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===31 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 31 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Jim Delligatti]]''' created the [[Big Mac]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Operation PBFORTUNE]]''', organized by the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] to topple Guatemalan President [[Jacobo Árbenz]], was terminated when the coup attempt became too widely known?
* ... that '''[[Map folding|the number of ways to fold a strip of stamps]]''' is always [[divisible]] by the number of stamps in the strip?
* ... that '''[[A.M.O. Ghani]]'''{{`s}} popularity as a politician was credited to his provision of medical care to the poor?
* ... that the president of '''[[Denny-Renton Clay and Coal Company]]''' was the first boy born to the settlers of [[Seattle]]?
* ... that in 1982, '''[[Semra Ertan]]''' set herself on fire in a [[Hamburg]] marketplace to protest about [[xenophobia]] in Germany?
* ... that both towns connected by the 1931 opening of the '''[[Perley Bridge]]''' declared a half-day holiday to start at noon?
* ... that '''[[Puaaiki]]''', a blind preacher from Maui, was a former [[hula]] dancer for King [[Kamehameha II]]?
===30 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 30 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''''[[Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry]]''''' ''(page pictured)'' show the "rupture in style" that occurred in French [[illuminated manuscript|illumination]] at the end of the fourteenth century?
* ... that on 29 November 2016, '''[[Ben Woodburn]]''' became [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool's]] youngest ever goalscorer when he scored against [[Leeds United]] in the [[EFL Cup]]?
* ... that [[Iris Murdoch]]'s first book, '''''[[Sartre: Romantic Rationalist]]''''', was the first book about [[Jean-Paul Sartre]]'s work to be published in English?
* ... that the '''[[bearded scrub robin]]''' disappeared from the [[Hluhluwe–Imfolozi Park|Hluhluwe–Umfolozi Game Reserve]] after [[Tsetse fly|tsetse]] deterrent was sprayed there in the 1940s, but had recolonised the area by 1975?
* ... that '''[[Mirjam Wiesemann]]''' made award-winning audiobooks for [[Cybele Records]], introducing in music and conversation the composers [[Karl Amadeus Hartmann|Hartmann]], [[Hans Erich Apostel|Apostel]], [[Hans Werner Henze|Henze]], [[Pierre Boulez|Boulez]], [[Jacqueline Fontyn]] and [[Juan Allende-Blin]]?
* ... that the now non-existent '''[[Lake Tauca]]''' formerly covered large parts of the [[Altiplano]] of [[South America]]?
* ... that the '''[[More Hall Annex|Nuclear Reactor Building]]''' on the [[University of Washington]] campus in Seattle was designed with large glass windows to "proudly showcase" the reactor?
===29 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 29 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Filibus]]''' ''(pictured)'', a fictional [[sky pirate]], has been called one of the first [[Media portrayal of lesbianism|lesbian characters]] in cinema?
* ... that an 1899 publication recommended that use of an impure '''[[aluminium sulfacetate]]''' preparation as a [[mordant]] "should be abandoned", as it is an "empyreumatic liquid"?
* ... that 11-year-old '''[[Sarai Gonzalez]]''' plays a "nerdy" [[Preadolescence|tween]] with a "sassy" and "confident" attitude in [[Bomba Estéreo]]'s "''Soy Yo''" ("That's Me") music video?
* ... that [[Chris Crawford (game designer)|Chris Crawford]] considers '''''[[The Global Dilemma: Guns or Butter]]''''' to be among the worst video games he created?
* ... that [[Colin de Grandhomme]]'s performance of six wickets for 41 runs is the best by any '''[[List of New Zealand cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut|New Zealander on Test debut]]'''?
* ... that the refrain of "'''[[Heaven (Inna song)|Heaven]]'''" by [[Inna]] is written in a language invented by the singer and her label?
* ... that when [[Sisir Roy]] died in 1960, his sister '''[[Sudha Roy]]''' took over his post as general secretary of the United Trade Union Congress?
* ... that ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine said '''[[The J's with Jamie]]''' "have probably been heard by more people more times than any other group in the history of sound. Yet next to nobody knows who they are"?
===28 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 28 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that graduates of [[Middlebury College]] receive a replica of a cane owned by '''[[Gamaliel Painter]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that perfumes made from the pungent '''''[[Warionia|Warionia saharae]]''''' desert plant are reputed to employ its "supernatural powers" to make women more seductive?
* ... that '''[[Natalie Sims]]''' co-wrote the [[Iggy Azalea]] song "[[Work (Iggy Azalea song)|Work]]", which sold over one million copies in the US?
* ... that the '''[[Cascadia Art Museum]]''' in [[Edmonds, Washington]], is located inside a former [[Safeway Inc.|Safeway]] grocery store?
* ... that despite being a prolific artist of 19th-century London, '''[[Robert Blemmell Schnebbelie]]''' died of starvation in [[Camden Town]]?
* ... that when a '''[[Beecroft's flying squirrel]]''' brings food to its offspring, its cheeks expand to the size of a [[tangerine]]?
* ... that [[Kalanimoku]] caused the death of his wife '''[[Likelike (wife of Kalanimoku)|Likelike]]''' and their son Lanihau with cannon fire outside their house?
* ... that publicists promoted the 1999 edition of '''[[FHM's 100 Sexiest Women (UK)|''FHM''{{'s}} 100 Sexiest Women]]''' by projecting a {{convert|60|ft|adj=on}} naked image of the TV presenter [[Gail Porter]] onto the [[Palace of Westminster]]?
===27 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 27 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the spikes of the dragon in the sculpture '''''[[Saint George and the Dragon (Notke)|Saint George and the Dragon]]''''' ''(pictured)'' by '''[[Bernt Notke]]''' are made of [[moose]] antlers?
* ... that '''[[Gaye LeBaron]]''' wrote more than 8,000 columns for ''[[The Press Democrat]]'' of Santa Rosa, California, and hers were considered "the most popular feature in the paper"?
* ... that [[Cycling at the 1906 Intercalated Games|cyclist]] Eugenio Colombani also represented '''[[Egypt at the 1906 Intercalated Games]]''' in [[Wrestling at the 1906 Intercalated Games|Greco-Roman wrestling]]?
* ... that the '''[[Tectonic evolution of the Aravalli Mountains|Aravalli Mountains]]''' contain intensely deformed rocks?
* ... that Indian [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] state legislator '''[[Kanai Pal]]''' was jailed soon after being elected in 1962?
* ... that the '''[[greater long-nosed armadillo]]''' is sometimes preyed on by [[bush dog]]s which enter its burrow and drag it out?
* ... that Hawaii's first Protestant minister '''[[James Kekela]]''' saved an American sailor from [[Cannibalism|cannibals]] and was presented with a gold watch from President [[Abraham Lincoln]]?
* ... that '''''[[The Foo Show]]''''' is an interactive virtual-reality talk show?
===26 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 26 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[Adoration of the Kings (David, London)|Adoration of the Kings]]''''' ''(pictured)'' by [[Gerard David]] was variously attributed to [[Jan Gossaert|Gossaert]], [[Hans Memling|Memling]], "School of [[Jan van Eyck|van Eyck]]", "[[Rogier van der Weyden|van der Weyden]] the younger", and the "Flemish School"?
* ... that the '''[[mantou kiln]]''', used for pottery in north China for some 2,000 years, is named after a type of [[Mantou|steamed bread bun]]?
* ... that "'''[[The Babe in Bethlem's Manger]]'''" is thought to be a traditional [[Kent]]ish folk carol but its tune is described as being "very much of the 18th century"?
* ... that Reverend '''[[Richard Aslatt Pearce]]''' was the first [[hearing loss|deaf]] person to be ordained as an [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] clergyman?
* ... that in the carol "'''[[Vom Himmel hoch, o Engel, kommt]]'''", printed in 1622, the angels are requested to come from Heaven with musical instruments, to sing of Jesus and Mary, and for peace?
* ... that the "very remarkable" '''[[monumental brass of John Rudying]]''' in [[Church of St Andrew, Biggleswade|St Andrew's church]] in [[Biggleswade]] was rediscovered when the floor was lifted?
* ... that the '''[[Taschenphilharmonie]]''', called the world's smallest orchestra, earned prizes for classical music embedded in narration for young children?
* ... that [[Jackie Evancho]]'s 2016 album '''''[[Someday at Christmas (Jackie Evancho album)|Someday at Christmas]]''''' peaked at No. 1 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Classical Albums chart?
===25 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 25 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that most modern '''[[nutcracker doll]]s''' ''(examples pictured)'' are not functional, but merely decorative?<!--Special occasion hook for Christmas season-->
* ... that '''[[Helmut Kahlhöfer]]''' conducted his choir [[Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke]] in recordings of Reger's [[Geistliche Gesänge, Op. 110|''Geistliche Gesänge'', Op. 110]], and Bach's [[Mass in B minor structure|Mass in B minor]] for the tricentenary of the composer's birth?
* ... that, unusually for a constellation, the five brightest stars of '''[[Apus]]''' are red-tinged?
* ... that the Tongan '''[[Soakimi Gatafahefa]]''', the first Polynesian to be ordained as a Catholic priest, studied in Rome and met [[Pope Pius IX]]?
* ... that the Christian song "'''[[Give Thanks With a Grateful Heart]]'''" was credited as unknown authorship when first released in 1986, despite being written by Henry Smith in 1978?<!--special occasion hook for the Christmas season-->
* ... that '''[[Ami Radunskaya]]''', a mathematician who heads the [[Association for Women in Mathematics]], spent ten years as a [[cello|cellist]] and [[composer|music composer]] between high school and college?
* ... that the '''[[Fashion History Museum]]''' in [[Cambridge, Ontario]] houses what may be the oldest existing European shoe worn in North America?
* ... that in 1858 [[Santa Claus]] made his [[Christmas in Hawaii|first Hawaiian appearance]] at Washington Place, the home of '''[[Mary Dominis]]'''?<!--Special occasion hook for December 24-->
===24 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 24 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Cizhou ware]]''' was popular pottery not used by the Chinese Imperial court, and often made as ceramic pillows ''(example pictured)''?
* ... that the [[Advent]] hymn "'''[[O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf]]'''" was written against a backdrop of the [[Thirty Years' War]], the [[Plague (disease)|plague]], and [[Witch trials in the early modern period|witch trials]]? <!-- Special occasion hook to run before Christmas Day -->
* ... that '''[[Sadhan Gupta]]''', elected from '''[[Calcutta South East (Lok Sabha constituency)|Calcutta South East]]''' in a '''[[Calcutta South East by-election, 1953|1953 by-poll]]''', was the first blind parliamentarian in independent India?
* ... that '''[[Glass Buttes]]''' is a mountain group in central [[Oregon]] named for the large deposits of [[obsidian]] found on their slopes?
* ... that [[civil engineer]] '''[[Ernest William Moir]]''' invented the first medical [[airlock]]?
* ... that young '''[[Sloggett's vlei rat]]s''' have several adaptations that help them cope with severe cold in winter?
* ... that in 2010, the association footballer '''[[Neil Alexander]]''' came on as a substitute for [[Queen of the South F.C.|Queen of the South]] in a [[Exhibition game|friendly]] against his own team, [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]?
* ... that [[HMS Tartar's Prize|'''HMS ''Tartar{{'}}s Prize''''']] had oversized cannons, a leaky hull, and a smoky [[galley (kitchen)|galley]], and sank in the Mediterranean when her timbers gave way?
===23 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 23 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
* ... that [[2016 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan]] linebacker '''[[Mike McCray]]''' was named [[Big Ten Conference]] Defensive Player of the Week for his first career start?
* ... that in 1967, President [[Hastings Banda]] established the '''[[Order of the Lion (Malawi)|Order of the Lion]]''', [[Malawi]]'s second-highest honor?
* ... that the '''[[Iazyges]]''' were a tribe of [[Sarmatians]] that migrated from [[Central Asia]] to the [[Pannonian Basin]]?
* ... that in 2005, [[Howard Dean]] was '''[[Democratic National Committee chairmanship election, 2005|elected]]''' as Chair of the [[Democratic National Committee]], despite both Democratic [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|Congressional]] [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|leaders]] endorsing [[Tim Roemer]] instead?
* ... that after '''[[Matua (priest)|High Priest Matua]]''' of [[Mangareva]] converted to Christianity in 1835, his long hair, sacred in the [[Mangarevan mythology|old pagan religion]], was cut short?
* ... that the third movement of the chorale motet '''''[[Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (J. C. F. Bach)|Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme]]''''' contains a quotation from a [[Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140#7|Bach cantata]] which composer [[Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach|{{nowrap|J. C. F.}} Bach]] included as a tribute to [[Johann Sebastian Bach|his father]]? <!-- Special request for before 25 December. -->
* ... that '''[[Bertha Bracey]]''' was a [[British Hero of the Holocaust|Hero of the Holocaust]]?
===22 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 22 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Hawaiian brothers '''[[John Timoteo Baker]]''' ''(pictured)'' and '''[[Robert Hoapili Baker]]''' served as models for the [[Kamehameha Statues]]?
* ... that courtship in the '''[[silvery mole-rat]]''' includes locking incisors or gently nibbling the mate?
* ... that the ruling [[Dutch East India Company]] drove the Islamization of the '''[[eastern salient of Java]]''' in the 18th century?
* ... that '''[[Clementia Killewald]]''', abbess of [[Eibingen Abbey]], spoke about its founder [[Hildegard of Bingen]] at the ceremony when she was proclaimed a saint and Doctor of the Church by the pope?
* ... that before qualifying for '''[[Secret Service Counter-Assault Teams]]''', agents of the [[United States Secret Service]] are required to do [[Pull-up (exercise)|pull-ups]] while wearing a {{convert|45|lb|adj=on}} weighted vest?
* ... that in 2015, '''[[Tony Ahn]]''' hiked the {{convert|63|mi|adj=on}} [[Bataan Death March]] route, consuming only a cup of rice and a liter of water per day to raise awareness that Filipinos were also forced to march?
* ... that '''[[Marylebone Lane]]''' is a "rustic diagonal" in an area laid out on a [[grid plan]]?
* ... that Sir '''[[Joseph Rotblat]]''', a Polish physicist who helped design atomic bombs for the [[Manhattan Project]] during World War II, won the [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize for Peace]]?
===21 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 21 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Martin Schmeding]]''' recorded the complete organ works by [[Max Reger]] on thirteen different organs from the composer's period, including the Sauer organ at [[Berlin Cathedral]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that seeds of the fossil fruit '''''[[Suciacarpa]]''''' have fossil fungi inside them?
* ... that lawyer and activist '''[[Shehla Zia]]''' was once arrested for protesting a law which reduced the weight given to evidence provided by female witnesses in a trial?
* ... that you can fly [[radio-controlled aircraft|model airplanes]] or ride [[Rail transport modelling|model trains]] behind a flood control dam in Phoenix, Arizona's '''[[Deer Valley, Phoenix|Deer Valley]]''' urban village?
* ... that the €11 million reported to have been spent by [[AS Monaco FC]] in 2012 to sign '''[[Lucas Ocampos]]''', was the most ever for a [[Ligue 2]] player?
* ... that according to a [[hadith]] by the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]], '''''[[Sadaqah|sadaqa]]''''' removes seventy gates of evil?
* ... that independent candidate '''[[Anadi Das]]''' defeated the incumbent assembly speaker in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1962|1962 West Bengal election]]?
* ... that '''[[White House sentries]]''' were abolished by [[Gerald Ford]] but reinstated by [[Ronald Reagan]]?
===20 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 20 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the environment of '''[[Licancabur Lake]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Chile]] has been compared to early [[lakes on Mars]]?
* ... that after part of the dome of the [[New Jersey State House]] was painted blue, '''[[George H. Barbour]]''' introduced legislation to ensure it would be restored to its traditional gold and white?
* ... that one member of '''[[South Sudan at the 2016 Summer Olympics|South Sudan's delegation to the 2016 Summer Olympics]]''' was informed by email eight days prior to the Games that he would not be competing?
* ... that in the 1980s, the [[West Bengal]] Fisheries Minister '''[[Bhakti Bhushan Mandal]]''' declared himself to be an intermediary between the Government of India and exiled Naga leader [[Phizo]]?
* ... that in South Africa, fewer than 40% of '''[[African cuckoo]]''' eggs are successfully hatched and the chicks raised by their foster parents?
* ... that New England expatriate '''[[Thomas Wright Everett]]''' became the last [[Governor of Maui|Royal Governor of Maui]]?
* ... that one critic described the novel '''''[[Birdsong (novel)|Birdsong]]''''' by [[Sebastian Faulks]] as starting a trend in the 1990s of British literature [[World War I in literature|rethinking the legacy of the World Wars]]?
* ... that '''[[Alice Brock]]''' owned the restaurant that inspired both [[Alice's Restaurant|the song]] and [[Alice's Restaurant (film)|the film]] named "Alice's Restaurant"?
===19 December 2016===
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* ... that during [[wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics]], coaches threw plush dolls of '''[[Vinicius and Tom|Vinicius]]''', the Olympic mascot, into the ring ''(pictured)'' if they wished to challenge a referee's call?
* ... that Hawaiian legislator '''[[Luther Aholo]]''' was compared to the Athenian statesman [[Solon]]?
* ... that the [[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]] general secretary '''[[Sudhindranath Kumar]]''' served two terms as Food Minister of [[West Bengal]]?
* ... that artwork at '''[[Othello station]]''' in Seattle, Washington, includes African dancers, an Asian-American "[[totem pole]]", and [[stormwater]] channels?
* ... that '''[[Alice Bota]]''', who writes for ''[[Die Zeit]]'' and studied in Germany and Poland, won an [[Axel-Springer-Preis|award for young journalists]]?
* ... that after the [[Mataram conquest of Surabaya|Mataram conquest]] of the '''[[Duchy of Surabaya]]''', the son of its last duke married the sister of the conqueror, [[Sultan Agung]]?
* ... that in 1980, [[newspaper editor]] '''[[Willis Tucker]]''' was elected the first [[Snohomish County Executive|county executive]] of [[Snohomish County, Washington]]?
* ... that [[The Cheshire Cheese|Cheshire Cheese]] may be found in '''[[Essex Street, London|Essex]]'''?
===18 December 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Malagasy white-eye]]''' ''(pictured)'' sometimes indulges in mutual preening?
* ... that the British [[Cello|cellist]] '''[[Sheku Kanneh-Mason]]''' signed his first record deal on a bus named in his honour?
* ... that the '''[[Swarmjet]]''' system was a proposed short-range [[anti-ballistic missile]] that fired thousands of unguided rockets like a shotgun against incoming [[nuclear warhead]]s?
* ... that [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative-elect]] '''[[Ted Budd]]''' won his first election with 20% of the vote in a 17-candidate field?
* ... that the idea for '''''[[Through the Wilderness]]''''', a [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] [[tribute album]], came in a dream to [[Paul Beahan]]?
* ... that a plot led by '''[[Joseph Harmatz]]''' to poison 12,000 [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] officers, held as POWs after [[World War II]], was part of a revenge effort "to kill six million Germans, one for every Jew slaughtered by the Germans"?
* ... that the 1937 [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] film '''''[[Bhaktha Sri Thyagaraja]]''''' is based on the life of the [[Carnatic music]]ian [[Tyagaraja]]?
* ... that '''[[Becca Pizzi]]''' completed [[World Marathon Challenge|seven marathons on seven continents in seven days]], and accepted a marriage proposal on the [[Baseball field#Pitcher's mound|mound]] before throwing out the [[Ceremonial first pitch|first pitch]] at Fenway Park?
===17 December 2016===
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* ... that the first director of the [[Tokyo National Museum]] was the [[samurai]] '''[[Machida Hisanari]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Kurile Lake]]''' is the site of the largest [[volcanic eruption]] of [[Holocene]] [[Kamchatka]] and one of the largest in the Holocene, spreading ash to a distance of {{convert|1700|km}}?
* ... that pastry chef '''[[Carine Goren]]''' was the most [[Google Search|googled]] person in Israel in 2015?
* ... that '''[[aluminium triacetate]]''' is used to treat [[aphthous ulcers]] and [[otitis]], to relieve the itch from [[Toxicodendron radicans|poison ivy]], and as an [[astringent]] with [[Mortellaro disease]] in hoofed animals?
* ... that during her 1895 trial, [[Liliuokalani|Queen Liliuokalani]] was defended by her [[Paul Neumann (Attorney General)|former attorney general]] and tried by a military tribunal led by another '''[[William Austin Whiting|former attorney general]]'''?
* ... that the main hall of [[Shuri Castle]] was reused as the ''[[Haiden (Shinto)|haiden]]'' of '''[[Okinawa Shrine]]''' before its destruction in the [[Battle of Okinawa]]?
* ... that '''[[Mary Barkas]]''' was the first female [[house physician]] at the [[Bethlem Royal Hospital]] in London?
* ... that the [[Westboro Baptist Church]] called Houston's '''[[Montrose Center]]''' "an oozing, purulent sore of [[Sodomy|sodomite]] contagion?"
===16 December 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Guan ware]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the "most frequently copied" of all Chinese pottery, despite the [[ceramic glaze|glaze]] being covered in cracks?
* ... that '''[[Josh White (racing driver)|Josh White]]''' is a [[NASCAR]] driver and a member of the [[United States Marine Corps Reserve]]?
* ... that '''''[[Rudraveena (film)|Rudraveena]]''''' (1988) was the second [[Telugu language|Telugu-language]] film to win the [[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration]]?
* ... that '''[[Ratification of the United States Constitution by Rhode Island|Rhode Island ratified the United States constitution]]''' only after being threatened with a [[trade embargo]] by the rest of the United States?
* ... that '''[[Jan Rippe]]''' became well known to the Swedish public in his role as Roger in the television comedy series ''[[Macken (TV series)|Macken]]''?
* ... that '''''[[I Am Seven]]''''' was released by Eleven9 Entertainment, a new agency in which South Korean singer [[Seven (Korean singer)|Seven]] had invested six billion [[South Korean won|won]] (US${{To USD|6000|Korea}} million)?
* ... that '''''[[Debatable (TV show)|Debatable]]''''' panellists have included a former MP and a rapper?
* ... that when introducing actress [[Sharon Stone]], Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist '''[[Monroe Karmin]]''' attributed her "wellness, fitness, and positive attitude" to her choice of undergarments?
===15 December 2016===
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* ... that an inscription at the ''circa'' 10th-century '''[[Parshvanatha temple, Khajuraho|Parshvanatha temple]]''' features one of the oldest known 4×4 [[magic square]]s ''(pictured)''?
* ... that the [[Industrial relations|labour studies]] scholar '''[[Kendra Coulter]]''' calls for interspecies solidarity between human and animal workers?
* ... that [[Christina Aguilera]] self-produced a 96-second music video for "'''[[Telepathy (Christina Aguilera song)|Telepathy]]'''" as a gift to her fans as the song rose to number-one on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Dance Club Songs]] chart?<!-- The song did not get to #1 until after the video was released-->
* ... that the Cretaceous snail '''''[[Condonella]]''''' was described in 1927, but not placed into a snail family until 2000?
* ... that at age 22, '''[[Judith Hemmendinger]]''' helped rehabilitate nearly 100 child survivors of the [[Buchenwald concentration camp]], among them [[Elie Wiesel]]?
* ... that the [[pre-Islamic Arabia|pre-Islamic]] Arab chieftain '''[[Zuhayr ibn Janab]]''' destroyed a sanctuary that rivalled the [[Kaaba]] of Mecca?
* ... that at '''[[Bexley Hospital]]''', the patients looked after the farm animals, maintained the grounds, and did the cleaning?
* ... that the princess '''[[Joan of Navarre (nun)|Joan of Navarre]]''' had to renounce her inheritance and become a nun because [[Peter IV of Aragon|her fiancé]] wanted to marry her younger sister '''[[Maria of Navarre|Maria]]''' instead?
===14 December 2016===
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* ... that schoolteacher '''[[Mary Chase Walker]]''' ''(pictured)'' was boycotted in 1866 in [[San Diego]], California, after lunching in public with a black woman?
* ... that '''[[El Progreso Department]]''' in [[Guatemala]] was dissolved 12 years after its creation, only to be recreated 14 years later?
* ... that Hawaiian Colonel '''[[John Dominis Holt II|John Dominis Holt]]''' served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention with [[David Kawānanakoa|a prince]]?
* ... that under certain conditions, the '''[[woodland dormouse]]''' can enter a state of [[torpor]]?
* ... that the focus of '''''[[Harvard Environmental Law Review]]''''' was changed because the original format was "too ambitious"?
* ... that art dealer and gallerist '''[[Robert Mnuchin]]''', and his sons [[Steven Mnuchin|Steven]] and Alan, all worked for [[Goldman Sachs]]?
* ... that the [[World Health Organization]] says that a focus on [[reproductive health]] alone prevents progress in ensuring quality '''[[Women's health|women's healthcare]]'''?
* ... that since it honors a notionally illegal [[Mazu (goddess)|cult]], suburban Shanghai's '''[[Tianfei Palace (Songjiang)|Tianfei Palace]]''' is officially classified as a museum?
===13 December 2016===
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* ... that in 1951, Prime Minister of Iran [[Haj Ali Razmara]] was shot dead by [[Khalil Tahmasebi]], a member of [[Fada'iyan-e Islam]], while attending a memorial service at Tehran's '''[[Shah Mosque (Tehran)|Shah Mosque]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that [[Kingdom of Hawaii]] Attorney General '''[[Antone Rosa]]''' and Interior Minister [[John F. Colburn]] were detained for driving a carriage into a fish market?
* ... that [[Solange Knowles]] performed a live cover of [[Nivea (singer)|Nivea]]'s song "'''[[Laundromat (Nivea song)|Laundromat]]'''" in an actual laundromat?
* ... that '''[[Michael Lane (engineer)|Michael Lane]]''', who served as Chief Engineer of the [[Great Western Railway]], started out as a bricklayer but became one of [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]]'s most trusted assistants?
* ... that when its cheek pouches are full, the '''[[lesser spot-nosed monkey]]'''{{`s}} throat resembles a snowball?
* ... that '''[[Dave Somers]]''', the current [[Snohomish County Executive|executive]] of [[Snohomish County, Washington]], was educated as a [[Fisheries science|fisheries biologist]]?
* ... that there was no marker for the grave of theologian [[Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen]] at '''[[Elm Ridge Cemetery, North Brunswick|Elm Ridge Cemetery]]''' for more than a century after his burial?
* ... that Steve Cooke and Beth Webster are '''[[Make Me an Egghead|the newest Eggheads]]'''?
===12 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 12 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after Queen [[Liliuokalani]] of Hawaii died in 1917, her pet dog Poni ''(pictured)'' was given to her confidante and final [[lady-in-waiting]] '''[[Lahilahi Webb]]'''?
* ... that [[Brigham Young University]] has a digitized collection of '''[[Mormon missionary diarists|Mormon missionary diaries]]''' that includes the work of 115 diarists and 376 written volumes?
* ... that '''[[Gonzalo Castellot Madrazo]]''' was the first announcer to appear on [[Television in Mexico|Mexican television]]?
* ... that low-level '''[[Schedule C appointment|Schedule C]]''' [[Political appointments in the United States|political appointees in the United States]] sometimes attempt to "burrow in" by transferring to permanent [[Competitive service|merit-based positions]]?
* ... that '''[[Baxter Langley]]''', who stood for the UK Parliament alongside [[William Gladstone]], was later sentenced to [[Penal labour|hard labour]]?
* ... that despite [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|charting]] at only 96, "'''[[To Build a Home]]'''" by [[The Cinematic Orchestra]] has been streamed more than 60 million times and featured in several TV shows?
* ... that expulsion from the Senate did not prevent '''[[Gaius Antonius Hybrida]]''' from attaining the highest elected office in the Roman Republic?
* ... that the [[Pu Songling]] short story "'''[[Stealing Peaches]]'''" describes the [[Indian rope trick]]?
===11 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 11 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a landslide on '''[[Kambalny]]''' ''(pictured)'' during the [[Holocene]] caused debris to travel for {{convert|20|km}}?
* ... that [[Brett Smitheram]] won the '''[[MSI World Scrabble Championship 2016|2016 World Scrabble Championship]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[72nd Street (Second Avenue Subway)|72nd]]''', '''[[86th Street (Second Avenue Subway)|86th]]''', and '''[[96th Street (Second Avenue Subway)|96th Street]]''' stations along the [[Second Avenue Subway]] are part of the [[New York City Subway]]'s first major expansion in over half a century?
* ... that when he was growing up, [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative-elect]] '''[[Raja Krishnamoorthi]]''' lived in public housing and received [[Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program|food stamps]]?
* ... that [[Destruction of cultural heritage by ISIL|destruction]] of ancient '''[[Assyrian sculpture]]''' by [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIL]] is reported to have increased in late 2016 with the [[Mosul offensive (2016)|Mosul offensive]]?
* ... that after becoming the first African-American to captain an athletic team at [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish|Notre Dame]], '''[[Aubrey Lewis (athlete)|Aubrey Lewis]]''' joined the first class to include blacks at the [[FBI Academy]]?
* ... that the mixed choir '''[[Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke]]''', founded 70 years ago for [[sacred music]], was a partner of the [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk|WDR]] from 1957, and performed in Israel and with [[Ian Anderson]]?
* ... that [[West Bengal]] Jails Minister '''[[Jiban Ratan Dhar]]''' had been jailed three times himself?
===10 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 10 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that almost all the [[Cape parrot]]s in captivity are actually '''[[Brown-necked parrot|uncape parrots]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that the British-Hawaiian politician '''[[Ferdinand William Hutchison]]''' was influential in the development of the [[Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement and National Historical Park|leper colony of Kalaupapa]], to which his son '''[[Ambrose K. Hutchison]]''' was exiled in 1879?
* ... that in the stratified social system of the African '''[[Zarma people]]''', the lowest stratum inherited [[slavery]]?
* ... that '''''[[Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath]]''''' explores "shocking stories of abuse, heartbreak and harassment" of former members of the [[Church of Scientology]]?
* ... that '''[[Sam Manekshaw]]''' was the first [[Indian Army]] officer to be promoted to the rank of [[field marshal (India)|field marshal]]?
* ... that '''[[Neues Geistliches Lied]]''', a genre of contemporary songs for use at church, was performed by around 1,895 choirs and bands in German dioceses according to a 2001 report?
* ... that the third wife of '''[[Bohemond III of Antioch]]''' was described as a witch by [[William of Tyre]], and as a whore by [[Michael the Syrian]]?
* ... that after decades of prohibition, '''[[hemp in Kentucky]]''' is a legal crop?
===9 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 9 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''''[[doucai]]''''' style ''(example pictured)'' in [[Chinese porcelain]] uses colours both [[Overglaze decoration|over]] and [[Underglaze|under]] the [[ceramic glaze|glaze]]?
* ... that '''[[Merian C. Cooper]]''', director of ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'', destroyed nearly all 5,000 copies of his autobiography ''Things Men Die For''?
* ... that the components of the '''[[TV Corvi]]''' system orbit each other every 90 minutes?
* ... that '''[[Wilhelm von Debschitz]]''' founded an art school in Munich which provided a model for the [[Bauhaus]]?
* ... that [[Pharrell Williams]] wrote the song "'''[[Sexify]]'''" based on headlines from the women's fashion magazine [[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|''Cosmopolitan'']]?
* ... that journalist '''[[Shafiqa Habibi]]''' was one of only three women candidates in the [[Afghan presidential election, 2004|2004 Afghan presidential election]]?
* ... that the [[reliquary]] of the 11th-century Buddhist monk Miaoyuan was rediscovered in the 1970s during repairs to [[Songjiang District|Songjiang]]'s '''[[Songjiang Square Pagoda|Square Pagoda]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Raphael Demos]]''' taught [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] the philosophy of [[Plato]] and gave him an A for his work?
===8 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 8 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the 2006 Argentine book '''''[[Abzurdah (book)|Abzurdah]]''''' by '''[[Cielo Latini]]''' ''(pictured)'' details the author{{'}}s youthful struggle with [[Anorexia nervosa|anorexia]]?
* ... that '''[[XGRS]]''' was a [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]]-operated radio station in [[Shanghai]] during [[World War II]]?
* ... that despite his subjects' reluctance to accept him as king, '''[[Philip III of Navarre]]''' proved to be an effective and successful ruler?
* ... that the [[European Commission]] ruled the [[Corporation tax in the Republic of Ireland|Republic of Ireland's tax benefits]] to [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] were an illegal form of '''[[State aid (European Union)|state aid]]''', and the company would have to pay €13 billion in back tax as a result?
* ... that '''[[Helen Boyle]]''' was the first female president of the [[Royal Medico-Psychological Association]]?
* ... that the [[multiplayer video game|multiplayer]] [[mod (video gaming)|fan project]] developed for '''''[[Just Cause 2]]''''' was recognized by [[Avalanche Studios]] as the game's official [[downloadable content]]?
* ... that an ace member of the [[Eagle Squadrons]], '''[[Richard L. Alexander]]''', was one of the first pilots of the [[Republic P-47 Thunderbolt|P-47 Thunderbolt]]?
* ... that the male '''[[tantalus monkey]]''' has a bright blue scrotum surrounded by orange hairs?
===7 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 7 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Jane Caferella's play '''''[[e-baby]]''''' ''([[Ensemble Theatre]] performance pictured)'' was called "a very rare theatrical beast", as it explores the visceral experience of two women joined by [[Surrogacy|gestational surrogacy]]?
* ... that '''[[Thomas of Tolentino]]''' was martyred for [[Islam_and_blasphemy#Blasphemy_against_holy_personages|insulting Muhammad]] during a medieval domestic violence case in India?
* ... that the ''[[Criollismo|criollista]]'' novel '''''[[Carazamba]]''''' may be seen as an allegory of the incorporation of the remote [[Petén Department]] into the [[Guatemala]]n nation?
* ... that [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative-elect]] '''[[Stephanie Murphy]]''' and her family left Vietnam when she was six months old, and were rescued by the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]]?
* ... that '''[[Guinea-Bissau at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|Guinea-Bissau's participation at the 2012 Summer Paralympics]]''' was the country's first at a [[Paralympic Games]]?
* ... that the philosopher '''[[Gary Varner]]''' has argued that all beings, including plants, have morally considerable interests?
* ... that the future '''[[Roosevelt station (Sound Transit)|Roosevelt station]]''' in [[Seattle]] plans to incorporate a preserved [[Streamline Moderne]] facade from a music shop that was demolished for its construction?
* ... that the '''[[hairy-breasted barbet]]''' has been observed to remove wings and legs from insects by bashing them on branches?
===6 December 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Beti people]]''' were misrepresented in the [[Tarzan]] books and films ''(poster pictured)''?
* ... that Harvard philosopher '''[[Ralph Monroe Eaton]]''' wrote an unpublished memoir of his experiences during the First World War?
* ... that "'''[[Zhang Hongjian]]'''", a short story by Chinese writer Pu Songling, was adapted into two plays?
* ... that the fossil ant genus '''''[[Agastomyrma]]''''' was described from a single queen?
* ... that '''[[Hannah Dadds]]''' was the first female train driver on the [[London Underground]]?<!--special occasion request for December 5-->
* ... that during '''[[Mataram conquest of Surabaya|their conquest of Surabaya]]''', [[Mataram Sultanate|Mataram]] forces dammed the [[Brantas River]] to limit water supply to the city of [[Surabaya]]?
* ... that Malian taekwondo practitioner '''[[Ismaël Coulibaly]]''' won a gold medal at the [[2015 African Games]]?
* ... that '''[[Electoral history of George Washington|George Washington's campaign]]''' distributed {{convert|160|USgal|l}} of alcoholic drink to voters on polling day at the 1758 Virginia [[House of Burgesses]] election?
===5 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 5 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that 7th- and 8th-century Chinese pottery '''[[Tang dynasty tomb figures]]''' include [[cross-dressing]] women playing [[polo]] ''(example pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Michael Stevens (educator)|Michael Stevens]]''', creator and host of ''[[Vsauce]]'', uploaded his first [[YouTube]] videos under the username "pooplicker888"?
* ... that '''[[Sound Transit 3]]''' will nearly double the amount of [[light rail]] in the [[Seattle]] region to {{convert|112|mi|km}} of track?
* ... that males of the fossil ant '''''[[Proceratium eocenicum]]''''' have a hair fringe?
* ... that the '''[[1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games]]''', held in [[Edinburgh]], lacked day-to-day television coverage by British broadcasters?
* ... that '''[[Tamar Halperin]]''' recorded music by [[Erik Satie]], playing piano, [[harpsichord]], [[Hammond organ]], and [[Wurlitzer electric piano|Wurlitzer piano]]?
* ... that '''[[Asian Paints Ltd]]'''{{`s}} former mascot Gattu, a mischievous boy with a paint bucket, was created by Indian cartoonist [[R. K. Laxman]]?
* ... that fictional journalist '''[[Carl Diggler]]''' correctly predicted the results of more [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 presidential]] [[United States presidential primary|primaries]] than [[Nate Silver]]'s statistics blog [[FiveThirtyEight]]?
===4 December 2016===
*'''''00:10, 4 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that caterer '''[[Joseph Lyons (caterer)|Sir Joseph Lyons]]''' staged ''[[Venice in London]]'' ''(programme pictured)'' in 1891 using 100 gondolas imported from Venice{{snd}}along with their gondoliers?
* ... that {{convert|45|lb|kg|adj=on}} '''[[weight plate]]s''' have been known to weigh as little as {{convert|38|lb|kg}} or as much as {{convert|59|lb|kg}}?
* ... that President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] credited '''[[Agnes E. Meyer]]''' with having the most influence over his education policy?
* ... that in 2003, '''[[PSLV-C5]]''' deployed the [[Resourcesat-1|IRS-P6]] satellite, then the heaviest and most sophisticated remote sensing satellite built by the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]]?
* ... that '''[[Beatriz de la Cueva]]''', the first female colonial governor in the New World, died in a September 11 disaster two days after taking office?
* ... that the '''[[New York State Insurance Fund]]''' once mistakenly categorized puppet making under rubber manufacturing instead of theatrical production?
* ... that [[Henry IV of England|King Henry IV]]'s '''[[English invasion of Scotland (1400)|invasion of Scotland in 1400]]''' has been described as "utterly futile"?
* ... that the 1000-year-old '''''[[Bishop Petros with Saint Peter the Apostle]]''''' ended up in Poland after being saved from a watery grave?
===3 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 3 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the larva of the beetle '''''[[Acanthinodera cumingii]]''''' ''(adult pictured)'' can reach {{convert|13|cm|in|0}} in length?
* ... that the [[Washington (state)|Washington state]] '''[[Washington gubernatorial election, 1960|1960 gubernatorial election]]''' was the first in state history to include [[televised debate]]s?
* ... that '''[[Wes McCauley]]''' has refereed the [[Stanley Cup Finals]] for the last four years?
* ... that 10 of the military officers involved in the '''[[1989 Panamanian coup d'état attempt]]''' were executed in what became known as the Albrook massacre?
* ... that the positions of nonzero digits in two [[Multiplicative inverse|reciprocal]] [[irrational number]]s, 1/3.30033000000000033... = 0.30300000303..., are given by the '''[[Moser–de Bruijn sequence]]''' and its double?
* ... that '''[[Clarence Ditlow]]''' was recommended for a consumer advocacy job because he was a wrestler?
* ... that '''[[Operation Game Warden]]''' sought to interdict [[Viet Cong]] use of the [[Mekong Delta]] during the [[Vietnam War]] and in so doing, patrolled over {{convert|3800|mi}} of natural and man-made waterways?
* ... that to the speakers of the [[Ngan’gityemerri language]], the flowering of the '''[[Brachychiton megaphyllus|red-flowering kurrajong]]''' marks the time that [[freshwater crocodile]]s are laying eggs?
===2 December 2016===
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* ... that [[Kalākaua|King Kalākaua]] of Hawaii was the first foreign leader to head a '''[[State visits to the United States|state visit to the United States]]''' ''(reception pictured)''?
* ... that in 1981 '''[[Bobbi Campbell]]''' became the first person to publicly identify as a person living with [[HIV/AIDS]]?<!--Special occasion request for December 1-->
* ... that '''[[Atari CX40 joystick|the joystick shipped with the Atari 2600]]''' was described as "the pinnacle of home entertainment controllers in its day"?
* ... that eleven publishers vied for the rights to [[Jessie Burton]]'s debut novel '''''[[The Miniaturist]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Don Martina]]''', former Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles, successfully campaigned for [[Tula (Curaçao)|a slave leader]] to become a national hero?
* ... that the eggs of '''[[Oberländer's ground thrush]]''' have yet to be described?
* ... that the elected council of the '''[[Free City of Danzig Government in Exile]]''' was supposedly recognised in secret as the legal successor to the [[Free City of Danzig#Government|Danzig Senate]] by Danzig expatriates in 1951 and 1961?
* ... that the first known specimen of the [[dinosaur]] '''''[[Tongtianlong|Tongtianlong limosus]]''''', which may have died trapped in mud, was nearly blown up by Chinese workmen?
===1 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 1 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in ''La Science Amusante'', '''[[Arthur Good]]''' constructed imaginative scientific apparatus such as the "soap-bubble chandelier" ''(illustrated)'' using common items like bottles, candles, and soap?
* ... that the '''[[Sindh Mohajir Punjabi Pathan Muttahida Mahaz]]''' was the first Pakistani party to use the term "[[Muhajir people|Muhajir]]" in a political context?
* ... that according to popular legend, '''[[Edward William Purvis]]''' gave his nickname, meaning "jumping flea", to the [[ukulele]]?
* ... that less than 50 years after being discovered, '''''[[Heterelmis stephani]]''''' is now presumed extinct?
* ... that '''[[Muzoon Almellehan]]''' has been called the "[[Malala Yousafzai|Malala]] of Syria" for her work to keep girls in school?
* ... that the funeral of the author [[Lewis Carroll]] was held at '''[[St Mary's Church, Guildford|St Mary's Church]]''' in [[Guildford]]?
* ... that in 1880, '''[[Stephen P. Moss (Oregon politician)|Stephen P. Moss]]''' and [[Charles A. Cogswell]] founded the ''[[Lake County Examiner]]'' to advocate their Democratic political views in southern [[Oregon]]?
* ... that although Egypt boycotted the [[1956 Summer Olympics]], it still '''[[Egypt at the 1956 Summer Olympics|sent three athletes to the Games]]'''?
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===31 December 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Jim Delligatti]]''' created the [[Big Mac]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Operation PBFORTUNE]]''', organized by the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] to topple Guatemalan President [[Jacobo Árbenz]], was terminated when the coup attempt became too widely known?
* ... that '''[[Map folding|the number of ways to fold a strip of stamps]]''' is always [[divisible]] by the number of stamps in the strip?
* ... that '''[[A.M.O. Ghani]]'''{{`s}} popularity as a politician was credited to his provision of medical care to the poor?
* ... that the president of '''[[Denny-Renton Clay and Coal Company]]''' was the first boy born to the settlers of [[Seattle]]?
* ... that in 1982, '''[[Semra Ertan]]''' set herself on fire in a [[Hamburg]] marketplace to protest about [[xenophobia]] in Germany?
* ... that both towns connected by the 1931 opening of the '''[[Perley Bridge]]''' declared a half-day holiday to start at noon?
* ... that '''[[Puaaiki]]''', a blind preacher from Maui, was a former [[hula]] dancer for King [[Kamehameha II]]?
===30 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 30 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''''[[Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry]]''''' ''(page pictured)'' show the "rupture in style" that occurred in French [[illuminated manuscript|illumination]] at the end of the fourteenth century?
* ... that on 29 November 2016, '''[[Ben Woodburn]]''' became [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool's]] youngest ever goalscorer when he scored against [[Leeds United]] in the [[EFL Cup]]?
* ... that [[Iris Murdoch]]'s first book, '''''[[Sartre: Romantic Rationalist]]''''', was the first book about [[Jean-Paul Sartre]]'s work to be published in English?
* ... that the '''[[bearded scrub robin]]''' disappeared from the [[Hluhluwe–Imfolozi Park|Hluhluwe–Umfolozi Game Reserve]] after [[Tsetse fly|tsetse]] deterrent was sprayed there in the 1940s, but had recolonised the area by 1975?
* ... that '''[[Mirjam Wiesemann]]''' made award-winning audiobooks for [[Cybele Records]], introducing in music and conversation the composers [[Karl Amadeus Hartmann|Hartmann]], [[Hans Erich Apostel|Apostel]], [[Hans Werner Henze|Henze]], [[Pierre Boulez|Boulez]], [[Jacqueline Fontyn]] and [[Juan Allende-Blin]]?
* ... that the now non-existent '''[[Lake Tauca]]''' formerly covered large parts of the [[Altiplano]] of [[South America]]?
* ... that the '''[[More Hall Annex|Nuclear Reactor Building]]''' on the [[University of Washington]] campus in Seattle was designed with large glass windows to "proudly showcase" the reactor?
===29 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 29 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Filibus]]''' ''(pictured)'', a fictional [[sky pirate]], has been called one of the first [[Media portrayal of lesbianism|lesbian characters]] in cinema?
* ... that an 1899 publication recommended that use of an impure '''[[aluminium sulfacetate]]''' preparation as a [[mordant]] "should be abandoned", as it is an "empyreumatic liquid"?
* ... that 11-year-old '''[[Sarai Gonzalez]]''' plays a "nerdy" [[Preadolescence|tween]] with a "sassy" and "confident" attitude in [[Bomba Estéreo]]'s "''Soy Yo''" ("That's Me") music video?
* ... that [[Chris Crawford (game designer)|Chris Crawford]] considers '''''[[The Global Dilemma: Guns or Butter]]''''' to be among the worst video games he created?
* ... that [[Colin de Grandhomme]]'s performance of six wickets for 41 runs is the best by any '''[[List of New Zealand cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut|New Zealander on Test debut]]'''?
* ... that the refrain of "'''[[Heaven (Inna song)|Heaven]]'''" by [[Inna]] is written in a language invented by the singer and her label?
* ... that when [[Sisir Roy]] died in 1960, his sister '''[[Sudha Roy]]''' took over his post as general secretary of the United Trade Union Congress?
* ... that ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine said '''[[The J's with Jamie]]''' "have probably been heard by more people more times than any other group in the history of sound. Yet next to nobody knows who they are"?
===28 December 2016===
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* ... that graduates of [[Middlebury College]] receive a replica of a cane owned by '''[[Gamaliel Painter]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that perfumes made from the pungent '''''[[Warionia|Warionia saharae]]''''' desert plant are reputed to employ its "supernatural powers" to make women more seductive?
* ... that '''[[Natalie Sims]]''' co-wrote the [[Iggy Azalea]] song "[[Work (Iggy Azalea song)|Work]]", which sold over one million copies in the US?
* ... that the '''[[Cascadia Art Museum]]''' in [[Edmonds, Washington]], is located inside a former [[Safeway Inc.|Safeway]] grocery store?
* ... that despite being a prolific artist of 19th-century London, '''[[Robert Blemmell Schnebbelie]]''' died of starvation in [[Camden Town]]?
* ... that when a '''[[Beecroft's flying squirrel]]''' brings food to its offspring, its cheeks expand to the size of a [[tangerine]]?
* ... that [[Kalanimoku]] caused the death of his wife '''[[Likelike (wife of Kalanimoku)|Likelike]]''' and their son Lanihau with cannon fire outside their house?
* ... that publicists promoted the 1999 edition of '''[[FHM's 100 Sexiest Women (UK)|''FHM''{{'s}} 100 Sexiest Women]]''' by projecting a {{convert|60|ft|adj=on}} naked image of the TV presenter [[Gail Porter]] onto the [[Palace of Westminster]]?
===27 December 2016===
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* ... that the spikes of the dragon in the sculpture '''''[[Saint George and the Dragon (Notke)|Saint George and the Dragon]]''''' ''(pictured)'' by '''[[Bernt Notke]]''' are made of [[moose]] antlers?
* ... that '''[[Gaye LeBaron]]''' wrote more than 8,000 columns for ''[[The Press Democrat]]'' of Santa Rosa, California, and hers were considered "the most popular feature in the paper"?
* ... that [[Cycling at the 1906 Intercalated Games|cyclist]] Eugenio Colombani also represented '''[[Egypt at the 1906 Intercalated Games]]''' in [[Wrestling at the 1906 Intercalated Games|Greco-Roman wrestling]]?
* ... that the '''[[Tectonic evolution of the Aravalli Mountains|Aravalli Mountains]]''' contain intensely deformed rocks?
* ... that Indian [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] state legislator '''[[Kanai Pal]]''' was jailed soon after being elected in 1962?
* ... that the '''[[greater long-nosed armadillo]]''' is sometimes preyed on by [[bush dog]]s which enter its burrow and drag it out?
* ... that Hawaii's first Protestant minister '''[[James Kekela]]''' saved an American sailor from [[Cannibalism|cannibals]] and was presented with a gold watch from President [[Abraham Lincoln]]?
* ... that '''''[[The Foo Show]]''''' is an interactive virtual-reality talk show?
===26 December 2016===
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* ... that '''''[[Adoration of the Kings (David, London)|Adoration of the Kings]]''''' ''(pictured)'' by [[Gerard David]] was variously attributed to [[Jan Gossaert|Gossaert]], [[Hans Memling|Memling]], "School of [[Jan van Eyck|van Eyck]]", "[[Rogier van der Weyden|van der Weyden]] the younger", and the "Flemish School"?
* ... that the '''[[mantou kiln]]''', used for pottery in north China for some 2,000 years, is named after a type of [[Mantou|steamed bread bun]]?
* ... that "'''[[The Babe in Bethlem's Manger]]'''" is thought to be a traditional [[Kent]]ish folk carol but its tune is described as being "very much of the 18th century"?
* ... that Reverend '''[[Richard Aslatt Pearce]]''' was the first [[hearing loss|deaf]] person to be ordained as an [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] clergyman?
* ... that in the carol "'''[[Vom Himmel hoch, o Engel, kommt]]'''", printed in 1622, the angels are requested to come from Heaven with musical instruments, to sing of Jesus and Mary, and for peace?
* ... that the "very remarkable" '''[[monumental brass of John Rudying]]''' in [[Church of St Andrew, Biggleswade|St Andrew's church]] in [[Biggleswade]] was rediscovered when the floor was lifted?
* ... that the '''[[Taschenphilharmonie]]''', called the world's smallest orchestra, earned prizes for classical music embedded in narration for young children?
* ... that [[Jackie Evancho]]'s 2016 album '''''[[Someday at Christmas (Jackie Evancho album)|Someday at Christmas]]''''' peaked at No. 1 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Classical Albums chart?
===25 December 2016===
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* ... that most modern '''[[nutcracker doll]]s''' ''(examples pictured)'' are not functional, but merely decorative?<!--Special occasion hook for Christmas season-->
* ... that '''[[Helmut Kahlhöfer]]''' conducted his choir [[Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke]] in recordings of Reger's [[Geistliche Gesänge, Op. 110|''Geistliche Gesänge'', Op. 110]], and Bach's [[Mass in B minor structure|Mass in B minor]] for the tricentenary of the composer's birth?
* ... that, unusually for a constellation, the five brightest stars of '''[[Apus]]''' are red-tinged?
* ... that the Tongan '''[[Soakimi Gatafahefa]]''', the first Polynesian to be ordained as a Catholic priest, studied in Rome and met [[Pope Pius IX]]?
* ... that the Christian song "'''[[Give Thanks With a Grateful Heart]]'''" was credited as unknown authorship when first released in 1986, despite being written by Henry Smith in 1978?<!--special occasion hook for the Christmas season-->
* ... that '''[[Ami Radunskaya]]''', a mathematician who heads the [[Association for Women in Mathematics]], spent ten years as a [[cello|cellist]] and [[composer|music composer]] between high school and college?
* ... that the '''[[Fashion History Museum]]''' in [[Cambridge, Ontario]] houses what may be the oldest existing European shoe worn in North America?
* ... that in 1858 [[Santa Claus]] made his [[Christmas in Hawaii|first Hawaiian appearance]] at Washington Place, the home of '''[[Mary Dominis]]'''?<!--Special occasion hook for December 24-->
===24 December 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Cizhou ware]]''' was popular pottery not used by the Chinese Imperial court, and often made as ceramic pillows ''(example pictured)''?
* ... that the [[Advent]] hymn "'''[[O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf]]'''" was written against a backdrop of the [[Thirty Years' War]], the [[Plague (disease)|plague]], and [[Witch trials in the early modern period|witch trials]]? <!-- Special occasion hook to run before Christmas Day -->
* ... that '''[[Sadhan Gupta]]''', elected from '''[[Calcutta South East (Lok Sabha constituency)|Calcutta South East]]''' in a '''[[Calcutta South East by-election, 1953|1953 by-poll]]''', was the first blind parliamentarian in independent India?
* ... that '''[[Glass Buttes]]''' is a mountain group in central [[Oregon]] named for the large deposits of [[obsidian]] found on their slopes?
* ... that [[civil engineer]] '''[[Ernest William Moir]]''' invented the first medical [[airlock]]?
* ... that young '''[[Sloggett's vlei rat]]s''' have several adaptations that help them cope with severe cold in winter?
* ... that in 2010, the association footballer '''[[Neil Alexander]]''' came on as a substitute for [[Queen of the South F.C.|Queen of the South]] in a [[Exhibition game|friendly]] against his own team, [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]?
* ... that [[HMS Tartar's Prize|'''HMS ''Tartar{{'}}s Prize''''']] had oversized cannons, a leaky hull, and a smoky [[galley (kitchen)|galley]], and sank in the Mediterranean when her timbers gave way?
===23 December 2016===
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* ... that [[2016 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan]] linebacker '''[[Mike McCray]]''' was named [[Big Ten Conference]] Defensive Player of the Week for his first career start?
* ... that in 1967, President [[Hastings Banda]] established the '''[[Order of the Lion (Malawi)|Order of the Lion]]''', [[Malawi]]'s second-highest honor?
* ... that the '''[[Iazyges]]''' were a tribe of [[Sarmatians]] that migrated from [[Central Asia]] to the [[Pannonian Basin]]?
* ... that in 2005, [[Howard Dean]] was '''[[Democratic National Committee chairmanship election, 2005|elected]]''' as Chair of the [[Democratic National Committee]], despite both Democratic [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|Congressional]] [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|leaders]] endorsing [[Tim Roemer]] instead?
* ... that after '''[[Matua (priest)|High Priest Matua]]''' of [[Mangareva]] converted to Christianity in 1835, his long hair, sacred in the [[Mangarevan mythology|old pagan religion]], was cut short?
* ... that the third movement of the chorale motet '''''[[Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (J. C. F. Bach)|Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme]]''''' contains a quotation from a [[Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140#7|Bach cantata]] which composer [[Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach|{{nowrap|J. C. F.}} Bach]] included as a tribute to [[Johann Sebastian Bach|his father]]? <!-- Special request for before 25 December. -->
* ... that '''[[Bertha Bracey]]''' was a [[British Hero of the Holocaust|Hero of the Holocaust]]?
===22 December 2016===
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* ... that Hawaiian brothers '''[[John Timoteo Baker]]''' ''(pictured)'' and '''[[Robert Hoapili Baker]]''' served as models for the [[Kamehameha Statues]]?
* ... that courtship in the '''[[silvery mole-rat]]''' includes locking incisors or gently nibbling the mate?
* ... that the ruling [[Dutch East India Company]] drove the Islamization of the '''[[eastern salient of Java]]''' in the 18th century?
* ... that '''[[Clementia Killewald]]''', abbess of [[Eibingen Abbey]], spoke about its founder [[Hildegard of Bingen]] at the ceremony when she was proclaimed a saint and Doctor of the Church by the pope?
* ... that before qualifying for '''[[Secret Service Counter-Assault Teams]]''', agents of the [[United States Secret Service]] are required to do [[Pull-up (exercise)|pull-ups]] while wearing a {{convert|45|lb|adj=on}} weighted vest?
* ... that in 2015, '''[[Tony Ahn]]''' hiked the {{convert|63|mi|adj=on}} [[Bataan Death March]] route, consuming only a cup of rice and a liter of water per day to raise awareness that Filipinos were also forced to march?
* ... that '''[[Marylebone Lane]]''' is a "rustic diagonal" in an area laid out on a [[grid plan]]?
* ... that Sir '''[[Joseph Rotblat]]''', a Polish physicist who helped design atomic bombs for the [[Manhattan Project]] during World War II, won the [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize for Peace]]?
===21 December 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Martin Schmeding]]''' recorded the complete organ works by [[Max Reger]] on thirteen different organs from the composer's period, including the Sauer organ at [[Berlin Cathedral]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that seeds of the fossil fruit '''''[[Suciacarpa]]''''' have fossil fungi inside them?
* ... that lawyer and activist '''[[Shehla Zia]]''' was once arrested for protesting a law which reduced the weight given to evidence provided by female witnesses in a trial?
* ... that you can fly [[radio-controlled aircraft|model airplanes]] or ride [[Rail transport modelling|model trains]] behind a flood control dam in Phoenix, Arizona's '''[[Deer Valley, Phoenix|Deer Valley]]''' urban village?
* ... that the €11 million reported to have been spent by [[AS Monaco FC]] in 2012 to sign '''[[Lucas Ocampos]]''', was the most ever for a [[Ligue 2]] player?
* ... that according to a [[hadith]] by the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]], '''''[[Sadaqah|sadaqa]]''''' removes seventy gates of evil?
* ... that independent candidate '''[[Anadi Das]]''' defeated the incumbent assembly speaker in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1962|1962 West Bengal election]]?
* ... that '''[[White House sentries]]''' were abolished by [[Gerald Ford]] but reinstated by [[Ronald Reagan]]?
===20 December 2016===
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* ... that the environment of '''[[Licancabur Lake]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Chile]] has been compared to early [[lakes on Mars]]?
* ... that after part of the dome of the [[New Jersey State House]] was painted blue, '''[[George H. Barbour]]''' introduced legislation to ensure it would be restored to its traditional gold and white?
* ... that one member of '''[[South Sudan at the 2016 Summer Olympics|South Sudan's delegation to the 2016 Summer Olympics]]''' was informed by email eight days prior to the Games that he would not be competing?
* ... that in the 1980s, the [[West Bengal]] Fisheries Minister '''[[Bhakti Bhushan Mandal]]''' declared himself to be an intermediary between the Government of India and exiled Naga leader [[Phizo]]?
* ... that in South Africa, fewer than 40% of '''[[African cuckoo]]''' eggs are successfully hatched and the chicks raised by their foster parents?
* ... that New England expatriate '''[[Thomas Wright Everett]]''' became the last [[Governor of Maui|Royal Governor of Maui]]?
* ... that one critic described the novel '''''[[Birdsong (novel)|Birdsong]]''''' by [[Sebastian Faulks]] as starting a trend in the 1990s of British literature [[World War I in literature|rethinking the legacy of the World Wars]]?
* ... that '''[[Alice Brock]]''' owned the restaurant that inspired both [[Alice's Restaurant|the song]] and [[Alice's Restaurant (film)|the film]] named "Alice's Restaurant"?
===19 December 2016===
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* ... that during [[wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics]], coaches threw plush dolls of '''[[Vinicius and Tom|Vinicius]]''', the Olympic mascot, into the ring ''(pictured)'' if they wished to challenge a referee's call?
* ... that Hawaiian legislator '''[[Luther Aholo]]''' was compared to the Athenian statesman [[Solon]]?
* ... that the [[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]] general secretary '''[[Sudhindranath Kumar]]''' served two terms as Food Minister of [[West Bengal]]?
* ... that artwork at '''[[Othello station]]''' in Seattle, Washington, includes African dancers, an Asian-American "[[totem pole]]", and [[stormwater]] channels?
* ... that '''[[Alice Bota]]''', who writes for ''[[Die Zeit]]'' and studied in Germany and Poland, won an [[Axel-Springer-Preis|award for young journalists]]?
* ... that after the [[Mataram conquest of Surabaya|Mataram conquest]] of the '''[[Duchy of Surabaya]]''', the son of its last duke married the sister of the conqueror, [[Sultan Agung]]?
* ... that in 1980, [[newspaper editor]] '''[[Willis Tucker]]''' was elected the first [[Snohomish County Executive|county executive]] of [[Snohomish County, Washington]]?
* ... that [[The Cheshire Cheese|Cheshire Cheese]] may be found in '''[[Essex Street, London|Essex]]'''?
===18 December 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Malagasy white-eye]]''' ''(pictured)'' sometimes indulges in mutual preening?
* ... that the British [[Cello|cellist]] '''[[Sheku Kanneh-Mason]]''' signed his first record deal on a bus named in his honour?
* ... that the '''[[Swarmjet]]''' system was a proposed short-range [[anti-ballistic missile]] that fired thousands of unguided rockets like a shotgun against incoming [[nuclear warhead]]s?
* ... that [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative-elect]] '''[[Ted Budd]]''' won his first election with 20% of the vote in a 17-candidate field?
* ... that the idea for '''''[[Through the Wilderness]]''''', a [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] [[tribute album]], came in a dream to [[Paul Beahan]]?
* ... that a plot led by '''[[Joseph Harmatz]]''' to poison 12,000 [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] officers, held as POWs after [[World War II]], was part of a revenge effort "to kill six million Germans, one for every Jew slaughtered by the Germans"?
* ... that the 1937 [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] film '''''[[Bhaktha Sri Thyagaraja]]''''' is based on the life of the [[Carnatic music]]ian [[Tyagaraja]]?
* ... that '''[[Becca Pizzi]]''' completed [[World Marathon Challenge|seven marathons on seven continents in seven days]], and accepted a marriage proposal on the [[Baseball field#Pitcher's mound|mound]] before throwing out the [[Ceremonial first pitch|first pitch]] at Fenway Park?
===17 December 2016===
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* ... that the first director of the [[Tokyo National Museum]] was the [[samurai]] '''[[Machida Hisanari]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Kurile Lake]]''' is the site of the largest [[volcanic eruption]] of [[Holocene]] [[Kamchatka]] and one of the largest in the Holocene, spreading ash to a distance of {{convert|1700|km}}?
* ... that pastry chef '''[[Carine Goren]]''' was the most [[Google Search|googled]] person in Israel in 2015?
* ... that '''[[aluminium triacetate]]''' is used to treat [[aphthous ulcers]] and [[otitis]], to relieve the itch from [[Toxicodendron radicans|poison ivy]], and as an [[astringent]] with [[Mortellaro disease]] in hoofed animals?
* ... that during her 1895 trial, [[Liliuokalani|Queen Liliuokalani]] was defended by her [[Paul Neumann (Attorney General)|former attorney general]] and tried by a military tribunal led by another '''[[William Austin Whiting|former attorney general]]'''?
* ... that the main hall of [[Shuri Castle]] was reused as the ''[[Haiden (Shinto)|haiden]]'' of '''[[Okinawa Shrine]]''' before its destruction in the [[Battle of Okinawa]]?
* ... that '''[[Mary Barkas]]''' was the first female [[house physician]] at the [[Bethlem Royal Hospital]] in London?
* ... that the [[Westboro Baptist Church]] called Houston's '''[[Montrose Center]]''' "an oozing, purulent sore of [[Sodomy|sodomite]] contagion?"
===16 December 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Guan ware]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the "most frequently copied" of all Chinese pottery, despite the [[ceramic glaze|glaze]] being covered in cracks?
* ... that '''[[Josh White (racing driver)|Josh White]]''' is a [[NASCAR]] driver and a member of the [[United States Marine Corps Reserve]]?
* ... that '''''[[Rudraveena (film)|Rudraveena]]''''' (1988) was the second [[Telugu language|Telugu-language]] film to win the [[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration]]?
* ... that '''[[Ratification of the United States Constitution by Rhode Island|Rhode Island ratified the United States constitution]]''' only after being threatened with a [[trade embargo]] by the rest of the United States?
* ... that '''[[Jan Rippe]]''' became well known to the Swedish public in his role as Roger in the television comedy series ''[[Macken (TV series)|Macken]]''?
* ... that '''''[[I Am Seven]]''''' was released by Eleven9 Entertainment, a new agency in which South Korean singer [[Seven (Korean singer)|Seven]] had invested six billion [[South Korean won|won]] (US${{To USD|6000|Korea}} million)?
* ... that '''''[[Debatable (TV show)|Debatable]]''''' panellists have included a former MP and a rapper?
* ... that when introducing actress [[Sharon Stone]], Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist '''[[Monroe Karmin]]''' attributed her "wellness, fitness, and positive attitude" to her choice of undergarments?
===15 December 2016===
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* ... that an inscription at the ''circa'' 10th-century '''[[Parshvanatha temple, Khajuraho|Parshvanatha temple]]''' features one of the oldest known 4×4 [[magic square]]s ''(pictured)''?
* ... that the [[Industrial relations|labour studies]] scholar '''[[Kendra Coulter]]''' calls for interspecies solidarity between human and animal workers?
* ... that [[Christina Aguilera]] self-produced a 96-second music video for "'''[[Telepathy (Christina Aguilera song)|Telepathy]]'''" as a gift to her fans as the song rose to number-one on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Dance Club Songs]] chart?<!-- The song did not get to #1 until after the video was released-->
* ... that the Cretaceous snail '''''[[Condonella]]''''' was described in 1927, but not placed into a snail family until 2000?
* ... that at age 22, '''[[Judith Hemmendinger]]''' helped rehabilitate nearly 100 child survivors of the [[Buchenwald concentration camp]], among them [[Elie Wiesel]]?
* ... that the [[pre-Islamic Arabia|pre-Islamic]] Arab chieftain '''[[Zuhayr ibn Janab]]''' destroyed a sanctuary that rivalled the [[Kaaba]] of Mecca?
* ... that at '''[[Bexley Hospital]]''', the patients looked after the farm animals, maintained the grounds, and did the cleaning?
* ... that the princess '''[[Joan of Navarre (nun)|Joan of Navarre]]''' had to renounce her inheritance and become a nun because [[Peter IV of Aragon|her fiancé]] wanted to marry her younger sister '''[[Maria of Navarre|Maria]]''' instead?
===14 December 2016===
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* ... that schoolteacher '''[[Mary Chase Walker]]''' ''(pictured)'' was boycotted in 1866 in [[San Diego]], California, after lunching in public with a black woman?
* ... that '''[[El Progreso Department]]''' in [[Guatemala]] was dissolved 12 years after its creation, only to be recreated 14 years later?
* ... that Hawaiian Colonel '''[[John Dominis Holt II|John Dominis Holt]]''' served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention with [[David Kawānanakoa|a prince]]?
* ... that under certain conditions, the '''[[woodland dormouse]]''' can enter a state of [[torpor]]?
* ... that the focus of '''''[[Harvard Environmental Law Review]]''''' was changed because the original format was "too ambitious"?
* ... that art dealer and gallerist '''[[Robert Mnuchin]]''', and his sons [[Steven Mnuchin|Steven]] and Alan, all worked for [[Goldman Sachs]]?
* ... that the [[World Health Organization]] says that a focus on [[reproductive health]] alone prevents progress in ensuring quality '''[[Women's health|women's healthcare]]'''?
* ... that since it honors a notionally illegal [[Mazu (goddess)|cult]], suburban Shanghai's '''[[Tianfei Palace (Songjiang)|Tianfei Palace]]''' is officially classified as a museum?
===13 December 2016===
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* ... that in 1951, Prime Minister of Iran [[Haj Ali Razmara]] was shot dead by [[Khalil Tahmasebi]], a member of [[Fada'iyan-e Islam]], while attending a memorial service at Tehran's '''[[Shah Mosque (Tehran)|Shah Mosque]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that [[Kingdom of Hawaii]] Attorney General '''[[Antone Rosa]]''' and Interior Minister [[John F. Colburn]] were detained for driving a carriage into a fish market?
* ... that [[Solange Knowles]] performed a live cover of [[Nivea (singer)|Nivea]]'s song "'''[[Laundromat (Nivea song)|Laundromat]]'''" in an actual laundromat?
* ... that '''[[Michael Lane (engineer)|Michael Lane]]''', who served as Chief Engineer of the [[Great Western Railway]], started out as a bricklayer but became one of [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]]'s most trusted assistants?
* ... that when its cheek pouches are full, the '''[[lesser spot-nosed monkey]]'''{{`s}} throat resembles a snowball?
* ... that '''[[Dave Somers]]''', the current [[Snohomish County Executive|executive]] of [[Snohomish County, Washington]], was educated as a [[Fisheries science|fisheries biologist]]?
* ... that there was no marker for the grave of theologian [[Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen]] at '''[[Elm Ridge Cemetery, North Brunswick|Elm Ridge Cemetery]]''' for more than a century after his burial?
* ... that Steve Cooke and Beth Webster are '''[[Make Me an Egghead|the newest Eggheads]]'''?
===12 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 12 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after Queen [[Liliuokalani]] of Hawaii died in 1917, her pet dog Poni ''(pictured)'' was given to her confidante and final [[lady-in-waiting]] '''[[Lahilahi Webb]]'''?
* ... that [[Brigham Young University]] has a digitized collection of '''[[Mormon missionary diarists|Mormon missionary diaries]]''' that includes the work of 115 diarists and 376 written volumes?
* ... that '''[[Gonzalo Castellot Madrazo]]''' was the first announcer to appear on [[Television in Mexico|Mexican television]]?
* ... that low-level '''[[Schedule C appointment|Schedule C]]''' [[Political appointments in the United States|political appointees in the United States]] sometimes attempt to "burrow in" by transferring to permanent [[Competitive service|merit-based positions]]?
* ... that '''[[Baxter Langley]]''', who stood for the UK Parliament alongside [[William Gladstone]], was later sentenced to [[Penal labour|hard labour]]?
* ... that despite [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|charting]] at only 96, "'''[[To Build a Home]]'''" by [[The Cinematic Orchestra]] has been streamed more than 60 million times and featured in several TV shows?
* ... that expulsion from the Senate did not prevent '''[[Gaius Antonius Hybrida]]''' from attaining the highest elected office in the Roman Republic?
* ... that the [[Pu Songling]] short story "'''[[Stealing Peaches]]'''" describes the [[Indian rope trick]]?
===11 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 11 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a landslide on '''[[Kambalny]]''' ''(pictured)'' during the [[Holocene]] caused debris to travel for {{convert|20|km}}?
* ... that [[Brett Smitheram]] won the '''[[MSI World Scrabble Championship 2016|2016 World Scrabble Championship]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[72nd Street (Second Avenue Subway)|72nd]]''', '''[[86th Street (Second Avenue Subway)|86th]]''', and '''[[96th Street (Second Avenue Subway)|96th Street]]''' stations along the [[Second Avenue Subway]] are part of the [[New York City Subway]]'s first major expansion in over half a century?
* ... that when he was growing up, [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative-elect]] '''[[Raja Krishnamoorthi]]''' lived in public housing and received [[Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program|food stamps]]?
* ... that [[Destruction of cultural heritage by ISIL|destruction]] of ancient '''[[Assyrian sculpture]]''' by [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIL]] is reported to have increased in late 2016 with the [[Mosul offensive (2016)|Mosul offensive]]?
* ... that after becoming the first African-American to captain an athletic team at [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish|Notre Dame]], '''[[Aubrey Lewis (athlete)|Aubrey Lewis]]''' joined the first class to include blacks at the [[FBI Academy]]?
* ... that the mixed choir '''[[Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke]]''', founded 70 years ago for [[sacred music]], was a partner of the [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk|WDR]] from 1957, and performed in Israel and with [[Ian Anderson]]?
* ... that [[West Bengal]] Jails Minister '''[[Jiban Ratan Dhar]]''' had been jailed three times himself?
===10 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 10 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that almost all the [[Cape parrot]]s in captivity are actually '''[[Brown-necked parrot|uncape parrots]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that the British-Hawaiian politician '''[[Ferdinand William Hutchison]]''' was influential in the development of the [[Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement and National Historical Park|leper colony of Kalaupapa]], to which his son '''[[Ambrose K. Hutchison]]''' was exiled in 1879?
* ... that in the stratified social system of the African '''[[Zarma people]]''', the lowest stratum inherited [[slavery]]?
* ... that '''''[[Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath]]''''' explores "shocking stories of abuse, heartbreak and harassment" of former members of the [[Church of Scientology]]?
* ... that '''[[Sam Manekshaw]]''' was the first [[Indian Army]] officer to be promoted to the rank of [[field marshal (India)|field marshal]]?
* ... that '''[[Neues Geistliches Lied]]''', a genre of contemporary songs for use at church, was performed by around 1,895 choirs and bands in German dioceses according to a 2001 report?
* ... that the third wife of '''[[Bohemond III of Antioch]]''' was described as a witch by [[William of Tyre]], and as a whore by [[Michael the Syrian]]?
* ... that after decades of prohibition, '''[[hemp in Kentucky]]''' is a legal crop?
===9 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 9 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''''[[doucai]]''''' style ''(example pictured)'' in [[Chinese porcelain]] uses colours both [[Overglaze decoration|over]] and [[Underglaze|under]] the [[ceramic glaze|glaze]]?
* ... that '''[[Merian C. Cooper]]''', director of ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'', destroyed nearly all 5,000 copies of his autobiography ''Things Men Die For''?
* ... that the components of the '''[[TV Corvi]]''' system orbit each other every 90 minutes?
* ... that '''[[Wilhelm von Debschitz]]''' founded an art school in Munich which provided a model for the [[Bauhaus]]?
* ... that [[Pharrell Williams]] wrote the song "'''[[Sexify]]'''" based on headlines from the women's fashion magazine [[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|''Cosmopolitan'']]?
* ... that journalist '''[[Shafiqa Habibi]]''' was one of only three women candidates in the [[Afghan presidential election, 2004|2004 Afghan presidential election]]?
* ... that the [[reliquary]] of the 11th-century Buddhist monk Miaoyuan was rediscovered in the 1970s during repairs to [[Songjiang District|Songjiang]]'s '''[[Songjiang Square Pagoda|Square Pagoda]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Raphael Demos]]''' taught [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] the philosophy of [[Plato]] and gave him an A for his work?
===8 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 8 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the 2006 Argentine book '''''[[Abzurdah (book)|Abzurdah]]''''' by '''[[Cielo Latini]]''' ''(pictured)'' details the author{{'}}s youthful struggle with [[Anorexia nervosa|anorexia]]?
* ... that '''[[XGRS]]''' was a [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]]-operated radio station in [[Shanghai]] during [[World War II]]?
* ... that despite his subjects' reluctance to accept him as king, '''[[Philip III of Navarre]]''' proved to be an effective and successful ruler?
* ... that the [[European Commission]] ruled the [[Corporation tax in the Republic of Ireland|Republic of Ireland's tax benefits]] to [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] were an illegal form of '''[[State aid (European Union)|state aid]]''', and the company would have to pay €13 billion in back tax as a result?
* ... that '''[[Helen Boyle]]''' was the first female president of the [[Royal Medico-Psychological Association]]?
* ... that the [[multiplayer video game|multiplayer]] [[mod (video gaming)|fan project]] developed for '''''[[Just Cause 2]]''''' was recognized by [[Avalanche Studios]] as the game's official [[downloadable content]]?
* ... that an ace member of the [[Eagle Squadrons]], '''[[Richard L. Alexander]]''', was one of the first pilots of the [[Republic P-47 Thunderbolt|P-47 Thunderbolt]]?
* ... that the male '''[[tantalus monkey]]''' has a bright blue scrotum surrounded by orange hairs?
===7 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 7 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Jane Caferella's play '''''[[e-baby]]''''' ''([[Ensemble Theatre]] performance pictured)'' was called "a very rare theatrical beast", as it explores the visceral experience of two women joined by [[Surrogacy|gestational surrogacy]]?
* ... that '''[[Thomas of Tolentino]]''' was martyred for [[Islam_and_blasphemy#Blasphemy_against_holy_personages|insulting Muhammad]] during a medieval domestic violence case in India?
* ... that the ''[[Criollismo|criollista]]'' novel '''''[[Carazamba]]''''' may be seen as an allegory of the incorporation of the remote [[Petén Department]] into the [[Guatemala]]n nation?
* ... that [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative-elect]] '''[[Stephanie Murphy]]''' and her family left Vietnam when she was six months old, and were rescued by the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]]?
* ... that '''[[Guinea-Bissau at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|Guinea-Bissau's participation at the 2012 Summer Paralympics]]''' was the country's first at a [[Paralympic Games]]?
* ... that the philosopher '''[[Gary Varner]]''' has argued that all beings, including plants, have morally considerable interests?
* ... that the future '''[[Roosevelt station (Sound Transit)|Roosevelt station]]''' in [[Seattle]] plans to incorporate a preserved [[Streamline Moderne]] facade from a music shop that was demolished for its construction?
* ... that the '''[[hairy-breasted barbet]]''' has been observed to remove wings and legs from insects by bashing them on branches?
===6 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 6 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Beti people]]''' were misrepresented in the [[Tarzan]] books and films ''(poster pictured)''?
* ... that Harvard philosopher '''[[Ralph Monroe Eaton]]''' wrote an unpublished memoir of his experiences during the First World War?
* ... that "'''[[Zhang Hongjian]]'''", a short story by Chinese writer Pu Songling, was adapted into two plays?
* ... that the fossil ant genus '''''[[Agastomyrma]]''''' was described from a single queen?
* ... that '''[[Hannah Dadds]]''' was the first female train driver on the [[London Underground]]?<!--special occasion request for December 5-->
* ... that during '''[[Mataram conquest of Surabaya|their conquest of Surabaya]]''', [[Mataram Sultanate|Mataram]] forces dammed the [[Brantas River]] to limit water supply to the city of [[Surabaya]]?
* ... that Malian taekwondo practitioner '''[[Ismaël Coulibaly]]''' won a gold medal at the [[2015 African Games]]?
* ... that '''[[Electoral history of George Washington|George Washington's campaign]]''' distributed {{convert|160|USgal|l}} of alcoholic drink to voters on polling day at the 1758 Virginia [[House of Burgesses]] election?
===5 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 5 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that 7th- and 8th-century Chinese pottery '''[[Tang dynasty tomb figures]]''' include [[cross-dressing]] women playing [[polo]] ''(example pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Michael Stevens (educator)|Michael Stevens]]''', creator and host of ''[[Vsauce]]'', uploaded his first [[YouTube]] videos under the username "pooplicker888"?
* ... that '''[[Sound Transit 3]]''' will nearly double the amount of [[light rail]] in the [[Seattle]] region to {{convert|112|mi|km}} of track?
* ... that males of the fossil ant '''''[[Proceratium eocenicum]]''''' have a hair fringe?
* ... that the '''[[1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games]]''', held in [[Edinburgh]], lacked day-to-day television coverage by British broadcasters?
* ... that '''[[Tamar Halperin]]''' recorded music by [[Erik Satie]], playing piano, [[harpsichord]], [[Hammond organ]], and [[Wurlitzer electric piano|Wurlitzer piano]]?
* ... that '''[[Asian Paints Ltd]]'''{{`s}} former mascot Gattu, a mischievous boy with a paint bucket, was created by Indian cartoonist [[R. K. Laxman]]?
* ... that fictional journalist '''[[Carl Diggler]]''' correctly predicted the results of more [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 presidential]] [[United States presidential primary|primaries]] than [[Nate Silver]]'s statistics blog [[FiveThirtyEight]]?
===4 December 2016===
*'''''00:10, 4 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that caterer '''[[Joseph Lyons (caterer)|Sir Joseph Lyons]]''' staged ''[[Venice in London]]'' ''(programme pictured)'' in 1891 using 100 gondolas imported from Venice{{snd}}along with their gondoliers?
* ... that {{convert|45|lb|kg|adj=on}} '''[[weight plate]]s''' have been known to weigh as little as {{convert|38|lb|kg}} or as much as {{convert|59|lb|kg}}?
* ... that President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] credited '''[[Agnes E. Meyer]]''' with having the most influence over his education policy?
* ... that in 2003, '''[[PSLV-C5]]''' deployed the [[Resourcesat-1|IRS-P6]] satellite, then the heaviest and most sophisticated remote sensing satellite built by the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]]?
* ... that '''[[Beatriz de la Cueva]]''', the first female colonial governor in the New World, died in a September 11 disaster two days after taking office?
* ... that the '''[[New York State Insurance Fund]]''' once mistakenly categorized puppet making under rubber manufacturing instead of theatrical production?
* ... that [[Henry IV of England|King Henry IV]]'s '''[[English invasion of Scotland (1400)|invasion of Scotland in 1400]]''' has been described as "utterly futile"?
* ... that the 1000-year-old '''''[[Bishop Petros with Saint Peter the Apostle]]''''' ended up in Poland after being saved from a watery grave?
===3 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 3 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the larva of the beetle '''''[[Acanthinodera cumingii]]''''' ''(adult pictured)'' can reach {{convert|13|cm|in|0}} in length?
* ... that the [[Washington (state)|Washington state]] '''[[Washington gubernatorial election, 1960|1960 gubernatorial election]]''' was the first in state history to include [[televised debate]]s?
* ... that '''[[Wes McCauley]]''' has refereed the [[Stanley Cup Finals]] for the last four years?
* ... that 10 of the military officers involved in the '''[[1989 Panamanian coup d'état attempt]]''' were executed in what became known as the Albrook massacre?
* ... that the positions of nonzero digits in two [[Multiplicative inverse|reciprocal]] [[irrational number]]s, 1/3.30033000000000033... = 0.30300000303..., are given by the '''[[Moser–de Bruijn sequence]]''' and its double?
* ... that '''[[Clarence Ditlow]]''' was recommended for a consumer advocacy job because he was a wrestler?
* ... that '''[[Operation Game Warden]]''' sought to interdict [[Viet Cong]] use of the [[Mekong Delta]] during the [[Vietnam War]] and in so doing, patrolled over {{convert|3800|mi}} of natural and man-made waterways?
* ... that to the speakers of the [[Ngan’gityemerri language]], the flowering of the '''[[Brachychiton megaphyllus|red-flowering kurrajong]]''' marks the time that [[freshwater crocodile]]s are laying eggs?
===2 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 2 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Kalākaua|King Kalākaua]] of Hawaii was the first foreign leader to head a '''[[State visits to the United States|state visit to the United States]]''' ''(reception pictured)''?
* ... that in 1981 '''[[Bobbi Campbell]]''' became the first person to publicly identify as a person living with [[HIV/AIDS]]?<!--Special occasion request for December 1-->
* ... that '''[[Atari CX40 joystick|the joystick shipped with the Atari 2600]]''' was described as "the pinnacle of home entertainment controllers in its day"?
* ... that eleven publishers vied for the rights to [[Jessie Burton]]'s debut novel '''''[[The Miniaturist]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Don Martina]]''', former Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles, successfully campaigned for [[Tula (Curaçao)|a slave leader]] to become a national hero?
* ... that the eggs of '''[[Oberländer's ground thrush]]''' have yet to be described?
* ... that the elected council of the '''[[Free City of Danzig Government in Exile]]''' was supposedly recognised in secret as the legal successor to the [[Free City of Danzig#Government|Danzig Senate]] by Danzig expatriates in 1951 and 1961?
* ... that the first known specimen of the [[dinosaur]] '''''[[Tongtianlong|Tongtianlong limosus]]''''', which may have died trapped in mud, was nearly blown up by Chinese workmen?
===1 December 2016===
*'''''00:00, 1 December 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in ''La Science Amusante'', '''[[Arthur Good]]''' constructed imaginative scientific apparatus such as the "soap-bubble chandelier" ''(illustrated)'' using common items like bottles, candles, and soap?
* ... that the '''[[Sindh Mohajir Punjabi Pathan Muttahida Mahaz]]''' was the first Pakistani party to use the term "[[Muhajir people|Muhajir]]" in a political context?
* ... that according to popular legend, '''[[Edward William Purvis]]''' gave his nickname, meaning "jumping flea", to the [[ukulele]]?
* ... that less than 50 years after being discovered, '''''[[Heterelmis stephani]]''''' is now presumed extinct?
* ... that '''[[Muzoon Almellehan]]''' has been called the "[[Malala Yousafzai|Malala]] of Syria" for her work to keep girls in school?
* ... that the funeral of the author [[Lewis Carroll]] was held at '''[[St Mary's Church, Guildford|St Mary's Church]]''' in [[Guildford]]?
* ... that in 1880, '''[[Stephen P. Moss (Oregon politician)|Stephen P. Moss]]''' and [[Charles A. Cogswell]] founded the ''[[Lake County Examiner]]'' to advocate their Democratic political views in southern [[Oregon]]?
* ... that although Egypt boycotted the [[1956 Summer Olympics]], it still '''[[Egypt at the 1956 Summer Olympics|sent three athletes to the Games]]'''?
