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===30 June 2017===
*'''''00:47, 30 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that larvae of the '''[[Neodiprion lecontei|red-headed pine sawfly]]''' ''(pictured)'' are gregarious, and when they have defoliated a tree, move as a group to a neighbouring one?
* ... that American trade unionist '''[[George Baldanzi]]''' worked out of [[Greensboro, North Carolina]], as part of [[Operation Dixie]] because it was close to many textile plants?
* ... that '''''[[sopa de fideo]]''''', a soup in Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine, may have originated in Spain?
* ... that '''''[[Us Conductors]]''''', the debut novel by [[Sean Michaels (writer)|Sean Michaels]] depicting a fictionalized account of the relationship between [[Léon Theremin]] and [[Clara Rockmore]], won the 2014 [[Scotiabank Giller Prize]]?
* ... that '''[[Desideria Quintanar de Yáñez]]''' was reportedly inspired by a dream to join [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in 1880 in Mexico?
* ... that under '''[[Operation Temperer]]''', thousands of [[British Army]] troops can be deployed to support police in guarding key sites in the UK against terrorist threats?
* ... that '''[[Albert H. Densmore|Al Densmore]]''' was 24 years old when he took his seat in the [[Oregon House of Representatives]], and just four years later his House peers elected him [[Speaker (politics)#Usage|speaker pro tempore]]?
* ... that '''[[ArsenalFanTV]]''' was designed to give football supporters a chance to have their opinions heard?
===29 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 29 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Luigi Gatti (businessman)|Luigi Gatti]]''' ran a restaurant ''(pictured)'' on the ''[[RMS Titanic|Titanic]]'' for passengers for whom first class was not exclusive enough?
* ... that John Hyrum Koyle built the '''[[Dream Mine]]''' after the [[Angel Moroni]] reportedly showed him a [[Nephites|Nephite]] mine in Salem, Utah, which would help fund the [[gathering of Israel]]?
* ... that in 1984, '''[[Typhoon June (1984)|Typhoon June]]''' killed 121 people in the Philippines?
* ... that French [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Alban Lafont]]''' is the youngest goalkeeper ever to play in [[Ligue 1]], having made his debut at the age of 16 years and 310 days?
* ... that the Baroque pipe organ of the '''[[Church of Reinhardtsgrimma]]''' was built by [[Gottfried Silbermann]]?
* ... that the '''[[Ore Dock Brewing Company]]'''{{`s}} flagship beer is named for the recycled material used in constructing the brewery?
* ... that ticket purchases for [[Witness: The Tour]] will include copies of [[Katy Perry]]'s album '''''[[Witness (Katy Perry album)|Witness]]'''''?
* ... that [[Lockheed Martin Space Systems#RCA Astro Electronics|RCA]]'s only astronaut, civilian '''[[Robert J. Cenker |Bob Cenker]],''' narrowly avoided catastrophe during his mission on Space Shuttle ''Columbia'', which experienced several launch-pad aborts and almost exploded?
===28 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 28 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that South African singer and anti-apartheid activist '''[[Miriam Makeba]]''' ''(pictured)'' was followed by the CIA and the FBI after she married [[Black Panther Party|Black Panther]] [[Stokely Carmichael]]?
* ... that the toxin found in the skin of the '''[[hooded pitohui]]''', a bird from New Guinea, is the same as that found in [[Phyllobates|poison arrow frogs]]?
* ... that American pediatrician '''[[L. Emmett Holt Jr.]]''' received the Czechoslovak [[Order of the White Lion]], the Finnish [[Mannerheim Cross]], and the [[Order of the Star of Jordan]]?
* ... that "'''[[Dies sind die heilgen Zehn Gebot]]'''" is a hymnal version of the [[Ten Commandments]] by Martin Luther?
* ... that German [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Lewis Holtby]]''' was eligible to represent [[England national football team|England]] through his paternal lineage?
* ... that the South Korean government tried to [[Metrication|metricate]] the country unsuccessfully four times before finally criminalizing '''[[Korean units|traditional Korean units]]''' in 2007?
* ... that '''[[Alfred Starbird]]''' directed the [[Operation Dominic]] nuclear tests which "significantly enhanced the security of the nation and the free world"?
* ... that the '''[[Thunderbolt (Savin Rock)|Thunderbolt]]''' was damaged by lightning and then destroyed by a hurricane?
===27 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 27 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Mkrtich Khrimian]]''' ''(pictured)'', head of the [[Armenian Apostolic Church|Armenian Church]], endorsed an armed struggle against the Ottoman Turks?
* ... that in '''''[[Batman and Harley Quinn]]''''', [[Kevin Conroy]] reprises his role as Batman?
* ... that '''[[Typhoon Abby (1986)|Typhoon Abby]]''' originated from the Western Pacific [[monsoon trough]]?
* ... that '''[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Zealand|Mormon missionaries were temporarily banned from New Zealand]]''', supposedly for trying to convince Maoris to move to America?
* ... that '''[[Margit Neubauer]]''' appeared as Sesto in Handel's ''[[Giulio Cesare]]'', conducted by [[Nikolaus Harnoncourt]], at the start of her 39-year career at the [[Frankfurt Opera]]?
* ... that the '''[[Gudjonsson suggestibility scale]]''' has been used in court cases to determine how suggestible a person will be during interrogation?
* ... that Indian legislator '''[[Ahmed bin Abdullah Balala]]''' urged the government to relax the helmet rules for motorcyclists due to the high temperatures of the summer months?
* ... that '''[[Warkworth's Chronicle|Warkworth's ''Chronicle'']]''', covering the years 1461 to 1474, reports on the double bleeding of [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]] and a headless man who cries, "Bowes, bowes, bowes"?
===26 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 26 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that proponents of '''[[beer can chicken]]''' ''(pictured)'' claim that the grilling method enhances the chicken's texture and flavor, while others are skeptical of its efficacy?
* ... that the Javanese [[Philology|philologist]] '''[[Poerbatjaraka]]''' obtained a doctorate ''cum laude'' at [[Leiden University]], even though previously he had only attended primary school?
* ... that '''[[Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker]]''', a summer festival of [[chamber music]] founded in 1946, was directed by violinists such as [[Carolin Widmann]]?
* ... that '''[[Liu Qingyun]]''' has been described as "the most prolific woman playwright of the nineteenth century"?
* ... that '''[[Rustin McIntosh]]''' received the ''[[Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)|Croix de guerre]]'' for his service in World War I, and the [[John Howland Award]] for his contributions to pediatrics?
* ... that according to [[Abu Hurairah]], the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]] often recited the Quranic chapter '''''[[Al-Insan]]''''' on Friday during the [[fajr prayer|early morning prayer]]?<!--Special occasion hook for 25 June -->
* ... that the new '''[[West London Air Terminal]]''' building was opened by [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]] in 1963?
* ... that former [[Houston Astros]] pitcher '''[[Mike Grzanich]]''' bought his own uniform in an internet sale?
===25 June 2017===
*'''''00:10, 25 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Battle of Bamber Bridge]]''' began when white American [[military police]] arrested a black [[United States Army Air Forces|USAAF]] soldier in an English village [[pub]] (''pictured''), and ended with a [[mutiny]] that left one dead and seven injured?<!--Special occasion hook for June 24-->
* ... that the ground-dwelling '''[[redthroat]]''' bird can imitate the sound of a [[crested pigeon]] in flight?
* ... that since being introduced in the mid-1990s, the '''[[Dendroctonus valens|red turpentine beetle]]''' has destroyed six million trees in China?
* ... that the '''[[mandatory eight count]]''' was introduced to boxing in 1953 by the [[ New York State Athletic Commission]] in order to protect fighters from unnecessary damage?
* ... that one question about '''[[Hughes Dynamics]]''', an early 1960s subsidiary of [[Hughes Tool Company]], is whether [[Howard Hughes]] ever approved its creation?
* ... that the photographer '''[[Fred Gildersleeve]]''' captured depictions of [[lynching of Jesse Washington|a lynching in progress]]?
* ... that the '''[[2017–18 RFU Championship]]''' will feature a college team that climbed from the bottom tier of English rugby to the second tier within 13 years of its formation?<!--Special occasion hook for June 24-->
* ... that during the '''[[Papal conclave, 1691|1691 papal conclave]]''', cardinals burned down their sleeping quarters in the Vatican while playing cards?
===24 June 2017===
*'''''01:22, 24 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the toxic nature of the '''[[Cortinarius orellanus|fools webcap]]''' ''(pictured)'' was discovered only after 102 people in [[Bydgoszcz]] were poisoned in 1952?
* ... that '''[[D. J. Wilson]]''' entered the [[2017 NBA draft]] rather than staying in college and playing for the '''[[2017–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team]]'''?<!---Special occasion hook for June 23 --->
* ... that the first soundtrack album from ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', titled '''''[[How I Met Your Music]]''''', was originally released only through iTunes because the creators considered CDs to be "too 1992"?
* ... that '''[[Henry Wade (surgeon)|Sir Henry Wade]]''' saved the leg of [[Norman Dott]], who then became a surgeon too?
* ... that Barbadian-Canadian author [[Austin Clarke (novelist)|Austin Clarke]] listened to [[Miles Davis]] while writing his [[Scotiabank Giller Prize]]-winning novel '''''[[The Polished Hoe]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Giovanni Gribodo]]''', an architect in the Italian [[Art Nouveau]] Liberty Style, also published 42 scientific papers describing 377 new taxa of [[Hymenoptera]]?
* ... that '''[[stew peas]]''' with rice was declared to be "the best dish made in Jamaica" by ''[[Gleaner Company|The Gleaner]]'' in 1992?
* ... that '''[[Helen Sandoz]]''' sometimes wrote editorials for the lesbian magazine ''[[The Ladder (magazine)|The Ladder]]'' from the perspective of her cat?
===23 June 2017===
*'''''01:37, 23 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Gregorio Pietro Agagianian|Cardinal Agagianian]]''' ''(pictured)'', leader of a small Eastern church, was twice a serious papal candidate?
* ... that '''[[Washington State Route 522]]''' has been named as one of the most dangerous highways in the United States?
* ... that a famous painting by '''[[Liu Guandao]]''' portrays [[Kublai Khan]] as an "aging and obese man"?
* ... that ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' producers worked with the Association of Air Ambulances for over half a year on the special episode "'''[[Too Old for This Shift]]'''"?
* ... that '''[[Öget Öktem Tanör]]''', Turkey's first neuropsychologist, was charged with "terrorism propaganda" in 2017 for signing a petition?
* ... that only male '''''[[Yellow-crested woodpecker|Chloropicus xantholophus]]''''' have golden crowns?
* ... that a recording of Bartók's ''[[Bluebeard's Castle|Bluebeard's Castle]]'' with '''[[Cornelia Kallisch]]''' as Judith was nominated for a Grammy Award?
* ... that Soviet economist '''[[Dimitri Navachine]]''', assassinated in Paris in 1937, may have been killed for possessing documents showing that certain Soviet political prisoners were innocent?
* ... that in the Southern Hemisphere, all '''[[Nematus oligospilus|willow sawflies]]''' are female, while in the Northern Hemisphere both males and females occur?
* ... that in 1980, the American Meat Institute tried to ban '''[[turkey ham]]''' products from being labeled as such?
===22 June 2017===
*'''''01:52, 22 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Austin Church]]''' and '''[[John Dwight (manufacturer)|John Dwight]]''' were the first to commercially manufacture [[Sodium bicarbonate|baking soda]] in the United States, and the former was first to use the [[Arm & Hammer (brand)|Arm & Hammer]] trademark logo ''(pictured)'' for selling it?
* ... that the '''[[R v Jordan (2016)|Supreme Court of Canada held]]''' that it was unreasonable for there to be a 44-month delay between the filing of charges and the trial?
* ... that in 2003, '''[[Susan Baker]]''' became the first woman to hold a [[King Carl XVI Gustaf Professorship in Environmental Science]]?
* ... that some of the text on the back of the '''''[[Fighters Uncaged]]''''' box resulted in a lawsuit from [[Zuffa]]?
* ... that '''[[Peter Bonsall-Boone]]''' and his partner personally appealed to the Australian prime minister to legalise same-sex marriage?
* ... that the '''''[[Brut Chronicle]]''''' was one of the most-copied chronicles in medieval England?
* ... that the '''[[Tweneboa Enyenra Ntomme Oil Field|TEN Oil Field]]''' in [[Ghana]] was not so named because of the number of oil wells?
* ... that '''[[Roy Wiggins]]''' claimed to have ruined 80 million [[Gramophone record|records]]?
===21 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 21 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the ant '''''[[Cephalotes alveolatus]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is distinguished by its clubbed hairs?
* ... that Soviet economist '''[[Dimitri Navachine]]''', assassinated in Paris in 1937, may have been killed for possessing documents showing that certain Soviet political prisoners were innocent?
* ... that in his '''[[Viola Sonata (Waterhouse)|Viola Sonata]]''' entitled ''Sonata ebraica'' ("Hebrew Sonata"), [[Graham Waterhouse]] quotes the Yiddish song "''[[Oyfn Pripetshik]]''"?
* ... that '''[[Frieda Fraser]]''' and [[Edith Williams]] corresponded for 24 years before they were able to acquire a home to live together in 1941?
* ... that the [[National Film Awards]] in various categories have been presented to the films '''''[[Doghi]]''''' ('''[[National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues|Other Social Issues]]'''), '''''[[Vastupurush]]''''' ([[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|Best Feature Film in Marathi]]), '''''[[Devrai]]''''' ('''[[National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation|Environment Conservation/Preservation]]'''), '''''[[Samhita (film)|Samhita]]''''' ([[National Film Award for Best Music Direction|Best Music Direction]]), '''''[[Astu]]''''' ('''[[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Dialogue]]''') and '''''[[Kaasav]]''''' ('''[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|Best Feature Film]]'''), all by filmmaker duo '''[[Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar]]'''?
* ... that the first tests of the '''[[British hydrogen bomb programme]]''' were hailed as a triumph but in fact were failures?
* ... that '''[[Oscar Lerman]]''' produced ''[[The Stud (film)|The Stud]]'', ''[[The Bitch (film)|The Bitch]]'', and two children with [[Jackie Collins]]?
===20 June 2017===
*'''''05:16, 20 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[May Bonfils Stanton]]''' built an exact replica of [[Marie Antoinette]]'s [[Petit Trianon]] château ''(pictured)'' on her estate in [[Lakewood, Colorado]]?
* ... that '''''[[Flood of Fire]]''''', the final volume of the [[Ibis trilogy]] by [[Amitav Ghosh]], won the [[Crossword Book Award|Crossword Book Jury Award]] in Fiction in 2015?
* ... that '''[[Barry Shaw (barrister)|Sir Barry Shaw]]''' was the first Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland?
* ... that the pelage of '''[[Ruschi's rat]]''' is a mixture of ordinary hairs and flattened, black-tipped spines?
* ... that William Lloyd Webber's '''''[[Missa Princeps Pacis]]''''' was performed at [[St Martin-in-the-Fields]] to celebrate his centenary?
* ... that a [[cable car (railway)|cable car]] [[flywheel]] found during construction of '''[[Pioneer Square station]]''' in Seattle now sits on display at the station's mezzanine?
* ... that [[Xavier Bettel]] became the first [[European Union]] leader to marry someone of the same sex when he married '''[[Gauthier Destenay]]''' in 2015?
* ... that "'''[[Empty Orchestra]]'''", an episode of ''[[Inside No. 9]]'', features a [[karaoke]] version of [[Yazoo (band)|Yazoo]]'s "[[Only You (Yazoo song)|Only You]]" sung by Janet, who is played by the Deaf actor Emily Howlett?
===19 June 2017===
*'''''05:31, 19 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Seoul has a new elevated park, '''[[Seoullo 7017 Skypark]]''' ''(pictured)'', converted from a disused overpass?
* ... that Canadian author [[David Bergen]] won the [[McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award]] for '''''[[A Year of Lesser]]''''' (1996), '''''[[The Time in Between]]''''' (2005), and '''''[[The Retreat (David Bergen novel)|The Retreat]]''''' (2009)?
* ... that '''[[Andre Anderson (gridiron football)|Andre Anderson]]''' was the first [[New Mexico State Aggies football|New Mexico State Aggies]] player to be selected for the [[East–West Shrine Game]]?
* ... that '''''[[Die Weihe der Nacht]]''''', composed by [[Max Reger]] for a female soloist, men's choir, and orchestra and set to a poem by [[Friedrich Hebbel]], evokes daybreak?
* ... that '''''[[Cephalotes caribicus]]''''' worker ants had semitransparent expansions on their bodies, possibly for protection?
* ... that '''[[Jennie Anderson Froiseth]]''', an anti-[[polygamy]] crusader during the 1800s, published a book about the experiences of women in polygamous marriages?
* ... that one of the reasons for the [[Partitions of Poland|partitioning of Poland]] was the thousands of Russian peasants '''[[Fugitive peasants|escaping from serfdom]]''' to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth?
* ... that [[Sarah Lancashire]] was nominated for four [[British Academy Television Awards]] between 2013 and 2017, '''[[List of awards and nominations received by Sarah Lancashire|and won two of them]]'''?
===18 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 18 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that "'''[[Lofsöngur]]'''", the national anthem of [[Iceland]], was composed in an [[Edinburgh]] town house ''(pictured)''?<!--Special occasion request for June 17-->
* ... that to portray events of '''''[[The Blair Witch Project]]''''' as real, its actors were listed on the [[IMDb]] website as "missing, presumed dead"?
* ... that pathologist '''[[Walter Sydney Lazarus-Barlow|Walter Lazarus-Barlow]]''' pricked his thumb during a postmortem examination and lost an arm as a result?
* ... that '''[[Violet Lake]]''', a high-elevation lake on the slope of the [[West Maui Mountains]], was believed to be the home of the Hawaiian lizard goddess Kihawahine?
* ... that the '''[[Estadio Tecnológico de Oaxaca]]''' was designed to mimic the ball court at [[Monte Albán]]?
* ... that the '''[[blackchin shiner]]''' was thought to have vanished from [[Ohio]] before 1940, until it was rediscovered there in the 1980s?
* ... that Mozart composed his motet ''[[Ave verum corpus]]'' for the church choir of '''[[St. Stephan, Baden|St. Stephan in Baden]]''' on 17 June 1791?<!--Special occasion hook request for June 17-->
* ... that '''[[Roy Ananny]]''' was a [[Canadian football]] player, a fireman, a police officer, a [[curling]] player, and a realtor?
===17 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 17 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that letters written by '''[[Abigail Franks]]''' ''(pictured)'' to her son in England are peppered with family gossip, local politics, and observations on the state of [[Judaism]] in 18th-century [[Colonial history of the United States|colonial New York]]?
* ... that '''[[arson in royal dockyards]]''' was one of the last four crimes in the United Kingdom to carry the death penalty?
* ... that in 2016 '''[[Pascal Rophé]]''' conducted works by [[Henri Dutilleux]] to celebrate the composer's centenary, including ''[[Tout un monde lointain...]]'' and ''[[Le temps l'horloge]]''?<!-- Special occasion hook for June 16 -->
* ... that in the Southern Hemisphere, all '''[[Nematus oligospilus|willow sawflies]]''' are female, while in the Northern Hemisphere both males and females occur?
* ... that '''[[Deepak Kumar (physicist)|Deepak Kumar]]''' was one of the first Indian [[Condensed matter physics|condensed matter physicists]] to predict the experimental consequences of spin clusters near the [[percolation threshold]]?
* ... that [[the Beach Boys]]' [[experimental music|experimental]] album '''''[[Smiley Smile]]''''' (1967) was used by some [[drug rehabilitation|rehab]] centers to help ease patients off drugs?
* ... that '''[[walnut soup]]''' is a part of the cuisines of China, Italy, and Mexico?
* ... that '''[[Jimmy Florian]]''' won the Ford Motor Company's first [[Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series|NASCAR Grand National Series]] race while driving a car that was formerly owned by the [[Detroit Police Department|Detroit chief of police]]?
===16 June 2017===
*'''''00:10, 16 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Oscar Wilde Memorial Sculpture]]''' ''(pictured)'' is nicknamed "The Queer with the Leer" and "The Fag on the Crag"?
* ... that '''[[William R. Rowley]]''' was one of nine American Civil War generals who came from [[Galena, Illinois]]?
* ... that in 1621, it was suggested that the '''[[Aeterni Patris Filius|election of future popes]]''' should take place in the presence of the previous pope's corpse?
* ... that '''[[Kingsley, Iowa]]''', was once named Quorn after the [[Quorn Hunt]] in England?
* ... that '''[[Wolf W. Zuelzer]]''', who demonstrated that children could be cured of [[leukemia]], died from the disease in old age?
* ... that the video game '''''[[Resident Evil 7: Biohazard]]''''' resolved to focus on [[survival horror]] as opposed to its predecessors' [[Action-adventure game|action-oriented]] gameplay?
* ... that [[Seattle]]'s '''[[University Street station]]''' was designed in a "[[high-tech architecture|high-tech]]" style to match nearby high-rise office buildings?
* ... that rugby union player '''[[Fionn McLoughlin]]''' represented both Ireland and Wales in youth internationals?
===15 June 2017===
*'''''00:25, 15 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Muthusamy Lakshmanan]]''', K. Murali, and [[Leon O. Chua]] developed a non-autonomous circuit based on [[Chaos theory|chaotic]] behavior ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Newcastle Interchange railway station]]''' was completely redesigned in response to criticism of the original proposal?
* ... that a [[Munchausen by proxy]] expert says the '''[[murder of Dee Dee Blancharde]]''', discovered two years ago today, is the first instance he knows of where the abused child killed the abusive parent? <!--Special occasion hook for June 14-->
* ... that during the '''[[Spanish conquest of El Salvador]]''', the Spanish town of [[San Salvador]] was destroyed by natives within a year of being founded by [[Gonzalo de Alvarado]]?
* ... that '''[[Andreas Schager]]''' was called a "sensation" when he first performed Wagner's [[Tristan und Isolde|Tristan]] in [[Minden]], and went on to [[Götterdämmerung|Siegfried]] at the [[Staatsoper Berlin]], [[La Scala]], and [[The Proms]]?
* ... that '''[[tonkotsu ramen]]''' is renowned for the significant time it can take to prepare a proper version of the dish?
* ... that [[Joseph Nāwahī|Joseph]] and '''[[Emma Nāwahī]]''' co-founded the Hawaiian-language newspaper ''Ke Aloha Aina'' to [[Opposition to the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii#Resistance to annexation|oppose the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands]] to the United States?
* ... that contrary to the urban myth, '''[[999 phone charging myth|dialing 999 does not charge mobile phone batteries]]'''?
===14 June 2017===
*'''''00:40, 14 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Michelangelo had [[Sebastiano del Piombo]] paint his '''''[[The Raising of Lazarus (Sebastiano del Piombo)|Raising of Lazarus]]''''' ''(detail pictured)'' to outdo his rival Raphael, but Raphael's painting was judged superior?
* ... that the '''[[Hoplocampa testudinea|apple sawfly]]''' is invasive in North America, and a '''[[Lathrolestes ensator|parasitic wasp]]''' has been introduced in an attempt to [[Biological pest control|control]] it?
* ... that a good word from his son-in-law's employer gained '''[[Edward L. Hedden]]''' the position of [[Collector of the Port of New York]]?
* ... that the leader of the [[Chechens|Chechen]]-led [[Jihadism|Jihadist]] group '''[[Ajnad al-Kavkaz]]''' believes there will eventually be a world war against Russia?
* ... that U.S. citizens are [[Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act|prohibited]] from conducting business transactions with '''[[Elvis González Valencia]]'''?
* ... that the final mission from the [[54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron]] was flown into '''[[Typhoon Cary (1987)|Typhoon Cary]]'''?
* ... that professional wrestler '''[[Jerry London (wrestler)|Jerry London]]''' worked in the main event of both the [[EMLL 33rd Anniversary Show (1)|first]] and [[EMLL 33rd Anniversary Show (2)|second EMLL 33rd anniversary show]], three weeks apart?
* ... that [[cormorant|shags]] may be '''[[Spotted shag|spotted]]''' in New Zealand?
===13 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 13 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that several varieties of '''[[coconut soup]]''' exist, such as ''binignit'', ''laksa'', and ''tom kha kai'' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that Indian quantum physicist '''[[Shasanka Mohan Roy]]''' developed an exact [[integral equation]], now known as "Roy's equations"?
* ... that the '''[[Jefferson Elementary School District]]''' started with a one-room building constructed in 1856?
* ... that '''[[Shinnyo]]''' was the first fully ordained [[bhikkhuni]] for several hundred years?
* ... that '''[[Vessel (structure)|154 flights of stairs]]''' in New York City will cost $150 million to $200 million?
* ... that in 1907, '''[[George H. Brimhall]]''' permitted [[Brigham Young University]] students to paint the letters "B", "Y", and "U" on the mountain nearest to campus, but the work was only partially completed and it became [[Y Mountain]]?
* ... that the video game '''''[[Nights: Journey of Dreams]]''''' inspired an unofficial two-CD tribute album?
* ... that when the Vikings '''[[Viking raid on Seville (844)|occupied Seville in 844]]''', they tried unsuccessfully to burn the city's great mosque?
* ... that the '''[[red-billed quelea]]''' is the most numerous undomesticated bird species on earth, with an estimated population peaking at 1.5 billion?
* ... that '''[[Bae (word)|bae]]''' is a term of endearment popular on social media and in contemporary song lyrics?
===12 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 12 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[red-billed quelea]]''' ''(flock pictured)'' is the most numerous undomesticated bird species on earth, with an estimated population sometimes peaking at 1.5 billion?
* ... that '''[[Jon Anabo]]''' was half of the "best 1-2 quarterback punch on the West Coast"?
* ... that the death toll in a '''[[2016 Irkutsk mass methanol poisoning|2016 mass methanol poisoning]]''' in [[Irkutsk]], Russia, led the Associated Press to call it "unprecedented in its scale"?
* ... that '''[[Helmut Franz]]''' conducted the [[NDR Chor]] in Ligeti's ''[[Lux Aeterna (Ligeti)|Lux aeterna]]'', which was later used as music for ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]''?
* ... that '''[[Typhoon Kelly (1987)|Typhoon Kelly]]''' caused 452 landslides in Japan?
* ... that a play by '''[[Babette Hughes]]''' was performed in 1938 by six blind actresses?
* ... that the journalist behind the '''[[Narada sting operation]]''' was inspired by Israeli [[Mossad]] officer [[Mike Harari]]?
* ... that real-life advertising "[[Mad Men|Mad Man]]" '''[[John Salmon (advertising executive)|"Smokey" Salmon]]''' fired the Ford Motor Company?
===11 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 11 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the original 7th-century elements ''(detail pictured)'' of the Japanese '''[[Tenjukoku Shūchō Mandala|''Tenjukoku Shūchō'' Mandala]]''' remain better preserved than the replica created approximately 600 years later?
* ... that '''[[Marguerite Alibert]]''' killed her husband after watching ''[[The Merry Widow]]'' with him?
* ... that after releasing '''''[[DanTDM: Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal]]''''', author [[Dan Middleton]] was the first writer in 2016 to sell out tickets to his event at the [[Cheltenham Literature Festival]]?
* ... that [[white nationalist]] '''[[Mike Enoch]]''' helped [[Richard B. Spencer|Richard Spencer]] successfully sue [[Auburn University]] after it attempted to cancel their speaking engagement?
* ... that the '''[[Sea Bright-Monmouth Beach Seawall]]''' runs along a stretch of Atlantic Coast that is one of the most heavily [[Coastal engineering|engineered sections of ocean shorefront]] in the world?
* ... that DJ '''[[Minami Momochi]]''' wears an [[Animegao kigurumi|anime character face mask]] while performing?
* ... that the '''[[Estadio Gaspar Mass]]''' is named for one of the pioneers of American football in the Mexican state of [[Nuevo León]]?
* ... that '''[[Jacob C. White Jr.|White]]''' was the first black school principal of Philadelphia?
===10 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 10 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that "Dutch" comic '''[[Josie Sadler]]''' ''(pictured)'' recorded her biggest [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] hit for [[Victor Talking Machine Company|Victor]], but it was never released?
* ... that there is indirect, but unconfirmed, evidence of certain diseases being spread by '''[[toilet plume]]'''?
* ... that professional baseball player '''[[Devin Smeltzer]]''' was diagnosed with cancer when he was nine years old?
* ... that the title track of [[Barbra Streisand]]'s '''''[[Lazy Afternoon (Barbra Streisand album)|Lazy Afternoon]]''''' was suggested to her over dinner by [[Francis Ford Coppola]]?
* ... that during the [[Proclamation No. 1081|Martial Law]], [[Imelda Marcos]] prevented local screenings of the film '''''[[Insiang]]''''' as it did not depict a "beautiful view" of the Philippines?
* ... that the ''[[Carmen Sandiego]]'' edutainment franchise, which began with video games ''[[Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (1985 video game)|World]]'' (1985) and '''''[[Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego? (1986 video game)|U.S.A.]]''''' (1986), will see its [[Carmen Sandiego (2019 TV series)|fourth television series]] air on Netflix in 2019?
* ... that '''[[Biswa Ranjan Nag]]''' has contributed to the development of a [[Monte Carlo method]] for the computation of the coefficient of velocity?
* ... that the [[Television pilot|pilots]] for '''''[[Apollo Gauntlet]]''''' and '''''[[Hot Streets (TV series)|Hot Streets]]''''' were released online by [[Adult Swim]], who gave viewers the opportunity to rate each using five buttons marked with reactions?
===9 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 9 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Kollegienkirche, Salzburg|Kollegienkirche]]''' ''(pictured in 1712)'', the church of the [[University of Salzburg]] built by [[Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach|Fischer von Erlach]], was the venue for a [[Hugo von Hofmannsthal|Hofmannsthal]] premiere and a [[Luci mie traditrici|Sciarrone opera]]?
* ... that the '''[[Lynnwood Convention Center]]''' was rejected by voters on three occasions in the 1980s and 1990s, before it was finally built in 2005?
* ... that [[Claude Henderson]] was the first '''[[List of Kolpak cricketers|cricketer to sign a Kolpak contract]]'''?
* ... that '''[[George Morison Robertson]]''', a Scottish expatriate in Hawaii, married a shipwrecked Englishwoman from Australia?
* ... that [[Robert E. Sherwood]]'s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1938 play '''''[[Abe Lincoln in Illinois (play)|Abe Lincoln in Illinois]]''''' was written as a riposte to [[Isolationism|isolationists]] in the United States?
* ... that all 300 special edition copies of '''''[[SimetriSiti]]''''', an album by Malaysian singer [[Siti Nurhaliza]], sold out in 20 minutes?
* ... that '''[[Alaska P. Davidson]]''' was the first female [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] [[special agent]]?
* ... that the '''[[Minar (Firuzabad)|Minar]]''' in the centre of the [[Sasanian Empire|Sassanid]] circular city of [[Firuzabad, Fars|Gōr]] may have been an observation tower, a water tower, part of a temple, a symbol of the new government, or a combination of these?
===8 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 8 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[ham sausage]]''' ''(example pictured)'' is a part of Polish, German, British, and American cuisine?
* ... that '''[[Edward Dalton]]''' created New York City's first ambulance service?
* ... that the short satirical opera '''''[[Das geheime Königreich]]''''' (''The Secret Kingdom'') by [[Ernst Krenek]] premiered in [[Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden|Wiesbaden in May 1928]]?
* ... that Venezuelan [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Sergio Córdova]]''' scored on his professional debut for [[Caracas FC]]?
* ... that unmated female '''''[[Diprion similis]]''''' produce only male offspring while mated females produce young of both sexes?
* ... that '''[[Albert P. Halfhill]]''' is considered the father of the [[Tuna#Canned|tuna]] packing industry and was the first to use the slogan "chicken of the sea" as a sales gimmick?
* ... that in 1984, '''[[Tropical Storm Warren (1984)|Tropical Storm Warren]]''' destroyed 740 homes across the Philippines?
* ... that activist '''[[Ed Forchion]]''' tried to legally [[Name change|change his name]] to NJWeedman.com, but was denied by courts in New Jersey and California?
===7 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 7 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Jean Trogneux]]''' ''(shop pictured)'' is a chain of [[macaron]] shops named after the father of [[Brigitte Macron]], wife of the President of France?
* ... that comments made by [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA) president '''[[Dennis Coralluzzo]]''' led to [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]] breaking away from the NWA?
* ... that '''[[Erwünschtes Freudenlicht, BWV 184|''Erwünschtes Freudenlicht'', BWV 184]]''', [[Bach cantata|Bach's cantata]] for the [[Whit Tuesday|third day of Pentecost]], contains dances, because it is based on a secular model?<!--Special occasion hook for June 6-->
* ... that the first civil '''[[Commissioner of Weihaiwei]]''' oversaw the transformation of the territory from a planned British naval base to a holiday resort?
* ... that '''[[Narmada Seva Yatra|a campaign]]''' to conserve the [[Narmada River]] centering around a {{convert|2930|km|adj=on}} [[yatra]] has reached more than 30 million people?
* ... that the billed personality of ''[[EastEnders]]'' character '''[[Babe Smith]]''' was swapped with that of [[Stan Carter]]?
* ... that [[Andrew Jackson]]'s objection to a renewed embargo between the United States and West Indies in the wake of the '''[[1827 North Carolina hurricane]]''' helped him win the presidency a year later?
* ... that '''[[Lady Hambro]]''' was nicknamed "the bulldozer" when she worked at ''[[Queen (magazine)|Queen]]'' magazine in 1960s [[Swinging London]]?
===6 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 6 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[The Avenue at Middelharnis]]''''' ''(pictured)'' by [[Meindert Hobbema]] is his most famous painting, but it does not typify his work?
* ... that '''[[Henry Ludington]]''' helped General [[George Washington]] create a [[Espionage|spy ring]] to gather information on British troops during the American Revolutionary War?
* ... that '''''[[The Old Axolotl]]''''', an experimental [[electronic literature|electronic novel]] by [[Jacek Dukaj]] presenting a [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction|post-apocalyptic]], [[cyberpunk]] vision of Earth, incorporates hypertext and 3D-printable models of its characters?
* ... that '''[[Phil Lyne]]''' entered more than 100 rodeos in 1971 and 1972, winning the [[All-Around Cowboy]] championship in both years?
* ... that '''[[Typhoon Dinah (1987)|Typhoon Dinah]]''' was considered the worst tropical cyclone to affect [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] in 20 years?
* ... that '''[[Pirgel]]''' is the highest [[mud volcano]] in Iran?
* ... that when the Vikings '''[[Viking raid on Seville (844)|occupied Seville in 844]]''', they tried unsuccessfully to burn the city's great mosque?
* ... that the '''[[Bone Bill]]''' aimed to increase the number of [[cadaver]]s available for [[dissection]]?
===5 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 5 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Joseph Ray Watkins|J. R. Watkins]]''' ''(pictured with sales wagon)'' offered America's first [[money back guarantee]] for his products?
* ... that "'''[[Der Geist des Herrn erfüllt das All]]'''", a hymn for [[Pentecost]], was written by [[Maria Luise Thurmair]] in 1941, the year of her marriage to the hymn writer [[Georg Thurmair]]?<!---Special occasion hook for June 4 --->
* ... that in the rubber tree genus '''''[[Hevea]]''''', '''''[[Hevea benthamiana|H. benthamiana]]''''', '''''[[Hevea microphylla|H. microphylla]]''''', and ''[[Hevea brasiliensis|H. brasiliensis]]'' are deciduous, while '''''[[Hevea guianensis|H. guianensis]]''''', '''''[[Hevea nitida|H. nitida]]''''', '''''[[Hevea rigidifolia|H. rigidifolia]]''''', and '''''[[Hevea spruceana|H. spruceana]]''''' are evergreen?
* ... that '''[[Paul M. Nakasone]]''' commanded the [[Second United States Army]] until it was inactivated for the fourth time in its history in 2017?
* ... that [[Green Day]]'s 2016 song "'''[[Bang Bang (Green Day song)|Bang Bang]]'''" was inspired by the events of [[Mass shooting#United States|mass shootings in the United States]] and is written from the viewpoint of a mass shooter?
* ... that '''[[H. J. de Graaf]]''' was called the "father of the study of Javanese history" by historian [[M. C. Ricklefs]]?
* ... that Russia has denied claims that it has '''[[Russian–Syrian hospital bombing campaign|attacked hospitals in Syria]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Taufa Vakatale]]''' was the first indigenous [[Fiji]]an woman to serve as a secondary school principal, to be elected as a cabinet minister, and to be president of [[Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei|her political party]]?
* ... that fans of the [[Atlanta Braves]] were asked to stop doing the '''[[tomahawk chop]]''' with foam tomahawks, as it was viewed as a mockery of Native Americans?
===4 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 4 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Estadio Tecnológico]]''' ''(pictured)'' hosted all three group stage matches of the [[England national football team]] in the [[1986 FIFA World Cup]]?
* ... that '''[[Taufa Vakatale]]''' was the first indigenous [[Fiji]]an woman to serve as a secondary school principal, to be elected as a cabinet minister, and to be president of [[Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei|her political party]]?
* ... that the '''[[Hochschule für Musik Mainz]]''' collaborated with the [[Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden]] to stage a production of Scarlatti's ''[[La Giuditta#Scarlatti's Cambridge Giuditta|La Giuditta]]'' earlier this year?
* ... that when President [[George H. W. Bush]] violated his "[[Read my lips: no new taxes]]" pledge, opposition by House Minority Whip [[Newt Gingrich]] led to the '''[[United States federal government shutdown of 1990|U.S. federal government shutdown of 1990]]'''?
* ... that tabletop game '''''[[Beasts of Balance]]''''' won the Technology Award at the 2015 [[Indiecade]] festival?
* ... that the '''[[Marriage (Wales) Act 2010]]''' was passed by Parliament to bring the marriage law of the disestablished Church in Wales into line with the established Church of England?
* ... that '''[[Vijay Kumar Kapahi]]''' elucidated the relativistic beaming in nuclear jets of [[Quasar|quasars]]?
* ... that for decades, Long Island commuters knocked knees on the [[Long Island Rail Road]]'s '''[[PRR MP70]]''' cars?
===3 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 3 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in Japan, television shows devoted to '''[[ramen shop]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' are popular?
* ... that '''[[Ranganathan Shashidhar]]''' developed a family of 256-[[Grayscale|greyscale]] electroclinic [[liquid crystal]]s with a response time of less than 100 microseconds?
* ... that '''''[[The Dethe of the Kynge of Scotis]]''''' is the only 15th-century chronicle that says that [[James I of Scotland]] was killed in the [[Garderobe#Toilet|privy]]?
* ... that [[drag boat racing]] driver '''[[Tyler Speer]]'''{{`s}} boat uses parts from his [[ARCA Racing Series]] stock car?
* ... that the [[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]] accurately predicted that '''[[Typhoon Vera (1986)|Typhoon Vera]]''' would strike [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] 66 hours in advance?
* ... that the early Buddhist wall paintings at the '''[[Tiantishan Caves]]''' were [[Detachment of wall paintings|detached]] due to construction of a reservoir?
* ... that '''[[Junius Kaʻae]]''' was implicated in an [[opium]] bribery scandal involving the Hawaiian king [[Kalākaua]] and a '''[[Tong Kee|Chinese rice planter]]'''?
* ... that LSD and psychotherapy were used to treat alcoholics during the '''[[Spring Grove Experiment]]'''?
===2 June 2017===
*'''''00:15, 2 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Krebiozen]], an expensive cancer treatment scam, was unmasked in 1963 by chemist '''[[Alma Levant Hayden]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''''[[Missa aulica]]''''' is a [[Missa brevis]] in [[C major|C]] with trumpets and violins by [[František Xaver Brixi]], who was director of the choir at [[St. Vitus Cathedral]] from age 27?
* ... that the role of '''[[Lofty Chiltern]]''' in ''Casualty'' was specifically written for actor Lee Mead?
* ... that according to the 2009 book '''''[[Pinoy Capital]]''''', a significant number of Filipino Americans in Daly City, California, preferred to be identified as [[Filipinos]]?
* ... that '''[[Ivy Josiah]]''' led opposition to [[domestic violence]] against women and children in Malaysia?
* ... that America's current laws on cadaver acquisitions followed '''[[Sociopolitical issues of anatomy in America in the 19th century| 19th-century riots]]''' over [[Grave robbery|medical grave-robbing]]?
* ... that it was initially claimed by newspapers that '''[[Malcolm Kirk|"King Kong" Kirk]]''' died after being [[Professional wrestling attacks#Big splash|splashed]] by [[Shirley Crabtree|Big Daddy]] Shirley Crabtree in a wrestling match?
* ... that after a long official debate, '''[[Puddletown]]''' stopped being Piddletown?
===1 June 2017===
*'''''00:30, 1 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that all '''[[Nematus spiraeae|aruncus sawflies]]''' ''(larva pictured)'' are female?
* ... that actress Charlotte Salt likened her ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' character '''[[Sam Nicholls]]''' to [[Lara Croft]]?
* ... that freight derailments occurred at both of '''[[Wachusett (MBTA station)|Wachusett]]'''{{'s}} predecessor stations?
* ... that mezzo-soprano '''[[Eva Randová]]''' was nominated for the [[1987 Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]] for her performance as the Kostelnička Buryjovka in Janáček's ''[[Jenůfa]]'' at the Royal Opera House?
* ... that the cyberpunk science-fiction genre was named after the 1983 short story "'''[[Cyberpunk (novel)|Cyberpunk]]'''" by [[Bruce Bethke]]?
* ... that '''[[anchovy paste]]''' has been used for centuries to provide flavor for foods and as a source of nutrition?
* ... that '''[[Mary Florence Potts]]''' patented various styles of cold-handle clothes irons that were the most popular irons ever used?
* ... that in the 1949 film '''''[[Kind Hearts and Coronets]]''''', the actor [[Alec Guinness]] plays nine members of the same family?
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===30 June 2017===
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* ... that larvae of the '''[[Neodiprion lecontei|red-headed pine sawfly]]''' ''(pictured)'' are gregarious, and when they have defoliated a tree, move as a group to a neighbouring one?
* ... that American trade unionist '''[[George Baldanzi]]''' worked out of [[Greensboro, North Carolina]], as part of [[Operation Dixie]] because it was close to many textile plants?
* ... that '''''[[sopa de fideo]]''''', a soup in Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine, may have originated in Spain?
* ... that '''''[[Us Conductors]]''''', the debut novel by [[Sean Michaels (writer)|Sean Michaels]] depicting a fictionalized account of the relationship between [[Léon Theremin]] and [[Clara Rockmore]], won the 2014 [[Scotiabank Giller Prize]]?
* ... that '''[[Desideria Quintanar de Yáñez]]''' was reportedly inspired by a dream to join [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in 1880 in Mexico?
* ... that under '''[[Operation Temperer]]''', thousands of [[British Army]] troops can be deployed to support police in guarding key sites in the UK against terrorist threats?
* ... that '''[[Albert H. Densmore|Al Densmore]]''' was 24 years old when he took his seat in the [[Oregon House of Representatives]], and just four years later his House peers elected him [[Speaker (politics)#Usage|speaker pro tempore]]?
* ... that '''[[ArsenalFanTV]]''' was designed to give football supporters a chance to have their opinions heard?
===29 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 29 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Luigi Gatti (businessman)|Luigi Gatti]]''' ran a restaurant ''(pictured)'' on the ''[[RMS Titanic|Titanic]]'' for passengers for whom first class was not exclusive enough?
* ... that John Hyrum Koyle built the '''[[Dream Mine]]''' after the [[Angel Moroni]] reportedly showed him a [[Nephites|Nephite]] mine in Salem, Utah, which would help fund the [[gathering of Israel]]?
* ... that in 1984, '''[[Typhoon June (1984)|Typhoon June]]''' killed 121 people in the Philippines?
* ... that French [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Alban Lafont]]''' is the youngest goalkeeper ever to play in [[Ligue 1]], having made his debut at the age of 16 years and 310 days?
* ... that the Baroque pipe organ of the '''[[Church of Reinhardtsgrimma]]''' was built by [[Gottfried Silbermann]]?
* ... that the '''[[Ore Dock Brewing Company]]'''{{`s}} flagship beer is named for the recycled material used in constructing the brewery?
* ... that ticket purchases for [[Witness: The Tour]] will include copies of [[Katy Perry]]'s album '''''[[Witness (Katy Perry album)|Witness]]'''''?
* ... that [[Lockheed Martin Space Systems#RCA Astro Electronics|RCA]]'s only astronaut, civilian '''[[Robert J. Cenker |Bob Cenker]],''' narrowly avoided catastrophe during his mission on Space Shuttle ''Columbia'', which experienced several launch-pad aborts and almost exploded?
===28 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 28 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that South African singer and anti-apartheid activist '''[[Miriam Makeba]]''' ''(pictured)'' was followed by the CIA and the FBI after she married [[Black Panther Party|Black Panther]] [[Stokely Carmichael]]?
* ... that the toxin found in the skin of the '''[[hooded pitohui]]''', a bird from New Guinea, is the same as that found in [[Phyllobates|poison arrow frogs]]?
* ... that American pediatrician '''[[L. Emmett Holt Jr.]]''' received the Czechoslovak [[Order of the White Lion]], the Finnish [[Mannerheim Cross]], and the [[Order of the Star of Jordan]]?
* ... that "'''[[Dies sind die heilgen Zehn Gebot]]'''" is a hymnal version of the [[Ten Commandments]] by Martin Luther?
* ... that German [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Lewis Holtby]]''' was eligible to represent [[England national football team|England]] through his paternal lineage?
* ... that the South Korean government tried to [[Metrication|metricate]] the country unsuccessfully four times before finally criminalizing '''[[Korean units|traditional Korean units]]''' in 2007?
* ... that '''[[Alfred Starbird]]''' directed the [[Operation Dominic]] nuclear tests which "significantly enhanced the security of the nation and the free world"?
* ... that the '''[[Thunderbolt (Savin Rock)|Thunderbolt]]''' was damaged by lightning and then destroyed by a hurricane?
===27 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 27 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Mkrtich Khrimian]]''' ''(pictured)'', head of the [[Armenian Apostolic Church|Armenian Church]], endorsed an armed struggle against the Ottoman Turks?
* ... that in '''''[[Batman and Harley Quinn]]''''', [[Kevin Conroy]] reprises his role as Batman?
* ... that '''[[Typhoon Abby (1986)|Typhoon Abby]]''' originated from the Western Pacific [[monsoon trough]]?
* ... that '''[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Zealand|Mormon missionaries were temporarily banned from New Zealand]]''', supposedly for trying to convince Maoris to move to America?
* ... that '''[[Margit Neubauer]]''' appeared as Sesto in Handel's ''[[Giulio Cesare]]'', conducted by [[Nikolaus Harnoncourt]], at the start of her 39-year career at the [[Frankfurt Opera]]?
* ... that the '''[[Gudjonsson suggestibility scale]]''' has been used in court cases to determine how suggestible a person will be during interrogation?
* ... that Indian legislator '''[[Ahmed bin Abdullah Balala]]''' urged the government to relax the helmet rules for motorcyclists due to the high temperatures of the summer months?
* ... that '''[[Warkworth's Chronicle|Warkworth's ''Chronicle'']]''', covering the years 1461 to 1474, reports on the double bleeding of [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]] and a headless man who cries, "Bowes, bowes, bowes"?
===26 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 26 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that proponents of '''[[beer can chicken]]''' ''(pictured)'' claim that the grilling method enhances the chicken's texture and flavor, while others are skeptical of its efficacy?
* ... that the Javanese [[Philology|philologist]] '''[[Poerbatjaraka]]''' obtained a doctorate ''cum laude'' at [[Leiden University]], even though previously he had only attended primary school?
* ... that '''[[Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker]]''', a summer festival of [[chamber music]] founded in 1946, was directed by violinists such as [[Carolin Widmann]]?
* ... that '''[[Liu Qingyun]]''' has been described as "the most prolific woman playwright of the nineteenth century"?
* ... that '''[[Rustin McIntosh]]''' received the ''[[Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)|Croix de guerre]]'' for his service in World War I, and the [[John Howland Award]] for his contributions to pediatrics?
* ... that according to [[Abu Hurairah]], the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]] often recited the Quranic chapter '''''[[Al-Insan]]''''' on Friday during the [[fajr prayer|early morning prayer]]?<!--Special occasion hook for 25 June -->
* ... that the new '''[[West London Air Terminal]]''' building was opened by [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]] in 1963?
* ... that former [[Houston Astros]] pitcher '''[[Mike Grzanich]]''' bought his own uniform in an internet sale?
===25 June 2017===
*'''''00:10, 25 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Battle of Bamber Bridge]]''' began when white American [[military police]] arrested a black [[United States Army Air Forces|USAAF]] soldier in an English village [[pub]] (''pictured''), and ended with a [[mutiny]] that left one dead and seven injured?<!--Special occasion hook for June 24-->
* ... that the ground-dwelling '''[[redthroat]]''' bird can imitate the sound of a [[crested pigeon]] in flight?
* ... that since being introduced in the mid-1990s, the '''[[Dendroctonus valens|red turpentine beetle]]''' has destroyed six million trees in China?
* ... that the '''[[mandatory eight count]]''' was introduced to boxing in 1953 by the [[ New York State Athletic Commission]] in order to protect fighters from unnecessary damage?
* ... that one question about '''[[Hughes Dynamics]]''', an early 1960s subsidiary of [[Hughes Tool Company]], is whether [[Howard Hughes]] ever approved its creation?
* ... that the photographer '''[[Fred Gildersleeve]]''' captured depictions of [[lynching of Jesse Washington|a lynching in progress]]?
* ... that the '''[[2017–18 RFU Championship]]''' will feature a college team that climbed from the bottom tier of English rugby to the second tier within 13 years of its formation?<!--Special occasion hook for June 24-->
* ... that during the '''[[Papal conclave, 1691|1691 papal conclave]]''', cardinals burned down their sleeping quarters in the Vatican while playing cards?
===24 June 2017===
*'''''01:22, 24 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the toxic nature of the '''[[Cortinarius orellanus|fools webcap]]''' ''(pictured)'' was discovered only after 102 people in [[Bydgoszcz]] were poisoned in 1952?
* ... that '''[[D. J. Wilson]]''' entered the [[2017 NBA draft]] rather than staying in college and playing for the '''[[2017–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team]]'''?<!---Special occasion hook for June 23 --->
* ... that the first soundtrack album from ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', titled '''''[[How I Met Your Music]]''''', was originally released only through iTunes because the creators considered CDs to be "too 1992"?
* ... that '''[[Henry Wade (surgeon)|Sir Henry Wade]]''' saved the leg of [[Norman Dott]], who then became a surgeon too?
* ... that Barbadian-Canadian author [[Austin Clarke (novelist)|Austin Clarke]] listened to [[Miles Davis]] while writing his [[Scotiabank Giller Prize]]-winning novel '''''[[The Polished Hoe]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Giovanni Gribodo]]''', an architect in the Italian [[Art Nouveau]] Liberty Style, also published 42 scientific papers describing 377 new taxa of [[Hymenoptera]]?
* ... that '''[[stew peas]]''' with rice was declared to be "the best dish made in Jamaica" by ''[[Gleaner Company|The Gleaner]]'' in 1992?
* ... that '''[[Helen Sandoz]]''' sometimes wrote editorials for the lesbian magazine ''[[The Ladder (magazine)|The Ladder]]'' from the perspective of her cat?
===23 June 2017===
*'''''01:37, 23 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Gregorio Pietro Agagianian|Cardinal Agagianian]]''' ''(pictured)'', leader of a small Eastern church, was twice a serious papal candidate?
* ... that '''[[Washington State Route 522]]''' has been named as one of the most dangerous highways in the United States?
* ... that a famous painting by '''[[Liu Guandao]]''' portrays [[Kublai Khan]] as an "aging and obese man"?
* ... that ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' producers worked with the Association of Air Ambulances for over half a year on the special episode "'''[[Too Old for This Shift]]'''"?
* ... that '''[[Öget Öktem Tanör]]''', Turkey's first neuropsychologist, was charged with "terrorism propaganda" in 2017 for signing a petition?
* ... that only male '''''[[Yellow-crested woodpecker|Chloropicus xantholophus]]''''' have golden crowns?
* ... that a recording of Bartók's ''[[Bluebeard's Castle|Bluebeard's Castle]]'' with '''[[Cornelia Kallisch]]''' as Judith was nominated for a Grammy Award?
* ... that Soviet economist '''[[Dimitri Navachine]]''', assassinated in Paris in 1937, may have been killed for possessing documents showing that certain Soviet political prisoners were innocent?
* ... that in the Southern Hemisphere, all '''[[Nematus oligospilus|willow sawflies]]''' are female, while in the Northern Hemisphere both males and females occur?
* ... that in 1980, the American Meat Institute tried to ban '''[[turkey ham]]''' products from being labeled as such?
===22 June 2017===
*'''''01:52, 22 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Austin Church]]''' and '''[[John Dwight (manufacturer)|John Dwight]]''' were the first to commercially manufacture [[Sodium bicarbonate|baking soda]] in the United States, and the former was first to use the [[Arm & Hammer (brand)|Arm & Hammer]] trademark logo ''(pictured)'' for selling it?
* ... that the '''[[R v Jordan (2016)|Supreme Court of Canada held]]''' that it was unreasonable for there to be a 44-month delay between the filing of charges and the trial?
* ... that in 2003, '''[[Susan Baker]]''' became the first woman to hold a [[King Carl XVI Gustaf Professorship in Environmental Science]]?
* ... that some of the text on the back of the '''''[[Fighters Uncaged]]''''' box resulted in a lawsuit from [[Zuffa]]?
* ... that '''[[Peter Bonsall-Boone]]''' and his partner personally appealed to the Australian prime minister to legalise same-sex marriage?
* ... that the '''''[[Brut Chronicle]]''''' was one of the most-copied chronicles in medieval England?
* ... that the '''[[Tweneboa Enyenra Ntomme Oil Field|TEN Oil Field]]''' in [[Ghana]] was not so named because of the number of oil wells?
* ... that '''[[Roy Wiggins]]''' claimed to have ruined 80 million [[Gramophone record|records]]?
===21 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 21 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the ant '''''[[Cephalotes alveolatus]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is distinguished by its clubbed hairs?
* ... that Soviet economist '''[[Dimitri Navachine]]''', assassinated in Paris in 1937, may have been killed for possessing documents showing that certain Soviet political prisoners were innocent?
* ... that in his '''[[Viola Sonata (Waterhouse)|Viola Sonata]]''' entitled ''Sonata ebraica'' ("Hebrew Sonata"), [[Graham Waterhouse]] quotes the Yiddish song "''[[Oyfn Pripetshik]]''"?
* ... that '''[[Frieda Fraser]]''' and [[Edith Williams]] corresponded for 24 years before they were able to acquire a home to live together in 1941?
* ... that the [[National Film Awards]] in various categories have been presented to the films '''''[[Doghi]]''''' ('''[[National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues|Other Social Issues]]'''), '''''[[Vastupurush]]''''' ([[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|Best Feature Film in Marathi]]), '''''[[Devrai]]''''' ('''[[National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation|Environment Conservation/Preservation]]'''), '''''[[Samhita (film)|Samhita]]''''' ([[National Film Award for Best Music Direction|Best Music Direction]]), '''''[[Astu]]''''' ('''[[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Dialogue]]''') and '''''[[Kaasav]]''''' ('''[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|Best Feature Film]]'''), all by filmmaker duo '''[[Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar]]'''?
* ... that the first tests of the '''[[British hydrogen bomb programme]]''' were hailed as a triumph but in fact were failures?
* ... that '''[[Oscar Lerman]]''' produced ''[[The Stud (film)|The Stud]]'', ''[[The Bitch (film)|The Bitch]]'', and two children with [[Jackie Collins]]?
===20 June 2017===
*'''''05:16, 20 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[May Bonfils Stanton]]''' built an exact replica of [[Marie Antoinette]]'s [[Petit Trianon]] château ''(pictured)'' on her estate in [[Lakewood, Colorado]]?
* ... that '''''[[Flood of Fire]]''''', the final volume of the [[Ibis trilogy]] by [[Amitav Ghosh]], won the [[Crossword Book Award|Crossword Book Jury Award]] in Fiction in 2015?
* ... that '''[[Barry Shaw (barrister)|Sir Barry Shaw]]''' was the first Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland?
* ... that the pelage of '''[[Ruschi's rat]]''' is a mixture of ordinary hairs and flattened, black-tipped spines?
* ... that William Lloyd Webber's '''''[[Missa Princeps Pacis]]''''' was performed at [[St Martin-in-the-Fields]] to celebrate his centenary?
* ... that a [[cable car (railway)|cable car]] [[flywheel]] found during construction of '''[[Pioneer Square station]]''' in Seattle now sits on display at the station's mezzanine?
* ... that [[Xavier Bettel]] became the first [[European Union]] leader to marry someone of the same sex when he married '''[[Gauthier Destenay]]''' in 2015?
* ... that "'''[[Empty Orchestra]]'''", an episode of ''[[Inside No. 9]]'', features a [[karaoke]] version of [[Yazoo (band)|Yazoo]]'s "[[Only You (Yazoo song)|Only You]]" sung by Janet, who is played by the Deaf actor Emily Howlett?
===19 June 2017===
*'''''05:31, 19 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Seoul has a new elevated park, '''[[Seoullo 7017 Skypark]]''' ''(pictured)'', converted from a disused overpass?
* ... that Canadian author [[David Bergen]] won the [[McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award]] for '''''[[A Year of Lesser]]''''' (1996), '''''[[The Time in Between]]''''' (2005), and '''''[[The Retreat (David Bergen novel)|The Retreat]]''''' (2009)?
* ... that '''[[Andre Anderson (gridiron football)|Andre Anderson]]''' was the first [[New Mexico State Aggies football|New Mexico State Aggies]] player to be selected for the [[East–West Shrine Game]]?
* ... that '''''[[Die Weihe der Nacht]]''''', composed by [[Max Reger]] for a female soloist, men's choir, and orchestra and set to a poem by [[Friedrich Hebbel]], evokes daybreak?
* ... that '''''[[Cephalotes caribicus]]''''' worker ants had semitransparent expansions on their bodies, possibly for protection?
* ... that '''[[Jennie Anderson Froiseth]]''', an anti-[[polygamy]] crusader during the 1800s, published a book about the experiences of women in polygamous marriages?
* ... that one of the reasons for the [[Partitions of Poland|partitioning of Poland]] was the thousands of Russian peasants '''[[Fugitive peasants|escaping from serfdom]]''' to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth?
* ... that [[Sarah Lancashire]] was nominated for four [[British Academy Television Awards]] between 2013 and 2017, '''[[List of awards and nominations received by Sarah Lancashire|and won two of them]]'''?
===18 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 18 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that "'''[[Lofsöngur]]'''", the national anthem of [[Iceland]], was composed in an [[Edinburgh]] town house ''(pictured)''?<!--Special occasion request for June 17-->
* ... that to portray events of '''''[[The Blair Witch Project]]''''' as real, its actors were listed on the [[IMDb]] website as "missing, presumed dead"?
* ... that pathologist '''[[Walter Sydney Lazarus-Barlow|Walter Lazarus-Barlow]]''' pricked his thumb during a postmortem examination and lost an arm as a result?
* ... that '''[[Violet Lake]]''', a high-elevation lake on the slope of the [[West Maui Mountains]], was believed to be the home of the Hawaiian lizard goddess Kihawahine?
* ... that the '''[[Estadio Tecnológico de Oaxaca]]''' was designed to mimic the ball court at [[Monte Albán]]?
* ... that the '''[[blackchin shiner]]''' was thought to have vanished from [[Ohio]] before 1940, until it was rediscovered there in the 1980s?
* ... that Mozart composed his motet ''[[Ave verum corpus]]'' for the church choir of '''[[St. Stephan, Baden|St. Stephan in Baden]]''' on 17 June 1791?<!--Special occasion hook request for June 17-->
* ... that '''[[Roy Ananny]]''' was a [[Canadian football]] player, a fireman, a police officer, a [[curling]] player, and a realtor?
===17 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 17 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that letters written by '''[[Abigail Franks]]''' ''(pictured)'' to her son in England are peppered with family gossip, local politics, and observations on the state of [[Judaism]] in 18th-century [[Colonial history of the United States|colonial New York]]?
* ... that '''[[arson in royal dockyards]]''' was one of the last four crimes in the United Kingdom to carry the death penalty?
* ... that in 2016 '''[[Pascal Rophé]]''' conducted works by [[Henri Dutilleux]] to celebrate the composer's centenary, including ''[[Tout un monde lointain...]]'' and ''[[Le temps l'horloge]]''?<!-- Special occasion hook for June 16 -->
* ... that in the Southern Hemisphere, all '''[[Nematus oligospilus|willow sawflies]]''' are female, while in the Northern Hemisphere both males and females occur?
* ... that '''[[Deepak Kumar (physicist)|Deepak Kumar]]''' was one of the first Indian [[Condensed matter physics|condensed matter physicists]] to predict the experimental consequences of spin clusters near the [[percolation threshold]]?
* ... that [[the Beach Boys]]' [[experimental music|experimental]] album '''''[[Smiley Smile]]''''' (1967) was used by some [[drug rehabilitation|rehab]] centers to help ease patients off drugs?
* ... that '''[[walnut soup]]''' is a part of the cuisines of China, Italy, and Mexico?
* ... that '''[[Jimmy Florian]]''' won the Ford Motor Company's first [[Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series|NASCAR Grand National Series]] race while driving a car that was formerly owned by the [[Detroit Police Department|Detroit chief of police]]?
===16 June 2017===
*'''''00:10, 16 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Oscar Wilde Memorial Sculpture]]''' ''(pictured)'' is nicknamed "The Queer with the Leer" and "The Fag on the Crag"?
* ... that '''[[William R. Rowley]]''' was one of nine American Civil War generals who came from [[Galena, Illinois]]?
* ... that in 1621, it was suggested that the '''[[Aeterni Patris Filius|election of future popes]]''' should take place in the presence of the previous pope's corpse?
* ... that '''[[Kingsley, Iowa]]''', was once named Quorn after the [[Quorn Hunt]] in England?
* ... that '''[[Wolf W. Zuelzer]]''', who demonstrated that children could be cured of [[leukemia]], died from the disease in old age?
* ... that the video game '''''[[Resident Evil 7: Biohazard]]''''' resolved to focus on [[survival horror]] as opposed to its predecessors' [[Action-adventure game|action-oriented]] gameplay?
* ... that [[Seattle]]'s '''[[University Street station]]''' was designed in a "[[high-tech architecture|high-tech]]" style to match nearby high-rise office buildings?
* ... that rugby union player '''[[Fionn McLoughlin]]''' represented both Ireland and Wales in youth internationals?
===15 June 2017===
*'''''00:25, 15 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Muthusamy Lakshmanan]]''', K. Murali, and [[Leon O. Chua]] developed a non-autonomous circuit based on [[Chaos theory|chaotic]] behavior ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Newcastle Interchange railway station]]''' was completely redesigned in response to criticism of the original proposal?
* ... that a [[Munchausen by proxy]] expert says the '''[[murder of Dee Dee Blancharde]]''', discovered two years ago today, is the first instance he knows of where the abused child killed the abusive parent? <!--Special occasion hook for June 14-->
* ... that during the '''[[Spanish conquest of El Salvador]]''', the Spanish town of [[San Salvador]] was destroyed by natives within a year of being founded by [[Gonzalo de Alvarado]]?
* ... that '''[[Andreas Schager]]''' was called a "sensation" when he first performed Wagner's [[Tristan und Isolde|Tristan]] in [[Minden]], and went on to [[Götterdämmerung|Siegfried]] at the [[Staatsoper Berlin]], [[La Scala]], and [[The Proms]]?
* ... that '''[[tonkotsu ramen]]''' is renowned for the significant time it can take to prepare a proper version of the dish?
* ... that [[Joseph Nāwahī|Joseph]] and '''[[Emma Nāwahī]]''' co-founded the Hawaiian-language newspaper ''Ke Aloha Aina'' to [[Opposition to the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii#Resistance to annexation|oppose the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands]] to the United States?
* ... that contrary to the urban myth, '''[[999 phone charging myth|dialing 999 does not charge mobile phone batteries]]'''?
===14 June 2017===
*'''''00:40, 14 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Michelangelo had [[Sebastiano del Piombo]] paint his '''''[[The Raising of Lazarus (Sebastiano del Piombo)|Raising of Lazarus]]''''' ''(detail pictured)'' to outdo his rival Raphael, but Raphael's painting was judged superior?
* ... that the '''[[Hoplocampa testudinea|apple sawfly]]''' is invasive in North America, and a '''[[Lathrolestes ensator|parasitic wasp]]''' has been introduced in an attempt to [[Biological pest control|control]] it?
* ... that a good word from his son-in-law's employer gained '''[[Edward L. Hedden]]''' the position of [[Collector of the Port of New York]]?
* ... that the leader of the [[Chechens|Chechen]]-led [[Jihadism|Jihadist]] group '''[[Ajnad al-Kavkaz]]''' believes there will eventually be a world war against Russia?
* ... that U.S. citizens are [[Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act|prohibited]] from conducting business transactions with '''[[Elvis González Valencia]]'''?
* ... that the final mission from the [[54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron]] was flown into '''[[Typhoon Cary (1987)|Typhoon Cary]]'''?
* ... that professional wrestler '''[[Jerry London (wrestler)|Jerry London]]''' worked in the main event of both the [[EMLL 33rd Anniversary Show (1)|first]] and [[EMLL 33rd Anniversary Show (2)|second EMLL 33rd anniversary show]], three weeks apart?
* ... that [[cormorant|shags]] may be '''[[Spotted shag|spotted]]''' in New Zealand?
===13 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 13 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that several varieties of '''[[coconut soup]]''' exist, such as ''binignit'', ''laksa'', and ''tom kha kai'' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that Indian quantum physicist '''[[Shasanka Mohan Roy]]''' developed an exact [[integral equation]], now known as "Roy's equations"?
* ... that the '''[[Jefferson Elementary School District]]''' started with a one-room building constructed in 1856?
* ... that '''[[Shinnyo]]''' was the first fully ordained [[bhikkhuni]] for several hundred years?
* ... that '''[[Vessel (structure)|154 flights of stairs]]''' in New York City will cost $150 million to $200 million?
* ... that in 1907, '''[[George H. Brimhall]]''' permitted [[Brigham Young University]] students to paint the letters "B", "Y", and "U" on the mountain nearest to campus, but the work was only partially completed and it became [[Y Mountain]]?
* ... that the video game '''''[[Nights: Journey of Dreams]]''''' inspired an unofficial two-CD tribute album?
* ... that when the Vikings '''[[Viking raid on Seville (844)|occupied Seville in 844]]''', they tried unsuccessfully to burn the city's great mosque?
* ... that the '''[[red-billed quelea]]''' is the most numerous undomesticated bird species on earth, with an estimated population peaking at 1.5 billion?
* ... that '''[[Bae (word)|bae]]''' is a term of endearment popular on social media and in contemporary song lyrics?
===12 June 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[red-billed quelea]]''' ''(flock pictured)'' is the most numerous undomesticated bird species on earth, with an estimated population sometimes peaking at 1.5 billion?
* ... that '''[[Jon Anabo]]''' was half of the "best 1-2 quarterback punch on the West Coast"?
* ... that the death toll in a '''[[2016 Irkutsk mass methanol poisoning|2016 mass methanol poisoning]]''' in [[Irkutsk]], Russia, led the Associated Press to call it "unprecedented in its scale"?
* ... that '''[[Helmut Franz]]''' conducted the [[NDR Chor]] in Ligeti's ''[[Lux Aeterna (Ligeti)|Lux aeterna]]'', which was later used as music for ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]''?
* ... that '''[[Typhoon Kelly (1987)|Typhoon Kelly]]''' caused 452 landslides in Japan?
* ... that a play by '''[[Babette Hughes]]''' was performed in 1938 by six blind actresses?
* ... that the journalist behind the '''[[Narada sting operation]]''' was inspired by Israeli [[Mossad]] officer [[Mike Harari]]?
* ... that real-life advertising "[[Mad Men|Mad Man]]" '''[[John Salmon (advertising executive)|"Smokey" Salmon]]''' fired the Ford Motor Company?
===11 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 11 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the original 7th-century elements ''(detail pictured)'' of the Japanese '''[[Tenjukoku Shūchō Mandala|''Tenjukoku Shūchō'' Mandala]]''' remain better preserved than the replica created approximately 600 years later?
* ... that '''[[Marguerite Alibert]]''' killed her husband after watching ''[[The Merry Widow]]'' with him?
* ... that after releasing '''''[[DanTDM: Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal]]''''', author [[Dan Middleton]] was the first writer in 2016 to sell out tickets to his event at the [[Cheltenham Literature Festival]]?
* ... that [[white nationalist]] '''[[Mike Enoch]]''' helped [[Richard B. Spencer|Richard Spencer]] successfully sue [[Auburn University]] after it attempted to cancel their speaking engagement?
* ... that the '''[[Sea Bright-Monmouth Beach Seawall]]''' runs along a stretch of Atlantic Coast that is one of the most heavily [[Coastal engineering|engineered sections of ocean shorefront]] in the world?
* ... that DJ '''[[Minami Momochi]]''' wears an [[Animegao kigurumi|anime character face mask]] while performing?
* ... that the '''[[Estadio Gaspar Mass]]''' is named for one of the pioneers of American football in the Mexican state of [[Nuevo León]]?
* ... that '''[[Jacob C. White Jr.|White]]''' was the first black school principal of Philadelphia?
===10 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 10 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that "Dutch" comic '''[[Josie Sadler]]''' ''(pictured)'' recorded her biggest [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] hit for [[Victor Talking Machine Company|Victor]], but it was never released?
* ... that there is indirect, but unconfirmed, evidence of certain diseases being spread by '''[[toilet plume]]'''?
* ... that professional baseball player '''[[Devin Smeltzer]]''' was diagnosed with cancer when he was nine years old?
* ... that the title track of [[Barbra Streisand]]'s '''''[[Lazy Afternoon (Barbra Streisand album)|Lazy Afternoon]]''''' was suggested to her over dinner by [[Francis Ford Coppola]]?
* ... that during the [[Proclamation No. 1081|Martial Law]], [[Imelda Marcos]] prevented local screenings of the film '''''[[Insiang]]''''' as it did not depict a "beautiful view" of the Philippines?
* ... that the ''[[Carmen Sandiego]]'' edutainment franchise, which began with video games ''[[Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (1985 video game)|World]]'' (1985) and '''''[[Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego? (1986 video game)|U.S.A.]]''''' (1986), will see its [[Carmen Sandiego (2019 TV series)|fourth television series]] air on Netflix in 2019?
* ... that '''[[Biswa Ranjan Nag]]''' has contributed to the development of a [[Monte Carlo method]] for the computation of the coefficient of velocity?
* ... that the [[Television pilot|pilots]] for '''''[[Apollo Gauntlet]]''''' and '''''[[Hot Streets (TV series)|Hot Streets]]''''' were released online by [[Adult Swim]], who gave viewers the opportunity to rate each using five buttons marked with reactions?
===9 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 9 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Kollegienkirche, Salzburg|Kollegienkirche]]''' ''(pictured in 1712)'', the church of the [[University of Salzburg]] built by [[Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach|Fischer von Erlach]], was the venue for a [[Hugo von Hofmannsthal|Hofmannsthal]] premiere and a [[Luci mie traditrici|Sciarrone opera]]?
* ... that the '''[[Lynnwood Convention Center]]''' was rejected by voters on three occasions in the 1980s and 1990s, before it was finally built in 2005?
* ... that [[Claude Henderson]] was the first '''[[List of Kolpak cricketers|cricketer to sign a Kolpak contract]]'''?
* ... that '''[[George Morison Robertson]]''', a Scottish expatriate in Hawaii, married a shipwrecked Englishwoman from Australia?
* ... that [[Robert E. Sherwood]]'s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1938 play '''''[[Abe Lincoln in Illinois (play)|Abe Lincoln in Illinois]]''''' was written as a riposte to [[Isolationism|isolationists]] in the United States?
* ... that all 300 special edition copies of '''''[[SimetriSiti]]''''', an album by Malaysian singer [[Siti Nurhaliza]], sold out in 20 minutes?
* ... that '''[[Alaska P. Davidson]]''' was the first female [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] [[special agent]]?
* ... that the '''[[Minar (Firuzabad)|Minar]]''' in the centre of the [[Sasanian Empire|Sassanid]] circular city of [[Firuzabad, Fars|Gōr]] may have been an observation tower, a water tower, part of a temple, a symbol of the new government, or a combination of these?
===8 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 8 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[ham sausage]]''' ''(example pictured)'' is a part of Polish, German, British, and American cuisine?
* ... that '''[[Edward Dalton]]''' created New York City's first ambulance service?
* ... that the short satirical opera '''''[[Das geheime Königreich]]''''' (''The Secret Kingdom'') by [[Ernst Krenek]] premiered in [[Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden|Wiesbaden in May 1928]]?
* ... that Venezuelan [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Sergio Córdova]]''' scored on his professional debut for [[Caracas FC]]?
* ... that unmated female '''''[[Diprion similis]]''''' produce only male offspring while mated females produce young of both sexes?
* ... that '''[[Albert P. Halfhill]]''' is considered the father of the [[Tuna#Canned|tuna]] packing industry and was the first to use the slogan "chicken of the sea" as a sales gimmick?
* ... that in 1984, '''[[Tropical Storm Warren (1984)|Tropical Storm Warren]]''' destroyed 740 homes across the Philippines?
* ... that activist '''[[Ed Forchion]]''' tried to legally [[Name change|change his name]] to NJWeedman.com, but was denied by courts in New Jersey and California?
===7 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 7 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Jean Trogneux]]''' ''(shop pictured)'' is a chain of [[macaron]] shops named after the father of [[Brigitte Macron]], wife of the President of France?
* ... that comments made by [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA) president '''[[Dennis Coralluzzo]]''' led to [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]] breaking away from the NWA?
* ... that '''[[Erwünschtes Freudenlicht, BWV 184|''Erwünschtes Freudenlicht'', BWV 184]]''', [[Bach cantata|Bach's cantata]] for the [[Whit Tuesday|third day of Pentecost]], contains dances, because it is based on a secular model?<!--Special occasion hook for June 6-->
* ... that the first civil '''[[Commissioner of Weihaiwei]]''' oversaw the transformation of the territory from a planned British naval base to a holiday resort?
* ... that '''[[Narmada Seva Yatra|a campaign]]''' to conserve the [[Narmada River]] centering around a {{convert|2930|km|adj=on}} [[yatra]] has reached more than 30 million people?
* ... that the billed personality of ''[[EastEnders]]'' character '''[[Babe Smith]]''' was swapped with that of [[Stan Carter]]?
* ... that [[Andrew Jackson]]'s objection to a renewed embargo between the United States and West Indies in the wake of the '''[[1827 North Carolina hurricane]]''' helped him win the presidency a year later?
* ... that '''[[Lady Hambro]]''' was nicknamed "the bulldozer" when she worked at ''[[Queen (magazine)|Queen]]'' magazine in 1960s [[Swinging London]]?
===6 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 6 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[The Avenue at Middelharnis]]''''' ''(pictured)'' by [[Meindert Hobbema]] is his most famous painting, but it does not typify his work?
* ... that '''[[Henry Ludington]]''' helped General [[George Washington]] create a [[Espionage|spy ring]] to gather information on British troops during the American Revolutionary War?
* ... that '''''[[The Old Axolotl]]''''', an experimental [[electronic literature|electronic novel]] by [[Jacek Dukaj]] presenting a [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction|post-apocalyptic]], [[cyberpunk]] vision of Earth, incorporates hypertext and 3D-printable models of its characters?
* ... that '''[[Phil Lyne]]''' entered more than 100 rodeos in 1971 and 1972, winning the [[All-Around Cowboy]] championship in both years?
* ... that '''[[Typhoon Dinah (1987)|Typhoon Dinah]]''' was considered the worst tropical cyclone to affect [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] in 20 years?
* ... that '''[[Pirgel]]''' is the highest [[mud volcano]] in Iran?
* ... that when the Vikings '''[[Viking raid on Seville (844)|occupied Seville in 844]]''', they tried unsuccessfully to burn the city's great mosque?
* ... that the '''[[Bone Bill]]''' aimed to increase the number of [[cadaver]]s available for [[dissection]]?
===5 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 5 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Joseph Ray Watkins|J. R. Watkins]]''' ''(pictured with sales wagon)'' offered America's first [[money back guarantee]] for his products?
* ... that "'''[[Der Geist des Herrn erfüllt das All]]'''", a hymn for [[Pentecost]], was written by [[Maria Luise Thurmair]] in 1941, the year of her marriage to the hymn writer [[Georg Thurmair]]?<!---Special occasion hook for June 4 --->
* ... that in the rubber tree genus '''''[[Hevea]]''''', '''''[[Hevea benthamiana|H. benthamiana]]''''', '''''[[Hevea microphylla|H. microphylla]]''''', and ''[[Hevea brasiliensis|H. brasiliensis]]'' are deciduous, while '''''[[Hevea guianensis|H. guianensis]]''''', '''''[[Hevea nitida|H. nitida]]''''', '''''[[Hevea rigidifolia|H. rigidifolia]]''''', and '''''[[Hevea spruceana|H. spruceana]]''''' are evergreen?
* ... that '''[[Paul M. Nakasone]]''' commanded the [[Second United States Army]] until it was inactivated for the fourth time in its history in 2017?
* ... that [[Green Day]]'s 2016 song "'''[[Bang Bang (Green Day song)|Bang Bang]]'''" was inspired by the events of [[Mass shooting#United States|mass shootings in the United States]] and is written from the viewpoint of a mass shooter?
* ... that '''[[H. J. de Graaf]]''' was called the "father of the study of Javanese history" by historian [[M. C. Ricklefs]]?
* ... that Russia has denied claims that it has '''[[Russian–Syrian hospital bombing campaign|attacked hospitals in Syria]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Taufa Vakatale]]''' was the first indigenous [[Fiji]]an woman to serve as a secondary school principal, to be elected as a cabinet minister, and to be president of [[Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei|her political party]]?
* ... that fans of the [[Atlanta Braves]] were asked to stop doing the '''[[tomahawk chop]]''' with foam tomahawks, as it was viewed as a mockery of Native Americans?
===4 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 4 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Estadio Tecnológico]]''' ''(pictured)'' hosted all three group stage matches of the [[England national football team]] in the [[1986 FIFA World Cup]]?
* ... that '''[[Taufa Vakatale]]''' was the first indigenous [[Fiji]]an woman to serve as a secondary school principal, to be elected as a cabinet minister, and to be president of [[Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei|her political party]]?
* ... that the '''[[Hochschule für Musik Mainz]]''' collaborated with the [[Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden]] to stage a production of Scarlatti's ''[[La Giuditta#Scarlatti's Cambridge Giuditta|La Giuditta]]'' earlier this year?
* ... that when President [[George H. W. Bush]] violated his "[[Read my lips: no new taxes]]" pledge, opposition by House Minority Whip [[Newt Gingrich]] led to the '''[[United States federal government shutdown of 1990|U.S. federal government shutdown of 1990]]'''?
* ... that tabletop game '''''[[Beasts of Balance]]''''' won the Technology Award at the 2015 [[Indiecade]] festival?
* ... that the '''[[Marriage (Wales) Act 2010]]''' was passed by Parliament to bring the marriage law of the disestablished Church in Wales into line with the established Church of England?
* ... that '''[[Vijay Kumar Kapahi]]''' elucidated the relativistic beaming in nuclear jets of [[Quasar|quasars]]?
* ... that for decades, Long Island commuters knocked knees on the [[Long Island Rail Road]]'s '''[[PRR MP70]]''' cars?
===3 June 2017===
*'''''00:00, 3 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in Japan, television shows devoted to '''[[ramen shop]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' are popular?
* ... that '''[[Ranganathan Shashidhar]]''' developed a family of 256-[[Grayscale|greyscale]] electroclinic [[liquid crystal]]s with a response time of less than 100 microseconds?
* ... that '''''[[The Dethe of the Kynge of Scotis]]''''' is the only 15th-century chronicle that says that [[James I of Scotland]] was killed in the [[Garderobe#Toilet|privy]]?
* ... that [[drag boat racing]] driver '''[[Tyler Speer]]'''{{`s}} boat uses parts from his [[ARCA Racing Series]] stock car?
* ... that the [[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]] accurately predicted that '''[[Typhoon Vera (1986)|Typhoon Vera]]''' would strike [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] 66 hours in advance?
* ... that the early Buddhist wall paintings at the '''[[Tiantishan Caves]]''' were [[Detachment of wall paintings|detached]] due to construction of a reservoir?
* ... that '''[[Junius Kaʻae]]''' was implicated in an [[opium]] bribery scandal involving the Hawaiian king [[Kalākaua]] and a '''[[Tong Kee|Chinese rice planter]]'''?
* ... that LSD and psychotherapy were used to treat alcoholics during the '''[[Spring Grove Experiment]]'''?
===2 June 2017===
*'''''00:15, 2 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Krebiozen]], an expensive cancer treatment scam, was unmasked in 1963 by chemist '''[[Alma Levant Hayden]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''''[[Missa aulica]]''''' is a [[Missa brevis]] in [[C major|C]] with trumpets and violins by [[František Xaver Brixi]], who was director of the choir at [[St. Vitus Cathedral]] from age 27?
* ... that the role of '''[[Lofty Chiltern]]''' in ''Casualty'' was specifically written for actor Lee Mead?
* ... that according to the 2009 book '''''[[Pinoy Capital]]''''', a significant number of Filipino Americans in Daly City, California, preferred to be identified as [[Filipinos]]?
* ... that '''[[Ivy Josiah]]''' led opposition to [[domestic violence]] against women and children in Malaysia?
* ... that America's current laws on cadaver acquisitions followed '''[[Sociopolitical issues of anatomy in America in the 19th century| 19th-century riots]]''' over [[Grave robbery|medical grave-robbing]]?
* ... that it was initially claimed by newspapers that '''[[Malcolm Kirk|"King Kong" Kirk]]''' died after being [[Professional wrestling attacks#Big splash|splashed]] by [[Shirley Crabtree|Big Daddy]] Shirley Crabtree in a wrestling match?
* ... that after a long official debate, '''[[Puddletown]]''' stopped being Piddletown?
===1 June 2017===
*'''''00:30, 1 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that all '''[[Nematus spiraeae|aruncus sawflies]]''' ''(larva pictured)'' are female?
* ... that actress Charlotte Salt likened her ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' character '''[[Sam Nicholls]]''' to [[Lara Croft]]?
* ... that freight derailments occurred at both of '''[[Wachusett (MBTA station)|Wachusett]]'''{{'s}} predecessor stations?
* ... that mezzo-soprano '''[[Eva Randová]]''' was nominated for the [[1987 Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]] for her performance as the Kostelnička Buryjovka in Janáček's ''[[Jenůfa]]'' at the Royal Opera House?
* ... that the cyberpunk science-fiction genre was named after the 1983 short story "'''[[Cyberpunk (novel)|Cyberpunk]]'''" by [[Bruce Bethke]]?
* ... that '''[[anchovy paste]]''' has been used for centuries to provide flavor for foods and as a source of nutrition?
* ... that '''[[Mary Florence Potts]]''' patented various styles of cold-handle clothes irons that were the most popular irons ever used?
* ... that in the 1949 film '''''[[Kind Hearts and Coronets]]''''', the actor [[Alec Guinness]] plays nine members of the same family?
