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31 July 2016

12:00, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Kielce Ghetto liquidation

... that 14-year-old Leon Śliwiński saved the life of 12-year-old David Friedman in the Kielce Ghetto (ghetto liquidation pictured) during the Holocaust in occupied Poland?
... that Esthela Ponce Beltrán was the first PRI municipal president of La Paz, Baja California Sur, elected in 12 years?
... that the Arauco Basin is an uplifted part of the continental shelf of Chile?
... that Rajendra Singh is the first Indian Coast Guard officer to be appointed Director General of the Indian Coast Guard?
... that at IWRG Junior de Juniors, ten second-generation professional wrestlers competed for the newly-created eponymous championship?
... that groups of silvery-throated jay roost communally at night, settling down with much chatter?
... that Love, Inc. was originally designed as a star vehicle for Shannen Doherty, before she was removed from the series at the request of United Paramount Network?

00:00, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Reliquary of Thomas Aquinas in the Church of the Jacobins

... that although the Church of the Jacobins (pictured) in Toulouse, France, was founded by the future Saint Dominic, the relics housed there are those of Saint Thomas Aquinas?
... that Emory Alvord is credited with revolutionising African agriculture?
... that the long-billed crow, found only in the Maluku Islands, is dwindling in numbers and is considered to be a "near-threatened species"?
... that after Seleucid king Antiochus XII was slain by the Nabataeans during the Battle of Cana, his demoralized army fled and died from starvation in the desert?
... that Klein's line, the first tool to diagnose slipping of the ball-joint-like end of the femur in adolescents early to prevent destruction of the hip joint, is still used today?
... that Adolfo Mota Hernández said a statue of Vicente Fox in Boca del Río would "fall just like Saddam Hussein"?
... that in 2013, a Russian man who had edited his credit card agreement with Tinkoff Bank attempted to sue the bank for 24 million rubles?

30 July 2016

12:00, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

Marina and the Diamonds

... that singer Marina and the Diamonds (pictured) said she made her producer go through 486 vocal takes for one song on her album The Family Jewels?
... that Billie Ert and Antonio Molina, a drag queen and former football star, respectively, in 1972 became the first same-sex couple to be married in Texas?
... that Mac n' Cheetos is a Burger King product that is a combination of macaroni and cheese and the Frito-Lay snack Cheetos?
... that the Mexican blind brotula, the blind swamp eel, and the juil ciego, all cave-dwelling fish in Mexico, are threatened by water pollution?
... that a 1923 book by Progressive Era activist Kate Claghorn has been called "the one significant contemporary study of the immigrant and the American legal system"?
... that African CITES delegates sang the former Zimbabwe national anthem "Ishe Komborera Africa" after winning a vote to export African elephant ivory, while conservationists cried?
... that race car driver J. R. Heffner is his sponsor's vice president of operations?

00:00, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

Cover of the sheet music

... that in his Intermezzo Scene, In a Persian Market (cover pictured), Albert Ketèlbey evokes exotic images of camel-drivers, jugglers, and snake-charmers?
... that federal deputy Adriana Terrazas Porras served as coordinator of Enrique Serrano Escobar's campaign for Governor of Chihuahua?
... that the novel Sweetbitter has been called a "love letter" to Union Square Cafe?
... that Nigerian singer Humblesmith started as an actor?
... that HMS Doterel created a diversion while a fireship attack was carried out during the Battle of the Basque Roads?
... that Margaret Jarman Hagood, a sociologist who wrote a book on Mothers of the South, became a mother herself before completing her bachelor's degree?
... that while the Fresno kangaroo rat is considered vulnerable, the San Quintin kangaroo rat may already be extinct?

29 July 2016

12:00, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

Female (left) and male yellow-legged buttonquails

... that female red-backed buttonquails and yellow-legged buttonquails (illustrated, left) rely on their mates to incubate the eggs and raise the young, and start breeding afresh with different males?
... that Leonid Solodkov was the last recipient of the title Hero of the Soviet Union?
... that the value of gambling using virtual cosmetic weapon skins for the video game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was estimated at $2.3 billion in 2015?
... that María Isabel Maya Pineda won two elections in under 120 days, and three over a three-year period?
... that the cinema organ in Kino Babylon is the only one in Germany played at its original location?
... that Green Bay Packers rookie offensive lineman Kyle Murphy wore two jerseys in the same game in college?
... that Samiun dan Dasima (1971), which featured explicit sexuality, garnered an award for best child actor?

00:00, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

[[File:|120x133px|Palais de la Méditerranée ]]

Palais de la Méditerranée

... that the Palais de la Méditerranée (pictured) was originally built for American millionaire Frank Jay Gould?
... that the long-haired grass mouse is an important reservoir species for the Andes virus?
... that Robert Hoagland left both pairs of the loafers he always wore in his Newtown, Connecticut, house when he disappeared three years ago today?
... that the winner of the La Gran Cruzada professional wrestling tournament became the number-one contender for the IWRG Rey del Ring Championship or the IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship?
... that cheese soup, referred to as Kassuppe, is a specialty dish in Central Switzerland?
... that while prospecting for minerals in the Belgian Congo, Sydney Hobart Ball's party came under attack and the resulting clash, which claimed 130 lives, became known as "The Battle of Ball's Run"?
... that Tapestry Folkdance Center's permanent home was discovered on a bike ride?

28 July 2016

12:15, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

Voltaire Twombly

... that Voltaire P. Twombly (pictured) continued to carry his company’s flag after being knocked to the ground by cannon fire during the Battle of Fort Donelson?
... that the remix record for Disclosure's second extended play The Face features a re-cut from Hot Chip's Joe Goddard?
... that Marco Mena was the first Mexican to pursue a master's degree in public policy from the University of Chicago?
... that the Tokushima-Kōchi at-large district elected its first representative to the House of Councillors this month?
... that the priest Nicolae Cristea was a newspaper editor for eighteen years, until his bishop fired him for writing an article sharply critical of Hungarian Prime Minister Kálmán Tisza?
... that tonnes of Nabataean spices and silver were looted by the Greeks during one of the Antigonid–Nabataean confrontations?
... that the National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling contributed to closing slot machines in South Carolina?

00:30, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

PSLV-C2 launch vehicle

... that PSLV-C2 (artist's rendering pictured) was the first Indian expendable launch vehicle to carry more than one satellite on a mission, and the first commercial spaceflight by ISRO?
... that in 1596, half of the revenues from the Palestinian town of Qabatiya went to the Tarabay Bey of Lajjun?
... that Raúl Domínguez Rex maintained an unusually low profile as president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party in the State of Mexico?
... that the Goodwillie–Allen House, an American Craftsman-style bungalow, is the oldest building in Bend, Oregon?
... that Adam Foulds' novel The Quickening Maze, about poets Clare and Tennyson, was nominated for the Man Booker and Walter Scott prizes but lost both to Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall?
... that Remi Sonaiya was Nigeria's first female presidential candidate?
... that the konye, a critically endangered fish, is threatened by "burps"?

27 July 2016

12:45, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

[[File:|120x133px|K.R.T. Girls ]]

K.R.T. Girls

... that the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit's anime mascots (pictured) have been featured in games, songs, and posters, bringing in revenue of NT$2 million?
... that in October 2015, Arturo Santana Alfaro and other PRD deputies proposed raising Mexico's daily minimum wage from 70 pesos to 95?
... that an indiscriminate massacre by the Ottoman Empire ended the 1910 Karak Revolt?
... that James Nguyen directed Birdemic: Shock and Terror, considered one of the worst films of all time, and financed its $10,000 budget with his own money?
... that despite Lords of Ireland being ineligible for election, the Earl of Cork was elected to the British House of Lords?
... that Lothar Zenetti's poem "Segne dieses Kind" became a song of blessing for a child, often sung at baptism?
... that Brad Kern created the character Billie Jenkins to "lighten the load, screen-time wise" for Charmed 's three principal actors?

01:00, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

George Tupou I

... that Tongan King George Tupou I (pictured) outlived his heirs, Vuna Takitakimālohi; Tēvita ʻUnga; ʻUelingatoni Ngū; Nalesoni Laifone; and Fusipala, and was succeeded by his great-grandson, George Tupou II?
... that after being portrayed by four different wrestlers since 1999, the masked Multifacético character was finally unmasked at the 2011 El Gran Desafío professional wrestling show?
... that Max Reger's Eine romantische Suite for orchestra, inspired by three poems by Joseph von Eichendorff, was arranged for chamber ensemble by Arnold Schönberg?
... that Indiana University professor Edward Buehrig served as secretary-general of the Italo-Yugoslav Boundary Commission?
... that the first transcontinental night airmail service was established at Hadley Field?
... that Francisco Saracho Navarro proposed the creation of a special commission on the Mexican wine industry in the Chamber of Deputies?
... that an officer appointed by North-Eastern Area Command to investigate Vultee Vengeance aircraft accidents at No. 75 Wing RAAF, crash-landed in a Vengeance on his return?

26 July 2016

13:15, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

Bluebuck skin

... that the bluebuck (pictured) was the first large African mammal historically recorded to have become extinct?
... that as acting commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Aryness Joy Wickens was the highest-paid woman in the U.S. civil service in 1954?
... that BJP MP Hukum Singh claimed that Kairana had become a "new Kashmir"?
... that Celestia Taylor sang at as many as four funerals a day during the 1918 flu pandemic?
... that the annual Festival de las Máscaras, which includes events in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2013, is the one night each year that wrestlers are allowed to compete wearing a mask they had previously lost, though this year's loser was shaved bald?
... that Jericó Abramo Masso headed a special commission in the Chamber of Deputies to investigate the Pasta de Conchos mine disaster?
... that Guangzhou's Hoi Tong Monastery once housed sacred pigs so fat they could barely walk?

01:30, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

Arnold Böcklin's Die Toteninsel

... that Max Reger based four tone poems, Vier Tondichtungen nach A. Böcklin, on four paintings by Arnold Böcklin, including Isle of the Dead (pictured)?
... that the footballer Frédéric Gounongbe originally regarded tennis as his preferred sport?
... that Tower Branch runs near a tract of land home to nine Species of Special Concern in Pennsylvania?
... that Jorge Triana Tena oversaw a program that built "beacons of learning" in Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City?
... that the reproductive rate of Tome's spiny rat seems to depend on the local abundance of fruit?
... that a proposed sixth borough in New York City has been referred to as "LoLo" and "Frankenborough"?
... that the Black Series by Argentinian art collective Mondongo used cookies and crackers to recreate pornographic images from the internet?

25 July 2016

13:45, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

North Philadelphia station

... that the Châteauesque design of the North Philadelphia station (pictured) ushered in the use of Beaux-Arts architecture in railway stations in the United States?
... that soybeans helped Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde resolve an economic crisis?
... that in part of their range, male Leptodactylus podicipinus frogs have been observed to make foam nests in water-filled depressions they may have dug beside ponds?
... that Harold D. Richardson is still recognized as the tenth president of Arizona State University, though he served in an acting capacity?
... that the Roma fairy tale "The Creation of the Violin" features a fairy queen who uses the power of music to make people happy or sad?
... that Manuel Clouthier Carrillo was the only deputy elected as an independent to the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress?
... that Smart Connect Interchange is the largest cloverleaf interchange in the Philippines?

02:00, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

Elmer McCollum

... that Elmer McCollum (pictured) and Marguerite Davis discovered vitamin A three weeks before Osborne and Mendel?
... that the Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine differs from Rothschild's porcupine in concealing its spines with long black hair?
... that between 2005 and 2014 the Qhubeka Foundation provided more than 45,000 bicycles in South Africa?
... that Jorge Ramos Hernández became Municipal President of Tijuana in 2007, three years after losing the election to Jorge Hank Rhon?
... that GFriend's album LOL has more diversity of genre compared to their past releases, in order to appeal to a wider audience?
... that Barak Mizrachi represented Australia at the Maccabiah Games four times before being selected for the 2016 Summer Paralympics?
... that multiple screenings of Jack Smith's film Flaming Creatures were raided by police?

24 July 2016

14:15, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

The Ramsey Psalter's B of Beatus vir

... that Beatus vir ("Blessed is the man") (B pictured) begins the Latin text of two psalms, one notable in art and the other in music?
... that the childless Queen Liliʻuokalani adopted Lydia Kaʻonohiponiponiokalani Aholo, Joseph Kaiponohea ʻAeʻa, and John ʻAimoku Dominis in the Hawaiian tradition of hānai?
... that the Australian College of Educators' Buntine Oration has been given by a governor-general, a prime minister, and a Nobel laureate?
... that at the IWRG 20th Anniversary Show, Danny Casas defeated Toscano to force him to be shaved bald, but the results were reversed at the Festival de las Máscaras and Casas was left bald?
... that Irene Barnes Taeuber's scholarly work is credited with helping to establish the science of demography?
... that the deepwater boa and dwarf catsharks are seldom caught by trawlers in the Caribbean Sea and the western Atlantic?
... that Josi S. Kilpack wrote a 12-book culinary mystery series, in which the title of each book is a kind of dessert?

02:30, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

Stanhope Medal

... that the Stanhope Medal (pictured) for each year's most gallant rescue honours Chandos Scudamore Scudamore Stanhope?
... that in his 2012 Senate campaign, Alejandro Tello Cristerna received the most votes ever of any statewide candidate in Zacatecas?
... that "Why So Lonely" is the first Wonder Girls single written by the members of the band?
... that American sculptor Dennis Byng worked in plexiglas and lucite?
... that at the Arena Naucalpan 22nd Anniversary Show, El Hijo del Santo defeated Scorpio Jr. in the main event, and three years later at the 25th Anniversary Show, he did it again?
... that the British Prime Minister Theresa May was introduced to her future husband Philip by Benazir Bhutto?
... that the shoots and leaves of sea sandwort are rich in Vitamins A and C, and can be fermented to prepare a sauerkraut-like preserve?

23 July 2016

14:45, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Typhoon Nepartak

... that a 205 km/h (127 mph) gust of wind in Taitung County, Taiwan, during Typhoon Nepartak (pictured) on July 8, 2016, is the highest recorded in the county?
... that Priscilla Nzimiro was the first woman from Igboland, Nigeria, to qualify as a medical doctor?
... that anautogenous insects must eat blood in order to lay eggs?
... that Governor-elect of Sinaloa Quirino Ordaz Coppel, owner of two hotels in Mazatlán, sat on the Tourism Commission in the Chamber of Deputies?
... that the video for Katy Perry's song "Rise" features clips of athletes from various Olympic Games?
... that mathematician Sergei Nikolaevich Chernikov already had the first of his five department chairs before defending his DSc in 1940?
... that Stassybot's 2016 video game Fragments of Him was compared to That Dragon, Cancer due to the "emotional" settings and "gloomy visual tones"?

03:00, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Berger Kirche and graveyard

... that the Berger Kirche (pictured), more than a thousand years old, is now used as a cemetery chapel and concert venue?
... that Sir Alan Collins was the director-general of the British Trade and Cultural Office in Taipei from 1995 to 1998?
... that although Montesquieu had only intended to write a few pages about the decline of the Roman Empire, he eventually produced 277 pages in 23 chapters?
... that Jane Hamilton Hall oversaw the construction of the Clementine, the world's first fast reactor, the first to be fueled by plutonium and the first to use a liquid metal coolant?
... that at the Arena Naucalpan 36th Anniversary Show, Oficial 911 was unmasked while X-Fly was shaved bald, leading to 911 taking revenge on X-Fly a year later at the 37th Anniversary Show, when X-Fly lost his hair again?
... that species of the fossil ant Bradoponera are suggested to have nested around epiphytes?
... that Tiffany Trump has been called part of the "Snap Pack" for her voluminous postings to Instagram?

22 July 2016

15:15, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

Quentin Tarantino

... that Quentin Tarantino (pictured) wrote and directed the 1992 film Reservoir Dogs, which Empire named the "greatest independent film of all time"?
... that Max Reger's three sacred motets for up to eight voices, Geistliche Gesänge, Op. 110, were composed in different years at different places for different choirs?
... that all the current chiefs of staff (COAS, CNS, CAS) of the Indian Armed Forces are National Defence Academy alumni?
... that Adele C. Howells commissioned Arnold Friberg to paint scenes from the Book of Mormon for The Children's Friend magazine?
... that Wolkentanz, a leading Hanoverian stallion at the Celle State Stud, sired 21 licensed stallions?
... that Antonio Gali's candidacy for Governor of Puebla was supported by the PAN, PT, PANAL, and two state parties?
... that 16-year-old hurdler Sydney McLaughlin is the youngest athlete to qualify for the United States Olympic track and field team since 1980?

03:30, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

Speightstown in retirement

... that the racehorse Speightstown (pictured) sold for US$2 million as a yearling?
... that Indian filmmaker Mohan Krishna Indraganti dedicated the second half of his Telugu-language film Gentleman to Alfred Hitchcock as a tribute?
... that narrowmouthed catsharks are unusual in displaying heterodont dentition, with males and females having differently shaped mouths and teeth?
... that the video game Spider-Man Unlimited was frequently updated to synchronize with events in the broader Marvel Universe?
... that Arena Naucalpan, currently the home of the International Wrestling Revolution Group, started out as a roller rink in the 1950s?
... that the 34th Street – Hudson Yards station is New York City's first new subway station in a quarter-century?
... that the first Sirloin Stockade restaurant featured a giant 1,800-pound (820 kg) plastic ornamental cow?

21 July 2016

12:00, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

Daisy Earles in Freaks (1932)

... that Daisy Earles (pictured) of the Doll Family was known as a "miniature Mae West"?
... that Sankō Shrine may not be the location of the 17th-century Sanada Maru?
... that Elsa Reger, who had first rejected Max Reger's courting, titled her autobiography Mein Leben mit und für Max Reger (My life with and for Max Reger)?
... that fashion designer Perry Ellis served in the U.S. Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard?
... that Jeanne Burbank designed batteries for the first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571)?
... that Marli van Breda survived being struck in the head by an axe, but has no memory of the event?
... that Francisco Javier Sánchez Campuzano got into the broadcasting business by buying a daytimer AM station in Coahuila?

00:15, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

Confederate anthem cover

... that "God Save the South" (sheet music cover pictured) is considered by some to have been the unofficial national anthem of the Confederacy?
... that the botanist Ethel Thomas designed the University of London's botany garden in Regent's Park?
... that Operation Quartz was a plan by the Rhodesian military to kill Robert Mugabe, should he lose the 1980 Southern Rhodesian general election?
... that in an IWRG Ruleta de la Muerte tournament the losers advance, not the winners, and the ultimate loser is shaved bald – which happened to Chico Che in 2009, Bugambilia in 2013, and X-Fly in November 2015?
... that the Indonesian film actor Farouk Afero shaved his head in protest at how cinemas treated domestic productions?
... that most of the fenugreek produced in India is grown in Rajasthan?
... that Helen Copenhaver Hanes helped raise over $850,000 to guarantee the University of North Carolina School of the Arts would be based in Winston-Salem?

20 July 2016

12:30, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

Flag of Tanganyika Territory

... that the Flag of Tanganyika Territory (pictured) features a giraffe, chosen because it was common within the territory?
... that S. N. Haleʻole wrote The Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai, the first book-length work of fiction by a Native Hawaiian?
... that the Children's Museum, Siri Fort, has a sandstone sculpture of a woman in the buff?
... that Newell Weight received over 500 applicants to the Brigham Young University a cappella choir, which he founded?
... that Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, the co-founder of Al-Qaeda, came from the Palestinian village of Silat al-Harithiya?
... that Miku Sawai transferred to a high school in Tokyo due to her work as a singer?
... that due to the French football bribery scandal, no team is classed as winning the 1992–93 French Division 1 title?

00:45, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

I.O.O.F. Centennial Building

... that the historic I.O.O.F. Centennial Building (pictured) is a three-story commercial building with an exterior decoration of raised brickwork spelling out "Centennial 4 July 1876"?
... that Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo won a 1984 Sahitya Akademi Award for his Odia language short-story collection Abhisapta Gandharba?
... that nests of the marbled wood quail and the spot-winged wood quail have roofs made of dead leaves?
... that Romesh Chandra, former leader of the Communist Party of India, was the president of the World Peace Council?
... that Biketown, the new bicycle-sharing system for Portland, Oregon, was named by its corporate sponsor, Nike, Inc.?
... that on his first visit to his native Transylvania a quarter-century after fleeing to escape imprisonment, Septimiu Albini caught pneumonia and died?
... that Kew Gardens made Queens grow?

19 July 2016

13:00, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

Kamehameha, King of the Sandwich Islanders

... that after painting Hawaiian King Kamehameha I (pictured) in 1818, Russian artist Mikhail Tikhanov suffered a mental breakdown?
... that ships were moored between two jetties of the Holy Island Waggonway for unloading coal and loading lime?
...that the IWRG Guerra de Empresas professional wrestling tournament pitted representatives from various Mexican professional wrestling promotions against each other?
... that Pop Momand's comic strip Keeping Up with the Joneses popularized the common English catchphrase "keeping up with the Joneses"?
... that the Korea Music Copyright Association's deal with JASRAC was called a "milestone in Japan-Korean musical relations" because Japanese music had been previously banned in South Korea?
... that Henry Ford's personal secretary, Ernest G. Liebold, was investigated by the United States Department of War as a suspected German spy during World War I?
... that High Street is actually 70 feet (21 m) below ground?

01:15, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

Erin McLeod

... that Canadian international soccer goalkeeper Erin McLeod (pictured) held her first solo art exhibit, entitled "Limitless", in 2013?
... that in 2016, Edition Güntersberg published twelve Fantasias for solo viola da gamba by Telemann that had been lost?
... that after Eric Milroy died in the Battle of the Somme, his mother kept a light on at night to help him find his way home?
... that the Tibetan eared pheasant may be declining in number because there are insufficient places for it to roost?
... that Thomas Dubay, a Catholic priest and prolific spiritual writer, read the monthly National Geographic from cover to cover?
... that the George Washington Air Junction was designed to be the world's largest airport, larger than the New York, London, Berlin, Paris, Chicago, and Philadelphia airports combined?
... that Falstaff provoked in Ferruccio Busoni a "revolution of spirit"?

18 July 2016

13:30, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Geranium lucidum in Wales

... that the Eurasian shining cranesbill (pictured) is regarded as a noxious weed in the Pacific Northwest of the United States?
... that Kyle Holbrook has painted more than two hundred public murals in the City of Pittsburgh?
... that Antonio Cesti's opera La Dori premiered at Archduke Ferdinand's court in Innsbruck and was later performed in Florence for the wedding of Cosimo III de' Medici?
... that Georg Bätzing is the appointed bishop of the Diocese of Limburg?
... that following the release of Pokémon Go, Nintendo's share price rose by 50%?
... that as executive director of the Maine Women's Lobby from 1993 to 2003, Laura Fortman successfully lobbied for laws benefiting reproductive rights, victims' rights, and equal pay for equal work?
... that in the main event of the 2008 Guerra del Golfo professional wrestling show, Oficial Fierro unmasked a Ninja Turtle?

01:45, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Plácido de Castro

... that José Plácido de Castro (pictured) revolted against the governments of Brazil and Bolivia and became president of Acre?
... that the Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion was Finland's worst industrial disaster?
... that Roxana Cannon Arsht was the first woman appointed judge in Delaware?
... that Interpol member Paul Banks and Wu-Tang Clan member RZA are releasing an album together under the name Banks & Steelz?
... that Mormon author Gale Sears has been the recipient of several Whitney Awards and nominations?
... that in 1915, the HMS Revenge, the ninth ship of the Royal Navy with that name, became the first ship to be fitted operationally with anti-torpedo bulges?
... that Baby Huwae went from model and actress to fortune teller?

17 July 2016

14:00, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Tamale pie

... that tamale pie (pictured) was invented in the United States, and has been described as a comfort food?
... that Jean Maxwell-Scott was the last direct descendant of the novelist Sir Walter Scott?
... that the documentary film Highway of Tears was created to draw attention to Canada's unsolved Highway of Tears murders, and won an award at the Malibu Film Festival?
... that John Clement Fitzpatrick died before some of the 39 volumes of his The Writings of George Washington were published?
... that John Rutter's choral composition A Gaelic Blessing associates "deep peace" with elements of nature?
... that Frederick William Kahapula Beckley served as Governor of Kauaʻi from 1880 to 1881?
... that at the 2012 Guerra de Familias, Silver King Jr. was not actually the son of Silver King, despite the family theme being the focal point of the show?

02:15, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Former flag of Nigeria

... that the former flag of Nigeria (pictured) features the Star of David?
... that the Antidotarium Nicolai has been called "the bible of medieval practical pharmacy"?
... that Frederick William Kahapula Beckley was the last official interpreter of the Hawaii Supreme Court during the Kingdom of Hawaii?
... that according to Michael Bay, Transformers: The Last Knight will be his last Transformers film?
... that Annie Rowan Forney Daugette, the designer of the Seal of Alabama, was described as the "Betsy Ross of Alabama"?
... that International Wrestling Revolution Group's 2000 El Castillo del Terror show became an annual event when IWRG held another one in 2002?
... that on his 100th birthday, Ontario MPP Thomas Patrick Murray received a personalized card from Wayne Gretzky?

16 July 2016

14:30, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

Max Reger

... that in 2008, the Max-Reger-Institute in Karlsruhe began publishing the complete works by Max Reger (pictured)?
... that Paul Kanoa, Governor of Kauaʻi from 1847 to 1877, died after falling from the second-story room of his Honolulu residence?
... that the Divisional Cavalry Regiment was New Zealand's first armored unit?
... that Karen Heck, a women's rights activist and former mayor of Waterville, Maine, co-owns a winery that is the sole distiller of absinthe in New England?
...that the El Gran Desafío Femenil – Sin Empate, Sin Indulto professional wrestling show was the first IWRG show to feature a women's wrestling match as the main event?
... that the Indonesian actor A. Hamid Arief often took roles playing Europeans?
... that "pregnant" ballot boxes prompted the PRI to challenge an election in which its candidate, Maurilio Ochoa, lost?

02:45, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

Atlapa Convention Centre

... that a "historic" handshake between Raúl Castro and Barack Obama took place at Atlapa Convention Centre (pictured) in Panama?
... that Heather Blitz has owned and trained her Grand Prix dressage horse, Paragon, all his life?
... that PSLV-C34, India's expendable launch system, deployed 20 satellites in Low Earth orbit in a single mission on 22 June 2016?
... that songs by Lothar Zenetti appear in current Protestant and Catholic hymnals, and are performed by singer-songwriters such as Konstantin Wecker?
... that reproductive adult eastern pondhawks have a lifespan of about ten days but are to be seen most of the summer in Florida?
... that Billie Nipper's art was owned by Ronald Reagan, Shania Twain, and Zsa Zsa Gabor?
... that the song "Black Strap Molasses" – sung by Groucho Marx, Jimmy Durante, Jane Wyman, and Danny Kaye – was banned by CBS Radio on the grounds that it contained medical advice?

15 July 2016

15:00, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

No. 37 Squadron C-130E Hercules

... that No. 37 Squadron RAAF (C-130 Hercules pictured) transported the popemobiles on John Paul II's 1986 tour of Australia?
... that Toby Moll met an old friend from Cape Town in the French village of Bazentin le Petit just after his regiment captured it from the Germans?
... that in iOS and Android platformer Platform Panic, many of the available skins are references to characters from retro games, such as Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog?
... that in marking the centenary of the Horea, Cloșca and Crișan revolt, Transylvanian lawyer Rubin Patiția clashed with both the Hungarian authorities and his own Romanian Orthodox Church?
... that for the 49th Anniversary of Lucha Libre in Estadio de Mexico show, the IWRG had a main event where the two teams represented their former wrestling promotions?
... that the Scottish composer Martyn Bennett, who was influential in the evolution of modern Celtic fusion, was sometimes called the "techno piper"?
... that historian Romila Thapar refused to accept the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award, but was still listed among the recipients of the 2000s?

03:10, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

Gordon Tobing

... that despite travelling to five continents as a musician, Gordon Tobing (pictured) continued to live with his in-laws?
... that the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Nagpur, will start functioning in a temporary campus at Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited's Regional Telecom Training Centre?
... that on September 2, 2008, Somali pirates seized the yacht Carré d'As IV, prompting a French commando operation?
... that the Hybla Valley Airport was the first licensed airport in Virginia?
... that Ai Aoki was a singer-songwriter and kindergarten teacher before becoming a politician in Japan's national Diet?
... that the Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations was responsible for the bombing of Cubana Flight 455, the worst incident of aviation terrorism in the western hemisphere before 9/11?
... that Makila James wrote, "Africa is no easy place to love or know. But if you love her, you will come to know her"?

14 July 2016

14:20, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

Scolopendra cataracta

... that Scolopendra cataracta (pictured), the world's only known amphibious centipede, was discovered by an entomologist on his honeymoon?
... that Cynthia Cooke nursed Far East prisoners of war before becoming head of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service?
... that the 1982 Dutch film Het Beest, featuring Willem Ruis in his first and last cinema role, was a "legendary flop"?
... that in 1984 Maine lawyer Linda Smith Dyer rebutted opponents' claims that passage of the Equal Rights Amendment would legalize same-sex marriage in the state?
... that the perpetrators of a major burglary were caught after discussing it in a Pentonville Road pub?
... that G. T. Bynum, the mayor-elect of Tulsa, Oklahoma, is related to three former Tulsa mayors?
... that the War of the Antiochene Succession "came to a rather unspectacular end" in 1219?

00:00, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

White-footed climbing mouse

... that the white-footed (pictured), Coues's, Gardner's, Peruvian, and southern climbing mouse are all forest-dwellers from South America?
... that the British art dealer Sir Jack Baer saved £150 million of art for the nation?
... that Prince Romerson, a Hawaiian who fought in the American Civil War, served in the Union Navy and Army and later became a Buffalo Soldier?
... that Landon Donovan scored 57 goals in 157 appearances for the United States men's national soccer team from 2000 to 2014, becoming the team's all-time top goalscorer?
... that in 1937 Ingrid Christensen became the first woman to indisputably set foot on mainland Antarctica?
... that the members of alt-country supergroup case/lang/veirs have collectively made more than 30 studio albums?

13 July 2016

12:00, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

A Shore Line East train in 2015

... that the Shore Line East service (train pictured) began in 1990, using equipment from the recently discontinued PATrain?
... that in December 2015, Trinidadian commentator Fazeer Mohammed was banned from speaking to players in the West Indies cricket team before the Boxing Day Test match?
... that Hawaiian writer Kepelino was charged with treason after a failed attempt to overthrow King Kalākaua in favor of his opponent, Queen Emma, in 1874?
... that according to the State of Origin viral video, Queensland's everywhere?
... that the Hollyoaks actor James Sutton has described James Nightingale as a strong and powerful character?
... that six years after the siege and looting of their city by Ibrahim Pasha, the people of Al-Karak exacted revenge on his forces while they were withdrawing from Syria?
... that at the Arena Naucalpan 29th Anniversary Show, a clown beat a doctor?

00:00, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Rima Melati, c. 1960

... that Rima Melati (pictured) took part of her stage name from Audrey Hepburn's character in Green Mansions?
... that Dyke Action Machine! created public art that used commercial photography styling to present lesbian images that resisted sexism and consumerism?
... that Governor-elect of Tamaulipas, Mexico, Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca was born in McAllen, Texas, and played soccer at Houston Baptist University?
... that Mark Rylance's portrayal of KGB spy Rudolf Abel in Bridge of Spies (2015) won him the Best Supporting Actor award at the Oscars and the BAFTAs?
... that South Korean animator Mari Kim produced the music video for 2NE1's "Hate You", which depicts the group as "eyedoll" action heroines?
... that Patrick Vieira won the 2005 FA Cup Final for Arsenal with his last kick in his final appearance?
... that right-wing writer and activist Elizabeth Dilling claimed that Einstein was a Communist and Hitler was a Jew?

12 July 2016

12:04, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Grönsö Manor

... that the orchard at Grönsö Manor (pictured) in Sweden, established in 1623, is still producing apples?
... that Johnny Williams scored two tries in Cardiff's 24–8 rout of Australia in 1908?
... that the speckled mourner can be confused with the rufous piha?
... that North Korean poet Cho Ki-chon offered some of the earliest contributions to the North Korean cult of personality?
... that a total of 11 different professional wrestling championships have been defended at the recurring Caravana de Campeones, spread out between shows in 2008, 2009, 2011, May and August 2012, August and November 2013, 2014, and 2015?
... that Green Flake was one of the first African-Americans to enter the Salt Lake Valley?
... that Lionel Rose silenced the crowd at an event honouring Queen Elizabeth II by yelling "shut up"?

00:19, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Starred wood quail

... that groups of starred wood quail (illustrated) move across open ground in single file?
... that in 1897, Northern Territory nurse Hannah Wood was trapped when her house collapsed during a tropical cyclone?
... that S-type stars have bands of zirconium monoxide in their spectrum?
... that Wikipedian of the Year Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight has cited cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead as an influence on her writing?
... that the EP Mr.Mr. by Girls' Generation was described as "expand[ing] their musical reach" and "experimenting into new sonic territory"?
... that "Nixon's Rabbi", Baruch Korff, was part of an unbroken line of rabbis going back 73 generations?
... that BARF does not coordinate?

11 July 2016

12:34, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

Ham and eggs

... that in 1899, after hiking for four days with almost no food, entrepreneur Duncan Hines ordered $5 worth of ham and eggs (pictured) at a restaurant in Cheyenne, Wyoming?
... that Kari Lövaas appeared in the premiere of Orff's De temporum fine comoedia at the Salzburg Festival?
... that in May 1762, the crew of HMS Active earned more than 33 years of wages from the capture of a single Spanish vessel?
... that the grey possumwood can be a desirable garden plant on account of its flowers?
... that film producer and director Henry S. Kesler was the grandson of LDS prophet Joseph F. Smith?
... that gender inequality in South Korea is illustrated by a Global Gender Gap Report indicator which shows that South Korean women earn on average about 55% of what men earn?
... that Teresa Feoderovna Ries' first exhibition at the Vienna Künstlerhaus included a sculpture of a nude witch snipping her toenails, making Ries an overnight sensation?

00:49, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

The Varvakeion Athena

... that the Varvakeion Athena (pictured) is considered the most faithful reproduction of the chryselephantine statue of Athena Parthenos which stood in the Parthenon?
... that Thomas Draper, who introduced the legislation to allow women to stand for parliament in Western Australia, became the first Australian parliamentarian to lose his seat to a woman?
... that Roya Sadat and her sister Alka Sadat, directors of feature films and documentaries in the post Taliban regime in Afghanistan, established the Roya Film House?
... that Chi Cygni is a variable star that is over 10,000 times brighter at its maximum than at its minimum?
... that James Laurie proposed an elevated railroad over Broadway in 1853, fifteen years before New York City's first such line was built?
... that the film Neerja is about Neerja Bhanot, who gave her life to help save 359 of the 379 passengers and crew on board Pan Am Flight 73 on 5 September 1986?
... that the footballer Mark Bonner was forced to retire after suffering a broken arm during a league match against Port Vale in September 2005?

10 July 2016

13:03, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Cendrakasih, c. 1959

... that Aminah Cendrakasih (pictured) has acted in over a hundred films?
... that Tingey House is the official residence of the Chief of Naval Operations of the United States Navy?
... that Esna was one of the songwriters of "Some", which topped the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 for six weeks?
... that the 1909 Varsity Match came to be known as Poulton's Match after Ronnie Poulton scored a record five tries?
... that Argentine president Fernando de la Rúa served for just two years, half of his term of office?
... that there is a Celebration for the Tennessee Walking Horse every year?
... that in 1866 the eccentric legislator George Belly ʻŪkēkē suggested dog's and pig's teeth be reintroduced as currency in the Kingdom of Hawaii?

01:18, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake

... that an eruption of Taryatu-Chulutu in the Holocene formed the Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake (pictured)?
... that Indriati Iskak went from film star to psychologist to marketer?
... that both the Royal Australian Air Force and the Australian Army have operated Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters?
... that after leading Komeito to a large defeat in 2009, including losing his own seat, Akihiro Ota returned to the National Diet in 2012 and became a cabinet minister for the first time?
... that one sportswriter called the 1906 Vanderbilt Commodores football team "the first great Southern team"?
... that Gerd Neggo trained with Rudolf von Laban in Hamburg, Germany, established her dance studio at Tallinn, Estonia, and promoted modern dance and mime based on classical ballet?
... that the serval has the longest legs of any cat relative to its body size?

9 July 2016

13:33, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

The Wignacourt Aqueduct

... that during the construction of the Wignacourt Aqueduct (pictured), Bontadino de Bontadini introduced Baroque architecture in Malta?
... that Margaret Gowing became the University of Oxford's first professor of the history of science, despite not having a degree in history or science?
... that though once thought to be sterile, the uterine microbiome contains at least 14 commensal microorganisms in healthy women?
... that Tandra Paparayudu, who had rushed to the demolished Bobbili Fort to help his sister's family, killed the Raja of Vizianagaram and then committed suicide along with his accomplices?
... that 4 Walls was the first release by girl group f(x) since member Sulli left the group?
... that Jane Little was short in stature, played a large instrument, and was longest in tenure, setting a Guinness World Record at the Atlanta Symphony?
... that Brock Lesnar was used as a model for the appearance of the Armored Titan in Attack on Titan?

01:48, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

Carlos Menem

... that Carlos Menem (pictured), elected in 1989, was the first Argentine president to succeed a democratically elected president from another party since 1916?
... that the tawny-breasted myiobius, the whiskered myiobius, and the black-tailed myiobius are all found in South American rainforests but tend to occupy different habitats?
... that the second season of Daredevil was referred to internally as "Daredevil vs. the Punisher"?
... that My Chemical Romance drummer Bob Bryar suffered third-degree burns on his arms and legs during the filming of the music video for "Famous Last Words"?
... that Moog for Love was the first record by Disclosure not to feature writing contributions from Jimmy Napes?
... that cricket journalist Tony Munro was born with dwarfism?
... that a man received a warranty guaranteeing him Beauty on Little Mahantango Creek in 1793?

8 July 2016

14:03, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

A Prusa i3 3D printer farm producing parts for new printers

... that the most used 3D printer in the world (pictured) can partially self-replicate?
... that the professional golfer Walter Toogood died in a lunatic asylum?
... that the wildlife of South Korea includes wild boar which come into cities to look for food, and can potentially kill people?
... that in January 2016, Armando Cabada resigned as news director of XHIJ-TDT in order to run for municipal president of Ciudad Juárez?
... that the SS Jacona was the world's first seagoing electric generator powership?
... that Farida Arriany won a Best Leading Actress at the 1960 Indonesian Film Week?
... that Julian Lage, a jazz guitarist, recorded his album ARCLIGHT on a Fender Telecaster?

02:18, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

Male Salvadori's pheasant

... that the male Salvadori's pheasant (pictured) is very similar in appearance to the female crestless fireback?
... that the poet and playwright Ferdinand Dugué saw the tradition of French theatre endangered by "pornography, music hall and cinema"?
... that a one megaton nuclear weapon can create a radar-opaque nuclear blackout disk hundreds of kilometers across?
... that singer-songwriter Whang Bo-ryung's third album was written in a calming acoustic style as a response to chaotic world events such as the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster?
... that the fossil ant Ceratomyrmex has modified jaws, possibly for catching large prey?
... that Yukiko Sakamoto was the first woman vice-governor of Shizuoka Prefecture?
... that Tiny Town was the first complete modern city built in miniature?

7 July 2016

14:33, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

Michelle Tisseyre

... that in 1941 Michelle Tisseyre (pictured) was the first woman to present a 15-minute newsletter broadcast in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's French services?
... that the Stonewall National Monument in New York City is the first U.S. National Monument dedicated to LGBT history?
... that the odour of urine after eating asparagus, which was described by Arbuthnot as "foetid" and by Benjamin Franklin as "disagreeable", was compared to "a flask of perfume" by Marcel Proust?
... that E. Keith Eddington was commissioned to design the current hymn book for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
... that although the IUCN at one time considered Macleay's dorcopsis to be a vulnerable species, it is now rated as "least concern"?
... that the Medical Women's Federation was formed in the UK in 1917 and has acted to address workplace and educational grievances of female doctors?
... that Qriously was voted "worst name in ad-tech" in an Ad Age poll, beating Vungle, Nanigans, AdsWizz, and Burt?

02:48, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

W. G. Grace playing a defensive shot

... that W. G. Grace (pictured) seriously contemplated retirement before the 1878 English cricket season after a shooting accident?
... that the 12th-century prince Fadl ibn Rabi'ah was the ancestor of the Al Fadl dynasty, which dominated the Bedouin tribes of the Syrian Desert?
... that Felix Mendelssohn encouraged The Destruction of Jerusalem in Leipzig in 1840?
... that Thomas J. Yates was the first released-time seminary teacher for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
... that Brexit: The Movie, a documentary film advocating that the United Kingdom withdraw from the European Union, was crowdfunded by 1,800 contributors?
... that Jennifer d'Abo was once described as a "serial female entrepreneur"?
... that an actress and crew traveled 27,977 miles in 13 days to film the music video for Death Cab for Cutie's "I Will Possess Your Heart"?

6 July 2016

15:03, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

Lake Nokomis in August

... that the "City of Lakes" has a ship's wheel on its flag, a sailboat in its logo, and 13 lakes of at least 5 acres (0.02 km²) (Lake Nokomis pictured)?
... that Baba Sidhaye is regarded as the "first deaf and mute cricketer to have taken the field"?
... that London's Pall Mall owes its name to a 17th-century ball game similar to croquet?
... that being a thrifty man, bibliographer Ioan Bianu raised cows on Romanian Academy grounds in downtown Bucharest?
... that Lois Jones led the first all-woman science team to Antarctica in 1969?
... that when Glasgow Records could not find a suitable singer to perform their dance tunes, they decided instead to create one?

03:18, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

Mayer Red Brick Schoolhouse

... that prior to undergoing an historic renovation, the Mayer Red Brick Schoolhouse (pictured) was condemned by the fire marshal?
... that Agustín Basave Benítez was a federal deputy for just 69 days prior to becoming president of the Mexican Party of the Democratic Revolution?
... that Ein as-Sahla was established as a daughter village of Barta'a in the 19th century?
... that according to her daughter Ali Wentworth, Muffie Cabot, a former social secretary to First Lady Nancy Reagan, "will choose a bath over a shower, a play over a movie, and the ocean over a pool"?
... that in 1300, the Bulgarian Patriarch Joachim III was charged with treason and executed by the newly crowned Emperor Theodore Svetoslav?
... that Senator Chris Murphy launched a filibuster in the United States Senate promising to hold the floor "for as long as I can", or until Congress acted on gun control legislation?
... that an early predecessor of the pop out cake was a pie from which a dwarf emerged for Charles I of England in 1626?

5 July 2016

15:33, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

'Ain Ghazal Statues

... that the 'Ain Ghazal Statues (example pictured), uncovered in Jordan and dating to the eighth millennium BC, are considered to be among the oldest large-scale representations of the human form ever found?
... that Elizabeth Truswell used ancient pollen to show that plants existed in Antarctica before the ice cap formed?
... that it took Setting Sun three attempts to win a World Grand Championship?
... that Henry King, the bandleader of the Burns and Allen radio program, received special dispensation for his marriage?
... that the escape of 29 political prisoners in Segovia in 1976 was Spain's largest prison break since its civil war?
... that in 2004 Ellen F. Golden queried U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry on the subject of women in business during a national conference call heard by 2,000 female entrepreneurs?
... that the musical style of South Korean band Smacksoft was described as "a fantastic, densely-layered hybrid sound of post-punk, rock and electronica"?

4 July 2016

22:17, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Flag of the United States of the Ionian Islands

... that from 1815, the flag of the United States of the Ionian Islands (pictured) featured the Lion of Saint Mark and the Blue Ensign?
... that James "Bungy" Watson's nickname was the word used at The King's School, Canterbury, for a rubber?
... that the lyrics of Girls' Generation's song "Party" mention drinking lemon soju, mojito and tequila?
... that The Imitation Game producer Nora Grossman persuaded Andrew Hodges to let her turn his book into a film even though she had no producing experience?
... that 2016 has seen widespread rioting and unrest across Sweden?
... that Tropical Storm Colin was the earliest third tropical storm ever recorded in an Atlantic hurricane season?
... that starting in 1991, Neil Armstrong hosted an aviation television series, First Flights with Neil Armstrong?

10:02, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

The Brian Clough and Peter Taylor Statue at Pride Park Stadium

... that Peter Taylor and Brian Clough (statue pictured) once sacked a tea lady because she "laughed after a bad defeat"?
... that most red algae store energy from the sun as Floridean starch?
... that John of Brienne, who lost the Kingdom of Jerusalem to his son-in-law in 1225, won the Latin Empire of Constantinople as his other son-in-law's co-ruler in 1229?
... that the food fight scene from Cheers' Thanksgiving episode was shot twice, resulting in a strong odor around the set?
... that Javier Corral, the Governor-elect of Chihuahua, is named for the singer Javier Solís, who died several months before his birth?
... that radio station WRGG-LP uses the same format and broadcast tower as the now-defunct WKSL, which was created by the father of one of WRGG's co-founders?
... that production designer Hannah Beachler based some outdoor scenes in the Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead on old silent footage somebody had posted on YouTube?

3 July 2016

21:47, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Ruins of al-Rahba fortress in 2005

... that the last Mongol invasion of Syria ended with a failed siege against al-Rahba (pictured)?
... that Japan's National Basketball League and bj league have merged to create the B.League?
... that Mitt Romney's March 3 speech represented an unprecedented attack by a major U.S. party's most recent presidential nominee against the party's current front-runner for the nomination?
... that Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips turned down offers for the film rights to their comic The Fade Out because they were afraid accepting them would affect the way the book was written?
... that Jack Polito, brother of actor Jon Polito, was inspired to become an animator after seeing the 1933 film King Kong?
... that three Iranian diplomats and a journalist were kidnapped in Lebanon by Phalange forces almost 34 years ago, and their fate remains unknown?
... that in February 2016, fake documents were sent to Companies House claiming that Katrien Meire had resigned as chief executive of Charlton Athletic F.C.?

09:32, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Raynald's execution at Hittin

... that Raynald of Châtillon (execution pictured) was described as a "monstrous infidel and terrible oppressor" by Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad in his biography of Saladin?
... that between 1889 and 1917, the campus of East Texas Normal College burned on three separate occasions?
... that changes to T'Pol's costume in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "The Xindi" were made to appeal to the 18–49 male demographic?
... that Constance of Antioch was kidnapped to be married at the age of nine?
... that Brad Kern cited the nature versus nurture debate as one of the issues related to Christy Jenkins?
... that the Ferrari 330 TRI/LM, the last front engined racecar to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, was driven regularly in New York City after the end of its racing career?
... that in 1880, the sixteen-year-old composer Richard Strauss wrote his First Symphony in just three months, whilst still at school?

2 July 2016

21:17, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

César Camacho Quiroz in 2015

... that César Camacho Quiroz (pictured) was selected to become Governor of the State of Mexico and president of the PRI, both times to replace newly designated cabinet members?
... that Porth Wen Brickworks on the north coast of Anglesey made fire bricks from locally quarried quartzite?
... that actors Peter Mullan and Jack Lowden, who portray pioneering golfing legends Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris in the 2016 film Tommy's Honour, had no prior experience with golf?
... that the Padma Bhushan, along with other Indian civilian awards, was briefly suspended in the 1990s?
... that Hamza Ali died at age 20, having already played first-class cricket for Hampshire County Cricket Club and List A cricket for Rawalpindi Rams?
... that pit vipers eat Amazonian hocicudos?
... that Dutch Nazi, actor, and theater critic Adriaan van Hees became depressed when he discovered he was part Jewish, but still volunteered for the SS—and was denied?

09:02, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

The former flag of Hong Kong

... that since its replacement on 1 July 1997, the former flag of Hong Kong (pictured) is used as a symbol of protest against perceived Chinese interference in Hong Kong?
... that Helen Fricker was a member of the first group to drill into an Antarctic subglacial lake?
... that on Christian rock band MercyMe's 2009 album 10, they re-recorded their song "I Can Only Imagine" at Abbey Road Studios with the London Session Orchestra?
... that a fort was built at al-Ukhaydir in reaction to the poisoning of its well by the Bedouin?
... that the Scotland rugby international Rowland Fraser was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 10 days after getting married?
... that Coralloidoolithus, a type of dinosaur egg from Asia, was originally thought to be a type of Paraspheroolithus?
... that Bernie Sanders' Dank Meme Stash, a Facebook group with over 400,000 members, inspired the creation of Bernie Singles, a dating website for supporters of US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders?

1 July 2016

12:00, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

The fort at Dhat al-Hajj, 1907

... that Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent had a fort built at Dhat al-Hajj (pictured), a rest stop on the Hajj caravan road?
... that Omar Mateen, who in June 2016 committed the deadliest mass shooting in the United States by a single gunman, previously appeared in the documentary film The Big Fix?
... that Portadown F.C. will start the 2016–17 NIFL Premiership on −12 points for paying an amateur player?
... that Ruthie Tompson was offered a job by Walt Disney while working at the riding club where he played polo?
... that Bikini Kill recorded three different versions of their song "Rebel Girl"?
... that Dwight D. Eisenhower requested Dean Fausett's Derby View painting hang in his office in the White House during his administration?
... that fans of Overwatch have turned one of its characters, D.Va, into an internet meme, often featuring her eating Doritos and drinking Mountain Dew?

00:00, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Sabrina Sidney aged 75

... that Sabrina Sidney (pictured) was groomed to be the perfect wife, using techniques such as pouring hot wax on her arms?
... that the 2016 OFC Nations Cup Final was the first such final to be decided on penalties?
... that the South Korean student movement of the 1980s played a key role in the democratization of their country?
... that Mary Farrar, a victims' advocate for over 20 years, had an older brother who was shot and killed during a robbery at their family's scrap metal business?
... that the Laguna Amarga caldera in Argentina is associated with an ignimbrite of 630 cubic kilometres (150 cu mi)?
... that Lewis Robertson offered to give up the captaincy of the Army rugby team because he felt he was out of form?
... that Fallout 4: Far Harbor had to be re-released in order to fix performance issues with the PlayStation 4 version?