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4 March 2024
- 00:00, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
Eufriesea purpurata
- ... that a malaria-control program in rural Brazil attracted droves of annoying, colorful bees that collect pesticide (example pictured) into homes?
- ... that Caspar Richter co-founded an orchestra in Vienna and conducted it in performances of new musicals including Mozart! and Elisabeth?
- ... that the Fighting Vanguard waged a guerrilla war against the Syrian government in the 1970s and 1980s?
- ... that Robert Brigandyne constructed the first purpose-built dry dock in England, after King Henry VII's new warships grew too big to be repaired on mudbanks?
- ... that actor Jim O'Heir consumed numerous cinnamon rolls for a scene in Better Call Saul?
- ... that the British musician Nieve Ella has a hair salon named after her?
- ... that a reviewer thought that the video game Robbery Bob contained cringeworthy dialogue?
- ... that Muhsin Hendricks of South Africa has been described as "the world's first openly gay imam"?
3 March 2024
- 00:00, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
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Float at the Gasparilla Pirate Festival
- ... that since 1904 the Gasparilla Pirate Festival (float pictured) in Tampa, Florida, has featured a pirate-themed parade?
- ... that S. Iswaran was the first Singaporean cabinet minister to be investigated by the country's Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau since 1986?
- ... that the 2023 Argentine provincial elections were overshadowed by the disappearance of Cecilia Strzyzowski?
- ... that Steven A. Shaw, one of the first food bloggers, decided to pursue the career that he loved after the early death of his father?
- ... that due to a misunderstanding, Catodontherium was moved from its original genus name?
- ... that after becoming "convinced of the evils of slavery", James Townsend left Kentucky for Indiana?
- ... that a bust of South Korean president Park Chung Hee in Mullae Park had a Japanese Rising Sun Flag tied to it and was dragged through the streets?
- ... that a well-publicised conflict with a superior officer led British cavalry officer John Williams Reynolds to take a break from his military career, study chemistry and discover propylene?
2 March 2024
- 00:00, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
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John Cowans
- ... that British prime minister H. H. Asquith described John Cowans (pictured) as "the best Quartermaster since Moses"?
- ... that historians oppose the removal of a 150-year-old mosque in New Delhi for alleged traffic congestion, citing its cultural significance?
- ... that the Canadian journalist Bernard Descôteaux is credited with the economic revival of the independent newspaper Le Devoir?
- ... that a Virginia TV station had to take out title loans to pay its staff?
- ... that Métis guide Pierre St. Germain was forced to remain with an Arctic expedition he considered too dangerous?
- ... that songs recorded by Ben&Ben will be featured in the musical adaptation of the film One More Chance?
- ... that Mount Churchill, a volcano in Alaska, distributed ash as far as Europe and may have driven migration from Canada to southwestern North America?
- ... that although the Jesuit missionary He Tianzhang despised his "sad Chinese appearance", it allowed him to circumvent the Qing's ban on Christianity and enter China?
1 March 2024
- 00:00, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
Tōrō-dō Hall, Okunoin
- ... that the hall of worship of Okunoin holds more than 10,000 perpetually lit lanterns (pictured), two of which are believed to have been lit for more than 900 years?
- ... that the slave António Corea may have been the first Korean to visit Europe?
- ... that an Indian rhinoceros, sent as a gift to Pope Leo X in 1515, was immortalised as Dürer's Rhinoceros after dying in a shipwreck?
- ... that Robert H. Brooks passed as a white man to join an all-white unit?
- ... that the 1928 Liechtenstein embezzlement scandal cost 1.8 million Swiss francs, the equivalent of two yearly state budgets?
- ... that Maxine North swore never to return to Thailand after the death of her undercover CIA husband, but ultimately settled there and introduced bottled water to the country?
- ... that a review of the board game Imhotep stated that it can be chaotic and "extremely mean"?
- ... that Franz Jakob Späth's fortepianos were favorites of Mozart, but Beethoven refused to play them?