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==Did you know...== ==Did you know...==
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{{*mp}}...that the gates ''(])'' of ''']''', ], erected in 1895, had been shown at the ] in London?

{{*mp}}...that ''']''', the recognized leader of ] pioneers in ], ], has been called the "father of ] in ]?
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{{*mp}}...that many ''']s''', decorative anthologies published annually just before the holidays to be given as gifts, featured popular authors of the day such as ], ], ] and ]?

{{*mp}}...that ]'s ''']''' includes one of the oldest houses in the city?
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{{*mp}}...that the southern terminus of the ] in the United States is ''']''' in ]?
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{{*mp}}...that ''']''', the majority leader of the ], has faced ] ] three times, in races for two offices?
===7 January 2025===
{{*mp}}...that despite being dominated by the military elite, the ]n ''']''' was ousted from power in 1978 by a military opposition?
*'''''12:00, 7 January 2025 (UTC)'''''
{{*mp}}...that ] ''']''' taught ], ] and ] at the ] while completing two degrees there?
{{main page image/DYK|image=Coronation of Melisende.jpg|caption=Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem}}<!--See ] for other parameters-->
{{*mp}}...that the ] thought they themselves gave nice gifts, but that the ] gave "cheap" gifts, upon meeting in the ''']''' in 1805?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' ''(pictured)'' was the site of the baptism of ]'s son, the wedding of ], and the funeral of ] astronaut ]? * ... that ''']''' ''(pictured)'' was so incensed by the rumours of her alleged infidelity that neither her husband nor his friends felt safe in her presence?
* ... that the questionnaire prepared after the ''']''' had 2,087 questions and was called "a modern epic"?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' was the first person born in ] to be an ]?
* ... that during World War II, US Army casualty telegrams were sent out in the name of Major General ''']'''?
{{*mp}}...that the exposed ] of the ''']''' was formed from ] emitted when the ] began to split apart in the ]?
* ... that to raise funds for the ''']''', its chairman led an armed squad to storm the Moscow headquarters of the ]?
{{*mp}}...that even though his predecessor, ], was a ], ] ''']''' faced no Republican opponent in his 2002 run for the ]?
* ... that the ] and Sterling Toles collaborative album ''''']''''' took over a decade to make?
{{*mp}}...that police patrolled ''']''' during the 2000 funeral of a Hispanic youth killed with a tire iron by ]s after a retaliatory shooting at a donut shop?
* ... that ''']''', a Brazilian councilman, was murdered in 1993 after publicly coming out as bisexual?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' is the first online book rental company in the ] to offer flat rate rental-by-mail to its customers?
* ... that ''']''' was under contract to be sold within a week of its first regular broadcast?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', the ] ] who challenged ] for the 1962 ] ] was a champion ] halfback in 1939 and 1940?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' was the first German spy to be executed in the ] during ]? * ... that ''''']''''' was described as China's answer to '']''{{-?}}
* ... that football player ''']''' was 6 feet 4 inches (1.93&nbsp;m) and 340 pounds (150&nbsp;kg) in sixth grade?
{{-}}

{{*mp}}...that ''']''', part of ''']''', has a 30-metre (98 ft) ] ] called Nan Tow's Tump ''(pictured)''?
*'''''00:00, 7 January 2025 (UTC)'''''
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''', part of the ], was lost by the ] after disaffected local Indians betrayed their location to the ]?
{{main page image/DYK|image=Loews Valencia sunny jeh.jpg|caption=Valencia Theatre}}<!--See ] for other parameters-->
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' involved a ] supposedly renumbered after a ] predicted a locomotive with the original number would be involved in a crash?
* ... that New York City's ''']''' ''(pictured)'' was sold to a church in 1977 for $1?
{{*mp}}...that the ] government of ] achieved considerable savings from reforms implemented by ] ''']'''?
* ... that the murder of skier ''']''' led to a change in ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' was created for ]s after a ] epidemic struck ] in the 1830s?
* ... that ''''']''''' has been described as both a "little masterpiece of polite merriment" and a "misogynist comedy dipped in vitriol"?
{{*mp}}...that before working as ] to the ], ''']''' helped ]n ] ] develop a patented ] training program?
* ... that ''']''', the first African-American woman to become a reporter at the '']'', was sent to report on a riot on her first day at work?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' is the top income generator for the islands, out-earning the lucrative ] industry?
* ... that terracotta cones found at ''']''' in Palestine are unique in the region, but resemble artefacts from ancient Egypt?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', colliery owner and philanthropist, ''(find in imagemap)'' was descended from ''']''', ] who was charged with ]?
* ... that ''']''', before improving women's rights as a legislator in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, led a Women's Desk that was "unable to take a firm stand on behalf of women's issues"?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', best known for writing the 1981 novel ''Sweetsir'', died one day before her 93rd birthday?
* ... that ''''']''''' is named after ] and is found at the highest elevation of any species of ]?
{{*mp}}...that ] ]er and ] captain ''']''' has been called "the most under-rated cricketer to have worn the silver fern"?
* ... that the U.S. ] ''']''' until 1980?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''', one of the last ] steam services before the steam ban of 1968, was so called because of the high prices from popular demand for it?
* ... that Yuki Waga created the "earworm" for "''']'''" by walking around his house repeating "''shikanoko nokonoko koshitantan''"?
{{*mp}}...that ] ] ''']''' won three gold medals in ] at three different ]?

{{*mp}}...that ] footballer ''']''' captained the ] to three consecutive ] titles?
===6 January 2025===
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' was named for and designed by a former ] of ]?
*'''''12:00, 6 January 2025 (UTC)'''''
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', the capital of ], was founded in 1869 as a police camp?
{{main page image/DYK|image=Man wearing cutoffs.jpg|caption=Jorts}}<!--See ] for other parameters-->
{{*mp}}...that ] activist ''']''' served as the only medical ] for approximately 60,000 people in a ] ] during ]'s ] era?
* ... that ''']''' ''(example pictured)'', despite being worn by frumpy dads, are also associated with ], punks, rappers, skaters, and "]"?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' was a victory for the ] and ] forces during the ] which enabled them to take ] and defeat the ]?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' industry goes back to at least the ]? * ... that the Okinawan king ''']''' was reportedly protected by an all-female bodyguard?
* ... that the browser extension ''']''' blocks and clicks on advertisements at the same time?
{{*mp}}...that current ] president ''']''' survived a 1966 four-man ] ] that took the life of one ] and severely injured ]?
* ... that a key part of ''']'''{{`s}} ] is the chemical incompatibility of the different paints he uses?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' in ], faced with a dwindling flock and changing ], was one of the first U.S. ]es to offer ] language ]?
* ... that neither of the two athletes who represented ''']''' grew up or trained in the country?
{{*mp}}...that ] international ] ''']''' was given an ] by his father for winning a ] to ]?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' was launched on '']'' in 2008 to revive the railway link between ] and ] that had been closed for 43 years? * ... that ''']''' was ordered to pay ]'s legal bill of about ]250,000, despite winning a lawsuit against them?
* ... that ''']''' is the oldest church in continuous use in the state of Minnesota?
{{*mp}}...that like building a better ], there is still a challenge for ]s to produce a kinder and more gentle ''']'''?
{{*mp}}...that '']'' ''(pictured)'', one of five ]s to compete in the 1829 ], was later used on the ''']'''? * ... that the music of ] inspired Taylor Swift to work on the song "''']'''" with the producers ] and ]?
* ... that the ] dispense mysterious vision-inducing foods in the ''']''', which a scholar proposed to be an account of ritual hallucinogen intake?<!--special occasion hook for January 6-->
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' produced ]'s first ] film, ''Harischandra'', in ]?

{{*mp}}...that ''']''' in ] was among the ], dropping more than {{convert|5.5|m|ft}} of precipitation in a nine&nbsp;day period on ] island?
*'''''00:00, 6 January 2025 (UTC)'''''
{{*mp}}...that ], namesake of the ], played for the ''']''' before eventually transferring to the ]?
{{main page image/DYK|image=Hoogleraren, van Wijk, SFA022819357.jpg|caption=Nicolaas van Wijk}}<!--See ] for other parameters-->
{{*mp}}...that the ] of the ''']''', a ] from eastern ], found its way from ] to ] but disappeared during the ]?
* ... that ''']''' ''(pictured)'', after helping to provide humanitarian aid during World War&nbsp;I, called the ] "an offense against God"?
{{*mp}}...that there was an element of ] concerning ''']''', and that the dead were often described as being received by a lady?
* ... that the ''''']''''' memorial was installed seven years ago today in response to a kidnapping that occurred thirteen years ago today?
{{*mp}}...that the world's largest ], the {{convert|144|m|ft}} long ''Atlantic Dawn'', is able to process 350 tonnes of fish a day?
* ... that ''']''' ran for five ] seats for states in which they did not live, and mostly had not visited?
{{*mp}}...that when ''']''' in ] was built in the 1920s, it was compared to "a jeweled crown on the head of a ] queen"?
* ... that ''']''' was based on an American novel and staged in Tokyo?
{{*mp}}...that the former ''']''' ] in ] incorporates both ] and ] elements in its design?
* ... that ''']s''' were introduced in the 1970s along with other flavours such as grape and orange?
{{*mp}}...that reputed 25-year-old ] ''']''' was the victim of a notorious ] by a gunman wearing a ] mask on ] in 1989?
* ... that the military glider ''']''' was considered for use as a civilian airliner?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', a ] ] for ], helped ] win an ] title, then transferred after their addition of ]?
* ... that the ] novel ''''']''''', according to a scholar, contains a hidden legal code for readers to piece together?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' was the last election of a ] which did not take the form of a ]?
* ... that ''']''' became the lowest-rated mainline entries in the franchise's history due to performance issues at launch?
{{*mp}}...that the ] ] ''']''' offered a five-volume historical work that he authored as a birthday gift to ], instead of mirrors, which the other officials were giving?
* ... that ''']''' opened the first commercial movie theater in Iran, only for it to be banned within a month?
{{*mp}}...that having moved to ] to start his missionary work at age 22, ''']''' died at age 83 in ] without ever returning to his home country of ]?

{{*mp}}...that in 1998, an ] at the ''']''' in ] burned for 14 days and was visible more than {{convert|40|mi}} away?
===5 January 2025===
{{*mp}}...that Italian ] priest ''']''' moved to ] in 1607 to assist ] in his ] research, and attempted to reform the ]?
*'''''12:00, 5 January 2025 (UTC)'''''
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' is an unusually large ] dwelling for a city the size of ]?
{{main page image/DYK|image=Oil painting of first Cathedral of Saint Paul, Minnesota.jpg|caption=Chapel of Saint Paul}}<!--See ] for other parameters-->
{{*mp}}...that future ] stars ] and ] participated in the ''']''', a preview event for the ]?
* ... that the city of ], was named after ''']''' ''(pictured)''{{-?}}
{{*mp}}...that ] ''']''' says he picked up most of his writing experience from the ] '']'', despite never being part of the writing staff?
* ... that the death of ''']''' in the '']'' uses language typically reserved for the noble deaths of warriors?
{{*mp}}...that ] athlete ''']''' competed on an international level in both ] and ]?
* ... that when future Olympian ''']''' entered high school, her elementary-school swimming coach was hired full-time and continued to coach her?
{{*mp}}...that ] had an active ''']''' before ], but only one player was a ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' form over 40% of the total population of the ]? * ... that ''']''' tried to sell a painting of his credit card to ]?
* ... that ''''']''''' has been read as a biographic ], paralleling its lead's rise from prostitution into film stardom?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' in the small village of ] was mentioned in a ] by the ] ]?
* ... that the first publication of the prolific author and ]ic scholar ''']''' was a Jewish songbook for the ]?
{{*mp}}...that ] ]er ''']''' was once struck so hard on the head by a ] that his heart and breathing stopped, and he had to be revived by a doctor from the crowd?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' was a ], ] and award-winning ] and ] who wrote the poem "Death of the ]"? * ... that ''']''' based her ]–winning painting on an illustration that accompanied the poem "]"?
* ... that ]'s song "''']'''" was pulled from streaming platforms because of its unauthorized use of "]"?
{{*mp}}...that "''']'''" is the first '']'' episode since the ]'s revival where the cast filmed abroad?
* ... that after being signed, released, signed, released, signed, released, signed, released, signed, released, and signed again, ''']''' made his NFL debut?
{{*mp}}...that ] engineer ''']''' helped to establish that ] cannot be completely eliminated from radio and cable transmissions?

{{*mp}}...that ] employed a ] ], ''']''', to organize the ]'s collection of ] books?
*'''''00:00, 5 January 2025 (UTC)'''''
{{*mp}}...that ] ''']''' in ], for which the ''']''' had a monopoly until 1999, peaked in the 1950s, then suffered from the use of oil and the ] afterwards?
{{main page image/DYK|image=Melichrus procumbens.jpg|caption=Jam tarts}}<!--See ] for other parameters-->
{{*mp}}...that ] gutted the central part of the ''']''' in ] to make it resemble the ] headquarters in ]?
* ... that ants are the main pollinators of ''']''' ''(example pictured)''{{-?}}
{{*mp}}...that a ''']''', unlike an ], is formed by the ground sinking over a void such an emptied ] or ]?
* ... that ''']''' took part in a NATO-led peacekeeping mission during the 1990s?
{{*mp}}...that when ] besieged ] in the fall of 1220 he requested assistance from friend and fellow ], ''']''', in a poem?
* ... that ''']''' helped to steer viewers to its owner's OnlyFans account?
{{*mp}}...that ''']s''' measure distances along a ] from its mouth and are used to reference locations and to name islands?
* ... that ''']''' in sand or salt?
{{*mp}}...that the Rev. ''']''' was immortalized as "the Fat Clergyman" in '']'' of children's books by the Rev. ]?
* ... that the ''']'''{{`s}} roof once had a shooting range?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' was the largest ] ] firm of the ]?
* ... that ''']''' captained an English warship against the ]?
{{*mp}}...that although ] felt ''''']''''' and ''''']''''' were the most successful of his '']'' ] series, ''''']''''' has had the most enduring success?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', a German ], seemed to extract ]s and tap out the answer with his ]? * ... that ''']''' has been described as an early glimpse of the future of video games?
* ... that films were made of plays written by ''']''' after his death at a relatively young age?
{{*mp}}...that in ], ''']''', son of ] ], stopped ]'s ] record 61 game hitting streak?
* ... that archaeologists read ''']''' by "unrolling" it virtually?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' ''(])'' in ] was named after the ] who formed it after a previous company of ]s quit because they were jealous of other companies' facilities?

{{*mp}}...that ]s in the '']'' ] cause ''']''', a lethal ] in which the limbs' ]s malform into the shape of a ]?
===4 January 2025===
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' may be used ], as it can penetrate armor and spread ] through the compartment, burning the crew and depleting their ]?
*'''''12:00, 4 January 2025 (UTC)'''''
{{*mp}}...that filming on '']'' episode "''']'''" was interrupted for over four months due to the ]?
{{main page image/DYK|image=Mother Solomon circa 1880.jpg|caption=Mother Solomon}}<!--See ] for other parameters-->
{{*mp}}...that the 1943 ''']''' praised ] and condemned Western colonialism but did not produce plans for the ] development?
* ... that ''']''' ''(pictured)'' returned to Ohio 22 years after the ] forced her people, the ], into Kansas?
{{*mp}}...that ] promoted ] as "the new center of the Union and quite probably the future capital of the U.S.A." in order to sell ''']''' land there?
* ... that there were at least seven unsuccessful attempts to redevelop New York City's ''']''' before it reopened in 2015?
{{*mp}}...that in the 1830s, anticipating construction of the ], land developer Ambrose George purchased a large tract of land between ''']''' and ''Hardscrabble'' in Suffolk County?
* ... that newspaper columnist ''']''' was imprisoned for "glamourising the communist system"?
{{*mp}}...that a ''']''' by ] ''(pictured)'' shows ] touching the ] of a ] victim in ]?
* ... that ''''']''''' and ''''']''''', two species of ] native to the Caucasus, can produce fertile hybrid offspring?
{{*mp}}...that the 2008 ] album ''''']''''' was released as a ] containing the MP3 files of the songs, embedded into a rubber wristband?
* ... that YouTuber ''']''' apologized after trying to drain a pool with paper towels?
{{*mp}}...that, besides ] ]n ] and ] and ]n ], ''']''' produces its own ] and ]?
* ... that the final seconds of ''']''' were disrupted by players and staff who mistakenly entered the field to celebrate?
{{*mp}}...that ''''']''''', a comedic novella by ], has an index of rhetorical devices used, including ] and ]?
* ... that ''']''' argued that the {{nowrap|COVID-19}} pandemic increased the impact of the patriarchy on women, both at home and in the wider economy?
{{*mp}}...that ] artifacts excavated at ''']''', ] suggest that the historic ] site submerged by ] may have been the village of "Satapo" visited by the ] expedition in 1567?
* ... that Taylor Swift released a ] containing lyrics that were trimmed from the final version of her song "''']'''"?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' used to clean ]s after discharging cargo was patented by Arthur Butterworth in 1920?
* ... that a Welsh man ''']'''?
{{*mp}}...that ''''']''''', a ] of '']'' and '']'' popularized by sociologist ], is used to describe ] and ] ]s in ]?

{{*mp}}...that ]'s ''']''' has been blocked repeatedly by ] from ] ''(pictured)'' since it was built in 1928?
*'''''00:00, 4 January 2025 (UTC)'''''
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' in ], ] is one of the world's largest sources of ] and ], but has not been ] since ]?
{{main page image/DYK|image=Milkybar-Split.jpg|caption=White chocolate}}<!--See ] for other parameters-->
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' is an ancient ], with only 10,000 speakers in eastern ], ] and ]?
* ... that ''']''' ''(pictured)'' has been used as a coating for vitamin products?
{{*mp}}...that the ]&mdash;the ] word for '']''&mdash;is the signature music and dance form in ''']'''?
* ... that baritone ''']''' twice "sang himself out of his pants" during a performance at the ], according to '']''{{-?}}
{{*mp}}...that ] ] ''']''' has taught ] at ] in between writing jobs?
* ... that the members of ''']''' to restore the ] were said to have asked the ] for assistance in eliminating ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''''']''''', a 1970s novel by ], is about two half-brothers with opposing ] ideologies?
* ... that the Lithuanian duke ''']''' was elected as the second rector of ] after its restoration in 1400?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' once ] the research for a speech on ] to a company in ]?
* ... that a Talmudic passage, "''']'''", has been used in Jewish medical ethics to justify patient autonomy?
{{*mp}}...that the ] employed ] agents called ''']s''' to obtain goods from local ] and ]?
* ... that ''']''' was the first ] to finish among the top two in ] voting?
{{*mp}}...that ] ''']''' was ] for a ] accent by a woman who usually did the opposite?
* ... that ''''']''''' depicted Charlie Chaplin in China fourteen years before it happened?
{{*mp}}...that in 1582 ''']''' confessed to using ]s to kill her neighbours and was later ] for ]?
* ... that ''']''' switched from studying medicine to art after becoming partially deaf?
{{*mp}}...that on a 1922 expedition to ], ''']''' entertained fellow climbers by reading ]?
* ... that the Japanese band ''']''' describes themselves as having a "tofu mentality"?
{{*mp}}...that objects found in 1939 in the ] at ] ''(helmet pictured)'' were not a ''']''' as their owners intended to bury them permanently?

{{*mp}}...that ''']''', a ] poet who called himself "son of the ]", was denounced as theologically and politically dangerous, and ] for ] in ] in 1689?
===3 January 2025===
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' was founded to defend the lands of ], leader of the ]?
*'''''12:00, 3 January 2025 (UTC)'''''
{{*mp}}...that the ] ] ''']''' was known in traditional history to have served for 100 days&mdash;even though he only served 99 days?
{{main page image/DYK|image=Saint Amalberga.jpg|caption=Saint Amalberga of Temse}}<!--See ] for other parameters-->
{{*mp}}...that before the ] of the ] adopted its current name, they had already won two ]s by defeating the ] in ''']''' and in ''']'''?
* ... that ''']''' ''(pictured)'' is the patron saint of upper-limb injuries, because of the legend that ] broke her arm while trying to force her to marry him?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' in ] was described at its opening as "one of the most beautiful and elegant hotels in Australasia"?
* ... that critics argued that involving actresses in ''']''' would promote obscenity?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', brother of the ] ] ] and ], was a ] ] who represented the ] ] team that toured ] in 1911?
* ... that five percent of Barbados's population turned out to protest the ''']''' in Cape Town police custody?
{{*mp}}...that the ] of ]'s ''']''' was a ] ] who modeled the campus on ] and ]?
* ... that about 200,000 ''']''' and related formations during World War&nbsp;II?
{{*mp}}...that ] ''']''' persuaded ] to donate the ] ''(])'' to the ], establishing the ]'s ] and ] collection?
* ... that ''']''' recovered from ] to set an ] single-season ] record?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' slipped on the descent after the ] of the ], dragging ], ] and ] to their deaths?
* ... that ''']''' still has loopholes from use as a military outpost in the 19th century?
{{*mp}}...that some species of ''''']''''', a genus of ]s, bind their nests with ] and ornament them with spider eggs?
* ... that ] recorded the first track for ''''']''''' at the age of 17?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', a ] with only one arm, once ] ] in a ] game?
* ... that according to ''']''' all of the presidents and vice-presidents of the ], and four-fifths of its government officials, were ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' was given his ] when an announcer on ] could not pronounce his real name?
* ... that a ''''']''''' is difficult to capture with photography?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' of ], which prohibits ] acts between men, was repealed just eight days before a May 29, 1998 deadline set by the ]?

{{*mp}}...that the ''']''', founded by the ] c. 1230 for the defence of the peace in ], was patronised by ''']'''?
*'''''00:00, 3 January 2025 (UTC)'''''
{{*mp}}...that the portrait by ] of Maria Salviati with the young ''']''' ''(pictured)'' is one of the first portraits in Europe of a child with presumed ] and ]an ancestry?
{{main page image/DYK|image=Fictional Planets of the Solar System.svg|caption=Orbits of some fictional planets of the Solar System}}<!--See ] for other parameters-->
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' may not be the world's worst ]?
* ... that ''']''' ''(diagram pictured)'' include planets between Venus and Earth, planets on the inside of a ], and a planet "behind the Earth"?
{{*mp}}...that the ] ''''']''''' is used in the ] ] to make ] and ]s?
* ... that ''']''' developed the idea of ], which translate words being sung on stage in opera?
{{*mp}}...that medieval ] ''']''' typically feature ]s, lacy ] windows and bell openings, ]s, arches, ], ]s, and external stair ]s?
* ... that multiple scenes in ''''']''''' feature ] flowers, even though it was not scripted and the falling cotton simply kept drifting into the shot?
{{*mp}}...that the ] ] ''']''' married a former professor, who was actually a ]n ] named Sergei Degaev?
* ... that Canadian rapper ''']''', who has been described as "not gangster", was elected to the ] in 2024?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' compiled and published the first printed history of ] in 1584, which popularized the legend that ] discovered America in about 1170?
* ... that the ''']''' contains the earliest known sentence in a ]?
{{*mp}}...that ] ''']''', a ] Soviet sniper, destroyed a ] and three tractors, in addition to killing five hundred ] soldiers?
* ... that ''']''' were held in village halls?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' was among the earliest and the last major electric ] systems in the ]?
* ... that ''']''' won the ] twice in three years?
{{*mp}}...that the entrance to ''']''' ''(pictured)'' in ] lies only around a meter (3 feet) above the sea, and therefore the cave can only be visited when the waters are calm?
* ... that the apartment building ''']''' caught fire in 1999, just as its renovation was being completed?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' helped to boost sales of his new spread ], now an ]n ], by giving free jars to customers?
* ... that ''']''' has been called the last heir of the ] school?
{{*mp}}...that only about 10% of ]'s ''']''' is located in the ], the agricultural and industrial heartland of the country, where 73% of the population resides?

{{*mp}}...that ''']''', part of the ], included a three-year-long school strike which resulted in lessening of ] of the Polish educational system?
===2 January 2025===
{{*mp}}...that ]i ] seek a ''']''' that extends the present boundaries of Nepal into the ]n states of ], ], ] and ]?
*'''''12:00, 2 January 2025 (UTC)'''''
{{*mp}}...that ] politician ''']''' was expelled from the ] in the 1950s for flying the ] from ] town hall, but later served as a Labour ] and ]?
{{main page image/DYK|image=Grave of Ethel Preston, Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds (6957153048).jpg|caption=Memorial statue of Ethel Preston}}<!--See ] for other parameters-->
{{*mp}}...that ''''']''''' are all namesakes for a character, a ], and a novel by Filipino author ]?
* ... that the ''']''' in Leeds, England, has a life-sized statue of her ''(pictured)'' stood in front of black marble doors, left ajar?
*...that the asymmetrical ] ] is one of many ] designed by ''']'''?
* ... that meetings between Biblical and post-Biblical characters, such as when ''']''' teach and be martyred, are rare in ]ic stories?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' was the first racing team founded by current ] chairman and CEO ]?
* ... that ''']''' served in the government of ], and was later appointed a national secretary of the French Socialist Party?
{{*mp}}...that while ''']''' in ], England , is a Grade II* ], its ''']''' is listed Grade I because of its elaborate internal architecture?
* ... that ''''']''''', an exploration of more than four decades of film in China, argues that cinema is a "modern folk tale"?
{{*mp}}...that ] argued that the increasing ] of human life traps individuals in an ''']''' of rule-based, rational control?
* ... that a critic called ]'s ''''']''''' a "truncated and barely coherent page " and "a pathetic fragment"?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', founder of the ] religion, claimed to have been a child to a secret society of ]?
* ... that the 1980s ''']''' target drone could be launched from aircraft based on aircraft carriers?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', a wholly-owned ] of ], was named as Best Regional Caterer 1995/1996 by ]?
* ... that children's author ''']''' owned ten cats and a Pomeranian dog, whose poses helped her draw illustrations for her books?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', a ] of the ], traced his ancestry to officials serving several dynasties, including the ]?
* ... that in the ''']''', the ] won 97 percent of the votes of the soldiers at the heavy artillery workshops?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' was the head of the ] section of the ], ]'s centralized planning institution for almost all basic and applied research?
* ... that ''']''', after being afraid of giving birth to her own child, went on to teach the ] to more than 17,000 couples?
{{*mp}}...that although ''']''' made landfall in ], total damage amounted to only $1 million dollars (1996 USD)?

{{*mp}}...that former ] ] and ] ] ''']''' was the only ] representative in the ] from 1999 until his death in ]?
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{{*mp}}...that ]'s 1542 painting of ''']''' was painted from the girl's ]?
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{{*mp}}..that ''']''' ate rolls and a ] while playing a ] match in which neither he nor his opponent scored for over an hour?
{{*mp}}...that rumors of the beating of a teenage ] set off a ''']''' in ], ]? * ... that following public backlash over the mistreatment of ''']''' ''(pictured)'', ] stated: "We have offended the nation of New Zealand"?
* ... that lacrosse player ''']''' was undefeated in his college career?
{{*mp}}...that despite the recorded influence of ], ''']''' has a history that can be traced from the works of European missionaries in the ] as early as the 1600s?
* ... that one of the major prey groups of the paddle crab, ''''']''''', is other paddle crabs?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' introduced ] ] to ]?
* ... that Arab Christian physician ''']''' served both Latin Christian and Arab Muslim rulers?
{{*mp}}...that besides being the first president of the ], ''']''' was also a ] ]?
* ... that jazz dancer ''']''' used to be a sergeant in the U.S. Army?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' became the first ] ] to captain the ]s team in the ] ] competition, a milestone in the ]'s struggle against ]?
* ... that the basic tune for "''']'''" from 2003's '']'' was written by ] in the 1970s?
{{*mp}}...that at age 23, ''']''' ''(pictured)'' was the youngest ] politician ever to participate in a nationally televised debate for ] leaders?
* ... that ''']''' remembers being called "female tiger" because her schoolteachers' punishments had little effect on her?
{{*mp}}...that ]’s ] novel, ''''']''''' became a film starring ], an actress turned first female governor of ] of the ]?
* ... that booing heard after the United Kingdom's entry at the ''']''' was reportedly either a response to past football hooliganism, claims of lip syncing, or alleged plagiarism of ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', the author of the '']'' ]s, ] a semi-] team in ] during the 1890-1891 season?
* ... that the ] was won by ''']''' and ''']'''?
{{*mp}}...that although it is used in ], there are only two known cases of ''']''' being traded as ] ] over a five-year period?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' was the first paid president of the "New York ] Exchange," now known as the ]?
{{*mp}}...that ]'s film '']'' is based on the medieval ] ] '''"]"'''?
{{*mp}}...that ] ] ] ''']''' served as president of the ] after being labeled a "raving ]c" by the ]?
{{*mp}}...that the former ''']''' ''(pictured)'' is the only commercial ] building in ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' is the second member of the ] to ever hold the position as ] magistrate?
{{*mp}}...that although the ''']''' by ] in ] in 2002 were mostly minor, 41 ] in the ] were declared ] ]s?
{{*mp}}...that a ''']''' of ] operates restaurants in ] including two ] ] restaurants?
{{*mp}}...that in order to cut costs, ] ] their ] '''{{MS|Olau Hollandia|1989|2}}''' to ] in January 1993, but were forced to revert the ship to ] flag only a month later?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', the first ] to have served as ] of ] in the ] (]-]), also had a career as a ] of ] and ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', ]'s recently appointed ], previously worked as a civil rights attorney, and was honored by two unions during his time in the ]?
{{*mp}}...that exhibits at the ''']''' on ] include a 33-foot fishing boat, a collection of snail shells, a unique wooden statue of a ]an demi-god, and 19th century Maui landscapes (''pictured'')?
{{*mp}}...that although the ] village of ''']''' has a ] it has no matching community?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' was the only political exponent of ] deported to Moscow in 1968 who refused to sign the ] dictated by ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' was not only mentor to the Filipino painters ] and ''']''', but a leading painter in his own right?
{{*mp}}...that the chief purpose of the ] the ''']''' was to combat heresy?
{{*mp}}...that the ] ] / ] band ''']''' cites inspiration from ]s such as ], ], ], and ]?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' was hit by at least three ]es from two different ]s, but still managed to reach port because her cargo of ] kept her afloat?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' ''(pictured)'', an 1892 Moorish-influenced design, is where ] had his Factory from 1967 to 1973, and was shot in 1968?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', a French mission to rescue ] from ] guerrillas, was launched without the knowledge of ]?
{{*mp}}...that ] was ] as the new ] in the ''']''' even though ] ] had received the most votes in the ballot?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', the grandfather of ], wrote the first and last contemporary accounts of the ], one of the last battles of the ]?
{{*mp}}...that only two days before ''''']''''' was scheduled to open at ], ] executive ] called the director and the two leads into the studio to film a new ending?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' spheroidal ] is one of the faintest companions of the ] and the most ] dominated object known?
{{*mp}}...that local legends say that a ] lives in ''']''' ''(])'' near ] in ], ]?
{{*mp}}...that after ]'s ''''']''''' were published in the ], 25 million people bought posters of them?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' discovered the '']'', poems written in the earliest-known precursor to the ]?
{{*mp}}...that Polish ] ''']''' was charged with "]ing the ]", for criticizing the state in a private letter?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' was a 1996 ] to elect ] as ]?
{{*mp}}...that two people, including a 15-year-old boy, were killed during the ''']'''?
{{*mp}}...that the brother of ]n ] ''']''' was assistant coach to the ], whilst their grandfather played for the ]?
{{*mp}}...that ], choir director since 1949 at ''']''' ''(pictured)'' in ], has also conducted choirs for dozens of feature films, including '']''?
{{*mp}}...that a ''']''' is associated with ], a rare and highly aggressive form of ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', a ] stronghold in ], was the only fortress to remain impregnable during the ''']s'''?
{{*mp}}...that political opponents of ] ''']''' nicknamed him "Old Stone Hammer" because they felt his previous work as a ] was a background unbecoming a governor?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' started life as a ] ] in the ] and ended it as ] merchant in the ]?
{{*mp}}...that despite being called the "] of ]," the ''']''' in ] operated for only four years before sitting empty for several more?
{{*mp}}...that 39% of ]i schoolchildren watch the educational television program ''''']''''' in their classroom?
{{*mp}}...that the ] ] ''']''' ''(pictured)'' was ] in November 1943, but did not sink until May 1944?
{{*mp}}...that the Adipose in the '']'' episode "''']'''" were based on a stuffed toy that writer ] owned?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s reliance on verbal orders resulted in a ] between a ] and a train carrying partygoers?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' was helping ]n war widows before she became one herself when ], died in an air crash?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' ] type likely went out of fashion in ] when the people of ], whom it was intended to mock, became assimilated into the ]?
{{*mp}}...that ] computer ] ''']''' owns the world's largest collection of ] records and ]?
{{*mp}}...that the use of multiple strains of ] as composite ''']s''' has been shown to benefit the cultivation of ] such as ] and ]?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' are a ] forest people, traditionally ], living primarily in the ]n ] of ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' ''(pictured)'' in ] is an artificial hill, 35 m (115 ft) high and 1 km in circumference, consisting entirely of the fragments of 53 million ] ]e?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''', the maternal ancestors of ], were relatives to Nazi ] ], ] ], and ] ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' and ] were the first father and son tandem to serve at the same time in the ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', who was bishop of two ] dioceses (], then ]), once ] ] in an international ] match?
{{*mp}}...that, with an estimated 308,000 members as of 2005, the ''']''' constitutes 1% of the country's population?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' takes its name from a ] phrase meaning "stands like a ]"?
{{*mp}}...that despite peaking at 38 in the ], seven-year-old ] ]'s debut album ''''']''''' was rated ] in Britain shortly after its release?
{{*mp}}...that yearly whale counts of the ] ] ''(pictured)'' in the ''']''' show their numbers are increasing by 7% per year?
{{*mp}}...that the ]-introduced ] house of the ''']''' was designed to withstand typhoons?
{{*mp}}...that English printer ''']''' published ]'s ''The Third and Last Booke of Songes or Aires'' out of his shop in ]?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' is host to three endangered species: the ], ] and ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', an internationally-touring New Zealand contemporary-dance company, melds ] and ] indigenous dance with modern dance and ]?
{{*mp}}...that "the light arises in the East", an apparently pro-] slogan coined by ]n writer ''']''' in 1945, is seen by some as a coded warning to his fellow ] about ]?
{{*mp}}...that the discovery of ''''']''''' showed that ], a type of aquatic reptile, had not gone extinct in the ], but persisted for millions of years after?
{{*mp}}...that ] ''']''' of the ] was so incensed by the decision not to award ] the ], he sent a blunt message to ] that some viewed as bordering on ]?
{{*mp}}...that in 1989, the ''']''' was initially backed by a range of ethnic groups, but quickly lost support from ] speakers and ]?
{{*mp}}...that ]n ] student ''']''' carried a fake ] in the ] as a protest, because he thought the flame was given too much reverence?
{{*mp}}...that ] ''']''' stood in as a ], ], ] and ] while filming '']''?
{{*mp}}...that the second largest ] in ], ''']''', was one of the first worldwide to offer ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' was ], and later expelled, from the ] ] in the ]?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' of many cultures includes ]s, like the ] bat god, who conduct souls to the afterlife?
{{*mp}}...that the ], ] bought the art of ] realist painter ''']'''?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' ] of ] were sunk by ] ]s?
{{*mp}}...that ] band ''']''' took their name from the ] after hearing about it on ]'s ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' became the ] of ] less than three years after moving there from ]?
{{*mp}}...that actress ''']''' was nominated for a ] at the age of twelve, making her the youngest-ever Tony nominee ]?
{{*mp}}...that, on ], attorney and ] ''']''' managed to destroy five concealed, long-range ] guns pointed at the ] ] even though he had been wounded by ] fire a few hours earlier?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', the first Mayor of ] and the second American-born ], was the son of a ] ], a leading investigator in the ]?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' cars were built in the former ] plant in ], which was the first ] factory in the world?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' aspires to be an online directory of ] for "all the people of the world"?
{{*mp}}...that after becoming ] at the instigation of the ], ''']''', still only a ], handed most of his bishopric's lands over to the earl?
{{*mp}}...that the ] ] book ''''']''''' was ] founder ]'s first published ]?
{{*mp}}...that ], impressed with ''']''' but forgetting his name, almost made Zhang Qiqiu ] instead of Zhang Jiazhen?
{{*mp}}...that the ''''']''''' was the first of only two ]s to be brought down through ], North America's deepest ], to the lower ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' was such a well-known and beloved dog in ]'s ] region that a statue ''([[Image:Dampier Red Dog, Western Australia (cropped).jpg|pictured)'' was built in his honour?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' had her jewels stolen by American soldiers in the aftermath of ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' was the first commercially successful woman ] of post-war ]?
{{*mp}}...that his son's infection with ] in 1930 led ] ''']''' to develop an ] as a tool to study the ]?
{{*mp}}...that Jewish American ] ''']''' helped bring ] to ] to help promote peace in the ]?
{{*mp}}...that ] ] ''']''' is the ], great-grandfather, and great-great-grandfather of his ] via four different paths of academic supervision?
{{*mp}}...that, between 1945 and 1947, ] ''']''' spent seven months living with ] and other ] leaders in the caves of ]?
{{*mp}}*...that ''']''' of the {{by|1876}} ] was the first pitcher to include turning his back to the hitter in his delivery before pitching the ball?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' ''(pictured)'' and ''']''' in the ''']''' of ], listed on the ] in 1988, are ]s built in the 1930s?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' is credited with writing the first book in ] published in ]?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' was the last major battle fought between ] and the ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' killed 16 people in ] and left at least 55,000 homeless?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' team is the only ] collegiate hockey team located south of the ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' is a ]n ] made with ] and any available ingredients?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' ] is the first American wine from outside ] to earn perfect 100-point score reviews from wine critic ] in '']''?
{{*mp}}...that a ''']''' was a type of public ] used in ] to store foodstuffs such as ] and ]?
{{*mp}}...that despite writing a full action-and-dialogue ] for his film '']'', ''']''' never showed the actors a script to encourage authenticity through improvisation when filming?
{{*mp}}...that ]s use a tool called a ''']''' ''(pictured)'' to remove old ] and ] aboard ]s?
{{*mp}}...that the '']'' claimed ''']''' to have been the first ] consecrated by the ], even though he was not consecrated by the pope, and even if he had been, he would not have been the first?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' ] team name of 97s was selected as a tribute to the victims of the ] train accident?
{{*mp}}...that ''''']''''', a novel by ], was once considered the “Bible of Filipino laborers”?
{{*mp}}...that the name of ''']''', a large but shallow ] in ], ], derives from the ] word ''burrumbidj'', meaning 'muddy or dirty water'?
{{*mp}}...that '']'' newspaper was founded 189 years ago in ], ] as a direct response to the ''']'''?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' is the youngest chef to have cooked for the ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' is a ''']''' to promote economic growth, but, to protect the ] state ] and ] ''(])'' it was formed from, cannot legally expand?
{{*mp}}...that in 1998, the ''''']''''', the first comprehensive ] dictionary, was almost prevented from being published for fear of having non-Hopis learning the language?
{{*mp}}...that real-life medical cases in the book ''The Medical Detectives'', by ''']''', inspired many of the medical mysteries on the television show ]?
{{*mp}}...that Johanne Sørensen became the first ''']''' in 1925, and the only ] in her country till 1947?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' represented ] at ] in the ] in ], winning the ] despite losing their only game?
{{*mp}}...that the US ] is helping to fund improvements to county road ''']''' which serves as the main access road to the ] in the ] of ]?
{{*mp}}...that the Madras Bank, ]'s oldest Western-style ]ing institution, was established in 1683 by ''']''', the Agent of ] at the time?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', ] of the ], doubled as opera star Michael Leoni, whose contract excused him on the Jewish ]?
{{*mp}}...that despite its bitter taste, the ] of the ] ''''']''''' is a delicacy in ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' is the first ] church in the ] to have chosen an openly ] person as lead ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' is expected to briefly become the tallest ] in ], before being overtaken by ] of the ] complex?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' in ] is trying to keep ]s away from their ]s by reintroducing ]s?
{{*mp}}...that ] writer and socialite ''']''' is both son of ] and the ] of actress ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' was begun due to the ] industries that revitalized ]?
{{*mp}}...that despite its name, the ''']''' does not contain a volume about ]?
{{*mp}}...that the ''''']''''' ''(])'' is the oldest authenticated and extant work of ]?
{{*mp}}...that when ]'s ] for his ] ''']''' series enlisted, the '']'' demanded that Rockwell continue the character?
{{*mp}}...that seven ] escaped the ''']''', but were forced to abandon their catch in order to accommodate 1,219 people from 33 other ships trapped in ice off the ]n coast? {{*mp}}...that ''']''', whose ] in ] was frequented by ], ] and other prominent political figures during the ], might have been an agent for the ] government?
{{*mp}}...that when the senior officials ''']''', ''']''', and ] were commissioned with new offices in 729, ] held an elaborate ceremony, with music and food from the imperial kitchen?
{{*mp}}...that ''''']''''', a ] of ] ] to ], is so named partly because of its hairy ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' was a ] author who wrote extensively about the philosophy of ]?
{{*mp}}...that ] in the ''']''' could increase ] energy reserves by one ] ]s?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' ''(])'', a 140-metre (460 ft) tall ] on the ], is the tallest in ], ]?
{{*mp}}...that the ], a control ship in the cleanup of the ], was destroyed off the coast of ] in 2005?
{{*mp}}...that ]'s ''']''' is the only "private street" in a city near ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' by the ] and the overlying ] may lead to ], ] ], ] and ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' became popular in Europe and America primarily due to the writings of ]?
{{*mp}}...that as a result of a ''']''', the boundary between ]s in ] ended up being different from the provincial boundary?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' ]-controlled ] leg records the motion of the user?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' is the only research center in the world built on a ]?
{{*mp}}...that among the ''']''' was the death of a ] man from a tree that fell on his bedroom?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' ''(pictured)'' was the inspiration for ]'s posthumously published poem "To Constantia, Singing"?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' in ], ], has a 25 km (15.5 mi) section with continuous ] while flowing through 25 m (80 ft) high cliffs?
{{*mp}}...that in 1985, overflowing from the ''']''' in ] resulted in the evacuation of 20,000 people?
{{*mp}}...that books by the ] ''']''' sold more than ]?
{{*mp}}...that the barnacle ''''']''''' can reach 7&nbsp;cm in length?
{{*mp}}...that in 1128 ''']''', ] of ], ], became the first ]?
{{*mp}} ...that nearly $1 million worth of tickets were sold during the week following the first '']'' ad announcing ]'s appearance in the 1981 ] revival of ]'s ''''']'''''?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' is the fourth-youngest player in the history of the ]?
{{*mp}}...that the name of ''']''' was formed as an ] from the surnames of the principal investors in its ] company?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' ''(])'', a ] in the ], ] is so popular that it attracts a million visitors a year?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' worked until age 105, becoming the oldest verified full-time employee ever in the ]?
{{*mp}}...that despite ]'s claim that the ] was invented in ], the oldest known example is from ''']'''?
{{*mp}}...that during a period of widespread family ownership in the industry, the ''']''' was one of the few publicly-traded ] in the ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' is a ] of ] caused by ]-like organisms infecting the ] and can be spread by ]s or ]?
{{*mp}}...that no ] in ] has ''']''' since 1981?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''' is a rare but severe ] malformation disorder with symptoms that include ], ] of ] ]s and fused bones in the limbs?
{{*mp}}...that ] ] ] ] ''']''' was previously ] bureau chief of '']''?
{{*mp}}...that the free-floating fruit of ''''']''''' ''(pictured)'', a ] ], is known as the "] of the sea"?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' consists of officials from ministries and central banks of a dozen countries, who coordinate international financial stability?
{{*mp}}...that when ''']''' was appointed as Chief Minister of the Malaysian state ] by ] ], it was against the wishes of ] ]?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' has expanded to embrace the burgeoning ] ] since the city was labeled the "Motor Mouth City" by the '']''?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' at 25 days was the longest British prison riot?
{{*mp}}...that the ] ''']''', consisting of two stations, was severely restricted due to complaints of ]?
{{*mp}}...that 16 of the 72 ''']''' did not write in ], and 16 of them are women?
{{*mp}}...that the ''']''' ''(pictured)'', a climbing ] ] native of ], is a problem ] in ], but cultivated in parks in ] and ]?
{{*mp}}...that the acquisitions of ''']''', British ] in ], formed the basis of the drawings collection in the ] and the "King's Library" of ] at the ]?
{{*mp}}...that ''']''', Secretary to ] ] of ], is a former ] who officiated at the marriage of ] and ] in 1996 and presided over their funeral in 1999?
{{*mp}}...that '']'' was the first railway locomotive to exceed 100 mph (160 km/h) while hauling a train near ] on the ''']''' in ]?
{{*mp}}...that residents of 22½ St. in ] petitioned the ] and changed the street's name to ''']''' because the '½' made them feel as if they lived in an alley?


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7 January 2025

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Melisende, Queen of JerusalemMelisende, Queen of Jerusalem
  • ... that Queen Melisende (pictured) was so incensed by the rumours of her alleged infidelity that neither her husband nor his friends felt safe in her presence?
  • ... that the questionnaire prepared after the Jewish Ethnographic Expedition had 2,087 questions and was called "a modern epic"?
  • ... that during World War II, US Army casualty telegrams were sent out in the name of Major General James Alexander Ulio?
  • ... that to raise funds for the Council of District Dumas, its chairman led an armed squad to storm the Moscow headquarters of the State Bank?
  • ... that the Boldy James and Sterling Toles collaborative album Manger on McNichols took over a decade to make?
  • ... that Renildo José dos Santos, a Brazilian councilman, was murdered in 1993 after publicly coming out as bisexual?
  • ... that a Kansas City TV station was under contract to be sold within a week of its first regular broadcast?
  • ... that Her Story was described as China's answer to Barbie?
  • ... that football player Jahkeem Stewart was 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and 340 pounds (150 kg) in sixth grade?
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2 January 2025

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1 January 2025

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