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11 July 2021

12:00, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

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... that 9,000 Greek Jews were targeted by the 1942 Eleftherias Square roundup (pictured), and those who collapsed were attacked by dogs?
... that Ellora Derenoncourt demonstrated that the expansion of minimum wage in 1967 accounted for 20 percent of the reduction in racial income gaps in the United States during the civil rights era?
... that Japanese industrialist Ichizō Kobayashi established the Takarazuka Grand Theater in the city of Takarazuka because it was located at the terminus of a train line owned by his company?
... that Marja Kubašec was both the first Sorbian woman to receive a formal teacher training and the first woman to write a novel in Upper Sorbian?
... that the many refugees who have entered Canada via Roxham Road at the border between New York and Quebec since 2017 may not have been breaking any laws?
... that the volcanic crater Cerro Overo formed about 77,000 years ago?
... that June Fernández wrote "I Wanted Sex But Not Like That"?
... that the meagre attendance at the 1960 European Nations' Cup Final in Paris was blamed on crowds who "wanted western European glamour, not mysterious teams from the other side of Europe"?

00:00, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

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... that although the "Daisy" advertisement (pictured) was aired only once, it is considered to be one of the most important factors for victory in Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 presidential campaign?
... that Joan Boada was named a principal dancer at the Cuban National Ballet at age 16, but later defected and ended up at the San Francisco Ballet?
... that the temperature was 0 °F (−18 °C) on the morning that the Battle of Hancock began?
... that James Chappell is thought to have been the first black landlord of an English public house?
... that "the very first words of encouragement [Edgar Allan Poe] ever remember[ed] to have heard" were in The Yankee?
... that Swedish writer Hedda Anderson began her literary career at the age of 58, following her husband's death in 1888?
... that prior to winning their first of nine consecutive titles in the 1965–66 season, Celtic had not been champions of the Scottish Football League for 12 years?
... that Patric and Rosalie Carey built New Zealand's first theatre for professional repertory on the back of their house?

10 July 2021

12:00, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

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... that the red-billed pied tanager (pictured) is not a tanager?
... that Grenadian anatomic pathologist Kathleen Coard is the first female professor of pathology in the Caribbean?
... that the 130th Regiment of Foot, raised by George Pigot in 1794, was disbanded just two years later after suffering heavy losses due to tropical disease?
... that Josh Phillips, who was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering his eight-year-old friend when he was fourteen, is eligible for resentencing in 2023?
... that the extinct planthopper Florissantia elegans was described in 1890 from only two fossils?
... that Chris GittensTemplate:`s father refused to attend any of his professional baseball games until he was promoted to the major leagues?
... that official guests of the Swiss Confederation stayed at the Lohn Estate, a manor in Kehrsatz, in the Canton of Bern, between 1942 and 1994?
... that ballerina Tina Pereira won a competition even though she was chosen to replace an indisposed dancer, and her partner got seriously injured mid-performance?

00:00, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

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... that Max Liebling and his three brothers, Georg (pictured), Emil, and Sally Liebling, were all successful concert pianists and composers who trained under Franz Liszt?
... that for the first time this century, this year's British Athletics Championships were not broadcast on live television?
... that after her election as Florida's agriculture commissioner, Nikki Fried was sworn into office using the first Hebrew Bible published in the United States?
... that the fan disc of the visual novel Kichiku Megane includes a salacious typing game?
... that British army officer Thomas Stanton Lambert was killed by an IRA ambush while returning from a tennis match in 1921?
... that Homestead, Florida, radio station WOIR was credited with saving the lives of hundreds of farmworkers in a labor camp before the arrival of Hurricane Andrew?
... that, after her death, contemporaries of Frankish queen Austregilde both called her "the light of her homeland, the world, and the court" and compared her to Herod?
... that The City in the Middle of the Night, a 2019 climate-fiction novel by Charlie Jane Anders, is set on a tidally locked planet?

9 July 2021

12:00, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

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... that large parts of the 11th-century Irish Shrine of Miosach (detail pictured) were added during a 16th-century refurbishment?
... that Elizabeth MburuTemplate:`s book African Hermeneutics seeks to bring a uniquely African approach to interpreting the Bible?
... that one of the arguments made by the Simla Deputation for increasing Muslim representation in Indian politics was that they had ruled India under the Mughal Empire?
... that when Robert Saunders Jr.Template:`s predecessor died, Saunders took his job but not his home?
... that Big Bang's G-Dragon switched his mini-album's title track from "Bullshit" to "Untitled, 2014" on the day of its release?
... that Mormon missionaries in Japan converse with each other in a specialized cant known as Senkyoshigo?
... that Hugo Marchand was named an étoile of Paris Opera Ballet at age 23, after he made an unexpected role debut when the company was touring in Japan?
... that in 1991, the Church of Christ, Scientist published a book it had previously rejected as blasphemous to obtain a $97 million bequest needed to repay its financially disastrous expansion into television?

00:00, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

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... that in her debut novel, The Paper Magician, fantasy author Charlie N. Holmberg (pictured) followed Brandon Sanderson's advice to limit her characters' magical powers?
... that the George W. Vanderbilt Residence has been occupied by American Express, Olympic Airlines, and Versace, but never by Vanderbilt himself?
... that ballerina Pippa MooreTemplate:`s last role was as Princess Beatrice, Queen Victoria's youngest daughter?
... that a basic difference between modern Paganism and New Age is that the former focuses more on the external world and the latter on the inner life of the individual?
... that Hugh Leatherman effectively controls the state of South Carolina's budget?
... that the blacktail snapper is commercially fished in Kiribati and the Ryukyu Islands?
... that Jordan Geller owned 2,388 pairs of sneakers and was recognized by Guinness World Records in 2012 for having the world's largest sneaker collection?
... that Doja Cat and her directors used Blade Runner and The Fifth Element as reference points while making the music video for "Need to Know"?

8 July 2021

12:00, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

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... that Little Island at Pier 55 (pictured), a new artificial island park in New York City, was described as being "in the theatrical vein of 18th century English garden follies"?
... that Chetana Nagavajara initiated and led arts-criticism research projects in Thailand in the early 2000s?
... that the "olde English" interior of the Fisk–Harkness House later became an automobile club, an art gallery, and finally a college?
... that Pamela Trotman Reid, the first Black president of the University of Saint Joseph, developed the GO-GIRL program?
... that Chang Chen lost 12 kilograms (26 lb) for his role in The SoulTemplate:-?
... that police officer Abdulrachman Setjowibowo was appointed the acting chairman of the Football Association of Indonesia following a conflict between the association and the Persija Jakarta club?
... that sculptures by Lorenzo Ghiglieri have been installed at the Royal Palace of Madrid, the White House, and Brown Bear Car Wash?
... that Opal Lee is often referred to as the "grandmother of Juneteenth"?

00:00, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

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... that a decline in the sale of stamps from the Pitcairn Islands (example pictured) led to the territory's bankruptcy?
... that the National Institutes of Health's first mycologist, Chester W. Emmons, demonstrated that fungal infections were common and widespread?
... that the Basilica of Saint Maternus in Walcourt, Belgium, contains one of the oldest preserved Marian devotional statues in Western Christianity?
... that Mexican politician Rubén Rocha Moya obtained a law degree while serving as a senator?
... that before she entered the U.S. Army in 1942, Jane Douglass White, a songwriter for soldier's shows, had already composed the tune which would become the official "Song of the Women's Army Corps"?
... that during the 1940s, Sigge Stark became Sweden's most published, most read, as well as most criticised author?
... that the theme song for GuiltyTemplate:'s live-action television series is Toshi's first original song in 22 years?
... that two of the men in the Dover Eight were going to join the raid on Harpers Ferry led by John Brown but ultimately backed out?

7 July 2021

12:00, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

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... that distinctly Nubian pyramids (examples pictured) were built early in the history of the architecture of Sudan?
... that Ronald Barnes was a major force in establishing an American approach to writing music for the carillon?
... that each chapter of the Japanese novel Kanojo ga Suki na Mono wa Homo de Atte Boku de wa Nai is themed after a song by Queen?
... that the Royal Commission on Metropolitan Railway Termini of 1846 was responsible for central London being mostly free of mainline railways and led, indirectly, to the creation of the London Underground?
... that Ed Gomes was the first member of the Working Families Party elected to a state legislature solely with the party's nomination?
... that Gracelino Barbosa won the first Paralympic medal in Cape Verdean history at the 2016 Summer Paralympics?
... that neither holochess (dejarik) nor sabacc, two games invented for the Star Wars films, have a definitive ruleset despite several real-world licensed releases?
... that adult-film actress Kendra Sunderland originally wanted to be a counselor or an accountant?

00:00, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

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... that Jane Margyl (pictured) began her stage career as a mime at the Folies Bergère, and became a leading singer of the Paris Opera?
... that "She's a Woman" was the first song by the Beatles to include a reference to drugs?
... that Charlie Wheatley had a seventh-grade education and three honorary degrees in engineering from the University of Tulsa?
... that Simon Mills had to postpone his honeymoon to play in the 1989 Third Division play-off final?
... that Belgian international association footballer Anaëlle Wiard, who started playing beach soccer in 2020, was the top scorer in a competition that year?
... that tools for sewing and skin preparation found at archaeological sites indicate that the history of Inuit clothing in the Arctic regions of North America and Greenland extends back as early as 2500 BCE?
... that Brian Altman is the only player in World Poker Tour history to win the same event twice?
... that in the Chinese erotic novella The Lord of Perfect Satisfaction, Empress Wu Zetian has a virgin lover whose penis is compared with snails and earthworms?

6 July 2021

00:00, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

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... that the oil lamps on the coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands (pictured) represent Saint Ursula and her virgin companions, who give the islands their name?
... that the first Black woman to receive tenure in Kent State University's College of Arts & Sciences, Angela Neal-Barnett, emphasizes social support between Black women as "an indigenous form of healing"?
... that the pineapple on the flag of the Cayman Islands alludes to the territory's historic connection with Jamaica, whose coat of arms features five pineapples?
... that Robert Jones wrote the first book about figure skating in 1772?
... that the Nooth apparatus, originally invented to produce carbonated water, was later repurposed for administering anaesthetic drugs?
... that Linnéstaty, a sculpture created by Swedish sculptor Gerda Sprinchorn, was raised as a public monument 40 years after its completion?
... that the Latin American travesti gender identity has been considered to be a third gender, akin to the hijras of India and the muxe of Mexico?
... that Clarkson's Farm is "Diddly Squat"?

5 July 2021

00:00, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

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... that the Heiligen-Geist-Kapelle in Bruck, a unique late-Gothic chapel with a star rib vault (pictured), was almost demolished to make room for a highway?
... that the Rhodesian Independence Bell, a replica of the American Liberty Bell, was inscribed "I toll for justice, civilization and Christianity"?
... that South African American-football kicker Ryan Pretorius wore cleats two sizes too small at Ohio State to simulate kicking barefoot?
... that although Dmitri Shostakovich initially dismissed his own Piano Sonata No. 2 as a "trifle, something impromptu", he would later consider it his most important piano composition?
... that Peter Clavelle did not face either a Republican or a Democratic opponent in the 1991 Burlington mayoral election?
... that María Teresa Sesé wrote 500 romance novels in her native Spanish, then wrote several books in Basque after studying the language for two years?
... that the current Indonesian ambassador to Nigeria, Usra Hendra Harahap, personally led a rescue operation to free Indonesian crew members taken hostage by pirates in June 2020?
... that leopards live in the forest in Turkey?

4 July 2021

00:00, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

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... that the 2005 birth of Gabi (pictured with mother), the first elephant in Israel conceived through artificial insemination, was viewed live by more than 350,000 people in 108 countries?
... that future cantor David Werdyger was saved from a Nazi firing squad when he sang the Jewish prayer for the dead?
... that Kanfei Nesharim Street is long and wide and straight like a runway, because it was originally built as one?
... that in 1975 Time named Schwester Selma, head nurse at the Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, one of the world's "living saints", alongside Mother Teresa and Sister Annie?
... that the Diaspora Yeshiva Band infused rock and bluegrass with Jewish lyrics, creating a music style it called "Hasidic rock" or "Country and Eastern"?
... that Topol, who won a Golden Globe for his performance as Tevye in the 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof, played the role in shows and revivals about 3,500 times?
... that a verse from Psalm 85 has inspired artworks depicting the kiss of Justice and Peace?
... that Bambi delivered more than 35,000 babies?

3 July 2021

00:00, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

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... that the site of Parliament Hill (pictured) was previously called Barrack Hill and had been intended for development as a major military base?
... that the third Wanamaker expedition, led by Joseph K. Dixon, travelled at least 20,000 miles (32,000 km) and visited 89 Native American tribes?
... that Laura Robinson invented Canada's best-selling board game before becoming a successful actress and television producer?
... that some species of bacteria in the genus Alkalihalobacillus live in hypersaline lakes while others are added to laundry detergent?
... that music theorist Philip Ewell received "anti-Black statements and personal ad hominem attacks" following his claim that Western music theory is shaped by a "white racial frame"?
... that Murray Dowey was a clerk and typist for the Toronto Transit Commission before being the goaltender for Canada's gold-medal-winning hockey team at the 1948 Winter Olympics?
... that the Walter Bean Grand River Trail was named after Walter Bean, who created the idea of a continuous trail through the Waterloo region?
... that Toman helped popularize genderless fashion in Japan?

2 July 2021

00:00, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

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... that the flag of Nova Scotia (pictured) was officially recognized in 2013, even though its first documented use was in June 1858?
... that the first use of Je me souviens, the official motto of Quebec, was on a wall of the province's parliament building?
... that St. Nikolaus von Flüe, the first Catholic church in Wörsdorf, was consecrated in 1962?
... that John Mercer Johnson, a Father of Canadian Confederation, entertained the public and members of the London Conference of 1866 with poetry readings and ice-skating performances?
... that British general Charles Bertie Prowse was killed while leading his brigade in an attack during the first day on the Somme, 105 years ago today?
... that following a career-ending injury while playing Australian rules football, Justin Clarke became a Rhodes scholar in 2021?
... that the song "Canadian Idiot" satirizes American xenophobia?
... that pitchers are cheating in baseball with a glue invented for strongmen to hold Atlas balls?

1 July 2021

00:00, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

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... that a 17th-century illustrated manuscript of the Anis Al-Hujjaj shows pilgrims sailing from the Indian subcontinent to Arabia (pictured)Template:-?
... that in times of food scarcity, the collared sand anemone may consume the symbiotic zooxanthellae in its tissues?
... that Kata Wéber moved to Berlin to write the play that would become Pieces of a Woman to avoid her husband, who had encouraged her to write it after finding her personal notes?
... that William E. Woods took three same-sex couples to fill out marriage licenses in 1990, beginning a series of events that would lead to the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States?
... that the fossil horsetail Equisetum similkamense has been found in only two places, both in British Columbia?
... that Ira F. M. Butler was Speaker of the House of Representatives in the last session of the Oregon Territorial Legislature prior to statehood?
... that in San Diego, you can get a steak dinner made by a bear?
... that judoka Loretta Doyle found out that she was pregnant during pre–Olympic selection medical checks?

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