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===31 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 31 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary]]''' is home to the [[grizzled giant squirrel]] ''(pictured)'', which is highly endangered within [[Karnataka]], India?
* ... that '''[[Zesh Rehman]]''' is the first Pakistani international [[Association football|footballer]] to play in the [[AFC Cup]]?
* ... that probes into '''[[Corruption in Uzbekistan|corruption in Uzbekistan]]''' led to the arrest of top executives of the nation's [[Coca-Cola]] bottling plant?
* ... that ''Playboy'' threatened to sue '''[[Betty Brosmer]]''' after she declined to pose nude at a photo shoot?
* ... that Christ's Hospital, the forerunner of today's '''[[Stormont–Vail HealthCare]]''' complex in [[Kansas]], was deeded to the city of [[Topeka]] for one dollar?
* ... that '''''[[Dreaming of You (Selena album)|Dreaming of You]]''''', the fifth and final studio album by American singer [[Selena]], became the [[List of best-selling Latin albums in the United States|best-selling Latin album of all-time]] in the U.S.?
* ... that a 1909 report deemed that the discharge of sewage into '''[[Zerbe Run]]''' did not pose a threat to public health?
* ... that [[F.C. United of Manchester]]'s '''[[Broadhurst Park]]''' stadium includes a recycled stand previously used at [[Drill Field|another football ground]]?
*'''''00:00, 31 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in [[Assam]], which has one of the largest elephant populations in India, the practice followed to trap them was the '''[[Khedda|khedda system]]''' ''(pictured)'', also known as ''Mela Shikar''?
* ... that the Indonesian film actress '''[[Titien Sumarni]]''' was married to her uncle?
* ... that a '''[[westerly wind burst]]''' can spur the formation of twin [[tropical cyclone]]s across the equatorial Pacific?
* ... that '''[[Cecil Thomas (sculptor)|Cecil Thomas]]''' won the competition to design the first coinage for [[Queen Elizabeth II]], but his design was used on only two British coins?
* ... that during the photo shoot for the cover of '''''[[Take Back]]''''', [[Kumi Koda]] did not even know what that shoot was for?
* ... that orbs are found at '''[[Cerro Panizos]]''' in Bolivia?
* ... that an online petition calling for the removal of '''''[[Survival Island 3]]''''' from [[Google Play]] and the [[App Store (iOS)|App Store]] had received more than 60,000 signatures as of January 16, 2016?
* ... that one of the first women to work in [[radio astronomy]], '''[[Elizabeth Alexander (astronomer)|Elizabeth Alexander]]''', actually preferred [[geology]]?
===30 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 30 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Agnieszka Popielewicz]]''' ''(pictured)'' hosts the behind-the-scenes episodes of the [[Taniec z gwiazdami|Polish version]] of ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]''?
* ... that the extinct mining bee '''''[[Andrena antoinei]]''''' has coloration of black, brown, and yellow?
* ... that schoolboy '''[[Pranav Dhanawade]]''' broke a 116-year-old [[cricket]] world record by scoring 1,009 runs [[not out]]?
* ... that '''[[Tapastic]]''' was created as a "[[YouTube]] for comics"?
* ... that the Indonesian composer '''[[Koesbini]]''' changed the final lines of his song "Bagimu Negeri" at the request of [[Sukarno]]?
* ... that pre-orders of the '''[[iPhone 6]]''' and 6 Plus exceeded four million within its first 24 hours of availability?
* ... that '''[[Typhoon Fran]]''' in 1976 produced a then record {{convert|44.8|in|mm|abbr=on|disp=flip}} of rain in 24 hours, in [[Kito, Tokushima|Hiso]], Japan?
* ... that before becoming a successful pulp magazine illustrator, '''[[Modest Stein]]''' was an aspiring assassin until he dumped his dynamite in a Pittsburgh [[outhouse]]?
*'''''00:00, 30 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the artist [[Charles Haslewood Shannon]] is commemorated by a plaque in '''[[St Botolph's Church, Quarrington|St Botolph's Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Quarrington, Lincolnshire|Quarrington]], where his father was [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] for nearly 50 years?
* ... that '''[[Gertrude Pitzinger]]''', who toured Europe and the United States singing ''[[Lied]]er'', recorded the alto part of Mozart's [[Requiem (Mozart)|Requiem]], conducted by [[Ferenc Fricsay]]?
* ... that the archaeological finds reported from '''[[Chirand]]''' are from the [[Neolithic]], [[Chalcolithic]], and [[Iron Age]] periods, including a cache of 88 [[Kushan Empire|Kushan period]] coins?
* ... that prior to opening '''[[Trylon Microcinema]]''', Take-Up Productions' first film screening was projected against a white brick wall behind a coffee shop?
* ... that '''[[Jedi Training: Trials of the Temple]]''' features [[Darth Maul]] and lets children duel [[Darth Vader]] or the [[Star Wars Rebels#Inquisitors|Seventh Sister]]?
* ... that in June 1992, the [[Quebec Nordiques]] agreed to two different '''[[Eric Lindros trade|trades involving Eric Lindros]]''' within 80 minutes?
* ... that despite being announced in 2011, the [[Tupac Shakur]] biopic '''''[[All Eyez on Me (film)|All Eyez on Me]]''''' only began filming in December 2015?
* ... that after '''[[Disappearance of Bethany Decker|Bethany Decker disappeared]]''', five years ago today, someone continued to send messages to her friends via her [[Facebook]] account?<!--Special occasion request for January 29-->
===29 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 29 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Bovista pila|tumbling puffballs]]''' ''(pictured)'' have been used as [[talisman|charms]] by the [[Chippewa]] people of North America?
* ... that '''[[Johan Ludvig Holstein]]''' was one of the co-founders of the [[Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters]]?
* ... that [[Conor McGregor]] became the cover athlete of '''''[[EA Sports UFC 2]]''''' by defeating [[José Aldo]] at [[UFC 194]]?
* ... that a verse from the Hindu text '''''[[Maha Upanishad]]''''' which regards the entire world as a family is engraved in the hall of the [[Parliament of India]]?<!--special occasion hook for January 29-->
* ... that bass-baritone '''[[Louis D'Angelo]]''' sang in the world premieres of seven operas at the [[Metropolitan Opera]], including Puccini's ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]''?
* ... that during the Napoleonic occupation of the '''[[Principality of Erfurt]]''', the [[First French Empire|French]] introduced street lighting and a tax on foreign horses to pay for maintaining the road surface?
* ... that in 1929 '''[[John Watson (solicitor general)|John Watson]]''' became Solicitor General for Scotland in the UK's [[Second MacDonald ministry|second Labour government]], despite not being a member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|party]]?
*'''''00:00, 29 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Birdsill Holly]]''' invented a water pumping system for city mains that not only supplied [[drinking water]] for domestic service, but also furnished water under pressure for [[fire hydrant]]s ''(Holly fire hydrant pictured)''?
* ... that the only description of the '''[[mysteries of Isis|mystery rites]]''' of the goddess [[Isis]] comes from a [[The Golden Ass|Roman novel about a man who is transformed into a donkey]]?
* ... that nuclear chemist and [[Haitinger Prize]] winner '''[[Elizabeth Rona]]''' worked at the '''[[Bornö Marine Research Station]]''' for twelve summers analyzing sea sediments for their [[radium]] content?
* ... that in [[Christine de Pizan]]'s [[Dream vision|dream allegory]] '''''[[Le livre du chemin de long estude]]''''' (1402–03), she takes the place of [[Dante]] and replaces [[Virgil]] with his own [[Cumaean Sibyl|Sibyl]]?
* ... that [[Turks in Germany|Turkish-German]] [[women's soccer|women's footballer]] '''[[Filiz Koç]]''' acted as a [[model (people)|model]], performed in a TV-series episode and worked as a [[sideline reporter]]?
* ... that the claimant in the English court case of '''''[[Woodroffe-Hedley v Cuthbertson]]''''' was a six-year-old child whose father had died in a mountaineering accident in France?
* ... that '''[[Alfonsina Orsini]]''', though not elected, directed the decisions of the government of the [[Republic of Florence]] from 1515?
* ... that '''[[Operaphone Records]]''' did not release recordings of [[Opera|operas]]?
===28 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 28 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that lack of parachutes cut flying at '''[[No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF]]''' ''(pupil pictured)'' before "permission was granted to continue training without them until supplies were forthcoming"?
* ... that American artist '''[[Katherine Schmidt]]''' made paintings with a realism that one critic called "mysterious" and another "magical"?
* ... that the '''[[Mylossoma duriventre|silver mylossoma]]''', an [[Amazon basin]] fish, feeds on fruit and seeds?
*... after the death of [[Bajirao I]], his first wife, '''[[Kashibai]]''' made arrangements to train his son from another marriage in weaponry?
* ... that armed groups have '''[[Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge|occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge]]''' since January 2, 2016?
* ... that the [[Dahomey]]an post and telegraph workers leader '''[[Paul Kpoffon]]''' went on to become a government minister and ambassador?
* ... that in the [[1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake]], the '''[[Shiva Temple, Kera]]''', was substantially damaged, leaving only the main spire and inner sanctum in a good condition?
* ... that '''[[Cicely Pearl Blair|Cicely Blair]]''' discovered that people with [[albinism]] cannot get [[Comedo|blackheads]]?
*'''''00:00, 28 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[New York Mets]] fans mark games started by '''[[Jacob deGrom]]''' ''(pictured)'' with the [[Twitter]] [[hashtag]] #hairwego?
* ... that an unusual number of recipients of the [[Victoria Cross]], Britain's highest military honour for gallantry, are buried in '''[[Richmond Cemetery]]'''?
* ... that while interviewing for the post of dean of women at [[Bates College]], '''[[Judith Magyar Isaacson]]''' was asked if she had ever resided in a dormitory and she replied, "Yes, at [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]]"?<!--Special occasion request for January 27-->
* ... that the '''[[Synbranchus marmoratus|marbled swamp eel]]''' can live out of water for at least six months?
* ... that brothers '''[[Abe Moffat]]''' and '''[[Alex Moffat (trade unionist)|Alex Moffat]]''' were [[trade unionist]]s and communist activists who became successive presidents of the [[National Union of Scottish Mineworkers]]?
* ... that to promote athletics in India, only Indian nationals are eligible for the prize money in the '''[[Kolkata Marathon]]'''?
* ... that pianist '''[[Mina F. Miller|Mina Miller]]''' founded [[Music of Remembrance]] to perform music by and about victims of the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]?<!--Special occasion request for January 27-->
* ... that '''[[Mile Run (White Deer Creek)|Mile Run]]''' is almost {{convert|2|mi|spell=in}} long?
===27 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 27 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that an 18th-century waxworks exhibition on '''[[Fleet Street]]''' ''(pictured)'' featured a woman whose father avoided starvation by sucking her breast?
* ... that '''[[Bianca de' Medici]]''' played an organ concert for a current pope and a future pope in 1460?
* ... that ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'' character '''[[Captain Phasma]]'''{{`s}} creation was inspired by a rejected costume design for '''[[Kylo Ren]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Paul I. Richards]]''' published one of the earliest theoretical models of [[traffic wave]]s?
* ... that the '''[[Sydney Jewish Museum]]''' records the contribution that [[Sh'erit ha-Pletah|Holocaust survivors]] made to Australia, which has more survivors per capita than any country except Israel?<!--Special occasion request for January 27-->
* ... that 23 years ago, the game '''''[[Electro Man]]''''' came with a [[Compact Cassette|cassette tape]] containing the soundtrack?
* ... that Swedish politician '''[[Julia Kronlid]]''' has worked as a volunteer at a hospital clinic in Papua New Guinea?
* ... that '''[[clam juice]]''' and aspirin were served at the [[Everleigh Club]] [[brothel]] as a starter for breakfast, which began at 2:00 in the afternoon?
*'''''00:00, 27 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that many female '''[[Haplophryne mollis|ghostly seadevils]]''' ''(pictured)'' never encounter a male in the ocean depths in which they live?
* ... that after winning the [[Indian general election, 1977|1977 Indian general election]] from the [[Kachchh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kutch constituency]], '''[[Anant Dave]]''' rose to the status of "giant killer"?
* ... that various '''[[onion cake]]s''' are consumed in China, Germany, Korea, Switzerland, Wales, and other countries?
* ... that journalist '''[[Ametist Azordegan]]''' is a member of the [[Grammis]] award jury and the Swedish Music Hall of Fame?
* ... that [[Pioneer Place]] commissioned the '''''[[Soaring Stones]]''''' sculpture as a gift to city residents to replace a fountain that was removed during construction of the mall?
* ... that although all copies of '''[[William Ketel]]'''{{`s}} work on the miracles of [[John of Beverley]] are lost, a previous transcription of the work forms the basis for the edition printed in ''[[Acta Sanctorum]]''?
* ... that '''''[[The Glory Brigade]]''''' is the only film in which [[Lee Marvin]] wears glasses in all his scenes?
* ... that '''[[City Oval]]''', [[Pietermaritzburg]] and [[St Lawrence Ground]], [[Canterbury]], are the only two [[first-class cricket]] grounds with a tree inside the [[Boundary (cricket)|boundary]]?
===26 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 26 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the Australian shrub '''''[[Isopogon anemonifolius]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was first cultivated in the UK in 1791?
* ... that until 1989 a wide downtown [[Yangon]] street was named after '''[[Htaw Lay]]''', a 19th-century defector to the [[British Empire|British]] and principal restorer of the [[Shwedagon Pagoda]]?
* ... that '''''[[Freefall 3050 A.D.]]''''' was one of only eight video games released for the [[Nuon (DVD technology)|Nuon]] platform?
* ... that '''[[Edmund Wainwright]]''' was considered to be amongst those who resurrected [[South Australia]]n [[Cricket in Australia|cricket]]?
* ... that many Iranian women chose not to leave their houses, and a few even committed suicide, to avoid removing their [[hijab]]s due to [[Reza Shah]]'s '''[[Kashf-e hijab]]''' decree?
* ... that '''[[Bridget Tan]]''', who founded the '''[[Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics]]''' to provide services to abused migrant workers, was honored for her work by [[Hillary Clinton]]?
* ... that '''[[Project Copper]]''' began and ended military cooperation between the [[Khmer Republic]] and the [[Kingdom of Laos]]?
* ... that contemporaries of the American artist '''[[Adelaide Lawson]]''' saw her as a lovably gypsy-like young woman who "had never been taught to wash her ears and neck"?
*'''''00:00, 26 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Suzanne Humbert, the wife of former French Governor of Indochina [[Jean Decoux]], is buried in the '''[[Domaine de Marie]]''' Catholic convent ''(pictured)'' in [[Da Lat|Da Lat, Vietnam]]?
* ... that five protesters were shot during demonstrations against the '''[[shooting of Jamar Clark]]'''?
* ... that in the '''[[Maitreya Upanishad]]''', [[Sakayanya]] expounds the nature of human life, stating that "Artha is Anartha", or "objects of senses are in truth worthless"?
* ... that to get her first job in television, '''[[Melissa Bachman]]''' worked for free, drove {{convert|150|mi|df=yes}} daily, and supported herself as a waitress?
* ... that the '''[[Sicyopterus lagocephalus|red-tailed goby]]''' lays its eggs in fresh water but the [[larva]]e will die if they are not washed downstream to the sea?
* ... that the '''[[Ghana Code Club]]''' is an [[After-school activity|after-school program]] in Ghana that teaches children [[computer programming]] skills?
* ... that '''[[Čakr-paša]]''' was killed by his comrade while shaving?
===25 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 25 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 19th-century America, any amateur hunter could kill six '''[[passenger pigeon]]s''' in a single shot ''(shooting pictured)''?
* ... that botanist '''[[Pieter Baas]]''' was convinced that Queen [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix]] helped in the formation of the [[National Herbarium of the Netherlands]], which the responsible minister denied?
* ... that '''''[[Methane Pioneer]]''''' was the world's first oceangoing [[LNG tanker]]?
* ... that former [[Rajya Sabha]] member '''[[Lakhiram Agrawal]]''' was detained under the [[Maintenance of Internal Security Act]] in 1975 during [[The Emergency (India)|The Emergency]]?
* ... that '''[[Conospermum|smokebushes]]''' get their name from the resemblance of their flowers to smoke arising from the plant?
* ... that '''[[Frances Stackhouse Acton|Fanny Knight]]''' excavated a Roman villa, repaired a castle, wrote a book, and was an accomplished botanist and artist?
* ... that the '''[[Museum of Goa]]''' in India does not host a permanent collection, instead operating as a [[Art museum|gallery]] temporarily exhibiting works from around the world?
* ... that the Bulgarian idiom "Ideal Petrov", denoting something of excellent quality, derives from the name of '''[[Ideal Petrov|an actor]]'''?
*'''''00:00, 25 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Clara Henry]]''' ''(pictured)'' wrote the book ''I've Got the Period, So What?'' about female [[Menstrual cycle|menstrual periods]] and why women should not be ashamed to talk about them?
* ... that the '''[[Theatre Royal, Bath|Theatre Royal]]''' in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] has been described by the [[Theatres Trust]] as "one of the most important surviving examples of [[Georgian era|Georgian]] theatre architecture"?
* ... that American sociologist '''[[Salvatore Babones]]''' specializes in topics related to the [[world system]] and China?
* ... that the '''''[[Yoga Yajnavalkya]]''''' is one of the texts on [[asana]]s and meditation that dominated the Indian [[yoga]] scene before the 12th century?
* ... that a 2001 survey found that only one of the '''[[List of tributaries of Mahanoy Creek|officially named tributaries]]''' of [[Mahanoy Creek]] had fish, but that tributary had 20 fish species?
* ... that the roof plates of '''[[Rumoh Aceh|traditional Acehnese houses]]''' are lashed to the beams using ropes, so that the roof can be quickly detached in case of fire?
* ... that '''[[Patricia M. Collins]]''' and [[Donald Collins (Maine politician)|Donald Collins]] were the first married couple to each serve as mayor of [[Caribou, Maine]]?
* ... that '''''[[Sankofa (Oogenus)|Sankofa]]''''' is the [[fossil egg|fossilized remains of eggs]] that were probably laid by a [[transitional species]] from [[dinosaur]]s to [[bird]]s?
===24 January 2016===
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* ... that the nearly 2000-year-old Hindu text '''''[[Jabala Upanishad]]''''' discusses what makes [[Varanasi]] ''(pictured)'' holy?
* ... that when General [[Vang Pao]] begged senior generals for reinforcements to stave off defeat in '''[[Campaign 139]]''', they were busy with parade practice?
* ... that "'''[[Zueignung]]'''" (Dedication), the first published song by [[Richard Strauss]], was dedicated to [[Heinrich Vogl]], the principal tenor of the Munich Court Opera?
* ... that '''[[fig cake]]''' and similar cakes have traditionally been served in the [[Appalachian Mountains]] as a part of Old Christmas celebrations?
* ... that the '''[[mining industry of Cyprus]]''' is synonymous with [[copper]] extraction which began around 4,000 BC?
* ... that '''[[Praška filmska škola]]''' is a term applied to the works of several [[Cinema of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav film directors]] who graduated from the ''[[Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague]]'' (FAMU)?
* ... that in the [[viral ad]] video '''''[[Heimkommen]]''''', a German grandfather fakes his own death to reunite his family?
* ... that '''[[The Pink Assassin]]''' was a flamboyant [[masked wrestler|masked villain]] from [[Fire Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]]?
*'''''00:00, 24 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that 2015 auction prices for pieces from the [[Meissen porcelain]] '''[[Swan Service]]''' of 1737–1742 ''(example pictured)'' include £31,250 for a teacup and saucer?
* ... that the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk]] sultan '''[[An-Nasir Ahmad, Sultan of Egypt|an-Nasir Ahmad]]''' ruled from the desert fortress of [[Al Karak|al-Karak]] instead of the Mamluk capital in [[Cairo]]?
* ... that the '''[[Holly Steam Combination Company]]''' was the first commercially successful steam heating company for [[district heating]] from a central distribution station?
* ... that comedian '''[[Rachel Mohlin]]''' made her acting debut in the soap opera ''[[Vänner och fiender]]'', appearing in 695 episodes?
* ... that the '''''[[Forty Hadith of Ruhullah Khomeini|Forty Hadith]]''''' authored by [[Ruhollah Khomeini|Ayatollah Khomeini]] is a collection of personal interpretations of 40 traditions attributed to the prophet [[Muhammad]] and [[The Twelve Imams]]?
* ... that in April 2015, '''[[Ollie Robinson (cricketer, born 1993)|Ollie Robinson]]''' became the first [[Sussex CCC|Sussex]] cricketer in 95 years to score a century on a [[County Championship]] debut?
* ... that in '''[[Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 3|''Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid'', BWV 3]]''', a chorale cantata based on [[Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid|Moller's hymn in 18 stanzas]], the first cantus firmus is sung by the bass supported by a trombone?
* ... that [[Gene Roddenberry]] pushed for ''[[Star Trek]]'' to be filmed in color so that the green skin of the '''[[Orion (Star Trek)|Orion slave girl]]''' could be seen?
===23 January 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[black-bellied tern]]''' ''(pictured)'', an [[endangered species]], breeds by rivers and is threatened by human activities?
* ... that Swedish journalist '''[[Per Sinding-Larsen]]''' has interviewed musicians such as [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[David Bowie]], and [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] during his years at [[ZTV]]?
* ... that [[reconnaissance aircraft]] were flown into [[tropical cyclone]]s in the [[Australian region tropical cyclone|Australian region]] only during the '''[[1978–79 Australian region cyclone season|1978–79 season]]'''?
* ... that King [[Henry II of England]] supposedly said of '''[[Alan de Neville (forester)|Alan de Neville]]''', his chief forester, that an abbey could have his body, the king would have his money, and "the demons of hell his soul"?
* ... that the debut single "[[Talk Talk (The Music Machine song)|Talk Talk]]" by '''[[The Music Machine]]''' has been attributed to influencing [[The Doors]] and [[Iron Butterfly]], as well as future punk bands?
* ... that '''[[Abbo Nassour]]''' became the [[List of Presidents of the National Assembly of Chad|speaker of the Chadian parliament]] in 1969, after having been sentenced to death a few years earlier?
* ... that the steeple of the '''[[Readington Reformed Church]]''' was blown over by a [[January 1913 Atlantic coast storm|cyclone on January 3, 1913]], and restored one hundred years later?
* ... that [[professional wrestler]] '''[[Sean Royal]]''' was once managed by a robot?
*'''''00:00, 23 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the first baby born on the [[London Underground]] was delivered at the '''[[Elephant & Castle tube station]]''' ''(pictured)'' in 1924?
* ... that [[bebop]] jazz pianist '''[[Richie Powell]]''' was fond of inserting musical quotes, including from nursery rhymes and opera?
* ... that [[neurosurgery|brain surgery]] can be done while the '''[[awake craniotomy|patient is awake]]'''?
* ... that between 1995 and 2003, [[table tennis]] player '''[[Jing Junhong]]''' won medals at five consecutive [[Southeast Asian Games]]?
* ... that the '''[[marlin sucker]]''' often clings onto its host fish in pairs, with a male under one [[Operculum (fish)|gill cover]] and a female under the other?
* ... that physicist '''[[Ronald E. Mickens|Ronald Mickens]]''' was a member of the founding council of the [[Edward Bouchet Abdus Salam Institute]], which supports collaboration among African and American physicists?
* ... that the world's largest [[Star sapphires|star sapphire]], '''[[The Star of Adam]]''', is valued at $100 million?
* ... that '''[[Mary Amdur]]''' gassed her own [[guinea pig]]s to prove that breathing [[sulphuric acid]] was dangerous?
===22 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 22 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[VPRO]] founder '''[[Nicolette Bruining]]''' ''(pictured)'' was honored as [[Righteous Among the Nations]] for assisting Jews during [[World War II]]?
* ... that '''[[Newry City Ladies F.C.]]''' were the first team for 14 years to win the [[Women's Premier League (Northern Ireland)|Women's Premier League]] outside of Belfast?
* ... that a small fish, the '''[[Leuresthes tenuis|California grunion]]''', buries its eggs in sand high on a beach?
* ... that one historian described the family relationships of '''[[Alan de Neville (landholder)|Alan de Neville]]''' ([[floruit]] 1168) as "a veritable labyrinth into which many a genealogical enquiry has vanished without trace"?
* ... that '''[[South Hams District Council]]''' in [[Devon]] offers [[seagull]]-proof [[Bin bag|refuse sacks]] to reduce waste and injuries caused by the birds?
* ... that the soul sampling in [[Porter Robinson]]'s hip-hop- and disco-influenced track "'''[[Flicker (song)|Flicker]]'''" was inspired by [[Daft Punk]]'s second album ''[[Discovery (Daft Punk album)|Discovery]]''?
* ... that the [[National Education Association]] started a teacher legal defense fund with monies left over from collections for '''[[Kate Frank]]'''{{`s}} case to be rehired by Muskogee schools?
* ... that some trainee pilots of '''[[Project Waterpump]]''' had to sit on cushions to fly?
*'''''00:02, 22 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the geology of the '''[[Sharyn Canyon]]''' ''(pictured)'' is sedimentary red sandstone, which has weathered to create unusual formations?
* ... that the video for the rap number "'''[[An Open Letter to Honey Singh]]'''", which was written in one hour, received around a million hits in five days?
* ... that the '''[[2014–15 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team]]''' coach John Beilein was voted 2014 Coach of the Year by Big Ten media?
* ... that '''[[Crab Run (Mahanoy Creek)|Crab Run]]''' is listed as being impaired by [[abandoned mine drainage]], even though no mining has been done in its watershed?
* ... that, according to a [[Reuters]] analyst, Hyundai launched '''[[Genesis (Hyundai Motor Company)|Genesis Motors]]''' to target "fat profit margins from high-end motorists to help it reverse out of a protracted earnings slide"?
* ... that the '''[[Alliance of Palestinian Forces]]''', formed in 1993 by [[Hamas]] and nine other groups who rejected the [[Oslo Accords]], was marginalized by the time of the [[Second Intifada]] in 2000?
* ... that French economist '''[[Laurence Tubiana]]''', appointed Special Ambassador to the [[COP21]] climate change meeting in Paris, managed the negotiations that led to a new agreement signed by 195 countries?
===21 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 21 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that photographer '''[[Jarrad Seng]]''' ''(pictured)'' pranked music festivalgoers by disguising himself as American DJ [[Steve Aoki]]?
* ... that during his arrest, the suspect of the '''[[Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting]]''' said in an interview, "No more baby parts"?
* ... that one failed candidate for [[Toulouse]]'s '''[[Capitoul]]ate''' tearfully complained in [[Parlement of Toulouse|court]] that his 4000-[[French livre|livre]] bribe had bought him nothing?
* ... that screenwriter Kelly Fremon is making her directing debut with the upcoming film '''''[[Besties (film)|Besties]]'''''?
* ... that the '''[[2013–14 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team]]''' were the [[2013–14 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season|2013–14 Big Ten Conference]] champions?
* ... that '''[[Jessica Plummer]]''' started her singing and acting careers in 2013?
* ... that during feeding, the cichlid fish '''''[[Retroculus lapidifer]]''''' dives into the sediment with its mouth open and then expels sand through its gill chambers?
* ... that '''[[Lionel Royce]]''', who fled Europe due to the Nazi persecution of Jews, became well known in American films for playing a Nazi?
*'''''00:00, 21 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the wildflower '''''[[Isopogon latifolius]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is the showiest of the drumstick genus ''[[Isopogon]]''?
* ... that Sudanese citizens report that the police are the '''[[Corruption in Sudan|most corrupt institution in Sudan]]'''?
* ... that while '''[[Ben Musa]]''' served as an [[Oregon]] state senator, his wife was a member of the [[Oregon House of Representatives]], representing approximately half of his senate district?
* ... that the '''[[McEwen Bridge]]''' has not been subjected to major rehabilitation or repair since opening in 1923?
* ... that some fans had a racist reaction to the character of '''[[Finn (Star Wars)|Finn]]''' in ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''?
* ... that the trematode '''''[[Metorchis conjunctus]]''''' can cause disease in fish-eating mammals including humans?
* ... that '''[[Sergio Casas]]''' was elected [[Governor of La Rioja Province]], Argentina after serving as vice-governor?
* ... that '''[[Donald L. Bryant Jr.]]''' did not "SELL THE HOUSE SELL THE CAR SELL THE KIDS", but sold '''[[Apocalypse Now (painting)|the painting]]''' in 2001?
===20 January 2016===
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* ... that in '''''[[The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777]]''''' ''(pictured)'', [[John Trumbull|the painter]] used [[Hugh Mercer|the general]]'s son as a model?
* ... that the '''[[wildlife of Russia]]''' includes about four million [[reindeer]] in the [[tundra]] region which can endure temperatures down to about {{convert|−50|°C}}?
* ... that the image of '''[[Marianna Dolińska]]'''{{`s}} dead children has been falsely used to represent victims of the [[Ukrainian Insurgent Army]]?
* ... that '''[[Poe Dameron]]''', portrayed by [[Oscar Isaac]], was initially scripted to be killed off in ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''?
* ... that the symmetrical appearance of '''[[Kankainen Manor]]''' is a result of renovations made between 1762 and 1763, when the windows were realigned and a false second entrance was added?
* ... that the 1896 US '''[[William McKinley presidential campaign, 1896|presidential campaign]]''' of [[William McKinley]] laid the groundwork for modern campaigns?
* ... that [[Marathi cinema|Marathi-film]] director '''[[Raja Thakur]]''' holds the record of winning the [[Maharashtra State Film Awards]] three times from 1970 to 1972 in the Best Film category?
* ... that flooding has been known to occur on '''[[Dry Run (Susquehecka Creek)|Dry Run]]'''?
*'''''00:00, 20 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that "one of the most significant 20th-century examples of funerary sculpture" ''(pictured)'' can be found in '''[[East Sheen Cemetery]]'''?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Rafa Jordà]]''' scored six goals in the [[2007–08 Segunda División|2007–08 season]], which saw his side being promoted to [[La Liga]]?
* ... that the '''[[Racking Horse Breeders' Association of America]]''' was formed partially to give amateur horsemen a venue to train and [[horse show|show]] their own horses?
* ... that high school best friends '''[[Zofia Glazer and Cypora Zonszajn]]''' saved Rachel while separated by circumstances beyond their control during [[the Holocaust in occupied Poland]]?
* ... that '''[[peak oil]]''' is the point in time when the maximum rate of [[extraction of petroleum]] is reached, after which it is expected to decline?
* ... that '''[[Richard Honeywood]]''' established best practices for [[video game localization]] at [[Square (company)|Square]] after going through "pure hell" while translating ''[[Xenogears]]''?
* ... that [[Gaylord Wilshire]]'s '''[[Ionaco|electric belt]]''' used a weak magnetic current to purportedly cure most diseases and improve health?
* ... that [[Barack Obama|President Obama]] shared a '''[[Death by Chocolate]]''' cake with the crew of [[Air Force One]]?
===19 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 19 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[hydrochloride]] salt of '''[[benzylamine]]''' ''(molecular model pictured)'' was given to NASA astronaut [[John Glenn]] as a treatment for [[motion sickness]] in the [[Mercury-Atlas 6]] mission?
* ... that the '''''[[Ornithological Dictionary; or Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds]]''''' is [[George Montagu (naturalist)|George Montagu]]'s best-known work, and the one that established his reputation as a pioneer of British ornithology?
* ... that '''[[Rattling Run (Little Mahanoy Creek)|Rattling Run]]''' is a Coldwater Fishery, but had no fish as of 2001?
* ... that literary scholar '''[[Hana Wirth-Nesher]]''' grew up with her father reading to her in [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]], her mother and grandmother speaking to her in [[German language|German]], and her friends conversing with her in [[English language|English]]?
* ... that the '''[[Lindbergh Beacon (Los Angeles)|Lindbergh Beacon]]''' atop [[Los Angeles City Hall]] was deactivated after the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] and not fully restored and reactivated until 2001?
* ... that '''[[Rakel Wärmländer]]'''{{`s}} real-life friend, actress [[Josephine Bornebusch]], played her friend in the film ''[[Love and Lemons]]''?
* ... that in the early 1940s, the [[New York Yankees]] used the '''[[Salamanca (Erie Railroad station)|Salamanca Erie Railroad station]]''' as a rest stop because of a delayed game with the [[Cleveland Indians]]?
* ... that '''[[dak bungalow]]s''' are "about as handsome as a stack of [[hay]]"?
*'''''00:00, 19 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that varieties of '''[[macun]]''' ''(pictured)'' were served in Turkey as both a [[medicine]] and as a [[confectionery]] during the time of the Ottoman Empire?
* ... that during his 50-year acting career, '''[[John Marriott (actor)|John Marriott]]''' originated the role of Joe Mott in [[Eugene O'Neill]]'s ''[[The Iceman Cometh]]'', and played the asthmatic security guard in the film ''[[Dog Day Afternoon]]''?
* ... that '''[[Braemar Hill Mansions]]''' in Hong Kong is composed of 15 [[tower blocks]] of 25 floors each, for a total of 925 apartments?
* ... that during the governorship of '''[[Ridwan Pasha]]''', founder of the [[Ridwan dynasty]], Ottoman authority in [[Yemen Eyalet|Yemen]] largely collapsed?
* ... that while [[Julien Baker]] was writing the songs on '''''[[Sprained Ankle (album)|Sprained Ankle]]''''', she didn't intend to release them as an album?
* ... that ground staff from '''[[No. 1 Initial Flying Training School RAAF]]''' won the [[Joe Hewitt (RAAF officer)|Hewitt Trophy]] for [[small arms]] proficiency in 1953?
* ... that former [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal cricketer]] '''[[Prakash Poddar]]''' is regarded as the man who "discovered" [[Cricket in India|Indian cricketer]] [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]] in 2003?
* ... that in 1965 a [[USGS]] employee found everyone he met in and around [[Freeburg, Pennsylvania]], knew a nearby stream as "'''[[Susquehecka Creek]]'''", but only two knew how to spell the name?
===18 January 2016===
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* ... that at the time of its introduction on the '''[[Elkhorn Grade Electrification|Elkhorn Grade]]''', the '''[[N&W LC-1]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the largest and heaviest [[electric locomotive]] in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Wided Bouchamaoui]]''', the leader of [[Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts|UTICA]], was one of those accepting the [[2015 Nobel Peace Prize]] on behalf of the [[Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet]]?
* ... that in 1573, Emperor [[Akbar]] had set up his military base camp near '''[[Gopi Talav]]''' during the siege of [[Surat]]?
* ... that residents in the English village of [[Clovelly]] operated their own rescue services from 1988 to 1998, because '''[[Clovelly Lifeboat Station]]''' was closed by the [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]]?
* ... that in '''''[[Christ, the Messenger]]''''', [[Swami Vivekananda]] attempted to analyze the life and messages of [[Jesus]] through [[Vedanta]]?
* ... that as many as 3.3 million newborns die each year, of which 23.4% succumb to '''[[neonatal infection]]'''?
* ... that many guerrilla leaders in the [[Guatemalan Civil War]] had been members of the '''[[Patriotic Labour Youth]]''' during high school?
* ... that a museum collection of Irish film costumes compiled by '''[[Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh]]''' included a set of underwear worn by [[Daniel Day-Lewis]] in ''[[In the Name of the Father (film)|In the Name of the Father]]''?
*'''''00:00, 18 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[Isopogon ceratophyllus]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is known as the wild irishman and horny conebush?
* ... that the first university course in '''[[American Literature (academic discipline)|American Literature]]''' was taught at [[Princeton University]] in 1872?
* ... that '''[[Sarah Hay]]''' has been nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]], a [[Satellite Award]], and a [[Critics' Choice Television Award]] for what she considers to be her first acting role?
* ... that Turkish football referee '''[[Yeliz Topaloğlu]]''' is the first [[FIFA International Referees List|FIFA-listed]] female [[Beach soccer#Referees and discipline|beach soccer official]]?
* ... that the '''[[Palestinian Liberation Front (Abu Nidal Ashqar wing)|Palestinian Liberation Front]]''' left the [[Palestine Liberation Organization|PLO]] in protest against the 1993 [[Oslo Accords]]?
* ... that the pianist '''[[Staffan Scheja]]''' had a well-publicized feud with comedian [[Jonas Gardell]] when he tried to teach Gardell how to play the violin in the series ''[[Stjärnorna på slottet]]''?
* ... that the eponymous story in the [[manga]] '''''[[Trash Market]]''''' is based on the author's experience working at a [[blood bank]]?
* ... that '''[[Norman C. Pickering]]''', co-founder of the [[Audio Engineering Society]], was caught off guard by the introduction of the [[LP record]]?
===17 January 2016===
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* ... that the [[Baltit Fort]] ''(pictured)'', which also functioned as a palace, was built when the village of '''[[Karimabad, Pakistan|Karimabad]]''' was under the rulership of the [[Mir of Hunza]]?
* ... that a father and son received the death penalty for the '''[[Woodburn bank bombing]]''', which accidentally killed two policemen?
* ... that at least seven denominations trace their history to [[Church of the Living God – Jewell Dominion|a Pentecostal church]] founded by '''[[Mary Magdalena Lewis Tate]]''', the first American woman to serve as bishop in a nationally-recognized denomination?
* ... that the fossil bee '''''[[Protohabropoda]]''''' has a dense coating of hairs preserved on its body in places?
* ... that '''[[Alfred Charles Garratt]]''' was the first full-time medical doctor in [[electrotherapy]] in the United States, and wrote the first book on the subject?
* ... that the '''''[[Yoga-kundalini Upanishad]]''''' is one of the most important texts on [[Kundalini yoga]]?
* ... that historian and priest '''[[Zenovie Pâclișanu]]''' was imprisoned by both Austria-Hungary and Communist Romania, the latter incarceration proving fatal?
* ... that Philippine presidential candidate '''[[Roy Señeres]]''' hopes he will not be declared a "[[nuisance candidate]]" by the [[Commission on Elections (Philippines)|Comelec]] during the [[Philippine presidential election, 2016|upcoming election]]?
*'''''00:00, 17 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Brigitte Boehme]]''' ''(pictured)'', the president of the [[Evangelical Church of Bremen|Protestant Church of Bremen]] who moved the [[German Evangelical Church Assembly]] 2009 to the town, was baptized in her forties?
* ... that the '''[[Salsola vermiculata|Mediterranean saltwort]]''', a [[Climax community|climax plant]] on the '''[[Syrian steppe]]''', is part of the varied '''[[wildlife of Syria]]'''?
* ... that American wrestler '''[[Dr. Heresy]]''' has a real-life career in the mental health industry?
* ... that a [[Nelumbo|lotus]] [[medal]]lion and a 9-foot (2.7 m)-long pillar depicting the [[Buddha]] as fire were stolen from the '''[[Chandavaram Buddhist site]]'''?
* ... that seven songs used in [[telenovela]]s reached number one on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' '''[[Mexican Espanol Airplay]]''' chart in 2014?
* ... that the British child rapist '''[[William Goad]]''' fled to Thailand, only to get caught using his credit card upon return and be sentenced to life imprisonment?
* ... that the first reported '''[[Shinto wedding]]''' ceremony was in the 1880s?
* ... that '''[[Kathy Bardswick]]''' got her first job at [[The Co-operators|The Co-operators Group]] when her mother applied for her and pretended she was Kathy when the company called back?
===16 January 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Nestorian Church (Famagusta)|Church of St George the Exiler]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Famagusta]] has been used as a [[Church of the East|Nestorian]] church, a stable for camels, a [[Greek Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodox]] church, and a cultural center over its 650-year history?
* ... that of the ten songs written by [[Brad Neely]] for ''China, IL''{{`s}} "'''[[Magical Pet]]'''", three are performed by [[Cat Power]]?
* ... that after she treated injured students in the [[1981 protests in Kosovo]], '''[[Sehadete Mekuli]]''' was denied a full professorship at the [[University of Pristina (1969–99)|University of Pristina]] and forced into early retirement?
* ... that [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Vienna]] won the '''[[1941 German football championship]]''' on the same day that [[Operation Barbarossa|Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union]]?
* ... that the '''[[Texas A&M–Commerce Lions women's volleyball]]''' team plays its home games at the [[Texas A&M–Commerce Field House|University Field House]], which [[George Dahl]] designed to resemble an airplane hangar?
* ... that artist '''[[Naziha Mestaoui]]'''{{`s}} ''One Heart, One Tree'' installation at [[2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference|COP21]] will support the planting of 52,677 trees?
* ... that the hydrology of the '''[[Daecheong Dam]]''', on the [[Geum River]] in South Korea, is influenced by seasonal [[monsoon]]s?
* ... that Governor '''[[Thilawa of Yamethin]]''' is said to have smiled only three times in his life?
*'''''00:00, 16 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[hors d'oeuvre]]''' trays ''(pictured)'' served on a table may be referred to as [[buffet]]-style, while those held and passed by servers are part of [[butler]]-style service or butlered hors d'oeuvres?
* ... that [[Stanisław Lem]]'s character '''[[pilot Pirx]]''' defeats a perfect [[robot]] thanks to human imperfection?
* ... that the Soviet [[icebreaker]] '''''[[Moskva (1959 icebreaker)|Moskva]]''''' once helped to free a herd of [[beluga whale]]s trapped by pack ice?
* ... that Surinam-born Dutch author '''[[Astrid Roemer]]''' is the first Caribbean writer selected to receive the highest Dutch literary prize, the [[P. C. Hooft Award]]?
* ... that '''''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]''''' has 68,260 lines of dialogue, and its [[quality assurance]] testers enabled a cheat to automatically skip dialogues during test runs?
* ... that the musicologist '''[[David Fallows]]''' discovered that the biography of composer [[Johannes Ciconia]] was actually of Ciconia's father?
* ... that the [[fireworm]] '''''[[Odontosyllis phosphorea]]''''' lives unobtrusively on the seabed but rises to the surface and produces a [[Bioluminescence|sparkling]] display when it breeds?
* ... that at General [[Aung San]]'s request, '''[[Myint Swe (writer)|Myint Swe]]''' used to play the violin while [[Khin Kyi]] sang the hits of the day?
===15 January 2016===
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* ... that '''[[porpoise]]s''' ''(pictured)'' were one of the most accessible species for early [[Cetology|cetologists]], because they could be seen very close to land, inhabiting shallow coastal areas?
* ... that a reviewer of a solo exhibition by '''[[Lena Gurr]]''' said that the American artist "painted with the gusto of a [[Francisco Goya|Goya]]"?
* ... that in 2015, the Indian whiskey '''[[Officer's Choice]]''' became the world's highest-selling [[Distilled beverage|spirit]] brand?
* ... that director '''[[Frank Stähle]]''' revived the choir and orchestra of [[Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium]] and conducted them in [[Requiem (Mozart)|Mozart's Requiem]] for the centenary of the [[Lutherkirche, Wiesbaden|Lutherkirche]]?
* ... that physical paintings of '''[[Pepe the frog]]''' have been put up for sale on [[eBay]]?
* ... that '''[[Max Deutsch]]''' intentionally destroyed his compositions so that his only surviving legacy would be his students?
* ... that [[Abdullah II of Jordan|King Abdullah II]] donated two helicopters to [[Jordan]]'s newly established '''[[Jordan Air Ambulance Center|Air Ambulance Center]]'''?
* ... that [[David Dewhurst]]'s campaign for [[Lieutenant Governor of Texas]] released disco-themed "'''[[Lt. Gov. You've Gotta Love]]'''" and "'''[[Frozen (advertisement)|Frozen]]'''", a parody of "[[Let It Go (Disney song)|Let It Go]]", as political advertisements?
*'''''00:00, 15 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Photojournalism|photojournalist]] '''[[Jo-Anne McArthur]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the "main human subject" of the 2013 documentary film '''''[[The Ghosts in Our Machine]]'''''?
* ... that the '''[[Andean orogeny|Andes have risen]]''' significantly in the last 30 million years?
* ... that Belgian cartoonist [[Hergé]] died before completing '''''[[Tintin and Alph-Art]]''''', the final volume in the ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]'', leaving the character's fate unexplained?
* ... that [[U.S. Route 141|U.S. Highway 102]] was the first '''[[List of U.S. Highways in Michigan|U.S. Highway in Michigan]]''' to be decommissioned, just two years after designation?
* ... that '''[[Larycia Hawkins]]''', American professor at [[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College]], was suspended after she wore a [[hijab]] and made comments regarding Christianity and Islam in December 2015?
* ... that [[American Samoa]]n [[association football]] team '''[[Utulei Youth]]''' had a [[perfect season]] in 2014, winning every game in the [[2014 FFAS Senior League|Senior League]] and taking home the [[FFAS President's Cup|President's Cup]]?
* ... that [[haematologist]] '''[[Lucy Meredith Bryce]]''' was the director of the first blood transfusion service in Australia?
* ... that shortly after the full moon and precisely 55 minutes after sunset, the female '''[[Odontosyllis enopla|Bermuda fireworm]]''' rises to the sea surface and produces a [[Bioluminescence|bioluminescent]] display?
===14 January 2016===
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* ... that '''''[[Arii Matamoe]]''''' ''(pictured)'', an 1892 painting of a Pacific Islander's severed head, may have been inspired by the death of [[Pōmare V]] shortly after [[Paul Gauguin]]'s arrival in [[Tahiti]]?
* ... that '''[[Ida Silverman]]''' logged over 600,000 air miles traveling the world, speaking and fund-raising for the creation of a [[Jewish state]]?
* ... that [[Ian McDonald (British author)|Ian McDonald]]'s 2015 science fiction novel '''''[[Luna: New Moon]]''''' has been called "''[[Game of Thrones]]'' in space"?
* ... that '''[[Emma Dench]]''', a British [[classicist]] and the [[McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History]] at [[Harvard University]], appeared in a film alongside her aunt [[Judi Dench]] in 1968?
* ... that the [[Type (biology)|type fossil]] of the damselfly '''''[[Electropodagrion]]''''' consists only of a [[Thorax (insect anatomy)|thorax]], leg, and wing portions?
* ... that '''[[Roderick John MacLeod, Lord Minginish|Lord Minginish]]''' is the first [[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]]-speaking Chairman of the [[Scottish Land Court]]?
* ... that the '''[[Sacred Heart Church, Exeter|Sacred Heart Church]]''' in [[Exeter]], England is the earliest surviving architectural work of [[Leonard Stokes]]?
* ... that [[Donald Trump]]'s spokesperson '''[[Katrina Pierson]]''' appeared on [[CNN]] with a necklace made of bullets?
===13 January 2016===
*'''''22:17, 13 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the architect [[Sir Edwin Lutyens]] designed dozens of war memorials, but the '''[[Gerrards Cross Memorial Building]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the only one with a functional purpose?
* ... that a legal challenge by '''[[Zunera Ishaq]]''' resulted in allowing the [[niqāb]] to be worn while taking the Canadian [[Oath of Citizenship (Canada)|Oath of Citizenship]]?
* ... that '''[[Liza Levy]]''', a board member and past president of the [[Jewish Federation]] of Greater Washington, originally joined the group as a way to make friends and retain her [[Jewish identity]]?
* ... that '''[[Cyclone Ilona]]''' produced record rainfall over [[Pilbara]], [[Western Australia]], in December 1988?
* ... that the scene in ''[[Neighbours]]'' '''[[Episode 7202]]''' where [[Terese Willis]] pushed [[Lauren Carpenter|Lauren Turner]] into the pool could only be shot once?
* ... that '''[[Ruth B]]'''{{`s}} debut single started off as a [[Vine (service)|Vine]] video?
* ... that '''''[[Mycomorphoolithus]]''''' is a kind of [[fossil egg]] distinguished by its mushroom-shaped eggshell units?
* ... that some fans consider '''[[Rey (Star Wars)|Rey]]''' from ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'' to be a "[[Mary Sue]]"?
*'''''02:17, 13 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[midday jird]]''', the '''[[Libyan jird]]''' and the '''[[northern three-toed jerboa]]''' ''(pictured)'' all colonised [[Aralkum]], a man-made desert?
* ... that '''[[Carrie Mac]]''', a Canadian author specializing in Young Adult fiction, is a winner of the CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize, the [[Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize]], and the [[Arthur Ellis Award]]?
* ... that [[Nellie Campobello]]'s '''''[[Cartucho]]''''' is the only canonical literary representation of the [[Mexican Revolution]] written by a woman?
* ... that [[Justin Bieber]] asked his [[Twitter]] followers to get [[charity record]] "'''[[A Bridge over You]]'''" to the [[List of UK Singles Chart Christmas number ones|UK Singles Chart Christmas number one]] ahead of [[Love Yourself (Justin Bieber song)|his own song]]?
* ... that during the start up of [[Chicago Pile-1]], '''[[Norman Hilberry]]''' stood ready with an ax to cut the [[scram]] line?
* ... that when the '''[[Texas A&M–Commerce Lions softball]]''' team was established in 2015, it made [[Texas A&M University–Commerce|A&M–Commerce]] the last school in the [[Lone Star Conference]] to sponsor the sport?
* ... that when '''[[Otto Hackbarth]]''' nearly defeated eventual winner [[Jim Barnes]] in the second round of the [[1919 PGA Championship]], ''[[The New York Times]]'' described the match as "the proverbial close shave"?
* ... that '''[[List of places of worship in Woking (borough)|places of worship in Woking borough]]''' include Britain's first mosque, a Buddhist temple in a former asylum and an Eastern Orthodox church in a cemetery?
===12 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 12 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Cedrus libani|cedar of Lebanon]] ''(pictured)'', an iconic part of '''[[Wildlife of Lebanon|Lebanon's wildlife]]''', is under threat?
* ... that '''[[Edith Mansford Fitzgerald]]''' invented the ''Fitzgerald Key'', which at one time was used by 75% of the US schools teaching the [[hearing impaired]]?
* ... that the '''[[Revolutionary Communist Party of Argentina]]''' won key leadership posts in the [[Córdoba, Argentina|Córdoba]] auto workers union election of 1972?
* ... that percussionist '''[[Annette A. Aguilar]]''' was sent to South Africa by the [[U.S. State Department]] as a Latin Jazz Ambassador?
* ... that '''[[Andrew Tremlett]]''' had his appointment as [[Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons]] blocked because he was "another white middle aged man"?
* ... that during the '''[[Naqib al-Ashraf Revolt]]''', the rebels and inhabitants of [[Jerusalem]] engaged in virtual self-rule in the city for over two years?
* ... that the British physician '''[[Albertine Winner]]''' helped establish the first modern hospice at [[St Christopher's Hospice]] in Sydenham, London?
* ... that during '''[[Operation Junction City Jr.]]''', members of ''Bataillon Commando 203'' fled from a crowd of refugees they mistook for enemy troops?
*'''''00:00, 12 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[rock relief]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' have been made in many cultures, and were especially important in the art of the [[ancient Near East]]?
* ... that a young Cincinnati artist, '''[[Joseph Mason (artist)|Joseph Mason]]''', painted uncredited plant-life backgrounds for more than 50 of [[John James Audubon]]'s bird studies?
* ... that the [[Hindu]] text '''''[[Mantrika Upanishad]]''''' is one of the earliest [[Yoga]] Upanishads composed in the 1st millennium BCE?
* ... that '''[[Theodore Komnenos Doukas]]''' founded the short-lived [[Empire of Thessalonica]] and came close to restoring the [[Byzantine Empire]] before his [[Battle of Klokotnitsa|defeat and capture]] by the [[Second Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarians]]?
* ... that professional golfer '''[[Eddie Loos]]''' accidentally hit [[Walter Hagen]]'s ball in the 1931 [[Northern Trust Open|Los Angeles Open]], earning a two-stroke penalty and a loss to [[Ed Dudley]]?
* ... that the [[Islam in Spain|Muslims]] of [[Kingdom of Granada (Crown of Castile)|Granada]] '''[[Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1499–1501)|revolted against their Catholic rulers]]''' seven years after the [[Granada War|conquest of Granada]], triggered by forced conversions imposed by [[Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros|Cardinal Cisneros]]?
* ... that '''[[Steven Anzovin]]''' published the first serious study on [[Electronic waste by country|computer pollution]] and how it affects the world's environment?
* ... that '''[[self-experimentation in medicine|medical self-experimenter]]''' [[Nicholas Senn]] had nearly six litres of [[hydrogen]] pumped into his [[anus]]?
===11 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 11 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that choreographer and TV artist '''[[Davina Delor]]''' ''(pictured)'' became a [[Bhikkhuni|Buddhist nun]] after meeting the [[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]], and converted her country home in [[Haims]] to a monastery?
* ... that the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] '''[[OBB Personenverkehr AG v. Sachs|recently held]]''' that plaintiffs cannot [[Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act|sue foreign sovereigns]] for injuries that are based upon conduct that occurs solely in a foreign country?
* ... that in '''[[Dick Hogan]]'''{{`s}} last film role, in the [[Alfred Hitchcock]] thriller ''[[Rope (film)|Rope]]'', his character is murdered at the start and concealed in a chest at a dinner party?
* ... that it is claimed that 36 '''[[M3 Gun Motor Carriage]]s''' destroyed 30 German tanks, including 2 [[Tiger I|Tiger]] tanks, at the [[Battle of El Guettar]] in March 1943?
* ... that, while studying interfacial phenomena, '''[[Heather C. Allen]]''' discovered that [[halide]]s such as [[bromide]] are located close to the surface of water?
* ... that the ant [[Tribe (biology)|tribe]] '''[[Prionomyrmecini]]''' has two members, the [[genus]] ''[[Prionomyrmex]]'', which is extinct, and ''[[Nothomyrmecia]]'', which is [[critically endangered]]?
* ... that '''[[Miriam Goldberg]]''' succeeded her husband as publisher of the ''[[Intermountain Jewish News]]'', which he had bought for one dollar?
* ... that the '''[[frog galvanoscope]]''' was tens of thousands times more sensitive to [[electric current]] than [[galvanometer]]s available in the early nineteenth century?
*'''''00:00, 11 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in the painting '''''[[A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms]]''''' ''(pictured)'', a handwritten sign in [[Flemish]] is posted on a wood placard that scholars have stated represented a warning to society at that time?<!--special occasion hook for January 10-->
* ... that [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] composed the cantata for the Sunday after [[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]], '''[[Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen, BWV 32|''Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen'', BWV 32]]''', as a dialogue of the Soul and Jesus, using elements of contemporary opera?
* ... that Afghanistan's vineyards cover an area larger than do Austria's despite '''[[Alcohol in Afghanistan|alcohol being officially forbidden]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Porcupine (Cheyenne)|Porcupine]]''' was the first [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] to derail a train during the [[Indian Wars]]?
* ... that distinguishing science from non-science is an unsolved problem in the '''[[philosophy of science]]''', so an "[[I know it when I see it]]" standard is sometimes used to recognize [[pseudoscience]]?
* ... that Colonel '''[[Frank M. Hume]]''' formed his own army, which would later be designated Company L of Maine's National Guard?
* ... that ''[[mazamorra]]'' is an historical '''[[corn stew]]''' of the [[indigenous peoples in South America]]?
* ... that November 14, 1976 was proclaimed by [[David L. Boren|Governor Boren]] as '''[[Opaline Deveraux Wadkins|Opaline Wadkins]]''' Day to honor the first African American to earn a master's degree in [[nursing education]] from the [[University of Oklahoma]]?
===10 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 10 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Al-Masjid an-Nabawi]]''' ''(pictured)'', the second holiest mosque of Islam, was built by [[Muhammad]] partly on a burial ground?
* ... that Indian [[otorhinolaryngologist]] '''[[Mohan Kameswaran]]''' performed the first [[auditory brainstem implant]] surgery in South Asia, and later became the first in Asia to perform the procedure on a child?
* ... that Priscilla Laws conceived '''[[AtariLab]]''' after seeing a computer chart temperatures in real time and realizing it would make lab work easier?
* ... that '''[[Sir George Kenning]]''' called his [[Derby]] car showroom ''Morris House'' and it was opened by [[William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield|Sir William Morris]]?
* ... that in 1920, a deadly arson attack occurred at the offices of the '''''[[Federación Obrera de Magallanes]]''''' [[trade union]] in [[Punta Arenas]], [[Chile]]?
* ... that five-time [[Pro Bowl]] linebacker '''[[John Offerdahl]]''' founded a chain of bagel restaurants, helped rescue an elderly couple from drowning, and may have foiled a murder attempt?
* ... that '''[[The Talk of the Town (horse)|The Talk of the Town]]''' was the first [[Tennessee Walking Horse]] to win three World Grand Championships, and one of only two horses ever to do so?
* ... that the second time that '''[[Christina Carpenter]]''' was placed in a cell, it had no door?
*'''''00:00, 10 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a [[mountain guide]] whose client was killed whilst climbing the '''[[Tour Ronde]]''' ''(pictured)'' near [[Mont Blanc]] was successfully sued for negligence by the client's six-year-old son?
* ... that '''[[Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio|Jeanette Rubio]]''' was a [[Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders|Miami Dolphins Cheerleader]] before she married Senator [[Marco Rubio]]?
* ... that in '''''[[Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs]]''''', [[Lisa Randall]] offers a credible but "far from compelling" hypothesis for why dinosaurs became extinct?
* ... that '''[[Ode de Pougy]]''', abbess of '''[[Abbey of Notre Dame aux Nonnains|Notre Dame aux Nonnains]]''' and niece of '''[[Manassès II de Pougy]]''', was excommunicated after throwing the Archbishop of Tyre out of the '''[[Basilica of St. Urbain, Troyes|Church of St Urbain]]'''?
* ... that despite its name meaning "quick, active, swift" in [[Old English]], the '''[[River Tale]]''' is noted as being "sluggish"?
* ... that after being jailed for 10 years and then deported to Jordan, Palestinian communist leader '''[[Arabi Awwad]]''' was elected to the [[Palestinian National Council]] in 1974?
* ... that the '''[[Milam Building]]''' was both the tallest brick and reinforced concrete structure and first office building with built in air conditioning in the United States when it opened in 1928?
* ... that in December 2015, '''[[Trent Zimmerman]]''' became the first openly gay man to be [[North Sydney by-election, 2015|elected]] to the [[Australian House of Representatives]]?
===9 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 9 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that ''The Human Comedy'' ''(pictured)'' by French sculptor '''[[Ernest Christophe]]''' inspired [[Charles Baudelaire|Baudelaire]]'s poem "The Mask"?
* ... that '''[[Ananda Thuriya of Kanba Myint|Ananda Thuriya]]''', a chief minister, general, and son-in-law of King [[Narapatisithu|Sithu II]] of [[Pagan Kingdom|Pagan]], began his career in the royal security detail?
* ... that basketball player [[Kobe Bryant]] was the first [[Basketball positions|guard]] to '''[[List of National Basketball Association seasons played leaders|play 20 seasons in the NBA]]'''?
* ... that Turkish-German [[Women's association football|women's footballer]] '''[[Melike Pekel]]''' was top scorer of the [[Regionalliga (women)#Regionalliga Süd|German Regionalliga Süd]] in the 2013–14 season, and became a member of the [[Turkey women's national football team|Turkey women's national team]] in 2015?
* ... that the fossil [[bumblebee]] '''''[[Bombus cerdanyensis]]''''' has notable darkening and texturing of the wing apex?
* ... that a Palestinian, '''[[Muhammad Najati Sidqi]]''', wrote a book in 1940 arguing that [[Nazism]] was incompatible with [[Islam]]?
* ... that although designed as an input for gaming controllers like [[joystick]]s, the '''[[Atari joystick port]]''' was also used as a [[serial port]] for devices like [[modem]]s?
* ... that Indian [[cricket]]er '''[[M. P. Pandove]]''' scored his maiden [[first-class cricket|first-class]] [[century (cricket)|century]] at age 16, while his son '''[[Dhruv Pandove]]''' scored his at age 14?<!--Special occasion request for January 9-->
*'''''00:00, 9 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Army and Navy Union of the United States of America|Army and Navy Union]]''' ''(badge shown)'' is the oldest veterans' organization in America?
* ... that sociologist '''[[C. K. Yang (sociologist)|C. K. Yang]]''' argued that [[Religion in China|religion]] was an important "diffuse" force in Chinese society even though it was not institutionalized in churches?
* ... that the '''[[Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource (New Jersey)|Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource]]''' originally included over 50 [[List of New Jersey Transit stations|stations]] deemed significant for their architectural and cultural merit?
* ... that 100 years ago, '''[[Robert Burgess (rugby)|Robert Burgess]]''' was killed after being knocked off his bike by a [[Shell (projectile)|shell]]?
* ... that the pharmaceutical drug '''[[patiromer]]''' lowers [[potassium]] levels in the blood but is not absorbed from the [[Human gastrointestinal tract|gut]]?
* ... that the Austrian physician '''[[Gisela Januszewska]]''', famed for her work among [[Bosnian Muslim]] women and highly decorated for her World War I service, died in the [[Theresienstadt concentration camp]]?
* ... that the biologist [[Honor Fell]] directed the '''[[Strangeways Research Laboratory]]''' for 41 years, then returned to continue her research until shortly before her death in 1986?
* ... that in '''''[[David v. Poe]]''''', the Senate Electoral Tribunal of the Philippines declared that [[Grace Poe]], formerly a foundling, is a "natural-born Filipino", allowing her to remain in the [[Senate of the Philippines|Philippine Senate]]?
===8 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 8 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Firehouse, Hook & Ladder Company 8|the firehouse]]''' ''(pictured)'' from ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' is to be released as a 4,500-piece [[Lego]] set?
* ... that on 29 August 1942, '''[[Gordon Gollob]]''' became the first fighter pilot to claim 150 aerial victories in World War II?
* ... that '''[[October 2008 Central America floods |flooding in October 2008 in Central America]]''' was considered the worst natural disaster since [[Hurricane Mitch]] 10 years prior?
* ... that Indian composer and singer [[Shankar Mahadevan]] made his acting debut in the 2015 [[Marathi language|Marathi]] film '''''[[Katyar Kaljat Ghusali (film)|Katyar Kaljat Ghusali]]'''''?
* ... that despite using '''[[forward air control operations during the Korean War]]''', the U.S. military could not agree on a common doctrine between 1946 and 1966?
* ... that '''[[Hu Di]]''', a top Communist Chinese secret agent, was executed by the Communist commander [[Zhang Guotao]]?
* ... that the title of '''[[Monica Byrne]]'''{{`s}} drama ''What Every Girl Should Know'' is drawn from a sex education column in the ''[[New York Call]]'' by [[Margaret Sanger]]?
* ... that '''[[Bionade-Biedermeier]]''' might be replaced by rhubarb spritzer-Rokoko?
*'''''00:00, 8 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Khandro Rinpoche]] ''(pictured)'' of the Mindrolling lineage is considered the present [[reincarnation]] of '''[[Urgyen Tsomo]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[HTC One (E8)]]''' has been described as an [[HTC One (M8)]] with a plastic shell?
* ... that '''[[Ju Zheng]]''' was persuaded to oppose [[Chiang Kai-shek]]'s candidacy for president of China in 1948 and received 10 percent of the vote in the National Assembly, with Chiang elected overwhelmingly?
* ... that the '''[[Music of Red Dead Redemption|music of ''Red Dead Redemption'']]''' was inspired by [[Ennio Morricone]]'s work on the ''[[Dollars Trilogy]]''?
* ... that after leading a nationwide strike during his presidency of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria, '''[[Isaac Folorunso Adewole]]''' was declared a wanted man and had to go into exile?
* ... that the two-story station building at '''[[Readville (MBTA station)|Readville]]''' was destroyed in a suspicious fire in 1983?
* ... that on 24 October 1941, '''[[Günther Lützow]]''' became the second fighter pilot to claim 100 aerial victories in World War II?
* ... that stale '''[[beer chemistry|beer]]''' tends to smell like cat urine and then cardboard?
===7 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 7 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[avocado cake]]''' ''(example pictured)'' may be topped with an avocado-based [[Fruit fool|fool]], a pressed fruit mixture or fruit purée mixed with custard or cream?
* ... that '''[[William Walker (Australian cricketer)|William Walker]]''' was the last [[underarm bowling|underarm bowler]] to have played for [[Tasmania cricket team|Tasmania]]?
* ... that the '''[[wildlife of Jordan]]''' includes a [[critically endangered]] fish found at a single oasis with a shrinking water supply?
* ... that while '''[[Caroline Stephen]]'''{{`s}} book was considered a "[[Quaker]] classic" even 100 years after publication, [[Leslie Stephen|her brother]] had dismissed it as "another little work of hers"?
* ... that an [[altarpiece]] by [[Bror Hjorth]] was the only item saved from a 1993 fire in '''[[Salabacke Church]]''' in [[Uppsala]]?
* ... that '''[[Mary Docherty]]''', a Scottish [[Communist Party of Great Britain|communist]], was treated for [[tuberculosis]] while visiting the Soviet Union?
* ... that the upcoming film '''''[[The Bleeder]]''''' is about [[Chuck Wepner]] (portrayed by [[Liev Schreiber]]), who challenged [[Muhammad Ali]] for the world's Heavyweight title in 1975?
* ... that '''[[David van Rooyen]]''' was the South African [[Minister of Finance (South Africa)|Minister of Finance]] for four days?
*'''''00:00, 7 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Al-Maghtas]]''' ''(pictured)'', in [[Jordan]], is considered by Christians as the location for the baptism of [[Jesus]] by [[John the Baptist]]?<!--Special occasion request for January 6 (Epiphany)-->
* ... that '''[[Victoria Bricker]]''' has studied the languages, astronomy, and ethnobotany of the [[Maya civilization|Maya]]?
* ... that [[Julian Lage]]'s album '''''[[World's Fair (album)|World's Fair]]''''' was inspired by [[Andrés Segovia]]?
* ... that four years after '''[[Han Qing]]''' set the [[List of Asian Games records in athletics|Asian Games record]] in the [[200 metres|200 metres sprint]], she tested positive for using [[dihydrotestosterone]] and was given a ban that effectively ended her career?
* ... that an entire chapter was censored from the [[hentai]] [[manga]] '''''[[Coffin of Cerebrum]]''''' due to "the ''[[Shotacon|shota]]'' aspect and the violence towards children"?
* ... that Sergeant ''' [[Donald Nichols (spy)|Donald Nichols]]''' correctly forecast that the [[Korean War]] would start within a certain three-day period?
* ... that '''[[Saimaluu Tash]]''', a [[petroglyph]]s site, has black-and-white rock paintings which are a globally important collection of [[rock art]]?
* ... that players can fire [[teddy bear]]s strapped to sticks of dynamite in '''''[[Sunset Overdrive]]'''''?
===6 January 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Melchior (Magi)|Melchior]]''', [[Saint Caspar|Caspar]], and '''[[Balthazar (Magi)|Balthazar]]''' are the traditional names of the [[Biblical Magi]] who visited the [[Jesus|baby Jesus]] ''(pictured)'', though they are not named in the Bible?<!--Special occasion request for January 6 (Epiphany)-->
* ... that '''[[binary logarithm]]s''' can be used to determine the number of [[octave]]s between two [[musical tone]]s?
* ... that violinist '''[[Mia Matsumiya]]''' spent ten years cataloging [[Cybercrime|online harassment]] that she received, and has created a popular [[Instagram]] account featuring those messages?
* ... that the leaves of the '''[[Hakea cucullata|scallop hakea]]''' cup the stem and the axillary flowers?
* ... that Major '''[[Arthur V. Peterson]]''' traveled to Europe before [[Normandy landings|D-Day]] to warn [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|General Eisenhower]] about the dangers of the Germans using radioactive weapons?
* ... that the '''[[Khpal Kor Foundation]]''', which operates an orphanage in Pakistan's [[Swat District]], established a Child Assembly that [[Malala Yousafzai]] once chaired?
* ... that Commonwealth Games multiple medal-winning gymnast '''[[Nathan Gafuik]]''' was diagnosed with [[Addison's disease]] at the age of 15?
* ... that the "'''[[Mauthausen Trilogy]]'''", composed by [[Mikis Theodorakis]], has been described as the "most beautiful musical work ever written about the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]"?
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* ... that the '''[[Demarest Building]]''' ''(pictured)'' built by '''[[Aaron T. Demarest]]''' was the first building with an electric elevator?
* ... that the second column of the '''[[Tchepone Operation]]''' was Orange, Red, and Black?
* ... that the guitar/drum duo '''[[Two Gallants (band)|Two Gallants]]''' are named after [[Two Gallants (short story)|a short story]] by [[James Joyce]]?
* ... that [[Cinema of Israel|Israeli filmmaker]] Yael Reuveny says she only really got to know her mother by interviewing her for '''''[[Farewell Herr Schwarz]]''''', her documentary about her family's history?
* ... that '''[[Edith Irby Jones|Edith Irby]]''' made national news when she was accepted in 1948 as the first [[African American]] medical student in the [[Southern United States]]?
* ... that the ice-breaking in the title '''''[[Islossningen i Uleå älv]]''''', a 1889 composition for narrator, men's chorus, and orchestra by [[Jean Sibelius]], was a political statement?
* ... that by 2013, the revenue of the '''[[Tourism in Syria|Syrian tourist industry]]''' had decreased by 94 percent since the start of the [[Syrian Civil War]] in 2011?
* ... that the '''[[Anita Krajnc case]]''' could result in her spending ten years in prison for giving water to thirsty pigs on their way to slaughter?
===5 January 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Christian Ramsay]]''' ''(pictured)'', an honorary member of the [[Botanical Society of Edinburgh]], died with a list of plants in her hand?
* ... that the Turkish [[ghulam|slave-soldier]] '''[[Ahmad ibn Tulun]]''' established the [[Tulunids|first local dynasty]] to rule Egypt since the Pharaohs?
* ... that [[fossil egg]]s classified as '''[[Elongatoolithidae]]''' have been found with preserved embryos inside?
* ... that '''[[Marianne Katoppo]]''', who wrote the book ''Compassionate and Free. An Asian Woman's Theology'', found the term feminist theology "too loaded"?
* ... that the virtually abandoned [[Rukai people|Rukai]] slate village of '''[[Kucapungane]]''' is an "endangered site" according to the [[World Monuments Fund]]?
* ... that the '''[[Manav Vikas Mission]]''' of the Government of [[Maharashtra]] provides free bus service for village girls from their native village to their schools?
* ... that '''[[Appian Way Productions]]''' has produced ''[[The Aviator (2004 film)|The Aviator]]'' (2004) and ''[[The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)|The Wolf of Wall Street]]'' (2013), both of which were nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]]?
* ... that a recitative in [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s cantata for the Sunday after New Year's Day, '''[[Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 58|''Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid'', BWV 58]]''', retells the prescribed gospel about the [[Flight into Egypt]]?<!--Special occasion request for January 5-->
*'''''00:00, 5 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that former slave '''[[Lucy Goode Brooks]]''' ''(pictured)'' helped found the '''[[Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans]]''', which still serves families in Richmond, Virginia, as the Friends' Association for Children?
* ... that six different species of [[gibbon]] are among the '''[[Wildlife of Laos|animals found in Laos]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Aviel Barclay]]''', the first woman to be traditionally trained and certified as a [[sofer|Jewish scribe]], completed her first [[Sefer Torah|Torah scroll]] in 2010?
* ... that the funeral march '''''[[In Memoriam (Sibelius)|In Memoriam]]''''' by Jean Sibelius was conceived in memory of [[Eugen Schauman]], who shot a Governor-General in 1904?
* ... that '''[[Mãe Menininha do Gantois]]''' was instrumental in gaining legal recognition of [[Candomblé]] and its rituals?
* ... that the lemon-shaped container for '''[[Jif (lemon juice)|Jif]]''' lemon juice was one of the first [[Blow molding|blow moulded]] [[Polyethylene|polythene]] containers used for food applications?
* ... that '''[[Ernie Blake]]''' helped interrogate Nazis [[Hermann Göring]] and [[Albert Speer]], and adopted his code name as his real name, before founding [[Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico]]?
* ... that the 2015 '''[[Bangkok Marathon|Bangkok Half Marathon]]''' was called the "world's longest half marathon"?
===4 January 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Magdala stone]]''' ''(pictured)'' may show the oldest known image of the [[Menorah (Temple)|Temple Menorah]]?
* ... that the 1981 election of '''[[Kathryn J. Whitmire]]''' as mayor heralded a major change in the city politics of [[Houston|Houston, Texas]]?
* ... that the house of the Chief or King of the community, at the southwestern end of '''[[Bawomataluo village]]''', is said to be the "oldest and largest on [[South Nias Regency|Nias]]"?
* ... that devout Muslim '''[[Mohamed Hadid]]''', a lifelong [[teetotalism|teetotaler]], owns a 5,000-bottle [[Wine cellar|wine cellar]] and a [[Beverly Hills]] winery?
* ... that [[Judd Nelson]], who played Joe Hunt in the 1987 TV movie ''[[Billionaire Boys Club (1987 film)|Billionaire Boys Club]]'', is playing the character's father in the '''[[Billionaire Boys Club (2016 film)|upcoming film of the same name]]'''?
* ... that [[Poles|Polish]] football player '''[[Łukasz Cieślewicz]]''' was named player of the year in the [[Faroe Islands]] in [[2011 Faroe Islands Premier League|2011]] and [[2015 Faroe Islands Premier League|2015]]?
* ... that '''''[[We, too, have a Job to Do]]''''' was painted by [[Norman Rockwell]] to encourage [[Boy Scouts of America|Boy Scouts]] to participate in the war effort during World War II?
* ... that '''[[Izzy Slapawitz]]''' was responsible for several fan riots in the [[Southern United States]] between 1978 and 1982?
*'''''00:00, 4 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Qian Zhuangfei]]''' ''(pictured)'', a Communist secret agent credited with saving the life of Premier [[Zhou Enlai]], was the father of [[Li Lili]], nicknamed "China's [[Mae West]]"?
* ... that the plot for the '''[[Authority (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)|200th episode of ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'']]''' was partly inspired by the [[strip search phone call scam]]?
* ... that the Welsh rugby league prop '''[[Morgan Evans (rugby league)|Morgan Evans]]''' made his national debut in a charity match against [[Keighley Cougars]] in honour of the rugby league footballer [[Danny Jones (rugby league)|Danny Jones]]?
* ... that the '''[[Social Interaction Anxiety Scale]]''' is used in clinical settings to measure distress?
* ... that in February 1850, '''[[Sisters of Charity Hospital (Buffalo)|Sisters of Charity Hospital]]''' in [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] was the subject of a public letter-writing feud?
* ... that '''[[Harald Sigtryggsson]]''' was installed as King of [[History of Limerick|Limerick]] by his cousin [[Olaf Guthfrithson]], King of [[Kingdom of Dublin|Dublin]]?
* ... that the first popular '''[[Bootleg recording|bootleg]]''' rock album was [[Bob Dylan]]'s ''[[Great White Wonder]]''?
* ... that after '''[[Rachel Henderlite]]'''{{`s}} 1965 ordination as a minister, a retired pastor sent her a postcard every year quoting the biblical injunction, "Let the women keep silent in the churches"?
===3 January 2016===
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* ... that the [[minaret]] adjoining the '''[[Malé Friday Mosque]]''' has a wide base like a ship's funnel and resembles a [[wedding cake]]?
* ... that '''[[Maria Corsini]]''', Italian writer and Roman Catholic lay person, was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] on 31 October 2001 along with her husband, [[Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi]]?
* ... that the '''[[Huawei Ascend P7]]''' smartphone has been noted for its high-resolution front camera and slow processor?
* ... that Rebbetzin '''[[Tziporah Heller]]''', a senior faculty member at [[Neve Yerushalayim]] College for Women, has thousands of students around the globe?
* ... that [[Edvard Munch]]'s painting [[Love and Pain (Munch painting)|'''''Love and Pain''''']] sold for more than US$38 million in 2008?
* ... that '''[[Ismail Pasha al-Azm]]''' laid the foundations for the [[al-Azm family|Azm family]]'s political dominance in Damascus during Ottoman rule?
* ... that a ban on '''[[Women in Shinto|women Shinto priests]]''' ended after World War II?
* ... that during the [[American Revolution]], [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist]] spy '''[[Joseph Bettys]]''' failed in his mission to capture General [[Philip Schuyler]] because Bettys left his unit and went off to visit his girlfriend?
*'''''00:00, 3 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a few '''[[cockroach]]''' species ''(example pictured)'' are kept as pets, and several species are raised as food for insectivorous pets?
* ... that ''[[The X Factor]]'' winner '''[[Louisa Johnson]]''' initially applied for ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]''?
* ... that '''[[Level Mountain]]''' is the most voluminous and most persistent volcano in the [[Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province]] of North America?
* ... that '''[[Vernon Arnold Haugland]]''' was the first civilian to receive the [[Silver Star|Silver Star medal]], normally awarded only to members of the United States Armed Forces?
* ... that the 2015 '''[[Hurricane Blanca (2015)|Hurricane Blanca]]''' was the earliest recorded [[tropical cyclone]] to make landfall on the [[Baja California Peninsula]] in any given year?
* ... that the legend of '''[[Lopamudra]]''' in [[Mahabharata]] is said to be "the glorification of domestic life and family and demonstrates the incompleteness of a life based solely on asceticism"?
* ... that British media have compared the Scottish footballer '''[[Ryan Gauld]]''' to [[Lionel Messi]]?
* ... that '''[[Operation Maeng Da]]''' translates as "Operation [[Procuring (prostitution)|Pimp]]"?
===2 January 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Yedigöller National Park]]''' ''(pictured)'' in Turkey is best known for its seven lakes formed by [[landslide]]s?
* ... that '''[[Elisabeth Abegg]]''', a teacher who provided shelter to Jews during the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]], also tutored Jewish children at her home?
* ... that music from [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s cantata for New Year's Day, '''{{lang|de|[[Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm, BWV 171|''Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm'', BWV 171]]}}''', [[Mass in B minor structure#Patrem omnipotentem|appears in his Mass in B minor]]?
* ... that [[Polymer chemistry|polymer chemist]] '''[[Swaminathan Sivaram]]''' holds the record for the most United States patents by an Indian national working in India?
* ... that in the [[World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage Site]] of '''[[Baekje Historic Areas]]''', about 4,600 antiquities were discovered in good condition in the Royal [[Tomb of King Muryeong]]?
* ... that '''[[Pu Shunqing]]''' is considered the first female screenwriter in China?
* ... that the '''[[Listronotus bonariensis|Argentine stem weevil]]''' is not considered economically important in its native South America, but is a serious [[Pest (organism)|agricultural pest]] in New Zealand?
* ... that an opposing basketball coach praised [[UCLA Bruins men's basketball|UCLA Bruins]] freshman '''[[Aaron Holiday]]'''{{`s}} defense by comparing him to a [[Tasmanian devil]]?
*'''''00:00, 2 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Bara Gumbad]]''' ''(pictured)'', built during the [[Lodi dynasty]] in 1490 CE, is believed to have the earliest constructed full [[dome]] of any building in [[Delhi]]?
* ... that after almost drowning during his foray into [[water polo]], '''[[Ka'imi Fairbairn]]''' returned to [[American football]] and was named the top college [[placekicker|kicker]] in the nation?
* ... that '''[[perennial ryegrass staggers]]''' is a disease of livestock caused by an [[Endophyte|endophytic fungus]] sometimes present in [[Lolium perenne|perennial ryegrass]]?
* ... that 138 years after establishment of the [[Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands|Anglican Diocese of Nassau]], '''[[Angela Palacious]]''' became its first woman deacon in 1999?
* ... that by 1566, '''[[Fukuda, Nagasaki|Fukuda]]''' was home to more than 1,000 Catholic ''[[Kirishitan]]s''?
* ... that '''[[Ardina Moore]]''', a fluent speaker of [[Quapaw language|Quapaw]], created her own workbook, tapes, and classes to help preserve and teach the language to younger members of her tribe?
* ... that [[Jean Sibelius]] conducted his '''''[[Andante Festivo]]''''' in a live broadcast on New Year's Day 1939, the only sound document of his interpretation of his works?<!--Special occasion request for January 1-->
* ... that the [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]] '''[[Eliza Ann Gardner]]''' made her living as a [[dressmaker]]?
===1 January 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Meherzia Labidi Maïza]]''' ''(pictured)'' was proud of including [[Women's rights in Tunisia|women's rights]] in the post-[[Arab Spring]] Tunisian constitution?
* ... that [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]] began producing a '''[[Pitbull's New Year's Revolution|New Year's Eve special]]''' for [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] in 2014?<!--Special occasion request for New Year's Eve-->
* ... that in 1941, Scottish soldier '''[[Peter Cochrane (soldier)|Peter Cochrane]]''' single-handedly destroyed two Italian [[machine gun]] posts with grenades?
* ... that '''[[real ear measurement]]''' used by [[Audiology|audiologists]] involves insertion of a probe to within 6 mm of the [[eardrum]]?
* ... that [[Elvis Presley]]'s hairstylist '''[[Larry Geller]]''' was also his spiritual advisor?
* ... that in 2013, there were 819 '''[[Mining industry of Yemen|active mines in Yemen]]''' producing stone, gypsum, refined petroleum products, and salt?
* ... that at the pulpit of the synod of the [[Protestant Church in the Netherlands]], '''[[Arenda Haasnoot]]''' said, "This is my calling. Here I am in my place"?
* ... that in the '''[[1907 Tour de France]]''', some participants treated the race as a pleasure ride, stopping for lunch when they chose and spending the night in the best hotels they could find?
*'''''00:00, 1 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[beer jam]]''' ''(pictured)'' may be sweet or savory, and some have a syrupy consistency?
* ... that 210 journalists and intellectuals called for Governor '''[[Li Hongzhong]]''' to step down after he grabbed the recorder from a reporter who sought to interview him?
* ... that [[Natalia Lafourcade]] sought inspiration for her album '''''[[Hasta la Raíz]]''''' in [[Agustín Lara]]'s repertoire and her native country, Mexico?
* ... that the Venezuelan footballer '''[[Edder Farías]]''' scored against [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]] in February 2015, his country's first victory since September 2013?
* ... that in the '''''[[Sharabha Upanishad]]''''', [[Shiva]], incarnating as [[Sharabha]] in a fierce anthropomorphic form of an eagle, lion, and man, slays [[Narasimha]], an incarnation of [[Vishnu]]?
* ... that serial killer '''[[Hilda Nilsson]]''' committed [[suicide by hanging]] the same day the courts commuted her death sentence to life imprisonment?
* ... that ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the 2013 film '''''[[Stray Dogs (2013 film)|Stray Dogs]]''''' a "glum, humorless exercise in Asian miserablism"?
* ... that drummer, singer, and songwriter '''[[Emily Estefan]]''' was born in 1994 after her mother, [[Gloria Estefan]], had been told she would never give birth following a 1990 tour-bus crash?
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===31 January 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary]]''' is home to the [[grizzled giant squirrel]] ''(pictured)'', which is highly endangered within [[Karnataka]], India?
* ... that '''[[Zesh Rehman]]''' is the first Pakistani international [[Association football|footballer]] to play in the [[AFC Cup]]?
* ... that probes into '''[[Corruption in Uzbekistan|corruption in Uzbekistan]]''' led to the arrest of top executives of the nation's [[Coca-Cola]] bottling plant?
* ... that ''Playboy'' threatened to sue '''[[Betty Brosmer]]''' after she declined to pose nude at a photo shoot?
* ... that Christ's Hospital, the forerunner of today's '''[[Stormont–Vail HealthCare]]''' complex in [[Kansas]], was deeded to the city of [[Topeka]] for one dollar?
* ... that '''''[[Dreaming of You (Selena album)|Dreaming of You]]''''', the fifth and final studio album by American singer [[Selena]], became the [[List of best-selling Latin albums in the United States|best-selling Latin album of all-time]] in the U.S.?
* ... that a 1909 report deemed that the discharge of sewage into '''[[Zerbe Run]]''' did not pose a threat to public health?
* ... that [[F.C. United of Manchester]]'s '''[[Broadhurst Park]]''' stadium includes a recycled stand previously used at [[Drill Field|another football ground]]?
*'''''00:00, 31 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in [[Assam]], which has one of the largest elephant populations in India, the practice followed to trap them was the '''[[Khedda|khedda system]]''' ''(pictured)'', also known as ''Mela Shikar''?
* ... that the Indonesian film actress '''[[Titien Sumarni]]''' was married to her uncle?
* ... that a '''[[westerly wind burst]]''' can spur the formation of twin [[tropical cyclone]]s across the equatorial Pacific?
* ... that '''[[Cecil Thomas (sculptor)|Cecil Thomas]]''' won the competition to design the first coinage for [[Queen Elizabeth II]], but his design was used on only two British coins?
* ... that during the photo shoot for the cover of '''''[[Take Back]]''''', [[Kumi Koda]] did not even know what that shoot was for?
* ... that orbs are found at '''[[Cerro Panizos]]''' in Bolivia?
* ... that an online petition calling for the removal of '''''[[Survival Island 3]]''''' from [[Google Play]] and the [[App Store (iOS)|App Store]] had received more than 60,000 signatures as of January 16, 2016?
* ... that one of the first women to work in [[radio astronomy]], '''[[Elizabeth Alexander (astronomer)|Elizabeth Alexander]]''', actually preferred [[geology]]?
===30 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 30 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Agnieszka Popielewicz]]''' ''(pictured)'' hosts the behind-the-scenes episodes of the [[Taniec z gwiazdami|Polish version]] of ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]''?
* ... that the extinct mining bee '''''[[Andrena antoinei]]''''' has coloration of black, brown, and yellow?
* ... that schoolboy '''[[Pranav Dhanawade]]''' broke a 116-year-old [[cricket]] world record by scoring 1,009 runs [[not out]]?
* ... that '''[[Tapastic]]''' was created as a "[[YouTube]] for comics"?
* ... that the Indonesian composer '''[[Koesbini]]''' changed the final lines of his song "Bagimu Negeri" at the request of [[Sukarno]]?
* ... that pre-orders of the '''[[iPhone 6]]''' and 6 Plus exceeded four million within its first 24 hours of availability?
* ... that '''[[Typhoon Fran]]''' in 1976 produced a then record {{convert|44.8|in|mm|abbr=on|disp=flip}} of rain in 24 hours, in [[Kito, Tokushima|Hiso]], Japan?
* ... that before becoming a successful pulp magazine illustrator, '''[[Modest Stein]]''' was an aspiring assassin until he dumped his dynamite in a Pittsburgh [[outhouse]]?
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* ... that the artist [[Charles Haslewood Shannon]] is commemorated by a plaque in '''[[St Botolph's Church, Quarrington|St Botolph's Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Quarrington, Lincolnshire|Quarrington]], where his father was [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] for nearly 50 years?
* ... that '''[[Gertrude Pitzinger]]''', who toured Europe and the United States singing ''[[Lied]]er'', recorded the alto part of Mozart's [[Requiem (Mozart)|Requiem]], conducted by [[Ferenc Fricsay]]?
* ... that the archaeological finds reported from '''[[Chirand]]''' are from the [[Neolithic]], [[Chalcolithic]], and [[Iron Age]] periods, including a cache of 88 [[Kushan Empire|Kushan period]] coins?
* ... that prior to opening '''[[Trylon Microcinema]]''', Take-Up Productions' first film screening was projected against a white brick wall behind a coffee shop?
* ... that '''[[Jedi Training: Trials of the Temple]]''' features [[Darth Maul]] and lets children duel [[Darth Vader]] or the [[Star Wars Rebels#Inquisitors|Seventh Sister]]?
* ... that in June 1992, the [[Quebec Nordiques]] agreed to two different '''[[Eric Lindros trade|trades involving Eric Lindros]]''' within 80 minutes?
* ... that despite being announced in 2011, the [[Tupac Shakur]] biopic '''''[[All Eyez on Me (film)|All Eyez on Me]]''''' only began filming in December 2015?
* ... that after '''[[Disappearance of Bethany Decker|Bethany Decker disappeared]]''', five years ago today, someone continued to send messages to her friends via her [[Facebook]] account?<!--Special occasion request for January 29-->
===29 January 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Bovista pila|tumbling puffballs]]''' ''(pictured)'' have been used as [[talisman|charms]] by the [[Chippewa]] people of North America?
* ... that '''[[Johan Ludvig Holstein]]''' was one of the co-founders of the [[Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters]]?
* ... that [[Conor McGregor]] became the cover athlete of '''''[[EA Sports UFC 2]]''''' by defeating [[José Aldo]] at [[UFC 194]]?
* ... that a verse from the Hindu text '''''[[Maha Upanishad]]''''' which regards the entire world as a family is engraved in the hall of the [[Parliament of India]]?<!--special occasion hook for January 29-->
* ... that bass-baritone '''[[Louis D'Angelo]]''' sang in the world premieres of seven operas at the [[Metropolitan Opera]], including Puccini's ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]''?
* ... that during the Napoleonic occupation of the '''[[Principality of Erfurt]]''', the [[First French Empire|French]] introduced street lighting and a tax on foreign horses to pay for maintaining the road surface?
* ... that in 1929 '''[[John Watson (solicitor general)|John Watson]]''' became Solicitor General for Scotland in the UK's [[Second MacDonald ministry|second Labour government]], despite not being a member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|party]]?
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* ... that '''[[Birdsill Holly]]''' invented a water pumping system for city mains that not only supplied [[drinking water]] for domestic service, but also furnished water under pressure for [[fire hydrant]]s ''(Holly fire hydrant pictured)''?
* ... that the only description of the '''[[mysteries of Isis|mystery rites]]''' of the goddess [[Isis]] comes from a [[The Golden Ass|Roman novel about a man who is transformed into a donkey]]?
* ... that nuclear chemist and [[Haitinger Prize]] winner '''[[Elizabeth Rona]]''' worked at the '''[[Bornö Marine Research Station]]''' for twelve summers analyzing sea sediments for their [[radium]] content?
* ... that in [[Christine de Pizan]]'s [[Dream vision|dream allegory]] '''''[[Le livre du chemin de long estude]]''''' (1402–03), she takes the place of [[Dante]] and replaces [[Virgil]] with his own [[Cumaean Sibyl|Sibyl]]?
* ... that [[Turks in Germany|Turkish-German]] [[women's soccer|women's footballer]] '''[[Filiz Koç]]''' acted as a [[model (people)|model]], performed in a TV-series episode and worked as a [[sideline reporter]]?
* ... that the claimant in the English court case of '''''[[Woodroffe-Hedley v Cuthbertson]]''''' was a six-year-old child whose father had died in a mountaineering accident in France?
* ... that '''[[Alfonsina Orsini]]''', though not elected, directed the decisions of the government of the [[Republic of Florence]] from 1515?
* ... that '''[[Operaphone Records]]''' did not release recordings of [[Opera|operas]]?
===28 January 2016===
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* ... that lack of parachutes cut flying at '''[[No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF]]''' ''(pupil pictured)'' before "permission was granted to continue training without them until supplies were forthcoming"?
* ... that American artist '''[[Katherine Schmidt]]''' made paintings with a realism that one critic called "mysterious" and another "magical"?
* ... that the '''[[Mylossoma duriventre|silver mylossoma]]''', an [[Amazon basin]] fish, feeds on fruit and seeds?
*... after the death of [[Bajirao I]], his first wife, '''[[Kashibai]]''' made arrangements to train his son from another marriage in weaponry?
* ... that armed groups have '''[[Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge|occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge]]''' since January 2, 2016?
* ... that the [[Dahomey]]an post and telegraph workers leader '''[[Paul Kpoffon]]''' went on to become a government minister and ambassador?
* ... that in the [[1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake]], the '''[[Shiva Temple, Kera]]''', was substantially damaged, leaving only the main spire and inner sanctum in a good condition?
* ... that '''[[Cicely Pearl Blair|Cicely Blair]]''' discovered that people with [[albinism]] cannot get [[Comedo|blackheads]]?
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* ... that [[New York Mets]] fans mark games started by '''[[Jacob deGrom]]''' ''(pictured)'' with the [[Twitter]] [[hashtag]] #hairwego?
* ... that an unusual number of recipients of the [[Victoria Cross]], Britain's highest military honour for gallantry, are buried in '''[[Richmond Cemetery]]'''?
* ... that while interviewing for the post of dean of women at [[Bates College]], '''[[Judith Magyar Isaacson]]''' was asked if she had ever resided in a dormitory and she replied, "Yes, at [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]]"?<!--Special occasion request for January 27-->
* ... that the '''[[Synbranchus marmoratus|marbled swamp eel]]''' can live out of water for at least six months?
* ... that brothers '''[[Abe Moffat]]''' and '''[[Alex Moffat (trade unionist)|Alex Moffat]]''' were [[trade unionist]]s and communist activists who became successive presidents of the [[National Union of Scottish Mineworkers]]?
* ... that to promote athletics in India, only Indian nationals are eligible for the prize money in the '''[[Kolkata Marathon]]'''?
* ... that pianist '''[[Mina F. Miller|Mina Miller]]''' founded [[Music of Remembrance]] to perform music by and about victims of the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]?<!--Special occasion request for January 27-->
* ... that '''[[Mile Run (White Deer Creek)|Mile Run]]''' is almost {{convert|2|mi|spell=in}} long?
===27 January 2016===
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* ... that an 18th-century waxworks exhibition on '''[[Fleet Street]]''' ''(pictured)'' featured a woman whose father avoided starvation by sucking her breast?
* ... that '''[[Bianca de' Medici]]''' played an organ concert for a current pope and a future pope in 1460?
* ... that ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'' character '''[[Captain Phasma]]'''{{`s}} creation was inspired by a rejected costume design for '''[[Kylo Ren]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Paul I. Richards]]''' published one of the earliest theoretical models of [[traffic wave]]s?
* ... that the '''[[Sydney Jewish Museum]]''' records the contribution that [[Sh'erit ha-Pletah|Holocaust survivors]] made to Australia, which has more survivors per capita than any country except Israel?<!--Special occasion request for January 27-->
* ... that 23 years ago, the game '''''[[Electro Man]]''''' came with a [[Compact Cassette|cassette tape]] containing the soundtrack?
* ... that Swedish politician '''[[Julia Kronlid]]''' has worked as a volunteer at a hospital clinic in Papua New Guinea?
* ... that '''[[clam juice]]''' and aspirin were served at the [[Everleigh Club]] [[brothel]] as a starter for breakfast, which began at 2:00 in the afternoon?
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* ... that many female '''[[Haplophryne mollis|ghostly seadevils]]''' ''(pictured)'' never encounter a male in the ocean depths in which they live?
* ... that after winning the [[Indian general election, 1977|1977 Indian general election]] from the [[Kachchh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kutch constituency]], '''[[Anant Dave]]''' rose to the status of "giant killer"?
* ... that various '''[[onion cake]]s''' are consumed in China, Germany, Korea, Switzerland, Wales, and other countries?
* ... that journalist '''[[Ametist Azordegan]]''' is a member of the [[Grammis]] award jury and the Swedish Music Hall of Fame?
* ... that [[Pioneer Place]] commissioned the '''''[[Soaring Stones]]''''' sculpture as a gift to city residents to replace a fountain that was removed during construction of the mall?
* ... that although all copies of '''[[William Ketel]]'''{{`s}} work on the miracles of [[John of Beverley]] are lost, a previous transcription of the work forms the basis for the edition printed in ''[[Acta Sanctorum]]''?
* ... that '''''[[The Glory Brigade]]''''' is the only film in which [[Lee Marvin]] wears glasses in all his scenes?
* ... that '''[[City Oval]]''', [[Pietermaritzburg]] and [[St Lawrence Ground]], [[Canterbury]], are the only two [[first-class cricket]] grounds with a tree inside the [[Boundary (cricket)|boundary]]?
===26 January 2016===
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* ... that the Australian shrub '''''[[Isopogon anemonifolius]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was first cultivated in the UK in 1791?
* ... that until 1989 a wide downtown [[Yangon]] street was named after '''[[Htaw Lay]]''', a 19th-century defector to the [[British Empire|British]] and principal restorer of the [[Shwedagon Pagoda]]?
* ... that '''''[[Freefall 3050 A.D.]]''''' was one of only eight video games released for the [[Nuon (DVD technology)|Nuon]] platform?
* ... that '''[[Edmund Wainwright]]''' was considered to be amongst those who resurrected [[South Australia]]n [[Cricket in Australia|cricket]]?
* ... that many Iranian women chose not to leave their houses, and a few even committed suicide, to avoid removing their [[hijab]]s due to [[Reza Shah]]'s '''[[Kashf-e hijab]]''' decree?
* ... that '''[[Bridget Tan]]''', who founded the '''[[Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics]]''' to provide services to abused migrant workers, was honored for her work by [[Hillary Clinton]]?
* ... that '''[[Project Copper]]''' began and ended military cooperation between the [[Khmer Republic]] and the [[Kingdom of Laos]]?
* ... that contemporaries of the American artist '''[[Adelaide Lawson]]''' saw her as a lovably gypsy-like young woman who "had never been taught to wash her ears and neck"?
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* ... that Suzanne Humbert, the wife of former French Governor of Indochina [[Jean Decoux]], is buried in the '''[[Domaine de Marie]]''' Catholic convent ''(pictured)'' in [[Da Lat|Da Lat, Vietnam]]?
* ... that five protesters were shot during demonstrations against the '''[[shooting of Jamar Clark]]'''?
* ... that in the '''[[Maitreya Upanishad]]''', [[Sakayanya]] expounds the nature of human life, stating that "Artha is Anartha", or "objects of senses are in truth worthless"?
* ... that to get her first job in television, '''[[Melissa Bachman]]''' worked for free, drove {{convert|150|mi|df=yes}} daily, and supported herself as a waitress?
* ... that the '''[[Sicyopterus lagocephalus|red-tailed goby]]''' lays its eggs in fresh water but the [[larva]]e will die if they are not washed downstream to the sea?
* ... that the '''[[Ghana Code Club]]''' is an [[After-school activity|after-school program]] in Ghana that teaches children [[computer programming]] skills?
* ... that '''[[Čakr-paša]]''' was killed by his comrade while shaving?
===25 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 25 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 19th-century America, any amateur hunter could kill six '''[[passenger pigeon]]s''' in a single shot ''(shooting pictured)''?
* ... that botanist '''[[Pieter Baas]]''' was convinced that Queen [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix]] helped in the formation of the [[National Herbarium of the Netherlands]], which the responsible minister denied?
* ... that '''''[[Methane Pioneer]]''''' was the world's first oceangoing [[LNG tanker]]?
* ... that former [[Rajya Sabha]] member '''[[Lakhiram Agrawal]]''' was detained under the [[Maintenance of Internal Security Act]] in 1975 during [[The Emergency (India)|The Emergency]]?
* ... that '''[[Conospermum|smokebushes]]''' get their name from the resemblance of their flowers to smoke arising from the plant?
* ... that '''[[Frances Stackhouse Acton|Fanny Knight]]''' excavated a Roman villa, repaired a castle, wrote a book, and was an accomplished botanist and artist?
* ... that the '''[[Museum of Goa]]''' in India does not host a permanent collection, instead operating as a [[Art museum|gallery]] temporarily exhibiting works from around the world?
* ... that the Bulgarian idiom "Ideal Petrov", denoting something of excellent quality, derives from the name of '''[[Ideal Petrov|an actor]]'''?
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* ... that '''[[Clara Henry]]''' ''(pictured)'' wrote the book ''I've Got the Period, So What?'' about female [[Menstrual cycle|menstrual periods]] and why women should not be ashamed to talk about them?
* ... that the '''[[Theatre Royal, Bath|Theatre Royal]]''' in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] has been described by the [[Theatres Trust]] as "one of the most important surviving examples of [[Georgian era|Georgian]] theatre architecture"?
* ... that American sociologist '''[[Salvatore Babones]]''' specializes in topics related to the [[world system]] and China?
* ... that the '''''[[Yoga Yajnavalkya]]''''' is one of the texts on [[asana]]s and meditation that dominated the Indian [[yoga]] scene before the 12th century?
* ... that a 2001 survey found that only one of the '''[[List of tributaries of Mahanoy Creek|officially named tributaries]]''' of [[Mahanoy Creek]] had fish, but that tributary had 20 fish species?
* ... that the roof plates of '''[[Rumoh Aceh|traditional Acehnese houses]]''' are lashed to the beams using ropes, so that the roof can be quickly detached in case of fire?
* ... that '''[[Patricia M. Collins]]''' and [[Donald Collins (Maine politician)|Donald Collins]] were the first married couple to each serve as mayor of [[Caribou, Maine]]?
* ... that '''''[[Sankofa (Oogenus)|Sankofa]]''''' is the [[fossil egg|fossilized remains of eggs]] that were probably laid by a [[transitional species]] from [[dinosaur]]s to [[bird]]s?
===24 January 2016===
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* ... that the nearly 2000-year-old Hindu text '''''[[Jabala Upanishad]]''''' discusses what makes [[Varanasi]] ''(pictured)'' holy?
* ... that when General [[Vang Pao]] begged senior generals for reinforcements to stave off defeat in '''[[Campaign 139]]''', they were busy with parade practice?
* ... that "'''[[Zueignung]]'''" (Dedication), the first published song by [[Richard Strauss]], was dedicated to [[Heinrich Vogl]], the principal tenor of the Munich Court Opera?
* ... that '''[[fig cake]]''' and similar cakes have traditionally been served in the [[Appalachian Mountains]] as a part of Old Christmas celebrations?
* ... that the '''[[mining industry of Cyprus]]''' is synonymous with [[copper]] extraction which began around 4,000 BC?
* ... that '''[[Praška filmska škola]]''' is a term applied to the works of several [[Cinema of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav film directors]] who graduated from the ''[[Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague]]'' (FAMU)?
* ... that in the [[viral ad]] video '''''[[Heimkommen]]''''', a German grandfather fakes his own death to reunite his family?
* ... that '''[[The Pink Assassin]]''' was a flamboyant [[masked wrestler|masked villain]] from [[Fire Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]]?
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* ... that 2015 auction prices for pieces from the [[Meissen porcelain]] '''[[Swan Service]]''' of 1737–1742 ''(example pictured)'' include £31,250 for a teacup and saucer?
* ... that the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk]] sultan '''[[An-Nasir Ahmad, Sultan of Egypt|an-Nasir Ahmad]]''' ruled from the desert fortress of [[Al Karak|al-Karak]] instead of the Mamluk capital in [[Cairo]]?
* ... that the '''[[Holly Steam Combination Company]]''' was the first commercially successful steam heating company for [[district heating]] from a central distribution station?
* ... that comedian '''[[Rachel Mohlin]]''' made her acting debut in the soap opera ''[[Vänner och fiender]]'', appearing in 695 episodes?
* ... that the '''''[[Forty Hadith of Ruhullah Khomeini|Forty Hadith]]''''' authored by [[Ruhollah Khomeini|Ayatollah Khomeini]] is a collection of personal interpretations of 40 traditions attributed to the prophet [[Muhammad]] and [[The Twelve Imams]]?
* ... that in April 2015, '''[[Ollie Robinson (cricketer, born 1993)|Ollie Robinson]]''' became the first [[Sussex CCC|Sussex]] cricketer in 95 years to score a century on a [[County Championship]] debut?
* ... that in '''[[Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 3|''Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid'', BWV 3]]''', a chorale cantata based on [[Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid|Moller's hymn in 18 stanzas]], the first cantus firmus is sung by the bass supported by a trombone?
* ... that [[Gene Roddenberry]] pushed for ''[[Star Trek]]'' to be filmed in color so that the green skin of the '''[[Orion (Star Trek)|Orion slave girl]]''' could be seen?
===23 January 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[black-bellied tern]]''' ''(pictured)'', an [[endangered species]], breeds by rivers and is threatened by human activities?
* ... that Swedish journalist '''[[Per Sinding-Larsen]]''' has interviewed musicians such as [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[David Bowie]], and [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] during his years at [[ZTV]]?
* ... that [[reconnaissance aircraft]] were flown into [[tropical cyclone]]s in the [[Australian region tropical cyclone|Australian region]] only during the '''[[1978–79 Australian region cyclone season|1978–79 season]]'''?
* ... that King [[Henry II of England]] supposedly said of '''[[Alan de Neville (forester)|Alan de Neville]]''', his chief forester, that an abbey could have his body, the king would have his money, and "the demons of hell his soul"?
* ... that the debut single "[[Talk Talk (The Music Machine song)|Talk Talk]]" by '''[[The Music Machine]]''' has been attributed to influencing [[The Doors]] and [[Iron Butterfly]], as well as future punk bands?
* ... that '''[[Abbo Nassour]]''' became the [[List of Presidents of the National Assembly of Chad|speaker of the Chadian parliament]] in 1969, after having been sentenced to death a few years earlier?
* ... that the steeple of the '''[[Readington Reformed Church]]''' was blown over by a [[January 1913 Atlantic coast storm|cyclone on January 3, 1913]], and restored one hundred years later?
* ... that [[professional wrestler]] '''[[Sean Royal]]''' was once managed by a robot?
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* ... that the first baby born on the [[London Underground]] was delivered at the '''[[Elephant & Castle tube station]]''' ''(pictured)'' in 1924?
* ... that [[bebop]] jazz pianist '''[[Richie Powell]]''' was fond of inserting musical quotes, including from nursery rhymes and opera?
* ... that [[neurosurgery|brain surgery]] can be done while the '''[[awake craniotomy|patient is awake]]'''?
* ... that between 1995 and 2003, [[table tennis]] player '''[[Jing Junhong]]''' won medals at five consecutive [[Southeast Asian Games]]?
* ... that the '''[[marlin sucker]]''' often clings onto its host fish in pairs, with a male under one [[Operculum (fish)|gill cover]] and a female under the other?
* ... that physicist '''[[Ronald E. Mickens|Ronald Mickens]]''' was a member of the founding council of the [[Edward Bouchet Abdus Salam Institute]], which supports collaboration among African and American physicists?
* ... that the world's largest [[Star sapphires|star sapphire]], '''[[The Star of Adam]]''', is valued at $100 million?
* ... that '''[[Mary Amdur]]''' gassed her own [[guinea pig]]s to prove that breathing [[sulphuric acid]] was dangerous?
===22 January 2016===
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* ... that [[VPRO]] founder '''[[Nicolette Bruining]]''' ''(pictured)'' was honored as [[Righteous Among the Nations]] for assisting Jews during [[World War II]]?
* ... that '''[[Newry City Ladies F.C.]]''' were the first team for 14 years to win the [[Women's Premier League (Northern Ireland)|Women's Premier League]] outside of Belfast?
* ... that a small fish, the '''[[Leuresthes tenuis|California grunion]]''', buries its eggs in sand high on a beach?
* ... that one historian described the family relationships of '''[[Alan de Neville (landholder)|Alan de Neville]]''' ([[floruit]] 1168) as "a veritable labyrinth into which many a genealogical enquiry has vanished without trace"?
* ... that '''[[South Hams District Council]]''' in [[Devon]] offers [[seagull]]-proof [[Bin bag|refuse sacks]] to reduce waste and injuries caused by the birds?
* ... that the soul sampling in [[Porter Robinson]]'s hip-hop- and disco-influenced track "'''[[Flicker (song)|Flicker]]'''" was inspired by [[Daft Punk]]'s second album ''[[Discovery (Daft Punk album)|Discovery]]''?
* ... that the [[National Education Association]] started a teacher legal defense fund with monies left over from collections for '''[[Kate Frank]]'''{{`s}} case to be rehired by Muskogee schools?
* ... that some trainee pilots of '''[[Project Waterpump]]''' had to sit on cushions to fly?
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* ... that the geology of the '''[[Sharyn Canyon]]''' ''(pictured)'' is sedimentary red sandstone, which has weathered to create unusual formations?
* ... that the video for the rap number "'''[[An Open Letter to Honey Singh]]'''", which was written in one hour, received around a million hits in five days?
* ... that the '''[[2014–15 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team]]''' coach John Beilein was voted 2014 Coach of the Year by Big Ten media?
* ... that '''[[Crab Run (Mahanoy Creek)|Crab Run]]''' is listed as being impaired by [[abandoned mine drainage]], even though no mining has been done in its watershed?
* ... that, according to a [[Reuters]] analyst, Hyundai launched '''[[Genesis (Hyundai Motor Company)|Genesis Motors]]''' to target "fat profit margins from high-end motorists to help it reverse out of a protracted earnings slide"?
* ... that the '''[[Alliance of Palestinian Forces]]''', formed in 1993 by [[Hamas]] and nine other groups who rejected the [[Oslo Accords]], was marginalized by the time of the [[Second Intifada]] in 2000?
* ... that French economist '''[[Laurence Tubiana]]''', appointed Special Ambassador to the [[COP21]] climate change meeting in Paris, managed the negotiations that led to a new agreement signed by 195 countries?
===21 January 2016===
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* ... that photographer '''[[Jarrad Seng]]''' ''(pictured)'' pranked music festivalgoers by disguising himself as American DJ [[Steve Aoki]]?
* ... that during his arrest, the suspect of the '''[[Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting]]''' said in an interview, "No more baby parts"?
* ... that one failed candidate for [[Toulouse]]'s '''[[Capitoul]]ate''' tearfully complained in [[Parlement of Toulouse|court]] that his 4000-[[French livre|livre]] bribe had bought him nothing?
* ... that screenwriter Kelly Fremon is making her directing debut with the upcoming film '''''[[Besties (film)|Besties]]'''''?
* ... that the '''[[2013–14 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team]]''' were the [[2013–14 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season|2013–14 Big Ten Conference]] champions?
* ... that '''[[Jessica Plummer]]''' started her singing and acting careers in 2013?
* ... that during feeding, the cichlid fish '''''[[Retroculus lapidifer]]''''' dives into the sediment with its mouth open and then expels sand through its gill chambers?
* ... that '''[[Lionel Royce]]''', who fled Europe due to the Nazi persecution of Jews, became well known in American films for playing a Nazi?
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* ... that the wildflower '''''[[Isopogon latifolius]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is the showiest of the drumstick genus ''[[Isopogon]]''?
* ... that Sudanese citizens report that the police are the '''[[Corruption in Sudan|most corrupt institution in Sudan]]'''?
* ... that while '''[[Ben Musa]]''' served as an [[Oregon]] state senator, his wife was a member of the [[Oregon House of Representatives]], representing approximately half of his senate district?
* ... that the '''[[McEwen Bridge]]''' has not been subjected to major rehabilitation or repair since opening in 1923?
* ... that some fans had a racist reaction to the character of '''[[Finn (Star Wars)|Finn]]''' in ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''?
* ... that the trematode '''''[[Metorchis conjunctus]]''''' can cause disease in fish-eating mammals including humans?
* ... that '''[[Sergio Casas]]''' was elected [[Governor of La Rioja Province]], Argentina after serving as vice-governor?
* ... that '''[[Donald L. Bryant Jr.]]''' did not "SELL THE HOUSE SELL THE CAR SELL THE KIDS", but sold '''[[Apocalypse Now (painting)|the painting]]''' in 2001?
===20 January 2016===
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* ... that in '''''[[The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777]]''''' ''(pictured)'', [[John Trumbull|the painter]] used [[Hugh Mercer|the general]]'s son as a model?
* ... that the '''[[wildlife of Russia]]''' includes about four million [[reindeer]] in the [[tundra]] region which can endure temperatures down to about {{convert|−50|°C}}?
* ... that the image of '''[[Marianna Dolińska]]'''{{`s}} dead children has been falsely used to represent victims of the [[Ukrainian Insurgent Army]]?
* ... that '''[[Poe Dameron]]''', portrayed by [[Oscar Isaac]], was initially scripted to be killed off in ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''?
* ... that the symmetrical appearance of '''[[Kankainen Manor]]''' is a result of renovations made between 1762 and 1763, when the windows were realigned and a false second entrance was added?
* ... that the 1896 US '''[[William McKinley presidential campaign, 1896|presidential campaign]]''' of [[William McKinley]] laid the groundwork for modern campaigns?
* ... that [[Marathi cinema|Marathi-film]] director '''[[Raja Thakur]]''' holds the record of winning the [[Maharashtra State Film Awards]] three times from 1970 to 1972 in the Best Film category?
* ... that flooding has been known to occur on '''[[Dry Run (Susquehecka Creek)|Dry Run]]'''?
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* ... that "one of the most significant 20th-century examples of funerary sculpture" ''(pictured)'' can be found in '''[[East Sheen Cemetery]]'''?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Rafa Jordà]]''' scored six goals in the [[2007–08 Segunda División|2007–08 season]], which saw his side being promoted to [[La Liga]]?
* ... that the '''[[Racking Horse Breeders' Association of America]]''' was formed partially to give amateur horsemen a venue to train and [[horse show|show]] their own horses?
* ... that high school best friends '''[[Zofia Glazer and Cypora Zonszajn]]''' saved Rachel while separated by circumstances beyond their control during [[the Holocaust in occupied Poland]]?
* ... that '''[[peak oil]]''' is the point in time when the maximum rate of [[extraction of petroleum]] is reached, after which it is expected to decline?
* ... that '''[[Richard Honeywood]]''' established best practices for [[video game localization]] at [[Square (company)|Square]] after going through "pure hell" while translating ''[[Xenogears]]''?
* ... that [[Gaylord Wilshire]]'s '''[[Ionaco|electric belt]]''' used a weak magnetic current to purportedly cure most diseases and improve health?
* ... that [[Barack Obama|President Obama]] shared a '''[[Death by Chocolate]]''' cake with the crew of [[Air Force One]]?
===19 January 2016===
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* ... that the [[hydrochloride]] salt of '''[[benzylamine]]''' ''(molecular model pictured)'' was given to NASA astronaut [[John Glenn]] as a treatment for [[motion sickness]] in the [[Mercury-Atlas 6]] mission?
* ... that the '''''[[Ornithological Dictionary; or Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds]]''''' is [[George Montagu (naturalist)|George Montagu]]'s best-known work, and the one that established his reputation as a pioneer of British ornithology?
* ... that '''[[Rattling Run (Little Mahanoy Creek)|Rattling Run]]''' is a Coldwater Fishery, but had no fish as of 2001?
* ... that literary scholar '''[[Hana Wirth-Nesher]]''' grew up with her father reading to her in [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]], her mother and grandmother speaking to her in [[German language|German]], and her friends conversing with her in [[English language|English]]?
* ... that the '''[[Lindbergh Beacon (Los Angeles)|Lindbergh Beacon]]''' atop [[Los Angeles City Hall]] was deactivated after the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] and not fully restored and reactivated until 2001?
* ... that '''[[Rakel Wärmländer]]'''{{`s}} real-life friend, actress [[Josephine Bornebusch]], played her friend in the film ''[[Love and Lemons]]''?
* ... that in the early 1940s, the [[New York Yankees]] used the '''[[Salamanca (Erie Railroad station)|Salamanca Erie Railroad station]]''' as a rest stop because of a delayed game with the [[Cleveland Indians]]?
* ... that '''[[dak bungalow]]s''' are "about as handsome as a stack of [[hay]]"?
*'''''00:00, 19 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that varieties of '''[[macun]]''' ''(pictured)'' were served in Turkey as both a [[medicine]] and as a [[confectionery]] during the time of the Ottoman Empire?
* ... that during his 50-year acting career, '''[[John Marriott (actor)|John Marriott]]''' originated the role of Joe Mott in [[Eugene O'Neill]]'s ''[[The Iceman Cometh]]'', and played the asthmatic security guard in the film ''[[Dog Day Afternoon]]''?
* ... that '''[[Braemar Hill Mansions]]''' in Hong Kong is composed of 15 [[tower blocks]] of 25 floors each, for a total of 925 apartments?
* ... that during the governorship of '''[[Ridwan Pasha]]''', founder of the [[Ridwan dynasty]], Ottoman authority in [[Yemen Eyalet|Yemen]] largely collapsed?
* ... that while [[Julien Baker]] was writing the songs on '''''[[Sprained Ankle (album)|Sprained Ankle]]''''', she didn't intend to release them as an album?
* ... that ground staff from '''[[No. 1 Initial Flying Training School RAAF]]''' won the [[Joe Hewitt (RAAF officer)|Hewitt Trophy]] for [[small arms]] proficiency in 1953?
* ... that former [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal cricketer]] '''[[Prakash Poddar]]''' is regarded as the man who "discovered" [[Cricket in India|Indian cricketer]] [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]] in 2003?
* ... that in 1965 a [[USGS]] employee found everyone he met in and around [[Freeburg, Pennsylvania]], knew a nearby stream as "'''[[Susquehecka Creek]]'''", but only two knew how to spell the name?
===18 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 18 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that at the time of its introduction on the '''[[Elkhorn Grade Electrification|Elkhorn Grade]]''', the '''[[N&W LC-1]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the largest and heaviest [[electric locomotive]] in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Wided Bouchamaoui]]''', the leader of [[Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts|UTICA]], was one of those accepting the [[2015 Nobel Peace Prize]] on behalf of the [[Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet]]?
* ... that in 1573, Emperor [[Akbar]] had set up his military base camp near '''[[Gopi Talav]]''' during the siege of [[Surat]]?
* ... that residents in the English village of [[Clovelly]] operated their own rescue services from 1988 to 1998, because '''[[Clovelly Lifeboat Station]]''' was closed by the [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]]?
* ... that in '''''[[Christ, the Messenger]]''''', [[Swami Vivekananda]] attempted to analyze the life and messages of [[Jesus]] through [[Vedanta]]?
* ... that as many as 3.3 million newborns die each year, of which 23.4% succumb to '''[[neonatal infection]]'''?
* ... that many guerrilla leaders in the [[Guatemalan Civil War]] had been members of the '''[[Patriotic Labour Youth]]''' during high school?
* ... that a museum collection of Irish film costumes compiled by '''[[Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh]]''' included a set of underwear worn by [[Daniel Day-Lewis]] in ''[[In the Name of the Father (film)|In the Name of the Father]]''?
*'''''00:00, 18 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[Isopogon ceratophyllus]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is known as the wild irishman and horny conebush?
* ... that the first university course in '''[[American Literature (academic discipline)|American Literature]]''' was taught at [[Princeton University]] in 1872?
* ... that '''[[Sarah Hay]]''' has been nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]], a [[Satellite Award]], and a [[Critics' Choice Television Award]] for what she considers to be her first acting role?
* ... that Turkish football referee '''[[Yeliz Topaloğlu]]''' is the first [[FIFA International Referees List|FIFA-listed]] female [[Beach soccer#Referees and discipline|beach soccer official]]?
* ... that the '''[[Palestinian Liberation Front (Abu Nidal Ashqar wing)|Palestinian Liberation Front]]''' left the [[Palestine Liberation Organization|PLO]] in protest against the 1993 [[Oslo Accords]]?
* ... that the pianist '''[[Staffan Scheja]]''' had a well-publicized feud with comedian [[Jonas Gardell]] when he tried to teach Gardell how to play the violin in the series ''[[Stjärnorna på slottet]]''?
* ... that the eponymous story in the [[manga]] '''''[[Trash Market]]''''' is based on the author's experience working at a [[blood bank]]?
* ... that '''[[Norman C. Pickering]]''', co-founder of the [[Audio Engineering Society]], was caught off guard by the introduction of the [[LP record]]?
===17 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 17 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Baltit Fort]] ''(pictured)'', which also functioned as a palace, was built when the village of '''[[Karimabad, Pakistan|Karimabad]]''' was under the rulership of the [[Mir of Hunza]]?
* ... that a father and son received the death penalty for the '''[[Woodburn bank bombing]]''', which accidentally killed two policemen?
* ... that at least seven denominations trace their history to [[Church of the Living God – Jewell Dominion|a Pentecostal church]] founded by '''[[Mary Magdalena Lewis Tate]]''', the first American woman to serve as bishop in a nationally-recognized denomination?
* ... that the fossil bee '''''[[Protohabropoda]]''''' has a dense coating of hairs preserved on its body in places?
* ... that '''[[Alfred Charles Garratt]]''' was the first full-time medical doctor in [[electrotherapy]] in the United States, and wrote the first book on the subject?
* ... that the '''''[[Yoga-kundalini Upanishad]]''''' is one of the most important texts on [[Kundalini yoga]]?
* ... that historian and priest '''[[Zenovie Pâclișanu]]''' was imprisoned by both Austria-Hungary and Communist Romania, the latter incarceration proving fatal?
* ... that Philippine presidential candidate '''[[Roy Señeres]]''' hopes he will not be declared a "[[nuisance candidate]]" by the [[Commission on Elections (Philippines)|Comelec]] during the [[Philippine presidential election, 2016|upcoming election]]?
*'''''00:00, 17 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Brigitte Boehme]]''' ''(pictured)'', the president of the [[Evangelical Church of Bremen|Protestant Church of Bremen]] who moved the [[German Evangelical Church Assembly]] 2009 to the town, was baptized in her forties?
* ... that the '''[[Salsola vermiculata|Mediterranean saltwort]]''', a [[Climax community|climax plant]] on the '''[[Syrian steppe]]''', is part of the varied '''[[wildlife of Syria]]'''?
* ... that American wrestler '''[[Dr. Heresy]]''' has a real-life career in the mental health industry?
* ... that a [[Nelumbo|lotus]] [[medal]]lion and a 9-foot (2.7 m)-long pillar depicting the [[Buddha]] as fire were stolen from the '''[[Chandavaram Buddhist site]]'''?
* ... that seven songs used in [[telenovela]]s reached number one on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' '''[[Mexican Espanol Airplay]]''' chart in 2014?
* ... that the British child rapist '''[[William Goad]]''' fled to Thailand, only to get caught using his credit card upon return and be sentenced to life imprisonment?
* ... that the first reported '''[[Shinto wedding]]''' ceremony was in the 1880s?
* ... that '''[[Kathy Bardswick]]''' got her first job at [[The Co-operators|The Co-operators Group]] when her mother applied for her and pretended she was Kathy when the company called back?
===16 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 16 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Nestorian Church (Famagusta)|Church of St George the Exiler]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Famagusta]] has been used as a [[Church of the East|Nestorian]] church, a stable for camels, a [[Greek Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodox]] church, and a cultural center over its 650-year history?
* ... that of the ten songs written by [[Brad Neely]] for ''China, IL''{{`s}} "'''[[Magical Pet]]'''", three are performed by [[Cat Power]]?
* ... that after she treated injured students in the [[1981 protests in Kosovo]], '''[[Sehadete Mekuli]]''' was denied a full professorship at the [[University of Pristina (1969–99)|University of Pristina]] and forced into early retirement?
* ... that [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Vienna]] won the '''[[1941 German football championship]]''' on the same day that [[Operation Barbarossa|Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union]]?
* ... that the '''[[Texas A&M–Commerce Lions women's volleyball]]''' team plays its home games at the [[Texas A&M–Commerce Field House|University Field House]], which [[George Dahl]] designed to resemble an airplane hangar?
* ... that artist '''[[Naziha Mestaoui]]'''{{`s}} ''One Heart, One Tree'' installation at [[2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference|COP21]] will support the planting of 52,677 trees?
* ... that the hydrology of the '''[[Daecheong Dam]]''', on the [[Geum River]] in South Korea, is influenced by seasonal [[monsoon]]s?
* ... that Governor '''[[Thilawa of Yamethin]]''' is said to have smiled only three times in his life?
*'''''00:00, 16 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[hors d'oeuvre]]''' trays ''(pictured)'' served on a table may be referred to as [[buffet]]-style, while those held and passed by servers are part of [[butler]]-style service or butlered hors d'oeuvres?
* ... that [[Stanisław Lem]]'s character '''[[pilot Pirx]]''' defeats a perfect [[robot]] thanks to human imperfection?
* ... that the Soviet [[icebreaker]] '''''[[Moskva (1959 icebreaker)|Moskva]]''''' once helped to free a herd of [[beluga whale]]s trapped by pack ice?
* ... that Surinam-born Dutch author '''[[Astrid Roemer]]''' is the first Caribbean writer selected to receive the highest Dutch literary prize, the [[P. C. Hooft Award]]?
* ... that '''''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]''''' has 68,260 lines of dialogue, and its [[quality assurance]] testers enabled a cheat to automatically skip dialogues during test runs?
* ... that the musicologist '''[[David Fallows]]''' discovered that the biography of composer [[Johannes Ciconia]] was actually of Ciconia's father?
* ... that the [[fireworm]] '''''[[Odontosyllis phosphorea]]''''' lives unobtrusively on the seabed but rises to the surface and produces a [[Bioluminescence|sparkling]] display when it breeds?
* ... that at General [[Aung San]]'s request, '''[[Myint Swe (writer)|Myint Swe]]''' used to play the violin while [[Khin Kyi]] sang the hits of the day?
===15 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 15 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[porpoise]]s''' ''(pictured)'' were one of the most accessible species for early [[Cetology|cetologists]], because they could be seen very close to land, inhabiting shallow coastal areas?
* ... that a reviewer of a solo exhibition by '''[[Lena Gurr]]''' said that the American artist "painted with the gusto of a [[Francisco Goya|Goya]]"?
* ... that in 2015, the Indian whiskey '''[[Officer's Choice]]''' became the world's highest-selling [[Distilled beverage|spirit]] brand?
* ... that director '''[[Frank Stähle]]''' revived the choir and orchestra of [[Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium]] and conducted them in [[Requiem (Mozart)|Mozart's Requiem]] for the centenary of the [[Lutherkirche, Wiesbaden|Lutherkirche]]?
* ... that physical paintings of '''[[Pepe the frog]]''' have been put up for sale on [[eBay]]?
* ... that '''[[Max Deutsch]]''' intentionally destroyed his compositions so that his only surviving legacy would be his students?
* ... that [[Abdullah II of Jordan|King Abdullah II]] donated two helicopters to [[Jordan]]'s newly established '''[[Jordan Air Ambulance Center|Air Ambulance Center]]'''?
* ... that [[David Dewhurst]]'s campaign for [[Lieutenant Governor of Texas]] released disco-themed "'''[[Lt. Gov. You've Gotta Love]]'''" and "'''[[Frozen (advertisement)|Frozen]]'''", a parody of "[[Let It Go (Disney song)|Let It Go]]", as political advertisements?
*'''''00:00, 15 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Photojournalism|photojournalist]] '''[[Jo-Anne McArthur]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the "main human subject" of the 2013 documentary film '''''[[The Ghosts in Our Machine]]'''''?
* ... that the '''[[Andean orogeny|Andes have risen]]''' significantly in the last 30 million years?
* ... that Belgian cartoonist [[Hergé]] died before completing '''''[[Tintin and Alph-Art]]''''', the final volume in the ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]'', leaving the character's fate unexplained?
* ... that [[U.S. Route 141|U.S. Highway 102]] was the first '''[[List of U.S. Highways in Michigan|U.S. Highway in Michigan]]''' to be decommissioned, just two years after designation?
* ... that '''[[Larycia Hawkins]]''', American professor at [[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College]], was suspended after she wore a [[hijab]] and made comments regarding Christianity and Islam in December 2015?
* ... that [[American Samoa]]n [[association football]] team '''[[Utulei Youth]]''' had a [[perfect season]] in 2014, winning every game in the [[2014 FFAS Senior League|Senior League]] and taking home the [[FFAS President's Cup|President's Cup]]?
* ... that [[haematologist]] '''[[Lucy Meredith Bryce]]''' was the director of the first blood transfusion service in Australia?
* ... that shortly after the full moon and precisely 55 minutes after sunset, the female '''[[Odontosyllis enopla|Bermuda fireworm]]''' rises to the sea surface and produces a [[Bioluminescence|bioluminescent]] display?
===14 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 14 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[Arii Matamoe]]''''' ''(pictured)'', an 1892 painting of a Pacific Islander's severed head, may have been inspired by the death of [[Pōmare V]] shortly after [[Paul Gauguin]]'s arrival in [[Tahiti]]?
* ... that '''[[Ida Silverman]]''' logged over 600,000 air miles traveling the world, speaking and fund-raising for the creation of a [[Jewish state]]?
* ... that [[Ian McDonald (British author)|Ian McDonald]]'s 2015 science fiction novel '''''[[Luna: New Moon]]''''' has been called "''[[Game of Thrones]]'' in space"?
* ... that '''[[Emma Dench]]''', a British [[classicist]] and the [[McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History]] at [[Harvard University]], appeared in a film alongside her aunt [[Judi Dench]] in 1968?
* ... that the [[Type (biology)|type fossil]] of the damselfly '''''[[Electropodagrion]]''''' consists only of a [[Thorax (insect anatomy)|thorax]], leg, and wing portions?
* ... that '''[[Roderick John MacLeod, Lord Minginish|Lord Minginish]]''' is the first [[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]]-speaking Chairman of the [[Scottish Land Court]]?
* ... that the '''[[Sacred Heart Church, Exeter|Sacred Heart Church]]''' in [[Exeter]], England is the earliest surviving architectural work of [[Leonard Stokes]]?
* ... that [[Donald Trump]]'s spokesperson '''[[Katrina Pierson]]''' appeared on [[CNN]] with a necklace made of bullets?
===13 January 2016===
*'''''22:17, 13 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the architect [[Sir Edwin Lutyens]] designed dozens of war memorials, but the '''[[Gerrards Cross Memorial Building]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the only one with a functional purpose?
* ... that a legal challenge by '''[[Zunera Ishaq]]''' resulted in allowing the [[niqāb]] to be worn while taking the Canadian [[Oath of Citizenship (Canada)|Oath of Citizenship]]?
* ... that '''[[Liza Levy]]''', a board member and past president of the [[Jewish Federation]] of Greater Washington, originally joined the group as a way to make friends and retain her [[Jewish identity]]?
* ... that '''[[Cyclone Ilona]]''' produced record rainfall over [[Pilbara]], [[Western Australia]], in December 1988?
* ... that the scene in ''[[Neighbours]]'' '''[[Episode 7202]]''' where [[Terese Willis]] pushed [[Lauren Carpenter|Lauren Turner]] into the pool could only be shot once?
* ... that '''[[Ruth B]]'''{{`s}} debut single started off as a [[Vine (service)|Vine]] video?
* ... that '''''[[Mycomorphoolithus]]''''' is a kind of [[fossil egg]] distinguished by its mushroom-shaped eggshell units?
* ... that some fans consider '''[[Rey (Star Wars)|Rey]]''' from ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'' to be a "[[Mary Sue]]"?
*'''''02:17, 13 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[midday jird]]''', the '''[[Libyan jird]]''' and the '''[[northern three-toed jerboa]]''' ''(pictured)'' all colonised [[Aralkum]], a man-made desert?
* ... that '''[[Carrie Mac]]''', a Canadian author specializing in Young Adult fiction, is a winner of the CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize, the [[Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize]], and the [[Arthur Ellis Award]]?
* ... that [[Nellie Campobello]]'s '''''[[Cartucho]]''''' is the only canonical literary representation of the [[Mexican Revolution]] written by a woman?
* ... that [[Justin Bieber]] asked his [[Twitter]] followers to get [[charity record]] "'''[[A Bridge over You]]'''" to the [[List of UK Singles Chart Christmas number ones|UK Singles Chart Christmas number one]] ahead of [[Love Yourself (Justin Bieber song)|his own song]]?
* ... that during the start up of [[Chicago Pile-1]], '''[[Norman Hilberry]]''' stood ready with an ax to cut the [[scram]] line?
* ... that when the '''[[Texas A&M–Commerce Lions softball]]''' team was established in 2015, it made [[Texas A&M University–Commerce|A&M–Commerce]] the last school in the [[Lone Star Conference]] to sponsor the sport?
* ... that when '''[[Otto Hackbarth]]''' nearly defeated eventual winner [[Jim Barnes]] in the second round of the [[1919 PGA Championship]], ''[[The New York Times]]'' described the match as "the proverbial close shave"?
* ... that '''[[List of places of worship in Woking (borough)|places of worship in Woking borough]]''' include Britain's first mosque, a Buddhist temple in a former asylum and an Eastern Orthodox church in a cemetery?
===12 January 2016===
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* ... that the [[Cedrus libani|cedar of Lebanon]] ''(pictured)'', an iconic part of '''[[Wildlife of Lebanon|Lebanon's wildlife]]''', is under threat?
* ... that '''[[Edith Mansford Fitzgerald]]''' invented the ''Fitzgerald Key'', which at one time was used by 75% of the US schools teaching the [[hearing impaired]]?
* ... that the '''[[Revolutionary Communist Party of Argentina]]''' won key leadership posts in the [[Córdoba, Argentina|Córdoba]] auto workers union election of 1972?
* ... that percussionist '''[[Annette A. Aguilar]]''' was sent to South Africa by the [[U.S. State Department]] as a Latin Jazz Ambassador?
* ... that '''[[Andrew Tremlett]]''' had his appointment as [[Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons]] blocked because he was "another white middle aged man"?
* ... that during the '''[[Naqib al-Ashraf Revolt]]''', the rebels and inhabitants of [[Jerusalem]] engaged in virtual self-rule in the city for over two years?
* ... that the British physician '''[[Albertine Winner]]''' helped establish the first modern hospice at [[St Christopher's Hospice]] in Sydenham, London?
* ... that during '''[[Operation Junction City Jr.]]''', members of ''Bataillon Commando 203'' fled from a crowd of refugees they mistook for enemy troops?
*'''''00:00, 12 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[rock relief]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' have been made in many cultures, and were especially important in the art of the [[ancient Near East]]?
* ... that a young Cincinnati artist, '''[[Joseph Mason (artist)|Joseph Mason]]''', painted uncredited plant-life backgrounds for more than 50 of [[John James Audubon]]'s bird studies?
* ... that the [[Hindu]] text '''''[[Mantrika Upanishad]]''''' is one of the earliest [[Yoga]] Upanishads composed in the 1st millennium BCE?
* ... that '''[[Theodore Komnenos Doukas]]''' founded the short-lived [[Empire of Thessalonica]] and came close to restoring the [[Byzantine Empire]] before his [[Battle of Klokotnitsa|defeat and capture]] by the [[Second Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarians]]?
* ... that professional golfer '''[[Eddie Loos]]''' accidentally hit [[Walter Hagen]]'s ball in the 1931 [[Northern Trust Open|Los Angeles Open]], earning a two-stroke penalty and a loss to [[Ed Dudley]]?
* ... that the [[Islam in Spain|Muslims]] of [[Kingdom of Granada (Crown of Castile)|Granada]] '''[[Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1499–1501)|revolted against their Catholic rulers]]''' seven years after the [[Granada War|conquest of Granada]], triggered by forced conversions imposed by [[Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros|Cardinal Cisneros]]?
* ... that '''[[Steven Anzovin]]''' published the first serious study on [[Electronic waste by country|computer pollution]] and how it affects the world's environment?
* ... that '''[[self-experimentation in medicine|medical self-experimenter]]''' [[Nicholas Senn]] had nearly six litres of [[hydrogen]] pumped into his [[anus]]?
===11 January 2016===
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* ... that choreographer and TV artist '''[[Davina Delor]]''' ''(pictured)'' became a [[Bhikkhuni|Buddhist nun]] after meeting the [[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]], and converted her country home in [[Haims]] to a monastery?
* ... that the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] '''[[OBB Personenverkehr AG v. Sachs|recently held]]''' that plaintiffs cannot [[Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act|sue foreign sovereigns]] for injuries that are based upon conduct that occurs solely in a foreign country?
* ... that in '''[[Dick Hogan]]'''{{`s}} last film role, in the [[Alfred Hitchcock]] thriller ''[[Rope (film)|Rope]]'', his character is murdered at the start and concealed in a chest at a dinner party?
* ... that it is claimed that 36 '''[[M3 Gun Motor Carriage]]s''' destroyed 30 German tanks, including 2 [[Tiger I|Tiger]] tanks, at the [[Battle of El Guettar]] in March 1943?
* ... that, while studying interfacial phenomena, '''[[Heather C. Allen]]''' discovered that [[halide]]s such as [[bromide]] are located close to the surface of water?
* ... that the ant [[Tribe (biology)|tribe]] '''[[Prionomyrmecini]]''' has two members, the [[genus]] ''[[Prionomyrmex]]'', which is extinct, and ''[[Nothomyrmecia]]'', which is [[critically endangered]]?
* ... that '''[[Miriam Goldberg]]''' succeeded her husband as publisher of the ''[[Intermountain Jewish News]]'', which he had bought for one dollar?
* ... that the '''[[frog galvanoscope]]''' was tens of thousands times more sensitive to [[electric current]] than [[galvanometer]]s available in the early nineteenth century?
*'''''00:00, 11 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in the painting '''''[[A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms]]''''' ''(pictured)'', a handwritten sign in [[Flemish]] is posted on a wood placard that scholars have stated represented a warning to society at that time?<!--special occasion hook for January 10-->
* ... that [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] composed the cantata for the Sunday after [[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]], '''[[Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen, BWV 32|''Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen'', BWV 32]]''', as a dialogue of the Soul and Jesus, using elements of contemporary opera?
* ... that Afghanistan's vineyards cover an area larger than do Austria's despite '''[[Alcohol in Afghanistan|alcohol being officially forbidden]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Porcupine (Cheyenne)|Porcupine]]''' was the first [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] to derail a train during the [[Indian Wars]]?
* ... that distinguishing science from non-science is an unsolved problem in the '''[[philosophy of science]]''', so an "[[I know it when I see it]]" standard is sometimes used to recognize [[pseudoscience]]?
* ... that Colonel '''[[Frank M. Hume]]''' formed his own army, which would later be designated Company L of Maine's National Guard?
* ... that ''[[mazamorra]]'' is an historical '''[[corn stew]]''' of the [[indigenous peoples in South America]]?
* ... that November 14, 1976 was proclaimed by [[David L. Boren|Governor Boren]] as '''[[Opaline Deveraux Wadkins|Opaline Wadkins]]''' Day to honor the first African American to earn a master's degree in [[nursing education]] from the [[University of Oklahoma]]?
===10 January 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Al-Masjid an-Nabawi]]''' ''(pictured)'', the second holiest mosque of Islam, was built by [[Muhammad]] partly on a burial ground?
* ... that Indian [[otorhinolaryngologist]] '''[[Mohan Kameswaran]]''' performed the first [[auditory brainstem implant]] surgery in South Asia, and later became the first in Asia to perform the procedure on a child?
* ... that Priscilla Laws conceived '''[[AtariLab]]''' after seeing a computer chart temperatures in real time and realizing it would make lab work easier?
* ... that '''[[Sir George Kenning]]''' called his [[Derby]] car showroom ''Morris House'' and it was opened by [[William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield|Sir William Morris]]?
* ... that in 1920, a deadly arson attack occurred at the offices of the '''''[[Federación Obrera de Magallanes]]''''' [[trade union]] in [[Punta Arenas]], [[Chile]]?
* ... that five-time [[Pro Bowl]] linebacker '''[[John Offerdahl]]''' founded a chain of bagel restaurants, helped rescue an elderly couple from drowning, and may have foiled a murder attempt?
* ... that '''[[The Talk of the Town (horse)|The Talk of the Town]]''' was the first [[Tennessee Walking Horse]] to win three World Grand Championships, and one of only two horses ever to do so?
* ... that the second time that '''[[Christina Carpenter]]''' was placed in a cell, it had no door?
*'''''00:00, 10 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a [[mountain guide]] whose client was killed whilst climbing the '''[[Tour Ronde]]''' ''(pictured)'' near [[Mont Blanc]] was successfully sued for negligence by the client's six-year-old son?
* ... that '''[[Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio|Jeanette Rubio]]''' was a [[Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders|Miami Dolphins Cheerleader]] before she married Senator [[Marco Rubio]]?
* ... that in '''''[[Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs]]''''', [[Lisa Randall]] offers a credible but "far from compelling" hypothesis for why dinosaurs became extinct?
* ... that '''[[Ode de Pougy]]''', abbess of '''[[Abbey of Notre Dame aux Nonnains|Notre Dame aux Nonnains]]''' and niece of '''[[Manassès II de Pougy]]''', was excommunicated after throwing the Archbishop of Tyre out of the '''[[Basilica of St. Urbain, Troyes|Church of St Urbain]]'''?
* ... that despite its name meaning "quick, active, swift" in [[Old English]], the '''[[River Tale]]''' is noted as being "sluggish"?
* ... that after being jailed for 10 years and then deported to Jordan, Palestinian communist leader '''[[Arabi Awwad]]''' was elected to the [[Palestinian National Council]] in 1974?
* ... that the '''[[Milam Building]]''' was both the tallest brick and reinforced concrete structure and first office building with built in air conditioning in the United States when it opened in 1928?
* ... that in December 2015, '''[[Trent Zimmerman]]''' became the first openly gay man to be [[North Sydney by-election, 2015|elected]] to the [[Australian House of Representatives]]?
===9 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 9 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that ''The Human Comedy'' ''(pictured)'' by French sculptor '''[[Ernest Christophe]]''' inspired [[Charles Baudelaire|Baudelaire]]'s poem "The Mask"?
* ... that '''[[Ananda Thuriya of Kanba Myint|Ananda Thuriya]]''', a chief minister, general, and son-in-law of King [[Narapatisithu|Sithu II]] of [[Pagan Kingdom|Pagan]], began his career in the royal security detail?
* ... that basketball player [[Kobe Bryant]] was the first [[Basketball positions|guard]] to '''[[List of National Basketball Association seasons played leaders|play 20 seasons in the NBA]]'''?
* ... that Turkish-German [[Women's association football|women's footballer]] '''[[Melike Pekel]]''' was top scorer of the [[Regionalliga (women)#Regionalliga Süd|German Regionalliga Süd]] in the 2013–14 season, and became a member of the [[Turkey women's national football team|Turkey women's national team]] in 2015?
* ... that the fossil [[bumblebee]] '''''[[Bombus cerdanyensis]]''''' has notable darkening and texturing of the wing apex?
* ... that a Palestinian, '''[[Muhammad Najati Sidqi]]''', wrote a book in 1940 arguing that [[Nazism]] was incompatible with [[Islam]]?
* ... that although designed as an input for gaming controllers like [[joystick]]s, the '''[[Atari joystick port]]''' was also used as a [[serial port]] for devices like [[modem]]s?
* ... that Indian [[cricket]]er '''[[M. P. Pandove]]''' scored his maiden [[first-class cricket|first-class]] [[century (cricket)|century]] at age 16, while his son '''[[Dhruv Pandove]]''' scored his at age 14?<!--Special occasion request for January 9-->
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* ... that the '''[[Army and Navy Union of the United States of America|Army and Navy Union]]''' ''(badge shown)'' is the oldest veterans' organization in America?
* ... that sociologist '''[[C. K. Yang (sociologist)|C. K. Yang]]''' argued that [[Religion in China|religion]] was an important "diffuse" force in Chinese society even though it was not institutionalized in churches?
* ... that the '''[[Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource (New Jersey)|Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource]]''' originally included over 50 [[List of New Jersey Transit stations|stations]] deemed significant for their architectural and cultural merit?
* ... that 100 years ago, '''[[Robert Burgess (rugby)|Robert Burgess]]''' was killed after being knocked off his bike by a [[Shell (projectile)|shell]]?
* ... that the pharmaceutical drug '''[[patiromer]]''' lowers [[potassium]] levels in the blood but is not absorbed from the [[Human gastrointestinal tract|gut]]?
* ... that the Austrian physician '''[[Gisela Januszewska]]''', famed for her work among [[Bosnian Muslim]] women and highly decorated for her World War I service, died in the [[Theresienstadt concentration camp]]?
* ... that the biologist [[Honor Fell]] directed the '''[[Strangeways Research Laboratory]]''' for 41 years, then returned to continue her research until shortly before her death in 1986?
* ... that in '''''[[David v. Poe]]''''', the Senate Electoral Tribunal of the Philippines declared that [[Grace Poe]], formerly a foundling, is a "natural-born Filipino", allowing her to remain in the [[Senate of the Philippines|Philippine Senate]]?
===8 January 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Firehouse, Hook & Ladder Company 8|the firehouse]]''' ''(pictured)'' from ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' is to be released as a 4,500-piece [[Lego]] set?
* ... that on 29 August 1942, '''[[Gordon Gollob]]''' became the first fighter pilot to claim 150 aerial victories in World War II?
* ... that '''[[October 2008 Central America floods |flooding in October 2008 in Central America]]''' was considered the worst natural disaster since [[Hurricane Mitch]] 10 years prior?
* ... that Indian composer and singer [[Shankar Mahadevan]] made his acting debut in the 2015 [[Marathi language|Marathi]] film '''''[[Katyar Kaljat Ghusali (film)|Katyar Kaljat Ghusali]]'''''?
* ... that despite using '''[[forward air control operations during the Korean War]]''', the U.S. military could not agree on a common doctrine between 1946 and 1966?
* ... that '''[[Hu Di]]''', a top Communist Chinese secret agent, was executed by the Communist commander [[Zhang Guotao]]?
* ... that the title of '''[[Monica Byrne]]'''{{`s}} drama ''What Every Girl Should Know'' is drawn from a sex education column in the ''[[New York Call]]'' by [[Margaret Sanger]]?
* ... that '''[[Bionade-Biedermeier]]''' might be replaced by rhubarb spritzer-Rokoko?
*'''''00:00, 8 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Khandro Rinpoche]] ''(pictured)'' of the Mindrolling lineage is considered the present [[reincarnation]] of '''[[Urgyen Tsomo]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[HTC One (E8)]]''' has been described as an [[HTC One (M8)]] with a plastic shell?
* ... that '''[[Ju Zheng]]''' was persuaded to oppose [[Chiang Kai-shek]]'s candidacy for president of China in 1948 and received 10 percent of the vote in the National Assembly, with Chiang elected overwhelmingly?
* ... that the '''[[Music of Red Dead Redemption|music of ''Red Dead Redemption'']]''' was inspired by [[Ennio Morricone]]'s work on the ''[[Dollars Trilogy]]''?
* ... that after leading a nationwide strike during his presidency of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria, '''[[Isaac Folorunso Adewole]]''' was declared a wanted man and had to go into exile?
* ... that the two-story station building at '''[[Readville (MBTA station)|Readville]]''' was destroyed in a suspicious fire in 1983?
* ... that on 24 October 1941, '''[[Günther Lützow]]''' became the second fighter pilot to claim 100 aerial victories in World War II?
* ... that stale '''[[beer chemistry|beer]]''' tends to smell like cat urine and then cardboard?
===7 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 7 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[avocado cake]]''' ''(example pictured)'' may be topped with an avocado-based [[Fruit fool|fool]], a pressed fruit mixture or fruit purée mixed with custard or cream?
* ... that '''[[William Walker (Australian cricketer)|William Walker]]''' was the last [[underarm bowling|underarm bowler]] to have played for [[Tasmania cricket team|Tasmania]]?
* ... that the '''[[wildlife of Jordan]]''' includes a [[critically endangered]] fish found at a single oasis with a shrinking water supply?
* ... that while '''[[Caroline Stephen]]'''{{`s}} book was considered a "[[Quaker]] classic" even 100 years after publication, [[Leslie Stephen|her brother]] had dismissed it as "another little work of hers"?
* ... that an [[altarpiece]] by [[Bror Hjorth]] was the only item saved from a 1993 fire in '''[[Salabacke Church]]''' in [[Uppsala]]?
* ... that '''[[Mary Docherty]]''', a Scottish [[Communist Party of Great Britain|communist]], was treated for [[tuberculosis]] while visiting the Soviet Union?
* ... that the upcoming film '''''[[The Bleeder]]''''' is about [[Chuck Wepner]] (portrayed by [[Liev Schreiber]]), who challenged [[Muhammad Ali]] for the world's Heavyweight title in 1975?
* ... that '''[[David van Rooyen]]''' was the South African [[Minister of Finance (South Africa)|Minister of Finance]] for four days?
*'''''00:00, 7 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Al-Maghtas]]''' ''(pictured)'', in [[Jordan]], is considered by Christians as the location for the baptism of [[Jesus]] by [[John the Baptist]]?<!--Special occasion request for January 6 (Epiphany)-->
* ... that '''[[Victoria Bricker]]''' has studied the languages, astronomy, and ethnobotany of the [[Maya civilization|Maya]]?
* ... that [[Julian Lage]]'s album '''''[[World's Fair (album)|World's Fair]]''''' was inspired by [[Andrés Segovia]]?
* ... that four years after '''[[Han Qing]]''' set the [[List of Asian Games records in athletics|Asian Games record]] in the [[200 metres|200 metres sprint]], she tested positive for using [[dihydrotestosterone]] and was given a ban that effectively ended her career?
* ... that an entire chapter was censored from the [[hentai]] [[manga]] '''''[[Coffin of Cerebrum]]''''' due to "the ''[[Shotacon|shota]]'' aspect and the violence towards children"?
* ... that Sergeant ''' [[Donald Nichols (spy)|Donald Nichols]]''' correctly forecast that the [[Korean War]] would start within a certain three-day period?
* ... that '''[[Saimaluu Tash]]''', a [[petroglyph]]s site, has black-and-white rock paintings which are a globally important collection of [[rock art]]?
* ... that players can fire [[teddy bear]]s strapped to sticks of dynamite in '''''[[Sunset Overdrive]]'''''?
===6 January 2016===
*'''''12:00, 6 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Melchior (Magi)|Melchior]]''', [[Saint Caspar|Caspar]], and '''[[Balthazar (Magi)|Balthazar]]''' are the traditional names of the [[Biblical Magi]] who visited the [[Jesus|baby Jesus]] ''(pictured)'', though they are not named in the Bible?<!--Special occasion request for January 6 (Epiphany)-->
* ... that '''[[binary logarithm]]s''' can be used to determine the number of [[octave]]s between two [[musical tone]]s?
* ... that violinist '''[[Mia Matsumiya]]''' spent ten years cataloging [[Cybercrime|online harassment]] that she received, and has created a popular [[Instagram]] account featuring those messages?
* ... that the leaves of the '''[[Hakea cucullata|scallop hakea]]''' cup the stem and the axillary flowers?
* ... that Major '''[[Arthur V. Peterson]]''' traveled to Europe before [[Normandy landings|D-Day]] to warn [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|General Eisenhower]] about the dangers of the Germans using radioactive weapons?
* ... that the '''[[Khpal Kor Foundation]]''', which operates an orphanage in Pakistan's [[Swat District]], established a Child Assembly that [[Malala Yousafzai]] once chaired?
* ... that Commonwealth Games multiple medal-winning gymnast '''[[Nathan Gafuik]]''' was diagnosed with [[Addison's disease]] at the age of 15?
* ... that the "'''[[Mauthausen Trilogy]]'''", composed by [[Mikis Theodorakis]], has been described as the "most beautiful musical work ever written about the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]"?
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* ... that the '''[[Demarest Building]]''' ''(pictured)'' built by '''[[Aaron T. Demarest]]''' was the first building with an electric elevator?
* ... that the second column of the '''[[Tchepone Operation]]''' was Orange, Red, and Black?
* ... that the guitar/drum duo '''[[Two Gallants (band)|Two Gallants]]''' are named after [[Two Gallants (short story)|a short story]] by [[James Joyce]]?
* ... that [[Cinema of Israel|Israeli filmmaker]] Yael Reuveny says she only really got to know her mother by interviewing her for '''''[[Farewell Herr Schwarz]]''''', her documentary about her family's history?
* ... that '''[[Edith Irby Jones|Edith Irby]]''' made national news when she was accepted in 1948 as the first [[African American]] medical student in the [[Southern United States]]?
* ... that the ice-breaking in the title '''''[[Islossningen i Uleå älv]]''''', a 1889 composition for narrator, men's chorus, and orchestra by [[Jean Sibelius]], was a political statement?
* ... that by 2013, the revenue of the '''[[Tourism in Syria|Syrian tourist industry]]''' had decreased by 94 percent since the start of the [[Syrian Civil War]] in 2011?
* ... that the '''[[Anita Krajnc case]]''' could result in her spending ten years in prison for giving water to thirsty pigs on their way to slaughter?
===5 January 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Christian Ramsay]]''' ''(pictured)'', an honorary member of the [[Botanical Society of Edinburgh]], died with a list of plants in her hand?
* ... that the Turkish [[ghulam|slave-soldier]] '''[[Ahmad ibn Tulun]]''' established the [[Tulunids|first local dynasty]] to rule Egypt since the Pharaohs?
* ... that [[fossil egg]]s classified as '''[[Elongatoolithidae]]''' have been found with preserved embryos inside?
* ... that '''[[Marianne Katoppo]]''', who wrote the book ''Compassionate and Free. An Asian Woman's Theology'', found the term feminist theology "too loaded"?
* ... that the virtually abandoned [[Rukai people|Rukai]] slate village of '''[[Kucapungane]]''' is an "endangered site" according to the [[World Monuments Fund]]?
* ... that the '''[[Manav Vikas Mission]]''' of the Government of [[Maharashtra]] provides free bus service for village girls from their native village to their schools?
* ... that '''[[Appian Way Productions]]''' has produced ''[[The Aviator (2004 film)|The Aviator]]'' (2004) and ''[[The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)|The Wolf of Wall Street]]'' (2013), both of which were nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]]?
* ... that a recitative in [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s cantata for the Sunday after New Year's Day, '''[[Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 58|''Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid'', BWV 58]]''', retells the prescribed gospel about the [[Flight into Egypt]]?<!--Special occasion request for January 5-->
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* ... that former slave '''[[Lucy Goode Brooks]]''' ''(pictured)'' helped found the '''[[Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans]]''', which still serves families in Richmond, Virginia, as the Friends' Association for Children?
* ... that six different species of [[gibbon]] are among the '''[[Wildlife of Laos|animals found in Laos]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Aviel Barclay]]''', the first woman to be traditionally trained and certified as a [[sofer|Jewish scribe]], completed her first [[Sefer Torah|Torah scroll]] in 2010?
* ... that the funeral march '''''[[In Memoriam (Sibelius)|In Memoriam]]''''' by Jean Sibelius was conceived in memory of [[Eugen Schauman]], who shot a Governor-General in 1904?
* ... that '''[[Mãe Menininha do Gantois]]''' was instrumental in gaining legal recognition of [[Candomblé]] and its rituals?
* ... that the lemon-shaped container for '''[[Jif (lemon juice)|Jif]]''' lemon juice was one of the first [[Blow molding|blow moulded]] [[Polyethylene|polythene]] containers used for food applications?
* ... that '''[[Ernie Blake]]''' helped interrogate Nazis [[Hermann Göring]] and [[Albert Speer]], and adopted his code name as his real name, before founding [[Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico]]?
* ... that the 2015 '''[[Bangkok Marathon|Bangkok Half Marathon]]''' was called the "world's longest half marathon"?
===4 January 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Magdala stone]]''' ''(pictured)'' may show the oldest known image of the [[Menorah (Temple)|Temple Menorah]]?
* ... that the 1981 election of '''[[Kathryn J. Whitmire]]''' as mayor heralded a major change in the city politics of [[Houston|Houston, Texas]]?
* ... that the house of the Chief or King of the community, at the southwestern end of '''[[Bawomataluo village]]''', is said to be the "oldest and largest on [[South Nias Regency|Nias]]"?
* ... that devout Muslim '''[[Mohamed Hadid]]''', a lifelong [[teetotalism|teetotaler]], owns a 5,000-bottle [[Wine cellar|wine cellar]] and a [[Beverly Hills]] winery?
* ... that [[Judd Nelson]], who played Joe Hunt in the 1987 TV movie ''[[Billionaire Boys Club (1987 film)|Billionaire Boys Club]]'', is playing the character's father in the '''[[Billionaire Boys Club (2016 film)|upcoming film of the same name]]'''?
* ... that [[Poles|Polish]] football player '''[[Łukasz Cieślewicz]]''' was named player of the year in the [[Faroe Islands]] in [[2011 Faroe Islands Premier League|2011]] and [[2015 Faroe Islands Premier League|2015]]?
* ... that '''''[[We, too, have a Job to Do]]''''' was painted by [[Norman Rockwell]] to encourage [[Boy Scouts of America|Boy Scouts]] to participate in the war effort during World War II?
* ... that '''[[Izzy Slapawitz]]''' was responsible for several fan riots in the [[Southern United States]] between 1978 and 1982?
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* ... that '''[[Qian Zhuangfei]]''' ''(pictured)'', a Communist secret agent credited with saving the life of Premier [[Zhou Enlai]], was the father of [[Li Lili]], nicknamed "China's [[Mae West]]"?
* ... that the plot for the '''[[Authority (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)|200th episode of ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'']]''' was partly inspired by the [[strip search phone call scam]]?
* ... that the Welsh rugby league prop '''[[Morgan Evans (rugby league)|Morgan Evans]]''' made his national debut in a charity match against [[Keighley Cougars]] in honour of the rugby league footballer [[Danny Jones (rugby league)|Danny Jones]]?
* ... that the '''[[Social Interaction Anxiety Scale]]''' is used in clinical settings to measure distress?
* ... that in February 1850, '''[[Sisters of Charity Hospital (Buffalo)|Sisters of Charity Hospital]]''' in [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] was the subject of a public letter-writing feud?
* ... that '''[[Harald Sigtryggsson]]''' was installed as King of [[History of Limerick|Limerick]] by his cousin [[Olaf Guthfrithson]], King of [[Kingdom of Dublin|Dublin]]?
* ... that the first popular '''[[Bootleg recording|bootleg]]''' rock album was [[Bob Dylan]]'s ''[[Great White Wonder]]''?
* ... that after '''[[Rachel Henderlite]]'''{{`s}} 1965 ordination as a minister, a retired pastor sent her a postcard every year quoting the biblical injunction, "Let the women keep silent in the churches"?
===3 January 2016===
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* ... that the [[minaret]] adjoining the '''[[Malé Friday Mosque]]''' has a wide base like a ship's funnel and resembles a [[wedding cake]]?
* ... that '''[[Maria Corsini]]''', Italian writer and Roman Catholic lay person, was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] on 31 October 2001 along with her husband, [[Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi]]?
* ... that the '''[[Huawei Ascend P7]]''' smartphone has been noted for its high-resolution front camera and slow processor?
* ... that Rebbetzin '''[[Tziporah Heller]]''', a senior faculty member at [[Neve Yerushalayim]] College for Women, has thousands of students around the globe?
* ... that [[Edvard Munch]]'s painting [[Love and Pain (Munch painting)|'''''Love and Pain''''']] sold for more than US$38 million in 2008?
* ... that '''[[Ismail Pasha al-Azm]]''' laid the foundations for the [[al-Azm family|Azm family]]'s political dominance in Damascus during Ottoman rule?
* ... that a ban on '''[[Women in Shinto|women Shinto priests]]''' ended after World War II?
* ... that during the [[American Revolution]], [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist]] spy '''[[Joseph Bettys]]''' failed in his mission to capture General [[Philip Schuyler]] because Bettys left his unit and went off to visit his girlfriend?
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* ... that a few '''[[cockroach]]''' species ''(example pictured)'' are kept as pets, and several species are raised as food for insectivorous pets?
* ... that ''[[The X Factor]]'' winner '''[[Louisa Johnson]]''' initially applied for ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]''?
* ... that '''[[Level Mountain]]''' is the most voluminous and most persistent volcano in the [[Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province]] of North America?
* ... that '''[[Vernon Arnold Haugland]]''' was the first civilian to receive the [[Silver Star|Silver Star medal]], normally awarded only to members of the United States Armed Forces?
* ... that the 2015 '''[[Hurricane Blanca (2015)|Hurricane Blanca]]''' was the earliest recorded [[tropical cyclone]] to make landfall on the [[Baja California Peninsula]] in any given year?
* ... that the legend of '''[[Lopamudra]]''' in [[Mahabharata]] is said to be "the glorification of domestic life and family and demonstrates the incompleteness of a life based solely on asceticism"?
* ... that British media have compared the Scottish footballer '''[[Ryan Gauld]]''' to [[Lionel Messi]]?
* ... that '''[[Operation Maeng Da]]''' translates as "Operation [[Procuring (prostitution)|Pimp]]"?
===2 January 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Yedigöller National Park]]''' ''(pictured)'' in Turkey is best known for its seven lakes formed by [[landslide]]s?
* ... that '''[[Elisabeth Abegg]]''', a teacher who provided shelter to Jews during the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]], also tutored Jewish children at her home?
* ... that music from [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s cantata for New Year's Day, '''{{lang|de|[[Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm, BWV 171|''Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm'', BWV 171]]}}''', [[Mass in B minor structure#Patrem omnipotentem|appears in his Mass in B minor]]?
* ... that [[Polymer chemistry|polymer chemist]] '''[[Swaminathan Sivaram]]''' holds the record for the most United States patents by an Indian national working in India?
* ... that in the [[World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage Site]] of '''[[Baekje Historic Areas]]''', about 4,600 antiquities were discovered in good condition in the Royal [[Tomb of King Muryeong]]?
* ... that '''[[Pu Shunqing]]''' is considered the first female screenwriter in China?
* ... that the '''[[Listronotus bonariensis|Argentine stem weevil]]''' is not considered economically important in its native South America, but is a serious [[Pest (organism)|agricultural pest]] in New Zealand?
* ... that an opposing basketball coach praised [[UCLA Bruins men's basketball|UCLA Bruins]] freshman '''[[Aaron Holiday]]'''{{`s}} defense by comparing him to a [[Tasmanian devil]]?
*'''''00:00, 2 January 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Bara Gumbad]]''' ''(pictured)'', built during the [[Lodi dynasty]] in 1490 CE, is believed to have the earliest constructed full [[dome]] of any building in [[Delhi]]?
* ... that after almost drowning during his foray into [[water polo]], '''[[Ka'imi Fairbairn]]''' returned to [[American football]] and was named the top college [[placekicker|kicker]] in the nation?
* ... that '''[[perennial ryegrass staggers]]''' is a disease of livestock caused by an [[Endophyte|endophytic fungus]] sometimes present in [[Lolium perenne|perennial ryegrass]]?
* ... that 138 years after establishment of the [[Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands|Anglican Diocese of Nassau]], '''[[Angela Palacious]]''' became its first woman deacon in 1999?
* ... that by 1566, '''[[Fukuda, Nagasaki|Fukuda]]''' was home to more than 1,000 Catholic ''[[Kirishitan]]s''?
* ... that '''[[Ardina Moore]]''', a fluent speaker of [[Quapaw language|Quapaw]], created her own workbook, tapes, and classes to help preserve and teach the language to younger members of her tribe?
* ... that [[Jean Sibelius]] conducted his '''''[[Andante Festivo]]''''' in a live broadcast on New Year's Day 1939, the only sound document of his interpretation of his works?<!--Special occasion request for January 1-->
* ... that the [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]] '''[[Eliza Ann Gardner]]''' made her living as a [[dressmaker]]?
===1 January 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Meherzia Labidi Maïza]]''' ''(pictured)'' was proud of including [[Women's rights in Tunisia|women's rights]] in the post-[[Arab Spring]] Tunisian constitution?
* ... that [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]] began producing a '''[[Pitbull's New Year's Revolution|New Year's Eve special]]''' for [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] in 2014?<!--Special occasion request for New Year's Eve-->
* ... that in 1941, Scottish soldier '''[[Peter Cochrane (soldier)|Peter Cochrane]]''' single-handedly destroyed two Italian [[machine gun]] posts with grenades?
* ... that '''[[real ear measurement]]''' used by [[Audiology|audiologists]] involves insertion of a probe to within 6 mm of the [[eardrum]]?
* ... that [[Elvis Presley]]'s hairstylist '''[[Larry Geller]]''' was also his spiritual advisor?
* ... that in 2013, there were 819 '''[[Mining industry of Yemen|active mines in Yemen]]''' producing stone, gypsum, refined petroleum products, and salt?
* ... that at the pulpit of the synod of the [[Protestant Church in the Netherlands]], '''[[Arenda Haasnoot]]''' said, "This is my calling. Here I am in my place"?
* ... that in the '''[[1907 Tour de France]]''', some participants treated the race as a pleasure ride, stopping for lunch when they chose and spending the night in the best hotels they could find?
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* ... that '''[[beer jam]]''' ''(pictured)'' may be sweet or savory, and some have a syrupy consistency?
* ... that 210 journalists and intellectuals called for Governor '''[[Li Hongzhong]]''' to step down after he grabbed the recorder from a reporter who sought to interview him?
* ... that [[Natalia Lafourcade]] sought inspiration for her album '''''[[Hasta la Raíz]]''''' in [[Agustín Lara]]'s repertoire and her native country, Mexico?
* ... that the Venezuelan footballer '''[[Edder Farías]]''' scored against [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]] in February 2015, his country's first victory since September 2013?
* ... that in the '''''[[Sharabha Upanishad]]''''', [[Shiva]], incarnating as [[Sharabha]] in a fierce anthropomorphic form of an eagle, lion, and man, slays [[Narasimha]], an incarnation of [[Vishnu]]?
* ... that serial killer '''[[Hilda Nilsson]]''' committed [[suicide by hanging]] the same day the courts commuted her death sentence to life imprisonment?
* ... that ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the 2013 film '''''[[Stray Dogs (2013 film)|Stray Dogs]]''''' a "glum, humorless exercise in Asian miserablism"?
* ... that drummer, singer, and songwriter '''[[Emily Estefan]]''' was born in 1994 after her mother, [[Gloria Estefan]], had been told she would never give birth following a 1990 tour-bus crash?
