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===30 April 2016===
*'''''15:06, 30 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the plumage of the '''[[Australasian darter]]''' ''(pictured)'' absorbs water to reduce the bird's buoyancy and allow it to swim submerged?
* ... that the current '''[[Bank of England £50 note]]''' is the first [[Bank of England]] banknote to feature two people on the reverse?
* ... that in 2014, the [[U.S. Army]]'s '''[[1st Cavalry Division Horse Cavalry Detachment]]''' was assigned its first female commander?
* ... that a ''[[Hollyoaks]]'' insider believes that '''[[Joanne Cardsley]]''' has "become one of the most talked-about [[bunny boiler]]s in soaps"?
* ... that forensic chemist '''[[Mary Louisa Willard]]''' was referred to as "Lady Sherlock" for assisting law enforcement officials?
* ... that "If I wanted you to understand it, I'd explain it better" is a favorite expression in '''''[[Cruijffiaans]]''''', the [[idiolect]] of Dutch soccer coach [[Johan Cruyff]]?
* ... that the '''[[2013 Chevrolet Silverado 250]]''' was the first [[NASCAR]] [[Camping World Truck Series]] race held on a road course since 2000 and the first Truck road course race in Canada?
* ... that according to [[George Smathers]], [[Harry Truman]] told him, "I want you to beat that son-of-a-bitch [[Claude Pepper]]." prior to the '''[[United States Senate election in Florida, 1950|1950 United States Senate election in Florida]]'''?

*'''''03:21, 30 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Mask of Agamemnon]] ''(pictured)'' is probably the most famous artifact from '''[[Mycenaean Greece]]''' (c. 1600–1100 BC)?
* ... that the Swiss embassy gave '''[[Nellie Gubler]]''' an award for her research on Swiss immigrants in Utah?
* ... that the minimum mass of an [[exoplanet]] can be calculated with the '''[[binary mass function]]''' using the velocity of its host star?
* ... that [[Michael Fassbender]]'s '''[[Michael Fassbender filmography|film roles]]''' include a Spartan soldier, Irish republican [[Bobby Sands]], a slave owner, and a sex addict?
* ... that the name of the [[Chinese postman problem]] honors Chinese mathematician '''[[Meigu Guan]]''', who first formulated it?
* ... that the '''[[Conductor's Building]]''' was proposed to be turned into "the longest bar in America"?
* ... that [[Chuck Mosley]] worked with a range of musicians on '''''[[Will Rap Over Hard Rock for Food]]''''', including [[Roddy Bottum]], [[Jonathon Davis]] and "a guy named Eric"?
* ... that the Mexico City [[professional wrestling|wrestling]] commission banned '''[[Espectro I]]''' from using a casket as part of his entrance ritual?

===29 April 2016===
*'''''15:36, 29 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[long-nosed bandicoot]]''' ''(illustrated)'' has one of the briefest known gestation periods of all mammals at 12.5 days?
* ... that '''[[Ho Sin Hang]]''' conceived the idea of creating the [[Hang Seng Index]] as the "[[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] of Hong Kong"?
* ... that Bach's early cantata '''[[Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196|''Der Herr denket an uns'', BWV 196]]''', was possibly composed for the wedding of the minister who performed Bach's first wedding in [[Dornheim]]?
* ... that '''''[[The Lab (video game)|The Lab]]''''', a virtual reality game by [[Valve Corporation|Valve]], is set in the ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'' universe and features [[pocket universe]]s?
* ... that on this day in 1993, former [[Italian Communist Party]] politician '''[[Augusto Barbera]]''' served for several hours as a Minister in the [[Ciampi Cabinet]]?
* ... that in Reformed theology, '''[[Reformed baptismal theology|baptism]]''' is believed to be a replacement for [[circumcision]] as a rite signifying [[forgiveness of sin]]?
* ... that the '''[[Museum of Socialist Art, Sofia|Museum of Socialist Art]]''' was established in [[Sofia]] in 2011 amidst a controversy over its name, which was initially proposed as "Museum of Totalitarian Art"?
* ... that '''''[[Sairat]]''''', which is set to be released today, is the first Indian film to include a symphonic score recorded in [[Hollywood]]?

*'''''03:51, 29 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that when [[Pennsylvania]] legislators pushed a bill [[Salus-Grady libel law|banning caricatures of politicians as animals]], cartoonist '''[[Walt McDougall]]''' ''(pictured)'' drew them as a tree, a beer mug, and assorted vegetables?
* ... that '''''[[Kashf al-Asrar]]''''' (''The Unveiling of Secrets'') was written by [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] to answer the criticisms of [[Shia Islam]] published in a pamphlet titled ''The Thousand-Year Secrets''?
* ... that Norwegian terrorist '''[[Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow]]''' took part in [[Westgate shopping mall attack|killing 63 people at a shopping mall in Kenya]]?
* ... that the upcoming film '''''[[Allied (film)|Allied]]''''', scripted by [[Steven Knight]], is based on a true story personally told to Knight at the age of 21?
* ... that '''[[Jessie Rose]]''' started her career playing a variety of [[soprano]] roles, but later became the principal [[mezzo-soprano]] of the [[D'Oyly Carte Opera Company]]?
* ... that the 12th-century baptismal font of '''[[St Mary's Church, Llanfair-yn-Neubwll]]''', was moved away for safekeeping when the church was closed?
* ... that '''[[Tom Bass (horse trainer)|Tom Bass]]''' was born a slave but trained horses for [[Theodore Roosevelt]], [[Will Rogers]], and [[Buffalo Bill Cody]]?
* ... that despite mentioning her in five of his speeches, [[Demosthenes]] '''[[Women in Classical Athens|never spoke his mother's name]]'''?

===28 April 2016===
*'''''11:06, 28 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the interior of the '''[[Jami Masjid, Khambhat]]''', ''(pictured)'' has an open courtyard with 100 columns built from ruins of Hindu and Jain temples?
* ... that '''[[Bogna Burska]]'''{{`s}} initial painting compositions were narratives of congealed blood forms made with red paints applied by fingers on walls, canvas, and glass?
* ... that an inscription in '''[[Harran, as-Suwayda|Harran]]''' dated from 568 CE is among the earliest known appearances of [[Arabic]] in [[Syria]]?
* ... that soprano '''[[Tamara Wilson]]''' won the [[Richard Tucker Award]], "one of the most prestigious prizes in opera"?
* ... that the '''[[2014 Hotel Amalo attack|Hotel Amalo suicide car bombing]]''' was perpetrated by a 60-year-old [[Labour Party (Norway)|Norwegian Labour Party]] supporter and [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]] member?
* ... that '''[[Bonnie Sveen]]''' played two different characters in the Australian soap opera ''[[Home and Away]]''?
* ... that the '''[[United States Coast Guard Pipe Band|United States Coast Guard tartan]]''' is patterned in a ten-thread count to represent the first ten ships of the [[United States Revenue Cutter Service|Revenue-Marine]]?
* ... that '''[[Jamie Ramsay]]''' claimed he ate [[iguana]] on his {{convert|17,000|km}} run from [[Vancouver]] to [[Buenos Aires]]?

===27 April 2016===
*'''''22:51, 27 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that competition for the contract to build '''[[Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151|Singapore's first MRT trains]]''' (''pictured'') was so fierce that it involved last-minute discounts, offers of free parts, and allegations of sabotage?
* ... that the Brazilian football defender '''[[Marquinhos]]''' was surprised by how many goals he scored after joining [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]?
* ... that the first shots of the [[Great Syrian Revolt]] occurred at the village of '''[[Urman, Syria|Urman]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Marion Boulton Stroud]]''' created [[The Fabric Workshop and Museum|The Fabric Workshop]] as a place for artists "to explore, to take liberties, to be a studio and laboratory of new design"?
* ... that the '''[[Welsh Church (Temporalities) Act 1919]]''' led to a Welsh bishop expressing his desire that the [[Church of England]] never be disestablished?
* ... that decades before '''[[Han Xu]]''' became [[Ambassadors of China|China's ambassador]] to the United States, he was a guerrilla fighter who helped rescue American pilots shot down by the Japanese?
* ... that one of the claims of [[Propaganda in North Korea|North Korean propaganda]] is that there is no '''[[taxation in North Korea]]'''?
* ... that the contralto '''[[Caroline Trevor]]''', who has been a member of [[The Tallis Scholars]] for over three decades, broke a tradition of nine centuries when she became a singer at [[St Paul's Cathedral]]?

*'''''10:36, 27 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that as a boy, '''[[Charlie Applewhite]]''' ''(pictured)'' sang on [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] street corners when his allowance ran out?
* ... that both the highest and lowest temperatures in [[South America]] '''[[Climate of Argentina|were recorded in Argentina]]'''?
* ... that the [[Cheltenham Gold Cup]]-winning racehorse '''[[Gay Donald]]''' enjoyed [[liquorice allsorts]] and sardine sandwiches?
* ... that the 1930 song '''''[[It Happened in Monterey]]''''' fell out of popularity until it was revived by [[Frank Sinatra]] in 1956?
* ... that some '''[[instant pudding]]s''' are [[Veganism|vegan]]?
* ... that the '''[[Rudra Mahalaya Temple]]''' is an ancient ruined temple complex built to lavish proportions during the 12th century by the [[Jayasimha Siddharaja]] of the [[Solanki dynasty]]?
* ... that '''[[Charlotte Kerwood]]''' was 15 when she won her first [[Commonwealth Games]] gold medal?
* ... that if you are [[Miscarriage of justice|wrongly convicted]] in the United States and you do not '''[[petition for review]]''' of your case, you may not be able to [[Habeas corpus|challenge your conviction]] in the future?

===26 April 2016===
*'''''22:21, 26 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the McBride Creek bridge ''(pictured)'' of the '''[[Columbia and Nehalem Valley Railroad]]''' was built from horizontal logs?
* ... that at the start of his career, '''[[Fulke Johnson Houghton]]''' was the youngest licensed [[horse trainer|racehorse trainer]] in Britain?
* ... that '''[[meanness]]''' is a personal quality whose classical form, discussed by many from [[Aristotle]] to [[Thomas Aquinas]], characterizes it as a vice of "lowness", but whose modern form deals more with cruelty?
* ... that the 13th-century Welsh nobleman '''[[Tudur Hen]]''' was the direct ancestor of the [[House of Tudor]], and introduced the name to the line?
* ... that development of the '''[[Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital]]''' in Vaughan, Canada, was delayed four years because of a [[land use]] dispute?
* ... that '''[[Herbert L. Packer]]''' proposed two models for the U.S. criminal justice system, [[crime control]] and [[due process]], which became influential in criminal policy debates?
* ... that five schoolchildren and their leader's assistant died in a blizzard in the 1971 '''[[Cairngorm Plateau Disaster]]''' when they failed to reach the Curran shelter in the [[Scottish Highlands]]?
* ... that '''[[Zohreh Tabatabai]]''' coordinated with more than 100 [[Head of state|heads of state]] to plan the [[United Nations]]' Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration?

*'''''10:06, 26 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after the ''[[Kraft Music Hall]]'' television show aired a recipe for '''[[clam dip]]''' ''(example pictured)'' in the early 1950s, [[Canning|canned]] clams in New York City sold out within 24 hours?
* ... that Tokyo-born archeologist '''[[Carl Whiting Bishop]]''' served in U.S. naval intelligence during World War I?
* ... that the '''[[2008 AMP Energy 500]]''' saw a record-breaking 28 race drivers leading at least one lap in the [[Sprint Cup Series|NASCAR Sprint Cup Series]]?
* ... that '''[[Gu Xiulian]]''' was China's first female provincial governor?
* ... that ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "'''[[The Burns Cage]]'''" takes its name from ''[[The Birdcage]]'', a film starring ''Simpsons'' voice actor [[Hank Azaria]]?
* ... that American painter '''[[Edith Emerson]]''' was the curator and director of the [[Woodmere Art Museum]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] for over 30 years?
* ... that the [[Hindu]] text '''''[[Natya Shastra]]''''' is an ancient encyclopedic treatise on the [[performing arts]]?
* ... that the British poet '''[[Anne Penny]]''' was criticised for having poor grammar?

===25 April 2016===
*'''''21:51, 25 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Raymond Cazallis Davis]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first to offer a college course in [[bibliography]]?
* ... that one doughnut shop chain uses an estimated one billion '''[[disposable cup]]s''' per year, enough to circle the Earth twice?
* ... that [[wide receiver]] '''[[T. J. Acree]]''' was a [[Walk-on (sports)|walk-on]] in college but went on to play in the [[Canadian Football League]]?
* ... that "'''[[The Royal Welch Fusiliers (march)|The Royal Welch Fusiliers]]'''" is the only march written by [[John Philip Sousa]] for a [[British Army]] regiment?
* ... that the couple '''[[Janie Tsao|Janie]]''' and '''[[Victor Tsao]]''' started [[Linksys]] in their garage, and sold it for half a billion dollars?
* ... that the '''''[[Woodstock Observer]]''''' was the second attempt to establish a newspaper in [[Woodstock, Vermont]]?
* ... that on his '''''[[One Voice (Aled Jones album)|One Voice]]''''' album, [[Aled Jones]] performed duets with himself?

*'''''09:36, 25 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the first exhibition of '''''[[Metempsychosis (Yokoyama Taikan)|Metempsychosis]]''''' ''(detail pictured)'' was abandoned after only a few hours due to the [[1923 Great Kantō earthquake|Great Kantō earthquake]]?
* ... that Ottoman politician '''[[Mehmet Celal Bey]]''' is known as the Turkish [[Oscar Schindler]] for having saved many lives during the [[Armenian Genocide]]?
* ... that '''''[[In for a Penny, In for a Pound]]''''' is regarded as just the third album by a jazz composer to win the [[Pulitzer Prize for Music]]?
* ... that '''[[David A. Shirley]]''' was the first chemist to become the director of the [[Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory]]?
* ... that the '''[[Primrose International Viola Archive]]''' at [[Brigham Young University]] is said to be haunted?
* ... that the '''[[Darkhuang]]''' gong's cultural usage in [[Mizoram]] is as a dowry gift demanded by the bride's parents?
* ... that the '''[[Lafayette Welcoming Parade of 1824 (New York)|Lafayette Welcoming Parade of 1824]]''' has been described as "New York's first all-out welcoming parade"?
* ... that '''[[Elspeth Beard]]''' was the first [[English people|English]] woman to ride a motorcycle around the world?

===24 April 2016===
*'''''21:21, 24 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that painter '''[[Guan Zilan]]''' ''(pictured)'', once an art world favourite, became largely forgotten in Communist China and rediscovered photos of her were mistaken for images of the movie star [[Ruan Lingyu]]?
* ... that [[Meghan Trainor]] considered "'''[[Dear Future Husband]]'''" to be one of the strongest tracks on ''[[Title (Meghan Trainor album)|Title]]''?
* ... that [[Steaming|steamed]] '''[[banana cake]]''' is found in [[Chinese cuisine]], [[Indonesian cuisine]] and [[Vietnamese cuisine]]?
* ... that '''[[Denis Smith (footballer, born 1947)|Denis Smith]]''' suffered so many broken bones, he was named in the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of Records]] as the most injured man in association football?
* ... that despite winning the '''[[2008 UAW-Dodge 400]]''', [[Carl Edwards]] was penalized 100 drivers' points for a loose lid on his car's oil reservoir encasement?
* ... that the '''[[Battle of Tulgas]]''' is also called "The Battle of [[Armistice Day]]"?
* ... that on 14 April 2016, 15-year-old '''[[Jenna Jones]]''' and 16-year-old '''[[Emily Beecroft]]''' were named as members of the [[Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Australian Paralympic Team]]?
* ... that '''[[Conair Aviation Flight 448]]''', a flight meant to fight wildfires, inadvertently started one?

*'''''09:06, 24 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Community Transit]]''' in the [[Seattle metropolitan area|Seattle area]] has a fleet of 45 [[double-decker bus]]es ''(example pictured)'', the second-largest fleet among [[public transit]] agencies in the United States?
* ... that the footballer '''[[Ray Jones (footballer, born 1988)|Ray Jones]]''', who died at 18, was described as [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]]' own [[Wayne Rooney]]?
* ... that '''''[[The Electro-Magnetic and Mechanics Intelligencer]]''''' was the first newspaper printed on [[printing press| a press]] run by electricity?
* ... that '''[[Humira Saqib]]''' started educating the [[Women's rights in Afghanistan|women of Afghanistan]] through her magazine ''Negah-e-Zan'' on their rights and to "tell women that we have great ideas, and the ability to make those ideas a reality"?
* ... that [[Boudewijn Zenden]] scored a [[penalty kick]] for [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] in the '''[[2004 Football League Cup Final]]''', despite slipping over in the process?
* ... that '''''[[The Indigo Book]]''''' is a [[public domain]] version of the ''[[Bluebook]]''?
* ... that '''[[Sahwat al-Khudr]]''' is named after an ancient [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] church in the village dedicated to [[Saint George]], who is known to Muslims as "al-Khudr"?
* ... that '''[[Emily Temple-Wood]]''' says she will create a [[Wikipedia]] article about a [[Women in science|woman scientist]] for every harassing email she receives?

===23 April 2016===
*'''''11:10, 23 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Harvard University]] is holding a conference today on '''[[Sha Fei]]''', "The Photographer Who Shaped Modern China" ''(sample photograph pictured)''?
* ... that the [[Beeching cuts]] resulted in the closure of '''[[Groeslon railway station]]''' in Wales, despite the expansion of the station 17 years earlier?
* ... that in order to move to Los Angeles to be an actress, '''[[Emma Stone]]''' prepared a [[Microsoft PowerPoint|PowerPoint]] presentation to convince her parents?
* ... that '''[[Starbreeze Studios]]''' was once working on a video game set within the ''[[Bourne (film series)|Bourne]]'' universe?
* ... that [[National Security Agency|NSA]] [[cryptanalysis|cryptanalyst]] '''[[Dorothy Blum]]''' was using the [[Fortran]] programming language three years before its public release in 1957?
* ... that in '''''[[The Boy Next Door (film)|The Boy Next Door]]''''' the main character receives a first-edition printed copy of [[Homer]]'s ''[[Iliad]]''?
* ... that despite being removed from the [[Honduras at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Honduras Olympic team]] and [[Olympic Village]], '''[[Polin Belisle]]''' still competed in the [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|Olympic marathon]]?
* ... that paleontologists cannot determine whether '''''[[Dispersituberoolithus]]''''', a type of [[fossil egg]], was laid by a [[bird]] or a non-avian [[dinosaur]]?

===22 April 2016===
*'''''22:55, 22 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Barack Obama|President Obama]] is the first sitting U.S. president to conduct a '''[[White House Passover Seder|Passover Seder in the White House]]''' ''(pictured)'', which he has done annually since 2009?
* ... that with over 50 million copies in print, the '''[[Maxwell House Haggadah]]''' is the best known and most popular Passover [[Haggadah]] among American Jews?
* ... that '''[[Gérard Lhéritier]]'''{{`s}} career took off when he discovered [[balloon mail]]?
* ... that during [[Passover]], some people use [[matzah]] '''[[matzah pizza|as a substitute]]''' for traditional [[pizza]] crusts?
* ... that in times past, the head of the household would go out to the street to say '''''[[Ha Lachma Anya]]''''', thus inviting poor people to join him at the [[Passover Seder]]?
* ... that '''''[[L'Shana Haba'ah]]''''' is sung at the end of the [[Passover Seder]]?
* ... that [[common hogweed]] was originally the main ingredient of '''[[borscht]]'''?

*'''''10:00, 22 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Robert Gibbon Johnson|Colonel Johnson]]''' ''(pictured)'', who was imprisoned by the British at the age of seven, became famous for eating tomatoes?
* ... that the ruler of the '''[[Banu Kanz]]''', a mixed [[Arab]]-[[Beja people|Beja]] tribe, regulated the [[Fatimid Caliphate]]'s diplomatic and commercial relations with [[Kingdom of Makuria|Nubia]]?
* ... that Swedish writer '''[[Eva Alexanderson]]''' translated works by [[Umberto Eco]], [[Simone de Beauvoir]], [[Albert Camus]], [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]], and [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]?
* ... that the '''[[Harmony Gold Mine Cricket Club A Ground]]''' holds the record for some of the lowest scores by the [[Free State cricket team]]?
* ... that the tomb of [[Henry VIII]]'s ancestor at '''[[St Gredifael's Church, Penmynydd|St Gredifael's Church]]''' was vandalised by pilgrims who thought it had healing powers?
* ... that [[Svetoslav Roerich]], one of the '''[[List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1960–69)|recipients of the Padma Bhushan award in the 1960s]]''', is the only artist whose three portraits are displayed at the [[Parliament House (India)|Central Hall of Indian Parliament]]?
* ... that the library at [[Queen Mary University of London]] was named after an expert in Welsh history, '''[[Caroline Skeel]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Hammer Historical Collection of Incandescent Electric Lamps|a collection of light bulbs]]''' was bought by [[General Electric]] in 1912 for $10,000 and by 1931 was valued at over a million dollars?

===21 April 2016===
*'''''21:45, 21 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Catherine Zeta-Jones]]'''{{`}} ''(pictured)'' wedding ceremony cost an estimated £1.5 million?
* ... that '''[[blueberry sauce]]''' can be used to prepare blueberry [[Martini (cocktail)|Martini]]s?
* ... that, with 6000 members, '''[[Central Jamaat-e Ahl-e Sunnat]]''' is [[Islam in Norway|Norway]]'s largest [[mosque]]?
* ... that '''''[[Iris timofejewii]]''''' is a rare and endangered iris threatened by overgrazing?
* ... that '''[[Derick Adamson]]''' won the 1984 and 1985 [[Philadelphia Marathon]]s?
* ... that '''[[Shuangyu]]''', an international [[entrepôt]] used by Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese traders and smugglers, was destroyed by the [[Ming dynasty]] in 1548?
* ... that '''[[Gerri Major]]''' was the first African American woman to announce programs on commercial radio?
* ... that the 14th-century tower of '''[[St Mary's Church, Caldicot]]''', was not completed until the 16th century?

*'''''09:30, 21 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that on the {{convert|3077|m|adj=on}}-high '''[[Jinding|Golden Summit]]''' stands a {{convert|48|m|adj=on}}-tall [[stupa]] of the Ten-Faced [[Samantabhadra]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that after death of [[Muhammad al-Mahdi]]'s father, al-Mahdi appointed '''[[Uthman ibn Sa'id al-Asadi]]''' as his representative, making al-Asadi the main link between al-Mahdi and the [[Shia]] community?
* ... that Marshal [[Lin Biao]] attempted to flee China from '''[[Qinhuangdao Shanhaiguan Airport]]''', but was killed when his plane crashed in Mongolia?
* ... that '''[[Interstate 97]]''' is the shortest 2-digit mainline [[Interstate Highway System|Interstate Highway]] and only intracounty 2-digit Interstate in the [[contiguous United States]]?
* ... that the art historian '''[[Graham Reynolds (art historian)|Graham Reynolds]]''' wrote the ''[[catalogue raisonné]]'' of the works of [[John Constable]]?
* ... that '''''[[Gobioolithus]]''''' is a type of fossil bird egg that often contains embryos with well-developed wings?
* ... that '''[[Peregrin Saxon]]''' was the first [[Bishop of Bosnia]] to reside in Bosnia since '''[[Ponsa]]''' was driven out by [[Bosnian Church|heretics]] a century earlier?
* ... that '''[[Joe's Steaks + Soda Shop]]''' in Philadelphia changed its business name in 2013 because the name it had used for 64 years was controversial?

===20 April 2016===
*'''''21:15, 20 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Flag of South Africa (1928–1994)|former flag of South Africa]]''' ''(pictured)'' was created as a compromise but later came to be viewed as a symbol of [[apartheid]]?
* ... that in the United States, '''''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]''''' was the best-selling game of 2001, and the second best-selling game of 2002, behind only [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City|its sequel]]?
* ... that the name of '''[[Maenan Hall]]''', a [[Listed building|Grade I listed building]] near [[Llanddoged]], Wales, means "place of the big stone" in [[Welsh language|Welsh]]?
* ... that biologist '''[[Katherine Sanford]]''' was the first person to successfully [[Cloning#Cell cloning|clone]] a mammal cell ''[[in vitro]]''?
* ... that the [[Hindu mythology|Hindu mythical beast]] '''[[Supratika#Supratika (Bhagadatta's elephant)|Supratika]]''' – [[Bhagadatta]]'s elephant – nearly killed [[Bhima]] during the [[Kurukshetra War]]?
* ... that in a 2014 [[Sussex Cricket League]] Premier Division match against [[Horsham Cricket Club|Horsham]], '''[[Philip Salt]]''' scored 200 [[not out]] from just 129 [[Delivery (cricket)|balls]]?
* ... that city officials in [[Plymouth, Minnesota]], opposed the idea of a {{convert|240000|sqft|adj=on}} [[Walmart]] Supercenter replacing the '''[[Four Seasons Mall]]'''?
* ... that South Korean politician '''[[Choo Mi-ae]]''' has been compared to [[Joan of Arc]]?

*'''''09:00, 20 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[camaron rebosado]]''' ''(example pictured)'' is a [[Philippine cuisine|Philippine dish]] that has a Spanish name, but originated in China?
* ... that the [[detective fiction]] writer '''[[Soeman Hs]]''' is considered a pioneer of the Indonesian short story for his collection '''''[[Kawan Bergeloet]]'''''?
* ... that ''[[Orange Is the New Black]]'' is the '''[[List of accolades received by Orange Is the New Black|first series to receive Emmy Award nominations]]''' in both the comedy and drama categories?
* ... that environmental and children's rights activist '''[[Rosemary Edna Sinclair]]''' was named [[Miss Australia]] 1960?
* ... that after the [[Sudeten German Party]] was banned, its followers in areas that remained in [[Czechoslovakia]] regrouped as the '''[[German People's Group in Czecho-Slovakia|German People's Group]]'''?
* ... that rags-to-riches [[Colony of Virginia|colonial Virginia]] slave owner '''[[Samuel Gist]]''' owned as many as 1000 slaves, most of whom were [[Manumission|freed]] after his death?
* ... that [[Tewdrig|St Tewdric]]'s axed or speared skull is purportedly buried under the altar of '''[[St Tewdric's Church]]'''?
* ... that the pilot of '''[[Carson Air Flight 66]]''' flew his plane while intoxicated?

===19 April 2016===
*'''''20:45, 19 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in the Hindu epic ''[[Mahabharata]]'', the [[Nāga]] princess '''[[Ulupi]]''' ''(pictured with her husband)'' is said to have restored her dead [[Arjuna|husband]]'s life?
* ... that [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]'s [[Hugo Award for Best Novel|Hugo]] and [[Nebula Award for Best Novel|Nebula]] award-winning 1969 novel '''''[[The Left Hand of Darkness]]''''' is set on a fictional planet whose people are [[Androgyny|neither male nor female]] for most of their sexual cycle?
* ... that '''[[Seán Kinsella]]''' is regarded as Ireland's first [[celebrity chef]]?
* ... that [[Richard Strauss|Strauss]] composed the cantata '''''[[Taillefer (Strauss)|Taillefer]]''''', based on a romantic medieval tale and set for three soloists, an eight-part choir, and a large orchestra, for the centenary of the [[Heidelberg University]]?
* ... that during the '''[[attempted theft of George Washington's head]]''', the body of [[Bushrod Washington]] was accidentally decapitated?
* ... that in 1970, [[Prince Charles]] became '''[[Education of the British Royal Family|the first heir to the British throne to complete a university degree]]'''?
* ... that [[Cell biology|cell biologist]] '''[[Ruth Lehmann]]''' studied [[Nanos (gene)|maternal effect genes]] in [[Drosophila melanogaster|fruit flies]]?
* ... that many people believe there is no such thing as '''[[Welsh cuisine|Welsh food]]'''?

*'''''06:20, 19 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that sixty oxen were used to haul the [[siege engine]] that helped force '''[[Newcastle Emlyn Castle]]''' ''(pictured)'' to surrender in 1287?
* ... that [[Federal Emergency Management Agency|FEMA]]'s "'''[[Documents for Contingencies (Other than a Plan D Situation) Which Justify Application of Emergency Measures on a National Scale|Other than a Plan D Situation]]'''" file includes draft legislation to waive penalties for the late-filing of [[income tax]] by persons residing in cities destroyed by nuclear attack?
* ... that the student body at [[Kennebec Valley Community College]] grew from 100 to 3,300 during '''[[Barbara W. Woodlee]]'''{{`s}} nearly three decades as president?
* ... that '''[[Campaign 972]]''' attacked [[Paksong]] 15 minutes after a ceasefire ended the [[Laotian Civil War]]?
* ... that '''[[Minna Salami]]''', a woman journalist of Nigeria, is actively participating on African women's issues through her award-winning blog called ''MsAfropolitan''?
* ... that '''[[Carew Tidal Mill]]''' is the only restored [[tide mill]] in Wales?
* ... that '''[[All Saints' Church, Southampton|All Saints' Church]]''', which was attended by [[Jane Austen]] when she lived in [[Southampton]], was destroyed in the Second World War?
* ... that the '''[[WWE Women's Championship (2016–present)|WWE Women's Championship]]''' was created because female wrestlers felt that the former [[WWE Divas Championship|Divas Championship]] diminished them to "eye candy"?

===18 April 2016===
*'''''17:15, 18 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Planned Parenthood]]''' was conceived 100 years ago in [[Brooklyn]] when [[Margaret Sanger]] ''(pictured)'', her sister Ethel Byrne, and [[Fania Mindell]] distributed [[birth control]] plus advice, and were soon arrested?
* ... that [[John Logie Baird]]'s '''[[Telechrome]]''' was the first single-tube [[color television]] display, and could also display [[Stereoscopy|stereoscopic]] (3D) images?
* ... that historian '''[[Howard Henry Peckham]]''' discovered that [[American Revolutionary War]] deaths were much higher than previously assumed, totaling about 25,000?
* ... that during the [[Industrial Revolution]], the '''[[Coal industry in Wales|Welsh coal industry]]''' was at the forefront of the development of new [[Coal mining|mining technologies]]?
* ... that '''[[Yi Qiu]]''' was the first recorded [[weiqi]] player?
* ... that more than 10 wrestlers have worn the '''''[[Los Espantos|Espanto]]''''' mask, including '''[[Espanto I]]''', '''[[Espanto II]]''', '''[[Espanto III]]''', '''[[Espanto IV and V]]''', '''''[[Los Hijos del Espanto]]''''', [[Espanto Jr.]], his son [[Espanto Jr. (CMLL)|Espanto Jr.]], and ''[[Mini-Estrella]]'' '''[[Espantito]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[Malator]]''' is known locally as the "[[Teletubbies|Teletubby]] house"?

*'''''05:30, 18 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the painter '''[[Ivan Aivazovsky]]''' ''(work pictured)'' threw away his Ottoman medals to protest large-scale [[Hamidian massacres|massacres of Armenians]]?
* ... that the [[Atari 2600]] game '''''[[Adventure (Atari 2600)|Adventure]]''''' contained the first well-known instance of a video game [[Easter egg (media)|Easter egg]]?
* ... that despite indicating willingness to renew his contract with a Portuguese club, Portuguese footballer '''[[Rúben Fernandes]]''' signed with a newly promoted Belgian one instead?
* ... that '''[[Octaware Technologies]]''' is India's first company claiming [[Sharia]] compliance that has been approved for listing on the [[Bombay Stock Exchange]]?
* ... that early in her career, '''[[List of awards and nominations received by Emma Stone|Emma Stone won]]''' the [[Young Hollywood Award]] for Exciting New Face?
* ... that the '''[[New York City Subway]]''' is the largest [[List of metro systems|rapid transit system]] in the world by number of stations, with [[New York City Subway stations|469 stations]] in operation?
* ... that '''[[Li Ye (poet)|Li Ye]]''', a [[Taoism|Taoist]] nun and [[courtesan]] renowned for her beauty and talent in poetry, was executed for treason?
* ... that '''[[St Mary's Church, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll|St Mary's Church]]''' forms part of the name of [[Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch|Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch]]?

===17 April 2016===
*'''''17:45, 17 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Peniel Chapel]]''' ''(pictured)'' changed the practice of the traditional interior of a Welsh church to that of a [[Theater (building)|theatre building]] with a ramped gallery floor for an auditorium experience?
* ... that conservation biologist '''[[Leela Hazzah]]''' began a program teaching [[Maasai people|Maasai hunters]] to protect lions instead of hunt them?
* ... that Jerusalem's first printing press was established in the '''[[Armenian Quarter]]'''?
* ... that Indian nationalist '''[[Santi Ghose]]''' assassinated a British magistrate when she was 15 years old?
* ... that the large [[pre-Columbian era|pre-Columbian]] [[Maya civilization|Maya city]] of '''[[Cihuatán]]''', in central [[El Salvador]], was destroyed by a massive fire within 150 years of being founded?
* ... that in 1953, '''[[Philipp Meyer (politician)|Philipp Meyer]]''' became the first former [[Nazi Party|Nazi]] [[Kreisleiter]] [[West German federal election, 1953|elected]] to the West German [[Bundestag]]?
* ... that an 18th-century recipe for the vegetarian '''[[Glamorgan sausage]]''' references the use of [[pork]] as an ingredient?
* ... that '''[[Chen Run'er]]''' was recently appointed Governor of China's [[Henan]] Province, despite the prediction of his downfall by a [[Radio Free Asia]] columnist?

*'''''06:00, 17 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[List of compositions by Peter Maxwell Davies|compositions by Peter Maxwell Davies]]''' ''(pictured)'' include ten symphonies, ten ''[[Strathclyde Concertos]]'', ten ''[[Naxos Quartets]]'', and the monodrama ''[[Eight Songs for a Mad King]]''?
* ... that '''[[Ralph Milne]]''' worked as a casual labourer in the same season that he played for Dundee United in the semi-final of the European Cup?
* ... that [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]] worked in the Neo-Baroque '''[[Sarmadzhiev House]]''' in [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]] and his office has been preserved as a small museum?
* ... that '''[[Bu Xiaolin]]''', her father '''[[Buhe (politician)‎|Buhe]]''', and her grandfather [[Ulanhu]] have all served as Chairman of [[Inner Mongolia]]?
* ... that the '''[[Flag of the Church in Wales]]''' was adopted following the split of the Church in Wales from the Church of England?
* ... that '''[[Phillip Adams (sport shooter)|Phillip Adams]]''', an Australian farmer, co-holds the record for the most medals won at the [[Commonwealth Games]]?
* ... that according to chef [[Fergus Henderson]], drinking a [[Black Velvet (beer cocktail)|Black Velvet]] at '''[[Sweetings]]''' "puts you in the mood for romance"?
* ... that Dr. '''[[George Fell]]''', a pioneer of life-saving [[mechanical respiration]] techniques in the 1880s, also had a role in designing the first [[electric chair]] used for an execution?

===16 April 2016===
*'''''12:10, 16 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[stroganina]]''' ''(example pictured)'' is a popular [[List of raw fish dishes|raw fish]] dish among native [[Siberia]]ns?
* ... that '''[[Bertha Badt-Strauss]]''' was one of the first women in [[Prussia]] to receive a doctoral degree?
* ... that in order to film a scene for the "'''[[Give It All]]'''" [[music video]], the film crew was forced to sneak into a local zoo?
* ... that a [[Newfoundland (dog)|Newfoundland]] dog serves as both a [[Military mascot|mascot]] and a [[Animal-assisted therapy|rehabilitation animal]] for Australian military personnel detained at the '''[[Defence Force Correctional Establishment (Australia)|Defence Force Correctional Establishment]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Vasile Moga]]''' was the first [[Romanian Orthodox]] bishop of [[Transylvania]] in over a century?
* ... that the species name of the ant '''''[[Dolichoderus pinguis]]''''' is taken from the Latin word meaning "fat"?
* ... that the first [[test match (rugby union)|test match]] of [[rugby union]]'s professional era was played during the '''[[1995 Wales rugby union tour of South Africa]]'''?
* ... that conceptual artist '''[[Maria Anwander]]''' French-kissed a wall at [[Museum of Modern Art|MoMA]] without authorization?

*'''''00:00, 16 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that when three and a half years old, '''[[Elizabeth Randles]]''' ''(depicted)'' played piano for [[George III|King George III]] and his family?
* ... that the former [[Motte-and-bailey castle|motte-and-bailey]] '''[[Barland Castle]]''' is thought to have originally been called "Bernoldune", the name changing gradually over the following centuries?
* ... that '''''[[Drishyam]]''''' became the second film to show for 100 days in the [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]], after ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (1997)?
* ... that [[Jennifer Lopez]] described the concept behind her song "'''[[Ain't Your Mama]]'''" as "very empowering"?
* ... that the second '''[[Horn Island Light]]''' was destroyed in the [[1906 Mississippi hurricane]], killing the keeper and his family?
* ... that '''[[Nisha Ayub]]''' has said she could be stripped naked and killed, but her [[transgender]] identity could not be taken from her?
* ... that [[Donald Knuth]]'s analysis of the '''[[linear probing]]''' strategy for resolving [[Collision (computer science)|collisions]] in [[hash table]]s has been called "a landmark in the analysis of algorithms"?
* ... that Welshmen are sometimes called '''[[sheep shagger]]s'''?

===15 April 2016===
*'''''12:10, 15 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that an architect who despised the design of '''[[Old College, Aberystwyth]]''' ''(pictured)'' was fired from working on it amid fears that his plans would prove too expensive?
* ... that the '''[[Arena México 60th Anniversary Show]]''' celebrates the completion of [[Arena México]] in 1956, the largest venue ever built specifically for [[professional wrestling]]?
* ... that '''[[Matthew N. Levy]]''' has been referred to as "the father of [[neurocardiology]]"?
* ... that the '''[[Brooke Bond Taj Mahal Tea House]]''' is [[Hindustan Unilever]]'s first tea restaurant business?
* ... that a line in the single "'''[[Game On (song)|Game On]]'''" by the Welsh band [[Catatonia (band)|Catatonia]] appeared in one of the tracks on their original [[Demo (music)|demos]]?
* ... that the extinct ant genus '''''[[Paraneuretus]]''''' is known from amber and compression fossils?
* ... that according to a former editor of ''[[The Observer]]'', '''[[Nora Beloff]]''' "had one of the most distinguished careers any woman has had in British journalism"?
* ... that an '''[[The Importance of Being Earnest (opera)|Earnest]]''' performance necessitates the rhythmic smashing of forty dinner plates?

*'''''00:25, 15 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that many '''[[antlion]]''' larvae dig pit traps to catch prey?
* ... that '''''[[The Sound of a Flower]]''''' is based on the life of Jin Chae-seon, who became [[Joseon]]'s first female ''[[pansori]]'' singer in 1867, when women were forbidden to perform on stage?
* ... that the '''[[Gerard Behar Center]]''', today a major [[arts centre]] in [[Jerusalem]], was the site of the 1961 trial of Nazi leader [[Adolf Eichmann]]?
* ... that the shell of '''''[[Incognitoolithus]]''''', the largest known North American fossil [[bird egg]] from the [[Eocene]], bears possible peck-marks from a predatory bird?
* ... that the [[medical genetics|medical geneticist]] '''[[Meena Upadhyaya]]''' has developed tests to diagnose more than 20 genetic diseases?
* ... that the [[Thoroughbred]] '''[[Spark (horse)|Spark]]''' was a gift to [[Samuel Ogle]] from [[Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore|Lord Baltimore]] regifted from [[Frederick, Prince of Wales|the Prince of Wales]]?
* ... that Turkish journalist and playwright '''[[Nezihe Araz]]''' was fired from her newspaper job because a photo attached to her report showed an Arab man urinating, which angered the [[King of Iraq]]?
* ... that [[F-111 Aardvark|Aardvarks]] struck the communists during '''[[Operation Phou Phiang III]]'''?

===14 April 2016===
*'''''12:40, 14 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''''[[Croatian Apoxyomenos]]''''' ''(head pictured)'', a 2,000-year-old [[Ancient Greece|Ancient Greek]] bronze statue, was discovered on the seabed by a Belgian tourist?
* ... that '''[[Rhian Edwards (poet)|Rhian Edwards]]'''{{`}} debut book of poetry was named the [[Wales Book of the Year]]?
* ... that the female '''[[Cyclocephala lurida|southern masked chafer beetle]]''' attracts a mate by emitting a [[pheromone|volatile chemical]]?
* ... that when her uncles sought to take her land and send her to a nunnery, '''[[Hawys Gadarn]]''' took an audience with [[Edward II of England|Edward II]] and returned with English troops to take back her castle?
* ... that the 2016 documentary film '''''[[The Smart Studios Story]]''''' was [[crowdfunding|crowdfunded]] at under $125,000?
* ... that '''[[Subhashni Raj]]''' of Fiji participated in the protests at the [[2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference|2009 United Nations Climate Talks]] in Copenhagen?
* ... that [[Pu Songling]] wrote of a man and his '''[[Dragon Dormant|hibernating dragon]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Park Hall (football ground)|Park Hall]]''' is in England but is considered by [[UEFA]] to be Welsh?

*'''''00:00, 14 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Lord Baltimore penny]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first copper coin issued for circulation in the [[Thirteen Colonies]]?
* ... that Major General '''[[Carlos Brewer]]''' asked to be demoted to colonel so he could command combat troops during World War II, because he was too old to command a division as a general?
* ... that the previews of '''''[[Spec Ops: The Line]]''''', a game that depicts [[Dubai]] in a state of destruction, were banned in the [[United Arab Emirates]]?
* ... that '''[[Lin Duo]]''', the new governor of China's landlocked [[Gansu]] Province, was a navy [[submarine]]r?
* ... that "'''[[Road Rage (Catatonia song)|Road Rage]]'''" by the Welsh band [[Catatonia (band)|Catatonia]] was nominated for best song at the [[Q Awards]], the [[Brit Awards]], and the [[Ivor Novello Awards]]?
* ... that '''[[Lesley Fallowfield|Dame Lesley Fallowfield]]''' was the UK's first professor of [[psycho-oncology]]?
* ... that in [[Promo (media)|promos]] for the '''[[The Bitch Is Back (Veronica Mars)|series finale]]''' of ''[[Veronica Mars]]'', [[The CW]] billed it as a [[season finale]], even though the series had already been cancelled?
* ... that Japanese Emperor [[Hirohito]] had a [[Liverpool|Liverpudlian]] cousin named '''[[Paddy Murphy (Liverpudlian)|Paddy Murphy]]'''?

===13 April 2016===
*'''''12:00, 13 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 1893, 16-year-old '''[[Tessie Reynolds]]''' cycled from Brighton to London and back in a [[rational dress|rational]] outfit?
* ... that '''[[chestnut pie]]''' dates back to the 15th century in Italy, having been documented in an early cookbook written by [[Bartolomeo Platina]]?
* ... that Argentine president '''[[Raúl Alfonsín]]''' sponsored the [[Trial of the Juntas]] against the leaders of the [[National Reorganization Process]] military dictatorship?
* ... that the '''''[[Brighton Herald]]''''', latterly based at '''[[2–3 Pavilion Buildings, Brighton|2–3 Pavilion Buildings]]''' in Brighton, was the first newspaper in England to report Napoleon's escape from Elba?
* ... that '''[[ACE Air Cargo Flight 51|Ace Air Flight 51]]''' crashed in the same area as a 2010 plane carrying nine people including U.S. Senator [[Ted Stevens]] and former NASA administrator [[Sean O'Keefe]]?
* ... that the commoner-born '''[[Theingaba of Toungoo|Theingaba]]''' successfully established himself as the [[List of rulers of Toungoo|first king of Toungoo]] during the last years of the [[Pinya Kingdom]]?
* ... that apart from matte-[[chamfer]]ed edges and an inset [[stainless steel]] rear Apple logo, the exterior design of the '''[[iPhone SE]]''' is nearly identical to that of the [[iPhone 5S]]?
* ... that Judge [[Guido Calabresi]] believes '''[[close case]]s''' lead to [[slippery slope]]s?

*'''''00:00, 13 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Anopterus glandulosus|Tasmanian laurel]]''' ''(pictured)'' can flower in autumn after flowering in spring?
* ... that the '''[[United States military bands|regimental band]]''' of the [[U.S. Army]]'s [[369th Infantry Regiment (United States)|369th Regiment]] (the "Harlem Hellfighters Band") is credited with introducing jazz to Europe during World War I?
* ... that '''[[Dara Nusserwanji Khurody]]''' established the [[Aarey Milk Colony]] and introduced affordable [[toned milk]] in Mumbai?
* ... that over a dozen [[Military use of children|pre-teen soldiers]] served supply and communications duty during '''[[Operation Phou Phiang II]]?'''
* ... that in 1932 '''[[Margareta Suber]]''' wrote Sweden's first lesbian novel?
* ... that '''[[Basang]]''', a former slave, was the only woman leader in the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] for more than two decades?
* ... that '''''[[Saputangan]]''''', a film that follows a man who restores his beloved's eyesight, was [[Media censorship in Singapore|banned in Singapore]]?
* ... that rather than accept an appointment as bishop, Father '''[[Louis de Barth]]''' told Archbishop [[Leonard Neale]] that he would burn the [[papal bull]] nominating him and flee to the wilderness?

===12 April 2016===
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* ... that one of the oldest parts of the medieval '''[[St Mellons Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the base of the [[Baptismal font|font]], which was made from an old [[Norman architecture|Norman]] pier?
* ... that [[Vanderbilt Commodores|Vanderbilt]] athlete '''[[Oliver Kuhn|Oliver "Doc" Kuhn]]''' helped start the [[Tampa Spartans|athletics program]] at the [[University of Tampa]] and led the effort to plant ''[[podocarpus]]'' trees in [[downtown Tampa]]?
* ... that the Welsh goat's cheese '''[[Pantysgawn]]''' was created after a farmer was sent to market to buy a cow?
* ... that '''[[John Sigismund Zápolya]]''', the only [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] monarch in history, was the first [[Prince of Transylvania]]?
* ... that '''[[domestication of the Syrian hamster]]''' began in the 1930s?
* ... that in 1975 '''[[Najma Sadeque]]''' and seven others perturbed by [[Human rights in Pakistan|human rights violations in Pakistan]] established a NGO called ''Shirkat Gah''?
* ... that '''[[Graham Charlesworth]]''' has played [[first-class cricket]] in England and South Africa?
* ... that '''[[bodybuilding in China]]''' was once banned?

*'''''00:00, 12 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Welsh Mountain sheep]]''' ''(pictured)'', a traditional part of '''[[Agriculture in Wales|Welsh agriculture]]''', was described by the agriculturalist [[Arthur Young (agriculturist)|Arthur Young]] as "the most despicable of all types"?
* ... that '''[[Charles A. Cogswell]]''' was the first attorney to practice law in [[Lakeview, Oregon|Lakeview]], [[Oregon]]?
* ... that '''[[Dyserth Castle]]''' was the last of the British fortified defence castles on the [[Clwydian Range|Clwydian hills]] in the Middle Ages?
* ... that '''[[Chen Peiqiu]]''' is the best-selling Chinese woman painter?
* ... that according to the Official Charts Company, [[Lady Gaga]]'s song "'''[[Applause (Lady Gaga song)|Applause]]'''" sold over 10,000 copies within a few hours in the UK?
* ... that the sailor and navigator '''[[Michael Richey (sailor)|Michael Richey]]''' was awarded the inaugural [[John Llewellyn Rhys Prize]] for literature in 1942?
* ... that the champion [[Saddlebred]] horse '''[[Imperator (horse)|Imperator]]'''{{`s}} tail was {{convert|14|ft}} long?
* ... that Hungarian politician '''[[Béla Grünwald]]''' telegraphed the news of his death to [[Albert Apponyi|his party leader]] before committing suicide in Paris?

===11 April 2016===
*'''''12:10, 11 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Bai Yang]]''' ''(pictured)'', one of China's most popular film actresses, was imprisoned for five years during the [[Cultural Revolution]]?
* ... that the text for [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s early cantata '''''[[Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106|Actus tragicus]]''''', using Bible verses and three hymns, is similar to the sermon held at the funeral of a former mayor of [[Mühlhausen]]?
* ... that '''[[Marti Stevens (educator)|Marti Stevens]]''' used [[improvisational theatre]] to teach high school students about substance abuse, sexual abuse, and domestic violence?
* ... that [[Juhi Chaturvedi]] won two [[National Film Awards (India)|National Film Awards]] for writing [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|the screenplay and dialogues]] of '''''[[List of accolades received by Piku|Piku]]'''''?
* ... that the '''[[Igwisi Hills]]''' may be the youngest [[kimberlite]] volcanoes on Earth?
* ... that [[Meghan Trainor]]'s "'''[[Watch Me Do]]'''" references a number of rap songs?
* ... that the long-lost names of 86 Jews killed for the [[Jewish skeleton collection]] planned by Nazi anatomist [[August Hirt]] over 70 years ago were published by '''[[Hans-Joachim Lang]]'''?
* ... that singer '''[[Marina and the Diamonds]]''' took up smoking in an unsuccessful attempt to get the voice of [[Brody Dalle]] from [[The Distillers]]?

*'''''00:25, 11 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[U.S. Marine Band]], a U.S. military '''[[premier ensemble]]''', is the oldest continuously active professional music organization in the United States?
* ... that the fossil ant genus '''''[[Gerontoformica]]''''' is known from thirteen species?
* ... that Gov. '''[[Saw Yan Naung of Prome]]''' helped to tame [[Pinya Kingdom|Pinya]]'s former southern vassals for his brother, King [[Swasawke]] of [[Ava Kingdom|Ava]]?
* ... that Pakistani [[Elite Police|policeman]] '''[[Mumtaz Qadri]]''' was executed for killing the former [[Governor of Punjab, Pakistan|Governor of Punjab]] [[Salman Taseer]], who spoke against the [[Blasphemy law in Pakistan|blasphemy law]] and in favor of [[Asia Bibi blasphemy case|Asia Bibi]]?
* ... that after [[synthwave]] producer [[Com Truise]] made his third extended play '''''[[Wave 1]]''''', he said he had not realized it was really a reflection of the previous few months of his life?
* ... that '''[[International Bus Roadeo]]''' competitors must stop their [[Transit bus|buses]] within six inches of a traffic cone?
* ... that '''[[jianbing]]''' is one of the most popular street breakfasts in China?
* ... that professional American football player '''[[Nikita Whitlock]]''' was named when his father pointed at a random name in a phone book?

===10 April 2016===
*'''''12:40, 10 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Charles I of Hungary]]''' ''(pictured)'' could "[[Prefection|promote a daughter to a son]]" to entitle her to inherit her father's estates?
* ... that bioanalytical chemist '''[[Cynthia Larive]]''' uses [[Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy|NMR]] and [[mass spectroscopy]] to authenticate the contents of [[pomegranate juice]]?
* ... that the '''[[pastrami on rye]]''' sandwich has come to be a symbol of the classic New York Jewish [[Delicatessen|deli]]?
* ... that in his book '''''[[Mysterious New Mexico]]''''', [[Ben Radford]] describes the use of scientific techniques to investigate thirteen cases of purported paranormal phenomena?
* ... that according to one theory, '''[[Bintulu]]''' got its name from the gathering of severed heads from the [[headhunting]] activities in [[Sarawak]], [[Borneo]]?
* ... that '''[[Catharine van Tussenbroek]]''' settled the question of the existence of [[ovarian pregnancy]] clinically and [[histology|histologically]] in 1899?
* ... that in the '''[[Battle of Salamis (306 BC)|Battle of Salamis]]''' in 306 BC, during the [[Wars of the Diadochi|wars]] between [[Alexander the Great]]'s generals, [[Demetrius Poliorcetes]] defeated the fleet of [[Ptolemy I]] and conquered [[Cyprus]]?
* ... that both animals and plants '''[[Advertising in biology|self-advertise]]'''?

*'''''00:55, 10 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Rhodoleia championii|Hong Kong rose]]''' ''(pictured)'' is mainly pollinated by birds?
* ... that '''[[Easter Hero]]'''{{`s}} second-place finish in the [[1929 Grand National]] has been described as the greatest performance in the history of the race?
* ... that '''[[Lin Zongsu]]'''{{`s}} article reporting her discussion of [[women's suffrage]] with [[Sun Yat-sen]] brought the right to vote into the public arena in China?
* ... that '''[[Jyotisha]]''' was an ancient [[Vedas|Vedic]] study of time keeping and astronomy, that later adopted astrology ideas and the zodiac from the [[Greeks]]?
* ... that installation of the '''[[Middleton Beach shark barrier]]''' in [[Albany, Western Australia]] was delayed when sharks attacked [[Caperea marginata|pygmy whales]] just a few meters from the beach?
* ... that novelist '''[[Louie Myfanwy Thomas]]''' had to re-write one of her manuscripts after it was thrown into a fire?
* ... that in 1839, the landlord of '''[[The Angel Hotel, Abergavenny]]''' was found guilty of failing to provide sufficient hay to horses of the [[12th Royal Lancers]]?
* ... that [[Eddy Merckx]] gave the bike he used to win the '''[[1974 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|men's road race]]''' at the [[1974 UCI Road World Championships]] to [[Pope Paul VI]]?

===9 April 2016===
*'''''13:10, 9 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the 18th-century '''[[Vizianagaram fort]]'''{{`s}} [[Rajasthani architecture|Rajasthani style]] western gate ''(pictured)'' was traditionally used for removing dead bodies from the fort?
* ... that '''[[Mārtiņš Nukša]]''', an architect and a diplomat, was sentenced to death and killed during the [[Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940|Soviet occupation of Latvia]]?
* ... that the fossil ant '''''[[Camelomecia]]''''' has distinct cup-shaped mandibles?
* ... that Richard Strauss composed '''''[[Die Tageszeiten]]''''', setting poems about four times of the day, for the men's chorus that serenaded him for his 60th birthday?
* ... that the success of '''[[Elizabeth Aston]]'''{{`s}} first published novel, ''[[Mr. Darcy's Daughters]]'', encouraged the publisher to release more stories adapted from the works of [[Jane Austen]]?
* ... that when it was built in 1846, '''[[Llandinam Bridge]]''' became the first [[Cast iron#Cast-iron bridge|cast-iron bridge]] in the historic Welsh county of [[Montgomeryshire]]?
* ... that '''[[Ieremia Cecan]]''', a regional leader of the [[National Socialist Party (Romania)|Romanian Nazi Party]], campaigned for the unification of the Orthodox and Catholic churches?
* ... that in "'''[[Twenty Years a Dream]]'''", [[Pu Songling]] refers to a woman's breasts as "lotus kernels"?

*'''''01:25, 9 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Alex Ferguson]] gave '''[[Danny Higginbotham]]''' ''(pictured)'' a four-year professional contract whilst Higginbotham was serving a year-long ban from football?
* ... that the '''[[Cork Public Museum]]''' building was used to host visiting royalty in the 1900s, and as an air-raid protection office in the 1930s?
* ... that [[Beth Shapiro]]'s book '''''[[How to Clone a Mammoth]]''''' discusses the science involved in [[resurrection biology]] and how one would resurrect a [[mammoth]]?
* ... that when [[Newburgh, New York|Newburgh]] city manager '''[[Joseph Mitchell (city manager)|Joseph Mitchell]]''' summoned all the city's [[Social programs in the United States|welfare recipients]] to City Hall to investigate their legitimacy, no cases of fraud were uncovered?
* ... that for his 1973 film version of '''''[[A Doll's House (1973 Losey film)|A Doll's House]]''''', director [[Joseph Losey]] expanded [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s original script with new scenes?
* ... that the beetle '''''[[Cyclocephala castanea]]''''' has a mutually beneficial relationship with a water lily?
* ... that '''[[Kayin Ba]]''', the 14th-century governor who transformed [[Taungoo|Toungoo]] into a powerful vassal state of [[Pinya Kingdom|Pinya]], began his career as the chief of prisons?
* ... that within a day of the release of the [[Microsoft]] chatterbot '''[[Tay (bot)|Tay]]''' on [[Twitter]], it was taken offline because it started making inflammatory tweets?

===8 April 2016===
*'''''13:40, 8 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Roman temple]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' developed out of [[Greek temple|Greek]] and [[Etruscan architecture|Etruscan]] forms?
* ... that '''[[Lenny Schultz]]''' kept his day job as a high school [[gym teacher]] while gaining popularity on [[late-night talk show]]s and in comedy clubs?
* ... that '''[[Operation Black Lion III]]''' was a land grab before the [[Laotian Civil War|Secret War]] ended?
* ... that the Spanish footballer '''[[Airam López]]''' once scored three [[penalty kick]]s in the same game?
* ... that the '''[[Lamar County Historical Museum]]''' in [[Paris, Texas]], is home to the Biard Cabin, built in 1846 and now relocated inside the museum structure?
* ... that by winning the 2016 '''''[[Rebelión de los Juniors (2016)|Rebelión de los Juniors]]''''' tournament, professional wrestler Danny Casas earned a match for the [[IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship]]?
* ... that [[Azealia Banks]] originally devised '''''[[Slay-Z]]''''' as a tribute to American rapper [[Jay-Z]]?
* ... that the crab '''''[[Lauridromia dehaani]]''''' prefers to wear [[sponge]]?

*'''''01:55, 8 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the passengers of the '''[[Lawa Railway]]''' ''(rail car pictured)'' had to cross the [[Suriname River]] via cable car?
* ... that in 1958 '''[[Anil de Silva]]''' planned an all-woman expedition to China to study the cave paintings in [[Dunhuang]] and [[Maijishan Grottoes|Maijishan]] in the [[Gansu]] province?
* ... that '''''[[Something Beautiful (Jordan Smith album)|Something Beautiful]]''''' by [[Jordan Smith (musician)|Jordan Smith]] had the highest ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' debut and best sales week of any album by a contestant on ''[[The Voice (U.S. TV series)|The Voice]]''?
* ... that baseball [[pitcher]] '''[[Tim Melville]]''' underwent surgery to correct his [[pectus excavatum]] when he was 11 years old?
* ... that the '''[[Astronesthes niger|snaggletooth]]''' avoids the sea surface when the latter is illuminated?
* ... that the journalist '''[[Kamadjaja]]''' raised funds for the [[Indonesian National Revolution]] by smuggling [[opium]]?
* ... that several riders were forced to withdraw from the '''[[2016 Dwars door Vlaanderen]]''' cycling race due to travel restrictions imposed after the [[2016 Brussels bombings|Brussels bombings]] the previous day?
* ... that '''[[Joan Bates]]''' was a queen before she was a princess?

===7 April 2016===
*'''''14:10, 7 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Jordanian Armed Forces|Jordanian Army]] Chief of Staff '''[[Ali Abu Nuwar]]''' ''(pictured)'' was accused of conspiring to overthrow [[Hussein of Jordan|King Hussein]] and was consequently exiled?
* ... that singer [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] dressed up as a clown for her '''[[Madonna: Tears of a Clown|one-off acoustic show in Australia]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Shamsi Hekmat]]''' was a founder of the Jewish Ladies' Organization of Iran and the Iranian Jewish Women's Organization of Southern California?
* ... that [[Kingdom of Laos|King]] [[Sisavang Vatthana]] wanted '''[[Operation Black Lion|Black Lion]]''' to attack [[Paksong]]?
* ... that in August 2015, the term "'''[[social justice warrior]]'''" was one of several new words and phrases added to Oxford Dictionaries?
* ... that '''[[Stephen Jurika]]''' was one of 18 crewmen of the {{USS|Franklin|CV-13}} awarded the Navy Cross for their actions on 19 March 1945?
* ... that in 1921 more than 95% of the [[Polish minority in Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovak citizens of Polish ethnicity]] lived in the '''[[Těšín electoral district (Czechoslovakia)|Těšín electoral district]]'''?
* ... that after he won the '''[[Gran Alternativa 2011|2011 ''Gran Alternativa'']]''' with [[Último Guerrero]], wrestler [[Rey Escorpión|Escorpión]] anointed himself King?

*'''''00:01, 7 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that two researchers have argued that some '''[[cobble (geology)|cobbles]]''' ''(pictured)'' should be called "very small boulders"?
* ... that the Scottish international rugby player '''[[Andrew Ross (rugby union)|Andrew Ross]]''' joined the [[Canadian Expeditionary Force]] at the start of World War One?
* ... that contestants on '''''[[1000 Song Challenge]]''''' race to the microphone in order to get a chance to sing [[karaoke]]?
* ... that [[Cumans]], [[Bulgarians]], and [[Vlachs]] supported '''[[Glad (duke)|Duke Glad]]''' in the late 9th century, according to the ''[[Gesta Hungarorum]]''?
* ... that the first video game based on ''[[Star Trek]]'' was '''''[[Star Trek: Phaser Strike|Phaser Strike]]''''', released for the [[Microvision]] handheld console in 1979?
* ... that educator, author, and speaker '''[[Esther E. Wood]]''' became known as the "town historian" of [[Blue Hill, Maine]], though she disliked the moniker?
* ... that the flagship of the [[Fujian Fleet]], the '''[[Chinese corvette Yangwu|Chinese corvette ''Yangwu'']]''', was destroyed 27 seconds into the [[battle of Fuzhou|opening engagement]] of the [[Sino-French War]]?
* ... that the [[fossil egg]] '''''[[Ageroolithus]]''''' may have been laid by a [[theropod]] dinosaur?

===6 April 2016===
*'''''12:16, 6 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the celebrity vet [[Buster Lloyd-Jones]] compared living in the penthouse flat of '''[[Courtenay Gate]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Hove]] to "living in a lighthouse"?
* ... that the Irish [[rugby union|rugby]] player and physician '''[[Robertson Smyth|Major Robertson Smyth]]''' was killed by the effects of gas exposure in World War I?
* ... that the [[United States Supreme Court|U.S. Supreme Court]] '''[[Lockhart v. United States (2005)|ruled]]''' that the government can withhold [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]] payments to collect on student loans that have been delinquent for over 10 years?
* ... that '''[[Yun Bulong]]''', Chairman of [[Inner Mongolia]], was killed when a train hit his car at a railway crossing?
* ... that the proportion of [[ground beef]] that contained '''[[pink slime]]''', in the United States, declined from 70% in March 2012 to around 5% in March 2013, in part due to media coverage about it?
* ... that ''[[Hollyoaks]]'' character '''[[Diego Salvador Martinez Hernandez De La Cruz]]''' caused controversy with viewers because a [[Confederate flag]] decorated his van?
* ... that the battalions imported from [[Military Regions of Laos|Military Region 3]] during '''[[Operation Sinsay]]''' held their objective for three days before being returned?
* ... that '''[[Doris Mackinnon]]''' had a reputation for never repeating a lecture in 30 years?

*'''''00:31, 6 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Entomophily|insects that pollinate plants]]''' include butterflies, moths, beetles, flies ''(example pictured)'', wasps, and ants?
* ... that the political scientist '''[[Siobhan O'Sullivan]]''' argues that animal activists should focus on the inconsistent treatment of animals relative to other animals, not relative to humans?
* ... that the 12-gun [[gun-brig|brig]] '''[[HMS Constant (1801)|HMS ''Constant'']]''' captured at least seven French and Dutch vessels while at sea between 1806 and 1813?
* ... that the first original novel in the [[Gujarati language]], '''''[[Karan Ghelo]]''''', was published in 1866 by '''[[Nandshankar Mehta]]'''?
* ... that [[Krist Novoselic]] and [[Dave Grohl]] played their first performance together since [[Death of Kurt Cobain|the death]] of [[Kurt Cobain]] at 1994's '''[[Yoyo A Go Go]]''' punk rock festival?
* ... that '''[[Wu Qing (politician)|Wu Qing]]''' won the [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for Public Service in 2001, the first Chinese woman to receive the honour?
* ... that upon its 1641 premiere in Venice, the opera '''''[[La finta pazza]]''''' was performed twelve times in seventeen days?
* ... that the ancient [[Maya civilization|Maya]] lightning god '''[[Yopaat]]''' was said to have helped with the rebirth of the [[Maya maize god|maize god]] by breaking the shell of a turtle with his [[thunderbolt]]?

===5 April 2016===
*'''''09:06, 5 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that before he started racing, [[NASCAR]] driver '''[[Josh Reaume]]''' ''(pictured)'' grew up in [[Nigeria]] for 13 years while his parents worked in [[humanitarian aid]]?
* ... that the '''''[[Turiyatitavadhuta Upanishad]]''''' of [[Hinduism]] states the liberated person lives by the divine secret and ancient value that "there is no one different from me"?
* ... that physicist '''[[Kurt Gottfried]]''' worked on behalf of Russian dissident [[Yuri Orlov]] to obtain his release from Siberia and employment at [[Cornell University]]?
* ... that an [[March 2016 Ankara bombing|explosion in March 2016]] at '''[[Güvenpark]]''' in [[Ankara]], Turkey, caused the death of more than 30 people and injured about 100?
* ... that [[Tracey Ross]] based her soap opera performance as '''[[Eve Russell]]''' on Eve White from the film ''[[The Three Faces of Eve]]'' and Catherine Halsey from [[Ayn Rand]]'s novel ''[[The Fountainhead]]''?
* ... that the [[Transportation Security Administration]]'s program '''[[SPOT (TSA program)|SPOT]]''' was developed by psychologist [[Paul Ekman]]?
* ... that '''[[Milos Raonic]]''' is the first tennis player born in the 1990s to win an [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] title, be ranked in the top 10, and qualify for the [[ATP Finals]]?

===4 April 2016===
*'''''20:51, 4 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Chen Shu (painter)|Chen Shu]]''', whose works ''(example pictured)'' were collected by the [[Qianlong Emperor]], was praised by her son as an "exemplar of [[Confucian]] virtue"?
* ... that the lanternfishes '''''[[Notoscopelus bolini‎]]''''', '''''[[Notoscopelus caudispinosus|N. caudispinosus]]''''', '''''[[Notoscopelus elongatus|N. elongatus]]''''', '''''[[Notoscopelus kroyeri|N. kroyeri]]''''' and '''''[[Notoscopelus resplendens|N. resplendens]]''''' make [[Diel vertical migration|daily vertical migrations]] between the deep ocean and surface waters?
* ... that after '''[[Gene Roddenberry]]''' left the production of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' in 1968, he attempted to turn [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''[[I, Robot]]'' into a film?
* ... that '''[[Engy Ghozlan]]''' is known as the "voice and face" of efforts to eradicate [[sexual harassment]] of women in [[Egypt]]?
* ... that [[Hula hoop|hula hoops]] and [[Tide detergent]] boxes were two consumer products that used the fluorescent pigments invented by the '''[[Day-Glo Color Corp.]]'''?
* ... that '''''[[Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor]]'''''{{'s}} nemesis system was inspired by [[sports game]]s?

*'''''00:00, 4 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that pitcher '''[[Ned Garvin]]''' ''(pictured)'' was fined US$100 and released by the [[Chicago White Sox|Chicago White Stockings]] in 1902 after he shot a bar owner and pistol-whipped a policeman?
* ... that '''''[[The True Cost]]''''' links [[fast fashion]] to [[consumerism]], [[globalization]], [[capitalism]], structural poverty, and oppression?
* ... that '''[[Annie Furuhjelm]]''' of [[Finland]] was the first elected woman legislator to speak before the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|British Parliament]]?
* ... that the tube worm '''''[[Salmacina dysteri]]''''' grows on harbour installations, on the hulls of ships and at depths of {{convert|600|m|ft|-2|abbr=on}}?
* ... that the ideas in the pre-4th-century Indian text '''''[[Mahavakya Upanishad]]''''' are similar to Neoplatonic Greek philosophy presented by [[Proclus]] in the 5th century?
* ... that after the release of '''''[[Counter-Strike: Falklands]]''''', two of the developer's websites were targeted by a [[DDoS|distributed denial-of-service attack]]?
* ... that '''[[Ida Sedgwick Proper]]''' was a founding member of the feminist group [[Heterodoxy (group)|Heterodoxy]]?
* ... that by 2014, '''''[[Effortless Mastery]]''''' had sold over 90,000 copies?

===3 April 2016===
*'''''12:00, 3 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[bean dip]]''' ''(example pictured)'' may be prepared using reconstituted dried bean flakes?
* ... that the initiation ceremonies for Japan's blind necromancers, known as '''''[[itako]]''''', involve "sleeplessness, semi-starvation and intense cold"?
* ... that '''''[[Kansas v. Carr]]''''' included the final majority opinion written by [[Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court|Justice]] [[Antonin Scalia]] before his death in February 2016?
* ... that the bass-baritone '''[[Jacques Villisech]]''' recorded [[Bach cantata]]s, including the ''[[Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106|Actus tragicus]]'', the ''[[Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208|Hunting Cantata]]'', and the secular solo cantata ''[[Amore traditore]]''?
* ... that Barcelona's '''[[Les Tres Torres]]''' district is named after three large houses built there between 1901 and 1903?
* ... that Professor '''[[Mary Ryan (academic)|Mary Ryan]]''' earned her BA from the [[Royal University of Ireland]], though rules forbade her attending University classes?
* ... that although '''''[[Konsert Satu Suara, Vol. 2]]''''' served as a contingency plan for [[Siti Nurhaliza]], it was later recognized as the highest-grossing, locally produced concert at [[Istana Budaya]] for 2015?
* ... that '''[[Zostera japonica|Japanese eelgrass]]''' is believed to have travelled to North America in the company of [[Pacific oyster|oysters]]?

*'''''00:00, 3 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Vassar College]]'s '''[[Bridge for Laboratory Sciences]]''' ''(pictured)'' crosses '''[[Fonteynkill|a stream]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Gehan Mendis]]''' was part of the [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] cricket team that won the 1990 [[Benson & Hedges Cup]] and [[Natwest Trophy]]?
* ... that screenwriter [[Jason Hall (screenwriter)|Jason Hall]] is making his directorial debut with '''''[[Thank You for Your Service (2016 film)|Thank You for Your Service]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Ibn al-Sal'us]]''', an Arab merchant from [[Nablus]] and vizier of Sultan [[al-Ashraf Khalil]], participated in the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk]]s' [[Siege of Acre (1291)|siege of Acre]] in 1291?
* ... that '''''[[Bad Milk]]''''', developed by two brothers in their apartments in [[Queens]], New York, won the grand prize at the 2002 [[Independent Games Festival]]?
* ... that the gold '''[[thrymsa]]''' was superseded by the silver [[sceat]] after about 675?
* ... that the conservatoire piano instructor and playwright '''[[Avra Theodoropoulou]]''' co-founded a Greek [[women's suffrage|suffrage]] organization and then served as its president for decades?
* ... that the '''[[Aizoanthemum hispanicum|Spanish aizoon]]''' uses [[jet propulsion]] to disperse its seeds?

===2 April 2016===
*'''''12:00, 2 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a pre-8th-century sculpture of a [[Tandava]]-dancing [[Shiva]] ''(pictured)'' can be found at the '''[[Badami cave temples]]''', a UNESCO World Heritage Site candidate?
* ... that '''[[John Edgcumbe]]''', a [[lineal descendant|collateral descendant]] of [[Joshua Reynolds]] and co-editor of ''The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds'', was [[Devon]]'s first consultant [[hematology|haematologist]]?
* ... that [[Pope Gregory I|Gregory the Great]] preached at '''[[San Menna]]'''?
* ... that [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] officer '''[[Herbert Mehlhorn]]''' was involved in the camouflage of the [[mass grave]]s of the Jewish victims at the [[Chełmno extermination camp]]?
* ... that a 1960 telecast of '''''[[Night of the Auk]]''''' was the first time [[William Shatner]] played a spacecraft crew member on television?
* ... that '''[[Benjamin D. Wood]]''' produced the first [[multiple choice]] test?
* ... that the '''[[Soim|parliament of the Republic of Carpatho-Ukraine]]''' met only once for a single day?
* ... that as a child, British chef '''[[Margot Henderson]]''' would cook garden snails with breadcrumbs for her parents' dinner parties?

*'''''00:00, 2 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that US officials '''[[United States v. One Tyrannosaurus Bataar Skeleton|grabbed a Tyrannosaurus]]''' that entered the country illegally?
* ... that [[Taco Cabana]] '''[[Two Pesos, Inc. v. Taco Cabana, Inc.|paid]]''' $22 million for two pesos?
* ... that the '''[[Anthony Hidden|Hidden]]''' Report was published?
* ... that '''[[Phoenix, Arizona|a bird]]''' grew nearly 4% a year for forty years?
* ... that '''[[Althea McNish]]''' is not American, but she is descended from a '''[[Merikins|Merikin]]'''?
* ... that hurling '''[[pooh-pooh|poo-poo]]''' at your opponent is frowned upon?
* ... that '''[[The Frog God]]''' comes in front of you?
* ... that [[Pu Songling]] says: '''[[The Fornicating Dog|Lie down with dogs]]''', wind up in pieces?

===1 April 2016===
*'''''16:00, 1 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that somebody [[scene stealer|stole the show]] in ''[[Ghostbusters]]'', ''[[Breaking Bad]]'', and ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', and his name is—'''[[Unexpected John Cena|JOHN CENAAA!?]]''' ''(pictured)''
* ... that motorists may use '''[[Warp Drive|warp drive]]''' in [[Dulles, Virginia]]?
* ... that a British giant swallowed a '''[[Virgin Atlantic Little Red|little red virgin]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Seth Bogart|everybody's eating makeup]]'''?
* ... that Northern Ireland '''[[Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014|recently outlawed the practice]]''' of sitting in two places at the same time?
* ... that '''[[computer says no]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Cut Sleeve|He was gay]]'''?
* ... that [[Barack Obama|President Obama]] lost his cannonball, cowpuncher, and corkscrew, but '''[[Presidential Emergency Facility|retains his crown and palace]]'''?
* ... that one method of defying gravity is to '''[[A Prank|fall for your own prank]]'''?

*'''''08:00, 1 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[A Storm in the Stars|a storm in the stars]]''' spawned [[Frankenstein]] ''(monster pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Space Travel (video game)|space travel]]''' cost only US$50–75 in 1969?
* ... that '''''[[Parvoblongoolithus]]''''' appears to be a fossilized dwarf?
* ... that '''[[The Black Ghosts (short story)|black ghosts]]''' were once sold in [[China]]?
* ... that '''[[Hu Dunfu|hu]]''' created [[Utopia University|utopia]]?
* ... that '''[[Melitta Marxer]]''' and [[Sleeping Beauty]] won women the right to vote in [[Liechtenstein]]?
* ... that a dispute over '''[[Hacking (rugby)|hacking]]''' led to the split between rugby and association football?
* ... that you can look through a window made of '''[[Suaeda fruticosa|shrubby seablight]]''', then wash your hands with it before eating it?

*'''''00:00, 1 April 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Ferruccio Busoni]] ''(pictured)'' composed his '''[[Concerto for Piano and String Quartet (Busoni)|Concerto for Piano and String Quartet]]''', a four-movement work lasting 20 minutes, at the age of twelve?
* ... that [[freestyle swimming|freestyle swimmer]] '''[[Yusra Mardini]]''' pushed a boat in the [[Aegean Sea]] for over three hours while fleeing Syria?
* ... that [[Inca]] archaeological sites have been found on the '''[[Aracar]]''' volcano, which may have erupted in March 1993?
* ... that ten years ago today, '''[[Disappearance of Brian Shaffer|Brian Shaffer walked into a bar]]''' in [[Columbus, Ohio]], and hasn't been seen since?
* ... that '''''[[Mandala-brahmana Upanishad]]''''', a [[Yoga]] text of [[Hinduism]], suggests that the spiritually-liberated person's conduct is like a child?
* ... that the [[Colony (biology)|colonial]] hydroid '''''[[Pennaria disticha]]''''' has two types of tentacles?
* ... that artist and textbook author '''[[Elina González Acha de Correa Morales]]''' was the driving force for creating the Geographical Society of Argentina?
* ... that '''[[Pyongyang Maternity Hospital]]''' is equipped with [[Videotelephony|video call]] booths for visiting family members?

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