, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
Franklin La Du Ferguson
... that
Pomona College's "missing president", Franklin La Du Ferguson(pictured), is the only past president not honored by the college with a portrait?
... that Jean Kurt Forest played violin in German film orchestras in the 1930s, defected to the
Red Army in 1945, and composed operas and film scores from 1954 onwards?
... that Los Angeles Dodgers
ball boyChico Herrera became a fan favorite after making impressive plays in
pre-season games, and inspired the catchphrase "Don't Run on Chico"?
00:00, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
The Fitting (1890)
... that it sometimes took
Mary Cassatt and a printer eight hours to make eight or ten coloured prints using à la poupée inking (example pictured)?
... that in the 1942 film Johnny Doughboy, former child stars
Bobby Breen, "
Alfalfa", and "
Spanky" play themselves as members of a club of Hollywood "has-beens"?
... that although nowadays neccio(pictured) is considered a dessert, peasants used to eat it with salty food?
... that the Confederate Army's 8th Missouri Infantry Regiment was considered a cavalry regiment, an infantry regiment, and an infantry battalion at different points of its existence?
... that Rihanna was asked to stay at the
Def Jam Recordings office until 3:00 a.m. in order to sign a contract, so that she would not sign with another label?
1 September 2020
12:00, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Earth Dome II under construction
... that the first
superadobe earth dome (replacement pictured) at the Pomona College Organic Farm was built by students without authorization and was demolished by the college administration?
... that Ulster Unionist Party politician Rosemary Barton highlighted concerns of intimidation from Gaelic football fans towards those who do not follow the sport?
... that the Casa Fuerte de Adeje was built in
Tenerife in the 1550s to protect a sugar mill against pirates, but the complex was destroyed by fire in 1902 and has yet to be rebuilt?
... that in 1921, before the partition of Ireland, Fermanagh County Council did not recognise the government of Northern Ireland and pledged allegiance to
the Dáil Éireann?
... that Catholic priest Herbert Leuninger, a co-founder and speaker of
Pro Asyl, is remembered as a "loudspeaker" for the interests of refugees?
... that 1952's Exercise Ardent was the largest air exercise since World War II, involving around 1,300 aircraft and 200,000 personnel?
Archives are generally grouped by month of Main Page appearance. (Currently, DYK hooks are archived according to the date and time that they were taken off the Main Page.) To find which archive contains the fact that appeared on Did you know, go to article's
talk page and follow the archive link in the DYK talk page message box.
... that at civil disobedience events, undocumented students from Freedom U wear painted
monarch butterfly wings symbolizing migration's naturalness and their immigrant experience?
... that American volunteer civilian physician Beulah Ream Allen(pictured, right) survived three Japanese internment camps in the Philippines during World War II?
... that when Turkish singer Hamiyet Yüceses lamentingly sang an
Ottoman classical song after her husband's death in a submarine accident, many people thought she had composed the song herself?
... that with no prior work experience, William B. Jordan turned the
Meadows Museum's collection into the most prominent collection of Spanish art outside Spain?
... that the
chitonTonicella marmorea was first described from Greenland by the Danish naturalist
Otto Fabricius, who spent five years as a missionary in the country?
... that the direction of the
black swan on the flag of Western Australia(pictured) was corrected in 1953, even though this issue was identified 17 years earlier?
... that during the Second World War,
Abkhazian female pilot Meri Avidzba flew 477 combat sorties and dropped 63 tonnes of bombs onto the enemy?
... that the Mutual Reserve Building was described as "a law office slum" and a 1920s center of the "personal injury underworld"?
... that early
vocational-education advocate Mary Schenck Woolman(pictured) obtained her first teaching position as a result of her "harsh" review of a sewing manual?
... that the seeds of Guilandina bonduc, commonly known as
nickernuts, are buoyant and remain viable while being dispersed by ocean currents?
... that the Third Punic War between Rome and Carthage ended in the complete destruction of Carthage and the death or enslavement of all of its citizens?
... that
Jane Fonda paid for her political activism with the profits of her Workout videos?
... that a historical theory argues that
Nixon sought a decent interval between American withdrawal and South Vietnamese collapse to avoid becoming the first president to lose a war?
... that writer Jeanne Humbert was repeatedly arrested for spreading information about
birth control and
abortion after they were banned in France in 1920?
... that historian Jeffrey Kimball argued that the Vietnam War "was waged as much against Saigon as it was against the [Viet Cong / North Vietnamese] enemy"?
... that residents of
Devdaha, Nepal, decided that a 13-year-old girl should marry her 25-year-old alleged rapist?
... that Zofia Poznańska, cipher clerk to the Red Orchestra espionage group, was captured in Belgium by the Abwehr in 1941 and hanged herself in prison in 1942?
... that when William R. Watson retired from his gallery for contemporary art in Montreal, one of his artists wrote: "You have known, and been a good friend to nearly all the artists"?
... that after the Rockaway Boardwalk(pictured) was destroyed in
Hurricane Sandy, a radio ad campaign using the Ramones song "
Rockaway Beach" was aired to draw visitors to the adjacent beach?
... that Essop Moosa, who was of Indian origin, became the first non-white player to play for an all-white
soccer team in South Africa, appearing under a pseudonym?
... that S&M2 is the highest-grossing rock
cinema event of all time?
... that Du Shuzhen was the first woman in
Henan, China, to perform the
Hajj?
... that after shutting down in 1954, Indiana television station WRAY-TV was activated once a year to air the annual
March of Dimes telethon?
... that the $10 million Tri-City Mall in
Mesa, Arizona, began to lose stores and customers ten years after opening, and even a multimillion-dollar renovation could not save it?
... that excavations in Romajë have revealed double-edged axes thought to have been related to
sun worship?
... that the artwork for the 2017
Bonobo album Migration was captured in four hours?
... that less than 18 months after being launched, radio station KFNA of
El Paso, Texas, declared bankruptcy after its format failed to attract listeners?
... that the European Commission of Human Rights found in 1969 that the
Greek junta systematically tortured dissidents, leading to Greece's exit from the
Council of Europe?
... that in the album title Not Our First Goat Rodeo, the term goat rodeo refers to a chaotic event in which many things must go right for the situation to work?
... that the Hong Kong Logistic Support Regiment RLC was nicknamed the "1000-Day Regiment" as its 1,181 days of service made it possibly the shortest-lived peacetime regiment in the British Army?
... that French novelist Claire Etcherelli's 1967 novel Elise, or the Real Life gained a brief cult following and was adapted into
a 1970 film?
... that eyewitnesses at the Battle of Sedalia reported seeing Confederate soldiers riding barefoot because their boots were full of plundered
whiskey?
00:00, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
Jim Watkins
... that Jim Watkins founded a super PAC to back politicians who support the
QAnon conspiracy theory, furthering belief by experts that he has close ties to, or is, Q?
... that some works by the Baltic-German writer Laura Marholm were part of "feminist literary criticism", known as
gynocriticism, 70 years before the term was coined?
... that
Japanese occupying forces reportedly sentenced Fatah Jasin to death, but Japan surrendered and Indonesia became independent before he could be executed?
... that
Newcastle architect Gibson Kyle lay in wait and caught a burglar who was absconding with 33 lb (15 kg) of lead belonging to
Richard Grainger?
00:00, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
Launch of a Gemini B capsule and a Manned Orbiting Laboratory mockup
... that a 1966 test flight (pictured) of a Gemini B spacecraft for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory was the first time an American space capsule intended for human spaceflight had flown in space twice?
... that Leonhard Lechner, who trained as a chorister in Bavaria under
Orlande de Lassus, composed a
Passion for choir in 1593 that strongly influenced the genre?
... that 54 years ago today, California television station KCFT-TV went off the air when
General Electric showed up with a moving van, a locksmith, and a court order to repossess equipment?
... that on the single "Bra Off" from
Natalie Lauren's album Handle with Care, Lauren points out that women should not be subject to insult, assault, or
sexism when they do not wear a
bra?
... that to help counteract misleading online information on vaccines, the Vaccine Safety Net provides a list of scientifically reviewed websites?
... that although Major General Thomas Holden was twice elected to the
Continental Congress, he does not seem to have taken up his seat?
... that sixteen people were injured while fleeing a non-existent terrorist attack during the Oxford Circus panic?
... that "phantom borders" left behind by the
partitions of Poland by imperial powers have an impact on which political parties Polish citizens vote for?
00:09, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
Melinda Plowman
... that child actress Melinda Plowman(pictured), who appeared in many early television shows, was one of the original
Mouseketeers?
... that the "Hot Air Line" was so-called due to shaky financial backing and grandiose claims?
18 September 2020
14:12, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
Naturaleza muerta (1645–1650) by Tomás Yepes
... that Tomás Yepes(work pictured) settled a lawsuit his elder sister brought against him by giving her some religious paintings?
... that Peanuts Gallery, a 1997 piano concerto by
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, portrays Peanuts characters in movements such as "Schroeder's Beethoven Fantasy" and "Snoopy Does the Samba"?
... that sect leader Li Guangchang ruled as self-proclaimed emperor for five years in the 1980s before being arrested by the Chinese police?
... that seeds of the sea bean can be dispersed for long distances by ocean currents?
... that among rock critic Jacoba Atlas's many concert reviews was a "disastrous appearance" by
Joe Cocker?
... that at Osthofen concentration camp, the camp doctor declared all new arrivals healthy and medically fit for imprisonment, even if they had been mistreated before?
... that among proofs of the Sylvester–Gallai theorem,
Kelly's has been praised as "simply the best", but also criticized as "like using a sledge hammer to crack an almond"?
... that professional athletes protested by refusing to play in response to high-profile police shootings of Black people in 2020?
... that a flag was used to facilitate trade between
Momoyama Japan and
Ming China?
... that even though Judith Sims of TeenSet magazine was touring with
the Beatles, she was not, "alas", sleeping with them?
17 September 2020
12:00, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Inuit reindeer-hide parka with dog-fur trim
... that modern studies have shown that the characteristic fur-trimmed hood on traditional Inuit skin clothing(example pictured) is more effective at preventing heat transfer than manufactured
winter clothing?
... that the heart of Pierre David was found in a Belgian fountain in August 2020?
... that a 10 cm3 (0.6 cu in) sponge Hymeniacidon kitchingi can filter 22.5 L (5 imp gal; 6 U.S. gal) of water per day?
... that Jackie Summers(pictured) quit his corporate job to pursue a "lifelong dream of day-drinking professionally"?
... that cavalry of both sides at the Battle of Ticinus fought on foot?
... that Alex Anderson became interested in quilting after finishing her grandmother's quilt, which had been started decades earlier, for a college credit?
... that irritant hairs on the seed pods of the horse-eye bean have traditionally been used to get rid of intestinal worms?
... that blues-rock guitarist
Gary Moore did not follow up his 1973 debut solo album Grinding Stone for another five years?
... that Franz Leuninger, a Catholic trade unionist in
Silesia who ran against the Nazis for election to the
Reichstag in 1933, was executed in March 1945?
... that the Hokitika Clock Tower(pictured) on the
West Coast of New Zealand's South Island serves the unusual dual purpose of a war memorial and a town clock?
... that mercury pressure gauges as tall as 23 metres (75 ft) have been built to measure very high pressures?
... that when Bertha Park High School opened, all pupils were provided with
iPads, but had to lock their own phones in lockers?
... that Sarika Kale, a
kho kho player who has struggled financially for years, won ₹51,000 for her performance as captain of the India national team at the Third Asian Kho-Kho Championship?
... that in 2019, despite a nationwide ban in India, an estimated more than
₹900
crore (US$130 million) was wagered on cockfighting(example pictured) in
Andhra Pradesh in just three days?
... that Polish children's author Maria Kownacka wrote for an underground children's magazine during the
Warsaw Uprising?
... that according to the Hebrew Bible, a perjurer should receive the same punishment he sought to inflict on the falsely accused?
... that many of the teen actors in the
Jane Withers comedy film High School had been guests at her thirteenth birthday party?
... that while Leslie Goonewardene was one of the largest landowners in Sri Lanka through inheritance, he re-introduced inheritance tax to the country?
... that New Jersey radio station WJJZ lost its
license over an unauthorized payment of $25,000 to a competing applicant for its frequency?
... that My Michael, a novel by Israeli author
Amos Oz set in
Jerusalem of the 1950s, was reviled by critics as being "politically dangerous and subversive"?
... that President
Donald Trump watched the 2019 film Joker with his friends and family at the
White House and reportedly enjoyed it?
... that General Order No. 1's broad definition of "sexually explicit" material led to a ban on
bodybuilding magazines and underwear catalogues for U.S. personnel during the
Gulf War?
... that in September 2019, far-right politician Milan Mazurek became the first Slovak parliamentarian to lose his seat due to a crime after comparing
Romani children to "animals in the zoo"?
... that a witness said he saw Thomas David Morrison wearing glasses in the
Upper Canada Rebellion, but his defence attorney said Morrison wore sunglasses and would not have worn them at night?
... that the founder of the pornography
zineS.T.H. once joked that it was "the only gay-sex magazine funded by the U.S. government"?
00:00, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
2017 Miss Supranational finalists
... that
Jenny Kim's victory in the 2017 Miss Supranational beauty pageant (finalists pictured) marked the first time that a contestant representing South Korea won a major international pageant?
... that
FBI informant Ricardo Morales, who testified against Cuban militant
Orlando Bosch in 1968, shared a hotel with Bosch in 1976?
... that Japanese essayist Mineko Nomachi's 2006 book I'm Queer But I'm An Office Lady details her experience as a transgender woman in a
pink-collar job?
... that injector pens increase
patient adherence in part by reducing the stigma surrounding injecting medication in public?
... that in 1833, English magistrate John Peele Clapham edited a children's hymn book which had numerous editions and a wide circulation?
... that the Turkey men's U23/U24 team won the
CMAS World Age Group Underwater Hockey Championships in 2019 for the third time in a row, becoming the only national team to accomplish this?
... that a purchaser of Delaware radio station WJWL called the transaction "the longest deal in my lifetime"?
... that a Christian writer claimed to have seen Yusuf II of Granada putting on a poisoned
tunic, which caused the Sultan's death within thirty days?
... that female spiders of the genus Diguetiastridulate while mating, and make a noise loud enough for humans to hear when they are harassed?
00:00, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
Lydia Mendoza
... that when
Tejano singer Lydia Mendoza(pictured) was a child returning to Texas with her parents in 1920, border agents immersed her and other Mexican children in gasoline baths?
... that after the Battle of Leptis Parva, the losers were spared—except for their commander, who was tortured to death?
... that US diplomats asked Poland not to name their new military base Fort Trump lest it be perceived as a vanity project and not a serious military proposal?
... that the Singer Building, the world's tallest building when completed, later became the world's tallest building to be demolished?
... that
Helen Reddy said that her single "No Sad Song" sold poorly "because it put down men too much"?
... that three Prix Gémeaux categories for best drama were created after a boycott by Quebec production studios?
10 September 2020
12:00, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Felimida krohni
... that the sea slug Felimida krohni(pictured) can sequester
toxins from the sponges on which it feeds?
... that stuntwoman Betty Danko earned $35 for riding the Wicked Witch's smoke-spewing broomstick in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, and was hospitalized for eleven days after it exploded on her?
... that a one-legged engineer rode the escalators at Earl's Court tube station on their first day of operation to reassure passengers of their safety?
... that a print of Badnam Basti, often described as India's first
gay film, was discovered in 2019 after having been
lost for 40 years?
... that American industrialist Roy James Carver's company supplied self-priming pumps to the United States and Allied Forces navies during World War II?
... that footpaths in
Knutsford, England, built intentionally narrow by Jane Stanley to prevent 18th-century couples walking arm-in-arm, were only replaced in 2014?
... that the A479 is one of Wales's most dangerous roads?
8 September 2020
12:00, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
Liberty Tower
... that New York City's Liberty Tower(pictured), now a residential building, was once occupied by
Franklin D. Roosevelt's law office and by German spies plotting to intervene in World War I?
... that the first item of the Havering hoard, the largest Bronze Age hoard found in London, was discovered by a 23-year-old archaeologist only four weeks into a temporary contract?
... that Florence "Johnny" Frisbie's 1948 autobiographical children's novel, Miss Ulysses of Puka-Puka, was the first published literary work by a
Pacific Islander woman author?
... that
professional Super Smash Bros. player Axe(pictured) is known for a "lightning-quick" style of play with
Pikachu, which enables him to predict his opponent's attacks and swiftly retaliate?
... that
4chan owner
Hiroyuki Nishimura claims that 2channel, once "Japan's most popular online community", was stolen from him?
... that the hashtag #KHive, used by an online support community for
Kamala Harris which defends her from racist and sexist attacks, is a play on a hashtag used by fans of
Beyoncé?
... that when his widowed mother remarried, James Gordon seized Rusco Tower and imprisoned her to ensure that she did not make it over to her new husband, whom he later killed?
... that cellist, composer, and conductor Rudolf Hindemith was the brother of the famous
Paul Hindemith, with whom he played in the
Amar Quartet, but later used pseudonyms to hide the relation?
... that misogynist terrorism is listed as a "rising threat" by counter-terrorism researchers?
... that the founder of Reynolds Brothers retired as chairman on his 100th birthday?
... that sculptor Alfred Gilbert fled England twice—once for love, once for money?
00:00, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
Mizrah wall hanging
... that Jewish homes in the
Diaspora often feature a mizrah wall hanging (example pictured) to indicate the direction of prayer towards Jerusalem?
... that
Vermont radio station WFAD was ordered to shut down just two weeks after it launched?
... that Kanon Shizaki, the second
voice actress for BanG Dream!'s Rinko Shirokane, was quickly embraced by fans and her
Roselia bandmates, as her shyness mirrors her character's personality?
... that the sponge Biemna variantia broods its young, and can also reproduce by budding and fragmentation?
... that Edward B. Foley described the
blue shift, a phenomenon in US elections showing that
provisional ballots are more likely to be for Democrats and can change projected results after election day?
... that many dishes in Lebanese cuisine can be traced back thousands of years to eras of Roman, Greek, Persian, Byzantine, Arab, Egyptian, and Phoenician rule?
... that
imamMahmoud Dicko, one of the most influential political figures in Mali today, announced that he was leaving politics despite never having run for office?
00:00, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
Equestrian statue of Ferdinand III of Castile in Seville
... that
Aminé delayed the release of the music video for the song "Riri" from his album Limbo in order to participate in the
George Floyd protests?
... that the Soviet Army during the early Cold War had a smaller number of military personnel per division than the US Army, partly because it used civilian labourers and anti-aircraft gunners?
... that Mary Haʻaheo Atcherley was allowed to stand as a candidate for a seat in the senate of the
Territory of Hawaii in 1920, but was legally prevented from holding the office if she won?
... that the nudibranch Aeolidiella alderi attacks
sea anemones with the stinging cells it has already acquired from other anemones?
... that WHUM-TV featured a cooking show hosted by a woman who did not know how to cook and scoured for recipes at the local public library?
5 September 2020
12:00, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
Prince Baltasar Carlos in the Riding School (1636)
... that Mübeccel Argun, a Turkish-language presenter for the
BBC World Service in London for 25 years, was formerly a physical-education teacher and one of the first female athletes in her country?
... that the City Bank–Farmers Trust Building had a shooting gallery in the basement for the guards protecting the bank vault to practice in?
00:00, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
[[File:|140px|McWhorter (top right) on the American Fighter Aces Congressional Gold Medal ]]
McWhorter (top right) on the American Fighter Aces Congressional Gold Medal
... that all that remains of Willenhall House in north London are the gateposts?
... that construction of the 195 m (640 ft) Gorkha Bridge in Nepal reconnected seven remote villages and reestablished a portion of a popular hiking trail?
... that Ugandan commander Godwin Sule was reportedly run over by one of his own tanks, contributing to the Ugandan defeat during the
Battle of Lukaya?
... that a 1967 promotion by Virginia radio station WHIH, anticipated to receive 15,000 entries, instead received nearly 180 million?
... that the memoirs of the
eunuch chamberlain Jawdhar are one of the most important sources on the history of the
Fatimid Caliphate in the mid–10th century?
... that death squad commander Otto Ohlendorf claimed that the extermination of 90,000 Jewish men, women, and children was a justified act of self-defense?
... that in 1975, Dick Bond introduced legislation to ban the sale of intoxicating beverages on university, college, and community campuses in
Washington?
... that
Rembrandt's later prints make great use of surface tone, by leaving a thin film of ink on parts of the printing plate?
... that a U.S.
Republican candidate criticized rappers
Cardi B and
Megan Thee Stallion's song "WAP", stating that it made him want to "pour holy water" in his ears?
3 September 2020
12:00, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
Franklin La Du Ferguson
... that
Pomona College's "missing president", Franklin La Du Ferguson(pictured), is the only past president not honored by the college with a portrait?
... that Jean Kurt Forest played violin in German film orchestras in the 1930s, defected to the
Red Army in 1945, and composed operas and film scores from 1954 onwards?
... that Los Angeles Dodgers
ball boyChico Herrera became a fan favorite after making impressive plays in
pre-season games, and inspired the catchphrase "Don't Run on Chico"?
00:00, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
The Fitting (1890)
... that it sometimes took
Mary Cassatt and a printer eight hours to make eight or ten coloured prints using à la poupée inking (example pictured)?
... that in the 1942 film Johnny Doughboy, former child stars
Bobby Breen, "
Alfalfa", and "
Spanky" play themselves as members of a club of Hollywood "has-beens"?
... that although nowadays neccio(pictured) is considered a dessert, peasants used to eat it with salty food?
... that the Confederate Army's 8th Missouri Infantry Regiment was considered a cavalry regiment, an infantry regiment, and an infantry battalion at different points of its existence?
... that Rihanna was asked to stay at the
Def Jam Recordings office until 3:00 a.m. in order to sign a contract, so that she would not sign with another label?
1 September 2020
12:00, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Earth Dome II under construction
... that the first
superadobe earth dome (replacement pictured) at the Pomona College Organic Farm was built by students without authorization and was demolished by the college administration?
... that Ulster Unionist Party politician Rosemary Barton highlighted concerns of intimidation from Gaelic football fans towards those who do not follow the sport?
... that the Casa Fuerte de Adeje was built in
Tenerife in the 1550s to protect a sugar mill against pirates, but the complex was destroyed by fire in 1902 and has yet to be rebuilt?
... that in 1921, before the partition of Ireland, Fermanagh County Council did not recognise the government of Northern Ireland and pledged allegiance to
the Dáil Éireann?
... that Catholic priest Herbert Leuninger, a co-founder and speaker of
Pro Asyl, is remembered as a "loudspeaker" for the interests of refugees?
... that 1952's Exercise Ardent was the largest air exercise since World War II, involving around 1,300 aircraft and 200,000 personnel?