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27 October 2026

00:00, 27 October 2026 (UTC)

Da Mao

... that the male panda Da Mao (pictured) replaced Er Shun's female companion after zoologists discovered that Er Shun was actually female?
... that the Somyev language, spoken by just two people in 2010, became endangered due in part to the importation of hoes?
... that How to DAD has made a video titled "How to get a baby to clean the house"?
... that Rossini in Wildbad is an annual festival of bel canto opera held at the spa in Bad Wildbad, where Gioachino Rossini stayed in 1856?
... that Esperanza Sánchez Mastrapa was the first Afro-Cuban woman elected to the Congress of Cuba?
... that the Marquis de Lafayette stopped at the Rider Tavern during his 1824 US tour and reviewed the local militia?
... that Todoroki Hajime's viral song "Konkokonkonkonkonkonkon" derives from a noise that she made while playing a horror game?
... that Billie Joe Armstrong smashed eight guitars while filming Ordinary World?
... that the U.S. government can use the Invention Secrecy Act to make new inventions classified?

26 October 2026

00:00, 26 October 2026 (UTC)

A sea ball washed up on a beach

... that sea balls (pictured) are also known by a word for "wild goat fur" because they look like hairballs regurgitated by goats?
... that Swiss filmmaker Kurt Gloor's final film was about prison inmates and people with disabilities on a trekking tour?
... that parts of an ancient road were exposed following wildfires in Belgium in the summer of 2026?
... that Erika Yoshida once adapted a Vocaloid song into a light novel, a manga, and a film?
... that Kanye West recorded "Beauty and the Beast" in his Tokyo hotel room?
... that Jessie Waddell, who founded New York City's West Indian Day Parade, timed it to fall on the anniversary of her son's death?
... that a species of orchid was named for having a smaller lip than others in its genus?
... that Singaporean banker Chew Hock Leong sold a camera device patent to Kodak in 1930?
... that Wendy was known by Studio City residents for her deformed face, which was the result of an infected gunshot wound?

25 October 2026

00:00, 25 October 2026 (UTC)

Yves Netzhammer

... that Swiss artist Yves Netzhammer (pictured) co-designed a postage stamp that looked and smelled like chocolate?
... that, hours before the opening match of the 2026 Jaffna Kings season, the franchise's co-owner was arrested in Colombo over match-fixing allegations?
... that VTuber Yukihana Lamy personally brewed sake, winning three International Wine Challenge medals?
... that activists walk from Ripoll to Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste annually to honour Dolors Prat?
... that Swedish singer-songwriter Robyn wrote "Ever Again" after reconciling with her partner, only for them to break up again shortly before her subsequent tour?
... that the gender gap for the hardest difficulty grades in rock climbing has almost completely closed?
... that Fela Kuti played "Zombie" on his saxophone from the roof of his compound as 1,000 Nigerian soldiers surrounded it before attacking?
... that a call by Alfred William Frisby to withdraw "distinctly dangerous" pornographic magazines from sale in Singapore went unheeded by the government?

24 October 2026

00:00, 24 October 2026 (UTC)

Rancho San Rafael Regional Park

... that there were two elephants at the grand opening of Rancho San Rafael Regional Park (pictured)?
... that Jodie Foster walked off the set when Swiss director Nicolas Gessner called for a nude scene?
... that the music video for Thundercat and Mac Miller's "She Knows Too Much" consists of several animated mediums?
... that restaurateur Jeffrey Gildenhorn ran for mayor of Washington, D.C., on a platform of legalizing prostitution?
... that the 1985 Greek constitutional crisis "raised a potential danger to the balance of power in the Mediterranean"?
... that teacher Lucio Huaycho was elected to the parliament of Bolivia partly thanks to the high social standing of educators in rural areas?
... that Everett Transit has a licensed Matchbox toy bus?
... that Darfurian sultan Muhammad Tayrab cut off the beard of a rebellious chief whom he had defeated, and displayed it as a trophy in his house?
... that Taku, Taku, Taku, and Takou comprised the Taku-class destroyers?

23 October 2026

00:00, 23 October 2026 (UTC)

Jesús Menéndez

... that after Jesús Menéndez (pictured) was unanimously reelected to lead the Cuban sugar workers' union in 1947, the government declared the election illegal and seized his offices?
... that the birth of a Peppa Pig character was announced by a town crier outside St Mary's Hospital, London?
... that Prince Edward Road MRT station has tunnels that were constructed only 3.9 metres (13 ft) from the foundations of a commercial building?
... that Richard Ten Broeck started an "American invasion" of British horse racing?
... that there used to be 30 climbing routes for Great Upon Little?
... that Julia Hermosilla attempted to assassinate Francisco Franco twice?
... that the only reverse sweep in the history of Russia's Kontinental Hockey League happened in the Army Derby in 2015?
... that a science teacher was the first woman to speak at a FIFA Congress?
... that a Blue Whale Unit was equal to one blue whale, two fin whales, two and a half humpback whales, or six sei whales?

22 October 2026

00:00, 22 October 2026 (UTC)

The Cross in Barre, Massachusetts

... that a man made a gigantic cross (pictured) with letters visible from 20,000 feet (6,000 m) in the air?
... that historians do not know the name of the first queen of Jerusalem?
... that 53,000 people applied to live in a former New York City school?
... that Manila's Chinatown built a new friendship arch in front of an existing one?
... that according to one Guatemalan anarchist, almost all members of the Committee for Union Action were arrested and tortured by the Jorge Ubico dictatorship?
... that during floods, the Raging River can reach flow rates over 300 times its summer average?
... that Satrio Wiratama is the first giant panda born in Indonesia?
... that lake Pakasaivo has been likened to a gigantic giant's kettle?
... that Ursula K. Abbott studied naked chickens?

21 October 2026

00:29, 21 October 2026 (UTC)

Sanda Island Lighthouse

... that the Sanda Island Lighthouse (pictured) was built in three "steps" against a cliff face, a design that is unique in Scotland?
... that Bert Matter, the organist at the Walburgiskerk in Zutphen for 33 years, composed minimal music?
... that a Michigan TV station once broadcast out of a former student cafeteria?
... that Stephan Steinlein, Germany's current ambassador to France, held the exact same diplomatic post for East Germany more than three decades ago?
... that the Byzantine victory at the Battle of Satala in 530 against a numerically superior Persian army depended on the actions of a single individual?
... that Ben Streff joined the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party at the age of 14, and was sworn in to the Chamber of Deputies at the age of 31?
... that construction of the Interstate 65 Tennessee River Bridge was halted each winter due to the presence of waterfowl?
... that physicist Jadwiga Szmidt nearly died of poisoning when she opened a container when working in Ernest Rutherford's laboratory at the University of Manchester?
... that Chinese "assembly halls" could simultaneously be social, religious, business, and political institutions?

20 October 2026

00:00, 20 October 2026 (UTC)

Painting of St. Mark's Square by Haines

... that paintings of Venice by William Henry Haines (example pictured) were passed off as the work of old Italian masters like Canaletto?
... that the 7,257-foot (2,212 m) Mount Bonaparte had a cistern hand-carved into its granite summit in 1929?
... that a Metropolitan Police detective called Chao Xu "one of the most prolific sex offenders of all time"?
... that, during the siege of Rome, the Goths told the citizens of Rome that its Byzantine defenders had previously visited Italy only as actors and thieving sailors?
... that actor Octavian Cotescu was serving in the Romanian communist legislature when he appeared in a production of Master and Margarita, alongside his topless wife?
... that the first woman to climb Mount Everest wore a Favre-Leuba watch while doing so?
... that Ukrainian trade unionist Mykhailo Volynets was inspired to organise miners after supporting the 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike?
... that unlike most female spiders in their genus, Stenaelurillus darwini have domed "flaps" covering the opening to their reproductive organs?
... that Mindaugas bribed Andreas von Velven with gifts and agreed to be baptized to stop the Livonian Order's invasion of Lithuania?

19 October 2026

00:00, 19 October 2026 (UTC)

James Buchanan

... that James Buchanan (pictured) helped to open talks over buying Alaska by spreading a rumor that Mormons were planning to emigrate there?
... that William Ruhlmann of AllMusic thought that the English-language version of "an enormous French hit" seemed to "drag along for most of its length"?
... that Lucy Daniels wrote and completed her debut novel while being treated at a psychiatric hospital?
... that Julie d'Aubigny, the most well-known 17th-century female fencer, fenced three noblemen in the same evening after kissing the lady whom they were courting?
... that small leads were banned from Bonaparte Lake due to mating loons?
... that Sam Obisanya from Ted Lasso was originally written as a Ghanaian character, but was changed to Nigerian after Toheeb Jimoh was cast in the role?
... that simply buying a "dumb phone" such as the upcoming Light Flip may not be a "magic pill" to solve smartphone addiction?
... that Edward Francis contracted tularemia while investigating the cause of the disease?
... that a Californian restaurateur claimed to be a prince and the inventor of strawberries Romanoff?

18 October 2026

00:00, 18 October 2026 (UTC)

Arthur Heurtley House

... that one former owner of Frank Lloyd Wright's Arthur Heurtley House (pictured) bought it after reading a book about Wright's work?
... that Niu Lai was created by a mother and son over the course of five years?
... that the Burndy Library collected the classics of science only up to 1900 because its founder believed that most of the basic theories of physical science had been formulated by then?
... that Buddhist monks using astrology divined the "precise" date and time of Genghis Khan's birth before a controversial celebration of its 800th anniversary?
... that the International Astronomical Union named a minor planet after radio astronomer Bruce Slee just before his death in 2016?
... that a building occupied by Google was variously used as a shipping pier, bus depot, and detention center?
... that a statue of Saint Christopher by Albrecht von Nürnberg was stripped of the Christ Child after the Reformation and turned into a Swiss mercenary?
... that Pink Floyd agreed to produce the soundtrack for a cancelled Dune film?
... that Lidia Doce offered to get Che Guevara a puppy?

17 October 2026

00:00, 17 October 2026 (UTC)

Mary Jane Kekulani Fayerweather

... that Mary Jane Kekulani Fayerweather (pictured) composed a mele honoring Hawaiians fighting in World War I?
... that a clip from the comedy show TV Burp was initially cleared by the UK regulator in 2008, but was banned for being "highly offensive" in 2016?
... that in 2009 an Ilyushin Il-76 crashed into Lake Victoria shortly after take-off, killing all on board?
... that the Trump administration has designated an Italian email provider as a terrorist group?
... that a Cuban cigar factory was named after a union leader who was murdered there?
... that the pornographic magazine Hustler reviewed some of James Joyce's love letters?
... that a 2025 Netflix competition won by Brianna Mazzola's band 3Quency was judged by a member of One Direction who died before it was released?
... that players of Barbie Storymaker can create their own animated movies?
... that colonial settlers in Australia dined on kangaroo tail soup, kangaroo steamer, and slippery Bob?

16 October 2026

00:00, 16 October 2026 (UTC)

Tomato soup cake

... that tomato soup cake (pictured) became popular during the Great Depression?
... that Australian Laura Davoli was one of two UT Arlington players at the 2026 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships?
... that a 14-year-old from Aberystwyth shaved his head to raise money for Latch Wales in support of a friend with kidney cancer?
... that Estanis Condori began taking part in peasant leadership while in intermediate school, and led his town's trade union before the age of 20?
... that in 2023, the Indian Space Research Organisation became the first national space agency to land a spacecraft successfully near the lunar south pole?
... that a book edited by Laurence Stapleton was compared to "bittersweet European chocolate"?
... that an Indonesian artist collective hired a gravestone maker to help teach sculpture?
... that award-winning film director Ross McDonnell was temporarily jailed by the Taliban?
... that Seven Bridges Trail has ten bridges?

15 October 2026

00:00, 15 October 2026 (UTC)

Achilles Schucan

... that one of the Rhaetian Railway's trains is named after Achilles Schucan (pictured), its first director?
... that the 2003 Siberian taiga wildfires caused bears and tigers to move into populated areas?
... that Oleksandr Demenko was wounded in the siege of Mariupol and held captive by Russia for 20 months, and now leads an NGO for Ukrainian LGBTQ soldiers and veterans?
... that the San Diego Zoo made a special bread for the panda Yun Zi, instead of kibble, to prepare him for his time in China?
... that although George Leonard Huxley was leading academic initiatives and civil rights efforts in Ireland in the 1960s and 1970s, he did not become a citizen of Ireland until 2018?
... that a French translation of The Sound Pattern of English includes only chapters 1, 2, 7, 8, and 9?
... that Swiss architect Ferdinand Stadler was awarded the first prize in a Federal Palace competition in Bern, but the project was instead awarded to an architect who had not even entered?
... that students from Harvard and Yale enlisted as strikebreakers during the 1912 Boston streetcar strike?
... that Alirio García Flamenco found serving in the Iraq War to be more comfortable than the extreme heat that he experienced in Western Sahara?

14 October 2026

00:00, 14 October 2026 (UTC)

Charlie Parker Residence

... that when the residence (pictured) of musician Charlie "Bird" Parker was nominated for New York City landmark designation, one person sent a bird feather to the city government in support?
... that Trisno Sumardjo considered art to be the fruit of honesty?
... that ten American soldiers were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross after ships of the US Army Small Ships Section were attacked by Japanese aircraft?
... that Margaret Curphey's opera career as an adult was harmed by health issues stemming from a bad playground accident as a child?
... that Malcolm X once remarked that nutmeg "had the kick of three or four reefers"?
... that sharbel Maroun does not capitalize his given name out of respect for Sharbel Makhlouf?
... that Lego Vidiyo was described as TikTok, but for children?
... that according to etymologist Barry Popik, the term "sugar baby" may have been popularized by the publicity surrounding the killing of Dot King?
... that playgoers at the U.S. premiere of Walden were given bug spray?

13 October 2026

00:00, 13 October 2026 (UTC)

Erin Scavino

... that Erin Scavino (pictured) has said that she can get ambassadors fired through art?
... that critics compared Escape from Ever After to the Paper Mario series?
... that Pete Pedro, known as the "Flying Fragment", led U.S. college football in touchdowns?
... that more than half of the airplanes at Southbridge Municipal Airport were destroyed when a tornado passed through in 2011?
... that Marvin Leonard Colker spent 30 years creating the first catalogue of Trinity College Dublin's medieval Latin manuscripts?
... that the South Korean TV character Han Ji-pyeong was praised for breaking negative stereotypes of orphans in Korean dramas who age out of foster care?
... that the Museum of Modern Art purchased Arthur Osver's Melancholy of a Rooftop after he solicited them to view his paintings?
... that the Regional Workers' Federation of Chile made anarchism a national force?
... that the Lowell E. Walter House has a garden in the floor of its living room?

12 October 2026

00:00, 12 October 2026 (UTC)

District No. 2 Schoolhouse

... that a 300-year-old bell formerly hung in the Old North Church in Boston now hangs in a one-room schoolhouse (pictured) in Charlton, Massachusetts?
... that Natsuki Takaya requested that the second anime adaptation of her manga series Fruits Basket be done with an entirely different team than the first one?
... that the horns and dome of the dinosaur Stygimoloch were thought to belong to different animals until the discovery of a more complete skull?
... that Simon Nkoli's contributions to the anti-apartheid movement as an openly gay man motivated the movement's leadership to support gay rights?
... that King Abdullah II donated towards and supported the construction of the first Christian university in Jordan?
... that Edwin Masuge temporarily stepped away from athletics to focus on his schooling after placing seventh in the 400 metres T13 final at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics?
... that the music video for Staind's song "Believe" yielded a sequel?
... that prior Nicholas de Trinbey's eyes were torn out during an attack by John de Welyngton and two other canons of Llanthony Priory?
... that each floor in a California hotel is themed after a movie?

11 October 2026

00:00, 11 October 2026 (UTC)

Teun Toebes

... that a 21-year-old Dutch nurse (pictured) moved into the dementia ward of a nursing home to see what it was like to live there?
... that Aobazaka46 was announced by synchronized video announcements across 13 digital billboards around Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo?
... that Indonesian politician Yampit Nawipa is also an active footballer?
... that coins minted by Jewish rebels during the Bar Kokhba Revolt counted their years by the "redemption" and "freedom of Israel", while its leader was described as the nasi of Israel?
... that Deng Shuping, a younger brother of Deng Xiaoping, was classified as an "enlightened landlord"?
... that a video of letters on a small toy had conspiracy theorists on edge?
... that Michel Soutter's first feature film was booed at Locarno, but he later served on the 1974 Cannes Film Festival jury?
... that, in Religion & Republic, Miles Smith argues that early American history was characterized neither by Christian nationalism nor state secularism but by a non-sectarian "Christian institutionalism"?
... that Treg Songy initially thought that it was a prank when he was drafted by the New Orleans Saints?

10 October 2026

00:00, 10 October 2026 (UTC)

Old Parliament House, Adelaide

... that South Australia's Old Parliament House (pictured) and the present Parliament House were jointly added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2006?
... that Franz Schnyder made his feature-film directorial debut after Swiss immigration authorities sought to prevent refugee filmmaker Leopold Lindtberg from directing another army-friendly film?
... that a Texas lawmaker voted to submit a 1914 referendum to voters while saying that he would "vote and work against its adoption"?
... that the English edition of Gottlob Herbert Bidermann's Eastern Front memoir includes events absent from the German original, added 36 years later from interviews with him?
... that Dan Deacon wrote the song "When I Was Done Dying" because he liked the idea that his body, memory and consciousness are "three separate things that are constantly oscillating"?
... that a suicide bomber disguised himself as a schoolboy while attempting to assassinate Timothy Torlot?
... that a professional sumo wrestler first appeared on television as a competitor on the obstacle-course competition show Sasuke Ninja Warrior?
... that Paramacrobiotus pius was described more than a decade after its type specimens were collected?
... that two Ukrainian intelligence agencies had a shootout in Kyiv?

9 October 2026

00:00, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

Ebony Stevenson

... that 16-year-old 3x3 wheelchair basketball player Ebony Stevenson (pictured) wore footwear decorated by an indigenous artist at the 2026 Commonwealth Games?
... that the top of a Manhattan apartment building was likened to a "mountain castle redoubt in a Harry Potter movie"?
... that Zayn Malik auditioned for The X Factor "for fun, to see what would happen"?
... that a shrine's staircase is a popular destination for fans of the 2016 film Your Name?
... that Romanian satirist Teodor Mazilu demanded "a proper hat" as his dying wish?
... that the Berbers waited for the departure of Byzantine general Belisarius to rebel, leading to the first battle at Mammes against his trusted commander, Solomon?
... that veteran actress Takako Tokiwa called Manami Ōno an "exceptional talent" after co-starring in Ōno's debut television drama?
... that justice sensitivity is a personality trait describing how readily people notice injustice, and how forcefully they react to it?
... that WAR described itself as "the most racist newspaper on Earth"?

8 October 2026

00:00, 8 October 2026 (UTC)

Édouard André Municipal Park

... that the Eurovision Song Contest was twice held within Luxembourg City's municipal park (pictured)?
... that voice actress Hikari Senga chose anime over musical theatre due to its sustained presence during COVID-19?
... that New York state demolished a historic hunting clubhouse after acquiring it for the state's forest preserve?
... that housing activist Madge Fagan successfully protested the demolition of her own house?
... that The New Yorker listed a book about the One Direction fandom as one of the best books of 2022?
... that an Anglican bishop sits on the National Security Council of Burundi?
... that "Down the Mine" was released to the public more than 40 years after production began?
... that Anny Schlemm, simultaneously a member of the Komische Oper Berlin from 1949 and the Oper Frankfurt from 1952, performed 135 roles between 1946 and 2003?
... that groups of unemployed young men who drink tea play a role in crime prevention in Niger?

7 October 2026

00:00, 7 October 2026 (UTC)

Charlotte Jordan

... that actress Charlotte Jordan (pictured) was once in a girl group that she said changed names so many times it was referred to simply as "The Band"?
... that in 1967 the Cambodian Civil War began with a rebel assault on a Royal Khmer Socialist Youth co-operative farm?
... that Stephanie Williams wrote a fan comic about Monica Rambeau before writing for the character officially?
... that the 2026 Leagues Cup final featured a yellow card just eight seconds into the match?
... that "the godfather of reptile smuggling" called himself "a man of mystery somewhat by design"?
... that traditional dances from England were popularized across Continental Europe by the French?
... that Baptist pastor Morton Bryan Wharton said he coined the term "pastorium" because other Christian denominations already used other terms for clergy houses?
... that a Pixar-themed restaurant has a secret dining room?
... that Fat Papi became the first Kurd on the Billboard Hot 100 because of a woman with a bob?

6 October 2026

00:00, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

Main building of the Marin County Civic Center

... that a California county government building (pictured) inspired elements of Naboo in the Star Wars prequel trilogy?
... that Toribia Álvaro became a candidate for the Bolivian parliament because no other women of the Uru of Lake Poopó were willing to run?
... that Mark Twain said that the Charlton Public Library banning one of his books was "not of the slightest interest to him"?
... that Dutch painter Henry van Velthuysen dismissed a contemporary's works as "infantile construction-kit shapes"?
... that the spirit Ti Jean, a one-legged cannibal highwayman, evokes colonial fear of maroons?
... that abolitionist Alba Honeywell said he sold the first published copy of anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?
... that Samoa has 225 species of fern, more than New Zealand, a country 85 times larger?
... that Kelvin Kong, the first recognised Indigenous Australian surgeon, was made a member of the Order of Australia for his services to Indigenous health?
... that Pan Pan is thought to have had more than 130 descendants?

5 October 2026

00:00, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

Ernst Frey

... that a man born in Austria (pictured) became one of the first colonels of the People's Army of Vietnam?
... that the melodies of Alarms in the Heart were likened to Gregorian chants?
... that Australian model Cindy Rostron also had a career as an Indigenous ranger?
... that from 1959 all Guinean people aged 7 to 35 years old statutorily belonged to the Youth of the African Democratic Revolution?
... that Grady Prestage was the first African American elected to the Fort Bend County commissioners' court since Reconstruction?
... that John James Audubon gave his wife ownership of his Manhattan estate to prevent debt collectors from seizing it?
... that Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani defied church policy against Assyrian nationalism through anonymous poetry?
... that the anthropomorphic skunk Sabrina has been called "one of the most famous furry comics stars"?
... that drag queen Marcus Hunter-Neill once donated £20,000 worth of clothes to charity?

4 October 2026

00:00, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

Aftermath of the Harrogate covered-market fire

... that Arthur Hiscoe designed Harrogate's covered market, which burned down in 1937 (aftermath pictured)?
... that differences over the 1968 Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia led to a rupture between the Communist Party of Austria and its youth wing?
... that Johnny Hudgins has been described as the "black Charlie Chaplin"?
... that pizzaiolo was designated an Italian intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2017?
... that Jomana Alrashid, the CEO of the Saudi Research and Media Group, stated that her appointment was part of a vision that "trickled down from the highest levels of government"?
... that a trademark dispute over breakfast cereal went to the Supreme Court of the United States?
... that Hanneline Røgeberg often depicts women's bodies in "fantastically contorted positions that defy gravity or nature"?
... that Jordan is building the Middle East's largest Christian pilgrimage center ahead of the 2,000th anniversary of the baptism of Jesus in 2030?
... that Clodomira Acosta escaped arrest by setting a fire and jumping through a window?

3 October 2026

00:00, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

Wendy Barnes

... that Wendy Barnes (pictured) had to fill 40 minutes of live radio airtime when her scheduled guest, Princess Margaret, was unwell and arrived late?
... that The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness features a tree that was described by its author as an allegory for bipolar disorder?
... that Trendon Watford attended all of his brother's basketball games at Indiana University for four years, even though it meant driving for seven hours?
... that the founder of Boston Korea at first wrote, edited, designed, and delivered the newspaper himself, on routes running from Boston to New Hampshire?
... that Otto Djaya described his scholarship studies as part of an espionage mission?
... that minorities in Turkey recognized under the Treaty of Lausanne were not required to change their surnames, as stipulated by the Surname Law?
... that Alex Sanders led a successful campaign against the construction of a chemical plant near Hilton Head Island?
... that the magazine The Television is known for its covers featuring celebrities holding a lemon?

2 October 2026

00:00, 2 October 2026 (UTC)

Bai Yun

... that Bai Yun (pictured) was artificially inseminated with Shi Shi's sperm because the two pandas could not get along?
... that actress Barbra Streisand bought a New York City townhouse after being rejected from housing cooperatives due to her occupation?
... that Momčilo Gruban was convicted of crimes against humanity for his actions as a guard at the Omarska concentration camp during the Bosnian War?
... that around half of the collection at Casa da Saudade, a library in Massachusetts, is in either Portuguese or Cape Verdean Creole?
... that John Huston's 45-year directing career comprised 37 feature films, including film noirs, war dramas, and Westerns?
... that the Popular Democratic Union was the oldest communist party in Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula?
... that the Idaho Statesman reported that Joe Pellegrini was still playing for the New York Jets when he was actually working for a local bank?
... that an imperfect take of the song "Hadashi no Kisetsu" was used for the final release, as its producer thought that it would endear Seiko Matsuda's voice to listeners?
... that carpet weavers on strike in Yonkers demanded that their bosses stop docking their pay for talking, laughing, or looking out the window?

1 October 2026

00:00, 1 October 2026 (UTC)

Shayok Misha Chowdhury

... that Shayok Misha Chowdhury (pictured) staged his own mother's death in a play they wrote and performed together at The Bushwick Starr?
... that sandbags help salmon traverse Springbrook Creek?
... that Romanian literary historian Alexandru George once gifted a cooking pot and a saucepan to a poet whom he was courting?
... that the publication of a register of Egyptian dyke workers in 1788 marked the beginning of papyrology?
... that Rolf Lyssy's 1978 film The Swissmakers was still the most popular Swiss film of all time in 2025?
... that a graduation fashion show for a local arts school was held in a rapid transit station that had yet to open?
... that future Macau international footballer Alberto Carvalhal was involved in repatriating the remains of Pedro I to Brazil?
... that an asteroid collision in the Nysa–Polana complex might have caused an impact shower on the Moon 800 million years ago?
... that, despite Samuel Quincy's alignment with the British, he was fondly remembered in exile by U.S. president John Adams?

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