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26 January 2026

00:00, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

Pillars at Horvat Sumaqa

... that the function of more than thirty grooved stone pillars at Horvat Sumaqa (pictured) remains unknown?
... that an early Elton John song has been described as "only marginally less horrifying" than its title?
... that two rowhouses survive amid skyscrapers in Midtown Manhattan?
... that several mining communities in Idaho during the late 19th century were majority-Chinese?
... that environmental destruction can be a means of genocide?
... that two painted slabs of the Berlin Wall are displayed as public art in Battery Park City?
... that Camila Cabello's album Romance features songs inspired by her relationship with Shawn Mendes?
... that a viral video was mistakenly linked to a missing-person case?
... that former academic William Riches declared his home an independent nation in 2017, in protest against Brexit?

25 January 2026

00:00, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

Reconstruction of a rodent head found in Uruguay

... that remains from the largest rodent in history (pictured) were found in Uruguay?
... that Thomas Edison made talking dolls?
... that a 17th-century painting shows a half-naked ascetic in a cave occupying the position of honour, even ahead of the emperor?
... that judge Coral Shaw announced her second retirement live on radio?
... that cave mollies thrive in an environment full of hydrogen sulfide, which is lethal to most animals?
... that the earliest distinguished ancestor of the Tudors served as a diplomat, judge, and military leader to Llywelyn Fawr of Gwynedd?
... that more than 30 percent of Texas voters opposed a 2025 constitutional amendment stating that "parents are the primary decision makers for their children"?
... that Amy Cudden was credited as "Daniel Radcliffe's mum" on Am I Being Unreasonable? due to apparently looking like Harry Potter?
... that Harry S. Truman declined a mayor's suggestion to fire a nuclear bomb at a hurricane?

24 January 2026

00:00, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

Bernice Tongate depicted in a 1917 poster

... that Bernice Tongate was the model for one of the most well-known recruiting posters (pictured) for the American military during World War I?
... that Jan Ziff once wore a "World Tour" shirt showing every country United States Secretary of State James Baker had visited?
... that the museum Lawh Wa Qalam is dedicated to an Indian artist who fled the country fearing for his safety?
... that Caden Pinnick's first two career touchdowns in college football were retroactively voided?
... that the board game Dorfromantik was inspired by a video game that was inspired by board games?
... that Abdudzhabar Abdurakhmanov rose from being an apprentice at a textile factory to his country's head of government?
... that a San Diego TV station was described as "a laughingstock—bankrupt and virtually bereft of watchable programming"?
... that Camp of the Woods owns a camp for girls on the only island in Lake Pleasant, New York?
... that actor Jimmy Essex sometimes had to walk off set for giggling too much?

23 January 2026

00:00, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

All Saints Church (Fort Worth, Texas)

... that, after All Saints Church (pictured) was handed over due to a Texas court ruling, its altar was found partially disassembled with a crucifix removed?
... that Cyclone Hudhud caused a 60-per-cent decrease in the population of birds in Visakhapatnam?
... that the sex-oriented blog Fleshbot received more than one million views in the week it was launched?
... that the 1854 San Salvador earthquake damaged San Salvador so severely that the government of El Salvador relocated to Cojutepeque for four years?
... that a Minnesota radio station went bankrupt within a year of signing on?
... that Ernest Hemingway sponsored a trophy called "Old Man and the Sea" for the West Palm Beach Fishing Club, and gave an autographed copy of his novel of the same title to the winner?
... that Duolingo users who played Genshin Impact could receive rewards for completing a streak on the Duolingo app?
... that the legislation to rename the Hubert H. Humphrey Building after U.S. senator Hubert Humphrey was cosponsored by every senator except Humphrey himself?
... that gender norms have been suggested to influence the consumption of panipuri?

22 January 2026

00:00, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Carmen Moreno (right) with Anna Serafińska

... that Carmen Moreno was a vocalist with a Polish jazz group in 1951, and performed with her granddaughter Anna Serafińska in 2010 (pictured)?
... that broadspotted molly males are exploited for their sperm by a female-only species?
... that Christl-Marie Schultes resumed flying six months after losing her left leg in a plane crash?
... that James Wade "hated every single minute" of his 2025 World Matchplay semi-final darts match—the longest semi-final in the tournament's history?
... that Radio Ozodi has been blocked in Tajikistan for the majority of its existence?
... that actor James Stewart served as an executive officer of a bomb group commanded by Ramsay D. Potts during World War II?
... that HMS Busy's first naval engagement cost her crew two legs, an arm and a fractured skull?
... that The Economist said in 2025 that Dwarkesh Patel "rose from nowhere to become Silicon Valley's favourite podcaster"?
... that tens of thousands of students biked to Kaifeng in one night?

21 January 2026

00:00, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

Toffee Crisp

... that the manufacturer of the Toffee Crisp (example pictured) once made a 10-kilogram (22 lb) version?
... that a burgeoning technocratic elite co-opted parts of the Bolivian government under Hugo Banzer and founded their own party in 1977?
... that Boobie Feaster received more than 25 athletic scholarship offers to play college football before he had even played varsity high school football?
... that an ancient amulet discovered in Horvat Rimmon bears a love charm in which its owner invokes angels to make another person love him?
... that Paulina Tamayo, despite releasing fifteen albums, preferred direct contact with the public to a prolific discography?
... that plans for Myanmar's space programme began under an elected civilian government in 2017, but the Myanmar Space Agency was ultimately formed in 2025 under military rule?
... that Jess Tjeerdsma died on the day after he resigned from the South Dakota Senate?
... that the snail Physella acuta can twist its shell by up to 120 degrees to defend itself against predators?
... that Michele Singer Reiner worked to legally challenge and overturn California's same-sex marriage ban?

20 January 2026

00:00, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Wiley Griffon with his streetcar

... that Wiley Griffon (pictured with streetcar) became the first streetcar operator in Eugene, Oregon, despite Black settlers being outlawed in the state?
... that Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech "The Other America" is thought to have been influenced by a post-Keynesian economist and a democratic socialist?
... that Dorothy Homer declared her library was "dedicated to the principles of Democracy which cherish books while Dictatorships burn them"?
... that a 2004 ballot measure to repeal Jim Crow laws in Alabama failed after opponents claimed that taxes would spike?
... that Ira L. Cooper was the first African-American detective in St. Louis?
... that an owner of a Chicago radio station attempted to destroy records of a documentary covering a race riot?
... that Quaker abolitionist John Vickers hid fugitive slaves in the kiln where he made pottery?
... that both The Artist & The Pervert and Black Exhibition are described as significant works in the academic study of race and BDSM?
... that more than 90 percent of Connecticut voters in 1876 agreed to repeal the requirement of being white to vote?

19 January 2026

00:00, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

Fagopsis branch with young fruit

... that the extinct oak relative Fagopsis had wind-carried fruit wedges (fossil pictured)?
... that a historian described Eugene S. Bonelli as San Francisco's "most eminent early musician" who was a "performer and instructor, with just a dash of quack doctor thrown in for good measure"?
... that British DJ Wes Butters said that he received a murder threat over his song "Ring Ding Ding"?
... that German colonists were unable to win a war that they started with an unprovoked massacre?
... that Nnena Kalu won the 2025 Turner Prize for her brightly coloured sculptures wrapped in unspooled VHS tape?
... that some organizations in the U.S. took the murder of Matthew Rairdon in Maine as an example to draw attention to intimate partner violence and domestic violence in same-sex relationships?
... that Alan Dale returned in a Neighbours episode 25 years after his character was killed off?
... that Pitono Purnomo investigated a human-trafficking ring during his tenure as consul general in Osaka?
... that a re-edit of an animated film produced for a 2024 Milan exhibition became popular among one site's furry userbase?

18 January 2026

00:00, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

Detail from The Death of Inayat Khan

... that the Indian emperor Jahangir was so amazed by the emaciated condition of a dying nobleman that he ordered a court artist to create a painting of him (detail pictured)?
... that Young MasterChef judge Poppy O'Toole accidentally caused an archaic term for the vulva to trend online?
... that Against the Current singer Chrissy Costanza sang a promotional song for the Genshin Impact character Mavuika?
... that John David Kali, Kenya's first government chief whip, survived detention by British colonisers for nine years?
... that the genetic lines of Poecilia koperi and P. wandae blur in areas where they meet, likely due to occasional hybridization?
... that Gustav Schädler, the prime minister of Liechtenstein, was forced to resign due to an embezzlement scandal?
... that Lady Gaga referenced Alexander McQueen's game of fashion chess for The Mayhem Ball?
... that the gardens around the Cenotaph in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, a monument erected after the First World War, are a popular resting spot for locals?
... that during his tenure as Indonesia's deputy ambassador to Singapore, Andradjati spent most of his time in Changi Airport?

17 January 2026

00:00, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

Jilly Cooper

... that, when reminiscing about her Spitting Image puppet, bonkbuster writer Jilly Cooper (pictured) only remembered it shouting "sex sex sex sex sex sex"?
... that the film Wicked was dubbed by actresses who were part of the stage show in various countries returning to voice their characters?
... that Fernando Mayén was named the top college football player in Mexico in 2023 after leading the nation with 14 touchdowns?
... that a World War I chemical agent was apparently used against protestors in Tbilisi during the 2024–2026 Georgian protests?
... that, according to the Albatross file, Singapore's Goh Keng Swee never raised proposals for a looser federation in talks with the Malaysian leaders, in spite of Lee Kuan Yew's instructions?
... that Oregon lumberjack Clarence Boggie had been convicted and pardoned twice for robbery before being charged with murder in 1935?
... that six people were killed and more than 100 others injured during the Trieste riots in 1953 following the announcement of the city being transferred to Italy?
... that Samar was the first Philippine island sighted by Ferdinand Magellan?
... that between 1906 and 1914 Julian P. Thomas claimed to have set ballooning records, crashed a wind wagon, sold mislabeled bread, and was arrested for providing fraudulent medical advice?

16 January 2026

00:00, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

A male Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana) walks along a cliff side

... that Nubian ibex (pictured) have special desert adaptations compared to other wild goats, including thicker skin to protect from solar radiation and water loss?
... that Mike Soutar went viral on TikTok for his forensic investigations of business plans?
... that Aram Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance", a classical piece, was turned into a UK rock hit?
... that Craig Claiborne believed if he wrote an article on shrimp, Myra Waldo would soon be contacted by "every publisher in New York to write the definitive shrimp cookbook"?
... that the Jermyn Street showroom of Andrew Grima has been described as "pure Barbarella meets Bond villain lair"?
... that Eratosthenes, the librarian of the Great Library of Alexandria, was nicknamed "Beta" ('Second') because he wasn't considered the best at anything?
... that a rejected sculpture at Federal Way Downtown station would have had a circus elephant balancing on a tree trunk?
... that Brandon Arrington broke track meet records held by Olympic gold medalists Noah Lyles and Michael Norman?
... that "Guest Starring John Noble" guest stars John Noble as Australian actor John Noble?

15 January 2026

02:12, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer

... that Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer (pictured) is one of the most valuable paintings ever sold at auction?
... that the Dukiełka stream in southeastern Poland supplied water to a 19th-century brewery?
... that Isamu Noguchi designed Akari light sculptures because a Japanese mayor asked him to revitalize the dying paper-lantern industry?
... that Stephen King's fans find similarities between one of his antagonists and a real-life killer nurse?
... that the freighters James H. Reed and Frank E. Vigor sank in separate collisions on Lake Erie on the same day?
... that "Yelabuga Nail", an unfinished song by Dmitri Shostakovich from 1971, was not premiered until 2025?
... that Baker's Horse mustered for service with British forces within a few weeks, in response to the Zulu victory at the Battle of Isandlwana?
... that Burmese poet Ko Lay Inwa Gonyi, later a winner of the Lifetime Award for Myanmar Literature, was restricted from publishing for 45 years under the military government?
... that people sometimes experience short-term memory loss when they walk through doorways or switch tasks?

14 January 2026

00:00, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

Chandigarh chair

... that the Chandigarh chair (example pictured) gained recognition in the West after European dealers displayed discarded chairs bought from the local government "for peanuts"?
... that Hajime Kawakami once donated all of his belongings in accordance with his interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount?
... that teams of college students have competed in the World Geography Bowl at the American Association of Geographers' annual meeting since 1993?
... that Yepi Pauu was "the greatest Tongan ever to play arena football"?
... that the Epson MX-80 was the best-selling dot-matrix printer during its market lifespan?
... that Mamadali Kurbanov rose from being a miner to a head of government within seven years?
... that Willemstad pupfish seemingly do not run out of food regardless of how many of them there are?
... that the officer who led a mutiny aboard HMS Chesterfield in 1748 later admitted that he had been "lunatick" with alcohol the entire time?

13 January 2026

00:00, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Michael Menzinger

... that, after previous officials had "wanted to leave as soon as possible", Michael Menzinger (pictured) applied to become governor of Liechtenstein and served 28 years?
... that the Indian emperor Jahangir commissioned a painting depicting his superiority over his rival, the Shah of Iran?
... that Dolores Jiménez y Muro staged a hunger strike from prison while she was in her sixties and in poor health?
... that Taking Back Sunday's emo single "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)" was influenced by rapper Jay-Z?
... that the Siderian is currently the earliest internationally recognized geological period?
... that Yi Yangwŏn died after fasting for eight days in grief when he heard a false rumor that King Seonjo had fled across the border into Liaodong?
... that, to help the 1989 Japan Cup winner Horlicks overcome homesickness from traveling to Japan for the race, her trainer used a dressing mirror to make her believe she had a stablemate?
... that Paula Ben-Gurion, the wife of the first prime minister of Israel, was sympathetic to anarchism and anti-Zionism?
... that two scholars traveled to a St. Louis mansion to study a urinal?

12 January 2026

00:00, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Lake Superior eye agates

... that some Lake Superior agates have circular, concentric rings on their surfaces, called "eyes" (examples pictured)?
... that Cūḷāmaṇi Cetiya is believed in Buddhist cosmology to enshrine both the Buddha's topknot and his right canine tooth?
... that Joscelin I of Edessa won his final battle while carried in a litter and died of his wounds shortly thereafter?
... that Helmut Lachenmann's composition ... zwei Gefühle ... was based on a text about fear and desire by Leonardo da Vinci?
... that Framoi Bérété founded a political party with Ahmed Sékou Touré, but later lost his seat in parliament to another party founded by Sékou Touré?
... that a Genshin Impact character was inspired by the Queen song "Bohemian Rhapsody"?
... that the documentary ...So Goes the Nation is named after Ohio's history of voting for the winning presidential candidate?
... that the artist Atang Tshikare sculpted an animal with the body of a lion and the head of South Africa's national flower?
... that Surreal launched a line of cereal that came with a free vibrator in every pack?

11 January 2026

00:00, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

Dinosaur tracks near Lommiswil

... that dinosaur tracks near Lommiswil (examples pictured) were studied with a helicopter?
... that actor Toru Watanabe ate six meals a day?
... that a former New York City morgue later became an emergency children's shelter?
... that soprano Sherry Zannoth was the assistant to the director of the Mystery Writers of America when not working as an international opera star?
... that the title of the 2025 book One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This comes from a viral tweet about the Gaza genocide?
... that Bagas Hapsoro, despite not knowing music notation, composed a song to raise awareness for the 2009 earthquake in Padang?
... that Perfectly Imperfect's social media platform has a main feed that is presented in reverse chronological order and is not algorithmically curated?
... that Arthur Honegger's only cello concerto was premiered by its dedicatee and the Boston Symphony Orchestra?
... that Roman and Byzantine Old Haifa, Medieval Old Haifa, and the Old City of Haifa are all different places?

10 January 2026

00:00, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

Pallas Athena

... that Rembrandt's Pallas Athena (pictured) has sometimes been identified as a painting of Alexander the Great?
... that Kaleena Smith received her first NCAA Division I offer to play college basketball as a pre-teen?
... that "transients" that appear in 1950s celestial images have been attributed to defects in the Palomar Observatory's photographic plates?
... that the building of Wallace Presbyterian Church in Maryland has been described as a "life-size origami creation"?
... that actor Nathaniel Dass found Hollyoaks' exploitation storyline difficult to film?
... that a New York City ferryboat shot down two enemy aircraft in World War II?
... that Helen Essary said Thomas E. Dewey's mustache made him look less like a plausible president of the United States?
... that the premiere episode of Oshi no Ko had the highest viewership in Hidive's history?
... that to mark the end of Burlington, Vermont's trolley system under Mayor John Holmes Jackson, a trolley was burned?

9 January 2026

00:00, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

Coconuts

... that the coconut (examples pictured) may have bisexual flowers?
... that Franz Wilczek played a violin made of wood from a table that was handcrafted generations earlier by Native Americans?
... that the "fall and rise of Femke Bol" refers to her fall in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay followed by her world title in the 400 metres hurdles?
... that parents of a Columbine High School student sought to recall the sheriff managing the response to the massacre there after he wrongly named their son as a suspect?
... that the unusual wing pattern of the moth Epiphryne verriculata allows it to camouflage on dead Cordyline leaves?
... that Spencer Cobb was a Kentucky senator for three and a half hours?
... that an urban park once simultaneously hosted a drug rehabilitation facility and an annual strawberry festival?
... that some scholars believe that Leonardo da Vinci's mother was a slave?
... that the success of one version of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" was almost derailed by allegations of communism?

8 January 2026

00:00, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

Rachel Henning

... that the letters of Rachel Henning (pictured) were "deleted, distorted, and defaced" by their editor, according to one scholar?
... that one of the few jazz proponents of the euphonium was 20th-century musician Rich Matteson?
... that Jalal Baleedi played for a professional football club before becoming an Islamist militant?
... that a reviewer described the delivery game Easy Delivery Co. as "Silent Hill meets Animal Crossing meets DoorDash"?
... that Japanese photographer Ken Domon praised the Standing Statue of Kichijōten as the "most perfect depiction of feminine beauty among all the Buddhist images in Japan"?
... that Edith Maryon's relief In Memory of Theo Faiss commemorates a seven-year-old boy who, according to Rudolf Steiner, was sacrificed to protect a building?
... that the Unterrified Democrat was owned by a Republican?
... that English psychiatrist Ann Dally was twice disciplined by the General Medical Council for her approach to prescribing controlled drugs to heroin addicts?
... that a 17th-century Mughal painting includes a saint who is depicted as transparent since he is said to occupy a different plane of reality?

7 January 2026

00:00, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

Squirrels in a Plane Tree

... that the art historian Murad Khan Mumtaz believes that the tree in Squirrels in a Plane Tree (pictured) represents the tree of life?
... that many women with polycystic ovary syndrome grow hair in a "male" pattern, including facial hair?
... that painter Emily Powell used her synaesthesia to portray British prime minister Keir Starmer as a potted plant?
... that St. Pauli Church, after which the quarter of St. Pauli in Hamburg is named, has not been located in that quarter since 1938?
... that Cecil Kent Drinker published his report on the Radium Girls only after a forged version was submitted in his name?
... that Black Council was the first Ukrainian historical novel?
... that according to the poet Eugen Constant, he persuaded his questioner of the validity of Marxism while being interrogated by Romanian authorities?
... that Casa Amesti is among the oldest houses in Monterey, having been built before California became a state?
... that Nicolai Užnik climbed Mount Doom?

6 January 2026

00:00, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

Eugene Parker

... that Eugene Parker (pictured) described the mathematics behind his theory of solar wind as just "four lines of algebra"?
... that the Papyrus Bingen 45 may contain a word handwritten by Cleopatra?
... that the Free Universal Construction Kit connects ten otherwise incompatible children's construction toys?
... that the courtesan in a Buddhist tale has been described as an "omnipotent dictator"?
... that male and female specimens of Skimmia japonica were once thought to belong to different species?
... that estimates of the boost to the British fashion industry by Catherine, Princess of Wales, range from £152 million to £1 billion per year?
... that Chen Diexian's 1913 autobiographical novel The Money Demon mainly details his own love affairs?
... that a committee rejected six designs for the National Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coins before approving a seventh, which was sketched during the meeting?
... that pianist Derek Han inherited "a barrel of cash" and became a successful financier?

5 January 2026

00:00, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

Zoninus collar

... that the Zoninus collar (pictured) is the only known Roman slave collar that offers a reward for returning its wearer?
... that Nuala O'Faolain's first book was so popular that shops sold copies straight from the box, because they did not have the time to shelve them?
... that the West Gold Hill dinosaur made a full turn and crossed its own path?
... that the earliest surviving silk-scroll painting from Gangwon Province was found in an attic in Hopkinton, New Hampshire?
... that Armand Avril travelled in 1960 for a year in Africa, where he was inspired to assemble "bottle caps, clothespins, glue, nails and empty tin cans"?
... that hundreds of refugees at a UN humanitarian center in Niger have been protesting conditions there for more than a year?
... that Thihapate III of Taungdwin pledged his allegiance to King Thado, only to renounce it upon returning to his fief?
... that Roti ran 42 restaurants before the COVID-19 pandemic reduced the midday lunch demand?
... that Lola Young won a house in a bet over the chart position of a single from I'm Only F**king Myself?

4 January 2026

00:00, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Andreas Papandreou

... that Andreas Papandreou (pictured) wrote in his book Democracy at Gunpoint that his father blamed him for the 1967 coup of the Greek junta?
... that the Sweet Sulphur Springs hotel was famous for the supposed healing powers of its mineral waters?
... that the social work of Sister Stan was praised by two presidents of Ireland?
... that a 17th-century painting depicts 63-year-old emperor Aurangzeb showing no signs of aging, even as his elder son's beard is going grey?
... that Katsuko Kanai reconsidered her plans to retire after her song "Tanin no Kankei" became a hit?
... that a popular podcast on Anglican news has been described as crossing "the boundary that separates truth from truthiness"?
... that Indonesian diplomat Linggawaty Hakim assisted the Bahamas government in determining its maritime border with Cuba?
... that, after an attempt to sell the Tokamak de Varennes to Iran failed, it became a display at the Canada Science and Technology Museum?
... that three different versions of the 2020 novel Telephone were released simultaneously?

3 January 2026

00:00, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

Animal Crackers

... that the 1930 Marx Brothers film Animal Crackers (complete film featured) entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2026?
... that Jane Rigby was too short to become an astronaut, so she became an astronomer instead?
... that the ownership of Lucian Freud's portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is unclear?
... that electrical engineer Emilija Soklič lived to see a mixing console she built become a museum piece?
... that by 2013 the Auto-Vue was eastern Washington's last operating drive-in theater?
... that milk tokens were introduced to reduce the theft of milk payments?
... that Eric Gilbertson's goal is to climb the high point of every country in the world?
... that the Pacific molly easily hybridizes with the common molly in the laboratory, but for some reason tends not to in nature?
... that an NFL player who played strip poker with nurses, a human rights lawyer who founded a Swiss assisted-suicide clinic, and a businessman who denounced his old football playing style all had the nickname "Dr. Death"?

2 January 2026

00:00, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

The Birth of the Milky Way

... that the face of the goddess Hera in The Birth of the Milky Way (pictured) was modelled after Peter Paul Rubens's wife?
... that cameras of the Canon EOS series were used to film portions of House, Dexter, and Iron Man 2?
... that Laurence J. Lesh worked on the aerodynamics of horse-drawn gliders, sailboats, and throwing knives?
... that a volcano in Ethiopia had its first recorded explosive eruption in 2025?
... that the buttocks of the fictional character Elastigirl inspired various memes, GIFs, and YouTube videos in 2018?
... that a young Donald Trump was sent to military school after his father found that he had been purchasing smoke bombs and switchblades in Manhattan?
... that Taylor Swift wrote a song about Elizabeth Taylor after learning that the late actress's son compared the two of them?
... that political strategist Morris Katz stated that any Democrat "who's scared to congratulate" Zohran Mamdani "is very unlikely to be the nominee for president in 2028"?
... that the painting The Death of Khan Jahan Lodi features six severed heads, and another in the midst of decapitation?

1 January 2026

00:00, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Two aircraft landing simultaneously

... that one procedure for simultaneous approach (example pictured) allows aircraft to land on runways as close as 750 feet (230 m) apart?
... that a doctor reattached a farmer's severed hand in a remote Swedish hospital in 1964?
... that 12-year-old Knowa De Baraso gained attention in the United States when he challenged Mike Lindell's claims about the 2020 presidential election?
... that drones were deployed as part of rescue efforts after Cyclone Montha?
... that boxer Chan Wa-yen had to lose more than 4 kilograms (8.8 lb) in 13 days for the 1968 Summer Olympics?
... that "Despre tine" by Moldovan group O-Zone replaced the band's own "Dragostea din tei" as the number-one single in Norway?
... that Farzana Kochai completed twelve years of education in seven after schools reopened following the ousting of the Taliban?
... that Woody Allen was disgusted by having to sleep next to Milt Rosen?
... that there is "noooooooooooooo smoking" in the Metrodome?

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