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3 February 2026
- 00:00, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
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Girardinus metallicus
- ... that Cuba's Girardinus fish (pictured) may have evolved into different species because the island's rivers are often interrupted by waterfalls or vanish underground?
- ... that Tinashe's 333 and Wishy's Triple Seven are both named for angel numbers?
- ... that slipper lamps produced in the Umayyad era sometimes carried bilingual inscriptions with "The Light of Christ" in Greek, alongside "God" (Allah) in Arabic?
- ... that Anahit Ananyan was credited with starting Armenia's tomato heritage?
- ... that the relocation of a Mexico City monument resulted in the water-level indicators on its pedestal losing their original geographic alignment?
- ... that a pre-order ticket campaign for Rhapsody in August saw ¥300 of the ¥1,300 ticket price go to the assistance of birds affected by the Gulf War?
- ... that Allan Ludwig has been described as the "founding father" of gravestone studies?
- ... that during the 1939 Abbeville Conference, the first meeting of the Anglo-French Supreme War Council, the parties agreed not to launch large-scale operations against Germany?
- ... that Haruka No. 2 plays two recorders using her nose, one with each nostril?
2 February 2026
- 00:00, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
Veronika scratching herself with tools
- ... that Veronika the cow can scratch herself using brooms (depicted)?
- ... that a popular series interviews celebrities without an interviewer?
- ... that a Mexican vice admiral who exposed radioactive milk imports was accused of treason and sent to the Revillagigedo Islands?
- ... that "King Scum" escaped from prison by pretending to be a solicitor?
- ... that a psychiatrist expressed concern about a patient's paranoia to a colleague the day before the patient killed him?
- ... that Sarah, Lady Holte, owned hundreds of slaves in Barbados, but only ever met one?
- ... that the socialist newspaper Radenik was banned after it referred to Jesus as a "socialist, communist, and revolutionary"?
- ... that Lorenzo Dow Thompson threw Abraham Lincoln in a wrestling match?
- ... that A Taxonomy of Office Chairs applies evolutionary classification to furniture?
1 February 2026
- 00:00, 1 February 2026 (UTC)
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2010 snowball fight in Washington, D.C.
- ... that the Washington DC Snowball Fight Association was formed when around 2,000 people showed up to a snowball fight (pictured) organized over Facebook?
- ... that Emily Sutton illustrated an abridged children's edition of Shakespeare's First Folio with "red-cheeked gentlemen, sword-wielding warriors and ladies in striking attire"?
- ... that gamblers in Myanmar worship the spirit Thone Myo Shin to ensure victory in cockfights?
- ... that John A. Jakle has co-authored nine books on "roadside America", including books on motels, road signs, gas stations, parking lots, and fast-food restaurants?
- ... that Ellie Goulding tied Adele for the most UK number one albums by a British female artist when Higher Than Heaven topped the charts?
- ... that Robert Van de Graaff, inventor of the Van de Graaff generator, turned to physics after injuries kept him from playing football at Alabama?
- ... that an unlockable vehicle in Kururin Squash! contains a reference to Super Mario Bros. by honking the horn?
- ... that the kingship ideology of the Lozi Kingdom emphasised powerful ancestral royal spirits, believed to affect the present?
- ... that the Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Anzio once took the place of an entire fleet?