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Pellenes nigrociliatus

• ... that the jumping spider Pellenes nigrociliatus (pictured) makes a silk curtain across the entrance of the snail shell that it uses as a nest?
• ... that advertising material for an Indonesian film included an entire chapter of the Quran?
• ... that J. Verne Smith sold tires before becoming a state senator?
• ... that the construction of the Downtown Line required diverting the Singapore River?
• ... that Edward W. Hawthorne once called his research "a personal vendetta against ignorance"?
• ... that the Cristero Museum faced demolition even though it is located within a UNESCO site?
• ... that young-adult novelist Moa Backe Åstot also owns reindeer?
• ... that during the siege of Castelnaudary the defenders were caught off guard while eating – and won?
• ... that Neil Robertson once missed a tournament after setting his sat-nav to Barnsley instead of Barnsley?

March 23: Pakistan Day (1956)

Battle of Uhud

• 625 – The Muslim army under Muhammad suffered a defeat against the Quraysh in the Battle of Uhud (depicted).
• 1839 – An earthquake struck central Burma, causing significant damage and killing an estimated 300 to 400 people.
• 1919 – Benito Mussolini and his supporters founded the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento, the predecessor of the National Fascist Party.
• 1991 – The Sierra Leone Civil War began with the invasion of the Revolutionary United Front, in an attempt to overthrow President Joseph Saidu Momoh.
• 2021 – A container ship ran aground and obstructed the Suez Canal for six days.