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12 June 2026

00:00, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

Riverside–West 105th Street Historic District

... that a Buddhist temple is nestled amid Paris on the Hudson (pictured)?
... that the stairs of the Bottleworks District hotel were designed to resemble a soda fountain?
... that an Izumi Kobayashi song was said to "[bridge] the gap between Prince-inspired funk and vintage synth-heavy Thomas Dolby"?
... that Capen Hill Nature Sanctuary allows visitors to meet axolotls, bearded dragons, and a domesticated rat?
... that T. J. Watt and his brother J. J. were the first brothers to appear together on a Wheaties box?
... that the spoil from digging the Copenhagen Tunnel was used to make its bricks, a method new to London at the time?
... that Patrick Leung won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director in 2026 with a 2019 film?
... that Americans ate election cakes at weddings and high teas?
... that Zac Alcorn went from the lowest level of college football straight to the NFL?

11 June 2026

00:00, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

Detail of the Isfahan Quran

... that the Isfahan Quran (detail pictured) was written in a style that required a particularly high level of calligraphic skill?
... that the US Army blew up an inactive gold mine in secret after finding about 500 cases of dynamite, creating a fireball which shot out about 200 feet (60 m)?
... that Maria Kalinina was so revulsed by playing the villain in a horror movie that she became a vegetarian and a yoga instructor?
... that works presenting the future history of humanity have been penned since at least the late 18th century?
... that Jaimie Robinson became an All-Big Ten athlete just as her father and older brothers had before her?
... that a photograph of a girl at a former equestrian facility and a monument blown up by the IRA served as the basis for a statue in Ballymun?
... that a campaign by Evie MacDonald and her family helped to stop minors like her needing a family court to access gender-affirming care?
... that the sports biopic Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story was considered an unusual production choice for the Hallmark Channel?
... that the Swinomish totem pole depicts traditional Native American figures—and Franklin D. Roosevelt?

10 June 2026

00:00, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

Mariska Aldrich and her dog Fels

... that opera singer Mariska Aldrich had a prize-winning German shepherd (pictured) who excelled in police-dog competitions?
... that Salvadorans have the constitutional right to overthrow their government?
... that a medieval treasure hoard was found by a woman digging for worms to use as fishing bait?
... that August Wilson completed his ten-play Pittsburgh Cycle only months before his death?
... that Manuel Aguirre was the first Jesuit to become a naturalized citizen of Venezuela?
... that a steam plant in Alabama complied with emissions regulations simply by building a taller smokestack?
... that after founding a press bureau in Bukittinggi, Yunan Nasution was arrested, imprisoned, and upon his release was forbidden from staying there?
... that a counterfeit of an Angry Birds spinoff game was removed for containing malware?
... that in 2010, a Cool Moose Party candidate campaigned on abolishing the seat he was running for, and received almost 40% of the vote?

9 June 2026

00:00, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

Mount Zion Church of God in Christ

... that baptisms hosted by the Mount Zion Church of God in Christ (pictured) became a tourist attraction?
... that the Australian War Memorial changed its rules retroactively to disqualify Flawed Hero: Truth, Lies and War Crimes from a prize it was already selected to receive?
... that basketball player Anton Bonke represented his home nation, Vanuatu, in rowing?
... that the captain of LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703 was initially hailed as a hero before an investigation later blamed the flight crew for the crash?
... that the University of Southern California's radio station went from "rinky-dink" to a national producer of classical-music programs within a decade?
... that Al Culver jumped into Lake Michigan to save a drowning man at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair?
... that the derelict Werdmuller Centre was a filming location for The Dark Tower and the Resident Evil TV series?
... that Abraham Howell established a colony on Crab Island without government approval?
... that Post Office Square does not have any post offices?

8 June 2026

00:00, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

Burmese hare

... that populations of the Burmese hare (example pictured) may be increasing due to deforestation in Laos?
... that Saudi Arabia were invited to play at two CONCACAF Gold Cups only eight days after the country was confirmed as the host of the 2034 FIFA World Cup?
... that trans porn star Angelina Please was credited with saving a life shortly before losing hers at the age of 24?
... that reviewers of Star Reach found it an uninspired mix of several contemporaneous video games?
... that Gelu Voican Voiculescu, an esotericist, took pride in securing a death sentence for Romania's last communist leader?
... that an AI version of "The Fate of Ophelia" reached number 85 on the Brasil Hot 100?
... that the Ottenby Bird Observatory has continually conducted bird observations for 80 years?
... that Horizon Call of the Mountain includes a movement scheme requiring the player to physically swing their arms to simulate walking?
... that a letter saved Rome from becoming a "sheep-pasture" in 546?

7 June 2026

00:00, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Ryan Davis

... that video game journalist Ryan Davis (pictured) was honored in Minecraft's soundtrack?
... that a short story in The Bewitched Bourgeois was described by critics as both a "comedy of errors" and a parable about the inevitability of death?
... that Yundi is both the youngest first‑prize winner and the youngest judge in the history of the International Chopin Piano Competition?
... that Olivia Rodrigo's song "The Cure", which shares its name with a goth-rock band, was released on World Goth Day?
... that Toby Fox described the development of his 2008 ROM hack as excavating ruins "made of crumbly graham crackers" with "hands made of atom bombs"?
... that the Kyoto Shimbun helped the Kobe Shimbun after their office was destroyed by an earthquake, one year after the two newspapers signed a mutual-aid agreement?
... that Genghis Khan's daughter Qojin got married between 23 and 27, older than usual for a Mongol woman?
... that Massachusetts philanthropist Helen Storrow invited "an invasion of modernity" on her estate?
... that a 17-year-old discovered an exoplanet orbiting two stars?

6 June 2026

00:00, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Seaweed roof on Læsø

... that the seaweed roofs (example pictured) of houses on the Danish island of Læsø were traditionally constructed by women?
... that novelist Norah Davis once recommended putting a boy in a hypnotic trance to treat his amnesia?
... that Beethoven's "Tremate, empi, tremate" was not performed for ten years after it was written?
... that, at the time he signed with the Denver Broncos, Tom Beck lived only a few houses away from the team's practice facility?
... that the Bunka Apartments were intended to introduce the US middle-class lifestyle to Japan, but were so expensive that an average salaryman would have spent his entire monthly wage on rent alone?
... that Regina Hall improvised parts of her role as Brenda Meeks in Scary Movie despite the director initially telling her not to "bother" the character and to follow the script?
... that Olympic swimmer Adán Gordón was called the "Human Fish"?
... that Tulasi Srinivas wrote an ethnographic study of beauty parlours?
... that the first New Orleans Marine Hospital exploded, the second sank partially into a swamp, and the third was given a jazz funeral?

5 June 2026

00:00, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Nellie Breen

... that Nellie Breen (pictured) is believed to have performed the first tap dance broadcast on radio in 1922?
... that American basketball player Jaxson Davis was cradled by Kobe Bryant when he was an infant?
... that Waverly is one of the largest surviving domestic residences in London, Ontario?
... that the gold-medal favourite for the men's 73 kg weightlifting competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics was eliminated in the last qualifying tournament?
... that Meng Qingshu married Wang Ming only one day after she was released from prison?
... that a song from Friko's Something Worth Waiting For was inspired by the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta?
... that Perrine Dugué's brutal murder and the rumoured miraculous healing powers of her grave led to the creation of a popular cult in 1796?
... that Nilotica shea butter, found only in the Nile basin of Uganda, represents less than five percent of the global shea butter supply?
... that the developer of Agreeee wanted to use the game to "draw people's attention to the fact that nobody reads the terms of service"?

4 June 2026

00:00, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Detail of the Palermo Quran

... that the Palermo Quran (detail pictured) has been described as "the single most important artifact so far known to survive from Muslim Sicily"?
... that Tao Siliang led efforts to promote iodized salt in China?
... that nearly 100,000 donors contributed towards the creation of a statue of Booker T. Washington?
... that, when he visited Surabaya, Indonesian defense minister Sulyoadikusumo was arrested by a local military commander who proceeded to claim his title?
... that an old gravel pit in Eagle Creek Park in Indiana is now part of an Important Bird Area?
... that in college Mark Cooney was a defensive end, center, and defensive tackle, but upon joining the NFL he was told to try a position that he had never played before?
... that the extinct Maipure language had a separate category of nouns for things that cannot be possessed, such as astronomical objects?
... that a university class inspired Else Went to write a five-hour-long play based on Dungeons & Dragons?
... that nobody knows where the Metland Egg is?

3 June 2026

00:00, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Mother and Child by a Fountain by Pablo Picasso

... that the four paintings stolen in the 1972 Worcester Art Museum robbery (one pictured) were discovered hidden on a pig farm?
... that many of the people who carved the Healing Heart totem pole had no previous carving experience?
... that the death of a general's bodyguard led to a decisive Byzantine defeat at the Battle of Mucellium even though they outnumbered the Ostrogoths?
... that the queen mother of the last king of Awadh is buried near Marcel Proust?
... that Olivia Rodrigo teased her song "Drop Dead" by placing pink padlocks in cities including London, Paris, Los Angeles, and Hoboken?
... that Olympic bobsledder Arturo Gramajo is credited as having created a popular Argentine hash dish?
... that the fashion trends of French high school girls inspired the "Olive Girl" style in Japan?
... that Sylvain Bromberger described a state in which all actual answers to a question are known to be false, even though the question has a correct answer?
... that "no one told the eels to stop acting like eels" beneath the streets of Wellington?

2 June 2026

00:00, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Elisabeth Park and Basilica of the Sacred Heart

... that the layout of Elisabeth Park (pictured) forms the royal monogram of Leopold II of Belgium?
... that Robert S. Cooper directed the development of GPS while at the Pentagon?
... that staff of the newspaper the Kyoto Hinode Shimbun once defended their office from a mob by spraying rioters with water hoses?
... that Shiyazh Pete is the first player from the Navajo Nation to sign with a National Football League team?
... that Pisces VII, a dwarf satellite galaxy, is the first galaxy in the Local Group to be discovered by an amateur astronomer?
... that John Wilkes Booth gave a thrilling performance at the Cleveland Academy of Music while bleeding heavily from an accidental sword wound?
... that Anglican priest Kathryn Otley hosted a drag queen story hour at her church after the event was disrupted by a protest at its original location?
... that Krunal Pandya was named the player of the match in the 2025 Indian Premier League final, becoming the first cricketer to win the award in two IPL finals?
... that Mary Smith woke hundreds of people up every day by shooting peas at their windows?

1 June 2026

00:00, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Élisabeth Le Bas

... that French revolutionary Élisabeth Le Bas (pictured) declared that she would never accept a pension from her husband's "assassins", signing the statement with her own blood?
... that the construction of Tennessee State Route 155 in Nashville facilitated the development of an entertainment district anchored by the relocated Grand Ole Opry in the 1970s?
... that a narrative element in The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady was described as "explicitly [...] about class conflict"?
... that female Sirex obesus insert fungal spores and a toxic mucous secretion, alongside their eggs, into their pine tree host?
... that Elon Musk's daughter appeared in the music video for "Pinky Up"?
... that a Polish street was named after a Nazi concentration camp survivor who walked down it every day to get to the church in which he worked?
... that AI agents built the initial structure of a Taiwanese open knowledge base in 24 hours?
... that Arnold Korff worked as a mechanical engineer and a cowboy before becoming an actor?
... that the "man to beat" was beaten in the men's 102 kg weightlifting competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics?

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