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Return of the Mayflower

... that Franklin D. Roosevelt was so impressed by the companion paintings Return of the Mayflower (pictured) and Surrender of the German Fleet to the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow that he commissioned smaller versions for his own private collection?
... that violinist Sol Babitz, a pioneer in historically informed performance, was twice evicted by the police from meetings of the American Musicological Society?
... that some green beer is colored with spirulina algae?
... that United States interference almost prevented a Canadian skier from competing for Venezuela at the 2026 Winter Olympics?
... that a YouTuber pays cash bounties for his friends to hunt him down in Minecraft?
... that Caroline Jones wore different charity clothes every day in 2015 after her mother died?
... that Stephen Foster's best-selling song "Old Uncle Ned" made little money for him due to the many pirated publications circulating in the marketplace?
... that the author Pipiet Senja likened her proselytization through teaching and writing to spreading a virus?
... that the locomotive Mataró was placed on a monument and fell?