Wikipedia:Recent Additions
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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?