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Current time: 22:37, 5 September 2024 (UTC) Update frequency: once every 24 hours Last updated: 22 hours ago() |
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- ... that upon independence from Portugal, the flags of São Tomé and Príncipe (pictured), Cape Verde, and Guinea-Bissau all featured the colours green, yellow and red, as well as black stars?
- ... that cinematographer Alfredo Gandolfi also had a career as a singer that included more than 300 performances at the Metropolitan Opera?
- ... that the demolition of the Iloilo Central Market was criticized as being unlawful?
- ... that Swedish naval officer Henrik Johan Nauckhoff fought against the British in the American Revolutionary War?
- ... that nine-year-old children were sometimes employed to help teach younger children in infant schools in the 1840s?
- ... that the Zbrojovka Z 4 was the first Czechoslovak mass-produced car with front-wheel drive?
- ... that "Ka Esi Le Onye Isi Oche", a 1983 song by Mike Ejeagha, went viral in 2024?
- ... that despite being an independent candidate, Leanne Mohamad came within 528 votes of defeating shadow health secretary Wes Streeting in the 2024 UK general election?
- ... that German officials exiled the Samoan king from his own kingdom in 1887?