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Did you know...
- ... that according to tradition Saint Ludger healed the Frisian bard Bernlef of his blindness (pictured) and taught him to play psalms on his harp?
- ... that light travelled 1.06 billion light-years from a trio of galaxies in the constellation of Cancer, where three supermassive black holes were colliding?
- ... that Nicholas Carlini showed that ChatGPT could leak personal information?
- ... that Takara's Treasure was created because its artist wanted to draw a story about a boy who speaks with a dialect?
- ... that in addition to having been a centre for local involvement in Chinese politics, the Kuomintang Building in Vancouver has hosted social events including a wedding reception?
- ... that Ron Tiavaasue was born in Samoa, grew up in New Zealand, played college football in the United States, and now plays professional football in Canada?
- ... that the concept of genocide was introduced in the 1944 book Axis Rule in Occupied Europe?
- ... that Michael Kettle received an award at the age of 80 for his work as a cricket groundskeeper?
- ... that Madonna once operated an elevator at Terrace on the Park?
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The 2023 World Snooker Championship took place from 15 April to 1 May 2023 at the Crucible Theatre (pictured) in Sheffield, England. The qualifying rounds produced a 115 break by Ng On-yee, the highest by a woman in the tournament's history. The defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan made a record 31st appearance at the tournament's main stage, surpassing the 30 appearances by Steve Davis, but he lost 10–13 in the quarter-finals to Belgian player Luca Brecel. Si Jiahui became the first Crucible debutant to reach the semi-finals since Andy Hicks at the 1995 event. Brecel came from 5–14 behind to defeat Si 17–15, the first player to win a match at the Crucible after trailing by nine frames. Brecel went on to defeat Mark Selby 18–15 in the final, becoming the sport's first world champion from mainland Europe. Two maximum breaks were made at the main stage, one by Kyren Wilson in the first round and the other by Selby, who became the first player to make a 147 in a world final. (Full article...)
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- ... that Adam Berdichevsky (pictured) represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, eleven months after he and his family survived the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel?
- ... that the science-fiction video game The Anacrusis is named after a musical term?
- ... that to protest changes to the flight route M503, Taiwan cancelled 176 flights between China and Taiwan?
- ... that ComicBook.com originally began as a website with sales links and press releases before becoming an entertainment news site?
- ... that the Dust Bowl refugee Ibsen Nelsen received the Purple Heart and became a fellow of the American Institute of Architects?
- ... that Chișinău's National Hotel was once a flagship property but is now effectively abandoned?
- ... that the composer Joe Hisaishi has been awarded eight Japan Academy Film Prizes and nominated for eight more?
- ... that one commentator interpreted a kiss between two women in "Fedora" as possibly following the "heteronormative script"?
- ... that misinformation added to the September 11 Digital Archive is considered useful to historians?
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- In Lebanon, Israeli airstrikes against Hezbollah kill at least 558 people and injure more than 1,835 others.
- The Chess Olympiad concludes with India winning both the open and women's events.
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake (pictured) is elected President of Sri Lanka.
- At least 77 people are killed and more than 255 others are injured in an Islamist militant attack on Mali's capital, Bamako.
On the next day
- 46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicated the Temple of Venus Genetrix in Rome to Venus, the mythical ancestor of his family.
- 1580 – English explorer Francis Drake's galleon the Golden Hind (replica pictured) sailed into Plymouth, completing his circumnavigation of the globe.
- 1928 – The Nationalist government of China adopted Gwoyeu Romatzyh as the official system for the romanization of Mandarin Chinese.
- 1983 – Cold War: Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov averted a potential nuclear war by identifying as a false alarm signals that appeared to indicate an impending U.S. missile attack.
- 2010 – Scottish aid worker Linda Norgrove and three Afghan colleagues were kidnapped by members of the Taliban in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
- Hiram Wesley Evans (b. 1881)
- Leo Martello (b. 1930)
- Wendy Saddington (b. 1949)
- Alicja Iwańska (d. 1996)
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The Philae temple complex is an island-based temple complex in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, Egypt. Until the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia, the temple complex was located on Philae Island, near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt. These rapids and the surrounding area have been variously flooded since the initial construction of the Aswan Low Dam in 1902. The temple complex was dismantled and moved to nearby Agilkia Island as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign project, protecting this and other complexes before the 1970 completion of the Aswan High Dam. This photograph shows the temple of Isis in its current location. Photograph credit: Diego Delso
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