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===30 September 2016===
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* ... that the South African passport retained the '''[[Coat of arms of South Africa (1910–2000)|former coat of arms of South Africa]]''' ''(pictured)'' for seven years after its official replacement?
* ... that Swedish Paralympic athlete '''[[Helene Ripa]]''' underwent an above-the-knee amputation at the age of 14 to treat cancer in her right leg?
* ... that the '''[[Macrosteles quadrilineatus|aster leafhopper]]''' transmits the plant disease [[aster yellows]]?
* ... that in addition to becoming the first female full professor at [[Northwestern University]], botanist '''[[Margery C. Carlson]]''' had a [[nature preserve]] named after her?
* ... that reviewers have commented on the similarities between the 1968 novel '''''[[A Wizard of Earthsea]]''''' and the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series?
* ... that '''[[Anders Planman]]''' was one of the first people to make systematic astronomical observations in Finland?
* ... that in Texas, the '''[[Hot link (sausage)|hot link sausage]]''' is usually prepared using beef, while in Chicago, pork is typically used?
* ... that the '''[[spotted pardalote]]''' has been called the headache bird on account of its repetitive call?
===29 September 2016===
*'''''00:00, 29 September 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that singer '''[[Rock-Olga]]''' ''(pictured)'' recorded an album in 1972 using [[ABBA]] members [[Agnetha Fältskog]] and [[Anni-Frid Lyngstad]] as backing vocalists?
* ... that the extinct sawfly '''''[[Cuspilongus]]''''' has a down curved [[ovipositor]] almost as long as its [[forewing]]?
* ... that Irish [[suffragette]] '''[[Cissie Cahalan]]''' argued against gender-segregated trade unions?
* ... that during [[World Championship Wrestling]]'s '''[[Battlebowl]]''' show, [[Rip Rogers]] won the match for his tag team without performing a single move?
* ... that in 1976, the ''Admiral Von Tromp'' [[fishing trawler]] was shipwrecked at '''[[Saltwick Bay]]'''?
* ... that the Paralympic rower '''[[Laurence Whiteley]]''' searched for over two years for a partner with whom to compete before teaming with '''[[Lauren Rowles]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[1928 Florida Gators football team]]''' scored 336 points led by its "Phantom Four" [[Offensive backfield|backfield]], which included [[Clyde Crabtree]] who could pass and kick with either hand or foot?
===28 September 2016===
*'''''00:00, 28 September 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that guest lecturers at the '''[[Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry]]''' ''(students pictured)'' included {{nowrap|[[W. E. B. Du Bois]]}}, [[Eleanor Roosevelt]], and [[Margaret Sanger]]?
* ... that despite being born without a functional right hand, '''[[Anna Grimaldi]]''' represented her high school in netball and basketball?
* ... that the [[fictional language|fictional dragon language]] featured in '''''[[Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward]]''''' was originally developed for a [[Final Fantasy XIV|previous version]] of the game five years earlier?
* ... that virologist '''[[Stephen Straus]]''', first head of the [[National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine]], said he did not use [[alternative medicine]]?
* ... that the [[Mexican National Welterweight Championship]], one of the '''[[List of Mexican National Championships|Mexican National Championships]]''', is the oldest still-promoted professional wrestling championship?
* ... that an administrative error by [[New Zealand Football]] prevented '''[[Alex Jones (footballer, born 1994)|Alex Jones]]''' from completing his loan move to [[Wellington Phoenix FC|Wellington Phoenix]]?
* ... that the mercy plea of the couple sentenced to death in the '''[[Poonia murders|Poonia murder case]]''' was rejected by Indian President [[Pranab Mukherjee]]?
* ... that '''[[Anthony M. Villane]]''' cosponsored a [[Bill (law)|bill]] to use a blimp to provide surveillance of waste dumping along the [[Jersey Shore]], despite his concerns that it would elicit a "giggle factor"?
===27 September 2016===
*'''''00:00, 27 September 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Ben Barton]]''' ''(pictured)'' was able to cheaply purchase a large amount of land in what would become [[Redlands, California]], due to [[Brigham Young]]'s [[History of San Bernardino, California#Mormon recall|recall of the Mormon outpost]] there?
* ... that the '''[[iPhone 7]]''' was criticized for not featuring a [[headphone jack]]?
* ... that a few months after having her right leg amputated, '''[[Judith Hamer]]''' trekked across the Andes for a reality television show?
* ... that '''[[peppersoup]]''' is considered a [[delicacy]] in Western Africa, where some believe it has medicinal qualities?
* ... that '''[[Lies Noor]]''' originally intended her film career to launch a career in social work?
* ... that '''[[Snowbound (horse)|Snowbound]]''' was the first American horse to win individual gold in the Olympics?
* ... that at an average speed of {{convert|4|mph|kph|abbr=on}}, the '''[[M23 (New York City bus)|M23]]''' bus won the "Pokey Award" twice for being New York City's slowest bus route?
===26 September 2016===
*'''''00:00, 26 September 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 2015, [[Taylor Swift]]'s ''(pictured)'' '''[[Taylor Swift videography|video for]]''' the single "[[Blank Space]]" became the fastest to reach one billion views on [[Vevo]]?
* ... that '''[[Robyn Love]]''' played in her first [[wheelchair basketball]] game in 2014, her first international in 2015, and took part in the [[2016 Summer Paralympics|Paralympics]] in 2016?
* ... that [[Mike Ross (artist)|Mike Ross]] disassembled two [[attack aircraft]] for his sculpture '''''[[Jet Kiss]]''''', which hangs above [[Capitol Hill station]] in [[Seattle]]?
* ... that in 1976, '''[[Martin A. Herman]]''' proposed a bill to allow [[New Jersey]] pharmacists to substitute [[generic drug]]s for their brand-name equivalents, despite claims that drug companies would leave the state?
* ... that the '''[[Women's Antifascist Front of Croatia]]''' mobilized women into resistance against fascist occupiers, tasking them with ammunition transport, sabotage and diversion, and economic sustainment?
* ... that '''[[Sharad Kumar (athlete)|Sharad Kumar]]''' won gold in the [[high jump]] at the [[2014 Asian Para Games]], breaking a 12-year Asian Games record?
* ... that '''[[East Orange High School]]''' closed its swimming pool in 1933 rather than end a policy allowing black students to swim only on Friday afternoons, after which the pool would be drained and refilled?
* ... that two beer barrels ended '''[[Claude Blair]]'''{{`s}} active military service?
===25 September 2016===
*'''''00:00, 25 September 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Black Middens]] were avoided by aligning the '''[[High and Low Lights of North Shields|Lights of North Shields]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Mathilda Twomey]]''' is the first female judge in [[Seychelles]]?
* ... that domestic activities such as washing clothes can threaten the survival of the endangered '''[[Mexican water mouse]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Chen Mingxia]]''' served three [[Chinese dynasties]] in less than two years, and was executed by [[Qing dynasty|the third one]] for questioning the dress code?
* ... that the [[Church of England]] granted women the right to vote in the '''[[Church of England border polls 1915–1916]]''' before they were allowed to vote in parliamentary elections?
* ... that '''[[Dick Cresswell]]''', the first commander of an [[Royal Australian Air Force|RAAF]] jet squadron in combat, was [[court-martialled]] for firing a shot at the feet of another officer who had apparently been annoying him?
* ... that the '''[[Smith Canal]]''' was created to carry food to the [[Stockton State Hospital]], California's first [[psychiatric hospital]]?
* ... that newly elected Hong Kong legislator '''[[Lau Siu-lai]]''' was arrested for [[Hawkers in Hong Kong|hawking squid]]?
===24 September 2016===
*'''''00:00, 24 September 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after winning the [[Military Medal]] for bravery in the First World War, the nurse '''[[Violetta Thurstan]]''' ''(pictured)'' studied weaving and ran camps where displaced [[Bedouin]] women made carpets?
* ... that '''[[Tokyo Excellence]]''' were [[National Basketball Development League (Japan)|National Basketball Development League]] champions in all three years of the league's existence?
* ... that [[Tamil film]] director '''[[M. Manikandan]]''' started as a wedding photographer?
* ... that [[William Beck (actor)|William Beck]], who played '''[[Dylan Keogh]]''' in ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', was told by the producers that Dylan should not smile?
* ... that 254 species of fish and 154 species of coral have been recorded in '''[[South Penghu Marine National Park]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Frances Sweeney]]''' conceived the idea for the ''[[Boston Herald]]'' Rumor Clinic during World War II?
* ... that ''[[PC Gamer]]'' negatively compared video game parody '''''[[Star Warped]]''''' to the ''[[Star Wars Holiday Special]]''?
* ... that according to '''[[James Oberg]]''', most UFO sightings can be explained by super-high plumes, twilight shadowing or "space dandruff"?
===23 September 2016===
*'''''00:00, 23 September 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the 2015 Rural Olympics, part of '''[[Isha Gramotsavam]]''', featured 7,680 players in 640 teams, with [[Sachin Tendulkar]] ''(pictured)'' as chief guest?
* ... that the [[Grid Compass]] was allegedly designed to match the dimensions of the company founder '''[[John Ellenby]]'''{{`s}} briefcase?
* ... that in 1920, [[Irvin S. Cobb]], a writer for ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'', organized a hunting trip to [[Oregon]] looking for a '''[[lava bear]]''' specimen?
* ... that '''[[Pearl McIver]]''' was the first person employed by the [[United States Public Health Service]] as a consultant on nursing administration?
* ... that the '''[[Regent Street Cinema]]''', which in 1896 screened the first moving footage in the United Kingdom, was also the first UK cinema to show an {{nobr|[[X rating|X-rated]]}} film?
* ... that after sponsoring a bill requiring [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]] casinos to have [[table game]]s with a $2 minimum bet, '''[[Dennis L. Riley]]''' was kicked out of two that claimed he was [[card counting]] in [[blackjack]]?
* ... that the '''''[[Madeline (video game series)|Madeline]]''''' [[educational video game]] series was created to reach young girls who are "often ignored by multimedia developers"?
* ... that the Anglican priest '''[[Roly Bain]]''' used to enter church on a unicycle, open the service with the invocation "Let us play!", and preach while balancing on a [[slacklining|slackrope]]?
===22 September 2016===
*'''''00:00, 22 September 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the grounds of '''[[Dyrham Park]]''' ''(pictured)'' include an [[Deer park (England)|emparkment]] granted in 1511 and still populated by fallow deer?
* ... that in 1919, '''[[Rose Finkelstein Norwood]]''' helped lead 8,000 [[switchboard operator]]s in a six-day strike that paralyzed telephone service throughout New England?
* ... that it is not known who sculpted the lion statues in front of the '''[[Mahane Yehuda Police Station]]''' in Jerusalem?
* ... that at the age of 57, '''[[Jude Flannery]]''' became the oldest woman ever to be named Master Female Triathlete of the Year?
* ... that opposition to what was called the "[[single non-transferable vote|one-man one-vote]]" system used in '''[[elections in Jordan]]''' led to it being replaced for the '''[[Jordanian general election, 2016|2016 general election]]'''?
* ... that Slovenian gymnast '''[[Edvard Antosiewicz]]''' represented [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] at the [[1928 Summer Olympics]] and won a bronze medal in team competition?
* ... that [[California High-Speed Rail]]'s '''[[Kings River Viaduct]]''' is planned to be over {{convert|2|mi}} long due to the effects of floods in 1861 and 1867?
* ... that '''[[Joy Ufema]]'''{{`s}} fellow nurses felt she had been given too much autonomy when she started granting last wishes to dying patients?
===21 September 2016===
*'''''00:00, 21 September 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Project Y]]''' designed an atomic bomb that used [[explosive lens]]es ''(illustration pictured)'' to focus an explosion onto a sphere?
* ... that '''[[Vladimir Saprykin]]''' was made a [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] after he was mistakenly reported killed?
* ... that philosopher '''[[Jessica Pierce]]''' argues that some animals may have a sense of [[morality]]?
* ... that British armed forces officers would '''[[Swords in courts-martial|place their swords on the table at court-martial]]''' as a symbol of putting their rank and reputation on hold?
* ... that [[Kyler Murray]] was the first player to compete in both the '''[[Under Armour All-America Baseball Game]]''' and [[Under Armour All-America Game|Under Armour All-America Football Game]]?
* ... that the '''[[grey-headed imperial pigeon]]''', the '''[[Sulawesi thrush]]''', and the '''[[great shortwing]]''' are found only on the Indonesian island of [[Sulawesi]], while the '''[[Sula megapode]]''' is restricted to nearby [[Banggai Islands Regency|Banggai]] and [[Sula Islands]]?
* ... that in 1747, the '''[[Custom House, Poole|Custom House]]''' in [[Poole]] was raided by 30 smugglers, led by members of the [[Hawkhurst Gang]]?
===20 September 2016===
*'''''00:40, 20 September 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after performing at [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]]'s [[500 Club]], [[Sammy Davis Jr.]] often visited [[Elvera Sanchez|his mother]] ''(pictured together)'' at '''[[Grace's Little Belmont]]''', where she was a barmaid?
* ... that [[Red Army]] Major General '''[[Fyodor Korol]]''' had been an officer in the [[Imperial Russian Army]] during World War I?
* ... that the 2016 hurricane '''[[Hurricane Hermine|Hermine]]''' was the first to make landfall in Florida since [[Hurricane Wilma]] in 2005?
* ... that '''[[Eastern Region, Nigeria]]''', spent up to one-third of the government budget on education in the 1950s and 1960s?
* ... that [[alt-right]] media hub '''''[[The Right Stuff (blog)|The Right Stuff]]''''' has a core principle of [[ethnic nationalism]]?
* ... that '''[[Virginia E. Haines]]''' was appointed to the [[Ocean County, New Jersey]], [[board of chosen freeholders]] in January 2016, only the second woman to serve since the governing body was formed in 1850?
* ... that the margin of victory in the '''[[Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's|women's triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]''' was approximately {{convert|15|cm|0}}?
* ... that Romanian literary scholar '''[[Bonifaciu Florescu]]''' had the reputation of an unrepentant bohemian and allegedly slept on a pile of hay?
===19 September 2016===
*'''''00:00, 19 September 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Helen Freeman (basketball)|Helen Freeman]]''' ''(pictured)'' was an Athletic [[All-America]]n in each of the five years she was at the [[University of Illinois]], and an Academic All-American in three of them?
* ... that the '''[[Wonder Gardens]]''' jazz and R&B nightclub in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]] provided early exposure for [[Dan Fogel (musician)|Dan Fogel]], [[Harvey Mason]], [[George Benson]], and the [[Commodores]]?
* ... that the '''[[Devonshire White Paper]]''' of 1923 affirmed that African interests were paramount over those of settlers in [[British Kenya]]?
* ... that despite losing Best Motion Picture at [[13th Genie Awards|Canada's national film awards]] in 1992, '''''[[Léolo]]''''' was named one of the [[Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time]] by critics in 2015?
* ... that [[China]] is the world's largest '''[[Textile industry in China|textile exporter]]''' with an export value in 2013 nearly seven times greater than the next largest exporting country?
* ... that '''[[Jane Elizabeth Manning James]]''' was one of the first recorded African-American women to travel to Utah as a [[Mormon pioneers|Mormon pioneer]]?
* ... that in their second year of providing a free mobile laundry service for the homeless, the co-founders of '''[[Orange Sky Laundry]]''' were jointly awarded [[Young Australian of the Year]]?
* ... that [[Cleveland Browns]] rookie safety '''[[Derrick Kindred]]''' played his entire senior year of college football with a broken [[Clavicle|collarbone]]?
===18 September 2016===
*'''''00:00, 18 September 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that pages of the '''[[Great Mongol Shahnameh|Great Mongol ''Shahnameh'']]''' ''(illustration pictured)'', a Persian manuscript of the 1330s, were pulled apart to increase their value?
* ... that [[Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team|Rollers]] selected to compete in [[2016 Summer Paralympics|Rio]] include '''[[Joshua Allison]]''', '''[[Adam Deans]]''', '''[[Matthew McShane]]''', '''[[Tom O'Neill-Thorne]]''', and '''[[Shawn Russell]]''', who will be playing in their first Paralympics?
* ... that a committee of eight [[Portland, Oregon]], residents purchased the '''[[Madison Street Bridge (Portland, Oregon)|Madison Street Bridge]]''' in 1891 for $145,000?
* ... that '''[[Hazel P. Heath]]''' paid children to pick wild berries for her jam and jelly business?
* ... that the philosopher '''[[Clare Palmer]]''' argues that humans are usually permitted to aid [[Wildlife|wild animals]] in need, and are sometimes required to?
* ... that the 1993 book '''''[[Scarlet Memorial: Tales of Cannibalism in Modern China]]''''' alleges that victors in a factional battle ate the flesh of losers in [[Guangxi]] during China's Cultural Revolution?
* ... that the entomologist '''[[Alice Gray]]''' became known as the "Bug Lady" for her work with the public at the [[American Museum of Natural History]]?
* ... that [[Mormon pioneers|pioneer]] doctor '''[[Priddy Meeks]]''' once told sick patients by messenger to "jump all over the city creek, crawl back into your tent and cover up warm"?
===17 September 2016===
*'''''00:00, 17 September 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Paralympian shot putter '''[[Angela Madsen]]''' ''(pictured)'' has also rowed across the Atlantic and Indian Oceans?
* ... that '''[[Satoshi Mitazono]]''', newly-elected Governor of [[Kagoshima Prefecture]], wants operations at the [[Sendai Nuclear Power Plant]] to be suspended?
* ... that the '''[[2002 Sure For Men Rockingham 500]]''' was the only race of the [[2002 CART season]] to be held in Europe?
* ... that the Israeli software company '''[[NSO Group]]''' has been identified as the possible developer of the [[iOS]] spyware '''[[Pegasus (spyware)|Pegasus]]'''?
* ... that Swedish television presenter '''[[Lasse Bengtsson]]''' conducted the first televised interview with [[Mattias Flink]] in March 2009, some fifteen years after Flink committed mass murder?
* ... that the [[sawfly]] genus '''''[[Ulteramus]]''''' was not placed into any [[Pamphiliidae]] subfamily?
* ... that the illustrations in [[medical missions in China|medical]] [[Protestant missions in China|missionary]] '''[[Benjamin Hobson]]'''’s influential ''Treatise on Physiology'' were derived from [[William Cheselden]]'s century-old work?
* ... that the '''[[Women's Antifascist Front of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]'''{{'s}} 1947 campaign against the [[niqāb|face veil]] was supported by the Grand Mufti '''[[Ibrahim Fejić]]''', who called it an obstacle to gender equality?
===16 September 2016===
*'''''00:00, 16 September 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Daieishō Hayato|Daieishō]]''' ''(pictured)'' would rather push and thrust than grip the belt?
* ... that when accepted by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] in 1982, the '''[[Kingston Lacy]]''' estate was the largest bequest they had ever received?
*... that '''[[T. J. Friedl]]'''{{`s}} signing bonus from the [[Cincinnati Reds]] is the largest ever for a player not taken in the [[MLB draft]]?
* ... that the music video for [[DJ Shadow]]'s "'''[[Nobody Speak]]'''", featuring [[Run the Jewels]], has been described as "brutal" and "politically charged"?
* ... that while the [[Turkey at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|Turkish]] female [[Paralympic shooting|wheelchair shooter]]s '''[[Ayşegül Pehlivanlar]]''' and '''[[Çağla Baş]]''' compete for the first time at the [[2016 Summer Paralympics|Paralympics]], '''[[Aysel Özgan]]''' takes part for the third time?
* ... that [[Seagate Technology]] faced a [[class action]] over the failure rates of its '''[[ST3000DM001]]''' 3TB [[hard disk drive]]s?
* ... that a local newspaper criticized the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]]'s nomination of '''[[Marco Antonio García Ayala]]''' to represent [[Baja California]], saying he "doesn't even belong to this state"?
* ... that this month, a researcher from '''[[WWT Slimbridge]]''' plans to become a "human swan"?
===15 September 2016===
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* ... that construction of [[Inuvik]]'s circular "'''[[Our Lady Of Victory Church (Inuvik)|Igloo Church]]'''" ''(pictured)'' began without a [[building permit]]?
* ... that '''[[Rosalie Lalonde]]''' is the youngest player on the Canadian women's Paralympic wheelchair basketball team?
* ... that about 100 people were arrested in several European countries in connection with a '''[[1998 World Cup terror plot|terror plot against the 1998 FIFA World Cup]]'''?
* ... that '''''[[Heroes of Remix]]''''' is the first variety show in China to feature [[electronic dance music]] (EDM)?
* ... that '''[[Elaine D. Harmon]]'''{{`s}} mother thought [[Women Airforce Service Pilot]]s "were all just awful, just probably loose women"?
* ... that dishes at the two [[Michelin star]] '''[[Lettonie (restaurant)|Lettonie]]''' included [[scrambled eggs|scrambled duck egg]] [[flambé]]ed with vodka and served with [[Sevruga]] caviar?
* ... that in 1967, at the age of 16 years and 102 days, '''[[Stanley Bish]]''' became the youngest player ever to represent [[PSV Eindhoven]] in the [[Eredivisie]]?
* ... that contrary to popular belief, '''[[Commission Directive 91/71/EEC|the EU did not attempt to ban prawn cocktail crisps]]'''?
===14 September 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Daniel Michel]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the first Australian [[boccia]] player selected to compete at the Paralympic Games since 2000?
* ... that in 2012, '''[[Opera Lafayette]]''' staged ''Le Roi et le Fermier'' at the [[Royal Opera of Versailles]] using rediscovered sets from a 1780 production?
* ... that '''[[Susan Stover]]''' has received multiple awards for her research into the causes and prevention of performance-related injuries in [[racehorses]]?
* ... that the melody for the hymn "'''[[Herzlich tut mich verlangen]]'''" was taken from a love song and became the tune of "[[O Sacred Head, Now Wounded]]"?
* ... that fictional character '''[[Daniel Wolek]]''' on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] soap opera ''[[One Life to Live]]'' was recast with several actors, prompting a producer to call it "the role from hell?"
* ... that before he became [[Chief Justice of Manitoba]], '''[[Richard J. Scott]]''' served as the trial judge in ''[[R v Lavallee]]'', a case which granted legal recognition to [[battered woman syndrome]] [[battered woman defense|as a defence]]?
* ... that some employees of Tajikistan's government were '''[[Corruption in Tajikistan|required to buy shares]]''' in the [[Rogun Dam]] project in order to keep their jobs?
* ... that though Romanian courtier '''[[Ioan Kalinderu]]''' lacked any interest in riding, he rode a horse every day after reading that this was the fashion among lords in London?
===13 September 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Numfor paradise kingfisher|Numfor]]''' and '''[[Biak paradise kingfisher]]s''' are island species that have diverged from the '''[[common paradise kingfisher]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that Turkish [[Paralympian]] '''[[Handan Biroğlu]]''' earned a spot in [[Archery at the Summer Paralympics|archery]] at the [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio Paralympics]] despite only taking up the sport in 2013?
* ... that actor [[Kit Harington]] publicly apologized for "lying to everyone" about the onscreen fate of his ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' character '''[[Jon Snow (character)|Jon Snow]]'''?
* ... that [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] opened its '''[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in French Polynesia|first foreign-speaking mission]]''' in [[French Polynesia]]?
* ... that after sacking his deputy as [[List of Governors of Barbados|Governor of Barbados]], [[William Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham|Lord Willoughby]] wrote "My late Deputy '''[[Christopher Codrington (died 1698)|Coll: Codrington]]''' hath harrassed them to death wth heedless improssitions"?
* ... that after [[Razer (company)|Razer]] announced a partnership with [[Riot Games]], a ''[[League of Legends]]'' style '''[[Razer Naga|Razer Naga Hex]]''' was released?
* ... that Sarajevo-born musician '''[[Tomo Miličević]]''' emigrated to the United States and played in a number of local bands, including [[Morphic (band)|Morphic]], before joining [[Thirty Seconds to Mars]]?
* ... that '''''[[Changes (advertisement)|Changes]]''''', a 1987 advert for the [[Volkswagen Golf]], is said to have "spawned a new era in car advertising"?
===12 September 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Sharon Jarvis]]''' ''(pictured)'', '''[[Lisa Martin (equestrian)|Lisa Martin]]''', '''[[Katie Umback]]''', and '''[[Emma Booth (equestrian)|Emma Booth]]''' have been selected to represent Australia in [[para-equestrian]] at the [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio Paralympics]]?
* ... that '''[[Henryk Siwiak homicide|the unsolved shooting death of Henryk Siwiak]]''' 15 years ago today is officially the only homicide that occurred in New York City on [[September 11 attacks|9/11]]?<!--- Special occasion hook for 9/11--->
* ... that Swedish astronomer '''[[Anders Spole]]''', by the order of [[Charles XI of Sweden|King Karl XI]], travelled to [[Övertorneå|Torneå]] and [[Kengis]] with [[Johannes Bilberg]] to study the [[midnight sun]]?
* ... that the 18th-century [[Burmese chronicles|Burmese court treatise]] '''''[[Mani Yadanabon]]''''' has been described as "a repository of historical examples illustrating pragmatic political principles worthy of [[Machiavelli]]"?
* ... that '''[[Spencer Jones (actor)|Spencer Jones]]''' played the 16th-century actor [[William Kempe]] in the sitcom ''[[Upstart Crow]]'' as a parody of [[Ricky Gervais]]?
* ... that a survey in Bolivia reported that one in three respondents had '''[[Corruption in Bolivia|paid bribes]]''' to customs officials the previous year?
* ... that '''[[Eleonore Büning]]''' wrote in the ''{{lang|de|[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|FAZ]]}}'' that [[Patrice Chéreau]]'s staging of the ''{{lang|de|[[Jahrhundertring]]}}'' revolutionised the understanding of [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]] in Germany?
* ... that in 2006, a King created a world record when riding the '''[[Severn bore]]'''?
===11 September 2016===
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* ... that singer '''[[Syster Sol]]''' ''(pictured)'' won the award for Best Reggae/Dancehall at the 2014 [[Kingsizegala]]?
* ... that the '''[[Bristol and Bath Science Park]]''' includes an open area where children come to [[skateboarding|skateboard]]?
* ... that [[Kansas City Chiefs]] rookie linebacker '''[[Dadi Nicolas]]''' played his senior year of college with a broken hand?
* ... that the [[Jurassic]] '''[[La Negra Formation]]''' in northern Chile contains products of [[submarine volcano|submarine volcanism]]?
* ... that [[Rangers F.C.]] did not knowingly '''[[Rangers F.C. signing policy|sign any Catholic players]]''' between the 1920s and 1980s?<!--special occasion hook for September 10-->
* ... that '''[[Tony Sainsbury]]''' is the [[chef de mission]] of the [[Independent Paralympic Athletes Team at the 2016 Summer Paralympics]]?
* ... that ''[[Hollyoaks]]'' producer [[Bryan Kirkwood (producer)|Bryan Kirkwood]] believed he had let [[Tamara Wall]] down with the initial characterisation of her character '''[[Grace Black]]'''?
* ... that whilst loading tanks at night on the '''[[Gilling and Pickering Line]]''' during World War II, soldiers would stand on either side of the wagons smoking cigarettes to guide the tank drivers?
===10 September 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Jurassic Coast]]''' ''(pictured)'' reveals 185 million years of the geological history of southern England?
* ... that Turkish female [[goalball]] player '''[[Sevda Altınoluk]]''' was named top scorer at several international competitions?
* ... that for his 1929 first recording of '''''[[By the Blue Hawaiian Waters]]''''', composer [[Albert Ketèlbey]] used a saxophone for a Hawaiian "love-call"?
* ... that '''[[Kunwar Singh Negi]]''', winner of both the [[Padma Shri]] and [[Padma Bhushan]], has [[transcription (linguistics)|transcribed]] 300 books in various Indian languages into Braille?
* ... that the annual '''[[Kentucky Avenue Renaissance Festival]]''' commemorates the [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] and [[jazz]] nightspots that once lined this street in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]]?
* ... that '''[[Jesús Sesma Suárez]]''' has represented [[San Luis Potosí]] and [[Jalisco]] in the federal [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]], and was a member of the [[Legislative Assembly of the Federal District]]?
* ... that [[Kickstarter]] was not available in mainland Europe in 2012, so [[Digitalmindsoft]] [[crowdfunding|crowdfunded]] video game '''''[[Call to Arms (video game)|Call to Arms]]''''' through their website?
* ... that the '''[[A7FL]]''' [[American football]] league does not use [[football helmet|helmet]]s?
===9 September 2016===
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* ... that in exchange for the model kit license for ''Star Trek'', [[Aluminum Model Toys]] built full-size props of the '''''[[Galileo (Star Trek)|Galileo]]''''' ''(pictured)'' [[Shuttlecraft (Star Trek)|shuttlecraft]]?<!--Third set for September 8, Star Trek 50th anniversary-->
* ... that '''[[Victor Lundin]]''', who portrayed the first [[Klingon]] seen in ''Star Trek'', had auditioned for the role of [[Spock]]?
* ... that [[Scott Bakula]] was the only actor considered to play [[Jonathan Archer]] in '''''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'''''?
* ... that "'''[[World Enough and Time (Star Trek: New Voyages)|World Enough and Time]]'''", an episode of the [[Star Trek fan productions|fan production]] ''[[Star Trek: New Voyages]]'', was nominated for both a [[Hugo Award]] and a [[Nebula Award]], competing against professionally made episodes?
* ... that '''[[Ro Laren]]''' was intended to be a main character in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', but actress [[Michelle Forbes]] rejected the role?
* ... that with the ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'' episode "'''[[The Infinite Vulcan]]'''", [[Walter Koenig]] became the first ''Star Trek'' actor to write for the franchise?
* ... that set designer '''[[Linda DeScenna]]''' was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Academy Award for Best Art Direction]] on five occasions, for ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'', ''[[Blade Runner]]'', ''[[The Color Purple (film)|The Color Purple]]'', ''[[Rain Man]]'', and ''[[Toys (film)|Toys]]''?
* ... that the set used to shoot the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' subplot '''''[[Janeway Lambda one]]''''' was nicknamed "the [[Jane Eyre]] set" by the filming crew?
===8 September 2016===
*'''''16:00, 8 September 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that during the '''[[development of Spock]]''', both [[DeForest Kelley]] and [[Martin Landau]] were offered the role before [[Leonard Nimoy]] ''(pictured)''?<!--Second set for September 8, Star Trek 50th anniversary-->
* ... that '''[[Ronald B. Moore]]''' won five [[Emmy Award]]s for his work on the ''Star Trek'' franchise?
* ... that the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "'''[[Family (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Family]]'''" was the first episode of the franchise not to have any scene set on the [[Bridge (nautical)|bridge]]?
* ... that [[Michael Piller]] felt that the mention of [[Spock]] in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "'''[[Sarek (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Sarek]]'''" opened the doors to further references to ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|The Original Series]]''?
* ... that '''''[[Star Trek: Starship Creator]]''''' allowed players to import photographs of themselves into the game?
* ... that after [[Gene Roddenberry]] and [[Majel Barrett]] transported some old ''Star Trek'' footage from a film vault, it was sold as film clips by '''[[Lincoln Enterprises]]'''?
* ... that prior to casting [[Andrea Martin]] as the female Ferengi '''[[Ishka]]''' on ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', [[David Livingston]] suggested [[Wallace Shawn]] in drag?
* ... that [[Gene Roddenberry]] pranked '''[[Steven W. Carabatsos]]''' on his first day on ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' by inflating a [[weather balloon]] in his office?
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* ... that [[Gene Roddenberry]] ''(pictured)'' was the surviving flight officer from the crash of '''[[Pan Am Flight 121]]''' in the Syrian desert in 1947?<!--First set for September 8, Star Trek 50th anniversary-->
* ... that '''[[Don Ingalls]]''' first met [[Gene Roddenberry]] when they worked at the [[Los Angeles Police Department]], and went on to be credited with writing two episodes of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]''?
* ... that in 1977, it was announced that ''Star Trek'' would return to television with the series '''''[[Star Trek: Phase II|Phase II]]'''''?
* ... that after '''[[Bruce Mars]]'''{{`}}s acting career, which included three appearances on ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'', he became a [[monk]] in the [[Self-Realization Fellowship]]?
* ... that the novel miniseries '''''[[Star Trek: The Lost Era]]''''' was intended to fill in a 70-year gap between the death of [[James T. Kirk|Captain Kirk]] and the start of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''?
* ... that '''[[Gary Hutzel]]''' was nominated for more than 20 [[Emmy Award]]s, winning two for ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' and one each for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''?
* ... that ''Star Trek''{{'}}s [[William Riker|Commander Riker]] used '''[[MainView]]''' to advertise its use for other enterprises?
* ... that the phrase "It's life, Jim, but not as we know it" did not originate in ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'', but instead in the parody song "'''[[Star Trekkin']]'''{{-"}}?
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* ... that '''[[Bradley Cooper]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the tenth man to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting in three consecutive years?
* ... that an advance video release from '''''[[The Black Parade/Living With Ghosts]]''''' sparked rumors of a possible reunion tour of the American rock band [[My Chemical Romance]]?
* ... that serving as a juvenile court judge motivated '''[[William Gant]]''' to create the Daviess County Children's Center to provide housing for children in his hometown of [[Owensboro, Kentucky]]?
* ... that following the arrest of [[Rolf Harris]], no one knows the location of his painting, '''''[[Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – An 80th Birthday Portrait]]'''''?
* ... that new [[Cornell Big Red men's basketball|Cornell basketball]] head coach '''[[Brian Earl]]'''{{`s}} Ivy League career games started and [[three-point field goal]]s records were broken by Cornell's [[Ryan Wittman]]?
* ... that [[Anatoliy Golitsyn]] sparked off the '''[[Martel affair]]''' when he revealed that the French intelligence agencies and armed forces had been deeply penetrated by the KGB?
* ... that '''[[Madison Janssen]]''', a national and world champion as a junior [[BMX]] rider, set a world record and won a world championship on a [[tandem bicycle]] with skier and athlete [[Jessica Gallagher]]?
* ... that headlines on '''''[[Reductress]]''''' have included "We're Piercing My Baby's Tongue" and "How To Friendzone Ethan While He's Still Inside You"?
===7 September 2016===
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* ... that suffragettes may have burned down '''[[Tunbridge Wells Cricket Club]]'''{{`s}} pavilion ''(current pavilion pictured)'' because a [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] official denying there was a ban on women asked "who do you think makes the [[tea (meal)|teas]]"?
* ... that the philosopher '''[[Rachel Cooper (philosopher)|Rachel Cooper]]''' has written book-length analyses of both the fourth and fifth editions of the ''[[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]]''?
* ... that a reference to "DLCNukaWorld.esm" in the source code of ''[[Fallout 4]]'' led to rumors of '''''[[Fallout 4: Nuka-World]]''''' months before its announcement?
* ... that '''[[Enrique Jackson]]''' was designated to represent the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]] in the [[Constitutional Assembly of Mexico City]] after [[Carmen Salinas|the original selection]] was controversial?
* ... that the [[Star Wars expanded universe|''Star Wars'' expanded universe]] villain '''[[Grand Admiral Thrawn]]''' will be reintroduced into the franchise's [[Star Wars canon|official canon]] in an upcoming episode of the animated series ''[[Star Wars Rebels]]''?
* ... that [[Max Reger]]'s '''[[Zwölf Stücke, Op. 80|''Zwölf Stücke'', Op. 80]]''', for organ contains nine pieces composed in 1904 and three from 1902?
* ... that the '''[[K2 (tax scheme)|K2 tax scheme]]''' was called "morally wrong" by British Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]?
* ... that the main event of '''[[Vilenica International Literary Festival]]''' takes place inside a [[Vilenica Cave|cave]]?<!--special occasion hook for September 6-->
===6 September 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Stipple-throated antwren|stipple-throated]]''', the '''[[Ornate antwren|ornate]]''', and the '''[[rufous-tailed antwren]]''' ''(pictured)'' are all of the genus '''''[[Epinecrophylla]]''''' and specialise in extracting insect prey from dead leaves?
* ... that Iranian filmmaker '''[[Morteza Avini]]''', who was killed by a landmine in 1993, was named "the master of martyred literati" by the [[Supreme Leader of Iran]] [[Ali Khamenei]]?
* ... that through its Forum Arts Program, '''[[History of East Texas State College|East Texas State College]]''' students had the opportunity to see [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], [[Alex Haley]], the [[Ballet Folklórico de México]], and the [[Preservation Hall Jazz Band]]?
* ... that '''[[Ángel García Yáñez]]''' is the first [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|deputy]] candidate from Mexico's [[New Alliance Party (Mexico)|New Alliance Party]] to win his district?
* ... that selected "imaginators"—characters created through the video game '''''[[Skylanders: Imaginators]]'''''—will be printed by [[3D printer]]s and turned into real-life toys?
* ... that as governor of [[Ōita Prefecture]], '''[[Morihiko Hiramatsu]]''' initiated the [[One Village One Product movement]]?
* ... that when "'''[[Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn]]'''", a hymn by [[Johann Georg Albinus]] paraphrasing [[Psalm 6]], was first printed, it appeared with a dance tune?
* ... that the '''[[Shit Museum]]''' is billed as the world's first museum dedicated to that subject?
===5 September 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Ahmad Abughaush]]''' ''(pictured)'' won [[Jordan]]'s first Olympic medal with a gold in [[Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics|taekwondo]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]?
* ... that '''[[Kalikho Pul]]''', former Chief Minister of the Indian state of [[Arunachal Pradesh]], once earned a living selling [[paan]]s, making bamboo fences and [[thatching|thatched houses]], and working as a [[Security guard|watchman]]?
* ... that after [[Billy Bremner]] and [[Kevin Keegan]] were sent off for fighting in the '''[[1974 FA Charity Shield]]''', an attempt was made to charge them with [[breach of the peace]]?
* ... that after 12,000 [[Wahhabis]] from the [[first Saudi State]] '''[[Wahhabi sack of Karbala|sacked Karbala]]''' and killed at least 2,000 people, they left the city with 4,000 camels carrying their plunder?
* ... that the fictional character [[Aunt Agatha]] in the ''[[Jeeves]]'' novels by British author [[P. G. Wodehouse]] was based on Wodehouse's own aunt, '''[[Mary Bathurst Deane]]'''?
* ... that during the main event of the '''''[[Sin Escape Con Correas]]''''' [[professional wrestling]] show, some wrestlers were given leather straps to use them on anyone who left the ring?
* ... that '''[[Albert Sherman Christensen]]''' was the co-founder of the first [[American Inns of Court|American Inn of Court]] in 1980?
* ... that the costumes in the film '''''[[Maheshinte Prathikaaram]]''''' were [[Used good|secondhand]], bartered from local residents in exchange for new clothes?
===4 September 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Bocca di Lupo]]''' ''(frontage pictured)'' serves chocolate pudding with pig's blood?
* ... that golfer '''[[Thomas Detry]]''' broke the [[Challenge Tour]] record for largest winning margin with his 12-shot win at the 2016 [[Bridgestone Challenge]]?
* ... that an agreed peace between organised crime groups is known as '''''[[Pax Mafiosa]]'''''?
* ... that all the other doctors at the [[Bristol Royal Hospital for Children]] resigned in protest after the appointment of '''[[Eliza Walker Dunbar]]'''?
* ... that after a mixed critical response to their previous album, [[Megadeth]]'s 2016 '''''[[Dystopia (Megadeth album)|Dystopia]]''''' was well-received by most critics and charted at number 3 on the ''Billboard'' 200?
* ... that [[Rhode Island]]{{'}}s '''[[William C. O'Neill Bike Path]]''' follows a route first proposed for use as a school children{{'}}s rail line?
* ... that in 2010 and 2016, '''[[Rafael Yerena Zambrano]]''' was reelected unopposed as the secretary general of the Federation of Workers of [[Jalisco]]?
* ... that [[Neil Coyle|an MP]] [[pub crawl|crawled]] to save '''[[The Gladstone Arms|The Glad]]'''?
===3 September 2016===
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* ... that for over 40 years, the artist [[Claude Lorrain]] recorded his paintings by drawing copies in his '''''[[Liber Veritatis]]''''' ''(page pictured)'' or "Book of Truth"?
* ... that in 2016, '''[[Andrew Butchart]]''' broke the Scottish [[5000 metres]] record, despite running the last lap of the race with only one shoe?
* ... that '''[[Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice and Noodle]]''' and '''[[Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle]]''' are the first [[street food]] stalls in the world to receive [[Michelin star]]s?
* ... that [[Ante Pavelić]] ordered eight days of mourning for members of his Bodyguard Battalion when '''[[Mijo Babić]]''' was killed during the [[June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina]]?
* ... that '''[[Disappearance of Asha Kreimer|Asha Kreimer disappeared]]''' on her way to the restroom of the Rollerville Cafe in [[Flumeville, California|Flumeville]]?
* ... that award-winning [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] shows ''[[Hamilton (musical)|Hamilton]]'', ''[[Bright Star (musical)|Bright Star]]'', and ''[[The Humans (play)|The Humans]]'' were workshopped at the '''[[Powerhouse Theater]]'''?
* ... that despite being labeled as "long-winded and pretentious", the legal autobiography '''''[[My Life in Court]]''''' spent 72 weeks on ''[[The New York Times]]'' Best Sellers list?
===2 September 2016===
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* ... that while supporters of South African politician [[J. B. M. Hertzog]] invented the '''[[Hertzoggie]]''' confection ''(pictured)'', supporters of Hertzog's rival created the [[Jan Smuts]] cookie?
* ... that '''[[Charles Townsend Ludington]]''', his brother and two other executives formed '''[[Ludington Airline]],''' the first every-hour-on-the-hour air service?
* ... that the '''[[2015–16 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team]]''' represented the [[University of Michigan]] in their 100th season?
* ... that [[William Matthews (priest)|'''William Matthews''']] was the seventh [[List of Presidents of Georgetown University|president]] of [[Georgetown University|Georgetown College]] and the first person born in [[British America]] to be ordained a [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|Catholic priest]]?
* ... that [[pony|ponies]] used for '''[[pony ride]]s''' need to be quiet, well-trained, and desensitized to children, noise, and crowds?
* ... that under the leadership of '''[[Martha Hilda González Calderón]]''', the city of [[Toluca]] received an award for leading Mexico in budget transparency?
* ... that the '''[[Luppitt Inn]]''' is a [[public house]] in the front room of a [[farm house]]?
* ... that '''[[Cloud Man]]''' told missionary Samuel Pond that he and his entire hunting party had survived being buried in snowdrifts for almost three days?
===1 September 2016===
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* ... that there is no direct evidence that an [[Roman sculpture|ancient Roman bust]] known as the '''[[Capitoline Brutus]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the [[Roman consul]] [[Lucius Junius Brutus]] it is commonly thought to depict?
* ... that the '''[[King William Ale House]]''' in Bristol was built in the 17th century as a [[Women's shelter|women's refuge]]?
* ... that '''[[Peter Cunningham (photographer)|Peter Cunningham's]]''' earliest professional assignment was to shoot [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s first publicity photos for [[Columbia Records]]?
* ... that '''[[Millwall F.C. in European football|Millwall's only campaign in European football]]''' was marred by hooliganism?
* ... that '''[[Richard Feynman]]'''{{'}}s work ''[[The Feynman Lectures on Physics]]'' was co-authored by '''[[Matthew Sands]]''' and Robert B. Leighton?
* ... that '''[[Sandra Blow]]'''{{'}}s only large-scale glass artwork, ''Flight Structure'', is installed in [[Heathrow Airport]]{{'}}s [[Compass Centre]]?
* ... that "'''[[Outdoor Miner]]'''" by the English rock band [[Wire (band)|Wire]] was covered 19 times on a 2004 tribute album?
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===30 September 2016===
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* ... that the South African passport retained the '''[[Coat of arms of South Africa (1910–2000)|former coat of arms of South Africa]]''' ''(pictured)'' for seven years after its official replacement?
* ... that Swedish Paralympic athlete '''[[Helene Ripa]]''' underwent an above-the-knee amputation at the age of 14 to treat cancer in her right leg?
* ... that the '''[[Macrosteles quadrilineatus|aster leafhopper]]''' transmits the plant disease [[aster yellows]]?
* ... that in addition to becoming the first female full professor at [[Northwestern University]], botanist '''[[Margery C. Carlson]]''' had a [[nature preserve]] named after her?
* ... that reviewers have commented on the similarities between the 1968 novel '''''[[A Wizard of Earthsea]]''''' and the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series?
* ... that '''[[Anders Planman]]''' was one of the first people to make systematic astronomical observations in Finland?
* ... that in Texas, the '''[[Hot link (sausage)|hot link sausage]]''' is usually prepared using beef, while in Chicago, pork is typically used?
* ... that the '''[[spotted pardalote]]''' has been called the headache bird on account of its repetitive call?
===29 September 2016===
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* ... that singer '''[[Rock-Olga]]''' ''(pictured)'' recorded an album in 1972 using [[ABBA]] members [[Agnetha Fältskog]] and [[Anni-Frid Lyngstad]] as backing vocalists?
* ... that the extinct sawfly '''''[[Cuspilongus]]''''' has a down curved [[ovipositor]] almost as long as its [[forewing]]?
* ... that Irish [[suffragette]] '''[[Cissie Cahalan]]''' argued against gender-segregated trade unions?
* ... that during [[World Championship Wrestling]]'s '''[[Battlebowl]]''' show, [[Rip Rogers]] won the match for his tag team without performing a single move?
* ... that in 1976, the ''Admiral Von Tromp'' [[fishing trawler]] was shipwrecked at '''[[Saltwick Bay]]'''?
* ... that the Paralympic rower '''[[Laurence Whiteley]]''' searched for over two years for a partner with whom to compete before teaming with '''[[Lauren Rowles]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[1928 Florida Gators football team]]''' scored 336 points led by its "Phantom Four" [[Offensive backfield|backfield]], which included [[Clyde Crabtree]] who could pass and kick with either hand or foot?
===28 September 2016===
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* ... that guest lecturers at the '''[[Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry]]''' ''(students pictured)'' included {{nowrap|[[W. E. B. Du Bois]]}}, [[Eleanor Roosevelt]], and [[Margaret Sanger]]?
* ... that despite being born without a functional right hand, '''[[Anna Grimaldi]]''' represented her high school in netball and basketball?
* ... that the [[fictional language|fictional dragon language]] featured in '''''[[Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward]]''''' was originally developed for a [[Final Fantasy XIV|previous version]] of the game five years earlier?
* ... that virologist '''[[Stephen Straus]]''', first head of the [[National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine]], said he did not use [[alternative medicine]]?
* ... that the [[Mexican National Welterweight Championship]], one of the '''[[List of Mexican National Championships|Mexican National Championships]]''', is the oldest still-promoted professional wrestling championship?
* ... that an administrative error by [[New Zealand Football]] prevented '''[[Alex Jones (footballer, born 1994)|Alex Jones]]''' from completing his loan move to [[Wellington Phoenix FC|Wellington Phoenix]]?
* ... that the mercy plea of the couple sentenced to death in the '''[[Poonia murders|Poonia murder case]]''' was rejected by Indian President [[Pranab Mukherjee]]?
* ... that '''[[Anthony M. Villane]]''' cosponsored a [[Bill (law)|bill]] to use a blimp to provide surveillance of waste dumping along the [[Jersey Shore]], despite his concerns that it would elicit a "giggle factor"?
===27 September 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Ben Barton]]''' ''(pictured)'' was able to cheaply purchase a large amount of land in what would become [[Redlands, California]], due to [[Brigham Young]]'s [[History of San Bernardino, California#Mormon recall|recall of the Mormon outpost]] there?
* ... that the '''[[iPhone 7]]''' was criticized for not featuring a [[headphone jack]]?
* ... that a few months after having her right leg amputated, '''[[Judith Hamer]]''' trekked across the Andes for a reality television show?
* ... that '''[[peppersoup]]''' is considered a [[delicacy]] in Western Africa, where some believe it has medicinal qualities?
* ... that '''[[Lies Noor]]''' originally intended her film career to launch a career in social work?
* ... that '''[[Snowbound (horse)|Snowbound]]''' was the first American horse to win individual gold in the Olympics?
* ... that at an average speed of {{convert|4|mph|kph|abbr=on}}, the '''[[M23 (New York City bus)|M23]]''' bus won the "Pokey Award" twice for being New York City's slowest bus route?
===26 September 2016===
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* ... that in 2015, [[Taylor Swift]]'s ''(pictured)'' '''[[Taylor Swift videography|video for]]''' the single "[[Blank Space]]" became the fastest to reach one billion views on [[Vevo]]?
* ... that '''[[Robyn Love]]''' played in her first [[wheelchair basketball]] game in 2014, her first international in 2015, and took part in the [[2016 Summer Paralympics|Paralympics]] in 2016?
* ... that [[Mike Ross (artist)|Mike Ross]] disassembled two [[attack aircraft]] for his sculpture '''''[[Jet Kiss]]''''', which hangs above [[Capitol Hill station]] in [[Seattle]]?
* ... that in 1976, '''[[Martin A. Herman]]''' proposed a bill to allow [[New Jersey]] pharmacists to substitute [[generic drug]]s for their brand-name equivalents, despite claims that drug companies would leave the state?
* ... that the '''[[Women's Antifascist Front of Croatia]]''' mobilized women into resistance against fascist occupiers, tasking them with ammunition transport, sabotage and diversion, and economic sustainment?
* ... that '''[[Sharad Kumar (athlete)|Sharad Kumar]]''' won gold in the [[high jump]] at the [[2014 Asian Para Games]], breaking a 12-year Asian Games record?
* ... that '''[[East Orange High School]]''' closed its swimming pool in 1933 rather than end a policy allowing black students to swim only on Friday afternoons, after which the pool would be drained and refilled?
* ... that two beer barrels ended '''[[Claude Blair]]'''{{`s}} active military service?
===25 September 2016===
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* ... that the [[Black Middens]] were avoided by aligning the '''[[High and Low Lights of North Shields|Lights of North Shields]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Mathilda Twomey]]''' is the first female judge in [[Seychelles]]?
* ... that domestic activities such as washing clothes can threaten the survival of the endangered '''[[Mexican water mouse]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Chen Mingxia]]''' served three [[Chinese dynasties]] in less than two years, and was executed by [[Qing dynasty|the third one]] for questioning the dress code?
* ... that the [[Church of England]] granted women the right to vote in the '''[[Church of England border polls 1915–1916]]''' before they were allowed to vote in parliamentary elections?
* ... that '''[[Dick Cresswell]]''', the first commander of an [[Royal Australian Air Force|RAAF]] jet squadron in combat, was [[court-martialled]] for firing a shot at the feet of another officer who had apparently been annoying him?
* ... that the '''[[Smith Canal]]''' was created to carry food to the [[Stockton State Hospital]], California's first [[psychiatric hospital]]?
* ... that newly elected Hong Kong legislator '''[[Lau Siu-lai]]''' was arrested for [[Hawkers in Hong Kong|hawking squid]]?
===24 September 2016===
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* ... that after winning the [[Military Medal]] for bravery in the First World War, the nurse '''[[Violetta Thurstan]]''' ''(pictured)'' studied weaving and ran camps where displaced [[Bedouin]] women made carpets?
* ... that '''[[Tokyo Excellence]]''' were [[National Basketball Development League (Japan)|National Basketball Development League]] champions in all three years of the league's existence?
* ... that [[Tamil film]] director '''[[M. Manikandan]]''' started as a wedding photographer?
* ... that [[William Beck (actor)|William Beck]], who played '''[[Dylan Keogh]]''' in ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', was told by the producers that Dylan should not smile?
* ... that 254 species of fish and 154 species of coral have been recorded in '''[[South Penghu Marine National Park]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Frances Sweeney]]''' conceived the idea for the ''[[Boston Herald]]'' Rumor Clinic during World War II?
* ... that ''[[PC Gamer]]'' negatively compared video game parody '''''[[Star Warped]]''''' to the ''[[Star Wars Holiday Special]]''?
* ... that according to '''[[James Oberg]]''', most UFO sightings can be explained by super-high plumes, twilight shadowing or "space dandruff"?
===23 September 2016===
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* ... that the 2015 Rural Olympics, part of '''[[Isha Gramotsavam]]''', featured 7,680 players in 640 teams, with [[Sachin Tendulkar]] ''(pictured)'' as chief guest?
* ... that the [[Grid Compass]] was allegedly designed to match the dimensions of the company founder '''[[John Ellenby]]'''{{`s}} briefcase?
* ... that in 1920, [[Irvin S. Cobb]], a writer for ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'', organized a hunting trip to [[Oregon]] looking for a '''[[lava bear]]''' specimen?
* ... that '''[[Pearl McIver]]''' was the first person employed by the [[United States Public Health Service]] as a consultant on nursing administration?
* ... that the '''[[Regent Street Cinema]]''', which in 1896 screened the first moving footage in the United Kingdom, was also the first UK cinema to show an {{nobr|[[X rating|X-rated]]}} film?
* ... that after sponsoring a bill requiring [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]] casinos to have [[table game]]s with a $2 minimum bet, '''[[Dennis L. Riley]]''' was kicked out of two that claimed he was [[card counting]] in [[blackjack]]?
* ... that the '''''[[Madeline (video game series)|Madeline]]''''' [[educational video game]] series was created to reach young girls who are "often ignored by multimedia developers"?
* ... that the Anglican priest '''[[Roly Bain]]''' used to enter church on a unicycle, open the service with the invocation "Let us play!", and preach while balancing on a [[slacklining|slackrope]]?
===22 September 2016===
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* ... that the grounds of '''[[Dyrham Park]]''' ''(pictured)'' include an [[Deer park (England)|emparkment]] granted in 1511 and still populated by fallow deer?
* ... that in 1919, '''[[Rose Finkelstein Norwood]]''' helped lead 8,000 [[switchboard operator]]s in a six-day strike that paralyzed telephone service throughout New England?
* ... that it is not known who sculpted the lion statues in front of the '''[[Mahane Yehuda Police Station]]''' in Jerusalem?
* ... that at the age of 57, '''[[Jude Flannery]]''' became the oldest woman ever to be named Master Female Triathlete of the Year?
* ... that opposition to what was called the "[[single non-transferable vote|one-man one-vote]]" system used in '''[[elections in Jordan]]''' led to it being replaced for the '''[[Jordanian general election, 2016|2016 general election]]'''?
* ... that Slovenian gymnast '''[[Edvard Antosiewicz]]''' represented [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] at the [[1928 Summer Olympics]] and won a bronze medal in team competition?
* ... that [[California High-Speed Rail]]'s '''[[Kings River Viaduct]]''' is planned to be over {{convert|2|mi}} long due to the effects of floods in 1861 and 1867?
* ... that '''[[Joy Ufema]]'''{{`s}} fellow nurses felt she had been given too much autonomy when she started granting last wishes to dying patients?
===21 September 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Project Y]]''' designed an atomic bomb that used [[explosive lens]]es ''(illustration pictured)'' to focus an explosion onto a sphere?
* ... that '''[[Vladimir Saprykin]]''' was made a [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] after he was mistakenly reported killed?
* ... that philosopher '''[[Jessica Pierce]]''' argues that some animals may have a sense of [[morality]]?
* ... that British armed forces officers would '''[[Swords in courts-martial|place their swords on the table at court-martial]]''' as a symbol of putting their rank and reputation on hold?
* ... that [[Kyler Murray]] was the first player to compete in both the '''[[Under Armour All-America Baseball Game]]''' and [[Under Armour All-America Game|Under Armour All-America Football Game]]?
* ... that the '''[[grey-headed imperial pigeon]]''', the '''[[Sulawesi thrush]]''', and the '''[[great shortwing]]''' are found only on the Indonesian island of [[Sulawesi]], while the '''[[Sula megapode]]''' is restricted to nearby [[Banggai Islands Regency|Banggai]] and [[Sula Islands]]?
* ... that in 1747, the '''[[Custom House, Poole|Custom House]]''' in [[Poole]] was raided by 30 smugglers, led by members of the [[Hawkhurst Gang]]?
===20 September 2016===
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* ... that after performing at [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]]'s [[500 Club]], [[Sammy Davis Jr.]] often visited [[Elvera Sanchez|his mother]] ''(pictured together)'' at '''[[Grace's Little Belmont]]''', where she was a barmaid?
* ... that [[Red Army]] Major General '''[[Fyodor Korol]]''' had been an officer in the [[Imperial Russian Army]] during World War I?
* ... that the 2016 hurricane '''[[Hurricane Hermine|Hermine]]''' was the first to make landfall in Florida since [[Hurricane Wilma]] in 2005?
* ... that '''[[Eastern Region, Nigeria]]''', spent up to one-third of the government budget on education in the 1950s and 1960s?
* ... that [[alt-right]] media hub '''''[[The Right Stuff (blog)|The Right Stuff]]''''' has a core principle of [[ethnic nationalism]]?
* ... that '''[[Virginia E. Haines]]''' was appointed to the [[Ocean County, New Jersey]], [[board of chosen freeholders]] in January 2016, only the second woman to serve since the governing body was formed in 1850?
* ... that the margin of victory in the '''[[Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's|women's triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]''' was approximately {{convert|15|cm|0}}?
* ... that Romanian literary scholar '''[[Bonifaciu Florescu]]''' had the reputation of an unrepentant bohemian and allegedly slept on a pile of hay?
===19 September 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Helen Freeman (basketball)|Helen Freeman]]''' ''(pictured)'' was an Athletic [[All-America]]n in each of the five years she was at the [[University of Illinois]], and an Academic All-American in three of them?
* ... that the '''[[Wonder Gardens]]''' jazz and R&B nightclub in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]] provided early exposure for [[Dan Fogel (musician)|Dan Fogel]], [[Harvey Mason]], [[George Benson]], and the [[Commodores]]?
* ... that the '''[[Devonshire White Paper]]''' of 1923 affirmed that African interests were paramount over those of settlers in [[British Kenya]]?
* ... that despite losing Best Motion Picture at [[13th Genie Awards|Canada's national film awards]] in 1992, '''''[[Léolo]]''''' was named one of the [[Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time]] by critics in 2015?
* ... that [[China]] is the world's largest '''[[Textile industry in China|textile exporter]]''' with an export value in 2013 nearly seven times greater than the next largest exporting country?
* ... that '''[[Jane Elizabeth Manning James]]''' was one of the first recorded African-American women to travel to Utah as a [[Mormon pioneers|Mormon pioneer]]?
* ... that in their second year of providing a free mobile laundry service for the homeless, the co-founders of '''[[Orange Sky Laundry]]''' were jointly awarded [[Young Australian of the Year]]?
* ... that [[Cleveland Browns]] rookie safety '''[[Derrick Kindred]]''' played his entire senior year of college football with a broken [[Clavicle|collarbone]]?
===18 September 2016===
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* ... that pages of the '''[[Great Mongol Shahnameh|Great Mongol ''Shahnameh'']]''' ''(illustration pictured)'', a Persian manuscript of the 1330s, were pulled apart to increase their value?
* ... that [[Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team|Rollers]] selected to compete in [[2016 Summer Paralympics|Rio]] include '''[[Joshua Allison]]''', '''[[Adam Deans]]''', '''[[Matthew McShane]]''', '''[[Tom O'Neill-Thorne]]''', and '''[[Shawn Russell]]''', who will be playing in their first Paralympics?
* ... that a committee of eight [[Portland, Oregon]], residents purchased the '''[[Madison Street Bridge (Portland, Oregon)|Madison Street Bridge]]''' in 1891 for $145,000?
* ... that '''[[Hazel P. Heath]]''' paid children to pick wild berries for her jam and jelly business?
* ... that the philosopher '''[[Clare Palmer]]''' argues that humans are usually permitted to aid [[Wildlife|wild animals]] in need, and are sometimes required to?
* ... that the 1993 book '''''[[Scarlet Memorial: Tales of Cannibalism in Modern China]]''''' alleges that victors in a factional battle ate the flesh of losers in [[Guangxi]] during China's Cultural Revolution?
* ... that the entomologist '''[[Alice Gray]]''' became known as the "Bug Lady" for her work with the public at the [[American Museum of Natural History]]?
* ... that [[Mormon pioneers|pioneer]] doctor '''[[Priddy Meeks]]''' once told sick patients by messenger to "jump all over the city creek, crawl back into your tent and cover up warm"?
===17 September 2016===
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* ... that Paralympian shot putter '''[[Angela Madsen]]''' ''(pictured)'' has also rowed across the Atlantic and Indian Oceans?
* ... that '''[[Satoshi Mitazono]]''', newly-elected Governor of [[Kagoshima Prefecture]], wants operations at the [[Sendai Nuclear Power Plant]] to be suspended?
* ... that the '''[[2002 Sure For Men Rockingham 500]]''' was the only race of the [[2002 CART season]] to be held in Europe?
* ... that the Israeli software company '''[[NSO Group]]''' has been identified as the possible developer of the [[iOS]] spyware '''[[Pegasus (spyware)|Pegasus]]'''?
* ... that Swedish television presenter '''[[Lasse Bengtsson]]''' conducted the first televised interview with [[Mattias Flink]] in March 2009, some fifteen years after Flink committed mass murder?
* ... that the [[sawfly]] genus '''''[[Ulteramus]]''''' was not placed into any [[Pamphiliidae]] subfamily?
* ... that the illustrations in [[medical missions in China|medical]] [[Protestant missions in China|missionary]] '''[[Benjamin Hobson]]'''’s influential ''Treatise on Physiology'' were derived from [[William Cheselden]]'s century-old work?
* ... that the '''[[Women's Antifascist Front of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]'''{{'s}} 1947 campaign against the [[niqāb|face veil]] was supported by the Grand Mufti '''[[Ibrahim Fejić]]''', who called it an obstacle to gender equality?
===16 September 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Daieishō Hayato|Daieishō]]''' ''(pictured)'' would rather push and thrust than grip the belt?
* ... that when accepted by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] in 1982, the '''[[Kingston Lacy]]''' estate was the largest bequest they had ever received?
*... that '''[[T. J. Friedl]]'''{{`s}} signing bonus from the [[Cincinnati Reds]] is the largest ever for a player not taken in the [[MLB draft]]?
* ... that the music video for [[DJ Shadow]]'s "'''[[Nobody Speak]]'''", featuring [[Run the Jewels]], has been described as "brutal" and "politically charged"?
* ... that while the [[Turkey at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|Turkish]] female [[Paralympic shooting|wheelchair shooter]]s '''[[Ayşegül Pehlivanlar]]''' and '''[[Çağla Baş]]''' compete for the first time at the [[2016 Summer Paralympics|Paralympics]], '''[[Aysel Özgan]]''' takes part for the third time?
* ... that [[Seagate Technology]] faced a [[class action]] over the failure rates of its '''[[ST3000DM001]]''' 3TB [[hard disk drive]]s?
* ... that a local newspaper criticized the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]]'s nomination of '''[[Marco Antonio García Ayala]]''' to represent [[Baja California]], saying he "doesn't even belong to this state"?
* ... that this month, a researcher from '''[[WWT Slimbridge]]''' plans to become a "human swan"?
===15 September 2016===
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* ... that construction of [[Inuvik]]'s circular "'''[[Our Lady Of Victory Church (Inuvik)|Igloo Church]]'''" ''(pictured)'' began without a [[building permit]]?
* ... that '''[[Rosalie Lalonde]]''' is the youngest player on the Canadian women's Paralympic wheelchair basketball team?
* ... that about 100 people were arrested in several European countries in connection with a '''[[1998 World Cup terror plot|terror plot against the 1998 FIFA World Cup]]'''?
* ... that '''''[[Heroes of Remix]]''''' is the first variety show in China to feature [[electronic dance music]] (EDM)?
* ... that '''[[Elaine D. Harmon]]'''{{`s}} mother thought [[Women Airforce Service Pilot]]s "were all just awful, just probably loose women"?
* ... that dishes at the two [[Michelin star]] '''[[Lettonie (restaurant)|Lettonie]]''' included [[scrambled eggs|scrambled duck egg]] [[flambé]]ed with vodka and served with [[Sevruga]] caviar?
* ... that in 1967, at the age of 16 years and 102 days, '''[[Stanley Bish]]''' became the youngest player ever to represent [[PSV Eindhoven]] in the [[Eredivisie]]?
* ... that contrary to popular belief, '''[[Commission Directive 91/71/EEC|the EU did not attempt to ban prawn cocktail crisps]]'''?
===14 September 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Daniel Michel]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the first Australian [[boccia]] player selected to compete at the Paralympic Games since 2000?
* ... that in 2012, '''[[Opera Lafayette]]''' staged ''Le Roi et le Fermier'' at the [[Royal Opera of Versailles]] using rediscovered sets from a 1780 production?
* ... that '''[[Susan Stover]]''' has received multiple awards for her research into the causes and prevention of performance-related injuries in [[racehorses]]?
* ... that the melody for the hymn "'''[[Herzlich tut mich verlangen]]'''" was taken from a love song and became the tune of "[[O Sacred Head, Now Wounded]]"?
* ... that fictional character '''[[Daniel Wolek]]''' on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] soap opera ''[[One Life to Live]]'' was recast with several actors, prompting a producer to call it "the role from hell?"
* ... that before he became [[Chief Justice of Manitoba]], '''[[Richard J. Scott]]''' served as the trial judge in ''[[R v Lavallee]]'', a case which granted legal recognition to [[battered woman syndrome]] [[battered woman defense|as a defence]]?
* ... that some employees of Tajikistan's government were '''[[Corruption in Tajikistan|required to buy shares]]''' in the [[Rogun Dam]] project in order to keep their jobs?
* ... that though Romanian courtier '''[[Ioan Kalinderu]]''' lacked any interest in riding, he rode a horse every day after reading that this was the fashion among lords in London?
===13 September 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Numfor paradise kingfisher|Numfor]]''' and '''[[Biak paradise kingfisher]]s''' are island species that have diverged from the '''[[common paradise kingfisher]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that Turkish [[Paralympian]] '''[[Handan Biroğlu]]''' earned a spot in [[Archery at the Summer Paralympics|archery]] at the [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio Paralympics]] despite only taking up the sport in 2013?
* ... that actor [[Kit Harington]] publicly apologized for "lying to everyone" about the onscreen fate of his ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' character '''[[Jon Snow (character)|Jon Snow]]'''?
* ... that [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] opened its '''[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in French Polynesia|first foreign-speaking mission]]''' in [[French Polynesia]]?
* ... that after sacking his deputy as [[List of Governors of Barbados|Governor of Barbados]], [[William Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham|Lord Willoughby]] wrote "My late Deputy '''[[Christopher Codrington (died 1698)|Coll: Codrington]]''' hath harrassed them to death wth heedless improssitions"?
* ... that after [[Razer (company)|Razer]] announced a partnership with [[Riot Games]], a ''[[League of Legends]]'' style '''[[Razer Naga|Razer Naga Hex]]''' was released?
* ... that Sarajevo-born musician '''[[Tomo Miličević]]''' emigrated to the United States and played in a number of local bands, including [[Morphic (band)|Morphic]], before joining [[Thirty Seconds to Mars]]?
* ... that '''''[[Changes (advertisement)|Changes]]''''', a 1987 advert for the [[Volkswagen Golf]], is said to have "spawned a new era in car advertising"?
===12 September 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Sharon Jarvis]]''' ''(pictured)'', '''[[Lisa Martin (equestrian)|Lisa Martin]]''', '''[[Katie Umback]]''', and '''[[Emma Booth (equestrian)|Emma Booth]]''' have been selected to represent Australia in [[para-equestrian]] at the [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio Paralympics]]?
* ... that '''[[Henryk Siwiak homicide|the unsolved shooting death of Henryk Siwiak]]''' 15 years ago today is officially the only homicide that occurred in New York City on [[September 11 attacks|9/11]]?<!--- Special occasion hook for 9/11--->
* ... that Swedish astronomer '''[[Anders Spole]]''', by the order of [[Charles XI of Sweden|King Karl XI]], travelled to [[Övertorneå|Torneå]] and [[Kengis]] with [[Johannes Bilberg]] to study the [[midnight sun]]?
* ... that the 18th-century [[Burmese chronicles|Burmese court treatise]] '''''[[Mani Yadanabon]]''''' has been described as "a repository of historical examples illustrating pragmatic political principles worthy of [[Machiavelli]]"?
* ... that '''[[Spencer Jones (actor)|Spencer Jones]]''' played the 16th-century actor [[William Kempe]] in the sitcom ''[[Upstart Crow]]'' as a parody of [[Ricky Gervais]]?
* ... that a survey in Bolivia reported that one in three respondents had '''[[Corruption in Bolivia|paid bribes]]''' to customs officials the previous year?
* ... that '''[[Eleonore Büning]]''' wrote in the ''{{lang|de|[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|FAZ]]}}'' that [[Patrice Chéreau]]'s staging of the ''{{lang|de|[[Jahrhundertring]]}}'' revolutionised the understanding of [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]] in Germany?
* ... that in 2006, a King created a world record when riding the '''[[Severn bore]]'''?
===11 September 2016===
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* ... that singer '''[[Syster Sol]]''' ''(pictured)'' won the award for Best Reggae/Dancehall at the 2014 [[Kingsizegala]]?
* ... that the '''[[Bristol and Bath Science Park]]''' includes an open area where children come to [[skateboarding|skateboard]]?
* ... that [[Kansas City Chiefs]] rookie linebacker '''[[Dadi Nicolas]]''' played his senior year of college with a broken hand?
* ... that the [[Jurassic]] '''[[La Negra Formation]]''' in northern Chile contains products of [[submarine volcano|submarine volcanism]]?
* ... that [[Rangers F.C.]] did not knowingly '''[[Rangers F.C. signing policy|sign any Catholic players]]''' between the 1920s and 1980s?<!--special occasion hook for September 10-->
* ... that '''[[Tony Sainsbury]]''' is the [[chef de mission]] of the [[Independent Paralympic Athletes Team at the 2016 Summer Paralympics]]?
* ... that ''[[Hollyoaks]]'' producer [[Bryan Kirkwood (producer)|Bryan Kirkwood]] believed he had let [[Tamara Wall]] down with the initial characterisation of her character '''[[Grace Black]]'''?
* ... that whilst loading tanks at night on the '''[[Gilling and Pickering Line]]''' during World War II, soldiers would stand on either side of the wagons smoking cigarettes to guide the tank drivers?
===10 September 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Jurassic Coast]]''' ''(pictured)'' reveals 185 million years of the geological history of southern England?
* ... that Turkish female [[goalball]] player '''[[Sevda Altınoluk]]''' was named top scorer at several international competitions?
* ... that for his 1929 first recording of '''''[[By the Blue Hawaiian Waters]]''''', composer [[Albert Ketèlbey]] used a saxophone for a Hawaiian "love-call"?
* ... that '''[[Kunwar Singh Negi]]''', winner of both the [[Padma Shri]] and [[Padma Bhushan]], has [[transcription (linguistics)|transcribed]] 300 books in various Indian languages into Braille?
* ... that the annual '''[[Kentucky Avenue Renaissance Festival]]''' commemorates the [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] and [[jazz]] nightspots that once lined this street in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]]?
* ... that '''[[Jesús Sesma Suárez]]''' has represented [[San Luis Potosí]] and [[Jalisco]] in the federal [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]], and was a member of the [[Legislative Assembly of the Federal District]]?
* ... that [[Kickstarter]] was not available in mainland Europe in 2012, so [[Digitalmindsoft]] [[crowdfunding|crowdfunded]] video game '''''[[Call to Arms (video game)|Call to Arms]]''''' through their website?
* ... that the '''[[A7FL]]''' [[American football]] league does not use [[football helmet|helmet]]s?
===9 September 2016===
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* ... that in exchange for the model kit license for ''Star Trek'', [[Aluminum Model Toys]] built full-size props of the '''''[[Galileo (Star Trek)|Galileo]]''''' ''(pictured)'' [[Shuttlecraft (Star Trek)|shuttlecraft]]?<!--Third set for September 8, Star Trek 50th anniversary-->
* ... that '''[[Victor Lundin]]''', who portrayed the first [[Klingon]] seen in ''Star Trek'', had auditioned for the role of [[Spock]]?
* ... that [[Scott Bakula]] was the only actor considered to play [[Jonathan Archer]] in '''''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'''''?
* ... that "'''[[World Enough and Time (Star Trek: New Voyages)|World Enough and Time]]'''", an episode of the [[Star Trek fan productions|fan production]] ''[[Star Trek: New Voyages]]'', was nominated for both a [[Hugo Award]] and a [[Nebula Award]], competing against professionally made episodes?
* ... that '''[[Ro Laren]]''' was intended to be a main character in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', but actress [[Michelle Forbes]] rejected the role?
* ... that with the ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'' episode "'''[[The Infinite Vulcan]]'''", [[Walter Koenig]] became the first ''Star Trek'' actor to write for the franchise?
* ... that set designer '''[[Linda DeScenna]]''' was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Academy Award for Best Art Direction]] on five occasions, for ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'', ''[[Blade Runner]]'', ''[[The Color Purple (film)|The Color Purple]]'', ''[[Rain Man]]'', and ''[[Toys (film)|Toys]]''?
* ... that the set used to shoot the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' subplot '''''[[Janeway Lambda one]]''''' was nicknamed "the [[Jane Eyre]] set" by the filming crew?
===8 September 2016===
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* ... that during the '''[[development of Spock]]''', both [[DeForest Kelley]] and [[Martin Landau]] were offered the role before [[Leonard Nimoy]] ''(pictured)''?<!--Second set for September 8, Star Trek 50th anniversary-->
* ... that '''[[Ronald B. Moore]]''' won five [[Emmy Award]]s for his work on the ''Star Trek'' franchise?
* ... that the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "'''[[Family (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Family]]'''" was the first episode of the franchise not to have any scene set on the [[Bridge (nautical)|bridge]]?
* ... that [[Michael Piller]] felt that the mention of [[Spock]] in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "'''[[Sarek (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Sarek]]'''" opened the doors to further references to ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|The Original Series]]''?
* ... that '''''[[Star Trek: Starship Creator]]''''' allowed players to import photographs of themselves into the game?
* ... that after [[Gene Roddenberry]] and [[Majel Barrett]] transported some old ''Star Trek'' footage from a film vault, it was sold as film clips by '''[[Lincoln Enterprises]]'''?
* ... that prior to casting [[Andrea Martin]] as the female Ferengi '''[[Ishka]]''' on ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', [[David Livingston]] suggested [[Wallace Shawn]] in drag?
* ... that [[Gene Roddenberry]] pranked '''[[Steven W. Carabatsos]]''' on his first day on ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' by inflating a [[weather balloon]] in his office?
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* ... that [[Gene Roddenberry]] ''(pictured)'' was the surviving flight officer from the crash of '''[[Pan Am Flight 121]]''' in the Syrian desert in 1947?<!--First set for September 8, Star Trek 50th anniversary-->
* ... that '''[[Don Ingalls]]''' first met [[Gene Roddenberry]] when they worked at the [[Los Angeles Police Department]], and went on to be credited with writing two episodes of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]''?
* ... that in 1977, it was announced that ''Star Trek'' would return to television with the series '''''[[Star Trek: Phase II|Phase II]]'''''?
* ... that after '''[[Bruce Mars]]'''{{`}}s acting career, which included three appearances on ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'', he became a [[monk]] in the [[Self-Realization Fellowship]]?
* ... that the novel miniseries '''''[[Star Trek: The Lost Era]]''''' was intended to fill in a 70-year gap between the death of [[James T. Kirk|Captain Kirk]] and the start of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''?
* ... that '''[[Gary Hutzel]]''' was nominated for more than 20 [[Emmy Award]]s, winning two for ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' and one each for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''?
* ... that ''Star Trek''{{'}}s [[William Riker|Commander Riker]] used '''[[MainView]]''' to advertise its use for other enterprises?
* ... that the phrase "It's life, Jim, but not as we know it" did not originate in ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'', but instead in the parody song "'''[[Star Trekkin']]'''{{-"}}?
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* ... that '''[[Bradley Cooper]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the tenth man to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting in three consecutive years?
* ... that an advance video release from '''''[[The Black Parade/Living With Ghosts]]''''' sparked rumors of a possible reunion tour of the American rock band [[My Chemical Romance]]?
* ... that serving as a juvenile court judge motivated '''[[William Gant]]''' to create the Daviess County Children's Center to provide housing for children in his hometown of [[Owensboro, Kentucky]]?
* ... that following the arrest of [[Rolf Harris]], no one knows the location of his painting, '''''[[Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – An 80th Birthday Portrait]]'''''?
* ... that new [[Cornell Big Red men's basketball|Cornell basketball]] head coach '''[[Brian Earl]]'''{{`s}} Ivy League career games started and [[three-point field goal]]s records were broken by Cornell's [[Ryan Wittman]]?
* ... that [[Anatoliy Golitsyn]] sparked off the '''[[Martel affair]]''' when he revealed that the French intelligence agencies and armed forces had been deeply penetrated by the KGB?
* ... that '''[[Madison Janssen]]''', a national and world champion as a junior [[BMX]] rider, set a world record and won a world championship on a [[tandem bicycle]] with skier and athlete [[Jessica Gallagher]]?
* ... that headlines on '''''[[Reductress]]''''' have included "We're Piercing My Baby's Tongue" and "How To Friendzone Ethan While He's Still Inside You"?
===7 September 2016===
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* ... that suffragettes may have burned down '''[[Tunbridge Wells Cricket Club]]'''{{`s}} pavilion ''(current pavilion pictured)'' because a [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] official denying there was a ban on women asked "who do you think makes the [[tea (meal)|teas]]"?
* ... that the philosopher '''[[Rachel Cooper (philosopher)|Rachel Cooper]]''' has written book-length analyses of both the fourth and fifth editions of the ''[[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]]''?
* ... that a reference to "DLCNukaWorld.esm" in the source code of ''[[Fallout 4]]'' led to rumors of '''''[[Fallout 4: Nuka-World]]''''' months before its announcement?
* ... that '''[[Enrique Jackson]]''' was designated to represent the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]] in the [[Constitutional Assembly of Mexico City]] after [[Carmen Salinas|the original selection]] was controversial?
* ... that the [[Star Wars expanded universe|''Star Wars'' expanded universe]] villain '''[[Grand Admiral Thrawn]]''' will be reintroduced into the franchise's [[Star Wars canon|official canon]] in an upcoming episode of the animated series ''[[Star Wars Rebels]]''?
* ... that [[Max Reger]]'s '''[[Zwölf Stücke, Op. 80|''Zwölf Stücke'', Op. 80]]''', for organ contains nine pieces composed in 1904 and three from 1902?
* ... that the '''[[K2 (tax scheme)|K2 tax scheme]]''' was called "morally wrong" by British Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]?
* ... that the main event of '''[[Vilenica International Literary Festival]]''' takes place inside a [[Vilenica Cave|cave]]?<!--special occasion hook for September 6-->
===6 September 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Stipple-throated antwren|stipple-throated]]''', the '''[[Ornate antwren|ornate]]''', and the '''[[rufous-tailed antwren]]''' ''(pictured)'' are all of the genus '''''[[Epinecrophylla]]''''' and specialise in extracting insect prey from dead leaves?
* ... that Iranian filmmaker '''[[Morteza Avini]]''', who was killed by a landmine in 1993, was named "the master of martyred literati" by the [[Supreme Leader of Iran]] [[Ali Khamenei]]?
* ... that through its Forum Arts Program, '''[[History of East Texas State College|East Texas State College]]''' students had the opportunity to see [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], [[Alex Haley]], the [[Ballet Folklórico de México]], and the [[Preservation Hall Jazz Band]]?
* ... that '''[[Ángel García Yáñez]]''' is the first [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|deputy]] candidate from Mexico's [[New Alliance Party (Mexico)|New Alliance Party]] to win his district?
* ... that selected "imaginators"—characters created through the video game '''''[[Skylanders: Imaginators]]'''''—will be printed by [[3D printer]]s and turned into real-life toys?
* ... that as governor of [[Ōita Prefecture]], '''[[Morihiko Hiramatsu]]''' initiated the [[One Village One Product movement]]?
* ... that when "'''[[Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn]]'''", a hymn by [[Johann Georg Albinus]] paraphrasing [[Psalm 6]], was first printed, it appeared with a dance tune?
* ... that the '''[[Shit Museum]]''' is billed as the world's first museum dedicated to that subject?
===5 September 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Ahmad Abughaush]]''' ''(pictured)'' won [[Jordan]]'s first Olympic medal with a gold in [[Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics|taekwondo]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]?
* ... that '''[[Kalikho Pul]]''', former Chief Minister of the Indian state of [[Arunachal Pradesh]], once earned a living selling [[paan]]s, making bamboo fences and [[thatching|thatched houses]], and working as a [[Security guard|watchman]]?
* ... that after [[Billy Bremner]] and [[Kevin Keegan]] were sent off for fighting in the '''[[1974 FA Charity Shield]]''', an attempt was made to charge them with [[breach of the peace]]?
* ... that after 12,000 [[Wahhabis]] from the [[first Saudi State]] '''[[Wahhabi sack of Karbala|sacked Karbala]]''' and killed at least 2,000 people, they left the city with 4,000 camels carrying their plunder?
* ... that the fictional character [[Aunt Agatha]] in the ''[[Jeeves]]'' novels by British author [[P. G. Wodehouse]] was based on Wodehouse's own aunt, '''[[Mary Bathurst Deane]]'''?
* ... that during the main event of the '''''[[Sin Escape Con Correas]]''''' [[professional wrestling]] show, some wrestlers were given leather straps to use them on anyone who left the ring?
* ... that '''[[Albert Sherman Christensen]]''' was the co-founder of the first [[American Inns of Court|American Inn of Court]] in 1980?
* ... that the costumes in the film '''''[[Maheshinte Prathikaaram]]''''' were [[Used good|secondhand]], bartered from local residents in exchange for new clothes?
===4 September 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Bocca di Lupo]]''' ''(frontage pictured)'' serves chocolate pudding with pig's blood?
* ... that golfer '''[[Thomas Detry]]''' broke the [[Challenge Tour]] record for largest winning margin with his 12-shot win at the 2016 [[Bridgestone Challenge]]?
* ... that an agreed peace between organised crime groups is known as '''''[[Pax Mafiosa]]'''''?
* ... that all the other doctors at the [[Bristol Royal Hospital for Children]] resigned in protest after the appointment of '''[[Eliza Walker Dunbar]]'''?
* ... that after a mixed critical response to their previous album, [[Megadeth]]'s 2016 '''''[[Dystopia (Megadeth album)|Dystopia]]''''' was well-received by most critics and charted at number 3 on the ''Billboard'' 200?
* ... that [[Rhode Island]]{{'}}s '''[[William C. O'Neill Bike Path]]''' follows a route first proposed for use as a school children{{'}}s rail line?
* ... that in 2010 and 2016, '''[[Rafael Yerena Zambrano]]''' was reelected unopposed as the secretary general of the Federation of Workers of [[Jalisco]]?
* ... that [[Neil Coyle|an MP]] [[pub crawl|crawled]] to save '''[[The Gladstone Arms|The Glad]]'''?
===3 September 2016===
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* ... that for over 40 years, the artist [[Claude Lorrain]] recorded his paintings by drawing copies in his '''''[[Liber Veritatis]]''''' ''(page pictured)'' or "Book of Truth"?
* ... that in 2016, '''[[Andrew Butchart]]''' broke the Scottish [[5000 metres]] record, despite running the last lap of the race with only one shoe?
* ... that '''[[Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice and Noodle]]''' and '''[[Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle]]''' are the first [[street food]] stalls in the world to receive [[Michelin star]]s?
* ... that [[Ante Pavelić]] ordered eight days of mourning for members of his Bodyguard Battalion when '''[[Mijo Babić]]''' was killed during the [[June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina]]?
* ... that '''[[Disappearance of Asha Kreimer|Asha Kreimer disappeared]]''' on her way to the restroom of the Rollerville Cafe in [[Flumeville, California|Flumeville]]?
* ... that award-winning [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] shows ''[[Hamilton (musical)|Hamilton]]'', ''[[Bright Star (musical)|Bright Star]]'', and ''[[The Humans (play)|The Humans]]'' were workshopped at the '''[[Powerhouse Theater]]'''?
* ... that despite being labeled as "long-winded and pretentious", the legal autobiography '''''[[My Life in Court]]''''' spent 72 weeks on ''[[The New York Times]]'' Best Sellers list?
===2 September 2016===
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* ... that while supporters of South African politician [[J. B. M. Hertzog]] invented the '''[[Hertzoggie]]''' confection ''(pictured)'', supporters of Hertzog's rival created the [[Jan Smuts]] cookie?
* ... that '''[[Charles Townsend Ludington]]''', his brother and two other executives formed '''[[Ludington Airline]],''' the first every-hour-on-the-hour air service?
* ... that the '''[[2015–16 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team]]''' represented the [[University of Michigan]] in their 100th season?
* ... that [[William Matthews (priest)|'''William Matthews''']] was the seventh [[List of Presidents of Georgetown University|president]] of [[Georgetown University|Georgetown College]] and the first person born in [[British America]] to be ordained a [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|Catholic priest]]?
* ... that [[pony|ponies]] used for '''[[pony ride]]s''' need to be quiet, well-trained, and desensitized to children, noise, and crowds?
* ... that under the leadership of '''[[Martha Hilda González Calderón]]''', the city of [[Toluca]] received an award for leading Mexico in budget transparency?
* ... that the '''[[Luppitt Inn]]''' is a [[public house]] in the front room of a [[farm house]]?
* ... that '''[[Cloud Man]]''' told missionary Samuel Pond that he and his entire hunting party had survived being buried in snowdrifts for almost three days?
===1 September 2016===
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* ... that there is no direct evidence that an [[Roman sculpture|ancient Roman bust]] known as the '''[[Capitoline Brutus]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the [[Roman consul]] [[Lucius Junius Brutus]] it is commonly thought to depict?
* ... that the '''[[King William Ale House]]''' in Bristol was built in the 17th century as a [[Women's shelter|women's refuge]]?
* ... that '''[[Peter Cunningham (photographer)|Peter Cunningham's]]''' earliest professional assignment was to shoot [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s first publicity photos for [[Columbia Records]]?
* ... that '''[[Millwall F.C. in European football|Millwall's only campaign in European football]]''' was marred by hooliganism?
* ... that '''[[Richard Feynman]]'''{{'}}s work ''[[The Feynman Lectures on Physics]]'' was co-authored by '''[[Matthew Sands]]''' and Robert B. Leighton?
* ... that '''[[Sandra Blow]]'''{{'}}s only large-scale glass artwork, ''Flight Structure'', is installed in [[Heathrow Airport]]{{'}}s [[Compass Centre]]?
* ... that "'''[[Outdoor Miner]]'''" by the English rock band [[Wire (band)|Wire]] was covered 19 times on a 2004 tribute album?
