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30 September 2026

00:00, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

Viburnum awabuki hedge

... that the species name of Viburnum awabuki (pictured) is derived from a Japanese word for its propensity to blow bubbles when exposed to fire?
... that the opening song to the mahjong anime Pon no Michi was sung by a real-life professional mahjong player?
... that Sun Pictures released nearly 20 films between 2008 and 2010, then slowed sharply after a change of government in Tamil Nadu?
... that The Art Newspaper described the art of Heba Zagout as "steeped in Palestinian culture and folklore"?
... that, at one point during the Second Intermediate Period, ancient Egypt might have had three ruling dynasties at the same time?
... that Swiss photographer Albert Steiner was captured by Italian border guards and held for three weeks while on a military reconnaissance mission?
... that Prince performed "Purple Rain" during the Super Bowl XLI halftime show under pouring rain and purple lights?
... that Santiphab Phomvihane is the son of a former president of Laos, the brother of a former National Assembly president, and the brother of the country's foreign minister?
... that beetles were collected and killed after failing to comply with a court order?

29 September 2026

00:00, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

Maria Krönung Church in Gossau

... that Swiss architect Fritz Metzger designed a church with a floor plan shaped like a fish's belly (pictured)?
... that Madyina Ngulube thanked the president of Malawi on behalf of the women's national football team after he awarded each player a plot of land?
... that scientists considered the region around the volcano Quetena to be a viable area for a geothermal power plant in Bolivia?
... that Léo Kret was allowed to use the name "Léo Kret do Brasil" on official documents following a ruling by the Civil Registry Court of Salvador?
... that small explosives, ten tons of rubble, and two military vehicles were brought into a financial district to film a sequence in Ah Boys to Men within one day?
... that a Nigerien Army sergeant is also a musician who became prominent for performing pro-military music following the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état?
... that EPO's third album was recorded in the style of a radio show, complete with jingles?
... that the reconnaissance aircraft commanded by Yeh Cheng-min was shot down in the People's Liberation Army Air Force's first successful nighttime aerial shootdown?
... that Dunedin's 1879 Octagon fire was the third major disaster in Otago within a year?

28 September 2026

00:00, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

Manor in which The Troubles of a Gnome is set

... that The Troubles of a Gnome, described as one of the finest introductions to Polish fairy-tale literature available in English, is set in its author's own manor (pictured) and features her children?
... that artist Jacek Stryjenski designed a ceiling studded with 1,200 illuminated glass stars for the Grand Théâtre de Genève?
... that a factory making portable nuclear reactors is being built on an old Manhattan Project site in Tennessee?
... that Tsuri Sagi was personally gifted a bear cub by Kurdish rebel leader Mustafa Barzani?
... that Trump's NLRB general counsel called for the re-legalization of captive audience meetings, in which employees are often coerced to listen to anti-union speeches?
... that a future NFL player was on the first American vessel lost in World War I?
... that Sukarno interrupted a puppetry broadcast to announce that he had survived a 1957 assassination attempt?
... that the right of women to vote in the United States was decided by a single letter from a Tennessee schoolteacher?
... that Frank Lloyd Wright used urine in the construction of a college campus?

27 September 2026

00:00, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

Uyen Ninh

... that Uyen Ninh (pictured) features her husband in her videos, but never reveals his face or name?
... that the tree and antler shapes of the Gold Crown from Cheonmachong represent the connection between heaven and earth?
... that John Vipond Davies played rugby for Cardiff FC before moving to the United States to help build tunnels?
... that the Sinlahekin Fire grew by nearly 41,907 acres (16,959 ha) on August 1, 2026, doubling its size in just 24 hours?
... that Brazilian actor Arlindo Lopes portrayed the lead character in the stage adaptation of the 1971 American film Harold and Maude on three separate occasions between 2007 and 2022?
... that Henneguya ictaluri can cause a devastating infectious disease in catfish known as hamburger gill disease?
... that Tan Teck Chwee worked as a teacher, a granite quarry manager, and a shipyard chairman before heading Singapore's Public Service Commission?
... that Miner's Mountain Express at Silver Dollar City is set to be the longest family roller coaster in the Midwestern United States when it opens in 2027?
... that principal Paramita Bandara said she had kept every card she received from students or teachers during her decades-long career?

26 September 2026

00:00, 26 September 2026 (UTC)

Choctawhatchee beach mouse

... that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service considers Topsail Hill Preserve State Park a genetic "reservoir" for the endangered Choctawhatchee beach mouse (example pictured)?
... that the Epic of Samba Gueladio has been interpreted as both glorifying violence against slaves and celebrating alliances across ethnicities?
... that Jasmine Wong's stage name refers to the Finnish word for 'blind'?
... that the construction of South Australia's new Parliament House in Adelaide began in 1885, but its eastern half was not completed until 1939?
... that Victor Amalraj captained three professional football clubs based in Kolkata?
... that fewer than one in fifteen residents of China live in the western 64 percent of the country?
... that Bahrija Nuri Hadžić was criticised by supporters of the Serbian Orthodox Church for her portrayal of Salome?
... that villages in India along the border with Bangladesh have protested against a proposed border fence that would leave them inside Indian territory, but beyond the fence?
... that one of Clint Reilly's clients called him "Satan"?

25 September 2026

00:00, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

Kaltrina Krasniqi

... that, when director Kaltrina Krasniqi (pictured) first read the script of Vera Dreams of the Sea, she was shocked at the similarities between its lead character and her own mother?
... that a Ghanaian player was told not to take off his jersey during a FIFA youth tournament's final match because his physique made him look older than the tournament's age bracket?
... that Amadu Bansang Jobarteh was called a "library" of African history by Gambian politician Sidia Jatta?
... that 175 families helped to plant bamboo in Wang Wang and Fu Ni's enclosure at Adelaide Zoo?
... that Holocaust survivor Ephraim Kishon had to play chess "well enough to stay alive but not so well that the commandant would kill him in a moment of anger"?
... that six different ships were used as seaplane carriers in China?
... that Vandal king Gelimer repeated the phrase "vanity of vanities, all is vanity" during his retirement of his royal rights before the Byzantine emperor Justinian I?
... that the Canadian Association of Stand-up Comedians has lobbied to have stand-up comedy recognized as an art form?
... that Francis Clifford Smith was in prison in nine different decades?

24 September 2026

00:00, 24 September 2026 (UTC)

Lotte Rakhat chocolate bar

... that amendments to Kazakhstan's law on state symbols raised concerns over changes to the packaging of one of Lotte Rakhat's most popular products (pictured)?
... that a promotion for the Jackie Robinson commemorative coins included a baseball card issued by the United States government?
... that "Candidatus Magnetoglobus multicellularis", unlike almost all other known prokaryotes, spends its entire life cycle as a multicellular organism?
... that Leona E. Prasse's 1972 Feininger catalogue, which involved the help of the subject's widow, was called an improvement over a previous Feininger book from 1959?
... that the dinosaur that laid the eggs identified as Umbellaoolithus is unknown, but it ate plants?
... that only a shoe and a backpack were found after Makan Nasiri was killed in the 2026 Minab school attack?
... that a story in I Became the Main Role of a BL Drama was published as a script because there were not enough pages or time to include it as a full comic?
... that "Pistol Nell" earned her nickname by helping to thwart a bank robbery?
... that Billy Bragg ate Joe Hill's ashes?

23 September 2026

00:00, 23 September 2026 (UTC)

Guntur Soekarnoputra

... that Guntur Soekarnoputra (pictured) stalled a kidnapping attempt by breastfeeding?
... that Denfaminico Gamer was made as a collaboration between four previously rival gaming media companies?
... that a French soprano abandoned her opera career to become a nun?
... that a version of Saint Anne in Haitian Vodou was the guiding spirit to the first emperor of Haiti?
... that actress Maude Davey spent five or six hours in makeup to look like a 90-year-old character in the 2026 supernatural horror film Evil Dead Burn?
... that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Shaare Tefila Congregation v. Cobb that a synagogue could sue for damages from antisemitic vandalism on the basis of racial discrimination?
... that Leo Lomski lost a boxing world championship by one second?
... that Jia Yueyue and Jia Panpan were the first giant pandas to be born in Canada?
... that an American amateur-swimming enthusiast fought the government for nine years over the ownership of a Pacific atoll?

22 September 2026

00:00, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Cold spot (blue) on the lunar surface

... that cold spots (pictured) have only been found on the Moon, but scientists expect to discover them on Mercury too?
... that soprano Lucia Turcano was made an American citizen through federal legislation in 1954, but returned to communist Romania in 1963?
... that the Deniliquin Ute Muster set two Guinness World Records: for the largest parade of legally registered utes, and for the most people in blue singlets?
... that Sydney Towle modeled at Miami Swim Week despite living with terminal cancer?
... that technocracy is often seen as a threat to democracy because it grounds political legitimacy in expertise rather than popular representation?
... that Omani parliamentarian Talib Al Mamari received a human rights award while imprisoned for his activism against industrial pollution?
... that the 2026 Mumbai Indians, the joint-most successful team in the Indian Premier League, won their opening game for the first time since 2012?
... that the killing off of Tendai Rinomhota's character in Emmerdale has been described as one of the soap's most memorable deaths?
... that Walt Disney's weenie might be a tree, a castle, or a whale shark?

21 September 2026

00:00, 21 September 2026 (UTC)

Carola von Braun

... that Carola von Braun (pictured) was appointed in 1984 as the first women's representative of the Senate of West Berlin?
... that it took Jersey Jack ten years to secure the license for the Harry Potter pinball machine?
... that Swiss architect Luigi Snozzi became a professor at EPFL after students staged a sit-in over the withdrawal of his appointment?
... that the indigenous Taíno of the Caribbean channeled the powers of the god Baidrama by bathing in cassava juice?
... that "the father of Canadian psychiatry" was the godfather of Thomas J. W. Burgess?
... that the focus on suffering in the Letter of Peter to Philip suggests that the author, the intended readers, or both may have been familiar with persecution?
... that NFL player Pepper Petrella ran 73 bombing missions during World War II?
... that one company has tried to dissolve AFRINIC, which is part of Africa's Internet infrastructure?
... that Kazuo Ueda pats his Japanese–Yiddish dictionary before going to bed?

20 September 2026

00:00, 20 September 2026 (UTC)

Janggyeong Panjeon of Haeinsa

... that the design of the Janggyeong Panjeon of Haeinsa (pictured) has allowed wooden printing blocks to be preserved for more than 600 years?
... that Bob Krieger, while away from the NFL, flew more than 30 bomber missions over Germany during World War II?
... that species of the extinct artiodactyl family Anoplotheriidae had estimated weights ranging from 13.2 kg (29 lb) to 266 kg (586 lb)?
... that Robert Iau asked a question that led to the demolition of Singapore's National Theatre?
... that the first storm of the 1989 Pacific hurricane season formed more than four months before the season's official start date?
... that Bahanur Şahin Gökalp was part of the Turkey women's national beach and snow volleyball teams?
... that Impress Holdings published the first email-based magazine in Japan?
... that pastor Stephan Ludwig Roth became a "martyr" among the Transylvanian Saxons after his 1849 execution because of his advocacy of social justice?
... that the title track of Lambchop's album Punching the Clown features Gospel choirs cursing?

19 September 2026

00:00, 19 September 2026 (UTC)

Kalpana Chawla

... that Kalpana Chawla (pictured) was the first Indian woman to go to space?
... that South Korean footballer Ahn Jung-hwan's contract with Italian club Perugia was cancelled after he scored the golden goal against Italy in a World Cup match?
... that Swiss photojournalist Paul Senn helped to expose abuse at a boys' home, leading to its closure?
... that the ban on stone monuments in Brooklyn's Most Holy Trinity Cemetery led to it becoming known for metal grave markers?
... that the character of Carol Baldwin has been compared to a younger version of Catherine Tate's Nan?
... that when Weird Tales reprinted O. Henry's "The Furnished Room" in 1925, it billed "a whiff of mignonette" as the story's ghost?
... that Alberto Ravagnani used ChatGPT to write sermons?
... that a general election in Liechtenstein was delayed to prevent Nazis from gaining seats in parliament?
... that Patriarch Bernard fled battle on a mule, then cut off its tail so the Turks could not catch him by it?

18 September 2026

00:00, 18 September 2026 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Polly

... that Tropical Storm Polly (pictured) caused mudflows that buried thousands of homes in the Philippines in 1992?
... that al-Nour al-Qubba was gifted the personal vehicle of Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudan's military leader, after defecting?
... that Theodore Roosevelt was inspired by The Maine Woods to climb a mountain?
... that Angela Merkel was present when Günter Bannas retired as head of the national parliamentary office of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung?
... that Annapurna Das named her brand Burima Fireworks after her own nickname, which she was given because of her grey hair?
... that Shelly-Ann Cox was involved in the recovery of Barbados's fishing industry following Hurricane Beryl?
... that MV Jernas became a coastal tourist attraction after Cyclone Mekunu blew the cargo ship from its anchorage off the coast of Oman?
... that Thomas Yenser traveled more than 30,000 miles (48,000 km) across the United States to compile biographical data for Who's Who in Colored America?
... that Dolly Parton was a gay icon?

17 September 2026

00:00, 17 September 2026 (UTC)

Tom Calma

... that Tom Calma (pictured) co-chaired an Indigenous-led initiative to develop a national body giving Indigenous Australians a greater voice in government?
... that the main ingredient of a South American flatbread is toxic?
... that Paul Rock, having been elected as one of the first Green Party members of the Senedd, arrived by bicycle to take his oath?
... that a woman went into labor during a terrorist attack in 2020?
... that a controversial children's toy contains a hidden image of a girl cutting her wrist?
... that the Thalictroideae subfamily includes plants of the resurrected Paropyrum?
... that some of Cassie Howard's Euphoria storyline has been described as an "over-sexualized humiliation gauntlet"?
... that a reviewer stated that Crossing the Line is an exciting story, but could have done without repeating the same line six times in one chapter?
... that economist Katharine Snodgrass wrote books about coconut oil and margarine?

16 September 2026

00:00, 16 September 2026 (UTC)

Mill Street House

... that one of the few surviving "Dutch Billy"–style buildings is a house in Dublin (pictured)?
... that Luana Santos, one of the top-ranked women's bantamweight UFC fighters, became a mixed martial artist by chance?
... that the Flying Doctors episode "Return of the Hero" marked the first time that an Australian drama tackled the subject of AIDS?
... that Swiss designer Hans Bellmann used a single screw in the construction of his award-winning chair, the Einpunkt-Stuhl?
... that the first script for The Last of Us season 2 was submitted about 90 minutes before the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike?
... that Mary Yasuko Fujishima ran a snack bar before joining the talent agency Johnny & Associates as vice president?
... that the voice cast of the fictional Kessoku Band played their characters' instruments during one of the band's real-life concerts?
... that Meredith Hayden went from working as a private chef in the Hamptons to purchasing her own home there?
... that there was a census for squirrels?

15 September 2026

00:00, 15 September 2026 (UTC)

Cindy Starfall

... that porn star Cindy Starfall (pictured) said that she once received a box of pears from an admirer?
... that many Sherpa people are named after the weekday on which they were born?
... that American football player John Galvin played 16-inch softball?
... that the band Gi!nz was once composed of incumbent members of the National Diet of Japan?
... that Joseph von Utzschneider, a former member of the Illuminati, later contributed to a government-supported publication intended to demonstrate the order's dangers?
... that the first commercial opera was based on the Andromeda myth?
... that Fredericus van Rossum du Chattel was criticised as being too entrenched in Dutch landscapes to paint Indonesia successfully?
... that the Florence and the Machine song "Ship to Wreck" was written because their frontwoman sang "Get Lucky" at a pub and crowd-surfed on to no one?
... that King Fulk died in a riding accident during a picnic arranged by his wife, who then swiftly seized power?

14 September 2026

00:00, 14 September 2026 (UTC)

Dress from Plato's Atlantis

... that Alexander McQueen's final runway collection (dress pictured) featured models styled as creatures who had evolved to return to the sea?
... that Alejandra Omaña, a former adult-film actress, was elected as a senator in Colombia?
... that Vladimir Putin inaugurated a US$40-million Russian Pilgrim Residence in Al-Maghtas, Jordan, where Jesus is believed to have been baptized?
... that Niall Horan asked fans to help choose the set list for his upcoming tour?
... that the narrator of Recollections of Things to Come is an entire town?
... that as conspiracy theories like QAnon spread among U.S. evangelicals, a theologian called for clergy to explain from their pulpits why the theories are false?
... that in 1953, newly elected parliament members in Liechtenstein walked out on their first session, triggering another election?
... that the unpublished autobiography of Peter Tyrrell was discovered almost forty years after his death in a politician's personal papers?
... that Galena Creek Regional Park was used for training for the 1960 Winter Olympics?

13 September 2026

00:00, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

Katie Phar, c. 1910

... that ten-year-old Katie Phar (pictured) supported the Industrial Workers of the World during the Spokane free speech fight?
... that around 1,000 graves were exhumed to make way for Zim Cyber City, a development project in Mount Hampden?
... that Deng Ken placed a newspaper advertisement to find his elder brother, who initially believed it was a trap set by Nationalist Chinese intelligence agents?
... that a building in Boston was named after slain US president John F. Kennedy, after which one writer stated: "the building mocks the martyred president. It does not memorialize him"?
... that English princess Mary of Blois may have colluded in her own abduction from her nunnery by Matthew of Alsace?
... that Ivan Murray Johnston's prediction that Penstemon angelicus would be described as its own species came true more than five decades later?
... that, according to tradition, King Ahenzae lost the Kingdom of Benin's royal coral beads to a palace priest through repeated games of dice?
... that the French Navy used catapults on their ships after trials with the dispatch ship Bapaume concluded that launching platforms were unsafe?
... that Jacob F. Wolters broke his shoulder by crashing his car into a hog?

12 September 2026

00:00, 12 September 2026 (UTC)

Sultanhisar, a Demirhisar-class torpedo boat

... that the Ottoman Navy procured the Akhisar-, Antalya-, and Demirhisar-class torpedo boats (example pictured) from foreign countries as a diplomatic measure, instead of ordering warships for their capabilities?
... that a 32-year-old NFL rookie lied about his age in 2001?
... that the 1986 Greek constitutional amendment elevated the prime minister into a "parliamentary autocrat" by stripping away most powers of the president?
... that Byzantine commander Conon was killed by his own soldiers because he was accused of trafficking in and profiteering from their food supplies?
... that, in the 1936 Liechtenstein general election, the Patriotic Union received over 40% of the vote, but won only four of the fifteen seats?
... that VTuber Nekomata Okayu stars in two romantic visual novels?
... that the Gulf Coast Parkway, intended to supplement the storm surge-prone U.S. Route 98, was only built along roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) of its planned 36 (58 km)?
... that Swiss sculptor Oscar Wiggli used the sound of hammer blows in his electroacoustic compositions?
... that jerk off instruction content has been described as "a masturbatory trance experience"?

11 September 2026

00:00, 11 September 2026 (UTC)

Stained glass depicting Napoleon as "Saint Napoleon"

... that after the feast of Saint Napoleon (pictured) was established, bishops searched their libraries to find out who the saint was supposed to be?
... that Shaughnessy v. Pedreiro held that there were multiple means for review of deportation orders in the United States?
... that the mother and the son of Victoriano Gómez Urrutia were allowed to watch his public execution?
... that a memoir about asexuality is permanently banned from schools in Wentzville, Missouri?
... that soprano Maria Maddalena Musi was known as "the Leech"?
... that a general strike called by the Workers' Federation of Chile failed because of its decentralization?
... that Henry Evans started preaching in Fayetteville after observing a lack of religious worship among other black people?
... that a Venezuelan fishing town of 3,000 people produced three generations of professional baseball players?
... that the Upton Lovell Shaman was wrongly thought to be a man for over 200 years?

10 September 2026

00:00, 10 September 2026 (UTC)

Chapel of the Apostles

... that the cross-bracing trusses and geometric windows of the Chapel of the Apostles (pictured) have been said to evoke a "multifaceted diamond"?
... that Yōichi Nakanishi served as the governor of Ishikawa Prefecture for more than 30 years?
... that California Creek and Dakota Creek are in Washington?
... that Bolu Ogunyemi is the Canadian Medical Association's first black president, and one of the youngest to hold that office?
... that the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan failed to pass an amendment auditing the National Intelligence Council for potential privacy violations?
... that baseball player Bunny Fabrique claimed to be a descendant of King Louis XVI of France?
... that a plane crash that killed all 14 occupants came at the conclusion of a three-day flight tour organized by a Chinese warlord?
... that Leif Strand claimed proficiency in the sport of skull fighting?
... that dogs in Spain include one who foiled a bombing, one who had his own travel series, and one who is 12 metres tall and covered in 38,000 flowers?

9 September 2026

00:00, 9 September 2026 (UTC)

Rose Alufandika

... that a 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations team featuring Rose Alufandika (pictured), Mercy Sikelo, Esther Maulidi, Ireen Khumalo, and Maggie Chavula went from being ranked 153rd to making the final and qualifying for the World Cup?
... that the brutalist "Balance Building" was called a "ticking time bomb"?
... that Kager Knueppel won a state basketball championship with his brothers and his cousin?
... that characters in Hololive Dreams are sometimes knocked unconscious by falling apples?
... that Percival Borde was known to dance in a dashiki as a professor at Binghamton University?
... that four species of spider, including Oecobius kowalskii, were named after characters from Penguins of Madagascar?
... that Bartłomiej Kubkowski swam continuously for 56 hours across the Baltic Sea?
... that an Indiana TV station almost broadcast from a former funeral home?
... that Trubus Sudarsono performed puppetry at circumcision ceremonies?

8 September 2026

12:00, 8 September 2026 (UTC)

Artist's impression of a spider pulsar vaporizing its companion

... that spider pulsars (conception pictured) eat away their stellar mates by irradiating them?
... that turtle fan Susan Baur founded Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage, a group of volunteers who dive to retrieve litter?
... that the Garmin Instinct line of GPS watches includes a model marketed towards truck drivers?
... that during Operation Spring High, American aircraft attacked a fake target made of bamboo that lured them into a trap?
... that Indigenous Australian cultural leader Rhoda Roberts coined the term "Welcome to Country" for a ceremony now used at the opening of Parliament and most major events?
... that many of Joe Hill's anti-capitalist songs borrowed the melodies of hymns and show tunes?
... that Albanian archbishop Dominic Thopia used his influence to support his nephew after he took over Durrës in 1368?
... that a life-sized humanoid robot kept fighting after having its head kicked off during the inaugural Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend event?
... that Michigan State Treasurer Joseph F. Hambitzer, along with two other officials, was removed from office for gross neglect of duty?

00:00, 8 September 2026 (UTC)

Ellsworth Johnson

... that the last known survivor of the Operational Group Command (pictured) initially trained as a medic but joined the OSS because he did not want to be a "bedpan jockey"?
... that a 500-year-old style of Korean patchwork has been compared to modern abstract art?
... that the Indonesian painter Hendra Gunawan began using brighter colours while a political prisoner?
... that the spaceships aboard the Xianzhou Luofu in Honkai: Star Rail are inspired by floating rafts from a Jin-dynasty poem?
... that Zinenani Majawa complained that limiting the opening hours of bars during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi was like closing sex workers' workplaces?
... that a Chicago school named after Otto von Bismarck, who wrote that he felt "highly complimented", was renamed Funston Elementary School in 1918 amid wartime anti-German sentiment?
... that a film performance by Denzel Washington so impressed Hampton Fluker that he changed his goal from becoming a football star to pursuing an acting career?
... that not all mollies in the Balsas are Balsas mollies?
... that professional golfer Tommy Morrison was 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) by the age of 14?

7 September 2026

12:00, 7 September 2026 (UTC)

Audubon Terrace

... that New York City's Audubon Terrace (pictured) was so poorly patronized that one of its museums once lent items to another museum in the city so more people could see them?
... that Henri Gil-Marchex worked at various points as a pianist, race-car driver, and theater critic?
... that Texas segregationists spent nine years violently rejecting the court-ordered integration of a public school?
... that Dániel Karsai worked at the European Court of Human Rights, the same court that later ruled against him by not decriminalizing euthanasia?
... that a parallel local government operated independently of British rule in Medinipur during the 1942 Quit India Movement?
... that a cultivar of crape myrtle was named after a video-game character because its flowers resemble her hair bow?
... that some studios and streaming platforms have reportedly begun instructing filmmakers to film TV shows and films in a manner that can make them easily clippable?
... that Ana Paula Gomes de Oliveira won the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders after campaigning against police brutality in Brazil following the death of her son?
... that the Lady of Lawers was said to have foreseen the Highland Clearances via a prophecy about sheep skulls and ploughs?

00:00, 7 September 2026 (UTC)

Rabcewicz in 1892

... that Zofia Rabcewicz (pictured) gave more than 60 underground concerts in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation of Poland?
... that the main lead actor from Home Alone appeared on a web series to review video games based on the film?
... that according to his youth coach, Cameron Houindo was often heckled by his opponents' parents at basketball games?
... that the first season of Euphoria was described as "grossly irresponsible programming" two days before it was broadcast?
... that Singapore does not officially recognise Palestine as a sovereign state, but still voted in favour of Palestine's full membership of the United Nations?
... that the title of Clipse's song "The Birds Don't Sing" was inspired by Maya Angelou's 1969 autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
... that grammatical aspect in the Slavic languages may have developed because certain prefixes were used so often they lost their original meanings?
... that a pro-housing nonprofit has sued California's governor and more than a dozen cities and counties to permit more housing development?
... that Lin Bing was conceived despite the panda porn that her father watched being ineffective?

6 September 2026

12:00, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

Buildings in the First Avenue Estate

... that the First Avenue Estate (pictured) and the York Avenue Estate, two tenement blocks, were protected, unprotected, and then re-protected as New York City landmarks?
... that the Quingnam language, despite being the language of a Peruvian empire, is known from only a handful of words?
... that oral traditions describe King Ohuan either as mistaken for a woman, or as born female and transformed into a man through medicine?
... that Anthropic began scanning and destroying millions of rare books in 2024 to train their AI model Claude?
... that Irish historian Herbert William Parke took a break from teaching during World War II to serve as the principal of the Board of Trade in London?
... that an official of the University of Texas at Austin suggested that a bat infestation at Garrison Hall could be cleared with fire extinguishers?
... that a 1979 sit-in protest by female garment workers in South Korea helped spark a chain of events that led to the assassination of President Park Chung Hee?
... that the Sisters of the Little Way is a religious order dedicated to working with people who experienced abuse within the Catholic Church?
... that a speech in the Russian parliament cited a Peppa Pig character with two mothers as an example of LGBT propaganda?

00:00, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

Chantal Jaquet

... that French philosopher Chantal Jaquet (pictured) coined the term "transclass" for people who move between social classes?
... that Niko Resources pleaded guilty to bribery in Canada over the Chhatak Gas Field explosion, but the Bangladeshi officials whom it bribed were acquitted at home?
... that NFL player Dan Garza was also a Navy SEAL and a dentist?
... that Franz Schubert wrote Variations on "Trockne Blumen" for flute and piano while suffering from a relapse of syphilis?
... that Swiss artist Martin Disler, a leading representative of the Neue Wilde movement, began painting while working as a nursing assistant at a psychiatric clinic?
... that the mascot of a Mexican pharmacy chain evolved from often being tackled in the streets to a plush toy gifted to musicians during concerts?
... that Drew Talbert's more than two decades as a server inspired him to create his TikTok sitcom series Bistro Huddy?
... that a painting commissioned by Korean royalty is believed to have been looted by a Japanese general?
... that journalist McKenzie Porter brought a photographer to a secret luncheon, prompting attendees to flee through a back exit?

5 September 2026

12:00, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

Callam Offices

... that the structuralist pods of the Callam Offices (pictured) are suspended above a floodplain?
... that Swiss sculptor Bernhard Luginbühl made portraits of a butcher and a forester from knives and saws?
... that the National Intelligence Bureau was established because of the heightened threat by Chinese and Russian espionage operations in Japan?
... that, to reflect the witch-trials setting of The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope, composer Jason Graves used out-of-tune instruments?
... that Obinna Ekezie Jr. trained at an elite basketball academy in Nigeria founded by his father?
... that the host of a college radio station led the effort to get "Say Hello to Someone in Massachusetts" designated as the official state polka?
... that an analysis by Pangram found that 21% of peer reviews for a machine-learning conference were AI-generated?
... that K-pop singer Bain came out as gay live on stage in Los Angeles?
... that the namesake of the Repetto Hills was tied to a tree and robbed by a bandit, attracting treasure hunters whose digging for supposed buried loot caused his house to collapse?

00:00, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

Cornelia Flores

... that Quechua trade unionist Cornelia Flores (pictured) went from farming to helping to draft the Bolivian constitution?
... that the first Cape Verdean Museum in the United States is located in Rhode Island?
... that Dan Petro, a violent spirit in Haitian Vodou, is the apotheosis of a legendary rebel priest?
... that a young adult novel that makes several insider references to the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes was not endorsed or authorized by the strip's creator?
... that Goh Kim Leong became the youngest civil servant in Singaporean history to be appointed a permanent secretary?
... that three family members in Croydon were fatally poisoned in 1928–29, but the killer was never found?
... that Saleem Al-Ashqar played his entire football career in the Gaza Strip?
... that Greek communists defended the Right against the socialist prime minister's attacks during the 1985 parliamentary election, even though they had been persecuted by the Right in the 1950s?
... that a great-nephew of Queen Elizabeth II posted thirst traps on social media?

4 September 2026

12:00, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

Boy with Baby Carriage

... that Boy with Baby Carriage (pictured) was the first of 322 cover illustrations produced by Norman Rockwell for The Saturday Evening Post?
... that President Sukarno entrusted his first-born son to the painter Ernest Dezentjé during the Indonesian National Revolution?
... that a 2001 academic text psychoanalyzed the sexuality of otaku?
... that operatic baritone Désiré Defrère had such a wide vocal range that he could replace high tenors and female singers in emergencies?
... that the French goat cheese charolais has a "slight cellar perfume" according to the Ark of Taste?
... that a judge ruled that supporting Scottish independence is protected under the Equality Act 2010 in a legal case launched by councillor Chris McEleny?
... that a critic for Personal Computer World said that Sesame Street: Elmo's Preschool would "eventually drive any normal adult up the wall"?
... that Stourbridge Glass Museum has a restored 1969 panel from the Churchill Memorial Screen that had been vandalised in a shopping centre?
... that U.S. President Richard Nixon requested that Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing spend more time in China so they could learn how to have sex?

00:00, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

Fans with Tarps Off at a baseball game

... that Tarps Off (fans pictured) started on a US$10 dare?
... that future actress Emily Flain supplied a shortlisted name for a new housing development in Northern Ireland while she was in primary school?
... that members of a transnational online sexual-abuse network used vehicle terminology to disguise their crimes?
... that Los Errantes robbed banks in Cuba, Chile and Argentina before finally being caught attempting to assassinate Spanish king Alfonso XIII in France?
... that Callimachus's Hymn to Delos was composed for the birthday of Ptolemy II in 274 BC?
... that an Olympic wrestler from the Philippines became a mayor in Southern California?
... that the February 1993 Liechtenstein general election saw a third party enter parliament for the first time?
... that Dejan Vuk Stanković's appointment as a Serbian government minister was opposed by supporters of the student-led anti-corruption protests?
... that skateboarding was illegal in Norway between 1978 and 1989?

3 September 2026

12:00, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Güvercinada Castle

... that Güvercinada Castle (pictured) is named after the pigeons that inhabit it?
... that, one year after Yilma Ketema became the first African footballer in Greece, the country's football federation introduced a ban on foreign players?
... that the superintendent of an Arctic rescue station auctioned a ship to himself?
... that an inability to control voluntary eye movement can be associated with a more severe form of ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 1?
... that eunuch Feng Bao was one of only three people whom the young Wanli Emperor held in great respect?
... that a woman was killed in Ghana in 2020 after she was accused of being a witch?
... that Prince Ōtomo, the son of Emperor Tenji, was officially recognized as an emperor 1,200 years after his death?
... that Shizuku was the first game to be described as a visual novel?
... that the menu for Pym Test Kitchen has included a US$100 sandwich?

00:00, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Albert E. Boynton

... that California progressive-era politician Albert E. Boynton (pictured) worked with future governor C. C. Young to write a bill that introduced secret ballots for elections, abolishing old "party-line" ballots?
... that the cost of providing telephone transmission in the US decreased by a factor of one thousand from 1925 to 1975?
... that Thomas Duke is known for finding and photographing the filming locations of famous films?
... that a building occupied by CasaNem contained works of art, including a bust of Santos-Dumont?
... that Liew Mun Leong started his career by developing military camps before becoming the chief project manager for Changi Airport Terminal 2?
... that Thai censors considered Meat Grinder a national-security concern because of its portrayal of human flesh being used in noodles and scenes related to the 6 October 1976 massacre?
... that alleged pornographic pictures of candidates and their mistresses was part of public discourse during the June 1989 Greek parliamentary election?
... that Mitsue Yamazaki named an anime television series she co-created after a term that "makes people in the industry shudder"?
... that gooners can reach a "goon state" in their "goon caves"?

2 September 2026

12:00, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Flag of Uganda

... that the flag of Uganda (pictured) features a crested crane, a symbol of fortune, longevity and wealth among the indigenous Baganda people?
... that composer Marta Canales donated the manuscript of one of her pieces to a Carmelite monastery?
... that a pedestrian bridge linking two Luxembourg City neighbourhoods began receiving opposition in the neighbourhood it crosses 18 years before its construction started?
... that Vandal king Gelimer lost the Battle of Ad Decimum because he paused pursuit to mourn his brother?
... that Inori's debut novel received a publication offer when she had almost forgotten about it?
... that the 1644 historical view asserts that China suffered not one but three centuries of humiliation?
... that John Weiss signed with the New York Giants in 1944 despite having no college or professional football experience?
... that a burglary prompted a newspaper's operation to leave the Lithuanian Alliance of America clubhouse?
... that Kai Cenat's Streamer University received more than 1 million applications within minutes of opening enrollment?

00:00, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Élisabeth Jérémine

... that a ridge on the Kerguelen Islands is named after Élisabeth Jérémine (pictured), a Russian-French geologist who analysed rocks from the islands?
... that some maps contain non-existent places inserted by the cartographers to detect copyright infringement?
... that the incumbent prime minister of Serbia is not a member of any political party?
... that the Palatine colossi were buried beneath the Palazzo della Pilotta during the Second World War?
... that Barry Pryor's plays in a 1969 American football game were credited to Gary Tucker?
... that a future U.S. president and a future U.S. senator tried to kill and injure each other in a tavern brawl that involved guns, knives, and a horsewhip?
... that Elaine Larsen, a champion drag racer, was raised in a Mennonite family that strongly limited the use of technology?
... that Tennessee's official bicentennial rap was described as "an unlistenable novelty song"?
... that 96-year-old social-media influencer Lillian Droniak's proposed rules for her funeral include a requirement to get drunk?

1 September 2026

12:00, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

Early 1933 junk dollar

... that a Chinese coin (example pictured) was modified to avoid similarities to the Japanese rising sun?
... that Kotaro Tatsumi once volunteered to support leprosy patients in Bangladesh?
... that Davis Creek Regional Park was part of a ranch known for its Thoroughbred horses?
... that Kim Jong-suk is the only person in North Korea with her name, as she is a cousin of the founder of North Korea?
... that a two-year-old boy with black eyes was used as a model in Norman Rockwell's painting The Young Lady with the Shiner?
... that Titouan Bernicot founded an organization that grows super corals?
... that the creator of the manga series I Can't Say No to the Lonely Girl used fashion magazines for students as a reference for her character designs?
... that Joseph H. Rothenberg co-led the recovery of the Hubble Space Telescope after its primary mirror was polished too flat by 1/40th the thickness of a human hair?
... that Paula Maxa was known as the "most murdered woman in the world"?

00:00, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

Henryk Sztompka

... that a brewery owner who sheltered pianist Henryk Sztompka (pictured) and his family after the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 brought in a piano so that he could continue practicing?
... that the dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov, the Ukrainian minister of defence, sparked a series of protests demanding the removal of the commander-in-chief instead?
... that Charlotte Bryant begged King Edward VIII, "don't let them kill me on Wednesday"?
... that Franz Schubert's lied "Auf dem Strom" was composed for the only public concert in which he presented his own works?
... that Ha Ming was one of only two men who remained with the captive Emperor Yingzong of Ming throughout his captivity by the Oirats?
... that, in certain theories of cardinality, not only are there infinitely many sizes of infinity, ⁠ $ℵ_{0}, ℵ_{1}, ..., ℵ_{ω}, ...$ ⁠, but there is a largest one?
... that León Federico Aneiros served as a legislator, a vice-rector, and the archbishop of Buenos Aires?
... that Colostle won an award for "Best Rules" despite reviewers noting that it had few rules?
... that astronauts orbiting the Moon celebrated the moment at which they lost contact with Earth by eating maple leaf cream cookies?

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