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===31 December 2017===
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* ... that [[Luke Fildes]]' painting '''''[[The Doctor (painting)|The Doctor]]''''' ''(detail pictured)'' was used to promote state-run [[Health care|healthcare]] in Britain and to campaign against it in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Chiyuki Urano]]''', a soloist and choir member of the [[Bach Collegium Japan]], recorded songs by Russian amateur composers including [[Sergei Diaghilev|Diaghilev]] with pianist [[Lera Auerbach]]?
* ... that relative to its length, one species of '''[[mite]]''' is the fastest animal on Earth?
* ... that '''[[Antoinette Montaigne]]''' left her position as city councillor in France to become a minister in the government of the [[Central African Republic]]?
* ... that [[Aric Almirola]] received credit for winning the '''[[2007 AT&T 250]]''' despite not finishing the race?
* ... that '''[[Xiong Huizhen]]''', who spent 22 years completing [[Yang Shoujing|his teacher]]'s unfinished work, was admired by historian [[Gu Jiegang]] for his devotion?
* ... that the Soviet Air Defense Forces' '''[[177th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO|177th Fighter Aviation Regiment]]''' operated [[Lend-Lease]] [[Supermarine Spitfire|Supermarine Spitfires]] as air defense for Moscow between 1944 and 1948?
===30 December 2017===
*'''''00:00, 30 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[millet butterflyfish]]''' ''(pictured)'' and the '''[[bluestripe butterflyfish]]''' are both [[Endemism|endemic]] to the Hawaiian Islands and nearby atolls?
* ... that '''[[Darnell Hunt]]''', Dean of Social Sciences at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]], believes Hollywood should use the [[Rooney Rule]] to increase the share of African-American writers?
* ... that scientific research demonstrates that '''[[perspective-taking]]''' may lead to reduced stereotyping?
* ... that '''[[Hans Otto Jung]]''' was a jazz musician during World War II, ran a winery from the [[Boosenburg]], and was co-founder of the [[Rheingau Musik Festival]]?
* ... that Australia has the earliest mineral grains of Earth's history in the form of '''[[Hadean zircon]]s'''?
* ... that '''[[Perry Askam]]''' was the only professional singer in the Hollywood musical ''[[Sweet Kitty Bellairs]]''?
* ... that '''[[FVB Mice]]''' are used for [[genetic research]] because they produce large litters and their eggs have enlarged [[Cell nucleus|nuclei]]?
* ... that '''[[British logistics in the Falklands War]]''' depended on ships that were [[STUFT]]?
===29 December 2017===
*'''''00:00, 29 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the Rotonda de Sampaloc, now the '''[[Nagtahan Interchange]]''' ''(pictured)'', originally demarcated the boundary between [[Manila]]'s suburbs and its urban core?
* ... that Chief '''[[Suah Koko]]''' fought several battles against the [[Liberia]]n government before granting them her land?
* ... that the underground journey of a metamorphic rock can be shown with a '''[[pressure-temperature-time path]]'''?
* ... that South Korean singer '''[[Kang In-soo]]''' was accepted as a dance major in [[Sejong University]] despite not having learned how to dance?
* ... that '''''[[My Journey into the Heart of Terror: Ten Days in the Islamic State|My Journey into the Heart of Terror]]''''' was authored by [[Jürgen Todenhöfer]], the first western journalist to be invited to travel to the self-proclaimed caliphate of the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State of Iraq and Syria]]?
* ... that '''[[Rudolf Peierls]]''' was awarded the [[Medal of Freedom]], but was later refused entry to the United States because he was suspected of being a spy?
* ... that 22 August 1914, the date of the [[Battle of the Frontiers]], was the '''[[Deadliest single days of World War I|deadliest single day on the Western Front in World War I]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Ana Lucía Armijos]]''', president of the Ecuadorian Monetary Board, went into hiding for a year after the [[Politics of Ecuador#Judicial branch|Supreme Court of Ecuador]] called for her arrest in the case of a $200 million bank bailout?
===28 December 2017===
*'''''00:00, 28 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Oliver B. Shallenberger]]''' invented the first successful [[electricity meter|electric meter]] ''(pictured)'', predecessor to the modern meter used today?
* ... that [[Ivo van Hove]] wrote and directed the 2014 play '''''[[The Fountainhead (play)|The Fountainhead]]''''', turning [[Ayn Rand]]'s 1943 [[The Fountainhead|epic novel]] into a four-hour-plus production?
* ... that '''[[Mollie McGeown]]''' set up the first [[dialysis]] unit in Northern Ireland?
* ... that the whole range of the '''[[Mindanao mountain rat]]''' is within a single protected area?
* ... that Mozambican politician '''[[Ivone Soares]]''' escaped death in September 2016 when her would-be assassin's weapon jammed?
* ... that it took a posthumously-sent letter from [[Terry Pratchett]] to convince [[Neil Gaiman]] to create a '''''[[Good Omens (TV series)|Good Omens]]''''' TV series without him?
* ... that '''[[Johannes Kalitzke]]''' adapted an [[Edgar Allan Poe]] novel into an opera whose score "could be a musical representation of the world of [[Hieronymus Bosch]]"?
* ... that an entomologist cried "[[Eureka effect|Aha]]!" when he discovered '''[[Aha (wasp)|a new genus]]''' of Australian wasp, and that became its name?
===27 December 2017===
*'''''00:00, 27 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[Steven Universe]]''''' is the first [[Cartoon Network]] series created solely by a woman, [[Rebecca Sugar]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that former international '''[[Ruth O'Reilly]]''' wrote an article criticising the [[Irish Rugby Football Union|IRFU]] for a lack of support for women's rugby during the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup held in Ireland?
* ... that the largest animal migration by biomass is the daily movement upwards from their '''[[Refuge (ecology)|refuge in the deep sea]]''' undertaken by vast numbers of organisms?
* ... that Zambian writer '''[[Samba Yonga]]''' chose a career in journalism after she won a short story prize as a child?
* ... that under terms of the '''[[Quebec Agreement]]''', the United States had to seek British agreement to use nuclear weapons against Japan?
* ... that Canadian-trained criminologist '''[[Ken Attafuah]]''' spent part of his [[Jachie-Pramso Secondary School|secondary school education]] sleeping in an old and leaky [[Cocoa bean|cocoa]] shed that had been converted into a dormitory?
* ... that the '''[[Estadio Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba]]''' incorporates a mural by [[Leopoldo Flores]] in the stands on the west side of the stadium?
* ... that two of '''[[Smash Mouth discography|Smash Mouth]]'''{{`s}} U.S. top-ten hits are associated with a [[Shrek|big green ogre]]?
===26 December 2017===
*'''''00:00, 26 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that two '''[[Nativity scenes attributed to Zanobi Strozzi]]''' ''(example pictured)'' probably belong to an [[altarpiece]] now spread between five museums, with some parts missing?<!--Special occasion hook for December 25-->
* ... that a traditional Christmas carol has the chorus "'''[[The Rocking Carol|We will rock you]]'''"?<!--Special occasion hook for December 25-->
* ... that one-quarter of respondents to a 2016 survey of Europeans said they had re-gifted their '''[[Christmas gift|Christmas presents]]''' to someone else?<!--Special occasion hook for December 25-->
* ... that the musicologist '''[[Willi Gundlach]]''', who founded the chamber choir of [[Dortmund University]], trained volunteers to sing a [[Bach cantata]] in one day, including Part I of Bach's ''[[Christmas Oratorio]]''?<!--Special occasion hook for December 25-->
* ... that '''[[Rosemary Biggs]]''' and her colleagues discovered the Christmas factor?<!--Special occasion hook for December 25-->
* ... that the children's book '''''[[Wombat Divine]]''''' was written in response to the publisher's request for "a typically Australian Christmas story"?<!--Special occasion hook for December 25-->
* ... that "'''[[Long Ago, Prophets Knew|Long Ago, Prophets Knew, Christ would come born a Jew]]'''" was one of about 50 hymns written after 1950 that were included in ''The New English Hymnal''?<!--Special occasion hook for December 25-->
* ... that you won't find any '''''[[Ba (gastropod)|Ba humbugi]]''''' on [[Christmas Island]]?<!--Special occasion hook for December 25-->
===25 December 2017===
*'''''00:00, 25 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Queen Victoria]] was displeased after an organist played an unfamiliar tune for the [[Advent]] hymn "'''[[Lo! He comes with clouds descending]]'''" at [[St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle]] ''("Helmsley" tune pictured)''?<!--Special occasion hook for December 24-->
* ... that '''[[Nicki McNelly]]''', who spent most of her working life as an army wife, later became [[Provost (religion)|provost]] of an Episcopal cathedral?
* ... that [[Calabria]] was once attached to [[Sardinia]] before it migrated to '''[[Geology of Sicily|Sicily]]'''?
* ... that Hollywood studio head '''[[Frank Price]]'''{{`s}} decision to film ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' (1983) was initially considered a "terrible mistake" by industry insiders?
* ... that the Advent hymn "'''[[Wie soll ich dich empfangen]]'''" with lyrics by [[Paul Gerhardt]] had a melody by [[Johann Crüger]] when he published it in 1653, but [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] used a different melody in his ''[[Christmas Oratorio]]''?<!--Special occasion hook for December 24-->
* ... that the final episode of the six-part [[BBC Television]] adaptation of [[John Masefield]]'s '''''[[The Box of Delights (TV series)|The Box of Delights]]''''' was broadcast on Christmas Eve 1984?<!--Special occasion hook for December 24-->
* ... that women's rights campaigner '''[[Mozn Hassan]]''' is subject to a travel ban and has had her [[asset freezing|assets frozen]] by the Egyptian government?
* ... that the '''[[Anoplognathus aureus|gold Christmas beetle]]''' is prized by collectors?<!--Special occasion hook for December 24-->
===24 December 2017===
*'''''00:00, 24 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[Megachile chomskyi]]''''' ''(pictured)'', a species of bee named after the linguist [[Noam Chomsky]], has a tongue that is more than half the length of its body?
* ... that [[NASCAR Xfinity Series]] driver '''[[Chad Finchum]]''' began racing [[kart racing|go-karts]] at age 7 and logged more than 200 wins by age 13?
* ... that in 2015, the Indian army motorcycle acrobatic team performed for the Chinese army at [[Daulat Beg Oldi]], one of five '''[[Border Personnel Meeting point]]s'''?
* ... that the asteroid [[11441 Anadiego]] was named after '''[[Ana Teresa Diego]]''', an Argentine student activist who was [[Forced disappearance|forcibly disappeared]]?
* ... that '''[[Poydras Street]]''' hosts many of [[New Orleans]]' tallest and historic buildings, including '''[[930 Poydras]]''', the first residential high-rise constructed in the city after [[Hurricane Katrina]]?
* ... that [[Daniel Rumpius|Daniel Rump]] closely modeled the beginning of his [[Advent song]] "'''[[Der Morgenstern ist aufgedrungen]]'''" after a ''[[Tagelied]]'', a wake-up call for lovers?<!--Special occasion hook for December 23-->
* ... that '''[[E. Ann Hoefly]]''' was responsible for 180 [[United States Air Force]] medical facilities?
* ... that temples on '''[[Mount Mian]]''' in Shanxi, China, observe an annual [[Cold Food Festival]]?
===23 December 2017===
*'''''00:00, 23 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the bells of '''[[St Stephen's Church, Ealing|St Stephen's in Ealing]]''' ''(belfry and spire pictured)'' caused complaints, were later moved to the Docklands, and were finally installed in [[St Machar's Cathedral]] in Aberdeen?
* ... that Danish actor '''[[Caspar Phillipson]]''' has played President [[John F. Kennedy]] in the film ''[[Jackie (2016 film)|Jackie]]'' (2016), the short film ''The Speech JFK Never Gave'' (2017), and live performances of Kennedy's speeches?
* ... that fungi can become resistant to '''[[benzimidazole fungicide]]s''' in two to four seasons?
* ... that '''[[Victoria Yar Arol]]''' was one of 20–30 children of a [[Dinka people|Dinka]] tribal chief?
* ... that the first test flight of the '''[[Naval Aircraft Modification Unit KDN Gorgon|TD2N Gorgon target drone]]''' ended in a crash due to a failure of the aircraft's [[radio control]]?
* ... that '''[[J. P. Crawford]]''' was drafted by the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] major league baseball team with the expectation of eventually superseding [[Jimmy Rollins]]?
* ... that the '''[[Macdonald hotspot]]''' may have formed numerous volcanoes in the [[Pacific Ocean]] as well as the '''[[Macdonald seamount]]''', which may become an island in the future?
* ... that a [[silverback gorilla]] sat on '''[[Hilary Swarts]]'''{{`}} head?
===22 December 2017===
*'''''00:00, 22 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that before its destruction, '''[[Hampi]]''', whose central ruins ''(partly pictured)'' are now a UNESCO world heritage site, was the world's second-largest medieval city after Beijing?
* ... that '''[[Dandara Touré]]''' served only 34 days in the [[Council of Ministers of Mali]] due to the [[2012 Malian coup d'état|2012 coup]]?
* ... that '''[[Gravity of Mars|Mars' gravity]]''' is affected by many negative [[free-air gravity anomaly|free air gravity anomalies]] on its surface?
* ... that as an outsider, Governor '''[[Hou Zongbin]]''' was targeted by rumours that blamed him for a riot in which hundreds of people burned buildings and cars?
* ... that the '''[[orange-necked partridge]]''', native to southern Vietnam and eastern Cambodia, was discovered in 1927 but was "lost" until its rediscovery in 1991?
* ... that '''[[Joo Koon rail accident|one train rear-ended another]]''' at Singapore's [[Joo Koon MRT Station|Joo Koon station]] last month because its new [[Railway signal|signalling system]] determined the first train to be half its actual length?
* ... that '''[[Wolfram Röhrig]]''', who was responsible for "entertaining music" including jazz for the broadcaster [[History of Südwestrundfunk|Süddeutscher Rundfunk]], recorded Max Reger's ''[[Der 100. Psalm]]''?
* ... that Russian painter [[Karl Bryullov]] inserted himself into his picture of the [[Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79|eruption of Mount Vesuvius]] in '''''[[The Last Day of Pompeii]]'''''?
===21 December 2017===
*'''''00:00, 21 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Jordan]] ''(capital [[Amman]] pictured)'' fought against [[Palestinian fedayeen|Palestinian fighters]] and [[Syria]] in 1970 during '''[[Black September]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Andrew David Urshan]]''', an ethnic [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] from [[Iran|Persia]], conducted Pentecostal [[Revival meeting|revivals]] in the Midwestern United States?
* ... that the '''[[Calocybe indica|milky white mushroom]]''' is being grown commercially in its native India?
* ... that Gambian politician '''[[Sirra Wally Ndow-Njie]]''' met with North Korean president of the [[Supreme People's Assembly]] [[Kim Yong-nam]] in 2010?
* ... that '''[[Comhdháil na Múinteoirí le Rincí Gaelacha]]''' broke away from the [[An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha|Irish Dancing Commission]] in 1969 after disputes about dance teachers' representation?
* ... that after the [[Embargo Act of 1807]] had throttled foreign imports, the state of New York passed '''[[Act Relative to Incorporations for Manufacturing Purposes of 1811|a law to expedite the incorporation of new domestic manufacturers]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Ellie Miles]]''' captained [[Tunbridge Wells RFC]]'s under-18 girls team after her father had captained and coached the men's team?
* ... that you can count lines in '''[[Dinosaur dental histology|dinosaur teeth]]''' to determine their age?
===20 December 2017===
*'''''00:00, 20 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[skin-to-skin contact]] ''(pictured)'' can help to augment '''[[low milk supply]]''' in breastfeeding women?
* ... that '''[[Ge Jianxiong]]''', who did not go to college, and '''[[Zhou Zhenhe]]''', a mining engineer, were awarded China's first two doctoral degrees in humanities?
* ... that [[Steven Soderbergh]]'s '''''[[Mosaic (murder mystery)|Mosaic]]''''' is both a mobile app and a television miniseries?
* ... that in the 1960s, [[Child and adolescent psychiatry|child psychiatrist]] '''[[Mildred Creak]]''' proposed that [[autism]] was caused by genetics rather than poor parenting?
* ... that [[Saudi Arabia]]'s government has been accused of detaining Lebanese Prime Minister [[Saad Hariri]], following his '''[[2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute|abrupt resignation]]''' while in Saudi Arabia?
* ... that '''[[Rachel Skinner]]''' "fell into engineering completely by chance" before being named as one of the [[Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering]]?
* ... that the '''[[wildlife of Malawi]]''' includes so many species of [[cichlid]] that '''[[Lake Malawi National Park]]''' has been inscribed as a [[World Heritage Site]]?
* ... that '''[[Harry Bush (artist)|Harry Bush]]''' obsessed that if anyone found out he was a gay erotic artist he would lose his American military pension?
===19 December 2017===
*'''''00:00, 19 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Peter G. Davis]] wrote after a performance of ''[[Risurrezione]]'' that '''[[Fiora Contino]]''' ''(pictured)'' "may be the last conductor on earth with the music of [[Franco Alfano|Alfano]] and his generation in her bloodstream"?
* ... that [[Prince Harry]] assisted with relocating 500 elephants to the '''[[Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve]]''' in Malawi?
* ... that General '''[[Li Shangfu]]''' spent 31 years at the [[Xichang Satellite Launch Center]], where he supervised the launch of the [[Chang'e 2]] lunar probe?
* ... that the '''[[Cliona californiana|yellow boring sponge]]''' inhabits the shells of living scallops and oysters?
* ... that North Korean footballer '''[[Sung Hyang-sim]]''' was the top scorer at the [[2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship]] and named Most Valuable Player?
* ... that Spanish singer-songwriter [[Antonio Carmona]] invited [[Juanes]] and [[Alejandro Sanz]] and several other performers he admired to record '''''[[Obras Son Amores]]''''' since he wanted to "create true reciprocal acts of love"?
* ... that '''[[Eunice Silva]]''' organised a nationwide vote to determine the seven wonders of [[Cape Verde]]?
* ... that [[Ernest Bevin]] told the '''[[Gen 75 Committee]]''' that Britain should acquire [[Nuclear weapon|atomic bombs]] "whatever it costs... We've got to have the bloody [[Union Jack]] flying on top of it"?
===18 December 2017===
*'''''00:00, 18 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 2017, '''[[St. Jakobus, Rüdesheim|St. Jakobus in Rüdesheim]]''' ''(pictured)'' held services, concerts, and an exhibition to celebrate 70 years since the church was rebuilt following damage in World War II?
* ... that '''[[Clotilde Niragira]]''' is secretary-general of the [[truth and reconciliation commission]] investigating the [[Burundian genocides]]?
* ... that the first proposed site for a '''[[Rhodes ferry wharf|ferry wharf at Rhodes]]''' in [[Sydney]], Australia, was scrapped after objections from the community, lobbyists, and the ferry operator?
* ... that '''[[Max Schmalzl]]''' was called "the [[Bavaria]]n [[Fra Angelico]]"?
* ... that the female '''[[Asian emerald cuckoo]]''' lays her eggs in the nests of birds such as the [[crimson sunbird]] and the [[little spiderhunter]]?
* ... that the [[Northern Ireland women's national football team]] captain '''[[Marissa Callaghan]]''' went to university in the United States on a [[athletic scholarship|football scholarship]]?
* ... that the carving of 130,000 characters of [[Buddhist texts|Buddhist scriptures]] into the mountains around Hebei's '''[[Nüwa Palace]]''' began under the Northern Qi dynasty?
* ... that '''[[Marjorie Hahn]]''', a retired mathematics professor and international senior-level tennis player, approaches tennis games with the same plan that she uses for mathematical proofs?
===17 December 2017===
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* ... that the tropical tree '''''[[Axinaea sclerophylla]]''''' is pollinated by birds such as the '''[[masked flowerpiercer]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Zhang Shengmin]]''' led a thousand troops to participate in the reconstruction work after the [[2010 Yushu earthquake]]?
* ... that the '''[[Texas Capitol View Corridors]]''' protect views of [[Texas State Capitol|the state capitol]] from a cemetery, an air traffic control tower, an interstate highway, and a [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]] practice field?
* ... that '''[[Chanju Samantha Mwale]]''' was the first female lawyer to join the [[Malawian Defence Force]]?
* ... that '''[[Geology of Hainan Island|Hainan Island]]''' is dominated by rocks that crystallized from melts?
* ... that '''[[Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart]]''' was the only serving Welsh [[member of parliament]] killed during the First World War?
* ... that '''[[functional accounts of emotion]]''' suggest that the function of anger is to correct injustice?
* ... that Chinese classical musician '''[[Lui Tsun-Yuen]]''' adapted the English ballad "[[Greensleeves]]" for the ''[[pipa]]''?
===16 December 2017===
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* ... that more than 2,100 years after '''[[Lady Gouyi]]''' ''(pictured)'' was ordered by the emperor to die, her mausoleum was robbed and more than 1,100 artifacts were stolen?
* ... that the goal of the '''''[[Science Moms]]''''' documentary is to challenge the anti-[[Genetically modified organism|GMO]], anti-vaccination, pro-alternative medicine culture affecting parents?
* ... that former [[NASA]] engineer '''[[Joseph Anokye]]''' was deported from [[Kenya]] because some people feared he could manipulate election results?
* ... that [[UNESCO]] has added '''[[East Rennell]]''' to its [[List of World Heritage in Danger]]?
* ... that before becoming director of the [[United States Census Bureau]], '''[[Martha Farnsworth Riche]]''' earned a doctorate in [[French literature]]?
* ... that "'''[[The Luck of the Irish (song)|The Luck of the Irish]]'''" received an [[Apple Records]] catalogue number despite never being released as a single?
* ... that '''[[Marijke Nel]]''' represented South Africa in rugby union and Canada in tennis?
* ... that the edible mushroom '''''[[Termitomyces eurhizus]]''''' grows out of termite mounds?
===15 December 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[House of the Huangcheng Chancellor|Tower of Rivers and Mountains]]''' ''(pictured)'' proved its worth soon after construction by protecting the Chen family from roving bandits?
* ... that '''[['Neile Alina 'Mantoa Fanana]]''' was the first female ombudsman of [[Lesotho]]?
* ... that '''''[[Methylophaga muralis]]''''', a species of bacteria, was first discovered on marble in the [[Moscow Kremlin]]?
* ... that '''[[Manfred Jung]]''' is remembered as Siegfried in Bayreuth's ''[[Jahrhundertring]]'', but also sang all other tenor roles in ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen|The Ring]]''?
* ... that [[Xenophon]]'s '''''[[Polity of the Lacedaemonians]]''''' is the only surviving constitution of ancient [[Sparta]]?
* ... that '''[[Arlinda Locklear]]''' was the first Native American woman to argue a case before the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]]?
* ... that the '''[[sixbar wrasse]]''' can use a rock as an anvil to break up its food?
* ... that '''[[Magdalena Wolińska-Riedi]]''' was married by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] when he was a cardinal and had her childen baptized by him when he became Pope?
* ... that the exotic metal [[lutetium]]-176 decays to the heavy metal [[hafnium]], so it can be used to '''[[lutetium–hafnium dating|date ancient rocks]]'''?
===14 December 2017===
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* ... that after playing with [[Lego]] bricks as a child, '''[[Roma Agrawal]]''' designed both the tip and bottom of [[The Shard]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that on the day '''[[Horace P. Belknap]]''' was interred in 1936, [[Oregon Military Department|National Guard]] inductions were suspended in [[Central Oregon]] because all the local medical examiners were attending his funeral?
* ... that '''[[Plagiolepis alluaudi|little yellow ant]]''' colonies raise the [[larva]]e of agricultural pests, including [[aphid]]s, in their own nest?
* ... that [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence activist]] '''[[Duvvuri Subbamma]]''' was married at the age of ten?
* ... that Colombian [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Luis Muriel]]''' became [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]'s most expensive-ever signing when he joined the club for a reported fee of €20 million?
* ... that the exotic metal [[lutetium]]-176 decays to the heavy metal [[hafnium]], so it can be used to '''[[lutetium-hafnium dating|date ancient rocks]]'''?
* ... that the owners of '''[[Code Blue (bull)|Code Blue]]''', the Professional Bull Riders' 2009 World Champion [[bucking bull]], fed him waffles?
* ... that the [[German Army (German Empire)|German Army]] used [[pickelhaube]] helmets made of '''[[boiled leather]]''' until halfway through World War I?
* ... that if the '''[[San Francisco Bay Area]]''' were a country, it would be ranked sixteenth in the world in terms of [[Gross domestic product|GDP]]?
===13 December 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Yang Shoujing]]''' ''(pictured)'' published the most complete and scholarly [[historical atlas]] of China of his time, and "revolutionized" [[Japanese calligraphy]]?
* ... that '''[[1120 Denny Way|a highrise building]]''' replacing part of ''[[The Seattle Times]]''{{'}} headquarters will have historic headlines etched into its facade?
* ... that ''' [[Abadi Bano Begum]]''', a prominent voice in the [[Indian independence movement]], pawned her personal jewelry to educate her sons?
* ... that feather stars such as '''''[[Florometra serratissima]]''''' use their arms to catch food and also to swim?
* ... that '''[[Célia Posser]]''' issued the first private radio broadcast licenses in [[São Tomé and Príncipe]]?
* ... that the '''[[North China Craton]]''' was partially destroyed by thinning?
* ... that the '''[[Nitze criteria]]''' for a successful [[Missile defense|ballistic missile defense]] gained "the status of holy writ" within the [[Presidency of Ronald Reagan|Reagan administration]]?
* ... that '''''[[This (fly)|This]]''''' is found in southern Australia, is attracted to decomposing seaweed, and has an unusual mating position?
===12 December 2017===
*'''''00:20, 12 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Mausoleum of Abu Huraira|a tomb]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Yavne]] is claimed as the site of burial of [[Abu Hurairah]] by Muslims and [[Gamaliel II]] by Jews, despite both claims being highly unlikely?
* ... that Australian prime minister [[Harold Holt]]'s '''[[Disappearance of Harold Holt|death by drowning]]''' has been commemorated by a [[USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074)|warship]], a [[Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt|naval installation]], and multiple swimming pools?
* ... that '''[[Nicole Grobert]]''', professor of [[nanomaterials]] at the [[University of Oxford]], was awarded a [[Fellow of the Royal Society#Research Fellowships and other awards|Royal Society Industry Fellowship]] in 2016, her third fellowship from the Royal Society?
* ... that [[Robert Swinhoe]] initially thought that the "ugly raw-looking red patch on the throat" of the '''[[Taiwan partridge]]''' was an injury?
* ... that it took '''[[Salma Ismail]]''', the first [[Malaysian Malay]] woman to qualify as a doctor, 11 years to complete her medical studies?
* ... that in '''[[divergent double subduction]]''', an ocean shrinks and sinks?
* ... that '''[[Femi Claudius Cole]]''' offers free health checks as she campaigns to become [[President of Sierra Leone]]?
* ... that according to legend, a spectral knight on a white horse is sometimes seen riding toward '''[[Weichenwang]]''' to visit his lover?
* ... that '''[[Sir John Minsterworth]]''', who joined the French army during the [[Hundred Years' War]], was later returned to England and [[hanged, drawn and quartered]] in 1377 for "wilful support" of the enemy?
===11 December 2017===
*'''''00:00, 11 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Bacon Super T-6]]''' ''(pictured)'' was described as looking like the result of "an illicit hangar affair between a [[Lockheed T-33|T-33]] and a [[North American T-6 Texan|T-6]]"?
* ... that '''[[Johann Balthasar König]]''', the church musician of the [[St. Catherine's Church, Frankfurt|Katharinenkirche]] and director of music in [[Frankfurt]], published a hymnal with 1,913 melodies?
* ... that [[Bill Gates]] plans to build a "'''[[Belmont, Arizona|smart city]]'''" near [[Phoenix, Arizona]]?
* ... that Ireland national rugby union team player '''[[Claire McLaughlin|Dr. Claire McLaughlin]]''' gained the nickname "McSwaplin" owing to her swapping medical shifts in order to play rugby?
* ... that the mushrooms of '''''[[Austroboletus olivaceoglutinosus]]''''' have a fruity smell?
* ... that '''[[Sir John Minsterworth]]''', who joined the French army during the [[Hundred Years' War]], was later returned to England and [[hanged, drawn and quartered]] in 1377 for "wilful support" of the enemy?
* ... that '''[[Qinling orogenic belt|one of the greatest mountain ranges in China]]''' is made up of multiple individual [[tectonic block]]s, dividing north and south China?
* ... that Ghanaian academic '''[[Kwesi Yankah]]''' wrote the title song for the [[Free SHS]] policy?
===10 December 2017===
*'''''00:00, 10 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Chaetodon zanzibarensis|Zanzibar butterflyfish]]''' ''(pictured)'' feeds exclusively on coral polyps, but the '''[[Chaetodon nippon|Japanese butterflyfish]]''' will eat [[Omnivore|anything]]?
* ... that [[A. J. Foyt]] praised '''[[Arlene Hiss]]''' for "what a fine job [she'd] done" after racing against her?
* ... that '''[[algorithmic bias]]''' can sometimes lead computers to produce homophobic, racist, and sexist results?
* ... that '''[[Dusty Allen]]''' hit a home run in his final [[Major League Baseball]] at-bat?
* ... that '''[[Fortifications of Bangkok|Bangkok's city gates]]''' were enchanted in order to ward off evil spirits?
* ... that South African lawyer '''[[Sibongile Ndashe]]''' was arrested in [[Tanzania]] for advocating against an anti-gay law that limited treatment for [[HIV/AIDS]]?
* ... that today's '''[[MLS Cup 2017]]''' soccer final between [[Toronto FC]] and [[Seattle Sounders FC]] is a rematch of the [[MLS Cup 2016|2016 Cup]], and will be played at the same venue?<!-- Special occasion hook for December 9th -->
* ... that '''[[Sheila Hibben]]''' supplied author [[Rex Stout]] with menus for his fictional character [[Nero Wolfe]]?
===9 December 2017===
*'''''00:00, 9 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Marcus Beck]]''' ''(pictured)'' added [[Joseph Lister]]'s antiseptic techniques to surgical textbooks after seeing soldiers die of infection in the [[Franco-Prussian War]]?
* ... that '''[[Flushing Meadows–Corona Park]]''' in New York City hosted two [[world's fair]]s?
* ... that Irish hockey umpire '''[[Carol Metchette]]''' was forced to retire from umpiring for being too old, despite having the highest fitness test results of any international umpire?
* ... that the rhinoceros beetle genus ''[[Cyclocephala]]'' already had over 200 species when '''''[[Cyclocephala nodanotherwon|C. nodanotherwon]]''''' ("not another one") was described in 1992?
* ... that '''[[Regina Mañe Ela]]''' was the only female member of [[Severo Moto Nsá]]'s [[Equatorial Guinea]]n government-in-exile?
* ... that the [[Fengtian clique]]'s '''[[Zhili Army (Fengtian clique)|Zhili Army]]''' included, besides professional soldiers, surrendered enemies, provincial militiamen, bandits, and martial artists?
* ... that '''[[Manka Dhingra]]'''{{'}}s '''[[Washington's 45th state senate district special election, 2017|election]]''' to the [[Washington State Senate]] gave Democrats complete control of the state's government?
* ... that the '''[[Northeast Arm Iron Range|Temagami Iron Range]]''' takes [[jasper]] in [[iron ore|iron]] past [[Snake Island Lake|snakes]] and [[Turtle Lake (Temagami)|turtles]]?
===8 December 2017===
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* ... that offerings of cucumber ''(pictured)'' are left at the '''[[Kappa-dera Temple]]''' to appease [[Kappa (folklore)|Kappa]]s?
* ... that the [[Jalisco New Generation Cartel]] shot down a helicopter, hijacked 39 vehicles, and burned multiple banks, gas stations, and businesses '''[[May 1, 2015 Jalisco attacks|in a single day]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah]]''' writes a blog on African women's sexuality entitled ''Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women''?
* ... that the parasitic wasp '''''[[Comperiella bifasciata]]''''' is used to help control red scale and '''[[Aonidiella citrina|yellow scale]]''' on citrus?
* ... that '''[[Gideon Brooke]]'''{{`s}} grave was unmarked for 136 years?
* ... that the first '''[[World Day of the Poor]]''', observed on 19 November 2017, was established by [[Pope Francis]] in his Apostolic Letter celebrating the end of the [[Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy]]?
* ... that '''[[Mitzi Johanknecht]]''', the new sheriff of [[King County, Washington]], was the first female deputy to lead the county's [[SWAT]] team?
* ... that the '''[[High Capacity Metro Trains]]''' on order for the [[Melbourne rail network]] will have the ability to automatically estimate their passenger load?
===7 December 2017===
*'''''00:00, 7 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the British aerobatics pilot [[Paul Bonhomme]] ''(pictured)'' has '''[[List of Red Bull Air Race World Championship winners|won the Red Bull Air Race World Championship]]''' a record three times?
* ... that '''[[Alice Ouédraogo]]''' runs the [[International Labour Organization]]'s HIV/AIDS programme?
* ... that the [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]] built the '''[[Bergen Tunnels]]''' due to congestion in the competing [[Erie Railroad]]'s tunnels?
* ... that early Canadian broadcaster '''[[Claire Wallace (broadcaster)|Claire Wallace]]''' was known for her reporting stunts, including climbing a Mexican volcano and joining a deep-sea diving expedition?
* ... that two similarly named Burmese chronicles, '''''[[Mon Yazawin]]''''' and '''''[[Mon Yazawin (Shwe Naw)|Mon Yazawin by Shwe Naw]]''''', are about the [[Mon people|Mon]]-speaking [[Hanthawaddy Kingdom|kingdom of Hanthawaddy]]?
* ... that '''[[Vi Lyles]]''' is the first African-American woman to be [[Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina]]?
* ... that '''''[[Universal Paperclips]]''''' is an [[incremental game]] where the goal is to convert the entire universe into [[Paper clip|paperclips]]?
* ... that '''[[Harold Strachan]]''' has painted pictures, written books, made bombs, served two prison sentences, and completed an [[ultramarathon]]?
===6 December 2017===
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* ... that [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] sang as a choir member for two years at '''[[St. Michaelis, Lüneburg|St. Michaelis in Lüneburg]]''', a [[brick Gothic]] former abbey church?
* ... that '''[[Elizabeth Marshall (pharmacist)|Elizabeth Marshall]]''' was one of the first women to become a [[pharmacist]] in the United States?
* ... that more than two-thirds of children with '''[[egg allergy]]''' will outgrow it by the time they are 16 years old?
* ... that '''[[Robert Sickinger]]''', the father of [[Chicago]]'s "off-Loop" theater scene, ended up running a [[telemarketing]] company?
* ... that, despite being affected by poverty, language barriers, and prejudice, first-generation immigrants have better health outcomes than subsequent generations by way of the '''[[immigrant paradox]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Remote sensing (geology)|remote sensing]]''' helps geologists study otherwise inaccessible areas such as Antarctic ice shelves?
* ... that Japanese voice actress '''[[Ai Kayano]]''' worked in the beauty industry to pay for her voice acting school tuition?
* ... that the lethal mushroom '''''[[Amanita subpallidorosea]]''''' was discovered when two people died in 2014 after eating it in China?
===5 December 2017===
*'''''00:00, 5 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that under adverse conditions, the '''[[fluffy sculpin]]''' ''(pictured)'' can leave its rock pool and breathe air?
* ... that '''[[Diana Beck]]''' performed brain surgery on ''[[Winnie-the-Pooh (book)|Winnie-the-Pooh]]'' author [[A. A. Milne]]?
* ... that in the annual [[Balotsav|'''Balotsav''']] of India, children compete in many categories including [[elocution]]?
* ... that '''[[Mary Munson Runge]]''' was the first female and first African-American president of the [[American Pharmacists Association]]?
* ... that Parks Canada blocked the entrance of the '''[[Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse and Blockhouse|Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse]]''' with rubble masonry after vandals destroyed the restored door?
* ... that '''[[Nelly Mbangu]]''' co-founded an organisation for survivors of sexual and domestic violence in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]?
* ... that '''''[[Up from the Cradle of Jazz]]''''' chronicles the evolution of [[rhythm and blues]] in [[New Orleans]]?
* ... that marine biologist '''[[Marie Darby]]''', the first New Zealand woman to visit the Antarctic mainland, sailed to the [[Ross Sea]] on a tourist boat that ran aground on its first trip?
===4 December 2017===
*'''''00:00, 4 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the purple "jewels" ''(pictured)'' in old sidewalks are '''[[pavement light]]s''', which [[prism lighting|bend daylight]] into the basement below?
* ... that approximately one-third of the adult Jewish population of [[Winnipeg]], Canada, attended the funeral of Chief Rabbi '''[[Israel Isaac Kahanovitch]]''' in 1945?
* ... that show creator [[Tony Jordan]] wanted '''''[[HolbyBlue]]''''' to emulate the American police dramas ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'' and ''[[NYPD Blue]]''?
* ... that '''[[Suzanne Jambo]]''' helped draft the [[Constitution of South Sudan]]?
* ... that during the annual '''[[TV-aksjonen]]''' ("TV campaign"), more than 100,000 volunteers go door-to-door to all 1.8 million Norwegian households to collect donations for a charity?
* ... that before becoming a deputy for the [[Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan]], '''[[Almasbek Akmatov]]''' obtained three different degrees from three different universities?
* ... that the [[Advent song]] "'''[[Macht hoch die Tür]]'''" is number 1 in the [[Evangelisches Gesangbuch|German Protestant hymnal]]?<!--Special occasion hook for December 3-->
* ... that '''[[Jenny Morton]]''' discovered that sheep can recognise human faces?
===3 December 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Olga FitzGeorge]]''' ''(pictured)'', a granddaughter of [[Prince George, Duke of Cambridge]], established a manicure and beauty salon on [[Bond Street|New Bond Street]] in London?
* ... that in 2017, [[Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics|a team of refugees]] won the Sporting Inspiration Award at the '''[[Laureus World Sports Awards]]'''?
* ... that from 1888 to 1895, '''[[Elizabeth Chambers Morgan]]''' was the leading woman in the [[Chicago]] labor movement?
* ... that [[contemporary circus]] troupe '''[[Cirque de la Symphonie]]''' deliberately maintains a minimalist aesthetic to give equal prominence to the symphony orchestras that accompany their performances?
* ... that '''[[Tarak Sinha]]''' coached 12 cricketers who went on to play at international level?
* ... that three of the '''[[List of most lethal American battles|most lethal battles]]''' involving the [[United States Armed Forces|United States military]] saw more than 20,000 soldiers killed?
* ... that Kenyan activist '''[[Josephine Kulea]]''' is said to have saved more than 1,000 girls from abuse and forced marriage?
* ... that it appears that larvae of '''''[[Osedax frankpressi]]''''' that settle on a whale carcase develop into female worms, while those that settle on the female worms become males?
===2 December 2017===
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* ... that in [[Hoysala architecture]], the emblem of the [[Hoysala Empire|empire]] – a warrior stabbing a lion – is often sculpted on the '''[[sukanasa]]''' of [[Hindu temple architecture|Hindu temples]] ''(example pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Harimia Ahmed]]''' was the first female lawyer in the [[Comoros]]?
* ... that '''[[Lake Cahuilla]]''', with a maximum surface area of 5,700 square kilometres (2,200 sq mi), covered parts of [[Southern California]] less than 500 years ago?
* ... that [[Hari Kondabolu]]'s documentary '''''[[The Problem with Apu]]''''' started as a one-minute comedy segment?
* ... that [[Colorado]] businesswoman and philanthropist '''[[Merle Chambers]]''' is one of the top ten political contributors in her state?
* ... that parts of the Colombian mushroom '''''[[Boletus pyrrhosceles]]''''' turn blue when damaged?
* ... that in 1995, Nigerian activist '''[[Sokari Ekine]]''' set up the Black Sisters Network [[electronic mailing list]]?
* ... that [[A. R. Schwartz|A. R. "Babe" Schwartz]] fought to have the '''[[Westgate Tower]]''' condemned in the [[Texas Legislature]], only to move into the building himself fifteen years later?
===1 December 2017===
*'''''00:00, 1 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Fumarole|fumarolically]] active volcano '''[[Solimana (volcano)|Solimana]]''' ''(pictured)'' has been identified as the site of an Inca [[oracle]]?
* ... that South African-born Irish international rugby player '''[[Ilse van Staden]]''' is a butcher?
* ... that although New York City's '''[[Spring Creek Park]]''' was mostly built on a landfill, part of the park is located in a [[Gateway National Recreation Area|U.S. national protected area]]?
* ... that '''[[Georg Dohrn]]''' conducted at the Konzerthaus [[Breslau]] the premiere of Reger's ''[[Der 100. Psalm]]'', Mahler's [[Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)|Eighth Symphony]], and Tchaikovsky's [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|First Piano Concerto]] with [[Vladimir Horowitz]]?
* ... that [[Camden County, Georgia]] was considered as a launch site by [[NASA]] in the early 1960s, but '''[[Spaceport Camden]]''' did not see its [[Vector-R|first launch]] until 2017?
* ... that the British [[paediatrician]] '''[[Tina Cooper]]''' assisted the [[Sierra Leone]] government in establishing a national immunisation programme?
* ... that the '''[[Mycale adhaerens|purple scallop sponge]]''' has a [[Mutualism (biology)|mutualistic relationship]] with the mollusc on which it lives?
* ... that General [[Robert B. Abrams]] took "less than a second" to choose '''[[Laura J. Richardson]]''' as his deputy at [[United States Army Forces Command]], despite never having worked with her?
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===31 December 2017===
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* ... that [[Luke Fildes]]' painting '''''[[The Doctor (painting)|The Doctor]]''''' ''(detail pictured)'' was used to promote state-run [[Health care|healthcare]] in Britain and to campaign against it in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Chiyuki Urano]]''', a soloist and choir member of the [[Bach Collegium Japan]], recorded songs by Russian amateur composers including [[Sergei Diaghilev|Diaghilev]] with pianist [[Lera Auerbach]]?
* ... that relative to its length, one species of '''[[mite]]''' is the fastest animal on Earth?
* ... that '''[[Antoinette Montaigne]]''' left her position as city councillor in France to become a minister in the government of the [[Central African Republic]]?
* ... that [[Aric Almirola]] received credit for winning the '''[[2007 AT&T 250]]''' despite not finishing the race?
* ... that '''[[Xiong Huizhen]]''', who spent 22 years completing [[Yang Shoujing|his teacher]]'s unfinished work, was admired by historian [[Gu Jiegang]] for his devotion?
* ... that the Soviet Air Defense Forces' '''[[177th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO|177th Fighter Aviation Regiment]]''' operated [[Lend-Lease]] [[Supermarine Spitfire|Supermarine Spitfires]] as air defense for Moscow between 1944 and 1948?
===30 December 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[millet butterflyfish]]''' ''(pictured)'' and the '''[[bluestripe butterflyfish]]''' are both [[Endemism|endemic]] to the Hawaiian Islands and nearby atolls?
* ... that '''[[Darnell Hunt]]''', Dean of Social Sciences at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]], believes Hollywood should use the [[Rooney Rule]] to increase the share of African-American writers?
* ... that scientific research demonstrates that '''[[perspective-taking]]''' may lead to reduced stereotyping?
* ... that '''[[Hans Otto Jung]]''' was a jazz musician during World War II, ran a winery from the [[Boosenburg]], and was co-founder of the [[Rheingau Musik Festival]]?
* ... that Australia has the earliest mineral grains of Earth's history in the form of '''[[Hadean zircon]]s'''?
* ... that '''[[Perry Askam]]''' was the only professional singer in the Hollywood musical ''[[Sweet Kitty Bellairs]]''?
* ... that '''[[FVB Mice]]''' are used for [[genetic research]] because they produce large litters and their eggs have enlarged [[Cell nucleus|nuclei]]?
* ... that '''[[British logistics in the Falklands War]]''' depended on ships that were [[STUFT]]?
===29 December 2017===
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* ... that the Rotonda de Sampaloc, now the '''[[Nagtahan Interchange]]''' ''(pictured)'', originally demarcated the boundary between [[Manila]]'s suburbs and its urban core?
* ... that Chief '''[[Suah Koko]]''' fought several battles against the [[Liberia]]n government before granting them her land?
* ... that the underground journey of a metamorphic rock can be shown with a '''[[pressure-temperature-time path]]'''?
* ... that South Korean singer '''[[Kang In-soo]]''' was accepted as a dance major in [[Sejong University]] despite not having learned how to dance?
* ... that '''''[[My Journey into the Heart of Terror: Ten Days in the Islamic State|My Journey into the Heart of Terror]]''''' was authored by [[Jürgen Todenhöfer]], the first western journalist to be invited to travel to the self-proclaimed caliphate of the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State of Iraq and Syria]]?
* ... that '''[[Rudolf Peierls]]''' was awarded the [[Medal of Freedom]], but was later refused entry to the United States because he was suspected of being a spy?
* ... that 22 August 1914, the date of the [[Battle of the Frontiers]], was the '''[[Deadliest single days of World War I|deadliest single day on the Western Front in World War I]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Ana Lucía Armijos]]''', president of the Ecuadorian Monetary Board, went into hiding for a year after the [[Politics of Ecuador#Judicial branch|Supreme Court of Ecuador]] called for her arrest in the case of a $200 million bank bailout?
===28 December 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Oliver B. Shallenberger]]''' invented the first successful [[electricity meter|electric meter]] ''(pictured)'', predecessor to the modern meter used today?
* ... that [[Ivo van Hove]] wrote and directed the 2014 play '''''[[The Fountainhead (play)|The Fountainhead]]''''', turning [[Ayn Rand]]'s 1943 [[The Fountainhead|epic novel]] into a four-hour-plus production?
* ... that '''[[Mollie McGeown]]''' set up the first [[dialysis]] unit in Northern Ireland?
* ... that the whole range of the '''[[Mindanao mountain rat]]''' is within a single protected area?
* ... that Mozambican politician '''[[Ivone Soares]]''' escaped death in September 2016 when her would-be assassin's weapon jammed?
* ... that it took a posthumously-sent letter from [[Terry Pratchett]] to convince [[Neil Gaiman]] to create a '''''[[Good Omens (TV series)|Good Omens]]''''' TV series without him?
* ... that '''[[Johannes Kalitzke]]''' adapted an [[Edgar Allan Poe]] novel into an opera whose score "could be a musical representation of the world of [[Hieronymus Bosch]]"?
* ... that an entomologist cried "[[Eureka effect|Aha]]!" when he discovered '''[[Aha (wasp)|a new genus]]''' of Australian wasp, and that became its name?
===27 December 2017===
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* ... that '''''[[Steven Universe]]''''' is the first [[Cartoon Network]] series created solely by a woman, [[Rebecca Sugar]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that former international '''[[Ruth O'Reilly]]''' wrote an article criticising the [[Irish Rugby Football Union|IRFU]] for a lack of support for women's rugby during the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup held in Ireland?
* ... that the largest animal migration by biomass is the daily movement upwards from their '''[[Refuge (ecology)|refuge in the deep sea]]''' undertaken by vast numbers of organisms?
* ... that Zambian writer '''[[Samba Yonga]]''' chose a career in journalism after she won a short story prize as a child?
* ... that under terms of the '''[[Quebec Agreement]]''', the United States had to seek British agreement to use nuclear weapons against Japan?
* ... that Canadian-trained criminologist '''[[Ken Attafuah]]''' spent part of his [[Jachie-Pramso Secondary School|secondary school education]] sleeping in an old and leaky [[Cocoa bean|cocoa]] shed that had been converted into a dormitory?
* ... that the '''[[Estadio Universitario Alberto "Chivo" Córdoba]]''' incorporates a mural by [[Leopoldo Flores]] in the stands on the west side of the stadium?
* ... that two of '''[[Smash Mouth discography|Smash Mouth]]'''{{`s}} U.S. top-ten hits are associated with a [[Shrek|big green ogre]]?
===26 December 2017===
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* ... that two '''[[Nativity scenes attributed to Zanobi Strozzi]]''' ''(example pictured)'' probably belong to an [[altarpiece]] now spread between five museums, with some parts missing?<!--Special occasion hook for December 25-->
* ... that a traditional Christmas carol has the chorus "'''[[The Rocking Carol|We will rock you]]'''"?<!--Special occasion hook for December 25-->
* ... that one-quarter of respondents to a 2016 survey of Europeans said they had re-gifted their '''[[Christmas gift|Christmas presents]]''' to someone else?<!--Special occasion hook for December 25-->
* ... that the musicologist '''[[Willi Gundlach]]''', who founded the chamber choir of [[Dortmund University]], trained volunteers to sing a [[Bach cantata]] in one day, including Part I of Bach's ''[[Christmas Oratorio]]''?<!--Special occasion hook for December 25-->
* ... that '''[[Rosemary Biggs]]''' and her colleagues discovered the Christmas factor?<!--Special occasion hook for December 25-->
* ... that the children's book '''''[[Wombat Divine]]''''' was written in response to the publisher's request for "a typically Australian Christmas story"?<!--Special occasion hook for December 25-->
* ... that "'''[[Long Ago, Prophets Knew|Long Ago, Prophets Knew, Christ would come born a Jew]]'''" was one of about 50 hymns written after 1950 that were included in ''The New English Hymnal''?<!--Special occasion hook for December 25-->
* ... that you won't find any '''''[[Ba (gastropod)|Ba humbugi]]''''' on [[Christmas Island]]?<!--Special occasion hook for December 25-->
===25 December 2017===
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* ... that [[Queen Victoria]] was displeased after an organist played an unfamiliar tune for the [[Advent]] hymn "'''[[Lo! He comes with clouds descending]]'''" at [[St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle]] ''("Helmsley" tune pictured)''?<!--Special occasion hook for December 24-->
* ... that '''[[Nicki McNelly]]''', who spent most of her working life as an army wife, later became [[Provost (religion)|provost]] of an Episcopal cathedral?
* ... that [[Calabria]] was once attached to [[Sardinia]] before it migrated to '''[[Geology of Sicily|Sicily]]'''?
* ... that Hollywood studio head '''[[Frank Price]]'''{{`s}} decision to film ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' (1983) was initially considered a "terrible mistake" by industry insiders?
* ... that the Advent hymn "'''[[Wie soll ich dich empfangen]]'''" with lyrics by [[Paul Gerhardt]] had a melody by [[Johann Crüger]] when he published it in 1653, but [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] used a different melody in his ''[[Christmas Oratorio]]''?<!--Special occasion hook for December 24-->
* ... that the final episode of the six-part [[BBC Television]] adaptation of [[John Masefield]]'s '''''[[The Box of Delights (TV series)|The Box of Delights]]''''' was broadcast on Christmas Eve 1984?<!--Special occasion hook for December 24-->
* ... that women's rights campaigner '''[[Mozn Hassan]]''' is subject to a travel ban and has had her [[asset freezing|assets frozen]] by the Egyptian government?
* ... that the '''[[Anoplognathus aureus|gold Christmas beetle]]''' is prized by collectors?<!--Special occasion hook for December 24-->
===24 December 2017===
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* ... that '''''[[Megachile chomskyi]]''''' ''(pictured)'', a species of bee named after the linguist [[Noam Chomsky]], has a tongue that is more than half the length of its body?
* ... that [[NASCAR Xfinity Series]] driver '''[[Chad Finchum]]''' began racing [[kart racing|go-karts]] at age 7 and logged more than 200 wins by age 13?
* ... that in 2015, the Indian army motorcycle acrobatic team performed for the Chinese army at [[Daulat Beg Oldi]], one of five '''[[Border Personnel Meeting point]]s'''?
* ... that the asteroid [[11441 Anadiego]] was named after '''[[Ana Teresa Diego]]''', an Argentine student activist who was [[Forced disappearance|forcibly disappeared]]?
* ... that '''[[Poydras Street]]''' hosts many of [[New Orleans]]' tallest and historic buildings, including '''[[930 Poydras]]''', the first residential high-rise constructed in the city after [[Hurricane Katrina]]?
* ... that [[Daniel Rumpius|Daniel Rump]] closely modeled the beginning of his [[Advent song]] "'''[[Der Morgenstern ist aufgedrungen]]'''" after a ''[[Tagelied]]'', a wake-up call for lovers?<!--Special occasion hook for December 23-->
* ... that '''[[E. Ann Hoefly]]''' was responsible for 180 [[United States Air Force]] medical facilities?
* ... that temples on '''[[Mount Mian]]''' in Shanxi, China, observe an annual [[Cold Food Festival]]?
===23 December 2017===
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* ... that the bells of '''[[St Stephen's Church, Ealing|St Stephen's in Ealing]]''' ''(belfry and spire pictured)'' caused complaints, were later moved to the Docklands, and were finally installed in [[St Machar's Cathedral]] in Aberdeen?
* ... that Danish actor '''[[Caspar Phillipson]]''' has played President [[John F. Kennedy]] in the film ''[[Jackie (2016 film)|Jackie]]'' (2016), the short film ''The Speech JFK Never Gave'' (2017), and live performances of Kennedy's speeches?
* ... that fungi can become resistant to '''[[benzimidazole fungicide]]s''' in two to four seasons?
* ... that '''[[Victoria Yar Arol]]''' was one of 20–30 children of a [[Dinka people|Dinka]] tribal chief?
* ... that the first test flight of the '''[[Naval Aircraft Modification Unit KDN Gorgon|TD2N Gorgon target drone]]''' ended in a crash due to a failure of the aircraft's [[radio control]]?
* ... that '''[[J. P. Crawford]]''' was drafted by the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] major league baseball team with the expectation of eventually superseding [[Jimmy Rollins]]?
* ... that the '''[[Macdonald hotspot]]''' may have formed numerous volcanoes in the [[Pacific Ocean]] as well as the '''[[Macdonald seamount]]''', which may become an island in the future?
* ... that a [[silverback gorilla]] sat on '''[[Hilary Swarts]]'''{{`}} head?
===22 December 2017===
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* ... that before its destruction, '''[[Hampi]]''', whose central ruins ''(partly pictured)'' are now a UNESCO world heritage site, was the world's second-largest medieval city after Beijing?
* ... that '''[[Dandara Touré]]''' served only 34 days in the [[Council of Ministers of Mali]] due to the [[2012 Malian coup d'état|2012 coup]]?
* ... that '''[[Gravity of Mars|Mars' gravity]]''' is affected by many negative [[free-air gravity anomaly|free air gravity anomalies]] on its surface?
* ... that as an outsider, Governor '''[[Hou Zongbin]]''' was targeted by rumours that blamed him for a riot in which hundreds of people burned buildings and cars?
* ... that the '''[[orange-necked partridge]]''', native to southern Vietnam and eastern Cambodia, was discovered in 1927 but was "lost" until its rediscovery in 1991?
* ... that '''[[Joo Koon rail accident|one train rear-ended another]]''' at Singapore's [[Joo Koon MRT Station|Joo Koon station]] last month because its new [[Railway signal|signalling system]] determined the first train to be half its actual length?
* ... that '''[[Wolfram Röhrig]]''', who was responsible for "entertaining music" including jazz for the broadcaster [[History of Südwestrundfunk|Süddeutscher Rundfunk]], recorded Max Reger's ''[[Der 100. Psalm]]''?
* ... that Russian painter [[Karl Bryullov]] inserted himself into his picture of the [[Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79|eruption of Mount Vesuvius]] in '''''[[The Last Day of Pompeii]]'''''?
===21 December 2017===
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* ... that [[Jordan]] ''(capital [[Amman]] pictured)'' fought against [[Palestinian fedayeen|Palestinian fighters]] and [[Syria]] in 1970 during '''[[Black September]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Andrew David Urshan]]''', an ethnic [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] from [[Iran|Persia]], conducted Pentecostal [[Revival meeting|revivals]] in the Midwestern United States?
* ... that the '''[[Calocybe indica|milky white mushroom]]''' is being grown commercially in its native India?
* ... that Gambian politician '''[[Sirra Wally Ndow-Njie]]''' met with North Korean president of the [[Supreme People's Assembly]] [[Kim Yong-nam]] in 2010?
* ... that '''[[Comhdháil na Múinteoirí le Rincí Gaelacha]]''' broke away from the [[An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha|Irish Dancing Commission]] in 1969 after disputes about dance teachers' representation?
* ... that after the [[Embargo Act of 1807]] had throttled foreign imports, the state of New York passed '''[[Act Relative to Incorporations for Manufacturing Purposes of 1811|a law to expedite the incorporation of new domestic manufacturers]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Ellie Miles]]''' captained [[Tunbridge Wells RFC]]'s under-18 girls team after her father had captained and coached the men's team?
* ... that you can count lines in '''[[Dinosaur dental histology|dinosaur teeth]]''' to determine their age?
===20 December 2017===
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* ... that [[skin-to-skin contact]] ''(pictured)'' can help to augment '''[[low milk supply]]''' in breastfeeding women?
* ... that '''[[Ge Jianxiong]]''', who did not go to college, and '''[[Zhou Zhenhe]]''', a mining engineer, were awarded China's first two doctoral degrees in humanities?
* ... that [[Steven Soderbergh]]'s '''''[[Mosaic (murder mystery)|Mosaic]]''''' is both a mobile app and a television miniseries?
* ... that in the 1960s, [[Child and adolescent psychiatry|child psychiatrist]] '''[[Mildred Creak]]''' proposed that [[autism]] was caused by genetics rather than poor parenting?
* ... that [[Saudi Arabia]]'s government has been accused of detaining Lebanese Prime Minister [[Saad Hariri]], following his '''[[2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute|abrupt resignation]]''' while in Saudi Arabia?
* ... that '''[[Rachel Skinner]]''' "fell into engineering completely by chance" before being named as one of the [[Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering]]?
* ... that the '''[[wildlife of Malawi]]''' includes so many species of [[cichlid]] that '''[[Lake Malawi National Park]]''' has been inscribed as a [[World Heritage Site]]?
* ... that '''[[Harry Bush (artist)|Harry Bush]]''' obsessed that if anyone found out he was a gay erotic artist he would lose his American military pension?
===19 December 2017===
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* ... that [[Peter G. Davis]] wrote after a performance of ''[[Risurrezione]]'' that '''[[Fiora Contino]]''' ''(pictured)'' "may be the last conductor on earth with the music of [[Franco Alfano|Alfano]] and his generation in her bloodstream"?
* ... that [[Prince Harry]] assisted with relocating 500 elephants to the '''[[Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve]]''' in Malawi?
* ... that General '''[[Li Shangfu]]''' spent 31 years at the [[Xichang Satellite Launch Center]], where he supervised the launch of the [[Chang'e 2]] lunar probe?
* ... that the '''[[Cliona californiana|yellow boring sponge]]''' inhabits the shells of living scallops and oysters?
* ... that North Korean footballer '''[[Sung Hyang-sim]]''' was the top scorer at the [[2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship]] and named Most Valuable Player?
* ... that Spanish singer-songwriter [[Antonio Carmona]] invited [[Juanes]] and [[Alejandro Sanz]] and several other performers he admired to record '''''[[Obras Son Amores]]''''' since he wanted to "create true reciprocal acts of love"?
* ... that '''[[Eunice Silva]]''' organised a nationwide vote to determine the seven wonders of [[Cape Verde]]?
* ... that [[Ernest Bevin]] told the '''[[Gen 75 Committee]]''' that Britain should acquire [[Nuclear weapon|atomic bombs]] "whatever it costs... We've got to have the bloody [[Union Jack]] flying on top of it"?
===18 December 2017===
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* ... that in 2017, '''[[St. Jakobus, Rüdesheim|St. Jakobus in Rüdesheim]]''' ''(pictured)'' held services, concerts, and an exhibition to celebrate 70 years since the church was rebuilt following damage in World War II?
* ... that '''[[Clotilde Niragira]]''' is secretary-general of the [[truth and reconciliation commission]] investigating the [[Burundian genocides]]?
* ... that the first proposed site for a '''[[Rhodes ferry wharf|ferry wharf at Rhodes]]''' in [[Sydney]], Australia, was scrapped after objections from the community, lobbyists, and the ferry operator?
* ... that '''[[Max Schmalzl]]''' was called "the [[Bavaria]]n [[Fra Angelico]]"?
* ... that the female '''[[Asian emerald cuckoo]]''' lays her eggs in the nests of birds such as the [[crimson sunbird]] and the [[little spiderhunter]]?
* ... that the [[Northern Ireland women's national football team]] captain '''[[Marissa Callaghan]]''' went to university in the United States on a [[athletic scholarship|football scholarship]]?
* ... that the carving of 130,000 characters of [[Buddhist texts|Buddhist scriptures]] into the mountains around Hebei's '''[[Nüwa Palace]]''' began under the Northern Qi dynasty?
* ... that '''[[Marjorie Hahn]]''', a retired mathematics professor and international senior-level tennis player, approaches tennis games with the same plan that she uses for mathematical proofs?
===17 December 2017===
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* ... that the tropical tree '''''[[Axinaea sclerophylla]]''''' is pollinated by birds such as the '''[[masked flowerpiercer]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Zhang Shengmin]]''' led a thousand troops to participate in the reconstruction work after the [[2010 Yushu earthquake]]?
* ... that the '''[[Texas Capitol View Corridors]]''' protect views of [[Texas State Capitol|the state capitol]] from a cemetery, an air traffic control tower, an interstate highway, and a [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]] practice field?
* ... that '''[[Chanju Samantha Mwale]]''' was the first female lawyer to join the [[Malawian Defence Force]]?
* ... that '''[[Geology of Hainan Island|Hainan Island]]''' is dominated by rocks that crystallized from melts?
* ... that '''[[Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart]]''' was the only serving Welsh [[member of parliament]] killed during the First World War?
* ... that '''[[functional accounts of emotion]]''' suggest that the function of anger is to correct injustice?
* ... that Chinese classical musician '''[[Lui Tsun-Yuen]]''' adapted the English ballad "[[Greensleeves]]" for the ''[[pipa]]''?
===16 December 2017===
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* ... that more than 2,100 years after '''[[Lady Gouyi]]''' ''(pictured)'' was ordered by the emperor to die, her mausoleum was robbed and more than 1,100 artifacts were stolen?
* ... that the goal of the '''''[[Science Moms]]''''' documentary is to challenge the anti-[[Genetically modified organism|GMO]], anti-vaccination, pro-alternative medicine culture affecting parents?
* ... that former [[NASA]] engineer '''[[Joseph Anokye]]''' was deported from [[Kenya]] because some people feared he could manipulate election results?
* ... that [[UNESCO]] has added '''[[East Rennell]]''' to its [[List of World Heritage in Danger]]?
* ... that before becoming director of the [[United States Census Bureau]], '''[[Martha Farnsworth Riche]]''' earned a doctorate in [[French literature]]?
* ... that "'''[[The Luck of the Irish (song)|The Luck of the Irish]]'''" received an [[Apple Records]] catalogue number despite never being released as a single?
* ... that '''[[Marijke Nel]]''' represented South Africa in rugby union and Canada in tennis?
* ... that the edible mushroom '''''[[Termitomyces eurhizus]]''''' grows out of termite mounds?
===15 December 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[House of the Huangcheng Chancellor|Tower of Rivers and Mountains]]''' ''(pictured)'' proved its worth soon after construction by protecting the Chen family from roving bandits?
* ... that '''[['Neile Alina 'Mantoa Fanana]]''' was the first female ombudsman of [[Lesotho]]?
* ... that '''''[[Methylophaga muralis]]''''', a species of bacteria, was first discovered on marble in the [[Moscow Kremlin]]?
* ... that '''[[Manfred Jung]]''' is remembered as Siegfried in Bayreuth's ''[[Jahrhundertring]]'', but also sang all other tenor roles in ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen|The Ring]]''?
* ... that [[Xenophon]]'s '''''[[Polity of the Lacedaemonians]]''''' is the only surviving constitution of ancient [[Sparta]]?
* ... that '''[[Arlinda Locklear]]''' was the first Native American woman to argue a case before the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]]?
* ... that the '''[[sixbar wrasse]]''' can use a rock as an anvil to break up its food?
* ... that '''[[Magdalena Wolińska-Riedi]]''' was married by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] when he was a cardinal and had her childen baptized by him when he became Pope?
* ... that the exotic metal [[lutetium]]-176 decays to the heavy metal [[hafnium]], so it can be used to '''[[lutetium–hafnium dating|date ancient rocks]]'''?
===14 December 2017===
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* ... that after playing with [[Lego]] bricks as a child, '''[[Roma Agrawal]]''' designed both the tip and bottom of [[The Shard]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that on the day '''[[Horace P. Belknap]]''' was interred in 1936, [[Oregon Military Department|National Guard]] inductions were suspended in [[Central Oregon]] because all the local medical examiners were attending his funeral?
* ... that '''[[Plagiolepis alluaudi|little yellow ant]]''' colonies raise the [[larva]]e of agricultural pests, including [[aphid]]s, in their own nest?
* ... that [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence activist]] '''[[Duvvuri Subbamma]]''' was married at the age of ten?
* ... that Colombian [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Luis Muriel]]''' became [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]'s most expensive-ever signing when he joined the club for a reported fee of €20 million?
* ... that the exotic metal [[lutetium]]-176 decays to the heavy metal [[hafnium]], so it can be used to '''[[lutetium-hafnium dating|date ancient rocks]]'''?
* ... that the owners of '''[[Code Blue (bull)|Code Blue]]''', the Professional Bull Riders' 2009 World Champion [[bucking bull]], fed him waffles?
* ... that the [[German Army (German Empire)|German Army]] used [[pickelhaube]] helmets made of '''[[boiled leather]]''' until halfway through World War I?
* ... that if the '''[[San Francisco Bay Area]]''' were a country, it would be ranked sixteenth in the world in terms of [[Gross domestic product|GDP]]?
===13 December 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Yang Shoujing]]''' ''(pictured)'' published the most complete and scholarly [[historical atlas]] of China of his time, and "revolutionized" [[Japanese calligraphy]]?
* ... that '''[[1120 Denny Way|a highrise building]]''' replacing part of ''[[The Seattle Times]]''{{'}} headquarters will have historic headlines etched into its facade?
* ... that ''' [[Abadi Bano Begum]]''', a prominent voice in the [[Indian independence movement]], pawned her personal jewelry to educate her sons?
* ... that feather stars such as '''''[[Florometra serratissima]]''''' use their arms to catch food and also to swim?
* ... that '''[[Célia Posser]]''' issued the first private radio broadcast licenses in [[São Tomé and Príncipe]]?
* ... that the '''[[North China Craton]]''' was partially destroyed by thinning?
* ... that the '''[[Nitze criteria]]''' for a successful [[Missile defense|ballistic missile defense]] gained "the status of holy writ" within the [[Presidency of Ronald Reagan|Reagan administration]]?
* ... that '''''[[This (fly)|This]]''''' is found in southern Australia, is attracted to decomposing seaweed, and has an unusual mating position?
===12 December 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Mausoleum of Abu Huraira|a tomb]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Yavne]] is claimed as the site of burial of [[Abu Hurairah]] by Muslims and [[Gamaliel II]] by Jews, despite both claims being highly unlikely?
* ... that Australian prime minister [[Harold Holt]]'s '''[[Disappearance of Harold Holt|death by drowning]]''' has been commemorated by a [[USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074)|warship]], a [[Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt|naval installation]], and multiple swimming pools?
* ... that '''[[Nicole Grobert]]''', professor of [[nanomaterials]] at the [[University of Oxford]], was awarded a [[Fellow of the Royal Society#Research Fellowships and other awards|Royal Society Industry Fellowship]] in 2016, her third fellowship from the Royal Society?
* ... that [[Robert Swinhoe]] initially thought that the "ugly raw-looking red patch on the throat" of the '''[[Taiwan partridge]]''' was an injury?
* ... that it took '''[[Salma Ismail]]''', the first [[Malaysian Malay]] woman to qualify as a doctor, 11 years to complete her medical studies?
* ... that in '''[[divergent double subduction]]''', an ocean shrinks and sinks?
* ... that '''[[Femi Claudius Cole]]''' offers free health checks as she campaigns to become [[President of Sierra Leone]]?
* ... that according to legend, a spectral knight on a white horse is sometimes seen riding toward '''[[Weichenwang]]''' to visit his lover?
* ... that '''[[Sir John Minsterworth]]''', who joined the French army during the [[Hundred Years' War]], was later returned to England and [[hanged, drawn and quartered]] in 1377 for "wilful support" of the enemy?
===11 December 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[Bacon Super T-6]]''' ''(pictured)'' was described as looking like the result of "an illicit hangar affair between a [[Lockheed T-33|T-33]] and a [[North American T-6 Texan|T-6]]"?
* ... that '''[[Johann Balthasar König]]''', the church musician of the [[St. Catherine's Church, Frankfurt|Katharinenkirche]] and director of music in [[Frankfurt]], published a hymnal with 1,913 melodies?
* ... that [[Bill Gates]] plans to build a "'''[[Belmont, Arizona|smart city]]'''" near [[Phoenix, Arizona]]?
* ... that Ireland national rugby union team player '''[[Claire McLaughlin|Dr. Claire McLaughlin]]''' gained the nickname "McSwaplin" owing to her swapping medical shifts in order to play rugby?
* ... that the mushrooms of '''''[[Austroboletus olivaceoglutinosus]]''''' have a fruity smell?
* ... that '''[[Sir John Minsterworth]]''', who joined the French army during the [[Hundred Years' War]], was later returned to England and [[hanged, drawn and quartered]] in 1377 for "wilful support" of the enemy?
* ... that '''[[Qinling orogenic belt|one of the greatest mountain ranges in China]]''' is made up of multiple individual [[tectonic block]]s, dividing north and south China?
* ... that Ghanaian academic '''[[Kwesi Yankah]]''' wrote the title song for the [[Free SHS]] policy?
===10 December 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[Chaetodon zanzibarensis|Zanzibar butterflyfish]]''' ''(pictured)'' feeds exclusively on coral polyps, but the '''[[Chaetodon nippon|Japanese butterflyfish]]''' will eat [[Omnivore|anything]]?
* ... that [[A. J. Foyt]] praised '''[[Arlene Hiss]]''' for "what a fine job [she'd] done" after racing against her?
* ... that '''[[algorithmic bias]]''' can sometimes lead computers to produce homophobic, racist, and sexist results?
* ... that '''[[Dusty Allen]]''' hit a home run in his final [[Major League Baseball]] at-bat?
* ... that '''[[Fortifications of Bangkok|Bangkok's city gates]]''' were enchanted in order to ward off evil spirits?
* ... that South African lawyer '''[[Sibongile Ndashe]]''' was arrested in [[Tanzania]] for advocating against an anti-gay law that limited treatment for [[HIV/AIDS]]?
* ... that today's '''[[MLS Cup 2017]]''' soccer final between [[Toronto FC]] and [[Seattle Sounders FC]] is a rematch of the [[MLS Cup 2016|2016 Cup]], and will be played at the same venue?<!-- Special occasion hook for December 9th -->
* ... that '''[[Sheila Hibben]]''' supplied author [[Rex Stout]] with menus for his fictional character [[Nero Wolfe]]?
===9 December 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Marcus Beck]]''' ''(pictured)'' added [[Joseph Lister]]'s antiseptic techniques to surgical textbooks after seeing soldiers die of infection in the [[Franco-Prussian War]]?
* ... that '''[[Flushing Meadows–Corona Park]]''' in New York City hosted two [[world's fair]]s?
* ... that Irish hockey umpire '''[[Carol Metchette]]''' was forced to retire from umpiring for being too old, despite having the highest fitness test results of any international umpire?
* ... that the rhinoceros beetle genus ''[[Cyclocephala]]'' already had over 200 species when '''''[[Cyclocephala nodanotherwon|C. nodanotherwon]]''''' ("not another one") was described in 1992?
* ... that '''[[Regina Mañe Ela]]''' was the only female member of [[Severo Moto Nsá]]'s [[Equatorial Guinea]]n government-in-exile?
* ... that the [[Fengtian clique]]'s '''[[Zhili Army (Fengtian clique)|Zhili Army]]''' included, besides professional soldiers, surrendered enemies, provincial militiamen, bandits, and martial artists?
* ... that '''[[Manka Dhingra]]'''{{'}}s '''[[Washington's 45th state senate district special election, 2017|election]]''' to the [[Washington State Senate]] gave Democrats complete control of the state's government?
* ... that the '''[[Northeast Arm Iron Range|Temagami Iron Range]]''' takes [[jasper]] in [[iron ore|iron]] past [[Snake Island Lake|snakes]] and [[Turtle Lake (Temagami)|turtles]]?
===8 December 2017===
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* ... that offerings of cucumber ''(pictured)'' are left at the '''[[Kappa-dera Temple]]''' to appease [[Kappa (folklore)|Kappa]]s?
* ... that the [[Jalisco New Generation Cartel]] shot down a helicopter, hijacked 39 vehicles, and burned multiple banks, gas stations, and businesses '''[[May 1, 2015 Jalisco attacks|in a single day]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah]]''' writes a blog on African women's sexuality entitled ''Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women''?
* ... that the parasitic wasp '''''[[Comperiella bifasciata]]''''' is used to help control red scale and '''[[Aonidiella citrina|yellow scale]]''' on citrus?
* ... that '''[[Gideon Brooke]]'''{{`s}} grave was unmarked for 136 years?
* ... that the first '''[[World Day of the Poor]]''', observed on 19 November 2017, was established by [[Pope Francis]] in his Apostolic Letter celebrating the end of the [[Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy]]?
* ... that '''[[Mitzi Johanknecht]]''', the new sheriff of [[King County, Washington]], was the first female deputy to lead the county's [[SWAT]] team?
* ... that the '''[[High Capacity Metro Trains]]''' on order for the [[Melbourne rail network]] will have the ability to automatically estimate their passenger load?
===7 December 2017===
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* ... that the British aerobatics pilot [[Paul Bonhomme]] ''(pictured)'' has '''[[List of Red Bull Air Race World Championship winners|won the Red Bull Air Race World Championship]]''' a record three times?
* ... that '''[[Alice Ouédraogo]]''' runs the [[International Labour Organization]]'s HIV/AIDS programme?
* ... that the [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]] built the '''[[Bergen Tunnels]]''' due to congestion in the competing [[Erie Railroad]]'s tunnels?
* ... that early Canadian broadcaster '''[[Claire Wallace (broadcaster)|Claire Wallace]]''' was known for her reporting stunts, including climbing a Mexican volcano and joining a deep-sea diving expedition?
* ... that two similarly named Burmese chronicles, '''''[[Mon Yazawin]]''''' and '''''[[Mon Yazawin (Shwe Naw)|Mon Yazawin by Shwe Naw]]''''', are about the [[Mon people|Mon]]-speaking [[Hanthawaddy Kingdom|kingdom of Hanthawaddy]]?
* ... that '''[[Vi Lyles]]''' is the first African-American woman to be [[Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina]]?
* ... that '''''[[Universal Paperclips]]''''' is an [[incremental game]] where the goal is to convert the entire universe into [[Paper clip|paperclips]]?
* ... that '''[[Harold Strachan]]''' has painted pictures, written books, made bombs, served two prison sentences, and completed an [[ultramarathon]]?
===6 December 2017===
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* ... that [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] sang as a choir member for two years at '''[[St. Michaelis, Lüneburg|St. Michaelis in Lüneburg]]''', a [[brick Gothic]] former abbey church?
* ... that '''[[Elizabeth Marshall (pharmacist)|Elizabeth Marshall]]''' was one of the first women to become a [[pharmacist]] in the United States?
* ... that more than two-thirds of children with '''[[egg allergy]]''' will outgrow it by the time they are 16 years old?
* ... that '''[[Robert Sickinger]]''', the father of [[Chicago]]'s "off-Loop" theater scene, ended up running a [[telemarketing]] company?
* ... that, despite being affected by poverty, language barriers, and prejudice, first-generation immigrants have better health outcomes than subsequent generations by way of the '''[[immigrant paradox]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Remote sensing (geology)|remote sensing]]''' helps geologists study otherwise inaccessible areas such as Antarctic ice shelves?
* ... that Japanese voice actress '''[[Ai Kayano]]''' worked in the beauty industry to pay for her voice acting school tuition?
* ... that the lethal mushroom '''''[[Amanita subpallidorosea]]''''' was discovered when two people died in 2014 after eating it in China?
===5 December 2017===
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* ... that under adverse conditions, the '''[[fluffy sculpin]]''' ''(pictured)'' can leave its rock pool and breathe air?
* ... that '''[[Diana Beck]]''' performed brain surgery on ''[[Winnie-the-Pooh (book)|Winnie-the-Pooh]]'' author [[A. A. Milne]]?
* ... that in the annual [[Balotsav|'''Balotsav''']] of India, children compete in many categories including [[elocution]]?
* ... that '''[[Mary Munson Runge]]''' was the first female and first African-American president of the [[American Pharmacists Association]]?
* ... that Parks Canada blocked the entrance of the '''[[Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse and Blockhouse|Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse]]''' with rubble masonry after vandals destroyed the restored door?
* ... that '''[[Nelly Mbangu]]''' co-founded an organisation for survivors of sexual and domestic violence in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]?
* ... that '''''[[Up from the Cradle of Jazz]]''''' chronicles the evolution of [[rhythm and blues]] in [[New Orleans]]?
* ... that marine biologist '''[[Marie Darby]]''', the first New Zealand woman to visit the Antarctic mainland, sailed to the [[Ross Sea]] on a tourist boat that ran aground on its first trip?
===4 December 2017===
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* ... that the purple "jewels" ''(pictured)'' in old sidewalks are '''[[pavement light]]s''', which [[prism lighting|bend daylight]] into the basement below?
* ... that approximately one-third of the adult Jewish population of [[Winnipeg]], Canada, attended the funeral of Chief Rabbi '''[[Israel Isaac Kahanovitch]]''' in 1945?
* ... that show creator [[Tony Jordan]] wanted '''''[[HolbyBlue]]''''' to emulate the American police dramas ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'' and ''[[NYPD Blue]]''?
* ... that '''[[Suzanne Jambo]]''' helped draft the [[Constitution of South Sudan]]?
* ... that during the annual '''[[TV-aksjonen]]''' ("TV campaign"), more than 100,000 volunteers go door-to-door to all 1.8 million Norwegian households to collect donations for a charity?
* ... that before becoming a deputy for the [[Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan]], '''[[Almasbek Akmatov]]''' obtained three different degrees from three different universities?
* ... that the [[Advent song]] "'''[[Macht hoch die Tür]]'''" is number 1 in the [[Evangelisches Gesangbuch|German Protestant hymnal]]?<!--Special occasion hook for December 3-->
* ... that '''[[Jenny Morton]]''' discovered that sheep can recognise human faces?
===3 December 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Olga FitzGeorge]]''' ''(pictured)'', a granddaughter of [[Prince George, Duke of Cambridge]], established a manicure and beauty salon on [[Bond Street|New Bond Street]] in London?
* ... that in 2017, [[Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics|a team of refugees]] won the Sporting Inspiration Award at the '''[[Laureus World Sports Awards]]'''?
* ... that from 1888 to 1895, '''[[Elizabeth Chambers Morgan]]''' was the leading woman in the [[Chicago]] labor movement?
* ... that [[contemporary circus]] troupe '''[[Cirque de la Symphonie]]''' deliberately maintains a minimalist aesthetic to give equal prominence to the symphony orchestras that accompany their performances?
* ... that '''[[Tarak Sinha]]''' coached 12 cricketers who went on to play at international level?
* ... that three of the '''[[List of most lethal American battles|most lethal battles]]''' involving the [[United States Armed Forces|United States military]] saw more than 20,000 soldiers killed?
* ... that Kenyan activist '''[[Josephine Kulea]]''' is said to have saved more than 1,000 girls from abuse and forced marriage?
* ... that it appears that larvae of '''''[[Osedax frankpressi]]''''' that settle on a whale carcase develop into female worms, while those that settle on the female worms become males?
===2 December 2017===
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* ... that in [[Hoysala architecture]], the emblem of the [[Hoysala Empire|empire]] – a warrior stabbing a lion – is often sculpted on the '''[[sukanasa]]''' of [[Hindu temple architecture|Hindu temples]] ''(example pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Harimia Ahmed]]''' was the first female lawyer in the [[Comoros]]?
* ... that '''[[Lake Cahuilla]]''', with a maximum surface area of 5,700 square kilometres (2,200 sq mi), covered parts of [[Southern California]] less than 500 years ago?
* ... that [[Hari Kondabolu]]'s documentary '''''[[The Problem with Apu]]''''' started as a one-minute comedy segment?
* ... that [[Colorado]] businesswoman and philanthropist '''[[Merle Chambers]]''' is one of the top ten political contributors in her state?
* ... that parts of the Colombian mushroom '''''[[Boletus pyrrhosceles]]''''' turn blue when damaged?
* ... that in 1995, Nigerian activist '''[[Sokari Ekine]]''' set up the Black Sisters Network [[electronic mailing list]]?
* ... that [[A. R. Schwartz|A. R. "Babe" Schwartz]] fought to have the '''[[Westgate Tower]]''' condemned in the [[Texas Legislature]], only to move into the building himself fifteen years later?
===1 December 2017===
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* ... that the [[Fumarole|fumarolically]] active volcano '''[[Solimana (volcano)|Solimana]]''' ''(pictured)'' has been identified as the site of an Inca [[oracle]]?
* ... that South African-born Irish international rugby player '''[[Ilse van Staden]]''' is a butcher?
* ... that although New York City's '''[[Spring Creek Park]]''' was mostly built on a landfill, part of the park is located in a [[Gateway National Recreation Area|U.S. national protected area]]?
* ... that '''[[Georg Dohrn]]''' conducted at the Konzerthaus [[Breslau]] the premiere of Reger's ''[[Der 100. Psalm]]'', Mahler's [[Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)|Eighth Symphony]], and Tchaikovsky's [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|First Piano Concerto]] with [[Vladimir Horowitz]]?
* ... that [[Camden County, Georgia]] was considered as a launch site by [[NASA]] in the early 1960s, but '''[[Spaceport Camden]]''' did not see its [[Vector-R|first launch]] until 2017?
* ... that the British [[paediatrician]] '''[[Tina Cooper]]''' assisted the [[Sierra Leone]] government in establishing a national immunisation programme?
* ... that the '''[[Mycale adhaerens|purple scallop sponge]]''' has a [[Mutualism (biology)|mutualistic relationship]] with the mollusc on which it lives?
* ... that General [[Robert B. Abrams]] took "less than a second" to choose '''[[Laura J. Richardson]]''' as his deputy at [[United States Army Forces Command]], despite never having worked with her?
