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6 October 2026

00:00, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

Main building of the Marin County Civic Center

... that a California county government building (pictured) inspired elements of Naboo in the Star Wars prequel trilogy?
... that Toribia Álvaro became a candidate for the Bolivian parliament because no other women of the Uru of Lake Poopó were willing to run?
... that Mark Twain said that the Charlton Public Library banning one of his books was "not of the slightest interest to him"?
... that Dutch painter Henry van Velthuysen dismissed a contemporary's works as "infantile construction-kit shapes"?
... that the spirit Ti Jean, a one-legged cannibal highwayman, evokes colonial fear of maroons?
... that abolitionist Alba Honeywell said he sold the first published copy of anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?
... that Samoa has 225 species of fern, more than New Zealand, a country 85 times larger?
... that Kelvin Kong, the first recognised Indigenous Australian surgeon, was made a member of the Order of Australia for his services to Indigenous health?
... that Pan Pan is thought to have had more than 130 descendants?

5 October 2026

00:00, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

Ernst Frey

... that a man born in Austria (pictured) became one of the first colonels of the People's Army of Vietnam?
... that the melodies of Alarms in the Heart were likened to Gregorian chants?
... that Australian model Cindy Rostron also had a career as an Indigenous ranger?
... that from 1959 all Guinean people aged 7 to 35 years old statutorily belonged to the Youth of the African Democratic Revolution?
... that Grady Prestage was the first African American elected to the Fort Bend County commissioners' court since Reconstruction?
... that John James Audubon gave his wife ownership of his Manhattan estate to prevent debt collectors from seizing it?
... that Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani defied church policy against Assyrian nationalism through anonymous poetry?
... that the anthropomorphic skunk Sabrina has been called "one of the most famous furry comics stars"?
... that drag queen Marcus Hunter-Neill once donated £20,000 worth of clothes to charity?

4 October 2026

00:00, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

Aftermath of the Harrogate covered-market fire

... that Arthur Hiscoe designed Harrogate's covered market, which burned down in 1937 (aftermath pictured)?
... that differences over the 1968 Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia led to a rupture between the Communist Party of Austria and its youth wing?
... that Johnny Hudgins has been described as the "black Charlie Chaplin"?
... that pizzaiolo was designated an Italian intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2017?
... that Jomana Alrashid, the CEO of the Saudi Research and Media Group, stated that her appointment was part of a vision that "trickled down from the highest levels of government"?
... that a trademark dispute over breakfast cereal went to the Supreme Court of the United States?
... that Hanneline Røgeberg often depicts women's bodies in "fantastically contorted positions that defy gravity or nature"?
... that Jordan is building the Middle East's largest Christian pilgrimage center ahead of the 2,000th anniversary of the baptism of Jesus in 2030?
... that Clodomira Acosta escaped arrest by setting a fire and jumping through a window?

3 October 2026

00:00, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

Wendy Barnes

... that Wendy Barnes (pictured) had to fill 40 minutes of live radio airtime when her scheduled guest, Princess Margaret, was unwell and arrived late?
... that The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness features a tree that was described by its author as an allegory for bipolar disorder?
... that Trendon Watford attended all of his brother's basketball games at Indiana University for four years, even though it meant driving for seven hours?
... that the founder of Boston Korea at first wrote, edited, designed, and delivered the newspaper himself, on routes running from Boston to New Hampshire?
... that Otto Djaya described his scholarship studies as part of an espionage mission?
... that minorities in Turkey recognized under the Treaty of Lausanne were not required to change their surnames, as stipulated by the Surname Law?
... that Alex Sanders led a successful campaign against the construction of a chemical plant near Hilton Head Island?
... that the magazine The Television is known for its covers featuring celebrities holding a lemon?

2 October 2026

00:00, 2 October 2026 (UTC)

Bai Yun

... that Bai Yun (pictured) was artificially inseminated with Shi Shi's sperm because the two pandas could not get along?
... that actress Barbra Streisand bought a New York City townhouse after being rejected from housing cooperatives due to her occupation?
... that Momčilo Gruban was convicted of crimes against humanity for his actions as a guard at the Omarska concentration camp during the Bosnian War?
... that around half of the collection at Casa da Saudade, a library in Massachusetts, is in either Portuguese or Cape Verdean Creole?
... that John Huston's 45-year directing career comprised 37 feature films, including film noirs, war dramas, and Westerns?
... that the Popular Democratic Union was the oldest communist party in Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula?
... that the Idaho Statesman reported that Joe Pellegrini was still playing for the New York Jets when he was actually working for a local bank?
... that an imperfect take of the song "Hadashi no Kisetsu" was used for the final release, as its producer thought that it would endear Seiko Matsuda's voice to listeners?
... that carpet weavers on strike in Yonkers demanded that their bosses stop docking their pay for talking, laughing, or looking out the window?

1 October 2026

00:00, 1 October 2026 (UTC)

Shayok Misha Chowdhury

... that Shayok Misha Chowdhury (pictured) staged his own mother's death in a play they wrote and performed together at The Bushwick Starr?
... that sandbags help salmon traverse Springbrook Creek?
... that Romanian literary historian Alexandru George once gifted a cooking pot and a saucepan to a poet whom he was courting?
... that the publication of a register of Egyptian dyke workers in 1788 marked the beginning of papyrology?
... that Rolf Lyssy's 1978 film The Swissmakers was still the most popular Swiss film of all time in 2025?
... that a graduation fashion show for a local arts school was held in a rapid transit station that had yet to open?
... that future Macau international footballer Alberto Carvalhal was involved in repatriating the remains of Pedro I to Brazil?
... that an asteroid collision in the Nysa–Polana complex might have caused an impact shower on the Moon 800 million years ago?
... that, despite Samuel Quincy's alignment with the British, he was fondly remembered in exile by U.S. president John Adams?

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