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2 September 2025
- 00:00, 2 September 2025 (UTC)
Alejo Igoa
- ... that Alejo Igoa (pictured) hosts the most-subscribed Spanish-language YouTube channel?
- ... that Swertia japonica was used as an insecticide for clothes during the Edo period?
- ... that Joseph M'Bouroukounda was both an Olympic boxer and an art teacher?
- ... that a dam on Madura Island began construction in 1980, triggered a violent incident in 1993, and only opened in 2016?
- ... that Max-Emmanuel Mader pretended to be deaf and mute when Nazi Germany occupied France so that his accent could not be identified?
- ... that the dedication ceremony for the Cathedral of Christ the King was attended by both the governor of Georgia and an imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan?
- ... that Jordan Howlett went from sleeping in his car to amassing millions of followers on TikTok?
- ... that, in his autobiography, footballer Lê Công Vinh criticised a teammate for not passing the ball to him?
- ... that KING fought and then bought KONG?
1 September 2025
- 00:00, 1 September 2025 (UTC)
Porcelain snuff bottle, 18th century
- ... that some Chinese snuff bottles (example pictured) were made to look like people?
- ... that boxing rings are square, despite their name?
- ... that as of 2024, fewer than 150 people had ever been diagnosed with Meier-Gorlin syndrome?
- ... that Ann Perkins often taught graduate students at Yale University even though, as a woman, she could not teach undergraduates?
- ... that the prefectural border on Hyōtanjima is only 74 metres (243 ft) long?
- ... that Moira Deeming comes from a family of union leaders and Australian Labor Party members, but is a member of the Liberal Party?
- ... that the spider Rhene hexagon gets its name from the unusual hexagonal shape of one of its principal body parts?
- ... that Matt Koehl stated that Adolf Hitler was "a gift of Almighty Providence"?
- ... that Eritrea's abortion law was based on Ethiopia's, which was based on Switzerland's, which was based on France's?