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7 July 2019

00:00, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

Stark's Illustrated Bermuda Guide

... that James H. Stark, author of six guidebooks to the British West Indies and Bermuda (pictured), was described as a "modern Hakluyt"?
... that the dome of Santa Maria di Collemaggio collapsed in the 1461 L'Aquila earthquake?
... that Tsunekazu Ishihara was nicknamed "The King of Portable Toys" by coworkers during the development of Pokémon Red and Green?
... that the repeated question "Warum?" ('Why?') from the Book of Job structures the first of Two Motets, Op. 74, by Johannes Brahms?
... that wheelchair basketball player Teisha Shadwell raised money for a custom-built chair on GoFundMe?
... that HMS Imperieuse once sailed under an American flag?
... that Aziz Abu Sarah, a peace activist from East Jerusalem and promoter of Arab–Israeli peace projects, neither understood Hebrew nor knew any Israeli Jews until after leaving high school?
... that an artificial intelligence wrote a novel in the spirit of Jack Kerouac's On the Road?

6 July 2019

00:00, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Ali Eisami

... that Ali Eisami (pictured), a Kanuri man, dictated his memoirs of his captivity to German missionary and linguist Sigismund Koelle, and helped him produce a Kanuri grammar?
... that the wildlife of Nigeria includes 940 species of bird and all eight known species of West African mangrove?
... that Stepan Pimenov's sculptures for the Admiralty building in St. Petersburg were removed and destroyed by order of [[Alexander II of Russia|Emperor AlexanderTemplate:Nbsp;II]]?
... that Werner Egk wrote the libretto for Irische Legende, his first opera after World War II, based on The Countess Cathleen by W. B. Yeats?
... that the designs on opon Ifá divination trays praise and acknowledge the work of the babalawo?
... that the Leagues Cup, an upcoming four-team soccer competition between MLS and Liga MX clubs, was panned by critics as soon as it was announced?
... that Maria Hueber founded the first school for girls in the Tyrol region?
... that a five-star Amazon review of Facebook Portal by a writer, who claimed not to be a "big" Facebook user before buying the device, was traced to a Facebook employee?

5 July 2019

00:00, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

Order of Tito's Tacos

... that Tito's Tacos of Culver City, California, has sold the same hard-shell tacos (pictured) filled with shredded beef, iceberg lettuce, and grated cheddar cheese for 60 years?
... that the Tarzan of Manisa planted thousands of trees on Mount Sipylus in Turkey?
... that the creation of the Swedish Levant Company in 1738 was controversial because of a disagreement between several Swedish merchants and the Hat Party?
... that Eddie Gallagher, a Navy SEAL who had been accused of murder, was transferred to "less restrictive confinement" by direct presidential intervention, the first such transfer since William Calley's in 1971?
... that the historic French trick-taking card game of la Bête has its origins in 16th-century Spanish Ombre, and was created by introducing the concept of bidding into Triomphe?
... that Maddie Shevlin dislocated her thumb on debut in her first season of Australian rules football and missed the next ten weeks?
... that the United States embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus, was bombed while Fraser Wilkins was serving as the first US ambassador to Cyprus?
... that this article is a load of old cobblers?

4 July 2019

00:00, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Cycloseris distorta

... that the free-living, solitary coral Cycloseris distorta (pictured) can subdivide its stony skeleton and form two new individuals?
... that when Joseph Wood was appointed as head master of Harrow School, he was by far the oldest to be appointed since the retirement of Thomas Thackeray in 1760?
... that composers Alexander Borodin, Mikhail Glinka, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky are all buried in the Tikhvin Cemetery?
... that the Touristic Eastern Express makes two-hour-long stops between Ankara and Kars to allow passengers to visit historic and natural attractions?
... that the German soprano Melanie Diener began her stage career in Mozart roles in 1996, and appeared as Isolde with the Canadian Opera Company and the Opéra national du Rhin in 2013?
... that after discontinuing normal programming, KPPC radio signed on once a week for six months to fulfill a contract to broadcast church services?
... that Qian Ji helped design China's first satellite and was the lead designer for its first three-in-one satellite launch?
... that the Mueller probe was born in a crossfire hurricane?

3 July 2019

00:00, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

America in Meissen porcelain, 1760s

... that a new personification was developed for the Americas (example pictured) after their discovery by Europeans?
... that in 2018, Lorraine Janzen Kooistra was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for her work in 19th-century literature?

2 July 2019

00:00, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

A serving of poutine

... that poutine (example pictured) and back bacon on a bun were served while the Beaver was awarded to Made in Canada at the inaugural Canadian Comedy Awards?
... that the FM Non-Duplication Rule adopted by the FCC 55 years ago today led to the creation of the album-oriented and classic rock radio formats?
... that 11th-century scholar Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Naysaburi, an authority on the early history of Isma'ilism, composed the first official genealogy of the Fatimid dynasty?
... that the WWE 24/7 Championship, a professional wrestling championship, can be defended anytime, anywhere, as long as a WWE referee is present?
... that Women and Politics in Canada by Janine Brodie was the first book to study Canadian women in political campaigns between 1945 and 1975?
... that John Casken's opera Golem won the 1991 Gramophone Classical Music Award for Best Contemporary Recording?
... that before his accession to the Scottish Parliament in 2016, Bill Bowman lived and worked for more than a decade in Bucharest?
... that the 1458 Loveday, which was intended to unite Henry VI's nobility, only resulted in uniting his enemies?

1 July 2019

00:00, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Frank Borman on Apollo 8 launch day

... that after retirement from NASA, astronaut Frank Borman (pictured) became a special advisor to Eastern Air Lines, and helped rescue survivors of the Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crash near Florida's Everglades?
... that for his opera Stephen Climax, composer Hans Zender wrote a libretto which juxtaposes the life of Simeon Stylites with scenes from Ulysses by James Joyce?
... that Dutch pool player Nick van den Berg has competed in the Mosconi Cup eight times and lost only once, in the 2003 event?
... that according to motivation crowding theory, adding incentives for some behavior can sometimes backfire and actually result in less of that behavior?
... that Wei Shoukun, the longest-lived academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, taught at 10 universities over his 80-year career?
... that the wildlife of Senegal includes a critically endangered subspecies of the giant eland and the common Senegal one-striped grass mouse?
... that despite being parodied on World Wrestling Federation TV as "Billionaire Ted", World Championship Wrestling owner Ted Turner reportedly found the sketches funny?
... that Edward McGeachy took a butler with him when he surveyed Fort Stewart Estate in colonial Jamaica?

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