Quick Daily Quiz: What’s Beyonce’s middle name?

That’s right. Singer and all-around superstar Beyoncé pledged an additional $1m to black-owned small businesses – as her 39th birthday gift to herself. According to the singer’s announcement, her philanthropic organization BeyGOOD has partnered with the NAACP on the donation.

Maria Kolesnikova, the opponent of Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, was allegedly seized by masked men in Minsk and taken away in a van. She is now detained in the Ukraine border.

Paris Hilton’s YouTube Originals documentary This Is Paris premieres Sept. 14. The 39-year-old DJ and businesswoman opened up for the first time about a secret abuse she suffered at a Utah boarding school she attended. 

Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne formed Apple Inc in 1976. Forty-four years later, Italy’s antitrust authority has opened an inquiry into Google Inc, Apple Inc, and Dropbox Inc over alleged improper commercial practices. The Italian authorities consider the possible inclusion of some unfair clauses in the terms and conditions these companies apply to their users.

Playa Las Gatas is actually in Mexico. Brazilians in Rio de Janeiro, though, have celebrated their Independence Day by heading to the beach this weekend. This is happening while Brazil is trying to cope with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. 

Hungary borders Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Austria. The falling democracy in Hungary is now hurting the country’s art institutes. It appears that the entire management team of Hungary’s prestigious University of Theatre and Film Arts has resigned on Monday. This, after the government had imposed a new board of supervisors for the school.

That’s right. Everyone is missing their flight experience these days – even though our perception of saltiness and sweetness drops 30% at high altitudes. More than 100 diners flocked a new pop-up restaurant by Thai Airways, that serves inflight meals on the ground. The same goes for a Nigerian restaurant that offers the illusion of flight without leaving the ground.

Yes! The story of Mulan originated in an ancient Chinese poem, The Ballad of Mulan, which is based on a real war between the Northern Wei state and the Mongolic state Rouran.