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11 April 2025

00:00, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Alessi Rose

... that, as far as Alessi Rose (pictured) is concerned, "if people don't want me to write songs about them, they shouldn't do bad things"?
... that Io Kaziwara developed tendonitis while drawing the first volume of the manga series Reincarnated into Demon King Evelogia's World?
... that Cris Tinley was the youngest-ever cricketer in Nottinghamshire's history for 177 years?
... that United States senator Joe Biden felt that his decision to run for a fourth term in 1990 was less difficult than deciding to run for his previous terms?
... that the snowboarder Hiroto Ogiwara landed the first ever 2340, rotating six and a half times, with a fractured forearm?
... that The Source was the highest-selling music magazine on the newsstands in the United States?
... that Marshallese chief Kabua Kabua was described as "probably the only person ever to serve as a judge under both the Japanese and U.S. judicial systems"?
... that a government surplus audio console used by a Virginia radio station was believed to have been used to broadcast Franklin D. Roosevelt's fireside chats?
... that Jeff Baena, while unable to film in Italy in 2020, created Cinema Toast from an idea during an online poker game to re-cut and dub old movies into new stories?

10 April 2025

00:00, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

1929 edition of Na drugą planetę

... that Na drugą planetę (cover pictured), published in 1895 as one of the earliest Polish science-fiction novels, was later criticized by communist-era censors for its perceived "adoration for America"?
... that Abba Cohen, who advocates for the Orthodox Jewish community, has worked with seven presidential administrations and nineteen Congresses?
... that in 1343 the French and English armies marched to within 18 miles (29 km) of each other, then agreed a three-and-a-half year truce?
... that a former Uber driver is the nominee to be the deputy secretary of a U.S. government department?
... that actress Margaret Qualley said she cried when she first heard the song "Margaret"?
... that Hong Wang's latest paper claims to have resolved the Kakeya conjecture, described as "one of the most sought-after open problems in geometric measure theory", in three dimensions?
... that an Iowa TV station was paid for by surplus Manhattan Project funds?
... that Markus Graf's "swissmadehockey" formed the approach to training the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team?
... that a bald eagle went viral for incubating a rock?

9 April 2025

00:00, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy

... that Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy (pictured) helped his country go "right from a feudal system to a society of democratic norms"?
... that the trope of the found manuscript, in which a fictional work refers to another fictional work of literature, dates as far back as ancient Egypt?
... that Izawa Takushi is called the "Quiz King from Tokyo University"?
... that when MV Solong struck MV Stena Immaculate in March 2025, the former ship was falsely reported to be carrying highly toxic sodium cyanide?
... that while starting in place of Aaron Rodgers, backup quarterback Matt Flynn set the Green Bay Packers team record for passing yards (480) and touchdowns (6) in a victory against the Detroit Lions?
... that the Dutch author of books for children and adults Clare Lennart finally turned to full-time writing after her husband retired and took care of the household?
... that the Ten Arches Bridge in Amman, built as part of the Ottoman Hejaz railway, was one of the main targets for destruction during a 1918 Allied attack during World War I?
... that Elizabeth Harcourt Mitchell wrote A Short Church History, which was used as a textbook for pupil teachers?
... that the codename "Neo" was used when writing the return of EastEnders character Keanu Taylor, in reference to the protagonist of The Matrix?

8 April 2025

01:30, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

Sekijin (Important Cultural Property)

... that the stone men, horses, &c. (example pictured) of Japan's kofun may have been inspired by the spirit paths of China?
... that people traveled from as far away as Australia and the Netherlands to stay at a house in Ohio?
... that urbanists have used hive cities from the science-fiction universe of Warhammer 40,000 as an example of how vertical cities could become dystopian?
... that the Philippine embassy in Pretoria responded to a South African newspaper's denunciation of horse fighting in the Philippines by saying that the practice was already illegal?
... that artisan baker Jules Rabin was inspired to bake bread after a 1971 visit to a commune in France where "they didn't speak of bread as holy, but they treated it as a holy object"?
... that Tout est lumière, a setting by Maurice Ravel for soprano, choir and orchestra of a poem by Victor Hugo, earned Ravel a place in the second round of the 1901 Prix de Rome?
... that Tommy Cronin played both basketball and football in high school, in college, and professionally?
... that the grave of a Dutch officer and his dog who were killed in the Battle of Nanggulon is a designated cultural object in Indonesia?
... that Cowboy Wheeler was a Reimer Wiener?

7 April 2025

00:00, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

Chtonobdella limbata

... that the leech Chtonobdella limbata (example pictured) can survive months without any water by entering an inanimate state?
... that two books of photos and drawings by Margot Dias were called "among the best-illustrated anthropological volumes ever produced"?
... that some legal documents in Old Frisian refer to the womb as a "fortress of the bones"?
... that the Mexican-American band Grupo Frontera has been affected by a massive backlash because of an alleged endorsement of Donald Trump after a viral video of the vocalist's grandmother?
... that Varsen Aghabekian is the first Armenian to serve as a minister in the government of the State of Palestine?
... that a Missouri TV station was twice denied in its efforts to move its transmitter tower to Kansas to increase its coverage area?
... that the arts magazine Paper Chained was banned in some Australian prisons due to its pen-pal program?
... that a survivor of the 1967 Belvidere tornado recalled being inside a school bus when "the tornado picked up the bus and the bus ended up in someone's living room"?
... that a buttock painted with "FUFN" was used to promote a recent song by Jade Thirlwall?

6 April 2025

00:00, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

Demi Sims

... that Demi Sims (pictured) was described in December 2020 as one of the "very few openly bisexual women on mainstream reality television"?
... that Rita Lee tracked down two boa constrictors from a concert by Alice Cooper in São Paulo, and later brought them to her recording sessions for Fruto Proibido?
... that after an NBA Twitter parody page posted a fake report of Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers promising to take coaching "seriously", their performance improved during the 2024–25 season?
... that Margaret Lambert was the British historian responsible for examining the Marburg Files and deciding when they should be published?
... that the opening of a Hejaz railway station in Amman in 1904 helped to transform the city from a small village into a major commercial hub in the region?
... that Shabbos Kestenbaum, a Harvard Divinity School graduate, sued Harvard University for failing to protect Jewish students from antisemitism?
... that Greek government officials tried to cover up the Yugoslav corn scandal by forging documents and delaying investigations, only to later defend the scheme as being in the "national interest"?
... that Sharon Wylie has served in the state legislatures of both Oregon and Washington?
... that Dayo Wong, the lead actor of the first film, did not return for Table for Six 2 and said that he would not reveal the reason for ten years?

5 April 2025

01:38, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Eurasian beaver with her kit

... that beavers (examples pictured) in the Czech Republic built dams that saved the government US$1.2 million?
... that Terraria was released earlier than planned because a beta version of the game was leaked to the public?
... that although Nora Helmer was subject to extensive controversy upon her 1879 debut, she is now considered a focal point in analysis of gender roles?
... that US general Tommy Franks reportedly did not have time to become an expert on the Danish Air Force?
... that Tribuna da Imprensa was shut down in 2001 after losing a lawsuit over an article that referred to a judge as "PC Salomão"?
... that Javanese rebel leader Diponegoro partly blamed his sexual infidelity for his defeat at the Battle of Gawok?
... that basketball player Barry Leibowitz, despite being drafted by the New York Knicks and playing in the ABA, chose to play in Israel instead because of its sea, hummus, and tahini?
... that the filmmakers of 100 Litres of Gold brewed 20 litres of sahti at the Finnish embassy in Rome for its premiere?
... that after being ousted by the Southern Transitional Council, the governor of the Socotra Archipelago fled to Oman and continued to govern through WhatsApp?

4 April 2025

03:38, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Roman baths (Amman)

... that two headless white marble statues found in Amman's Roman baths (pictured) in 2020 were carved from stone quarried in Greece?
... that Holy Cross Church in Kentucky was built on land donated by the namesake of a brand of whiskey?
... that Kanailal Sarkar, the opposition candidate for mayor of Calcutta in 1963, had been jailed during the 1930 protest movement against British rule in India?
... that Canadian football player Pieter Vanden Bos was traded from the Roughriders to the Rough Riders?
... that workers in European lace workshops and schools chanted catchy, often gruesome rhymes?
... that the tenure of Wallis and Futuna's longest-serving senator, Soséfo Makapé Papilio, ended when he was found dead in a car submerged in the sea?
... that velvet worms had an ancient relative with two pairs of antennae?
... that both athletes for American Samoa at the 2024 Summer Olympics represented the territory because their relatives were born there?
... that "the world's ugliest woman" won the women's world gurning title 28 times?

3 April 2025

04:23, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

Cover of the sheet music for Burlesque

... that Burlesque (sheet music pictured) was a hit play of the 1927–28 Broadway season that was marked by its "depiction of seedy glamour and jazzy lingo"?
... that the themes of Somuk's artwork range from the bombing of his island during World War II to the origin of trees and plants?
... that a sprinter and a judoka representing Kiribati at the 2024 Summer Olympics were the youngest participants in their respective sports at the games?
... that Joe Biden ran for president twice before being elected in 2020?
... that Baabda residents collectively purchased the Seraglio of Baabda for 1,000 gold Ottoman liras in the late 19th century to gift to the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate government?
... that Herman Brown's estate and most of the proceeds from the sale of Brown & Root were donated after his death to his charitable foundation, which has given more than $2 billion in grants in Texas?
... that more than a quarter of the population of Germany is of migration background?
... that Sammy Powers was the only member of the original 1919 Green Bay Packers team who was not a local player?
... that Laurence Sterne was told to burn all copies of his pamphlet that depicts his patron's rival with a toilet on his head?

2 April 2025

00:00, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

Maida (second from right) with Roxy Music

... that Sal Maida (pictured) may not have a Wikipedia page?
... that the United States of America met a mixed reception?
... that The Avengers attempted to assassinate Alfonso XIII, King of Spain?
... that Barack Obama was a horse and Kamala was an elephant?
... that bliss could be found in California?
... that Batman had a hipster-proof fence in 2018?
... that a 1989 science show featured an unusually long signal delay?
... that Jackie Chan and the Mario games inspired hundreds of beavers?

1 April 2025

00:00, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Schafer at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival

... that aged 17, Hunter Schafer (pictured) was a plaintiff in a successful lawsuit against an act preventing trans people from using the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity?
... that players on the Laos national baseball team helped construct the country's first baseball stadium in 2019?
... that accountant Dan Busby studied with a minor-league umpire in hopes of becoming one himself?
... that QuizKnock created puzzle games for the Imperial Palace East Garden?
... that while filming a music video for her debut album at a motel, Underscores had the police called on her by the motel staff because they thought she was shooting a pornographic film?
... that the family drama film Little Red Sweet revolves around red bean soup, as red beans symbolize "longing for family" in Chinese culture?
... that the author of If It's You, I Might Try Falling in Love made the main characters unfamiliar with each other so that she could draw all sorts of scenarios between them?
... that singer-songwriter SZA wore a hijab as a child, but stopped wearing it due to Islamophobia after 9/11?
... that in an effort to reclaim "the most offensive word in the English language" as aspirational, some people describe being "powerful in an unapologetic and feminine manner" as "serving cunt"?

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