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31 May 2023

  • 00:00, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Depiction of the four sons of Horus

30 May 2023

  • 00:00, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Carbatinae

29 May 2023

  • 00:00, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
 
February Azure

28 May 2023

  • 00:00, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Marvin Harrison Jr.

27 May 2023

  • 00:00, 27 May 2023 (UTC)
 
French soldier wearing the pantalon rouge

26 May 2023

  • 00:00, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Dierk Raabe

25 May 2023

  • 00:00, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Luo Wenzao

24 May 2023

  • 00:00, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza

23 May 2023

  • 00:00, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Tobit and Anna with the Kid

22 May 2023

  • 00:00, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Barclays Bank, Enfield

21 May 2023

  • 00:00, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Elizabeth Siddal

20 May 2023

  • 00:00, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Fu-Go balloon bomb
  • ... that the first intercontinental weapon was not a missile, but a Japanese balloon (example pictured)?
  • ... that YouTuber Joey Santore is known for his "Bill Swerski–esque" Chicago accent and use of profanity on his channel Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't?
  • ... that makwerekwere is the South African equivalent of "barbarians", an offensive and derogatory slur used to refer to foreigners?
  • ... that Marisa Anderson organized and participated in multiple cross-country walks to raise awareness for various political causes?
  • ... that the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service divides the entire ocean into just 21 radio areas?
  • ... that the 1943 North Texas Aggies went from "kitchen maid" to "queen of the ball" when the Marine Corps sent players from major universities "tumbling onto" the campus?
  • ... that Montserratian playwright Edgar Nkosi White only wrote his first play after he was dared by actor Martin Sheen?
  • ... that Cusrow Baug in Mumbai had only a few tenants in the 1950s even at a low rent of 40 rupees per month?

19 May 2023

  • 00:00, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
 
The Freshies

18 May 2023

  • 00:00, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Edgar de Wahl

17 May 2023

  • 00:00, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
 
1910 International Aviation Meet at Belmont Park

16 May 2023

  • 00:00, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Girl with a Pearl Earring, a Vermeer painting owned by de Knuijt

15 May 2023

  • 00:00, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Vanadium crystal bars and cube

14 May 2023

  • 00:00, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
 
St. Mary's Church

13 May 2023

  • 00:00, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Portrait of Joseph by Géricault

12 May 2023

  • 00:00, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Sluishuis

11 May 2023

  • 00:00, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Diseño del Rancho de los Palos Verdes

10 May 2023

  • 00:00, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Sara Gadalla Gubara

9 May 2023

  • 12:00, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Cosplayers holding a yaoi paddle
  • 00:00, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Liberty (standing) with the Leo Belgicus

8 May 2023

  • 12:00, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Marie Meyer looping the loop, 1925
  • 00:00, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Abingdon County Hall

7 May 2023

  • 12:00, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Eclipse scene in Barabbas
  • 00:00, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Crowning of Edward VII

6 May 2023

  • 12:00, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Westminster Abbey
  • ... that before today, 39 English and British monarchs have been crowned at Westminster Abbey (pictured) since 1066?
  • ... that as a college football player, Frank LeMaster changed from being a fullback to the starting halfback, to reserve halfback, to tight end, to linebacker, back to halfback and then linebacker again?
  • ... that the documentary Lynch/Oz incorporates hundreds of film clips to illustrate the influence of The Wizard of Oz on the work of filmmaker David Lynch?
  • ... that 19th-century American evangelist Dwight L. Moody was converted to Christianity in the stock room of a shoe store by his Sunday School teacher Edward Kimball?
  • ... that Edward VI was only nine years old on the day of his coronation?
  • ... that Bachtiar Djafar was the first mayor of Medan, Indonesia, to be of Malay descent?
  • ... that the destroyed plinth of Gürdal Duyar's nude sculpture Güzel İstanbul contained reliefs of a fig, a pomegranate, a honeysuckle and a bee to represent different aspects of Istanbul?
  • ... that Caity Baser followed up her 2022 singles "Friendly Sex", "X & Y", and "Kiss You" with "Friendly Sex (Angrier)", "X & Y (What I Didn't Say)", and "Kiss You, Pt. 2", respectively?
  • 00:00, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
 
"Life on Uranus" by Frank R. Paul

5 May 2023

  • 12:00, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Lixia rice dogs
  • 00:00, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Medjed

4 May 2023

  • 12:00, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Jones Island Water Reclamation Facility
  • 00:00, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Poster for Island of Lost Souls
  • ... that in 1935 Paramount wanted to reissue the film Island of Lost Souls (poster pictured) but was denied by the Hays Code, due to the film's excessive horror?
  • ... that for several decades, Soviet actress Maria Vladimirovna Mironova acted out scenes of a quarrelling couple on stage with her real-life husband?
  • ... that a monument to honor the Jewish artist Jozef Israëls was destroyed during World War II, but the pieces were saved and it was restored and unveiled in 1946?
  • ... that nearly two years after getting into a serious car accident that sidelined him for a full season, football player Juice Scruggs returned to the field, and was named All-Big Ten one year later?
  • ... that New York City's Mansfield Hotel was developed by two neighbors from Vermont, one of whom later served as Vermont's governor?
  • ... that Mary Taft said in 1799 that stopping women from "bring[ing] souls to Christ" would, one day, be unbelievable?
  • ... that a "hacker" with blog posts written by ChatGPT was at the center of an online scavenger hunt promoting Avenged Sevenfold's album Life Is but a Dream...?
  • ... that tyrant Thrasybulus of Miletus ended the 12-year Lydian–Milesian War with a fake party?

3 May 2023

  • 12:00, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
 
K-222
  • 00:00, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Male pygmy swordtail

2 May 2023

  • 12:00, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Brenzoni Monument
  • 00:00, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 
May Day 1948 issue of Licurici

1 May 2023

  • 12:00, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Remains of a lock structure
  • 00:00, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
 
Henri Deglane