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| * ... that the term "'''[[middle judicatory]]'''", which many denominations use for their mid-tier organizations, originated in [[Presbyterian polity|Presbyterian]] courts ''(example pictured)'' for church discipline? | | {{main page image/DYK|image=Aerial view of CECOT.png|caption=Terrorism Confinement Center, El Salvador}}<!--See [[Template:Main page image/DYK]] for other parameters--> |
| * ... that texting someone a '''[[poop emoji]]''' in Japan is a way to wish them good luck? | | * ... that the '''[[Terrorism Confinement Center]]''' ''(pictured)'' in El Salvador has a capacity of 40,000 inmates? |
| * ... that American football player '''[[Dominic Vairo]]''' went from being forced off the [[Varsity team#Junior varsity|freshman team]] at [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] to becoming captain of the [[varsity team]]? | | * ... that operatic tenor '''[[Vladyslav Gorai]]''' was a [[Merited Artist of Ukraine]] who died while on a volunteer mission during the Russo-Ukrainian War? |
| * ... that an anime programming block that originally aired on the American television channel '''[[TechTV]]''' was the inspiration for the co-founder of a Japanese animation studio? | | * ... that although '''[[abortion in Tunisia]]''' has been available for free at government clinics since 1965, it is estimated that most abortions take place at private facilities? |
| * ... that [[Ratlines (World War II)|ratline]] organizer '''[[Ivo Omrčanin]]''' once beat a suspected informant with an umbrella?
| | * ... that the Town Walls of '''[[Index, Washington]]''', have 402 [[climbing route]]s? |
| * ... that a leak from a natural-gas storage field led to '''[[2001 Hutchinson gas explosions|the destruction of or damage to almost 30 buildings]]''' in [[Hutchinson, Kansas]]? | | * ... that '''[[Jonas I Losovičius]]'''{{`s}} relocation of the main residence of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lutsk|bishops of Lutsk]] would last for three centuries? |
| * ... that '''[[Lorenzo Pace]]''' performed a candlelit flute concerto at the outset of his dissertation defense? | | * ... that '''[[Aquilegia pancicii|a Serbian columbine species]]''' might be luring some animals with mixtures of molecular compounds? |
| * ... that '''[[Queen Afua]]''' inspired New York City mayor [[Eric Adams]] to become vegan? | | * ... that after playing in the NFL, '''[[Eddie Garcia (American football)|Eddie Garcia]]''' became a salesman who "could sell ice to a penguin"? |
| * ... that the '''[[Fuck Tree]]''' has been described as a "physical embodiment of desire"? | | * ... that a scene of a man eating a crab in the music video for "'''[[Dungka!]]'''" symbolised a [[crab mentality]] among Filipinos? |
| | | * ... that '''[[Giulio Basetti-Sani]]''' began as a missionary believing Muhammad to be a "prophet of Satan" and ended believing that the Quran was a prophecy of Christ? |
| ===19 June 2025===
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| * ... that '''[[Rosa Parks]]''' ''(pictured)'' refused to surrender her seat not because she was physically tired, but because she was "tired of giving in"?
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| * ... that most of the population of '''[[Niamey]]''' has consisted of first- and second-generation rural migrants '''[[History of Niamey|since the city was established]]'''?
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| * ... that '''[[Harry Wunsch]]''', despite appearing "short and fat", was a "savage tackler"?
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| * ... that '''[[Black dandyism]]''' flourished during and after the [[Harlem Renaissance]] as a means of self-expression in the [[African Americans|African-American]] community?
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| * ... that 17th-century mathematician '''[[Carlo Rinaldini]]''' studied [[gall-inducing insect]]s, air [[convection (heat transfer)|convection]], and the design of thermometers?
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| * ... that the title of '''''[[Elegies (film)|Elegies]]''''' comes from a suite of poems that its director read during the film's pre-production?
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| * ... that [[Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport|Saba's airport]], known for its short runway, was named after '''[[Juancho Yrausquin]]''' in honor of his efforts to secure funding?
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| * ... that '''[[Sculpture Space (Utica)|Sculpture Space]]''' lets artists create large-scale works in a former metalworking shop?
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| * ... that Olympic historians were unconvinced by speculation that an '''[[Unknown French boy|unknown boy coxswain]]''' grew up to be '''[[Giorgi Nikoladze|a renowned Georgian mathematician]]'''?
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| * ... that '''''[[Pallas Athena (Klimt)|Pallas Athena]]''''' ''(pictured)'' marked [[Gustav Klimt]]'s transition to his iconic "golden phase" style?
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| * ... that '''[[Manasse Malo|a legislator]]''', '''[[Umbu Dedu Ngara|a civil servant]]''', and '''[[Markus Dairo Talu|a soldier]]''' led the campaign for a new district on [[Sumba|Sumba Island]]?
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| * ... that the cover for '''[[Tribalistas (2002 album)|Brazilian supergroup Tribalistas' debut album]]''' used chocolate syrup to illustrate the trio?
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| * ... that '''[[Jeremy Crawshaw]]''' was the only [[Punter (gridiron football)|punter]] selected in the [[2025 NFL draft]]?
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| * ... that '''[[HMS Sheffield (C24)|HMS ''Sheffield'']]''' earned twelve [[battle honour]]s during World War II?
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| * ... that a South African library was named after American economist '''[[Elizabeth Ellis Hoyt]]''' in recognition of her work in Africa?
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| * ... that the '''[[Five Domains model]]''' seeks to ensure that animals have a "life worth living"?
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| * ... that Taylor Swift compared the metaphors in her song "'''[[...Ready for It?]]'''" to those in the novel ''[[Crime and Punishment]]''{{-?}}
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| * ... that '''[[Ralph Riggs]]''' made his professional stage debut when he was a baby?
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| ===18 June 2025===
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| *'''''12:00, 18 June 2025 (UTC)'''''
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| * ... that '''[[Boulder–Deer Creek Pass]]''' ''(pictured)'' is home to "Togo" wolves and is a potential habitat for grizzly bears?
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| * ... that '''[[Wang Yungui]]''' lifted her family out of poverty, then helped hundreds of other people in her home village to do likewise?
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| * ... that [[Inua Ellams]] created the antagonist for "'''[[The Story & the Engine]]'''" after learning that "ghost writer" translates to 'Black person' in French?
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| * ... that '''[[Regina George]]''' was once voted the "meanest high school film character of all time"?
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| * ... that ''[[The Guardian]]'' recommended '''''[[Buried Alive!]]''''' as a book to help children make friends?
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| * ... that '''[[John Lynch (linguist)|John Lynch]]''' was at one point the only honors linguistics student at the University of Sydney?
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| * ... that [[Pope John Paul I]] broke with tradition by declining to be crowned with a tiara at '''[[Papal inauguration of Pope John Paul I|his inauguration]]'''?
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| * ... that '''[[Robin Adair Harvey]]''' reached 17 state championships in 24 years as a high school field hockey coach?
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| * ... that British troops during the '''[[sack of Yogyakarta]]''' looted all the court archives and manuscripts except for a single Quran?
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| *'''''00:00, 18 June 2025 (UTC)'''''
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| {{main page image/DYK|image=The Opiki Toll Bridge - 13056503213.jpg|caption=Opiki Toll Bridge}}<!--See [[Template:Main page image/DYK]] for other parameters-->
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| * ... that the '''[[Opiki Toll Bridge]]''' ''(pictured)'' was placed on New Zealand's national heritage register decades after its deck was removed?
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| * ... that logicians using classical '''[[Rule of inference|rules of inference]]''' can deduce any arbitrary statement from a [[contradiction]]?
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| * ... that '''[[Ratwita Gandasoebrata]]''' pioneered the development of [[clinical pathology]] in Indonesia?
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| * ... that the producer of '''''[[África Brasil]]''''' had to take a specialized course in the United States to learn how to record the unusual setup of musicians?
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| * ... that [[Arizona State Sun Devils|Arizona State]] athletic director '''[[Graham Rossini]]''' got his start as a student assistant, with duties including washing baseball uniforms?
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| * ... that the government's '''[[Visit Myanmar Year]]''' initiative caused [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] to encourage a tourism boycott?
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| * ... that NFL player '''[[Blane Smith]]''', one of 15 children, grew up in a two-room house in conditions like "sardines in a can"?
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| * ... that Nourished by Time recorded '''''[[Erotic Probiotic 2|Erotic Probiotic 2]]''''' while ill with {{nowrap|COVID-19}}?
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| * ... that '''[[Expendio de Maíz|a Mexican restaurant]]''' with just four communal tables, no set menu, no reservations, and cash-only payments was awarded a Michelin star?
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| *'''''12:00, 17 June 2025 (UTC)'''''
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| * ... that the shipwreck of '''[[HNLMS De Ruyter (1935)|HNLMS ''De Ruyter'']]''' ''(pictured)'' went missing, leaving only an imprint on the ocean floor?
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| * ... that NFL player '''[[Dustin McDonald]]''' was later a labor leader who led [[Strike action|strikes]] and was jailed for fighting the police?
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| * ... that the death of a pregnant woman in a video game was '''[[Convergence (The Last of Us)|written to be even darker on television]]'''?
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| * ... that '''[[Joe Eddins]]''' helped conservative [[Oklahoma]] enact [[universal preschool]]?
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| * ... that [[Olive Garden]] and [[Chili's]] got in a [[Shipping discourse|ship war]] over '''[[Destiel]]'''?
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| * ... that '''[[William F. J. Ryan|William F. J. Ryan]]''' designed more than 1,000 [[Coat of arms|coats of arms]] for bishops, dioceses, and institutions?
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| * ... that the cover art for '''[[Frailty (Jane Remover album)|Jane Remover's debut album]]''' is a screenshot taken from Google Street View?
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| * ... that the "'''[[Dombi Heruka|Tiger-Rider]]'''" is said to have miraculously flooded his village with alcohol?
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| * ... that "'''[[Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)]]'''" contains 261 "Na"s in total?
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| *'''''00:00, 17 June 2025 (UTC)'''''
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| * ... that the [[Illinois Institute of Technology]] created '''[[Park No. 474|Chicago's smallest park]]''' by deeding a 54-square-foot (5 m<sup>2</sup>) granite slab ''(pictured)'' to the city?
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| * ... that footballer '''[[Franco Mastantuono]]''' played youth tennis on a national-level?
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| * ... that '''[[Franklin Sonn]]''' was the first black South African ambassador to the United States?
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| * ... that the '''[[deportation of Soviet Germans (1941–1942)|deportation of Soviet Germans]]''' was one of the largest ethnic-cleansing operations of the 20th century?
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| * ... that '''[[John Linton Chapman]]''', despite his artistic talent, sold [[potboiler]]s and his relatives' valuable paintings to make a living?
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| * ... that '''[[Marva Nabili]]''', a member of the [[Iranian New Wave]], made a "haunting" film about the struggles of a family in [[Chinatown, Manhattan|Manhattan's Chinatown]]?
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| * ... that [[Rued Langgaard]] said that his '''[[Symphony No. 6 (Langgaard)|Symphony No. 6]]''' depicts the struggle between Jesus and "spiritual wickedness in high places"?
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| ===16 June 2025===
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| * ... that the {{nowrap|COVID-19}} pandemic was credited with saving lives by keeping people indoors during '''[[2020 Jonesboro tornado|a tornado]]''' ''(video featured)''{{-?}}
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| * ... that the construction of the Colosseum was funded by spoils from the '''[[First Jewish–Roman War]]'''?
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| * ... that "'''[[The Interstellar Song Contest]]'''" featured the return of [[Susan Foreman|a ''Doctor Who'' character]] last seen more than 30 years earlier?
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| * ... that a diner who was denied a table caused '''[[Máximo Bistrot]]''' to temporarily close by raising concerns about the reservation system?
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| * ... that baseball player '''[[Ed Stone (baseball)|Ed Stone]]''' may have been born on January 2, 1909, or August 21, 22, or 23, 1909, or August 21 or August 22, 1910?
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| * ... that almost no fuel was found at the crash site of '''[[2024 Alaska Air Fuel Douglas C-54 crash|a fuel transport aircraft]]'''?
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| * ... that former ambassador '''[[Diennaryati Tjokrosuprihatono]]''' used to work as a kindergarten teacher?
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| * ... that the musical duo '''[[Food House]]''' was named after their frequent use of [[Uber Eats]]?
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| * ... that '''[[Tom Farris]]''' thought that he was a jinx for every team for which he played, so he once asked to be traded to an opposing team to make them lose?
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| *'''''00:00, 16 June 2025 (UTC)'''''
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| * ... that [[Whistleblowing|whistleblower]] and self-confessed ex-hitman '''[[Edgar Matobato]]''' ''(pictured)'' fled the Philippines with a fake passport while posing as a gardener?
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| * ... that [[Kōsaku Yamada|Yamada]]'s '''[[Symphony in F major (Yamada)|Symphony in F major]]''' had to be reconstructed after a maritime accident and after the [[bombing of Tokyo]] during WWII?
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| * ... that '''[[Chris Anderson (golfer, born 1961)|Chris Anderson]]''' was one of three members of his family to win a [[Delaware]] state golf championship?
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| * ... that a horse in '''[[Day One (The Last of Us)|an episode of ''The Last of Us'']]''' previously appeared in ''[[The 100 (TV series)|The 100]]'' and ''[[Jurassic World Dominion]]''{{-?}}
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| * ... that '''[[Everyone Hates Elon]]''' invited members of the public to destroy a [[Tesla Model S]] to raise money for food banks?
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| * ... that the 2004–2005 trial of the '''[[Chohan family murders]]''' was the longest in the history of the London [[Metropolitan Police]]?
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| * ... that the meningitis storyline in the romance novel '''''[[Harriet (novel)|Harriet]]''''' was inspired by the illness of the author's son?
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| * ... that the '''[[2023 EFL League Two play-off final]]''' saw a father–son duo on opposing coaching sides?
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| * ... that '''[[Magnoavipes denaliensis|a bird with huge feet]]''' once walked by a river near [[Denali]]?
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| ===15 June 2025===
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| *'''''00:00, 15 June 2025 (UTC)'''''
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| * ... that [[Alexander McQueen]] pioneered the use of digitally engineered prints in fashion with '''''[[Natural Dis-tinction Un-natural Selection]]''' (examples pictured)''{{-?}}
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| * ... that the box of '''''[[Burgle Bros|Burgle Bros 2]]''''' transforms into a two-layer game board?
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| * ... that '''[[Sydney Agudong]]''' and [[Siena Agudong|her sister]] were the final two candidates for a role in ''[[Lilo & Stitch (2025 film)|Lilo & Stitch]]''{{-?}}
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| * ... that '''[[Charles Moses (sprinter)|Charles Moses]]''' competed at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]], despite previously fabricating claims of his Olympic participation?
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| * ... that the 1956 album '''''[[Lonnie Donegan Showcase]]''''' entered both the [[UK Albums Chart|UK albums chart]] and the [[UK singles chart]]?
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| * ... that every team on which '''[[Bob Kercher]]''' played for seven years went undefeated?
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| * ... that to comply with '''[[Regulations on children's television programming in the United States|broadcasting regulations]]''', some American TV stations claimed that [[Tabloid television|tabloid shows]] and [[Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (TV special)|a Christmas special]] were educational?
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| * ... that film director '''[[James Ashcroft]]''' enjoys "playing in the dark"?
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| * ... that '''[[Tai's model|a 1994 paper]]''' tried to claim ancient Babylonian astronomy as a new discovery in diabetes care?
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| *'''''00:00, 14 June 2025 (UTC)'''''
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| * ... that '''[[Emperor Yingzong of Ming]]''' ''(pictured)'' abolished the practice of concubines committing suicide following an emperor's death?
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| * ... that '''[[FlexiRide]]''' bus services have no fixed route, operating only when passengers book a trip?
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| * ... that '''[[Sri Jumahaliah Hanifa]]''' was the first woman to be the dean of the [[University of Indonesia]]'s law school?
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| * ... that two-thirds of the six-week budget allocated to the filming of '''[[Lucky Day (Doctor Who)|a ''Doctor Who'' episode]]''' was used up in only three days?
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| * ... that despite being [[Bears–Packers rivalry|rivals]] since the 1920s, the '''[[2010 NFC Championship Game]]''' was only the second time the [[Chicago Bears]] and [[Green Bay Packers]] had ever met in the [[NFL playoffs|playoffs]]?
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| * ... that the then–prime minister of New Zealand said that the greatest impact of the '''[[December 2011 Christchurch earthquakes|December 2011 Christchurch earthquakes]]''' was on mental health?
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| * ... that sprinter '''[[Ng Ka Yee]]''' set four Hong Kong records in 1988 ahead of competing in [[1988 Summer Olympics|that year's Olympics]]?
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| * ... the '''[[2025 Free Student Union election at Tribhuvan University|2025 student elections at 15 constituent campuses]]''' of [[Tribhuvan University]] could not be held due to political conflicts between student organizations?
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| * ... that '''''[[Fromage (board game)|Fromage]]''''' was described as "the cheesiest board game of all time"?
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| ===13 June 2025===
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| *'''''00:00, 13 June 2025 (UTC)'''''
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| * ... that the sculpture of the Japanese goddess '''[[Gigeiten]]''' ''(pictured)'' at the temple [[Akishino-dera]] has an 8th-century head and a 13th-century body?
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| * ... that '''[[David Mavrogonato]]''' was exempted from a tax on Jews due to his services to Venice in the 1450s?
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| * ... that '''[[The Old Elm]]''' was used by the [[Ottoman Turks]] to hang captured [[Hajduk|hajduci]]?
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| * ... that '''[[Mohamed Asswai Khalifa]]''' was the first Libyan to compete at the Olympics?
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| * ... that the author of '''''[[Octavia (novel)|Octavia]]''''' based one character on a former lover?
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| * ... that '''[[Rae Lil Black]]''', who was at one point one of the 20 most popular models on [[Pornhub]], left the adult industry and converted to Islam after visiting Malaysia?
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| * ... that the Roman lawyer Cicero '''[[Pro Plancio|defended Gnaeus Plancius]]''' in 54 BCE, but neither the verdict nor exactly what Plancius was accused of have survived?
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| * ... that '''[[Larry Steinbach]]''' did not start high school until the age of 22?
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| * ... that the '''[[Scottish invasion of England (1648)|Scottish invasion of England in 1648]]''' was defeated by an army less than half their size?
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| ===12 June 2025===
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| *'''''00:00, 12 June 2025 (UTC)'''''
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| {{main page image/DYK|image=Norwegian barque Beta.jpg|caption=''Beta''}}<!--See [[Template:Main page image/DYK]] for other parameters-->
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| * ... that '''''[[Beta (1864 barque)|Beta]]''''' ''(pictured)'' brought '''[[Scandinavian migration to the Hawaiian Kingdom|Scandinavians to the Hawaiian Kingdom]]''' to work on sugarcane plantations?
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| * ... that '''[[KGAN|an Iowa TV station]]''' paid its employees in two-dollar bills?
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| * ... that the 1946 '''[[Aviators Affair]]''' saw more than a dozen Soviet air force commanders and aircraft industry officials purged on Stalin's orders?
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| * ... that '''''[[The Naulahka: A Story of West and East|The Naulahka]]''''' by [[Rudyard Kipling]] depicts the barriers Indian women faced in receiving health care, and the efforts of Western women to help them?
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| * ... that '''[[Hasto Wardoyo]]''' required his municipal employees to buy at least {{convert|10|kg|abbr=on}} of locally produced rice every month?
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| * ... that '''[[Michalina Mościcka|the fourth first lady of Poland]]''' manufactured and smuggled nitroglycerin used by the Polish independence movement to attack Russian officials?
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| * ... that digitally removing a spider bite from '''[[Future Days (The Last of Us)|an episode of ''The Last of Us'']]''' cost thousands of dollars per shot?
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| * ... that officials of the '''[[Worcester Consolidated Street Railway|Worcester Bus Company]]''' blamed television for declining ridership?
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| ===11 June 2025===
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| *'''''00:00, 11 June 2025 (UTC)'''''
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| {{main page image/DYK|image=Rodolfo Amoedo - Más notícias.jpg|caption=''Más Notícias''}}<!--See [[Template:Main page image/DYK]] for other parameters-->
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| * ... that '''[[Más Notícias|an 1895 painting]]''' ''(pictured)'' stood out to a critic who had described [[Rodolfo Amoedo|the artist]]'s previous works as a "list of disasters"?
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| * ... that '''[[Jacques Drollet]]''' said that he would have [[Marlon Brando]] arrested if Brando ever returned to Tahiti?
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| * ... that the mortar for '''[[St Peter's Cathedral, Likoma|St Peter's Cathedral]]''' in Malawi was made from soil formed by compacted termite mounds?
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| * ... that the song "'''[[100 Great People Who Made Korea Shine]]'''" mentions [[Yi Wanyong]], who is known as a traitor for signing the [[Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910|Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty]]?
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| * ... that '''[[Sheldon L. Toomer]]''', tired of the seven-mile trip to the nearest bank, founded a new one?
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| * ... that the founders of the news website '''''[[San José Spotlight]]''''' considered [[San Jose, California|San Jose]] to be a [[news desert]]?
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| * ... that '''[[Najmul Akhyar]]''' worked out of a shipping container for some time after the [[2018 Lombok earthquake]]s?
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| * ... that fans chartered yachts to hear "'''[[Thunder (Seventeen song)|Thunder]]'''" for the first time?
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| * ... that '''[[Kent Haruf]]''' wrote his final novel in 45 days while dying of a lung condition?
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| ===10 June 2025===
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| *'''''00:00, 10 June 2025 (UTC)'''''
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| * ... that '''[[Helen Kendall]]''' ''(pictured)'' was one of 446 Canadians to receive the [[Royal Red Cross]] for her service in World War I?
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| * ... that suggested responses to '''[[nihilism]]''' include detachment, resignation, defiance, disruption, and the creation of new values?
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| * ... that '''[[Sumahadi]]''', a future Indonesian minister of forestry, was the only person in his cohort to graduate without a thesis?
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| * ... that [[Joe Pantoliano]] thought that he would star in ''[[This Is Us]]'', not '''[[The Price (The Last of Us)|an episode of ''The Last of Us'']]'''{{-?}}
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| * ... that the '''[[Kelston toll road|first UK private toll road in a century]]''' operated for 14 weeks in 2014?
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| * ... that '''''[[The Dark Domain]]''''' was said by one critic to have placed its author "within the canon of supernatural greats"?
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| * ... that [[Remedios Varo]]'s only sculpture, '''''[[Homo rodans]]''''', is accompanied by a satirical anthropological manuscript?
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| * ... that it was feared that '''[[Earl Ohlgren]]''' had broken his neck during an [[NFL preseason|NFL exhibition]] game, but he was actually just in [[Acute stress reaction|shock]]?
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| *'''''00:00, 9 June 2025 (UTC)'''''
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| * ... that '''[[Opishnia decorative ceramics]]''' ''(example pictured)'' use flowers, grapes and wreaths as motifs?
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| * ... that '''[[Paul Tiulana]]''' lost his leg in World War II, and afterwards helped to bring back an [[Iñupiat]] dance that had not been fully performed in more than fifty years?
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| * ... that '''''[[The Oceanic Languages]]''''' is so ubiquitous among scholars of the [[Oceanic languages]] that it is known simply as "the blue book"?
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| * ... that '''[[Blu Fiefer]]''' began incorporating pole dancing into her live performances after she visited a strip club in London?
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| * ... that, soon after the failure of the first '''[[Sambas expeditions|British expedition against Sambas]]''', its commander died of illness?
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| * ... that '''[[Richard L. Morrill]]''', as president of the [[University of Richmond]], was the highest-paid [[private university|private-school]] president in Virginia?
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| * ... that, to research her [[bonkbuster]] '''''[[Wicked!]]''''', Jilly Cooper visited more than a dozen schools and taught at one?
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| * ... that '''[[Brian Satterfield]]''' worked for [[United Parcel Service]] before playing in the NFL?
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| * ... that '''[[Music of the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom|''My Little Pony'' fan music]]''' has developed its own music subgenres such as "dubtrot" and "ponybeat"?
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| ===8 June 2025===
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| * ... that '''[[Francis W. Joaque]]''' ''(pictured)'' was one of the earliest African photographers?
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| * ... that the [[Green Bay Packers]] have twice achieved team-record 23-point comebacks: '''[[1982 Los Angeles Rams–Green Bay Packers game|once in 1982]]''', and '''[[2013 Green Bay Packers–Dallas Cowboys game|again in 2013]]'''?
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| * ... that Bach's '''''[[Easter Oratorio]]''''' has been regarded as a sequel to his ''[[St John Passion]]''{{-?}}
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| * ... that '''[[Ayman Hassouna]]''' led a student expedition to investigate archaeological sites in Gaza?
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| * ... that the '''[[Grand Prix of Finland]]''' was held again in 2022 after Russia was banned from hosting international figure skating competitions?
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| * ... that '''[[Annis Lee Wister]]''' translated ''[[Struwwelpeter]]'' from German to English?
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| * ... that [[Femke Bol]]'s time of '''[[2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres|49.17 seconds on 2 March 2024]]''' broke her own [[List of world records in athletics|400 m short track world record]]?
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| * ... that fighter pilot '''[[Luther H. Richmond]]''' kept his [[North American P-51 Mustang|P-51 Mustang]]'s shiny, silver, no-camouflage finish to tempt enemies into aerial combat?
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| * ... that the male '''[[Pholidoteuthis adami|pink scaled squid]]''' has been observed to mate upside down?
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| ===7 June 2025===
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| *'''''00:00, 7 June 2025 (UTC)'''''
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| * ... that 170 trips on '''[[Sounder commuter rail]]''' ''(pictured)'' were cancelled in a single winter due to mudslides?
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| * ... that '''[[John C. Raaen Jr.|John C. Raaen Jr.]]''', at age 103, is the last surviving US Army Ranger from the first [[Operation Overlord|{{nowrap|D-Day}}]] assault wave on [[Omaha Beach]]?
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| * ... that the '''[[Donnie Creek fire]]''' in 2023 was the largest wildfire in [[British Columbia]]'s history?
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| * ... that '''[[Teuku Karimoeddin]]''' was arrested by the [[Kempeitai|Imperial Japanese military police]] for resisting mandatory head shaving and other regulations?
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| * ... that a dinner between [[Bill Maher]] and Donald Trump was satirized in "'''[[My Dinner with Adolf]]'''"?
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| * ... that Guyanese trade unionist '''[[Philomena Sahoye-Shury]]''' was nicknamed "Fireball" due to her "outspoken and forthright stance on the workers' behalf"?
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| * ... that some '''[[List of Byzantine churches in Amman|Byzantine churches in Philadelphia]]''', modern-day [[Amman]], were repurposed from earlier Roman temples?
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| * ... that upon being drafted by the NFL's [[Chicago Bears]], '''[[Ralph Jarvis]]''' wanted to thank the judge who sent him to the [[reform school]] where he first played American football?
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| * ... that some bodies at '''[[Chalandriani]]''' were buried with "frying pans"?
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| ===6 June 2025===
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| *'''''00:00, 6 June 2025 (UTC)'''''
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| * ... that sculptures of children's shoes at the '''''[[Antimonumento 49 ABC]]''''' ''(pictured)''—honoring those killed in a fire—were later stolen?
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| * ... that marmalade, mashed potato and fish knives were all used in the book '''''[[Class (Cooper book)|Class]]''''' to identify different British social classes?
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| * ... that until the 1990s, linguists often confused the '''[[Nizaa language]]''' with a similarly named local language?
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| * ... that '''[[Julian Yacoub Mourad]]''', an archbishop of the [[Syriac Catholic Church]], escaped from the [[Islamic State]] after being held captive for more than four months?
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| * ... that the role of the British '''[[Mobile Defence Corps]]''' was to carry out rescue work in the aftermath of a nuclear attack?
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| * ... that the chairman of the board of '''[[KVEO-TV|a Texas TV station]]''' was found to have died from drinking cyanide-laced cola?
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| * ... that [[Tyla]] became the second female African artist to score multiple solo entries on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] with "'''[[Push 2 Start]]'''"?
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| * ... that pianist '''[[Phyllis Chen]]''' started playing the smaller [[toy piano]] after both her arms became sore from [[tendinopathy]]?
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| * ... that '''''[[Welwitschia|Welwitschia mirabilis]]''''' only ever grows two leaves, which last for the plant's entire life?
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| ===5 June 2025===
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| *'''''00:00, 5 June 2025 (UTC)'''''
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| * ... that '''[[Beth Sholom Congregation (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania)|Beth Sholom Synagogue]]''' ''(pictured)'' has been compared to a concrete ship, a [[Tipi|teepee]] with fins, and a giant fish?
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| * ... that the Soviet Union designated both communist and non-communist states as '''[[national democratic state]]s'''?
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| * ... that [[Ferdinand I of Bulgaria]] once described historian '''[[Dimitar Agura]]''' as having "the eyes, gaze and head of a cat"?
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| * ... that [[Nathan Crumpton]] was shirtless while holding the flag of '''[[American Samoa at the 2022 Winter Olympics]]'''?
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| * ... that '''[[Masanori Tanimoto]]''' was elected as the governor of [[Ishikawa Prefecture]] seven times?
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| * ... that more than 500 American law firms signed an amicus brief opposing '''[[Targeting of law firms and lawyers under the second Trump administration|their government's actions against law firms]]''' in 2025?
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| * ... that '''[[Juan Astorquia]]''' was the captain of the [[Athletic Bilbao]] team that won the first [[Copa del Rey|Spanish Cup]] in 1903?
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| * ... that Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik's "'''[[I Don't Wanna Live Forever]]'''" is the highest-charting ''[[Fifty Shades (film series)|Fifty Shades]]'' song on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]?
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| * ... that '''[[Mike Estep (American football)|Mike Estep]]''' was nicknamed "The Terminator"?
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| ===4 June 2025===
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| * ... that after the '''[[Medway Street footbridge]]''' had become twisted ''(pictured)'' in the [[2010 Canterbury earthquake]], part of it was turned into a memorial?
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| * ... that '''[[Cosas Four|the first defendants indicted for a crime of apartheid]]''' have not yet faced trial?
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| * ... that the '''[[Saxe–Goldstein hypothesis]]''' has been used to explain burial practices in Greece, Australia, Madagascar and Peru?
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| * ... that surveyors in colonial Pennsylvania may have deliberately excluded fertile land from a tract granted to the '''[[Okehocking people]]''' in 1703?
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| * ... that the German explorer '''[[Gustav Conrau]]''' shot himself in 1899 to avoid recapture, according to a later report by his local interpreter?
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| * ... that '''[[WFTY-DT|a Long Island TV station]]''' sued a columnist for satirizing its signal and programming?
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| * ... that the music video for "'''[[The Kids from Yesterday]]'''" by [[My Chemical Romance]] was directed by a fan?
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| * ... that '''[[Scott Burnside]]''' received journalism awards for writing about shift work, murders, and ice hockey?
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| ===3 June 2025===
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| * ... that the '''[[National Windrush Monument]]''' ''(pictured)'' features a family standing on a pile of suitcases and "surveying their new country"?
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| * ... that '''[[Chill Guy|a drawing of a dog]]''' was promoted by the [[president of El Salvador]], caused an unaffiliated song to peak on the [[TikTok Billboard Top 50|TikTok ''Billboard'' Top 50]], and got its original creator [[Doxing|doxxed]]?
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| * ... that the naturalised German '''[[Mandenga Diek]]''' was denied funds to return to his native Cameroon because he wanted to bring his German wife?
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| * ... that Chicago's tornado siren has been described as creepier than '''[[Tornadoes in Chicago|the city's actual tornadoes]]'''?
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| * ... that a snowstorm resulted in '''[[Mickey Volcan]]''' and [[Garry Howatt]] becoming the first active players to officiate a [[National Hockey League]] game?
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| * ... that '''[[Església de Sant Serni de Canillo]]''' has the tallest bell tower in Andorra?
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| * ... that the director of the lesbian film '''''[[The First Girl I Loved]]''''' based the plot on true stories gathered from all-girls school graduates he interviewed?
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| * ... that butcher '''[[Leo Franciosi]]''' was also a four-time Olympian?
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| * ... that a homily written by '''[[Pseudo-Evodius]]''' features Jesus and the devil competing in a fishing tournament in the desert?
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| ===2 June 2025===
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| * ... that the '''[[swamp rabbit]]''' ''(pictured)'' is both territorial and a great swimmer?
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| * ... that no other month in a calendar year starts with the same day of the week as '''[[June]]'''?
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| * ... that '''[[Samantha Kane]]''' led an unsuccessful takeover bid for [[Sheffield United F.C.]] and, after a gender transition, was interviewed to become its chief executive?
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| * ... that the first version of the '''[[Amtrak Susquehanna River Bridge]]''' was heavily damaged by a tornado during construction?
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| * ... that medicine dean '''[[Sjahriar Rasad]]''' was accused of being involved in a conspiracy to assassinate Indonesian president [[Sukarno]]?
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| * ... that the U.S. Supreme Court '''[[Martin v. United States|is currently deciding]]''' whether the family who lived in a house wrongly raided by the FBI may sue the government?
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| * ... that Romanian sports shooter '''[[Petre Cișmigiu]]''' demanded the elimination of a pension gap between Olympic and non-Olympic champions, such as himself?
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| * ... that the novel '''''[[Looking Glass Girl]]''''' was launched at Coventry Central Library to highlight the threat of 17 libraries in the city closing?
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| * ... that '''[[John P. Morris]]''' won a strike by hiding pigeons in fur coats?
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| ===1 June 2025===
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| * ... that '''[[Kitty Marion]]''' ''(pictured)'' was force-fed over 200 times during a hunger strike?
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| * ... that the '''[[North Korean destroyer Choe Hyon|North Korean destroyer ''Choe Hyon'']]''' is the largest ship constructed for the Korean People's Navy?
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| * ... that after the release of '''''[[High and Low (1963 film)|High and Low]]''''', director [[Akira Kurosawa]] received telephone calls imitating his film that threatened to kidnap his daughter?
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| * ... that '''[[May Bradford Shockley]]''' is why Silicon Valley is where it is?
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| * ... that the conservation of a goat might endanger the survival of '''''[[Aquilegia paui]]'''''{{-?}}
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| * ... that '''[[Joy Laking]]''' predicted in a school writing assignment that within ten years she would be making a living as an artist?
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| * ... that the Taiwanese restaurant chain '''[[Formosa Chang]]''' drew inspiration from McDonald's for its non-greasy atmosphere and corporate practices?
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| * ... that '''[[Haridas Mitra]]''' had his death sentence commuted after the intervention of Mahatma Gandhi?
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| * ... that "'''[[Steve's Lava Chicken]]'''" recently became the shortest song to enter the UK Top 40?
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