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8 March 2024

• 00:00, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

• ... that Yangzhou's Five-Pavilion Bridge (pictured) was built by salt merchants to welcome the Qianlong Emperor?
• ... that the use of trade in prehistoric society may have given humans an evolutionary advantage over Neanderthals?
• ... that the British rock musician Hannah Grae went viral online with an anti-sexual harassment parody of Aqua's "Barbie Girl"?
• ... that Michigan's victory in the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship marked their first outright national championship since 1948?
• ... that the cherry blossom was used symbolically in Japanese World War II propaganda, with falling petals representing "young soldiers' sacrifice for the emperor"?
• ... that the music video for SB19's "I Want You" showed scenes of the boy band shot underwater?
• ... that the journalist Wendell Steavenson's book Circling the Square covers the events of the 2011–2013 Egyptian crisis, which were centered around Cairo's Tahrir Square?
• ... that lenses for telescopes are being designed using optics inspired by lobster eyes?

7 March 2024

• 00:00, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

• ... that Chinese-born Joseph Pierce (pictured) enlisted as a Union Army soldier, fought at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War, and was made a corporal?
• ... that Sting wrote "We Work the Black Seam" because he felt that "the case for coal was never put to the nation" during the 1984–85 British miners' strike, which began 40 years ago today?
• ... that James May led the team that transplanted a patient's right hand onto his left arm?
• ... that Saint Melangell's shrine was reconstructed from pieces of the 12th-century original found in the walls of the church and lychgate?
• ... that Rana Reider has trained athletes who won Olympic gold medals in five different events?
• ... that in the song "Carnival", Kanye West references several public figures including Elon Musk and Taylor Swift?
• ... that the horse Sardar was gifted to Jacqueline Kennedy during her 1962 goodwill tour of Pakistan?
• ... that a school in New York City occupies a Renaissance-style palazzo and a "French Renaissance hotel"?

6 March 2024

• 00:00, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

• ... that The One (pictured), a private residence in Los Angeles, has 21 bedrooms, 42 bathrooms, a 30-car garage, a four-lane bowling alley, a casino, a nightclub, and five swimming pools including a moat?
• ... that gynecologist Mary Lake Polan wrote a medical mystery novel to "demystify" the procedures behind in vitro fertilisation?
• ... that in his Ethics, Peter Abelard argued that infidels who sincerely believe themselves to be honouring God are not guilty of sin?
• ... that the Scottish judge Lord Duthie served as an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve?
• ... that the first election in Baden in which women could vote resulted in nine women being elected to the state legislature?
• ... that the alt-pop musician Lucy Tun cites death metal and RuPaul's Drag Race as influences?
• ... that Rob Thomas always planned to give iZombie a happy ending?
• ... that placekicker Cam Little donated money to a Down syndrome organization for every field goal he made?

5 March 2024

• 00:00, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

• ... that in Stieler's portrait of Beethoven (pictured), the composer's arms "are not convincingly attached to his shoulders"?
• ... that Fumiya Takahashi was referred to as "the most handsome high schooler in Japan"?
• ... that popular garden plants like malfurada often escape from cultivation and become invasive?
• ... that Olivia Olson won state championships as a soccer goalkeeper and a basketball guard?
• ... that the Jewish cemetery in the Dutch city of Hoorn was cleared in 1968 to make room for a roadway, and the bodily remains and gravestones were moved to the public cemetery?
• ... that Nilüfer Gürsoy's memoirs detail the 1960 Turkish coup d'état, which overthrew her father?
• ... that during the 1997 Spring Creek flood, a railroad embankment suppressing 8,250 cubic feet (234 m³) of water per second overflowed, causing a train to derail?
• ... that Elizabeth II's childhood toys at 145 Piccadilly included 30 toy horses and a farm set collected from Woolworths?

4 March 2024

• 00:00, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

• ... that a malaria-control program in rural Brazil attracted droves of annoying, colorful bees that collect pesticide (example pictured) into homes?
• ... that Caspar Richter co-founded an orchestra in Vienna and conducted it in performances of new musicals including Mozart! and Elisabeth?
• ... that the Fighting Vanguard waged a guerrilla war against the Syrian government in the 1970s and 1980s?
• ... that Robert Brigandyne constructed the first purpose-built dry dock in England, after King Henry VII's new warships grew too big to be repaired on mudbanks?
• ... that actor Jim O'Heir consumed numerous cinnamon rolls for a scene in Better Call Saul?
• ... that the British musician Nieve Ella has a hair salon named after her?
• ... that a reviewer thought that the video game Robbery Bob contained cringeworthy dialogue?
• ... that Muhsin Hendricks of South Africa has been described as "the world's first openly gay imam"?

3 March 2024

• 00:00, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

• ... that since 1904 the Gasparilla Pirate Festival (float pictured) in Tampa, Florida, has featured a pirate-themed parade?
• ... that S. Iswaran was the first Singaporean cabinet minister to be investigated by the country's Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau since 1986?
• ... that the 2023 Argentine provincial elections were overshadowed by the disappearance of Cecilia Strzyzowski?
• ... that Steven A. Shaw, one of the first food bloggers, decided to pursue the career that he loved after the early death of his father?
• ... that due to a misunderstanding, Catodontherium was moved from its original genus name?
• ... that after becoming "convinced of the evils of slavery", James Townsend left Kentucky for Indiana?
• ... that a bust of South Korean president Park Chung Hee in Mullae Park had a Japanese Rising Sun Flag tied to it and was dragged through the streets?
• ... that a well-publicised conflict with a superior officer led British cavalry officer John Williams Reynolds to take a break from his military career, study chemistry and discover propylene?

2 March 2024

• 00:00, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

• ... that British prime minister H. H. Asquith described John Cowans (pictured) as "the best Quartermaster since Moses"?
• ... that historians oppose the removal of a 150-year-old mosque in New Delhi for alleged traffic congestion, citing its cultural significance?
• ... that the Canadian journalist Bernard Descôteaux is credited with the economic revival of the independent newspaper Le Devoir?
• ... that a Virginia TV station had to take out title loans to pay its staff?
• ... that Métis guide Pierre St. Germain was forced to remain with an Arctic expedition he considered too dangerous?
• ... that songs recorded by Ben&Ben will be featured in the musical adaptation of the film One More Chance?
• ... that Mount Churchill, a volcano in Alaska, distributed ash as far as Europe and may have driven migration from Canada to southwestern North America?
• ... that although the Jesuit missionary He Tianzhang despised his "sad Chinese appearance", it allowed him to circumvent the Qing's ban on Christianity and enter China?

1 March 2024

• 00:00, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

• ... that the hall of worship of Okunoin holds more than 10,000 perpetually lit lanterns (pictured), two of which are believed to have been lit for more than 900 years?
• ... that the slave António Corea may have been the first Korean to visit Europe?
• ... that an Indian rhinoceros, sent as a gift to Pope Leo X in 1515, was immortalised as Dürer's Rhinoceros after dying in a shipwreck?
• ... that Robert H. Brooks passed as a white man to join an all-white unit?
• ... that the 1928 Liechtenstein embezzlement scandal cost 1.8 million Swiss francs, the equivalent of two yearly state budgets?
• ... that Maxine North swore never to return to Thailand after the death of her undercover CIA husband, but ultimately settled there and introduced bottled water to the country?
• ... that a review of the board game Imhotep stated that it can be chaotic and "extremely mean"?
• ... that Franz Jakob Späth's fortepianos were favorites of Mozart, but Beethoven refused to play them?