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23:26, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
- ... that when Bob Barker (pictured) retired at aged 83, he held the record of oldest person to host a regularly scheduled game show?
- ... that fashion for plus-size models has existed since 1900?
- ... that the microwave oven was invented by accident when Percy Spencer was working with microwaves and noticed that a chocolate bar in his pocket had started to melt?
- ... that President of the Philippines Bongbong Marcos is facing arrest in the United States for not paying US$353 million to human rights abuse victims of his father's dictatorship?
- ... that the Luttra Woman likely had a violent death?
12:54, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
- ... that the living part of Earth's (pictured) surface is called the "biosphere"?
- ... that KFC is considered a Christmas tradition in Japan?
- ... that Mayor of Miami Francis Suarez is a supporter of cryptocurrency and takes his salary in Bitcoins?
- ... that between 10 and 40 percent of child soldiers are girls?
- ... that even over half a century after the event, no full evaluation of the risk and impact of the first nuclear test has been done?
19:53, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
- ... that the songwriters for the bossa nova song "The Girl from Ipanema", wrote it after seeing 17-year-old model Heloísa Pinheiro (pictured) walking down Ipanema?
- ... that in the 1780s, Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein built a machine that was able to imitate speech sounds?
- ... that before becoming Governor of North Dakota, Doug Burgum owned a small technological startup company and sold it to Microsoft for $1.1 billion in 2001?
- ... that County Hall in London, a grade II* listed building, now hosts an aquarium?
- ... that the Eiffel Tower in Paris was initially constructed as a temporary exhibit for the 1889 World's Fair, but it has since become one of the most iconic landmarks in the world?
02:54, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
- ... that when the Whopper (pictured) was introduced in 1957 it only cost 37 cents in the United States?
- ... that there have been 161 Nobel Laureates from Harvard University?
- ... that survivors of a 2023 fire in Johannesburg, South Africa refused to be moved because they were worried about being deported?
- ... that when a person takes medications intravenously, they start working within 15 to 30 seconds?
- ... that the Solar System is about 4.568 billion years old?
19:54, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
- ... that in 2018, Claudia Sheinbaum (pictured) became the first woman and first Jew to be elected as Head of Government of Mexico City?
- ... that Neurolinguistic programming started as science in the 1970s, but is considered pseudoscience today?
- ... that Michelle Yeoh is the first Asian to win the Academy Award for Best Actress?
- ... that the Great Lakes in Canada and the United States is the largest group of fresh water lakes in the world?
- ... that in May 2022, Venezuelan farmer Juan Vicente Pérez became the last living man who was born in the 1900s decade?
19:53, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
- ... that certain species of sand dollar (pictured) clone themselves to better escape some predators?
- ... that when Dick Clark was running for the U.S. Senate, he walked 1,300 miles across Iowa to raise awareness of his campaign?
- ... that a 16th century text on syphilis contains the first documented description on how to use a condom?
- ... that before becoming Moldova's first female president, Maia Sandu worked at the World Bank in Washington, D.C.?
- ... that Japan is called "Nihon" or "Nippon" in Japanese which means "the origin of the Sun"?
- ... that the Mud March was an attempt by Union Army Major General Ambrose Burnside to attack Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia?
19:54, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
- ... that the Mezquita de Córdoba mosque (pictured) in Spain is supported by over 850 columns?
- ... that at age 88, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter helped build homes that were destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in 2012?
- ... the first country to make metal coins was called Lydia?
- ... that the Amazon Rainforest has so much biodiversity that it makes 20% of the world's oxygen, earning it the title "The Lungs of the Earth"?
- ... that female indentured servants who were raped by their masters and became pregnant would have their contract increased by two years?
- ... that before becoming "The Unabomber", Ted Kaczynski was a child prodigy and an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley?
11:17, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
- ... that because of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson (pictured) the League of Nations was founded and he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919?
- ... that Antarctica is the largest and coldest desert?
- ... that at age 52, Shinzo Abe was the youngest person elected as prime minister of Japan in its post-war history?
- ... that sometime during the 17th century, the decorated walking stick replaced the sword carried by aristocrats as a status symbol?
- ... that in some cultures, women would sometimes be naked until marriage, because people thought they had nothing to hide?
- ... that even though they were first described in 1839, hamsters were not successfully bred and domesticated until 1939?
23:59, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
- ... that the 1874 military painting Calling the Roll After An Engagement, Crimea (pictured) by Elizabeth Thompson was bought by Queen Victoria?
- ... that Lichen can live on bare rock, walls, trees, wood, gravestones, and on exposed soil surfaces?
- ... that Carly Fiorina entered an election for the United States Senate less than a year after surviving breast cancer?
- ... that Canada was pre-approved to become part of the United States in the Articles of Confederation section 11 without further votes?
- ... that The Chaos is a poem that shows that in English many words are not pronounced the way they are written?
- ... that because of his illness with diverticulitis, Tancredo Neves was never inaugurated as President of Brazil and remained as president-elect until his death in 1985?
18:05, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
- ... that even though she was the first woman as the head of the Académie Française, Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (pictured) insisted on using the male form of her title?
- ... that the Great Barrier Reef, located in Australia, is the world's largest coral reef system and can even be seen from outer space?
- ... that glam rock musician Marc Bolan, who never learned how to drive a car because of a fear of dying young, died in a car crash at aged 29?
- ... that the first known dinosaurs were bipedal predators that were one to two metres long?
- ... that Wikipedia started in early 2001 as a "feeder" website to Nupedia?
- ... that because of the way they treat women, the infant mortality in Afghanistan has gone up since the Taliban took power in 2021?
13:58, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- ... that Venus (pictured) is the hottest planet in the Solar System despite being second from the Sun at an average of 480 °C (896.0 °F)?
- ... that Guillermo Lasso is the first Ecuadorian president to use muerte cruzada which dissolved the National Assembly to avoid his impeachment?
- ... that more people died due to World War II than any other war in history at around 73 million?
- ... that while Orrin Hatch was the U.S. Senator from Utah, he earned USD $10,000 for writing songs for the LDS Church?
- ... that desert kites were probably used for hunting?
- ... that in August 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dropped 800 pounds of human waste into the Chicago River and onto people on a boat below?
17:53, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- ... that former Assemblywoman Luisa González (pictured) was pepper sprayed by the National Police of Ecuador while on her way to register her presidential candidacy?
- ... that the lines on the sides of school buses in the United States have an important safety role in the event of an accident?
- ... that the great white shark has no natural predators other than the killer whale?
- ... that Joe Biden's visit to Ukraine was the closest a U.S. president had come to a combat zone since Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War?
- ... that the Vatican City is the smallest country in the world by size, at 0.49 km² and by population, at 764?
- ... that when YouTuber Markiplier created an OnlyFans account for charity, the site crashed because of the large amount of people visiting the website?
18:54, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- ... that chinchillas (pictured) spray their own urine and release their fur as a defensive action?
- ... that in 2023, members of the House of Commons of Canada unknowingly gave a standing ovation to Yaroslav Hunka, a Waffen-SS veteran?
- ... that The Star-Spangled Banner has four stanzas but usually only the first is sung and is the most well known?
- ... that Brendan Fraser is the first Canadian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor?
- ... that the UNICEF photo of the year 2007 showed a 40-year-old Afghan man with his 11-year-old bride?
- ... that Moses is seen as an important prophet in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, the Bahá'í Faith and Rastafari?
21:53, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
- ... that Narges Mohammadi (pictured), who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023, was excluded from a mountain climbing group at university because of her political activities?
- ... that when Spanish conquistadores came to South America in the 1500s they took potatoes back to Europe?
- ... that in 2022, Tuvalu announced that they would become the first country to make a replica of themself in the metaverse?
- ... that Tom Petty said it took him three and a half minutes to write his song "Wildflowers" and only performed it once while writing it?
- ... that Kevin McCarthy is the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives to be removed during a legislative session?
- ... that the social deduction game Among Us is inspired by the party game Mafia and the 1982 science fiction horror movie The Thing?
23:32, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
- ... that the Luther Brannon House (pictured) was removed from the National Register of Historic Places in 2021, a few months after it was demolished?
- ... that Paul Revere founded a company in 1801, called Revere Copper Company, that is still in operation today?
- ... that in 2012, due to rising sea levels, the government of Kiribati bought land on Fiji so the people could move there if needed?
- ... that when feminist Irina Karamanos's domestic partner Gabriel Boric was elected President of Chile, they were both against her becoming first lady?
- ... that Panasonic released a special version of Yoshi's Cookie that teaches players how to make the cookies in the game?
- ... that Olivier Messiaen wrote a piece completely inspired by birdsong?
01:33, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- ... that when Javier Milei (pictured) was elected President of Argentina in 2023, he became the first libertarian head of state in the world?
- ... that according to the WHO, girls 15 to 19 years old are about twice as likely to die after pregnancy than those 20 to 24 years old?
- ... that Wayne Gretzky was called "the greatest ice hockey player of all time" by an official encyclopedia of the NHL?
- ... that in 2006 and 2007, surveys ranked Denmark as "the happiest place in the world," based on standards of health, welfare, and education?
- ... that actor Matthew Perry made his former mansion in Malibu, California into a rehab center and was given an award from the White House because of it?
- ... that the word pidgin comes from Chinese language business and is unrelated to the English word pigeon?
18:33, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
- ... that the Japanese spider crab (pictured) can grow to be almost 4 metres in width?
- ... that Academy Award-winning actor Sidney Poitier was the Bahamian Ambassador to Japan from 1997 until 2007?
- ... that before they were used as a contraceptive, condoms were used to protect against disease?
- ... that if Leonor, Princess of Asturias becomes the Queen of Spain, she will be Spain's first queen regnant since her 4th great-grandmother Isabella II?
- ... that in 1809, a slave cost about $40,000 USD, in today's money, but in the 21st century, getting a slave costs as little as $90-100 USD?
- ... that Harold Macmillan was the last Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to be granted a hereditary peerage?