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31 August 2021

  • 12:00, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
American Staghound
American Staghound
  • 00:10, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
Alfred Biolek
Alfred Biolek

30 August 2021

  • 12:00, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
Dancing pallbearers in Suriname
Dancing pallbearers in Suriname
  • 00:00, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
Alonso in his Formula One car
Alonso in his Formula One car

29 August 2021

  • 12:00, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
Claus Guth
Claus Guth
  • 00:00, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

28 August 2021

  • 12:00, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
Armley Hippo skeleton
Armley Hippo skeleton
  • 00:00, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
Roar-ee the Lion
Roar-ee the Lion

27 August 2021

  • 12:00, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
  • 00:00, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
Mountain neinei
Mountain neinei

26 August 2021

  • 12:00, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
Herma Albertson Baggley
Herma Albertson Baggley
  • 00:00, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
Cayuga
Cayuga

25 August 2021

  • 12:00, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
One Vanderbilt
One Vanderbilt
  • 00:00, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift

24 August 2021

  • 12:00, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
Flag of the International Paralympic Committee
Flag of the International Paralympic Committee
  • 00:00, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
Tubulophilinopsis gardineri
Tubulophilinopsis gardineri

23 August 2021

  • 12:00, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
Detail of a 13th-century French miniature
Detail of a 13th-century French miniature
  • 00:00, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
Joe Biden in the 1950s
Joe Biden in the 1950s

22 August 2021

  • 12:00, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
Leschenault Lady
Leschenault Lady
  • 00:00, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
Quinn
Quinn

21 August 2021

  • 12:00, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
The Unisphere
The Unisphere
  • ... that the Unisphere (pictured) was designed based on a doodle on the back of an envelope?
  • ... that plant biology professor Luca Comai independently developed glyphosate-resistant plants while working at Calgene and published his research before Monsanto researchers were able to?
  • ... that Zollstock, a district of Cologne, takes its name from a local tollhouse?
  • ... that Bridget Burgess's mother Sarah once changed all four tires during a pit stop by herself?
  • ... that Zheng Kai first lost weight and then gained 20 kilograms (44 lb) for his role in Never Stop?
  • ... that the composer Francis Burt, who came from London and settled in Vienna, was inspired by the drumming of the Nigerian Ibo people?
  • ... that in 1952 meteorologist Harry Volkman delivered the first on-air tornado warning on Oklahoma City's WKY-TV, in defiance of a federal ban on the practice?
  • ... that Pierre Kaufmann helped install the first radio telescope in Brazil, which was later destroyed by cows?
  • 00:00, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
Julie Wera
Julie Wera

20 August 2021

  • 12:00, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
Shrine of Saint Lachtin's Arm
Shrine of Saint Lachtin's Arm
  • 00:00, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

19 August 2021

  • 12:00, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
Church Missions House
Church Missions House
  • 00:00, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
Flora Mae Hunter
Flora Mae Hunter

18 August 2021

  • 12:00, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
Detail of Kokawa-dera Engi Emaki
Detail of Kokawa-dera Engi Emaki
  • 00:00, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
Police blockading Victoria Park, Hong Kong
Police blockading Victoria Park, Hong Kong

17 August 2021

  • 12:00, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
Tsunoshima Bridge
Tsunoshima Bridge
  • ... that to preserve the surrounding natural environment, Tsunoshima Bridge (pictured) curves to avoid an island?
  • ... that New Zealand author Patricia Grace did not include a glossary for Māori terms in her book Potiki because she "didn't want the Māori language to be treated as a foreign language in its own country"?
  • ... that part of Keith Foulger's job was to make sure the front and back ends of Britain's first nuclear submarine fitted together?
  • ... that seventy years after the death of his tea-planter grandfather, publisher Neville Armstrong remembered his piercing blue eyes and large white spade beard?
  • ... that the WandaVision song "Agatha All Along" was inspired by the theme songs of The Munsters and The Addams Family?
  • ... that the Greek Korakou culture had two-storey buildings with internal stairs more than 4,000 years ago?
  • ... that the BBC programme DynaMo was created after a survey revealed parents did not want to help children with homework?
  • ... that Norm Michael did not know he was an NFL Draft selection until 55 years later?
  • 00:00, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
Marble Arch Mound
Marble Arch Mound

16 August 2021

  • 12:00, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
Paula Craig
Paula Craig
  • 00:00, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
Albert shako
Albert shako

15 August 2021

  • 12:00, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
Fatima's Grill
Fatima's Grill
  • 00:00, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
Coat of arms of the Falkland Islands
Coat of arms of the Falkland Islands

14 August 2021

  • 12:00, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
Statue of Ivan Konev
Statue of Ivan Konev
  • 00:00, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
St. Patrick's Cathedral
St. Patrick's Cathedral

13 August 2021

  • 12:00, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
Dreierles: the top trumps
Dreierles: the top trumps
  • 00:00, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
Jenson Button in 2010
Jenson Button in 2010

12 August 2021

  • 12:00, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
Monymusk Reliquary, an 8th-century house-shaped shrine
Monymusk Reliquary, an 8th-century house-shaped shrine
  • 00:00, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
view of a concrete water tower
Mustankallio water tower

11 August 2021

  • 12:00, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
1820 engraving of a Staghound
1820 engraving of a Staghound
  • 00:00, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
Therese Forster
Therese Forster

10 August 2021

  • 12:00, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
Instant ramen, the base ingredient of a typical "spread"
Instant ramen, the base ingredient of a typical "spread"
  • 00:00, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
CBS Building
CBS Building

9 August 2021

  • 12:00, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
James Hervey Price
James Hervey Price
  • 00:00, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
Darby Jones in I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Darby Jones in I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

8 August 2021

  • 12:00, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
Lever House
Lever House
  • 00:00, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
Direct flight: muscles attached to wings
Direct flight: muscles attached to wings

7 August 2021

  • 12:00, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
Jochen Schmidt
Jochen Schmidt
  • 00:00, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
Coat of arms of Anguilla
Coat of arms of Anguilla

6 August 2021

  • 12:00, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
Flag of Sark
Flag of Sark
  • 00:00, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
Mallard II
Mallard II

5 August 2021

  • 12:00, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
Alica Schmidt
Alica Schmidt
  • 00:00, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
portrait painting of the subject
Vlad the Impaler

4 August 2021

  • 12:00, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
Tombs at Haft Gumbaz
Tombs at Haft Gumbaz
  • 00:00, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
Main face of the Soiscél Molaisse
Main face of the Soiscél Molaisse

3 August 2021

  • 12:00, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
Reusable coffin with an open trapdoor
Reusable coffin with an open trapdoor
  • 00:00, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
Two British slave-ships, painted by George Webster
Two British slave-ships, painted by George Webster

2 August 2021

  • 12:00, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
LGBT pride parade in Argentina
LGBT pride parade in Argentina
  • ... that despite an attempted "extermination" of homosexuals in the 1960s and 1970s, the LGBT community in Argentina (parade pictured) is now the most accepted in Latin America?
  • ... that Marthe Yankurije, who dropped out of school during her fourth year of secondary school, competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics?
  • ... that during its planning stages, 53 West 53rd Street in New York City was shortened by 200 feet (61 m) to reduce the visibility of the mechanical rooms?
  • ... that Indonesian comedian Yusran Effendi was personally awarded a place on an Islamic pilgrimage trip by president Suharto?
  • ... that William Powell, the author of The Anarchist Cookbook, founded the nonprofit Next Frontier: Inclusion in atonement for writing the book?
  • ... that YouTuber Ghib Ojisan visited Yishun, a Singaporean town, expecting danger after reading of cats being slaughtered but instead found it "home to nice people and cute cats"?
  • ... that Aequanimitas explains "what makes a good doctor"?
  • ... that actor Joseph Holland was accidentally stabbed and seriously wounded by Orson Welles, wielding a steel knife, during a 1937 Broadway production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar?
  • 00:00, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
Professional fisherman on Lake Zürich
Professional fisherman on Lake Zürich

1 August 2021

  • 12:00, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
Great blue turaco
Great blue turaco
  • ... that according to Mbuti tradition, eating a great blue turaco (living example pictured) while pregnant may result in a difficult delivery or birth deformity?
  • ... that CEO Marla Messing submitted the business plan for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup two days before the birth of her first child?
  • ... that the animated film The Exigency took thirteen years to make?
  • ... that Gerold of Lausanne prohibited Catholic church services in Jerusalem in 1229?
  • ... that after drinking five glasses of "purging" mineral water from the Physic Well on Barnet Common, Samuel Pepys had to break his journey back to London seven or eight times to relieve himself?
  • ... that architect Van Dorn Hooker, who served in the USAAF, was a cartoonist for Army news publications, and painted aircraft nose art?
  • ... that New York City's Hotel Knickerbocker closed after fourteen years of operation and did not reopen for nearly a century?
  • ... that Bourton-on-the-Water model village contains a scale model of a model of a model of a model village?
  • 00:00, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
Modern British Household Cavalry soldiers wearing Albert helmets
Modern British Household Cavalry soldiers wearing Albert helmets