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19 July 2025

00:00, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir

... that Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir (pictured) scored two goals for the Iceland women's national football team the day before she graduated from university?
... that the literary heritage of Nova Scotia includes the first newspaper and the first literary journal in Canada?
... that according to the Zoo Miami communications director, 100 men could beat a single gorilla if they "envelop the gorilla and create a human straightjacket"?
... that the memorial for James Bunbury White, the founder of Whiteville, North Carolina, was knocked down in a car crash 200 years after his death?
... that before the establishment of Singapore's Rail Test Centre, the bulk of rolling-stock testing had to be conducted overseas?
... that the artist Cady Noland has disavowed artworks that she no longer considered genuine because they were damaged or altered?
... that Christ Church, Amherstburg, a Canadian church built by a Loyalist, features timbers fashioned after a ship's hull?
... that Li Jinhua was the first female spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs?
... that an announcer damaged the tower of an Arkansas radio station while driving a moving van?

18 July 2025

00:00, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

Mackenzie Hall, previously the Essex County Courthouse

... that the former Essex County Courthouse (pictured) was designed by an American and built by Canada's future prime minister?
... that Patriarch Arnulf's "niece" Emma probably really was just his niece?
... that some medical professionals run clinics dedicated to illegal abortions in Ivory Coast?
... that NFL player Adolph Bieberstein was later an attorney who argued before the United States Supreme Court?
... that four uninhabited islands triggered a dispute between the Indonesian provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra?
... that Sangay Tenzin started his international swimming career at the World Championships?
... that no major hurricane has hit Mexico earlier in the year than Hurricane Erick since records began?
... that the identity of "Barbara O'Brien", the author of Operators and Things, a 1958 autobiographical account of schizophrenia, has not been publicly revealed?
... that Saiyuud Diwong's cookbook Cooking with Poo won an Oddest Title of the Year award?

17 July 2025

00:00, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

A sketch of Preston Porter Jr.

... that despite the presence of 300 witnesses, an inquest concluded that the lynching of Preston Porter Jr. (pictured) was carried out "at the hands of parties unknown"?
... that a forest in northern Wisconsin was subject to nuclear-radiation testing in the 1970s?
... that a photograph of Lesotho sprinter Motsapi Moorosi was sent into space on the Voyager Golden Records?
... that a studio portrait of the Bundoo Girls, who belonged to a secret society in Sierra Leone, was taken by Alphonso Lisk-Carew and sold as a postcard to tourists?
... that architect Arthur Loveless was a collector of Chinese snuff bottles?
... that Formula One races in Golden Lap are simply colored dots traveling along a thick line?
... that a recent international aid vessel bound for Gaza counted among its crew Greta Thunberg and a French member of the European Parliament?
... that there was a 24-year gap between the first Romanian Olympian and the next?
... that Little Benjamin the Ruler is buried in the churchyard of St Anne's Church, Lewes, but nobody knows who he was?

16 July 2025

00:00, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

Alicella gigantea

... that Alicella gigantea (example pictured) grows up to 34 cm (13 in) in length, making it the world's largest amphipod?
... that the surname Baena was popular among Spanish Jews forced to convert to Catholicism during the Reconquista, even though few Jews in Baena had Jewish surnames in the first place?
... that the National Baseball Hall of Fame does not know who first used the notation "ꓘ" to represent a strikeout looking?
... that Guilty as Sock! was described as "the perfect arena" for "unsettled beef"?
... that a late-night live stream of Frei Gilson praying the Rosary during Lent in 2025 reached one million people?
... that Redhill MRT station features pink walls?
... that music critic Joshua Kosman said Katherine Balch is "like some kind of musical Thomas Edison"?
... that although Seal Island attracts tourists due to its reef, transport to the island is hard due to its reef?

15 July 2025

00:00, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

Member of the 2004 jury examining baguettes

... that the best baguette in Paris has been determined by a jury (member pictured) annually since 1994?
... that Gusnar Ismail lost a gubernatorial election to Rusli Habibie in 2011, but won a subsequent election in 2024 with Habibie's wife as his running mate?
... that when Dutch ships reached China for the first time, seventeen out of twenty crew members were executed by the Portuguese?
... that Ed Policy and his father Carmen Policy have both served as presidents of National Football League teams?
... that Volcano Pizzeria, according to the family of one of its founders, was originally a diner selling Italian food before it became the "granddaddy" of Windsor-style pizza?
... that Alberto Jarrín once defeated a train in a running race?
... that the general manager of a Cleveland TV station believed its owner to be "just tired of losing money"?
... that German equestrian Hermann Weiland competed for Croatia at the 1992 Summer Olympics, but marched with Guam during the opening ceremony?
... that a statue of Vladimir Lenin in Ukraine was transformed into a statue of Darth Vader?

14 July 2025

01:06, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

Megalobulimus dryades

... that Megalobulimus dryades (example pictured) is named after a kind of nymph from Greek mythology?
... that Bal Krishna Kaul, who served as the first Home and Finance minister of Ajmer State, undertook a 22-day hunger strike in Ajmer Jail?
... that 3.5% of a country's population can potentially change its government?
... that weightlifter Ri Suk, after returning from a four-year absence from competing internationally, then set eight world records in a single competition?
... that Shakira's Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 was only released in some Middle Eastern countries, and even then without the song "How Do You Do", which was deemed blasphemous?
... that Freddie Parker and Don King each played one game for the Green Bay Packers as replacement players in 1987 before being injured and never playing in the NFL again?
... that the first volume of Felix Klein's books on the history of mathematics does not mention the three women who originally transcribed his lectures?
... that some of the interior decoration of the Ernst-Haeckel-Haus is inspired by jellyfish?
... that, for many members of an online forum for mothers, Rupert Campbell-Black is "vaginally totemic"?

13 July 2025

00:00, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

Marisa Dick

... that gymnast Marisa Dick (pictured) debuted a new balance beam gymnastics move at the 2016 Summer Olympics, which was then named after her?
... that Korean science fiction has evolved into distinct North and South branches since the first work appeared in 1929?
... that Sue Anderson helped to break the glass ceiling for female conductors on Broadway?
... that flowers falling off the final dress in Alexander McQueen's Sarabande was a serendipitous effect?
... that Oduwa's reign saw cowries becoming so widespread as currency that nobles stitched them into their clothes, causing runaway inflation?
... that the Georgian Philharmonic Orchestra, founded in 1925, gave a solidarity concert with Ukraine soon after the Russian invasion?
... that actress Emma Stone contributed "oddities" to "Florida!!!"?
... that Yulius Selvanus, the governor of North Sulawesi, Indonesia, used his parents' clan names for "personal branding"?
... that the Mansfield Town Mill has produced flour, textiles and cannabis?

12 July 2025

00:00, 12 July 2025 (UTC)

Ivan I of Moscow

... that Ivan I of Moscow (pictured) earned the nickname "Kalita", which literally means 'money bag'?
... that Morocco's abortion law requires spousal consent, but not explicitly the consent of the woman receiving the procedure?
... that Chinese pilot Shi Bangfan lost his left arm in a dogfight in which he downed a Japanese plane, and was later honored with a brand of cigarettes named after him?
... that El Salvador's only goal at a FIFA World Cup occurred during a 10–1 loss to Hungary?
... that Nurtami Soedarsono helped to identify victims of the 2012 Sukhoi crash?
... that The Big Con observes that big consultancies play both sides – advising the fossil-fuel industry while also shaping government climate policy?
... that sprinter Kenaz Kaniwete was the youngest athletics competitor at the 2024 Summer Olympics?
... that a socialist youth organization held an anti-NATO music festival attended by 20,000 people in 1982 West Berlin?
... that, despite calls in 1988 to remember housing activist Michael Brown, a 2024 academic article could not find any subsequent trace of him?

11 July 2025

00:00, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

National Geographic Society Administration Building

... that a 1932 building (pictured) of the National Geographic Society Headquarters was constructed in part to house the group's collection of 300,000 photographs?
... that many of Johann Sebastian Bach's manuscripts were lost because some of his family members did not care about preserving them?
... that it took searchers three days to find the crash site of Western Air Lines Flight 34?
... that Roy Soemirat led the evacuation of Indonesian citizens from Iran during the Iran–Israel war?
... that Bill Maynard received letters thanking him for making Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt "the cleanest show on television"?
... that Mary Kahil, an Egyptian Christian mystic, cofounded one of the earliest women's movements in the Arab world?
... that the band Pinmonkey got their name from an episode of The Simpsons?
... that Imogen was described as "puns-and-needles"?
... that Chad McCharles, before becoming a bishop, moonlighted as a school bus driver?

10 July 2025

00:00, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

Mandan Bull Dancer

... that the end of the Okipa involved Bull Dancers of the Mandan tribe (example pictured) having ritual sex with married women and then smoking a "pipe of reconciliation" with their husbands?
... that the Cova de les Dones contains prehistoric art and ancient Roman inscriptions?
... that baseball player Chuck Hockenbery had to refuse an offer to join an MLB team?
... that around 2,000 prison guards were fired after the 2025 New York corrections officers' strike ended?
... that an openly gay referee officiated the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship final?
... that old bridge abutments became artificial reefs during the South Coast Rail project?
... that the limited edition of Reira Ushio's debut EP includes a booklet featuring short stories she wrote?
... that financial issues including the misuse of funds emerged at an Illinois TV station after its director died?
... that, before designing the Millard House, Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Millard House?

9 July 2025

00:00, 9 July 2025 (UTC)

Red Fićo monument

... that a monument in Croatia (pictured) depicts a small red car triumphing over a battle tank?
... that the 2025 St. Louis tornado caused the worst residential damage in the U.S. since the 2011 Joplin tornado?
... that Isabel Gutiérrez del Arroyo considered preserving Puerto Rican history to be the best way to serve her people?
... that players of a 2022 strategy board game have to manage stress, overheating, and tight cornering?
... that Jim Lankas retired from professional boxing and wrestling to enter farming?
... that Utah Jazz basketball broadcasts returned in 2023 to a station that is named after the team?
... that the first headquarters of New York magazine was a former political clubhouse?
... that Lucie Lagerbielke had a public feud in the press with critic Poul Bjerre after he criticised one of her books?
... that Angelina Jolie paid homage to Marilyn Monroe with a dress?

8 July 2025

00:00, 8 July 2025 (UTC)

Fossil Bohlenia americana leaflets

... that the fossil soapberry Bohlenia (pictured) was named after Oregon's 1972 biology teacher of the year?
... that Libya's opposition to abortion has led it to form alliances with the United States and the Catholic Church?
... that Ipuk Fiestiandani defeated her husband's former deputy in a 2020 election?
... that the carnivorous dinosaur Eocarcharia may be a chimaera, its bones coming from two different families?
... that Jeannie Rice went from running to lose weight to running to set world records?
... that the Houston Rockets sold a majority stake in their League of Legends esports team for US$30 million?
... that Irene D. Paden turned an annual family summer trip into a book on American westward expansion trails?
... that Albanian investment in the AI startup Thinking Machines Lab required an amendment to the country's 2025 budget?
... that Pedro Durruti was executed by firing squad, but the Spanish State officially recorded his cause of death as cardiac arrest?

7 July 2025

00:00, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Kate Nash

... that Kate Nash (pictured) part-funded a tour promoting her fifth album using an OnlyFans account?
... that some people chanted "USA, USA!" and others waved Peruvian flags at the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV?
... that Malawian bishop Fanuel Magangani was circumcised as an adult to promote its effectiveness in reducing HIV transmission?
... that Justyna Święty-Ersetic "snatch[ed] gold in the dying strides" of the women's 400 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships?
... that Mabel MacFerran Rockwell was the only female engineer to work on designing the electrical systems for Hoover Dam?
... that G: Gaya Hidup Ceria was the first gay magazine in Indonesia?
... that William R. Ferguson received a two-year prison sentence for selling a device that was claimed to cure disease through "a force unknown to science"?
... that the name of the song "Shagidi" was inspired by a children's game?
... that a Twitter user and an animal sanctuary were involved in a copyright dispute over Meatball?

6 July 2025

00:00, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

The Washington D.C. Temple

... that the Washington D.C. Temple (pictured) was moved 60 feet (18 m) to exactly align with a nearby road?
... that the Fugitive Doctor was the first time The Doctor in Doctor Who was portrayed by a black actor?
... that to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Duster's Stratosphere, a vinyl copy of the album was launched into space?
... that during the fatal arrest of Abisay Cruz by Montreal police, Cruz was recorded saying "Je vais mourir" ("I'm going to die")?
... that an African-American was appointed postmaster of Baynesville, Virginia, in 1893 in preference to a former Confederate soldier?
... that mine labourer Golekane Mosweu became an Olympic runner after someone noticed his fitness?
... that the Chicken Ranch Bingo once showcased 600 arrowheads on a wall?
... that the authors of The Zelensky Effect analysed material from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's entertainment career in the context of the development of civic national identity in Ukraine?
... that Pitchfork described Yuno Miles's vocals as "ostrich-squeal-rap"?

5 July 2025

03:30, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

Douglas at the 2016 Olympic Games

... that gymnast Gabby Douglas (pictured) has a Barbie doll modeled after her?
... that one of former British prime minister Rishi Sunak's favourite books is the 1988 romance Rivals?
... that when Matthew Wild directed Wagner's Tannhäuser, he made its main character gay?
... that after a tornado strike at a St. Louis–area Amazon warehouse killed six workers, the rebuilt warehouse still had no proper storm shelter?
... that Jamaican-Welsh noblewoman Justina Jeffreys was the inspiration for the character of Anthelia in the 1817 novel Melincourt?
... that Grand Theft Auto V is a popular video game in North Korea?
... that Frank Page's sons stole his corpse after he died, leaving their stepmother to bury an empty casket?
... that following the sinking of HNLMS Kortenaer, an officer responded to ethnic tensions on the lifeboats by beating his subordinates with a paddle?
... that after playing just one game, Michael Basinger retired from the NFL and became a country music performer?

4 July 2025

00:00, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

Sylvilagus nuttallii

... that the mountain cottontail (pictured) is abundant in the Hanford Site, a decommissioned nuclear production complex?
... that the YouTuber behind Stop Killing Games compared video-game publishers shutting down online-only games to silent-era film studios "burning their own films ... to recover the silver content"?
... that 17-year-old José Segundo Decoud helped to convince Antonio Estigarribia to surrender during the siege of Uruguaiana?
... that nucleariid amoebae are among the closest relatives of fungi?
... that a Thompson Seattle rooftop bar distributes drinks from copper containers shaped like flamingos?
... that one of the priority programmes announced by Supian Suri as mayor of Depok involved repairing school toilets?
... that a New Jersey TV station claimed that potential advertisers were "hostile" to efforts to encourage them to air commercials?
... that surgeon Stuart Stanton popularised an operation for stress incontinence?
... that Cybersocket, Inc., started by repackaging public domain information into a niche paperback guide to gay pornographic sites?

3 July 2025

00:00, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

Costume parade at the McMenamins UFO festival

... that the McMenamins Hotel Oregon UFO Festival (parade pictured) was established in 2000 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the McMinnville UFO hoax?
... that gender-neutral grammatical forms used by some non-binary people in Poland originated from a science fiction novel about posthumans and are named after its author?
... that the Trump administration researched whether it could incarcerate American citizens abroad?
... that Taraxacum akteum was first identified in some parts of Britain in 2016, more than 40 years after it was described from Dutch coastal meadows?
... that while serving as an artilleryman in World War I, Herbert Morton Stoops sent sketches of soldiers and battles back to the US?
... that continental snowpacks are associated with more avalanche fatalities than other types?
... that the Miley Cyrus song "Easy Lover" was intended for three different albums before its release?
... that Archbishop Letard I died while trying to get his king married?
... that a 2018 film by David Wilcock has been described by Vice as making the case that space aliens "occupy large swaths of Antarctica [and] are massing for an invasion"?

2 July 2025

12:00, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

Harpagofututor

... that male fish in the subclass Holocephali (pictured) often have special organs on top of their head that are used to grasp females while mating?
... that Simmie Knox was recommended to paint the official White House portraits of Hillary and Bill Clinton by Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
... that My Schizophrenic Life concludes by its author realizing her illness is not a "life sentence"?
... that although he was only active for three games with them, NFL player Dick Capp made a play that helped his team win the Super Bowl?
... that a Christian army was allegedly saved from a fire when Archbishop Robert I of Nazareth raised the True Cross against the flames?
... that in 1956 a brand new Swissair plane crashed on delivery?
... that the colour of Rockbank railway station's pedestrian bridge represents the earth surrounding the station?
... that Windsor-style pizza features shredded pepperoni and canned mushrooms?
... that Liquid Glass was criticised for being too transparent?

00:00, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

Women's 400 metres final at the 2016 European Athletics Championships

... that Libania Grenot was the first woman in three decades to successfully defend the European 400-metres title (final pictured)?
... that Captain James Cook and his crew were some of the first Europeans to witness and record Polynesians surfing?
... that Hanahaki disease, a fictional illness in which a person coughs up flowers due to unrequited love, is often used in queer fan fiction to symbolize repressed desire?
... that Carmel Naughton, having been told that girls were "stupid and couldn't do maths", sponsored a STEM scholarship fund?
... that after moving into the Samuel Freeman House, the owners sat on cardboard boxes because they could not afford real furniture?
... that Nicolas Cage was trained by award-winning chef Gabriel Rucker for one of his films?
... that a subcontractor working on the tower of a Nevada TV station recorded footage of the PEPCON disaster as it unfolded nearby?
... that Maude Simmons played the mother of Paul Robeson on stage and the mother of Sidney Poitier on screen?
... that the Japanese government responded to the rice riots of 1918, which involved up to 10 million participants, with a "candy and whip" policy?

1 July 2025

12:00, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

Jean-Baptiste Belley

... that in 1793, Jean-Baptiste Belley (pictured), a former black slave, was elected as a deputy to the French National Convention?
... that "Seigfried" by Frank Ocean credits all four Beatles as songwriters?
... that the McKenzie & Willis Store was demolished after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, but its facade was kept and restored?
... that Suzy Knickerbocker called James Ross Mellon one of the world's most eligible bachelors?
... that a 44-point comeback in
a 2024 semi-final was the Australian Football League
's largest semifinal comeback ever?

... that Alena Veselá, at age 101, was present at the cornerstone ceremony for a new concert hall in Brno, which she had promoted for decades?
... that residents of the Acres hired Frank Lloyd Wright to design their houses, but eventually lost patience with him over his approach to the project?
... that artist Agnes Gallus fled Hungary for Canada during the 1956 revolution?
... that a single horsehair helped solve the murder of Nancy Titterton?

00:00, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

Terrorism Confinement Center, El Salvador

... that the Terrorism Confinement Center (pictured) in El Salvador has a capacity of 40,000 inmates?
... that operatic tenor Vladyslav Gorai was a Merited Artist of Ukraine who died while on a volunteer mission during the Russo-Ukrainian War?
... that although abortion in Tunisia has been available for free at government clinics since 1965, it is estimated that most abortions take place at private facilities?
... that the Town Walls of Index, Washington, have 402 climbing routes?
... that Jonas I Losovičius's relocation of the main residence of the bishops of Lutsk would last for three centuries?
... that a Serbian columbine species might be luring some animals with mixtures of molecular compounds?
... that after playing in the NFL, Eddie Garcia became a salesman who "could sell ice to a penguin"?
... that a scene of a man eating a crab in the music video for "Dungka!" symbolised a crab mentality among Filipinos?
... that Giulio Basetti-Sani began as a missionary believing Muhammad to be a "prophet of Satan" and ended believing that the Quran was a prophecy of Christ?