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31 January 2017

12:27, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

[[File:|120x133px|Deseret alphabet cursive ]]

Deseret alphabet cursive

... that at one point, some street signs in Salt Lake City were written in the Deseret alphabet (pictured)?
... that Jean Davies, then a junior officer in the Women's Royal Naval Service, attended Winston Churchill's 69th birthday party along with President Franklin Roosevelt and Soviet Marshal Josef Stalin?
... that Max Reger composed his first cello sonata as a student and had it published in London?
... that during the 1873 mutiny of the Royal Guards of Hawaii, the Hungarian drillmaster Captain Joseph Jajczay and the adjutant general Charles Hastings Judd were attacked?
... that both Madame de Pompadour and Coco Chanel loved Coromandel lacquer?
... that Al-Jahith's Treasury, an Amman bookstore chain, may have been named for theologian al-Jahiz, who was supposedly crushed by a stack of books?
... that Maryland state legislator William Daniel was a Whig, a Know Nothing, and a Republican before finally joining the Prohibition Party in 1884?

00:26, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

Risqué stereoview of writer Ella Wheeler Wilcox

... that Mormon photographer Charles Ellis Johnson made artistic nudes and risqué stereoviews (example pictured)?
... that Francis Poulenc placed an ode to liberty at the end of his Figure humaine, a cantata for a twelve-part choir, composed in occupied France and premiered by the BBC?
... that Dwain Worrell's debut screenplay The Wall is also Amazon Studios' first original spec script?
... that after the Bugis prince Arung Palakka supported the Dutch East India Company in the Makassar War, he became the most powerful man in South Sulawesi?
... that in 2015, the Irish Guards GAA became the first British Army Gaelic games club to join the Gaelic Athletic Association?
... that the Contingency Fund for Foreign Intercourse, a U.S. government program established in 1790 to finance foreign covert operations, had by 1793 grown to consume 12 percent of the government's budget?
... that in 2015, Alison Hughes was part of the first all-female officiating team in a Fed Cup final?
... that Emany Mata Likambe, Zaire's former ambassador to Poland, was discovered homeless and living on the streets of Warsaw in 1994 after his government had failed to pay him for over two years?

30 January 2017

09:52, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Pioneer Cabin Tree

... that cars once drove through the Pioneer Cabin Tree (pictured), which drew thousands of visitors annually?
... that as CEO of Intel Israel, Maxine Fassberg encouraged women, Arabs, Druze, and Haredi Jews to enter the high-tech sector?
... that the Nanjing Metro system in Nanjing, China, has a total of 139 stations, with transfer stations counted once for every line they serve?
... that during the 1952 steel strike, Clarence B. Randall criticized President Harry S. Truman for what he considered "shocking distortions of fact"?
... that Chloë Sevigny portrays the accused ax-murderer Lizzie Borden in the upcoming film Lizzie?
... that Mount Berlin, a volcano in Antarctica, has had large Plinian eruptions in the past and is still fumarolically active through towers of ice?
... that King Razadarit's decision to keep the one-time flower seller Piya Yaza Dewi as his chief queen consort led to the suicide of his first wife, Queen Talamidaw?

29 January 2017

21:37, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Capture of Fort Fautaua

... that the Franco-Tahitian War (1844–1847) culminated in the defeat of the Tahitians at Fort Fautaua (pictured)?
... that Elizabeth Plankinton, known as the "municipal patroness" for her philanthropy, gifted a 9-foot (2.7 m) high bronze George Washington sculpture to the citizens of Milwaukee?
... that in November 2016 Peter Reulein conducted the premiere of his oratorio Laudato si', described as a Franciscan Magnificat, with more than 250 performers at the Limburg Cathedral?
... that the Hongwu Emperor copied the text of Zhen Dexiu's work The Expanded Meaning of the Great Learning onto the walls of his palace?
... that the Clemson Tigers defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship on a game-winning touchdown with one second left?
... that the Indian Government Mint in Hyderabad was established in 1803 by the Nizam of Hyderabad, Asaf Jah III, and was taken over by the Government of India in 1950?
... that Sheikh Morteza Ansari's Makasib, authored more than 150 years ago, is still taught in Shia seminaries?
... that according to family tradition, George Charles Beckley designed the Flag of Hawaii, which was passed down as an heirloom in the form of a child's frock?

09:22, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Timex Expedition WS4

... that the face of the Timex Expedition WS4 (pictured) resembles the shape of the rear window of a Land Rover?
... that before starting her pioneering genetic studies of complex human diseases such as atherosclerosis, Nobuyo Maeda researched sea snake venoms?
... that Fei Xiaotong's book From the Soil was banned in China for being "rightist", and in Taiwan for the author's perceived support for Communism?
... that pacer Always B Miki set a world record of 1 minute 46 seconds, the fastest mile in Standardbred history?
... that an environmental assessment for the future Grimsby train station included review of an 1876 historical atlas of Ontario, Canada, to find features of historic value?
... that when Sarah Bavly arrived in Jerusalem to open a nutrition department in a new health center, she was forced to hide in the building for a week due to the outbreak of the 1929 Palestine riots?
... that a politician implicated in Italy's largest corruption scandal was permitted to claim his time in the parliament constituted his community service?

28 January 2017

21:07, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Sri Lankan Christmas tree

... that the Sri Lankan Christmas tree (pictured) is claimed to be the world’s tallest artificial Christmas tree?
... that Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter Arthur Daley wrote more than 10,000 columns for The New York Times?
... that a tick finds a potential host by detecting its breath and body odors, or by sensing its vibrations or changes in temperature?
... that Heinrich Parler and his son Peter Parler were among the most influential Gothic architects of the Middle Ages?
... that LifeRing Secular Recovery provides support and assistance to people trying to beat alcohol and drug addiction without religion?
... that on May 24, 1985, over 100 villagers in Oliveto Citra claimed to have seen an apparition of the Virgin Mary?
... that to prepare for his role as surgeon Raf di Lucca in Holby City, actor Joe McFadden watched open-heart surgery?

00:30, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Walt Disney World Railroad

... that the Walt Disney World Railroad (pictured), with 3.7 million passengers each year, is one of the most popular railroads in the world powered by steam locomotives?
... that German architect August Soller died during construction of his greatest work, and was buried there before it was finished?
... that Catananche lutea produces five types of seed that correspond to a range of different survival and dispersal strategies?
... that William Hoapili Kaʻauwai traveled to Europe with Queen Emma, but made an unauthorized side trip to New Zealand to recruit Māori immigrants for the Kingdom of Hawaii?
... that Bach composed five organ settings of the hymn "Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend", which was translated by Catherine Winkworth for communion as "Lord Jesus Christ, be present now!"?
... that Carolyn B. Shelton became the first female governor in the United States when she spent a weekend as acting governor of Oregon in 1909?
... that the Elsevier publication Explore: The Journal of Science & Healing has been described as a "sham masquerading as a real scientific journal" that publishes "truly ridiculous studies"?

27 January 2017

12:45, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Sun helmet

... that during World War II, International Hat Company was one of the two main manufacturers of the sun helmet (pictured), one of the longest-used helmets of the United States military?
... that the part-Hawaiian Carlos A. Long was unanimously elected captain of the 1899 Georgetown Hoyas football team at Georgetown University?
... that Gufran-Ullah Beig is the first Indian scientist to receive the Norbert Gerbier-Mumm International Award of the World Meteorological Organization?
... that Francis Poulenc composed the four motets Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence at different times, three of them on responsories for the Holy Week?
... that when the theologian Patrick Dehm was suspended by the Bishop of Limburg, he founded an ecumenical association to continue the work for contemporary church music?
... that there are eight churches on Antarctica?

01:00, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Grace Bochenek

... that Grace Bochenek (pictured), an engineer and director of the U.S. National Energy Technology Laboratory, is the acting Secretary of Energy?
... that Lvinaya Past was the site of the largest Holocene volcanic eruption in the Southern Kurils?
... that Sheikh Morteza Ansari's Makasib, authored more than 150 years ago, is still taught in Shia seminaries?
... that the first adult female Pterinoxylus spinulosus was described in 1957, some fifty years after the first male?
... that zoological gardens were added to Sudhir Chandra Das's ministerial portfolio in 1971?
... that the Mexican Southern Railroad was originally run by executives from the United States, including former President Ulysses S. Grant?
... that Turkish novelist and journalist Suat Derviş was the granddaughter of a slave?

26 January 2017

13:40, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

Sundial cannon

... that sundial cannons (example pictured) were triggered by the sun to fire at noon?
... that George W. Macfarlane and Robert Hoapili Baker accompanied Hawaiian King Kalākaua on his final trip to California where the king died in 1891?
... that during the bombing of Nagaoka in World War II, 80% of the urban area of the city burned down?
... that the 501(h) election allows many U.S. non-profit organizations to engage in unlimited lobbying as long as they do it cheaply?
... that Bill Roe made the highest score in cricket at the time when he scored 415 runs during an inter-college match at Cambridge University?
... that the fossil leaves of the maple species Acer whitebirdense had earlier been misattributed to the genera Viburnum, Platanus, and Rubus?
... that Giovanni Ambrogio Migliavacca wrote the libretto for Solimano, first set by Hasse and produced in Dresden with live elephants and camels?

00:00, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

Neon triplefin on diploastrea brain coral

... that small gobies are often associated with diploastrea brain coral (pictured)?
... that Herschel K. Mitchell, Roger J. Williams, and Esmond E. Snell isolated folic acid from four tons of processed spinach?
... that the science fiction novella Paradises Lost was adapted as an opera?
... that a Chinese acting troupe was flogged for slander in the 13th century after they portrayed the scholar Wei Liaoweng as a drunkard?
... that writer Ed Brubaker created the murdering vigilante in his comic book Kill or Be Killed because recent news events made him feel there was no justice?
... that the historian who researched early Canadian baseball figure William Shuttleworth believed that "at first people thought I made him up"?
... that the Mazu Temple in Lugang, Taiwan, includes wood carvings of the "Four Best Things in Life": stretching, ear-cleaning, nose-picking, and scratching?

25 January 2017

12:00, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Naomi Frankel

... that after six decades subscribing to left-wing ideology, German-Israeli novelist Naomi Frankel (pictured) adopted right-wing ideology and moved to the West Bank?
... that in Mongolia, the Tolai hare is hunted for use in traditional medicine?
... that EJay Day, the first finalist ever eliminated from American Idol, also placed in the top 20 on Popstars: USA?
... that large concave cavetto mouldings feature strongly as cornices in Ancient Egyptian architecture?
... that the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission selected Listening for Coyote by William L. Sullivan as one of the 100 most significant books in Oregon history?
... that for security purposes, Gaelic games club PSNI GAA players do not have their names published?
... that although the medieval Lord High Treasurer John Crakehall was a clergyman sworn to celibacy, he had a daughter to whom he left part of his estate?

00:00, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Mangal Shobhajatra

... that the Mangal Shobhajatra (pictured) has been declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO?
... that Alice Brown, a professor of politics who advised the new Scottish Parliament on governance, went on to become the first Scottish Public Services Ombudsman?
... that the montane wood mouse is widespread and common in tropical Central Africa, but the closely related Mount Oku hylomyscus is found on a single mountainside and is critically endangered?
... that the painter Caspar Isenmann left a detailed contract signed on 21 June 1462?
... that India's Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowship for the performing arts is usually not conferred on anyone under the age of 50?
... that Tukwila International Boulevard station near Seattle's international airport features an angular roof shaped like the wings of an airplane?
... that Randy Edsall, UConn football's all-time leader in games coached and wins as a head coach, was re-hired for 2017 after an absence of six seasons?

24 January 2017

12:00, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Sonja Vectomov

... that "lamprophrenia", a portmanteau of the Greek words lampron (bright) and phrenia (mind), was coined by Czech–Finnish musical artist Sonja Vectomov (pictured) as the title of her debut album?
... that scholars have been puzzled by a motif in Chinese Swatow ware, where a pagoda is split "almost like a volcanic eruption"?
... that Lady Canning, India's first vicereine, has been described as one of the country's most memorable women botanical illustrators?
... that during 1968 revisions to the United States Army Field Manuals, there was an attempt to eliminate the use of bayonets for crowd control?
... that Spanish association footballer Xiker joined Athletic Bilbao's academy when he was just ten years old?
... that in 1968, Indian philosopher and statesman Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the first recipient of the Sahitya Akademi fellowship?
... that the walls of the Woodhaven Boulevard subway station in New York City still prominently display the name of a plaza that was demolished in the 1950s?

00:00, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Rabbit stew

... that rabbit stew (pictured) sometimes includes rabbit blood as an ingredient to thicken and enrich it?
... that Franklin Seaver Pratt was removed from his post as diplomatic agent for defending the claim of his royal wife Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau Laʻanui to the Crown Lands of Hawaii?
... that in 1603, more than 1,000 rōnins rebelled at Rokugō in a "final suicidal gesture" for their former lord, Onodera Yoshimichi?
... that the British neuroscientist John Hughes shared the 1978 Lasker Award for co-discovering opioid peptides in the brain?
... that in The Field of Fight, new US National Security Advisor Michael T. Flynn argues that Bolivia, China, Cuba, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela are allied with Al-Qaeda and ISIS?
... that in 1088 the Anglo-Norman nobleman Robert Pantulf was accused of stealing 6 pounds (2.7 kg) of silver from the nuns of Holy Trinity Abbey, Caen?
... that the Swedish release of M2M's debut album Shades of Purple was delayed by a legal dispute with another band named M2M?

23 January 2017

12:00, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

The Bears Ears

... that the newly designated Bears Ears National Monument (pictured) in southeastern Utah protects 100,000 archaeological sites, including Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings more than 3,500 years old?
... that the Church of England Marriage Measure 2008 gave couples the legal right to get married in any parish where their parents or grandparents were married, but not in any cathedral?
... that the Philadelphia Phillies had four players record a batting average over .400 during the 1894 season?
... that at the end of the Trunajaya rebellion, King Amangkurat II stabbed the defeated rebel leader Trunajaya to death?
... that Edward C. Macfarlane worked for The Wasp and later married its owner's sister?
... that sea slug Chelidonura fulvipunctata is likely an anti-Lessepsian migrant?
... that "When This Cruel War Is Over" was one of the most popular sentimental ballads of the American Civil War, sung by both Union and Confederate troops?

00:00, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

King Kalākaua

... that one of the goals of King Kalākaua's world tour (Kalākaua pictured) was to save the declining population of Native Hawaiians?
... that monasteries and public buildings are illuminated during the Galdan Namchot festival marking the beginning of new year celebrations in Ladakh, India?
... that for Givat Brenner's 25th anniversary, kibbutz theatre director Shulamit Bat-Dori staged an open-air play with a cast and crew of 1,000, before an audience of 10,000?
... that business historian Robert Sobel has described the New York Gold Exchange as "the most informal and certainly the wildest market in American history"?
... that a study by child psychiatrist Stella Chess and her husband, Alexander Thomas, found that children could be divided into three different categories: "easy", "difficult", and "slow to warm up"?
... that Girls' Generation was among the five South Korean acts that best represent K-pop during the past two decades, according to a 2015 poll by Korea Creative Content Agency?
... that the lemon-bellied flyrobin occasionally catches and eats insects that are one-sixth of its length?

22 January 2017

12:00, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Excavated dragon kiln

... that Chinese dragon kilns for pottery (excavated kiln pictured) ran up hillsides, could be 135 metres (443 ft) long, and could fire tens of thousands of pieces at a time?
... that Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong divulged the Communist party's previously unknown history to American journalist Helen Foster Snow in 1937 for widespread publication?
... that Sir William Napier wrote part of his History of the Peninsular War sitting at a stone table in the grounds of Freshford Manor?
... that Caspar Ziegler, who wrote a hymn on which Bach based a Christmas cantata, was professor of law and Rektor of the University of Wittenberg?
... that "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" helped popularize Indian instrumentation in rock music?
... that Clarence W. Macfarlane initiated the Transpacific Yacht Race in 1906, sailing from Honolulu to the California coast around the time of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake?
... that Derry City Ladies F.C. play football in the Northern Irish leagues while their men's team play in the Republic of Ireland's?

00:00, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Levee break at Mound Landing

... that a levee break at Mound Landing, Mississippi (pictured) – now an isolated ghost town on the banks of the Mississippi River – began one of the worst floods in American history?
... that in 2015, Alison Hughes was part of the first ever all-female officiating team in a Fed Cup final?
... that the South Korea Improper Solicitation and Graft Act counts private teachers and journalists among the ranks of public officials?
... that Chinese-Hawaiian lawyer and politician Joseph Apukai Akina became the first Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Territory of Hawaii?
... that the buffy pipit is often confused with the plain-backed pipit because both birds have plain upperparts?
... that the 14th-century Moroccan scholar Ibn Marzuq wrote a hagiography of the Marinid sultan Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman?
... that David distributed raisin cake?

21 January 2017

12:00, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

N. donaldtrumpi

... that a newly described moth species, Neopalpa donaldtrumpi (pictured), was so named because its yellowish head scales reminded a scientist of Donald Trump's hair?
... that the British scientist John Challens received the American Medal of Freedom for his work on the V-1 flying bomb and the V-2 rocket?
... that "Im April" from Max Reger's Sechs Lieder, Op. 4, has been called "one of Reger's sunniest songs"?
... that George Panila Kamauoha served in the legislatures of three Hawaiian regimes?
... that Pinchinthorpe railway station closed 13 years before the rest of the Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway fell victim to the Beeching Axe?
... that acorns of the fossil oak Quercus hiholensis have possible insect damage preserved in them?
... that after Agnes Fay Morgan conducted a nutritional study with foxes, she presented her data wearing a stole made from the fur of her subjects?

00:00, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Bernardo Putairi

... that Bernardo Putairi (pictured) succeeded as the final Prince Regent of Mangareva after his predecessor Arone Teikatoara kissed a girl on the street?
... that up to 50% of a U.S. Federal Protective Forces detachment could be killed while defending a U.S. Department of Energy facility?
... that the British member of parliament Jacob Rees-Mogg lives at Gournay Court where his great aunt had been a nurse during World War I?
... that Workers Party of India leader Jyotibhushan Bhattacharya was jailed during the Sino-Indian War of 1962?
... that as its natural habitat is converted to cropland, Goldman's pocket mouse is threatened by the increased use of rodenticides?
... that the 100th Brigade of the United Kingdom attacked High Wood during the Battle of the Somme?
... that the New Zealand eagle ray can detect prey completely submerged in sand and create a jet of water to expose it?

20 January 2017

12:00, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Fissure at Þingvellir

... that the geological deformation of Iceland is resulting in cracks opening up in the surface (example pictured)?
... that quarterback Sam Darnold's high school footage submitted to college football coaches consisted of his basketball highlights?
... that Radio Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero has broadcast since 1982 but has never been recognized at the federal level?
... that Kamran Aziz is the first Turkish Cypriot female composer, as well as one of the first Turkish Cypriot female pharmacists?
... that a recent United States Supreme Court case began when insurance adjusters claimed they were instructed to falsely categorize damages after Hurricane Katrina?
... that in 1999, Rajeev Nayyar set the record for the longest first-class cricket innings, batting for almost 17 hours?
... that Giant Days was published by BOOM! Box after writer John Allison saved a BOOM! editor from falling?

00:00, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Soup and sandwich

... that the soup and sandwich combination (example pictured) has been a popular lunch dish in the United States since the 1920s?
... that David William Pua submitted petitions from the people of the Kingdom of Hawaii asking for the abrogation of the Bayonet Constitution, which had allowed him to be elected to the House of Nobles?
... that the broad-tailed paradise whydah parasitises the orange-winged pytilia and mimics its call?
... that John Dwyer chaired a government "Quackwatch Committee" whose objective was to tighten controls on wonder drugs and miracle cures?
... that a large lake once occupied the Central Valley of California?
... that the OVC project supports the education of disadvantaged young people in Adigrat, Ethiopia?
... that an Argentine politician was detained while allegedly trying to hide currency worth around US$7 million inside a convent?

19 January 2017

12:00, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Killenworth in 1915

... that the city of Glen Cove, New York, once tried to foreclose on the Soviet diplomatic retreat at Killenworth (pictured), and later denied its residents beach permits?
... that Augustus Constantine Sinclair conceived the idea for the Jamaica International Exhibition of 1891 but died on the day it opened?
... that the classical pianist Yara Bernette was praised for her interpretation of Variations on a Theme from the Northeast of Brazil by the composer, Camargo Guarnieri?
... that detrital zircon geochronology uses zirconium silicate to determine the age of sedimentary rock?
... that Akakio Tematereikura succeeded as regent of Mangareva after Queen Dowager Maria Eutokia Toaputeitou retired to the Rouru Convent on Mount Duff?
... that Mercedes-Benz intends to release ten models in the EQ family of battery electric vehicles by 2025?
... that Kjell Eriksson stated he was terrified to answer his telephone for fear that singer Carola would yell at him after an incident at Melodifestivalen 2008?

00:00, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Northern bald ibis

... that endemics among the wildlife of Morocco include more than six hundred species of vascular plants and a single species of bird (pictured)?
... that Kim Seong-il believed the Japanese invasions of Korea would not take place?
... that America's 60 Families was said to be comparable to Karl Marx's Capital?
... that the Salīhids, an Arab Christian tribe, preceded the Ghassanids as the main Arab federates of the Byzantine Empire?
... that test pilot Major General Clarence A. Shoop was court-martialed as a cadet?
... that "The Student", one of Anton Chekhov's shortest stories, was also his favorite?
... that Samuel K. Pua, assistant editor of an anti-annexationist Hawaiian newspaper, was severely injured when a goat attacked him at Waikiki?

18 January 2017

12:00, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Ernst Keil

... that 19th-century German publisher Ernst Keil (pictured) conceived the idea, while in prison, of what was to become one of the most widely read magazines?
... that Gwen Stefani's unreleased song "Start a War" was compared to Sia Furler's solo work?
... that there were two special elections for Manila's first district seat to the Philippine Assembly in 1908?
... that Germany's Klein Heidelberg used Great Britain's own Chain Home radar transmitters as the source for their passive radar?

... that pyrithione is used to prepare medicated shampoos to treat dandruff and seborrhoeic dermatitis?
... that Australian cricketer Ian Moran took unpaid leave from his teaching job to play in the 2012 Champions League Twenty20?
... that the name of the musical unit Myth & Roid comes from words representing the past and the future?

00:00, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

A jumbo slice

... that a single jumbo slice (pictured) may contain over 1,000 calories?
... that on January 13, 1893, Queen Liliuokalani of the Kingdom of Hawaii appointed four new cabinet ministers – Samuel Parker, William Cornwell, John Colburn, and Arthur Peterson – whose opposition to a new constitution led to her overthrow on January 17?
... that in a 1955 protest, nearly 1000 protesters from the Lok Sewak Sangh marched more than 300 mi (480 km) over 16 days to demand the incorporation of Bengali-speaking areas of Bihar into West Bengal?
... that Jesé won the Golden Boot Award at the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship?
... that the Crocker Fan in Borneo has the largest volume of any Paleogene deep marine sediment in a single basin in southeast Asia?
... that after Karl G. Maeser tutored Brigham Young's 56 children, he went on to help found Brigham Young University?
... that The Red Shoes dance in part to the strains of Citizen Kane?

17 January 2017

12:00, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Clidastes propython

... that over the history of mosasaur paleontology (example pictured), clams, fish, toothed birds, plesiosaurs, sharks, turtles, and even other mosasaurs have been discovered preserved in the bellies of these marine lizards?
... that Guendolen Plestcheeff was known as "Seattle's Grand, Grand Lady" and "the most elegant woman in Seattle"?
... that Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum (1956) was the first full-length colour film in Tamil cinema?
... that M2M appeared on an episode of Dawson's Creek to promote their album The Big Room?
... that Ernest Ambler, a British-born, Oxford-educated physicist, became the director of the National Bureau of Standards in the United States?
... that the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the 2016 Al-Karak attack against the "apostate Jordanian security forces"?
... that J. J. Abrams consulted Pablo Hidalgo up to three times a day while filming Star Wars: The Force Awakens?

00:00, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Chrysler Building

... that the 90% purchase of New York's Chrysler Building (pictured) by the Abu Dhabi Investment Council was a prominent example of petrodollar recycling?
... that during World War I, HMS Negro sank after two depth charges from HMS Hoste tore open its hull?
... that Mildred Albert, nicknamed the "Mighty Atom", produced thousands of fashion shows during her career?
... that the Rifa-e-Aam Club in Lucknow was open to everybody at a time when British clubs excluded Indians?
... that David Kahalekula Kaʻauwai, his father and brother served in the Kingdom of Hawaii legislature, while his niece became a princess?
... that following the success of the album Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts, the eponymous Canadian band received the 1989 Juno Award for Most Promising Group of the Year?
... that BuzzFeed described Pat Loika as "the closest thing comics has to an Oprah"?

16 January 2017

12:00, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Comet Hale–Bopp

... that when amateur astronomer Thomas Bopp co-discovered comet Hale–Bopp (pictured), he had never seen a comet before and was using a borrowed telescope?
... that Nkosi's Haven is a South African care centre created to address HIV-related discrimination, including the separation of infected mothers from their children?
... that creator Terry Moore told writer Joe Hill on Twitter that Rachel Rising might be cancelled if sales continued to fall, prompting a fan campaign to save the comic?
... that a Roman hoard of 11,000 silver pieces was found in the village of Oakhanger in Hampshire?
... that India's first fully indigenous anti-airfield weapon was tested in 2016?
... that Kim Chŏn-il raised a civilian militia to fight the Japanese invasion during the Imjin War?
... that the opening number for the 2016 musical film La La Land was shot in a six-minute single take on a 130-foot (40 m)-high freeway ramp in South Los Angeles?

00:00, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Organ in Neanderkirche

... that the organ (pictured) of the Neanderkirche has served summer concerts for more than 50 years?
... that when first established, the architectural firm Liebenberg and Kaplan was met with antisemitism in the Minneapolis business community?
... that, in 1993, one of the first rave parties in Croatia was held in a pedestrian tunnel underneath the historic core of Zagreb?
... that Faith Spotted Eagle became the first Native American to receive a presidential electoral vote after Robert Satiacum Jr. cast a faithless vote for her during the 2016 United States election?
... that Kaohsiung's Chi Jin Mazu Temple was first opened in 1673, when Taiwan was still ruled by Ming loyalists at war with mainland China?
... that Ululani Lewai Baker and Lanihau were the last female governors of the Kingdom of Hawaii?
... that Salinee Tavaranan and her Border Green Energy Team installed solar panels and micro-hydro turbines at the Mae La refugee camp?

15 January 2017

12:00, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Martin Luther

... that Martin Luther (pictured) paraphrased in his hymn "Mitten wir im Leben sind mit dem Tod umfangen" the Latin "Media vita in morte sumus" (In the midst of life we are in death), including its Trisagion?
... that Ibrahim ibn al-Ashtar killed Umayyad commander Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad at the Battle of Khazir?
... that after the Bolshevik Party of India leader Barada Mukutmoni was named Tourism Minister in the Second United Front Cabinet of West Bengal, there was a split in his party?
... that drag queen Violet Chachki's EP Gagged was inspired by her time working as an assistant to a dominatrix?
... that Gui Minhai, whose four bookseller colleagues also disappeared in mysterious circumstances, reappeared three months later on Chinese television confessing to killing a girl in a 2003 DUI accident?
... that the titular character from Bug! was one of three candidates to be the mascot for the Sega Saturn console, due to the lack of a Sonic the Hedgehog video game?
... that epidemiologist Yasmin Altwaijri encourages other Saudi Arabian women to become scientists, arguing that this need not "cross the boundaries of our societal norms and customs"?

00:00, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

William Pūnohu White

... that on January 14, 1893, William Pūnohu White (pictured) and Joseph Nāwahī were made Knight Commanders of the Royal Order of Kalākaua for their patriotism and loyalty to the Kingdom of Hawaii?
... that a cave in the Cliff Cave County Park has been used as a tavern and a wine cellar?
... that the opium merchant Ezekiel Saleh Manasseh, who died in Changi Prison during the Japanese occupation of Singapore, built Eden Hall and co-owned the Goodwood Park Hotel with his brothers?
... that subduction polarity reversal on either side of Taiwan causes differences in topography?
... that in 1988, judge Gary Little committed suicide in the King County Courthouse some 40 years after his father had killed himself in the same building?
... that an extract of Alchemilla diademata, a plant endemic to Lebanon, shows antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus?
... that it was not illegal to possess or use cannabis in Poland until 1997?

14 January 2017

12:00, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Artist's depiction of an asteroid impact

... that over the history of Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction research, scientists have attributed the demise of the dinosaurs to their large size, small brains, or, more likely, an asteroid impact (pictured)?
... that while competing for Tanzania at the 2016 Summer Olympics, swimmer Hilal Hemed Hilal set a national record winning his 50 m freestyle heat, but did not advance?
... that in June 1940 the SS Broompark brought French scientists, heavy water, and diamonds to Britain?
... that Jose Esteves, the Filipino American mayor of Milpitas, California, was succeeded by the city's first Vietnamese American mayor, Richard Tran?
... that the white-plumed honeyeater has become more common in urban Sydney and Newcastle?
... that Czech actress Simona Stašová was named Best Actress at the 2015 Seoul International Drama Awards?
... that the Alliance Building Society's sports club was established in 1935 with "a second-hand table tennis table and dartboard" in the basement of Princes House in Brighton?

00:00, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Wild sweet potato

... that the root of the wild sweet potato (pictured) can weigh 10 kilograms (22 lb) or more?
... that US President-elect Donald Trump referred to the Ralph Deleon case in a speech about immigration?
... that Lasith Malinga is the only bowler to take a six-wicket haul in the Big Bash League?
... that Nils Mönkemeyer was the first to record a viola concerto by Antonio Rosetti, and played Schubert songs and Bach arias on the viola?
... that the Okavango Dyke Swarm formed 180 million years ago during the opening of the Indian Ocean?
... that writer John Dominis Holt inspired the Hawaiian Renaissance cultural revival with his essay "On Being Hawaiian"?
... that Bloomberg Businessweek asked, "Is Wikipedia woke?"

13 January 2017

12:00, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Female hen flea

... that more than 5,000 hen fleas (specimen pictured) were recorded from the nest of a coal tit?
... that Elisheva Barak-Ussoskin's rulings on labor law and labor relations were said to have furthered the rights of workers more than those of any other Israeli judge?
... that under the terms of a 1931 bequest to the University of Washington, if the university president does not live at Hill-Crest, the property must be sold?
... that Swedish radio presenter Roger Nordin revealed during a live broadcast in 2005 that he was gay?
... that the idea for Disney's MagicBands came from a magnetic therapy bracelet found in SkyMall?
... that the constellation Corvus was depicted as a raven as early as 1100 BCE in Babylonia?
... that Fred Pfeffer, Tom Burns, and Ned Williamson each had three hits in the same inning of an 1883 major-league baseball game, and no other player had a three-hit inning until 1953?

00:00, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Amy Satterthwaite

... that Amy Satterthwaite (pictured) is the only bowler to take a six-wicket haul in a women's Twenty20 International cricket match?
... that the semi-aquatic grasshopper Cornops aquaticum is being trialled in South Africa as a biological control agent for the invasive water hyacinth?
... that Indian peasant movement leader M.A. Rasul was sent to East Pakistan to build the Communist Party there?
... that in the Eutaw riot in Alabama, several black citizens were killed by the Ku Klux Klan during a campaign of terror that led to the election of Democratic governor Robert B. Lindsay?
... that naval officer and MP Olav Bergersen wrote several books on the 18th-century vice admiral Tordenskiold?
... that the video game ReCore can be played on both Microsoft Windows and Xbox One, regardless of which platform it was initially purchased for?
... that during her 2016 concert, Siti Nurhaliza performed "Memories", a tribute duet with vocals by Whitney Houston which had been recorded when she was 19?

12 January 2017

12:00, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

European Hansemuseum

... that the European Hansemuseum (pictured) is the largest museum in the world dedicated to the history of the Hanseatic League?
... that William V. Thompson preferred the title "Dean of Bowling" over "Father of Bowling" in recognition of his work promoting and standardizing ten-pin bowling?
... that the Cold War-era American Committee for East-West Accord was reestablished in 2015?
... that Polish Jewish writer Rokhl Auerbakh worked overtly as the director of a soup kitchen and covertly as a member of a secret group that chronicled daily life in the Warsaw Ghetto?
... that mesoporous silica nanoparticles are prepared by the Stöber process and are used in preparing biosensors and delivering medications to within cellular structures?
... that Mildred Barker was awarded the National Heritage Fellowship in 1983 for her work in preserving Shaker music?
... that rapper YG claimed his recent song "FDT" prompted calls from the Secret Service?

00:00, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Bisaldeo temple

... that the courtyard of the Bisaldeo temple (pictured) is now partially submerged by the waters of the Bisalpur Dam reservoir?
... that Australian World War II fighter ace Alan Rawlinson had "Sweet FA" in the Middle East before he got "up you" in the South West Pacific?
... that the Furstenberg–Sárközy theorem shows that the first player in the game of subtract a square can win from most positions?
... that the casket of volunteer American Civil War nurse Mary Lucy Dosh was escorted by both Union and Confederate troops?
... that Pel's flying squirrel drives off potential predators by hissing and gnashing its teeth?
... that the Left Front governed the Indian state of West Bengal for 34 years, winning the elections of 1977, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2001, and 2006?
... that in 1429, John Beaumont, 1st Viscount Beaumont, was knighted by a seven-year-old king?

11 January 2017

12:00, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Lady Henrietta Cavendish

... that Henrietta Place in Marylebone, London, was named after Lady Henrietta Cavendish (depicted)?
... that the footballer Billy James was forced to retire after playing just six league games due to the physical effects of his time in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp?
... that the Old Depot Museum has an immersive audio exhibit about the Pottawatomie massacre?
... that cancer biologist Lubna Tahtamouni earned her PhD abroad and encouraged students from underprivileged regions of her native Jordan to do the same?
... that on two occasions, aircraft carrying explosives from the Salt Wells Pilot Plant were struck by lightning?
... that Piru Singh threw a grenade at the enemy even after he was shot in the head, and was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration?
... that Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini was noted by The Huffington Post as the first book by a celebrity to cover their perspective of Scientology as a former member?
... that U.S. Representative Clay Higgins has been dubbed the "Cajun John Wayne"?

00:00, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Jingdezhen porcelain

... that Jingdezhen ware (example pictured) has dominated Chinese porcelain for over 600 years?
... that mathematician Moon Duchin was inspired to break gender barriers in mathematics by a book on baseball player Jackie Robinson's struggles against racism?
... that 71 years after the Lyngiades massacre in Greece, President Joachim Gauck was Germany's first official representative to visit the site and express his apologies for the Wehrmacht's atrocities?
... that Seattle will begin issuing "democracy vouchers" in 2017?
... that Mexican performers Marco Pérez, Sofía Espinosa, Noé Hernández, and Adriana Paz received the Ariel Award for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress, respectively, at the 2016 ceremony?
... that Bronx High School of Science graduate Naomi Amir is credited as "the founder of modern child neurology in Israel"?
... that Admiral Elmo Zumwalt's 1976 book On Watch: A Memoir was called a "terrifying tale" of the Nixon administration?

10 January 2017

12:00, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Ruins of the Üçayak Byzantine Church

... that the Üçayak Byzantine Church (ruins pictured) was a double church?
... that the 1967 book Filipson by Frida Alexandr is the only first-hand description of life in that early 20th-century Brazilian Jewish farming colony written by a woman who lived there?
... that with more than 14,000 airings over 60 years, Minuto de Dios is the longest-running program on Colombian television?
... that the estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop, which includes 9,557 acres (3,868 ha) inherited from her aunt ʻAkahi, funds the Kamehameha Schools?
... that the video game Idol Death Game TV is about Japanese starlets who battle to the death?
... that a crude oil tanker was named after Rama Raghoba Rane, a Param Vir Chakra recipient?
... that Madonna secured the lead in Evita after writing a four-page letter to director Alan Parker stating that she would be fully committed to the role?
... that the Ethiopian music group Fendika was started by a formerly homeless refugee?

00:00, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Lee Chong Wei

... that at the 2016 Summer Olympics, badminton player Lee Chong Wei (pictured) was the Malaysian flag bearer?
... that Lucy Finch founded the only remaining hospice in Malawi, a country where about a million people are living with HIV/AIDS?
... that the mayor of Nice implored cooks to "never, never, I beg you, include boiled potato or any other boiled vegetable in your salade niçoise"?
... that Tiripone Mama Taira Putairi was the first indigenous Catholic priest ordained in Eastern Polynesia?
... that Paul von Groth edited Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie for 44 years and used it to catalog the properties of more than 9,000 crystalline substances?
... that Solicitor General Warren Allmand introduced legislation that abolished the use of capital punishment in Canada?
... that the Manhattan Project's liquid thermal diffusion plant was the only production-scale plant of its kind ever built?
... that the artist and author Marion Coutts created a dogmatic Cult of cats?

9 January 2017

00:00, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

P19 protein dimer

... that the p19 protein (dimer pictured) evolved in an arms race between plants and viruses?
... that British and Chinese officials in Beijing cooperated in trying to solve the murder of Pamela Werner, which happened 80 years ago today?
... that the directors for The Chemical Brothers' music video "The Boxer" disliked the track itself?
... that Henry Ford considered Ralph Waldo Trine an old friend and had several conversations with him concerning success in life?
... that dikes in the Huangling Complex show that Australia was adjacent to the South China Craton prior to 825 million years ago?
... that the National Composite Adversary Force conducts "simulated but realistic attacks" on U.S. nuclear power plants?
... that in July 2016, Michel Vlap became the first-ever fourth substitute in a UEFA match?
... that Star Wars: Jedi Arena is the first Star Wars video game to feature lightsaber combat?

8 January 2017

00:00, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Sutton Hoo helmet

... that the 7th-century royal Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo helmet (pictured) was excavated in more than 500 pieces?
... that the art historian Rosemary Barrow specialised in the work of the once-neglected Victorian painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema?
... that Francis Poulenc's L'Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant for narrator and piano was inspired by children requesting him to play from the book Histoire de Babar?
... that Jennifer Lawrence was reported to be the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016?
... that the suspect in the shooting of Detective Benjamin Marconi got married the following morning and was arrested later that day?
... that Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy can be used to find how much water and carbon dioxide are in melt inclusions in mineral grains?
... that Caleb Orozco, who successfully challenged the Belize Criminal Code for violations to his privacy and freedom of expression, won the 2016 David Kato Vision and Voice award?
... that William Lister was listed as competing in water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics, despite having died before the Games began?

7 January 2017

00:00, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

The Biblical Magi visiting Jesus

... that the Epiphany anthem "The Three Kings" describes the visit of the Biblical Magi to the baby Jesus (pictured)?
... that "mend it, don't end it" was advice given by the president of the Nehemiah Corporation of America to the U.S. Congress at a hearing on down payment assistance?
... that George S. Zimbel's white dress shoot of Marilyn Monroe remained unpublished for 20 years after he took the photos?
... that rocks from the Lesser Himalayan Strata show that the northern part of the Indian plate submerged in the late Cretaceous period?
... that Raón Street in Manila was named after former Governor-General José Antonio Raón y Gutiérrez?
... that the $2.3 billion Spring District in Bellevue, Washington, is the second largest construction project in the Puget Sound region?
... that Betty Campbell was the first black head teacher in Wales?
... that the stage of the Tianhou Palace in Ningbo was positioned for the gods to watch Chinese opera?

6 January 2017

00:00, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Peter Prevc

... that Slovenian ski jumper Peter Prevc (pictured) became the first athlete to land a jump of 250 metres (820 ft)?
... that in the United States, nuclear weapons are moved by trucks called Safeguards Transporters which were designed by the Sandia National Laboratories?
... that C. Washington Eves was the honorary commissioner for Jamaica at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886?
... that when the condensate of boron monofluoride monoxide is reheated, it forms a glassy, popcorn-like froth?
... that on her appointment in February 2016, 22-year-old Shamma Al Mazrui became the youngest government minister in the world?
... that the Pakistan Communist Party ceased to exist just three weeks after it had been founded?
... that Irish immigrant, anarchist, strike organiser, and New York surgeon Gertrude Kelly is commemorated by a children's park in Chelsea, Manhattan?
... that the Cafe Royal Cocktail Book contains one of the first recorded recipes for the 20th Century?

5 January 2017

00:00, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Ashurbanipal kills a lion

... that the Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal reliefs (pictured) from c. 640 BC show the king killing lions with swords, spears, and arrows?
... that Zorobabela Kaʻauwai accompanied his patron Hoapili into battle in the suppression of Humehume's rebellion?
... that although only a single example of the Eriksen M/25 machine gun was built, it saw service in the 1940 Norwegian Campaign?
... that the United States Senate rejected Caleb Cushing's nomination to be Secretary of the Treasury three times in one day?
... that the 1936 Korean novel Sangnoksu has been made into two films?
... that the 10-gun sloop-of-war HMS Stork was originally designed to resemble King George II's yacht Royal Caroline?
... that rapper Liv released the song "Sorry Mrs. Carter" as an "open letter" to Beyoncé?
... that almost nothing is quite certain about the "multifaceted" and "very productive" Master of the Drapery Studies?

4 January 2017

00:00, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

Oskar Gottlieb Blarr

... that Oskar Gottlieb Blarr (pictured), "the composer with the hat", visited Israel to experience where Jesus lived as a Jew?
... that when Seymour Cray designed the Cray-3 supercomputer, he insisted that the processor fit into a 1-cubic-foot (0.028 m³) block?
... that in 1969, the West Bengal Sports Minister Ram Chatterjee invaded the exclusive Calcutta Swimming Club along with a group of Santhal tribals?
... that 14 Muslim female athletes won medals at the 2016 Olympic Games?
... that the philosopher Michael Fox became highly critical of animal testing following the publication of his The Case for Animal Experimentation, later writing a book in support of vegetarianism?
... that the Y Sap mine was an explosive planted under German trenches before the Battle of the Somme in World War I?
... that the first full-circle Arctic panorama created in the United States since the 19th century appeared at the Velaslavasay Panorama in Los Angeles in 2007?
... that J. W. Lonoaea died because he voted for a king instead of a queen?

3 January 2017

00:10, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

INS Vikrant

... that INS Vikrant (pictured) was India's first aircraft carrier?
... that governor Saw Shwe Khet of Prome sent a white elephant to King Thihathu of Ava but was still demoted by the new king?
... that HBO's new daily news series Vice News Tonight was intended by Vice News to have "no ads, no anchors and no censors?"
... that although Susan Reeve Lyon could not own property while a married woman, she was able to run her own apothecary shop as a widow?
... that the self-critical H. Balfour Gardiner may have destroyed his symphonies, but preserved his compline anthem Te lucis ante terminum for choir and organ?
... that Jessamyn Rodriguez founded a social enterprise teaching bread-making and job skills to low-income minority women and immigrants?
... that in order to disguise the V-2 missile launch site in Blizna, the Nazis created an artificial village with plywood cottages and barns, and plaster people and animals?
... that the Welsh singer-songwriter Charlotte Church criticised director Diane Martel's music video for the song "Lolita", calling it "an objectionable little number"?

2 January 2017

00:00, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Jōmon Venus

... that the Jōmon Venus (pictured) was the first Jōmon period artifact to be designated a National Treasure of Japan?
... that Alphonse Areola saved two penalties during a penalty shoot-out in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup final, to help France win their first title in the competition?
... that Jollees was the UK's largest cabaret venue in the 1970s and hosted the World Professional Darts Championship?
... that Nancy Sottos helped create the first polymeric self-healing material, announced in Nature in 2001?
... that when it leased the planes of a failed Venezuelan airline, a Bolivian company retained the name LaMia to avoid the cost of repainting the aircraft?
... that Protiva Mukherjee was the only female minister in the 1969 United Front government of West Bengal?
... that The Shaker Quarterly, which began publication in 1961, helped revive interest in the Shakers?
... that John Green Hoapili stated to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii that he would "rather have corruption and scandal than annexation"?

1 January 2017

00:00, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

December calendar page

... that the name Pseudo-Jacquemart was assigned to the anonymous master illuminator (work pictured) for his collaboration with Jacquemart de Hesdin?
... that Darwin introduced the theory of evolution by natural selection, but was not the first to use the term "survival of the fittest"?
... that at the age of 16 years and 308 days, Idris Kanu became the youngest ever player for Aldershot Town F.C. in a league match?
... that Joan Acker and Miriam Johnson of the Center for the Study of Women in Society found that "Do you shave your legs?" was the question most strongly correlated to identifying with feminism?
... that facing an arrest warrant in India and pressure from within his party, Indian communist politician Z.A. Ahmed sought refuge in Pakistan?
... that the diet of the dwarf scaly-tailed squirrel includes bark and fruit, including the fleshy fruits of the umbrella tree?
... that Queen Emma of Hawaii and her lady-in-waiting Kiliwehi were received by Queen Victoria and spent a night at Windsor Castle?
... that Momoiro Clover Z did not know they were making their music video for "The Golden History" until filming started?