Hiroshi Yoshida (1876–1950) was a Japanese painter and woodblock printmaker acclaimed for his traditional Japanese-style artwork featuring non-Japanese subjects
Restricted from raising their flag during occupation, Danish farmers rebelled by breeding the Danish Protest Pig 🇩🇰 (en.wikipedia.org)
Academic journal forced to retract peer-reviewed AI-generated paper after "rat penis" pics go viral (www.sott.net)
1939 UK pet massacre: 750,000 killed amid WWII food shortages. NARPAC's pamphlet advised moving pets to the countryside or using a humane captive bolt pistol for destruction if care wasn't possible.
1731 Lion of Gripsholm Castle, poorly stuffed due to the taxidermist's unfamiliarity with lions, resulting in a comically deformed face
A. A. Milne named the character Winnie-the-Pooh after a teddy bear owned by his son, Christopher Robin Milne, on whom the character Christopher Robin was based | 1921