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27 April 2026

00:00, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

Mawson Peak

... that Australia's only active volcanoes, including Mawson Peak (pictured), are located about 4,000 km (2,500 mi) from the mainland?
... that Peter Brownell won the 1993 mayoral election in Burlington, Vermont, despite having less money and fewer volunteers than his opponent?
... that the character Eleven's outfit in an episode of Stranger Things was inspired by Madonna's clothing in the 1980s?
... that dentist and dental medicine professor B. Merrill Hopkinson was also a singer who performed with the orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera?
... that an Indonesian film about the hajj has been read as promoting a revolutionary ethos amidst the Cold War?
... that journalist Don W. Moore worked for both the Associated Press and United Press International without the knowledge of the other?
... that an attendee at an anti-immigration protest in Adelaide carried a placard depicting the alleged perpetrator of the Porepunkah police shootings?
... that voice actor Taiga Takano was scouted by seven companies at a newcomer audition?
... that Annuzza, a Girl of Romania was considered to belong on the same shelf as Alice in Wonderland?

26 April 2026

00:00, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

Siri Dahl

... that the cisgender actress Siri Dahl (pictured) once won a Trans Erotica Award?
... that scenes for Home and Away's Anzac storyline were shot at the Australian War Memorial after budget issues prevented filming in Europe?
... that William Robinson, once deemed the first important architect in London, Ontario, did not call himself an architect until his forties?
... that a performer in the Indonesian film Nada dan Dakwah refused a best supporting actor nomination because of his congregation's complaints?
... that Cecile Long Steele pioneered the broiler chicken industry in the United States after accidentally receiving 500 chickens?
... that not all schools of Hindu theology believe that reality was created out of nothing?
... that the American band Beach House initially rejected an offer to distribute their fourth studio album at Starbucks stores?
... that deep-fried noodles called sangza are eaten by Uyghur people for Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha?
... that Adam Bernero signed his first contract with a Major League Baseball team on a Denny's napkin?

25 April 2026

00:00, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

Roman glass ewer from Gyeongju, Korea

... that a 4th-century set of Roman glassware (pictured) was highly valued by Silla royalty in Korea, and is considered a National Treasure?
... that the Tabaru River hosts the westernmost mangroves in Japan?
... that the Heliodorus stele is an independent source for an episode previously known only from 2 Maccabees?
... that one critic described a 1995 romance novel as having characters with "all the depth of a cookie sheet (though fewer dimensions)"?
... that the Ballymun Concrete News shut down when a replacement for the Ballymun Shopping Centre was cancelled?
... that Sasha Stiles's A Living Poem is rewritten in an infinite loop every sixty minutes?
... that around 7,000 trucks took part in the Razorback Blockade?
... that Robert Dalzell avoided a court-martial by marrying his commander's daughter?
... that the broadcast time slot of Then You Try Making It! was considered unusual because the series has a male protagonist?

24 April 2026

00:00, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

Samuel Tredwell Skidmore House

... that the backyard, piazza, and balcony of the Samuel Tredwell Skidmore House (pictured) are all part of different apartments?
... that Hours for Jerome was released more than a decade after it was filmed?
... that James H. Snook won two Olympic gold medals, invented a surgical instrument, and was executed for murder?
... that the video game Angry Birds Go! has been compared to the Mario Kart series?
... that the Women Lawyers Association in Malawi has worked with Amal Clooney to create a chatbot that gives women free legal advice in their native languages?
... that there is an Aeroplane Mosque in Dhaka?
... that a ladies' fair raised the money to complete Boston's Bunker Hill Monument?
... that the magazine Muslimah offered tips for cute, sporty, and ethnic veiling?
... that, when a male banana fiddler crab waves its appendage, only similarly endowed males also wave?

23 April 2026

00:00, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

Altar with Palmyrene inscription

... that the first decipherment of a dead language in modern times was of Palmyrene inscriptions (first published example pictured)?
... that a raja of Kolhapur was knighted at the age of 14?
... that a lunar eclipse is said to have fulfilled a prophecy resulting in the fall of Constantinople?
... that a historian described the publisher T. S. Denison as synonymous with blackface minstrelsy?
... that director Peyton Reed likened the collaboration between the filmmakers of Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the studio system of Golden Age Hollywood?
... that several people returned to Judaism after discovering their Jewish ancestry through the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies?
... that Cathy Cassidy wrote Angel Cake after reading a girl's account of her first days in Britain?
... that the 1980s J-pop song "Aoi Sangoshou" appeared on music charts in Korea 44 years after its release?
... that the Coral Sea Islands were once proclaimed to be an independent nation known as the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands?

22 April 2026

00:00, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

Lea Hinz

... that Lea Hinz (pictured) gave up medical school to perform on the aerial hoop?
... that hundreds of residents of Chanhassen, Minnesota, opposed the construction of the Temple of ECK?
... that South Australian politician Carlos Quaremba said of his childhood, "I was the only wog in the whole school"?
... that, after a Bronx bank building's clock broke, people fired bullets towards it at night?
... that Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth said municipal residents should be banned from voting if they refused to vote in the 2015 Mauritian municipal elections?
... that American football player Gil Mains flew feetfirst into opponents?
... that tunnels created by giant root-rats can reach up to 34 m (112 ft) in length?
... that some children from North Dakota crossed the Canadian border daily to attend school in Mowbray, Manitoba, in the early 1900s?
... that doctors removed six knives from John Fasel's stomach?

21 April 2026

00:00, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

Mortimer War Memorial

... that the Mortimer War Memorial (pictured) was erected three years after the end of the First World War, but a plaque honouring those who died in the Second World War was not added until 1999?
... that Emily Manning used a poetic dialogue between a husband and his clairvoyant wife to examine Victorian gender roles?
... that most high-ranking police officials in ancient Egypt during the Ptolemaic period were Greek?
... that Paul Gorton was booked as a guest on Do You Know Your Place?, but ended up co-hosting the show instead?
... that an Indonesian museum that receives c. 100,000 visitors a year was built in a graveyard parking lot?
... that Thomas Henry Tracy, the city engineer of London and Vancouver, was also a lieutenant colonel who fought in the North-West Rebellion?
... that 15,000 Ukrainians joined a Telegram channel for an orgy on a Kyiv hill in the event of a Russian nuclear strike?
... that the Kurtöp language has a word for an assortment of sounds like "hard, non-spherical object[s] rolling down a paved road"?
... that Toronto firefighters once fought with clowns and lit their circus on fire?

20 April 2026

00:00, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Timon

... that conflicting traditions consider Timon (pictured) to have served as bishop of either Bostra or Corinth, to have died by either fire or crucifixion, and to have died in either Corinth or Philippi?
... that the manager of OAP Bratislava was kept a secret from the public because he was Jewish?
... that Hannah Spencer qualified as a plasterer in the same month that she became the first Green Party MP to win a UK by-election?
... that Pennsylvania's 1776 constitution created the Council of Censors, one of the earliest American institutions expressly charged with enforcing a written constitution against ordinary laws?
... that John Walsh invented the high-speed dental drill after conducting hearing tests on returned servicemen?
... that The 20/20 Experience World Tour made Justin Timberlake the highest-grossing solo touring artist of 2014?
... that the 2018 film Crazy Rich Asians has been considered one of the best airplane films?
... that, at the Galleria in New York City, glass-enclosed balconies could not be used as bedrooms because they would then count toward the building's floor area?
... that the newest member of Washington's congressional delegation usually receives a "gimlet-eyed monstrosity"?

19 April 2026

00:00, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Grape agate

... that a form of quartz (example pictured) resembles a bunch of grapes?
... that Minako Yoshida was once called the "Queen of Funk"?
... that the 2026 Eurovision entry of Romania has been accused of "playing fast and loose with young women's lives"?
... that Blue Peter's 42nd presenter once hosted a reading lesson for 6,715 children?
... that, as part of Operación Estrella Polar III, Chilean president Gabriel Boric became the first Latin American leader to visit the South Pole?
... that C. Mortimer Wiske composed one of the earliest operas to depict American life?
... that Australia allows some Indonesian fishers to operate near the Ashmore and Cartier Islands, but only if their boats have no motor or engine?
... that Kyle Green has served more than 30 seasons as a basketball coach in the U.S.—and one in Denmark?
... that a television series about the forthcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup mentions neither FIFA nor the World Cup?

18 April 2026

00:00, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

The Nile near Aswan, Egypt

... that the Nile (pictured) is the longest river in the world, but the volume of water it carries is only about 1% of the Amazon, 6% of the Congo, and 12% of the Yangtze?
... that although one ancient source reports that the city of Antigoneia was destroyed in 300 BC, another records that it still existed almost 250 years later?
... that Pope John Paul II's brother died from scarlet fever after contracting it from one of his patients?
... that Missouri did not repeal its school segregation laws until 22 years after Brown v. Board of Education?
... that Singapore's "most-medaled SEA Games archer" was twice banned from competitive archery?
... that the 2013 Liechtenstein general election marked a shift from a two-party system towards a multi-party system?
... that South Aceh regent Husin Yusuf removed his traditional ceremonial outfit in anger after the president of Indonesia failed to attend an exhibition of South Aceh's culture?
... that every year in July, a whole German town is taken over by the Rudolstadt-Festival and swept up in "folk fever"?
... that Don McGowan once arranged a streaking incident on his talk show?

17 April 2026

00:00, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Claire Foy

... that Claire Foy (pictured) received awards at the 23rd and 24th Screen Actors Guild Awards for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown?
... that a fight between Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, Friends characters reimagined as otters, and Will Smith battling a red-eyed spaghetti monster were early viral videos created with Seedance 2.0?
... that TOI-1853 b is a Neptune-sized exoplanet that is denser than steel?
... that Allan Williford went from being Indiana basketball's head coach to being president of the largest manufacturer of flight and space-mission simulators?
... that, after a year of trying to find a distributor for his film Milk & Serial, Curry Barker said "screw it" and released the full film on YouTube?
... that an Anglican bishop advocated for laypeople being able to preside over Holy Communion?
... that Hachette Book Group ceased publication of Shy Girl over suspected AI use?
... that Eve became one of only two platypuses to be exhibited outside Australia in more than 50 years when she arrived at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park?
... that a world-champion skydiver first jumped on a date?

16 April 2026

00:00, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

Cruz de Clavos

... that the original Cruz de Clavos (replica pictured), which included 260 nails representing women killed in Chihuahua, was later stolen despite being anchored to the ground?
... that People in Trouble was based on Sarah Schulman's experiences of the AIDS crisis, Donald Trump, and having an affair with a married woman?
... that medieval sources disagree on exactly how Count Henry II of Champagne died in a fall, variously blaming a broken window bar, a carpet, or even a falling dwarf?
... that one archaeologist suggested that the shape of the Baptistery of Bekalta facilitated multiple baptisms at the same time?
... that Jessie Catherine Couvreur became so famous for her public lectures about Australia that she was invited to a private meeting with King Leopold II of Belgium?
... that the first Sokoban video game featured text-based graphics and only five levels, until a salesman saw it and suggested that it had commercial potential?
... that Sophie Tea once paid for accommodation by painting a cow?
... that Docip provided a computer room for indigenous peoples' representatives in international negotiations?
... that Indonesian diplomat Triyono Wibowo attempted to bring Komodo dragons and orangutans to Slovenia?

15 April 2026

00:00, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Map of reclaimed land in Macau

... that land reclamation in Macau (map pictured) has increased available land threefold?
... that Jenna Meek once decorated Love Island contestants with glitter?
... that the fan-made Pokémon games Pokémon Uranium and Pokémon Prism were in development for nine and eight years respectively?
... that Kenneth Chen joked about running in the 1988 Singaporean general election—then actually did?
... that the film Chatô, o Rei do Brasil took twenty years to be released due to a scandal involving the mismanagement of public funds?
... that a professional football stadium was named after Ivor Wynne, even though he was known for amateur sports?
... that a popular song has been used by Apple, the White House, an MLB stadium, and a Disney film?
... that Shinichi Fukuda spent thirteen hours watching the first two episodes of her manga My Dress-Up Darling's adaptation on repeat?
... that George Washington is an American in Paris?

14 April 2026

00:00, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Clara Sansoni

... that the performance of Iberia by Clara Sansoni (pictured) was called a "dual revelation" of Isaac Albéniz's "originality" and her own "courage and affection"?
... that the producers of Assalamualaikum Beijing had to hire an Indonesian embassy chef when shooting on location?
... that William Rogers Chapman has been described as "the father of good music in Maine"?
... that the video game character Luigi first appeared as a silhouette?
... that Sofia Spångberg traced her lifelong pacifism to age seven, when a weeping soldier picked up her infant brother and said "I have one like this at home"?
... that the 28 Sassacus-class gunboats constituted the largest class of warships built in the United States prior to World War I?
... that YouTuber Ruben Sim has documented explicit content on the platform Roblox?
... that after three tenants left New York City's 135 East 57th Street, its owners went from having a nearly fully-occupied building to being unable to make payments?
... that Peter Nagy based his song "Profesor Indigo" on his former math teacher?

13 April 2026

00:00, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

First issue of Irish War News

... that the second issue of Irish War News was printed eight years after the first (pictured)?
... that four years after kidnapping and killing a former de facto president of Argentina, the guerrilla Montoneros snatched his body to demand the repatriation of Eva Perón's remains from Spain?
... that British journalist and barrister Hashi Mohamed was a refugee from Somalia when he was aged nine?
... that 2026 has been described as "the new 2016"?
... that Beyoncé credited Moi Renée as a songwriter on "Pure/Honey" twenty-five years after Renée's death?
... that Commonwealth MRT station's platform columns have been compared to the columns in Singapore shophouses?
... that Saint Monegundis left her husband and became an anchorite after the deaths of her two daughters?
... that the pirate anime streaming site HiAnime had more visitors than legal competitors like Crunchyroll or Disney+?
... that Mingering Mike spent nearly a decade creating a fictional music career complete with albums, singles, and record labels?

12 April 2026

00:00, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

Bust of Augustus, with civic crown

... that the reign of Augustus (bust pictured) relied on chance, experimentation and improvisation, according to one historian?
... that in 1936 the Supreme Court ruled that Oregon could divert all of its own water in the Walla Walla River from Washington?
... that Sam Jaffe brought "wine, cheese and live caterpillars" to gallery openings of his photographs?
... that Flying Lotus created Big Mama from 10 to 15 seconds of music produced each day over two months?
... that Yemen originally took responsibility for a 2009 series of missile strikes by the US?
... that a bridge in Ontario was named after an Ojibwe word meaning 'dawn' or 'morning light'?
... that one Islamic magazine preferred the debut novel of Habiburrahman El Shirazy over Harry Potter as Indonesia's "favourite book" of 2005?
... that Australia's New Protection policy made tariff relief for manufacturers contingent on paying employees a living wage?
... that Gao Cai, a Chinese eunuch during the Ming dynasty, was accused of consuming the brains of young boys in the belief that it would restore his penis?

11 April 2026

00:00, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

Detail of the ceiling of St. Martin's Church, Zillis

... that St. Martin's Church, Zillis, used ultramarine imported from medieval Afghanistan as a pigment for its painted ceiling (detail pictured)?
... that the title track of hip-hop album 400 Degreez has been compared to James Bond music?
... that Lou Nicholson first entered politics due to concerns over "no jab, no play" laws?
... that attackers in the 2023 Capita data breach deployed ransomware to more than 1,000 hosts?
... that Awake hosts conversations for survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic clerics?
... that Mercer Island station was built in the middle of Interstate 90?
... that Malaysia increasingly relies on imported natural gas, despite the country being one of the world's top exporters of liquefied natural gas?
... that the Jackson Magnolia was on the US$20 bill?
... that the sound design for one of the machines in Horizon Zero Dawn was modelled after a "crazy Chihuahua"?

10 April 2026

00:00, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

Krause performing in The Magic Flute in 2024

... that in 2020, Rainelle Krause (pictured) sang the "Queen of the Night aria" while doing aerial silks upside down?
... that a dead raccoon was honoured with a Toronto heritage plaque?
... that Tony Award–nominated costume designer Helene Pons patented the first commercial underwire bra?
... that some women with endometriosis bleed from their lungs during their period?
... that gangs of convict workers built Mitchell's Causeway by hand almost 200 years ago?
... that astronomer David Rankin has an asteroid, a comet, and a plesiosaur named after him?
... that the American Society of Marine Engineers was a company union established to supplant its labor union counterpart?
... that a Byzantine detachment captured Verona during the night but became trapped as the defenders returned the following morning, and the soldiers had to jump from the city walls to escape?
... that the rock duo Sky Valley Mistress tour in a hearse?

9 April 2026

00:00, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Old South Meeting House

... that British troops turned Boston's Old South Meeting House (pictured) into a horse-riding facility during the American Revolutionary War?
... that Ethiopian migrants have to stay in Malawi's overcrowded Maula Prison until they can fund their own deportation?
... that Fatahillah, billed as the saviour of the Indonesian film industry and at the time its most expensive domestic film, was a commercial failure?
... that a Russian Air Force pilot was convicted in absentia of war crimes after being exchanged in a prisoner swap?
... that a mobster was kidnapped for three days while helping the United States Virgin Islands recover from the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane?
... that, when the National Sporting Club introduced the Lonsdale Belt in 1909, it guaranteed permanent holders a pension of £1 a week from age 50?
... that Renée Good wrote an award-winning poem?
... that Duos for Doris was Keith Rowe and John Tilbury's first exclusive collaboration despite having worked with each other for around forty years?
... that a Chinese activist jet-skied 300 kilometres (190 mi) over 14 hours to escape to South Korea?

8 April 2026

00:00, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Size comparison of Sirius B and Earth

... that the star Sirius B is slightly smaller than Earth (comparison pictured)?
... that the father of Lithuanian scientific forestry also directed theatre, organized a school, compiled maps, and wrote a dictionary of plants, a mathematics textbook, and a collection of poetry?
... that the screenwriter of Haibane Renmei was given two days to finish the script for the finale?
... that Lisa Fagin Davis's analysis of handwriting differences in the Voynich manuscript concluded that it was likely the work of five scribes?
... that the Dorian Electra album Flamboyant is named both as a reference to a style of Gothic architecture and to reclaim a word historically used to shame gay men?
... that Jimmy Lawrence, the fifth player selected in the first NFL draft, was reported to have been killed in action no fewer than three times?
... that one of the leaders of the 2003 São Tomé and Príncipe coup d'état also participated in a failed coup attempt in 1988?
... that the Chess World Cup 1988–1989 featured a game of human chess between Anatoly Karpov and Jan Timman?

7 April 2026

00:00, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Miloš Vučević

... that Miloš Vučević (pictured) served in the National Assembly of Serbia for only five days?
... that historian Robert N. Mullin, in addition to being an expert on outlaw Billy the Kid, was once a politician who was responsible for the building of El Paso Airport?
... that the guitarist who created the song "Miku" often felt like he was talking to the fictional Hatsune Miku?
... that Setkya Dewi, chief queen of Burma, studied Western astronomy and English and was once gifted a telescope by a British envoy because of her interest in science?
... that players can print out their photographs taken in the video game New Pokémon Snap?
... that Bambang Trisnohadi and Lucky Avianto were both nicknamed the "hat-trick general" for being the best graduate of three different military institutions?
... that the Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office has been inventorying unincorporated communities in Wisconsin to find "cartographic phantoms"?
... that the story of the philosopher Heraclitus dying while covered in dung may have been a parody of his beliefs?

6 April 2026

00:00, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Al-Baitul Amien Mosque

... that the "snail mosque" (pictured), designed by a non-Muslim, has been noted as resembling Indonesia's parliamentary complex?
... that lobbyist Brian D. Ballard has represented The Trump Organization and the Socialist Party of Albania?
... that differing perceptions on identity amongst Assyrians have dominated internal community discourse for several decades?
... that Ja'Deion High took time off from his job as a truck driver to represent the United States in flag football?
... that Honkai: Star Rail fans prepared vigils for the in-game death of the character Firefly?
... that the mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, accused striking firefighters of committing arson during a 1978 labor dispute?
... that soprano Ingrid Schmithüsen performed a repertoire of more than 4000 art songs in a recital series that she founded in Cologne?
... that an Egg railway station was painted pink and orange?
... that Pat O'Keeffe tried to recruit a milk-cart driver during World War I by asking "don't you want to serve your King?", only to be answered: "Yus. How many quarts will he want?"?

5 April 2026

00:00, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Carmen Alfaro Asins

... that Carmen Alfaro Asins (pictured) discovered a previously unknown Punic mint by comparing a coin inscription to an 11th-century tablet?
... that the magazine Annida refused to hire smokers for its cover shoots?
... that art historian Millard Meiss claimed that the Master of Walters 219 was "one of the first artists to show a skeleton riding a bull"?
... that lungworms led to the creation of the Pacific Marine Mammal Center?
... that the exhibition Monuments displays decommissioned Confederate statues alongside contemporary art?
... that Tyren Montgomery went from flag football player to NFL draft prospect?
... that Djauhari Oratmangun successfully pressured the Dutch government to change its recognition of Indonesia's independence date?
... that the Port Manatee Railroad has carried lumber, fertilizer, and, at one point, a circus train?
... that in r/bald, commenters tell posters to shave their heads with an anime meme?

4 April 2026

00:00, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Angel by A. J. Davies

... that stained glass artist Archibald John Davies ran a studio for 47 years at Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts, producing hundreds of works (example pictured)?
... that the author of Unexpectedly Naughty Fukami felt that the idea for the story was cliché when it was first suggested by her editors?
... that a busy hospital in the capital of Malawi handles 24,000 births per year by having ten babies in a bed and up to four in an incubator?
... that as the only woman reporter in her bureau, Kathryn Johnson was assigned to cover stories her male colleagues refused, such as the activities of Martin Luther King Jr.?
... that the publisher of Serious Sam II petitioned Guinness World Records to recognise it for the most enemies simultaneously displayed in a video game?
... that Clara E. Thoms toured the United States as a concert pianist at the age of eight?
... that two ancient Chinese astronomers are said to have been executed for failing to predict a solar eclipse because they were drinking?
... that Yugoslav finance minister Vojin Đuričić also headed an astronomical society and an aero club?
... that SHeDAISY's record label sent spatulas to radio programmers to encourage them to "flip" a poorly-received single?

3 April 2026

12:00, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

Gilbert Ray Hawes

... that lawyer Gilbert Ray Hawes (pictured) exposed an American diplomat for bribing the president of Venezuela?
... that Catherine, Princess of Wales, gave her first public musical performance by playing the piano at the 2021 Together at Christmas service?
... that the remains of the first Catholic bishop in Tasmania were not returned to the island until 150 years after his death?
... that the men's basketball program at Tulane University was eliminated following a point-shaving scandal in 1985?
... that the male editors of the women's magazine Asjraq resigned in its fourth issue, announcing that their duties were complete?
... that opera singer Zdenka Ziková was once arrested by the Yugoslavian secret police?
... that the Indonesian novel Verses of Love has been read as a challenge to Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses?
... that Pieter van der Hoog was paid for delivering a baby with a piece of the black cloth covering the Kaaba?
... that a book about fly biology was listed for sale for more than US$23 million—plus shipping?

00:00, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

The Hairy Leg

... that a severed hairy leg (pictured) signalled censorship in a newspaper during the Brazilian dictatorship?
... that artist Andrew Mroczek curated an exhibition treating T-shirts as fine art objects?
... that the European population of the rare Lebanese wild apple is mainly concentrated in a single national park, 58 percent of which was burnt by extreme wildfires in 2023?
... that Nala Ray, the daughter of a Baptist minister, left an OnlyFans channel making millions of dollars per year to return to Christianity?
... that the writers' collective Forum Lingkar Pena has been called a "factory for story writers"?
... that parents once mistook a student's doodle of the video game character Xiao for a Satanic hate symbol?
... that Ridgeway Plaza calls itself North America's largest halal food market?
... that ballet choreographer Cameron Fraser-Monroe applied to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School on a whim and received a scholarship?
... that a Japanese developer turned Wikipedia into a card-collecting gacha game?

2 April 2026

12:00, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Grimskär

... that the island Grimskär (pictured) was probably used for executions of criminals, whose bodies were left there on display as a warning to passing ships?
... that the wedding of Jan Opaliński became infamous due to several accidents and quarrels?
... that the lyrics of "Bull Believer" were inspired by Cocaine & Rhinestones and contain references to Mortal Kombat and Augustine of Hippo?
... that soprano Muriel Wilson stated that her ability to sing was impaired after her skull was fractured in a car accident?
... that the MacBook Neo uses a processor found in iPhones?
... that the 2026 Lake Tahoe avalanche was the deadliest in the United States since 1981?
... that Vinson Cunningham based his novel Great Expectations on his work for Barack Obama's presidential campaign?
... that some forms of the Romanian lăutari violin have extra strings that are added only for resonance and never played directly?
... that a convicted bank robber argued that a restitution law could not apply to him because it did not exist when he committed the crime?

00:00, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Joseph is definitely "Not Afraid of Longhairs".

... that Governor Joe (pictured) was "Not Afraid of Longhairs"?
... that men ceased to exist in 2009?
... that the Los Angeles Metro wants you to ride their D?
... that African Nigeria played in the NFL?
... that Karl Marx made an arrangement of a Christmas carol?
... that Ben Franklin was inspired by an internet meme?
... that a moth flew into a podiatrist's office because the light was on?
... that the Armed Forces of the Philippines have a cobra that they use for combat?
... that horses suffered a ban in November 2025?
... that Romeo and Juliet are a same-sex couple?
... that E.T. wants Osama bin Laden to fuck off?

1 April 2026

12:00, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Doing surgery on a grape

... that they did surgery on a grape (pictured)?
... that Elvis the Pelvis got rickets from hibernating?
... that sardines had engines?
... that Robert Uzgalis made the Leaning Tower of Pisa straight?
... that French girls premiered on a livestream?
... that Tarzan is currently an advisor for higher education?
... that there's a term?
... that Krispy Kream is not allowed to sell doughnuts?
... that a fashion designer expressed his career frustrations with a golden shower?
... that Allah made sure that Queen Elizabeth II was in bed by 19:15?

00:00, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Kim Petras

... that Kim Petras (pictured) was described as the "world's youngest" person to transition?
... that a textile cooperative that helps to lift trans women out of poverty was named after activist Nadia Echazú?
... that sixteen countries fully recognize a non-binary gender marker for all individuals?
... that Sharifa Yazmeen, a transgender Egyptian-American theatre director, was the inaugural winner of the Barbara Whitman Award?
... that the novel We Are Green and Trembling was inspired by a 17th-century explorer who was born as a woman but lived as a man?
... that the trans woman Hannah Nokes was profiled in 1936 after getting electricity in her house?
... that a benefit concert for the trans community paid tribute to Alice Litman, who took her life after being denied gender-affirming care?
... that Marsha P. Johnson once stated that there were "no straight people"?

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