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7 July 2024
- 00:00, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- ... that Paul Parkman (pictured), one of the developers of the rubella vaccine, did not monetize the patent so that the vaccine could be freely available?
- ... that according to a former military journalist, 80,000 copies of a command information newspaper were dumped into the South China Sea during the Vietnam War?
- ... that despite specializing in literature and serving as a senior editor of the Zhonghua Book Company, historian Zhang Zhenglang never published a single book of his own?
- ... that AJR's "Way Less Sad" samples the final trumpet riff of Simon & Garfunkel's "My Little Town" as its primary hook?
- ... that when MT Petar Hektorović was temporarily reassigned, one resident of Vis wrote an online memorial to the ship, writing "the bay of Vis grieve for you"?
- ... that Drew Thomas, a former car salesman, reached the finals of the NBC show Last Comic Standing?
- ... that the Bad Dürrenberg shaman may have been able to block blood vessels to her brain by holding her head at certain angles?
- ... that a New York man built a house with materials from several 1964 New York World's Fair pavilions?
- ... that putting pre-moistened meat diapers in pre-packaged meat is a form of weight fraud?
6 July 2024
- 00:00, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- ... that much of what we know of medieval gardens comes from illuminated manuscripts (example pictured)?
- ... that Mark Hutton was the first Australian to be a starting pitcher in a Major League Baseball game?
- ... that two of three candidates in the 2018 mayoral race in Malang, Indonesia, were arrested for bribery before the election?
- ... that Gladys Stone Wright got started with a year of free piano lessons and a $5 clarinet?
- ... that "At the Name of Jesus" has been described as "the only completely objective theological hymn to come from the hand of a 19th-century woman writer"?
- ... that Liza Soberano's early acting roles include playing the third wheel in romance films?
- ... that Maryland state delegate C. T. Wilson compared negotiating with the Catholic Church on the Maryland Child Victims Act to making "a deal with the devil"?
- ... that educational writer Ștefan Tita gave Romanian students impractical advice on mending damaged bark with bandages of dirt?
- ... that Eminem promoted "Houdini" with a video in which David Blaine eats a wine glass?
5 July 2024
- 00:00, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- ... that actor George Kunkel (pictured) portrayed in blackface the character of Uncle Tom, using it at first to promote slavery during the American Civil War but later to attack it, after his views had changed?
- ... that sauerkraut made by members of a Russian spiritual sect in Armenia was popular in many other parts of the Soviet Union?
- ... that The Blue Angels was shot using IMAX cameras rigged to a helicopter, plus an ultra-high-speed camera shooting at 1,000 frames per second?
- ... that Margaret Carroux's German translation of The Lord of the Rings contains errors introduced by her editor?
- ... that the LACE satellite tracked rocket plumes from space for the United States's Star Wars program?
- ... that Melanie L. Campbell was arrested for civil disobedience while protesting proposed restrictions on voting rights?
- ... that historically, lichens like Umbilicaria torrefacta have been used to naturally dye traditional Scottish tartans and textiles?
- ... that American poet Edwin Ford Piper preserved 828 folk songs, most of which were from Iowa and Nebraska?
- ... that before reading the script for the play Golden Girls, at least nine of the cast members were under the impression that they would be taking the lead role?
4 July 2024
- 00:00, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- ... that the NFL has required players in most positions to wear Guardian Caps (pictured) during training even though third-party research has questioned their effectiveness?
- ... that the Upper Voltan National Radio chief editor Watamou Lamien was the liaison between the ROC group of young radical military officers and the clandestine Voltan Revolutionary Communist Party?
- ... that Silence Is Loud uses a style that was previously considered "absolutely verboten" for its genre?
- ... that Jackson Demonstration State Forest was named in honor of American lumberman Jacob Green Jackson?
- ... that Tural, the setting of the expansion pack Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, is inspired by Latin America and Southeast Asia?
- ... that orthopedic surgeon Adnan al-Bursh had also served as an advisor to the Palestine national football team before dying in an Israeli prison?
- ... that American Colossus is a biography of a man who was "the most famous sportsman in the world" and "the most forgotten great athlete in American history"?
- ... that husband and wife Edward M. and Marie Zimmerman co-wrote the suffragist anthem "Votes for Women: Suffrage Rallying Song"?
- ... that between 1985 and 1988, Televerket spent 2 million kronor paying youth sports teams to monitor payphones for vandalism?
3 July 2024
- 00:00, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- ... that according to a popular myth, Admiral Ernest J. King (pictured) shaved with a blowtorch?
- ... that Billie Eilish first served "Lunch" during a party at Coachella?
- ... that footballer Han Bong-zin trained in the military every day for four years in preparation for the FIFA World Cup?
- ... that a critic said that the hors d'oeuvres served at Sud 777 could function as desserts and vice versa?
- ... that after completing his tenure as regent, Tatto Suwarto Pamuji walked 96 kilometres (60 mi) to fulfill a vow he made?
- ... that Florida Hospital Oceanside was demolished after being damaged by Hurricane Irma?
- ... that youthful Second World War resistance leader Jean-Pierre Lévy was advised by the Free French intelligence service to dye his hair grey to appear older?
- ... that Żeromski Park, the second-largest park in Szczecin, Poland, used to be a cemetery?
- ... that on American band the Linda Lindas' first album, Growing Up, a cat named Lil' Dude is featured playing the piano?
2 July 2024
- 00:00, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
- ... that the 1754 Battle of the Frogs was commemorated on banknotes (detail pictured)?
- ... that as of 2019, inclusion in the International Register of Electors no longer requires residency in Canada in the preceding five years?
- ... that the United States Department of Defense ran a propaganda campaign against Chinese vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic?
- ... that Peewee Jarrett went from having a two-year span with no playing time and being "set on quitting football" to signing into the National Football League?
- ... that the Wellesbourne, Brighton's lost river, stopped flowing in 1889?
- ... that Max Weil, founder of the Halifax Symphony Orchestra, spent his later years in real estate?
- ... that when DarkZero contracted Xynew, his teammates highlighted his "communication skills and game brain", which they deemed unusual for a controller player?
- ... that the first public performance of the two songs of Arnold Schoenberg's Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1 was met with hostile audience reactions?
- ... that Score: A Hockey Musical has been described as "so Canadian it hurts"?
1 July 2024
- 00:00, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- ... that at the opening ceremony of Brighton Aquarium (pictured), naturalist Frank Buckland "produced, apparently from his pocket, a couple of juvenile alligators"?
- ... that a mail-order catalogue offered a "Rocking Ram" toy, designed by Charleen Kinser, for US$1,600 in 1985?
- ... that the project Called by Name aims to commemorate Poles who were murdered for aiding Jews during World War II?
- ... that despite a global decline in mangrove forests, Red Sea mangroves have expanded in area since 1972?
- ... that Voyager 2 has been transmitting data for more than 46 years, making it the oldest active space probe in history?
- ... that Brittany Luse's podcast The Nod was praised for its exploration of "the diversity and richness of the Black experience"?
- ... that despite lagging attendance at the 1964 New York World's Fair, its organizer rejected nearly every suggestion to increase attendance?
- ... that David Marchese recalled accidentally posting a picture of a cat's testicles on Salon.com?