Today's facts: Emotive Portraits; Tuba Concerto; Abdication; Whitsundays Resorts; Ancient Institution; Filter-feeding; Oldest Warship; Color Broadcast; Underperformance; Saltmine Labyrinth
Daily Facts (30 Nov 2025)
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Today's facts:
- Rembrandt's drawings of his wife Saskia on her sick and death bed are considered among his most moving works.
- Vaughan Williams wrote a Concerto for Bass Tuba in F minor in 1954, showcasing his experimentation with unusual instruments during the last decade of his life.
- King Farouk of Egypt was the last king of Egypt, reigning from 1936 until his abdication in 1952 following a coup d'état led by Gamal Nasser.
- The Whitsunday Islands are home to 74 islands, most of which are uninhabited national parks, with four islands offering a variety of resort accommodations.
- The University of Bologna, established in 1088, is recognized as the oldest university in the world that has never been out of operation.
- Baleen whales can filter out thousands of prey items from the water, sometimes consuming up to 4 tons of food each day.
- USS Constitution, commissioned in 1798, is the world's oldest commissioned warship afloat.
- The 1965 Academy Awards marked the first year that the ceremony was broadcast in color on television.
- The Ford Probe was initially considered as a possible replacement for the iconic Ford Mustang, but ultimately, it fell short of sales expectations, selling only 837,273 units during its eight-year production run.
- The Wieliczka salt mine has produced approximately 50 million tons of salt over its 700 years of operation, creating a labyrinth of pathways that extends 350 km in length.
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