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27 February 2026

12:00, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Paul Idlout at age 10

... that as a youth, Paul Idlout (pictured) was relocated to the high Arctic by the Canadian government?
... that a golden branch in Virgil's Aeneid inspired a painting by Turner, poems by Yeats, and an anthropological study of ritual murder?
... that a box of apparently unopened Base Set card packs was purchased by Logan Paul for $3.5 million, only for it to turn out to be fake?
... that Thandiwe Abdullah created Black Lives Matter in Schools when she was 15 to help promote racial justice?
... that imagery of the ocean in This Monster Wants to Eat Me has been interpreted as a visual metaphor for depression?
... that Edward R. Kone had the ugliest face his father had ever seen?
... that during the Siege of Naples, local Jews mounted the strongest resistance against the attacking Byzantines in 536?
... that prior to operating the Edmonton Eskimos, baseball executive John Ducey arranged games while an altar boy?
... that, when asked about a mysterious ghost girl in Pokémon, producer Junichi Masuda laughed and said "oOoOoOoO"?

00:00, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Pyrenula solomonii

... that a species of lichen (pictured) is only known to grow on a single tree in the Chatham Islands?
... that Ladislav Zgusta escaped Czechoslovakia to the United States partially by elephant?
... that a Florida TV station once aired a pornographic film by accident?
... that Winston Tang qualified to represent Guinea-Bissau at the 2026 Winter Olympics through his father's connections to its cashew industry?
... that the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait helped a U.S. senator win reelection?
... that the video game Digital Dance Mix Vol. 1 Namie Amuro was sold exclusively at convenience stores?
... that Frances Duff was once described as the only 18th-century heiress of African ancestry to marry into the British aristocracy?
... that Bonbon Drop stickers revived sticker collecting and trading culture in Japan?
... that it took eight and a half years to design a restroom for a New York City park?

26 February 2026

12:00, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

Fanny Cochrane Smith

... that recordings of the voice of Fanny Cochrane Smith (pictured) were used in the development of a modern Aboriginal Tasmanian constructed language?
... that The Missing took three years to write but only four days to film?
... that Chicago State Cougars football is the only NCAA Division I gridiron football program in Chicago?
... that only 42 votes separated the two major parties in the 2021 Liechtenstein general election?
... that the space-combat simulation game Renegade II was cancelled for poor quality despite the release of demo and beta versions and reviews?
... that when finished in 1947, the Marcel Breuer House II was suspended from cables costing US$22?
... that Gabriele Lösekrug-Möller worked as a bookseller before entering politics?
... that the 1927 Salvadoran coup attempt failed after one of its leaders was unable to convince the president that he had been overthrown?
... that Reiji Okii came up with the title of Mr. Noone Special in the shower?

00:00, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

Map of Palestine under David and Solomon

... that a map (pictured) from the Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land was used to negotiate the borders of Mandatory Palestine?
... that the 1994 game Blown Away, inspired by an action movie and themed around bomb disposal, surprised many reviewers by focusing on puzzle gameplay?
... that Scott Kupor had not heard of the United States Office of Personnel Management until he was suggested to lead it?
... that users on Rebrickable create their own Lego designs and sell instructions for them?
... that, according to his obituary, Prince Sunhwa "killed more than ten people each year"?
... that "Time After Time" uses the turn signal sound of the Volvo XC60 as a musical element?
... that Academy Award nominee Burton Miller was the first costume designer elected to the governing board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences?
... that U.S. law states that information on atomic weapons is born secret from the moment of creation?
... that The Coin Mat in Bartley station is made of 164,800 one-cent coins?

25 February 2026

12:00, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

Annie Knight

... that Bonnie Blue's "1,000 men in a day" challenge inspired an event and a planned event by fellow sex workers Annie Knight (pictured) and Drake Von?
... that the development of the 2019 video game Retro Mystery Club Vol.1: The Ise-Shima Case started in 2010?
... that the Troadec family murders were committed over an inheritance dispute due to a myth involving gold bars?
... that Miranda Oakley became the first woman to rope-solo The Nose in less than 24 hours?
... that the Communist Party of Transcarpathian Ukraine lasted just over a year?
... that Ashworth Moor Reservoir was authorised by Parliament in 1877, but construction did not begin for more than 20 years?
... that scientists have discovered a planetary system that can be described as "inside-out"?
... that some video game stores removed their adult content under pressure from credit card companies?
... that a North Carolina radio station host asked his neighbors about 2001: A Space Odyssey on air—and went on to host Ask Your Neighbor for 29 years?

00:00, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

First Christian Church

... that a church in Indiana (pictured) has a "Zipper" in its design?
... that the author of Sakura Trick asked the director of its anime adaptation to include at least one kissing scene per episode?
... that "Higher" faced 29 soundalike cover versions on digital stores at the time of its release?
... that the video game Ukrainian Fight Drone Simulator is based on a military training simulator used by Ukrainian soldiers in the ongoing war?
... that, during production of the documentary Live Nude Girls Unite!, Julie Query told her mother on camera that she was a sex worker?
... that the New York Stock Exchange Safe Deposit Company conducted its business in a basement?
... that the "Indiana Jones of Chelsea" lived a playboy lifestyle?
... that several religious groups and a parent–teacher association helped to sponsor a Manhattan apartment complex?
... that femtanyl is popular among the furry fandom?

24 February 2026

12:00, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

Marie Engle

... that Marie Engle (pictured) was one of the earliest operatic singers to be recorded on rare Bettini cylinders?
... that the Enrei Onodachi Memorial Festival can last for only 15 seconds?
... that The Tigress of Forlì earned its title because its protagonist was accused of being "willing to eat her young to gain power"?
... that a woman died of water intoxication after participating in a contest held by a California radio station?
... that the author of an 1887 book on British whisky distilleries didn't know how to distill whisky?
... that a wealthy councillor's house in the ancient Egyptian desert city Trimithis preserves a line from a lost tragedy by Euripides?
... that counting songs such as "Yo tenía diez perritos" were once thought to have been used as chants for curing illnesses?
... that the "nonproductivity" office software The Laffer Utilities was created as a spin-off of the adult-themed franchise Leisure Suit Larry?
... that Colleen McCullough described the television adaptation of her best-known novel as "instant vomit"?

00:00, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

Prisoners at the Mauthausen concentration camp

... that there were more than a thousand Nazi concentration camps (prisoners pictured)?
... that Thomas Johannes Mayer went from performing jazz, rock, and punk, to portraying operatic characters such as Wotan and Wozzeck?
... that a 1948 yakuza film was censored when its original ending depicted one character driving the corpse of another around a black market?
... that the Weeknd's album House of Balloons is named after a real house in which he used to host parties?
... that an Ohio state judge's donation of land for Findley State Park was described as his "personal weapon in a long fight against juvenile delinquency"?
... that Ingrid Fischbach did not expect to win her first election, instead considering it a "test run"?
... that one writer described the game Wolsung as "legendary" among the Polish role-playing community for its prolonged development?
... that when 2025 U.S. Amateur champion Mason Howell was four, he dressed as golfer Bobby Jones for Halloween?
... that, during Real Madrid's 1927 tour of the Americas, José María Muñagorri nearly jumped into shark-infested waters to rescue a teammate?

23 February 2026

12:00, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Flying Duchess

... that a British steam locomotive (pictured) sat at a logistics center in Kentucky for more than a decade?
... that JoJo Townsell caught the game-winning touchdown in his professional debut, only two days after signing a contract with his team?
... that an African elephant named Craig had tusks that were so long that they reached the ground?
... that the Beverly Hills Register of Historic Properties includes a storybook witch's cottage, a space-age gas station, and shops designed by Frank Lloyd Wright?
... that The Witcher Adventure Game was released simultaneously as both a physical board game and a digital video-game adaptation?
... that Boubacari Dicko, a non-sovereign monarch, helped to draft the 1991 republican constitution of Burkina Faso?
... that the 2010 Yazoo City tornado was considered to be the worst natural disaster to occur in Mississippi since Hurricane Katrina?
... that Queen Matilda drove Empress Matilda away from London so suddenly that the latter left her dinner still warm?
... that tribute videos, fan art, and memes have been made about a gay fan fiction about Minecraft YouTubers?

00:00, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Candle salad

... that a candle salad (example pictured) was once described as "probably the only arts and crafts project on TV to ever run the risk of being blurred out by the network censors"?
... that the video-game adaptation of Little Nicky allows the player to print their results using the Game Boy Printer?
... that during the Siege of Auximus, a bodyguard saved Belisarius's life by blocking an arrow with his hand?
... that Lamarr Wilson was known for his unorthodox reviews, once testing a "spill-proof" mug by hitting it with a baseball bat?
... that Cathy Cassidy wrote her debut novel Dizzy in three months?
... that the Master of the Cité des dames workshop made illustrations for the works of Christine de Pizan that would serve as models for other illustrators?
... that the Legends of Tomorrow episode "Phone Home" was inspired by the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
... that submerging a dog in motor oil was a pseudoscientific method used to treat infestations of Demodex injai?
... that a splinter denomination of the Pentecostal Churches of the Apostolic Faith taught that all humans pre-existed in Adam's "seed"?

22 February 2026

12:00, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Pteroheterochrosperma horseflyensis seed fossil

... that seed fossils (example pictured) from western North America, despite being first reported in 1906, were not fully described and named Pteroheterochrosperma until 2023?
... that Stephen Linard designed clothes for David Bowie and Boy George?
... that beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration can more often be seen in girls due to its inheritance nature?
... that SUNY Potsdam basketball coach Jerry Welsh won all but 13 of his 267 games at the team's home court?
... that the "Song of Healing", an emotional song from The Legend of Zelda, is an inversion of a different, more jaunty Zelda song?
... that the Glenford Dike section of the Ashokan Rail Trail may be the earliest example of an intentional rail with trail in the U.S.?
... that Sandra Caron changed her name to avoid associations with a woman once described as "the most highly paid woman in British show business in the 1950s and 1960s"?
... that the 1984 Indiana's 8th congressional district election was decided by just four votes?
... that Boleslovas Baranauskas became the chairman of his country's parliament two months after he was imprisoned at a forced-labour camp?

00:00, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Mike Brunson

... that former NFL player Mike Brunson (pictured) was known for making banana ice cream?
... that "There's a Hole in the City" is a Nebula Award–nominated short story that describes the September 11 attacks alongside the "summoned ghosts from past disasters" in New York City?
... that French businessman André Kieffer was described as a "one-man party" and "easily the most aggressive and controversial figure" in the territorial assembly of Chad?
... that only black Girardinus metallicus males put on a courtship show, while yellow and colorless males rely on coercion?
... that Hermann E. Sieger, a Nazi Party official, was considered to be a trusted contact of the Liechtenstein government?
... that the murder of a gay man in Afghanistan forced his brother to flee to Turkey and his boyfriend to go into hiding due to harassment from the Taliban?
... that the Group Architects led strikes against traditional teaching styles at the Auckland School of Architecture in 1948, which were attended by 142 of 160 students?
... that GameChat was inspired by Nintendo developers' frustrations over video-conferencing software during the COVID-19 pandemic?
... that Sukumar Barua chose to work as a chef instead of pursuing poetry as a career because his pay was too good?

21 February 2026

12:00, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

Holly Waddington

... that for her work in Poor Things, the costume designer Holly Waddington (pictured) was influenced by the Victorian era, early 20th-century German Expressionism, and 1960s fashion?
... that the fossil maple Acer wehri is named for a composer, artist, and amateur paleontologist?
... that Micronesia was the second country to cut ties with Russia after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine—the first being Ukraine?
... that Times Tables Rock Stars added cochlear implants to the game after pupils at a deaf school requested them?
... that John Golding avoided painting horizontal lines in his work so that his pieces would not be mistaken for landscapes?
... that the New Zealand seafood poster is reportedly "in every fish and chip shop in the country"?
... that historian Vasyl Khaynas was active in an underground movement against the Hungarian occupation of Transcarpathia while still in high school?
... that the medical eye patch worn by former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is said to have increased his popularity?
... that when a California TV station began broadcasting, a child sent in 35 cents and a handwritten card reading, "Now I can get Sesame Street"?

00:00, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

British troops burning a house in Bekasi

... that in 1945, British troops burned the town of Bekasi (pictured) in retaliation for the murders of passengers and crew of a downed British aircraft?
... that Indian member of parliament Hira Singh Chinaria died in his seat after delivering a speech?
... that the eventual location of Cancún's Hotel Zone was chosen in part by a computer program in the late 1960s?
... that orphaned Eliza Showell was sent to Nova Scotia from a British children's home and placed in indentured service?
... that brown cacholotes sing only in duets, mate for life, and share parental duties equally?
... that a thesis by Amelia Frank was cited by her doctoral advisor in his Nobel Prize speech more than forty years after her death?
... that the TV series Beartown cast real junior hockey players rather than relying on stunt doubles?
... that when a nightclub located in an old spaghetti factory was shut down for fire code violations, a troupe of flamenco dancers collected signatures in protest?
... that the alliance led by Siles split from the alliance led by Siles?

20 February 2026

12:00, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Illustration from the Breviary of Marie of Savoy

... that a medieval illuminated manuscript (pictured) was rediscovered in the attic of a castle under rubble and piles of paper?
... that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's four-year development cycle was the longest in Call of Duty's history?
... that Aleksandar Vučić, the president of Serbia, is said to have dominated the 2023 Serbian parliamentary election campaign despite not being a candidate?
... that when Ardfry House fell into a state of dilapidation, the 3rd Lord Wallscourt used his wife's dowry to carry out restoration work?
... that Ma Aung Phyu was said to have been buried alive as a human sacrifice during the construction of Tharrawaddy's town pillar?
... that one writer claimed that Quizone would "forever outrank" The Cube, The Crystal Maze and Jungle Run?
... that former Salvadoran president Rafael Campo ran for re-election in 1864 and received less than 20 votes?
... that one of the main characters of the manga NakiNagi is named after a deity from the mythology of Kiribati?
... that Nine Inch Nails wrote the soundtrack to a Walt Disney World ride?

00:00, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Baháʼí House of Worship in Delhi

... that Baháʼí Houses of Worship (example pictured) are nine-sided, with nine gardens and nine pathways, because the number nine is symbolically significant in the Baháʼí Faith?
... that Carl Laubin makes paintings of imaginary cities, each consisting of real buildings from a single architect?
... that the hard sci-fi anime Mighty Space Miners was cancelled after two out of a planned six episodes?
... that Francisco Menéndez's 1885 revolution overthrew a liberal government and installed another liberal government?
... that according to his mother, Hotmangaradja Pandjaitan's decision to join the army was influenced by a lot draw?
... that the 2014 Isla Vista killings led to California enacting a red flag law, allowing family members to petition courts to remove weapons from persons deemed a threat?
... that Ezekiel Hughes, who built a church and designed a road, was also a clockmaker, farmer, and justice of the peace?
... that most individuals with O'Donnell-Luria–Rodan syndrome have a larger than average head size, unless they have a more severe form of the condition in which case it might be smaller than average?
... that the three Bethke brothers separately escaped from East Germany using an air mattress, a zip line and ultralight aircraft?

19 February 2026

12:00, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

The Ballad of Sophia Constable

... that an eleven-year-old sentenced to three weeks' hard labour for stealing a loaf of bread has a statue commemorating her (pictured)?
... that Anno 117 received around €5.7 million from the federal government of Germany, its largest grant for a single video-game project to date?
... that astronomers discovered the wide binary system 2001 QW322 while searching for new moons of Uranus?
... that Virginia voters are scheduled to decide in 2026 whether to formally legalize same-sex marriage?
... that Joan Russell's drawings of Canterbury may form the most complete record of World War II bomb damage to any British city outside London?
... that Avtar Singh Sohal and Surjeet Singh Panesar played for the Kenya field hockey team in four editions of the Olympics?
... that Aeschylus's lost play Semele is the only known example of the goddess Hera appearing on stage in ancient Greek tragedy?
... that Justin Timberlake uses boxing metaphors in "TKO" to describe the feeling of seeing a former lover with someone else?
... that one account of Tibet's first king said that he had webbed hands and eyelids that closed upward?

00:00, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

Mausoleum of António Agostinho Neto

... that at the time of its construction, the tallest building in the capital of Angola was a tomb (pictured)?
... that epistemological dualism posits a fundamental division between experience and reality?
... that bicycles, television sets, a sofa, and a washing machine have been thrown from high-rise buildings?
... that the devastation inflicted by the Ostrogoths after the siege of Milan in 538–539 is considered to have surpassed even the worst atrocities committed by Attila in his campaigns?
... that Pheidole navigans, a species of invasive big-headed ant, was misidentified as a different species of big-headed ant in its invasive range for more than 50 years?
... that three members of the Hamburg Parliament—Mehria Ashuftah, Hila Latifi, and Zohra Mojadeddi—are Afghan refugees?
... that a Titanic survivor was listed under the pseudonym "Fang Lang" in the ship's records?
... that a music journalist recommended 6-Way Sin Decomposition only for "those who like the most grotesque noise possible"?
... that Ted Wheeler's uselessness is a running joke in the television show Stranger Things?

18 February 2026

12:00, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

A Romanian cimpoi

... that the sound of the cimpoi (pictured), a type of pastoral bagpipe, was often mimicked by folk violins and shepherd's flutes, inspiring Béla Bartók to imitate it on the piano?
... that an investigation on the collision of Air Serbia Flight 324 noted that, despite the aircraft leaking fuel, it was sent to park at the terminal anyway?
... that mining in Greenland began in 1782 with coal extraction on Disko Island?
... that Jacqueline Wilson said she quickly wrote her 101st book due to previously saying that she would die after publishing her 100th novel?
... that a rear admiral was wounded while flying on a combat mission off the escort carrier USS Marcus Island?
... that at the time of its construction, the MLC Building was the tallest building in Auckland?
... that visitors to the leisure area Piscinão de Ramos were warned not to wear red for their own safety?
... that the medieval Persian tale of a pact between three schoolfellows ended with a deadly clash between a ruler and a revolutionary?
... that during the 1944 founding congress of the Youth League of Transcarpathian Ukraine, Ivan Turyanytsia called for the formation of a people's militia invoking "an eye for an eye"?
... that Lim Chee Onn once worked as a roving condensed milk salesman, selling it from the back of a van, before becoming a Singaporean cabinet minister?

00:00, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Drab stinkbug

... that drab stinkbugs (pictured) use fungus to protect their eggs from parasitic wasps?
... that Tom Maulson had a $30,000 bounty on his head because of his fishing activism?
... that during the 2023 Belgrade City Assembly election campaign, former mayor Aleksandar Šapić presented a construction project with images taken from a Salt Lake City school?
... that a motel room inside an Edward Hopper painting was reconstructed in 3D, allowing guests to sleep there?
... that Saya Hiyama was featured as a customized voice for air purifiers?
... that a critic said Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z performed as if they had "forever been friends" on their Legends of the Summer Stadium Tour?
... that Argelia Laya went from being a teacher to a communist guerrilla fighter?
... that the Flying Padres use aviation to evangelize?
... that voters elected a dead man to the South Dakota House of Representatives?

17 February 2026

12:00, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Shuanglong Bridge

... that the 17-arch Shuanglong Bridge (pictured) is considered the largest and most artistically valuable ancient stone bridge in Yunnan, China?
... that the circle packing theorem has been used to construct flattened maps of the human brain?
... that the band Self recorded an entire album using only toy instruments?
... that Ernst Hinsken smuggled a red lantern into the Bundestag to draw attention to Germany's economic struggles?
... that abortion-rights groups in Colorado opposed a 2016 ballot measure to create a statewide universal healthcare scheme?
... that the Florentine crab apple was previously considered a natural hybrid species?
... that Tim Burton designed the lighting and invitation for the runway show of the Alexander McQueen collection inspired by his films?
... that Belisarius broke the Siege of Ariminum to save a general who had refused his orders?
... that Gandy Malou-Mamel first played basketball at age 12 wearing a shirt and tie?

00:00, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

FEVE 1901, a Spanish dual-mode locomotive

... that a dual-mode locomotive in Spain (pictured) was intended to be used on a tourist train?
... that after Hilary Duff announced her return to music, searches for her on Spotify surged by 400%, with U.S. streams rising nearly 80% and first-time listeners up about 75%?
... that Ukrainian writer Mykhailo Starytsky financed his own theatre with proceeds from the sale of his rusk factory?
... that an ancient Chinese political manual included a posthumous chapter on zither music?
... that Abdullatif Al-Ghanim, who drafted the Constitution of Kuwait, later lamented that government policies "emptied it of its potential"?
... that in his 1720 Christmas cantata, Georg Philipp Telemann used folk music, a rarity in his church music?
... that some Internet users called for a female sitcom character to be canceled for harassing a male character?
... that in a 17th-century painting, the emperor Shah Jahan is depicted in profile, as painting him head-on was viewed as disrespectful?
... that former football player Christopher Judge won a contest to host the morning show on an Oregon TV station, helping launch his acting career?

16 February 2026

12:00, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

William Bloomfield

... that William Bloomfield (pictured) is recognized as the first known Māori architect?
... that rock wrens build pavements made of flat stones to keep their nests dry?
... that the developers of Arlington Forest followed the U.S. government's recommendations for both residential architecture and racially restrictive covenants?
... that David Barsum Perley used his writings to explore what he considered the British betrayal of the Assyrian people?
... that an NFL team shared City Stadium with a local high school for over thirty years?
... that although An Ordinary Youth is based on the author's real-life experience, it begins with an epigraph saying "All details completely made up"?
... that the American Civil War inspired the design of the British Amazon-class sloops?
... that all Aboriginal languages in mainland Australia may have descended from a common ancestor spoken around 6,000 years ago?
... that powerlifter Stefi Cohen went down a weight class to bring her world record total to 25?

00:00, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Koelreuteria dilcheri fossil

... that after pollination Koelreuteria dilcheri fruits (fossil pictured) likely inflated like a balloon to drift on the wind for dispersal?
... that there is a football stadium on land once disputed between the US and Mexico?
... that Amy Williams won Great Britain's only medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics?
... that in 2017, it was said that 10,000 people gathered on Al-Rashid Street every day?
... that video game character Hu Tao mixes goth aesthetics with Chinese views on life and death?
... that the first Malaysian prime minister said that the State of Singapore would be the New York of the country?
... that the original draft of a novel was lost on a London bus and never recovered?
... that Melkart Abou Jaoude received his first Division I college football offer at the bagel store where he worked?
... that Salvador Dalí transformed a painting of horses into Hitler Masturbating?

15 February 2026

12:00, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

The Dance of Anitra

... that The Dance of Anitra (pictured) is one of the few sculptures by Edith Maryon known to have survived in private ownership?
... that a building in New York City had to be classified as a hospital despite containing classrooms and a dormitory?
... that sulfur mollies create rhythmic waves to avoid ending up in birds' beaks?
... that physical copies of Chama come with a short story about the premise of the album?
... that the Armenian politician Aram Piruzyan said the USSR's head of state asked for copies of his cookbook to give to Fidel Castro?
... that a U.S. Army veteran was claimed to be suffering from erotomania when he carried out a mass shooting at a Ford Motor Plant in Michigan?
... that Dawn Hope's first episode on Hollyoaks featured an entirely Black cast?
... that a bridge over the Schuylkill River does not actually cross the river?
... that Inugami Korone's catchphrase "yubi yubi" calls for her fans to cut off their fingers and give them to her?

00:00, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

A salad being frozen

... that in 1930s America, you could buy a quart of frozen salad (pictured) for a dollar?
... that Bruce Springsteen's ICE protest song, "Streets of Minneapolis", was written the day Alex Pretti was killed and performed live the same week?
... that Liu Shasha didn't own a mobile phone because it might take away from her learning billiards?
... that despite coincidental timing, Gap's ad featuring Katseye was not intended as a response to Sydney Sweeney's controversial jeans commercial?
... that at fifteen years old, Ebenezer Harcourt became the youngest footballer to play for the Nigeria national team?
... that when Titan Fleischmann's grandmother first heard her future grandson's name, she cried out of fear that he would be bullied for it?
... that Nigel Bluck's cinematography has been compared to the work of painter Edward Hopper?
... that the difficulty of finding Fluid Ounces's third studio album led some fans to believe it was an urban legend?
... that United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia did not endorse the statement, "everybody has got a right to the use of the English language"?

14 February 2026

00:00, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Calvin Duncan

... that Calvin Duncan (pictured) was elected clerk of the same court that wrongfully convicted him of murder and sentenced him to life in prison?
... that there are cognitions about cognitions?
... that Billy Gallagher's Times Square cabaret was open from sundown to dawn, with a mix of "reputable people" and those "who had practical reasons for circulating after dark"?
... that the Cipero Tramway was the first operational railway in Trinidad and Tobago?
... that voice actor Rena Motomura prepared for an audition by practicing a single challenging line a hundred times a day?
... that Al-Qunayyah, a village in Jordan, is thought to have been the site of a Roman-era sanctuary?
... that to teach high school photography, Kent Kammerer took students on trips to the North Cascades and Olympic Peninsula in a home-built camper?
... that Astor Piazzolla's Oblivion has been called "exquisitely melancholic"?
... that Kamaipuʻupaʻa, the mistress of King Kamehameha V, blamed the 1871 Lānaʻi earthquake on a foreigner riding a horse?

13 February 2026

00:00, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Abra aequalis shell held on a finger

... that the tiny Abra aequalis (pictured) is a major food source for a species of large starfish?
... that Justin Timberlake's 2013 comeback single was promoted by relaunching Myspace?
... that George Brandt chose to have a song from the soundtrack of Pinocchio at his own funeral?
... that two tropical cyclones in the 1996 Pacific hurricane season made the unusual move of crossing over from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific?
... that the black-rumped magpie was made a full species in 2018?
... that after an international ice hockey career, Leszek Laszkiewicz was given an honorary citizenship of his hometown?
... that at Hagemeister Park, the Green Bay Packers' first stadium, fans would line the field or sit in their parked cars to watch games?
... that VTuber Sakamata Chloe used crowdsourcing for Christmas tree decorations?
... that the mating display of Servaea incana includes a "zigzag dance" in which a male moves in ever-narrowing arcs towards a female?

12 February 2026

00:00, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Nesselrode pudding

... that novelist Susie Boyt described Nesselrode pudding (example pictured) as tasting "of Christmas, without any of the disappointment"?
... that, according to Guyanese authorities, an oil tanker seized by the United States off the coast of Venezuela in 2025 was falsely flying Guyana's flag?
... that a 70-foot (21 m) statue of Lionel Messi was unveiled in India during his G.O.A.T. India Tour?
... that "Right Here, Right Now" was Giorgio Moroder's first song in 15 years to reach the top of the US Dance Club Songs chart?
... that future Slavic-language professor Marc L. Greenberg learned Slovene after his fiancée sent him a bilingual dictionary and started writing letters to him only in Slovene?
... that the Genshin Impact character Alhaitham is believed to be named after a polymath from the Islamic Golden Age?
... that Diego García Miravete and his college football team's games were closely monitored by the Mexican government in the early 1970s?
... that Erykah Badu recorded Mama's Gun at what was once Jimi Hendrix's apartment?
... that some reviewers thought that A Short Hike was too short?

11 February 2026

00:00, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Deception Pass State Park

... that a Washington state park (pictured) drew more visitors in 2021 than Yosemite National Park?
... that James I. Hopkins Jr., who signed the order to bomb Hiroshima, disappeared without a trace?
... that the critically endangered fish Quintana atrizona has not been seen in the wild since 2007–2008?
... that historian Allen French volunteered as a police officer during a labor strike?
... that a video showing preparations for a campaign speech for mayor of Kharkiv became one of YouTube's top ten most-watched videos of the day?
... that sanquette, a crêpe from Occitania, is made with blood fresh from slaughter?
... that the Canadian Joint Forces Command was created based on operational lessons from the war in Ukraine?
... that a radio station requested changes to a light-rail project?
... that Gu Yanwu destroyed all his poetry following the Manchu conquest and took to wandering across China?

10 February 2026

00:00, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

Bombay sandwich

... that the Bombay sandwich (example pictured) typically uses potatoes and chutney, but some versions use chocolate?
... that all five chaplains awarded the Medal of Honor since the American Civil War were Catholic priests?
... that the attorney of the last person executed by Peru requested Pope John Paul II's intervention to save his client's life?
... that mangroves reduced the impact of Cyclone Dana?
... that Variety once called Trisha Ziff a "photographer's photographer"?
... that the headquarters of Indonesia's 16th Mechanized Infantry Brigade was a Japanese military base, seized by Indonesian youths after Japan's surrender in 1945?
... that shark fin is one of the "four sea delicacies", a quartet of luxury seafoods in Chinese cuisine?
... that Immanuel Iheanacho was measured as a 14-year-old freshman at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) and 325 lb (147 kg), with a 7 ft (2.1 m) wingspan?
... that in 1956 a person dressed as the anthropomorphic hedgehog and comic star Mecki traveled by helicopter to more than 100 cities in southern Germany to give children gifts?

9 February 2026

00:00, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Charter of the College of William & Mary

... that the College of William & Mary was established by royal charter (pictured) 333 years ago today?
... that Richard Lee Morton became the head of the College of William & Mary's history department after two years of teaching?
... that Chandler Court and Pollard Park, which were designed and occupied by William & Mary faculty, have been called "two of Williamsburg's most appealing twentieth-century neighborhoods"?
... that Denver Mills, the first underclassman to be captain of the William & Mary football team, also played in the army and a single NFL game?
... that William & Mary's president was unable to get the college to fund the William and Mary Quarterly, so he paid for it himself?
... that Orlando Jones, the maternal grandfather of Martha Washington, was one of William & Mary's first students?
... that five speeches by William & Mary students helped to move Virginia's capital and establish Williamsburg?
... that Althea Hunt founded the William & Mary Theatre, but discouraged students from trying to make a career of it?
... that Thomas Jefferson pushed William & Mary to hire a man with little linguistic ability as its first professor of modern languages?

8 February 2026

00:00, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Male Yucatán molly flaring his dorsal fin

... that Yucatán molly males flare their "sails" (pictured) both to woo and to shoo?
... that Wales's first Commonwealth Games medallist in shooting walked off the podium when the wrong national anthem was played?
... that the writer of the visual novel SeaBed based it on a comic that he drew in his spare time at work?
... that Whispering Woods, the second novel set in the universe of Magic: The Gathering, was later declared non-canonical?
... that Olympian Nam Singh Thapa said his boxing career began when he was arrested and forced to compete in a match?
... that the original occupant of the Farnsworth House likened her experience there to that of a caged animal?
... that in 2002, Sarah Baxendale broke the Guinness World Record for the longest kiss featured on screen?
... that 16 years ago, a man in Ireland slipped on some ice?

7 February 2026

00:00, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

Rolling-shutter photograph of a spinning airplane propeller

... that a photograph of an airplane propeller taken by a camera with a rolling shutter (pictured) may distort the propeller into curves resembling the quadratrix of Hippias?
... that the remains of at least 970 people were discovered at the former Kilkenny Union Workhouse?
... that 17-year-old video game developers Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin obtained a contract with Electronic Arts by cold-calling them and sending them a copy of Dream Zone?
... that a baby elephant that starred in The Ark was kept in a van outside the director's home the night before filming?
... that Welsh-language activist Joseff Gnagbo came to Wales as a refugee from Ivory Coast?
... that the Fadettes of Boston was named after the titular character of George Sand's novel La Petite Fadette?
... that zoologist Evelyn Shaw also worked in the catering industry alongside her husband?
... that the Atlanta Central Library, Marcel Breuer's last completed design, was nearly demolished less than three decades after completion?
... that an Alabama TV station deemed "The Puppy Episode" unsuitable for family viewing?

6 February 2026

00:00, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

Oceanic Steamship Company advertisement

... that the Oceanic Steamship Company (advertisement pictured) beat a rival company in a trans-Pacific race, bought the rival's ships, and added them to its own fleet?
... that the play Sagittarius Ponderosa by MJ Kaufman recreates the scent of a tree as part of the performance?
... that there were no sex acts in Thea Ehre's nude performance at the 2021 Porn Film Festival Vienna?
... that Gerta Hüttl-Folter became interested in Russian culture after staying with Maria Razumovsky's family while homeless?
... that the author of Five Bullets was unaware for a year that Fear and Fury was also being written about the same 1984 shooting, and for the same publishing house?
... that a church in Colorado merged with another congregation, was sold, became a nightclub, and then was bought by an offshoot of the merged congregation?
... that volumes of one writer's journalism were variously described as "prattling pieces", delivering "a snigger a minute", and having a "soufflé touch"?
... that American football player Taco Dowler is the twin of a football player who was called "Burrito"?
... that the cover artworks for Metallica's Load and Reload were created by mixing blood with semen and urine, respectively?

5 February 2026

00:00, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Nemiah Wilson

... that Nemiah Wilson (pictured) ran a tailoring business while playing in the NFL?
... that Yun Jin's appearance in Genshin Impact draws inspiration from legendary Chinese figures like Hua Mulan?
... that Donald Rumsfeld helped develop a mobile game?
... that Gennady Trifonov was one of the few Soviet dissidents who argued for gay rights?
... that Christian missionaries in China translated and published an inflammatory anti-Christian treatise?
... that a judge acquitted Ben Obumselu of manslaughter due to his "promise as a scholar"?
... that the MPLA launched the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Angola in 1963 hoping to secure support from the Organisation of African Unity, but the move had the opposite effect?
... that Alberto Giacometti chose the dying photographer Eli Lotar as the subject of his last sculptures, but himself died before finishing them?
... that Cyril Karabus was convicted of manslaughter and forgery in 2004, a verdict he learned of only eight years later?

4 February 2026

00:00, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

Jahangir with a Portrait of Akbar

... that a 17th-century painting (pictured) may depict the emperor Jahangir listening as a portrait of his dead father speaks to him?
... that Achmad Soebardjo said that he adopted a surname after hearing a voice while urinating in prison?
... that Munich's "Shirker's Alley" got its nickname in the 1930s because people used it to avoid giving the Hitler salute at a nearby Nazi memorial?
... that creation of wethers, castrated male sheep or goats, is recorded as far back as the Minoan civilization in the Bronze Age?
... that Allison Lanier traveled between New York and Los Angeles to film for her regular role on The Young and the Restless?
... that the writer of How to Survive from Nine to Five and Between the Covers was inspired by her 27 office jobs and her visit to a strip club, respectively?
... that the baritone Jubilant Sykes, active in spirituals, gospel and funk, recorded the role of the Celebrant in Leonard Bernstein's Grammy-nominated Mass?
... that Fluminense FM used to broadcast horse races before becoming "the gateway to Brazilian rock in the 80s"?

3 February 2026

00:00, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

Girardinus metallicus

... that Cuba's Girardinus fish (pictured) may have evolved into different species because the island's rivers are often interrupted by waterfalls or vanish underground?
... that Tinashe's 333 and Wishy's Triple Seven are both named for angel numbers?
... that slipper lamps produced in the Umayyad era sometimes carried bilingual inscriptions with "The Light of Christ" in Greek, alongside "God" (Allah) in Arabic?
... that Anahit Ananyan was credited with starting Armenia's tomato heritage?
... that the relocation of a Mexico City monument resulted in the water-level indicators on its pedestal losing their original geographic alignment?
... that a pre-order ticket campaign for Rhapsody in August saw ¥300 of the ¥1,300 ticket price go to the assistance of birds affected by the Gulf War?
... that Allan Ludwig has been described as the "founding father" of gravestone studies?
... that during the 1939 Abbeville Conference, the first meeting of the Anglo-French Supreme War Council, the parties agreed not to launch large-scale operations against Germany?
... that Haruka No. 2 plays two recorders using her nose, one with each nostril?

2 February 2026

00:00, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Veronika scratching herself with tools

... that Veronika the cow can scratch herself using brooms (depicted)?
... that a popular series interviews celebrities without an interviewer?
... that a Mexican vice admiral who exposed radioactive milk imports was accused of treason and sent to the Revillagigedo Islands?
... that "King Scum" escaped from prison by pretending to be a solicitor?
... that a psychiatrist expressed concern about a patient's paranoia to a colleague the day before the patient killed him?
... that Sarah, Lady Holte, owned hundreds of slaves in Barbados, but only ever met one?
... that the socialist newspaper Radenik was banned after it referred to Jesus as a "socialist, communist, and revolutionary"?
... that Lorenzo Dow Thompson threw Abraham Lincoln in a wrestling match?
... that A Taxonomy of Office Chairs applies evolutionary classification to furniture?

1 February 2026

00:00, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

2010 snowball fight in Washington, D.C.

... that the Washington DC Snowball Fight Association was formed when around 2,000 people showed up to a snowball fight (pictured) organized over Facebook?
... that Emily Sutton illustrated an abridged children's edition of Shakespeare's First Folio with "red-cheeked gentlemen, sword-wielding warriors and ladies in striking attire"?
... that gamblers in Myanmar worship the spirit Thone Myo Shin to ensure victory in cockfights?
... that John A. Jakle has co-authored nine books on "roadside America", including books on motels, road signs, gas stations, parking lots, and fast-food restaurants?
... that Ellie Goulding tied Adele for the most UK number one albums by a British female artist when Higher Than Heaven topped the charts?
... that Robert Van de Graaff, inventor of the Van de Graaff generator, turned to physics after injuries kept him from playing football at Alabama?
... that an unlockable vehicle in Kururin Squash! contains a reference to Super Mario Bros. by honking the horn?
... that the kingship ideology of the Lozi Kingdom emphasised powerful ancestral royal spirits, believed to affect the present?
... that the Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Anzio once took the place of an entire fleet?

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