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28 February 2021

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Washington Bridge

27 February 2021

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Wilhelm Knabe

26 February 2021

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Contempra telephone

25 February 2021

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Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam

24 February 2021

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Humphrey Bogart in Brother Orchid (1940)

23 February 2021

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George Washington by John Trumbull

22 February 2021

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Robert C. Pringle as Chequamegon

21 February 2021

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Pelican Rock at Martin's Beach

20 February 2021

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Lucy Monroe

19 February 2021

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1847 caricature of Barnett Nathan

18 February 2021

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Arik Brauer in front of his painting, 2009
  • ... that Universalkünstler Arik Brauer (pictured) created paintings in Fantastic Realism, songs in Austropop, stage sets for the Paris Opera, and house facades in Austria and Israel?
  • ... that the 1888 eruption of Ritter Island reduced the 780-metre tall (2,560 ft) volcano to a height of just 140 metres (460 ft)?
  • ... that sisters Amal, Hadia, and Hayat Talsam, known as Al Balabil, were referred to as "The Sudanese Supremes"?
  • ... that academic analysis of The Diving Pool has interpreted the use of food as a way to poison others as a critique on Japanese femininity?
  • ... that the world's richest self-made woman, Zhong Huijuan, started out as a middle-school chemistry teacher?
  • ... that 23 Wall Street has been called one of the "big little buildings of Wall Street"?
  • ... that the 2018 comedy film A Bread Factory, about the difficulty of producing meaningful artistic work in a market economy, received acclaim from critics but earned less than $18,000 at the box office?
  • ... that Gauthier Mvumbi has been called the "Shaq of handball", the "Congo Colossus", and "the most popular handball player on the Earth"?

17 February 2021

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Rice's whale washed up at Everglades National Park

16 February 2021

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Puppet show at Expo 67

15 February 2021

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Strängnäs stone

14 February 2021

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Al Pacino as Frank Serpico

13 February 2021

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A Ride for Liberty – The Fugitive Slaves

12 February 2021

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Virol jar
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Thomas catching Mary's belt

11 February 2021

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Facade of the Attara Kacheri, Bangalore
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Gwendolyn Garcia dancing to "Mabuhi!"

10 February 2021

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Plate of the Sèvres Egyptian Service
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HOE hit-to-kill missile

9 February 2021

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Bottle of Un Jardin sur le Nil
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Newspaper cartoon of Mary Aldis published in 1897

8 February 2021

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Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Chester French
  • 00:00, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 
Monumento a la Raza

7 February 2021

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Mimbres fish pot, c. 1000–1150
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Hall of Famer Phyllis Stadler

6 February 2021

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Lithograph of Innisfallen Abbey after Crofton
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Statue of Sir Nigel Gresley

5 February 2021

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Rānui Ngārimu
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A Reading from Homer

4 February 2021

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First-issue stamp of the Ottoman Empire (1863–1865)
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Schloss Freudenberg

3 February 2021

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Pelican Portrait
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F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela

2 February 2021

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Monk and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (middle) showing Canada's gift to President Gerald Ford
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The Troopie

1 February 2021

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez


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Veiled Vestal