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2 March 2025
- 00:00, 2 March 2025 (UTC)
Grain Belt Beer Sign
- ... that the annual operating cost of the Grain Belt Beer Sign (pictured) dropped from $48,000 to $7,500 after it was renovated with LED lighting?
- ... that Pan Shu had to write psychological theory in secret during the Cultural Revolution?
- ... that a 1922 Brazilian film was presumed lost for more than 90 years until a copy was rediscovered in 2023?
- ... that peasant Agnieszka Machówna repeatedly deceived Polish nobles into thinking that she was a noble?
- ... that a former professional football player stated his intention to buy the rights to a 25-year-old children's sports game in his podcast?
- ... that Yuika was allowed by her parents to take a music-related course after playing one of her songs to them?
- ... that Walnut Valley, the neighborhood most affected by the 2023 Little Rock tornado, reported theft and illegal dumping during rebuilding efforts?
- ... that the fictional character Moira Pollock was described as a "battleaxe"?
- ... that a butt of malmsey was required to make "Tyre that is excellent", as part of a mixture of "fat Bastard, two gallons of Cute [and] Parrel"?
1 March 2025
- 00:00, 1 March 2025 (UTC)
Megaliths at the Pengkalan Kempas Historical Complex
- ... that attempts to draw tourism to the town of Pengkalan Kempas include the promotion of an ancient megalith site (pictured)?
- ... that eight Delta Air Lines executives were killed in the 1947 Columbus mid-air collision, including the airline's vice president of operations?
- ... that the South Indian restaurant New Krishna Bhavan served 600 litres (160 US gal) of sambar every day?
- ... that a historical society celebrated the 50th anniversary of its acquisition of Armstrong House by hosting a murder mystery?
- ... that there are more than 100 accepted species of columbines, but Aquilegia kubanica was identified as one of only four to live in the Caucasus?
- ... that Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountain was developed during a week-long game jam?
- ... that although nine alibi witnesses placed Temujin Kensu more than 400 miles from a shooting in Port Huron, Michigan, in November 1986, he was convicted of murder and has been in prison ever since?
- ... that Luis Sera was designed to resemble Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings?
- ... that Magnus Gens was given ten trillion Zimbabwean dollars for developing a crash test dummy moose?