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31 August 2024

  • 00:00, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
A Perugia's limia male approaching a female
A Perugia's limia male approaching a female

30 August 2024

  • 00:00, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Blinking Sam
Blinking Sam

29 August 2024

  • 00:00, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Interior of Liebfrauenkirche
Interior of Liebfrauenkirche

28 August 2024

  • 00:00, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
Titiou Lecoq
Titiou Lecoq

27 August 2024

  • 00:00, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
Drawing of an aphid by Charles De Geer
Drawing of an aphid by Charles De Geer

26 August 2024

  • 00:00, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
Milk Drop Coronet (1957)
Milk Drop Coronet (1957)

25 August 2024

  • 00:00, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
Milkie Way
Milkie Way

24 August 2024

  • 00:00, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
Flag of Togo
Flag of Togo

23 August 2024

  • 00:00, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
134B Nethergate, Dundee
134B Nethergate, Dundee

22 August 2024

  • 00:00, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
F-22 Raptor
F-22 Raptor

21 August 2024

  • 00:00, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
John S. McCain Sr. (left) and John S. McCain Jr.
John S. McCain Sr. (left) and John S. McCain Jr.

20 August 2024

  • 00:00, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
Tomb of Joseph Crocé-Spinelli and Théodore Sivel
Tomb of Joseph Crocé-Spinelli and Théodore Sivel

19 August 2024

  • 00:00, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
Ravenswood standing stone
Ravenswood standing stone

18 August 2024

  • 00:00, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
Hayari Miyake
Hayari Miyake

17 August 2024

  • 00:00, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Pavonia praemorsa flower
Pavonia praemorsa flower
  • ... that the flowers of Pavonia praemorsa (pictured) bloom and die within the same day?
  • ... that soprano Joan Ruth rejected a marriage proposal because her suitor wanted her to abandon ambitions of a singing career?
  • ... that the mascots of the 2026 Winter Olympics and 2026 Winter Paralympics were designed by schoolchildren?
  • ... that Bengisu Avcı had to abandon her 45-kilometre (28-mile) swim across the Kaiwi Channel after being stung by jellyfish twelve hours in?
  • ... that some of the first likely Libotonius fossils collected are lost at the Smithsonian?
  • ... that Argentine naval officer Barry Melbourne Hussey was known as El Ingles ('The Englishman') by his comrades?
  • ... that the 2024 song "Tobey" features "3 generations of Detroit"?
  • ... that Leonhard Kaiser, a student of Martin Luther, was burned at the stake on 16 August 1527 after being declared guilty of heresy?
  • ... that the area of Cultybraggan Camp has been a royal hunting ground, a prison for fervent Nazis and the site of an underground bunker intended for use in a nuclear war?

16 August 2024

  • 00:00, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Amy Sawyer
Amy Sawyer

15 August 2024

  • 00:00, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
Ocean Parkway
Ocean Parkway

14 August 2024

  • 00:00, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
Possible T. rex coprolite
Possible T. rex coprolite

13 August 2024

  • 00:00, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
Fănuș Neagu
Fănuș Neagu

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