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Current time: 11:43, 30 September 2024 (UTC) Update frequency: once every 24 hours Last updated: 11 hours ago() |
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- ... that a statue of the Medicine Buddha (pictured), dating from the late 8th or early 9th century, never left its temple grounds until 2024?
- ... that Russian pianist Pavel Kushnir died on a hunger strike after his arrest for anti-war videos posted on a YouTube channel with five subscribers?
- ... that public health measures and advances in medical science in modern human history helped raise global life expectancy from about 31 years in 1900 to over 66 years in 2000?
- ... that Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends" became closely associated with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina?
- ... that scientists publishing in Liebigs Annalen were subject to criticism and attacks by editor Justus von Liebig?
- ... that English amateur geologist Charlotte Eyton wrote a number of papers and pamphlets on the geology of the Wrekin, a part of Shropshire, between 1862 and 1870?
- ... that the director of a Lake Erie-based walleye fishing tournament defended two anglers accused of cheating until he found weights in their winning fish two years ago today?
- ... that East Suffolk Park, a former student hostel in Edinburgh, was once an internment camp for enemy aliens?
- ... that football player Kyle Hergel said his biggest strength was "my nastiness"?