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24 July 2026

00:00, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

Wolf's Lair, Los Angeles

... that former residents of Wolf's Lair (pictured) include the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, but a recording studio was not added until the estate was bought by Moby in 2010?
... that researchers dated wood from a Norse settlement in North America to 1021 using a global radiocarbon spike recorded in tree rings?
... that during his assignment in Portugal, Rezlan Ishar Jenie frequently received prank hang-ups from disgruntled populace?
... that the prime ministers of the United Kingdom and Australia took sides on a 2023 controversy involving their countries' cricket teams?
... that Edmund Cheng helped to transform an old church into an art venue named Sculpture Square in 1995?
... that the Boston Celtics were put up for sale days after they won the 2024 NBA Finals?
... that Cynthia Houniuhi led a youth movement that successfully forced the United Nations to take the world's biggest polluters to the International Court of Justice?
... that the Honkai: Star Rail character Sparxie sang a cover of the song "Never Gonna Give You Up" in a YouTube video on April Fools' Day?
... that students trading lunches in schools have been called black markets?

23 July 2026

12:00, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Rush Hour

... that Rush Hour (pictured) has been described as one of the most depressing sculptures in London?
... that the Hexham Abbey high-altar cross is still in use 124 years after it was made?
... that the wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce featured Paul McCartney performing a particular song for the first time in 62 years?
... that a millennia-old preserved sheep body louse was found in a well dating from Roman Britain?
... that a 1986 recording of the Romanian folk poem "When the shepherd lost his sheep" used a piece of birch bark as a musical instrument?
... that Ronald Pickard signed onto the Alabama A&M University swim team, but could not attend for the first three weeks as he was participating in the 1988 Summer Olympics?
... that at least 560,293 unique cameras have been on Insecam since its creation in 2014?
... that comedian Vladimir McTavish said that he met his wife after a performance when she told him "I thought you were going to be shit"?
... that ancient Babylonians blamed epilepsy on a toilet demon?

00:00, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Gutzon Borglum's studio at Borgland

... that the Connecticut studio of the sculptor of Mount Rushmore (pictured) featured a massive stone fireplace that could hold logs up to 10 feet (3.0 m) in length?
... that an open-heart surgery and the lack of a hotline fuelled the 1987 Aegean crisis?
... that journalist Félix Darfour was arrested, tried and executed within days of criticising President Jean-Pierre Boyer's government?
... that audio for Iron Boy was recorded with non-professional actors at a farm?
... that Ursula K. Heise's book Imagining Extinction argues that endangered species are unequally emphasized based on their aesthetics?
... that the two founders of the German board-game company Pegasus Spiele dropped out of college to start it?
... that NFL player Mel Tom reportedly told a coach to "trade me, fire me, or fight me"?
... that Iceland had the world's first openly gay head of government in 2009?
... that Pope Michael was elected by six people, including himself and his parents?

22 July 2026

12:00, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

Administration building of Sengkang Depot

... that the construction of Sengkang Depot (building pictured) required the excavation of 3 million cubic metres (110 million cu ft) of earth?
... that early designs for Aloy were scrapped after market testing revealed that players felt she had an unbelievable "Disney princess" quality?
... that manure lagoons helped to clean Newaukum Creek?
... that a group called the Wrinkled Wheels cycled from Land's End to John o' Groats to raise money for St Helena Hospice?
... that the Great Smoky Mountains Parkway went from being a Native American trail to the main road serving the most-visited national park in the United States?
... that Swedish actress Ulla Smidje appeared in a film alongside her two-month-old daughter, who played a newborn boy?
... that the Uranian moon Francisco is named after both a Shakespearean character and an astronomer's daughter?
... that a lake in Minnesota may be named after a battle in which a Dakota warrior was found with severed feet?
... that an iron suspension bridge built in 1830 supported the weight of several elephants at once?

00:00, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

Niu Yu

... that Niu Yu (pictured), who lost her right leg after surviving an earthquake, walked the runway at a fashion show with a prosthetic leg?
... that the murder of a taxi driver in Bangkok at the hands of a teenage gamer led to the Thai government banning the sale of Grand Theft Auto?
... that the Grand Ducal Palace of Luxembourg has its origins in a gunpowder explosion?
... that George W. Grace described living languages as existing on a continuum between "bird languages" and "crocodilian languages"?
... that a Bahamian cable company was once accused of raising prices to buy two companies in Florida?
... that the Rialto Holocaust writing assignment told roughly 2,000 eighth-graders to debate whether the Holocaust happened, and at least 50 denied or doubted that it occurred?
... that 66 Scenes from America features over four minutes of Andy Warhol eating a hamburger in near silence?
... that Stephanie of Milly reportedly sent food to Saladin as he bombarded her castle during her son's wedding?
... that so much fake inventory was declared during the salad oil scandal that one storage facility claimed to store more salad oil than existed in the entire United States?

21 July 2026

12:00, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Saint Andrew's Chapel

... that a church in Florida (pictured) withdrew from its denomination, then blocked some members from voluntarily resigning?
... that 360° twists in the flower stalks of the bog adder's-mouth orchid sparked a public debate between Charles Darwin and Asa Gray over the role of God in natural selection?
... that a Wendy's was built on the site of a Queens boxing arena where John F. Kennedy once gave a campaign address?
... that the experiences of the Traveler from Genshin Impact were compared to the Gnostic text Hymn of the Pearl?
... that a human corpse can shut down a sewage plant?
... that Fétiche obtained a change of legal gender marker thanks to the intervention of a president?
... that Condom Hut operated in a former photo development kiosk sporting hot pink paint?
... that No Fate was created with materials salvaged from Black Cloud eight days after it was destroyed?
... that a successful PR campaign convinced voters to rename their town Cherry Hill, New Jersey, to promote a business owned by Eugene Mori?

00:00, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Mural in Sant Quirze de Pedret

... that the 12th-century murals of Sant Quirze de Pedret (example pictured) were featured on Spanish Tourism Board posters in 1930?
... that Tinashe, who appeared in a film in 2000 and had a US top-40 hit with a 2025 song, has a black belt in taekwondo?
... that the author and English translator of Dissipatio H. G. both died shortly after completing their work on the novel?
... that Aladár Horváth was one of the first three Romani members of the National Assembly of Hungary after his election in 1990?
... that robotics engineers advised the developers of the Horizon franchise to design the game's machines with an exoskeleton-like framework instead of skeletons?
... that future ASEAN secretary general Umarjadi Njotowijono chose to evacuate to his Japanese wife's home village after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
... that the fourth episode of The Celestial Toymaker cost £1,449, making it the cheapest Doctor Who episode ever recorded?
... that semioticians interpret the waggle dance of honey bees as a text?

20 July 2026

00:00, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Rudi Glöckner

... that Rudi Glöckner (pictured) had to be escorted off the pitch by 16 police officers after a 1976 football match?
... that Toluca FC recently won its first international title in 23 years?
... that the Vaticanese football team Rappresentativa OPBG played their first derby match against a team of nursing students?
... that the surname of a Trinidadian football assistant referee caught the attention of the British press during a 2022 match?
... that Ahmed Al-Kaf is the only Arab referee to officiate three AFC Champions League finals?
... that one manager of Toluca FC won a league title in just four games?
... that Atanasie Protopopesco was the only man on Romania's 1924 Olympic football team not to hail from Austria-Hungary?
... that members of Stop The Game campaigned against a planned UEFA Nations League fixture between Ireland and Israel by throwing tennis balls onto the pitch?
... that Lazăr Sfera ripped through Don Welsh's shorts during a 1939 football match?

19 July 2026

00:00, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Tourists on the Diablo inclined railway

... that tours of Diablo, Washington, included a ride on an inclined railway (pictured) previously used in the construction of two dams?
... that an academic center at Rio de Janeiro State University was renamed in 2018 in honor of Matheusa Passareli?
... that semi-automated offside technology can track up to 29 points on each football player 50 times per second?
... that Ray Allensworth was featured on the Time 100 Next list in 2025 for her work as program director of the first private spacecraft to land successfully on the Moon?
... that the Jiajing Emperor refused to order the rescue of his empress from a palace fire because he held a grudge against her over the execution of his favorite consort?
... that Uraias refused the Ostrogothic throne because he believed that his family lacked good fortune?
... that the PBS documentary One Person, One Vote? follows four U.S. presidential electors from the 2020 election, including a Kanye West elector?
... that Antonius Agus Sriyono visited Odessa on an official diplomatic mission three decades after writing a fictional story about a robber fleeing to the city?
... that Daniel Johnston caused the crash landing of his father's plane after throwing its ignition key out the window during a psychotic episode?

18 July 2026

00:00, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Unofficial flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

... that the emoji of the unofficial flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (pictured) is often used online by Basques because it features the flag of the Basque Country, which does not have its own emoji?
... that the Ming prince Zhu Su authored a botanical monograph describing 414 edible wild plants to help people survive crop failures and famines?
... that in his translation of Gerald of Wales's De principis instructione, Robert Bartlett described Gerald as "one of the great auto-plagiarists of the Middle Ages"?
... that BokHee An's character Nurse BokHee, the longest-running recurring character on Grey's Anatomy, only spoke once during the TV show's first 14 seasons?
... that during the Battle of Taginae, the Gothic king Totila broke off his battle formation and led his men to lunch in an attempt to trick the Byzantines into lowering their guard?
... that the Kensington Treaty was the first bilateral Germany–United Kingdom treaty since World War II?
... that an art colony in New York City was developed because a set of nearby houses couldn't be torn down for 25 years?
... that a New Zealand gallery crowdfunded the purchase of an Elizabeth Stevens painting for the sake of a message on its back?
... that a Pennsylvania TV station canceled Harambe?

17 July 2026

00:00, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

Kiara St. James

... that transgender activist Kiara St. James (pictured) helped to end New York's Walking While Trans law?
... that a formerly best-selling title in the Fate franchise remained exclusive to Japan until an English fan translation was released a decade later?
... that German-born Katrin Bennhold has been a senior writer for The New York Times in three European capitals?
... that the school board of Charlotte, North Carolina, bought a defunct TV station in Florida and moved its equipment to start their own TV station?
... that the Torreón del Monje was the headquarters of a pigeon-shooting club?
... that Marvin Lowenthal went from being a silk-mill bobbin boy to writing a sixteen-century history of Jews in Germany?
... that Kreni-Promeni activists put up a billboard in Belgrade with attached cotton lungs that gradually darkened as they absorbed polluted air?
... that Shark Tank was adapted from a Japanese show that aimed to encourage entrepreneurship during a lengthy period of economic stagnation in the Japanese economy?
... that John Gauntlett was defeated in an election by his next-door neighbour, Charles Mompesson?

16 July 2026

00:00, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

Gore trout statue

... that "Trouty McTroutface" was submitted in a naming contest for a trout statue (pictured)?
... that two inches of excess beam doomed the Confederate gunboat Appomattox?
... that Stamford Raffles collected over thirty tons of Javanese objects to help him write The History of Java?
... that football player Jamie Duncan was described as a "one-man horror show"?
... that VRMMORPG fiction such as Sword Art Online influenced public discourse surrounding modern virtual-reality technologies?
... that the cover of GreenGreen, an extended play by Cortis, features a bridge that the band's members frequently walked past when they were idol trainees?
... that British opera singer Suzannah Clarke performed annually in North Korea?
... that there are three genders in Plato's Symposium: man, woman, and the union of the two?
... that a darts player nicknamed "The Reaper" works at a funeral home?

15 July 2026

00:00, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

Audu at the march on Versailles

... that the fruit seller Reine Audu (pictured) was jailed after the march on Versailles in 1789 for announcing her intention to "[bring] back the Queen's head on her sword", among other charges?
... that an abandoned château in an advanced state of ruin was saved with €500,000 from a lottery?
... that in 1976, thieves tied up an art collector, stole a painting, and were never caught?
... that mothers believed that taking young children to the grave of the Petite-Émigrée would help them to walk early?
... that a French company revived a favorite perfume of the ancient Roman nobility in 2023?
... that a two-metre-high (6 ft 5 in) wall of dry stone was built in 1721 to stop the advance of the Great Plague of Marseille?
... that Pierre Noël Lecauchois's client was almost burned at the stake because the order to stay her execution was delayed?
... that Good King Henry allegedly said that he wanted every farmer to have a chicken in a pot?
... that the corpse of Pierre-Amable de Soubrany was guillotined?

14 July 2026

00:00, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

Corn tortillas

... that the tortilla (examples pictured) has been eaten for thousands of years, but it has only been considered a national symbol of Mexico since the 20th century?
... that magician Sterling Dietz used $1,200 in prize earnings from a chess tournament to pay for tuition at a Las Vegas magic school?
... that permanent human settlements emerged independently in multiple regions approximately 5,000 to 10,000 years ago?
... that a transgender-owned bookshop in Leeds ran a fundraiser in which people paid to deface pages of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets?
... that the fossil redwood Metasequoia milleri was described from its pollen cones?
... that four people and three hundred sheep died after sixteen carriages broke off a mixed-use train and collided with a goods train in Bathurst?
... that the Princedom of Zhou, unlike most other Ming princedoms, developed a strong tradition of cultural and literary learning?
... that practical normativity covers what people should do, while theoretical normativity is about what to believe?
... that the first volume of a yuri manga was criticized for not having enough yuri?

13 July 2026

00:00, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

Douglas Adams

... that Douglas Adams (pictured) described the sudden success of The Hitchhiker's Guide as like "having an orgasm without the foreplay"?
... that a Serbian village is named after Vladimir Putin?
... that local residents hurled stones and bricks from rooftops during the Defense of Beijing in 1449, allowing Ming reinforcements to drive back the Oirats?
... that the director of Rhode Island PBS confronted the state's governor in a sandwich shop to ask for funding?
... that thumb wrestling is one of twelve sports featured in Nintendo Switch Sports Resort?
... that Devon Again was the second artist signed to her record label, after Chappell Roan?
... that the first Quakers in Costa Rica founded the city of Monteverde after fleeing from the United States?
... that Mark Rosenblatt still reads Roald Dahl's books to his children, despite Rosenblatt's play Giant depicting Dahl's antisemitism?
... that a Viking played in the National Hockey League?

12 July 2026

00:00, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

Statue of John Cartwright

... that the first British writer to openly support the Thirteen Colonies in the American Revolutionary War was later honoured with a statue in London (pictured)?
... that Cincinnati mayor Frederick S. Spiegel spent his final years as legal counsel for the city's subway project, during which an inspection accident ultimately led to his death?
... that the combination of Bulgarian choral music and Tuvan throat singing on Fly, Fly My Sadness was inspired by multiple albums being played at the same time?
... that River Moon was a mortician's assistant and managed a meme page before pursuing a DJ career?
... that Vietnamese writer Phạm Đoan Trang asked for permission to keep her guitar while in jail?
... that a Florida man in his 70s claims an internet following of Gen Zers?
... that Anna Van Patten learned pole dancing to prepare for her role in Euphoria?
... that Macrocarpaea dies-viridis was named after the band Green Day?
... that John W. Townsend Jr. used rockets to measure atmospheric gas over a subarctic town?

11 July 2026

00:00, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

Margaret (circled) photographed in 2003

... that Uranus's moon Margaret (pictured) is named after a Shakespearean character, an astronomer's daughter, and its discoverer's mother?
... that, when King Akengbuda's heir sent him grey hairs to urge his abdication, he replied with powdered chalk and salt to signify that the world was too pleasant for him to leave?
... that author Lutz Van Dijk drew inspiration from murdered Ugandan LGBTQ activist David Kato to write a novel about a gay Ugandan teenager fleeing persecution?
... that, when Pedro Morales Pino took his band on their first international tour, they lost members to typhus, marriage, schizophrenia, and suicide?
... that spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 is the only type of spinocerebellar ataxia that consistently results in vision degradation?
... that the shark god Kāneikokala, according to Hawaiian tradition, rescued shipwrecked sailors and returned them to their home islands?
... that Kanye West claims in his song "King" that he would not have married Bianca Censori without the work of Martin Luther King Jr.?
... that the reliquary believed to contain the remains of Maria Afonso may instead hold the body of her infant nephew?
... that Sheikh Chilli may not be Sheikh Chilli?

10 July 2026

00:13, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

[[File:|140px|Pizza Cat with a morale patch bearing her likeness]]

Pizza Cat with a morale patch bearing her likeness

... that Pizza Cat (pictured), a cat living at Al Udeid Air Base, was awarded the rank of "Senior Meowster Sergeant" by the United States Air Force?
... that Ælfhun, Bishop of London, was accused of trying to remove the body of St Edmund, but the bier was said to have miraculously refused to move?
... that a local official of the Joseon dynasty secretly buried the body of King Danjong despite King Sejo's threats to kill the family of anyone who did so?
... that Ariana Grande claimed that she would need two brains and six arms to produce her eighth album before announcing Petal?
... that a type of ballad details the fictionalized last words of executed people?
... that a fixture of Madrid nightlife in the 1990s was a trans woman who was often seen at concerts wearing a large picture hat?
... that Gambit Digital acquired the rights to the 2023 video game Fae Farm five days after the original developer ended online support in September 2025?
... that a dog chasing its master and a crab sidestepping an intruder can both be modeled mathematically by motion along a Tschirnhausen cubic?
... that soon after the general Hushahu, fearing harsh punishment, assassinated his emperor, another general, also fearing harsh punishment, murdered him?

9 July 2026

00:00, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

Post-Pyramide

... that Kim Petras's new album features a track about a brutalist building (pictured) that she passed on the way to gender-care appointments as a child?
... that Vietnamese gangster Eight-Finger Phước cut off two of his own fingers after his mother scolded him?
... that the creators of Field Guide to Memory coined the term keepsake game to describe the new genre that they hoped it would establish?
... that an infamous sex scene in the bonkbuster genre appears in a novel in which a goldfish is inserted into a vagina?
... that the female founder of a dervish group in Afghanistan was forced to flee the country in 2021?
... that a Florida TV station named after "Christ, the Alpha and the Omega" moved to shed its religious image within two years of its debut?
... that only two specimens of Vieira's spiny tree-rat are known to exist?
... that MLB player Harry Hoch was also a superintendent of schools at age 18?
... that the first trailer for State of Decay 3 was released before development had begun, when the game existed only as a Word document?

8 July 2026

00:00, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

Iron Bridge, Lucknow

... that one of the earliest iron bridges in India (pictured) was assembled during the reign of Amjad Ali Shah?
... that people in Los Angeles used a podiatry clinic's sign for fortune-telling?
... that Josiah Blanton scored the Marshall Islands national soccer team's first-ever goal?
... that services were suspended on the Inner West Light Rail for four months after cracks were discovered in the entire tram fleet?
... that William Sirignano, while still a student, helped to solve an engine-instability problem on the Saturn V Moon rocket?
... that The Moon on a Rainy Night was praised for addressing disability as a social concern rather than an individual one?
... that Alice H. Lichtenstein's research contributed to a ban on trans fat in the United States?
... that pole vaulter Armand Duplantis wrote the song "Bop" to cope with stress in the lead-up to the 2024 Summer Olympics?
... that artist Cate Giordano once played both Henry VIII and his wife Anne of Cleves for a solo exhibition?

7 July 2026

00:00, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

Q Manivannan and Iris Duane

... that Q Manivannan and Iris Duane (both pictured) are the first two openly transgender people elected to the Scottish Parliament?
... that Bad Bunny was the first Spanish-language Latino solo artist to headline a Super Bowl halftime show?
... that, under Nathalie Drach-Temam's presidency, Sorbonne University opted out of the Times Higher Education rankings?
... that diglossia is a major feature of ancient and modern languages used in Palestine?
... that American actress Ruby Rose Turner debuted as a dancer on the TV show Sábado Gigante at the age of seven?
... that the captain of the Annie Jane threatened to shoot anyone who turned the ship around, before it was wrecked?
... that anti-racism campaigner Kamal Chunchie converted to Christianity from Islam during the First World War when serving in the British Army?
... that the co-creator of the Sam & Max comic series voices a character in its VR game adaptation?
... that Norman Balon revelled in his title as the "rudest landlord in London"?

6 July 2026

00:00, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Historic illustration of Arceuthobium mengeanum

... that the lost Arceuthobium mengeanum mistletoe fossils (illustrated) were possibly entombed in "sea amber"?
... that John Kinloch Anderson tested ancient Greek horse riding techniques?
... that the Wanli Emperor opposed naming his eldest son heir because his mother, though one of the Emperor's consorts, had once been a palace servant?
... that Michael Jackson once thanked Bill Bray "for being a father" to him?
... that the manga Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch was created to market the E-kara karaoke toy to young girls?
... that Kailey Utley took a break from her optometry career to become a professional soccer player?
... that Jacqueline Wilson wrote a fourth novel in her Hetty Feather series despite only planning to write a trilogy?
... that the title of Violet Grohl's debut album Be Sweet to Me began as an in-joke between her and her best friend?
... that Paulus Samador da Cunha lost a vote to become the regent of Sikka, but was appointed anyway?

5 July 2026

00:00, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

James Smith

... that James Smith (pictured) signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence even though he was not in Congress to vote on it on July 4, 1776?
... that the opening number from 1776 was quoted in the musical Hamilton?
... that Manuel García de Sena's 1811 translation of U.S. founding documents into Spanish influenced the first constitutions of Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela?
... that construction of Boston's Faneuil Hall, later to become the "Cradle of Liberty", was approved by a mere seven-vote majority?
... that the author of Liberia's declaration of independence, based on the United States's, was also the pastor of the church where it was signed?
... that a widely read Chinese revolutionary tract published in 1903 was influenced by the U.S. Declaration of Independence?
... that an All-American born on the Fourth of July said that he came back from the dead?
... that Thomas Jefferson's Monticello has inspired hundreds of replicas?
... that Rhoda Palmer was the only signer of the pro–universal suffrage Declaration of Sentiments known to have cast a vote?
... that, according to one historian, American patriot Paul Revere might not even recognize his own house?

4 July 2026

00:00, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Flatiron Building

... that past tenants of New York City's Flatiron Building (pictured) have included a consulate, musicians, and a crime syndicate?
... that reggae musician Mo'Kalamity derives her stage name from American frontierswoman Calamity Jane?
... that the board game Endeavor: Deep Sea, in which players lead a group of marine-life specialists, won the industry Connoisseurs' Game of the Year award?
... that, for the 2026 China–US summit, China used a transliteration of the US Secretary of State's name beginning with a character meaning 'reckless', 'clumsy', or 'crass'?
... that Lamborghini-supported Colin Queen is a racing driver despite having a congenital heart defect?
... that Rochdale v York City in April 2026 was the first time that a single English football league match was a title-decider since Liverpool faced Arsenal in May 1989?
... that a Buenos Aires public square was renamed in honor of a teenager murdered in 2013?
... that, after doctors told him he had a year to live, Leon Milton Birkhead went into debt to visit Nazi Germany?

3 July 2026

00:00, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Laura Sedgwick Collins

... that composer Laura Sedgwick Collins (pictured) was the first American woman to study with Antonín Dvořák?
... that the Capri Bird Observatory is housed on an island, among the ruins of a medieval castle?
... that the upcoming series of The Celebrity Traitors has been described as having "one of the most high-profile casts ever assembled for a reality TV show"?
... that Jorge Salvaire helped to build the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján on a promise to the patron saint after being spared execution?
... that an investigation into Motherless.com prompted both true and false claims about pro-rape content?
... that the closure of Typhoon Studios left its game on Google's platform with a game-breaking bug?
... that Barbara Viera's teams qualified for post-season play in each of her 27 years of coaching university volleyball?
... that a gameplay trailer featuring Mass Effect: Andromeda's Sara Ryder drew such criticism that its developer issued a public apology before the game even launched?
... that the co-creator of Tickle Me Elmo charged for rides on a toy rocket ship that he constructed from an old washing machine?

2 July 2026

00:00, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Atlas

... that Atlas (pictured) was the last of her kind to be built in the United States, and later became a canning company's flagship?
... that Jacob Huesman joined the New York Giants as a fullback despite never having played the position before?
... that a candidate in the January 1926 Liechtenstein general election was reported to the police for allegedly supporting republican views?
... that a proposed dam on the North Fork Snoqualmie River may have been an attempt to gain political leverage over Seattle?
... that exiled Ceciwa Khonje's role in achieving Malawi's independence was "rubbed out of history"?
... that Lebanon uses 15 different legal frameworks and religious courts to represent the country's 18 officially recognized sects, as opposed to a common or unified civil personal status law?
... that Indonesian painter S. Sudjojono left the Communist Party of Indonesia after it deemed him to be too immoral?
... that the US government contracted for the incineration of more than 516,000 cans of soup?
... that an overshooting train in Rotterdam was saved by a whale's tail?

1 July 2026

00:00, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

Rakaia salmon statue

... that a student magazine hypothesised what would happen if a large salmon statue (pictured) fought a trout statue in New Zealand?
... that although the Indonesian Painters Association sought to develop a modern Indonesian art, its members had no shared style?
... that while writer Edgar J. March served as a war reserve constable during World War II, he tussled with a burglar and chased him on a borrowed bicycle?
... that a faulty premise can turn a whole argument into a fallacy?
... that the musical adaptation of Black Swan rewrote the character of Thomas LeRoy as a woman to avoid writing a #MeToo story?
... that Philadelphia's Salvation Army Memorial Temple was once an American burlesque theatre?
... that A Story About Fire was animated by hand on 50,000 sheets of rice paper?
... that the authors of Soonish had to remove a completed chapter from the book before publication?
... that a large yellow bear taught 500 children how to wash their hands in Haffen Park?

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