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The 7th century King Cynegils, the first West Saxon ruler known to have been baptised as a Christian, is called the son of at least three different fathers in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 
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| Although the songs "Tougher Than the Rest" and "Spare Parts" by New Jersey musician Bruce Springsteen were not released as singles in the United States, each became a Top-20 single in Europe. |
| coprophilous fungi are species of fungi that feed on animal feces. |
| A 2009 study found that Polycap—a five-in-one polypill combining three high blood pressure medications, a cholesterol reducer and aspirin—could cut heart attack and stroke risk in half for many. |
| Marguerite Rawalt was the first woman ever to be elected as president of the Federal Bar Association. |
| The Franco-Ottoman alliance of 1536 between Francis I and Suleiman the Magnificent has been called "the first nonideological diplomatic alliance" between a Christian and a non-Christian power. |
| David Dean Shulman has been active as a leader of international campaigns to defend the Palestinians under threat of eviction from such villages as Susya in the South Hebron Hills. |
| Frédéric Chopin's Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2 was used in the James Bond movie, The Spy Who Loved Me. |
| 1890s portrait photographer Zaida Ben-Yusuf's (pictured) influence upon fine art photography went unacknowledged for nearly 100 years, possibly due to gender discrimination. |
| The South Park episode "Eat, Pray, Queef" conveys a pro-women's rights message by comparing men's contradicting opinions regarding farts and queefs?. |
| In the 18th century, prisoners in the Marshalsea prison in London, such as John Baptist Grano, not only had to pay a prison fee, but could also pay extra to be allowed out each day. |
| Cherry Springs Airport in Potter County, Pennsylvania, was closed because the night sky there was too dark. |
| Fredrik Georg Gade, a tuberculosis and cancer researcher, himself died of bronchial cancer. |
| The California Agricultural Labor Relations Act establishes collective bargaining for farmworkers in that state. |
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