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30 April 2021

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29 April 2021

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28 April 2021

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27 April 2021

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  • ... that Marcello Petacci (pictured) was riddled with bullets after trying to escape execution by throwing himself into Lake Como?
  • ... that choreographer George Balanchine did not tell the dancers in Duo Concertant there would be a blackout in the middle of the ballet until the morning of the premiere?
  • ... that when Rosa M. Morris scored 130 percent in her mathematics exams, a special case had to be made at graduation to avoid handicapping other students?
  • ... that the first commercially viable CT scanner was invented by Godfrey Hounsfield in 1972?
  • ... that Katja Meier, the Saxon state minister of justice, was criticised for the anti-police lyrics of the punk band in which she played as a teenager?
  • ... that a new-age music format called "The Breeze" was a ratings failure for Nebraska radio station KLMS, causing a precipitous decline in listenership?
  • ... that William A. Radford assisted in producing a 1700-page encyclopedia about cement?
  • ... that the roof of the TU Delft Library is used as a sledding hill during the winter?
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26 April 2021

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25 April 2021

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24 April 2021

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23 April 2021

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22 April 2021

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21 April 2021

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20 April 2021

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19 April 2021

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18 April 2021

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17 April 2021

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16 April 2021

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15 April 2021

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14 April 2021

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13 April 2021

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  • ... that one legend on the origin of the coat of arms of Naples (pictured) claims that it alludes to the colors of the sun and moon cult practiced by the city's pre-Christian inhabitants?
  • ... that Tara Downs co-founded the Tomorrow Gallery in a converted paintball studio in Toronto?
  • ... that the principles of quantum mechanics have been demonstrated to hold for complex molecules with thousands of atoms?
  • ... that MLS Cup 2000 was the first championship game in league history not to feature D.C. United?
  • ... that Abdallah Oumbadougou, the "godfather of all the present-day Tuareg musicians in Niger", distributed illegal cassette tapes of banned ishumar music while in exile from 1984 to 1995?
  • ... that an owner of Wyoming radio station KATI donated the station to the University of Wyoming, only to be "disappointed" when the university opted not to use his gift?
  • ... that after the start of Afghan peace talks in 2019, journalist Farahnaz Forotan travelled the country to collect testimonies from women and prevent the rollback of their freedoms?
  • ... that the settling of Martensdale, California, went so badly that the town's namesake spent the rest of his life as a fugitive?
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12 April 2021

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11 April 2021

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10 April 2021

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9 April 2021

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8 April 2021

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7 April 2021

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6 April 2021

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5 April 2021

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  • ... that a saying in Britain states that one should "never drink in a flat-roofed pub" (example pictured)?
  • ... that Eugénie Brazier was the first chef to be awarded six Michelin stars?
  • ... that a team including bricklayers, assistant bank managers and insurance clerks defeated Coventry City in the third round of the FA Cup in 1989?
  • ... that Ivorian politician Téné Birahima Ouattara, the brother of the country's president, is nicknamed "Photocopy" due to their similar appearance?
  • ... that neither of the US-based authors of the 1991 book The Coming War With Japan had ever visited Japan when they wrote it?
  • ... that when Canadian preacher Perry F. Rockwood criticized the Presbyterian church in 1947, he was ordered to recant and burn his sermons?
  • ... that the 2021 Palestinian film The Present is about a present and the present?
  • ... that German minister Wolfgang Clement said that the secret to drinking a glass of beer in 1.5 seconds was to fold back the uvula?
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4 April 2021

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3 April 2021

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2 April 2021

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1 April 2021

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