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3 August 2025
- 00:00, 3 August 2025 (UTC)
Zhou Enshou
- ... that Zhou Enshou (pictured) was arrested during the Cultural Revolution on the orders of his own brother?
- ... that viewers complained that the 2023 Coronation Street Christmas Day episode was only 30 minutes long?
- ... that Wilf Pine, manager of Black Sabbath, had his arm dislocated by a vibrating bed because Ozzy Osbourne kept feeding it quarters?
- ... that the wreck of SS Virago, which sank off Alderney in 1882 with the loss of all crew members, was not discovered for 127 years?
- ... that João Barrento had been a distinguished equestrian in Portugal since he was a teenager, but only made his Olympic debut in his forties?
- ... that Kylie Minogue released "Timebomb" after attracting 25,000 tweets in less than 45 minutes?
- ... that a community mural inspired by John Jonik's pet duck was destroyed by a cleanup crew who mistook it for graffiti?
- ... that the British Army deliberately kept conditions at Blargies prison camp poor to prevent soldiers from viewing it as a "soft" alternative to combat?
- ... that Terry Brown is reported to have founded an escort service using helicopters for remote rural areas?
2 August 2025
- 00:00, 2 August 2025 (UTC)
Air pollution from a brick factory
- ... that air pollution (example pictured) increases the risk of miscarriages, strokes and dementia?
- ... that a 1948 U.S. Supreme Court decision helped to protect comic books from government regulation and censorship?
- ... that, although Ray Prohaska's father beat him to dissuade him from becoming an artist, he had a lengthy, successful career as an illustrator?
- ... that Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! featured a Domino's Pizza mascot as an antagonist?
- ... that Hannah Sharts played soccer for the UCLA Bruins over twenty years after her mother fought to create the NCAA team?
- ... that a narcotics addict appealed his drug possession charges on the argument that his addiction compelled him to take drugs, but he narrowly lost?
- ... that Broadway Jones refused to join the original production of the musical Show Boat due to low pay, despite the song "Ol' Man River" being created for him?
- ... that The Republic of Nothing inspired Rush drummer Neil Peart to write a letter to the author, leading him to write his own book?
- ... that Giovanni Battista Bugatti performed 516 executions for six popes?
1 August 2025
- 00:00, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
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Tres Marias cottontail
- ... that the Tres Marias cottontail (example pictured) does not fear humans?
- ... that Olympian Dick Mize designed multiple cross-country skiing trails in Anchorage, Alaska, over a 40-year period?
- ... that the Atari 2600 version of Space Invaders led to Atari rescheduling its entire release line-up?
- ... that Harriet Converse Moody's restaurant and catering business failed after almost 40 years in part because of her lavish spending as a patron of poets?
- ... that the winter of 1917–18 caused Nantucket to connect to mainland Massachusetts via an ice bridge?
- ... that Eduard Hermann was a race walker, boxer, and farmer?
- ... that Sentient is a satellite AI system of the National Reconnaissance Office, described as an artificial brain?
- ... that Claude-Charles Bourgonnier was barred from exhibiting his art at the Salon in Paris after tearing up one of his own paintings while it was on display?
- ... that Astoria the turkey evaded capture by the New York City Police Department?