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===31 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 31 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after gunmen [[Loughinisland massacre|murdered her father in a pub]] ''(pictured)'', Irish politician '''[[Emma Rogan]]''' campaigned with the Loughinisland Justice Group to uncover their identities?
* ... that the [[mobile library]] '''[[Street Books]]''' uses [[library card]]s but does not set or enforce due dates?
* ... that producer [[Mara Brock Akil]] was hesitant to cast [[Tia Mowry]] as '''[[Melanie Barnett]]''' due to the actress's wholesome image from [[Sister, Sister (TV series)|''Sister, Sister'']]?
* ... that the former '''[[Place de la République (Strasbourg)|Imperial Square of Strasbourg]]''' is decorated with [[Ginkgo biloba|ginkgos]] that were presented by [[Emperor Meiji]] of Japan to the [[German Emperor]]?
* ... that in 1975, '''[[Barbara May Cameron]]''', a member of the [[Hunkpapa]] [[Lakota people|Lakota]], co-founded the [[Gay American Indians|first gay Indian organization]] in San Francisco?
* ... that populations of the '''[[little green woodpecker]]''' in Africa are increasing due to logging and clearing of the forests?
* ... that in the 1920s, '''[[Dolly Rudeman]]''' was one of the most prolific designers of movie posters and programs for the Dutch cinema, and the only woman working in the field at the time?
* ... that early '''[[occupational epidemiology]]''' studies established health risk factors for gold and silver miners, [[chimney sweep]]s, and workers using [[asbestos]]?
===30 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 30 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Joseph Joachim|Joseph]] and '''[[Amalie Joachim]]''' ''(pictured)'' received [[Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano|two songs]] from [[Johannes Brahms]], one to begin their marriage, the other decades later to repair it?
* ... that the '''[[Solecurtus strigilatus|rosy razor clam]]''' tries to evade capture by rapidly burrowing deeper into the sediment?
* ... that in 1978, airline captain '''[[Gordon Vette]]''' [[Cessna 188 Pacific rescue|rescued a Cessna pilot]] who was lost over the Pacific Ocean and [[Fuel starvation|running out of fuel]]?
* ... that '''[[supporter liaison officer]]s''' are claimed to be a major factor in the 20 percent reduction of crowd disorder in [[Football in Sweden|Swedish football]]?
* ... that '''[[Amabel Anderson Arnold]]''', a [[St. Louis]] lawyer and law professor, received degrees from both Benton College of Law and City College of Law and Finance within a five-day period?
* ... that the '''[[Catholic University of Madagascar]]''' awarded the country's first [[theology]] degree in 1961?
* ... that '''[[Christian William Miller]]''', inventor of a water desalination device promoted by [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], was considered one of the most beautiful men in the 1940s [[LGBT history in New York|New York gay society]]?
* ... that the '''[[Jugendkulturhaus Dynamo]]''', a youth center in [[Zürich]], was built from an old brewery after [[Opernhauskrawalle|youth riots in the city]] were sparked by a grant of {{currency|61 million|CHF|first=y}} to the Zürich Opera?
===29 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 29 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the sea slug '''''[[Alderia modesta]]''''' ''(pictured)'' transfers sperm to a partner by hypodermic injection?
* ... that '''[[Cecilia Dapaah]]''', Ghana's minister for aviation, has vowed to start a new national carrier and make the country the aviation hub of [[West Africa]]?
* ... that the first Croatian [[fictional film]], '''''[[Brcko in Zagreb]]''''', is now considered [[lost film|lost]]?<!--Special occasion hook for 28 August. -->
* ... that '''[[Maria Riccarda Wesseling]]''' appeared as Gluck's [[Orfeo ed Euridice|Orfeo]] in Paris and at the [[Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus]], and as Henze's [[Phaedra (opera)|Phaedra]] in Berlin?
* ... that [[Anne Curtis]] plans to perform her own stunts in the upcoming Philippine [[action film]] '''''[[Buy Bust]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[C. Louise Boehringer]]''', the first female Superintendent of Schools in [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma County]], has often been called "the mother of the [[Arizona]] educational system"?
* ... that '''[[video game walkthrough]]s''' are typically designed to assist other players in accomplishing certain feats within video games?
* ... that pirate '''[[John Bear (pirate)|John Bear]]''' married "a strumpet ... daughter of a rum-punch-woman" and tried to convince people she was a runaway noblewoman?
===28 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 28 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that when '''[[St Peter's Church, Henfield|St Peter's Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Henfield]] needed a bell in the 17th century, the churchwarden stole one from [[St Leonard's Church, Aldrington|St Leonard's Church in Aldrington]]?
* ... that suspected anarchist '''[[Lazarus Averbuch]]''' was shot and killed in the home of Chicago's Chief of Police?
* ... that the '''[[History of Medicine Society]]''', founded by Sir [[William Osler]] in 1912, is one of the oldest in the world?
* ... that juvenile '''[[Ophiothrix angulata|angular brittle stars]]''' can re-enter a [[plankton]] phase, allowing them to relocate to a more suitable location?
* ... that '''[[Mervyn Brogan]]''' was the first Australian [[Chief of Army (Australia)|Chief of the General Staff]] to have a university degree?
* ... that the '''[[Stadttheater Minden]]''', a municipal theatre without an ensemble, received international attention for its [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]] opera project?
* ... that '''[[Howard B. Meek]]''' was the founder and dean of [[Cornell University School of Hotel Administration|the first college]] to train professional hotel managers?
* ... that the prize in a tournament of '''''[[Urban Jungle]]''''', a [[driving game]] developed and set in [[Croatia]], was free real-world driving lessons?
===27 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 27 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the Sydney Metro Blues ''(pictured)'' are the 2017 '''[[Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League]]''' champions?
* ... that '''[[Marcus Bosch]]''' conducted a performance of Wagner's ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]'' at the [[Staatstheater Nürnberg]] that was shown live in 50 cinemas in Germany and Austria?
* ... that following a failed attempt earlier in the year, the [[Illinois General Assembly]] passed a bill establishing '''[[Barack Obama Day]]''' on May 19, 2017?
* ... that '''[[Traci Hunter Abramson]]''' used her experience as a swim coach and a CIA employee to write ''Undercurrents'', a novel about an Olympic-hopeful swimmer in [[witness protection]]?
* ... that of the 64 '''[[List of New England Patriots first-round draft picks|first-round draft picks]]''' made by the [[New England Patriots]], 20 have been selected to play in the [[Pro Bowl]]?
* ... that Ghanaian Member of Parliament '''[[Kwasi Annoh Ankama|Kwesi Ankama]]''' died on an official government delegation to the [[United Kingdom]]?
* ... that the green worm '''''[[Eulalia viridis]]''''' does not breed until it is at least two years old?
* ... that '''[[Thomas Lyle Williams]]''' had the idea to create the first mascara, [[Maybelline]], after seeing his sister Mabel use a mix of petroleum jelly and burnt cork to darken her eyelashes?
===26 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 26 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Caroline Risque]]''' ''(pictured)'' made the bronze busts of the four founders of [[Stix Baer & Fuller]]?
* ... that some scenes in '''''[[Home and Away: Revenge]]''''' were filmed by the actors using [[GoPro|GoPro cameras]] and mobile phones?
* ... that art curator [[Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi]] described sound artist '''[[Emeka Ogboh]]'''{{`s}} {{audio|Obalende bus park, Lagos Nigeria (Emeka Ogboh).ogg|work|help=no}} as capturing "the maddening hyper-visuality of [[Lagos]]"?
* ... that the '''[[Embassy of Japan, Seoul|Japanese embassy in Seoul]]''' has seen decades of protests, from weekly demonstrations to the throwing of Molotov cocktails, truck-ramming, self-immolation, and outright ransacking?
* ... that at the time of her death at age 105, '''[[Emma Clara Schweer]]''' was believed to be the oldest elected official in the United States?
* ... that 500 copies of Vietnamese singer [[Son Tung M-TP]]'s [[compilation album]] '''''[[M-tp M-TP]]''''' sold out in 30 minutes?
* ... that in 1844, [[Latter Day Saints]] founder [[Joseph Smith]] became the '''[[Joseph Smith presidential campaign, 1844|first Mormon to run for President of the United States]]''' and the first American presidential candidate to be assassinated?
* ... that the [[shooter game]] '''''[[Privates (video game)|Privates]]''''' was created to raise awareness about [[sexually transmitted infection]]s?
===25 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 25 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[regrelor]]''' ''(pictured)'', a new experimental [[antiplatelet drug]], was withdrawn during a phase II [[clinical trial]] due to an increased risk of bleeding?
* ... that '''[[John William Alexander O'Brien|John O'Brien]]''' presided over the military court that tried and acquitted Japanese Admiral [[Soemu Toyoda]]?
* ... that in 1999 '''[[Children of Llullaillaco|three perfectly-preserved child mummies]]''' were found on the summit of [[Llullaillaco]], a 6,700 m (22,000 ft) volcano, where they had been sacrificed under the [[Inca Empire]] 500 years earlier?
* ... that '''[[Akhamaman]]''', the self-proclaimed [[List of rulers of Pegu|king of Pegu]], began his career as a rower on the royal yacht of King [[Narathihapate]] of [[Pagan Kingdom|Pagan]]?
* ... that a marine organism described in 1971 as a new species of [[gastrotrich]] was later identified as the larva of a bristleworm, probably '''''[[Polydora ciliata]]'''''?
* ... that the introduction of '''[[Ticketer]]''' ticket machines on [[Reading Buses|Reading Transport buses]] meant that 11,000 pre-paid cards had to be reissued?
* ... that U.S. citizens are [[Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act|prohibited]] from engaging in business transactions with the owners of the Mexican newspaper '''''[[Unomásuno]]'''''?
* ... that when signing to [[MCA Records]], [[Gregg Alexander]] allegedly received a $600,000 advance for the New Radicals' '''''[[Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too]]'''''?
===24 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 24 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Mars|Martian]] dunes of the '''[[Abalos Undae]]''' ''(pictured)'' may have formed from erosion of ''Rupes Tenuis'', the polar [[Escarpment|scarp]]?
* ... that '''[[Vera Nemirova]]''' staged ''[[Lulu (opera)|Lulu]]'' at the [[Salzburg Festival]] and ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen|The Ring]]'' for the [[Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt|Frankfurt Opera]]?
* ... that pharmacists sometimes "QuEST" during '''[[over-the-counter counseling]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Tvrtko I of Bosnia|Tvrtko I]]''', the first [[King of Bosnia]], maintained cordial relations with all three churches in his realm—[[Bosnian Church|Bosnian]], [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], and [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]]?
* ... that '''[[Priya Jhingan]]''' is the first woman to join the [[Indian Army]] as an officer?
* ... that the [[action RPG]] '''''[[Moon Hunters]]''''' changes depending on the players' choices in what the developer has described as a "[[personality test]]"?
* ... that '''[[Juliet Starrett]]''', a world [[rafting|whitewater rafting champion]], and her husband '''[[Kelly Starrett]]''', a national whitewater champion, co-founded one of the world's first [[CrossFit]] gyms?
* ... that '''''[[Perseus and Andromeda (Titian)|Perseus and Andromeda]]''''' by [[Titian]] "hung unglazed over a bath in [[Sir Richard Wallace, 1st Baronet|Sir Richard Wallace's]] dressing room" for over 20 years?
===23 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 23 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Aribert Reimann]] ''(pictured)'' composed '''''[[Medea (Reimann)|Medea]]''''' for the [[Vienna State Opera]], based on the drama by [[Franz Grillparzer]]?
* ... that the [[Hexactinellid|sponge-dwelling]] branched worm '''''[[Syllis ramosa]]''''' has a single mouth and many [[anus]]es?
* ... that '''[[Alma Lutz]]''' was the biographer of [[women's rights]] activists including [[Susan B. Anthony]], [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]], and [[Emma Willard]]?
* ... that [[Star Sports]]' '''''[[Mauka Mauka]]''''' advertising campaign for the [[2015 Cricket World Cup]] match between India and Pakistan was a huge hit in India, but ignited significant opposition in Pakistan?
* ... that [[Martin County, Florida]], was named after Governor '''[[John W. Martin]]''' while he was in office?
* ... that 21 [[Local council (Jordan)|local councils]] and 68 women had already won seats by [[acclamation]] before the '''[[Jordanian local elections, 2017|Jordanian local elections]]''' took place on 15 August?
* ... that German poet '''[[Betty Paoli]]''' was a companion to [[Maria Anna of Schwarzenberg|Princess Maria Anna Schwarzenberg]]?
* ... that Romans like to drink out of '''[[Nasone|large noses]]'''?
===22 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 22 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Corythucha ciliata|sycamore lace bug]]''' ''(pictured)'', native to North America, was first observed in Italy in 1964 and has since spread to much of Southern and Central Europe?
* ... that chef '''[[María Marte]]''' has a [[tattoo]] of her first original dish, a [[caramelization|caramelized]] [[hibiscus]] flower?
* ... that "'''[[Neon Blue]]'''" is about [[coming out]]?
* ... that '''[[Kwesi Amoako Atta]]''', Ghana's Minister for Roads and Highways, announced that 50 percent of [[Toll house|toll booth]] collectors will be people with disabilities?
* ... that the town of '''[[East Redmond, Washington]]''', was found by the [[Washington Supreme Court]] to have been "illegally [[municipal corporation|incorporated]]"?
* ... that the composer [[Giselher Klebe]] wrote the libretto for his opera '''''[[Die tödlichen Wünsche]]''''' based on Balzac's ''[[La Peau de chagrin]]''?
* ... that '''[[James A. Wetmore]]'''{{`s}} name is inscribed on more federal buildings than any other U.S. citizen?
* ... that the extended play '''''[[To the Edge of the Earth]]''''' by [[Thirty Seconds to Mars]] was conceived to raise public awareness of global warming and [[green politics]]?
===21 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 21 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Thukkachi Abatsahayesvar temple]]''' ''(pictured)'' was greatly expanded by [[Vikrama Chola]] after he was supposedly cured of [[vitiligo]] by praying to the presiding deity for 48 days?
* ... that award-winning soprano '''[[Christiane Karg]]''' appeared as [[Der Rosenkavalier|Sophie]] at the [[Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt|Frankfurt Opera]], the [[Semperoper]] and [[La Scala]], and in Mahler's [[Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)|Second Symphony]] at the [[Rheingau Musik Festival]]?
* ... that the '''[[Clinton Liberal Institute]]''' existed in upstate New York from 1831 until it burned down in 1900?
* ... that [[Frederick the Great]] felt sure he had lost the '''[[Third Silesian War]]''' after his defeat at the [[Battle of Kunersdorf]] in 1759, until a "[[Miracle of the House of Brandenburg|miracle]]" restored his hopes?
* ... that [[Supreme Court of India]] judge '''[[Deepak Gupta (judge)|Deepak Gupta]]''' once heard and disposed of 33 cases in a single day?
* ... that the '''[[iBuyPower and NetcodeGuides match fixing scandal]]''' is considered the first large scandal of its type to hit the competitive ''[[Counter-Strike: Global Offensive]]'' scene?<!-- Special occasion hook for Aug 20. -->
* ... that '''[[Gao Minglu]]''', founder of the Chinese avant-garde movement, was a herdsman in Outer Mongolia during the [[Cultural Revolution]]?
* ... that [[Titian]]'s '''''[[Flaying of Marsyas (Titian)|Flaying of Marsyas]]''''' (1570s) shows a [[satyr]] being skinned alive by [[Apollo]], and was once the prize in a lottery?
===20 August 2017===
*'''''00:15, 20 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Titian]]'s painting of '''''[[Venus and Adonis (Titian)|Venus and Adonis]]''''' ''(pictured)'' exists in "two-dog" and "three-dog" versions?
* ... that when the Minneapolis School Board decided to include [[North Germanic languages]] in the curriculum, '''[[Maren Michelet]]''' became the first teacher of [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] in a public high school in the US?
* ... that in his memoir '''''[[Interventions: A Life in War and Peace]]''''', [[Kofi Annan]] asserts that internal African politics and leadership are largely responsible for Africa's problems?
* ... that '''[[Brian Bellhouse]]''' invented a needle-free and pain-free injection system which was eventually sold for £542 million?
* ... that four members of the Hawkins family died violent deaths after winning '''[[Hawkins v. Town of Shaw|their lawsuit]]''' against [[Shaw, Mississippi]]?
* ... that [[Marvel Comics]] briefly operated an '''[[Marvel Music (imprint)|imprint]]''' dedicated to comics about musicians?
* ... that '''[[List of current places of worship on the Isle of Wight|current places of worship on the Isle of Wight]]''' include two of England's oldest Catholic churches and several Anglican churches by '''[[Thomas Hellyer (architect)|Thomas Hellyer]]''', an architect described by [[Nikolaus Pevsner|Pevsner]] as "very individualistic"?
* ... that '''[[Omar Narváez (baseball)|Omar Narváez]]''' hit his first [[Major League Baseball|Major League]] home run on his father's birthday?
===19 August 2017===
*'''''00:30, 19 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Abebe Bikila]]''' ''(pictured)'' set a world record winning the [[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|1960 Men's Olympic marathon]], running barefoot?
* ... that Presidents [[Warren G. Harding]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] each created a '''[[Federal Real Estate Board]]'''?
* ... that Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist [[David Wood (journalist)|David Wood]] has called '''[[Heather Booth]]''' "one of the nation's most influential organizers for progressive causes"?
* ... that the '''[[woodpecker]]''' has special adaptations to avoid damaging its brain while pecking and drumming?
* ... that '''[[L. Fidelia Woolley Gillette]]''' was one of the first women to be ordained as a [[Universalist Church of America|Universalist]] minister in the United States, and the first woman ordained of any denomination in Canada?
* ... that '''[[KFKU]]''', the AM radio station of the [[University of Kansas]], ceased operations because [[KYYS|its time-share partner]] went silent due to financial difficulties?
* ... that French composer [[Pascal Dusapin]] wrote the English [[libretto]] for his opera '''''[[Faustus, the Last Night]]''''', which premiered [[Berlin State Opera|in Germany]] in 2006?
* ... that the codename assigned to [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate|U.S. Senate president pro tempore]] [[James Eastland]] by the '''[[Central Locator System]]''' was "FOURFINGER"?
===18 August 2017===
*'''''00:45, 18 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Schloss Ledenburg]]''' ''(pictured)'', the residence of several families in succession, housed [[Twelve Fantasias for Viola da Gamba solo|music that seemed lost]]?
* ... that surgeon '''[[Pankaj Chandak]]''' and his colleagues are believed to be the first surgical team to act in a television drama, namely ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]''?
* ... that during the early winter, the [[amphipod]] '''''[[Paramoera walkeri]]''''' nearly cover the underside of [[Antarctic ice sheet]]s?
* ... that "'''[[Gotta Get a Grip (Mick Jagger song)|Gotta Get a Grip]]'''" is one of two new singles by [[Mick Jagger]], his first solo material since the album ''[[Goddess in the Doorway]]'' was released in 2001?
* ... that [[Ayn Rand]] found the title for her novel '''''[[The Fountainhead]]''''', her first major success, in a [[thesaurus]]?
* ... that '''[[Seyyed Abdollah Behbahani]]''', a Shia theologian and leader of the [[Persian Constitutional Revolution|constitutional movement]], was assassinated in Iran and buried in Iraq?
* ... that video game '''''[[Godville]]''''' is a [[zero-player game]], requiring no player interaction with the main character?
* ... that the band '''[[Liimanarina]]''' take their name from a Finnish word for "glue" and the creaking sound a door makes when it is opened?
===17 August 2017===
*'''''01:00, 17 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], the [[Sesshō and Kampaku|Japanese regent]] from 1585 to 1591, ordered the construction of the '''[[Golden Tea Room]]''' ''(pictured)'', a ''[[chashitsu]]'' that was completely covered in gold?
* ... that the '''[[2017–18 London & South East Premier]]''' season will be the first under that name, as the Rugby Football Union felt the previous "National League 3" name was misleading?
* ... that '''[[Henry Semon]]''' lost his seat in the [[Oregon House of Representatives|Oregon legislature]] when he accepted a position on the state's agriculture board, but was reappointed to the legislature after resigning from the board?
* ... that the opera '''''[[Alceste (Schweitzer)|Alceste]]''''', composed by [[Anton Schweitzer]] with a libretto by [[Christoph Martin Wieland|Wieland]], is regarded as a milestone of German opera?
* ... that the site of '''[[Kayak Point County Park]]''' was originally proposed as an [[oil refinery]]?
* ... that the '''[[Japanese pygmy woodpecker]]''' becomes smaller and darker from the north of its range to the south?
* ... that '''[[Bill McCann]]''' was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] for "courage and fine leadership" during the capture of Crépey Wood?
* ... that '''[[17776|a story about the state of American football in the year 17776]]''' has been compared to the work of [[Don DeLillo]], [[Italo Calvino]], [[Thomas Pynchon]], and robot [[internet troll|trolls]] on [[Reddit]]?
===16 August 2017===
*'''''01:15, 16 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Clint Dempsey]] ''(pictured)'' has '''[[List of international goals scored by Clint Dempsey|57 international goals]]''', ranking third among active male [[Football player|footballers]] behind [[Cristiano Ronaldo]] and [[Lionel Messi]]?
* ... that a swamp in the watershed of '''[[Red Brook (Stony Brook)|Red Brook]]''' is home to part of the largest population of [[yellow-bellied flycatcher]]s in Pennsylvania?
* ... that in 1977, symphony conductor '''[[Helen Quach]]''' was one of two women who led major orchestras anywhere in the world?
* ... that the "Whacky Tobaccy" music video from the [[Toby Keith]] album '''''[[The Bus Songs]]''''' contains a cameo appearance by [[Willie Nelson]]?
* ... that the single species of the ant '''''[[Aneuretellus]]''''' is named from the Latin for "deformed"?
* ... that [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]] composed the '''''[[Foundling Hospital Anthem]]''''' in 1749 for a benefit concert for abandoned children in London?
* ... that '''[[William A. Starrett]]''', builder of the [[Empire State Building]], sent his [[Steel building|steel construction]] technology to Japan to help design buildings to resist [[earthquake]]s?
* ... that an '''[[Cockstock Incident|argument over a horse]]''' led to a law banning all black settlers from [[Oregon]] in 1844?
===15 August 2017===
*'''''01:30, 15 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[grey-headed woodpecker]]''' ''(pictured)'' was [[Lumpers and splitters|split]] into three separate species in 2014?
* ... that '''[[Elizabeth Mounsey]]''' became the organist of [[St Peter upon Cornhill]] when she was 14 years old?
* ... that '''[[cheese and crackers]]''' has been described as one of the first [[fast food]]s in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Isaac Kwame Asiamah|Isaac Asiamah]]''', Ghana's new [[Ministry of Youth and Sports (Ghana)|Minister for Youth and Sports]], was at one time the country's youngest legislator?
* ... that the '''[[Mexican Seismic Alert System]]''' provided [[Mexico City]] 80 seconds of advance notice prior to the [[2012 Oaxaca earthquake]]?
* ... that '''[[Rano M. Shaiza]]''' helped further the [[Naga people|Naga]] peace accord by brokering a meeting between [[Angami Zapu Phizo|her uncle]], the founder of the Naga separatist movement, and the [[Morarji Desai|Prime Minister of India]]?
* ... that the star '''[[S Coronae Borealis]]''' has been estimated as having around 1.34 times the Sun's mass but 308 times its radius?
* ... that [[Toronto Blue Jays]] baseball player '''[[Riley Adams (baseball)|Riley Adams]]''' has a [[black belt (martial arts)|black belt]] in karate?
===14 August 2017===
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* ... that [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul]]'s [[Metro (Minnesota)|Metro]] system ''(train pictured)'' provided 23 million rides across its '''[[List of Metro (Minnesota) light rail stations|37 light rail stations]]''' in 2016?
* ... that the '''[[banded woodpecker]]''' has adapted well to living in man-made surroundings and is of low concern to conservationists?
* ... that the '''[[Theater Bonn]]''' opened a new opera house in 1965?
* ... that the '''[[Star Athletica, L. L. C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc.|U.S. Supreme Court recently decided]]''' that "lines, chevrons, and colorful shapes" on [[cheerleading]] uniforms could be eligible for [[Copyright law of the United States|copyright protection]]?
* ... that '''''[[London Fog 1966]]''''' features the earliest known live recordings by [[the Doors]]?
* ... that '''[[Typhoon Page (1990)|Typhoon Page]]''' was the record-setting sixth [[tropical cyclone]] to hit Japan in 1990?
* ... that '''[[Katharine Peabody Loring]]''' taught history with [[Alice James]] at the first [[Distance education|correspondence school]] in the United States?
* ... that '''''[[Knuckles' Chaotix]]''''' was not developed by [[Sonic Team]], but rather a separate, internal development team at [[Sega]]?
===13 August 2017===
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* ... that commander '''[[Seth Ledyard Phelps]]''' ''(pictured)'' helped hoist the American flag over the Confederate [[Battle of Fort Henry|Fort Henry]] after it fell to the Union?
* ... that the scorpion '''''[[Cheloctonus jonesii]]''''' has been reported killing the [[red-billed quelea]]?
* ... that four years ago today, '''[[Disappearance of Tiffany Daniels|Tiffany Daniels]]''' left her job at [[Pensacola State College]] early after telling her supervisor she would not be back for a few days, and has not been seen since? <!--Special Occasion hook for August 12-->
* ... that the '''[[CAMS 54]]''' long-range [[flying boat]] attempted an east-west transatlantic crossing, but was returned to France by ship from the [[Azores]]?
* ... that actress [[Lucinda Dryzek]] secured the role of '''[[Jasmine Burrows]]''' in ''[[Holby City]]'' while she was training as a hairdresser?
* ... that additional [[fire sprinkler]]s were installed in Seattle's '''[[Westlake station (Sound Transit)|Westlake station]]''' to accommodate parties and receptions on the station's mezzanine?
* ... that "'''[[5,6,7,8]]'''" is the third-highest selling and most streamed song of [[Steps (group)|Steps]]' career, despite being one of their lowest charting?
* ... that '''[[Kojo Armah]]''' once chaired a parliamentary committee to investigate the substitution of [[cocaine]] with [[Maize|corn dough]] in the Police Narcotics Exhibit Room of the [[Ghana Police Service]]?
===12 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 12 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the dunes of the '''[[Hagal dune field]]''' on [[Mars]]'' (detail pictured)'' look like dots and dashes, and are called the "Martian Morse Code"?
* ... that former [[Sha Na Na]] member [[Jon Bauman|Jon "Bowzer" Bauman]] was the co-author of '''[[Truth in Music Advertising]]''' legislation in most of the United States?
* ... that '''''[[Baa Baa Land]]''''', an eight-hour [[slow cinema]] film containing nothing but long shots of grazing [[sheep]], is described by its producers as "the dullest movie ever made"?
* ... that '''[[Tarabya of Pegu|Tarabya]]''', the self-proclaimed [[List of rulers of Pegu|king of Pegu]], was executed on the order of King [[Wareru]] of [[Hanthawaddy Kingdom|Martaban]], who was his father-in-law and son-in-law?
* ... that San Francisco's '''[[Julius' Castle]]''' on [[Telegraph Hill, San Francisco|Telegraph Hill]] was once painted pink?
* ... that '''[[Laurie Davidson (actor)|Laurie Davidson]]''' was inspired for his role as William Shakespeare in ''[[Will (TV series)|Will]]'' by ''[[Straight Outta Compton (film)|Straight Outta Compton]]'' and ''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]'', but not by modern depictions of Shakespeare such as ''[[Shakespeare in Love]]''?
* ... that '''[[Typhoon Gene (1990)|Typhoon Gene]]''' resulted in the cancellation of the final round of the 1990 [[Top Cup Tokai Classic]]?
* ... that the obituary of '''[[Dewey Readmore Books]]''', a [[library cat]], appeared in more than 270 national and international newspapers?
===11 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 11 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the Slovenian soprano '''[[Sabina Cvilak]]''' ''(pictured)'' was Puccini's character [[La bohème|Mimi]] in [[Washington National Opera|Washington]], Wagner's [[Die Walküre|Sieglinde]] in [[Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden|Wiesbaden]], and performed Britten's ''[[War Requiem]]'' in [[Royal Albert Hall|London]] on the composer's centenary?
* ... that [[Sonam Kapoor]] won the [[National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film)|National Film Award]] and the [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress|Filmfare Award]] for the 2016 biographical thriller '''''[[List of accolades received by Neerja|Neerja]]'''''?
* ... that [[Renga (video game)|'''''Renga''''']] is a video game designed for [[movie theater]]s in which up to one hundred players use [[laser pointer]]s to control and defend a space ship?
* ... that '''''[[Devil's Bargain]]''''' describes how [[Steve Bannon]] used his experience at ''[[Breitbart News]]'' to gather white men to support Donald Trump?
* ... that '''[[Phillip Davey]]''' was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for killing an eight-man machine gun crew, which "saved his platoon from annihilation"?
* ... that a '''[[Star Wars Hotel|hotel shaped like a starship]]''', based on the ''[[Star Wars]]'' franchise, is planned for [[Walt Disney World]]?
* ... that [[Ghana]]ian-born Major '''[[Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah]]''' is the first black [[Equerry#United Kingdom|equerry]] to a British monarch?
* ... that in the 1970s [[Amtrak]] had two new locomotives, the '''[[GE E60]]''' and the '''[[EMD SDP40F]]''', which had [[derailment|trouble staying on the tracks]]?
===10 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 10 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the rock-cut structure '''[[Qadamgah (ancient site)|Qadamgah]]''' ''(pictured)'' near [[Persepolis]], once thought to be an unfinished [[Achaemenid Empire|Achaemenid]] royal tomb, may actually be a completed work with a possible religious function?
* ... that in 2017 '''[[Dan Botwe]]''', a former political exile, became a cabinet member and minister in Ghana's newly created [[Ministry of Regional Reorganization and Development]]?
* ... that the '''[[Chinese Expeditionary Force]]''' in the [[Burma Campaign]] was commanded by [[Joseph Stilwell|an American general]]?
* ... that following the '''[[death of Nicole van den Hurk]]''', her stepbrother [[False confession|falsely confessed]] to killing her to get her body exhumed for [[DNA profiling|DNA testing]]?
* ... that in 1963, over 200,000 students of the [[Chicago Public Schools]] '''[[Chicago Public School Boycott|boycotted class]]''' to protest segregation and poor conditions?
* ... that '''[[Mahant Chandnath]]''', a [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of the Indian Parliament]], is also the head of the [[Nath]] sect of Hinduism?
* ... that the '''[[Diopatra cuprea|decorator worm]]''' lives in a tube adorned with shell fragments and tiny pebbles?
* ... that Foreign Minister '''[[Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen]]''' promised that Romania would only "take a few badly aimed potshots" at [[Soviet Air Forces|Soviet planes]] entering its airspace during the [[Munich Agreement|Munich Crisis]]?
===9 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 9 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the 1841 [[conservation (ethic)|conservation]] agreement between the owners of the land where the '''[[Saw Kill (Hudson River)|Saw Kill]]''' ''(falls pictured)'' drains into the [[Hudson River]] is one of the earliest in American history?
* ... that '''[[Céleste Mogador]]''' may have been the inspiration for the title character in Georges Bizet's opera ''[[Carmen]]''?
* ... that [[Darren Sammy]] took '''[[List of West Indies cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut|seven wickets for 66 runs in his debut Test]]''' for the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] in 2007?
* ... that the extinct ant species '''''[[Cephalotes hispaniolicus]]''''' was first described from a single [[Miocene]] fossil found in amber on [[Hispaniola]]?
* ... that '''[[beer ice cream]]''' has been served at the [[Great American Beer Festival]]?
* ... that the '''[[Guilden Morden boar]]''' may have adorned a helmet like those worn by the poetical warrior [[Beowulf (hero)|Beowulf]]?
* ... that '''[[René Morax]]''' founded the Thêatre du Jorat, where his play ''[[Le Roi David]]'' premiered with dramatic music by [[Arthur Honegger]]?
* ... that the extinct '''[[Nicarao people]]''' of pre-Columbian [[Nicaragua]] shared many cultural traits with the [[Aztec]]s of [[Mexico]], including their calendar, screenfold books, and human sacrifice?
===8 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 8 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that "Cherry Garcia" ''(pictured)'' is a '''[[cherry ice cream]]''' named after [[Jerry Garcia]] of the [[Grateful Dead]]?
* ... that a '''[[clinical pharmaceutical scientist]]''' is both a practicing [[pharmacist]] and a [[scientist]]?
* ... that the specimen from which the blind snake '''''[[Typhlops meszoelyi]]''''' was described had a diameter of {{convert|3|mm|in|2|sp=us}}?
* ... that the 2017 comics series '''''[[X-Men Gold]]''''' and '''''[[X-Men Blue]]''''' take their titles from a storyline from the early 1990s?
* ... that '''[[Bart Sawyer]]'''{{`s}} pro wrestling [[gimmick (professional wrestling)|gimmick]] was inspired by [[Bart Simpson]]?
* ... that '''''[[Melusine (Reimann)|Melusine]]''''', the second opera by [[Aribert Reimann]], premiered at the [[Schlosstheater Schwetzingen]] in 1971 and was revived in 2016 by [[Berlin University of the Arts|students in Berlin]] for the composer's 80th birthday?
* ... that '''[[Typhoon Caitlin (1991)|Typhoon Caitlin]]''' provided drought relief to [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]], where reservoir levels rose from 35% to over 80% capacity?
* ... that the family of [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning journalist [[Alex Tizon]] '''[[My Family's Slave|kept a slave for 56 years]]'''?
===7 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 7 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Gevninge helmet fragment]]''' ''(pictured)'' once adorned a pre-[[Viking Age]] helmet?
* ... that '''[[Matthew Pottinger]]''', a member of the [[United States National Security Council|U.S. National Security Council]], was a journalist in China for seven years before becoming a [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine]]?
* ... that both the adult and [[fledge|fledgling]] of the '''[[moustached hawk-cuckoo]]''' have a moustache?
* ... that pianist [[Abdullah Ibrahim]] recorded the [[Cape jazz]] instrumental "'''[[Mannenberg]]'''" in response to the forced relocation of Coloured families by the South African government during [[apartheid]]?
* ... that '''[[CUBRIC]]''' at [[Cardiff University]] can create [[connectome|a map of someone's brain]]?
* ... that '''[[Typhoon Hattie (1990)|Typhoon Hattie]]''' was the fifth of a record six tropical cyclones to hit Japan in [[1990 Pacific typhoon season|1990]]?
* ... that the East Asian holiday [[White Day]] served as the basis for the horror game '''''[[White Day: A Labyrinth Named School (2015 video game)|White Day: A Labyrinth Named School]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Clementina Anstruther-Thomson]]''' and [[Vernon Lee]] openly lived together as a [[lesbian]] couple during the [[Victorian era]]?
===6 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 6 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Theater Magdeburg]]'''{{`s}} opera house ''(pictured)'', an operetta and variety theatre, is a reconstruction of the original destroyed in World War II?
* ... that consistent misrepresentation of a '''[[Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics|frequently-cited 1980 letter to the editor]]''' in ''The New England Journal of Medicine'' has been blamed for contributing to the U.S. [[opioid epidemic]]?
* ... that [[Sekondi (Ghana parliament constituency)|Sekondi]] MP '''[[Andrew Egyapa Mercer|Andrew Mercer]]''' helped repay the debt owed to the [[Ghana Football Association]] by [[Sekondi Eleven Wise]], a Division 1 league club in his constituency?
* ... that cargo had to be loaded and unloaded by hand onto the '''[[SS John Sherman|SS ''John Sherman'']]''', the first freight ship used on [[Lake Michigan]]?
* ... that [[Ariana Grande]] said she wanted her "'''[[Baby I]]'''" music video to emulate the "breeziness" of early 1990s music videos by [[TLC (group)|TLC]] and [[Will Smith]]?
* ... that Poland's '''[[National Council of the Judiciary]]''' has been criticized for including only 6 women among its 25 members?
* ... that the '''''[[Life (sculpture)|Life]]''''' sculpture was designed by [[Joseph Drapell]] shortly after landing in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], as a refugee?
* ... that around the shores of [[Long Island]], the '''[[Haloclava producta|ghost anemone]]''' can cause "clam diggers' itch", while the '''[[Edwardsiella lineata|lined anemone]]''' is responsible for "seabather's eruption"?
===5 August 2017===
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* ... that numerous writers have called the '''[[Airplane Coaster]]''' ''(pictured)'' the greatest roller coaster ever built?
* ... that freedom fighter '''[[K. E. Mammen]]''' was expelled from [[Madras Christian College]] for participating in the [[Quit India Movement]]?
* ... that male '''[[Liriomyza huidobrensis|serpentine leafminers]]''' sometimes feed at leaf wounds made by females, as they are unable to puncture the leaves themselves?
* ... that '''[[Michael Boder]]''' conducted new operas, including Penderecki's ''[[Ubu Rex]]'' for the [[Munich Opera Festival]], Henze's ''[[Phaedra (opera)|Phaedra]]'' in Berlin, and Reimann's ''[[Medea (Reimann)|Medea]]'' in Vienna?
* ... that the '''[[Rabbitkettle Hot Springs]]''' in the [[Northwest Territories]] are both the largest [[tufa]] mounds in Canada and the only known tufa mounds on [[permafrost]]?
* ... that as you progress through your 90-minute '''[[sleep cycle]]''', your [[Neural oscillation|brainwave]]s change and your body secretes different [[hormone]]s?
* ... that the '''[[1963 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game]]''' was the first [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] title game to feature a majority of black starters?
* ... that the call of the '''[[dusky long-tailed cuckoo]]''' is faster in [[Lower Guinean forests|Lower Guinea]] than it is in [[Upper Guinean forests|Upper Guinea]]?
===4 August 2017===
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* ... that one of the largest colonies in England of the rare '''[[Colletes halophilus|sea aster mining bee]]''' ''(pictured)'' is in an artificial mound of sand?
* ... that '''[[George Barbu Știrbei|Prince Știrbei]]''', the Romanian arts patron, buried sculptor [[Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux]] in [[Courbevoie]], then fought over the remains with Carpeaux's widow?
* ... that "'''[[Denes nad Makedonija]]'''" was chosen to be the national anthem of the [[Republic of Macedonia]], even though it finished runner-up in a contest held soon after independence in 1991?<!-- Special occasion hook for August 2 -->
* ... that in a pioneering study, American [[pedagogue]] '''[[Florence E. Bamberger]]''' quantified the effects of book design on stimulating a child's interest in reading?
* ... that the [[United States Marine Corps]] '''[[military tiara|tiara]]''' was designed by the New York fashion house [[Mainbocher]]?
* ... that those implicated in the '''[[1957 alleged Jordanian military coup attempt|1957 alleged coup attempt]]''' against [[Hussein of Jordan|King Hussein]] of [[Jordan]] were later pardoned and given senior posts in the government?
* ... that at age 18, '''[[Daniel Schiebeler]]''' wrote the libretto for [[Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comacho|an opera by Telemann]] based on an episode from Cervantes' ''[[Don Quixote]]'', which he could read in Spanish?
* ... that people may be fined US$250,000 for importing '''[[monkey meat]]''' into the [[United States]]?
===3 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 3 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[bagel and cream cheese]]''' ''(example pictured)'' was a very popular dish in the United States in the early 1950s, having permeated American culture?
* ... that '''[[radioactive nanoparticle]]s''' are being investigated as a treatment for cancer?
* ... that '''[[Daniel Tilton]]''', one of the first three judges of the [[Mississippi Territory]], lacked any legal experience prior to his appointment?
* ... that the [[stag beetle]] '''''[[Geodorcus servandus]]''''' is unable to fly, and is known to occur only on a single mountaintop in [[New Zealand]]?
* ... that [[Seattle]]'s '''[[International District/Chinatown station]]''' is located under a large concrete lid that supports several office towers and a public plaza?
* ... that '''[[Angelo De Donatis]]''' is the first non-[[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] to be appointed [[Vicar General of Rome]] since the sixteenth century?
* ... that the 2008 film '''''[[Dostana (2008 film)|Dostana]]''''' inspired several fashion trends in India, with [[Priyanka Chopra]]'s silver [[sari]], worn in the song "Desi Girl", becoming very popular?
* ... that the various versions of [[Titian]]'s '''''[[Venus and Musician]]''''' include organists, [[lute]]-players, [[Cupid]]s, and dogs, but always a nude [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]]?
===2 August 2017===
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* ... that Harry Traver's '''[[Jazz Railway]]s''', '''[[Sesquicentennial Cyclone]]''', and '''[[Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters]]''' (including the notorious '''[[Cyclone (Palisades Amusement Park)|Palisades Park Cyclone]]''', '''[[Zip (roller coaster)|Oaks Park Zip]]''', [[Crystal Beach Cyclone]], and [[Lightning (Revere Beach)|Revere Beach Lightning]]) all included rapidly undulating "Jazz Track" ''(diagram pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Mitali Madhumita]]''' is the first female officer in the [[Indian Army]] to receive a gallantry award?
* ... that despite living in complete darkness at [[Bathyal zone|bathyal depths]], the sea anemone '''''[[Allantactis|Allantactis parasitica]]''''' synchronises its breeding activity with the phases of the moon?
* ... that '''[[George Huebner]]''' is known as the "father of the automotive gas turbine engine"?
* ... that '''[[Typhoon Phyllis (1975)|Typhoon Phyllis]]''' and '''[[Typhoon Rita (1975)|Typhoon Rita]]''' were responsible for the majority of Japan tropical cyclone casualties in the [[1975 Pacific typhoon season]]?
* ... that an [[Haredi Judaism|ultra-Orthodox]] '''[[Rivka Ravitz|mother of eleven]]''' runs the office of the [[Reuven Rivlin|President of Israel]]?
* ... that in 2017, the '''[[Brooklyn Street Circuit]]''' hosted the '''[[2017 New York City ePrix|New York City ePrix]]''', the city's first automobile race since 1896?
* ... that Ghanaian [[highlife]] musician '''[[Paapa Yankson]]''' was first signed to a band while performing at his mother's funeral?
===1 August 2017===
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* ... that [[Kamehameha III|King Kamehameha III]] ''(pictured)'' held a grand [[luau]] at his summer palace of '''[[Kaniakapupu]]''' for ten thousand guests during the 1847 celebration of '''[[Sovereignty Restoration Day (Hawaii)|Hawaiian Sovereignty Restoration Day]]'''?<!--Special occasion hook for July 31-->
* ... that '''[[Christoph Bock]]''', the 2017 [[Overton Prize]] recipient, is a leading scientist in the [[International Human Epigenome Consortium]]?
* ... that "'''[[Kum-A-Kye]]'''" was the regimental march of the [[British South Africa Police]] in [[Rhodesia]]?<!--Special occasion hook for July 31-->
* ... that the relationship of [[manga]] character '''[[Boruto Uzumaki]]''' with his father [[Naruto Uzumaki|Naruto]] was based on the artist [[Masashi Kishimoto]]'s own relationship with his children?
* ... that the '''[[Diadumene leucolena|white anemone]]''' has been found growing in grooves in the shell of a [[loggerhead sea turtle]]?
* ... that '''[[David Asante-Apeatu]]''', acting [[Inspector-general of police#Ghana|Inspector General of Police]] of Ghana, once oversaw a police operation that led to the seizure of {{convert|588|kg|lb|abbr=on}} of cocaine worth US$38 million?
* ... that '''[[episode 5276]]''' of the BBC soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]'' features a transgender character being rejected by his mother?
* ... that during the [[Anschluss|annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany]], '''[[Arpad Weixlgärtner]]''' refused to hand over the keys to the [[Imperial Treasury, Vienna|Imperial Treasury]] to the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]]?
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===31 August 2017===
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* ... that after gunmen [[Loughinisland massacre|murdered her father in a pub]] ''(pictured)'', Irish politician '''[[Emma Rogan]]''' campaigned with the Loughinisland Justice Group to uncover their identities?
* ... that the [[mobile library]] '''[[Street Books]]''' uses [[library card]]s but does not set or enforce due dates?
* ... that producer [[Mara Brock Akil]] was hesitant to cast [[Tia Mowry]] as '''[[Melanie Barnett]]''' due to the actress's wholesome image from [[Sister, Sister (TV series)|''Sister, Sister'']]?
* ... that the former '''[[Place de la République (Strasbourg)|Imperial Square of Strasbourg]]''' is decorated with [[Ginkgo biloba|ginkgos]] that were presented by [[Emperor Meiji]] of Japan to the [[German Emperor]]?
* ... that in 1975, '''[[Barbara May Cameron]]''', a member of the [[Hunkpapa]] [[Lakota people|Lakota]], co-founded the [[Gay American Indians|first gay Indian organization]] in San Francisco?
* ... that populations of the '''[[little green woodpecker]]''' in Africa are increasing due to logging and clearing of the forests?
* ... that in the 1920s, '''[[Dolly Rudeman]]''' was one of the most prolific designers of movie posters and programs for the Dutch cinema, and the only woman working in the field at the time?
* ... that early '''[[occupational epidemiology]]''' studies established health risk factors for gold and silver miners, [[chimney sweep]]s, and workers using [[asbestos]]?
===30 August 2017===
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* ... that [[Joseph Joachim|Joseph]] and '''[[Amalie Joachim]]''' ''(pictured)'' received [[Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano|two songs]] from [[Johannes Brahms]], one to begin their marriage, the other decades later to repair it?
* ... that the '''[[Solecurtus strigilatus|rosy razor clam]]''' tries to evade capture by rapidly burrowing deeper into the sediment?
* ... that in 1978, airline captain '''[[Gordon Vette]]''' [[Cessna 188 Pacific rescue|rescued a Cessna pilot]] who was lost over the Pacific Ocean and [[Fuel starvation|running out of fuel]]?
* ... that '''[[supporter liaison officer]]s''' are claimed to be a major factor in the 20 percent reduction of crowd disorder in [[Football in Sweden|Swedish football]]?
* ... that '''[[Amabel Anderson Arnold]]''', a [[St. Louis]] lawyer and law professor, received degrees from both Benton College of Law and City College of Law and Finance within a five-day period?
* ... that the '''[[Catholic University of Madagascar]]''' awarded the country's first [[theology]] degree in 1961?
* ... that '''[[Christian William Miller]]''', inventor of a water desalination device promoted by [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], was considered one of the most beautiful men in the 1940s [[LGBT history in New York|New York gay society]]?
* ... that the '''[[Jugendkulturhaus Dynamo]]''', a youth center in [[Zürich]], was built from an old brewery after [[Opernhauskrawalle|youth riots in the city]] were sparked by a grant of {{currency|61 million|CHF|first=y}} to the Zürich Opera?
===29 August 2017===
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* ... that the sea slug '''''[[Alderia modesta]]''''' ''(pictured)'' transfers sperm to a partner by hypodermic injection?
* ... that '''[[Cecilia Dapaah]]''', Ghana's minister for aviation, has vowed to start a new national carrier and make the country the aviation hub of [[West Africa]]?
* ... that the first Croatian [[fictional film]], '''''[[Brcko in Zagreb]]''''', is now considered [[lost film|lost]]?<!--Special occasion hook for 28 August. -->
* ... that '''[[Maria Riccarda Wesseling]]''' appeared as Gluck's [[Orfeo ed Euridice|Orfeo]] in Paris and at the [[Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus]], and as Henze's [[Phaedra (opera)|Phaedra]] in Berlin?
* ... that [[Anne Curtis]] plans to perform her own stunts in the upcoming Philippine [[action film]] '''''[[Buy Bust]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[C. Louise Boehringer]]''', the first female Superintendent of Schools in [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma County]], has often been called "the mother of the [[Arizona]] educational system"?
* ... that '''[[video game walkthrough]]s''' are typically designed to assist other players in accomplishing certain feats within video games?
* ... that pirate '''[[John Bear (pirate)|John Bear]]''' married "a strumpet ... daughter of a rum-punch-woman" and tried to convince people she was a runaway noblewoman?
===28 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 28 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that when '''[[St Peter's Church, Henfield|St Peter's Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Henfield]] needed a bell in the 17th century, the churchwarden stole one from [[St Leonard's Church, Aldrington|St Leonard's Church in Aldrington]]?
* ... that suspected anarchist '''[[Lazarus Averbuch]]''' was shot and killed in the home of Chicago's Chief of Police?
* ... that the '''[[History of Medicine Society]]''', founded by Sir [[William Osler]] in 1912, is one of the oldest in the world?
* ... that juvenile '''[[Ophiothrix angulata|angular brittle stars]]''' can re-enter a [[plankton]] phase, allowing them to relocate to a more suitable location?
* ... that '''[[Mervyn Brogan]]''' was the first Australian [[Chief of Army (Australia)|Chief of the General Staff]] to have a university degree?
* ... that the '''[[Stadttheater Minden]]''', a municipal theatre without an ensemble, received international attention for its [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]] opera project?
* ... that '''[[Howard B. Meek]]''' was the founder and dean of [[Cornell University School of Hotel Administration|the first college]] to train professional hotel managers?
* ... that the prize in a tournament of '''''[[Urban Jungle]]''''', a [[driving game]] developed and set in [[Croatia]], was free real-world driving lessons?
===27 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 27 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the Sydney Metro Blues ''(pictured)'' are the 2017 '''[[Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League]]''' champions?
* ... that '''[[Marcus Bosch]]''' conducted a performance of Wagner's ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]'' at the [[Staatstheater Nürnberg]] that was shown live in 50 cinemas in Germany and Austria?
* ... that following a failed attempt earlier in the year, the [[Illinois General Assembly]] passed a bill establishing '''[[Barack Obama Day]]''' on May 19, 2017?
* ... that '''[[Traci Hunter Abramson]]''' used her experience as a swim coach and a CIA employee to write ''Undercurrents'', a novel about an Olympic-hopeful swimmer in [[witness protection]]?
* ... that of the 64 '''[[List of New England Patriots first-round draft picks|first-round draft picks]]''' made by the [[New England Patriots]], 20 have been selected to play in the [[Pro Bowl]]?
* ... that Ghanaian Member of Parliament '''[[Kwasi Annoh Ankama|Kwesi Ankama]]''' died on an official government delegation to the [[United Kingdom]]?
* ... that the green worm '''''[[Eulalia viridis]]''''' does not breed until it is at least two years old?
* ... that '''[[Thomas Lyle Williams]]''' had the idea to create the first mascara, [[Maybelline]], after seeing his sister Mabel use a mix of petroleum jelly and burnt cork to darken her eyelashes?
===26 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 26 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Caroline Risque]]''' ''(pictured)'' made the bronze busts of the four founders of [[Stix Baer & Fuller]]?
* ... that some scenes in '''''[[Home and Away: Revenge]]''''' were filmed by the actors using [[GoPro|GoPro cameras]] and mobile phones?
* ... that art curator [[Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi]] described sound artist '''[[Emeka Ogboh]]'''{{`s}} {{audio|Obalende bus park, Lagos Nigeria (Emeka Ogboh).ogg|work|help=no}} as capturing "the maddening hyper-visuality of [[Lagos]]"?
* ... that the '''[[Embassy of Japan, Seoul|Japanese embassy in Seoul]]''' has seen decades of protests, from weekly demonstrations to the throwing of Molotov cocktails, truck-ramming, self-immolation, and outright ransacking?
* ... that at the time of her death at age 105, '''[[Emma Clara Schweer]]''' was believed to be the oldest elected official in the United States?
* ... that 500 copies of Vietnamese singer [[Son Tung M-TP]]'s [[compilation album]] '''''[[M-tp M-TP]]''''' sold out in 30 minutes?
* ... that in 1844, [[Latter Day Saints]] founder [[Joseph Smith]] became the '''[[Joseph Smith presidential campaign, 1844|first Mormon to run for President of the United States]]''' and the first American presidential candidate to be assassinated?
* ... that the [[shooter game]] '''''[[Privates (video game)|Privates]]''''' was created to raise awareness about [[sexually transmitted infection]]s?
===25 August 2017===
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* ... that '''[[regrelor]]''' ''(pictured)'', a new experimental [[antiplatelet drug]], was withdrawn during a phase II [[clinical trial]] due to an increased risk of bleeding?
* ... that '''[[John William Alexander O'Brien|John O'Brien]]''' presided over the military court that tried and acquitted Japanese Admiral [[Soemu Toyoda]]?
* ... that in 1999 '''[[Children of Llullaillaco|three perfectly-preserved child mummies]]''' were found on the summit of [[Llullaillaco]], a 6,700 m (22,000 ft) volcano, where they had been sacrificed under the [[Inca Empire]] 500 years earlier?
* ... that '''[[Akhamaman]]''', the self-proclaimed [[List of rulers of Pegu|king of Pegu]], began his career as a rower on the royal yacht of King [[Narathihapate]] of [[Pagan Kingdom|Pagan]]?
* ... that a marine organism described in 1971 as a new species of [[gastrotrich]] was later identified as the larva of a bristleworm, probably '''''[[Polydora ciliata]]'''''?
* ... that the introduction of '''[[Ticketer]]''' ticket machines on [[Reading Buses|Reading Transport buses]] meant that 11,000 pre-paid cards had to be reissued?
* ... that U.S. citizens are [[Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act|prohibited]] from engaging in business transactions with the owners of the Mexican newspaper '''''[[Unomásuno]]'''''?
* ... that when signing to [[MCA Records]], [[Gregg Alexander]] allegedly received a $600,000 advance for the New Radicals' '''''[[Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too]]'''''?
===24 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 24 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Mars|Martian]] dunes of the '''[[Abalos Undae]]''' ''(pictured)'' may have formed from erosion of ''Rupes Tenuis'', the polar [[Escarpment|scarp]]?
* ... that '''[[Vera Nemirova]]''' staged ''[[Lulu (opera)|Lulu]]'' at the [[Salzburg Festival]] and ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen|The Ring]]'' for the [[Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt|Frankfurt Opera]]?
* ... that pharmacists sometimes "QuEST" during '''[[over-the-counter counseling]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Tvrtko I of Bosnia|Tvrtko I]]''', the first [[King of Bosnia]], maintained cordial relations with all three churches in his realm—[[Bosnian Church|Bosnian]], [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], and [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]]?
* ... that '''[[Priya Jhingan]]''' is the first woman to join the [[Indian Army]] as an officer?
* ... that the [[action RPG]] '''''[[Moon Hunters]]''''' changes depending on the players' choices in what the developer has described as a "[[personality test]]"?
* ... that '''[[Juliet Starrett]]''', a world [[rafting|whitewater rafting champion]], and her husband '''[[Kelly Starrett]]''', a national whitewater champion, co-founded one of the world's first [[CrossFit]] gyms?
* ... that '''''[[Perseus and Andromeda (Titian)|Perseus and Andromeda]]''''' by [[Titian]] "hung unglazed over a bath in [[Sir Richard Wallace, 1st Baronet|Sir Richard Wallace's]] dressing room" for over 20 years?
===23 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 23 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Aribert Reimann]] ''(pictured)'' composed '''''[[Medea (Reimann)|Medea]]''''' for the [[Vienna State Opera]], based on the drama by [[Franz Grillparzer]]?
* ... that the [[Hexactinellid|sponge-dwelling]] branched worm '''''[[Syllis ramosa]]''''' has a single mouth and many [[anus]]es?
* ... that '''[[Alma Lutz]]''' was the biographer of [[women's rights]] activists including [[Susan B. Anthony]], [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]], and [[Emma Willard]]?
* ... that [[Star Sports]]' '''''[[Mauka Mauka]]''''' advertising campaign for the [[2015 Cricket World Cup]] match between India and Pakistan was a huge hit in India, but ignited significant opposition in Pakistan?
* ... that [[Martin County, Florida]], was named after Governor '''[[John W. Martin]]''' while he was in office?
* ... that 21 [[Local council (Jordan)|local councils]] and 68 women had already won seats by [[acclamation]] before the '''[[Jordanian local elections, 2017|Jordanian local elections]]''' took place on 15 August?
* ... that German poet '''[[Betty Paoli]]''' was a companion to [[Maria Anna of Schwarzenberg|Princess Maria Anna Schwarzenberg]]?
* ... that Romans like to drink out of '''[[Nasone|large noses]]'''?
===22 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 22 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Corythucha ciliata|sycamore lace bug]]''' ''(pictured)'', native to North America, was first observed in Italy in 1964 and has since spread to much of Southern and Central Europe?
* ... that chef '''[[María Marte]]''' has a [[tattoo]] of her first original dish, a [[caramelization|caramelized]] [[hibiscus]] flower?
* ... that "'''[[Neon Blue]]'''" is about [[coming out]]?
* ... that '''[[Kwesi Amoako Atta]]''', Ghana's Minister for Roads and Highways, announced that 50 percent of [[Toll house|toll booth]] collectors will be people with disabilities?
* ... that the town of '''[[East Redmond, Washington]]''', was found by the [[Washington Supreme Court]] to have been "illegally [[municipal corporation|incorporated]]"?
* ... that the composer [[Giselher Klebe]] wrote the libretto for his opera '''''[[Die tödlichen Wünsche]]''''' based on Balzac's ''[[La Peau de chagrin]]''?
* ... that '''[[James A. Wetmore]]'''{{`s}} name is inscribed on more federal buildings than any other U.S. citizen?
* ... that the extended play '''''[[To the Edge of the Earth]]''''' by [[Thirty Seconds to Mars]] was conceived to raise public awareness of global warming and [[green politics]]?
===21 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 21 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Thukkachi Abatsahayesvar temple]]''' ''(pictured)'' was greatly expanded by [[Vikrama Chola]] after he was supposedly cured of [[vitiligo]] by praying to the presiding deity for 48 days?
* ... that award-winning soprano '''[[Christiane Karg]]''' appeared as [[Der Rosenkavalier|Sophie]] at the [[Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt|Frankfurt Opera]], the [[Semperoper]] and [[La Scala]], and in Mahler's [[Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)|Second Symphony]] at the [[Rheingau Musik Festival]]?
* ... that the '''[[Clinton Liberal Institute]]''' existed in upstate New York from 1831 until it burned down in 1900?
* ... that [[Frederick the Great]] felt sure he had lost the '''[[Third Silesian War]]''' after his defeat at the [[Battle of Kunersdorf]] in 1759, until a "[[Miracle of the House of Brandenburg|miracle]]" restored his hopes?
* ... that [[Supreme Court of India]] judge '''[[Deepak Gupta (judge)|Deepak Gupta]]''' once heard and disposed of 33 cases in a single day?
* ... that the '''[[iBuyPower and NetcodeGuides match fixing scandal]]''' is considered the first large scandal of its type to hit the competitive ''[[Counter-Strike: Global Offensive]]'' scene?<!-- Special occasion hook for Aug 20. -->
* ... that '''[[Gao Minglu]]''', founder of the Chinese avant-garde movement, was a herdsman in Outer Mongolia during the [[Cultural Revolution]]?
* ... that [[Titian]]'s '''''[[Flaying of Marsyas (Titian)|Flaying of Marsyas]]''''' (1570s) shows a [[satyr]] being skinned alive by [[Apollo]], and was once the prize in a lottery?
===20 August 2017===
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* ... that [[Titian]]'s painting of '''''[[Venus and Adonis (Titian)|Venus and Adonis]]''''' ''(pictured)'' exists in "two-dog" and "three-dog" versions?
* ... that when the Minneapolis School Board decided to include [[North Germanic languages]] in the curriculum, '''[[Maren Michelet]]''' became the first teacher of [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] in a public high school in the US?
* ... that in his memoir '''''[[Interventions: A Life in War and Peace]]''''', [[Kofi Annan]] asserts that internal African politics and leadership are largely responsible for Africa's problems?
* ... that '''[[Brian Bellhouse]]''' invented a needle-free and pain-free injection system which was eventually sold for £542 million?
* ... that four members of the Hawkins family died violent deaths after winning '''[[Hawkins v. Town of Shaw|their lawsuit]]''' against [[Shaw, Mississippi]]?
* ... that [[Marvel Comics]] briefly operated an '''[[Marvel Music (imprint)|imprint]]''' dedicated to comics about musicians?
* ... that '''[[List of current places of worship on the Isle of Wight|current places of worship on the Isle of Wight]]''' include two of England's oldest Catholic churches and several Anglican churches by '''[[Thomas Hellyer (architect)|Thomas Hellyer]]''', an architect described by [[Nikolaus Pevsner|Pevsner]] as "very individualistic"?
* ... that '''[[Omar Narváez (baseball)|Omar Narváez]]''' hit his first [[Major League Baseball|Major League]] home run on his father's birthday?
===19 August 2017===
*'''''00:30, 19 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Abebe Bikila]]''' ''(pictured)'' set a world record winning the [[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|1960 Men's Olympic marathon]], running barefoot?
* ... that Presidents [[Warren G. Harding]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] each created a '''[[Federal Real Estate Board]]'''?
* ... that Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist [[David Wood (journalist)|David Wood]] has called '''[[Heather Booth]]''' "one of the nation's most influential organizers for progressive causes"?
* ... that the '''[[woodpecker]]''' has special adaptations to avoid damaging its brain while pecking and drumming?
* ... that '''[[L. Fidelia Woolley Gillette]]''' was one of the first women to be ordained as a [[Universalist Church of America|Universalist]] minister in the United States, and the first woman ordained of any denomination in Canada?
* ... that '''[[KFKU]]''', the AM radio station of the [[University of Kansas]], ceased operations because [[KYYS|its time-share partner]] went silent due to financial difficulties?
* ... that French composer [[Pascal Dusapin]] wrote the English [[libretto]] for his opera '''''[[Faustus, the Last Night]]''''', which premiered [[Berlin State Opera|in Germany]] in 2006?
* ... that the codename assigned to [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate|U.S. Senate president pro tempore]] [[James Eastland]] by the '''[[Central Locator System]]''' was "FOURFINGER"?
===18 August 2017===
*'''''00:45, 18 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Schloss Ledenburg]]''' ''(pictured)'', the residence of several families in succession, housed [[Twelve Fantasias for Viola da Gamba solo|music that seemed lost]]?
* ... that surgeon '''[[Pankaj Chandak]]''' and his colleagues are believed to be the first surgical team to act in a television drama, namely ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]''?
* ... that during the early winter, the [[amphipod]] '''''[[Paramoera walkeri]]''''' nearly cover the underside of [[Antarctic ice sheet]]s?
* ... that "'''[[Gotta Get a Grip (Mick Jagger song)|Gotta Get a Grip]]'''" is one of two new singles by [[Mick Jagger]], his first solo material since the album ''[[Goddess in the Doorway]]'' was released in 2001?
* ... that [[Ayn Rand]] found the title for her novel '''''[[The Fountainhead]]''''', her first major success, in a [[thesaurus]]?
* ... that '''[[Seyyed Abdollah Behbahani]]''', a Shia theologian and leader of the [[Persian Constitutional Revolution|constitutional movement]], was assassinated in Iran and buried in Iraq?
* ... that video game '''''[[Godville]]''''' is a [[zero-player game]], requiring no player interaction with the main character?
* ... that the band '''[[Liimanarina]]''' take their name from a Finnish word for "glue" and the creaking sound a door makes when it is opened?
===17 August 2017===
*'''''01:00, 17 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], the [[Sesshō and Kampaku|Japanese regent]] from 1585 to 1591, ordered the construction of the '''[[Golden Tea Room]]''' ''(pictured)'', a ''[[chashitsu]]'' that was completely covered in gold?
* ... that the '''[[2017–18 London & South East Premier]]''' season will be the first under that name, as the Rugby Football Union felt the previous "National League 3" name was misleading?
* ... that '''[[Henry Semon]]''' lost his seat in the [[Oregon House of Representatives|Oregon legislature]] when he accepted a position on the state's agriculture board, but was reappointed to the legislature after resigning from the board?
* ... that the opera '''''[[Alceste (Schweitzer)|Alceste]]''''', composed by [[Anton Schweitzer]] with a libretto by [[Christoph Martin Wieland|Wieland]], is regarded as a milestone of German opera?
* ... that the site of '''[[Kayak Point County Park]]''' was originally proposed as an [[oil refinery]]?
* ... that the '''[[Japanese pygmy woodpecker]]''' becomes smaller and darker from the north of its range to the south?
* ... that '''[[Bill McCann]]''' was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] for "courage and fine leadership" during the capture of Crépey Wood?
* ... that '''[[17776|a story about the state of American football in the year 17776]]''' has been compared to the work of [[Don DeLillo]], [[Italo Calvino]], [[Thomas Pynchon]], and robot [[internet troll|trolls]] on [[Reddit]]?
===16 August 2017===
*'''''01:15, 16 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Clint Dempsey]] ''(pictured)'' has '''[[List of international goals scored by Clint Dempsey|57 international goals]]''', ranking third among active male [[Football player|footballers]] behind [[Cristiano Ronaldo]] and [[Lionel Messi]]?
* ... that a swamp in the watershed of '''[[Red Brook (Stony Brook)|Red Brook]]''' is home to part of the largest population of [[yellow-bellied flycatcher]]s in Pennsylvania?
* ... that in 1977, symphony conductor '''[[Helen Quach]]''' was one of two women who led major orchestras anywhere in the world?
* ... that the "Whacky Tobaccy" music video from the [[Toby Keith]] album '''''[[The Bus Songs]]''''' contains a cameo appearance by [[Willie Nelson]]?
* ... that the single species of the ant '''''[[Aneuretellus]]''''' is named from the Latin for "deformed"?
* ... that [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]] composed the '''''[[Foundling Hospital Anthem]]''''' in 1749 for a benefit concert for abandoned children in London?
* ... that '''[[William A. Starrett]]''', builder of the [[Empire State Building]], sent his [[Steel building|steel construction]] technology to Japan to help design buildings to resist [[earthquake]]s?
* ... that an '''[[Cockstock Incident|argument over a horse]]''' led to a law banning all black settlers from [[Oregon]] in 1844?
===15 August 2017===
*'''''01:30, 15 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[grey-headed woodpecker]]''' ''(pictured)'' was [[Lumpers and splitters|split]] into three separate species in 2014?
* ... that '''[[Elizabeth Mounsey]]''' became the organist of [[St Peter upon Cornhill]] when she was 14 years old?
* ... that '''[[cheese and crackers]]''' has been described as one of the first [[fast food]]s in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Isaac Kwame Asiamah|Isaac Asiamah]]''', Ghana's new [[Ministry of Youth and Sports (Ghana)|Minister for Youth and Sports]], was at one time the country's youngest legislator?
* ... that the '''[[Mexican Seismic Alert System]]''' provided [[Mexico City]] 80 seconds of advance notice prior to the [[2012 Oaxaca earthquake]]?
* ... that '''[[Rano M. Shaiza]]''' helped further the [[Naga people|Naga]] peace accord by brokering a meeting between [[Angami Zapu Phizo|her uncle]], the founder of the Naga separatist movement, and the [[Morarji Desai|Prime Minister of India]]?
* ... that the star '''[[S Coronae Borealis]]''' has been estimated as having around 1.34 times the Sun's mass but 308 times its radius?
* ... that [[Toronto Blue Jays]] baseball player '''[[Riley Adams (baseball)|Riley Adams]]''' has a [[black belt (martial arts)|black belt]] in karate?
===14 August 2017===
*'''''01:45, 14 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul]]'s [[Metro (Minnesota)|Metro]] system ''(train pictured)'' provided 23 million rides across its '''[[List of Metro (Minnesota) light rail stations|37 light rail stations]]''' in 2016?
* ... that the '''[[banded woodpecker]]''' has adapted well to living in man-made surroundings and is of low concern to conservationists?
* ... that the '''[[Theater Bonn]]''' opened a new opera house in 1965?
* ... that the '''[[Star Athletica, L. L. C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc.|U.S. Supreme Court recently decided]]''' that "lines, chevrons, and colorful shapes" on [[cheerleading]] uniforms could be eligible for [[Copyright law of the United States|copyright protection]]?
* ... that '''''[[London Fog 1966]]''''' features the earliest known live recordings by [[the Doors]]?
* ... that '''[[Typhoon Page (1990)|Typhoon Page]]''' was the record-setting sixth [[tropical cyclone]] to hit Japan in 1990?
* ... that '''[[Katharine Peabody Loring]]''' taught history with [[Alice James]] at the first [[Distance education|correspondence school]] in the United States?
* ... that '''''[[Knuckles' Chaotix]]''''' was not developed by [[Sonic Team]], but rather a separate, internal development team at [[Sega]]?
===13 August 2017===
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* ... that commander '''[[Seth Ledyard Phelps]]''' ''(pictured)'' helped hoist the American flag over the Confederate [[Battle of Fort Henry|Fort Henry]] after it fell to the Union?
* ... that the scorpion '''''[[Cheloctonus jonesii]]''''' has been reported killing the [[red-billed quelea]]?
* ... that four years ago today, '''[[Disappearance of Tiffany Daniels|Tiffany Daniels]]''' left her job at [[Pensacola State College]] early after telling her supervisor she would not be back for a few days, and has not been seen since? <!--Special Occasion hook for August 12-->
* ... that the '''[[CAMS 54]]''' long-range [[flying boat]] attempted an east-west transatlantic crossing, but was returned to France by ship from the [[Azores]]?
* ... that actress [[Lucinda Dryzek]] secured the role of '''[[Jasmine Burrows]]''' in ''[[Holby City]]'' while she was training as a hairdresser?
* ... that additional [[fire sprinkler]]s were installed in Seattle's '''[[Westlake station (Sound Transit)|Westlake station]]''' to accommodate parties and receptions on the station's mezzanine?
* ... that "'''[[5,6,7,8]]'''" is the third-highest selling and most streamed song of [[Steps (group)|Steps]]' career, despite being one of their lowest charting?
* ... that '''[[Kojo Armah]]''' once chaired a parliamentary committee to investigate the substitution of [[cocaine]] with [[Maize|corn dough]] in the Police Narcotics Exhibit Room of the [[Ghana Police Service]]?
===12 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 12 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the dunes of the '''[[Hagal dune field]]''' on [[Mars]]'' (detail pictured)'' look like dots and dashes, and are called the "Martian Morse Code"?
* ... that former [[Sha Na Na]] member [[Jon Bauman|Jon "Bowzer" Bauman]] was the co-author of '''[[Truth in Music Advertising]]''' legislation in most of the United States?
* ... that '''''[[Baa Baa Land]]''''', an eight-hour [[slow cinema]] film containing nothing but long shots of grazing [[sheep]], is described by its producers as "the dullest movie ever made"?
* ... that '''[[Tarabya of Pegu|Tarabya]]''', the self-proclaimed [[List of rulers of Pegu|king of Pegu]], was executed on the order of King [[Wareru]] of [[Hanthawaddy Kingdom|Martaban]], who was his father-in-law and son-in-law?
* ... that San Francisco's '''[[Julius' Castle]]''' on [[Telegraph Hill, San Francisco|Telegraph Hill]] was once painted pink?
* ... that '''[[Laurie Davidson (actor)|Laurie Davidson]]''' was inspired for his role as William Shakespeare in ''[[Will (TV series)|Will]]'' by ''[[Straight Outta Compton (film)|Straight Outta Compton]]'' and ''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]'', but not by modern depictions of Shakespeare such as ''[[Shakespeare in Love]]''?
* ... that '''[[Typhoon Gene (1990)|Typhoon Gene]]''' resulted in the cancellation of the final round of the 1990 [[Top Cup Tokai Classic]]?
* ... that the obituary of '''[[Dewey Readmore Books]]''', a [[library cat]], appeared in more than 270 national and international newspapers?
===11 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 11 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the Slovenian soprano '''[[Sabina Cvilak]]''' ''(pictured)'' was Puccini's character [[La bohème|Mimi]] in [[Washington National Opera|Washington]], Wagner's [[Die Walküre|Sieglinde]] in [[Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden|Wiesbaden]], and performed Britten's ''[[War Requiem]]'' in [[Royal Albert Hall|London]] on the composer's centenary?
* ... that [[Sonam Kapoor]] won the [[National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film)|National Film Award]] and the [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress|Filmfare Award]] for the 2016 biographical thriller '''''[[List of accolades received by Neerja|Neerja]]'''''?
* ... that [[Renga (video game)|'''''Renga''''']] is a video game designed for [[movie theater]]s in which up to one hundred players use [[laser pointer]]s to control and defend a space ship?
* ... that '''''[[Devil's Bargain]]''''' describes how [[Steve Bannon]] used his experience at ''[[Breitbart News]]'' to gather white men to support Donald Trump?
* ... that '''[[Phillip Davey]]''' was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for killing an eight-man machine gun crew, which "saved his platoon from annihilation"?
* ... that a '''[[Star Wars Hotel|hotel shaped like a starship]]''', based on the ''[[Star Wars]]'' franchise, is planned for [[Walt Disney World]]?
* ... that [[Ghana]]ian-born Major '''[[Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah]]''' is the first black [[Equerry#United Kingdom|equerry]] to a British monarch?
* ... that in the 1970s [[Amtrak]] had two new locomotives, the '''[[GE E60]]''' and the '''[[EMD SDP40F]]''', which had [[derailment|trouble staying on the tracks]]?
===10 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 10 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the rock-cut structure '''[[Qadamgah (ancient site)|Qadamgah]]''' ''(pictured)'' near [[Persepolis]], once thought to be an unfinished [[Achaemenid Empire|Achaemenid]] royal tomb, may actually be a completed work with a possible religious function?
* ... that in 2017 '''[[Dan Botwe]]''', a former political exile, became a cabinet member and minister in Ghana's newly created [[Ministry of Regional Reorganization and Development]]?
* ... that the '''[[Chinese Expeditionary Force]]''' in the [[Burma Campaign]] was commanded by [[Joseph Stilwell|an American general]]?
* ... that following the '''[[death of Nicole van den Hurk]]''', her stepbrother [[False confession|falsely confessed]] to killing her to get her body exhumed for [[DNA profiling|DNA testing]]?
* ... that in 1963, over 200,000 students of the [[Chicago Public Schools]] '''[[Chicago Public School Boycott|boycotted class]]''' to protest segregation and poor conditions?
* ... that '''[[Mahant Chandnath]]''', a [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of the Indian Parliament]], is also the head of the [[Nath]] sect of Hinduism?
* ... that the '''[[Diopatra cuprea|decorator worm]]''' lives in a tube adorned with shell fragments and tiny pebbles?
* ... that Foreign Minister '''[[Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen]]''' promised that Romania would only "take a few badly aimed potshots" at [[Soviet Air Forces|Soviet planes]] entering its airspace during the [[Munich Agreement|Munich Crisis]]?
===9 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 9 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the 1841 [[conservation (ethic)|conservation]] agreement between the owners of the land where the '''[[Saw Kill (Hudson River)|Saw Kill]]''' ''(falls pictured)'' drains into the [[Hudson River]] is one of the earliest in American history?
* ... that '''[[Céleste Mogador]]''' may have been the inspiration for the title character in Georges Bizet's opera ''[[Carmen]]''?
* ... that [[Darren Sammy]] took '''[[List of West Indies cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut|seven wickets for 66 runs in his debut Test]]''' for the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] in 2007?
* ... that the extinct ant species '''''[[Cephalotes hispaniolicus]]''''' was first described from a single [[Miocene]] fossil found in amber on [[Hispaniola]]?
* ... that '''[[beer ice cream]]''' has been served at the [[Great American Beer Festival]]?
* ... that the '''[[Guilden Morden boar]]''' may have adorned a helmet like those worn by the poetical warrior [[Beowulf (hero)|Beowulf]]?
* ... that '''[[René Morax]]''' founded the Thêatre du Jorat, where his play ''[[Le Roi David]]'' premiered with dramatic music by [[Arthur Honegger]]?
* ... that the extinct '''[[Nicarao people]]''' of pre-Columbian [[Nicaragua]] shared many cultural traits with the [[Aztec]]s of [[Mexico]], including their calendar, screenfold books, and human sacrifice?
===8 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 8 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that "Cherry Garcia" ''(pictured)'' is a '''[[cherry ice cream]]''' named after [[Jerry Garcia]] of the [[Grateful Dead]]?
* ... that a '''[[clinical pharmaceutical scientist]]''' is both a practicing [[pharmacist]] and a [[scientist]]?
* ... that the specimen from which the blind snake '''''[[Typhlops meszoelyi]]''''' was described had a diameter of {{convert|3|mm|in|2|sp=us}}?
* ... that the 2017 comics series '''''[[X-Men Gold]]''''' and '''''[[X-Men Blue]]''''' take their titles from a storyline from the early 1990s?
* ... that '''[[Bart Sawyer]]'''{{`s}} pro wrestling [[gimmick (professional wrestling)|gimmick]] was inspired by [[Bart Simpson]]?
* ... that '''''[[Melusine (Reimann)|Melusine]]''''', the second opera by [[Aribert Reimann]], premiered at the [[Schlosstheater Schwetzingen]] in 1971 and was revived in 2016 by [[Berlin University of the Arts|students in Berlin]] for the composer's 80th birthday?
* ... that '''[[Typhoon Caitlin (1991)|Typhoon Caitlin]]''' provided drought relief to [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]], where reservoir levels rose from 35% to over 80% capacity?
* ... that the family of [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning journalist [[Alex Tizon]] '''[[My Family's Slave|kept a slave for 56 years]]'''?
===7 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 7 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Gevninge helmet fragment]]''' ''(pictured)'' once adorned a pre-[[Viking Age]] helmet?
* ... that '''[[Matthew Pottinger]]''', a member of the [[United States National Security Council|U.S. National Security Council]], was a journalist in China for seven years before becoming a [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine]]?
* ... that both the adult and [[fledge|fledgling]] of the '''[[moustached hawk-cuckoo]]''' have a moustache?
* ... that pianist [[Abdullah Ibrahim]] recorded the [[Cape jazz]] instrumental "'''[[Mannenberg]]'''" in response to the forced relocation of Coloured families by the South African government during [[apartheid]]?
* ... that '''[[CUBRIC]]''' at [[Cardiff University]] can create [[connectome|a map of someone's brain]]?
* ... that '''[[Typhoon Hattie (1990)|Typhoon Hattie]]''' was the fifth of a record six tropical cyclones to hit Japan in [[1990 Pacific typhoon season|1990]]?
* ... that the East Asian holiday [[White Day]] served as the basis for the horror game '''''[[White Day: A Labyrinth Named School (2015 video game)|White Day: A Labyrinth Named School]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Clementina Anstruther-Thomson]]''' and [[Vernon Lee]] openly lived together as a [[lesbian]] couple during the [[Victorian era]]?
===6 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 6 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Theater Magdeburg]]'''{{`s}} opera house ''(pictured)'', an operetta and variety theatre, is a reconstruction of the original destroyed in World War II?
* ... that consistent misrepresentation of a '''[[Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics|frequently-cited 1980 letter to the editor]]''' in ''The New England Journal of Medicine'' has been blamed for contributing to the U.S. [[opioid epidemic]]?
* ... that [[Sekondi (Ghana parliament constituency)|Sekondi]] MP '''[[Andrew Egyapa Mercer|Andrew Mercer]]''' helped repay the debt owed to the [[Ghana Football Association]] by [[Sekondi Eleven Wise]], a Division 1 league club in his constituency?
* ... that cargo had to be loaded and unloaded by hand onto the '''[[SS John Sherman|SS ''John Sherman'']]''', the first freight ship used on [[Lake Michigan]]?
* ... that [[Ariana Grande]] said she wanted her "'''[[Baby I]]'''" music video to emulate the "breeziness" of early 1990s music videos by [[TLC (group)|TLC]] and [[Will Smith]]?
* ... that Poland's '''[[National Council of the Judiciary]]''' has been criticized for including only 6 women among its 25 members?
* ... that the '''''[[Life (sculpture)|Life]]''''' sculpture was designed by [[Joseph Drapell]] shortly after landing in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], as a refugee?
* ... that around the shores of [[Long Island]], the '''[[Haloclava producta|ghost anemone]]''' can cause "clam diggers' itch", while the '''[[Edwardsiella lineata|lined anemone]]''' is responsible for "seabather's eruption"?
===5 August 2017===
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* ... that numerous writers have called the '''[[Airplane Coaster]]''' ''(pictured)'' the greatest roller coaster ever built?
* ... that freedom fighter '''[[K. E. Mammen]]''' was expelled from [[Madras Christian College]] for participating in the [[Quit India Movement]]?
* ... that male '''[[Liriomyza huidobrensis|serpentine leafminers]]''' sometimes feed at leaf wounds made by females, as they are unable to puncture the leaves themselves?
* ... that '''[[Michael Boder]]''' conducted new operas, including Penderecki's ''[[Ubu Rex]]'' for the [[Munich Opera Festival]], Henze's ''[[Phaedra (opera)|Phaedra]]'' in Berlin, and Reimann's ''[[Medea (Reimann)|Medea]]'' in Vienna?
* ... that the '''[[Rabbitkettle Hot Springs]]''' in the [[Northwest Territories]] are both the largest [[tufa]] mounds in Canada and the only known tufa mounds on [[permafrost]]?
* ... that as you progress through your 90-minute '''[[sleep cycle]]''', your [[Neural oscillation|brainwave]]s change and your body secretes different [[hormone]]s?
* ... that the '''[[1963 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game]]''' was the first [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] title game to feature a majority of black starters?
* ... that the call of the '''[[dusky long-tailed cuckoo]]''' is faster in [[Lower Guinean forests|Lower Guinea]] than it is in [[Upper Guinean forests|Upper Guinea]]?
===4 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 4 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that one of the largest colonies in England of the rare '''[[Colletes halophilus|sea aster mining bee]]''' ''(pictured)'' is in an artificial mound of sand?
* ... that '''[[George Barbu Știrbei|Prince Știrbei]]''', the Romanian arts patron, buried sculptor [[Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux]] in [[Courbevoie]], then fought over the remains with Carpeaux's widow?
* ... that "'''[[Denes nad Makedonija]]'''" was chosen to be the national anthem of the [[Republic of Macedonia]], even though it finished runner-up in a contest held soon after independence in 1991?<!-- Special occasion hook for August 2 -->
* ... that in a pioneering study, American [[pedagogue]] '''[[Florence E. Bamberger]]''' quantified the effects of book design on stimulating a child's interest in reading?
* ... that the [[United States Marine Corps]] '''[[military tiara|tiara]]''' was designed by the New York fashion house [[Mainbocher]]?
* ... that those implicated in the '''[[1957 alleged Jordanian military coup attempt|1957 alleged coup attempt]]''' against [[Hussein of Jordan|King Hussein]] of [[Jordan]] were later pardoned and given senior posts in the government?
* ... that at age 18, '''[[Daniel Schiebeler]]''' wrote the libretto for [[Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comacho|an opera by Telemann]] based on an episode from Cervantes' ''[[Don Quixote]]'', which he could read in Spanish?
* ... that people may be fined US$250,000 for importing '''[[monkey meat]]''' into the [[United States]]?
===3 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 3 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[bagel and cream cheese]]''' ''(example pictured)'' was a very popular dish in the United States in the early 1950s, having permeated American culture?
* ... that '''[[radioactive nanoparticle]]s''' are being investigated as a treatment for cancer?
* ... that '''[[Daniel Tilton]]''', one of the first three judges of the [[Mississippi Territory]], lacked any legal experience prior to his appointment?
* ... that the [[stag beetle]] '''''[[Geodorcus servandus]]''''' is unable to fly, and is known to occur only on a single mountaintop in [[New Zealand]]?
* ... that [[Seattle]]'s '''[[International District/Chinatown station]]''' is located under a large concrete lid that supports several office towers and a public plaza?
* ... that '''[[Angelo De Donatis]]''' is the first non-[[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] to be appointed [[Vicar General of Rome]] since the sixteenth century?
* ... that the 2008 film '''''[[Dostana (2008 film)|Dostana]]''''' inspired several fashion trends in India, with [[Priyanka Chopra]]'s silver [[sari]], worn in the song "Desi Girl", becoming very popular?
* ... that the various versions of [[Titian]]'s '''''[[Venus and Musician]]''''' include organists, [[lute]]-players, [[Cupid]]s, and dogs, but always a nude [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]]?
===2 August 2017===
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* ... that Harry Traver's '''[[Jazz Railway]]s''', '''[[Sesquicentennial Cyclone]]''', and '''[[Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters]]''' (including the notorious '''[[Cyclone (Palisades Amusement Park)|Palisades Park Cyclone]]''', '''[[Zip (roller coaster)|Oaks Park Zip]]''', [[Crystal Beach Cyclone]], and [[Lightning (Revere Beach)|Revere Beach Lightning]]) all included rapidly undulating "Jazz Track" ''(diagram pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Mitali Madhumita]]''' is the first female officer in the [[Indian Army]] to receive a gallantry award?
* ... that despite living in complete darkness at [[Bathyal zone|bathyal depths]], the sea anemone '''''[[Allantactis|Allantactis parasitica]]''''' synchronises its breeding activity with the phases of the moon?
* ... that '''[[George Huebner]]''' is known as the "father of the automotive gas turbine engine"?
* ... that '''[[Typhoon Phyllis (1975)|Typhoon Phyllis]]''' and '''[[Typhoon Rita (1975)|Typhoon Rita]]''' were responsible for the majority of Japan tropical cyclone casualties in the [[1975 Pacific typhoon season]]?
* ... that an [[Haredi Judaism|ultra-Orthodox]] '''[[Rivka Ravitz|mother of eleven]]''' runs the office of the [[Reuven Rivlin|President of Israel]]?
* ... that in 2017, the '''[[Brooklyn Street Circuit]]''' hosted the '''[[2017 New York City ePrix|New York City ePrix]]''', the city's first automobile race since 1896?
* ... that Ghanaian [[highlife]] musician '''[[Paapa Yankson]]''' was first signed to a band while performing at his mother's funeral?
===1 August 2017===
*'''''00:00, 1 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Kamehameha III|King Kamehameha III]] ''(pictured)'' held a grand [[luau]] at his summer palace of '''[[Kaniakapupu]]''' for ten thousand guests during the 1847 celebration of '''[[Sovereignty Restoration Day (Hawaii)|Hawaiian Sovereignty Restoration Day]]'''?<!--Special occasion hook for July 31-->
* ... that '''[[Christoph Bock]]''', the 2017 [[Overton Prize]] recipient, is a leading scientist in the [[International Human Epigenome Consortium]]?
* ... that "'''[[Kum-A-Kye]]'''" was the regimental march of the [[British South Africa Police]] in [[Rhodesia]]?<!--Special occasion hook for July 31-->
* ... that the relationship of [[manga]] character '''[[Boruto Uzumaki]]''' with his father [[Naruto Uzumaki|Naruto]] was based on the artist [[Masashi Kishimoto]]'s own relationship with his children?
* ... that the '''[[Diadumene leucolena|white anemone]]''' has been found growing in grooves in the shell of a [[loggerhead sea turtle]]?
* ... that '''[[David Asante-Apeatu]]''', acting [[Inspector-general of police#Ghana|Inspector General of Police]] of Ghana, once oversaw a police operation that led to the seizure of {{convert|588|kg|lb|abbr=on}} of cocaine worth US$38 million?
* ... that '''[[episode 5276]]''' of the BBC soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]'' features a transgender character being rejected by his mother?
* ... that during the [[Anschluss|annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany]], '''[[Arpad Weixlgärtner]]''' refused to hand over the keys to the [[Imperial Treasury, Vienna|Imperial Treasury]] to the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]]?
