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10 September 2026

00:00, 10 September 2026 (UTC)

Chapel of the Apostles

... that the cross-bracing trusses and geometric windows of the Chapel of the Apostles (pictured) have been said to evoke a "multifaceted diamond"?
... that Yōichi Nakanishi served as the governor of Ishikawa Prefecture for more than 30 years?
... that California Creek and Dakota Creek are in Washington?
... that Bolu Ogunyemi is the Canadian Medical Association's first black president, and one of the youngest to hold that office?
... that the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan failed to pass an amendment auditing the National Intelligence Council for potential privacy violations?
... that baseball player Bunny Fabrique claimed to be a descendant of King Louis XVI of France?
... that a plane crash that killed all 14 occupants came at the conclusion of a three-day flight tour organized by a Chinese warlord?
... that Leif Strand claimed proficiency in the sport of skull fighting?
... that dogs in Spain include one who foiled a bombing, one who had his own travel series, and one who is 12 metres tall and covered in 38,000 flowers?

9 September 2026

00:00, 9 September 2026 (UTC)

Rose Alufandika

... that a 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations team featuring Rose Alufandika (pictured), Mercy Sikelo, Esther Maulidi, Ireen Khumalo, and Maggie Chavula went from being ranked 153rd to making the final and qualifying for the World Cup?
... that the brutalist "Balance Building" was called a "ticking time bomb"?
... that Kager Knueppel won a state basketball championship with his brothers and his cousin?
... that characters in Hololive Dreams are sometimes knocked unconscious by falling apples?
... that Percival Borde was known to dance in a dashiki as a professor at Binghamton University?
... that four species of spider, including Oecobius kowalskii, were named after characters from Penguins of Madagascar?
... that Bartłomiej Kubkowski swam continuously for 56 hours across the Baltic Sea?
... that an Indiana TV station almost broadcast from a former funeral home?
... that Trubus Sudarsono performed puppetry at circumcision ceremonies?

8 September 2026

12:00, 8 September 2026 (UTC)

Artist's impression of a spider pulsar vaporizing its companion

... that spider pulsars (conception pictured) eat away their stellar mates by irradiating them?
... that turtle fan Susan Baur founded Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage, a group of volunteers who dive to retrieve litter?
... that the Garmin Instinct line of GPS watches includes a model marketed towards truck drivers?
... that during Operation Spring High, American aircraft attacked a fake target made of bamboo that lured them into a trap?
... that Indigenous Australian cultural leader Rhoda Roberts coined the term "Welcome to Country" for a ceremony now used at the opening of Parliament and most major events?
... that many of Joe Hill's anti-capitalist songs borrowed the melodies of hymns and show tunes?
... that Albanian archbishop Dominic Thopia used his influence to support his nephew after he took over Durrës in 1368?
... that a life-sized humanoid robot kept fighting after having its head kicked off during the inaugural Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend event?
... that Michigan State Treasurer Joseph F. Hambitzer, along with two other officials, was removed from office for gross neglect of duty?

00:00, 8 September 2026 (UTC)

Ellsworth Johnson

... that the last known survivor of the Operational Group Command (pictured) initially trained as a medic but joined the OSS because he did not want to be a "bedpan jockey"?
... that a 500-year-old style of Korean patchwork has been compared to modern abstract art?
... that the Indonesian painter Hendra Gunawan began using brighter colours while a political prisoner?
... that the spaceships aboard the Xianzhou Luofu in Honkai: Star Rail are inspired by floating rafts from a Jin-dynasty poem?
... that Zinenani Majawa complained that limiting the opening hours of bars during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi was like closing sex workers' workplaces?
... that a Chicago school named after Otto von Bismarck, who wrote that he felt "highly complimented", was renamed Funston Elementary School in 1918 amid wartime anti-German sentiment?
... that a film performance by Denzel Washington so impressed Hampton Fluker that he changed his goal from becoming a football star to pursuing an acting career?
... that not all mollies in the Balsas are Balsas mollies?
... that professional golfer Tommy Morrison was 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) by the age of 14?

7 September 2026

12:00, 7 September 2026 (UTC)

Audubon Terrace

... that New York City's Audubon Terrace (pictured) was so poorly patronized that one of its museums once lent items to another museum in the city so more people could see them?
... that Henri Gil-Marchex worked at various points as a pianist, race-car driver, and theater critic?
... that Texas segregationists spent nine years violently rejecting the court-ordered integration of a public school?
... that Dániel Karsai worked at the European Court of Human Rights, the same court that later ruled against him by not decriminalizing euthanasia?
... that a parallel local government operated independently of British rule in Medinipur during the 1942 Quit India Movement?
... that a cultivar of crape myrtle was named after a video-game character because its flowers resemble her hair bow?
... that some studios and streaming platforms have reportedly begun instructing filmmakers to film TV shows and films in a manner that can make them easily clippable?
... that Ana Paula Gomes de Oliveira won the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders after campaigning against police brutality in Brazil following the death of her son?
... that the Lady of Lawers was said to have foreseen the Highland Clearances via a prophecy about sheep skulls and ploughs?

00:00, 7 September 2026 (UTC)

Rabcewicz in 1892

... that Zofia Rabcewicz (pictured) gave more than 60 underground concerts in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation of Poland?
... that the main lead actor from Home Alone appeared on a web series to review video games based on the film?
... that according to his youth coach, Cameron Houindo was often heckled by his opponents' parents at basketball games?
... that the first season of Euphoria was described as "grossly irresponsible programming" two days before it was broadcast?
... that Singapore does not officially recognise Palestine as a sovereign state, but still voted in favour of Palestine's full membership of the United Nations?
... that the title of Clipse's song "The Birds Don't Sing" was inspired by Maya Angelou's 1969 autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
... that grammatical aspect in the Slavic languages may have developed because certain prefixes were used so often they lost their original meanings?
... that a pro-housing nonprofit has sued California's governor and more than a dozen cities and counties to permit more housing development?
... that Lin Bing was conceived despite the panda porn that her father watched being ineffective?

6 September 2026

12:00, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

Buildings in the First Avenue Estate

... that the First Avenue Estate (pictured) and the York Avenue Estate, two tenement blocks, were protected, unprotected, and then re-protected as New York City landmarks?
... that the Quingnam language, despite being the language of a Peruvian empire, is known from only a handful of words?
... that oral traditions describe King Ohuan either as mistaken for a woman, or as born female and transformed into a man through medicine?
... that Anthropic began scanning and destroying millions of rare books in 2024 to train their AI model Claude?
... that Irish historian Herbert William Parke took a break from teaching during World War II to serve as the principal of the Board of Trade in London?
... that an official of the University of Texas at Austin suggested that a bat infestation at Garrison Hall could be cleared with fire extinguishers?
... that a 1979 sit-in protest by female garment workers in South Korea helped spark a chain of events that led to the assassination of President Park Chung Hee?
... that the Sisters of the Little Way is a religious order dedicated to working with people who experienced abuse within the Catholic Church?
... that a speech in the Russian parliament cited a Peppa Pig character with two mothers as an example of LGBT propaganda?

00:00, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

Chantal Jaquet

... that French philosopher Chantal Jaquet (pictured) coined the term "transclass" for people who move between social classes?
... that Niko Resources pleaded guilty to bribery in Canada over the Chhatak Gas Field explosion, but the Bangladeshi officials whom it bribed were acquitted at home?
... that NFL player Dan Garza was also a Navy SEAL and a dentist?
... that Franz Schubert wrote Variations on "Trockne Blumen" for flute and piano while suffering from a relapse of syphilis?
... that Swiss artist Martin Disler, a leading representative of the Neue Wilde movement, began painting while working as a nursing assistant at a psychiatric clinic?
... that the mascot of a Mexican pharmacy chain evolved from often being tackled in the streets to a plush toy gifted to musicians during concerts?
... that Drew Talbert's more than two decades as a server inspired him to create his TikTok sitcom series Bistro Huddy?
... that a painting commissioned by Korean royalty is believed to have been looted by a Japanese general?
... that journalist McKenzie Porter brought a photographer to a secret luncheon, prompting attendees to flee through a back exit?

5 September 2026

12:00, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

Callam Offices

... that the structuralist pods of the Callam Offices (pictured) are suspended above a floodplain?
... that Swiss sculptor Bernhard Luginbühl made portraits of a butcher and a forester from knives and saws?
... that the National Intelligence Bureau was established because of the heightened threat by Chinese and Russian espionage operations in Japan?
... that, to reflect the witch-trials setting of The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope, composer Jason Graves used out-of-tune instruments?
... that Obinna Ekezie Jr. trained at an elite basketball academy in Nigeria founded by his father?
... that the host of a college radio station led the effort to get "Say Hello to Someone in Massachusetts" designated as the official state polka?
... that an analysis by Pangram found that 21% of peer reviews for a machine-learning conference were AI-generated?
... that K-pop singer Bain came out as gay live on stage in Los Angeles?
... that the namesake of the Repetto Hills was tied to a tree and robbed by a bandit, attracting treasure hunters whose digging for supposed buried loot caused his house to collapse?

00:00, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

Cornelia Flores

... that Quechua trade unionist Cornelia Flores (pictured) went from farming to helping to draft the Bolivian constitution?
... that the first Cape Verdean Museum in the United States is located in Rhode Island?
... that Dan Petro, a violent spirit in Haitian Vodou, is the apotheosis of a legendary rebel priest?
... that a young adult novel that makes several insider references to the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes was not endorsed or authorized by the strip's creator?
... that Goh Kim Leong became the youngest civil servant in Singaporean history to be appointed a permanent secretary?
... that three family members in Croydon were fatally poisoned in 1928–29, but the killer was never found?
... that Saleem Al-Ashqar played his entire football career in the Gaza Strip?
... that Greek communists defended the Right against the socialist prime minister's attacks during the 1985 parliamentary election, even though they had been persecuted by the Right in the 1950s?
... that a great-nephew of Queen Elizabeth II posted thirst traps on social media?

4 September 2026

12:00, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

Boy with Baby Carriage

... that Boy with Baby Carriage (pictured) was the first of 322 cover illustrations produced by Norman Rockwell for The Saturday Evening Post?
... that President Sukarno entrusted his first-born son to the painter Ernest Dezentjé during the Indonesian National Revolution?
... that a 2001 academic text psychoanalyzed the sexuality of otaku?
... that operatic baritone Désiré Defrère had such a wide vocal range that he could replace high tenors and female singers in emergencies?
... that the French goat cheese charolais has a "slight cellar perfume" according to the Ark of Taste?
... that a judge ruled that supporting Scottish independence is protected under the Equality Act 2010 in a legal case launched by councillor Chris McEleny?
... that a critic for Personal Computer World said that Sesame Street: Elmo's Preschool would "eventually drive any normal adult up the wall"?
... that Stourbridge Glass Museum has a restored 1969 panel from the Churchill Memorial Screen that had been vandalised in a shopping centre?
... that U.S. President Richard Nixon requested that Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing spend more time in China so they could learn how to have sex?

00:00, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

Fans with Tarps Off at a baseball game

... that Tarps Off (fans pictured) started on a US$10 dare?
... that future actress Emily Flain supplied a shortlisted name for a new housing development in Northern Ireland while she was in primary school?
... that members of a transnational online sexual-abuse network used vehicle terminology to disguise their crimes?
... that Los Errantes robbed banks in Cuba, Chile and Argentina before finally being caught attempting to assassinate Spanish king Alfonso XIII in France?
... that Callimachus's Hymn to Delos was composed for the birthday of Ptolemy II in 274 BC?
... that an Olympic wrestler from the Philippines became a mayor in Southern California?
... that the February 1993 Liechtenstein general election saw a third party enter parliament for the first time?
... that Dejan Vuk Stanković's appointment as a Serbian government minister was opposed by supporters of the student-led anti-corruption protests?
... that skateboarding was illegal in Norway between 1978 and 1989?

3 September 2026

12:00, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Güvercinada Castle

... that Güvercinada Castle (pictured) is named after the pigeons that inhabit it?
... that, one year after Yilma Ketema became the first African footballer in Greece, the country's football federation introduced a ban on foreign players?
... that the superintendent of an Arctic rescue station auctioned a ship to himself?
... that an inability to control voluntary eye movement can be associated with a more severe form of ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 1?
... that eunuch Feng Bao was one of only three people whom the young Wanli Emperor held in great respect?
... that a woman was killed in Ghana in 2020 after she was accused of being a witch?
... that Prince Ōtomo, the son of Emperor Tenji, was officially recognized as an emperor 1,200 years after his death?
... that Shizuku was the first game to be described as a visual novel?
... that the menu for Pym Test Kitchen has included a US$100 sandwich?

00:00, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Albert E. Boynton

... that California progressive-era politician Albert E. Boynton (pictured) worked with future governor C. C. Young to write a bill that introduced secret ballots for elections, abolishing old "party-line" ballots?
... that the cost of providing telephone transmission in the US decreased by a factor of one thousand from 1925 to 1975?
... that Thomas Duke is known for finding and photographing the filming locations of famous films?
... that a building occupied by CasaNem contained works of art, including a bust of Santos-Dumont?
... that Liew Mun Leong started his career by developing military camps before becoming the chief project manager for Changi Airport Terminal 2?
... that Thai censors considered Meat Grinder a national-security concern because of its portrayal of human flesh being used in noodles and scenes related to the 6 October 1976 massacre?
... that alleged pornographic pictures of candidates and their mistresses was part of public discourse during the June 1989 Greek parliamentary election?
... that Mitsue Yamazaki named an anime television series she co-created after a term that "makes people in the industry shudder"?
... that gooners can reach a "goon state" in their "goon caves"?

2 September 2026

12:00, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Flag of Uganda

... that the flag of Uganda (pictured) features a crested crane, a symbol of fortune, longevity and wealth among the indigenous Baganda people?
... that composer Marta Canales donated the manuscript of one of her pieces to a Carmelite monastery?
... that a pedestrian bridge linking two Luxembourg City neighbourhoods began receiving opposition in the neighbourhood it crosses 18 years before its construction started?
... that Vandal king Gelimer lost the Battle of Ad Decimum because he paused pursuit to mourn his brother?
... that Inori's debut novel received a publication offer when she had almost forgotten about it?
... that the 1644 historical view asserts that China suffered not one but three centuries of humiliation?
... that John Weiss signed with the New York Giants in 1944 despite having no college or professional football experience?
... that a burglary prompted a newspaper's operation to leave the Lithuanian Alliance of America clubhouse?
... that Kai Cenat's Streamer University received more than 1 million applications within minutes of opening enrollment?

00:00, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Élisabeth Jérémine

... that a ridge on the Kerguelen Islands is named after Élisabeth Jérémine (pictured), a Russian-French geologist who analysed rocks from the islands?
... that some maps contain non-existent places inserted by the cartographers to detect copyright infringement?
... that the incumbent prime minister of Serbia is not a member of any political party?
... that the Palatine colossi were buried beneath the Palazzo della Pilotta during the Second World War?
... that Barry Pryor's plays in a 1969 American football game were credited to Gary Tucker?
... that a future U.S. president and a future U.S. senator tried to kill and injure each other in a tavern brawl that involved guns, knives, and a horsewhip?
... that Elaine Larsen, a champion drag racer, was raised in a Mennonite family that strongly limited the use of technology?
... that Tennessee's official bicentennial rap was described as "an unlistenable novelty song"?
... that 96-year-old social-media influencer Lillian Droniak's proposed rules for her funeral include a requirement to get drunk?

1 September 2026

12:00, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

Early 1933 junk dollar

... that a Chinese coin (example pictured) was modified to avoid similarities to the Japanese rising sun?
... that Kotaro Tatsumi once volunteered to support leprosy patients in Bangladesh?
... that Davis Creek Regional Park was part of a ranch known for its Thoroughbred horses?
... that Kim Jong-suk is the only person in North Korea with her name, as she is a cousin of the founder of North Korea?
... that a two-year-old boy with black eyes was used as a model in Norman Rockwell's painting The Young Lady with the Shiner?
... that Titouan Bernicot founded an organization that grows super corals?
... that the creator of the manga series I Can't Say No to the Lonely Girl used fashion magazines for students as a reference for her character designs?
... that Joseph H. Rothenberg co-led the recovery of the Hubble Space Telescope after its primary mirror was polished too flat by 1/40th the thickness of a human hair?
... that Paula Maxa was known as the "most murdered woman in the world"?

00:00, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

Henryk Sztompka

... that a brewery owner who sheltered pianist Henryk Sztompka (pictured) and his family after the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 brought in a piano so that he could continue practicing?
... that the dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov, the Ukrainian minister of defence, sparked a series of protests demanding the removal of the commander-in-chief instead?
... that Charlotte Bryant begged King Edward VIII, "don't let them kill me on Wednesday"?
... that Franz Schubert's lied "Auf dem Strom" was composed for the only public concert in which he presented his own works?
... that Ha Ming was one of only two men who remained with the captive Emperor Yingzong of Ming throughout his captivity by the Oirats?
... that, in certain theories of cardinality, not only are there infinitely many sizes of infinity, ⁠ $\aleph _{0},\aleph _{1},...,\aleph _{\omega },...$ ⁠, but there is a largest one?
... that León Federico Aneiros served as a legislator, a vice-rector, and the archbishop of Buenos Aires?
... that Colostle won an award for "Best Rules" despite reviewers noting that it had few rules?
... that astronauts orbiting the Moon celebrated the moment at which they lost contact with Earth by eating maple leaf cream cookies?

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