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===31 January 2017===
*'''''12:27, 31 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that at one point, some street signs in [[Salt Lake City]] were written in the '''[[Deseret alphabet]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Jean Davies]]''', then a junior officer in the [[Women's Royal Naval Service]], attended Winston Churchill's 69th birthday party along with President Franklin Roosevelt and Soviet Marshal Josef Stalin?
* ... that [[Max Reger]] composed his '''[[Cello Sonata No. 1 (Reger)|first cello sonata]]''' as a student and had it published in London?
* ... that during the 1873 mutiny of the [[Royal Guards of Hawaii]], the Hungarian drillmaster Captain Joseph Jajczay and the adjutant general '''[[Charles Hastings Judd]]''' were attacked?
* ... that both [[Madame de Pompadour]] and [[Coco Chanel]] loved '''[[Coromandel lacquer]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Al-Jahith's Treasury]]''', an [[Amman]] bookstore chain, may have been named for theologian [[al-Jahiz]], who was supposedly crushed by a stack of books?
* ... that Maryland state legislator '''[[William Daniel (Maryland politician)|William Daniel]]''' was a [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]], a [[Know Nothing]], and a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] before finally joining the [[Prohibition Party]] in 1884?
*'''''00:26, 31 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Mormon photographer '''[[Charles Ellis Johnson]]''' made [[nude photography|artistic nudes]] and risqué [[Stereoscopy|stereoviews]] ''(example pictured)''?
* ... that [[Francis Poulenc]] placed [[Liberté (poem)|an ode to liberty]] at the end of his '''''[[Figure humaine]]''''', a cantata for a twelve-part choir, composed in [[Nazi occupation of France|occupied France]] and premiered by the [[BBC]]?<!---Special occasion hook for January 30--->
* ... that Dwain Worrell's debut screenplay '''''[[The Wall (2017 film)|The Wall]]''''' is also Amazon Studios' first original [[spec script]]?
* ... that after the [[Bugis]] prince '''[[Arung Palakka]]''' supported the [[Dutch East India Company]] in the [[Makassar War]], he became the most powerful man in [[South Sulawesi]]?
* ... that in 2015, the '''[[Irish Guards GAA]]''' became the first British Army [[Gaelic games]] club to join the Gaelic Athletic Association?
* ... that the '''[[Contingency Fund for Foreign Intercourse]]''', a U.S. government program established in 1790 to finance foreign covert operations, had by 1793 grown to consume 12 percent of the government's budget?
* ... that in 2015, '''[[Alison Hughes]]''' was part of the first all-female officiating team in a [[Fed Cup]] final?
* ... that '''[[Emany Mata Likambe]]''', Zaire's former ambassador to Poland, was discovered homeless and living on the streets of [[Warsaw, Poland|Warsaw]] in 1994 after his government had failed to pay him for over two years?
===30 January 2017===
*'''''09:52, 30 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that cars once drove through the '''[[Pioneer Cabin Tree]]''' ''(pictured)'', which drew thousands of visitors annually?
* ... that as CEO of [[Intel]] Israel, '''[[Maxine Fassberg]]''' encouraged women, Arabs, [[Druze]], and [[Haredi Judaism|Haredi]] Jews to enter the high-tech sector?
* ... that the [[Nanjing Metro]] system in Nanjing, China, has a total of '''[[List of Nanjing Metro stations|139 stations]]''', with transfer stations counted once for every line they serve?
* ... that during the [[1952 steel strike]], '''[[Clarence B. Randall]]''' criticized President [[Harry S. Truman]] for what he considered "shocking distortions of fact"?
* ... that [[Chloë Sevigny]] portrays the accused ax-murderer [[Lizzie Borden]] in the upcoming film '''''[[Lizzie (2017 film)|Lizzie]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Mount Berlin]]''', a volcano in Antarctica, has had large [[Plinian eruption]]s in the past and is still [[fumarolic]]ally active through towers of ice?
* ... that King [[Razadarit]]'s decision to keep the one-time flower seller '''[[Piya Yaza Dewi]]''' as his [[List of Burmese consorts|chief queen consort]] led to the suicide of his first wife, Queen [[Talamidaw]]?
===29 January 2017===
*'''''21:37, 29 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Franco-Tahitian War|Franco-Tahitian War (1844–1847)]]''' culminated in the defeat of the [[Kingdom of Tahiti|Tahitians]] at Fort Fautaua ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Elizabeth Plankinton]]''', known as the "municipal patroness" for her philanthropy, gifted a {{convert|9|ft|adj=on}} high [[Washington Monument (Milwaukee)|bronze George Washington sculpture]] to the citizens of Milwaukee?
* ... that in November 2016 [[Peter Reulein]] conducted the premiere of his oratorio '''''[[Laudato si' (oratorio)|Laudato si']]''''', described as a Franciscan [[Magnificat]], with more than 250 performers at the [[Limburg Cathedral]]?<!--Special occasion request for January 29-->
* ... that the [[Hongwu Emperor]] copied the text of '''[[Zhen Dexiu]]'''{{`s}} work ''The Expanded Meaning of the Great Learning'' onto the walls of his palace?
* ... that the [[Clemson Tigers football|Clemson Tigers]] defeated the [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama Crimson Tide]] in the '''[[2017 College Football Playoff National Championship]]''' on a game-winning touchdown with one second left?
* ... that the '''[[India Government Mint, Hyderabad|Indian Government Mint in Hyderabad]]''' was established in 1803 by the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]], [[Mir Akbar Ali Khan Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III|Asaf Jah III]], and was taken over by the Government of India in 1950?
* ... that [[Morteza Ansari|Sheikh Morteza Ansari]]'s '''''[[Makasib]]''''', authored more than 150 years ago, is still taught in [[Shia Islam|Shia]] seminaries?
* ... that according to family tradition, '''[[George Charles Beckley]]''' designed the [[Flag of Hawaii]], which was passed down as an heirloom in the form of a child's frock?
*'''''09:22, 29 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the face of the '''[[Timex Expedition WS4]]''' ''(pictured)'' resembles the shape of the rear window of a [[Land Rover]]?
* ... that before starting her pioneering genetic studies of complex human diseases such as [[atherosclerosis]], '''[[Nobuyo Maeda]]''' researched [[Hydrophiinae|sea snake]] [[snake venom|venoms]]?
* ... that [[Fei Xiaotong]]'s book '''''[[From the Soil]]''''' was banned in China for being "rightist", and in Taiwan for the author's perceived support for Communism?
* ... that [[Pace (horse gait)|pacer]] '''[[Always B Miki]]''' set a world record of 1{{nbsp}}minute 46{{nbsp}}seconds, the fastest mile in [[Standardbred]] history?
* ... that an [[environmental assessment]] for the future '''[[Grimsby GO Station|Grimsby train station]]''' included review of an 1876 historical atlas of Ontario, Canada, to find features of historic value?
* ... that when '''[[Sarah Bavly]]''' arrived in Jerusalem to open a nutrition department in a new health center, she was forced to hide in the building for a week due to the outbreak of the [[1929 Palestine riots]]?
* ... that a politician implicated in '''[[Corruption in Italy|Italy's largest corruption scandal]]''' was permitted to claim his time in the parliament constituted his community service?
===28 January 2017===
*'''''21:07, 28 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Sri Lankan Christmas tree]]''' ''(pictured)'' is claimed to be the world’s tallest [[artificial Christmas tree]]?
* ... that [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning sportswriter [[Arthur Daley (sportswriter)|'''Arthur Daley''']] wrote more than 10,000 columns for ''[[The New York Times]]''?
* ... that a '''[[tick]]''' finds a potential host by detecting its breath and body odors, or by sensing its vibrations or changes in temperature?
* ... that '''[[Heinrich Parler]]''' and his son '''[[Peter Parler]]''' were among the most influential [[Gothic architecture|Gothic architects]] of the Middle Ages?
* ... that '''[[LifeRing Secular Recovery]]''' provides support and assistance to people trying to beat alcohol and drug addiction without religion?
* ... that on May 24, 1985, over 100 villagers in '''[[Oliveto Citra]]''' claimed to have seen an [[Marian apparition|apparition]] of the [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Virgin Mary]]?
* ... that to prepare for his role as surgeon '''[[Raf di Lucca]]''' in ''[[Holby City]]'', actor [[Joe McFadden]] watched open-heart surgery?
*'''''00:30, 28 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Walt Disney World Railroad]]''' ''(pictured)'', with 3.7{{nbsp}}million passengers each year, is one of the most popular railroads in the world powered by [[steam locomotive]]s?
* ... that German architect '''[[August Soller]]''' died during construction of [[St. Michael's Church, Berlin|his greatest work]], and was buried there before it was finished?
* ... that '''''[[Catananche lutea]]''''' produces five types of seed that correspond to a range of different survival and dispersal strategies?
* ... that '''[[William Hoapili Kaʻauwai]]''' traveled to Europe with [[Queen Emma of Hawaii|Queen Emma]], but made an unauthorized side trip to New Zealand to recruit [[Māori people|Māori]] immigrants for the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]]?
* ... that Bach composed five organ settings of the hymn "'''[[Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend]]'''", which was translated by [[Catherine Winkworth]] for [[Communion (Christian)|communion]] as "Lord Jesus Christ, be present now!"?
* ... that '''[[Carolyn B. Shelton]]''' became the first female governor in the United States when she spent a weekend as acting governor of Oregon in 1909?
* ... that the [[Elsevier]] publication '''''[[Explore: The Journal of Science & Healing]]''''' has been described as a "sham masquerading as a real scientific journal" that publishes "truly ridiculous studies"?
===27 January 2017===
*'''''12:45, 27 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that during World War II, '''[[International Hat Company]]''' was one of the two main manufacturers of the [[American fiber helmet|sun helmet]] ''(pictured)'', one of the longest-used helmets of the United States military?
* ... that the part-[[Native Hawaiians|Hawaiian]] '''[[Carlos A. Long]]''' was unanimously elected captain of the 1899 [[Georgetown Hoyas football]] team at [[Georgetown University]]?
* ... that '''[[Gufran-Ullah Beig]]''' is the first Indian scientist to receive the Norbert Gerbier-Mumm International Award of the [[World Meteorological Organization]]?
* ... that [[Francis Poulenc]] composed the four motets '''''[[Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence]]''''' at different times, three of them on [[Responsories for Holy Week|responsories for the Holy Week]]?
* ... that when the theologian '''[[Patrick Dehm]]''' was suspended by the [[Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst|Bishop of Limburg]], he founded an ecumenical association to continue the work for contemporary church music?
* ... that there are '''[[List of Antarctic churches|eight churches on Antarctica]]'''?
*'''''01:00, 27 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Grace Bochenek]]''' ''(pictured)'', an engineer and director of the U.S. [[National Energy Technology Laboratory]], is the acting [[United States Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]]?
* ... that '''[[Lvinaya Past]]''' was the site of the largest [[Holocene]] volcanic eruption in the Southern [[Kuril Islands|Kurils]]?
* ... that [[Morteza Ansari|Sheikh Morteza Ansari]]'s '''''[[Makasib]]''''', authored more than 150 years ago, is still taught in [[Shia]] seminaries?
* ... that the first adult female '''''[[Pterinoxylus spinulosus]]''''' was [[Species description|described]] in 1957, some fifty years after the first male?
* ... that zoological gardens were added to '''[[Sudhir Chandra Das]]'''{{`s}} ministerial portfolio in 1971?
* ... that the '''[[Mexican Southern Railroad]]''' was originally run by executives from the United States, including former President [[Ulysses S. Grant]]?
* ... that Turkish novelist and journalist '''[[Suat Derviş]]''' was the granddaughter of a slave?
===26 January 2017===
*'''''13:40, 26 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[sundial cannon]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' were triggered by the sun to fire at noon?
* ... that '''[[George W. Macfarlane]]''' and [[Robert Hoapili Baker]] accompanied Hawaiian King [[Kalākaua]] on his final trip to California where the king died in 1891?
* ... that during the '''[[bombing of Nagaoka]]''' in World War II, 80% of the urban area of the city burned down?
* ... that the '''[[501(h) election]]''' allows many [[501(c)(3) organization|U.S. non-profit organizations]] to engage in unlimited [[Lobbying in the United States|lobbying]] as long as they do it cheaply?
* ... that '''[[Bill Roe (cricketer)|Bill Roe]]''' made the highest score in cricket at the time when he scored 415 runs during an inter-college match at [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]]?
* ... that the fossil leaves of the maple species '''''[[Acer whitebirdense]]''''' had earlier been misattributed to the genera ''Viburnum'', ''Platanus'', and ''Rubus''?
* ... that '''[[Giovanni Ambrogio Migliavacca]]''' wrote the libretto for ''[[Solimano]]'', first set by [[Johann Adolph Hasse|Hasse]] and produced in Dresden with live elephants and camels?
*'''''00:00, 26 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that small gobies are often associated with '''[[Diploastrea heliopora|diploastrea brain coral]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Herschel K. Mitchell]]''', [[Roger J. Williams]], and [[Esmond Emerson Snell|Esmond E. Snell]] isolated [[folic acid]] from four tons of processed spinach?
* ... that the science fiction novella '''''[[Paradises Lost]]''''' was adapted as an opera?
* ... that a Chinese acting troupe was flogged for slander in the 13th century after they portrayed the scholar '''[[Wei Liaoweng]]''' as a drunkard?
* ... that writer [[Ed Brubaker]] created the murdering vigilante in his comic book '''''[[Kill or Be Killed (comics)|Kill or Be Killed]]''''' because recent news events made him feel there was no justice?
* ... that the historian who researched early Canadian baseball figure '''[[William Shuttleworth]]''' believed that "at first people thought I made him up"?
* ... that the '''[[Lugang Mazu Temple|Mazu Temple]]''' in [[Lukang, Changhua|Lugang]], Taiwan, includes wood carvings of the "Four Best Things in Life": stretching, ear-cleaning, nose-picking, and scratching?
===25 January 2017===
*'''''12:00, 25 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after six decades subscribing to [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] ideology, German-Israeli novelist '''[[Naomi Frankel]]''' ''(pictured)'' adopted [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] ideology and moved to the [[West Bank]]?
* ... that in Mongolia, the '''[[Tolai hare]]''' is hunted for use in traditional medicine?
* ... that '''[[EJay Day]]''', the first finalist ever eliminated from ''[[American Idol]]'', also placed in the top 20 on ''[[Popstars|Popstars: USA]]''?
* ... that large concave '''[[cavetto]]''' mouldings feature strongly as [[cornice]]s in Ancient Egyptian architecture?
* ... that the [[Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission]] selected ''Listening for Coyote'' by '''[[William L. Sullivan (author)|William L. Sullivan]]''' as one of the 100 most significant books in Oregon history?
* ... that for security purposes, [[Gaelic games]] club '''[[PSNI GAA]]''' players do not have their names published?
* ... that although the medieval [[Lord High Treasurer]] '''[[John Crakehall]]''' was a clergyman sworn to celibacy, he had a daughter to whom he left part of his estate?
*'''''00:00, 25 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Mangal Shobhajatra]]''' ''(pictured)'' has been declared an [[intangible cultural heritage]] by [[UNESCO]]?
* ... that '''[[Alice Brown (ombudsman)|Alice Brown]]''', a professor of politics who advised the new Scottish Parliament on governance, went on to become the first [[Scottish Public Services Ombudsman]]?
* ... that the '''[[montane wood mouse]]''' is widespread and common in tropical Central Africa, but the closely related '''[[Mount Oku hylomyscus]]''' is found on a single mountainside and is critically endangered?
* ... that the painter '''[[Caspar Isenmann]]''' left a detailed contract signed on 21 June 1462?
* ... that India's '''[[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowship]]''' for the performing arts is usually not conferred on anyone under the age of 50?
* ... that '''[[Tukwila International Boulevard station]]''' near Seattle's [[Seattle–Tacoma International Airport|international airport]] features an angular roof shaped like the wings of an airplane?
* ... that [[Randy Edsall]], [[Connecticut Huskies football|UConn football]]'s all-time leader in games coached and wins as a '''[[List of Connecticut Huskies head football coaches|head coach]]''', was re-hired for 2017 after an absence of six seasons?
===24 January 2017===
*'''''12:00, 24 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that "lamprophrenia", a [[portmanteau]] of the Greek words [[wiktionary:λαμπρός|''lampron'']] (bright) and [[wiktionary:φρήν|''phrenia'']] (mind), was coined by Czech–Finnish musical artist '''[[Sonja Vectomov]]''' ''(pictured)'' as the title of her debut album?
* ... that scholars have been puzzled by a motif in Chinese '''[[Swatow ware]]''', where a [[pagoda]] is split "almost like a volcanic eruption"?
* ... that '''[[Charlotte Canning, Countess Canning|Lady Canning]]''', India's first [[vicereine]], has been described as one of the country's most memorable women botanical illustrators?
* ... that during 1968 revisions to the [[United States Army Field Manuals]], there was an attempt to eliminate the '''[[use of bayonets for crowd control]]'''?
* ... that Spanish [[Football player|association footballer]] '''[[Xiker]]''' joined [[Athletic Bilbao]]'s academy when he was just ten years old?
* ... that in 1968, Indian philosopher and statesman [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] was the first recipient of the '''[[List of Sahitya Akademi fellows|Sahitya Akademi fellowship]]'''?
* ... that the walls of the '''[[Woodhaven Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line)|Woodhaven Boulevard]]''' subway station in New York City still prominently display the name of a plaza that was demolished in the 1950s?
*'''''00:00, 24 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[rabbit stew]]''' ''(pictured)'' sometimes includes rabbit blood as an ingredient to thicken and enrich it?
* ... that '''[[Franklin Seaver Pratt]]''' was removed from his post as diplomatic agent for defending the claim of his royal wife [[Elizabeth Kekaaniau|Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau Laʻanui]] to the [[ceded lands|Crown Lands of Hawaii]]?
* ... that in 1603, more than 1,000 [[rōnin]]s '''[[Rokugō rebellion|rebelled at Rokugō]]''' in a "final suicidal gesture" for their former lord, [[Onodera Yoshimichi]]?
* ... that the British neuroscientist '''[[John Hughes (neuroscientist)|John Hughes]]''' shared the 1978 [[Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research|Lasker Award]] for co-discovering [[opioid peptide]]s in the brain?
* ... that in '''''[[The Field of Fight]]''''', new US National Security Advisor [[Michael T. Flynn]] argues that Bolivia, China, Cuba, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela are allied with [[Al-Qaeda]] and [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIS]]?
* ... that in 1088 the Anglo-Norman nobleman '''[[Robert Pantulf]]''' was accused of stealing {{convert|6|lbs}} of silver from the nuns of [[Abbey of Sainte-Trinité, Caen|Holy Trinity Abbey, Caen]]?
* ... that the Swedish release of [[M2M (band)|M2M]]'s debut album '''''[[Shades of Purple]]''''' was delayed by a legal dispute with another band named M2M?
===23 January 2017===
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* ... that the newly designated '''[[Bears Ears National Monument]]''' ''(pictured)'' in southeastern Utah protects 100,000 archaeological sites, including [[Ancestral Puebloans|Ancestral Puebloan]] cliff dwellings more than 3,500 years old?
* ... that the '''[[Church of England Marriage Measure 2008]]''' gave couples the legal right to get married in any [[parish]] where their parents or grandparents were married, but not in any [[cathedral]]?
* ... that the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] had '''[[List of Major League Baseball players with a .400 batting average in a season|four players record a batting average over .400]]''' during the 1894 season?
* ... that at the end of the '''[[Trunajaya rebellion]]''', King [[Amangkurat II of Mataram|Amangkurat II]] stabbed the defeated rebel leader [[Trunajaya]] to death?
* ... that '''[[Edward C. Macfarlane]]''' worked for ''[[The Wasp (magazine)|The Wasp]]'' and later married its owner's sister?
* ... that sea slug '''''[[Chelidonura fulvipunctata]]''''' is likely an [[Lessepsian migration#Anti-Lessepsian Migration|anti-Lessepsian migrant]]?
* ... that "'''[[When This Cruel War Is Over]]'''" was one of the most popular sentimental ballads of the [[American Civil War]], sung by both [[Union Army|Union]] and [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] troops?
*'''''00:00, 23 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that one of the goals of '''[[King Kalākaua's world tour]]''' ''(Kalākaua pictured)'' was to save the declining population of [[Native Hawaiians]]? <!-- Special occasion hook for 22 January --->
* ... that monasteries and public buildings are illuminated during the '''[[Galdan Namchot]]''' festival marking the beginning of [[Losar|new year]] celebrations in [[Ladakh]], India?
* ... that for [[Givat Brenner]]'s 25th anniversary, kibbutz theatre director '''[[Shulamit Bat-Dori]]''' staged an open-air play with a cast and crew of 1,000, before an audience of 10,000?
* ... that business historian [[Robert Sobel]] has described the '''[[New York Gold Exchange]]''' as "the most informal and certainly the wildest market in American history"?
* ... that a study by child psychiatrist '''[[Stella Chess]]''' and her husband, Alexander Thomas, found that children could be divided into three different categories: "easy", "difficult", and "slow to warm up"?
* ... that '''[[Girls' Generation]]''' was among the five South Korean acts that best represent [[K-pop]] during the past two decades, according to a 2015 poll by Korea Creative Content Agency?
* ... that the '''[[lemon-bellied flyrobin]]''' occasionally catches and eats insects that are one-sixth of its length?
===22 January 2017===
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* ... that Chinese '''[[dragon kiln]]s''' for pottery ''(excavated kiln pictured)'' ran up hillsides, could be {{convert|135|m}} long, and could fire tens of thousands of pieces at a time?
* ... that Chinese Communist leader [[Mao Zedong]] divulged the Communist party's previously unknown history to American journalist '''[[Helen Foster Snow]]''' in 1937 for widespread publication?
* ... that [[William Francis Patrick Napier|Sir William Napier]] wrote part of his ''History of the [[Peninsular War]]'' sitting at a stone table in the grounds of '''[[Freshford Manor]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Caspar Ziegler]]''', who wrote a hymn on which [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] based [[Ich freue mich in dir, BWV 133|a Christmas cantata]], was professor of law and ''Rektor'' of the [[University of Wittenberg]]?
* ... that "'''[[Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)]]'''" helped popularize Indian instrumentation in rock music?
* ... that '''[[Clarence W. Macfarlane]]''' initiated the [[Transpacific Yacht Race]] in 1906, sailing from [[Honolulu]] to the California coast around the time of the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]]?
* ... that '''[[Derry City Ladies F.C.]]''' play football in the Northern Irish leagues while their men's team play in the Republic of Ireland's?
*'''''00:00, 22 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a levee break at '''[[Mound Landing, Mississippi]]''' ''(pictured)'' – now an isolated ghost town on the banks of the Mississippi River – began one of the worst floods in American history?
* ... that in 2015, '''[[Alison Hughes]]''' was part of the first ever all-female officiating team in a [[Fed Cup]] final?
* ... that the South Korea '''[[Improper Solicitation and Graft Act]]''' counts private teachers and journalists among the ranks of public officials?
* ... that [[Chinese in Hawaii|Chinese-Hawaiian]] lawyer and politician '''[[Joseph Apukai Akina]]''' became the first Speaker of the House of Representatives in the [[Territory of Hawaii]]?
* ... that the '''[[buffy pipit]]''' is often confused with the [[plain-backed pipit]] because both birds have plain upperparts?
* ... that the 14th-century Moroccan scholar '''[[Ibn Marzuq]]''' wrote a [[hagiography]] of the [[Marinid dynasty|Marinid]] sultan [[Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman]]?
* ... that [[David]] distributed '''[[raisin cake]]'''?
===21 January 2017===
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* ... that a newly described moth species, '''''[[Neopalpa donaldtrumpi]]''''' ''(pictured)'', was so named because its yellowish head scales reminded a scientist of [[Donald Trump]]'s hair?
* ... that the British scientist '''[[John Challens]]''' received the American [[Medal of Freedom]] for his work on the [[V-1 flying bomb]] and the [[V-2 rocket]]?
* ... that "Im April" from [[Max Reger]]'s '''[[Sechs Lieder, Op. 4|''Sechs Lieder'', Op. 4]]''', has been called "one of Reger's sunniest songs"?
* ... that '''[[George Panila Kamauoha]]''' served in the legislatures of three Hawaiian regimes?
* ... that '''[[Pinchinthorpe railway station]]''' closed 13 years before the rest of the [[Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway]] fell victim to the [[Beeching cuts|Beeching Axe]]?
* ... that acorns of the fossil oak '''''[[Quercus hiholensis]]''''' have possible insect damage preserved in them?
* ... that after '''[[Agnes Fay Morgan]]''' conducted a nutritional study with foxes, she presented her data wearing a [[stole (shawl)|stole]] made from the fur of her subjects?
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* ... that '''[[Bernardo Putairi]]''' ''(pictured)'' succeeded as the final Prince Regent of [[Mangareva]] after his predecessor '''[[Arone Teikatoara]]''' kissed a girl on the street?
* ... that up to 50% of a U.S. '''[[Federal Protective Forces]]''' detachment could be killed while defending a [[United States Department of Energy|U.S. Department of Energy]] facility?
* ... that the British member of parliament [[Jacob Rees-Mogg]] lives at '''[[Gournay Court]]''' where his great aunt had been a nurse during World War I?
* ... that Workers Party of India leader '''[[Jyotibhushan Bhattacharya]]''' was jailed during the [[Sino-Indian War]] of 1962?
* ... that as its natural habitat is converted to cropland, '''[[Goldman's pocket mouse]]''' is threatened by the increased use of [[rodenticide]]s?
* ... that the '''[[100th Brigade (United Kingdom)|100th Brigade of the United Kingdom]]''' attacked [[Attacks on High Wood|High Wood]] during the [[Battle of the Somme]]?
* ... that the '''[[New Zealand eagle ray]]''' can detect prey completely submerged in sand and create a jet of water to expose it?
===20 January 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[geological deformation of Iceland]]''' is resulting in cracks opening up in the surface ''(example pictured)''?
* ... that quarterback '''[[Sam Darnold]]'''{{`s}} high school footage submitted to college football coaches consisted of his basketball highlights?
* ... that '''[[Radio Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero]]''' has broadcast since 1982 but has never been recognized at the federal level?
* ... that '''[[Kamran Aziz]]''' is the first [[Turkish Cypriots|Turkish Cypriot]] female composer, as well as one of the first Turkish Cypriot female pharmacists?
* ... that a '''[[State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. United States ex rel. Rigsby|recent United States Supreme Court case]]''' began when insurance adjusters claimed they were instructed to falsely categorize damages after [[Hurricane Katrina]]?
* ... that in 1999, '''[[Rajeev Nayyar]]''' set the record for the longest [[first-class cricket]] innings, batting for almost 17 hours?
* ... that '''''[[Giant Days]]''''' was published by BOOM! Box after writer [[John Allison (comics)|John Allison]] saved a BOOM! editor from falling?
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* ... that the '''[[soup and sandwich]]''' combination ''(example pictured)'' has been a popular lunch dish in the United States since the 1920s?
* ... that '''[[David William Pua]]''' submitted petitions from the people of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]] asking for the abrogation of the [[Bayonet Constitution]], which had allowed him to be elected to the House of Nobles?
* ... that the '''[[broad-tailed paradise whydah]]''' parasitises the '''[[orange-winged pytilia]]''' and mimics its call?
* ... that '''[[John Dwyer (medicine)|John Dwyer]]''' chaired a government "Quackwatch Committee" whose objective was to tighten controls on wonder drugs and miracle cures?
* ... that a '''[[Lake Corcoran|large lake]]''' once occupied the [[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]] of [[California]]?
* ... that the '''[[OVC project]]''' supports the education of disadvantaged young people in [[Adigrat]], Ethiopia?
* ... that an '''[[José López scandal|Argentine politician was detained]]''' while allegedly trying to hide currency worth around US$7 million inside a convent?
===19 January 2017===
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* ... that the city of [[Glen Cove, New York]], once tried to foreclose on the Soviet diplomatic retreat at '''[[Killenworth]]''' ''(pictured)'', and later denied its residents beach permits?
* ... that '''[[Augustus Constantine Sinclair]]''' conceived the idea for the [[Jamaica International Exhibition]] of 1891 but died on the day it opened?
* ... that the classical pianist '''[[Yara Bernette]]''' was praised for her interpretation of ''Variations on a Theme from the Northeast of Brazil'' by the composer, [[Camargo Guarnieri]]?
* ... that '''[[detrital zircon geochronology]]''' uses [[Zirconium(IV) silicate|zirconium silicate]] to determine the [[provenance (geology)|age]] of sedimentary rock?
* ... that '''[[Akakio Tematereikura]]''' succeeded as regent of [[Mangareva]] after Queen Dowager [[Maria Eutokia Toaputeitou]] retired to the Rouru Convent on Mount Duff?
* ... that Mercedes-Benz intends to release ten models in the '''[[Mercedes-Benz EQ|EQ family]]''' of battery electric vehicles by 2025?
* ... that '''[[Kjell Eriksson (radio presenter)|Kjell Eriksson]]''' stated he was terrified to answer his telephone for fear that singer [[Carola Häggkvist|Carola]] would yell at him after an incident at [[Melodifestivalen 2008]]?
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* ... that [[Endemism|endemics]] among the '''[[wildlife of Morocco]]''' include more than six hundred species of vascular plants and a single species of bird ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Kim Seong-il]]''' believed the [[Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)|Japanese invasions of Korea]] would not take place?
* ... that '''''[[America's 60 Families]]''''' was said to be comparable to [[Karl Marx]]'s ''[[Capital: Critique of Political Economy|Capital]]''?
* ... that the '''[[Salīhids]]''', an Arab Christian tribe, preceded the [[Ghassanids]] as the main Arab federates of the Byzantine Empire?
* ... that test pilot Major General '''[[Clarence A. Shoop]]''' was [[Court-martial|court-martialed]] as a cadet?
* ... that "'''[[The Student (short story)|The Student]]'''", one of [[Anton Chekhov]]'s shortest stories, was also his favorite?
* ... that '''[[Samuel K. Pua]]''', assistant editor of an anti-annexationist Hawaiian newspaper, was severely injured when a goat attacked him at [[Waikiki]]?
===18 January 2017===
*'''''12:00, 18 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that 19th-century German publisher '''[[Ernst Keil]]''' ''(pictured)'' conceived the idea, while in prison, of what was to become one of the [[Die Gartenlaube|most widely read magazines]]?
* ... that [[Gwen Stefani]]'s unreleased song "'''[[Start a War (Gwen Stefani song)|Start a War]]'''" was compared to [[Sia Furler]]'s solo work?
* ... that there were '''[[Manila's 1st legislative district special elections, 1908|two special elections]]''' for [[Legislative districts of Manila|Manila's first district seat]] to the Philippine Assembly in 1908?
* ... that Germany's '''''[[Klein Heidelberg]]''''' used Great Britain's own [[Chain Home]] radar transmitters as the source for their passive radar?
* ... that '''[[pyrithione]]''' is used to prepare medicated shampoos to treat dandruff and [[seborrhoeic dermatitis]]?
* ... that Australian cricketer '''[[Ian Moran (cricketer)|Ian Moran]]''' took unpaid leave from his teaching job to play in the [[2012 Champions League Twenty20]]?
* ... that the name of the musical unit '''[[Myth & Roid]]''' comes from words representing the past and the future?
*'''''00:00, 18 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a single '''[[jumbo slice]]''' ''(pictured)'' may contain over 1,000 calories?
* ... that on January 13, 1893, Queen [[Liliuokalani]] of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]] appointed four new cabinet ministers{{snd}}[[Samuel Parker (Hawaii)|Samuel Parker]], '''[[William H. Cornwell|William Cornwell]]''', '''[[John F. Colburn|John Colburn]]''', and '''[[Arthur P. Peterson|Arthur Peterson]]'''{{snd}}whose opposition to a [[Proposed 1893 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii|new constitution]] led to her overthrow on January 17?<!--Special occasion request for January 17-->
* ... that in a 1955 protest, nearly 1000 protesters from the '''[[Lok Sewak Sangh]]''' marched more than {{convert|300|mi|adj=on|abbr=on}} over 16 days to demand the incorporation of Bengali-speaking areas of [[Bihar]] into [[West Bengal]]?
* ... that '''[[Jesé]]''' won the Golden Boot Award at the [[2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship]]?
* ... that the '''[[Geological history of Borneo|Crocker Fan in Borneo]]''' has the largest volume of any [[Paleogene]] deep marine sediment in a single basin in southeast Asia?
* ... that after [[Karl G. Maeser|'''Karl G. Maeser''']] tutored [[Brigham Young]]'s 56 children, he went on to help found Brigham Young University?
* ... that '''''[[The Red Shoes (ballet)|The Red Shoes]]''''' dance in part to the strains of ''[[Citizen Kane]]''?
===17 January 2017===
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* ... that over the '''[[timeline of mosasaur research|history of mosasaur paleontology]]''' ''(example pictured)'', clams, fish, [[Hesperornis|toothed birds]], [[plesiosaur]]s, sharks, turtles, and even [[Clidastes|other mosasaurs]] have been discovered preserved in the bellies of these marine lizards?
* ... that '''[[Guendolen Plestcheeff]]''' was known as "[[Seattle]]'s Grand, Grand Lady" and "the most elegant woman in Seattle"?
* ... that '''''[[Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum (1956 film)|Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum]]''''' (1956) was the first full-length colour film in [[Tamil cinema]]?<!--special occasion hook for January 17-->
* ... that [[M2M (band)|M2M]] appeared on an episode of ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'' to promote their album '''''[[The Big Room]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Ernest Ambler]]''', a British-born, Oxford-educated physicist, became the director of the [[National Institute of Standards and Technology|National Bureau of Standards]] in the United States?
* ... that the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]] claimed responsibility for the '''[[2016 Al-Karak attack]]''' against the "apostate Jordanian security forces"?
* ... that [[J. J. Abrams]] consulted '''[[Pablo Hidalgo]]''' up to three times a day while filming ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''?
*'''''00:00, 17 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the 90% purchase of New York's [[Chrysler Building]] ''(pictured)'' by the [[Abu Dhabi Investment Council]] was a prominent example of '''[[petrodollar recycling]]'''?
* ... that during World War I, '''[[HMS Negro (1916)|HMS ''Negro'']]''' sank after two depth charges from [[HMS Hoste (1916)|HMS ''Hoste'']] tore open its hull?
* ... that '''[[Mildred Albert]]''', nicknamed the "Mighty Atom", produced thousands of [[fashion show]]s during her career?
* ... that the '''[[Rifa-e-Aam Club]]''' in [[Lucknow]] was open to everybody at a time when British clubs excluded Indians?
* ... that '''[[David Kahalekula Kaʻauwai]]''', his father and brother served in the [[Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii|Kingdom of Hawaii legislature]], while [[Elizabeth Kahanu Kalanianaʻole|his niece]] became a princess?
* ... that following the success of the album '''''[[Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts (album)|Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts]]''''', the eponymous Canadian band received the [[Juno Awards of 1989|1989 Juno Award]] for Most Promising Group of the Year?
* ... that ''[[BuzzFeed]]'' described '''[[Pat Loika]]''' as "the closest thing comics has to an [[Oprah Winfrey|Oprah]]"?
===16 January 2017===
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* ... that when amateur astronomer '''[[Thomas Bopp]]''' co-discovered [[comet Hale–Bopp]] ''(pictured)'', he had never seen a comet before and was using a borrowed telescope?
* ... that '''[[Nkosi's Haven]]''' is a South African care centre created to address HIV-related discrimination, including the separation of infected mothers from their children?
* ... that creator [[Terry Moore (cartoonist)|Terry Moore]] told writer [[Joe Hill (writer)|Joe Hill]] on Twitter that '''''[[Rachel Rising]]''''' might be cancelled if sales continued to fall, prompting a fan campaign to save the comic?
* ... that a [[List of Roman hoards in Great Britain|Roman hoard]] of 11,000 silver pieces was found in the village of '''[[Oakhanger, Hampshire|Oakhanger]]''' in [[Hampshire]]?
* ... that India's first '''[[DRDO Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon|fully indigenous anti-airfield weapon]]''' was tested in 2016?
* ... that '''[[Kim Chŏn-il]]''' raised a [[Righteous army|civilian militia]] to fight the Japanese invasion during the [[Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)|Imjin War]]?
* ... that the '''[[Another Day of Sun|opening number]]''' for the 2016 musical film ''[[La La Land (film)|La La Land]]'' was shot in a six-minute [[Long take|single take]] on a {{convert|130|ft|adj=on}}-high freeway ramp in [[South Los Angeles]]?
*'''''00:00, 16 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the organ ''(pictured)'' of the '''[[Neanderkirche]]''' has served summer concerts for more than 50 years?<!--- Read the nomination template before replacing the word "served"! -->
* ... that when first established, the architectural firm '''[[Liebenberg and Kaplan]]''' was met with [[antisemitism]] in the [[Minneapolis]] business community?
* ... that, in 1993, one of the first [[rave]] parties in Croatia was held in '''[[Grič Tunnel (Zagreb)|a pedestrian tunnel]]''' underneath the [[Gradec, Zagreb|historic core]] of [[Zagreb]]?
* ... that '''[[Faith Spotted Eagle]]''' became the first Native American to receive a presidential electoral vote after '''[[Robert Satiacum Jr.]]''' cast a [[faithless elector|faithless vote]] for her during the [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 United States election]]?
* ... that Kaohsiung's '''[[Chi Jin Mazu Temple]]''' was first opened in 1673, when Taiwan was still ruled by Ming loyalists at war with mainland China?
* ... that '''[[Ululani Lewai Baker]]''' and '''[[Lanihau]]''' were the last female governors of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]]?
* ... that '''[[Salinee Tavaranan]]''' and her Border Green Energy Team installed [[solar power|solar panels]] and [[micro hydro|micro-hydro turbines]] at the [[Mae La refugee camp]]?
===15 January 2017===
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* ... that [[Martin Luther]] ''(pictured)'' paraphrased in his hymn "'''[[Mitten wir im Leben sind|Mitten wir im Leben sind mit dem Tod umfangen]]'''" the Latin "[[Media vita in morte sumus]]" (In the midst of life we are in death), including its [[Trisagion]]?
* ... that '''[[Ibrahim ibn al-Ashtar]]''' killed [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] commander [[Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad]] at the '''[[Battle of Khazir]]'''?
* ... that after the '''[[Bolshevik Party of India]]''' leader '''[[Barada Mukutmoni]]''' was named Tourism Minister in the '''[[Second United Front Cabinet]]''' of West Bengal, there was a split in his party?
* ... that drag queen [[Violet Chachki]]'s EP '''''[[Gagged (EP)|Gagged]]''''' was inspired by her time working as an assistant to a [[dominatrix]]?
* ... that '''[[Gui Minhai]]''', whose four bookseller colleagues [[Causeway Bay Books disappearances|also disappeared in mysterious circumstances]], reappeared three months later on Chinese television confessing to killing a girl in a 2003 [[Driving under the influence|DUI]] accident?
* ... that the titular character from '''''[[Bug!]]''''' was one of three candidates to be the mascot for the [[Sega Saturn]] console, due to the lack of a ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' video game?
* ... that [[Epidemiology|epidemiologist]] '''[[Yasmin Altwaijri]]''' encourages other Saudi Arabian women to become scientists, arguing that this need not "cross the boundaries of our societal norms and customs"?
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* ... that on January 14, 1893, '''[[William Pūnohu White]]''' ''(pictured)'' and [[Joseph Nāwahī]] were made Knight Commanders of the [[Royal Order of Kalākaua]] for their patriotism and loyalty to the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]]?<!--Special occasion request for January 14-->
* ... that a cave in the '''[[Cliff Cave County Park]]''' has been used as a [[tavern]] and a [[wine cellar]]?
* ... that the opium merchant '''[[Ezekiel Saleh Manasseh]]''', who died in [[Changi Prison]] during the Japanese occupation of Singapore, built [[Eden Hall, Singapore|Eden Hall]] and co-owned the [[Goodwood Park Hotel]] with his brothers?
* ... that '''[[subduction polarity reversal]]''' on either side of Taiwan causes differences in topography?
* ... that in 1988, judge '''[[Gary Little]]''' committed suicide in the [[King County Courthouse]] some 40 years after his father had killed himself in the same building?
* ... that an extract of '''''[[Alchemilla diademata]]''''', a plant endemic to [[Lebanon]], shows antimicrobial activity against ''[[Staphylococcus aureus]]''?
* ... that it was not illegal to possess or use '''[[cannabis in Poland]]''' until 1997?
===14 January 2017===
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* ... that over the '''[[Timeline of Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event research|history of Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction research]]''', scientists have attributed the demise of the [[dinosaur]]s to their large size, small brains, or, more likely, an asteroid impact ''(pictured)''?
* ... that while competing for '''[[Tanzania at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]''', swimmer [[Hilal Hemed Hilal]] set a national record winning his [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle heat]], but did not advance?
* ... that in June 1940 the '''{{SS|Broompark|1939|6}}''' brought French scientists, [[heavy water]], and diamonds to Britain?
* ... that '''[[Jose Esteves]]''', the Filipino American mayor of [[Milpitas, California]], is being succeeded by the city's first Vietnamese American mayor, Richard Tran?
* ... that the '''[[white-plumed honeyeater]]''' has become more common in urban Sydney and Newcastle?
* ... that Czech actress '''[[Simona Stašová]]''' was named Best Actress at the 2015 [[Seoul International Drama Awards]]?
* ... that the [[Alliance & Leicester|Alliance Building Society]]'s sports club was established in 1935 with "a second-hand table tennis table and dartboard" in the basement of '''[[Princes House, Brighton|Princes House]]''' in [[Brighton]]?
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* ... that the root of the '''[[Ipomoea pandurata|wild sweet potato]]''' ''(pictured)'' can weigh {{convert|10|kg|lb}} or more?
* ... that US President-elect [[Donald Trump]] referred to the '''[[Ralph Deleon]]''' case in a speech about immigration?
* ... that [[Lasith Malinga]] is the only bowler to take a '''[[List of Big Bash League five-wicket hauls|six-wicket haul in the Big Bash League]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Nils Mönkemeyer]]''' was the first to record a [[viola concerto]] by [[Antonio Rosetti]], and played Schubert songs and Bach arias on the viola?
* ... that the '''[[Okavango Dyke Swarm]]''' formed 180 million years ago during the opening of the Indian Ocean?
* ... that writer '''[[John Dominis Holt IV|John Dominis Holt]]''' inspired the [[Hawaiian Renaissance]] cultural revival with his essay "On Being Hawaiian"?
* ... that ''Bloomberg Businessweek'' asked, "Is Wikipedia '''[[woke]]'''?"
===13 January 2017===
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* ... that more than 5,000 '''[[Ceratophyllus gallinae|hen fleas]]''' ''(specimen pictured)'' were recorded from the nest of a [[coal tit]]?
* ... that '''[[Elisheva Barak-Ussoskin]]'''{{`s}} rulings on [[Labour law|labor law]] and [[labor relations]] were said to have furthered the rights of workers more than those of any other Israeli judge?
* ... that under the terms of a 1931 bequest to the [[University of Washington]], if the university president does not live at '''[[Hill-Crest]]''', the property must be sold?
* ... that Swedish radio presenter '''[[Roger Nordin]]''' revealed during a live broadcast in 2005 that he was gay?
* ... that the idea for Disney's '''[[MagicBands]]''' came from a [[Magnet therapy|magnetic therapy]] bracelet found in ''[[SkyMall]]''?
* ... that the constellation '''[[Corvus (constellation)|Corvus]]''' was depicted as a [[raven]] as early as 1100 BCE in Babylonia?
* ... that '''[[Fred Pfeffer]]''', '''[[Tom Burns (baseball)|Tom Burns]]''', and [[Ned Williamson]] each had three [[Hit (baseball)|hits]] in the same inning of an 1883 major-league baseball game, and no other player had a three-hit inning until 1953?
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* ... that [[Amy Satterthwaite]] ''(pictured)'' is the only bowler to take a '''[[List of five-wicket hauls in women's Twenty20 International cricket|six-wicket haul in a women's Twenty20 International cricket match]]'''?
* ... that the semi-aquatic grasshopper '''''[[Cornops aquaticum]]''''' is being trialled in South Africa as a biological control agent for the invasive [[Eichhornia crassipes|water hyacinth]]?
* ... that Indian peasant movement leader '''[[M.A. Rasul]]''' was sent to [[East Pakistan]] to build the [[Communist Party of Pakistan|Communist Party]] there?
* ... that in the '''[[Eutaw riot]]''' in Alabama, several black citizens were killed by the [[Ku Klux Klan]] during a campaign of terror that led to the election of Democratic governor [[Robert B. Lindsay]]?
* ... that naval officer and MP '''[[Olav Bergersen]]''' wrote several books on the 18th-century vice admiral [[Peter Tordenskjold|Tordenskiold]]?
* ... that the video game '''''[[ReCore]]''''' can be played on both [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Xbox One]], regardless of which platform it was initially purchased for?
* ... that during her [[Dato' Siti Nurhaliza & Friends Concert|2016 concert]], [[Siti Nurhaliza]] performed "'''[[Memories (Siti Nurhaliza song)|Memories]]'''", a tribute duet with vocals by [[Whitney Houston]] which had been recorded when she was 19?
===12 January 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[European Hansemuseum]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the largest museum in the world dedicated to the history of the [[Hanseatic League]]?
* ... that '''[[William V. Thompson]]''' preferred the title "Dean of Bowling" over "Father of Bowling" in recognition of his work promoting and standardizing [[ten-pin bowling]]?
* ... that the Cold War-era '''[[American Committee for East-West Accord]]''' was reestablished in 2015?
* ... that Polish Jewish writer '''[[Rokhl Auerbakh]]''' worked overtly as the director of a soup kitchen and covertly as a member of a secret group that chronicled daily life in the [[Warsaw Ghetto]]?
* ... that mesoporous silica [[nanoparticle]]s are prepared by the '''[[Stöber process]]''' and are used in preparing [[biosensor]]s and delivering medications to within cellular structures?
* ... that '''[[Mildred Barker]]''' was awarded the National Heritage Fellowship in 1983 for her work in preserving [[Shakers#Music|Shaker music]]?
* ... that rapper [[YG (rapper)|YG]] claimed his recent song "'''[[FDT (song)|FDT]]'''" prompted calls from the [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]]?
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* ... that the courtyard of the '''[[Bisaldeo temple]]''' ''(pictured)'' is now partially submerged by the waters of the [[Bisalpur Dam]] reservoir?
* ... that Australian World War II [[Flying ace|fighter ace]] '''[[Alan Rawlinson]]''' had "Sweet FA" in the [[Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II|Middle East]] before he got "up you" in the [[South West Pacific theatre of World War II|South West Pacific]]?
* ... that the '''[[Furstenberg–Sárközy theorem]]''' shows that the first player in the game of [[subtract a square]] can win from most positions?
* ... that the casket of volunteer [[American Civil War]] nurse '''[[Mary Lucy Dosh]]''' was escorted by both [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] and [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops?
* ... that '''[[Pel's flying squirrel]]''' drives off potential predators by hissing and gnashing its teeth?
* ... that the '''[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]''' governed the Indian state of [[West Bengal]] for 34 years, winning the elections of '''[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1977|1977]]''', '''[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1982|1982]]''', '''[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1987|1987]]''', '''[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1991|1991]]''', '''[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1996|1996]]''', [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2001|2001]], and [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2006|2006]]?
* ... that in 1429, '''[[John Beaumont, 1st Viscount Beaumont]]''', was [[knight]]ed by a [[Henry VI of England|seven-year-old king]]?
===11 January 2017===
*'''''12:00, 11 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Henrietta Place]]''' in [[Marylebone]], London, was named after [[Henrietta Harley, Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer|Lady Henrietta Cavendish]] ''(depicted)''?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Billy James (footballer)|Billy James]]''' was forced to retire after playing just six league games due to the physical effects of his time in a Japanese [[prisoner-of-war camp]]?
* ... that the '''[[Old Depot Museum]]''' has an immersive audio exhibit about the [[Pottawatomie massacre]]?
* ... that cancer biologist '''[[Lubna Tahtamouni]]''' earned her PhD abroad and encouraged students from underprivileged regions of her native [[Jordan]] to do the same?
* ... that on two occasions, aircraft carrying explosives from the '''[[Salt Wells Pilot Plant]]''' were struck by lightning?
* ... that '''[[Piru Singh]]''' threw a grenade at the enemy even after he was shot in the head, and was awarded the [[Param Vir Chakra]], India's highest military decoration?
* ... that '''''[[Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology]]''''' by [[Leah Remini]] was noted by ''The Huffington Post'' as the first book by a celebrity to cover their perspective of [[Scientology]] as a former member?
* ... that U.S. Representative '''[[Clay Higgins]]''' has been dubbed the "Cajun [[John Wayne]]"?
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* ... that '''[[Jingdezhen porcelain|Jingdezhen ware]]''' ''(example pictured)'' has dominated [[Chinese ceramics|Chinese porcelain]] for over 600 years?
* ... that mathematician '''[[Moon Duchin]]''' was inspired to break [[Gender role|gender barriers]] in mathematics by a book on baseball player [[Jackie Robinson]]'s struggles against racism?
* ... that 71 years after the '''[[Lyngiades massacre]]''' in Greece, President [[Joachim Gauck]] was Germany's first official representative to visit the site and express his apologies for the [[Wehrmacht]]'s atrocities?
* ... that [[Seattle]] will begin issuing "'''[[democracy voucher]]s'''" in 2017?
* ... that Mexican performers '''[[Marco Pérez (actor)|Marco Pérez]]''', '''[[Sofía Espinosa]]''', '''[[Noé Hernández (actor)|Noé Hernández]]''', and '''[[Adriana Paz]]''' received the [[Ariel Award]] for [[Ariel Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]], [[Ariel Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], '''[[Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]''', and '''[[Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]''', respectively, at the [[58th Ariel Awards|2016 ceremony]]?
* ... that [[The Bronx High School of Science|Bronx High School of Science]] graduate '''[[Naomi Amir]]''' is credited as "the founder of modern child neurology in Israel"?
* ... that Admiral [[Elmo Zumwalt]]'s 1976 book '''''[[On Watch: A Memoir]]''''' was called a "terrifying tale" of the [[Presidency of Richard Nixon|Nixon administration]]?
===10 January 2017===
*'''''12:00, 10 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Üçayak Byzantine Church]]''' ''(ruins pictured)'' was a [[double church]]?
* ... that the 1967 book ''Filipson'' by '''[[Frida Alexandr]]''' is the only first-hand description of life in that early 20th-century [[History of the Jews in Brazil|Brazilian Jewish]] farming colony written by a woman who lived there?
* ... that with more than 14,000 airings over 60 years, '''''[[Minuto de Dios]]''''' is the longest-running program on Colombian television?<!--Special occasion request for January 10-->
* ... that the estate of [[Bernice Pauahi Bishop]], which includes {{convert|9557|acre}} inherited from her aunt '''[[ʻAkahi]]''', funds the [[Kamehameha Schools]]?
* ... that the video game '''''[[Idol Death Game TV]]''''' is about [[Japanese idol|Japanese starlets]] who battle to the death?
* ... that a crude oil tanker was named after '''[[Rama Raghoba Rane]]''', a [[Param Vir Chakra]] recipient?
* ... that [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] secured the lead in '''''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]''''' after writing a four-page letter to director [[Alan Parker]] stating that she would be fully committed to the role?<!--Special occasion request for January 10-->
* ... that the [[Music of Ethiopia|Ethiopian music]] group '''[[Fendika]]''' was started by a formerly homeless [[Refugees of Sudan|refugee]]?
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* ... that at the [[Malaysia at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Summer Olympics]], badminton player '''[[Lee Chong Wei]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the Malaysian flag bearer?
* ... that '''[[Lucy Finch]]''' founded the only remaining hospice in [[Malawi]], a country where about a million people are living with HIV/AIDS?
* ... that the mayor of [[Nice]] implored cooks to "never, never, I beg you, include boiled potato or any other boiled vegetable in your '''[[salade niçoise]]'''"?
* ... that '''[[Tiripone Mama Taira Putairi]]''' was the first indigenous Catholic priest ordained in Eastern Polynesia?
* ... that [[Paul Heinrich von Groth|Paul von Groth]] edited '''''[[Zeitschrift für Kristallographie – Crystalline Materials|Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie]]''''' for 44 years and used it to catalog the properties of more than 9,000 crystalline substances?
* ... that [[Solicitor General of Canada|Solicitor General]] '''[[Warren Allmand]]''' introduced legislation that abolished the use of [[capital punishment in Canada]]?
* ... that the [[Manhattan Project]]'s '''[[S-50 (Manhattan Project)|liquid thermal diffusion plant]]''' was the only production-scale plant of its kind ever built?
* ... that the artist and author '''[[Marion Coutts]]''' created a dogmatic ''Cult'' of cats?
===9 January 2017===
*'''''00:00, 9 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[RNA silencing suppressor p19|p19 protein]]''' ''(dimer pictured)'' evolved in an [[evolutionary arms race|arms race]] between plants and viruses?
* ... that British and Chinese officials in [[Beijing]] cooperated in trying to solve the '''[[murder of Pamela Werner]]''', which happened 80 years ago today?<!-- Special occasion hook for 8 January-->
* ... that the directors for [[The Chemical Brothers]]{{'}} music video "'''[[The Boxer (The Chemical Brothers song)|The Boxer]]'''" disliked the track itself?
* ... that [[Henry Ford]] considered '''[[Ralph Waldo Trine]]''' an old friend and had several conversations with him concerning success in life?
* ... that [[Dike (geology)|dikes]] in the '''[[Huangling Complex]]''' show that Australia was adjacent to the [[South China (continent)|South China Craton]] prior to 825{{nbsp}}million years ago?
* ... that the '''[[National Composite Adversary Force]]''' conducts "simulated but realistic attacks" on U.S. [[nuclear power plant]]s?
* ... that in July 2016, '''[[Michel Vlap]]''' became the first-ever fourth substitute in a [[UEFA]] match?
* ... that '''''[[Star Wars: Jedi Arena]]''''' is the first ''Star Wars'' video game to feature [[lightsaber]] combat?
===8 January 2017===
*'''''00:00, 8 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the 7th-century royal Anglo-Saxon '''[[Sutton Hoo helmet]]''' ''(pictured)'' was excavated in more than 500 pieces?
* ... that the art historian '''[[Rosemary Barrow]]''' specialised in the work of the once-neglected Victorian painter [[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]]?
* ... that [[Francis Poulenc]]'s '''''[[L'Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant]]''''' for narrator and piano was inspired by children requesting him to play from the book ''[[Babar the Elephant|Histoire de Babar]]''? <!--Special occasion hook for January 7 -->
* ... that '''[[Jennifer Lawrence]]''' was reported to be the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016?
* ... that the suspect in the '''[[Shooting of Benjamin Marconi|shooting of Detective Benjamin Marconi]]''' got married the following morning and was arrested later that day?
* ... that '''[[Geology applications of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy|Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy can be used]]''' to find how much water and carbon dioxide are in [[melt inclusions]] in mineral grains?
* ... that '''[[Caleb Orozco]]''', who successfully challenged the Belize Criminal Code for violations to his privacy and freedom of expression, won the 2016 [[David Kato]] Vision and Voice award?
* ... that [[William Lister]] was listed as competing in '''[[water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics]]''', despite having died before the Games began?
===7 January 2017===
*'''''00:00, 7 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]] anthem "'''[[The Three Kings]]'''" describes the visit of the [[Biblical Magi]] to the [[Infant Jesus|baby Jesus]] ''(pictured)''? <!--Special occasion hook for January 6-->
* ... that "mend it, don't end it" was advice given by the president of the '''[[Nehemiah Corporation of America]]''' to the U.S. Congress at a hearing on down payment assistance?
* ... that '''[[George S. Zimbel]]'''{{`s}} [[White dress of Marilyn Monroe|white dress shoot]] of [[Marilyn Monroe]] remained unpublished for 20 years after he took the photos?
* ... that rocks from the '''[[Lesser Himalayan Strata]]''' show that the northern part of the Indian plate submerged in the late [[Cretaceous]] period?
* ... that Raón Street in [[Manila]] was named after former Governor-General '''[[José Antonio Raón y Gutiérrez]]'''?
* ... that the $2.3 billion '''[[Spring District]]''' in [[Bellevue, Washington]], is the second largest construction project in the [[Puget Sound region]]?
* ... that '''[[Betty Campbell]]''' was the first black head teacher in Wales?
* ... that the stage of the '''[[East Zhejiang Maritime Affairs/Folk Custom Museum|Tianhou Palace]]''' in [[Ningbo]] was positioned for the gods to watch Chinese opera?
===6 January 2017===
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* ... that Slovenian [[ski jumping|ski jumper]] '''[[Peter Prevc]]''' ''(pictured)'' became the first athlete to land a jump of {{convert|250|m}}?
* ... that in the United States, [[nuclear weapon]]s are moved by trucks called '''[[Safeguards Transporter]]s''' which were designed by the [[Sandia National Laboratories]]?
* ... that '''[[C. Washington Eves]]''' was the honorary commissioner for Jamaica at the [[Colonial and Indian Exhibition]] of 1886?
* ... that when the condensate of '''[[boron monofluoride monoxide]]''' is reheated, it forms a glassy, popcorn-like froth?
* ... that on her appointment in February 2016, 22-year-old '''[[Shamma Al Mazrui]]''' became the youngest government minister in the world?
* ... that the '''[[Pakistan Communist Party]]''' ceased to exist just three weeks after it had been founded?
* ... that Irish immigrant, anarchist, strike organiser, and New York surgeon '''[[Gertrude Kelly]]''' is commemorated by a children's park in [[Chelsea, Manhattan]]?
* ... that the '''''[[Cafe Royal Cocktail Book]]''''' contains one of the first recorded recipes for the [[20th Century (cocktail)|20th Century]]?
===5 January 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal]]''' [[Assyrian sculpture|reliefs]] ''(pictured)'' from c. 640 BC show [[Ashurbanipal|the king]] killing lions with swords, spears, and arrows?
* ... that '''[[Zorobabela Kaʻauwai]]''' accompanied his patron [[Hoapili]] into battle in the suppression of [[Humehume]]'s rebellion?
* ... that although only a single example of the '''[[Eriksen M/25]]''' machine gun was built, it saw service in the 1940 [[Norwegian Campaign]]?
* ... that the United States Senate '''[[Unsuccessful nominations to the Cabinet of the United States|rejected Caleb Cushing's nomination]]''' to be [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] three times in one day?
* ... that the 1936 Korean novel '''''[[Sangnoksu]]''''' has been made into two films?
* ... that the 10-gun [[sloop-of-war]] '''[[HMS Stork (1756)|HMS ''Stork'']]''' was originally designed to resemble King George II's yacht [[HMY Royal Caroline (1750)|''Royal Caroline'']]?
* ... that rapper Liv released the song "'''[[Sorry Mrs. Carter]]'''" as an "open letter" to [[Beyoncé]]?
* ... that almost nothing is quite certain about the "multifaceted" and "very productive" '''[[Master of the Drapery Studies]]'''?
===4 January 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Oskar Gottlieb Blarr]]''' ''(pictured)'', "the composer with the hat", visited Israel to experience where Jesus lived as a Jew?
* ... that when [[Seymour Cray]] designed the '''[[Cray-3|Cray-3 supercomputer]]''', he insisted that the processor fit into a {{convert|1|cuft|adj=on}} block?
* ... that in 1969, the [[West Bengal]] Sports Minister '''[[Ram Chatterjee]]''' invaded the exclusive [[Calcutta Swimming Club]] along with a group of [[Santhal people|Santhal]] tribals?
* ... that 14 '''[[Muslim women in sport|Muslim female athletes]]''' won medals at the 2016 Olympic Games?
* ... that the philosopher '''[[Michael Allen Fox|Michael Fox]]''' became highly critical of [[animal testing]] following the publication of his ''The Case for Animal Experimentation'', later writing a book in support of [[vegetarianism]]?
* ... that the '''[[Y Sap mine]]''' was an explosive planted under German trenches before the [[Battle of the Somme]] in World War I?
* ... that the first full-circle Arctic panorama created in the United States since the 19th century appeared at the '''[[Velaslavasay Panorama]]''' in Los Angeles in 2007?
* ... that '''[[J. W. Lonoaea]]''' died because he voted for [[Kalākaua|a king]] instead of [[Queen Emma of Hawaii|a queen]]?
===3 January 2017===
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* ... that '''[[INS Vikrant (R11)|INS ''Vikrant'']]''' ''(pictured)'' was India's first aircraft carrier?
* ... that governor '''[[Saw Shwe Khet]]''' of [[Pyay|Prome]] sent a [[white elephant]] to King [[Thihathu of Ava]] but was still demoted by the new king?
* ... that [[HBO]]'s new daily news series '''''[[Vice News Tonight]]''''' was intended by [[Vice News]] to have "no ads, no anchors and no censors?"
* ... that although '''[[Susan Reeve Lyon]]''' could not own property while a married woman, she was able to run her own [[apothecary]] shop as a widow?
* ... that the self-critical [[H. Balfour Gardiner]] may have destroyed his symphonies, but preserved his [[compline]] anthem '''[[Te lucis ante terminum (Gardiner)|''Te lucis ante terminum'']]''' for choir and organ?
* ... that '''[[Jessamyn Rodriguez]]''' founded a social enterprise teaching [[Bread|bread-making]] and job skills to low-income minority women and immigrants?
* ... that in order to disguise the '''[[V-2 missile launch site, Blizna|V-2 missile launch site in Blizna]]''', the [[Nazism|Nazis]] created an artificial village with plywood cottages and barns, and plaster people and animals?
* ... that the Welsh singer-songwriter [[Charlotte Church]] criticised director [[Diane Martel]]'s music video for the song "'''[[Lolita (Leah LaBelle song)|Lolita]]'''", calling it "an objectionable little number"?
===2 January 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[Jōmon Venus]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first [[Jōmon period]] artifact to be designated a [[National Treasure (Japan)|National Treasure of Japan]]?
* ... that '''[[Alphonse Areola]]''' saved two [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalties]] during a penalty shoot-out in the [[2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup]] final, to help France win their first title in the competition?
* ... that '''[[Jollees]]''' was the UK's largest cabaret venue in the 1970s and hosted the [[World Professional Darts Championship]]?
* ... that '''[[Nancy Sottos]]''' helped create the first polymeric [[self-healing material]], announced in ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' in 2001?
* ... that when it leased the planes of a failed Venezuelan airline, a Bolivian company retained the name '''[[LaMia]]''' to avoid the cost of repainting the aircraft?
* ... that '''[[Protiva Mukherjee]]''' was the only female minister in the [[United Front (1967)|1969 United Front government]] of [[West Bengal]]?
* ... that '''''[[The Shaker Quarterly]]''''', which began publication in 1961, helped revive interest in the [[Shakers]]?
* ... that '''[[John Green Hoapili]]''' stated to the [[Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii]] that he would "rather have corruption and scandal than annexation"?
===1 January 2017===
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* ... that the name '''[[Pseudo-Jacquemart]]''' was assigned to the [[List of anonymous masters|anonymous master]] illuminator ''(work pictured)'' for his collaboration with [[Jacquemart de Hesdin]]?
* ... that [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]] introduced the theory of evolution by '''[[natural selection]]''', but was not the first to use the term "survival of the fittest"?
* ... that at the age of 16 years and 308 days, '''[[Idris Kanu]]''' became the youngest ever player for [[Aldershot Town F.C.]] in a league match?
* ... that [[Joan Acker]] and [[Miriam M. Johnson|Miriam Johnson]] of the '''[[Center for the Study of Women in Society]]''' found that "Do you shave your legs?" was the question most strongly correlated to identifying with feminism?
* ... that facing an arrest warrant in India and pressure from within his party, Indian communist politician '''[[Z.A. Ahmed (Indian politician)|Z.A. Ahmed]]''' sought refuge in Pakistan?
* ... that the diet of the '''[[dwarf scaly-tailed squirrel]]''' includes bark and fruit, including the [[drupe|fleshy fruits]] of the [[Musanga cecropioides|umbrella tree]]?
* ... that [[Queen Emma of Hawaii]] and her lady-in-waiting '''[[Kiliwehi]]''' were received by Queen Victoria and spent a night at [[Windsor Castle]]?
* ... that [[Momoiro Clover Z]] did not know they were making their music video for "'''[[The Golden History]]'''" until filming started?
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===31 January 2017===
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* ... that at one point, some street signs in [[Salt Lake City]] were written in the '''[[Deseret alphabet]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Jean Davies]]''', then a junior officer in the [[Women's Royal Naval Service]], attended Winston Churchill's 69th birthday party along with President Franklin Roosevelt and Soviet Marshal Josef Stalin?
* ... that [[Max Reger]] composed his '''[[Cello Sonata No. 1 (Reger)|first cello sonata]]''' as a student and had it published in London?
* ... that during the 1873 mutiny of the [[Royal Guards of Hawaii]], the Hungarian drillmaster Captain Joseph Jajczay and the adjutant general '''[[Charles Hastings Judd]]''' were attacked?
* ... that both [[Madame de Pompadour]] and [[Coco Chanel]] loved '''[[Coromandel lacquer]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Al-Jahith's Treasury]]''', an [[Amman]] bookstore chain, may have been named for theologian [[al-Jahiz]], who was supposedly crushed by a stack of books?
* ... that Maryland state legislator '''[[William Daniel (Maryland politician)|William Daniel]]''' was a [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]], a [[Know Nothing]], and a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] before finally joining the [[Prohibition Party]] in 1884?
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* ... that Mormon photographer '''[[Charles Ellis Johnson]]''' made [[nude photography|artistic nudes]] and risqué [[Stereoscopy|stereoviews]] ''(example pictured)''?
* ... that [[Francis Poulenc]] placed [[Liberté (poem)|an ode to liberty]] at the end of his '''''[[Figure humaine]]''''', a cantata for a twelve-part choir, composed in [[Nazi occupation of France|occupied France]] and premiered by the [[BBC]]?<!---Special occasion hook for January 30--->
* ... that Dwain Worrell's debut screenplay '''''[[The Wall (2017 film)|The Wall]]''''' is also Amazon Studios' first original [[spec script]]?
* ... that after the [[Bugis]] prince '''[[Arung Palakka]]''' supported the [[Dutch East India Company]] in the [[Makassar War]], he became the most powerful man in [[South Sulawesi]]?
* ... that in 2015, the '''[[Irish Guards GAA]]''' became the first British Army [[Gaelic games]] club to join the Gaelic Athletic Association?
* ... that the '''[[Contingency Fund for Foreign Intercourse]]''', a U.S. government program established in 1790 to finance foreign covert operations, had by 1793 grown to consume 12 percent of the government's budget?
* ... that in 2015, '''[[Alison Hughes]]''' was part of the first all-female officiating team in a [[Fed Cup]] final?
* ... that '''[[Emany Mata Likambe]]''', Zaire's former ambassador to Poland, was discovered homeless and living on the streets of [[Warsaw, Poland|Warsaw]] in 1994 after his government had failed to pay him for over two years?
===30 January 2017===
*'''''09:52, 30 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that cars once drove through the '''[[Pioneer Cabin Tree]]''' ''(pictured)'', which drew thousands of visitors annually?
* ... that as CEO of [[Intel]] Israel, '''[[Maxine Fassberg]]''' encouraged women, Arabs, [[Druze]], and [[Haredi Judaism|Haredi]] Jews to enter the high-tech sector?
* ... that the [[Nanjing Metro]] system in Nanjing, China, has a total of '''[[List of Nanjing Metro stations|139 stations]]''', with transfer stations counted once for every line they serve?
* ... that during the [[1952 steel strike]], '''[[Clarence B. Randall]]''' criticized President [[Harry S. Truman]] for what he considered "shocking distortions of fact"?
* ... that [[Chloë Sevigny]] portrays the accused ax-murderer [[Lizzie Borden]] in the upcoming film '''''[[Lizzie (2017 film)|Lizzie]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Mount Berlin]]''', a volcano in Antarctica, has had large [[Plinian eruption]]s in the past and is still [[fumarolic]]ally active through towers of ice?
* ... that King [[Razadarit]]'s decision to keep the one-time flower seller '''[[Piya Yaza Dewi]]''' as his [[List of Burmese consorts|chief queen consort]] led to the suicide of his first wife, Queen [[Talamidaw]]?
===29 January 2017===
*'''''21:37, 29 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Franco-Tahitian War|Franco-Tahitian War (1844–1847)]]''' culminated in the defeat of the [[Kingdom of Tahiti|Tahitians]] at Fort Fautaua ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Elizabeth Plankinton]]''', known as the "municipal patroness" for her philanthropy, gifted a {{convert|9|ft|adj=on}} high [[Washington Monument (Milwaukee)|bronze George Washington sculpture]] to the citizens of Milwaukee?
* ... that in November 2016 [[Peter Reulein]] conducted the premiere of his oratorio '''''[[Laudato si' (oratorio)|Laudato si']]''''', described as a Franciscan [[Magnificat]], with more than 250 performers at the [[Limburg Cathedral]]?<!--Special occasion request for January 29-->
* ... that the [[Hongwu Emperor]] copied the text of '''[[Zhen Dexiu]]'''{{`s}} work ''The Expanded Meaning of the Great Learning'' onto the walls of his palace?
* ... that the [[Clemson Tigers football|Clemson Tigers]] defeated the [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama Crimson Tide]] in the '''[[2017 College Football Playoff National Championship]]''' on a game-winning touchdown with one second left?
* ... that the '''[[India Government Mint, Hyderabad|Indian Government Mint in Hyderabad]]''' was established in 1803 by the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]], [[Mir Akbar Ali Khan Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III|Asaf Jah III]], and was taken over by the Government of India in 1950?
* ... that [[Morteza Ansari|Sheikh Morteza Ansari]]'s '''''[[Makasib]]''''', authored more than 150 years ago, is still taught in [[Shia Islam|Shia]] seminaries?
* ... that according to family tradition, '''[[George Charles Beckley]]''' designed the [[Flag of Hawaii]], which was passed down as an heirloom in the form of a child's frock?
*'''''09:22, 29 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the face of the '''[[Timex Expedition WS4]]''' ''(pictured)'' resembles the shape of the rear window of a [[Land Rover]]?
* ... that before starting her pioneering genetic studies of complex human diseases such as [[atherosclerosis]], '''[[Nobuyo Maeda]]''' researched [[Hydrophiinae|sea snake]] [[snake venom|venoms]]?
* ... that [[Fei Xiaotong]]'s book '''''[[From the Soil]]''''' was banned in China for being "rightist", and in Taiwan for the author's perceived support for Communism?
* ... that [[Pace (horse gait)|pacer]] '''[[Always B Miki]]''' set a world record of 1{{nbsp}}minute 46{{nbsp}}seconds, the fastest mile in [[Standardbred]] history?
* ... that an [[environmental assessment]] for the future '''[[Grimsby GO Station|Grimsby train station]]''' included review of an 1876 historical atlas of Ontario, Canada, to find features of historic value?
* ... that when '''[[Sarah Bavly]]''' arrived in Jerusalem to open a nutrition department in a new health center, she was forced to hide in the building for a week due to the outbreak of the [[1929 Palestine riots]]?
* ... that a politician implicated in '''[[Corruption in Italy|Italy's largest corruption scandal]]''' was permitted to claim his time in the parliament constituted his community service?
===28 January 2017===
*'''''21:07, 28 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Sri Lankan Christmas tree]]''' ''(pictured)'' is claimed to be the world’s tallest [[artificial Christmas tree]]?
* ... that [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning sportswriter [[Arthur Daley (sportswriter)|'''Arthur Daley''']] wrote more than 10,000 columns for ''[[The New York Times]]''?
* ... that a '''[[tick]]''' finds a potential host by detecting its breath and body odors, or by sensing its vibrations or changes in temperature?
* ... that '''[[Heinrich Parler]]''' and his son '''[[Peter Parler]]''' were among the most influential [[Gothic architecture|Gothic architects]] of the Middle Ages?
* ... that '''[[LifeRing Secular Recovery]]''' provides support and assistance to people trying to beat alcohol and drug addiction without religion?
* ... that on May 24, 1985, over 100 villagers in '''[[Oliveto Citra]]''' claimed to have seen an [[Marian apparition|apparition]] of the [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Virgin Mary]]?
* ... that to prepare for his role as surgeon '''[[Raf di Lucca]]''' in ''[[Holby City]]'', actor [[Joe McFadden]] watched open-heart surgery?
*'''''00:30, 28 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Walt Disney World Railroad]]''' ''(pictured)'', with 3.7{{nbsp}}million passengers each year, is one of the most popular railroads in the world powered by [[steam locomotive]]s?
* ... that German architect '''[[August Soller]]''' died during construction of [[St. Michael's Church, Berlin|his greatest work]], and was buried there before it was finished?
* ... that '''''[[Catananche lutea]]''''' produces five types of seed that correspond to a range of different survival and dispersal strategies?
* ... that '''[[William Hoapili Kaʻauwai]]''' traveled to Europe with [[Queen Emma of Hawaii|Queen Emma]], but made an unauthorized side trip to New Zealand to recruit [[Māori people|Māori]] immigrants for the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]]?
* ... that Bach composed five organ settings of the hymn "'''[[Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend]]'''", which was translated by [[Catherine Winkworth]] for [[Communion (Christian)|communion]] as "Lord Jesus Christ, be present now!"?
* ... that '''[[Carolyn B. Shelton]]''' became the first female governor in the United States when she spent a weekend as acting governor of Oregon in 1909?
* ... that the [[Elsevier]] publication '''''[[Explore: The Journal of Science & Healing]]''''' has been described as a "sham masquerading as a real scientific journal" that publishes "truly ridiculous studies"?
===27 January 2017===
*'''''12:45, 27 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that during World War II, '''[[International Hat Company]]''' was one of the two main manufacturers of the [[American fiber helmet|sun helmet]] ''(pictured)'', one of the longest-used helmets of the United States military?
* ... that the part-[[Native Hawaiians|Hawaiian]] '''[[Carlos A. Long]]''' was unanimously elected captain of the 1899 [[Georgetown Hoyas football]] team at [[Georgetown University]]?
* ... that '''[[Gufran-Ullah Beig]]''' is the first Indian scientist to receive the Norbert Gerbier-Mumm International Award of the [[World Meteorological Organization]]?
* ... that [[Francis Poulenc]] composed the four motets '''''[[Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence]]''''' at different times, three of them on [[Responsories for Holy Week|responsories for the Holy Week]]?
* ... that when the theologian '''[[Patrick Dehm]]''' was suspended by the [[Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst|Bishop of Limburg]], he founded an ecumenical association to continue the work for contemporary church music?
* ... that there are '''[[List of Antarctic churches|eight churches on Antarctica]]'''?
*'''''01:00, 27 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Grace Bochenek]]''' ''(pictured)'', an engineer and director of the U.S. [[National Energy Technology Laboratory]], is the acting [[United States Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]]?
* ... that '''[[Lvinaya Past]]''' was the site of the largest [[Holocene]] volcanic eruption in the Southern [[Kuril Islands|Kurils]]?
* ... that [[Morteza Ansari|Sheikh Morteza Ansari]]'s '''''[[Makasib]]''''', authored more than 150 years ago, is still taught in [[Shia]] seminaries?
* ... that the first adult female '''''[[Pterinoxylus spinulosus]]''''' was [[Species description|described]] in 1957, some fifty years after the first male?
* ... that zoological gardens were added to '''[[Sudhir Chandra Das]]'''{{`s}} ministerial portfolio in 1971?
* ... that the '''[[Mexican Southern Railroad]]''' was originally run by executives from the United States, including former President [[Ulysses S. Grant]]?
* ... that Turkish novelist and journalist '''[[Suat Derviş]]''' was the granddaughter of a slave?
===26 January 2017===
*'''''13:40, 26 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[sundial cannon]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' were triggered by the sun to fire at noon?
* ... that '''[[George W. Macfarlane]]''' and [[Robert Hoapili Baker]] accompanied Hawaiian King [[Kalākaua]] on his final trip to California where the king died in 1891?
* ... that during the '''[[bombing of Nagaoka]]''' in World War II, 80% of the urban area of the city burned down?
* ... that the '''[[501(h) election]]''' allows many [[501(c)(3) organization|U.S. non-profit organizations]] to engage in unlimited [[Lobbying in the United States|lobbying]] as long as they do it cheaply?
* ... that '''[[Bill Roe (cricketer)|Bill Roe]]''' made the highest score in cricket at the time when he scored 415 runs during an inter-college match at [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]]?
* ... that the fossil leaves of the maple species '''''[[Acer whitebirdense]]''''' had earlier been misattributed to the genera ''Viburnum'', ''Platanus'', and ''Rubus''?
* ... that '''[[Giovanni Ambrogio Migliavacca]]''' wrote the libretto for ''[[Solimano]]'', first set by [[Johann Adolph Hasse|Hasse]] and produced in Dresden with live elephants and camels?
*'''''00:00, 26 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that small gobies are often associated with '''[[Diploastrea heliopora|diploastrea brain coral]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Herschel K. Mitchell]]''', [[Roger J. Williams]], and [[Esmond Emerson Snell|Esmond E. Snell]] isolated [[folic acid]] from four tons of processed spinach?
* ... that the science fiction novella '''''[[Paradises Lost]]''''' was adapted as an opera?
* ... that a Chinese acting troupe was flogged for slander in the 13th century after they portrayed the scholar '''[[Wei Liaoweng]]''' as a drunkard?
* ... that writer [[Ed Brubaker]] created the murdering vigilante in his comic book '''''[[Kill or Be Killed (comics)|Kill or Be Killed]]''''' because recent news events made him feel there was no justice?
* ... that the historian who researched early Canadian baseball figure '''[[William Shuttleworth]]''' believed that "at first people thought I made him up"?
* ... that the '''[[Lugang Mazu Temple|Mazu Temple]]''' in [[Lukang, Changhua|Lugang]], Taiwan, includes wood carvings of the "Four Best Things in Life": stretching, ear-cleaning, nose-picking, and scratching?
===25 January 2017===
*'''''12:00, 25 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after six decades subscribing to [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] ideology, German-Israeli novelist '''[[Naomi Frankel]]''' ''(pictured)'' adopted [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] ideology and moved to the [[West Bank]]?
* ... that in Mongolia, the '''[[Tolai hare]]''' is hunted for use in traditional medicine?
* ... that '''[[EJay Day]]''', the first finalist ever eliminated from ''[[American Idol]]'', also placed in the top 20 on ''[[Popstars|Popstars: USA]]''?
* ... that large concave '''[[cavetto]]''' mouldings feature strongly as [[cornice]]s in Ancient Egyptian architecture?
* ... that the [[Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission]] selected ''Listening for Coyote'' by '''[[William L. Sullivan (author)|William L. Sullivan]]''' as one of the 100 most significant books in Oregon history?
* ... that for security purposes, [[Gaelic games]] club '''[[PSNI GAA]]''' players do not have their names published?
* ... that although the medieval [[Lord High Treasurer]] '''[[John Crakehall]]''' was a clergyman sworn to celibacy, he had a daughter to whom he left part of his estate?
*'''''00:00, 25 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Mangal Shobhajatra]]''' ''(pictured)'' has been declared an [[intangible cultural heritage]] by [[UNESCO]]?
* ... that '''[[Alice Brown (ombudsman)|Alice Brown]]''', a professor of politics who advised the new Scottish Parliament on governance, went on to become the first [[Scottish Public Services Ombudsman]]?
* ... that the '''[[montane wood mouse]]''' is widespread and common in tropical Central Africa, but the closely related '''[[Mount Oku hylomyscus]]''' is found on a single mountainside and is critically endangered?
* ... that the painter '''[[Caspar Isenmann]]''' left a detailed contract signed on 21 June 1462?
* ... that India's '''[[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowship]]''' for the performing arts is usually not conferred on anyone under the age of 50?
* ... that '''[[Tukwila International Boulevard station]]''' near Seattle's [[Seattle–Tacoma International Airport|international airport]] features an angular roof shaped like the wings of an airplane?
* ... that [[Randy Edsall]], [[Connecticut Huskies football|UConn football]]'s all-time leader in games coached and wins as a '''[[List of Connecticut Huskies head football coaches|head coach]]''', was re-hired for 2017 after an absence of six seasons?
===24 January 2017===
*'''''12:00, 24 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that "lamprophrenia", a [[portmanteau]] of the Greek words [[wiktionary:λαμπρός|''lampron'']] (bright) and [[wiktionary:φρήν|''phrenia'']] (mind), was coined by Czech–Finnish musical artist '''[[Sonja Vectomov]]''' ''(pictured)'' as the title of her debut album?
* ... that scholars have been puzzled by a motif in Chinese '''[[Swatow ware]]''', where a [[pagoda]] is split "almost like a volcanic eruption"?
* ... that '''[[Charlotte Canning, Countess Canning|Lady Canning]]''', India's first [[vicereine]], has been described as one of the country's most memorable women botanical illustrators?
* ... that during 1968 revisions to the [[United States Army Field Manuals]], there was an attempt to eliminate the '''[[use of bayonets for crowd control]]'''?
* ... that Spanish [[Football player|association footballer]] '''[[Xiker]]''' joined [[Athletic Bilbao]]'s academy when he was just ten years old?
* ... that in 1968, Indian philosopher and statesman [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] was the first recipient of the '''[[List of Sahitya Akademi fellows|Sahitya Akademi fellowship]]'''?
* ... that the walls of the '''[[Woodhaven Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line)|Woodhaven Boulevard]]''' subway station in New York City still prominently display the name of a plaza that was demolished in the 1950s?
*'''''00:00, 24 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[rabbit stew]]''' ''(pictured)'' sometimes includes rabbit blood as an ingredient to thicken and enrich it?
* ... that '''[[Franklin Seaver Pratt]]''' was removed from his post as diplomatic agent for defending the claim of his royal wife [[Elizabeth Kekaaniau|Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau Laʻanui]] to the [[ceded lands|Crown Lands of Hawaii]]?
* ... that in 1603, more than 1,000 [[rōnin]]s '''[[Rokugō rebellion|rebelled at Rokugō]]''' in a "final suicidal gesture" for their former lord, [[Onodera Yoshimichi]]?
* ... that the British neuroscientist '''[[John Hughes (neuroscientist)|John Hughes]]''' shared the 1978 [[Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research|Lasker Award]] for co-discovering [[opioid peptide]]s in the brain?
* ... that in '''''[[The Field of Fight]]''''', new US National Security Advisor [[Michael T. Flynn]] argues that Bolivia, China, Cuba, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela are allied with [[Al-Qaeda]] and [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIS]]?
* ... that in 1088 the Anglo-Norman nobleman '''[[Robert Pantulf]]''' was accused of stealing {{convert|6|lbs}} of silver from the nuns of [[Abbey of Sainte-Trinité, Caen|Holy Trinity Abbey, Caen]]?
* ... that the Swedish release of [[M2M (band)|M2M]]'s debut album '''''[[Shades of Purple]]''''' was delayed by a legal dispute with another band named M2M?
===23 January 2017===
*'''''12:00, 23 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the newly designated '''[[Bears Ears National Monument]]''' ''(pictured)'' in southeastern Utah protects 100,000 archaeological sites, including [[Ancestral Puebloans|Ancestral Puebloan]] cliff dwellings more than 3,500 years old?
* ... that the '''[[Church of England Marriage Measure 2008]]''' gave couples the legal right to get married in any [[parish]] where their parents or grandparents were married, but not in any [[cathedral]]?
* ... that the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] had '''[[List of Major League Baseball players with a .400 batting average in a season|four players record a batting average over .400]]''' during the 1894 season?
* ... that at the end of the '''[[Trunajaya rebellion]]''', King [[Amangkurat II of Mataram|Amangkurat II]] stabbed the defeated rebel leader [[Trunajaya]] to death?
* ... that '''[[Edward C. Macfarlane]]''' worked for ''[[The Wasp (magazine)|The Wasp]]'' and later married its owner's sister?
* ... that sea slug '''''[[Chelidonura fulvipunctata]]''''' is likely an [[Lessepsian migration#Anti-Lessepsian Migration|anti-Lessepsian migrant]]?
* ... that "'''[[When This Cruel War Is Over]]'''" was one of the most popular sentimental ballads of the [[American Civil War]], sung by both [[Union Army|Union]] and [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] troops?
*'''''00:00, 23 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that one of the goals of '''[[King Kalākaua's world tour]]''' ''(Kalākaua pictured)'' was to save the declining population of [[Native Hawaiians]]? <!-- Special occasion hook for 22 January --->
* ... that monasteries and public buildings are illuminated during the '''[[Galdan Namchot]]''' festival marking the beginning of [[Losar|new year]] celebrations in [[Ladakh]], India?
* ... that for [[Givat Brenner]]'s 25th anniversary, kibbutz theatre director '''[[Shulamit Bat-Dori]]''' staged an open-air play with a cast and crew of 1,000, before an audience of 10,000?
* ... that business historian [[Robert Sobel]] has described the '''[[New York Gold Exchange]]''' as "the most informal and certainly the wildest market in American history"?
* ... that a study by child psychiatrist '''[[Stella Chess]]''' and her husband, Alexander Thomas, found that children could be divided into three different categories: "easy", "difficult", and "slow to warm up"?
* ... that '''[[Girls' Generation]]''' was among the five South Korean acts that best represent [[K-pop]] during the past two decades, according to a 2015 poll by Korea Creative Content Agency?
* ... that the '''[[lemon-bellied flyrobin]]''' occasionally catches and eats insects that are one-sixth of its length?
===22 January 2017===
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* ... that Chinese '''[[dragon kiln]]s''' for pottery ''(excavated kiln pictured)'' ran up hillsides, could be {{convert|135|m}} long, and could fire tens of thousands of pieces at a time?
* ... that Chinese Communist leader [[Mao Zedong]] divulged the Communist party's previously unknown history to American journalist '''[[Helen Foster Snow]]''' in 1937 for widespread publication?
* ... that [[William Francis Patrick Napier|Sir William Napier]] wrote part of his ''History of the [[Peninsular War]]'' sitting at a stone table in the grounds of '''[[Freshford Manor]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Caspar Ziegler]]''', who wrote a hymn on which [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] based [[Ich freue mich in dir, BWV 133|a Christmas cantata]], was professor of law and ''Rektor'' of the [[University of Wittenberg]]?
* ... that "'''[[Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)]]'''" helped popularize Indian instrumentation in rock music?
* ... that '''[[Clarence W. Macfarlane]]''' initiated the [[Transpacific Yacht Race]] in 1906, sailing from [[Honolulu]] to the California coast around the time of the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]]?
* ... that '''[[Derry City Ladies F.C.]]''' play football in the Northern Irish leagues while their men's team play in the Republic of Ireland's?
*'''''00:00, 22 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a levee break at '''[[Mound Landing, Mississippi]]''' ''(pictured)'' – now an isolated ghost town on the banks of the Mississippi River – began one of the worst floods in American history?
* ... that in 2015, '''[[Alison Hughes]]''' was part of the first ever all-female officiating team in a [[Fed Cup]] final?
* ... that the South Korea '''[[Improper Solicitation and Graft Act]]''' counts private teachers and journalists among the ranks of public officials?
* ... that [[Chinese in Hawaii|Chinese-Hawaiian]] lawyer and politician '''[[Joseph Apukai Akina]]''' became the first Speaker of the House of Representatives in the [[Territory of Hawaii]]?
* ... that the '''[[buffy pipit]]''' is often confused with the [[plain-backed pipit]] because both birds have plain upperparts?
* ... that the 14th-century Moroccan scholar '''[[Ibn Marzuq]]''' wrote a [[hagiography]] of the [[Marinid dynasty|Marinid]] sultan [[Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman]]?
* ... that [[David]] distributed '''[[raisin cake]]'''?
===21 January 2017===
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* ... that a newly described moth species, '''''[[Neopalpa donaldtrumpi]]''''' ''(pictured)'', was so named because its yellowish head scales reminded a scientist of [[Donald Trump]]'s hair?
* ... that the British scientist '''[[John Challens]]''' received the American [[Medal of Freedom]] for his work on the [[V-1 flying bomb]] and the [[V-2 rocket]]?
* ... that "Im April" from [[Max Reger]]'s '''[[Sechs Lieder, Op. 4|''Sechs Lieder'', Op. 4]]''', has been called "one of Reger's sunniest songs"?
* ... that '''[[George Panila Kamauoha]]''' served in the legislatures of three Hawaiian regimes?
* ... that '''[[Pinchinthorpe railway station]]''' closed 13 years before the rest of the [[Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway]] fell victim to the [[Beeching cuts|Beeching Axe]]?
* ... that acorns of the fossil oak '''''[[Quercus hiholensis]]''''' have possible insect damage preserved in them?
* ... that after '''[[Agnes Fay Morgan]]''' conducted a nutritional study with foxes, she presented her data wearing a [[stole (shawl)|stole]] made from the fur of her subjects?
*'''''00:00, 21 January 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Bernardo Putairi]]''' ''(pictured)'' succeeded as the final Prince Regent of [[Mangareva]] after his predecessor '''[[Arone Teikatoara]]''' kissed a girl on the street?
* ... that up to 50% of a U.S. '''[[Federal Protective Forces]]''' detachment could be killed while defending a [[United States Department of Energy|U.S. Department of Energy]] facility?
* ... that the British member of parliament [[Jacob Rees-Mogg]] lives at '''[[Gournay Court]]''' where his great aunt had been a nurse during World War I?
* ... that Workers Party of India leader '''[[Jyotibhushan Bhattacharya]]''' was jailed during the [[Sino-Indian War]] of 1962?
* ... that as its natural habitat is converted to cropland, '''[[Goldman's pocket mouse]]''' is threatened by the increased use of [[rodenticide]]s?
* ... that the '''[[100th Brigade (United Kingdom)|100th Brigade of the United Kingdom]]''' attacked [[Attacks on High Wood|High Wood]] during the [[Battle of the Somme]]?
* ... that the '''[[New Zealand eagle ray]]''' can detect prey completely submerged in sand and create a jet of water to expose it?
===20 January 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[geological deformation of Iceland]]''' is resulting in cracks opening up in the surface ''(example pictured)''?
* ... that quarterback '''[[Sam Darnold]]'''{{`s}} high school footage submitted to college football coaches consisted of his basketball highlights?
* ... that '''[[Radio Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero]]''' has broadcast since 1982 but has never been recognized at the federal level?
* ... that '''[[Kamran Aziz]]''' is the first [[Turkish Cypriots|Turkish Cypriot]] female composer, as well as one of the first Turkish Cypriot female pharmacists?
* ... that a '''[[State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. United States ex rel. Rigsby|recent United States Supreme Court case]]''' began when insurance adjusters claimed they were instructed to falsely categorize damages after [[Hurricane Katrina]]?
* ... that in 1999, '''[[Rajeev Nayyar]]''' set the record for the longest [[first-class cricket]] innings, batting for almost 17 hours?
* ... that '''''[[Giant Days]]''''' was published by BOOM! Box after writer [[John Allison (comics)|John Allison]] saved a BOOM! editor from falling?
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* ... that the '''[[soup and sandwich]]''' combination ''(example pictured)'' has been a popular lunch dish in the United States since the 1920s?
* ... that '''[[David William Pua]]''' submitted petitions from the people of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]] asking for the abrogation of the [[Bayonet Constitution]], which had allowed him to be elected to the House of Nobles?
* ... that the '''[[broad-tailed paradise whydah]]''' parasitises the '''[[orange-winged pytilia]]''' and mimics its call?
* ... that '''[[John Dwyer (medicine)|John Dwyer]]''' chaired a government "Quackwatch Committee" whose objective was to tighten controls on wonder drugs and miracle cures?
* ... that a '''[[Lake Corcoran|large lake]]''' once occupied the [[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]] of [[California]]?
* ... that the '''[[OVC project]]''' supports the education of disadvantaged young people in [[Adigrat]], Ethiopia?
* ... that an '''[[José López scandal|Argentine politician was detained]]''' while allegedly trying to hide currency worth around US$7 million inside a convent?
===19 January 2017===
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* ... that the city of [[Glen Cove, New York]], once tried to foreclose on the Soviet diplomatic retreat at '''[[Killenworth]]''' ''(pictured)'', and later denied its residents beach permits?
* ... that '''[[Augustus Constantine Sinclair]]''' conceived the idea for the [[Jamaica International Exhibition]] of 1891 but died on the day it opened?
* ... that the classical pianist '''[[Yara Bernette]]''' was praised for her interpretation of ''Variations on a Theme from the Northeast of Brazil'' by the composer, [[Camargo Guarnieri]]?
* ... that '''[[detrital zircon geochronology]]''' uses [[Zirconium(IV) silicate|zirconium silicate]] to determine the [[provenance (geology)|age]] of sedimentary rock?
* ... that '''[[Akakio Tematereikura]]''' succeeded as regent of [[Mangareva]] after Queen Dowager [[Maria Eutokia Toaputeitou]] retired to the Rouru Convent on Mount Duff?
* ... that Mercedes-Benz intends to release ten models in the '''[[Mercedes-Benz EQ|EQ family]]''' of battery electric vehicles by 2025?
* ... that '''[[Kjell Eriksson (radio presenter)|Kjell Eriksson]]''' stated he was terrified to answer his telephone for fear that singer [[Carola Häggkvist|Carola]] would yell at him after an incident at [[Melodifestivalen 2008]]?
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* ... that [[Endemism|endemics]] among the '''[[wildlife of Morocco]]''' include more than six hundred species of vascular plants and a single species of bird ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Kim Seong-il]]''' believed the [[Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)|Japanese invasions of Korea]] would not take place?
* ... that '''''[[America's 60 Families]]''''' was said to be comparable to [[Karl Marx]]'s ''[[Capital: Critique of Political Economy|Capital]]''?
* ... that the '''[[Salīhids]]''', an Arab Christian tribe, preceded the [[Ghassanids]] as the main Arab federates of the Byzantine Empire?
* ... that test pilot Major General '''[[Clarence A. Shoop]]''' was [[Court-martial|court-martialed]] as a cadet?
* ... that "'''[[The Student (short story)|The Student]]'''", one of [[Anton Chekhov]]'s shortest stories, was also his favorite?
* ... that '''[[Samuel K. Pua]]''', assistant editor of an anti-annexationist Hawaiian newspaper, was severely injured when a goat attacked him at [[Waikiki]]?
===18 January 2017===
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* ... that 19th-century German publisher '''[[Ernst Keil]]''' ''(pictured)'' conceived the idea, while in prison, of what was to become one of the [[Die Gartenlaube|most widely read magazines]]?
* ... that [[Gwen Stefani]]'s unreleased song "'''[[Start a War (Gwen Stefani song)|Start a War]]'''" was compared to [[Sia Furler]]'s solo work?
* ... that there were '''[[Manila's 1st legislative district special elections, 1908|two special elections]]''' for [[Legislative districts of Manila|Manila's first district seat]] to the Philippine Assembly in 1908?
* ... that Germany's '''''[[Klein Heidelberg]]''''' used Great Britain's own [[Chain Home]] radar transmitters as the source for their passive radar?
* ... that '''[[pyrithione]]''' is used to prepare medicated shampoos to treat dandruff and [[seborrhoeic dermatitis]]?
* ... that Australian cricketer '''[[Ian Moran (cricketer)|Ian Moran]]''' took unpaid leave from his teaching job to play in the [[2012 Champions League Twenty20]]?
* ... that the name of the musical unit '''[[Myth & Roid]]''' comes from words representing the past and the future?
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* ... that a single '''[[jumbo slice]]''' ''(pictured)'' may contain over 1,000 calories?
* ... that on January 13, 1893, Queen [[Liliuokalani]] of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]] appointed four new cabinet ministers{{snd}}[[Samuel Parker (Hawaii)|Samuel Parker]], '''[[William H. Cornwell|William Cornwell]]''', '''[[John F. Colburn|John Colburn]]''', and '''[[Arthur P. Peterson|Arthur Peterson]]'''{{snd}}whose opposition to a [[Proposed 1893 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii|new constitution]] led to her overthrow on January 17?<!--Special occasion request for January 17-->
* ... that in a 1955 protest, nearly 1000 protesters from the '''[[Lok Sewak Sangh]]''' marched more than {{convert|300|mi|adj=on|abbr=on}} over 16 days to demand the incorporation of Bengali-speaking areas of [[Bihar]] into [[West Bengal]]?
* ... that '''[[Jesé]]''' won the Golden Boot Award at the [[2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship]]?
* ... that the '''[[Geological history of Borneo|Crocker Fan in Borneo]]''' has the largest volume of any [[Paleogene]] deep marine sediment in a single basin in southeast Asia?
* ... that after [[Karl G. Maeser|'''Karl G. Maeser''']] tutored [[Brigham Young]]'s 56 children, he went on to help found Brigham Young University?
* ... that '''''[[The Red Shoes (ballet)|The Red Shoes]]''''' dance in part to the strains of ''[[Citizen Kane]]''?
===17 January 2017===
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* ... that over the '''[[timeline of mosasaur research|history of mosasaur paleontology]]''' ''(example pictured)'', clams, fish, [[Hesperornis|toothed birds]], [[plesiosaur]]s, sharks, turtles, and even [[Clidastes|other mosasaurs]] have been discovered preserved in the bellies of these marine lizards?
* ... that '''[[Guendolen Plestcheeff]]''' was known as "[[Seattle]]'s Grand, Grand Lady" and "the most elegant woman in Seattle"?
* ... that '''''[[Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum (1956 film)|Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum]]''''' (1956) was the first full-length colour film in [[Tamil cinema]]?<!--special occasion hook for January 17-->
* ... that [[M2M (band)|M2M]] appeared on an episode of ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'' to promote their album '''''[[The Big Room]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Ernest Ambler]]''', a British-born, Oxford-educated physicist, became the director of the [[National Institute of Standards and Technology|National Bureau of Standards]] in the United States?
* ... that the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]] claimed responsibility for the '''[[2016 Al-Karak attack]]''' against the "apostate Jordanian security forces"?
* ... that [[J. J. Abrams]] consulted '''[[Pablo Hidalgo]]''' up to three times a day while filming ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''?
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* ... that the 90% purchase of New York's [[Chrysler Building]] ''(pictured)'' by the [[Abu Dhabi Investment Council]] was a prominent example of '''[[petrodollar recycling]]'''?
* ... that during World War I, '''[[HMS Negro (1916)|HMS ''Negro'']]''' sank after two depth charges from [[HMS Hoste (1916)|HMS ''Hoste'']] tore open its hull?
* ... that '''[[Mildred Albert]]''', nicknamed the "Mighty Atom", produced thousands of [[fashion show]]s during her career?
* ... that the '''[[Rifa-e-Aam Club]]''' in [[Lucknow]] was open to everybody at a time when British clubs excluded Indians?
* ... that '''[[David Kahalekula Kaʻauwai]]''', his father and brother served in the [[Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii|Kingdom of Hawaii legislature]], while [[Elizabeth Kahanu Kalanianaʻole|his niece]] became a princess?
* ... that following the success of the album '''''[[Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts (album)|Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts]]''''', the eponymous Canadian band received the [[Juno Awards of 1989|1989 Juno Award]] for Most Promising Group of the Year?
* ... that ''[[BuzzFeed]]'' described '''[[Pat Loika]]''' as "the closest thing comics has to an [[Oprah Winfrey|Oprah]]"?
===16 January 2017===
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* ... that when amateur astronomer '''[[Thomas Bopp]]''' co-discovered [[comet Hale–Bopp]] ''(pictured)'', he had never seen a comet before and was using a borrowed telescope?
* ... that '''[[Nkosi's Haven]]''' is a South African care centre created to address HIV-related discrimination, including the separation of infected mothers from their children?
* ... that creator [[Terry Moore (cartoonist)|Terry Moore]] told writer [[Joe Hill (writer)|Joe Hill]] on Twitter that '''''[[Rachel Rising]]''''' might be cancelled if sales continued to fall, prompting a fan campaign to save the comic?
* ... that a [[List of Roman hoards in Great Britain|Roman hoard]] of 11,000 silver pieces was found in the village of '''[[Oakhanger, Hampshire|Oakhanger]]''' in [[Hampshire]]?
* ... that India's first '''[[DRDO Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon|fully indigenous anti-airfield weapon]]''' was tested in 2016?
* ... that '''[[Kim Chŏn-il]]''' raised a [[Righteous army|civilian militia]] to fight the Japanese invasion during the [[Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98)|Imjin War]]?
* ... that the '''[[Another Day of Sun|opening number]]''' for the 2016 musical film ''[[La La Land (film)|La La Land]]'' was shot in a six-minute [[Long take|single take]] on a {{convert|130|ft|adj=on}}-high freeway ramp in [[South Los Angeles]]?
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* ... that the organ ''(pictured)'' of the '''[[Neanderkirche]]''' has served summer concerts for more than 50 years?<!--- Read the nomination template before replacing the word "served"! -->
* ... that when first established, the architectural firm '''[[Liebenberg and Kaplan]]''' was met with [[antisemitism]] in the [[Minneapolis]] business community?
* ... that, in 1993, one of the first [[rave]] parties in Croatia was held in '''[[Grič Tunnel (Zagreb)|a pedestrian tunnel]]''' underneath the [[Gradec, Zagreb|historic core]] of [[Zagreb]]?
* ... that '''[[Faith Spotted Eagle]]''' became the first Native American to receive a presidential electoral vote after '''[[Robert Satiacum Jr.]]''' cast a [[faithless elector|faithless vote]] for her during the [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 United States election]]?
* ... that Kaohsiung's '''[[Chi Jin Mazu Temple]]''' was first opened in 1673, when Taiwan was still ruled by Ming loyalists at war with mainland China?
* ... that '''[[Ululani Lewai Baker]]''' and '''[[Lanihau]]''' were the last female governors of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]]?
* ... that '''[[Salinee Tavaranan]]''' and her Border Green Energy Team installed [[solar power|solar panels]] and [[micro hydro|micro-hydro turbines]] at the [[Mae La refugee camp]]?
===15 January 2017===
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* ... that [[Martin Luther]] ''(pictured)'' paraphrased in his hymn "'''[[Mitten wir im Leben sind|Mitten wir im Leben sind mit dem Tod umfangen]]'''" the Latin "[[Media vita in morte sumus]]" (In the midst of life we are in death), including its [[Trisagion]]?
* ... that '''[[Ibrahim ibn al-Ashtar]]''' killed [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] commander [[Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad]] at the '''[[Battle of Khazir]]'''?
* ... that after the '''[[Bolshevik Party of India]]''' leader '''[[Barada Mukutmoni]]''' was named Tourism Minister in the '''[[Second United Front Cabinet]]''' of West Bengal, there was a split in his party?
* ... that drag queen [[Violet Chachki]]'s EP '''''[[Gagged (EP)|Gagged]]''''' was inspired by her time working as an assistant to a [[dominatrix]]?
* ... that '''[[Gui Minhai]]''', whose four bookseller colleagues [[Causeway Bay Books disappearances|also disappeared in mysterious circumstances]], reappeared three months later on Chinese television confessing to killing a girl in a 2003 [[Driving under the influence|DUI]] accident?
* ... that the titular character from '''''[[Bug!]]''''' was one of three candidates to be the mascot for the [[Sega Saturn]] console, due to the lack of a ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' video game?
* ... that [[Epidemiology|epidemiologist]] '''[[Yasmin Altwaijri]]''' encourages other Saudi Arabian women to become scientists, arguing that this need not "cross the boundaries of our societal norms and customs"?
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* ... that on January 14, 1893, '''[[William Pūnohu White]]''' ''(pictured)'' and [[Joseph Nāwahī]] were made Knight Commanders of the [[Royal Order of Kalākaua]] for their patriotism and loyalty to the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]]?<!--Special occasion request for January 14-->
* ... that a cave in the '''[[Cliff Cave County Park]]''' has been used as a [[tavern]] and a [[wine cellar]]?
* ... that the opium merchant '''[[Ezekiel Saleh Manasseh]]''', who died in [[Changi Prison]] during the Japanese occupation of Singapore, built [[Eden Hall, Singapore|Eden Hall]] and co-owned the [[Goodwood Park Hotel]] with his brothers?
* ... that '''[[subduction polarity reversal]]''' on either side of Taiwan causes differences in topography?
* ... that in 1988, judge '''[[Gary Little]]''' committed suicide in the [[King County Courthouse]] some 40 years after his father had killed himself in the same building?
* ... that an extract of '''''[[Alchemilla diademata]]''''', a plant endemic to [[Lebanon]], shows antimicrobial activity against ''[[Staphylococcus aureus]]''?
* ... that it was not illegal to possess or use '''[[cannabis in Poland]]''' until 1997?
===14 January 2017===
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* ... that over the '''[[Timeline of Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event research|history of Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction research]]''', scientists have attributed the demise of the [[dinosaur]]s to their large size, small brains, or, more likely, an asteroid impact ''(pictured)''?
* ... that while competing for '''[[Tanzania at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]''', swimmer [[Hilal Hemed Hilal]] set a national record winning his [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle heat]], but did not advance?
* ... that in June 1940 the '''{{SS|Broompark|1939|6}}''' brought French scientists, [[heavy water]], and diamonds to Britain?
* ... that '''[[Jose Esteves]]''', the Filipino American mayor of [[Milpitas, California]], is being succeeded by the city's first Vietnamese American mayor, Richard Tran?
* ... that the '''[[white-plumed honeyeater]]''' has become more common in urban Sydney and Newcastle?
* ... that Czech actress '''[[Simona Stašová]]''' was named Best Actress at the 2015 [[Seoul International Drama Awards]]?
* ... that the [[Alliance & Leicester|Alliance Building Society]]'s sports club was established in 1935 with "a second-hand table tennis table and dartboard" in the basement of '''[[Princes House, Brighton|Princes House]]''' in [[Brighton]]?
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* ... that the root of the '''[[Ipomoea pandurata|wild sweet potato]]''' ''(pictured)'' can weigh {{convert|10|kg|lb}} or more?
* ... that US President-elect [[Donald Trump]] referred to the '''[[Ralph Deleon]]''' case in a speech about immigration?
* ... that [[Lasith Malinga]] is the only bowler to take a '''[[List of Big Bash League five-wicket hauls|six-wicket haul in the Big Bash League]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Nils Mönkemeyer]]''' was the first to record a [[viola concerto]] by [[Antonio Rosetti]], and played Schubert songs and Bach arias on the viola?
* ... that the '''[[Okavango Dyke Swarm]]''' formed 180 million years ago during the opening of the Indian Ocean?
* ... that writer '''[[John Dominis Holt IV|John Dominis Holt]]''' inspired the [[Hawaiian Renaissance]] cultural revival with his essay "On Being Hawaiian"?
* ... that ''Bloomberg Businessweek'' asked, "Is Wikipedia '''[[woke]]'''?"
===13 January 2017===
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* ... that more than 5,000 '''[[Ceratophyllus gallinae|hen fleas]]''' ''(specimen pictured)'' were recorded from the nest of a [[coal tit]]?
* ... that '''[[Elisheva Barak-Ussoskin]]'''{{`s}} rulings on [[Labour law|labor law]] and [[labor relations]] were said to have furthered the rights of workers more than those of any other Israeli judge?
* ... that under the terms of a 1931 bequest to the [[University of Washington]], if the university president does not live at '''[[Hill-Crest]]''', the property must be sold?
* ... that Swedish radio presenter '''[[Roger Nordin]]''' revealed during a live broadcast in 2005 that he was gay?
* ... that the idea for Disney's '''[[MagicBands]]''' came from a [[Magnet therapy|magnetic therapy]] bracelet found in ''[[SkyMall]]''?
* ... that the constellation '''[[Corvus (constellation)|Corvus]]''' was depicted as a [[raven]] as early as 1100 BCE in Babylonia?
* ... that '''[[Fred Pfeffer]]''', '''[[Tom Burns (baseball)|Tom Burns]]''', and [[Ned Williamson]] each had three [[Hit (baseball)|hits]] in the same inning of an 1883 major-league baseball game, and no other player had a three-hit inning until 1953?
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* ... that [[Amy Satterthwaite]] ''(pictured)'' is the only bowler to take a '''[[List of five-wicket hauls in women's Twenty20 International cricket|six-wicket haul in a women's Twenty20 International cricket match]]'''?
* ... that the semi-aquatic grasshopper '''''[[Cornops aquaticum]]''''' is being trialled in South Africa as a biological control agent for the invasive [[Eichhornia crassipes|water hyacinth]]?
* ... that Indian peasant movement leader '''[[M.A. Rasul]]''' was sent to [[East Pakistan]] to build the [[Communist Party of Pakistan|Communist Party]] there?
* ... that in the '''[[Eutaw riot]]''' in Alabama, several black citizens were killed by the [[Ku Klux Klan]] during a campaign of terror that led to the election of Democratic governor [[Robert B. Lindsay]]?
* ... that naval officer and MP '''[[Olav Bergersen]]''' wrote several books on the 18th-century vice admiral [[Peter Tordenskjold|Tordenskiold]]?
* ... that the video game '''''[[ReCore]]''''' can be played on both [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Xbox One]], regardless of which platform it was initially purchased for?
* ... that during her [[Dato' Siti Nurhaliza & Friends Concert|2016 concert]], [[Siti Nurhaliza]] performed "'''[[Memories (Siti Nurhaliza song)|Memories]]'''", a tribute duet with vocals by [[Whitney Houston]] which had been recorded when she was 19?
===12 January 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[European Hansemuseum]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the largest museum in the world dedicated to the history of the [[Hanseatic League]]?
* ... that '''[[William V. Thompson]]''' preferred the title "Dean of Bowling" over "Father of Bowling" in recognition of his work promoting and standardizing [[ten-pin bowling]]?
* ... that the Cold War-era '''[[American Committee for East-West Accord]]''' was reestablished in 2015?
* ... that Polish Jewish writer '''[[Rokhl Auerbakh]]''' worked overtly as the director of a soup kitchen and covertly as a member of a secret group that chronicled daily life in the [[Warsaw Ghetto]]?
* ... that mesoporous silica [[nanoparticle]]s are prepared by the '''[[Stöber process]]''' and are used in preparing [[biosensor]]s and delivering medications to within cellular structures?
* ... that '''[[Mildred Barker]]''' was awarded the National Heritage Fellowship in 1983 for her work in preserving [[Shakers#Music|Shaker music]]?
* ... that rapper [[YG (rapper)|YG]] claimed his recent song "'''[[FDT (song)|FDT]]'''" prompted calls from the [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]]?
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* ... that the courtyard of the '''[[Bisaldeo temple]]''' ''(pictured)'' is now partially submerged by the waters of the [[Bisalpur Dam]] reservoir?
* ... that Australian World War II [[Flying ace|fighter ace]] '''[[Alan Rawlinson]]''' had "Sweet FA" in the [[Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II|Middle East]] before he got "up you" in the [[South West Pacific theatre of World War II|South West Pacific]]?
* ... that the '''[[Furstenberg–Sárközy theorem]]''' shows that the first player in the game of [[subtract a square]] can win from most positions?
* ... that the casket of volunteer [[American Civil War]] nurse '''[[Mary Lucy Dosh]]''' was escorted by both [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] and [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops?
* ... that '''[[Pel's flying squirrel]]''' drives off potential predators by hissing and gnashing its teeth?
* ... that the '''[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]''' governed the Indian state of [[West Bengal]] for 34 years, winning the elections of '''[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1977|1977]]''', '''[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1982|1982]]''', '''[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1987|1987]]''', '''[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1991|1991]]''', '''[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1996|1996]]''', [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2001|2001]], and [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2006|2006]]?
* ... that in 1429, '''[[John Beaumont, 1st Viscount Beaumont]]''', was [[knight]]ed by a [[Henry VI of England|seven-year-old king]]?
===11 January 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Henrietta Place]]''' in [[Marylebone]], London, was named after [[Henrietta Harley, Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer|Lady Henrietta Cavendish]] ''(depicted)''?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Billy James (footballer)|Billy James]]''' was forced to retire after playing just six league games due to the physical effects of his time in a Japanese [[prisoner-of-war camp]]?
* ... that the '''[[Old Depot Museum]]''' has an immersive audio exhibit about the [[Pottawatomie massacre]]?
* ... that cancer biologist '''[[Lubna Tahtamouni]]''' earned her PhD abroad and encouraged students from underprivileged regions of her native [[Jordan]] to do the same?
* ... that on two occasions, aircraft carrying explosives from the '''[[Salt Wells Pilot Plant]]''' were struck by lightning?
* ... that '''[[Piru Singh]]''' threw a grenade at the enemy even after he was shot in the head, and was awarded the [[Param Vir Chakra]], India's highest military decoration?
* ... that '''''[[Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology]]''''' by [[Leah Remini]] was noted by ''The Huffington Post'' as the first book by a celebrity to cover their perspective of [[Scientology]] as a former member?
* ... that U.S. Representative '''[[Clay Higgins]]''' has been dubbed the "Cajun [[John Wayne]]"?
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* ... that '''[[Jingdezhen porcelain|Jingdezhen ware]]''' ''(example pictured)'' has dominated [[Chinese ceramics|Chinese porcelain]] for over 600 years?
* ... that mathematician '''[[Moon Duchin]]''' was inspired to break [[Gender role|gender barriers]] in mathematics by a book on baseball player [[Jackie Robinson]]'s struggles against racism?
* ... that 71 years after the '''[[Lyngiades massacre]]''' in Greece, President [[Joachim Gauck]] was Germany's first official representative to visit the site and express his apologies for the [[Wehrmacht]]'s atrocities?
* ... that [[Seattle]] will begin issuing "'''[[democracy voucher]]s'''" in 2017?
* ... that Mexican performers '''[[Marco Pérez (actor)|Marco Pérez]]''', '''[[Sofía Espinosa]]''', '''[[Noé Hernández (actor)|Noé Hernández]]''', and '''[[Adriana Paz]]''' received the [[Ariel Award]] for [[Ariel Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]], [[Ariel Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], '''[[Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]''', and '''[[Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]''', respectively, at the [[58th Ariel Awards|2016 ceremony]]?
* ... that [[The Bronx High School of Science|Bronx High School of Science]] graduate '''[[Naomi Amir]]''' is credited as "the founder of modern child neurology in Israel"?
* ... that Admiral [[Elmo Zumwalt]]'s 1976 book '''''[[On Watch: A Memoir]]''''' was called a "terrifying tale" of the [[Presidency of Richard Nixon|Nixon administration]]?
===10 January 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[Üçayak Byzantine Church]]''' ''(ruins pictured)'' was a [[double church]]?
* ... that the 1967 book ''Filipson'' by '''[[Frida Alexandr]]''' is the only first-hand description of life in that early 20th-century [[History of the Jews in Brazil|Brazilian Jewish]] farming colony written by a woman who lived there?
* ... that with more than 14,000 airings over 60 years, '''''[[Minuto de Dios]]''''' is the longest-running program on Colombian television?<!--Special occasion request for January 10-->
* ... that the estate of [[Bernice Pauahi Bishop]], which includes {{convert|9557|acre}} inherited from her aunt '''[[ʻAkahi]]''', funds the [[Kamehameha Schools]]?
* ... that the video game '''''[[Idol Death Game TV]]''''' is about [[Japanese idol|Japanese starlets]] who battle to the death?
* ... that a crude oil tanker was named after '''[[Rama Raghoba Rane]]''', a [[Param Vir Chakra]] recipient?
* ... that [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] secured the lead in '''''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]''''' after writing a four-page letter to director [[Alan Parker]] stating that she would be fully committed to the role?<!--Special occasion request for January 10-->
* ... that the [[Music of Ethiopia|Ethiopian music]] group '''[[Fendika]]''' was started by a formerly homeless [[Refugees of Sudan|refugee]]?
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* ... that at the [[Malaysia at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Summer Olympics]], badminton player '''[[Lee Chong Wei]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the Malaysian flag bearer?
* ... that '''[[Lucy Finch]]''' founded the only remaining hospice in [[Malawi]], a country where about a million people are living with HIV/AIDS?
* ... that the mayor of [[Nice]] implored cooks to "never, never, I beg you, include boiled potato or any other boiled vegetable in your '''[[salade niçoise]]'''"?
* ... that '''[[Tiripone Mama Taira Putairi]]''' was the first indigenous Catholic priest ordained in Eastern Polynesia?
* ... that [[Paul Heinrich von Groth|Paul von Groth]] edited '''''[[Zeitschrift für Kristallographie – Crystalline Materials|Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie]]''''' for 44 years and used it to catalog the properties of more than 9,000 crystalline substances?
* ... that [[Solicitor General of Canada|Solicitor General]] '''[[Warren Allmand]]''' introduced legislation that abolished the use of [[capital punishment in Canada]]?
* ... that the [[Manhattan Project]]'s '''[[S-50 (Manhattan Project)|liquid thermal diffusion plant]]''' was the only production-scale plant of its kind ever built?
* ... that the artist and author '''[[Marion Coutts]]''' created a dogmatic ''Cult'' of cats?
===9 January 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[RNA silencing suppressor p19|p19 protein]]''' ''(dimer pictured)'' evolved in an [[evolutionary arms race|arms race]] between plants and viruses?
* ... that British and Chinese officials in [[Beijing]] cooperated in trying to solve the '''[[murder of Pamela Werner]]''', which happened 80 years ago today?<!-- Special occasion hook for 8 January-->
* ... that the directors for [[The Chemical Brothers]]{{'}} music video "'''[[The Boxer (The Chemical Brothers song)|The Boxer]]'''" disliked the track itself?
* ... that [[Henry Ford]] considered '''[[Ralph Waldo Trine]]''' an old friend and had several conversations with him concerning success in life?
* ... that [[Dike (geology)|dikes]] in the '''[[Huangling Complex]]''' show that Australia was adjacent to the [[South China (continent)|South China Craton]] prior to 825{{nbsp}}million years ago?
* ... that the '''[[National Composite Adversary Force]]''' conducts "simulated but realistic attacks" on U.S. [[nuclear power plant]]s?
* ... that in July 2016, '''[[Michel Vlap]]''' became the first-ever fourth substitute in a [[UEFA]] match?
* ... that '''''[[Star Wars: Jedi Arena]]''''' is the first ''Star Wars'' video game to feature [[lightsaber]] combat?
===8 January 2017===
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* ... that the 7th-century royal Anglo-Saxon '''[[Sutton Hoo helmet]]''' ''(pictured)'' was excavated in more than 500 pieces?
* ... that the art historian '''[[Rosemary Barrow]]''' specialised in the work of the once-neglected Victorian painter [[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]]?
* ... that [[Francis Poulenc]]'s '''''[[L'Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant]]''''' for narrator and piano was inspired by children requesting him to play from the book ''[[Babar the Elephant|Histoire de Babar]]''? <!--Special occasion hook for January 7 -->
* ... that '''[[Jennifer Lawrence]]''' was reported to be the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016?
* ... that the suspect in the '''[[Shooting of Benjamin Marconi|shooting of Detective Benjamin Marconi]]''' got married the following morning and was arrested later that day?
* ... that '''[[Geology applications of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy|Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy can be used]]''' to find how much water and carbon dioxide are in [[melt inclusions]] in mineral grains?
* ... that '''[[Caleb Orozco]]''', who successfully challenged the Belize Criminal Code for violations to his privacy and freedom of expression, won the 2016 [[David Kato]] Vision and Voice award?
* ... that [[William Lister]] was listed as competing in '''[[water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics]]''', despite having died before the Games began?
===7 January 2017===
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* ... that the [[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]] anthem "'''[[The Three Kings]]'''" describes the visit of the [[Biblical Magi]] to the [[Infant Jesus|baby Jesus]] ''(pictured)''? <!--Special occasion hook for January 6-->
* ... that "mend it, don't end it" was advice given by the president of the '''[[Nehemiah Corporation of America]]''' to the U.S. Congress at a hearing on down payment assistance?
* ... that '''[[George S. Zimbel]]'''{{`s}} [[White dress of Marilyn Monroe|white dress shoot]] of [[Marilyn Monroe]] remained unpublished for 20 years after he took the photos?
* ... that rocks from the '''[[Lesser Himalayan Strata]]''' show that the northern part of the Indian plate submerged in the late [[Cretaceous]] period?
* ... that Raón Street in [[Manila]] was named after former Governor-General '''[[José Antonio Raón y Gutiérrez]]'''?
* ... that the $2.3 billion '''[[Spring District]]''' in [[Bellevue, Washington]], is the second largest construction project in the [[Puget Sound region]]?
* ... that '''[[Betty Campbell]]''' was the first black head teacher in Wales?
* ... that the stage of the '''[[East Zhejiang Maritime Affairs/Folk Custom Museum|Tianhou Palace]]''' in [[Ningbo]] was positioned for the gods to watch Chinese opera?
===6 January 2017===
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* ... that Slovenian [[ski jumping|ski jumper]] '''[[Peter Prevc]]''' ''(pictured)'' became the first athlete to land a jump of {{convert|250|m}}?
* ... that in the United States, [[nuclear weapon]]s are moved by trucks called '''[[Safeguards Transporter]]s''' which were designed by the [[Sandia National Laboratories]]?
* ... that '''[[C. Washington Eves]]''' was the honorary commissioner for Jamaica at the [[Colonial and Indian Exhibition]] of 1886?
* ... that when the condensate of '''[[boron monofluoride monoxide]]''' is reheated, it forms a glassy, popcorn-like froth?
* ... that on her appointment in February 2016, 22-year-old '''[[Shamma Al Mazrui]]''' became the youngest government minister in the world?
* ... that the '''[[Pakistan Communist Party]]''' ceased to exist just three weeks after it had been founded?
* ... that Irish immigrant, anarchist, strike organiser, and New York surgeon '''[[Gertrude Kelly]]''' is commemorated by a children's park in [[Chelsea, Manhattan]]?
* ... that the '''''[[Cafe Royal Cocktail Book]]''''' contains one of the first recorded recipes for the [[20th Century (cocktail)|20th Century]]?
===5 January 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal]]''' [[Assyrian sculpture|reliefs]] ''(pictured)'' from c. 640 BC show [[Ashurbanipal|the king]] killing lions with swords, spears, and arrows?
* ... that '''[[Zorobabela Kaʻauwai]]''' accompanied his patron [[Hoapili]] into battle in the suppression of [[Humehume]]'s rebellion?
* ... that although only a single example of the '''[[Eriksen M/25]]''' machine gun was built, it saw service in the 1940 [[Norwegian Campaign]]?
* ... that the United States Senate '''[[Unsuccessful nominations to the Cabinet of the United States|rejected Caleb Cushing's nomination]]''' to be [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] three times in one day?
* ... that the 1936 Korean novel '''''[[Sangnoksu]]''''' has been made into two films?
* ... that the 10-gun [[sloop-of-war]] '''[[HMS Stork (1756)|HMS ''Stork'']]''' was originally designed to resemble King George II's yacht [[HMY Royal Caroline (1750)|''Royal Caroline'']]?
* ... that rapper Liv released the song "'''[[Sorry Mrs. Carter]]'''" as an "open letter" to [[Beyoncé]]?
* ... that almost nothing is quite certain about the "multifaceted" and "very productive" '''[[Master of the Drapery Studies]]'''?
===4 January 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Oskar Gottlieb Blarr]]''' ''(pictured)'', "the composer with the hat", visited Israel to experience where Jesus lived as a Jew?
* ... that when [[Seymour Cray]] designed the '''[[Cray-3|Cray-3 supercomputer]]''', he insisted that the processor fit into a {{convert|1|cuft|adj=on}} block?
* ... that in 1969, the [[West Bengal]] Sports Minister '''[[Ram Chatterjee]]''' invaded the exclusive [[Calcutta Swimming Club]] along with a group of [[Santhal people|Santhal]] tribals?
* ... that 14 '''[[Muslim women in sport|Muslim female athletes]]''' won medals at the 2016 Olympic Games?
* ... that the philosopher '''[[Michael Allen Fox|Michael Fox]]''' became highly critical of [[animal testing]] following the publication of his ''The Case for Animal Experimentation'', later writing a book in support of [[vegetarianism]]?
* ... that the '''[[Y Sap mine]]''' was an explosive planted under German trenches before the [[Battle of the Somme]] in World War I?
* ... that the first full-circle Arctic panorama created in the United States since the 19th century appeared at the '''[[Velaslavasay Panorama]]''' in Los Angeles in 2007?
* ... that '''[[J. W. Lonoaea]]''' died because he voted for [[Kalākaua|a king]] instead of [[Queen Emma of Hawaii|a queen]]?
===3 January 2017===
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* ... that '''[[INS Vikrant (R11)|INS ''Vikrant'']]''' ''(pictured)'' was India's first aircraft carrier?
* ... that governor '''[[Saw Shwe Khet]]''' of [[Pyay|Prome]] sent a [[white elephant]] to King [[Thihathu of Ava]] but was still demoted by the new king?
* ... that [[HBO]]'s new daily news series '''''[[Vice News Tonight]]''''' was intended by [[Vice News]] to have "no ads, no anchors and no censors?"
* ... that although '''[[Susan Reeve Lyon]]''' could not own property while a married woman, she was able to run her own [[apothecary]] shop as a widow?
* ... that the self-critical [[H. Balfour Gardiner]] may have destroyed his symphonies, but preserved his [[compline]] anthem '''[[Te lucis ante terminum (Gardiner)|''Te lucis ante terminum'']]''' for choir and organ?
* ... that '''[[Jessamyn Rodriguez]]''' founded a social enterprise teaching [[Bread|bread-making]] and job skills to low-income minority women and immigrants?
* ... that in order to disguise the '''[[V-2 missile launch site, Blizna|V-2 missile launch site in Blizna]]''', the [[Nazism|Nazis]] created an artificial village with plywood cottages and barns, and plaster people and animals?
* ... that the Welsh singer-songwriter [[Charlotte Church]] criticised director [[Diane Martel]]'s music video for the song "'''[[Lolita (Leah LaBelle song)|Lolita]]'''", calling it "an objectionable little number"?
===2 January 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[Jōmon Venus]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first [[Jōmon period]] artifact to be designated a [[National Treasure (Japan)|National Treasure of Japan]]?
* ... that '''[[Alphonse Areola]]''' saved two [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalties]] during a penalty shoot-out in the [[2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup]] final, to help France win their first title in the competition?
* ... that '''[[Jollees]]''' was the UK's largest cabaret venue in the 1970s and hosted the [[World Professional Darts Championship]]?
* ... that '''[[Nancy Sottos]]''' helped create the first polymeric [[self-healing material]], announced in ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' in 2001?
* ... that when it leased the planes of a failed Venezuelan airline, a Bolivian company retained the name '''[[LaMia]]''' to avoid the cost of repainting the aircraft?
* ... that '''[[Protiva Mukherjee]]''' was the only female minister in the [[United Front (1967)|1969 United Front government]] of [[West Bengal]]?
* ... that '''''[[The Shaker Quarterly]]''''', which began publication in 1961, helped revive interest in the [[Shakers]]?
* ... that '''[[John Green Hoapili]]''' stated to the [[Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii]] that he would "rather have corruption and scandal than annexation"?
===1 January 2017===
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* ... that the name '''[[Pseudo-Jacquemart]]''' was assigned to the [[List of anonymous masters|anonymous master]] illuminator ''(work pictured)'' for his collaboration with [[Jacquemart de Hesdin]]?
* ... that [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]] introduced the theory of evolution by '''[[natural selection]]''', but was not the first to use the term "survival of the fittest"?
* ... that at the age of 16 years and 308 days, '''[[Idris Kanu]]''' became the youngest ever player for [[Aldershot Town F.C.]] in a league match?
* ... that [[Joan Acker]] and [[Miriam M. Johnson|Miriam Johnson]] of the '''[[Center for the Study of Women in Society]]''' found that "Do you shave your legs?" was the question most strongly correlated to identifying with feminism?
* ... that facing an arrest warrant in India and pressure from within his party, Indian communist politician '''[[Z.A. Ahmed (Indian politician)|Z.A. Ahmed]]''' sought refuge in Pakistan?
* ... that the diet of the '''[[dwarf scaly-tailed squirrel]]''' includes bark and fruit, including the [[drupe|fleshy fruits]] of the [[Musanga cecropioides|umbrella tree]]?
* ... that [[Queen Emma of Hawaii]] and her lady-in-waiting '''[[Kiliwehi]]''' were received by Queen Victoria and spent a night at [[Windsor Castle]]?
* ... that [[Momoiro Clover Z]] did not know they were making their music video for "'''[[The Golden History]]'''" until filming started?
