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... that Madame A. C. Bilbrew directed the choir that appeared as cotton pickers singing spirituals in Hearts in Dixie, one of the first all-black talkies?<!--Special occasion hook for Black History Month (February)-->

page_title: A. C. Bilbrew
short_description: American poet (1891–1972)
page_title: Spirituals
short_description: Black American music genre
page_title: Hearts in Dixie
short_description: 1929 film by Paul Sloane
page_title: Sound film
short_description: Motion picture with synchronized sound
... that ... sofferte onde serene ... ("serene waves suffered") is a composition for piano and tape written by Luigi Nono in collaboration with pianist Maurizio Pollini?

page_title: ... sofferte onde serene ...
short_description: Composition for piano and tape by Luigi Nono
page_title: Luigi Nono
short_description: Italian composer (1924-1990)
page_title: Maurizio Pollini
short_description: Italian pianist and conductor (1942–2024)
... that actor Carl Au shaved the back and sides of his head for the final arc of his Waterloo Road character Barry Barry, in a style he dubbed "The Ferret"?

page_title: Carl Au
short_description: British actor (born 1987)
page_title: Waterloo Road (TV series)
short_description: British television drama series (2006–2015; 2023–present)
page_title: Barry Barry
short_description: Fictional character in BBC TV drama Waterloo Road
page_title: Ferret
short_description: Domestic species of mammal
... that John Buddle Blyth and August Wilhelm von Hofmann were the first to report photopolymerisation?

page_title: John Buddle Blyth
page_title: August Wilhelm von Hofmann
short_description: German chemist (1818–1892)
page_title: Photopolymer
short_description: Resin that cures when exposed to light of appropriate wavelengths
... that the voice of the Erckel's francolin has been described as "an insane cackled laughter"?

page_title: Erckel's spurfowl
short_description: Species of bird
... that Gaspar Jiménez, who was indicted in 1981 for a bombing attack on radio newscaster Emilio Milián, was later convicted for plotting to assassinate Cuban president Fidel Castro?

page_title: Gaspar Jiménez
short_description: Cuban exile linked to Posada Carriles
page_title: Emilio Milián
short_description: Cuban-American journalist
page_title: Fidel Castro
short_description: Leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008
... that the rare, much sought after record in Deadwax has killer sound?

page_title: Deadwax
short_description: 2018 American television series
... that Eugène de Mirecourt (pictured) wrote 100 biographical articles on his contemporaries, including Alexandre Dumas, Hector Berlioz, and George Sand?

page_title: Eugène de Mirecourt
short_description: French writer and journalist
page_title: Alexandre Dumas
short_description: French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
page_title: Hector Berlioz
short_description: French Romantic composer and conductor (1803–1869)
page_title: George Sand
short_description: French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)
... that the British Army's Deolali transit camp is the origin for the slang term "doolally", meaning mentally ill?

page_title: Deolali transit camp
short_description: British Army transit camp in India
... that Liang Jingkui designed an instrument to measure the temperature in nuclear tests?

page_title: Liang Jingkui
short_description: Chinese physical chemist and professor
page_title: Nuclear weapons testing
short_description: Controlled detonation of nuclear weapons for scientific or political purposes
... that the Neo-Bechstein was a pioneering electric grand piano in which the mechanics of the piano were no longer involved in the direct production of sound?

page_title: Neo-Bechstein
short_description: Type of electric grand piano
page_title: Electric grand piano
short_description: Musical instrument
... that before being appointed to the Supreme Court of Texas, William F. Ramsey served as president of three banks, in different cities, at the same time?

page_title: Supreme Court of Texas
short_description: Highest court in the U.S. state of Texas for civil appeals
page_title: William F. Ramsey
short_description: American judge (1855–1922)
... that the larger feeding tentacles of the sea gherkin carry food to its mouth, where two smaller ones help push food in?

page_title: Pawsonia saxicola
short_description: Species of sea cucumber
...  that during the Second World War, Rachel Dübendorfer received sensitive German military information, including plans for the German invasion of the USSR?

page_title: World War II
short_description: Global conflict (1939–1945)
page_title: Rachel Dübendorfer
short_description: Anti-Nazi resistance fighter
page_title: Case Blue
short_description: 1942 German military operation
... that Thomas Forsyth stocked his cellar with wine until his wife cut the pipes and drained it all?

page_title: Thomas Forsyth House
short_description: Historic house in Utah, United States
... that the bark of the lancewood (pictured) smells like violets when cut or exposed?

page_title: Acacia shirleyi
short_description: Species of legume
... that Armenia's anthem is based on Mikayel Nalbandian poem, inspired by Italian unification?

page_title: Mer Hayrenik
short_description: National anthem of Armenia
page_title: Mikayel Nalbandian
short_description: Armenian writer and revolutionary (1829–1866)
page_title: Unification of Italy
short_description: 1848–1870 consolidation of Italian states
... that Chinese director Ying Liang was exiled from Shanghai for filming When Night Falls?

page_title: Ying Liang
short_description: Chinese film director (born 1977)
page_title: Shanghai
short_description: Municipality and largest city in China
page_title: When Night Falls (2012 film)
short_description: 2012 Chinese film
... that a 12-hour hearing for Mexican businesswoman Rosalinda González Valencia was held behind closed doors because the government was presenting sensitive evidence about a drug cartel?

page_title: Rosalinda González Valencia
short_description: Mexican businesswoman and cartel member
page_title: Drug cartel
short_description: Group drug trafficking operations
... that the Cavalry Staff Corps is regarded as Britain's first standing military police force?

page_title: Cavalry Staff Corps
short_description: Military unit
page_title: Military police
short_description: Police organization part of the military of a state
... that African-American rapper Leikeli47 always masks her face while performing, saying it makes her feel "free"?<!--Special occasion hook for Black History Month (February)-->

page_title: Leikeli47
short_description: American rapper
... that former prime minister of India Manmohan Singh called the events of the First War of Indian Independence in 1857 a testimony to Hindu–Muslim unity?

page_title: Manmohan Singh
short_description: Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014
page_title: Indian Rebellion of 1857
short_description: Uprising against British Company rule
page_title: Hindu–Muslim unity
short_description: Religiopolitical concept in the Indian subcontinent
... that an engraving in 1500 by Master MZ shows a woman lifting her skirts to protect or hide an owl?

page_title: Master MZ
short_description: German engraver active in south Germany around 1500
... that the North Carolina State House and Canova's George Washington (engraving shown) were both destroyed by an "awful conflagration" that began while the building was being fireproofed?<!--Special occasion hook for February 22-->

page_title: North Carolina State House
short_description: Former capitol in Raleigh, North Carolina; destroyed by fire in 1831
page_title: Antonio Canova
short_description: Italian Neoclassical sculptor (1757–1822)
page_title: George Washington (Canova)
short_description: Sculpture by Antonio Canova
... that the opening of the Submarine Telegraph Company first oceanic telegraph cable was marked by remotely firing a cannon in Calais from a telegraph station in Dover?

page_title: Submarine Telegraph Company
short_description: British submarine telegraph cable company
page_title: Telegraphy
short_description: Long distance transmission of text
page_title: Calais
short_description: Subprefecture and commune in Hauts-de-France, France
page_title: Dover
short_description: Town and port in Kent, England
... that, influenced by the Harlem Renaissance, Los Angeles teacher Dorothy Vena Johnson wrote poems such as "Epitaph for a Bigot" and "Post War Ballad"?<!--Special occasion hook for Black History Month (February)-->

page_title: Harlem Renaissance
short_description: 1920s African-American cultural movement
page_title: Dorothy Vena Johnson
short_description: American poet (1898–1970)
... that although Mulatschak has been called the card game of the state of Salzburg, its rules were almost certainly unpublished before 2004?

page_title: Mulatschak
short_description: Austrian card game
page_title: Card game
short_description: Game using playing cards as the primary device
page_title: Salzburg (state)
short_description: Austrian state
... that Australian actor Nick Russell quit his law career to concentrate solely on acting?

page_title: Nick Russell (actor)
short_description: Australian actor
... that New York City's Grand Central Terminal was built after a deadly crash between two trains in the Park Avenue Tunnel in 1902?

page_title: Grand Central Terminal
short_description: Railway terminal in Manhattan, New York
page_title: Park Avenue main line
short_description: Railroad line in New York City
... that Genia Kühmeier appeared as Mozart's Pamina at the Vienna State Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, and recorded the soprano solo in Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem with Nikolaus Harnoncourt?

page_title: Genia Kühmeier
short_description: Austrian singer and opera singer
page_title: The Magic Flute
short_description: 1791 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
page_title: Vienna State Opera
short_description: Opera house in Vienna, Austria
page_title: Metropolitan Opera
short_description: Opera company in New York City
page_title: A German Requiem (Brahms)
short_description: Work by Johannes Brahms
page_title: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
short_description: Austrian conductor (1929–2016)
... that changes in Earth's orbit around the Sun over 10,000 years ago led to the disappearance of the Sahara desert?

page_title: African humid period
short_description: Holocene climate period during which northern Africa was wetter than today
... that paintings of Saint Sebastian tended by Saint Irene (example shown) reflected the position of both Catholic and Protestant churches that people should not flee to avoid the plague?

page_title: Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene
short_description: Subject of many religious artworks
page_title: Bubonic plague
short_description: Human and animal disease
... that Marika Kouno was inspired to pursue a career in voice acting by Ikue Ōtani, who plays Pikachu in Pokémon?<!--Special occasion hook for February 22-->

page_title: Marika Kōno
short_description: Japanese voice actress
page_title: Voice acting in Japan
short_description: Industry and occupation
page_title: Ikue Ōtani
short_description: Japanese actress (born 1965)
page_title: Pikachu
short_description: Pokémon species
page_title: Pokémon
short_description: Japanese media franchise
... that during construction of New York City's Sixth Avenue subway line in the 1930s, workers had to build around various utilities and tunnels, including an existing railroad tunnel and an elevated line?

page_title: IND Sixth Avenue Line
short_description: New York City Subway line
page_title: Uptown Hudson Tubes
short_description: Rail tunnels in New York and New Jersey
page_title: IRT Sixth Avenue Line
short_description: Former New York City rapid transit line
... that, playing in 1887, Emily Valentine is the first documented female rugby player?

page_title: Emily Valentine
short_description: Northern Irish rugby player
page_title: Women's rugby union
short_description: Team sport
... that the springtail Orchesella cincta moults repeatedly throughout its life, with feeding and reproductive phases alternating?

page_title: Springtail
short_description: Class of arthropods
page_title: Orchesella cincta
short_description: Species of springtail
... that British Army officer Michael Magill was killed alongside his brigade commander after treading on a land mine during a training exercise in Yorkshire?

page_title: British Army
short_description: Land warfare force of the United Kingdom
page_title: Michael Magill
short_description: English cricketer and British Army officer
page_title: Yorkshire
short_description: Historic county of England
... that MT MOL FSRU Challenger is the world's largest floating storage and regasification vessel?

page_title: MT MOL FSRU Challenger
page_title: Floating production storage and offloading
short_description: Vessel used by offshore oil and gas industry
... that despite a ban on Indonesian nationalist hymns during the Japanese occupation of Indonesia, a Japanese army propagandist wrote one and it debuted in an official event?

page_title: Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies
short_description: 1942–1945 occupation during World War II
page_title: Ichiki Tatsuo
... that some water birds use their webbed feet (illustration shown) as an aid in elaborate courtship displays?

page_title: Webbed foot
short_description: Animal feet with non-pathogenic interdigital webbing
... that Herbert Seddon textbook on nerve injuries took 30 years to write?

page_title: Herbert Seddon
short_description: English surgeon (1903–1977)
... that Kyle Busch won the 2011 Food City 250 stock car race by 0.019 seconds over his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Joey Logano, the closest finish in a Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway?

page_title: Kyle Busch
short_description: American racing driver (1985–2026)
page_title: 2011 Food City 250
short_description: NASCAR Nationwide Series race
page_title: Joe Gibbs Racing
short_description: NASCAR racing team
page_title: Joey Logano
short_description: American racing driver (born 1990)
page_title: NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series
short_description: Second national division of NASCAR
page_title: Bristol Motor Speedway
short_description: Motorsport track in the United States
... that after being captured and imprisoned by British Major Lionel Bostock, the Nuer prophet Garluark was restored to his former position as ruler of a region of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan?

page_title: Lionel Bostock
short_description: English cricketer and British Army officer (1888–1962)
page_title: Nuer people
short_description: Nilotic ethnic group from South Sudan
page_title: Garluark
page_title: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
short_description: 1899–1956 period of Anglo-Egyptian rule in Sudan
... that fares on Tacoma Link are covered by a subsidy from local businesses?

page_title: T Line (Sound Transit)
short_description: Streetcar line in Tacoma, Washington
... that at 8 minutes and 45 seconds, the released version of Neil Young's song "Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Part I)" was much shorter than the original, which included a verse about genocide of Native Americans?

page_title: Neil Young
short_description: Canadian and American musician (born 1945)
page_title: Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Part I)
short_description: 1989 song by Neil Young
page_title: Genocide
short_description: Intentional destruction of a people
... that Helmut Kleinicke was dismissed from his job because he was caught helping Jews escape?

page_title: Helmut Kleinicke
short_description: German engineer
... that the Gutta Percha Company, whose main product was submarine telegraph cable, started out making bottle stoppers?

page_title: Gutta Percha Company
short_description: English rubber manufacturer
page_title: Submarine communications cable
short_description: Transoceanic communication line placed on the seabed
... that "Pramadaavanam", a weekly column by Malathi Chendur (pictured), was published uninterruptedly for 47 years?

page_title: Malathi Chendur
short_description: Telugu writer (1928–2013)
... that squid can move by jet propulsion and some species can even glide through the air?

page_title: Squid
short_description: Superorder of cephalopod molluscs
page_title: Aquatic locomotion
short_description: Biologically propelled motion through a liquid medium
... that footballer Emiliano Sala is the most expensive signing in the history of Cardiff City F.C.?

page_title: Association football
short_description: Team sport played with a ball
page_title: Emiliano Sala
short_description: Argentine footballer (1990–2019)
page_title: Cardiff City F.C.
short_description: Association football club in Cardiff, Wales
... that for 25 years, pedestrians in Hudson Heights, New York City, paid a subway fare to use the elevators in the 190th Street station to avoid climbing an eight-story hill?

page_title: Hudson Heights, Manhattan
short_description: Neighborhood in New York City
page_title: 190th Street station
short_description: New York City Subway station in Manhattan
... that Major General Gao Changqing performed China's first fully robotic cardiac surgery?

page_title: Gao Changqing
short_description: Chinese cardiac surgeon (1960–2019)
page_title: Robotics
short_description: Design, construction, use, and application of robots
... that the brown algae Laminaria sinclairii spends several months completely buried in sand?

page_title: Brown algae
short_description: Large group of multicellular algae, comprising the class Phaeophyceae
page_title: Laminaria sinclairii
short_description: Species of seaweed
... that the invention of the dry-air blast by James Gayley led to such increased yields of iron that he set a world record for "making the most iron with the least coke" and was named the "pig iron king"?

page_title: James Gayley
short_description: American steel metallurgist (1855–1920)
page_title: Coke (fuel)
short_description: Coal product used in the process of making steel
page_title: Pig iron
short_description: Iron alloy
... that the repertoire of the Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus includes folk songs, spirituals, Western ballads, classical and pop music – and rope tricks?

page_title: Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus
short_description: Choir
page_title: Trick roping
short_description: Spinning of a lasso in Western arts
... that mine fields in the Falkland Islands are havens for Magellanic and gentoo penguins (pictured)?

page_title: Land mines in the Falkland Islands
page_title: Magellanic penguin
short_description: Species of bird
page_title: Gentoo penguin
short_description: Species of bird
... that Gérard Bolduc and Paul Dumont co-founded the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament, which began 59 years ago today?<!--Special occasion hook for February 20-->

page_title: Gérard Bolduc
short_description: Canadian ice hockey administrator (1906–1993)
page_title: Paul Dumont
short_description: Canadian ice hockey administrator (1920–2008)
page_title: Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament
short_description: Canadian minor ice hockey tournament
... that the author of the 2018 picture book Let the Children March left out "truly upsetting details" about the 1963 Birmingham Children's Crusade to avoid frightening young readers?<!--For Black history month (February)-->

page_title: Let the Children March
short_description: 2018 book by Monica Clark-Robinson
page_title: Birmingham campaign
short_description: American civil rights campaign in Alabama (1963)
... that Henrikh Mkhitaryan was the first player to score a hat-trick for the Armenia national football team?

page_title: Henrikh Mkhitaryan
short_description: Armenian footballer (born 1989)
page_title: List of Armenia international footballers
page_title: Armenia national football team
short_description: Men's association football team representing Armenia
... that musician Taina Asili studied opera and fronted a hardcore punk band before starting the Afro-Caribbean group La Banda Rebelde?

page_title: Taina Asili
short_description: Musical artist
page_title: Opera
short_description: Art form combining sung text and musical score in a theatrical setting
page_title: Hardcore punk
short_description: Aggressive and fast subgenre of punk rock
page_title: Afro-Caribbean music
short_description: Genre of music
... that "Episode 5820" of the soap opera EastEnders is set entirely in The Queen Victoria pub and focuses on the characters' opinions on sexual consent?

page_title: Episode 5820
short_description: Episode of EastEnders
page_title: EastEnders
short_description: British television soap opera
page_title: EastEnders
short_description: British television soap opera
page_title: Sexual consent
short_description: Voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity
... that Prussian general Georg Dubislav Ludwig von Pirch led a brigade at the Battle of Leipzig and a corps at the Battle of Waterloo?

page_title: Prussia
short_description: German state from 1525 to 1947
page_title: Georg Dubislav Ludwig von Pirch
short_description: Prussian military office
page_title: Battle of Leipzig
short_description: 1813 battle of the Napoleonic Wars
page_title: Battle of Waterloo
short_description: 1815 battle of the Waterloo campaign
... that the 1975 Holton-Arms School senior prom was the only high school dance ever held in the White House?

page_title: 1975 Holton-Arms School senior prom
short_description: 1975 high school dance held at the White House
page_title: White House
short_description: Residence and workplace of the US president
... that in 1871, Beaver Hall (pictured) was demolished so that the neighbours could have a "private green belt"?

page_title: Beaver Hall
page_title: Green belt
short_description: Largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding urban areas
... that Jennie Jackson, an original member of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, performed with the ensemble before US President Ulysses S. Grant, Mark Twain, and Queen Victoria?<!--Special occasion hook for Black History Month (February)-->

page_title: Jennie Jackson
short_description: American singer (c. 1852 – 1910)
page_title: Fisk Jubilee Singers
short_description: African-American a cappella ensemble
page_title: Ulysses S. Grant
short_description: Civil War general, U.S. president from 1869 to 1877
page_title: Mark Twain
short_description: American author and humorist (1835–1910)
page_title: Queen Victoria
short_description: Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901
... that the British submarine '' was ordered to escort an Allied convoy to Malta on the surface, with the intent that it would be spotted by enemy aircraft?

page_title: HMS P222
short_description: S-class submarine
page_title: Operation Pedestal
short_description: Battle in the Mediterranean Sea in 1942 during WWII
... that Joseph Jenckes Sr., a 17th-century blacksmith in Massachusetts, was granted the first machine patent in America?

page_title: Joseph Jenckes Sr.
short_description: Recipient of the first machine patent in America
page_title: Patent
short_description: Type of legal protection for an invention
... that the historical card game of Briscan has been described as a "Gothic extravaganza", squeezing "a truly phenomenal range of scores and melds" from a 32-card pack?

page_title: Card game
short_description: Game using playing cards as the primary device
page_title: Briscan
short_description: French card game
... that Louis Dreller was decorated by both the United States and Brazil for designing and building World  warships?

page_title: Louis Dreller
... that in 543 a Byzantine army was unexpectedly defeated by a force less than one-seventh its size, during their invasion of Sasanian Armenia?

page_title: Battle of Anglon
short_description: Early phase of the Lazic War
... that Twitter satirist Coldwar Steve creates most of his works on a phone while travelling to work by bus?

page_title: Satire
short_description: Literary and art genre with a style of humor based on parody
page_title: Cold War Steve
short_description: British collage artist/satirist