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Did you know...
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- ... that the face of the goddess Hera in The Birth of the Milky Way (pictured) was modelled after Peter Paul Rubens's wife?
- ... that cameras of the Canon EOS series were used to film portions of House, Dexter, and Iron Man 2Template:-?
- ... that Laurence J. Lesh worked on the aerodynamics of horse-drawn gliders, sailboats, and throwing knives?
- ... that a volcano in Ethiopia had its first recorded explosive eruption in 2025?
- ... that the buttocks of the fictional character Elastigirl inspired various memes, GIFs, and YouTube videos in 2018?
- ... that a young Donald Trump was sent to military school after his father found that he had been purchasing smoke bombs and switchblades in Manhattan?
- ... that Taylor Swift wrote a song about Elizabeth Taylor after learning that the late actress's son compared the two of them?
- ... that political strategist Morris Katz stated that any Democrat "who's scared to congratulate" Zohran Mamdani "is very unlikely to be the nominee for president in 2028"?
- ... that the painting The Death of Khan Jahan Lodi features six severed heads, and another in the midst of decapitation?
In the news
- A fire at a bar during New Year's Eve celebrations in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, kills at least 40 people.
- French actress and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot (pictured) dies at the age of 91.
- Thirteen people are killed when a train derails in Oaxaca, Mexico.
- Israel becomes the first country to officially recognise Somaliland as an independent state.
- Nasry Asfura is elected president of Honduras, after one month of controversy surrounding the vote counting process.
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