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16 March 2026

00:00, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Deep-water soloing

... that several climbers have drowned while deep-water soloing (example pictured), even though it is safer than free solo climbing?
... that John Allen Chau illegally travelled to North Sentinel Island in an attempt to convert its inhabitants to Christianity?
... that the Martin-Smith School of Music, according to one historian, was "one of the most important black musical institutions" in the United States?
... that Luca Gargano discovered thousands of barrels of aged rum in an abandoned Trinidadian distillery, sparking "Caroni mania"?
... that a 1980 Doctor Who serial was written by a seventeen-year-old fan of the show?
... that Annie Stainer "would appear to fly, by delicately and continuously undulating her arms as if they were remarkable wings" during her solo shows?
... that Shigeru Miyamoto told his coworkers "you guys are useless" after he received a prototype of Tomodachi Collection's character-creation system?
... that Eric Slover's wife blessed his dog tags with holy water before Operation Absolute Resolve?
... that A Place with the Pigs was based on a real-life World War II deserter who hid in a pigsty until 1985?

15 March 2026

12:00, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Quincy Market's central building

... that Boston's Quincy Market (building pictured), once described by the city's mayor as an "eyesore", later became more popular than Disney World?
... that after divorcing her husband, Winifred Lewellin James was required to report to a police station each time she went more than 5 miles (8 km) from her home?
... that a fuel-tax evasion scheme in Mexico involves importing fuels under unrelated customs categories?
... that Steve Potter fired his father?
... that an independent panel reviewing research conducted by the National Cold Fusion Institute found no evidence that cold fusion had occurred?
... that the Salem Methodist Church in Harlem operated a boxing club in its basement?
... that the current mayor of Nagoya once operated a computer shogi program that won a world championship?
... that two-thirds of the New York production staff for Melania requested to be omitted from the credits?
... that the novelist Rosa Praed believed that she and her medium were the reincarnations of an ancient Roman woman and the slave girl that she had mistreated?

00:00, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Charlotte Brontë

... that the first novel by Charlotte Brontë (pictured) was published posthumously?
... that Agostino Steffani missed the 1709 premiere of his opera Amor vien dal destino because he was in Rome mediating between the pope and the emperor?
... that John H. Beyer co-founded an architectural firm in 1968 that opposed large-scale urban redevelopment, inspired partly by the book The Death and Life of Great American Cities?
... that the Eurovision performance of "Bird of Pray" featured a backing vocalist whose song had been defeated during selection?
... that a key moment in the 2022 LastPass data breach saw an attacker compromise an engineer's Plex account?
... that cameraman Bob Broughton, who later became a Disney Legend, was first hired there by mistake?
... that more than 2,000 children's artworks were used in the music video for Meg Myers's cover of "Running Up That Hill"?
... that the mayor of El Paso, Texas, founded a tequila company that sells its product in dog-shaped bottles?
... that a five-year-old girl donated her favourite rock to Poole Museum, after which it was put on display and became the museum's most famous object?

14 March 2026

12:00, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Mã Pí Lèng Pass

... that it took nearly two years to cut into a cliff to complete a road across Mã Pí Lèng Pass (pictured) in Vietnam?
... that Bernhard Waldenfels discussed "black holes of everyday life" in a book subtitled Challenges of Phenomenology?
... that the actresses in Night King visited a nightclub and spoke with mama-sans to prepare for their roles?
... that Daniel van der Meulen was dispatched to Saudi Arabia to urge Arab nations not to ally with Nazi Germany?
... that the Prison Mathematics Project brought a professor from Italy to an American prison to celebrate Pi Day?
... that John F. Kennedy asked fast-food entrepreneur Harry Akin to lead the desegregation of United States restaurants?
... that the rewrites to The Massacre were so extensive that the original writer briefly asked for his name to be removed?
... that, at the first five Ball Hockey World Championships, the Czech Republic men's team reached four finals?
... that Xalavier Nelson Jr. developed games with "eye-catching" titles such as Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator and An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs?

00:00, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Li Zhenxiu

... that Li Zhenxiu (pictured) was sworn into Taiwan's Legislative Yuan while still holding Chinese citizenship?
... that a high-school fish-hatchery program was disrupted when more than 100,000 US gallons (380,000 L; 83,000 imp gal) of chlorinated water leaked into Chimacum Creek?
... that Rat Watson, a 141-pound (64 kg) quarterback, led "the greatest football team ever assembled in Texas", outscoring opponents 432 to 6?
... that The Dream of Belinda combines imagery from The Rape of the Lock with the Queen Mab of Romeo and Juliet?
... that, according to legend, the poet Charles Baudelaire tried to organize a mob to kill his stepfather during the French Revolution of 1848?
... that "A Media Luz" ("With Dimmed Lights") is one of the most successful tango compositions of all time?
... that Princess Thonbanhla is honored annually on the eve of the full moon with a ceremony funded by local villagers?
... that more than a quarter of Pennsylvania voters opposed a 2021 constitutional amendment to prohibit racial and ethnic discrimination?

13 March 2026

12:00, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

Aitape Skull

... that the Aitape Skull (pictured) may be part of the remains of the oldest known tsunami victim?
... that Kim Chwajin was imprisoned for three years for freeing his family's slaves?
... that the galaxy CDG-2 is over 99.9% dark matter, one of the highest proportions discovered?
... that in his autobiography, openly gay footballer Thomas Hitzlsperger criticises high-profile players for promoting gay rights while working in countries where homosexuality is illegal?
... that it took 61 years to identify the killer of Mary Theresa Simpson?
... that, although Self's fifth studio album was cancelled, its songs were still used in television commercials?
... that football player LeShun Daniels Sr. and his best friend were teammates in junior high school, high school, college, and the NFL?
... that two victims of the 2023 San Pedro de la Paz railway accident worked at a school that had previously lost two other teachers in a train collision?
... that Toby Fox's video game Undertale was given to Pope Francis?

00:00, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

Andrew Ranken

... that the Pogues had a drummer (pictured) who once had to play one-handed while recovering from blood poisoning?
... that the Colección de Lenguas Indígenas includes the only written records of three languages that have since died out?
... that Alfonso Quiñónez Molina suddenly becoming President of El Salvador before the 1919 election was described as a "mixed blessing"?
... that the estate of Jeffrey Epstein has lost up to 80 percent of its estimated monetary value since 2019?
... that Jerauld George Wright was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his "brilliant" navigation during a 2,000-mile (3,200 km) overwater flight that lasted almost 25 hours?
... that the Japanese truckmakers Hino and Fuso are merging into Archion following an emissions-fraud scandal that caused a delay of more than one year?
... that Go-Rilla Means War by Crystal Z Campbell was inspired by a kung fu judge?
... that a scene from an episode of Ted took about 30 takes to complete due to Scott Grimes repeatedly making his co-stars laugh?
... that John Comfort Fillmore perceived a "cosmic connection" between the music of Native Americans and music composed by Richard Wagner?

12 March 2026

00:00, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

Populus Denver

... that the facade of Populus Denver (pictured) has been compared to a "cheese grater"?
... that Dalmatius was murdered by his soldiers during a massacre that killed nearly all the male members of the Constantinian dynasty?
... that news of the deadliest cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere took a month to reach authorities?
... that Israel Keyes buried "murder kits", containing weapons and supplies, years before using them in his crimes?
... that the character designer for Drill Dozer had his wife model with two roll cakes on her head to create the main character's hair?
... that Harold Orlob was not credited as a composer of the 1909 hit song "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" until he sued in 1947?
... that The Mosquito Bowl is based on a college football game played before the battle of Okinawa?
... that a painting by Adelaide Ironside modelled its depiction of Christ on the Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi?
... that the commissioner of the New York City Department of Bridges did not classify the High Bridge as a bridge?

11 March 2026

00:00, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Savannah Bond

... that Savannah Bond (pictured) sold cosmetics before entering the adult film industry?
... that during their migration upstream to reproduce, smaller neritid snails were observed to "hitchhike" on the bigger Neritina pulligera to save energy?
... that Jordan Shanks's house was firebombed after he published a YouTube video about organized crime?
... that the extinct damselfly family Whetwhetaksidae is known only from wing fossils, as their bodies and heads have not survived?
... that Charlie Marr was paid by oil corporations to coach American football in Mexico?
... that the Tulalip Tribes relocate "nuisance" beavers to the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River?
... that Arif Havas Oegroseno, the Indonesian ambassador to Belgium, performed a Balinese dance at the Royal Palace of Brussels?
... that the 2020 Hampton County tornado was the first recorded F4- or EF4-rated tornado in the South Carolina Lowcountry?
... that Tsar Asen interpreted the sudden deaths of his wife and child as divine punishment for breaking his alliance during the 1235–1236 siege of Constantinople?

10 March 2026

00:00, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

Cities Church

... that a Minnesota church building (pictured) is considered to be a "historic non-operating cemetery" because a former priest was buried in a crypt underneath the sanctuary?
... that Apollon Karelin established an order of the Knights Templar to promote anarchism in Soviet Russia?
... that an Abbott Elementary episode was filmed at an abandoned shopping mall, after which it was demolished to build an NFL facility?
... that Michael Lippman had his breakthrough in the music business in the 1970s by working as an attorney and manager for David Bowie?
... that the opera Complications in Sue was written by ten different composers, each writing without knowledge of what the others were doing?
... that Kerri Rawson criticized author Stephen King writing a novella based on her serial killer father's crimes?
... that one reviewer said The Witcher: The Adventure Card Game was "a very pretty piece of junk"?
... that the public art at Lorong Chuan station depicts landmarks, the Merlion, and political events like the Pedra Branca dispute?
... that NFL players Brad and Cory Lekkerkerker worked on a farm with 2,000 cows and were nicknamed the "Brothers Large"?

9 March 2026

00:00, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Halloween Martin

... that Halloween Martin (pictured) became one of the first modern DJs at a time when radio widely discriminated against women?
... that the editors of a dictionary of women's quotations were motivated to create it when they observed that mixed-gender volumes were 90% men?
... that Ruth Wagner, the minister of culture in Hesse from 1999 to 2003, was nicknamed Mother Courage of Hesse?
... that there is an Irish-language parody of Mean Girls?
... that Carla Williams got into self-portraits in part due to the poor representation of Black women in her photography history class?
... that Brigitte Bardot's "Harley Davidson" has been described as "an ode to freedom and female liberation"?
... that Matilda Jane Evans' novels presented women's proper management of their homes as essential to maintaining civilisation in the Australian colonies?
... that the first female president of Ireland helped unveil one of New Zealand's first women's suffrage memorials?
... that Valerie Pitt campaigned for the ordination of women by the Church of England for 25 years before wondering why any woman would want to be a priest?

8 March 2026

00:00, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Curlew sandpiper

... that the small curlew sandpiper (pictured) respects neighbour territories when chasing intruders away?
... that Abdul Rahman Salama, who currently serves as a Governor of Raqqa, used to work at a stone quarry?
... that Tolkien: Man and Myth was described as particularly valuable for readers interested in "understand[ing] Tolkien from a religious perspective"?
... that Katy Marchant won three British National Track Championships medals within a year of taking up track cycling?
... that the Annamite striped rabbit was described by scientists as a new species after it was discovered in a Laotian market?
... that tensions erupted between two local CDU associations after Thomas Kossendey ran as a candidate for a constituency?
... that a Uruguayan-born victim of the September 11 attacks had founded a community in Sydney to help Uruguayans immigrating to Australia?
... that in October 2025, over 1,500 Alaskans protested at a whale statue?

7 March 2026

12:00, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

Miniature from the Book of Hours of Boussu

... that when the medieval Book of Hours of Boussu (miniature pictured) was restored in 2020, it was discovered that the spine of the book was still sewed with the original thread?
... that Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh may have facilitated the killing of a political rival through a United States airstrike?
... that Russian astrophysicist Inna Nikolaevna Leman-Balanovskaja was sentenced to five years in a Siberian labor camp as a result of false charges?
... that several aesthetic and gameplay elements of the video game Quarantine II: Road Warrior, in which the player drives a weaponized hovercab, were inspired by the Mad Max franchise?
... that Hans-Joachim Hacker worked at a state-owned food processing plant before joining the Volkskammer and Bundestag?
... that despite being promoted exclusively through word of mouth, New York City's Henry Phipps Plaza West was fully occupied within a year of opening?
... that net-filter coffee is named for its spoon-shaped filter, which resembles a hand net?
... that the Minneapolis Police Department initially attributed one of the murders committed by spree killer Andrew Cunanan to one of his victims?
... that March 7th first appeared on October 8th?

00:00, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

Elinor Barker

... that Elinor Barker (pictured) won an Olympic medal while pregnant?
... that a tram chase sequence in a 2025 adventure film was shot in two different theme parks, and with two different trams?
... that Miroslava Pešíková was a ballerina at the National Theatre in Prague for 28 years in 47 roles?
... that the first session of the United Nations General Assembly was held in a church in war-damaged London only four months after the end of World War II?
... that the Holocaust survivor Joan Salter returned from America to parents she could not remember?
... that Seven Samurai is considered one of the greatest films ever made?
... that despite its hardline Islamic beliefs, a Boko Haram faction led by Sadiku tolerated allied bandits' use of alcohol, drugs, and prostitution?
... that John D. Hoffman of the Special Engineer Detachment was awarded the Soldier's Medal, the US Army's highest non-combat decoration and the only one given to a member of the Manhattan District?
... that Mark Williams did his press conference naked after winning the 2018 World Snooker Championship?

6 March 2026

12:00, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

St. Paul's Reformed Episcopal Church

... that a pastor of a Chicago church (pictured) resigned after it was discovered that he had previously been defrocked in 1915 for having multiple wives?
... that local custom at Pyapon Mountain dictates that all jewelry must be hidden from view to avoid offending Pyapon Taung Shinma?
... that Dai Dai Ames and Justin Pippen joined the Cal Bears after it replaced nearly all of its players in 2025?
... that some of the largest specimens of Aciculolenus palmeri were around 9 millimeters long?
... that the films of Wei Shujun often meditate on the process of making films for the Chinese cinema industry?
... that a Galilean fortress once thought to be built by Akko-Ptolemais against the Hasmoneans, was actually built by the Hasmoneans to monitor Akko?
... that mathematician Grete Hermann wrote political philosophy articles for Der Funke and Sozialistische Warte under various pseudonyms during the German resistance to Nazism?
... that the Unsanctioned set of Magic: The Gathering cards are illegal in the game's tournaments due to their satirical nature?
... that Belle Hassan once milked goats on television?

00:00, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Bosco Nordio nature reserve

... that the Bosco Nordio nature reserve (pictured) is located on dunes built up by four millennia of deposits by nearby rivers?
... that yum yum sauce is sometimes called "white sauce" or "shrimp sauce", although it is neither white nor contains shrimp?
... that the Meiō incident deposed a shogun?
... that Dipu Chandra Das, a garment factory worker, was set on fire and beaten to death after being accused of insulting the prophet Muhammad?
... that pages of Lewis Hancox's graphic novel were displayed in The Cartoon Museum of London?
... that college football quarterback Jack Strand threw for over 7 miles (11 km) in his career?
... that Zirconic was a U.S. government effort to create reconnaissance satellites equipped with stealth technology?
... that Siegfried Sassoon referred to the Royal Societies Club as the "United Nonentities Club"?
... that the only painting Walter Deverell ever sold, A Pet, was bought by William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais as an "act of charity"?

5 March 2026

12:00, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

Simone Giertz

... that the "Queen of Shitty Robots" (pictured) built a "Pussy Grabs Back Machine"?
... that Alex Honnold's memoir Alone on the Wall was called a "celebration of nonthinking" by The Atlantic?
... that Uruguayan perennial candidate Domingo Tortorelli campaigned on promises such as a 15-minute workday and installing free milk taps on every street corner?
... that the Harvard–Dudley line once used streetcars made from two smaller streetcars?
... that out of appreciation for the game's background music, the art director of Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion created a fictional, in-game DJ character to associate it with?
... that in the 1970s, Walter Steding became known for his electric violin, which he played while wearing flashing goggles "synced" to his brainwaves?
... that the modern increase of people named Ava is often credited to Hollywood actress Ava Gardner?
... that Kelly Curtis jumped from heptathlon to skeleton?
... that Beyond Dreams, about an ex-convict torn between a heist and housekeeping, won the Church of Sweden's Film Prize?
00:00, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

Report on the Japanese surrender at Singapore in September 1945 by Brigadier J. D. Rogers

... that John David Rogers represented Australia at the Japanese surrender in Singapore in September 1945 (video featured)?
... that the lyricist of "Coffee Houser Sei Addata" wrote its last lyrics on a cigarette packet?
... that a John Robert Cozens painting set the record auction price for an 18th-century English watercolour at £2.4 million?
... that the design of the Moffat distillery building reflects the style of the surrounding farm buildings?
... that the Russian voice actress who portrayed the lead role in the top two highest-grossing Russian films of all time is also an accomplished ice skater?
... that a reviewer said that the musicians on the Christian music compilation 4-Way Noise Explosion would prompt a wave of people leaving Christianity?
... that Kurt Wright did not seek reelection to the Burlington City Council due to federal regulations that would have made him leave his radio show?
... that the Cheyenne Mountain Complex is the alternate command center for both the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the United States Northern Command?
... that a teacher was fired for reading Dawn McMillan's book I Need a New Butt! to his second-grade class?

4 March 2026

00:00, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Bella Ramsey

... that Bella Ramsey (pictured) is the youngest person ever to be nominated twice for a Primetime Emmy lead-actress award?
... that German settler newspapers played a significant role in agitating for the Herero and Nama genocide?
... that British academic Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason quit her job to raise seven children and encouraged them to become musicians?
... that the artworks in the Louvre's Gallery of the Five Continents are meant to dialogue with each other?
... that a 1998 referendum to repeal South Carolina's unenforceable interracial marriage ban was opposed by more than 38 percent of voters?
... that the mother of a man who was murdered by Martín Ríos said that the case opened a social debate in Argentina on the difference between psychosis and psychopathy?
... that the excavator of the Palazzo delle Colonne had to publish his findings from photographs and memory after World War II interrupted the excavation and vandals destroyed the records?
... that Confederate Navy officer Alexander F. Warley commanded the ironclad ram CSS Manassas to attack two ships on which he had previously served as a U.S. Navy sailor?
... that some of the tracks on Karrionic Hacktician and Skin Stripper are only a few seconds long?
... that Comic Beam has published manga making fun of its low sales?

3 March 2026

00:00, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

House of the Pelplin Abbots

... that the voivode of a Polish region bought a townhouse (pictured) for his brother, an abbot who converted it to an inn?
... that in 2025, Liz Pelly published the book Mood Machine, a critical examination of Spotify including the platform's promotion of fake artists?
... that "Aeao" was involved in a multi-platform trend joined by numerous K-pop celebrities nine years after its release?
... that Viktor Pylypenko ended a relationship with his Emirati boyfriend and returned to Ukraine to fight in the Russo-Ukrainian war?
... that Ottoman Iraq's nationality law was a legal basis for Saddam Hussein to classify up to two million Iraqis as "inauthentic" and expel as many as 400,000 of them?
... that actor Dominic Sessa made his film debut with a breakthrough role as a student in the Christmas film The Holdovers?
... that Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad 8419 was one of the first Chinese steam locomotives to be exported to the United States?
... that Scottish politician Tam Dalyell opposed devolution, warning it would become a "motorway without exit to a separate state"?
... that, in Agnes Borinsky's queer interpretation of the Bible's Song of Songs, audience members placed offerings on a "shrine to the dead"?

2 March 2026

00:00, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Strand Arcade

... that Strand Arcade (pictured) was the "most important commercial centre in New Zealand in the early 1900s and beyond", according to Heritage New Zealand?
... that, after David E. Mitchell was diagnosed with cancer that cost $440,000 annually to treat, he founded Patients for Affordable Drugs Now to challenge drug companies that act like "Tony Soprano"?
... that the Telangana Gaddar Film Awards are named after a person who rejected awards for Telugu cinema?
... that the association of Venda kings with mountains and subordinate rulers with pools affected the layout of a settlement?
... that Vidoe Smilevski's apartment was "a center of illegal revolutionary activity" before he became the Macedonian president?
... that Arena is the first novel to be set in the universe of the card game Magic: The Gathering?
... that, before Fiji beat Australia 1–0 in 1988, the Fiji Football Association offered each player a FJ$500 bonus if they won?
... that the International Criminal Court decided to switch from Microsoft Office to OpenDesk after its chief prosecutor was disconnected from his Microsoft-hosted email account?
... that Argentine actor Guillermo Pfening and a female friend agreed to have a child together if they were not parents by the age of 35?

1 March 2026

12:00, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Drawing of a male Alphasida zapaterii

... that an Iberian beetle (specimen pictured) is undergoing substantial evolution that makes it hard to distinguish from its nearby relatives?
... that Mary Theresa Vidal began her writing career with a collection of Christian moral tales intended to educate convicts and servants?
... that an unreleased video game themed around Metallica was described as "Twisted Metal meets Grand Theft Auto"?
... that 18th-century political hostess Susanna Leveson-Gower, Marchioness of Stafford, "sought patronage appointments with the eagerness that some women reserved for cards and scandal"?
... that Latvian pilots competed in a 1,087 km (675 mi) Flight Around Latvia in 1938, testing both aircraft endurance and fuel efficiency rather than speed?
... that the Hyderabad Houston Kingsmen are one of two new teams in the Pakistan Super League?
... that one of the two civilian casualties in the 2026 US intervention in Venezuela had postponed returning to her native Colombia due to the tensions between the US and Venezuela?
... that the Master of the Epître d'Othéa produced illuminated manuscripts almost exclusively for Christine de Pizan, one of the first professional female writers in Europe?
... that Sir Lister Holte donated his own carriage horses to fight the Jacobites—but may have sympathised with them?

00:00, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Ritva Auvinen

... that opera singer Ritva Auvinen (pictured) also worked as a gymnastics and swimming teacher?
... that "Australasia" by William Charles Wentworth, the first book of verse by a native-born Australian, "celebrates the development of a new Britannia in another world"?
... that Vietnam War prisoner Edward A. Brudno was added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial decades after his death following a Department of Defense ruling?
... that the post-apocalyptic manga Girls' Last Tour has been described as an iyashikei ('healing') story?
... that the VTuber Takanashi Kiara has attempted to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest multiple times?
... that Europeans and Africans voted in different buildings in the 1946 Representative Council election in Bangui?
... that Blanca Quiñónez, the first player from South America in the history of UConn women's basketball, speaks the Molisan dialect alongside Spanish, English, and Italian?
... that it's "none of your damned business" how much American Furniture Warehouse paid Billy Carter?