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12 August 2024

  • 00:00, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
Astronauts training in the Reduced Gravity Walking Simulator
Astronauts training in the Reduced Gravity Walking Simulator

11 August 2024

  • 00:00, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
Ol' Rip the Horned Toad in his casket
Ol' Rip the Horned Toad in his casket

10 August 2024

  • 00:00, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
Hannibal von Degenfeld
Hannibal von Degenfeld

9 August 2024

  • 00:00, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
Uniform of Capital Bicycle Club
Uniform of Capital Bicycle Club

8 August 2024

  • 00:00, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
T. acutiloba flowers
T. acutiloba flowers

7 August 2024

  • 00:00, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
Céline Dept
Céline Dept

6 August 2024

  • 00:00, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Cannonball
Cannonball

5 August 2024

  • 00:00, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
Soviet Red Army Monument, Harbin
Soviet Red Army Monument, Harbin

4 August 2024

  • 00:00, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
Oriana Skylar Mastro
Oriana Skylar Mastro

3 August 2024

  • 00:00, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
Leaves of S. tonkinensis seedlings
Leaves of S. tonkinensis seedlings
  • ... that the dried leaves of Strobilanthes tonkinensis (examples pictured) give black tea a sticky rice flavor?
  • ... that at age 12, Emily Ausmus participated in an international water polo tournament against players as old as 19?
  • ... that a crab species was named after both an ancient board game and a League of Legends character?
  • ... that Cho Myung-chul was the first North Korean defector to be elected to the South Korean National Assembly?
  • ... that the flagbearer for the Philippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics also carried a flag of the United States?
  • ... that a geographer determined the surface area of Carl Friedrich Gauss's brain?
  • ... that a Kentucky TV station gained industry attention after it criticized the overuse of the term "breaking news"?
  • ... that citizens of New Westminster burnt effigies of Attorney General George Hunter Cary and drowned the ashes?
  • ... that many enthusiasts say that a good tomato sandwich is so messy, it should be eaten over the kitchen sink?

2 August 2024

  • 00:00, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
Matahi Brightwell
Matahi Brightwell

1 August 2024

  • 00:00, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
Inauguration of Lai Ching-te
Inauguration of Lai Ching-te