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10 June 2024

00:00, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Kortnei Johnson

... that Kortnei Johnson (pictured) became a seven-time state sprinting champion for the University Interscholastic League despite training on grass and cement?
... that over the course of several decades, the missionaries of New Zealand's German Mission House failed to convert a single person?
... that all 55 people killed during the Great Genna Martyrdom in 1622 were beatified by Pope Pius IX more than two hundred years later?
... that S'Klallam artist Jeffrey Veregge's "Salish Geek" style blended traditional formline art techniques with bright colors and pop culture references?
... that the daimyo of Kumamoto is said to have spent a thousand gold pieces in one night at an Ōsakishimojima teahouse?
... that in 2024, C. J. Hanson became the first player from his school to be chosen in the NFL draft since 1989?
... that the Chinese Red Army housed its political directorate in a Catholic church in 1935?
... that people in Madagascar perform algebra on tree seeds in order to tell the future?

9 June 2024

00:00, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Circle Tower

... that the Circle Tower (pictured), an Art Deco building in Indianapolis, features ziggurat-like upper floors?
... that Jacob Christiaan Koningsberger, a biologist who catalogued the flora and fauna of Java, also served as the Dutch minister of the colonies?
... that researchers submitting to the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy intentionally introduced security bugs into Linux?
... that the Tang dynasty politician Fang Yi'ai, together with his wife Princess Gaoyang, rebelled against Emperor Gaozong of Tang, but their rebellion was swiftly suppressed, resulting in their deaths?
... that El Califa de León is the first Mexican taqueria to be awarded a Michelin star?
... that first-team All-American soccer player Jordynn Dudley holds her high school's basketball scoring record?
... that the Larmanjat guided rail system was successfully demonstrated in England but failed completely when used commercially in Lisbon?
... that during a comedy routine Reuben Solo drew a graph plotting the audience's reaction to his routine?
... that in 2016, the removal of a few lines of code briefly "broke the Internet"?

8 June 2024

00:00, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Painting of an empty chair by Kefah Ali Deeb

... that Syrian artist Kefah Ali Deeb painted an empty chair (pictured) as her vision of victims and refugees?
... that three of the four Richmond Theatres were destroyed by fire, of which the 1811 fire was described as "early America's first great disaster"?
... that Claude Hamilton Verity, a grandson of Doncaster mayor Charles Verity, was an early pioneer of the synchronisation of sound with silent films?
... that one of the "plushest" nightclubs in northern Florida turned into studios for a TV station in Jacksonville?
... that Left Socialist-Revolutionary leader Maria Spiridonova addressed her party's fourth congress in October 1918 by letter as she was in jail?
... that KT Leveston, the 254th pick in the 2024 NFL draft, is from U.S. area code 254?
... that many people with heart failure, diabetes, or ME/CFS cannot raise their heart rates sufficiently during exercise?
... that within years of Aza Arnold inventing a device to improve cotton roving, it was plagiarized across the United States and Europe?
... that Aurora Gaming's roster for Apex Legends is made up of Fire Beavers?

7 June 2024

00:00, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Working Sketch of the Mastodon

... that exhibits at Peale's Philadelphia Museum included the first nearly complete skeleton of a mastodon (sketch pictured)?
... that German factory worker Julius Welschof now plays in the National Football League?
... that despite the success of their song "C U in da Ballpit", Camping in Alaska band members say they all hate it?
... that journalist Jacques Poitras spent a month repeatedly crossing the "Imaginary Line" separating New Brunswick and Maine in order to publish a book about it?
... that George Krugers was circumcised so he could pass as Muslim and film The Great Mecca Feast?
... that the TikTok success of DellaXOZ's "Ahh!!" prompted a lawyer to contact her?
... that the New York State Pavilion, one of the most popular attractions at the 1964 World's Fair, later stored hazardous waste?
... that Stellar Blade's Eve was described as "a woman born from South Korea's culture and philosophy" by The Washington Post?
... that Tad's Steaks offered "tasty food, low prices, service with a grunt"?

6 June 2024

00:00, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Antimonumento 5J

... that the Antimonumento 5J (pictured) was installed on 5 June 2023 to commemorate victims of police repression during the 2020 protests in response to the death of Giovanni López?
... that Cypress College basketball coach Don Johnson, who was an All-American at UCLA, developed two players with minimal experience who later played for his alma mater and set records in the NBA?
... that one of SZA's songs name-drops such figures as a boxer, a stand-up comedian, and Jesus?
... that Shushu/Tong is a brand that creates fashion collections inspired by magical girl anime such as Puella Magi Madoka Magica?
... that Peter Demetz, who taught German literature at Yale University from 1956 to 1991, was born in Prague where he was persecuted under the Nazis and escaped the Communist regime in 1949?
... that Herschel the sea lion was defended by Greenpeace?
... that Taiwanese long jumper Lin Yu-tang qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics by switching out his broken track shoes between attempts?
... that when Yuba County's library was built in 1906, it had a smoking room?
... that a municipal purchase of 177 motorcycles by Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu, the mayor of Semarang, Indonesia, caused a social media controversy due to media misreporting?

5 June 2024

00:00, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Albert Tangora

... that Albert Tangora (pictured), one of the most successful competitive typewriter speed typists, once had his hands insured for US$100,000?
... that the managing editor of Aujourd'hui was executed by firing squad in 1944?
... that football player Michael Jurgens never lost in 42 high school varsity games?
... that the success of the British band Shiva was cut short by the death of its lead vocalist?
... that the 1972 Finnish film The Sheep Eaters gathered more than a million viewers opposite the 1975 Ice Hockey World Championships match between Finland and the Soviet Union?
... that according to second-century AD Greek rhetorician Athenaeus, the Phoenicians played a flute-like instrument called the gingras in their mourning rituals?
... that 55 Broad Street, a skyscraper in the Financial District of Manhattan, was called "an unlovable building in an unlivable neighborhood"?
... that when Sithu Pauk Hla was appointed the governor of Yamethin, he was also given command of a 50-strong company of war elephants?

4 June 2024

00:00, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Royal Game of Ur board, c. 2500 BCE

... that scholars disagree on whether the earliest-known game boards (example pictured) date to the Neolithic or the Early Bronze Age?
... that the Estado Novo deprived Aurora Rodrigues of sleep for more than two weeks to induce hallucinations?
... that the Hogmanay special Live into 85 was so shambolic it ended a 32-year tradition?
... that Casey Washington made the game-winning score that ended a record nine-overtime college football game?
... that the distinctive coloration of the giant panda appears to serve as camouflage in both winter and summer?
... that Saparinah Sadli defended one of her former students when Indonesia's State Intelligence Agency challenged her gendered exploration of the New Order regime?
... that the 18th-century hymn "Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed" has been criticised because its lyrics have singers call themselves a "worm"?
... that Elizabeth Yeampierre has called Puerto Rico the "poster child for climate injustice" due to the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria?
... that Boston's World's Museum was a theatre, an aquarium, a menagerie, and a freak show?

3 June 2024

00:00, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Lie Kiat Teng

... that Lie Kiat Teng (pictured) appealed to the "moral obligation" of doctors to address a healthcare crisis in South Sulawesi?
... that in 1978 the chairman of the Democratic Yemeni Union of Peasants was arrested after the South Yemeni government was taken over by Abdul Fattah Ismail?
... that Lyle Bauer continued to attend Canadian Football League executive meetings despite being unable to speak due to his treatment for stage four throat cancer?
... that the Capitolium of Constantinople, originally a pagan temple, was later topped by a cross?
... that the diss track "6:16 in LA", directed at Drake, samples Al Green's "What a Wonderful Thing Love Is", a song that features Drake's guitarist uncle?
... that an essay of jailed Socialist Revolutionary politician Alexander Helfgot was smuggled out of Russia and published in Berlin in 1922?
... that when producer Daniel Grodnik proposed the idea for Terror Train to his wife, she thought that it sounded terrible?
... that the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 was moved to Rome from Sanremo at a late stage due to increased security concerns resulting from the Gulf War?
... that in college, American football player Jarrett Kingston started at the position of left guard, then moved to left tackle, and then played right tackle and right guard?

2 June 2024

00:00, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Yunxian 1 skull

... that the skulls of Yunxian Man (example pictured) are "relatively complete" despite being heavily crushed?
... that Travis Clayton went from the eighth tier of English rugby union to being drafted into the National Football League, even though he had never played in an American football game?
... that David Ben Avraham was granted Israeli residency after being killed by an IDF soldier?
... that the mouse protagonist Mrs. Brisby from The Secret of NIMH had her name changed because of a trademark issue from a toy named "Frisbee"?
... that Tachikawa Sumito made a hit cover in 1976 of a song that he first discovered when a housewife called into his radio show requesting to hear a version of it?
... that Riley Testut developed AltStore because he wanted to publish his emulator Delta?
... that the Obonga–Ottertooth Provincial Park is a significant habitat for woodland moose?
... that Albert Wesker's character design evokes the aesthetic of the Nazi ideal of the Übermensch, reflecting Resident Evil's "core" theme of eugenics?
... that after John Henry Newman wrote his Apologia Pro Vita Sua in response to an attack by Charles Kingsley, Kingsley compared Newman to a "treacherous ape" and implied that he was insane?

1 June 2024

00:00, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

... that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (pictured) was the first Indian actress to be a juror at the Cannes Film Festival?
... that Bruce Conner conceived of his short film Cosmic Ray as "presenting the eyes" for blind musician Ray Charles?
... that Giovanni Manu was the first player from his university ever to be selected in the NFL draft?
... that Barack Obama made an election promise to make non-emergency bills freely available online for a five-day public consultation period under "sunlight before signing"?
... that Bob Noel was the one responsible for dealing "with all the dirty laundry" of the Green Bay Packers?
... that New England Revolution manager Bruce Arena led the club to a record-breaking 73 points in the 2021 season?
... that North West was originally going to be called Kaidence?
... that Lock's Quest was said to feature "some of the best original music in a DS game"?
... that 69 is "nice"?

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