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===31 May 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Wynee]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first [[Native Hawaiian]] to travel outside the islands on a foreign vessel?
* ... that in his '''''[[Requiem für einen jungen Dichter]]''''', composer [[Bernd Alois Zimmermann]] combines the Latin [[Requiem]] with literary, philosophical, religious and political texts that shaped his lifetime?
* ... that according to Ralph Wolfe Cowan who painted him as '''''[[The Visionary]]''''', Donald Trump's hands are "perfectly proportioned"?
* ... that infighting among the [[conquistador]]s hindered the '''[[Spanish conquest of Honduras]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[Pediatric Symptom Checklist]]''' identifies children with problems in [[psychosocial]] functioning by measuring inner distress and mood, behavior, and attention?
* ... that the association footballer '''[[Harry Beadles]]''' was awarded the [[Medal for Bravery (Serbia)|Serbian gold medal]] for bravery during World War I?
* ... that '''[[Typhoon Gerald]]''' was the one of three [[typhoon]]s spawned by the [[monsoon trough]] in early September 1987?
* ... that thousands of escaped slaves created a free colony on '''[[Edisto Island during the American Civil War|Edisto Island, South Carolina, during the American Civil War]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Yunus (surah)|the tenth chapter of the Quran]]''' is named after [[Jonah]], even though only 1 of its 109 verses mentions him?
* ... that '''[[Mary M. Crawford]]''' became [[Brooklyn]]'s first female ambulance surgeon after the hospital forgot to exclude women from applying?
===30 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 30 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Réunion National Park]]''' ''(pictured)'' could become the first [[List of national parks of France|French national park]] to lose its status?
* ... that Reverend '''[[Arthur Broome]]''' was one of the founders of the [[Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals|RSPCA]] and, as guarantor for the society's debts, went to [[debtors' prison]] when it declared bankruptcy?
* ... that the borders negotiated after the '''[[Song-Lý War]]''' largely remain as the current boundaries between China and Vietnam?
* ... that '''[[Probir Roy]]''' proposed a solution for the ''U''(n)-symmetric [[Thirring model]]?
* ... that on the links at the [[Trump National Golf Club (Washington, D.C.)|Trump National Golf Club]] in Virginia, '''[[River of Blood (monument)|a monument]]''' commemorates a [[American Civil War|Civil War]] battle that never happened?
* ... that the [[Native Hawaiian]] suffragist '''[[Wilhelmina Kekelaokalaninui Widemann Dowsett|Wilhelmina Widemann Dowsett]]''' organized the first women's suffrage club in the [[Territory of Hawaii]] and believed women were superior to men?
* ... that [[Siti Nurhaliza]] won her 13th Best Vocal Performance (Female) in a Song award from [[Anugerah Industri Muzik]] with "'''[[Menatap dalam Mimpi]]'''"?
* ... that the [[National Wrestling Association]]'s '''[[World Light Heavyweight Championship (National Wrestling Association)|World Light Heavyweight Championship]]''' was originally created by the [[National Boxing Association]]?
===29 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 29 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Malacañang of the North]]''' ''(pictured)'' was built as a presidential mansion for [[Ferdinand Marcos]]' 60th birthday?
* ... that '''[[Eli Parsons Royce]]''' founded the city of [[Escanaba, Michigan]], while '''[[Nelson Ludington]]''' named it?
* ... that "'''[[Mer Hayrenik]]'''", the national anthem of the [[First Republic of Armenia]], became a [[protest song]] when it was banned during the [[Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic|Soviet era]]?<!-- Special occasion hook for May 28 -->
* ... that [[Isadora Duncan]] danced at '''[[The Wabe]]''' in London's [[Hampstead]] to raise money for the cause of [[women's suffrage]]?
* ... that during his youth, Argentine president '''[[Néstor Kirchner]]''' was present at the [[Ezeiza massacre]] and the [[expulsion of Montoneros from Plaza de Mayo]]?
* ... that the Japanese [[visual novel]] '''''[[Harmonia (visual novel)|Harmonia]]''''' was first released in English to see how the game would be received worldwide before its release in Japan?
* ... that '''[[Manning M. Kimmel]]''' was one of four [[West Point]] graduates to fight on both sides of the [[American Civil War]]?
* ... that the [[Miami Dolphins]]' '''[[1966 Miami Dolphins season|first-ever regular season game]]''' began with running back [[Joe Auer]] returning the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown?
===28 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 28 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Rose C. Davison]]''' ''(pictured)'' represented Hawaii at the 1901 [[Pan-American Exposition]] as a symbol of "Kanaka civility" to counter the image of [[hula]] dancers?
* ... that [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] are looking to win a record 13th FA Cup at the '''[[2017 FA Cup Final|FA Cup Final]]''' against [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] today?<!--Special occasion request for May 27-->
* ... that '''[[Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz]]''' was a daredevil [[Equestrianism|horseman]] whose feats included riding between the sails of a [[windmill]] in full swing?
* ... that parts of southern [[New Mexico]] and [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]] were covered by the former '''[[Lake Palomas]]''', the remnants of which existed as recently as 500 years ago?
* ... that the soprano '''[[Margot Guilleaume]]''' recorded the part of Marzelline in Beethoven's ''[[Fidelio]]'' in a complete live recording without dialogue in 1948?
* ... that '''''[[Sallekhana]]''''' is a religious practice of voluntarily fasting to death?
* ... that the emotional journey of the protagonist in the 2004 [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] novel '''''[[Gifts (novel)|Gifts]]''''' has been compared to that of Max in the 1963 children's picture book ''[[Where the Wild Things Are]]''?
* ... that '''[[Albertine Lapensée]]''', described as Canada's first female ice hockey "superstar", was dogged by accusations of being a man?
===27 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 27 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the Lutheran church '''[[St. Laurentii, Itzehoe|St. Laurentii]]''' in [[Itzehoe]] had one of [[Arp Schnitger]]'s last [[pipe organ]]s ''(case pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[James Scott Howard]]''', the postmaster of [[Toronto]], infuriated his superiors by refusing to open mail of suspected rebels before [[Upper Canada Rebellion|the 1837 uprising]]?
* ... that during the '''[[Kediri campaign (1678)|1678 Kediri campaign]]''', the [[Dutch East India Company|VOC]]–[[Mataram Sultanate|Mataram]] army purposely split itself and took a longer route to Kediri, in order to impress more people?
* ... that the prosecution of '''[[Theoris of Lemnos]]''' is the most detailed account of a [[Witch-hunt#Classical antiquity|witch trial]] to survive from Classical Greece?
* ... that the diet of the '''[[white woodpecker]]''' includes wasps and bees, their larvae and honey?
* ... that former [[Snohomish County Executive]] '''[[Bob Drewel]]''' had surgery to treat [[prostate cancer]] only days after being re-elected to a third term?
* ... that during the '''[[Papal conclave, March 1605|March 1605 papal conclave]]''', a fight broke out that was so noisy that people outside opened the doors early because they thought a new pope had been elected?
* ... that '''[[Mary Ann Harris Gay]]'''{{`s}} memoir ''Life in Dixie During the War'' directly inspired several of the scenes in the novel ''[[Gone with the Wind (novel)|Gone with the Wind]]''?
===26 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 26 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Sandro Botticelli|Botticelli]]'s four panels with '''''[[Scenes from the Life of Saint Zenobius]]''''' ''(detail pictured)'' are split among three museums?<!---Special occasion hook for 25 May --->
* ... that the '''[[Custer Wolf]]''', a North American [[gray wolf]] referred to as the "master criminal of the animal world", killed livestock worth almost $300,000 in today's money?
* ... that '''[[Margot Shiner]]''', who fled Nazi Germany as a teenager, was instrumental in establishing the medical subspecialty of [[paediatric gastroenterology]]?
* ... that the glass-floor observation deck of '''[[Ulubey Canyon Nature Park]]''' is {{convert|131|m|ft|abbr=on}} above the canyon floor?
* ... that '''[[Albert Pierce Taylor]]''', author of ''Under Hawaiian Skies'', attempted to join the [[Cuban War of Independence]] but was deported by the Spanish?
* ... that '''[[The Duals]]'''{{`}} "Stick Shift" was the first [[Hot rod rock|hot rod song]] to chart nationally in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Narendra Kumar (physicist)|Narendra Kumar]]''' is the co-developer of the ''Dorokhov-Mello-Pereyra-Kumar equation'', a theory on multi-channel conductivity using the [[principle of maximum entropy]]?
* ... that in 1979, '''[[Worcestershire v Somerset, 1979|Somerset deliberately lost a cricket match]]''' in 18 minutes?
===25 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 25 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that it takes '''[[Barn the Spoon]]''' ''(pictured)'' between twenty minutes and two hours to carve a spoon out of [[green wood]]?
* ... that the epicenter of the [[2009 Bhutan earthquake]] was {{convert|10|mi}} away from '''[[Trashigang Dzong]]''', and caused wide cracks to appear in the 350-year-old structure?
* ... that the [[French presidential election, 2017|2017 French presidential election]] was not fought between [[left–right political spectrum|left and right]], but between '''[[open–closed political spectrum|open and closed]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Rosalie Keliʻinoi]]''', the first female legislator in the [[Territory of Hawaii]], passed a bill which gave married women the right to sell their property without their husbands' permission?
* ... that the Grand Canyon's '''[[Thunder River (Tapeats Creek)|Thunder River]]''' is the steepest in the United States?
* ... that [[Argentine]] chef '''[[Disappearance of Federico Tobares|Federico Tobares]]''' [[Missing person|disappeared]] while driving in [[Jalisco]], Mexico?
* ... that thousands of escaped slaves created a free colony on '''[[Edisto Island during the American Civil War|Edisto Island, South Carolina, during the American Civil War]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Clotilde Bressler-Gianoli]]''' played the titular character in ''[[Carmen]]'' in 1907 with "the allurement of sheer wickedness", and was accidentally stabbed on stage?
===24 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 24 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that visitors can stay overnight free of charge in '''[[List of Mountain Bothies Association bothies|any of over ninety bothies]]''' ''([[Corrour Bothy]] pictured)'', but must bring their own fuel in order to watch "bothy TV"?
* ... that '''[[Quintus Publilius Philo]]''', Rome's first [[proconsul]], was described as a "popular dictator"?
* ... that '''[[Yunus (surah)|the tenth chapter of the Quran]]''' is named after [[Jonah]], even though only 1 of its 109 verses mentions him?
* ... that '''[[Emma Ahuena Taylor]]''', a supporter of women's suffrage, organized knitting units on behalf of [[Native Hawaiian]] soldiers fighting in World War I?
* ... that six government reviews have '''[[History of fair-use proposals in Australia|recommended Australia adopt "fair use"]]''' into its copyright law?
* ... that '''[[Jeanette Antolin]]''' won three [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] titles with the [[UCLA Bruins women's gymnastics]] team?
* ... that the manga '''''[[My Brother's Husband]]''''' by [[Gengoroh Tagame]] tackles issues of [[homophobia]] in Japanese society?
* ... that the '''[[Papal conclave, May 1605|May 1605 papal conclave]]''' was the only known papal election to result in broken bones?
===23 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 23 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[white-barred piculet]]''' hybridises with the '''[[ochre-collared piculet|ochre-collared]]''' ''(pictured)'', '''[[Varzea piculet|varzea]]''', '''[[Ocellated piculet|ocellated]]''', and '''[[White-wedged piculet|white-wedged]]''' piculets where their [[range (biology)|ranges]] overlap?
* ... that '''[[Vidhu Vincent]]''' is the first woman to win the '''[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Director]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Tapeats Creek]]''' in the Grand Canyon National Park is named after the [[Paiute|Southern Paiute]] Indian who claimed ownership of it?
* ... that '''[[Zahava Burack]]''' survived the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] by hiding in a crawlspace beneath the home of a sympathetic Polish family for two and a half years?
* ... that "'''[[The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show]]'''" was based on old [[minstrel show|minstrel]] and [[medicine show]]s, but was interpreted as an allegory on the dangers of success in the music business?
* ... that the UK '''[[Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Act 2015]]''' was created to affirm the right to hold council prayers after the High Court had ruled them unlawful?
* ... that '''[[Hans Peter Blochwitz]]''', who appeared as Mozart's [[Don Giovanni|Don Ottavio]] at the Metropolitan Opera, premiered [[Hans Zender]]'s ''Schubert's "Winterreise"'' with the [[Ensemble Modern]] in 1993?
* ... that the '''[[Twin Bing]]''' has been described as "two brown lumps, about the size of golf balls, roughly textured, and stuck to one another like Siamese twins"?
===22 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 22 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that there was a fashion in England for '''[[Pregnancy in art|pregnancy portraits]]''' ''(example pictured)'' in the decades around 1600?
* ... that '''[[Sudhanshu Shekhar Jha]]''' was guided in his doctoral studies by [[Felix Bloch]], 1952 [[Nobel Laureate in Physics|Nobel laureate]], and in his post-doctoral work by [[Nicolaas Bloembergen]], 1981 Nobel laureate?
* ... that [[Jimmy Wales]] wants '''[[Wikitribune|''WikiTRIBUNE'']]''' to counter [[fake news]]?
* ... that the 13th-century [[Kingdom of England|English]] royal justice '''[[Elias Beckingham]]''' was described as being one of only two honest judges in the kingdom?
* ... that '''[[EuropaChorAkademie]]''', a choir formed by students from two universities, participated in an award-winning recording of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's ''[[Requiem für einen jungen Dichter]]''?
* ... that '''[[Mariano Gagnon]]''' was a Franciscan friar who organized airlifts to help refugees escape the [[Shining Path]]?
* ... that [[Simon Pagenaud]]'s victory at the '''[[2017 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix]]''' was his first-ever [[IndyCar Series]] win on an oval track?
* ... that the '''[[Ramellogammarus similimanus|Stumptown scud]]''', a crustacean endemic to the [[Portland metropolitan area]], looks like a "cross between a [[prawn]] and a [[Armadillidium vulgare|potato bug]]"?
===21 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 21 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Wawatam Lighthouse]]''' ''(pictured)'' started out as an [[Folly|architectural folly]] at a highway [[Welcome centers in the United States|Welcome Center]], was moved more than {{convert|300|mi}}, and is now an operating Coast Guard-approved [[Navigational aid|aid to navigation]]?
* ... that '''[[Christoph Siebert]]''' conducted the [[Collegium Vocale Gent]] singing music by [[Franz Schubert|Schubert]] and [[Annelies Van Parys]] in a theatrical performance at international festivals?
* ... that in 2007, some [[UEFA]] members voted against allowing [[Gibraltar national football team|Gibraltar]] membership because '''[[Victoria Stadium (Gibraltar)|Victoria Stadium]]''' was built on disputed land?<!-- Special occasion hook for May 20 -->
* ... that '''[[Linda Laubenstein]]''' was one of the first physicians in the United States to recognize the [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] epidemic in the early 1980s?
* ... that during the '''[[Humboldt Park riot]]''' 40 years ago, the Chicago police department battled Puerto Rican protesters and rioters?
* ... that [[Jepara]] was the only town on the north coast of [[Mataram Sultanate|Mataram]] not to be taken by '''[[Trunajaya's North Coast offensive]]''', after a successful joint defense by Mataram and the [[Dutch East India Company]]?
* ... that the '''[[Reconstruction Era National Monument]]''' includes the place where, on New Year's Day 1863, [[Union Army]] General [[Rufus Saxton]] publicly read the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] to 3,000 slaves?
* ... that the owner of World Champion [[bucking bull]] '''[[Bones (bull)|Bones]]''' exercised him in a mechanized [[hot walker|circular walker]] in a deep sand pit?
===20 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 20 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the family '''[[Laridae]]''' ''(European herring gull pictured)'' are the only [[Charadriiformes|shorebirds]] known to have developed ultraviolet vision?
* ... that '''[[Robert Grace]]''' was the first manufacturer of the [[Franklin stove|Pennsylvania fireplace]], designed by [[Benjamin Franklin]], which heated rooms more efficiently than an open fireplace?
* ... that [[Katy Perry]] first teased the release of her song "'''[[Bon Appétit (song)|Bon Appétit]]'''" with a cherry pie recipe?
* ... that in 1970, [[Postage stamps and postal history of Austria|Austrian Post]] issued a commemorative postage stamp honoring the composer and bass singer '''[[Thomas Koschat]]'''?<!--- Special occasion hook for May 19 --->
* ... that in 1959, an Alabama state senator said a children's book about two fuzzy rabbits, '''''[[The Rabbits' Wedding]]''''', was "propaganda for integration and intermarriage" and tried to get the book banned?
* ... that '''[[Shyam Sunder Kapoor]]''' contributed to the establishment of a [[pelletron]] [[Accelerator physics|accelerator]] facility at [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]]?
* ... that '''[[Electrada|Electrada Corporation]]''', a 1960s-era conglomerate, ran into difficulties after its management reportedly spent more time on acquisitions and financial markets than on actually running the business?
* ... that '''[[Kong Tai Heong]]''', the first Chinese woman to practice medicine in Hawaii, was credited by ''[[Ripley's Believe It or Not!]]'' as having delivered over 6,000 babies?
===19 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 19 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[kenchin jiru]]''' ''(pictured)'' may have originated several centuries ago from the Japanese [[Kenchō-ji]] temple?
* ... that '''[[Gordian Fulde]]''', the director of one of the busiest emergency departments in Australia, was named [[List of Senior Australian of the Year Award recipients|Senior Australian of the Year]] in 2016?
* ... that when passenger service was resumed on Sweden's '''[[Lysekil Line]]''' after 33 years, the train driver had to switch on the line's power himself?
* ... that '''[[Günter Jena]]''', for decades a [[St. Michael's Church, Hamburg|church music director in Hamburg]], conducted the [[NDR Chor]] in a recording of the complete [[a cappella]] works by [[Johannes Brahms]]?
* ... that fragments of ancient [[Maya codices|Maya books]] have been recovered from the ruins of '''[[Guaytán]]''' in Guatemala?
* ... that '''[[James Dale Ritchie]]''' was not suspected to be the Anchorage Serial Killer until after he had been shot dead while attacking a police officer?
* ... that the newly established '''[[Women's Super Rugby]]''' league will include '''[[Gloucester-Hartpury Women]]''', '''[[Harlequins Ladies]]''', '''[[Loughborough Students (Lightning)]]''', and '''[[Waterloo Ladies]]''', but will exclude a team that has been in the top flight for 15 years?
* ... that although the lyrics of the [[Chick Corea]] song "'''[[500 Miles High]]'''" express romantic love, it became a hippie drug anthem?
===18 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 18 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[McLoughlin Promenade]]''' ''(pictured)'' sits on a bluff in [[Oregon]] that was occupied by the [[Molala]] people thousands of years before the arrival of settlers of European ancestry?
* ... that '''[[Max Thurn]]''', who founded the [[NDR Chor]] in 1946, conducted a series of [[List of Bach cantatas|Bach cantatas]] and prepared the choir for a live recording of [[Isang Yun]]'s ''Om mani padme hum'' in 1964?
* ... that '''''[[Five Nights at Freddy's]]''''' appeared in the ''[[Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition|Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition]]'', breaking the record for the most sequels released in a year?
* ... that astronomer '''[[Sidney C. Wolff]]''' was the first woman to direct a major observatory in the United States?
* ... that a [[cryptic crossword]] central to "'''[[The Riddle of the Sphinx (Inside No. 9)|The Riddle of the Sphinx]]'''", an episode of ''[[Inside No. 9]]'', was published in ''The Guardian'' the same day the episode aired?
* ... that when the '''[[Red Rock Bridge]]''' was no longer needed for trains, it was converted to carry the auto traffic of [[U.S. Route 66]] over the [[Colorado River]]?
* ... that although '''[[Socialism in Bangladesh|socialism is one of its four fundamental principles]]''', the [[Constitution of Bangladesh]] also allows cooperative and private ownership alongside state ownership?
* ... that '''[[Leon Day]]''' pitched a [[no-hitter]] on [[Opening Day]] after a nearly three-year absence from the [[Negro league baseball|Negro leagues]]?
===17 May 2017===
*'''''03:33, 17 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[McLoughlin Promenade]]''' ''(pictured)'' sits on a bluff in [[Oregon]] that was occupied by the [[Molala]] people thousands of years before the arrival of settlers of European ancestry?
* ... that '''[[Max Thurn]]''', who founded the [[NDR Chor]] in 1946, conducted a series of [[List of Bach cantatas|Bach cantatas]] and prepared the choir for a live recording of [[Isang Yun]]'s ''Om mani padme hum'' in 1964?
* ... that '''''[[Five Nights at Freddy's]]''''' appeared in the ''[[Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition|Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition]]'', breaking the record for the most sequels released in a year?
* ... that astronomer '''[[Sidney C. Wolff]]''' was the first woman to direct a major observatory in the United States?
* ... that a [[cryptic crossword]] central to "'''[[The Riddle of the Sphinx (Inside No. 9)|The Riddle of the Sphinx]]'''", an episode of ''[[Inside No. 9]]'', was published in ''The Guardian'' the same day the episode aired?
* ... that when the '''[[Red Rock Bridge]]''' was no longer needed for trains, it was converted to carry the auto traffic of [[U.S. Route 66]] over the [[Colorado River]]?
* ... that although '''[[Socialism in Bangladesh|socialism is one of its four fundamental principles]]''', the [[Constitution of Bangladesh]] also allows cooperative and private ownership alongside state ownership?
* ... that '''[[Leon Day]]''' pitched a [[no-hitter]] on [[Opening Day]] after a nearly three-year absence from the [[Negro league baseball|Negro leagues]]?
===16 May 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[Eucalyptus gracilis|snap and rattle tree]]''' ''(blossom pictured)'' is native to Australia?
* ... that [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] '''[[Thomas P. McHenry]]''' and '''[[Maurice S. Osser]]''' served together as [[Philadelphia City Commissioners]] for 20 years, until McHenry died and Osser went to jail?
* ... that finds made at the '''[[Pocklington Iron Age burial ground]]''' include a rare [[chariot burial]] complete with horses?
* ... that Japanese singer-songwriter '''[[Anly]]''' began [[Playing by ear|playing songs by ear]] on her guitar when she was in [[Education in Japan#School grades|third grade]]?
* ... that hundreds of tourists became stranded when '''[[Cyclone Ada]]''' ravaged [[Whitsunday Island]] resorts in January 1970?
* ... that '''[[Chanchal Kumar Majumdar]]''' developed the Kohn-Majumdar theorem with his mentor, [[Walter Kohn]], and the [[Majumdar–Ghosh model]] with his student, [[Dipan Ghosh]]?
* ... that [[Arlington, Texas]], was the largest city in the United States without public transportation until it launched the '''[[Metro Arlington Xpress]]''' in 2013?
* ... that classically trained pianist '''[[Jon Schmidt]]''' augments his live performances by playing the piano with his toes and performing while upside-down?
===15 May 2017===
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* ... that a steep catwalk leads to the top of the {{convert|175|ft|m|adj=on}} high '''[[Cornell Pulpwood Stacker]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that the ''[[Rugrats]]'' episode "'''[[Mother's Day (Rugrats)|Mother's Day]]'''" addressed the absence of [[Chuckie Finster]]'s mother by revealing that she had died of a terminal illness? <!-- Special occasion hook for Mother's Day -->
* ... that in his 2014 exhibition ''Using Beauty as a Remedy for Life'', Pakistani artist '''[[Mahmood Hayat]]''' questioned whether [[aesthetics|objective standards of beauty exist]]?
* ... that during the '''[[Balfour Mission]]''' 100 years ago, [[Arthur Balfour]] became the first Englishman to address both houses of the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]]?
* ... that several buildings by '''[[Ellamae Ellis League]]''' are listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]], including the home she built for herself?
* ... that the '''[[Japan Medical Association]]''' deployed 6,054 medical and support personnel during the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]]?
* ... that "''''[[Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr]]'''" is one of the oldest hymns of the [[Reformation]]?
* ... that the '''[[Octopus cyanea|big blue octopus]]''' often forms a [[midden]] outside its den?
===14 May 2017===
*'''''03:51, 14 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after '''[[Rise of Macedon|conquering and uniting]]''' most of ancient Greece, [[Philip II of Macedon|Philip II]] of [[Macedon]] ''(bust pictured)'' was assassinated while in Aegae for his daughter’s wedding and was succeeded by his son [[Alexander the Great]]?
* ... that in '''[[Song cycles (Waterhouse)|his song cycles]]''', [[Graham Waterhouse]] has used a cello, a string quartet, or a [[Pierrot ensemble]] to complement the singer?
* ... that the '''[[Train Track Park]]''', containing {{convert|7|km}} of walking and biking trails, was built over the century-old route of the [[Jaffa–Jerusalem railway]]?
* ... that '''[[Krityunjai Prasad Sinha]]''' secured a second doctorate from the [[University of Bristol]] based on his post-doctoral work at [[Maurice Pryce]]'s laboratory?
* ... that '''[[occupational exposure banding]]''' can quickly and accurately assign chemicals into specific hazard categories when quantitative [[Occupational exposure limit|exposure limits]] are not available?
* ... that the name of Japanese electronic rock band '''[[The Sixth Lie]]''' is a reference to a quotation from [[Claude Debussy]]?
* ... that the '''[[pendulum car]]''' was an experimental forerunner of the [[tilting train]], but was not widely adopted on American railroads?
* ... that '''[[Lukas Lundin]]''' had a [[Savannah (yacht)|US$100 million eco-friendly super-yacht]] built in 2015?
===13 May 2017===
*'''''04:06, 13 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that 90 years after '''[[Beatrice Alexander]]''' ''(pictured)'' founded the [[Alexander Doll Company]], the company issued a doll in her likeness, priced at US$1,499.95?
* ... that proteins from [[Bacillus thuringiensis|a bacterium]] toxic to pests have been incorporated into crop plants for '''[[biological pest control]]'''?
* ... that in 2000, '''[[Lloyds Bank RFC]]'''{{`s}} ground was sold by Lloyds TSB, which meant the club had to groundshare with a rival bank?
* ... that '''[[V. S. Sangwan]]''' developed a treatment protocol for [[cornea]]l injuries using cultured [[limbal stem cell]]s?
* ... that Turkish journalist '''[[Erol Önderoğlu]]''', a campaigner for [[freedom of the press]], was arrested for spreading "terrorism propaganda" in favor of the [[Kurdistan Workers' Party]]?
* ... that the German cities of [[Duisburg]], [[Essen]], and [[Kiel]] all '''[[Urbanization in the German Empire|had their populations increase five-fold or more]]''' between 1875 and 1910?
* ... that conquistador '''[[Pedro de Portocarrero (conquistador)|Pedro de Portocarrero]]''' founded the [[Spanish conquest of Chiapas|first Spanish colonial town]] within the territory of the modern Mexican state of [[Chiapas]]?
* ... that '''[[Arlington, Washington]]''', was locally known as the "[[Wood shingle|Shingle]] Capital of the World"?
===12 May 2017===
*'''''04:21, 12 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the abrupt collapse of '''[[Broken Down Dam]]''' ''(pictured)'' at [[Fergus Falls, Minnesota]], in 1909 caused other downstream dams to collapse?
* ... that a number of insect species were named in honour of Dutch [[entomology|entomologist]] '''[[Jacobus van der Vecht]]'''?
* ... that some critics noted that [[Demi Lovato]]'s song "'''[[Fix a Heart]]'''" has references in its lyrics to the singer's past issues with [[self-harm]]?
* ... that the proposed '''[[Mega Manila Subway]]''' would be the first subway system in the Philippines?
* ... that sociologist, feminist, and campaigner for lesbian and gay rights '''[[Mary Susan McIntosh]]''' was deported from the U.S. in 1960 for speaking out against the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]]?
* ... that the '''[[Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens]]''' was selected for the United States' [[National Register of Historic Places]]?
* ... that '''[[Chinmoy Sankar Dey]]''' developed an [[Insulin resistance|insulin-resistant]] ''in-vitro'' skeletal muscle model for screening [[anti-diabetic medication]], for which he holds a U.S. patent?
* ... that the '''[[Dark Hedges]]''' tree tunnel, a popular tourist destination since it was used as the King's Road in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', might not last twenty years?
===11 May 2017===
*'''''04:36, 11 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[flag of Weihaiwei]]''' ''(pictured)'' was redesigned to include [[Mandarin duck]]s, as it was felt inappropriate to have a Chinese imperial dragon on a British flag?
* ... that the lascivious lyrics of [[The Band]]'s "'''[[Jemima Surrender]]'''" inspired [[Naomi Weisstein]] to form the [[Chicago Women's Liberation Rock Band]]?
* ... that '''[[Anne Penfold Street]]''', one of Australia's leading mathematicians, earned bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry before switching to mathematics?
* ... that the Guatemalan labor organization '''[[Committee for Peasant Unity]]''' once led a strike that forced a minimum wage increase of nearly 200%?
* ... that French singer-songwriter '''[[Indila]]''', who has described herself as a "child of the world", is of Algerian, Cambodian, Egyptian, and Indian descent?
* ... that the '''[[Kurşunlu Mosque and Complex]]''' hosts [[Eskişehir Meerschaum Museum|a museum]] that exhibits handmade [[meerschaum pipe]]s?
* ... that '''[[E. S. Raja Gopal]]''' held the position of a [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research|CSIR]] emeritus scientist at both the [[National Physical Laboratory of India]] and the [[Indian Institute of Science]]?
* ... that in 2007, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court '''[[Ferguson v. McKiernan|ruled]]''' that a [[Sperm donation|sperm donor]] was not obligated to pay [[child support]]?
===10 May 2017===
*'''''04:51, 10 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the residence ''(pictured)'' of the [[Hanau-Lichtenberg|Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg]] in '''[[Bouxwiller, Bas-Rhin|Bouxwiller]]''' was pillaged during the [[French Revolution]] and completely destroyed soon thereafter?
* ... that '''[[Yves Bélanger (cinematographer)|Yves Bélanger]]''' had been working as a [[cinematographer]] for more than twenty years when he made his breakthrough with ''[[Dallas Buyers Club]]''?
* ... that '''[[coon hunting]]''' dogs can bark as many as 150 times per minute?
* ... that '''[[S. C. Jain]]''', together with [[Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan]], developed a method for the measurement of [[thermal conductivity]] at high temperatures in solids?
* ... that the predatory mite '''''[[Typhlodromips swirskii]]''''' is able to [[Biological pest control|control]] [[Thrips palmi|melon thrips]] on cucumber leaves, but fails to control '''[[common blossom thrips]]''' on the flowers?
* ... that mathematician '''[[Donald G. Saari]]''' advocates deciding elections by the [[Borda count]] instead of plurality voting, because it leads less often to paradoxical outcomes?
* ... that the '''[[Whitehorse Trail]]''' uses a railroad that was abandoned after major floods in 1990?
* ... that due to the [[North–South divide (England)|English North-South divide]], Craig, a character in "'''[[The Bill (Inside No. 9)|The Bill]]'''", is unfamiliar with ''diddlums'', ''piss-mints'', and ''bluecocks''?
===9 May 2017===
*'''''05:06, 9 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[hotpants]]''' ''(example pictured)'' were originally short [[shorts]] made from materials such as velvet, silk, and fur?
* ... that U.S. citizens are [[Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act|prohibited]] from engaging in business transactions with '''[[Antonio Oseguera Cervantes]]'''?
* ... that in 1759, when she was ten years old, [[Spanish ship Fenix (1749)|'''''Fenix''''']] carried the new king, [[Carlos III of Spain|Carlos III]], from Naples to Barcelona?
* ... that '''[[Gail G. Shapiro]]''' was the first democratically elected president of the [[American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology]]?
* ... that '''''[[Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy]]''''' by [[Jaggi Vasudev]] has been described as recasting [[Patanjali]]'s ''[[Yoga Sutras of Patanjali|Yoga Sutra]]'' in layman's terms?
* ... that '''[[Peter Par Jiek]]''', who had fought alongside [[Riek Machar]] for over ten years during the [[Second Sudanese Civil War]], was later [[2016–17 Wau clashes|killed]] by [[Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition|rebels]] loyal to Machar?
* ... that the '''[[speckle-chested piculet]]''' is endangered by the ongoing destruction of its forest habitat?
* ... that '''''[[The Great Friendship]]''''' had distinctly unfriendly consequences?
===8 May 2017===
*'''''05:21, 8 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a '''[[Pickett-Hamilton fort]]''' ''(example pictured)'' could be lowered into the ground when not in use and raised for combat?
* ... that professional wrestler '''[[Garza Jr.]]''' showed his face for the first time on a television dating show?
* ... that "crawler" '''[[Aulacaspis yasumatsui|cycad scale insects]]''' are sometimes carried away by the wind, landing on nearby plants and infesting them?
* ... that the contralto '''[[Anna Erler-Schnaudt]]''' performed in the premiere of Mahler's [[Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)|Eighth Symphony]] in 1910?
* ... that foreigners who openly call for a boycott of Israel '''[[Amendment No. 27 to the Entry Into Israel Law|may be banned from entering the country]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Alexander Bonner Latta]]''' made the first steam fire engine to be used regularly by a city fire department in the United States?
* ... that [[William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse]], the first airman to receive the [[Victoria Cross]], is buried at '''[[Parnham House]]'''?
* ... that the main characters of '''''[[Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard]]''''' fight zombies with [[paintball]]s?
===7 May 2017===
*'''''04:46, 7 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the earliest visual depiction of the '''[[Finding of Moses]]''' is a fresco of c. 244 AD ''(pictured)'' in the [[Dura-Europos synagogue]]?
* ... that in 1950, '''[[Hans Grischkat]]''' compiled and conducted a concert ''Vom Reiche Gottes'' from single [[Bach cantata]] movements to celebrate the bicentenary of the composer's death?
* ... that [[Frederick Wiseman]] intended his 1969 documentary '''''[[Law and Order (1969 film)|Law and Order]]''''' as "a chance to do in the pigs", but as he made the film he came to understand the "fear that cops live with"?
* ... that [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] '''[[King Kaluha]]''' was the hand-picked opponent for [["Dr. Death" Steve Williams|Dr. Death]]{{`s}} comeback match after battling throat cancer?
* ... that over 60,000 pieces of [[stained glass]] were used to create the '''''[[Roots of Knowledge]]''''' installation at [[Utah Valley University]]?
* ... that the population of the endangered [[Hydrophiinae|sea snake]] '''''[[Aipysurus fuscus]]''''' is thought to have declined by at least 70% between 1998 and 2013?
* ... that African-American mathematics professor '''[[Thyrsa Frazier Svager]]''' and her physics professor husband Aleksandar Svager lived on one salary to build a scholarship fund?
* ... that [[Morrison-Knudsen]] built four '''[[M-K TE70-4S|Popsicles]]''' for the [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific Railroad]] in 1978?
===6 May 2017===
*'''''05:01, 6 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[leafhopper]] species '''''[[Eurymela distincta]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is often accompanied by ants that eat its sugary excrement?
* ... that the Dutch admiral [[Cornelis Speelman]] called the Javanese Muslim nobleman '''[[Raden Kajoran]]''' a "prophet of the devil"?
* ... that '''[[The Formation World Tour]]''' by [[Beyoncé]] featured a {{convert|60|ft|adj=on}} tall rotating LED cube as the stage's focal point, nicknamed the "Monolith" by designers?
* ... that gay Jewish poet '''[[Jacob Hiegentlich]]''' committed suicide days after the [[Netherlands in World War II|Nazis invaded the Netherlands]]?
* ... that the Indian reservation for the [[Cowlitz Indian Tribe|Cowlitz Tribe]] of [[Washington (state)|Washington state]] was established for the construction of '''[[Ilani Casino Resort|a casino]]'''?
* ... that the original draft for the [[light novel]] series '''''[[Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World]]''''' was over 1,000 pages and had to be significantly cut?
* ... that the [[Military history|military historian]] '''[[Clifford Kinvig]]''', whose surname is an anagram of ''[[Vikings|Viking]]'', came from a [[Isle of Man|Manx]] family?
* ... that '''[[The Big Treehouse]]''' covers {{convert|5000|sqft}} and has 12 levels that reach five and a half stories tall?
===5 May 2017===
*'''''05:16, 5 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[St Trophimus' Church, Eschau]]''', houses relics of [[Sophia the Martyr|St Sophia]] and her daughters [[Saints Faith, Hope and Charity|Faith, Hope and Charity]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''''[[The Soft Parade]]''''' is the first [[the Doors|Doors]] album not to credit the members of the band collectively on songs?
* ... that in late 14th-century England, [[John of Gaunt]] built up a massive '''[[Affinity (medieval)|affinity of supporters]]''' which his son [[Henry IV of England|Henry]] later used as an army to depose [[Richard II of England|King Richard II]]?
* ... that '''[[James Niehues]]''', who paints ski resort trail maps, has been called "the Michelangelo of snow" and "Monet of the mountain"?
* ... that part of the [[Kansas]] highway '''[[K-99 (Kansas highway)|K-99]]''' honors the war dead of [[Frankfort, Kansas|Frankfort]], which lost more men per capita in World War II than any other community in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Annelies Van Parys]]''' has composed music for [[Muziektheater Transparant]], including her first opera, ''Private Views'', which premiered in 2015?
* ... that despite its title, '''''[[Boogeyman 2]]''''' does not actually feature the [[Bogeyman|mythical creature]] as the main antagonist?
* ... that Brigadier General '''[[Harold Edward Elliott|Pompey Elliott]]''' convinced his men that his horse could spot men who were unshaven or incorrectly dressed?
===4 May 2017===
*'''''05:31, 4 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Persis Foster Eames Albee|PFE Albee]]''' ''(pictured)'' is considered the first "[[Avon Products|Avon Lady]]", and was followed by over half a million others?
* ... that the '''[[shooter's sandwich]]''' became a minor internet meme after an article in ''[[The Guardian]]'' declared it to be the best sandwich in the world?
* ... that Indonesian [[Constitutional Court of Indonesia|Constitutional Court]] Justice '''[[Saldi Isra]]''' twice failed university entrance exams, but later went on to be awarded ''[[summa cum laude]]''?
* ... that in order to put the silver '''[[Kalākaua coinage]]''' into circulation, [[Claus Spreckels]] formed the Spreckels & Company Bank in Hawaii?
* ... that arriving penniless in Oregon in 1903, '''[[Harley J. Overturf]]''' financed his education at the [[University of Oregon]] by filing a [[Timber Culture Act|timber claim]] and selling the property for a profit?
* ... that at a show during the '''[[2nd Global Indian Film Awards]]''', around {{INRConvert|2.2|m|lk=on}} was raised by auctioning off costumes of [[Bollywood]] actors?
* ... that the '''[[bismuth phosphate process]]''' was used by the [[Manhattan Project]] to extract [[plutonium]] for use in atomic bombs?
* ... that after '''[[Christian Hamburger]]''' oversaw her sex reassignment, [[Christine Jorgensen]] chose her new name in his honor?
===3 May 2017===
*'''''05:46, 3 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the tall roof spaces of Japanese houses in the '''[[Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama]]''' ''(pictured)'' were built with two or three levels in them for rearing [[silkworm]]s and storing [[Morus alba|mulberry]] leaves?
* ... that the [[Javanese people|Javanese]] prince '''[[Pangeran Pekik]]''' was killed by order of his son-in-law, [[Amangkurat I of Mataram|Amangkurat I]]?
* ... that a rented flat in '''[[Grosvenor Gardens House]]''' may have been the birthplace of [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]]?
* ... that '''[[Hazard substitution|substitution]]''' of a [[Chemical hazard|hazardous chemical]] can backfire if it turns out to be a "regrettable substitution" that unwittingly introduces a new hazard?
* ... that '''[[Mia Borders]]''' has an arm tattoo of a saying which means "Better to die standing than to live on your knees"?
* ... that the volcanic area of '''[[Kula Volcanic Geopark|Kula Geopark]]''' was mentioned by the Ancient Greek geographer [[Strabo]] in the encyclopedia ''[[Geographica]]'' as [[Katakekaumene]], literally "Burnt Land"?
* ... that when the Vikings '''[[Viking raid on Seville (844)|occupied Seville in 844]]''', they tried unsuccessfully to burn the city's great mosque?
* ... that '''''[[Sigurd Slembe (trilogy)|Sigurd Slembe]]''''' is a trilogy of plays by [[Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson]] about [[Sigurd Slembe|a worthless bastard]] who tries to seize the throne of Norway?
===2 May 2017===
*'''''01:10, 2 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after [[Mitch McConnell]] said, "'''[[Nevertheless, she persisted]]'''" in reference to [[Elizabeth Warren]]'s silencing during a U.S. Senate debate, more than 100 women in [[Minneapolis]] got tattoos ''(example pictured)'' of that [[meme]]?
* ... that '''[[Barry Ramachandra Rao]]''' and his team designed the first multi-frequency [[High frequency|HF]] phase path radar based on a spaced-receiver configuration?
* ... that '''[[Falcon Nest]]''' is the tallest single-family home in North America?
* ... that [[Honoré de Balzac|de Balzac]] considered the '''[[examining magistrate]]''' to be more powerful than the king?
* ...that the privately held '''[[Dunn Gardens]]''' in [[Seattle]] were designed by the [[Olmsted Brothers]], who also designed the city's park system?
* ... that the '''[[Silk Board junction]]''' witnesses the slowest-moving traffic in [[Bangalore]] and is one of the two most polluted places in the city?
* ... that the [[Eucharist in Lutheranism|communion hymn]] "'''[[Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele]]'''", with lyrics by [[Johann Franck]] and a melody by [[Johann Crüger]], was translated to "Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness"?
* ... that Indonesian political prisoner [[Pramoedya Ananta Toer]] researched his historical novel '''''[[Footsteps (novel)|Footsteps]]''''' from memory and composed it through oral narration to his fellow inmates?
===1 May 2017===
*'''''01:25, 1 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''''[[Aphaenogaster dlusskyana]]''''' ant fossil ''(pictured)'' was collected in 1972 and described in 2016?
* ... that '''[[Myrtle Florence Broome]]''' and the Canadian epigrapher [[Amice Calverley]] traveled together throughout Egypt taking trains and often driving across the desert in a [[Jowett Cars|Jowett car]] they named Joey?
* ... that the Swedish film '''''[[The King of Ping Pong]]''''' won the Grand Jury Prize for world cinema at the [[2008 Sundance Film Festival]]?
* ... that [[Air India]] saw its bookings to America double after the US '''[[2017 electronics ban|banned electronic equipment larger than a mobile phone]]''' from the passenger cabin for flights departing certain Middle Eastern airports?
* ... that '''[[Santosh G. Honavar]]''' treated more than 2,000 children affected with [[retinoblastoma]], with a reported success rate of over 85 percent?
* ... that the '''[[Fort Custer Maze]]''' featured a new design each week?
* ... that [[Makassar people|Makassarese]] warrior '''[[Karaeng Galesong]]''' helped [[Trunajaya]] conquer [[Surabaya]] and [[Gresik Regency|Gresik]] as a condition for marrying his niece?
* ... that '''[[Loser.com]]''' used to [[URL redirection|redirect]] at different times to [[Kanye West]]{{`s}} and [[Donald Trump]]{{`s}} Wikipedia entries?
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===31 May 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Wynee]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first [[Native Hawaiian]] to travel outside the islands on a foreign vessel?
* ... that in his '''''[[Requiem für einen jungen Dichter]]''''', composer [[Bernd Alois Zimmermann]] combines the Latin [[Requiem]] with literary, philosophical, religious and political texts that shaped his lifetime?
* ... that according to Ralph Wolfe Cowan who painted him as '''''[[The Visionary]]''''', Donald Trump's hands are "perfectly proportioned"?
* ... that infighting among the [[conquistador]]s hindered the '''[[Spanish conquest of Honduras]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[Pediatric Symptom Checklist]]''' identifies children with problems in [[psychosocial]] functioning by measuring inner distress and mood, behavior, and attention?
* ... that the association footballer '''[[Harry Beadles]]''' was awarded the [[Medal for Bravery (Serbia)|Serbian gold medal]] for bravery during World War I?
* ... that '''[[Typhoon Gerald]]''' was the one of three [[typhoon]]s spawned by the [[monsoon trough]] in early September 1987?
* ... that thousands of escaped slaves created a free colony on '''[[Edisto Island during the American Civil War|Edisto Island, South Carolina, during the American Civil War]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Yunus (surah)|the tenth chapter of the Quran]]''' is named after [[Jonah]], even though only 1 of its 109 verses mentions him?
* ... that '''[[Mary M. Crawford]]''' became [[Brooklyn]]'s first female ambulance surgeon after the hospital forgot to exclude women from applying?
===30 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 30 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Réunion National Park]]''' ''(pictured)'' could become the first [[List of national parks of France|French national park]] to lose its status?
* ... that Reverend '''[[Arthur Broome]]''' was one of the founders of the [[Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals|RSPCA]] and, as guarantor for the society's debts, went to [[debtors' prison]] when it declared bankruptcy?
* ... that the borders negotiated after the '''[[Song-Lý War]]''' largely remain as the current boundaries between China and Vietnam?
* ... that '''[[Probir Roy]]''' proposed a solution for the ''U''(n)-symmetric [[Thirring model]]?
* ... that on the links at the [[Trump National Golf Club (Washington, D.C.)|Trump National Golf Club]] in Virginia, '''[[River of Blood (monument)|a monument]]''' commemorates a [[American Civil War|Civil War]] battle that never happened?
* ... that the [[Native Hawaiian]] suffragist '''[[Wilhelmina Kekelaokalaninui Widemann Dowsett|Wilhelmina Widemann Dowsett]]''' organized the first women's suffrage club in the [[Territory of Hawaii]] and believed women were superior to men?
* ... that [[Siti Nurhaliza]] won her 13th Best Vocal Performance (Female) in a Song award from [[Anugerah Industri Muzik]] with "'''[[Menatap dalam Mimpi]]'''"?
* ... that the [[National Wrestling Association]]'s '''[[World Light Heavyweight Championship (National Wrestling Association)|World Light Heavyweight Championship]]''' was originally created by the [[National Boxing Association]]?
===29 May 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Malacañang of the North]]''' ''(pictured)'' was built as a presidential mansion for [[Ferdinand Marcos]]' 60th birthday?
* ... that '''[[Eli Parsons Royce]]''' founded the city of [[Escanaba, Michigan]], while '''[[Nelson Ludington]]''' named it?
* ... that "'''[[Mer Hayrenik]]'''", the national anthem of the [[First Republic of Armenia]], became a [[protest song]] when it was banned during the [[Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic|Soviet era]]?<!-- Special occasion hook for May 28 -->
* ... that [[Isadora Duncan]] danced at '''[[The Wabe]]''' in London's [[Hampstead]] to raise money for the cause of [[women's suffrage]]?
* ... that during his youth, Argentine president '''[[Néstor Kirchner]]''' was present at the [[Ezeiza massacre]] and the [[expulsion of Montoneros from Plaza de Mayo]]?
* ... that the Japanese [[visual novel]] '''''[[Harmonia (visual novel)|Harmonia]]''''' was first released in English to see how the game would be received worldwide before its release in Japan?
* ... that '''[[Manning M. Kimmel]]''' was one of four [[West Point]] graduates to fight on both sides of the [[American Civil War]]?
* ... that the [[Miami Dolphins]]' '''[[1966 Miami Dolphins season|first-ever regular season game]]''' began with running back [[Joe Auer]] returning the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown?
===28 May 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Rose C. Davison]]''' ''(pictured)'' represented Hawaii at the 1901 [[Pan-American Exposition]] as a symbol of "Kanaka civility" to counter the image of [[hula]] dancers?
* ... that [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] are looking to win a record 13th FA Cup at the '''[[2017 FA Cup Final|FA Cup Final]]''' against [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] today?<!--Special occasion request for May 27-->
* ... that '''[[Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz]]''' was a daredevil [[Equestrianism|horseman]] whose feats included riding between the sails of a [[windmill]] in full swing?
* ... that parts of southern [[New Mexico]] and [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]] were covered by the former '''[[Lake Palomas]]''', the remnants of which existed as recently as 500 years ago?
* ... that the soprano '''[[Margot Guilleaume]]''' recorded the part of Marzelline in Beethoven's ''[[Fidelio]]'' in a complete live recording without dialogue in 1948?
* ... that '''''[[Sallekhana]]''''' is a religious practice of voluntarily fasting to death?
* ... that the emotional journey of the protagonist in the 2004 [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] novel '''''[[Gifts (novel)|Gifts]]''''' has been compared to that of Max in the 1963 children's picture book ''[[Where the Wild Things Are]]''?
* ... that '''[[Albertine Lapensée]]''', described as Canada's first female ice hockey "superstar", was dogged by accusations of being a man?
===27 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 27 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the Lutheran church '''[[St. Laurentii, Itzehoe|St. Laurentii]]''' in [[Itzehoe]] had one of [[Arp Schnitger]]'s last [[pipe organ]]s ''(case pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[James Scott Howard]]''', the postmaster of [[Toronto]], infuriated his superiors by refusing to open mail of suspected rebels before [[Upper Canada Rebellion|the 1837 uprising]]?
* ... that during the '''[[Kediri campaign (1678)|1678 Kediri campaign]]''', the [[Dutch East India Company|VOC]]–[[Mataram Sultanate|Mataram]] army purposely split itself and took a longer route to Kediri, in order to impress more people?
* ... that the prosecution of '''[[Theoris of Lemnos]]''' is the most detailed account of a [[Witch-hunt#Classical antiquity|witch trial]] to survive from Classical Greece?
* ... that the diet of the '''[[white woodpecker]]''' includes wasps and bees, their larvae and honey?
* ... that former [[Snohomish County Executive]] '''[[Bob Drewel]]''' had surgery to treat [[prostate cancer]] only days after being re-elected to a third term?
* ... that during the '''[[Papal conclave, March 1605|March 1605 papal conclave]]''', a fight broke out that was so noisy that people outside opened the doors early because they thought a new pope had been elected?
* ... that '''[[Mary Ann Harris Gay]]'''{{`s}} memoir ''Life in Dixie During the War'' directly inspired several of the scenes in the novel ''[[Gone with the Wind (novel)|Gone with the Wind]]''?
===26 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 26 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Sandro Botticelli|Botticelli]]'s four panels with '''''[[Scenes from the Life of Saint Zenobius]]''''' ''(detail pictured)'' are split among three museums?<!---Special occasion hook for 25 May --->
* ... that the '''[[Custer Wolf]]''', a North American [[gray wolf]] referred to as the "master criminal of the animal world", killed livestock worth almost $300,000 in today's money?
* ... that '''[[Margot Shiner]]''', who fled Nazi Germany as a teenager, was instrumental in establishing the medical subspecialty of [[paediatric gastroenterology]]?
* ... that the glass-floor observation deck of '''[[Ulubey Canyon Nature Park]]''' is {{convert|131|m|ft|abbr=on}} above the canyon floor?
* ... that '''[[Albert Pierce Taylor]]''', author of ''Under Hawaiian Skies'', attempted to join the [[Cuban War of Independence]] but was deported by the Spanish?
* ... that '''[[The Duals]]'''{{`}} "Stick Shift" was the first [[Hot rod rock|hot rod song]] to chart nationally in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Narendra Kumar (physicist)|Narendra Kumar]]''' is the co-developer of the ''Dorokhov-Mello-Pereyra-Kumar equation'', a theory on multi-channel conductivity using the [[principle of maximum entropy]]?
* ... that in 1979, '''[[Worcestershire v Somerset, 1979|Somerset deliberately lost a cricket match]]''' in 18 minutes?
===25 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 25 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that it takes '''[[Barn the Spoon]]''' ''(pictured)'' between twenty minutes and two hours to carve a spoon out of [[green wood]]?
* ... that the epicenter of the [[2009 Bhutan earthquake]] was {{convert|10|mi}} away from '''[[Trashigang Dzong]]''', and caused wide cracks to appear in the 350-year-old structure?
* ... that the [[French presidential election, 2017|2017 French presidential election]] was not fought between [[left–right political spectrum|left and right]], but between '''[[open–closed political spectrum|open and closed]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Rosalie Keliʻinoi]]''', the first female legislator in the [[Territory of Hawaii]], passed a bill which gave married women the right to sell their property without their husbands' permission?
* ... that the Grand Canyon's '''[[Thunder River (Tapeats Creek)|Thunder River]]''' is the steepest in the United States?
* ... that [[Argentine]] chef '''[[Disappearance of Federico Tobares|Federico Tobares]]''' [[Missing person|disappeared]] while driving in [[Jalisco]], Mexico?
* ... that thousands of escaped slaves created a free colony on '''[[Edisto Island during the American Civil War|Edisto Island, South Carolina, during the American Civil War]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Clotilde Bressler-Gianoli]]''' played the titular character in ''[[Carmen]]'' in 1907 with "the allurement of sheer wickedness", and was accidentally stabbed on stage?
===24 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 24 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that visitors can stay overnight free of charge in '''[[List of Mountain Bothies Association bothies|any of over ninety bothies]]''' ''([[Corrour Bothy]] pictured)'', but must bring their own fuel in order to watch "bothy TV"?
* ... that '''[[Quintus Publilius Philo]]''', Rome's first [[proconsul]], was described as a "popular dictator"?
* ... that '''[[Yunus (surah)|the tenth chapter of the Quran]]''' is named after [[Jonah]], even though only 1 of its 109 verses mentions him?
* ... that '''[[Emma Ahuena Taylor]]''', a supporter of women's suffrage, organized knitting units on behalf of [[Native Hawaiian]] soldiers fighting in World War I?
* ... that six government reviews have '''[[History of fair-use proposals in Australia|recommended Australia adopt "fair use"]]''' into its copyright law?
* ... that '''[[Jeanette Antolin]]''' won three [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] titles with the [[UCLA Bruins women's gymnastics]] team?
* ... that the manga '''''[[My Brother's Husband]]''''' by [[Gengoroh Tagame]] tackles issues of [[homophobia]] in Japanese society?
* ... that the '''[[Papal conclave, May 1605|May 1605 papal conclave]]''' was the only known papal election to result in broken bones?
===23 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 23 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[white-barred piculet]]''' hybridises with the '''[[ochre-collared piculet|ochre-collared]]''' ''(pictured)'', '''[[Varzea piculet|varzea]]''', '''[[Ocellated piculet|ocellated]]''', and '''[[White-wedged piculet|white-wedged]]''' piculets where their [[range (biology)|ranges]] overlap?
* ... that '''[[Vidhu Vincent]]''' is the first woman to win the '''[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Director]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Tapeats Creek]]''' in the Grand Canyon National Park is named after the [[Paiute|Southern Paiute]] Indian who claimed ownership of it?
* ... that '''[[Zahava Burack]]''' survived the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] by hiding in a crawlspace beneath the home of a sympathetic Polish family for two and a half years?
* ... that "'''[[The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show]]'''" was based on old [[minstrel show|minstrel]] and [[medicine show]]s, but was interpreted as an allegory on the dangers of success in the music business?
* ... that the UK '''[[Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Act 2015]]''' was created to affirm the right to hold council prayers after the High Court had ruled them unlawful?
* ... that '''[[Hans Peter Blochwitz]]''', who appeared as Mozart's [[Don Giovanni|Don Ottavio]] at the Metropolitan Opera, premiered [[Hans Zender]]'s ''Schubert's "Winterreise"'' with the [[Ensemble Modern]] in 1993?
* ... that the '''[[Twin Bing]]''' has been described as "two brown lumps, about the size of golf balls, roughly textured, and stuck to one another like Siamese twins"?
===22 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 22 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that there was a fashion in England for '''[[Pregnancy in art|pregnancy portraits]]''' ''(example pictured)'' in the decades around 1600?
* ... that '''[[Sudhanshu Shekhar Jha]]''' was guided in his doctoral studies by [[Felix Bloch]], 1952 [[Nobel Laureate in Physics|Nobel laureate]], and in his post-doctoral work by [[Nicolaas Bloembergen]], 1981 Nobel laureate?
* ... that [[Jimmy Wales]] wants '''[[Wikitribune|''WikiTRIBUNE'']]''' to counter [[fake news]]?
* ... that the 13th-century [[Kingdom of England|English]] royal justice '''[[Elias Beckingham]]''' was described as being one of only two honest judges in the kingdom?
* ... that '''[[EuropaChorAkademie]]''', a choir formed by students from two universities, participated in an award-winning recording of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's ''[[Requiem für einen jungen Dichter]]''?
* ... that '''[[Mariano Gagnon]]''' was a Franciscan friar who organized airlifts to help refugees escape the [[Shining Path]]?
* ... that [[Simon Pagenaud]]'s victory at the '''[[2017 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix]]''' was his first-ever [[IndyCar Series]] win on an oval track?
* ... that the '''[[Ramellogammarus similimanus|Stumptown scud]]''', a crustacean endemic to the [[Portland metropolitan area]], looks like a "cross between a [[prawn]] and a [[Armadillidium vulgare|potato bug]]"?
===21 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 21 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Wawatam Lighthouse]]''' ''(pictured)'' started out as an [[Folly|architectural folly]] at a highway [[Welcome centers in the United States|Welcome Center]], was moved more than {{convert|300|mi}}, and is now an operating Coast Guard-approved [[Navigational aid|aid to navigation]]?
* ... that '''[[Christoph Siebert]]''' conducted the [[Collegium Vocale Gent]] singing music by [[Franz Schubert|Schubert]] and [[Annelies Van Parys]] in a theatrical performance at international festivals?
* ... that in 2007, some [[UEFA]] members voted against allowing [[Gibraltar national football team|Gibraltar]] membership because '''[[Victoria Stadium (Gibraltar)|Victoria Stadium]]''' was built on disputed land?<!-- Special occasion hook for May 20 -->
* ... that '''[[Linda Laubenstein]]''' was one of the first physicians in the United States to recognize the [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] epidemic in the early 1980s?
* ... that during the '''[[Humboldt Park riot]]''' 40 years ago, the Chicago police department battled Puerto Rican protesters and rioters?
* ... that [[Jepara]] was the only town on the north coast of [[Mataram Sultanate|Mataram]] not to be taken by '''[[Trunajaya's North Coast offensive]]''', after a successful joint defense by Mataram and the [[Dutch East India Company]]?
* ... that the '''[[Reconstruction Era National Monument]]''' includes the place where, on New Year's Day 1863, [[Union Army]] General [[Rufus Saxton]] publicly read the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] to 3,000 slaves?
* ... that the owner of World Champion [[bucking bull]] '''[[Bones (bull)|Bones]]''' exercised him in a mechanized [[hot walker|circular walker]] in a deep sand pit?
===20 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 20 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the family '''[[Laridae]]''' ''(European herring gull pictured)'' are the only [[Charadriiformes|shorebirds]] known to have developed ultraviolet vision?
* ... that '''[[Robert Grace]]''' was the first manufacturer of the [[Franklin stove|Pennsylvania fireplace]], designed by [[Benjamin Franklin]], which heated rooms more efficiently than an open fireplace?
* ... that [[Katy Perry]] first teased the release of her song "'''[[Bon Appétit (song)|Bon Appétit]]'''" with a cherry pie recipe?
* ... that in 1970, [[Postage stamps and postal history of Austria|Austrian Post]] issued a commemorative postage stamp honoring the composer and bass singer '''[[Thomas Koschat]]'''?<!--- Special occasion hook for May 19 --->
* ... that in 1959, an Alabama state senator said a children's book about two fuzzy rabbits, '''''[[The Rabbits' Wedding]]''''', was "propaganda for integration and intermarriage" and tried to get the book banned?
* ... that '''[[Shyam Sunder Kapoor]]''' contributed to the establishment of a [[pelletron]] [[Accelerator physics|accelerator]] facility at [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]]?
* ... that '''[[Electrada|Electrada Corporation]]''', a 1960s-era conglomerate, ran into difficulties after its management reportedly spent more time on acquisitions and financial markets than on actually running the business?
* ... that '''[[Kong Tai Heong]]''', the first Chinese woman to practice medicine in Hawaii, was credited by ''[[Ripley's Believe It or Not!]]'' as having delivered over 6,000 babies?
===19 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 19 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[kenchin jiru]]''' ''(pictured)'' may have originated several centuries ago from the Japanese [[Kenchō-ji]] temple?
* ... that '''[[Gordian Fulde]]''', the director of one of the busiest emergency departments in Australia, was named [[List of Senior Australian of the Year Award recipients|Senior Australian of the Year]] in 2016?
* ... that when passenger service was resumed on Sweden's '''[[Lysekil Line]]''' after 33 years, the train driver had to switch on the line's power himself?
* ... that '''[[Günter Jena]]''', for decades a [[St. Michael's Church, Hamburg|church music director in Hamburg]], conducted the [[NDR Chor]] in a recording of the complete [[a cappella]] works by [[Johannes Brahms]]?
* ... that fragments of ancient [[Maya codices|Maya books]] have been recovered from the ruins of '''[[Guaytán]]''' in Guatemala?
* ... that '''[[James Dale Ritchie]]''' was not suspected to be the Anchorage Serial Killer until after he had been shot dead while attacking a police officer?
* ... that the newly established '''[[Women's Super Rugby]]''' league will include '''[[Gloucester-Hartpury Women]]''', '''[[Harlequins Ladies]]''', '''[[Loughborough Students (Lightning)]]''', and '''[[Waterloo Ladies]]''', but will exclude a team that has been in the top flight for 15 years?
* ... that although the lyrics of the [[Chick Corea]] song "'''[[500 Miles High]]'''" express romantic love, it became a hippie drug anthem?
===18 May 2017===
*'''''00:00, 18 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[McLoughlin Promenade]]''' ''(pictured)'' sits on a bluff in [[Oregon]] that was occupied by the [[Molala]] people thousands of years before the arrival of settlers of European ancestry?
* ... that '''[[Max Thurn]]''', who founded the [[NDR Chor]] in 1946, conducted a series of [[List of Bach cantatas|Bach cantatas]] and prepared the choir for a live recording of [[Isang Yun]]'s ''Om mani padme hum'' in 1964?
* ... that '''''[[Five Nights at Freddy's]]''''' appeared in the ''[[Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition|Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition]]'', breaking the record for the most sequels released in a year?
* ... that astronomer '''[[Sidney C. Wolff]]''' was the first woman to direct a major observatory in the United States?
* ... that a [[cryptic crossword]] central to "'''[[The Riddle of the Sphinx (Inside No. 9)|The Riddle of the Sphinx]]'''", an episode of ''[[Inside No. 9]]'', was published in ''The Guardian'' the same day the episode aired?
* ... that when the '''[[Red Rock Bridge]]''' was no longer needed for trains, it was converted to carry the auto traffic of [[U.S. Route 66]] over the [[Colorado River]]?
* ... that although '''[[Socialism in Bangladesh|socialism is one of its four fundamental principles]]''', the [[Constitution of Bangladesh]] also allows cooperative and private ownership alongside state ownership?
* ... that '''[[Leon Day]]''' pitched a [[no-hitter]] on [[Opening Day]] after a nearly three-year absence from the [[Negro league baseball|Negro leagues]]?
===17 May 2017===
*'''''03:33, 17 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[McLoughlin Promenade]]''' ''(pictured)'' sits on a bluff in [[Oregon]] that was occupied by the [[Molala]] people thousands of years before the arrival of settlers of European ancestry?
* ... that '''[[Max Thurn]]''', who founded the [[NDR Chor]] in 1946, conducted a series of [[List of Bach cantatas|Bach cantatas]] and prepared the choir for a live recording of [[Isang Yun]]'s ''Om mani padme hum'' in 1964?
* ... that '''''[[Five Nights at Freddy's]]''''' appeared in the ''[[Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition|Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition]]'', breaking the record for the most sequels released in a year?
* ... that astronomer '''[[Sidney C. Wolff]]''' was the first woman to direct a major observatory in the United States?
* ... that a [[cryptic crossword]] central to "'''[[The Riddle of the Sphinx (Inside No. 9)|The Riddle of the Sphinx]]'''", an episode of ''[[Inside No. 9]]'', was published in ''The Guardian'' the same day the episode aired?
* ... that when the '''[[Red Rock Bridge]]''' was no longer needed for trains, it was converted to carry the auto traffic of [[U.S. Route 66]] over the [[Colorado River]]?
* ... that although '''[[Socialism in Bangladesh|socialism is one of its four fundamental principles]]''', the [[Constitution of Bangladesh]] also allows cooperative and private ownership alongside state ownership?
* ... that '''[[Leon Day]]''' pitched a [[no-hitter]] on [[Opening Day]] after a nearly three-year absence from the [[Negro league baseball|Negro leagues]]?
===16 May 2017===
*'''''03:21, 16 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Eucalyptus gracilis|snap and rattle tree]]''' ''(blossom pictured)'' is native to Australia?
* ... that [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] '''[[Thomas P. McHenry]]''' and '''[[Maurice S. Osser]]''' served together as [[Philadelphia City Commissioners]] for 20 years, until McHenry died and Osser went to jail?
* ... that finds made at the '''[[Pocklington Iron Age burial ground]]''' include a rare [[chariot burial]] complete with horses?
* ... that Japanese singer-songwriter '''[[Anly]]''' began [[Playing by ear|playing songs by ear]] on her guitar when she was in [[Education in Japan#School grades|third grade]]?
* ... that hundreds of tourists became stranded when '''[[Cyclone Ada]]''' ravaged [[Whitsunday Island]] resorts in January 1970?
* ... that '''[[Chanchal Kumar Majumdar]]''' developed the Kohn-Majumdar theorem with his mentor, [[Walter Kohn]], and the [[Majumdar–Ghosh model]] with his student, [[Dipan Ghosh]]?
* ... that [[Arlington, Texas]], was the largest city in the United States without public transportation until it launched the '''[[Metro Arlington Xpress]]''' in 2013?
* ... that classically trained pianist '''[[Jon Schmidt]]''' augments his live performances by playing the piano with his toes and performing while upside-down?
===15 May 2017===
*'''''03:36, 15 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a steep catwalk leads to the top of the {{convert|175|ft|m|adj=on}} high '''[[Cornell Pulpwood Stacker]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that the ''[[Rugrats]]'' episode "'''[[Mother's Day (Rugrats)|Mother's Day]]'''" addressed the absence of [[Chuckie Finster]]'s mother by revealing that she had died of a terminal illness? <!-- Special occasion hook for Mother's Day -->
* ... that in his 2014 exhibition ''Using Beauty as a Remedy for Life'', Pakistani artist '''[[Mahmood Hayat]]''' questioned whether [[aesthetics|objective standards of beauty exist]]?
* ... that during the '''[[Balfour Mission]]''' 100 years ago, [[Arthur Balfour]] became the first Englishman to address both houses of the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]]?
* ... that several buildings by '''[[Ellamae Ellis League]]''' are listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]], including the home she built for herself?
* ... that the '''[[Japan Medical Association]]''' deployed 6,054 medical and support personnel during the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]]?
* ... that "''''[[Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr]]'''" is one of the oldest hymns of the [[Reformation]]?
* ... that the '''[[Octopus cyanea|big blue octopus]]''' often forms a [[midden]] outside its den?
===14 May 2017===
*'''''03:51, 14 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after '''[[Rise of Macedon|conquering and uniting]]''' most of ancient Greece, [[Philip II of Macedon|Philip II]] of [[Macedon]] ''(bust pictured)'' was assassinated while in Aegae for his daughter’s wedding and was succeeded by his son [[Alexander the Great]]?
* ... that in '''[[Song cycles (Waterhouse)|his song cycles]]''', [[Graham Waterhouse]] has used a cello, a string quartet, or a [[Pierrot ensemble]] to complement the singer?
* ... that the '''[[Train Track Park]]''', containing {{convert|7|km}} of walking and biking trails, was built over the century-old route of the [[Jaffa–Jerusalem railway]]?
* ... that '''[[Krityunjai Prasad Sinha]]''' secured a second doctorate from the [[University of Bristol]] based on his post-doctoral work at [[Maurice Pryce]]'s laboratory?
* ... that '''[[occupational exposure banding]]''' can quickly and accurately assign chemicals into specific hazard categories when quantitative [[Occupational exposure limit|exposure limits]] are not available?
* ... that the name of Japanese electronic rock band '''[[The Sixth Lie]]''' is a reference to a quotation from [[Claude Debussy]]?
* ... that the '''[[pendulum car]]''' was an experimental forerunner of the [[tilting train]], but was not widely adopted on American railroads?
* ... that '''[[Lukas Lundin]]''' had a [[Savannah (yacht)|US$100 million eco-friendly super-yacht]] built in 2015?
===13 May 2017===
*'''''04:06, 13 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that 90 years after '''[[Beatrice Alexander]]''' ''(pictured)'' founded the [[Alexander Doll Company]], the company issued a doll in her likeness, priced at US$1,499.95?
* ... that proteins from [[Bacillus thuringiensis|a bacterium]] toxic to pests have been incorporated into crop plants for '''[[biological pest control]]'''?
* ... that in 2000, '''[[Lloyds Bank RFC]]'''{{`s}} ground was sold by Lloyds TSB, which meant the club had to groundshare with a rival bank?
* ... that '''[[V. S. Sangwan]]''' developed a treatment protocol for [[cornea]]l injuries using cultured [[limbal stem cell]]s?
* ... that Turkish journalist '''[[Erol Önderoğlu]]''', a campaigner for [[freedom of the press]], was arrested for spreading "terrorism propaganda" in favor of the [[Kurdistan Workers' Party]]?
* ... that the German cities of [[Duisburg]], [[Essen]], and [[Kiel]] all '''[[Urbanization in the German Empire|had their populations increase five-fold or more]]''' between 1875 and 1910?
* ... that conquistador '''[[Pedro de Portocarrero (conquistador)|Pedro de Portocarrero]]''' founded the [[Spanish conquest of Chiapas|first Spanish colonial town]] within the territory of the modern Mexican state of [[Chiapas]]?
* ... that '''[[Arlington, Washington]]''', was locally known as the "[[Wood shingle|Shingle]] Capital of the World"?
===12 May 2017===
*'''''04:21, 12 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the abrupt collapse of '''[[Broken Down Dam]]''' ''(pictured)'' at [[Fergus Falls, Minnesota]], in 1909 caused other downstream dams to collapse?
* ... that a number of insect species were named in honour of Dutch [[entomology|entomologist]] '''[[Jacobus van der Vecht]]'''?
* ... that some critics noted that [[Demi Lovato]]'s song "'''[[Fix a Heart]]'''" has references in its lyrics to the singer's past issues with [[self-harm]]?
* ... that the proposed '''[[Mega Manila Subway]]''' would be the first subway system in the Philippines?
* ... that sociologist, feminist, and campaigner for lesbian and gay rights '''[[Mary Susan McIntosh]]''' was deported from the U.S. in 1960 for speaking out against the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]]?
* ... that the '''[[Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens]]''' was selected for the United States' [[National Register of Historic Places]]?
* ... that '''[[Chinmoy Sankar Dey]]''' developed an [[Insulin resistance|insulin-resistant]] ''in-vitro'' skeletal muscle model for screening [[anti-diabetic medication]], for which he holds a U.S. patent?
* ... that the '''[[Dark Hedges]]''' tree tunnel, a popular tourist destination since it was used as the King's Road in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', might not last twenty years?
===11 May 2017===
*'''''04:36, 11 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[flag of Weihaiwei]]''' ''(pictured)'' was redesigned to include [[Mandarin duck]]s, as it was felt inappropriate to have a Chinese imperial dragon on a British flag?
* ... that the lascivious lyrics of [[The Band]]'s "'''[[Jemima Surrender]]'''" inspired [[Naomi Weisstein]] to form the [[Chicago Women's Liberation Rock Band]]?
* ... that '''[[Anne Penfold Street]]''', one of Australia's leading mathematicians, earned bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry before switching to mathematics?
* ... that the Guatemalan labor organization '''[[Committee for Peasant Unity]]''' once led a strike that forced a minimum wage increase of nearly 200%?
* ... that French singer-songwriter '''[[Indila]]''', who has described herself as a "child of the world", is of Algerian, Cambodian, Egyptian, and Indian descent?
* ... that the '''[[Kurşunlu Mosque and Complex]]''' hosts [[Eskişehir Meerschaum Museum|a museum]] that exhibits handmade [[meerschaum pipe]]s?
* ... that '''[[E. S. Raja Gopal]]''' held the position of a [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research|CSIR]] emeritus scientist at both the [[National Physical Laboratory of India]] and the [[Indian Institute of Science]]?
* ... that in 2007, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court '''[[Ferguson v. McKiernan|ruled]]''' that a [[Sperm donation|sperm donor]] was not obligated to pay [[child support]]?
===10 May 2017===
*'''''04:51, 10 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the residence ''(pictured)'' of the [[Hanau-Lichtenberg|Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg]] in '''[[Bouxwiller, Bas-Rhin|Bouxwiller]]''' was pillaged during the [[French Revolution]] and completely destroyed soon thereafter?
* ... that '''[[Yves Bélanger (cinematographer)|Yves Bélanger]]''' had been working as a [[cinematographer]] for more than twenty years when he made his breakthrough with ''[[Dallas Buyers Club]]''?
* ... that '''[[coon hunting]]''' dogs can bark as many as 150 times per minute?
* ... that '''[[S. C. Jain]]''', together with [[Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan]], developed a method for the measurement of [[thermal conductivity]] at high temperatures in solids?
* ... that the predatory mite '''''[[Typhlodromips swirskii]]''''' is able to [[Biological pest control|control]] [[Thrips palmi|melon thrips]] on cucumber leaves, but fails to control '''[[common blossom thrips]]''' on the flowers?
* ... that mathematician '''[[Donald G. Saari]]''' advocates deciding elections by the [[Borda count]] instead of plurality voting, because it leads less often to paradoxical outcomes?
* ... that the '''[[Whitehorse Trail]]''' uses a railroad that was abandoned after major floods in 1990?
* ... that due to the [[North–South divide (England)|English North-South divide]], Craig, a character in "'''[[The Bill (Inside No. 9)|The Bill]]'''", is unfamiliar with ''diddlums'', ''piss-mints'', and ''bluecocks''?
===9 May 2017===
*'''''05:06, 9 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[hotpants]]''' ''(example pictured)'' were originally short [[shorts]] made from materials such as velvet, silk, and fur?
* ... that U.S. citizens are [[Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act|prohibited]] from engaging in business transactions with '''[[Antonio Oseguera Cervantes]]'''?
* ... that in 1759, when she was ten years old, [[Spanish ship Fenix (1749)|'''''Fenix''''']] carried the new king, [[Carlos III of Spain|Carlos III]], from Naples to Barcelona?
* ... that '''[[Gail G. Shapiro]]''' was the first democratically elected president of the [[American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology]]?
* ... that '''''[[Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy]]''''' by [[Jaggi Vasudev]] has been described as recasting [[Patanjali]]'s ''[[Yoga Sutras of Patanjali|Yoga Sutra]]'' in layman's terms?
* ... that '''[[Peter Par Jiek]]''', who had fought alongside [[Riek Machar]] for over ten years during the [[Second Sudanese Civil War]], was later [[2016–17 Wau clashes|killed]] by [[Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition|rebels]] loyal to Machar?
* ... that the '''[[speckle-chested piculet]]''' is endangered by the ongoing destruction of its forest habitat?
* ... that '''''[[The Great Friendship]]''''' had distinctly unfriendly consequences?
===8 May 2017===
*'''''05:21, 8 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a '''[[Pickett-Hamilton fort]]''' ''(example pictured)'' could be lowered into the ground when not in use and raised for combat?
* ... that professional wrestler '''[[Garza Jr.]]''' showed his face for the first time on a television dating show?
* ... that "crawler" '''[[Aulacaspis yasumatsui|cycad scale insects]]''' are sometimes carried away by the wind, landing on nearby plants and infesting them?
* ... that the contralto '''[[Anna Erler-Schnaudt]]''' performed in the premiere of Mahler's [[Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)|Eighth Symphony]] in 1910?
* ... that foreigners who openly call for a boycott of Israel '''[[Amendment No. 27 to the Entry Into Israel Law|may be banned from entering the country]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Alexander Bonner Latta]]''' made the first steam fire engine to be used regularly by a city fire department in the United States?
* ... that [[William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse]], the first airman to receive the [[Victoria Cross]], is buried at '''[[Parnham House]]'''?
* ... that the main characters of '''''[[Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard]]''''' fight zombies with [[paintball]]s?
===7 May 2017===
*'''''04:46, 7 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the earliest visual depiction of the '''[[Finding of Moses]]''' is a fresco of c. 244 AD ''(pictured)'' in the [[Dura-Europos synagogue]]?
* ... that in 1950, '''[[Hans Grischkat]]''' compiled and conducted a concert ''Vom Reiche Gottes'' from single [[Bach cantata]] movements to celebrate the bicentenary of the composer's death?
* ... that [[Frederick Wiseman]] intended his 1969 documentary '''''[[Law and Order (1969 film)|Law and Order]]''''' as "a chance to do in the pigs", but as he made the film he came to understand the "fear that cops live with"?
* ... that [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] '''[[King Kaluha]]''' was the hand-picked opponent for [["Dr. Death" Steve Williams|Dr. Death]]{{`s}} comeback match after battling throat cancer?
* ... that over 60,000 pieces of [[stained glass]] were used to create the '''''[[Roots of Knowledge]]''''' installation at [[Utah Valley University]]?
* ... that the population of the endangered [[Hydrophiinae|sea snake]] '''''[[Aipysurus fuscus]]''''' is thought to have declined by at least 70% between 1998 and 2013?
* ... that African-American mathematics professor '''[[Thyrsa Frazier Svager]]''' and her physics professor husband Aleksandar Svager lived on one salary to build a scholarship fund?
* ... that [[Morrison-Knudsen]] built four '''[[M-K TE70-4S|Popsicles]]''' for the [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific Railroad]] in 1978?
===6 May 2017===
*'''''05:01, 6 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[leafhopper]] species '''''[[Eurymela distincta]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is often accompanied by ants that eat its sugary excrement?
* ... that the Dutch admiral [[Cornelis Speelman]] called the Javanese Muslim nobleman '''[[Raden Kajoran]]''' a "prophet of the devil"?
* ... that '''[[The Formation World Tour]]''' by [[Beyoncé]] featured a {{convert|60|ft|adj=on}} tall rotating LED cube as the stage's focal point, nicknamed the "Monolith" by designers?
* ... that gay Jewish poet '''[[Jacob Hiegentlich]]''' committed suicide days after the [[Netherlands in World War II|Nazis invaded the Netherlands]]?
* ... that the Indian reservation for the [[Cowlitz Indian Tribe|Cowlitz Tribe]] of [[Washington (state)|Washington state]] was established for the construction of '''[[Ilani Casino Resort|a casino]]'''?
* ... that the original draft for the [[light novel]] series '''''[[Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World]]''''' was over 1,000 pages and had to be significantly cut?
* ... that the [[Military history|military historian]] '''[[Clifford Kinvig]]''', whose surname is an anagram of ''[[Vikings|Viking]]'', came from a [[Isle of Man|Manx]] family?
* ... that '''[[The Big Treehouse]]''' covers {{convert|5000|sqft}} and has 12 levels that reach five and a half stories tall?
===5 May 2017===
*'''''05:16, 5 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[St Trophimus' Church, Eschau]]''', houses relics of [[Sophia the Martyr|St Sophia]] and her daughters [[Saints Faith, Hope and Charity|Faith, Hope and Charity]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''''[[The Soft Parade]]''''' is the first [[the Doors|Doors]] album not to credit the members of the band collectively on songs?
* ... that in late 14th-century England, [[John of Gaunt]] built up a massive '''[[Affinity (medieval)|affinity of supporters]]''' which his son [[Henry IV of England|Henry]] later used as an army to depose [[Richard II of England|King Richard II]]?
* ... that '''[[James Niehues]]''', who paints ski resort trail maps, has been called "the Michelangelo of snow" and "Monet of the mountain"?
* ... that part of the [[Kansas]] highway '''[[K-99 (Kansas highway)|K-99]]''' honors the war dead of [[Frankfort, Kansas|Frankfort]], which lost more men per capita in World War II than any other community in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Annelies Van Parys]]''' has composed music for [[Muziektheater Transparant]], including her first opera, ''Private Views'', which premiered in 2015?
* ... that despite its title, '''''[[Boogeyman 2]]''''' does not actually feature the [[Bogeyman|mythical creature]] as the main antagonist?
* ... that Brigadier General '''[[Harold Edward Elliott|Pompey Elliott]]''' convinced his men that his horse could spot men who were unshaven or incorrectly dressed?
===4 May 2017===
*'''''05:31, 4 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Persis Foster Eames Albee|PFE Albee]]''' ''(pictured)'' is considered the first "[[Avon Products|Avon Lady]]", and was followed by over half a million others?
* ... that the '''[[shooter's sandwich]]''' became a minor internet meme after an article in ''[[The Guardian]]'' declared it to be the best sandwich in the world?
* ... that Indonesian [[Constitutional Court of Indonesia|Constitutional Court]] Justice '''[[Saldi Isra]]''' twice failed university entrance exams, but later went on to be awarded ''[[summa cum laude]]''?
* ... that in order to put the silver '''[[Kalākaua coinage]]''' into circulation, [[Claus Spreckels]] formed the Spreckels & Company Bank in Hawaii?
* ... that arriving penniless in Oregon in 1903, '''[[Harley J. Overturf]]''' financed his education at the [[University of Oregon]] by filing a [[Timber Culture Act|timber claim]] and selling the property for a profit?
* ... that at a show during the '''[[2nd Global Indian Film Awards]]''', around {{INRConvert|2.2|m|lk=on}} was raised by auctioning off costumes of [[Bollywood]] actors?
* ... that the '''[[bismuth phosphate process]]''' was used by the [[Manhattan Project]] to extract [[plutonium]] for use in atomic bombs?
* ... that after '''[[Christian Hamburger]]''' oversaw her sex reassignment, [[Christine Jorgensen]] chose her new name in his honor?
===3 May 2017===
*'''''05:46, 3 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the tall roof spaces of Japanese houses in the '''[[Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama]]''' ''(pictured)'' were built with two or three levels in them for rearing [[silkworm]]s and storing [[Morus alba|mulberry]] leaves?
* ... that the [[Javanese people|Javanese]] prince '''[[Pangeran Pekik]]''' was killed by order of his son-in-law, [[Amangkurat I of Mataram|Amangkurat I]]?
* ... that a rented flat in '''[[Grosvenor Gardens House]]''' may have been the birthplace of [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]]?
* ... that '''[[Hazard substitution|substitution]]''' of a [[Chemical hazard|hazardous chemical]] can backfire if it turns out to be a "regrettable substitution" that unwittingly introduces a new hazard?
* ... that '''[[Mia Borders]]''' has an arm tattoo of a saying which means "Better to die standing than to live on your knees"?
* ... that the volcanic area of '''[[Kula Volcanic Geopark|Kula Geopark]]''' was mentioned by the Ancient Greek geographer [[Strabo]] in the encyclopedia ''[[Geographica]]'' as [[Katakekaumene]], literally "Burnt Land"?
* ... that when the Vikings '''[[Viking raid on Seville (844)|occupied Seville in 844]]''', they tried unsuccessfully to burn the city's great mosque?
* ... that '''''[[Sigurd Slembe (trilogy)|Sigurd Slembe]]''''' is a trilogy of plays by [[Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson]] about [[Sigurd Slembe|a worthless bastard]] who tries to seize the throne of Norway?
===2 May 2017===
*'''''01:10, 2 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after [[Mitch McConnell]] said, "'''[[Nevertheless, she persisted]]'''" in reference to [[Elizabeth Warren]]'s silencing during a U.S. Senate debate, more than 100 women in [[Minneapolis]] got tattoos ''(example pictured)'' of that [[meme]]?
* ... that '''[[Barry Ramachandra Rao]]''' and his team designed the first multi-frequency [[High frequency|HF]] phase path radar based on a spaced-receiver configuration?
* ... that '''[[Falcon Nest]]''' is the tallest single-family home in North America?
* ... that [[Honoré de Balzac|de Balzac]] considered the '''[[examining magistrate]]''' to be more powerful than the king?
* ...that the privately held '''[[Dunn Gardens]]''' in [[Seattle]] were designed by the [[Olmsted Brothers]], who also designed the city's park system?
* ... that the '''[[Silk Board junction]]''' witnesses the slowest-moving traffic in [[Bangalore]] and is one of the two most polluted places in the city?
* ... that the [[Eucharist in Lutheranism|communion hymn]] "'''[[Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele]]'''", with lyrics by [[Johann Franck]] and a melody by [[Johann Crüger]], was translated to "Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness"?
* ... that Indonesian political prisoner [[Pramoedya Ananta Toer]] researched his historical novel '''''[[Footsteps (novel)|Footsteps]]''''' from memory and composed it through oral narration to his fellow inmates?
===1 May 2017===
*'''''01:25, 1 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''''[[Aphaenogaster dlusskyana]]''''' ant fossil ''(pictured)'' was collected in 1972 and described in 2016?
* ... that '''[[Myrtle Florence Broome]]''' and the Canadian epigrapher [[Amice Calverley]] traveled together throughout Egypt taking trains and often driving across the desert in a [[Jowett Cars|Jowett car]] they named Joey?
* ... that the Swedish film '''''[[The King of Ping Pong]]''''' won the Grand Jury Prize for world cinema at the [[2008 Sundance Film Festival]]?
* ... that [[Air India]] saw its bookings to America double after the US '''[[2017 electronics ban|banned electronic equipment larger than a mobile phone]]''' from the passenger cabin for flights departing certain Middle Eastern airports?
* ... that '''[[Santosh G. Honavar]]''' treated more than 2,000 children affected with [[retinoblastoma]], with a reported success rate of over 85 percent?
* ... that the '''[[Fort Custer Maze]]''' featured a new design each week?
* ... that [[Makassar people|Makassarese]] warrior '''[[Karaeng Galesong]]''' helped [[Trunajaya]] conquer [[Surabaya]] and [[Gresik Regency|Gresik]] as a condition for marrying his niece?
* ... that '''[[Loser.com]]''' used to [[URL redirection|redirect]] at different times to [[Kanye West]]{{`s}} and [[Donald Trump]]{{`s}} Wikipedia entries?
