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Did you know that:

.. that the 1991 Andover tornado narrowly avoided hitting two warplanes equipped with nuclear warheads?

... that Murad Al-Katib provided 700 million meals of Saskatchewan-grown chickpeas, lentils and wheat to a United Nations program for Syrian refugees?

... that insurers paid out about NZ$171 million in damages caused by a 10-minute hailstorm in New Zealand?

... that Scottish bricklayer Brian Higgins was unable to find work for 25 years after appearing on a construction-industry blacklist?

... that the dragonfly Antiquiala was described from a single wing found in the state of Washington?

... that Edward W. Gantt was a Confederate soldier who defected to the Union during the American Civil War?

... that bored soldiers during the siege of Ak-Mechet began stealing watermelons from gardens outside the enemy fortress?

... that Shō Sen'i was overthrown in favor of his thirteen-year-old nephew?

... that the titular songstress in Sing-Song Girl Red Peony, a contender for China's first sound film, was overdubbed by a man?

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Did you know that:

... that the grapefruit (examples pictured) was described as the "forbidden fruit" in 1750?

... that British war correspondent Ian Fyfe was killed on D-Day while landing in a glider with troops attacking the Merville Gun Battery?

... that the 1976 Philippine film Itim was described as "one of the most remarkable debuts in cinema history" in a 2022 retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art?

... that Phoebe Plummer was "unfortunate" to draw Christopher Hehir as judge when they stood trial over the Just Stop Oil Sunflowers protest?

... that the only death from the Belvidere Apollo Theatre collapse was the one audience member who bought a concert t-shirt from Crypta that night, according to their lead singer?

... that the cover art of Music from the Merch
Desk (2016–2023) was derived from bootleg merchandise?

... that Michael O'Kane never received approval to begin constructing a building for the College of the Holy Cross?

... that in the 1980s, when Moturoa Island lost all its endangered kiwi to pests, experts reintroduced seven birds – today there could be as many as 300 kiwi on the island?

... that Jill, Duchess of Hamilton, donated her body to science because "funerals are a bore"?

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Da news

Former president of the United States Jimmy Carter dies at the age of 100.

Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashes at Muan International Airport, South Korea, killing 179 people.

Acting president and prime minister of South Korea Han Duck-soo is impeached by the National Assembly.

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Did you know that...

... that Kwan Man-ching, who directed more than fifty films in forty years, entered the industry hoping to meet his celebrity crush?

... that the style of Hermann Weyl's Gruppentheorie und Quantenmechanik has been likened to "a smiling figure on horseback, cutting a clean way through ... with a swift bright sword"?

... that international adult figure skating champion Naz Arıcı learned to skate at the age of 29?

... that in 1967 two mathematicians published PhD dissertations independently disproving the
same thirteen-year-old conjecture?

... that Shalom Nagar, executioner of war criminal and Nazi Party official Adolf Eichmann, said he was selected at random for the role?

... that Kevin Roose wrote a viral article about artificial intelligence rhetoric after an AI bot attempted to convince him to leave his wife?

... that Karl Thielscher began refereeing American football games less than a month after retiring from playing the sport professionally?

... that between February and August 1918 the Petergofsky District mobilized more than 20 combat units for the Red Army?

... that a South Korean actor sold his belongings and went $7 million into debt to keep his amusement park running?

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The Parker Solar Probe makes its closest approach to the Sun.

Israeli strikes hit Yemen airport and power station

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1 year ago (edited) • 5 views •
Former prime minister of India Manmohan Singh dies at the age of 92.

Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crashes near Aktau International Airport, Kazakhstan, killing 38 people.

A multi-vehicle crash in Minas Gerais, Brazil, leaves 41 people dead.

A car attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, kills five people and injures more than two hundred others.
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A multi-vehicle crash in Minas Gerais, Brazil, leaves 41 people dead.

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Did you know that...

... that Voltairine de Cleyre, despite losing her ability to move or speak due to illness, refused to accept last rites by scowling at the priest?

... that tourte de blettes, a sweet pie made with Swiss chard, is traditionally eaten in Nice on Christmas Eve?

... that Casanova's friend Edoardo Tiretta built a bazaar in India?

... that Christmas: A Biography states that, despite its Christian origins, Christmas has been mostly secular since its inception in the fourth century?

... that Oh Hee-ok was the last surviving female Korean independence activist?

... that the Christmas carp traditionally swims in a bathtub for a few days before becoming Christmas Eve dinner?

... that Italian anti-Mafia prosecutor Nicola Gratteri survived three assassination attempts within three weeks?

... that in 2016 two thieves stole $350,000 worth of rare books in Oakland, California, and tried to sell some of them to Moe's Books nearby?

... that energy executive Chris Wright once drank fracking fluid to prove that it was not dangerous?

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A car attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, kills five people and injures more than two hundred others.

In France, Dominique Pelicot and 49 other men are convicted of the serial rape of his then-wife Gisèle Pelicot.

A 7.3-magnitude earthquake hits Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila, leaving at least sixteen people dead.

Cyclone Chido leaves more than 160 people dead in southeast Africa.

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