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30 November 2025

12:00, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

Yellow 2291

... that American black bear Yellow 2291 (pictured) and her cubs are the first family of bears in decades to live in the Santa Monica Mountains?
... that the 13th-century Autumn Colors on the Que and Hua Mountains inspired many imitations over the following seven centuries?
... that during the siege of Jerusalem in the First Jewish Revolt, the Romans crucified prisoners in various positions to intimidate the defenders into surrender?
... that Abdelkader Lahmar was a high school economics teacher before being a candidate for the French Parliament?
... that according to the author of a key textbook on documentary editing, a bookstore erroneously assumed that it was related to documentary films instead of archival science?
... that a Thai film went viral in 2024 as viewers shared videos of themselves crying after watching it?
... that Bob Print had a reputation for "being an animal"?
... that the character Arlecchino in the game Genshin Impact was named after a stock character in Italian commedia dell'arte?
... that, to prove that the "mad king" George III was not actually mad, psychiatrist Ida Macalpine sought out his descendants' faeces?

00:00, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

A urinal

... that conventionalism in aesthetics can explain how a urinal (pictured) is art?
... that mind control is a popular trope in works of science fiction, particularly dystopian ones?
... that an AI-generated country music artist released a single that topped the Billboard Country Digital Song Sales chart?
... that, while reporting on a vehicle driven off a bridge, François Gagnon helped to save another driver who drove off the same bridge?
... that the Monroe Canyon Fire became Utah's largest wildfire in five years?
... that Ján Nagy became an Olympic weightlifter despite doctors forbidding him from competing in sports?
... that the Archives of the Impossible is a special collection primarily focused on UFOs and paranormal research?
... that Ambam the gorilla walked on two legs?
... that rabbi Alvin Kass helped end a hostage crisis with two pastrami sandwiches?

29 November 2025

12:00, 29 November 2025 (UTC)

Natural citrine crystal

... that most "citrine" on the market is not natural citrine (example pictured), but rather heat-treated amethyst?
... that Jack Fitzgerald was "father" of the South Australian House of Assembly?
... that thousands moved to Gowganda during a silver rush, but its population declined significantly after gold was found in Kirkland Lake?
... that the operator of the Robie House sold bricks to raise money for a renovation?
... that Nine Inch Nails's frontman was "baptized" by a fog machine during a show on the Peel It Back Tour?
... that Jackie Lou Blanco portrayed her real-life mother in the opening scene of One Hit Wonder?
... that the author of Tristram Shandy signed entire print runs of his books to prove they were genuine?
... that Sławomir impersonated Freddie Mercury in the finals of the Polish version of Dancing with the Stars?
... that Pokémon fans compared the design of Mega Starmie to a scene depicting Patrick Star with long legs and in fishnet leggings?

00:00, 29 November 2025 (UTC)

Turner Memorial A.M.E. Church's building, 2006

... that a synagogue-turned-church (pictured) was marketed for sale as a potential nightclub?
... that NFL player Len Garrett was nicknamed "Graveyard"?
... that Three Dances has been described as both characteristic and uncharacteristic of composer Henryk Górecki's work?
... that the idea for a birdwatching documentary was conceived while one of its creators was high on marijuana?
... that Yundi won the 2000 International Chopin Piano Competition, after 15 years without a first prize awarded?
... that Beaulieu Park is the first new station on the Great Eastern Main Line in more than 100 years?
... that models danced until they seemed to collapse in a fashion show based on a dance marathon?
... that Edwin Boxshall, described as Britain's longest-serving spy, was still advising the Foreign Office right up to the time of his death?
... that Bienor is a very long space centaur?

28 November 2025

12:00, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

Jesse L. Douglas

... that African-American civil rights activist Jesse L. Douglas (pictured) was called an "unidentified white man" during protests in 1965?
... that 133 notable Viennese personalities are in Gustav Klimt's Auditorium of the Old Burgtheater?
... that the family of a man charged with murdering a police officer ten years ago today were surprised when the jury acquitted him?
... that diplomat Tess Johnston wrote more than two dozen books about Shanghai's Western-style architecture?
... that a search-and-rescue otter, on his first mission, recovered a weapon in a 25-year-old murder case?
... that the court jester Bernard de Bluet d'Arbères recounted being forced to recite a sermon from a tree which was being chopped down?
... that a Connecticut TV station offered $100 to the first viewer who called in, twenty times—but nobody called?
... that more than 63,000 border deaths were documented between 2014 and 2024?
... that a maintenance tram in Prague has a Facebook group?

00:00, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

The derailed Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151 train on the MRT tracks

... that fixing a "Null ID" error could have prevented a train derailment and a six-day disruption (pictured)?
... that Michael Gardener preached a sermon in Inuktitut even though he did not yet understand the language?
... that the East River Generating Station in New York City was opened by the Queen of Romania?
... that Prince Thagara was so handsome that the future Queen Supayalat disguised herself as a man just to get a glimpse of him?
... that a women's association in Japan used linens hung up to dry to monitor pollution from a nearby power station?
... that the copyright holder of more than 2,000 pornographic films is the most prolific filer of copyright lawsuits in the US?
... that The New York Times likened the design of Storer House to The Matrix?
... that physician Signe Salén was denied a pension because she treated fewer than 18,000 patients per year?
... that Caltech students called their calculus books "Tommy 1" and "Tommy 2"?

27 November 2025

00:00, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

North Christian Church

... that one newspaper described the North Christian Church (pictured) as "poised to lift off and take man to meet his Maker"?
... that Donald Trump nicknamed a lawyer "Sir Charles" because he would "act like royalty"?
... that the first literary work published in Alabama criticized a participant in the Battle of Burnt Corn?
... that English and British monarchs claimed to be kings and queens of France for more than 450 years, and finally dropped the title only in 1801?
... that Indonesian ambassador Alfred Tanduk Palembangan was inspired to become a diplomat through interacting with tourists?
... that the name of Memorial Park in Tauranga, New Zealand, was chosen in order to qualify for a subsidy?
... that former NFL player Heinie Jawish died suddenly while playing handball at the age of 41?
... that concrete ties used on the Middleborough/Lakeville Line began to fail after just a decade?
... that Martin Robertson kept his job at the British Museum only because he did not clean the exhibits?

26 November 2025

00:00, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

Chole bhature

... that the origin of chole bhature (example pictured) is disputed?
... that King Henry I of Cyprus is better known for having been fat than for anything he achieved in his 20-year rule?
... that most paper in Europe was made from discarded rags until the 19th century?
... that Edward Beard won reelection to the United States House of Representatives despite not winning his party's endorsement?
... that Tropical Storm Pabuk forced PAGASA to issue cyclone advisory bulletins outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility in December 2024, for the first time since 1963?
... that Muriel Hannah created a map that its buyer described as combining "man's greatest desires – a good looking girl on a King Crab"?
... that Club Chalamet has been described as an "integral part of Stan Twitter"?
... that Helen Mulholland, who says her parents never drank, is the first woman master blender in the history of Irish whiskey?
... that Chiisana Koi no Uta Band performed a cover of "Chiisana Koi no Uta" for Chiisana Koi no Uta?

25 November 2025

00:00, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Emma Finucane

... that Emma Finucane (pictured) recently became the first British woman in sixty years to win three medals at a single Olympic Games?
... that researchers accidentally discovered a new antibiotic in soil bacteria?
... that Budi Bowoleksono always traveled with chili paste in his briefcase?
... that Hemenway Park's desert bighorn sheep come as close as a few feet to visitors?
... that the Star Wars line "these aren't the droids you're looking for" became a popular Internet meme?
... that the art of a reclusive Chicago janitor, Henry Darger, was discovered and popularized by his former landlords?
... that cables of large suspension bridges can reach over 1 meter (3.3 ft) in diameter and weigh more than 20,000 tonnes?
... that Jeremy Hambly has operated a YouTube channel about claw machines?
... that the world's largest McDonald's restaurant closed after only six weeks of operation?

24 November 2025

00:00, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

HSwMS Dykaren, a Sjölejonet-class submarine

... that the Sjölejonet class (example pictured), Sweden's first indigenous submarines, featured rotating torpedo tubes and disappearing guns?
... that David Voluck, a Chabad Jew and native tribal judge, credits Alaska natives with inspiring him to become more observant in his own faith?
... that the music video for Bini's "First Luv" was inspired by rococo art?
... that Tanguturi Prakasam, a leader of the Indian independence movement, later became a significant dissenting figure within the Indian government?
... that the inscription on a bracteate in the Vindelev Hoard has been interpreted as the oldest known reference to the Norse god Odin?
... that the Miller House in Indiana opened to the public in 2011, drawing high visitor numbers that were likened to the opening of a new Disney ride?
... that Rosa Dubovsky admonished male anarchists for misusing free love to justify promiscuity?
... that a track-intrusion detection system was implemented on the Punggol LRT line following the death of a woman at Cove station?
... that Thurgood Marshall, amid a Kansas desegregation case, said "god damn it, give that white lady the money"?

23 November 2025

00:00, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

685 First Avenue

... that, although Richard Meier mostly designed white buildings, he used a black facade for 685 First Avenue (pictured) because of his close relationship with its developer?
... that in 2023 Nick McKenzie won what was dubbed "the defamation trial of the century" against Ben Roberts-Smith?
... that Jilly Cooper published volumes of nature diaries, as well as compilations of journalism and other non-fiction?
... that Aline Sitoe Diatta was declared a "heroine of Senegal" when her death was announced, nearly forty years after she died?
... that Lick Creek, a settlement of freeborn Black people, used to exist in Hoosier National Forest?
... that Christian Dahl explored the Ob river, paving the way for a trade route from Siberia to Western Europe?
... that Shockwave at Six Flags Great America was the first roller coaster to turn riders upside down seven times?
... that the 110th U.S. Open Cup final was the first in the tournament's history to have an all-women team of referees?
... that Cianna Lieffers was once told to buy a ticket for a hockey game she was about to referee?

22 November 2025

00:00, 22 November 2025 (UTC)

French SS volunteers

... that recruitment for the French SS Volunteer Assault Brigade (members pictured) was promoted through a Waffen-SS exhibition in Paris that attracted thousands of visitors daily?
... that the "No Toilet, No Bride" campaign encouraged women's families to demand a toilet as a precondition for marriage?
... that GK Barry said that her girlfriend is used to Barry discussing their sex life on her podcast?
... that Priyo Iswanto used what he called "WhatsApp diplomacy" to initiate diplomatic relations between Barbados and Indonesia?
... that a South Carolina TV station began broadcasting just in time to ring in the New Year?
... that Kaia's Charice felt that she might run out of breath while recording the whisper-like chorus of "Walang Biruan"?
... that the data feed for a website created by Riley Walz tracking San Francisco parking enforcement officers in real time was shut down by city officials just four hours after the site's launch?
... that "O Bêbado e a Equilibrista" was written as a samba to honor Charlie Chaplin, and became a political anthem for the return of exiles during the military dictatorship in Brazil?
... that Madeleine Tchicaya declined the president of Ivory Coast's offer to run for a second term in the National Assembly, as she was reportedly "bored to death"?

21 November 2025

00:00, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

Recording of Masoud El Amaratly's
folk singing

... that Masoud El Amaratly, one of Iraq's most popular folk singers in the 1920s (recording featured), was a mustarjil?
... that a 2025 Kate Nash song rebranding TERFs as GERMs caused her to trend on X within hours of its release?
... that Blossom C. Brown attracted attention across the United States for highlighting violence against Black trans women?
... that the dinosaur emojis have been used by transgender groups to represent themselves?
... that several journalists have attributed the suicide of Lia Smith to anti-transgender policies?
... that misinformation about violence by transgender people has been used to defend violence against them?
... that in 2023 Kate Nambiar advised the EastEnders team around HIV treatment options for a storyline?
... that some people identify with no gender?
... that the first transgender person to compete professionally in League of Legends was also the first woman to do so?

20 November 2025

00:00, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

Fossil track of a possibly limping dinosaur

... that a large carnivorous dinosaur recorded at Copper Ridge (fossil track pictured) might have been limping?
... that Luke Felix-Fualalo played rugby despite being below his league's age limit because he "was just too big to tell no"?
... that the filming location of the Neighbours International Men's Day episode had to be changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
... that optical physicist Franklin Dollar grew up on a Native American reservation without electricity or running water?
... that a British health campaign on recreational drug overdose recommended using soy sauce fishes to measure safe dosages?
... that when the COVID-19 pandemic began, Masyita Crystallin was instructed by the Indonesian finance minister to study the Spanish flu to help formulate unconventional economic policies?
... that several parents opted against including their children's names on the New London Cenotaph, with the designers leaving blank spaces on the memorial to commemorate them?
... that, despite popular myth, NFL player Jairo Penaranda did not participate in llama-broncing?
... that golden trout disappeared from Silver Lake?

19 November 2025

00:00, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

Teck Lee when it was closed

... that Teck Lee station (pictured) opened nearly 20 years after it finished construction?
... that Georgie Purcell arranged for a trafficked greyhound to meet the Victorian minister for racing?
... that a "sea of mega solar farms" concerns environmentalists in Kushiro, Hokkaido?
... that Formula One drivers experience forces of up to six and a half times their body weight when cornering during a race?
... that a member of the Irving family of New Brunswick unveiled the Robert Burns Memorial Statue in Fredericton during a rededication ceremony in 2011?
... that the larch dwarf mistletoe spreads through forests by ejecting its seeds explosively at a speed of almost 100 km/h?
... that a 1989 anthology of rants includes the works of left-wing and anarchist activists, far-right writers, and a murderer?
... that a cemetery for formerly enslaved people in New York City is buried under a strip mall?
... that the Festival of Transitional Architecture had an event in which model cities were made out of jelly?

18 November 2025

00:00, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Digswell Viaduct

... that according to an urban legend, Queen Victoria was too scared to travel across the Digswell Viaduct (pictured)?
... that Anita Lidya Luhulima and her husband died during their terms as ambassador and deputy ambassador, respectively?
... that the stern of the wrecked freighter William C. Moreland was used in the construction of another ship?
... that a young Joseph Norman watched artists when he was at amusement parks?
... that the mothers of three missing children went on a talk show to confront a suspect in a 1991 child disappearance?
... that an episode of Smiling Friends was originally intended to feature a different video game?
... that Alfred Kubin based the novel The Other Side on his own illustrations for a different novel?
... that one of Michael Tene's examiners attended his thesis defense immediately after a government cabinet meeting?
... that "Racing Mount Pleasant" from Racing Mount Pleasant was written before Racing Mount Pleasant were Racing Mount Pleasant?

17 November 2025

00:00, 17 November 2025 (UTC)

Ruins of Boghead

... that local folklore links Boghead (ruins pictured), a Northumbrian bastle house, to the story of Barty Milburn, an accomplished swordsman and killer of Scots?
... that Adolf Real was re-elected as mayor of Vaduz in 1900, but he refused to take the office?
... that a crew member of the film Velký vlastenecký výlet walked out after a protagonist justified rape?
... that periodontist Angela Pack called the Dental Council board "lily-livered chickens" for hesitating to allow training of dental hygienists in New Zealand?
... that the "books within books" of the European Geniza are a collection of manuscript fragments recovered from medieval and early-modern book bindings?
... that Bob Barrabee studied tobacco farming in Cuba and played in the NFL in the same year?
... that the Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center was the site of a building collapse, a radio station, and the 5th National Eucharistic Congress?
... that Eschiva of Montbéliard left her children, fled to Buffavento Castle disguised as a monk, brought ample provisions, and joined an old knight in defending it?
... that the most senior crew member of the Titanic to survive the disaster, as well as an American colonel, one of the telegraphists, the chief baker, and a teenage boy were all saved on an upturned boat?

16 November 2025

00:00, 16 November 2025 (UTC)

Bayden Barber

... that Bayden Barber (pictured), the chair of Ngāti Kahungunu, has supported establishing a parliament for Māori?
... that The London Standard described the lyrics in a Taylor Swift song as "a car crash of outdated millennial cringe"?
... that Xavian Stapleton was given a list of 55 schools to which he was not allowed to transfer?
... that the Kaman-Kalehöyük Archaeological Museum, opened in 2010 and styled as a mound covered by natural grass, received the US-based "Best Green Museum" award?
... that Theo Waimuri's bid for the General Elections Commission caused three lawmakers to walk out of his assessment hearing?
... that the region of Inazuma was used to allay concerns that Genshin Impact imitated The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild?
... that, after a policeman held up traffic to let a mother cat cross a street, Harry Warnecke staged a re-enactment of the moment for a photograph?
... that some Japanese railway companies have their own character mascots?
... that the voice of the UK X Factor has narrated 30,000 adverts?

15 November 2025

00:00, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

Fort George

... that Fort George (pictured) was the execution site of Maurice Bishop, the prime minister of Grenada?
... that choreographer Nat Horne's father, a Baptist minister, opposed dancing, and Horne began his dance training by sneaking out of Saturday-night prayer meetings?
... that the television drama This Thriving Land revived public interest in Chinese sage?
... that Red Seidelson worked as a dentist at the same time he played in the NFL?
... that in 1982 HMS Junella carried a naval mine from the Falkland Islands to Great Britain on her deck, covered by a wet mattress to keep the explosives cool?
... that Indonesia's ambassador to the United Nations Umar Hadi co-produced a movie during his tenure as consul general in Los Angeles?
... that the Mongol forces at the Chem River Battle used carts with iron-shod wheels to handle the rocky terrain?
... that Bijal P. Trivedi wrote on how cystic fibrosis went from being a "death sentence" for children to becoming a treatable condition due to new drugs that brought "weeping with joy"?
... that the school of Corpus Christi Church educated at least eleven sets of twins during the 1953 school year?

14 November 2025

00:00, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

Sidney Gish

... that Sidney Gish (pictured) has described her composition process as "Frankensteining"?
... that the roof of Aljunied station has been described as a "caterpillar" and a "rib cage"?
... that a Japanese YouTuber launched a project aiming to "eradicate poverty in Ghana"?
... that the Coldplay song "Politik", written on September 11, 2001, was inspired by the September 11 attacks?
... that a neo-Nazi was offered $5,000 by Richard Nixon's election fundraising group for his participation in a scheme to help Nixon's campaign?
... that North Korean archaeological papers, inspired by the state ideology of Juche, often contain nationalist elements?
... that Pedro Berroeta Morales, a diplomat and later the president of a Venezuelan television channel, has also written fiction and essays on topics from science to esotericism?
... that the comic novel Diary of a Provincial Lady provided inspiration for later fictional diaries such as the Bridget Jones series?
... that freelance journalist Phil Patton's collection of coffee-cup lids was featured in the Cincinnati Art Museum?

13 November 2025

00:00, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Chapel of St. Cornelius the Centurion

... that the Chapel of St. Cornelius the Centurion (pictured) in New York City was designed by Charles C. Haight, whose father had previously served in the clergy of the chapel's parish?
... that archaeologist Arne Furumark intended to follow a career in business until he visited the British Museum as a teenager?
... that the 2025 book The World After Gaza was deemed "repugnant" and "monstrous" for being both overly and insufficiently critical of Israel?
... that future NFL player Kato Serwanga's family fled Uganda when he was a child after three of his uncles were murdered and his father was nearly killed by Idi Amin's regime?
... that Yew Tee station has a kampong-styled roof and a colour scheme that blends in with its surroundings?
... that the second president of the American Association of Geographers had no formal geography education?
... that the long hair of the Red Yao people in China has become a tourist attraction?
... that Victor-David Mbuyi Bipungu went from being a Catholic priest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to becoming an Anglican bishop in Canada?
... that two full freight cars were swallowed in 1918 at what is now Glory Hole Park?

12 November 2025

00:00, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

Death of Isabella II

... that Queen Maria of Jerusalem died shortly after giving birth to Queen Isabella II (pictured), who also died shortly after giving birth?
... that Al Sheehan, despite being WCCO's expert on contract bridge, did not know "a trump from a rubber"?
... that chloroform extracts from the seeds of the Spanish fennel flower have exhibited anti-inflammatory properties?
... that before becoming the first director of the Danish Language Council, Sabine Kirchmeier was a local politician who reported the mayor to the police?
... that sound recordings were not copyrighted under United States law until 1972?
... that Leik Myrabo invented a laser-propelled type of spacecraft?
... that the premiere of the second season of Arrested Development required David Cross to paint himself blue, taking up to three showers a day to remove the paint?
... that Formula One drivers are required to wear fire-resistant underwear for safety reasons?
... that Burger Continental served dishes like "Chicken Erotica" to jurors in high-profile cases, including the trials of O. J. Simpson and the Menendez brothers?

11 November 2025

00:00, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Klimt, Portrait of Emilie Flöge

... that Emilie Louise Flöge did not like Gustav Klimt's 1902 portrait of her (pictured)?
... that the gender-flipped story of Warriors was partly inspired by the Gamergate harassment campaign?
... that Liechtensteiner athlete Oskar Ospelt was a two-time Swiss national champion?
... that the New Coimbra Fort was founded by 245 men in 15 canoes, guided by an elderly indigenous man?
... that George Lutfallah sought to use his wealth to become king of Lebanon, viewing his presidential candidacy as a stepping stone to that goal?
... that Kirkus Reviews called Jenny Price's environmentalist book Stop Saving the Planet! a "fun introduction to a serious topic"?
... that Ivete da Graça Correia was once called "the public face of the São Tomé anti-drug campaign"?
... that after a Florida family moved into a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, one acquaintance said, "How could you let an atheist design your house"?
... that Caribou Legs once ran more than 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) to raise awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women?

10 November 2025

00:00, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

McLaren MCL38

... that the McLaren MCL38 Formula One car (example pictured) won McLaren their first World Constructors' Championship since 1998?
... that most portrayals of hypnosis in fiction are negative stereotypes—usually depicting it as criminal, or seductive?
... that Agus Budianto adopted the nickname "Black Hoe" from his skin color and his work on his parents' farm?
... that the cover art and nickname (Tripod) of Alice in Chains' 1995 self-titled album was inspired by an aggressive three-legged dog that chased the band's drummer?
... that Dale Berry used his fencing experience to choreograph fight scenes in his comic series?
... that in November 2024 Typhoon Man-yi was one of four tropical cyclones simultaneously active in the western Pacific, the first such occurrence in November since records began in 1951?
... that Berenice Olmedo once sold products made from dog carcasses at a flea market?
... that Luis Estrada declined to produce The Dead Girls as an English-language film before directing it as a Spanish-language television series?
... that, after the assassination of George Lincoln Rockwell, his father said that he was "not surprised at all"?

9 November 2025

00:00, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

Landscape watercolour by Claude Hayes

... that Claude Hayes ran away to sea in the 1860s before beginning his career as a landscape painter (painting pictured)?
... that an activist remotely projected anti-CCP slogans onto a building in Chongqing University Town in August 2025?
... that Amon G. Carter Jr. worked as a newspaper salesman as a child, despite his father being a successful businessman?
... that the title of "Best of Wives and Best of Women" in Hamilton came directly from Alexander's farewell letter to Eliza before his fatal duel with Aaron Burr?
... that "DJ booths" are used for announcements at the Meitetsu Nagoya Station?
... that, in a civil case between Mark Aldridge and a shop owner, South Australia's district court found that a person can be liable for the defamatory comments of others on their social media posts?
... that Tom Cruise attended St. Francis Seminary, a Catholic high-school seminary run by the Franciscan Order?
... that Taylor Swift recently released a song about her fiancé's penis?

8 November 2025

00:00, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

Dianna Cowern

... that YouTuber Dianna Cowern (pictured) has an asteroid named after her?
... that the song "Seasons of Change" featured future AC/DC lead vocalist Bon Scott on the recorder?
... that Jocelyn Borgella was the first Haitian to be selected in the NFL draft?
... that the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association operated its own Diocese of Zhangjiakou prior to Pope Leo XIV establishing a diocese of the same name?
... that Japanese businessman Yasuyoshi Kato used embezzled funds to support his wife, who bought twenty Arabian horses, several emus, llamas, potbellied pigs, miniature cattle, and nurse sharks?
... that field propulsion comprises types of spacecraft propulsion that move a ship without conventional rocket engines?
... that the Regional Workers' Center of Paraguay was largely made up of native Paraguayans, even though its predecessor had been dominated by European and Argentine immigrants?
... that Kevo Muney has a mixtape cover that depicts himself being birthed by an anthropomorphic goat?

7 November 2025

00:00, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Alex the Great

... that Alex the Great (pictured) signed autographs by biting the corners of business cards?
... that San Marino politician Lorenzo Bugli first ran for office when he was a teenager?
... that John F. Kennedy's pollster found many West Virginia voters concerned that a Pope in the White House would arrive by transatlantic tunnel?
... that Kyōka Moriya cosplayed for her driver's license photo?
... that Corbin/Hanner's "Work Song" has been described as "hillbilly reggae"?
... that the parasitic disease enterobiasis once affected nearly 30% of General Mansilla?
... that civil rights activist Dorothy Burnham is also a supercentenarian?
... that Messenger players can communicate with each other via poop emojis?
... that Amy Louise Daniels worked with wobbly rats?

6 November 2025

00:00, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Statue of Ko Myo Shin

... that legend has it that Ko Myo Shin (statue pictured) became a spirit after allowing his head to be cut off?
... that the children's music singer Damaris Gelabert was the first Catalan music channel on YouTube to win a Silver Button?
... that a 2025 ecclesiastical trial had three successive prosecutors during its first three weeks?
... that Argentine admiral Enrique Molina Pico commanded the destroyer ARA Hércules during the Falklands War, and later coordinated the operations of Argentine forces in the Gulf War?
... that the film The Taverna was shot at a Greek restaurant in Melbourne over sixteen days?
... that Kelley Dolphus Stroud hitchhiked from Colorado Springs to Boston in twelve days to compete in the 1928 United States Olympic trials?
... that Edward D. Maryon's art was heavily influenced by his time stationed at the Presidio of Monterey after being drafted into the army?
... that condensed-matter physicist Zachary Fisk conducted chemistry experiments in secret because his father disapproved of his interest?
... that Max Verstappen won a record 19 Grands Prix in a season on his way to the 2023 Formula One World Drivers' Championship?

5 November 2025

00:00, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

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Maher Abbas

... that future Olympic runner Maher Abbas (pictured) switched from basketball to track over his frustration of referees being "easy to bribe"?
... that non-destructive virtual unfolding was used to read burned or otherwise highly damaged scrolls?
... that the Hongguang Emperor was betrayed by his troops and handed over to the enemy, who criticised his poor battle strategy and allowed locals to humiliate him?
... that in 2025 the Pfizer Building was cited as the largest office-to-residential building conversion in the United States?
... that tenor Jean Bonhomme played for seven years on his university's Canadian football team before becoming an international opera star?
... that the Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus has been ranked as both one of the US's most significant architectural works and its least beautiful college campus?
... that, after proclaiming it was her duty as a revolutionary never to be "tied down by a family", Lyubov Radchenko got married and had a child?
... that Nejishiki was a manga with a following among the 1960s avant-garde movement?

4 November 2025

00:00, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

Seated Rāgarāja

... that a 13th-century wooden sculpture (pictured) of Rāgarāja was carved from the debris of the Great Buddha Hall at Tōdai-ji in Nara, Japan?
... that Habib Mousa wrote a song about the village of Enhil to object to the Turkification of Assyrian villages in Tur Abdin?
... that the leading engineer during the 1702 siege of Liège was so angered by a colleague's disobedience that he threatened to abandon the siege?
... that Antirrhinum barrelieri was split into two species in 1896, the other being Antirrhinum controversum?
... that Soebekti Soenarto performed the duties of the governor, vice governor, and provincial secretary of the Special Region of Yogyakarta simultaneously for several weeks in 1998?
... that the roof designs of Bukit Gombak and Bukit Batok stations were based on the logo of the Singapore Housing and Development Board?
... that actor Rory Gibson was cast on The Young and the Restless despite the producers not liking his initial self-tape?
... that A Far Better Thing is a retelling of Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities with fairy changelings?

3 November 2025

00:00, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Sursock bronze

... that the Sursock bronze (pictured) was discovered in a damaged state with hacked parts, possibly after being vandalized by early Christian iconoclasts?
... that, according to a 2025 book about artificial superintelligence, If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies?
... that a Dutch publisher pirated the first four volumes of Memoirs and Adventures of a Man of Quality, then hired the author to write more?
... that King Owodo, the last Ogiso of Igodomigodo, was deposed after killing a pregnant widow, an act punishable by deposition under the kingdom's law?
... that NFL player Bill Gutteron estimated that he helped over 50,000 people learn how to swim?
... that an early Chinese women's magazine ran afoul of a government ministry due to its sexual content and nudity?
... that the first bank of the Republic of Lithuania was bankrupt after nine years of operation?
... that the Fernald Feed Materials Production Center produced uranium for nuclear weapons between 1951 and 1989?
... that Hilaire Belloc and G. K. Chesterton's first collaboration sold only thirty-five copies?

2 November 2025

00:00, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

D. M. Clemson

... that the freighter D. M. Clemson (pictured) was one of the largest vessels on the Great Lakes in 1903?
... that Filipino politician Miriam Defensor Santiago is known as the "Iron Lady of Asia"?
... that a 16th-century ethnic term used in Africa is still used today for a Brazilian religion, a Togolese and Beninese ethnic group, and their language?
... that it took 40 years for Raghunath Brahmbhatt to be credited for the lyrics to a popular song he wrote, 21 years after his death?
... that My Dad, the first entry in My Family Member, a series of illustrated children books, was inspired by the author's discovery of his father's old gown?
... that John Adams Cameron lost twice to John Culpepper in elections for the United States Congress that were 14 years apart?
... that neighbors thought Naughty Dog was filming adult films due to their setup of shooting moves for Way of the Warrior from an apartment hallway?
... that painter and designer Mia Lee used to make doll fashions from her grandmother's scraps?
... that Jack Fleck defeated Ben Hogan in a playoff to win the 1955 U.S. Open using Hogan's golf clubs?

1 November 2025

00:00, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

Three of the Deir el-Balah sarcophagi

... that some of the Bronze Age Deir el-Balah sarcophagi (pictured) looted by Moshe Dayan became part of his private collection?
... that movie characters like Pennywise have been cited as contributing to some people's fear of clowns?
... that the Willows Inn, headed by chef Blaine Wetzel, was one of the restaurants that inspired the horror comedy film The Menu?
... that the animator of the Magic Cat Academy Halloween-themed Google Doodles overcame her arachnophobia to design a spider boss that was ultimately rejected as "way too scary"?
... that Cthulhu, Dagon, and Hydra are actually mud dragons living off the coast of Madagascar?
... that photographer Hal Hirshorn recreated the 1865 funeral of a wealthy Manhattanite for a 2011 photo series?
... that Charlie the goat hospitalized his co-star three times on the set of The Witch?
... that when a prospective funder called the script for his horror film All You Need Is Death "weird and confusing", Paul Duane got the phrase tattooed on his arm and funded the film himself?

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