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==Did you know...==
===31 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 31 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in the [[American frontier|Wild West]] pioneers used to hunt [[Wolf|wolves]] and [[coyote]]s with '''[[American Staghound]]s''' ''(example pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that '''[[William Trench, 5th Earl of Clancarty]]''', had eight children, three of whom also became earls of Clancarty?
* ... that the [[Taliban]] secured victory in the '''[[Battle of Lashkargah]]''' soon after suicide–car-bombing the police headquarters, a crucial chokepoint of the city's defense?
* ... that sensors suggest that '''[[Lorraine Lambert]]'''{{`s}} new bra has improved her chances of winning a Paralympic medal for shooting?<!-- Special Paralympics hook, Aug 24 to Sep 5 -->
* ... that in his 1683 work '''''[[Qingzhen Zhinan]]''''', Chinese Islamic scholar [[Ma Zhu]] recommended the "official persecution" of [[Sufism|Sufis]]?
* ... that [[Dayak people|Dayak]] journalist '''[[Tjilik Riwut]]''' led the first [[Indonesian Air Force]] airborne operation in 1947?
* ... that '''[[Gaia ship|a Viking ship]]''' sailed to Brazil?
* ... that '''[[2020 New York's 22nd congressional district election|a 2020 congressional election in New York]]''' had a [[Post-it Note|sticky]] problem?

*'''''00:10, 31 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in '''''[[Bio's Bahnhof]]''''', a German live music talk show presented by [[Alfred Biolek]] ''(pictured)'' in a former train depot, [[Kate Bush]] made her first television appearance?
* ... that [[refugee]] swimmer '''[[Abbas Karimi (swimmer)|Abbas Karimi]]''', who competed at the [[2020 Summer Paralympics]], has won national championships in Afghanistan, Turkey and the US?<!-- special paralympics hook, aug. 24—sep. 5 -->
* ... that during the '''[[Fall of Herat]]''' a United Nations office in [[Herat]] was attacked, killing a security guard?
* ... that the [[world record]] for the greatest weight supported by a brick bridge was broken on the '''[[Lego Masters (French TV series)|French version of ''Lego Masters'']]'''?
* ... that '''[[Mary Cutts]]''' was told that her memoir on [[Dolley Madison]] needed more emphasis on "important men and masculine subjects"?
* ... that '''[[S. Isaac, Campbell & Company]]''', a British firm, was a major supplier of arms to the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] during the [[American Civil War]]?
* ... that French king [[Louis&nbsp;XVI]] appointed [[Benjamin Franklin]] to head the '''[[Royal Commission on Animal Magnetism]]'''?
* ... that poet '''[[Trina de Moya]]''' was the first [[Dominican Republic|Dominican]] presidential wife to be called [[First Lady of the Dominican Republic|first lady]]?

===30 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 30 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that there is an annual holiday for '''[[Dance in Suriname|dancing pallbearers in Suriname]]''' ''(examples pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that when Paralympian '''[[Issy Bailey]]''' was in [[Stoke Mandeville Hospital]], she had so many injuries that taking up [[Shooting sports|shooting]] seemed to be the best option?  <!-- Paralympics special occasion hook, Aug. 24–Sep. 5 -->
* ... that the '''''[[Zuijin Teiki Emaki]]''''', a 13th-century [[emakimono|Japanese painted handscroll]], presents nine [[equestrian portrait]]s of some of the Imperial Guards who protected the {{transl|ja|[[Daijō Tennō]]}}?
* ... that '''[[Nova Iriansyah]]''', the [[List of governors of Aceh|governor of Aceh]], was expelled from elementary school as a child?
* ... that when the 68-story '''[[Metropolitan Tower (Manhattan)|Metropolitan Tower]]''' in New York City was being built, its developer was forced to stop marketing it as a 78-story building?
* ... that '''[[Kangmei Pharmaceutical]]'''{{`s}} financial fraud was initially described as an "accounting error"?
* ... that '''[[William McAndrew (educator)|William McAndrew]]''', the [[Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools|superintendent of Chicago Public Schools]], was accused of being an agent of [[George&nbsp;V]], [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|King of the United Kingdom]]?
* ... that [[Yoko Ono]]'s song "'''[[Beautiful Boys]]'''" incorporates sound effects from the [[Star Wars (film)|first ''Star Wars'' film]]?

*'''''00:00, 30 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Fernando Alonso]] ''(pictured in car)'' finished third at the '''[[2010 Japanese Grand Prix]]''' while his Ferrari teammate [[Felipe Massa]] crashed out at the first corner?<!-- Special occasion hook for afternoon of Aug. 29-->
* ... that coins issued by '''[[Baalshillem II|Baalshillem&nbsp;II]]''', the [[Phoenicia]]n king of [[Sidon]], were the first Sidonian coins to bear minting dates corresponding to the king's year of reign?
* ... that the [[Dalai Lama]]'s 2008 '''[[Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy]]''' was a proposal aiming for autonomy rather than full independence for [[Tibet]]?
* ... that '''''[[Research Policy (journal)|Research Policy]]''''' is regarded as the leading journal in the field of [[Science and technology studies|innovation studies]]?
* ... that the [[card game]] '''[[Comet (card game)|Comet]]''', originally called ''Manille'', was renamed in 1682 after the appearance of [[Halley's Comet]]?
* ... that British brigadier '''[[Victor Jaques]]''' was almost killed by friendly fire from an American aircraft in Bangkok in 1945?
* ... that [[Chuck Mosley]] described the distinctive singing style '''[[List of songs recorded by Chuck Mosley|used throughout his career]]''' as "screaming to the beat, like ranting"?
* ... that '''[[Alia Issa]]''', the first woman competitor to enter during the [[2020 Summer Paralympics|2020 Paralympics]] opening ceremony, is the first female [[refugee]] to compete at any [[Paralympic Games]]? <!-- special paralympics hook, aug. 24—sep. 5 -->

===29 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 29 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Claus Guth]]''' ''(pictured)'', recognised internationally for directing the 1999 premiere of Berio's ''[[Cronaca del luogo]]'' at the [[Salzburg Festival]], later received two [[Der Faust|Faust awards]]?
* ... that the world's 82&nbsp;million [[refugee]]s will be represented at the [[2020 Summer Paralympics]] by the '''[[Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|Refugee Paralympic Team]]'''?<!-- Paralympics special occasion hook, Aug. 24–Sep. 5 -->
* ... that [[George Orwell]] said of '''[[Mairin Mitchell]]'''{{`s}} ''[[Storm over Spain]]'' (1937) that it was "written by a Catholic, but very sympathetic to the [[Anarchism in Spain|Spanish Anarchists]]"?
* ... that the [[W71]] nuclear warhead had a '''[[Tamper (nuclear weapon)|tamper]]''' made of gold?
* ... that [[Theodore Roosevelt]] sent [[National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.|National Baptist Convention]] president '''[[Elias Camp Morris]]''' to investigate atrocities committed in the [[Congo Free State]]?
* ... that '''''[[Brachystelma tumakurense]]'''''{{'s}} stem is so weak that it sometimes bends under the weight of leaves and flowers?
* ... that '''''[[Tonic Immobility]]'''''{{'s}} "pure, undiluted chaos" is "an escape from the realities of the world"?
* ... that after [[Thomas Doughty (explorer)|Thomas Doughty]] was '''[[Timeline of Francis Drake's circumnavigation|sentenced to death by Francis Drake]]''', the two men dined and received communion together just before Doughty's execution?

*'''''00:00, 29 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[Marie Antoinette with a Rose]]''''' ''(pictured)'' by [[Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun]] was a [[Salon (Paris)|Salon]] exhibition replacement for her criticized portrait of the queen wearing a chemise?
* ... that particle physicist '''[[Arden Warner]]''' invented a magnetism-based method for cleaning up oil spills?
* ... that thousands of political prisoners in Indonesia were interned in the '''[[Waeapo River]]''' valley in [[Buru]]?
* ... that '''[[Linda Watson (soprano)|Linda Watson]]''', a [[dramatic soprano]] born in [[San Francisco]] who made a career in Europe, is proud of a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy nomination]] for Wagner's [[Der Ring des Nibelungen|''Ring'' cycle]] with her as Brünnhilde?
* ... that after appointing the '''[[Gavrilița Cabinet]]''', [[Moldova]] is only one of two republics in the world where the non-collective [[Maia Sandu|head of state]] and [[Natalia Gavrilița|head of government]] are both [[List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government|currently women]]?
* ... that '''[[Natalie Simanowski]]''' began her "second life" as a [[Paralympic Games|Paralympian]] cyclist after being attacked by someone described as a "[[Psychopathy|psychopath]]"? <!-- special occasion hook, should go live between Aug. 24 and Sep. 5 during the paralympics -->
* ... that '''''[[Bicellariella ciliata]]''''', '''''[[Crisularia plumosa]]''''', '''''[[Bugulina flabellata]]''''' and '''''[[Bugulina turbinata]]''''' form part of a [[bryozoa]]n "turf" on steep or vertical rock exposed to moderate water movement?
* ... that '''[[Rosa Egipcíaca]]''' was the first black woman in Brazil to write a book?

===28 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 28 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that taxidermist '''[[James Dickinson (taxidermist)|James Dickinson]]''' [[taxidermy|mounted]] the '''[[Armley Hippo]]''' ''(pictured)'', a [[hippopotamus]] native to [[Yorkshire]] that is at least 113,000 years old?
* ... that [[Raymond Hood]] designed the '''[[American Radiator Building]]''' with a black-and-gold facade because he thought that other buildings' windows looked like waffles?
* ... that [[Kylie Minogue]]'s seventh studio album, '''''[[Light Years (Kylie Minogue album)|Light Years]]''''', was her first number-one album in her native [[ARIA Charts|Australia]]?
* ... that the '''[[452 Fifth Avenue|HSBC Tower]]''' was the largest structure to be constructed in its vicinity since the [[Empire State Building]] fifty years earlier?
* ... that '''[[dyadic rational]]s''', fractions based on powers of two, can be easier to work with than other kinds of fractions for both schoolchildren and computers?
* ... that three high-ranking officers of '''[[CSS Pickens|USRC ''Robert McClelland'']]''' remained with the ship after it surrendered and entered [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] service?
* ... that the Russian [[Wheelchair fencing|wheelchair fencer]] '''[[Ksenia Ovsyannikova]]''' toured the United States on a "mission for inclusion" in 2017?<!--Special occasion hook for the Paralympics-->
* ... that while writing '''''[[Scary Stories for Young Foxes]]''''', [[Christian McKay Heidicker]], under his agent's advice, "added a snuggle for every snarl"?

*'''''00:00, 28 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Columbia University]] mascot, '''[[Roar-ee the Lion]]''' ''(pictured)'', inspired the creation of the [[Leo the Lion (MGM)|MGM Lion]]? 
* ... that '''[[Johannes Schott]]''' of Strasbourg took over the printing company of his father, '''[[Martin Schott]]''', in around 1500, and printed texts by Protestant reformers such as [[Ulrich von Hutten]] and [[Martin Luther]]?
* ... that '''''[[Presidential Ballots, 1836–1892]]''''' was reviewed by [[Richard P. McCormick]], who wrote that it "should stimulate a host of studies in the little-explored field of American political behavior"?
* ... that '''[[Rock Demers]]''' was spurred to make ''[[The Dog Who Stopped the War]]'' after reading an article on [[youth suicide]]?
* ... that soaking a paper banknote in 50% (v/v) alcohol fuel can create a '''[[fireproof banknote]]'''?
* ... that after the 2001 '''[[Fall of Kabul (2001)|fall of Kabul]]''', young men lined up to have their beards shaved off?
* ... that '''[[Coral Bell]]''' believed that [[Ric Throssell]] had tried unsuccessfully to recruit her as a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] spy in [[Canberra]]?
* ... that the '''[[Land of Lost Content (museum)|Land of Lost Content]]''' contains bluebirds from the [[Blue Bird Toffee]] factory gates, tickets from the first [[National Lottery (United Kingdom)|National Lottery]] draw and a [[Sinclair C5]]?

===27 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 27 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis| Jacqueline Kennedy]] found the '''[[Resolute desk|''Resolute'' desk]]''' ''(pictured)'' languishing in the [[White House]] basement and had it moved to the [[Oval Office]]?
* ... that '''[[Erich Witte]]''' was the first performer of the title role of Britten's ''[[Peter Grimes]]'' in Berlin? 
* ... that the '''[[SS Alpena (1942)|SS ''Alpena'']]''', currently the oldest active steamship on the [[Great Lakes]], was shortened by {{convert|120|ft|m}} in 1991?
* ... that the over 349,000 signatures collected in favour of the '''[[Deutsche Wohnen & Co. enteignen|Expropriate Deutsche Wohnen & Co.]]''' initiative set a new record for the number of signatures collected for a [[Berlin]] referendum?
* ... that [[Wheelchair racing|wheelchair racer]] '''[[Nathan Maguire]]''', who is scheduled to compete at the [[2020 Summer Paralympics]], appeared on [[The Hit List (game show)|a British gameshow]] with his partner in 2020?<!--special occasion hook for the Paralympics-->
* ... that '''[[Operation Hectic]]''', an operation planned by the Rhodesian security forces to assassinate Robert Mugabe, was called off three hours before it was due to start?
* ... that '''[[Sigismund III Vasa|Sigismund III]]''' transferred Poland's capital from [[Kraków]] to [[Warsaw]] in 1596?
* ... that during the 2013 '''[[Nutellagate]]''' controversy, students at [[Columbia University]] were accused of costing the university $5,000 in dining hall [[Nutella]] per week?

*'''''00:00, 27 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the New Zealand tree '''[[Dracophyllum traversii|mountain neinei]]''' ''(example pictured)'' can live for up to 600 years? 
* ... that as general director of the [[Grand Theatre, Łódź|Grand Theatre in Łódź]], [[Bass (voice type)|bass singer]] '''[[Kazimierz Kowalski]]''' led a worldwide television broadcast of Moniuszko's ''[[The Haunted Manor]]''{{-?}}
* ... that two [[school district]]s in [[Kentucky]] protested against a statewide mandate to hang a copy of the '''[[In God We Trust|United States national motto]]''' by showing oversized [[United States one-dollar bill|$1 bills]] and [[Penny (United States coin)|1¢ coins]], which contain the motto?
* ... that the death of Uyghur writer '''[[Nurmuhemmet Tohti]]''' has been linked to mistreatment in the [[Xinjiang internment camps]], a claim China denies?
* ... that New York City's '''[[James B. Duke House]]''' was modeled after a French chateau and designed by an architect who did not have a formal architectural education?
* ... that Dr.&nbsp;'''[[Jodie Lewis]]''' led a team of students from the [[University of Worcester]] and [[community archaeology|volunteer archaeologists]] in excavating the first [[timber circle]] discovered in [[Somerset]]?
* ... that while '''''[[Bubsy 3D]]''''' is often labeled as one of [[List of video games notable for negative reception|the worst video games of all time]], it had a positive to mixed reception around its initial release?
* ... that you could travel with stuffed animals on the ''Asahiyama Zoo'' '''[[KiHa 183 series|KiHa&nbsp;183 series]]''' train service?

===26 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 26 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Herma Albertson Baggley]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first woman to be on staff full-time as a naturalist with the United States [[National Park Service]] at [[Yellowstone National Park]]?
* ... that [[Zaranj]] was the '''[[Capture of Zaranj|first Afghan provincial capital to be captured]]''' by the [[Taliban]] since the [[Battle of Kunduz (2016)|Battle of Kunduz]] in 2016?
* ... that it took more than a decade for '''[[Michael M. Thomas]]''' to secure a publisher for his eighth novel, which was rejected by approximately 25 publishing houses?
* ... that the 2014-built '''[[ERV Nene Hatun|ERV&nbsp;''Nene Hatun'']]''' is Turkey's first emergency response vessel?
* ... that [[prosecutor]]s who worked to convict '''[[Kevin Strickland]]''' in 1979 now say they believe him to be innocent?
* ... that the freshwater leech '''''[[Haemopis sanguisuga]]''''' sometimes emerges from the water to hunt for earthworms?
* ... that before she was elected to the Parliament of Armenia, '''[[Maria Karapetyan]]''' spray-painted political [[graffiti]] on the streets of [[Yerevan]] in support of [[Nikol Pashinyan]]?
* ... that Chinese biblical scholar '''[[Zhu Weizhi]]''' believed that '''[[Jesus the Proletarian|Jesus was a proletarian]]'''?

*'''''00:00, 26 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the six-year-old steel freighter '''''[[SS Cayuga|Cayuga]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was sunk by a wooden freighter twenty years older than her?
* ... that [[limonene]], a compound found in orange peels, can cause '''[[balloon popping]]''' based on the "like dissolves like" principle?
* ... that it took over a decade for '''[[Michael M. Thomas]]''' to secure a publisher for his eighth novel, which was rejected by approximately 25 publishing houses?
* ... that on [[Quebec]]'s maps, the '''[[Border between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador|land border with Newfoundland and Labrador]]''' must have a separate symbol in the map's legend from other interprovincial boundaries?
* ... that '''[[Shirley Chiang]]''' captured the first image of individual [[benzene]] molecules?
* ... that although '''[[Steinitz's theorem]]''' is commonly used to describe convex [[Polyhedron|polyhedra]] using [[graph theory]], its original formulation did not use graphs?
* ... that '''[[Robert McLean (minister)|Robert McLean]]''' served as a [[missionary]] in Chile for six years before moving to [[Oregon]], where he founded two churches and was elected to the state legislature?
* ... that Philip Rusher patented '''[[Rusher's Patent Types|a paper-saving typeface]]''' with no [[descender]]s in 1802, but only a few books ever used it?

===25 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 25 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the owner of [[Grand Central Terminal]] sued the developer of '''[[One Vanderbilt]]''' ''(pictured)'' and the New York City government for $1.1&nbsp;billion over [[air rights]]?
* ... that '''[[Fred Marples]]''' felt it was the duty of all Canadians to ensure the strongest possible national team at the Olympics?
* ... that '''[[Basilico's]]''', an Italian restaurant in [[Huntington Beach, California]], does not admit diners who are either masked or vaccinated against [[COVID-19|{{nowrap|COVID-19}}]]?
* ... that in '''''[[Why Marx Was Right]]''''', author [[Terry Eagleton]] aims to refute ten common objections to [[Marxism]]?
* ... that '''[[Ng Yu Zhi]]''' owned the only [[Pagani Huayra]] in Singapore?
* ... that the melody of "'''[[Nimm, o Gott, die Gaben, die wir bringen]]'''", an [[offertory]] hymn written in 2009, is taken from Andrew Lloyd Webber's ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]''{{-?}} 
* ... that the foraminiferan '''''[[Marginopora vertebralis]]''''' releases its [[embryo]]s by means of a surprisingly complex behaviour for a single-celled organism?
* ... that '''[[Thomas Earle (slave trader)|Thomas Earle]]''' had his slave-ship ''Annabella'' seized by the [[The Crown|British Crown]], not for slave trading, but for slave trading with the enemy?

*'''''00:00, 25 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that "'''[[I Knew You Were Trouble]]'''" made [[Taylor Swift]] ''(pictured)'' the first artist to have two songs each sell over 400,000 digital copies within the first week of release in the U.S.?
* ... that [[Konbaung dynasty|Konbaung-dynasty]] general '''[[U Din Kyaw Khaung]]''' was the only warrior said to have continued fighting after his death?
* ... that the '''[[Chestnut Centre]]''' was the first place in the UK where [[giant otter]]s were successfully bred in captivity?
* ... that Australian soprano '''[[Ada Baker]]''' toured India and China before becoming a singing teacher in [[Perth]] in 1889?
* ... that '''''[[537 Votes]]''''', documenting the controversial [[2000 United States presidential election in Florida]], was released in the run-up to the [[2020 United States presidential election]]?
* ... that Paralympian '''[[Gemma Collis-McCann]]''', who sits on [[wheelchair fencing]]'s new Gender Equity Commission, has been chosen to join three men as the UK's wheelchair fencing team [[2020 Summer Paralympics|in Tokyo]]?<!--special occasion hook for Paralympics-->
* ... that the '''[[Port of Krueng Geukueh]]''' in [[Aceh]], Indonesia, became an entry point for aid shipments as it was not damaged by the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 tsunami]]?
* ... that one of Hong Kong YouTuber '''[[Mama Cheung]]'''{{`s}} most viewed videos shows her using a [[rice cooker]] to bake a cake?

===24 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 24 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the first flag carried in the [[2020 Summer Paralympics|2020 Paralympics]] opening ceremony was scheduled to be that of the [[International Paralympic Committee]] ''(pictured)'', with '''[[Ileana Rodriguez]]''' as the [[Standard-bearer|flag-bearer]]?<!--special occasion hook for Paralympics opening ceremony, August 24-->
* ... that '''''[[Rukhshana Media]]''''' is named after a young woman called Rukhshana who was [[stoning|stoned to death]] in Afghanistan in 2015?
* ... that in 1985, Captain '''[[Dale Snodgrass]]''' was chosen as "Fighter Pilot of the Year" and was called the real "Maverick" from ''[[Top Gun]]''?
* ... that there are no trees around '''[[Lake Letsie]]''', since its entire [[Drainage basin|catchment area]] is above the [[tree line]]?
* ... that '''[[Carl Cotton]]''' was the first black [[Taxidermy|taxidermist]] to work at the [[Field Museum of Natural History]] after being hired in 1947?
* ... that [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]] recorded Ono's song "'''[[Remember Love (Yoko Ono song)|Remember Love]]'''" in a Montreal [[Queen Elizabeth Hotel|hotel room]] that has been a tourist draw ever since?
* ... that radio station '''[[KCON (AM)|KCON]]''' in [[Conway, Arkansas]], shut down twice on March&nbsp;10?
* ... that the manufacturers of '''[[Hedgehog Flavour Crisps]]''' were taken to court under the [[Trade Descriptions Act 1968|Trade Descriptions Act]] as they did not contain actual hedgehog?

*'''''00:00, 24 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the predatory sea slug '''''[[Tubulophilinopsis gardineri]]''''' ''(pictured)'' hunts other sea slugs by following the mucus trails they leave?
* ... that the Kurdish-Armenian politician '''[[Knyaz Hasanov]]''' chaired the [[National Assembly (Armenia)|Armenian Parliament]] in 2017 and 2021?
* ... that during the [[Edo period]], commoners used '''[[semi-cursive script]]''' while scholars used [[regular script]]?
* ... that '''[[Aisha de Sequeira]]''' led [[Morgan Stanley]]'s [[mergers and acquisitions]] in India when it was the top bank by the value of its deals in 2012?
* ... that President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] described the '''[[aging of the United States|declining birthrate of the United States]]''' as a form of "race suicide", citing a term coined by eugenicist [[Edward Alsworth Ross]]?
* ... that [[David H. Ahl|David Ahl]] purchased '''[[BASIC-8]]''' to sell with the [[PDP-8]] when [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] management proved more interested in their own [[FOCAL (programming language)|FOCAL]] language?
* ... that although '''[[Pixie Davies]]''' has been performing in films since 2012, her [[Breakthrough role|breakout role]] came in [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]'s ''[[Mary Poppins Returns]]'' in 2018?
* ... that according to local legend, '''[[Piers Shonks]]''', whose tomb can be seen in the [[Brent Pelham]] church, killed a [[dragon]] ravaging the district?

===23 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 23 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Queen '''[[Maria Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem|Maria Comnena]]''' ''(pictured)'' abducted [[Isabella I of Jerusalem|her daughter]] and coerced her into divorcing to place her on the throne of [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Jerusalem]]?
* ... that [[technical standard]] '''[[NZS 3604]]''' is used to design and construct about 93 per cent of New Zealand's [[Framing (construction)|light timber-framed]] buildings? 
* ... that '''[[Geoffrey Guy]]'''{{`s}} company [[GW Pharmaceuticals]] was the first to obtain regulatory approval for a [[Medical cannabis|medicine based on cannabis]]?
* ... that [[University of Toronto]] professor '''[[Hermann Boeschenstein]]''' published two novels during his lifetime, 56 years apart?

* ... that the [[Taylor Swift]] song "'''[[London Boy (Taylor Swift song)|London Boy]]'''" features a spoken-word intro by English actor [[Idris Elba]]?
* ... that the '''[[black-and-red broadbill]]''' lays eggs in three color [[Polymorphism (biology)|morphs]]?
* ... that '''[[Donald Mastick]]''' accidentally swallowed [[plutonium]] in August&nbsp;1944, and his breath became radioactive?
* ... that the finale of [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s '''[[Piano Sonata No. 31 (Beethoven)|Piano Sonata No. 31]]''' sees a gradual "return to life" and ends with a "passionate" and "heroic" [[coda (music)|coda]]?

*'''''00:00, 23 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in '''[[early life and career of Joe Biden|his early life]]''', [[Joe Biden]] ''(pictured)'' was known by his classmates for his [[cramming (education)|cramming]] abilities?
* ... that '''[[Phyllis Le Cappelaine Burke]]''' helped found the [[Sydney]] chapter of the St.&nbsp;Joan Social and Political Alliance, which advocated for equal rights for women?
* ... that films from the '''[[Long Bow Trilogy]]''' depict the same village and villagers mentioned in ''[[Fanshen]]''?
* ... that  '''[[Whitesmith maze|a willow maze]]''' in Sussex, England, planted in the shape of [[Via et veritas et vita|a quotation from the Bible]] in the 1990s, only came to wider notice when it was spotted on Google Earth in 2013?
* ... that mathematician '''[[Gunilla Kreiss]]''', the daughter of [[Heinz-Otto Kreiss]], later became his [[academic genealogy|granddaughter]]?
* ... that the '''[[Dragos Gemelos]]''' are two entwined dragon trees said to represent twin brothers who dueled for the love of a woman?
* ... that '''[[Miao Poya]]''' successfully campaigned to change her high school's uniform policy before becoming one of the first [[Taipei City Council|Taipei city councillors]] to be openly [[lesbian]]?

===22 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 22 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''''[[WAGR G class G233 Leschenault Lady|Leschenault Lady]]''''' ''(pictured)'', which is believed to be the oldest operational Australian-built steam locomotive, is returning to steam today (22&nbsp;August) after a lengthy overhaul?
* ...  that due to shortages, '''[[American supply in the Siegfried Line campaign]]''' made use of thousands of rounds of captured ammunition?
* ... that the Australian case '''''[[Bradley v Commonwealth]]''''' held that it was unlawful to unilaterally cut off telephones to a Rhodesian information office?
* ... that '''[[Louis Hempelmann]]''' wrote a paper in 1949 that warned of the dangers of shoe stores using [[Fluoroscopy|fluoroscopes]] to measure the size of children's feet?
* ... that Royal Engineers officer '''[[Leslie Innes Jacques]]''' received the [[Military Cross]] for constructing a bridge under heavy fire during the [[Hundred Days Offensive]] in 1918?
* ... that the budget process in the [[United States Senate]] often ends in a '''[[vote-a-rama]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Maki Kaji]]''' formulated the name "[[Sudoku]]" while scrambling to get to a horse race?
* ... that New Zealand writer '''[[Jessie Weston (writer)|Jessie Weston]]''' wrote for [[William Ernest Henley]]'s magazine for 18 months without him knowing she was a woman?

*'''''00:00, 22 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Quinn (soccer)|Quinn]]''' ''(pictured)'' became the first [[Coming out|out]], [[transgender]], [[Non-binary gender|non-binary]] athlete to medal at the [[Summer Olympic Games]] when they won gold with the [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canada national soccer team]]?
* ... that '''[[Giedrė Šlekytė]]''' conducted a version of Mozart's ''[[The Magic Flute|Die Zauberflöte]]'' for children at the 2018 [[Salzburg Festival]], and Poulenc's ''[[Dialogues of the Carmelites|Dialogues des Carmélites]]'' at the [[Oper Frankfurt]] in 2021?
* ... that '''[[Attention theft|your attention can be stolen]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Eli Bebout]]''', a future [[Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives|Speaker]] of the [[Wyoming House of Representatives]], was first elected as a [[write-in candidate]]? 
* ... that the 1959 song "'''[[Go, Jimmy, Go]]'''" by [[Jimmy Clanton]] was originally offered to [[Bobby Rydell]] with the title "Go, Bobby, Go"?
* ... that police negotiator '''[[Max Vernon (police officer)|Max Vernon]]''' told the actor portraying him in ''[[6 Days (2017 film)|6&nbsp;Days]]'' that "you've been wrongly cast. You're two inches shorter than me and I have more hair"?
* ... that '''[[Diving With a Purpose]]''', a nonprofit focused on [[maritime archaeology]], helped identify and document the wreck of the 18th-century Portuguese slave ship ''[[São José Paquete Africa]]''?
* ... that '''[[The Q (nightclub)|the Q]]''' contains a drawing of "a buff [[Ned Flanders]] from ''[[The Simpsons]]'' with protruding nipples"?

===21 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 21 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Unisphere]]''' ''(pictured)'' was designed based on a doodle on the back of an envelope?
* ... that plant biology professor '''[[Luca Comai]]''' independently developed [[glyphosate]]-resistant plants while working at Calgene and published his research before [[Monsanto]] researchers were able to?
* ... that '''[[Zollstock]]''', a district of [[Cologne]], takes its name from a local [[tollhouse]]?
* ... that '''[[Bridget Burgess (racing driver)|Bridget Burgess]]'''{{`s}} mother Sarah once changed all four tires during a [[pit stop]] by herself?
* ... that [[Zheng Kai]] first lost weight and then gained 20 kilograms (44&nbsp;lb) for his role in '''''[[Never Stop (film)|Never Stop]]'''''?
* ... that the composer '''[[Francis Burt (composer)|Francis Burt]]''', who came from London and settled in Vienna, was inspired by the drumming of the Nigerian [[Igbo people|Ibo people]]?
* ... that in 1952 meteorologist [[Harry Volkman]] delivered the first on-air [[tornado warning]] on Oklahoma City's '''[[KFOR-TV|{{nowrap|WKY-TV}}]]''', in defiance of a federal ban on the practice?
* ... that '''[[Pierre Kaufmann]]''' helped install the first [[radio telescope]] in Brazil, which was later destroyed by cows?

*'''''00:00, 21 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that reports of '''[[Julie Wera]]'''{{`s}} ''(pictured)'' death were greatly exaggerated?
* ... that [[Kanye West]] recorded a music video for "'''[[RoboCop (song)|RoboCop]]'''" that casts his ex-girlfriend [[Amber Rose]] as a robot?
* ... that American physician and marathon runner '''[[Joan Ullyot]]''' was one of the key figures in successfully lobbying for a women’s [[Marathons at the Olympics|marathon]] in the [[Olympic Games]]?
* ... that in addition to running Bangkok's first power station, the '''[[Siam Electricity Company]]''' also operated half the city's tram lines and a fire brigade?
* ... that '''[[Yasin Zia]]''', while [[Chief of General Staff (Afghanistan)|Chief of General Staff]] of Afghanistan, personally led government forces against the Taliban on the edge of [[Mihtarlam]], 120&nbsp;km (75&nbsp;mi) from [[Kabul]]?
* ... that '''''[[Kulgoa]]''''' was the largest wooden ferry to serve on [[Port Jackson|Sydney Harbour]]?
* ... that '''[[Louise Heims Beck]]''' co-founded the [[American Theatre Wing]] and was responsible for overseeing the organization of the [[1st Tony Awards]]?
* ... that the '''[[Punch Bowl Inn, Hurst Green|Punch Bowl Inn]]''' in Lancashire was reputed to be haunted by the ghost of a highwayman?

===20 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 20 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that because the hand in the '''[[Shrine of Saint Lachtin's Arm]]''' ''(pictured)'' is clenched rather than open, it is assumed to have functioned as a [[War flag|battle standard]] or a [[talisman]]?
* ... that when King '''[[Hugh III of Cyprus|Hugh&nbsp;III of Cyprus]]''' tried to [[service of marriage|force a marriage]] on his vassal, Lady [[Isabella of Beirut]], the Egyptian sultan [[Baibars]] declared himself her protector?
* ... that '''[[Queen of Peace Cemetery]]''' opened early because [[Cemetery of the Holy Rood]] filled up due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]? 
* ... that architect '''[[Robert Marquis]]''' believed that architecture should meet "the users' spiritual and psychological needs" in addition to being functional?
* ... that the [[Qing dynasty|Qing-dynasty]] erotic novel '''''[[Shenlou zhi]]''''' has been called "the earliest novel by far" to describe the [[opium]] trade in China?
* ... that '''[[Scott Lee Kimball]]''' killed three of his four known victims while he was working as an FBI informant?
* ... that [[Yoko Ono]] considered her 1971 song "'''[[Listen, the Snow Is Falling]]'''" to be the first [[Pop music|pop song]] she ever wrote?
* ... that the Australian rugby sevens player '''[[Dietrich Roache]]''' kept the Australian national sprint champion out of the Australian Olympic team with his speed?

*'''''00:00, 20 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that with '''[[Electoral history of Bill Clinton|his victory in the 1996 presidential election, Bill Clinton]]''' ''(pictured)'' became the first Democrat to win two consecutive presidential elections since [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]?<!--Special occasion, 19 August, US-->
* ... that [[Steve Carell]] insisted his chest genuinely be waxed in a scene in '''''[[The 40-Year-Old Virgin]]''''', which was recorded in a single take?<!--Special occasion, 19 August, US-->
* ... that the mayor of [[Málaga]], '''[[Pedro Aparicio Sánchez]]''', spent the night of the [[1981 Spanish coup d'état attempt]] in his office so he could die there if he was targeted?
* ... that although its publisher [[Dark Horse Comics]] is American, a significant proportion of artists involved with the comic book series '''''[[The Witcher (Dark Horse Comics)|The Witcher]]''''' have been Polish?
* ... that '''[[Vera Schoenenberg]]'''{{`s}} performance in the title role of Kálmán's ''[[Die Csárdásfürstin]]'' at the [[Seefestspiele Mörbisch|Mörbisch Lake Festival]] was broadcast by German and Austrian stations?
* ... that [[Yoko Ono]] took the first verse of her 1970 song "'''[[Who Has Seen the Wind? (song)|Who Has Seen the Wind?]]'''" from a 19th century poem written by [[Christina Rossetti]]?
* ... that '''[[Alfie Oakes]]''' sued a school district for US$50&nbsp;million in response to their cancelling a contract?
* ... that no one knows how a dress worn by [[Marilyn Monroe]] ended up in the '''[[Payne Whitney House]]'''?

===19 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 19 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the steel-framed '''[[Church Missions House]]''' ''(pictured)'' in New York City predates the city's first steel skyscraper?
* ... that '''[[Gunhild Bergh]]''' was the second woman in Sweden to be awarded a PhD in [[History of literature|literary history]]?
* ... that '''''[[Tone Roads No. 1|Tone Roads No.&nbsp;1]]''''', a composition for chamber ensemble by [[Charles Ives]], was originally titled "Tone Roads, rough ones—good ones, bad ones, fast ones, slow ones!"?
* ... that '''''[[FBOY Island]]''''' sets three female contestants to identify twenty-four men as either womanizers or [[nice guy]]s?
* ... that [[Yulimar Rojas]] is good at jumping, but her sister '''[[Yerilda Zapata]]''' is good at throwing?
* ... that an inquiry into the '''[[death of Orville Blackwood]]''' at [[Broadmoor Hospital]] in 1991 found that admissions of black people to the hospital were more likely to have police involvement?
* ... that the [[manga]] series '''''[[Mashima Hero's]]''''' was originally titled ''Hero's'' and had its name changed to rank higher in [[search engine]] results?
* ... that '''[[William Earle (slave trader)|William Earle]]''' referred to slave traders as "Bite Men"?

*'''''00:00, 19 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the cooking of '''[[Flora Mae Hunter]]''' ''(pictured)'' was enjoyed so much by the [[Wallis Simpson|Duchess of Windsor]] that she gained weight on her visits to the plantation where Hunter worked?
* ... that in [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]], a language featuring '''[[pronoun avoidance]]''', a common polite way to address someone else is "father" or "mother", instead of "you"?
* ... that '''[[Gottfried Hornik]]''', a [[baritone]] at the [[Vienna State Opera]] for 25 years, appeared in his signature role of [[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg|Beckmesser]] from [[Theater Aachen|Aachen]] and [[Liceu|Barcelona]] in 1976 to the [[Municipal Theatre of Santiago]] in 2001?
* ... that the '''[[Beaux-Arts Apartments]]''' never went into foreclosure despite being completed at the start of the Great Depression?
* ... that [[Charlie N. Holmberg]]'s idea for '''''[[The Fifth Doll]]''''' began with a writing exercise to develop a system of magic for a household item?
* ... that the [[All Time Low]] song "'''[[PMA (All Time Low song)|PMA]]'''" features guest vocals from Heather Baron-Gracie of the British band [[Pale Waves]]?
* ... that '''[[Song Kok Hoo]]''' was the first Asian [[Deputy Commissioner of Police (Singapore)|deputy commissioner of police]] in Singapore?
* ... that '''''[[Schloss Gripsholm]]''''' was dedicated by author [[Kurt Tucholsky]] to a license plate number?

===18 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 18 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''''[[Kokawa-dera Engi Emaki]]''''', a 12th-century [[emakimono|Japanese painted handscroll]] ''(detail pictured)'', was partly burned in a fire, and also partly damaged at the edges?
* ... that '''[[Kuinini Manumua]]''' is the first woman to represent Tonga in weightlifting at the Olympic Games?
* ... that as the acting '''[[President of Zambia]]''' in 2014, [[Guy Scott]] became the first white leader of an African country since the end of [[apartheid]]?
* ... that ''Massekhet Amerika'' by '''[[Gerson Rosenzweig]]''' satirizes [[History of the Jews in New York City|Jewish life in New York]] in the style of a [[Talmud]]ic [[Masekhet|tractate]]?
* ... that three verses from '''[[Psalm 86]]''' became part of Mendelssohn's oratorio ''[[Elijah (oratorio)|Elijah]]'', including the opening "Lord, bow thine ear to our pray'r"?
* ... that during the '''[[1991 Zaire unrest]]''', 30 to 40% of all companies in [[Zaire]] were plundered, and around 70% of the country's retail businesses were destroyed?
* ... that newspaper columnist '''[[Kenneth John]]''' helped found the [[Democratic Freedom Movement]] in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
* ... that [[DUKW|ducks]] frequently carried more than two and a half tons '''[[American transportation in the Siegfried Line campaign|during the Siegfried Line campaign]]'''?

*'''''00:00, 18 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that on the '''[[32nd anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests]]''', the [[Victoria Park (Hong Kong)|traditional venue for memorials in Hong Kong]] lay empty ''(blockade pictured)'' for the first time in thirty-two years?
* ... that mezzo-soprano '''[[Margarita Gritskova]]''' was [[José Carreras]]'s partner for his farewell concert in [[Carnegie Hall]]?
* ... that the union of taxi drivers offered the residents of retirement homes free transport to the voting stations in the '''[[2021 Slovenian Waters Act referendum|Slovenian Waters Act referendum]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Robert Anstruther Goodsir|Robert Goodsir]]''', searching for his brother [[Harry Goodsir|Harry]], lost with the [[Franklin's lost expedition|Franklin expedition]] in the Arctic, found the graves of three expedition members?
* ... that '''[[Battlefield Vegas]]''' employees during the [[2017 Las Vegas shooting]] drove several [[Armoured personnel carrier|armored personnel carriers]] to [[Mandalay Bay]] to shield police officers at the request of a [[Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department|LVMPD]] sergeant?
* ... that the Islamic website '''[[Askimam]]''' has been called more comprehensive, influential and wide-ranging than the web resources of [[Al-Azhar University|al-Azhar]] and its sympathisers put together?
* ... that professor '''[[Bronwyn Law-Viljoen]]''' became [[editor-in-chief]] of a publishing company, co-founded her own independent publishing company, and founded her own bookstore in South Africa?
* ... that astrophysicist [[Neil deGrasse Tyson]] called out [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] for an inaccurate '''''[[Frozen II|Frozen&nbsp;II]]''''' poster?

===17 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 17 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that to preserve the surrounding natural environment, '''[[Tsunoshima Bridge]]''' ''(pictured)'' curves to avoid an island?
* ... that New Zealand author '''[[Patricia Grace]]''' did not include a glossary for [[Māori language|Māori]] terms in her book ''Potiki'' because she "didn't want the Māori language to be treated as a foreign language in its own country"?<!--Special occasion hook August 17 NZ-->
* ... that part of '''[[Keith Foulger]]'''{{`s}} job was to make sure the front and back ends of Britain's first nuclear submarine fitted together?
* ... that seventy years after the death of '''[[Charles Spearman Armstrong|his tea-planter grandfather]]''', publisher '''[[Neville Armstrong]]''' remembered  his piercing blue eyes and large white [[Shenandoah (beard)|spade beard]]?
* ... that the ''[[WandaVision]]'' song "'''[[Agatha All Along]]'''" was inspired by the theme songs of ''[[The Munsters]]'' and ''[[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|The Addams Family]]''{{-?}}
* ... that the Greek '''[[Korakou culture]]''' had two-storey buildings with internal stairs more than 4,000 years ago?
* ... that the BBC programme '''''[[DynaMo]]''''' was created after a survey revealed parents did not want to help children with homework?
* ... that '''[[Norm Michael]]''' did not know he was an [[National Football League Draft|NFL Draft]] selection until 55 years later?

*'''''00:00, 17 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Marble Arch Mound]]''' ''(pictured)'' in central London has been compared to the hill in ''[[Teletubbies]]''?
* ... that director [[Mamoru Hosoda]]'s original concept for his 1999 film '''''[[Digimon Adventure (film)|Digimon Adventure]]''''' was a story set against the backdrop of the [[1964 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo?
* ... that reproductive success in the '''[[Stylocheilus striatus|lined sea hare]]''' can be reduced by noise pollution?
* ... that brewer '''[[Alexander Gordon (brewer)|Alexander Gordon]]''' paid to build the '''[[Polhollick Bridge]]''' in Aberdeenshire in 1892 after witnessing a drowning incident at the ferry crossing?
* ... that in 2016, '''[[Hurricane Pali]]''' and [[Hurricane Alex (2016)|Hurricane Alex]] existed simultaneously as rare January hurricanes within the [[Pacific hurricane|Pacific]] and [[Atlantic hurricane|Atlantic hurricane basin]]s, respectively, marking the first such occurrence on record?
* ... that a reviewer wrote that '''[[Florian Boesch]]'''{{`s}} 2011 recording of ''[[Winterreise]]'' with [[Malcolm Martineau]] was "one of the most powerful [[lied]]er albums of recent years"?
* ... that the '''[[South Bronx Greenway]]''' includes recycled granite from the [[Willis Avenue Bridge]]?
* ... that [[Donald Trump]] had a "big smile plastered on his face" on the day the "'''[[Best Sex I've Ever Had]]'''" happened?

===16 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 16 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that former [[Inspector|detective inspector]] '''[[Paula Craig]]''' ''(pictured)'' is set to take part in a cross-Channel swim today?<!--Special occasion: Aug 16, UK/France -->
* ... that the bamboo-filled atrium of the '''[[590 Madison Avenue|IBM Building]]''' was described as "New York City's peerless privately owned public space"?
* ... that former British Army Commando major-general '''[[John Woollett]]''' later became a planning inspector?
* ... that the 2015 video game '''''[[Worlds of Magic]]''''', intended as a spiritual successor to the classic game ''[[Master of Magic]]'', failed to impress most reviewers?
* ... that of the 16 teams to enter the '''[[1873–74 Scottish Cup|inaugural Scottish Cup]]''', only [[Dumbarton F.C.|Dumbarton]], [[Kilmarnock F.C.|Kilmarnock]] and [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]] still regularly compete in the competition?
* ... that the sea slug '''''[[Philinopsis speciosa]]''''' wraps the mucus strand containing its eggs around its head?
* ... that '''[[ink wash painting]]''' was created by the Chinese in the 8th century and the technique then spread to the rest of [[East Asia]]?
* ... that when starting his business, '''[[Vincent Figgins]]''' needed help from the mysterious "Black Man"?

*'''''00:00, 16 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that during the [[Crimean War]], a colonel complained about his "'''[[Albert shako|abominable Albert [shako]]]'''" ''(example pictured)'', upon whose leather top "a man may fry his ration beef at mid-day in this climate"?
* ... that singer-songwriter '''[[Doug Sahm]]''' was also a multi-instrumentalist who was regarded as a child prodigy playing the steel guitar?
* ... that Dallas television station '''[[KDAF]]''' abandoned plans to launch a local newscast in 1994, after having already hired 20 staff, because it was to [[1994–1996 United States broadcast television realignment|lose its Fox affiliation]] and be sold?
* ... that '''[[Zygmunt Krasiński]]''', one of Poland's [[Three Bards]], published most of his works anonymously and was known as the Anonymous Poet of Poland?
* ... that the '''[[Royal Dental Hospital]]''' opened the first dental school in Britain in 1859?
* ... that '''''[[Woodland Sketches]]''''' by [[Edward MacDowell]] includes a piano piece based on the songs of the [[Walla Walla people|Walla Walla]] and [[Brothertown Indians|Brotherton]] peoples?
* ... that '''[[Ian Fraser Muir]]''' partly created the Muir and Barclay formula to calculate the fluid replacement needed after major burns?
* ... that chef [[Angie Mar]] went from running [[The Beatrice Inn|a steakhouse]] to owning '''[[Les Trois Chevaux|Three Horses]]'''?

===15 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 15 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the idea for '''[[Fatima's Grill]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Downey, California]], came from prison?
* ... that '''[[John M. Franklin]]''' oversaw the construction of {{SS|United States||6}}, a liner that broke the transatlantic speed record on its maiden voyage?
* ... that  '''[[Narciso Rodriguez for Her]]''' perfume was inspired by a bottle of Egyptian musk oil [[Narciso Rodriguez]] was given in high school?
* ... that Japanese boxer '''[[Arisa Tsubata]]''' worked to prevent the spread of {{nowrap|COVID-19}} during her training for the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] and as a nurse?
* ... that the '''[[93% Club]]''' has been described as "the reverse [[Bullingdon Club]]"?
* ... that former football midfielder '''[[Marcelo Gallardo]]''' became the first [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]] player to achieve an international title as a player and a coach after leading the team to win the [[2014 Copa Sudamericana]]?
* ... that in August&nbsp;2017, '''[[Potential Tropical Cyclone Ten]]''' caused some of the worst flooding seen in western Florida in 20 years, just two weeks before [[Hurricane Irma]] struck the same region?
* ... that one night in 1857 '''[[Granny (sea anemone)|Granny]]''' gave birth to 240 offspring?

*'''''00:00, 15 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the ship on the '''[[coat of arms of the Falkland Islands]]''' ''(pictured)'' represents the ''[[Desire (ship)|Desire]]'', whose crew reportedly sighted the islands in 1592?<!--Special occasion hook for August 14-->
* ... that journalist '''[[Al Cartwright]]''' started his career writing for ''[[Reading Eagle|The Reading Times]]'' at the age of 15?
* ... that residents at the [[queer]] community known as the '''[[Tenacious Unicorn Ranch]]''' carry firearms and wear body armor while tending to their [[alpaca]]s due to threats from right-wing [[American militia movement|militias]]?
* ... that the classicist '''[[L. D. Reynolds|L.&nbsp;D. Reynolds]]''' wrote his first publication on the birds of the [[Caerphilly]] Basin?
* ... that the design of [[List of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic characters#King Sombra|King Sombra]], the villain in "'''[[The Crystal Empire]]'''", was meant to illustrate him "as both a solid creature and a flowing mass of smoky darkness"?
* ... that when '''[[Chorus Systèmes SA]]''' was founded in 1986, French technology start-up companies were rare?
* ... that composer '''[[Ida Carroll]]''' played a central role in the merger of the [[Northern School of Music]] and the [[Royal Manchester College of Music]] to found the [[Royal Northern College of Music]] in 1973?
* ... that '''''[[Monumento al perro callejero|Peluso]]''''' implores your help?

===14 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 14 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the vandalism and eventual removal of the '''[[statue of Ivan Konev]]''' ''(pictured)'' in Prague has negatively impacted recent [[Czech Republic–Russia relations]]?
* ... that '''[[Birgitta Odén]]''' was the first female [[history]] professor in Sweden?
* ... that after the '''[[death of Steven Crawford]]''', his body was found in 1963 but was not identified until 2021?
* ... that [[Jerome Robbins]] planned to have his ballet '''''[[Piano Pieces]]''''' be about dancers rehearsing a fictitious ballet, but changed the theme to be about the joy of dancing?
* ... that despite the [[Abolitionism in the United States|United States outlawing slavery in 1865]], historian '''[[Antoinette Harrell]]''' found examples of African-American families who remained enslaved through [[debt bondage]] as recently as the 1970s?
* ... that in 2017, there were more than 10,000 teenage girls who performed as '''[[Japanese idol]]s'''?
* ... that it was said that BBC scriptwriter '''[[Iain Pattinson]]'''{{`s}} "unique brilliance was his ability to combine the absurd with the plausible"?
* ... that a fight in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "'''[[Twilight's Kingdom]]'''" has been compared to ''[[Dragon Ball&nbsp;Z]]''{{-?}}

*'''''00:00, 14 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that New York City's '''[[St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan)|St.&nbsp;Patrick's Cathedral]]''' ''(pictured)'', praised upon completion as the "finest church edifice on the American continent", was funded mostly by poor Irish Catholic parishioners?
* ... that Mexican theatergoers complained that '''''[[Olaf's Frozen Adventure]]''''', a short that played before the movie ''[[Coco (2017 film)|Coco]]'', was too long?
* ... that the English-Australian cricketer '''[[Bailey Wightman]]''' made his County debut for [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] whilst playing club cricket for [[Tunbridge Wells Cricket Club|Tunbridge Wells]] after an outbreak of {{nowrap|COVID-19}}?
* ... that [[Minnesota]] went from having '''[[Local government in Minnesota|more than 9,000 local government entities]]''' in 1952 to having fewer than 4,000 in 2012?
* ... that '''[[Chuck McMann]]''' led the [[McGill Redbirds football|McGill Redmen football team]] to five playoff appearances in his six seasons as head coach?
* ... that [[South Australia]] became the first place in the world to '''[[Constitutional Amendment (Adult Suffrage) Act 1894|give women the right to stand for parliament]]''' due to an opponent's "great miscalculation"?
* ... that while convicted fraudster '''[[Anna Sorokin]]''' was in jail, one of her visitors was [[Julia Garner]], who will play Sorokin in [[Inventing Anna|the Netflix miniseries about her]]?
* ... that the '''[[Duke of Sussex, Acton Green|Duke of Sussex]]''' has been providing drinks in '''[[Acton Green, London|Acton Green]]''' for over a century?

===13 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 13 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that German soldiers fighting with [[Napoleon]] brought home a Spanish modification to the [[Tarot card games|Tarot game]] of '''[[Dreierles]]''' ''(pictured)'' that resulted in [[Baden]]'s national game of [[Cego]]?
* ... that '''[[Abul Kalam Qasmi]]''' translated [[E. M. Forster]]'s ''[[Aspects of the Novel]]'' into [[Urdu]]? 
* ... that as part of the '''[[coronation of Mindon Min]]''', the square ''[[Myanmar units of measurement#Length|yuzana]]'' around [[Mandalay|the capital]] was designated a [[sanctuary]]? 
* ... that '''[[Francis Ingram]]''' pioneered the British slave trade at [[Porto-Novo]]?
* ... that for his composition '''''[[Hallowe'en (Ives)|Hallowe'en]]''''', [[Charles Ives]] supplied two sets of instructions on how to repeat the music in different [[tempo]]s and [[Dynamics (music)|dynamics]]? 
* ... that '''[[Grace Harrison]]''' was one of two women who played in the [[New Zealand Ice Hockey League]] in 2021?
* ... that ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "'''[[The Last Crusade (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)|The Last Crusade]]'''" introduces [[lesbian]] characters?
* ... that an inscription above the 16th-century doorway of the '''[[Dame Paulet's Almshouses]]''' reads "No Domi Ni" instead of "[[Anno Domini]]" because the original was misread by a stonemason during a 1930s restoration?

*'''''00:00, 13 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Jenson Button]] ''(pictured)'' winning ahead of [[Lewis Hamilton]] at the '''[[2010 Chinese Grand Prix]]''' was the first one-two finish for British [[Formula One]] drivers in over a decade?
* ... that [[Western Australia]] was the second Australian state to '''[[Voluntary assisted dying in Western Australia|legalise voluntary assisted dying]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Hayden Bridge (Springfield, Oregon)|Hayden Bridge]]''' is the oldest intact bridge in the US state of Oregon?
* ... that '''[[Mika Kares]]''' returned to Finland to perform the title role of Boito's opera ''[[Mefistofele]]'' at the [[Savonlinna Opera Festival]]? 
* ... that [[Marco van Basten]]'s strike in the '''[[UEFA Euro 1988 Final]]''' was described as "perhaps the most iconic goal in UEFA European Championship history"?
* ... that '''[[Howell Edmunds Jackson]]''' died of [[tuberculosis]] less than two and a half years after his appointment to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]]?
* ... that when surrounded at the '''[[Battle of Oroscopa]]''' Carthaginian troops killed their horses and burnt their wooden shields to cook them? 
* ... that the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] supports the creation of '''[[shit flow diagram]]s'''?

===12 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 12 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that early medieval '''[[house-shaped shrine]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' were built as [[relic|reliquaries]] to hold the remains of Irish saints?
* ... that while '''[[Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Barrios]]''' was exiled from Nicaragua and living in Costa Rica in the 1980s, his sister [[Claudia Chamorro Barrios|Claudia]] was there as Nicaragua’s ambassador?
* ... that '''[[Luke Prokop]]''', an [[ice hockey]] [[prospect (sports)|prospect]], is the first player under contract with a [[National Hockey League]] team to [[coming out|come out]] as gay?
* ... that while '''[[1271 Avenue of the Americas]]''' was being built at New York City's Rockefeller Center, Marilyn Monroe re-launched the Center's long-dormant "Sidewalk Superintendents' Club"?
* ... that Serbian landowner '''[[Marija Trandafil]]''' spent a single day hungry, but she remembered the experience and became a major philanthropist in [[Novi Sad]]?
* ... that [[Tig Notaro]] replaced a cast member in '''''[[Army of the Dead]]''''' and was added through [[computer-generated imagery]] a year after filming had concluded?
* ... that Hong Kong [[wushu (sport)|wushu]] athlete '''[[Li Fai]]''' dropped out of the [[1994 Asian Games]] after discovering she was pregnant?
* ... that an [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] hearing examiner scolded the owner of California radio station '''[[KDBV|KCTY]]''' for having a "cavalier attitude" and at times being too lazy to put the station on the air?

*'''''00:00, 12 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Mustankallio water tower]]''' ''(pictured)'' contains a sauna?
* ... that [[Communist Party of Indonesia|Indonesian Communist Party]] leader '''[[Fachrul Baraqbah]]''' was an aristocrat of the Kutai Sultanate in [[East Kalimantan]] and a [[Sayyid|descendant of Muhammad]]?
* ... that within a decade, '''[[KTVK]]''' in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] went from being a "blot on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s affiliate ledger" to a station the network only gave up reluctantly?
* ... that '''[[Lisa Warrington]]''' was responsible for painting the doors of '''[[Allen Hall Theatre]]''' red?
* ... that soprano '''[[Heidi Grant Murphy]]''', who has given over 200 performances at the [[Metropolitan Opera|Met]], said that becoming a singer "takes work on your psyche, your innermost being"?
* ... that '''[[Leaders of the World]]''' included {{convert|20|ft|m|0|adj=mid|-tall}} horses?
* ... that '''[[William Mackinder]]''' was a deep-sea fisherman and millworker before entering British politics, where he advocated for [[labor rights|worker's rights]]?
* ... that the '''[[intentional balk]]''' in baseball is mostly used as a tactic to stop [[sign stealing]]?

===11 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 11 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the last pack of '''[[Staghound]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' in England were those of the North Devon Hunt, which pursued stag in the [[royal forest]]s of [[Exmoor]] until 1825?
* ... that peasant leader '''[[Medardo Mairena]]''' was the sixth aspiring presidential candidate in the [[2021 Nicaraguan general election]] to be arrested?
* ... that part of the ceiling at the '''[[181st Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|181st&nbsp;Street station]]''' collapsed two days after funding was allocated to repair damage from a similar collapse two years prior?
* ... that a reviewer wrote that "few tenors on disc can rival the German '''[[Rainer Trost]]'''" about his 1992 performance as Ferrando in Mozart's ''[[Così fan tutte]]'' in Paris, with conductor [[John Eliot Gardiner]]?
* ... that mixed-use '''[[stadium district]]s''' around major sports venues often include [[Town square|public squares]], office space, hotels and residential units?
* ... that the freighter '''''[[SS John Mitchell (1906)|John Mitchell]]''''' was the costliest shipwreck on the [[Great Lakes]] in 1911?
* ... that instead of fighting in battle, female [[vassal]]s in the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]] were obliged to render the '''[[service of marriage]]''' to their lord by marrying one of three candidates proposed to them?
* ... that '''[[Mary Dunn (sports executive)|Mary Dunn]]''' was reported to have had "many a free ride" in ice hockey, when men "would just lift her up and dump her elsewhere"?

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* ... that '''[[Therese Forster]]''' ''(pictured)'' edited the works of her father [[Georg Forster]], who died when she was seven years old?
* ... that the costs of the great '''[[Norwich Cathedral astronomical clock|astronomical clock at Norwich Cathedral]]''' that were recorded in its Sacrist's Rolls from 1322 to 1325 provide the earliest known detailed account of clockmaking in England?
* ... that '''[[Arthur J. Hill]]''', United States [[Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Housing]], was one of four children of a single parent?
* ... that [[Michel Platini]] scored his ninth goal of [[UEFA Euro 1984|the tournament]] when [[France national football team|France]] won the '''[[UEFA Euro 1984 Final]]'''?
* ... that "'''[[Stoned at the Nail Salon]]'''" was written by [[Lorde]] and [[Jack Antonoff]], and features backing vocals from four other artists?
* ... that the [[Morris–Jumel Mansion]] in '''[[Washington Heights, Manhattan]]''', where the musical ''[[Hamilton (musical)|Hamilton]]'' was written, has been described as a [[haunted house]]?
* ... that the Swedish meteorologist '''[[Svante Odén]]''' was among the first scientists to address and publicize the problems of [[Acid rain|acid precipitation]] in [[Europe]]?
* ... that almost as soon as ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'' opened, people mistakenly complained the song "'''[[Tomorrow Belongs to Me]]'''" was a genuine Nazi anthem?

===10 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 10 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in countries like the United States, prisoners supplement inadequate [[prison food]] by combining ingredients like [[Instant noodle|instant ramen]] ''(pictured)'', [[mayonnaise]] and [[Kool-Aid]] into improvised meals called "'''[[Spread (prison food)|spreads]]'''"?
* ... that the '''[[Royal Hibernian Hotel]]''' is thought to be the oldest hotel in Ireland?
* ... that '''[[Pierre Olaf]]'''{{`s}} portrayal of Jacquot in the 1961 Broadway musical ''[[Carnival!]]'' earned him a nomination for the [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical]] in 1962?
* ... that an English army devastated [[Lothian]] in Scotland so thoroughly in 1356 that the episode became known as '''[[Burnt Candlemas]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Bernette Ford]]''' was one of the first members of the Black Creators for Children, an organization that helped promote black authors and increase diversity in children's books?
* ... that '''''[[The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy]]''''' contains an idiosyncratic selection of topics, from "Aliens in Space" to "Rats and Mice"?
* ... that [[Colony of Natal|Natal]] frontier trader '''[[James Rorke]]''' specified that he be buried under three feet (0.9&nbsp;m) of concrete because he feared Zulu graverobbers?
* ... that the graffiti artists hired for the video game '''''[[Skitchin']]''''' were interviewed at a train station because they were too young to drive?

*'''''00:00, 10 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[CBS Building|Black Rock]]''' ''(pictured)'' is mostly concrete?
* ... that after the [[Day One Christian Ministries|Lord's Day Observance Society]] forced the National Sunday League to stop their Sunday lectures, they eventually regrouped to form the '''[[Sunday Lecture Society]]'''? 
* ... that a Chinese ex-slave named '''[[Quintín Quintana]]''' became a successful merchant and pro-Chile leader in the [[War of the Pacific]]?
* ... that a large amount of '''[[energy in Turkey]]''' is underground and [[Sakarya Gas Field|under the Black Sea]]?
* ... that former American Boy Scout '''[[Joe Carroll (priest)|Joe Carroll]]''' was expelled from seminary before completing his education and being ordained?
* ... that the '''[[African Society of Human Genetics]]''' was established so that more [[human genetics]] and [[genomics]] research could be done by African scientists in Africa?
* ... that the '''[[Military reserve forces of Saint Helena|St&nbsp;Helena Local Militia]]''' led the 1840 procession of Napoleon's body after [[Retour des cendres|its disinterment from his tomb on the island]]?
* ... that the '''[[McDonald's 1984 Olympics promotion|McDonald's promotion campaign for the 1984 Olympic Games]]''' was given an unexpected boost by the Cold War?

===9 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 9 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[James Hervey Price]]''' ''(pictured)'' renamed the town of Saugeen to [[Southampton, Ontario|Southampton]]?
* ... that an entrance to one of the '''[[Villard Houses]]''' was turned into an exit because it was too close to a chapel of [[St. Patrick's Cathedral (Manhattan)|St.&nbsp;Patrick's Cathedral]]?
* ... that [[Hoagy Carmichael]]'s song  "'''[[Stardust (1927 song)|Stardust]]'''" has been recorded more than 1,500 times?
* ... that although the Germans boasted that they captured British radio traffic with ease, the '''[[Wireless Set Number 10|Wireless Set Number&nbsp;10]]''' was so secure that they never even knew of its existence?
* ... that after starting Los Angeles Spanish-language television station '''[[KVEA]]''', a group led by [[Saul Steinberg (businessman)|Saul Steinberg]] bought other Spanish-language stations to form the [[Telemundo]] network?
* ... that '''[[Murray Koster]]''' started for the Sharks rugby team against the British and Irish Lions, paired with Werner Kok?
* ... that the church cantata '''''[[Gelobet sei der Herr täglich]]''''' (Praised be the Lord daily) by [[Philipp Heinrich Erlebach]] for four voices and strings is extant in a [[Manuscript|manuscript score]] from around 1710?
* ... that '''[[Kevin Kopps]]''' reworked his [[Pitch (baseball)#Pitching deliveries|pitching delivery]] based on how he played [[fetch (game)|fetch]] with his dog?

*'''''00:00, 9 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that film critic [[Danny Peary]] described '''[[Darby Jones]]''' ''(pictured)'' as having been "even more [[Typecasting|typecast]] than the typical black actor", limited to roles in jungle-themed films?
* ... that the construction of '''[[660 Fifth Avenue|666&nbsp;Fifth Avenue]]''' involved cartoon decorations, a [[papier-mâché]] Santa Claus, and a {{convert|78|by|155|ft|adj=on}} American flag that ripped as it was being unfurled?
* ... that '''[[Blanche Zacharie de Baralt]]''' was the [[University of Havana]]'s first woman philosophy graduate and the first person to translate [[Rabindranath Tagore|Tagore]]'s poems into Spanish?
* ... that the volcano '''[[Eifuku]]''' produces bubbles of liquid [[carbon dioxide]] underwater?
* ... that the construction of '''[[WaHu Student Apartments]]''' was delayed for one year by [[Minneapolis]]'s initial rejection of a new location for the blood plasma donation center on the property?
* ... that the fictional battle Operation Yashima, displayed in the '''[[Rei II|''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' episode "Rei&nbsp;II"]]''', inspired a real unofficial campaign in Japan to conserve electricity after the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]]?
* ... that the small Pacific island nation of Tonga, represented by its satellite company '''[[TONGASAT|Tongasat]]''', claimed nine percent of all viable [[Geostationary orbit|satellite orbits]] and became the sixth-largest holder of those orbits?
* ... that '''[[Ralph Fisher]]''' bought enslaved people with [[brass]]?

===8 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 8 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Lever House]]''' ''(pictured)'', slated for replacement with a larger building in the 1980s, was protected as a New York City landmark with a one-vote majority?
* ... that psychologist '''[[Janis Sanchez-Hucles]]''' was only the second person of color to earn a PhD in psychology from the [[University of North Carolina]]?
* ... that the '''[[Pomme d'Or Hotel]]''' was used as the Nazi naval headquarters during the occupation of Jersey, and the Union Jack is raised on the hotel balcony every year to celebrate Jersey's liberation?
* ... that '''[[Philip G. Kreyenbroek|Philip Kreyenbroek]]''' taught Iranian studies at the [[University of Göttingen]] due to his interest in [[Yazidis|Yazidi]] traditions and the fact that [[Yazidis in Germany|about half of the Yazidi diaspora lived in Germany]] at the time?
* ... that '''[[Lynde Shores Conservation Area]]''' is an important resting point for shorebirds and waterfowl migrating along [[Lake Ontario]]?
* ... that '''[[Buffalo, New York]]''', was a terminus on the [[Underground Railroad]]?
* ... that '''[[Tatjana Gamerith]]''' and her husband, married for 60 years despite an age difference of 20 years, were awarded a prize for their work to combine art and nature?
* ... that in June&nbsp;2021, scientists described "'''[[Dragon Man (archaic human)|Dragon Man]]'''", a member of a new species of [[Archaic humans|archaic human]] that lived at least 146,000 years ago on the [[Northeast China Plain]]?

*'''''00:00, 8 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that unlike most other insects, dragonflies have '''[[Insect flight|direct flight]]''', the muscles being attached directly to the wing bases ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[George Curtis (footballer, born 1939)|George Curtis]]''' played football for a [[Royal Air Force]] base during his time as a [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] player, but he "scarcely broke sweat"? 
* ... that [[James Benning (film director)|James Benning]]'s 1995 experimental documentary film '''''[[Deseret (film)|Deseret]]''''' chronicles 140 years of the history of Utah by way of 93 ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' excerpts?
* ... that the heavy metal musician '''[[Leah (metal musician)|Leah]]''' has sometimes been called "the metal [[Enya]]"?
* ... that Indian doctor '''[[Nasarvanji Hormusji Choksy]]''', who worked to improve public health, contracted [[bubonic plague]] three times?
* ... that, in a 2018 survey of 38 news organizations, the '''''[[Palmer Report]]''''' was ranked the fourth-least trusted news organization by Americans?
* ... that the newly founded '''[[Family First Party (2021)|Family First Party]]''' has access to the former [[Family First Party]]'s database of 6,000 supporters, according to ''[[The Australian]]''?
* ... that '''[[Chicken Sandwich Wars|war]]''' erupted in 2019 over a fried chicken sandwich?

===7 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 7 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Jochen Schmidt (dance critic)|Jochen Schmidt]]''' ''(pictured)'', a dance critic for the ''[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|FAZ]]'' for 30 years, wrote a book about [[Pina Bausch]] and her Wuppertal dance theatre?
* ... that the '''''[[SS Merchant|Merchant]]''''' was the first iron-hulled merchant ship built on the [[Great Lakes]]?
* ... that Olympic baseball player '''[[Édgar Arredondo]]''' set a record for the youngest debut in the [[Mexican League]]?
* ... that in exchange for building '''[[200 West Street|its New York City headquarters]]''', [[Goldman Sachs]] received $1.65 billion in bonds and $115 million in tax breaks?
* ... that the video game '''''[[Omori (video game)|Omori]]''''' came out in December 2020, instead of its initial projected release date of May 2015?
* ... that historian '''[[Norman K. Risjord]]''' worked in counter-intelligence in Berlin before he obtained his PhD and pursued a career in American history?
* ... that in '''''[[Inferno (opera)|Inferno]]''''', an opera by [[Lucia Ronchetti]] premiered in 2021 at the [[Oper Frankfurt]], the main character [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]] has a speaking voice and an [[Internal monologue|inner voice]] of four male singers?
* ... that the [[Tampa Bay area]] of Florida is known as the "capital of death metal" due to the '''[[List of Florida death metal bands|number of bands]]''' within the '''[[Florida death metal]]''' scene which hail from there?

*'''''00:00, 7 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the three dolphins on the '''[[coat of arms of Anguilla]]''' ''(pictured)'' represent "unity, strength and endurance", which is also the motto of the territory?
* ... that '''[[Lionel Dyck|Colonel Dyck]]''' served in the Rhodesian and Zimbabwean armies before fighting as a mercenary in Mozambique in 2021 aged 77?
* ... that in the early 2000s, the only settlement in East Timor with 24-hour electricity was its capital city '''[[Dili]]'''?
* ... that the frequently plagiarized poems "'''[[Candidate for a Pullet Surprise]]'''" and "'''[[A Grandchild's Guide to Using Grandpa's Computer]]'''" are often cited in discussions of internet publishing ethics?
* ... that the '''[[Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind]]''' divided into two factions in March 2008 due to differences between [[Arshad Madani]] and his nephew [[Mahmood Madani]]?
* ... that [[Kris Kristofferson]]'s debut album, '''''[[Kristofferson (album)|Kristofferson]]''''', was reissued with the title ''Me and Bobby McGee'' following the success of [[Janis Joplin]]'s version [[Me and Bobby McGee|of the song]]?
* ... that Czech television reporter and author '''[[Vladimír Škutina]]''' was arrested and imprisoned twice for his use of [[political satire]]?
* ... that during [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazi]] [[David Duke]]'s '''[[David Duke 1988 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]]''' he was convicted, yelled at [[Jack Kemp]], won a vice-presidential primary, switched parties, and had two running mates?

===6 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 6 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[flag of Sark]]''' ''(pictured)'' represented the last feudal state in the Western world, and is flown over the British Ministry of Justice every 6&nbsp;August to commemorate the granting of the [[fief]]?
* ... that '''[[Muhammad Ali Mungeri]]''' was the prime founder of [[Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama]], a major Islamic seminary in India?
* ... that the [[neofolk]] album '''''[[The Lone Furrow]]''''' features several guest vocalists from [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] bands, and critics thought it might appeal to fans of that genre?
* ... that '''[[Meena Kumari (book)|a book detailing the short life of Indian actress Meena Kumari]]''' was published just seven months after her death in 1972?
* ... that [[Rhythmic gymnastics|rhythmic gymnast]] '''[[Isabelle Connor]]''' is the first [[University of California, Santa Cruz|UC Santa Cruz]] student to compete at the [[Olympic Games|Olympics]]?
* ... that the [[Black Sea]] seaside resort of '''[[Karaburun, Arnavutköy|Karaburun]]''' features a lighthouse built in 1860 with decorative lion heads around its original copper dome?
* ... that a cartoonist founded the '''[[Jim Thorpe Trophy]]''' that was awarded annually to the most valuable player of the [[National Football League]]?<!--Special occasion hook for 5 August-->
* ... that [[Leeds]] industrialist '''[[William Gott (philanthropist)|William Gott]]''' was charged with [[nuisance]] when his factory's [[steam engine]] produced "noisome and unwholesome smokes and vapours"?

*'''''00:00, 6 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the wooden-hulled '''''[[Mallard II|Mallard&nbsp;II]]''' (pictured)'', built in 1936, is "probably the oldest operating [[dredging|dredge]] in California"? 
* ... that Danish dairy farmer '''[[Hanne Nielsen]]'''  created a [[Tilsit cheese]] for King [[Christian&nbsp;IX of Denmark]]?
* ... that South Carolina radio station '''[[WBAW (AM)|WBAW]]''' received a [[Peabody Awards|Peabody Award]] for public-service programming just six months after signing on the air?
* ... that '''[[Jack G. Downing]]''', the only person to serve as CIA station chief in Moscow and Beijing, "read [[Chinese poetry]] for kicks"?
* ... that according to campus legend, the '''[[English Building, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign|English Building]]''' at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]] is haunted by the ghost of a female student who drowned in the building's pool?
* ... that '''[[Andreas Schnider]]''', a theologian and local [[Austrian People's Party]] leader from Graz, holds a leading role in Austria's [[teacher education|teacher training]]?
* ... that the range of freshwater snail '''''[[Beddomeia waterhouseae]]''''' consists merely of a small tributary in Tasmania?
* ... that at the time the post was abolished, the '''[[Prime Minister of Zambia|prime minister of Zambia]]''' was being paid less than his secretary?

===5 August 2021===
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* ... that German runner '''[[Alica Schmidt]]''' ''(pictured)'', [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|who is running in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics]], has won multiple European junior [[Relay race|relay]] medals?
* ... that the title of the album '''''[[Red (Taylor Swift album)|Red]]''''' by [[Taylor Swift]] refers to the tumultuous "red" emotions that were evoked from an unhealthy romance she was experiencing during the album's conception?
* ... that '''[[Donald R. Morris]]''' wrote most of ''[[The Washing of the Spears]]'', his history of the [[Anglo-Zulu War]], during a five-year CIA posting to Berlin at the time of the construction of the [[Berlin Wall]]?
* ... that the equipment situation for the '''[[National Pacification Army]]''' was so poor that some soldiers were armed with spears instead of guns?
* ... that British [[Modern pentathlon|modern pentathlete]] '''[[Jo Muir]]''' [[Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics|qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics]] despite missing the last qualification event due to [[COVID-19|{{nowrap|COVID-19}}]]–related travel restrictions?
* ... that the short-lived '''[[Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia]]''' had a [[Yiddish|Yiddish-language]] state theatre?
* ... that '''''[[Fallout (video game)|Fallout]]''''' was considered a risky project by developer [[Interplay Entertainment]] and was threatened with cancellation three times?
* ... that '''[[KICU-TV (Visalia, California)|{{nowrap|KICU-TV}} in Visalia, California]]''', claimed to be the most powerful TV station west of the Mississippi River after a transmitter upgrade—and closed for good two years later?

*'''''00:00, 5 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that although both [[Vlad the Impaler]] ''(pictured)'' and [[Elizabeth Báthory]] are popularly believed to have inspired '''''[[Dracula]]''''', [[Bram Stoker]]'s notes mention neither?
* ... that '''[[Eliza Kennedy Smith]]'''{{`s}} investigations of municipal corruption in [[Pittsburgh]] led to [[Charles H. Kline|the mayor]]'s arrest and imprisonment?
* ... that [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] won their second [[UEFA European Championship]] in three editions when they defeated [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] in the '''[[UEFA Euro 1980 Final]]'''?
* ... that stamp collecting gave '''[[Johnny Van Haeften]]''' the eye for detail that is essential in dealing in [[Old Master|old master]] Dutch paintings?
* ... that author, poet and [[Arabian horse]] breeder [[Wilfrid Scawen Blunt]] chose to be buried without a coffin at his house, '''[[Newbuildings Place]]'''?
* ... that US Air Force general '''[[John W. White (general)|John W. White]]''' commanded the [[Iceland Defense Force]]?
* ... that the pulpit of '''[[West Register House|St&nbsp;George's Church, Edinburgh]]''', was 20&nbsp;ft (6.1&nbsp;m) tall?
* ... that suffragette '''[[Lilian Staple Mead]]''' was the only female student ever at Adelaide's [[Prince Alfred College]]?

===4 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 4 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Haft Gumbaz]]''' complex contains tombs ''(examples pictured)'' of the [[Bahmani Sultanate|Bahmani dynasty]]?
* ... that Surinamese country singer '''[[Lex Rijger]]''' was originally a basketball player?
* ... that '''''[[Intervilles]]''''' is a French game show in which contestants can get gored by bulls?
* ... that the conductor '''[[Im Won-sik]]''' is considered the "father of Korea's classical music world"?
* ... that the book '''''[[Sinews of Survival]]''''' by Canadian ethnologist Betty Kobayashi Issenman was described on release as "a cardinal reference in the field"?
* ... that [[PopCap Games]] aided in publishing '''''[[Insaniquarium]]''''' after the game became a finalist for the [[Independent Games Festival]]?
* ... that as a youth, [[Hartlepool United F.C.|Hartlepool United]] player '''[[Brad Walker (footballer)|Brad Walker]]''' would travel the {{Convert|12|mi|adj=on}} round trip to the club on his bicycle?
* ... that when a [[Tree (graph theory)|tree]] is a [[Star (graph theory)|star]], '''[[Halin graph|connecting its leaves in a cycle]]''' makes a [[Wheel graph|wheel]]?

*'''''00:00, 4 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the medieval Irish [[cumdach|book shrine]] known as the '''[[Soiscél Molaisse]]''' ''(pictured)'' was built in three phases, from the 8th to the 14th or 15th centuries?
* ... that bluegrass musician '''[[Carroll Best]]''' is credited for developing a melodic three-finger [[banjo]] style that influenced [[Tony Trischka]] and [[Béla Fleck]]?
* ... that the British South Africa Police's '''[[Police Support Unit|Black Boots]]''' support unit were dubbed "terr hungry" for apparently enjoying killing suspected terrorists in Rhodesia?
* ... that '''[[Eshmunazar I|Eshmunazar&nbsp;I]]''', the [[Phoenicia]]n king of [[Sidon]], participated in the [[Neo-Babylonian Empire|Neo-Babylonian]] campaigns against [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]], where he seized stone [[Sarcophagus|sarcophagi]] belonging to members of the Egyptian elite?
* ... that '''[[Regine Velasquez]]''', a Filipino singer and actress, was the first Asian artist to stage a solo concert at the [[Carnegie Hall]] in [[New York City]]?
* ... that '''[[Tetris Holding, LLC v. Xio Interactive, Inc.|Tetris Holding won an injunction]]''' in 2012 to stop sales of a [[video game clone]] of their famed [[Tetris]] game?
* ... that artist '''[[Roy Beddington]]''' illustrated three books with Irish author [[Stephen Gwynn]] and competed in the [[Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics#Painting|painting event]] at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]]?
* ... that an inquiry from an engineering student led to the repair of a structural flaw at New York City's '''[[Citigroup Center|Citicorp Center]]'''?

===3 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 3 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Joseph&nbsp;II, Holy Roman Emperor]], caused outrage in 1784 when he ordered that people be buried naked in '''[[Economy coffin|reusable coffins]]''' ''(example pictured)'' from which the body fell into the grave via a trapdoor?
* ... that at [[George Floyd]]'s funeral, a [[Montage (filmmaking)|montage]] mistakenly included a photograph of the still-living former American football player '''[[George Floyd (American football)|George Floyd]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]]''' finished last in the [[English Football League|Football League]] eight times between 1894 and 1982, more than any other league club?
* ... that '''[[Vikram Misri]]''' was the [[List of ambassadors of India to China|Indian ambassador to China]] during the [[2020–2021 China–India skirmishes]]?
* ... that the intricate '''[[Heraldry of Columbia University|seal of Columbia University]]''' was the first instance in which both Greek and Latin appeared on a college or university seal?
* ... that '''[[John Matthews (Upper Canada politician)|John Matthews]]'''{{`s}} pension was suspended because he was accused of leading a call for a theatre performance to play "[[Yankee Doodle]]" and "[[Hail, Columbia]]"?
* ... that the '''[[Elazığ Girls' Institute]]''' was established in 1937 to [[Cultural assimilation|assimilate]] "primitive" [[Kurds|Kurdish]] girls by transforming them into "civilized" Turkish women?
* ... that '''[[Alex Schaefer]]''' has never burned down a bank, despite all the evidence suggesting otherwise?

*'''''00:00, 3 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[George Webster (painter)|George Webster]]''' painted two British slave-ships ''(pictured)'' taking onboard enslaved people from [[Osu Castle|Fort Christiansborg]]?
* ... that the '''[[Cairo pentagonal tiling]]''' was a favorite pattern of [[M.&nbsp;C. Escher]]?
* ... that '''[[Hayat Bakshi Begum]]''' ruled the [[Qutb Shahi dynasty|Golconda Sultanate]] as regent for her son [[Abdullah Qutb Shah]]?
* ... that the fungal pathogen '''''[[Aschersonia aleyrodis]]''''' can control [[silverleaf whitefly]] under greenhouse conditions?
* ... that '''[[Silas Farley]]''' rejected a [[Harvard University]] full scholarship to pursue a career in ballet?
* ... that the second volume of '''''[[A Certain Magical Index]]''''' was finished in only seventeen days?
* ... that '''[[Franz Harnoncourt]]''' became [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of the [[Kastner & Öhler]] department store in [[Graz]] after working for [[Karstadt]] and [[Marks & Spencer]], and beginning as sales person and storage worker?
* ... that [[Spain national football team|Spain]]'s win in the '''[[UEFA Euro 2008 Final]]''' was the first of three successive major tournament victories?

===2 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 2 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that despite an attempted "extermination" of homosexuals in the 1960s and 1970s, the '''[[LGBT in Argentina|LGBT community in Argentina]]''' ''(parade pictured)'' is now the most accepted in Latin America?
* ... that '''[[Marthe Yankurije]]''', who dropped out of school during her fourth year of secondary school, [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 5000 metres|competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]?
* ... that during its planning stages, '''[[53W53|53&nbsp;West 53rd&nbsp;Street]]''' in New York City was shortened by 200 feet (61&nbsp;m) to reduce the visibility of the mechanical rooms?
* ... that Indonesian comedian '''[[Yusran Effendi]]''' was personally awarded a place on an Islamic pilgrimage trip by president [[Suharto]]?
* ... that William Powell, the author of '''''[[The Anarchist Cookbook]]''''', founded the nonprofit Next Frontier: Inclusion in atonement for writing the book?
* ... that YouTuber '''[[Ghib Ojisan]]''' visited [[Yishun]], a [[Singapore]]an town, expecting danger after reading of cats being slaughtered but instead found it "home to nice people and cute cats"?
* ... that '''''[[Aequanimitas]]''''' explains "what makes a good doctor"?
* ... that actor '''[[Joseph Holland (actor)|Joseph Holland]]''' was accidentally stabbed and seriously wounded by [[Orson Welles]], wielding a steel knife, during a 1937 Broadway production of Shakespeare's ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]''{{-?}}

*'''''00:00, 2 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[perch]] became a major product of the '''[[Fishing industry in Switzerland|Swiss fishing industry]]''' ''(fishing boat pictured)'' in the mid–20th century after a fisherman found that an [[Peeler#Industrial peelers|industrial potato peeler]] made two perfect filets from each fish?<!--Special occasion hook for August 1-->
* ... that [[Jerome Robbins]] choreographed the ballet '''''[[Andantino (ballet)|Andantino]]''''' to [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|music by Tchaikovsky]], despite his lack of interest, because "you don't necessarily have to enjoy doing something for it to be good"?
* ... that infectious diseases specialist '''[[Jameela Al Salman]]''' has supported the development of [[medical robot|medical robots]] and called their use in Bahrain a "pioneering experiment"?
* ... that despite being proclaimed '''[[Queen of Rhodesia]]''', [[Elizabeth&nbsp;II]] refused to recognise the title?
* ... that '''[[Lucia of Segni|Princess Lucia]]''' was so unpopular ruling in the name of her teenage son [[Bohemond VI of Antioch|Bohemond]] that he sought permission from [[Pope Innocent IV|the pope]] to [[coming of age|come of age]] early?
* ... that the album series '''''[[Everywhere at the End of Time]]''''' (2016–2019) by [[the Caretaker (musician)|the Caretaker]] uses [[ballroom]] records to depict the stages of [[Alzheimer's disease]]?
* ... that Royal Navy officer '''[[George M'Kinley]]''' was blinded during a gun drill?
* ... that students at '''[[Pomona College]]''' are traditionally thrown into a fountain on their birthday?

===1 August 2021===
*'''''12:00, 1 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that according to [[Mbuti people|Mbuti]] tradition, eating a '''[[great blue turaco]]''' ''(living example pictured)'' while pregnant may result in a difficult delivery or birth deformity?
* ... that CEO '''[[Marla Messing]]''' submitted the business plan for the [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup]] two days before the birth of her first child?
* ... that the animated film '''''[[The Exigency]]''''' took thirteen years to make?
* ... that '''[[Gerold of Lausanne]]''' prohibited Catholic church services in Jerusalem in 1229?
* ... that after drinking five glasses of "purging" mineral water from the Physic Well on '''[[Barnet Common]]''', [[Samuel Pepys]] had to break his journey back to London seven or eight times to relieve himself?
* ... that architect '''[[Van Dorn Hooker]]''', who served in the [[United States Army Air Forces|USAAF]], was a cartoonist for Army news publications, and painted aircraft [[nose art]]?
* ... that New York City's '''[[The Knickerbocker Hotel|Hotel Knickerbocker]]''' closed after fourteen years of operation and did not reopen for nearly a century?
* ... that '''[[Bourton-on-the-Water model village]]''' contains a scale model of a model of a model of a model village?

*'''''00:00, 1 August 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a version of the '''[[Albert helmet]]''' proposed by [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert]] in 1842 is still worn by the British Army's [[Household Cavalry]] ''(soldiers pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that '''[[Yasunori Oshima]]''' served as the [[Coach (baseball)#Hitting coach|hitting coach]] for the [[Japan national baseball team]] that won the inaugural [[2006 World Baseball Classic|World Baseball Classic in 2006]]?
* ... that although "'''[[Chi Mat Ba Ram]]'''", the title of the song by [[Brave Girls]], translates to "the swish of a skirt" in Korean, a term that is often used negatively, the song is about the fierceness in women?
* ... that Nicaraguan cartoonist '''[[Pedro X. Molina]]''' has had to flee his home country twice in his lifetime?
* ... that the '''[[Police Anti-Terrorist Unit]]''' joined Rhodesian military operations in police uniform and were only issued camouflage after a soldier hesitated because a target wore the same colour trousers?
* ... that '''[[Alvin Bragg]]''' has overseen lawsuits against the [[Donald J. Trump Foundation]], [[Harvey Weinstein]], and [[The Weinstein Company]], and represented the families of [[Killing of Eric Garner|Eric Garner]] and [[Shooting of Ramarley Graham|Ramarley Graham]]?
* ... that the '''[[lap steel guitar]]''' was the first "foreign" musical instrument to gain a foothold in American pop music?
* ... that during the [[War of the Lombards]], fighting was interrupted so that the corpse of the besieged '''[[Alice of Montferrat|Queen Alice]]''' could be handed over to [[Henry I of Cyprus|her husband]], who had never seen her alive?