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===29 February 2016===
*'''''12:00, 29 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Brent E. Huffman|the director]] of '''''[[Saving Mes Aynak]]''''' presented Afghani leaders with a [[petition]] signed by 100,000 people in support of the preservation of the [[Mes Aynak|5,000-year-old archaeological site]] ''(excavations pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[W. Lair Thompson]]''', the [[List of Presidents of the Oregon State Senate|President of the Oregon Senate]], lost his re-election bid in 1916 by one vote?
* ... that the freshwater snails '''''[[Sinotaia aeruginosa]]''''' and '''''[[Cipangopaludina cathayensis]]''''' are used in Chinese cuisine?
* ... that '''[[Ana Irma Rivera Lassén]]''', who would later become president of the [[Bar Association of Puerto Rico]], sued a judge in the 1980s so she could appear in court dressed in [[Trousers|pants]]?
* ... that '''[[Makrana marble]]''' was used in the construction of the [[Taj Mahal]] and the [[Victoria Memorial (India)|Victoria Memorial]]?
* ... that '''''[[Black Metropolis]]''''', a foundational American sociology text by [[St. Clair Drake]] and [[Horace R. Cayton, Jr.]], resulted from the work of as many as 200 researchers, typists, and copyists?
* ... that '''[[chestnut cake]]''' may be prepared using flour from ground chestnuts?

*'''''00:00, 29 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after receiving her PhD in 1921, '''[[Georgiana Simpson]]''' ''(pictured)'', like other black women scholars, could only find a university position teaching [[Family and consumer science|home economics]]?
* ... that when [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] played in the '''[[2016 Football League Cup Final|Football League Cup Final]]''' today, they did so for a record 12th time?
* ... that '''[[Soup the Chemist]]''' has been called the "Godfather of [[Christian hip hop]]"?
* ... that the plot for the ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' episode "'''[[Postgame Mortem]]'''" was based around a scene in an elevator, and the crew "wrote backwards" from that scene?
* ... that '''[[Queen Elizabeth cake]]''' is named after [[Elizabeth II]] and is a popular cake in Canada?
* ... that Japanese musician [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]] composed the '''[[The Revenant (soundtrack)|original soundtrack]]''' for the 2015 film ''[[The Revenant (2015 film)|The Revenant]]'' during his recovery from [[oropharyngeal cancer|throat cancer]]?
* ... that Lebanese [[Information technology|IT]] expert and [[Permanent residence (United States)|U.S. permanent resident]] '''[[Nizar Zakka]]''', detained in Iran since September 18, 2015, has been accused of being an American spy?
* ... that [[Antifaschistische Aktion|anti-fascists]], [[Islamism|Islamists]], and [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazis]] '''[[2009 Malmö Davis Cup riots|rioted]]''' against [[2009 Davis Cup World Group#Sweden vs. Israel|a tennis match]]?

===28 February 2016===
*'''''12:00, 28 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the activity of [[crab]]s helped [[Salicornia europaea|glasswort]], '''''[[Arthrocnemum macrostachyum]]''''' and '''''[[Halocnemum strobilaceum]]''''' ''(pictured)'' to recolonise oil-polluted marshland?
* ... that '''[[Iarla Ó Lionáird]]''' sang "Casadh an tSúgáin" in ''[[Brooklyn (film)|Brooklyn]]''?
* ... that the '''[[State road D915 (Turkey)|Of–Bayburt road]]''' in northeastern Turkey is considered one of the most dangerous routes, with over 20 steep [[hairpin turn]]s?
* ... that the [[Pac-12 Conference]] award for '''[[Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year|men's basketball coach of the year]]''' was renamed in honor of [[John Wooden]]?
* ... that the '''[[Navalgund Durries]]''' are a type of Indian rug with geometric patterns and designs of birds and animals?
* ... that Governor '''[[Ye Liansong]]''' said he never thought of becoming a politician until he was told of his appointment as vice-mayor?
* ... that '''[[Puri]]''' hosts the famed [[Rath Yatra]], attended by at least a million people every year?
* ... that '''[[James Maxie Ponder]]''', [[St. Petersburg, Florida]]'s first African-American physician, began a medical practice out of his home and accepted payment in poultry, vegetables, and ham?

*'''''00:00, 28 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Halloween cake]]''' themes ''(example pictured)'' include cakes that resemble [[jack-o'-lantern]]s and the human brain, and cupcakes with bloody teeth emerging from them?
* ... that '''[[Zeng Junchen]]''', one of 20th-century China's most successful [[drug lord]]s, started out selling [[salt]]?
* ... that the [[Olly Murs]] song "[[Please Don't Let Me Go]]" is based on one of his '''[[List of songs recorded by Olly Murs|real-life experiences of a failed relationship]]'''?
* ... that when a reporter told horse breeder '''[[Betty Sain]]''' that there were no [[coyote]]s in [[Tennessee]], she presented him with a dead one?
* ... that a boring mill at the mouth of '''[[White Deer Creek]]''' in 1776 made gun barrels for the [[Continental Army]]?
* ... that '''[[Margaret Benyon]]''' has been called "the mother of British [[holography]]"?
* ... that after the release of '''''[[Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut]]''''', the [[Donnie Darko|original film]] was described as being the first "[[box office flop|flop]]" to be given a director's cut?
* ... that earlier this month, the town of [[Wangaratta]] was overrun by '''[[Panicum effusum|hairy panic]]'''?

===27 February 2016===
*'''''12:00, 27 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[Six Gentlemen (painting)|Six Gentlemen]]''''' ''(pictured)'' by [[Ni Zan]] is thought to represent the isolation of scholar-recluses in [[Yuan dynasty]] China?
* ... that the composer '''[[William Sterndale Bennett|Sterndale Bennett]]''' introduced [[cricket]] to Germany?
* ... that [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]] attorney '''[[Bill Birchfield]]''' referred to himself as the "Duke of [[Mayo, Florida|Mayo]]"?
* ... that after seeing a [[Trailer (promotion)|trailer]] for [[Oprah Winfrey]]'s ''[[Belief (TV series)|Belief]]'' series, [[Tim McGraw]] got Winfrey to provide footage for his "'''[[Humble and Kind]]'''" music video?
* ... that professional surfer '''[[Kala Alexander]]''' is vice president of an organization that gives children with [[cystic fibrosis]] surfing lessons?
* ... that the first waves of the '''[[landing at Lae]]''' were carried in four [[High-speed transport|destroyer transports]]?
* ... that [[Gujarati theatre]] actor '''[[Markand Bhatt]]''' received a [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 2008?
* ... that '''[[Ezubao]]''' attracted 50 billion yuan ($7.6 billion) from 900,000 Chinese investors before it was closed down as a [[Ponzi scheme]]?

*'''''00:00, 27 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... in post-World War II United States, the '''[[Harley-Davidson KR]]''' ''(pictured)'' dominated domestic [[motorcycle racing]] with an obsolete but highly refined [[flathead engine]]?
* ... that a [[forensic facial reconstruction]] of two-year-old '''[[Bella Bond murder case|Bella Bond]]''' triggered approximately 56 million Internet views?
* ... that the '''[[Whakamana Cannabis Museum]],''' New Zealand's first museum dedicated to [[cannabis culture]], opened in [[Caversham, New Zealand|Caversham]], [[Dunedin]], in 2013?
* ... that '''[[Gloria Wekker]]''' has been called "Holland's [[Angela Davis]]" for igniting debate on [[cultural racism]]?
* ... that the upcoming '''[[Dead & Company Summer Tour 2016|Dead & Company 2016 Summer Tour]]''' will be the first shows played at [[Fenway Park]] by members of the [[Grateful Dead]]?
* ... that the shell of the [[Egg fossil|fossil egg]] '''''[[Dictyoolithus]]''''' is made up of five superimposed layers of eggshell units?
* ... that some scholars speculate that the "plague of '''[[emerods]]'''" described in [[Books of Samuel|1 Samuel]] of the [[King James Bible]] was actually an outbreak of [[bubonic plague]]?
* ... that in her colorful memoir ''When Denver and I Were Young'', '''[[Edwina Hume Fallis]]''' warned against trying on another child's hat, because "you might bring home something you didn't like"?

===26 February 2016===
*'''''12:00, 26 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that one son of a former prime minister unveiled '''[[Mells War Memorial]]''' ''(pictured)'' while another is commemorated on it?
* ... that during the '''[[Siege of Syracuse (877–878)|Siege of Syracuse]]''' by the [[Aghlabids]] in 877–878, the [[Byzantine navy]] failed to aid the city on time, as it was employed in the construction of the [[Nea Ekklesia]] church?
* ... that the parents of the first white child born in [[Lycoming County, Pennsylvania]], settled on '''[[Glade Run]]'''?
* ... that a mysterious World War II airbase of the former [[Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service]] located at '''[[Nishiki, Kumamoto]]''', is currently being surveyed with a view to eventually opening it up to tourists?
* ... that the [[Welsh people|Welsh]] architect '''[[Thomas Thomas (architect)|Thomas Thomas]]''' made sure he preached one of the very first sermons in every chapel he built?
* ... that '''[[Southern Beekeeper's Nature Reserve]]''' had no official name when it was [[Gazetted|gazetted]] in 1979, but had been used for [[beekeeping]] for generations?
* ... that '''[[Rahul Thakkar]]''', an [[Indian Americans|Indian-American]] software developer, jointly won the 2016 [[Academy Scientific and Technical Award|Academy Award for scientific and technical achievement]]?
* ... that in the music video for the title track from '''''[[Wow to the Deadness]]''''', the members of '''[[Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil|Steve Taylor & The Danielson Foil]]''' throw water balloons at each other?

*'''''00:00, 26 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Armada Memorial]]''' is built on [[Plymouth Hoe]], the site where tradition holds [[Francis Drake]] wanted to finish a game of [[bowls]] ''(scene pictured)'' before defeating the [[Spanish Armada]]?
* ... that '''[[Carrie A. Tuggle]]''' established the Tuggle Institute, in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], a boarding school to give free education for black children who were destitute orphans or juvenile defendants?
* ... that professional wrestler Atomic Star became the only rookie to compete in three ''[[IWRG El Protector|El Protector]]'' tournaments when he won the '''[[El Protector (2016)|2016 ''El Protector]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Nic Case]]''' became the first driver to top {{convert|200|mph}} with a radio-controlled car in 2014?
* ... that in the '''[[Battle of the Straits]]''' in 965, the [[Fatimids]] employed divers to tie ropes to the [[Byzantine]] ships, along which [[Greek fire|incendiary devices]] were then hurled against them?
* ... that '''''[[Triprismatoolithus]]''''' is a kind of [[Egg fossil|fossil egg]] that was probably laid by an unknown species of [[alvarezsaur]]ian dinosaur?
* ... that '''[[Zaila McCalla]]''', first female [[Chief Justice of Jamaica]], is also the [[Chancellor (ecclesiastical)|Chancellor]] of the [[Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands]]?
* ... that some reaches of '''[[Turkey Run (West Branch Susquehanna River)|Turkey Run]]''' and '''[[Oak Run (Wolf Run)|Oak Run]]''' were described as "moderately depressed" in the 1970s?

===25 February 2016===
*'''''12:00, 25 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Liang Siyong]]''' was one of the first Chinese archaeologists?
* ... that "'''[[America can't do a damn thing against us]]'''" was a slogan used by [[Ayatollah]] [[Ruhollah Khomeini]], the former [[Supreme Leader of Iran]], during the [[Iran hostage crisis|hostage crisis]]?
* ... that African-American '''[[Daniel Robert Alexander]]''' was described as a favorite of Ethiopian emperor [[Menelik II]] and blacksmith to [[Haile Selassie]]?
* ... that the salt-tolerant plants '''''[[Zygophyllum album]]''''', '''''[[Nitraria retusa]]''''', and '''''[[Tamarix nilotica]]''''' dominate different vegetation zones at the '''[[Moghra Oasis]]''' in Egypt?
* ... that '''[[Zvezdelina Stankova]]''' brought ideas from her Bulgarian mathematical education to California by founding the Berkeley [[Math circle|Math Circle]]?
* ... that the Indian state of '''[[Kerala]]''' celebrates over 10,000 festivals annually?
* ... that entrepreneur '''[[Ren Jianxin (businessman)|Ren Jianxin]]''', founder of the world's 265th largest company, began with a loan of {{Currency|10000|RMB}}?
* ... that in the '''[[Battle of Dumpu]]''', Lieutenant Colonel [[Ralph Honner]], although covered in blood and black ants, refused to be carried from the field for fear it might endanger the stretcher bearers?

*'''''00:00, 25 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Norwich War Memorial]]''' ''(pictured)'', first unveiled in 1927, was relocated in 1938, and then rotated in 2011?
* ... that at 81, horse trainer '''[[Bud Dunn]]''' became the oldest rider ever to win the [[Tennessee Walking Horse]] [[Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration|World Grand Championship]]?
* ... that the '''[[wildlife of Egypt]]''' no longer includes the elephants, rhinoceroses and gerenuk depicted in [[rock art]] at the village of '''[[Silwa Bahari]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Marianne Means]]''' was the first woman reporter to be assigned full-time coverage of the [[White House]]?
* ... that '''[[Operation Ferdinand|Ferdinand]]'''{{`s}} threat to Genoa during World War II allowed a [[Operation Dragoon|Dragoon]] to achieve tactical surprise?
* ... that '''[[Norma Cox Astwood]]''', a [[clinical psychologist]], became Vice President of the [[Senate of Bermuda]]?
* ... that [[Mariah Carey]] '''[[List of songs recorded by Mariah Carey|recorded a cover version]]''' of the [[Brenda K. Starr]] song "[[I Still Believe (Brenda K. Starr song)|I Still Believe]]" as a thank you for helping her get into the music industry?
* ... that '''[[Tibs the Great]]''' vanquished all his foes during his 14-year reign?

===24 February 2016===
*'''''12:00, 24 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the flower of the cactus '''''[[Echinopsis spachiana]]''''' ''(pictured)'' mainly opens at night?
* ... that the American policy analyst [[Gareth Porter]], argues in his '''''[[Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare|Manufactured Crisis]]''''' that allegations of Iran's attempts to build nuclear weapons have been fabricated by Israel and the United States?
* ... that '''[[Banner Lane]]''' was the site of one of the largest Second World War [[British shadow factories]] with over one million square feet of floorspace?
* ... that '''[[Detty Kurnia]]''' is an Indonesian vocalist who sang ''Dari Sunda'' which was among the five best albums listed by [[Q (magazine)|''Q'' Magazine]]?
* ... that the '''[[Green-legged Partridge]]''' of Poland is actually a chicken?
* ... that the '''[[Norfolk headless body]]''' may have been a "duchess"?
* ... that the losses sustained by the crew of patrol boat '''''[[Phaethon (patrol boat)|Phaethon]]''''', during the [[battle of Tillyria]] in 1964, were the first battle casualties of the [[Hellenic Navy]] after World War II?
* ... that the '''[[2015 Singapore Grand Prix]]''' was won by [[Sebastian Vettel]] even though he lost his bottle?

*'''''00:00, 24 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[C. C. Beall]]'''{{'}}s 1945 Treasury poster ''(pictured)'' of [[Joe Rosenthal]]'s photograph of the raising of the American flag on [[Iwo Jima]] was used for a World War II campaign which brought in $26 billion?
* ... that [[Michael Muhney]] did not know about his character's death on ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' until receiving the script for his final episode, "'''[[Mars, Bars]]'''"?
* ... that '''[[Paulette Poujol-Oriol]]'''{{'s}} literary works focus principally on the social and economic problems of Haiti, evoking moral options and suggesting solutions?
* ... that to hike round the '''[[Mont Blanc massif]]''' in the [[Alps]] is a {{convert|170|km|adj=on}} trip, usually taking 11 days, but top athletes run round the [[Tour du Mont Blanc]] circuit in just 21 hours?
* ... that director '''[[Naji Abu Nowar]]''' produced ''[[Theeb]]'', [[Jordan]]'s first film ever to be nominated for an Academy Award?
* ... that '''''[[Undulatoolithus]]''''', a kind of [[egg fossil|fossil egg]] from China, probably received intensive parental care?
* ... that the ''Bestiaire'' by '''[[Philip de Thaun]]''' is one of two medieval English sources for the story behind the phrase "[[crocodile tears]]"?
* ... that a distinctive diamond helped secure a [[murder conviction without a body|bodyless murder conviction]] in the case of '''[[Murder of Robert Wykel|Robert Wykel]]''', last seen 20 years ago today?

===23 February 2016===
*'''''12:00, 23 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Carthaginian currency]]''' ''(pictured)'' commonly featured the [[Carthaginian religion|goddess]] [[Tanit]] and a horse?
* ... that [[Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands|Crucian]] '''[[Ruby M. Rouss]]''' served in the [[Women's Army Corps]] before becoming the "first black woman to head a Legislature in the United States"?
* ... that '''''[[Rare (company)|Rare]]''''' celebrated its 30th anniversary by releasing ''[[Rare Replay]]'', a title compiling 30 video games which it created?
* ... that [[Ruhollah Khomeini]], in his '''[[Ruhollah Khomeini's letter to Mikhail Gorbachev|letter to Gorbachev]]''', invited him to [[monotheism]] and Islam and also predicted the dissolution of the [[Soviet Bloc]]?
* ... that during filming of the [[Vietnam War]] documentary '''''[[Introduction to the Enemy]]''''', a [[landmine]] killed a man near [[Jane Fonda]], whose reaction to the death was kept in the film?
* ... that [[Ravindra Jadeja]] is the only [[batsman]] to score three '''[[List of Ranji Trophy triple centuries|triple centuries in the Ranji Trophy]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Sivion]]'''{{'s}} stage name is a misspelling of his old one, "Vision"?

*'''''00:00, 23 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Carbajal Valley]]''' ''(pictured)'' was carved by a glacier with ice {{convert|600-800|m|ft}} thick?
* ... that '''[[Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen]]''' committed suicide in 1945 after suffering most of her life from ill health?
* ... that two '''[[Operation Silver Buckle|Silver Buckle]]''' [[company (military unit)|companies]] attacked 50,000 enemy troops?
* ... that '''[[Beatrice Helen Worsley]]''' wrote the first program for the [[Manchester Mark 1]], received the first PhD in [[computer science]], and holds the record among [[Women's Royal Naval Service|WRENs]] for the longest time at sea?
* ... that '''[[42 Lomasney Way]]''' in [[Boston]]'s [[West End, Boston|West End]] has been called "The Last Tenement", and has survived two fires, decay, and urban renewal?
* ... that '''[[Boyd R. Overhulse|Boyd Overhulse]]''' was unanimously elected [[List of Presidents of the Oregon State Senate|President of the Oregon Senate]] just 11 days after taking his senate seat in 1957, the first [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to hold that position in 79 years?
* ... that [[Nate Parker]] produced a [[Teaser campaign|teaser]] in order to seek financing for '''''[[Eden (2014 Spanish film)|Eden]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Rose Piper]]'''{{`s}} 1946 painting ''Back Water'' was inspired by [[Bessie Smith]]'s "Backwater Blues"?

===22 February 2016===
*'''''12:00, 22 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Kashmir papier-mâché]]''' ''(pictured)'', a colourful painted handicraft of [[Kashmir]] that was brought by [[Shia Muslims]] from [[Persian Empire|Persia]] in the 15th century, is based primarily on paper pulp?
* ... that '''[[Wang Baosen]]''', vice mayor of [[Beijing]], committed suicide while under investigation for corruption?
* ... that the '''[[Wadamisaki Battery]]''' was the first [[Monuments of Japan#Historic Sites and Special Historic Sites|national historic site]] registered in [[Hyōgo Prefecture]]?
* ... that '''[[Astrid Schirmer]]''' appeared in roles by Richard Wagner, both Venus and Elisabeth in his ''[[Tannhäuser (opera)|Tannhäuser]]'', and in the Bayreuth ''[[Jahrhundertring]]'' as both Ortlinde and Sieglinde?
* ... that the '''[[Bangalore Blue]]''' variety of [[grape]] has been grown for the past 150 years exclusively in the districts of [[Bangalore Urban]], [[Chikkaballapura district|Chikkaballapura]] and [[Kolar district|Kolar]]?
* ... that the [[association football]]er '''[[Dick Pudan]]''' was banned from the sport in 1907 after he walked out on his club, which had refused to let him play professional cricket too?
* ... that in '''''[[Abandon the Old in Tokyo]]''''', [[Yoshihiro Tatsumi]] wanted to depict postwar Japan, where he felt that the focus on economic growth was given precedence over the lifestyles of its people?
* ... that the 1628 Robletti edition of '''''[[Il Primo Libro delle Canzoni]]''''' by [[Girolamo Frescobaldi]] was dedicated to [[Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]], who engaged him as a court musician?

*'''''00:00, 22 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that redundant [[Snatch Land Rover]]s awaiting disposal were turned into '''[[Panama remote controlled vehicle]]s''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that after graduating from high school, '''[[Korbin Forrister]]''' chose full-time [[stock car racing]] over [[baseball]]?
* ... that unlike the [[Marvel Comics]] adaptation of ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'', [[IDW Publishing]]'s '''''[[Star Trek/Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive]]''''' could use the likeness of [[Charlton Heston]]?
* ... that '''[[Maria Carbone]]''' appeared in 1931 as Desdemona in a complete recording of Verdi's ''[[Otello]]'', one of her only two recordings?
* ... that '''''[[An East View of the Great Cataract of Niagara]]''''' (1762) by British Army officer [[Thomas Davies (British Army officer)|Thomas Davies]] was the first eyewitness painting of [[Niagara Falls]]?
* ... that '''[[Shooting of Anthony Hill|Anthony Hill]]''' was naked, unarmed and suffering from mental illness when he was shot by police in the [[Georgia (U.S. state)|U.S. state of Georgia]]?
* ... that '''''[[Tubercuoolithus]]''''' is one of the fossil eggs from Sevenmile Hill, the oldest fossil egg site in the [[Two Medicine Formation]]?
* ... that when '''[[Maria Benedita Bormann]]''' was called a female [[Émile Zola]], it was not meant as a compliment?

===21 February 2016===
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* ... that [[Assam]]ese '''[[muga silk]]''' ''(pictured)'' is naturally golden in colour?
* ... that '''[[Anna Korondi]]''' appeared at the [[Bavarian State Opera]] as Zdenka in ''[[Arabella]]'' by Richard Strauss and in a leading role in the premiere of [[Aribert Reimann]]'s ''Bernarda Albas Haus''?
* ... that the pre-1st century text '''''[[Mahanarayana Upanishad]]''''', literally "Great Vishnu Upanishad", glorifies not only [[Vishnu]] but also [[Shiva]]?
* ... that '''[[Colby Carthel]]''' is the son of fellow [[American football]] head coach [[Don Carthel]]?
* ... that [[Gujarat]]'s '''[[Sankheda furniture]]''' is named after the [[Sankheda]] village, where it is made with teak wood and lacquer and painted in traditional bright shades of maroon and gold?
* ... that the black [[Liberia]]n scholar and educator, Princess '''[[Fatima Massaquoi]]''', wrote of her challenging experiences in [[Nazi Germany]] and the [[Southern United States|U.S. South]] in a recently rediscovered [[The Autobiography of an African Princess|autobiography]]?
* ... that [[CR-39]], used in the manufacture of plastic eyeglass lenses, was one of 200 [[polymer]]s invented by '''[[Columbia-Southern Chemical Corporation]]''' during World War II?
* ... that the mechanical engineer '''[[Lionel Bussey]]''' had 600 pairs of women's shoes?

*'''''00:00, 21 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that 2001 [[Zambia]]n presidential candidate '''[[Gwendoline Konie]]''' ''(pictured)'' published a poem against male arrogance?
* ... that the '''[[6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion]]''' was the only all-black, all-female battalion to serve overseas during World War II?
* ... that the 1753 opera '''''[[Ciro in Armenia]]''''' was created by [[Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini]], one of the earliest female Italian opera composers?
* ... that '''[[Vernon Johnson (American football)|Vernon Johnson]]''' won back-to-back [[Lone Star Conference]] wide receiver of the year honors?
* ... that nearly $26 million of funds for a $42.5 million Haitian education program '''[[Corruption in Haiti|went missing]]''' after being raised partly from taxes on international phone calls?
* ... that '''[[Lesley Lewis (art historian)|Lesley Lewis]]''' was one of four founding students of the [[Courtauld Institute of Art]]?
* ... that '''[[Operation Bedrock (Laos)|Operation Bedrock]]''' was a successful rice denial mission?
* ... that '''[[Randy W. Berry]]''', who grew up on a cattle ranch in [[Colorado]], is the first-ever Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons in the [[United States Department of State|US Department of State]]?

===20 February 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Diwata-1]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the Philippines' first satellite to be developed solely by [[Filipinos]]?
* ... that when '''[[Ilse Hollweg]]''' recorded the part of Blonde in Mozart's ''[[Die Entführung aus dem Serail]]'' with Sir [[Thomas Beecham]], she was one of two soloists who also spoke the dialogue?
* ... that [[Barbara McLaren]] conceived the '''[[Spalding War Memorial]]''' after [[Francis McLaren|her husband]] was killed in the First World War, but insisted he receive no special commemoration on it?
* ... that at the cineplex where '''''[[Ten Years (2015 film)|Ten Years]]''''' debuted, it outperformed ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''?
* ... that the then Iranian prime minister, [[Mir-Hossein Mousavi]], defined the '''[[Bridgeton incident|''Bridgeton'' incident]]''' as "an irreparable blow on America's political and military prestige"?
* ... that '''[[Makoto Hirayama]]''' was elected to Japan's [[House of Councillors (Japan)|House of Councillors]] despite getting less than 0.02% of the vote?
* ... that '''[[Mysore Sandalwood Oil|sandalwood oil]]''' is so important to the economy of [[Mysore district|Mysore]], India, that it has been registered and trademarked?
* ... that shortly after becoming the first woman and first African American television news anchor in [[Colorado]], '''[[Reynelda Muse]]''' began wearing an [[Afro]] on the air to assert her identity?

*'''''00:15, 20 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the 4th-century frescoes in the '''[[Roman Tomb (Silistra)|Roman Tomb]]''' of [[Silistra]] depict a procession of servants ''(example pictured)'' carrying gifts to the tomb's owners?
* ... that '''[[Florida Ruffin Ridley]]''' co-founded the Society for the Collection of Negro Folklore?
* ... that the '''[[Racking Horse World Celebration]]''' has been held annually in [[Priceville, Alabama]], for over 40 years?
* ... that at the end of the ''[[reconquista]]'', Islamic jurist '''[[Ahmad al-Wansharisi]]''' argued that it was compulsory for [[Islam in Spain|Spanish Muslims]] under Christian rule to emigrate to Muslim lands?
* ... that when the White House postponed '''[[Operation Snake Eyes]]''' again, Captain Sirisouk quit the [[Laotian Civil War]]?
* ... that '''[[Angela Hartley Brodie]]'''{{'}}s award-winning research led to the development of [[steroidal aromatase inhibitors]] as new treatments for [[breast cancer]]?
* ... that the '''[[Staten Island boat graveyard]]''' contains so many abandoned boats and ships that it has been called an "accidental marine museum"?
* ... that '''[[Annelie Nordström]]''' resigned as general secretary after [[Swedish Municipal Workers' Union]] funds paid for a strip show by [[Puma Swede]]?
===19 February 2016===
*'''''12:00, 19 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Thanjavur Art Plate]]''' ''(pictured)'', introduced by [[Serfoji II|Rajah Serfoji-II]] during the [[Thanjavur Maratha kingdom|Maratha rule]], was made as a gift item by the artisans of [[Thanjavur]]?
* ... that research into the '''[[psychology of eating meat]]''' suggests a correlation between meat-eating and support for [[hierarchy]] and [[Social inequality|inequality]]?
* ... that in a broadcast episode of ''[[Hollyoaks]]'', [[Harry Thompson (Hollyoaks)|Harry Thompson]], portrayed by actor '''[[Parry Glasspool]]''', was erroneously called "Parry" by another character?
* ... that '''[[Air France Flight 152]]''', en route from Rome to Beirut, ended up in the Mediterranean Sea after one of the engines broke away in flight?
* ... that '''[[Ricky Collins]]''' temporarily walked away from [[American football]] to care for his ill father?
* ... that the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] text '''''[[Paingala Upanishad]]''''' compares the body to a horse-drawn car in a series of metaphors?
* ... that the "Mother of the Probation" system, '''[[Sybil Joyce Hylton]]''', is a National Hero of the [[Cayman Islands]]?
* ... that a fan-made video called "'''[[Shrek on the Internet|Shrek is love, Shrek is life]]'''" and its duplications garnered more than three million views by May 2014?

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* ... that in an era when women of [[African descent]] had little access to education or public role models, the '''[[Black Cross Nurses]]''' ''(pictured)'' trained them in [[healthcare]], allowing them to be seen in leadership roles?
* ... that in 1898 '''[[Joseph Terry|Sir Joseph Terry]]''' died of heart failure due to over-exertion while attempting to win a by-election in [[York]]?
* ... that the '''[[Negro Labor Committee]]''' was formed in 1935 so that African Americans could be allowed to join labor unions?
* ... that for over 40 years, the one constant at the '''[[Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers]]''' has been '''[[Sharon H. Abrams]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Simone Ballard]]''' performed the title role in the premiere of Arthur Honegger's ''[[Antigone (Honegger)|Antigone]]'' at [[La Monnaie]]?
* ... that the '''[[thyroid ima artery]]''' can be found in only three to ten percent of the population and varies in origin, size, blood supply, and termination?
* ... that Swedish television presenter '''[[Jovan Radomir]]''' wrote the English translation of the [[Marija Šerifović]] song "[[Molitva]]", which went on to win the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2007]]?
* ... that at the '''[[1905 International Tourist Trophy]]''' motor race, cars were towed to the start line by horses to save fuel?

===18 February 2016===
*'''''12:00, 18 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Calvin Coolidge]] described his beloved dog '''[[Rob Roy (dog)|Rob Roy]]''' ''(pictured)'' as a "stately gentleman of great courage and fidelity"?
* ... that shortly after the [[Forced conversion#Spain|forced conversions]] of [[Islam in Spain|Muslims]] in [[Crown of Castile|Castile]], '''[[Oran fatwa|a fatwa]]''' was issued which allowed outward practice of Christianity while secretly keeping the Islamic faith?
* ... that while everyone else thought the [[Equisetum arvense|field horsetail]] growing on [[Plant nursery|nursery land]] in [[Palmerston North]] was ornamental, Dame '''[[Ella Orr Campbell]]''' correctly identified it as an invasive species?
* ... that the '''''[[Sarvasara Upanishad]]''''' text is one of two dedicated glossaries embedded in the collection of ancient and medieval [[Upanishad]]s of Hinduism?
* ... that '''[[Thomas Gilovich]]''' tested his hypothesis of the [[spotlight effect]] by using [[Barry Manilow]] T-shirts?
* ... that despite being described by its leader as "liberal", the '''[[Social Encounter Party]]''' supported a constitutional amendment in [[Baja California]] to ban same-sex marriage?
* ... that '''[[Sarah Tenant-Flowers]]''' has worked as an administrator for the Choir of the Year and as General Manager of "[[The Sixteen]]"?
* ... that the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] '''[[RPG-1]]''' [[anti-tank rocket]] was intended to combine the best features of the US's [[bazooka]] with those of the German [[Panzerfaust]]?

*'''''00:00, 18 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Framingham Railroad Station]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the largest of nine stations that [[Henry Hobson Richardson]] designed for the [[Boston and Albany Railroad]]?
* ... that '''[[John Kent (police officer)|John Kent]]''' was the first black police officer in Britain?
* ... that '''[[1957 Fethiye earthquakes|two earthquakes]]''', both exceeding 7.0 on the [[moment magnitude scale]], hit [[Fethiye]], Turkey, within seven hours in 1957?
* ... that the soprano '''[[Friederike Sailer]]''' appeared in the premiere of [[Werner Egk]]'s ''Der Revisor'' at the [[Schwetzingen Festival]], conducted by the composer?
* ... that [[fossil egg]]s assigned to '''[[Dictyoolithidae]]''' may have been laid by [[megalosauroid]] dinosaurs?
* ... that '''[[Stanley Booth-Clibborn]]''', a former [[Bishop of Manchester]], was shot during a robbery in Uganda?
* ... that '''[[Cowbell Hollow]]'''{{`s}} [[drainage basin]] is only {{convert|0.26|sqmi|km2}}?
* ... that '''[[Lisa Aschan]]''' was filmed in the audience at the [[51st Guldbagge Awards|2016 Guldbaggen Awards]], [[The finger|giving the finger]] and saying "Fuck You" to the winner in the Best Cinematography category?

===17 February 2016===
*'''''12:00, 17 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Teresia Sampsonia]]''' ''(pictured)'' was born into a Christian [[Circassians|Circassian]] family in [[Safavid dynasty|Safavid Iran]], and married the British adventurer [[Robert Shirley|Sir Robert Shirley]]?
* ... that just before '''[[Operation Xieng Dong]]''', the [[People's Army of Vietnam]] captured the [[Sisavang Vatthana|King's]] farm?
* ... that according to '''[[Lynne Kelly (science writer)|Lynne Kelly]]'''{{'}}s theory, [[Stonehenge]] was used as a centre for recording and accessing knowledge?
* ... that the ancient Sanskrit text '''''[[Nadabindu Upanishad]]''''' rhetorically compares [[Ātman (Hinduism)|soul]] to a bird?
*... that '''[[Mustafizur Rahman]]''' is the only [[cricket]]er to receive [[Player of the Match awards (cricket)|Man of the Match awards]] on both [[Test cricket|Test]] and [[One Day International]] cricket debuts?
* ... that during the '''[[1934 Muroto typhoon]]''', a then-world record low land-based [[Atmospheric pressure|pressure]] of {{convert|911.9|hPa|inHg|abbr=on|lk=on}} was observed in [[Muroto, Kōchi|Muroto, Japan]]?
* ... that '''[[Zhou Youde]]''' became a local deity after helping to end the [[Great Clearance|Great Evacuation]]?
* ... that the '''[[Amani Nature Reserve]]''' in Tanzania is home to the elusive '''[[long-billed forest warbler]]''' and the unwanted '''[[Maesopsis eminii|umbrella tree]]'''?

*'''''00:00, 17 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Federal Reserve Bank Building (Seattle)|Federal Reserve Bank Building]]''' ''(pictured)'' in downtown [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], is one of the earliest surviving works of architecture firm [[NBBJ]]?
* ... that [[Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China|Vice Premier]] '''[[Kang Shi'en]]''', China's "energy czar", received an unprecedented demerit of the first grade after an oil rig accident that killed 72 people?
* ... that '''[[Pura Vida Bracelets]]''', which now sells over 125,000 bracelets a month, started when two friends brought 400 bracelets back from a vacation in Costa Rica?
* ... that [[W. G. Grace]], [[Jack Hobbs]], [[Denis Compton]] and [[Don Bradman]] all scored [[first-class cricket|first-class]] centuries at the '''[[Central Recreation Ground, Hastings]]'''?
* ... that the ancient text '''''[[Nirvana Upanishad]]''''' is written in [[Sutra]]-style and states that a solitary place is a monastery of bliss for a [[Hindu]] monk?
* ... that the [[unfinished creative work|proposed sculpture]] '''''[[Rebirth (sculpture)|Rebirth]]''''', projected as a deer with a human child's face, was meant to represent "the interaction between the nearby [[Riparian zone|riparian forest]] and the people living in [[Oak Grove, Oregon|Oak Grove]]"?
* ... that the French General '''[[André Sordet]]'''{{'}}s cavalry corps covered close to 1,500 km (930 miles) in the first month of World War I?
* ... that '''[[Donald Lavoie]]''', a [[contract killing|hit man]] for Montreal's [[Dubois Brothers|Dubois Gang]], escaped his intended execution at their hands by sliding down a laundry chute?

===16 February 2016===
*'''''12:00, 16 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Beautiful Life (Jimmy Greene album)|the album]] that '''[[Jimmy Greene]]''' ''(pictured)'' wrote in tribute to his murdered daughter has been nominated for a [[Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album|Grammy Award]]?
* ... that after becoming a local hit in Texas, [[Gene & Debbe|Gene Thomas]]' "'''[[Sometime (Gene Thomas song)|Sometime]]'''" was reissued on the [[United Artists Records|United Artists label]] and entered the national top 100?
* ... that '''[[Carmen Souza]]''' sings [[Music of Cape Verde|Cape Verdean]] and [[jazz fusion]] compositions in [[Creole language|Creole]] for its adaptability, and also mimics the sounds of musical instruments?
* ... that [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]'s '''[[List of songs recorded by Madonna|musical endeavors]]''' include reciting and recording poems?
* ... that during the 1920 debut of his [[furniture music]] at the '''[[Galerie Barbazanges]]''' in Paris, composer [[Erik Satie]] begged the audience not to listen to the music?
* ... that '''[[Eleanor Sophia Smith]]''' was one of the founders of [[Chicago]]'s [[Hull House Music School]]?
* ... that [[Gregg Allman]]'s album '''''[[Laid Back (album)|Laid Back]]''''' was titled as an inside reference to a studio term that Allman coined for when a song needed to be more relaxed?
* ... that jazz pianist and composer '''[[Dodo Marmarosa]]''' once got mad at his old piano and chopped it up with an ax?

*'''''00:00, 16 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a portable radio transmitter called '''[[Pocket FM]]''' ''(pictured)'' enables people to create [[Pirate radio|pirate radio networks]] in areas where authoritarian governments tightly control communications?
* ... that '''[[Tina Allen]]'''{{`}}s sculpture of [[Frederick Douglass]] is featured in the movie ''[[Akeelah and the Bee]]''?
* ... that the '''[[auxiliary nurse midwife]]''' is a village-level female health worker in India who acts as the first contact person between the community and the health services?
* ... that '''[[Meridian School (Utah)|Meridian School]]''' alumnus '''[[Masa Fukuda]]''', the founder of [[One Voice Children's Choir]], writes and arranges music from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. in his basement studio, sleeping only three or four hours a day?
* ... that [[BMW]] engineer '''[[Paul Rosche]]''' continued to design Formula One engines for them after the company withdrew from the tournament?
* ... that during the period of state control known as '''[[State Shinto]]''', Japan lost 80,000 Shinto shrines?
* ... that Swedish politician '''[[Emil Källström]]''' came in sixth in ''[[Land (magazine)|Land]]'' magazine's annual list of "Hottest hillbillies"?
* ... that the '''[[white-bellied cinclodes]]''' may soon "pipe" no more?

===15 February 2016===
*'''''12:00, 15 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the 34 arches of the '''[[Arnos Park Viaduct]]''' ''(pictured)'' allowed the extension of the [[Piccadilly line]] to [[Cockfosters tube station|Cockfosters]]?
* ... that '''''[[For John]]''''' is a tribute album to a disc jockey from [[Buffalo, New York]], recorded by [[indie pop]] band [[Library Voices]] from [[Regina, Saskatchewan]]?
* ... that the pre-3rd century CE '''''[[Shandilya Upanishad]]''''' text describes eight postures of [[Yoga]] to cleanse the body and two types of meditation?
* ... that for the '''[[Production of Avengers: Infinity War|production of ''Avengers: Infinity War'']]''', the films will be the first to be shot entirely using [[IMAX]] cameras and its exclusive [[aspect ratio]]?
* ... that [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s glovemaker, '''[[Cornelia James (glovemaker)|Cornelia James]]''', was accepted by the [[Academy of Fine Arts Vienna|art college]] that rejected Adolf Hitler?
* ... that [[Alexander Rossi (racing driver)|Alexander Rossi]] became the first American to drive at a Formula One race at the [[Circuit of the Americas]] when he entered the '''[[2015 United States Grand Prix]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Romona Robinson]]''' won a television news anchor job in [[Cleveland]], Ohio, with a demo tape that showed her remaining poised and self-confident while "being wiped out by a hurricane-whipped wave"?
* ... that in 1955, two girls fainted at an election rally in [[Glasgow]] for [[Unionist Party (Scotland)|Unionist]] candidate '''[[William Grant, Lord Grant|William Grant]]'''?

*'''''00:00, 15 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Xin Fengxia]]''' ''(pictured)'' refused to divorce her persecuted husband '''[[Wu Zuguang]]''', and he took care of her after she was persecuted and became paralyzed?
* ... that '''[[Sports Phone]]''' received 50 million calls in 1981?
* ... that the husband-and-wife [[List of classical piano duos (performers)|piano duo]] of '''[[Bartlett and Robertson]]''' were said to play like "four hands at a double keyboard controlled by a single mind"?
* ... that during '''[[Operation Phoutah]]''', ''Groupement Mobile 33'' carried their [[Abdominal trauma|gut-shot]] [[colonel]] and 50 other wounded for 13 hours?
* ... that '''[[Rosita Baltazar]]''', co-founder of the Belize National Dance Company, taught language and dance on [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|St. Vincent]] in a [[Garifuna people|Garifuna]] cultural reclamation project?
* ... that software product company '''[[DDC-I]]''' started three decades ago in Denmark with a focus on the [[Ada (programming language)|Ada programming language]] and now focuses on [[real-time operating system]]s in the United States?
* ... that the Hindu text '''''[[Kathashruti Upanishad]]''''', composed before the 3rd-century CE, states a [[Sannyasa|sannyasi]] should neither rejoice when someone praises him, nor curse when someone abuses him?
* ... that '''[[Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth]]''', was also known as Mr Valentine?

===14 February 2016===
*'''''12:00, 14 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[mountain nyala]]''', featured on the obverse of the [[Ethiopian birr|Ethiopian ten santim]] coin ''(pictured)'', was the last species of large antelope to be discovered in Africa?
* ... that '''[[Ruth Guimarães]]''', the first [[Afro-Brazilians|Afro-Brazilian]] author to gain a nationwide audience, translated classic literature but also wrote original works about [[fable]]s, legends, and everyday life?
* ... that '''[[Chris Sailer]]''' is the only player in [[UCLA Bruins football|UCLA football]] history to have been named first-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] at two positions in the same season?
* ... that the ancient [[Sanskrit]] text '''''[[Dhyanabindu Upanishad]]''''' states there is a soul in every living being just as there is fragrance in flowers and butter in milk?
* ... that '''[[Baldwin (abbot)|Baldwin]]''', the 11th-century [[Abbot of Bury St Edmunds|abbot of Bury St Edmunds Abbey]] in England, was royal doctor to three kings?
* ... that many of the songs from [[Conrad Keely]]'s debut solo album '''''[[Original Machines]]''''' were written while traveling around [[Cambodia]]?
* ... that '''[[Silvina Fabars]]''', who won the National Dance Prize of Cuba in 2014, was once a rebel fighter under [[Fidel Castro]] in the [[Cuban Revolution]]?
* ... that no more than twelve people at a time can ascertain what is '''[[Found and Lost (opera)|found and lost]]''' at a London hotel?

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* ... that for her work on the 2014 historical drama '''''[[List of accolades received by Selma (film)|Selma]]''''', [[Ava DuVernay]] ''(pictured)'' became the first black woman to receive a nomination for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director]]?
* ... that although he was born in the Ivory Coast, '''[[Mahama Cho]]''' has represented both Great Britain and France at [[taekwondo]] competitions?
* ... that the ancient Indian text '''''[[Tejobindu Upanishad]]''''' describes a 15-limbed [[yoga]] system, including exercises, meditation and [[Samadhi]]?
* ... that Swedish singer [[Towe Jaarnek]] is the sister of fellow singer '''[[Carina Jaarnek]]'''?
* ... that '''[[1995 India cyclone|a 1995 storm]]''' caused 63 deaths in Nepal, 33 of them related to avalanches?
* ... that math professor '''[[Henry Adams Thompson]]''' ran for office several times, including for [[Vice President of the United States]] in [[United States presidential election, 1880|1880]], but never won?
* ... that although it is possible that the '''[[Adriatic sturgeon]]''' is extinct in the wild, a large specimen was caught in the [[Po (river)|River Po]] in 2015?
* ... that the composer and improviser '''[[Sylvia Hallett]]''' bows both the violin and a spinning bicycle wheel?

===13 February 2016===
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* ... that '''[[monk seal]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' are the only [[earless seal]]s that live in [[tropical climate]]s?
* ... that '''[[Mami Kawada]]'''{{`}}s music career began after she was discovered by her music teacher?
* ... that the [[cosmology]] in the ancient [[Hinduism|Hindu]] text '''''[[Avyakta Upanishad]]''''' proposes that there was nothing, until light appeared consisting of knowledge and bliss, followed by the universe?
* ... that actor '''[[Johannes Bah Kuhnke]]''' is married to the Swedish Minister of Culture, [[Alice Bah Kuhnke]]?
* ... that '''[[Little Pine (restaurant)|Little Pine]]''' is a [[Veganism|vegan]] restaurant founded by American singer–songwriter [[Moby]] that donates all of its profits to [[animal welfare]] organizations?
* ... that '''[[Jeffrey Swanson]]''' led a 2015 study that found that 8.9% of American adults reported both angry behavior and easy access to guns?
* ... that '''[[Subhra Guha]]''', a vocal musician in the Indian [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani classical]] tradition, trained in [[Agra gharana]], and has a singing repertoire in [[khayal]]s, [[thumri]] and [[dadra]]?
* ... that the '''[[Battle of Brunanburh]]''', fought in 937, has been described as "the greatest single battle in Anglo-Saxon history before [[Battle of Hastings|Hastings]]"?

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* ... that the '''[[X-10 Graphite Reactor]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first nuclear reactor to produce [[radionuclide|radioisotopes]] for medical use?
* ... that the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] text '''''[[Amritabindu Upanishad]]''''', composed before 300 CE, condemns "bookish learning" and emphasizes the practice of a six-limbed [[Yoga]]?
* ... that [[Richard Nixon]] and [[T. S. Eliot]] are both descended from '''[[Isaac Stearns]]'''?
* ... that authorities in 17th-century Amsterdam ordered the confiscation and burning of [[Adriaan Koerbagh]]'s '''''[[Een Bloemhof]]''''' because of its heretical opinions?
* ... that when '''[[No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF]]''' opened in 1940, facilities were so limited that cadets had to pay for their own accommodation at a nearby hotel?
* ... that '''[[George Alexander Gibson]]''' was a physician, medical author, and amateur geologist after whom the [[Heart murmur|Gibson Murmur]] was named?
* ... that in '''''[[Glik v. Cunniffe]]''''', the [[United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit|First Circuit]] noted that "we have previously recognized that the videotaping of public officials is an exercise of First Amendment liberties"?
* ... that Polish athlete '''[[Ewa Gryziecka]]'''{{`}}s [[Women's javelin throw world record progression|world record in women's javelin throw]] lasted for 35 minutes?

===12 February 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Kaushiki Chakraborty]]''' ''(pictured)'' sings [[khayal]]s and [[thumri]]s, which in [[Hindustani music]] are considered semi-classical or light classical?
* ... that the '''[[Brazilian guitarfish]]''' may soon become extinct because of overfishing, while across the Atlantic, the '''[[common guitarfish]]''' and the '''[[blackchin guitarfish]]''' are also endangered?
* ... that '''[[Lu Jiaxi]]''', president of the [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]], was a student of the American Nobel laureate [[Linus Pauling]]?
* ... that '''[[Port Phillip v Van Diemen's Land, 1851|Port Phillip played Van Diemen's Land]]''' in the first [[first-class cricket]] match in Australia, on 11 and 12 February 1851?
* ... that the 1986 video game '''''[[Theatre Europe]]''''' required the player to call a dedicated telephone number to request a nuclear strike?
* ... that '''[[Peter Molydeux]]''', a [[Twitter]] account which parodies the audacious language of [[Peter Molyneux]]'s video game ideas, inspired Molyneux to leave [[Microsoft Studios|Microsoft]] and return to his [[independent video game development|indie game development]] roots?
* ... that '''[[Ralph Waldo Swetman]]''' confronted falling enrollment at [[State University of New York Oswego|Oswego State Teachers College]] by luring an Air Corps unit to the school?
* ... that one of '''[[List of songs recorded by Little Mix|the songs recorded by Little Mix]]''', "A.D.I.D.A.S.", is an [[acronym]] for "All Day I Dream About Sex"?

*'''''00:00, 12 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 1951, [[Alan Turing]] played one of the earliest [[electronic game]]s on the '''[[Nimrod (computing)|Nimrod]]''' ''(diagram pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Velma Scantlebury]]''', the first [[African American]] woman [[transplant surgeon]] in the United States, estimates she has completed over 2,000 [[Organ transplantation|organ transplants]]?
* ... that '''[[Mortonhall Crematorium]]''' which opened in 1967 is a prominent example of [[Expressionist architecture]] in [[Edinburgh]], designed by a team led by Sir [[Basil Spence]]?
* ... that [[Casey Mears]]' victory in the '''[[2007 Coca-Cola 600]]''' is his first and only win in the [[Sprint Cup Series|NASCAR Sprint Cup Series]]?
* ... that the public apology of 16-year-old [[K-pop]] star '''[[Chou Tzu-yu]]''' for waving a [[Taiwanese flag]] is believed to have helped [[Tsai Ing-wen]] win the [[Taiwanese general election, 2016|Taiwanese presidential election]]?
* ... that after the departure of the previously attached [[Paramount Pictures|distributor]], the upcoming film '''''[[Bad Moms]]'''''{{'}} U.S. rights are now being handled by [[STX Entertainment]]?
* ... that '''[[6 Ballygunge Place]]''', a restaurant chain in [[Kolkata]], has a [[Pankha|haath-pakha]] (hand fans) decor that conveys the elegance of a decorated [[Durga Puja]] hall or a setting for a [[Historical period drama|period film]]?
* ... that an alternative name of '''[[Spring Run (West Branch Susquehanna River)|Spring Run]]''' is "The Gut"?

===11 February 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Storm Eva]]''' exacerbated the '''[[2015–16 Great Britain and Ireland floods]]''' ''(pictured)'', which also broke the United Kingdom's 24-hour [[United Kingdom weather records|rainfall record]]?
* ... that rebel leader '''[[Spiro Crne]]''' was forced to leave Serbia after Ottoman diplomatic intervention?
* ... that the ancient '''''[[Nyāya Sūtras]]''''' text of [[Hindu philosophy]] is a discourse on knowledge and logic which was studied by scholars of [[Buddhism]] in the 2nd century CE?
* ... that ''[[The New York Times]]'' described the book [[Psychic Blues: Confessions of a Conflicted Medium|'''''Psychic Blues''''']] as "a compelling look at the disputed territory where entertainment meets religion"?
* ... that the '''[[Stone Hall, Nashville|Stone Hall in Nashville]]''' was once a private house of the Cantrell family but is now listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]?
* ... that the decline of [[Khmer Empire|Angkor]] marked the beginning of the '''[[Middle Khmer]]''' period, during which the language's number of vowels was doubled in a few centuries?
* ... that opera singer '''[[Virgilio Lazzari]]''' was a leading [[bass (voice type)|bass]] with the [[Chicago Civic Opera]] from 1918–32 and the [[Metropolitan Opera]] from 1933–50?
* ... that the '''[[Hypoplectrus nigricans|black hamlet]]''' is an egg trader?

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* ... that the work of '''[[Joaquín Clausell]]''' stands out among Mexican [[Landscape painting|landscape artists]] because it is in the [[Impressionism|impressionist style]] ''(example pictured)''?
* ... that a financial analyst considered '''''[[Evolve (video game)|Evolve]]''''', released one year ago today, to be "too niche to reach a wide audience"?
* ... that Swedish actress '''[[Bahar Pars]]''' was born in [[Shiraz]], Iran, and came to Sweden in 1989 after her family fled the war with Iraq?
* ... that the first post-Reformation Catholic Church in [[Aberdeen]], '''[[St Peter's Church, Aberdeen|St Peter's Church]]''', closed in 1860 when [[St Mary's Cathedral, Aberdeen|the cathedral]] was built, but was re-opened 20 years later?
* ... that '''[[Melanocetus murrayi|Murray's abyssal anglerfish]]''' was dredged from the deep in the [[Challenger expedition]] of 1872 to 1876?
* ... that former [[University of Maine at Farmington]] president '''[[Theodora J. Kalikow]]''' won a bronze medal in [[triathlon]] in the [[Senior Olympics]]?
* ... that '''''[[Songs by George Harrison]]''''' contained three songs previously rejected by [[Warner Bros. Records]]?
* ... that after he tackled the assassin of [[William McKinley]], former slave '''[[James Benjamin Parker]]''' said, "[[Abraham Lincoln|Father Abe]] freed me, and now I saved his successor from death, provided that bullet ... don't kill him"?

===10 February 2016===
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* ... that in 1939, a trans-Atlantic radio broadcast featured [[coloratura]] soprano '''[[Ewa Bandrowska-Turska]]''' ''(pictured)'' singing four songs by [[Karol Szymanowski]] from the [[Wawel|Royal Castle in Kraków]] for the US audience?
* ... that a '''[[The Chinese Road|Chinese aid project in Laos]]''' was defended by 400 anti-aircraft guns and 25,000 troops?
* ... that software startup company '''[[Tartan Laboratories]]''' was considered an example of [[Pittsburgh]]'s attempt in the 1980s to shift from an industrial-based economy to high technology?
* ... that in December 1869 an employee of the '''[[Alert (sternwheeler 1865)|''Alert'']]''' committed suicide by jumping overboard into the [[Willamette River]] after being released from an [[insane asylum]]?
* ... that '''[[Olive Hoskins]]''' was the first woman promoted to [[warrant officer]] in the United States Army?
* ... that the male '''[[Krabi mouth-brooding betta]]''' incubates the fertilized eggs in his mouth until they hatch?
* ... that China's '''[[Dalian Jinzhouwan International Airport]]''', currently being built on {{convert|21|km2}} of reclaimed land, is set to become the world's largest offshore airport?
* ... that the 12th-century nobleman '''[[Hugh of Chalcombe]]''' faced arrest for failing to answer a charge of wrongful possession of [[cattle]]?

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* ... that '''[[chowder]]''' ''(example pictured)'' originated as a [[Ship|shipboard]] dish, and was thickened with [[hardtack]]?
* ... that between 1489 and 1491, the doctor and astronomer '''[[Johannes Engel]]''' worked as a [[Proofreading|proofreader]] for the printer [[Erhard Ratdolt]] of [[Augsburg]]?
* ... that the number of '''[[Disabled Iranian Veterans|disabled Iranian war veterans]]''' related to [[Iran–Iraq War#Use of chemical weapons by Iraq|Iraqi chemical weapons]] is rising, and estimated to rival that of all the [[Chemical weapons in World War I|gas casualties in World War I]]?
* ... that '''[[Thomas J. Latham]]''', a [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] judge and businessman after the [[American Civil War]], was a millionaire?
* ... that one scene in the ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' episode "'''[[Papa's Cabin]]'''" contains a [[chroma key|blue screen]] that was used as a [[tarpaulin]] due to budgetary concerns?
* ... that '''[[Ford Fry]]''' has been described as one of the most prolific chefs and restaurateurs in the United States?
* ... that the coral '''''[[Polycyathus muellerae]]''''' is part of an assemblage of organisms that grow in caves?
* ... that '''[[Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid]]''', a 10th-century [[Shia Islam|Shia]] jurist and theologian, was said to be so persuasive in debate that he could convince his opponents "that a wooden column was actually gold"?

===9 February 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Ranikot Fort]]''' ''(pictured)'', also known as the Great Wall of [[Sindh]], is believed to be one of the world's largest forts, and has been compared to the [[Great Wall of China]]?
* ... that '''[[Ilse Gramatzki]]''' appeared as a [[Rhinemaiden]] in the ''[[Jahrhundertring]]'' at the [[Bayreuth Festival]], and in Zimmermann's ''[[Die Soldaten]]'' in [[Frankfurt Opera|Frankfurt]] and [[La Monnaie|Brussels]]?
* ... that mobile game '''''[[Strikefleet Omega]]''''' is a hybrid of the [[tower defense]] and [[real-time strategy]] genres?
* ... that Chinese economist '''[[Ji Chaoding]]''', while in the United States in 1926, secretly joined the [[Communist Party of China]]?
* ... that the '''''[[Yogashikha Upanishad]]''''' states there is no one greater in the universe than one's [[guru]]?
* ... that '''[[Matt Hobden]]''' scored 65 [[not out]] in a [[Sussex County Cricket Club]] record tenth-wicket [[Glossary of cricket terms#partnership|partnership]] of 164 with [[Ollie Robinson]]?
* ... that a new [[Marvel Comics]] character, with the power to predict future events, will be introduced in '''''[[Civil War II]]''''', the sequel to ''[[Civil War (comics)|Civil War]]?
* ... that '''[[Kandia Crazy Horse]]''' taught the course "[[Roll Over Beethoven]]: Black Rock and Cultural Revolt" at [[Princeton University]]?

*'''''00:00, 9 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that when it debuts on February 8, 2016, '''''[[Full Frontal with Samantha Bee]]''''' ''([[Samantha Bee]] pictured)'' will be the only [[late-night talk show|late-night TV talk show]] in the United States hosted by a woman?
* ... that '''[[Dirk Martens]]''' published the first edition of [[Thomas More]]'s ''[[Utopia (book)|Utopia]]'' in 1516?
* ... that [[Emily Ratajkowski]] plays a "nice Jewish girl" looking for action in '''''[[Cruise (film)|Cruise]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Causeway Bay Books disappearances|five missing people]]''' linked to a Hong Kong bookshop are suspected of having been abducted by mainland China's [[Public Security Bureau]]?
* ... that the floor tiles of the '''[[Louise Lincoln Kerr House and Studio|Kerr Cultural Center]]''' were made with a now-rare mix of cement and white marble dust?
* ... that physician '''[[Jan Theobald Held]]''' published a set of [[folk songs]] under the pseudonym Jan Orebský?
* ... that fossils of the '''[[Linophryne indica|headlight angler]]''' and the '''[[Borophryne apogon|netdevil]]''' were found during construction of a subway station in [[Los Angeles]]?
* ... that the [[Texas]] band the '''[[Foxymorons]]''' began life as a lie?

===8 February 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Mahabaleshwar strawberry]]''' ''(pictured)'' comprises about 85 percent of total strawberry production in India?
* ... that nurse and midwife '''[[Rosita Beatrice Missick-Butterfield]]''' was the first woman [[List of Speakers of the Turks and Caicos Islands House of Assembly|Speaker of the Legislative Council]] of the [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]?
* ... that in a '''[[Davis v. Ayala|recent opinion]]''', United States Supreme Court Justice [[Anthony Kennedy]] questioned the propriety of [[solitary confinement]]?
* ... that '''[[Arthur John Matthews]]''', president of the [[Arizona State University|Tempe Normal School]], wrote the education section of the [[Constitution of Arizona]]?
* ... that [[Meissen porcelain]] developed three '''[[Osier Pattern|osier patterns]]''' of relief decoration for plates in the 18th century?
* ... that '''[[Billie Maxwell]]''' was the first woman recorded in [[country music]], and the first recorded musician from [[Arizona]]?
* ... that the overwater [[bungalow]]s at '''[[Hotel Bora Bora]]''' were the first on [[Bora Bora|that island]], and set a precedent for future developers?
* ... that [[American football]] player '''[[Thomas Duarte]]''' was one of the rare high-profile college recruits to be of Asian descent?

*'''''00:00, 8 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that before she became a [[Senate (Mauritania)|Senator]] of [[Mauritania]], '''[[Malouma]]''' ''(pictured)'' was censored for her songs, which promoted women's rights and challenged apartheid?
* ... that the {{convert|140|-|160|mm|in|abbr=on}} long wings of '''''[[Makarkinia]]''''' are the longest of any [[lacewing]]?
* ... that '''[[Mary Shotwell Ingraham|Mary Ingraham]] ''' was the first woman to receive the United States [[Medal for Merit]] award?
* ... that '''[[BMW G310R]]''', the first-ever [[engine displacement|sub-500cc]] bike by [[BMW Motorrad]], is the first of the company's bikes to be developed outside of Europe?
* ... that [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] coach [[Mike Tomlin]] credited chaplain '''[[Kevin Jordan (American football)|Kevin Jordan]]''' with establishing unity on their [[Super Bowl]]-winning team of 2009?
* ... that the keeper of the '''[[Kızılada Feneri|Kızılada Lighthouse]]''' rushed by boat to help the survivors of an [[Air France]] airliner that made an emergency [[water landing]] off the coast of [[Fethiye]], Turkey in 1953?
* ... that the Irish doctor '''[[James Murray (physician)|James Murray]]''', who discovered what would become [[Magnesium hydroxide|milk of magnesia]], is an ancestor of the actor [[Michael Hordern]]?
* ... that the '''[[USA House]]''' was a US government program designed to help alleviate the [[Homelessness in the United Kingdom|homeless problem in the UK]]?

===7 February 2016===
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* ... that architect [[Albert W. Fuller]] donated a third of his commission for designing the '''[[First Congregational Church of Albany]]''' ''(pictured)'' to the congregation as a "personal gift"?
* ... that the arrest of '''[[Basanti Devi]]''' during the [[non-cooperation movement]] in 1921 proved to be a major impetus for widespread agitation?
* ... that the '''[[kaep]]''' is a traditional type of [[proa]] sailboat native to [[Palau]] that can be sailed forward or backward?
* ... that the 12th-century canon and prior '''[[Robert of Bridlington]]''' was buried in the cloister of [[Bridlington Priory]]?
* ... that '''[[Mid-Ulster Ladies F.C.]]''' were founded by a future [[Northern Ireland Women's Football Association|NIWFA]] chairwoman to stop local football players leaving [[Cookstown]]?
* ... that Kenyan zoologist '''[[David Wasawo]]''' was the first East African to be awarded a degree in science?
* ... that [[Lecrae]] released the mixtape '''''[[Church Clothes 3]]''''' without any prior announcement?
* ... that '''[[Operation Phiboonpol]]''' caused [[vulture]]s to become an [[Bird strike|aviation hazard]]?

*'''''00:00, 7 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[List of Arabian Peninsula tropical cyclones|tropical cyclones affecting the Arabian Peninsula]]''' ''(example pictured)'' have disrupted oil exports, destroyed 2,000-year-old bridges, and produced multiple years' worth of rainfall?
* ... that [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] was originally scheduled to speak at '''[[Williston School|Williston High School ]]''' on the day that he was assassinated?
* ... that the 1970s dancer/choreographer '''[[Penney de Jager]]''' was [[Order of Orange-Nassau|knighted]] for promoting dance among the elderly?
* ... that [[ox]]en of the '''[[Terreña]]''' breed of cattle from the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]] in northern Spain were used in the traditional [[Basque rural sport]] of ''[[idi probak]]'', or stone-pulling?
* ... that the early 20th-century Scottish judge '''[[William James Cullen, Lord Cullen|Lord Cullen]]''' disliked public speaking?
* ... that the crater lake of '''[[Aguas Calientes (volcano)|Aguas Calientes]]''' has been researched as a possible terrestrial analogue to [[Mars]]?
* ... that at the age of fifteen, '''[[Todd Gilliland]]''' became the youngest winner in [[ARCA Racing Series]] history when he won in his series debut?
* ... that the men believed to be the first and last [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] soldiers killed in action during the [[World War I|First World War]] are buried in '''[[St Symphorien Military Cemetery]]'''?

===6 February 2016===
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* ... that, with no prior experience in aviation, '''[[Albin K. Longren]]''' ''(pictured)'' built and flew his own airplane from scratch in 1911?
* ... that the modern format for the '''[[Katcheri]]''', conceived by [[Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar]] in the 1930s, incorporated traditional [[Carnatic music]] rendered by the [[Trinity of Carnatic music]]?
* ... that '''[[Lauw Giok Lan]]''' was both a money collector and dramatist, but neither was his main occupation?
* ... that '''[[Operation Desert Rat|Desert Rat]]''' followed [[Operation Silver Buckle|Silver Buckle]]?
* ... that '''[[Yvonne Ciannella]]''', who performed the title roles of Donizetti's ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'' and Puccini's ''[[Suor Angelica]]'', recorded Telemann's cantata ''Ino'' with "dramatic colouring"?
* ... that three new species of frog, '''''[[Callulina shengena]]''''', '''''[[Callulina stanleyi|C. stanleyi]]''''' and '''''[[Callulina laphami|C. laphami]]''''', first described from the [[Eastern Arc Mountains]] of Tanzania in 2010, are all "[[critically endangered]]"?
* ... that at [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]'s '''[[Bound for Glory IV]]''' [[pay-per-view]] event, the wrestler [[Abyss (wrestler)|Abyss]] was forced through a flaming table?
* ... that [[Islamic law]] scholar '''[[Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah]]''' likely did not issue the commonly named [[Oran fatwa]] in the city of [[Oran]], but rather in [[Fez, Morocco|Fez]]?

*'''''00:00, 6 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the coat of the '''[[Abyssinian guinea pig]]''' ''(pictured)'' is marked with large swirls of hair known as rosettes?
* ... that in 1994 '''[[Gloria Tanner]]''' became the first [[African Americans|African-American]] woman state senator in [[Colorado]] history?
* ... that the [[Ada (programming language)|Ada language]] [[compiler]] that '''[[Dansk Datamatik Center]]''' developed in the early 1980s has been termed an underappreciated success story in the use of [[formal methods]]?
* ... that the 17th-century English pirate [[Henry Every]] is thought to be a descendant of the '''[[Every family]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[MUSE School]]''' in [[Calabasas, California|Calabasas]], California, has been described as the first [[vegan]] [[K–12|K-12]] school in the U.S.?
* ... that actor '''[[Anton Lundqvist]]''' played the part of "Oscar" opposite his real-life mother, [[Maria Lundqvist]] in the film ''[[En underbar jävla jul]]''?
* ... that the first '''[[Cafe Barbera]]''' [[coffeehouse]] was established in 1870 in Southern Italy?
* ... that [[Martha Graham]]'s solo dance '''''[[Salem Shore]]''''' depicts a sea-wife "mad with grief"?

===5 February 2016===
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* ... that [[Pierre Boulez]] ''(pictured)'' composed incidental music to [[Jean-Louis Barrault|Barrault]]'s '''''[[Ainsi parla Zarathoustra (Boulez)|Ainsi parla Zarathoustra]]''''' after [[Also sprach Zarathustra|Nietzsche]] in 1974, many years after he was the music director for his theater?
* ... that [[Lesotho]] is a '''[[Monarchies in Africa|monarchy in Africa]]''' presently ruled by [[Letsie III of Lesotho|King Letsie III]]?
* ... that in 1994 the Scottish retired judge '''[[David Brand, Lord Brand|Lord Brand]]''' became an appeals court judge in Botswana?
* ... that web-based jewelry retailer '''[[Bravelets]]''' donates ten dollars of each purchase to the charity of the customer's choice?
* ... that '''[[Tyler Austin]]''' overcame a [[testicular cancer]] diagnosis at age 17 to become a [[professional baseball]] player?
* ... that [[Riot Games]] banned '''[[G2A]]''' from sponsoring teams during the [[2015 League of Legends World Championship]]?
* ... that when the [[oil tanker]] '''[[MV Imperial Transport|MV ''Imperial Transport'']]''' broke in half after being [[torpedo]]ed in 1940, a new front section was built and mated to the surviving [[stern]]?
* ... that '''[[St. Paul's Church, Rusthall]]''', has been viewed as a symbol of the wealth of [[Borough of Tunbridge Wells|Tunbridge Wells]] due to the churchyard being "chockablock with expensive tombstones and memorials"?

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* ... that rock paintings of the '''[[dibatag]]''' ''(pictured)'' have been discovered on the west bank of the [[Nile|Nile River]], far from its present range?
* ... that '''[[Brenda Andrews]]''' co-led a team of scientists to create the first fully detailed cell protein map?
* ... that the ancient [[Sanskrit]] text '''''[[Kundika Upanishad]]''''' states a man should visit sacred places in his retirement, and take his wife with him?
* ... that '''[[Yolanda Marculescu]]''', prima donna of the [[Romanian National Opera, Bucharest|Romanian National Opera of Bucharest]], [[Defection|defected]] to the U.S. in 1968 and founded the International Festival of the [[Art song|Art Song]] in Milwaukee, Wisconsin?
* ... that [[South Sudan]] has the world's second largest animal migration, but there are '''[[Tourism in South Sudan|no tourists]]''' to see it?
* ... that the eleventh-century [[Normans|Norman]] noblewoman '''[[Rohese Giffard]]''' is listed as a landowner in her own right in the [[Domesday Book]]?
* ... that the '''[[Great Comet of 1819]]''' was the first comet analyzed using [[polarimetry]], by [[François Arago]]?

===4 February 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra]]''' ''(pictured)'' mosque in India was constructed on the remains of a [[Sanskrit]] college?
* ... that [[Lauren Oliver]]'s debut novel ''[[Before I Fall]]'' is being adapted into '''[[Before I Fall (film)|a feature film]]'''?
* ... that "'''[[God Is Working His Purpose Out]]'''" was written as a tribute to the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]?
* ... that '''[[Rempo Urip]]''' played [[association football|football]] for [[Dardanella (theatre company)|a theatre company]]?
* ... that although '''''[[For What It's Worth (game show)|For What It's Worth]]''''' was originally meant to have a different expert each week, the episodes were broadcast such that there was a different expert allocated to each weekday?
* ... that '''[[Girolamo Benivieni]]''' twice sought the help of [[Pope Leo X]] to return the body of [[Dante Alighieri]] to [[Florence]]?
* ... that in 1930 the '''[[National Wrestling Association]]''' required [[professional wrestlers]] to post a [[United States dollar|$]]5,000 bond to compete for the [[World Heavyweight Championship (National Wrestling Association)|World Heavyweight Championship]]?
* ... that '''[[DNA walker]]s''' have been used as [[nanorobots]] to pick up and drop off molecular cargo?

*'''''00:00, 4 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Buddy Holly Center]]''' showcases [[Buddy Holly|Holly]]'s final [[Fender Stratocaster]] and the pair of glasses ''(pictured)'' that he was wearing at the time of [[The Day the Music Died|his death]]?
* ... that in 2001, '''[[Cliff Lett]]''' broke the official land speed record for [[radio-controlled car]]s, exceeding {{convert|100|mph}} for the first time?
* ... that about half of the '''[[Grade I listed war memorials in England]]''' were designed by the same architect?
* ... that '''[[Sandy Cornish]]''', a former [[Slavery in the United States|slave]] who had purchased his freedom, deliberately maimed himself when threatened with a return to slavery?
* ... that two life-size [[stucco]] [[jaguars in Mesoamerican cultures|jaguars]] were excavated at the [[pre-Columbian era|pre-Columbian]] [[Maya civilization|Maya]] city of '''[[Chutixtiox]]''' in Guatemala?
* ... that '''[[Ted Stanley]]''' donated over $825 million to support work and research at the [[Broad Institute]]?
* ... that [[Prince William, Duke of Cambridge|Prince William]] and [[Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge|Catherine Middleton]] lived in '''[[Strathtyrum]]''' for two years?
* ... that at the [[1978 Davis Cup#Final 4|1978 Davis Cup Final]], [[John McEnroe]] asked an umpire to tell tennis commentator '''[[Gerald Williams (tennis commentator)|Gerald Williams]]''' to "keep his voice down"?

===3 February 2016===
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* ... that in [[windsurfing]], performing a '''[[waterstart]]''' ''(example pictured)'' in a light wind is considered to be an expert-level skill?
* ... that '''[[Sonia Humphrey]]''' took the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] to the [[Anti-Discrimination Act 1977|Anti-Discrimination Board]] in 1984, after the broadcaster removed her from an on-air role, citing her pregnancy as a "visual overload" to viewers?
* ... that '''[[Charles V. Shank]]''' co-invented the [[distributed feedback laser]]?
* ... that the '''[[Devon County War Memorial]]''' is [[wikt:hewn|hewn]] from a single block of [[granite]] quarried on [[Dartmoor]], the largest that its architect [[Edwin Lutyens]] was able to acquire?
* ... that ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' named Saugat Bista, the seven-year-old director of '''''[[Love You Baba]]''''', the "youngest director of a professionally made feature length film"?
* ... that the shrub '''''[[Persoonia laxa]]''''' was found in Sydney but is now presumed extinct?
* ... that '''[[Dave Howie]]''' played [[rugby union|rugby]] seven times for {{nrut|Scotland}}, but his father refused to watch him play?

*'''''00:00, 3 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Historic England]] considers '''[[Sandsfoot Castle]]''' ''(pictured)'' to be "one of the most substantial examples" of the 16th-century blockhouse to survive in England?
* ... that the ill health and unstable personality of '''[[Princess Charlotte of Prussia]]''' are attributable to the genetic disease [[porphyria]]?
* ... that the [[Indian whisky]] '''[[Royal Stag]]''' is [[Pernod Ricard]]'s biggest-selling brand?
* ... that Romanian [[soprano]] and music educator '''[[Georgeta Stoleriu]]''' established a scholarship to recognize outstanding students from the [[National University of Music Bucharest]], but never her own students?
* ... that '''[[Gulf Hamstery]]''' established the commercial [[Syrian hamster]] industry in the United States?
* ... that the poet '''[[Sarah Howe]]''' won the 2015 [[T. S. Eliot Prize]] for ''Loop of Jade'', the first time a debut collection has won the award?
* ... that after a lengthy development process, '''''[[Bad Santa 2]]''''' is finally filming in [[Montreal]]?
* ... that the hero of the 14th-century [[Old French]] poem '''''[[Baudouin de Sebourc]]''''' has 31 children who help him fight for the King of Jerusalem?

===2 February 2016===
*'''''12:00, 2 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Tibetan "[[Tulku|living Buddha]]" '''[[Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai]]''' ''(pictured, left, with [[Mao Zedong]])'' was appointed vice chairman of the [[Chamdo|Qamdo]] Liberation Committee at the age of 10?
* ... that '''[[Cyclone Peter]]''' is the [[List of wettest tropical cyclones by country|wettest tropical cyclone]] on record in Australia?
* ... that jazz pianist '''[[Hasaan Ibn Ali]]''' remained an obscure figure until his only released recording, ''[[The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan]]'', after which he again returned to obscurity?
* ... that people in 34 countries [[embroidered]] the 305 panels that form the 164 metre (538 ft)-long '''[[Scottish Diaspora Tapestry]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Josh Gottheimer]]''' became a [[speechwriter]] for U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] at the age of 23?
* ... that the '''[[Persoonia moscalii|creeping geebung]]''' of southwestern Tasmania generally grows to around a metre across but only 4-5 cm high?
* ... that '''[[Ralph fitzStephen]]''', an 12th-century English nobleman, was responsible for the maintenance of Queen [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]] while she was imprisoned by her husband King [[Henry II of England]]?
* ... that the '''[[White House Big Dig]]''' is a [[White House]] construction project that has been described as mysterious as the disappearance of the [[dinosaur]]s?

*'''''00:00, 2 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a man reputedly died riding a horse backwards up a hill at the '''[[Mitre Inn, Chipping Barnet|Mitre Inn]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Chipping Barnet]]?
* ... that '''[[Minuetta Kessler]]''', a classical composer and concert pianist who wrote and performed her first piece at age five, created a game to teach [[musical composition]] to young children?
* ... that the '''[[Mongalla gazelle]]''' has continued its extensive migration in [[South Sudan]] despite three decades of civil war?
* ... that the [[computer-generated imagery|CGI]] character '''[[Maz Kanata]]''' from ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'' was inspired by writer/director [[J. J. Abrams]]' late high school English teacher?
* ... that '''[[Marie Kraja]]''' and '''[[Lola Gjoka]]''' performed more than 300 songs together that recorded Albanian culture?
* ... that the [[Hindu]] text '''''[[Yogatattva Upanishad]]''''' states in [[yoga]], that of the ten restraints, [[Mitahara|moderate food]] is most important, and of the ten observances, [[non-violence]] is most important?
* ... that the '''[[Bromhead Memorial]]''' commemorates 307 ex-servicemen who died at the [[Royal Star and Garter Home, Richmond|Royal Star and Garter Home]] in [[Richmond, London]]?
* ... that '''''[[Polyclonoolithus]]''''' is one of the only [[dinosaur egg]]s known from the [[Hekou Group]] in [[Gansu]]?

===1 February 2016===
*'''''12:00, 1 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the extinct lace bug '''''[[Gyaclavator]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is named for its enlarged antennae?
* ... that '''[[Claire Giannini Hoffman]]''' was the first woman to serve on the boards of [[Bank of America]] and [[Sears, Roebuck & Company]]?
* ... that '''''[[Theeb]]''''' is Jordan's first nomination ever to the [[Academy Awards]]?
* ... that women's rights activist '''[[Shirin Fozdar]]''' was instrumental in the establishment of Singapore's [[Islam in Singapore#Syariah Court|Syariah Court]] and in the passage of the [[Women's Charter]]?
* ... that the U.S. Government spent $8.9 million preparing for the possible '''[[Planned presidential transition of Mitt Romney|presidential transition of Mitt Romney]]''' in 2012?
* ... that the 12th century English nobleman '''[[Philip of Oldcoates]]''' was called one of [[King John of England]]'s "evil counsellors" by the chronicler [[Roger of Wendover]]?
* ... that '''[[Hancock Bridge, Mumbai|Hancock Bridge]]''' in Mumbai, built in 1879 and rebuilt in 1923, was demolished in 2016 to be rebuilt again?
* ... that [[Plato]] was once thought to have plagiarized a book by '''[[Timaeus of Locri]]'''?

*'''''00:00, 1 February 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Cape Town]]'s '''[[Foreshore Freeway Bridge]]''' ''(pictured)'' has remained unfinished since construction was halted in 1977?
* ... that '''[[Velveeta Shells & Cheese]]''' has been advertised as "liquid gold"?
* ... that chemist '''[[Lyndon Emsley]]''' led the team that installed the world's most powerful currently operating [[Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy|NMR spectrometer]], which breaks the [[Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy#Resonant frequency|billion-hertz]] barrier?
* ... that '''''[[Guegoolithus]]''''' is a [[fossil egg]] from Spain that was probably laid by an [[ornithopod]] dinosaur?
* ... that excessive drilling of [[artesian aquifer|artesian well]]s in the valley near '''[[İnsuyu Cave]]''' caused the lakes inside to nearly go dry?
* ... that [[Rob Thomas (writer)|Rob Thomas]] had envisioned the main plot for "'''[[There's Got to Be a Morning After Pill]]'''", an episode of ''[[Veronica Mars]]'', since before the beginning of the third season?
* ... that a '''[[January 1913 Atlantic coast storm]]''' set the lowest confirmed [[barometric pressure]] reading for a [[extratropical cyclone|non-tropical system]] in the [[Contiguous United States#CONUS and OCONUS|continental United States]]?
* ... that '''[[Jochen Rindt]]''' is the only driver to win the [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Formula One World Drivers' Championship]] posthumously?

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