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===30 November 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Liwonde National Park]]''' has a population of approximately 12,000 large mammals ''(elephants pictured)'' and more than 380 recorded bird species?
* ... that '''[[Mishkat al-Mumin]]'''{{`s}} advocacy for women's rights angered jihadist [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]]?
* ... that '''[[Guangfu, Hebei|Guangfu]]''' was home to the founders of two of the largest schools of [[tai chi]] in the world?
* ... that [[Lieutenant Governor of Virginia|Virginia Lieutenant Governor-elect]] '''[[Justin Fairfax]]''' once worked for [[Tipper Gore]]?
* ... that an administrative error when appointing [[W. G. Grace]] as referee for a [[Gloucestershire Cup]] tie during the '''[[1888–89 Eastville Rovers F.C. season|Eastville Rovers' 1888–89 season]]''' voided the result and forced a rematch?
* ... that website designer '''[[Akaliza Keza Gara]]''' had to borrow a laptop from her client for her first commission?
* ... that the '''[[Turkestan red pika]]''' was at one time trapped for its fur?
* ... that '''[[Gillian Hanson]]''' was a world expert on treating the condition that ultimately killed her?
===29 November 2017===
*'''''00:00, 29 November 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Fatou Kiné Camara]]''' ''(pictured)'' campaigns for wider access to [[abortion]]s in [[Senegal]], which has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Africa?
* ... that the fossil bumble bee '''''[[Bombus trophonius]]''''' was named after the Greek hero [[Trophonius]]?
* ... that '''[[Independence Day (Hawaii)|Hawaiian Independence Day]]''', on November 28, commemorates the Anglo-Franco Proclamation recognizing the independence of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]]?<!-- Special occasion hook for 28 November -->
* ... that '''[[Mustafa Tuna]]''', the newly-elected mayor of [[Ankara]], was previously an academic in [[environmental technology]]?
* ... that '''[[Geology of Myanmar|Myanmar]]''' produces some of the world's finest [[Ruby|rubies]]?
* ... that there were rumors that the comic book '''''[[Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand]]''''' would end the [[Ultimate Marvel]] imprint?
* ... that artefacts discovered at the '''[[Donaldson Site|Donaldson archaeological site]]''' in [[Ontario]] include a child's necklace made with bear teeth?
* ... that "Hawaii's Songbird" '''[[Lena Machado]]''' had a "ha'i" in her voice?<!-- Special occasion hook for 28 November -->
===28 November 2017===
*'''''00:00, 28 November 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the United States supplied [[ballistic missile]]s ''(example pictured)'' to Great Britain under the '''[[Polaris Sales Agreement]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Irene Ovonji-Odida]]''' advocated for the [[East African Community]] to broaden its scope beyond that of a trade bloc?
* ... that '''{{PS|Duchess of Fife}}''' received a [[Battle honour#Naval battle honours|battle honour]] for saving 1,633 [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] troops from the [[Dunkirk evacuation|beaches of Dunkirk]]?
* ... that '''[[Frank P. Gates]]''' designed 18 buildings on the campus of the [[University of Mississippi]]?
* ... that the '''[[Pragmatic Sanction of 1712]]''', allowing a [[Habsburg]] princess to become [[Queen of Croatia]], is evoked in the [[Constitution of Croatia]] as a demonstration of Croatian millennial statehood?
* ... that mezzo-soprano '''[[Mechthild Georg]]''', a voice teacher at the [[Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln|Musikhochschule Köln]], performed [[Magnificat (C. P. E. Bach)|music by C. P. E. Bach]] at the first [[Rheingau Musik Festival]]?
* ... that on one day of '''[[William Jennings Bryan presidential campaign, 1908|his 1908 U.S. presidential campaign]]''', [[William Jennings Bryan]] gave 30 speeches?
===27 November 2017===
*'''''00:10, 27 November 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Bach's setting ''(pictured)'' of the [[chorale]] "'''[[Es ist genug]]'''" ("It is enough"), with a melody beginning with an unusual [[Whole tone scale|whole-tone sequence]], was quoted with variations in Alban Berg's [[Violin Concerto (Berg)|Violin Concerto]]?<!--Special occasion hook for November 26-->
* ... that '''[[Reginald Appleby]]''' founded the law firm [[Appleby (law firm)|Appleby]] which has been at the centre of the recent [[Paradise Papers]] leak?
* ... that American Olympic swimmer [[Michael Phelps]] won the '''[[Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year]]''' after retiring twice?
* ... that '''[[Ourida Chouaki]]''' co-ordinated the [[20 ans, barakat!]] ("20 years is enough!") campaign to reform the [[Algerian Family Code]]?
* ... that '''[[Northfield Allotments]]''' are claimed to be the oldest in London?
* ... that '''[[Archibald Wager]]''' served as the [[Court clerk|Clerk of Court]] for three [[Colony of Virginia|colonial Virginia]] counties?
* ... that the '''[[Papyrocranus afer|reticulated knifefish]]''' is sensitive to electric charges and uses this ability to locate objects in the vicinity?
* ... that '''[[Elizabeth M. Bryan]]'''{{`s}} wedding was attended by 25 sets of twins?
===26 November 2017===
*'''''00:00, 26 November 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Bayview Park ferry wharf]]''' in Sydney, Australia, is situated on the historic landing site of 58 exiles from the [[Lower Canada Rebellion]] in 1840 ''(memorial pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Jeanne LaDuke]]''' worked alongside [[Natalie Wood]] as a child actor before becoming a professional mathematician?
* ... that the '''[[gavaksha]]''' motif, common in [[Hindu temple]]s, originated in replications of timber and thatch roofs?
* ... that '''[[Sheetal Pandey]]''' won her first election at the age of 63?
* ... that the diets of different species of '''[[bat]]''' include frogs, fish, other bats, nectar, and blood?
* ... that '''[[Estelle Cascarino]]''' represented France at the under-19 and under-20 levels in international tournaments in the same year?
* ... that the '''[[Wall of Grief]]''' is Russia's first monument ordered by presidential decree for victims killed during the [[Great Purge|political persecutions]] of [[Joseph Stalin]]?
* ... that '''[[Bongo Joe Coleman]]''' was distinguished by a [[drum kit|drum set]] fabricated from 55-gallon [[Drum (container)|oil drums]]?
===25 November 2017===
*'''''00:00, 25 November 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Moroccan women's rights activist '''[[Fedwa Misk]]''' ''(pictured)'' named her online magazine ''[[Qandisha]]'' after a mythical [[jinn]] famous for her seductive powers?
* ... that in 1975, [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]] visited the Paris office of the '''[[YMCA Press]]''' and presented an inscribed book thanking the publisher for all his work for Russian culture with them?
* ... that Japanese artist and poet '''[[Chō Kōran]]''' became a specialist in [[Nanga (Japanese painting)|ink paintings]] in the "[[Four Gentlemen]]" genre?
* ... that '''[[St. Leonhard, Frankfurt|St. Leonhard]]''' in [[Frankfurt]] was remodeled from a Romanesque [[basilica]] to a late Gothic [[hall church]]?
* ... that in 1946, '''[[Flemming Helweg-Larsen]]''' became the first person executed by [[Denmark]] in more than 50 years?
* ... that '''[[Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne]]''' is one of six [[Irish stepdance]] competitions claiming the title of World Championships?
* ... that '''[[Jane Wynne]]''' taught her fellow [[paediatrician]]s to identify signs of child abuse?
* ... that the '''[[Amynthas mekongianus|Mekong giant earthworm]]''' can grow to a length of {{convert|2.9|m|ft|0|abbr=off}}?
===24 November 2017===
*'''''00:00, 24 November 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that opposition to tyranny in 16th-century Florence led [[Michelangelo]] to sculpt a heroic '''''[[Brutus (Michelangelo)|Brutus]]''''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that the simple hymn "'''[[Nun laßt uns Gott dem Herren]]'''", used at the end of a meal, became a model for other songs of thanks?<!--Special occasion hook for 23 November -->
* ... that communist politician '''[[Homi F. Daji]]''' called the 1984 [[Bhopal disaster|Bhopal gas leak]] "a callous man-made tragedy of unparalleled dimensions"?
* ... that the [[gall wasp]] '''''[[Bassettia pallida]]''''' induces oak trees to form [[gall]]s, but has its own [[behavior-altering parasite|behavior altered]] by [[Euderus set|a chalcid wasp]]?
* ... that Ireland national rugby [[hooker (rugby union)|hooker]] '''[[Cliodhna Moloney]]''' is also a banker?
* ... that '''''[[Helicopter 66]]''''', which recovered astronauts from five different [[Apollo program|Apollo missions]], has been called "one of the most famous, or at least most iconic, helicopters in history"?
* ... that Colombian performer [[J Balvin]] won [[Lo Nuestro Award for Artist of the Year|Artist of the Year]] for the second year in a row at the '''[[Premio Lo Nuestro 2017]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Lillian Bilocca]]''' threatened to picket British Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]]'s house if he did not impose stronger safety regulations on the fishing industry?
===23 November 2017===
*'''''00:00, 23 November 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[SS Andaste|SS ''Andaste'']]''' ''(pictured)'' – a hybrid [[whaleback]] Great Lakes cargo vessel – disappeared with all hands on Lake Michigan in 1929 and is still listed as unfound?
* ... that '''[[Olive Scott]]''' was Britain's first dedicated [[pediatrics|paediatric]] [[Cardiology|cardiologist]]?
* ... that for 70 years, Jerusalem customers have done their banking in '''[[Mashiach Borochoff House|an eclectic mansion]]''' on [[Jaffa Road]]?
* ... that '''[[Alton C. Parker]]''' was the first black [[detective|police detective]] in Canada?
* ... that the coral '''''[[Acropora aculeus]]''''' is particularly susceptible to [[coral bleaching]] and coral diseases and is listed as a [[vulnerable species]]?
* ... that '''[[Tyler Toland]]''' became the Republic of Ireland's youngest women's senior international [[association football|footballer]] in September 2017?
* ... that the 2016 article "'''[[United States Health Care Reform: Progress to Date and Next Steps]]'''" was the first article by a sitting U.S. president to be published in an [[academic journal]]?
* ... that Japanese singer '''[[Asuka Ōkura]]''' made her music debut as her record label contract was about to expire?<!--Special occasion hook for 22 November -->
===22 November 2017===
*'''''00:00, 22 November 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Nomfunelo Mabedla]]''' successfully campaigned for the [[Flag of South Africa (1928–1994)|former flag of South Africa]] ''(pictured)'' to be removed from the [[Castle of Good Hope]]?
* ... that trains on the '''[[42nd Street Shuttle]]''', the shortest route in the [[New York City Subway]] system, run a distance of {{convert|2700|ft|m}} in 90 seconds?
* ... that '''[[Rama Pilot]]''' and '''[[Vijaya Kumari Ganti]]''', both became members of the [[13th Lok Sabha]] after winning by-elections prompted by the death of their respective husbands?
* ... that as well as feeding on insects, the '''[[greater flowerpiercer]]''' probes and pecks flowers to obtain nectar?
* ... that [[Belhaven University]] is named after the mansion of Confederate veteran '''[[Jones S. Hamilton]]'''?
* ... that [[Kiwi|kiwi birds]] are parasitized by [[Louse|lice]] in the genus '''''[[Apterygon]]''''' and in the subgenus '''''[[Rallicola]]''''' (''Aptericola'')?
* ... that Ethiopian [[women's rights]] activist '''[[Nahu Senay Girma]]'''{{`s}} given name means "something good is happening now" and is traditionally a masculine name?
* ... that racing driver [[Sam Bird]] beat [[Felipe Nasr]] by eight-hundredths of a second to win the '''[[2013 Bahrain GP2 Series round]]''' sprint race, the closest margin of victory in [[GP2 Series]] history?
===21 November 2017===
*'''''00:00, 21 November 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that one individual '''[[Campo troupial]]''' ''(pictured)'' was found to have 126 fly larvae in its stomach?
* ... that ''[[Games and Culture]]'' criticised '''[[Sheva Alomar]]''' for being the video game equivalent of [[Pocahontas (character)|Pocahontas]]?
* ... that on his first commission from the US, [[John Rutter]] composed '''[[Gloria (Rutter)|Gloria]]''' as a concert piece for choir, brass, percussion, and organ?
* ... that '''[[Philip Caves]]'''{{`}} influence on attitudes at [[Glasgow]]'s Children's Hospital in the 1970s was described as "whirlwind" as he operated on [[Infant|newborns]] previously considered unfit for surgery?
* ... that the Norwegian mountaineer [[Arne Næss Jr.]] died in a climbing accident four months before he could accept his '''[[Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award]]'''?
* ... that biologist '''[[Inez Whipple Wilder]]''' made contributions to the study of fingerprints and salamanders?
* ... that the Marshall Islands '''[[Nuclear Claims Tribunal]]''' ran out of funds in 2009?
* ... that '''[[Amy H. Herring]]''' led a study whose data showed some American women were reportedly [[Virginity|virgins]] at the birth of their first child?
===20 November 2017===
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* ... that acting Arizona territorial governor '''[[Isaac T. Stoddard]]''' ''(pictured)'' ordered the entire Arizona Territorial Militia sent to control striking miners?
* ... that the '''[[Shoeburyness Boom]]''' is the only known [[Cold War]] anti-submarine boom?
* ... that during her [[Conscription in Israel|compulsory military service]], '''[[Aya Koren]]''' played in an Israeli Air Force band with [[Yehuda Levi]], her future co-star in ''[[Yossi & Jagger]]'' (2002)?
* ... that the '''[[Transylvanian peasant revolt]]''' of 1437 broke out after the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia|local bishop]], having suspended the collection of the [[tithe]] for years, demanded the arrears in a single payment?
* ... that Irish rugby referee '''[[Joy Neville]]''' was the first woman to be an assistant referee in a men's European Challenge Cup match?
* ... that the '''[[Naval Careers Service]]''' is the smallest of the four components of [[Her Majesty's Naval Service]]?
* ... that the hospital in Southern Rhodesia where '''[[Theresa Robinson Buck]]''' worked was renamed in her honour after her death?
* ... that [[bird lice]] in the genus '''''[[Colpocephalum]]''''' are "rapid", allowing them to outrun the [[preening (bird)|preening]] of their host?
===19 November 2017===
*'''''00:00, 19 November 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Colorado potato beetle]]''' ''(pictured)'' has developed resistance to all major classes of insecticide?
* ... that the '''[[2009 Sky Blue FC season|2009 Sky Blue FC]]''' team that won the [[Women's Professional Soccer]] title employed three different head coaches during the season?
* ... that the English [[neurologist]] '''[[Honor Smith]]''' was sent to Morocco by the [[World Health Organization|WHO]] to investigate an outbreak of paralysis caused by contaminated cooking oil?
* ... that a [[Hiroshima]] [[Bonshō|peace bell]] was donated to the '''[[Aegidienkirche, Hanover|Aegidienkirche]]''', the ruin of a Gothic church that was left as a war memorial?
* ... that Canadian [[Abstract impressionism|abstract impressionist]] '''[[K.M. Graham]]''' began painting at the age of 50?
* ... that the video game '''''[[Sonic Colors]]''''' was designed to appeal to a wide demographic, specifically children and fans of the ''[[Super Mario]]'' series?
* ... that '''[[Miroslava Breach]]''', a Mexican investigative journalist known for exposing [[Human rights#Violations|human rights violations]] and [[political corruption]], was murdered in March 2017?
* ... that the '''[[Colpocephalum californici|California condor louse]]''' became extinct when all remaining [[California condor]]s were deloused in a [[captive breeding]] program?
===18 November 2017===
*'''''00:00, 18 November 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the character posings in the [[manga]] '''''[[Phantom Blood]]''''' were influenced by the sculpture ''[[Apollo and Daphne (Bernini)|Apollo and Daphne]]'' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that serial killer [[Tommy Lynn Sells]] confessed to the '''[[Dardeen family homicides]]''' that took place in [[Ina, Illinois]], 30 years ago today, but he was never charged?<!--Special occasion hook for November 17-->
* ... that '''[[Sushila Rani Patel]]''' taught actress [[Madhubala]] to speak, read, and write English?
* ... that the '''[[Mulungushi Rock of Authority]]''', known as "the birthplace of Zambian independence", is located in the '''[[Central Province, Zambia|Central Province of Zambia]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Staley T. McBrayer]]''' is sometimes referred to as the [[Wright brothers|"Orville Wright" or "Wilbur Wright"]] of offset newspaper publishing?
* ... that the '''[[tidepool sculpin]]''' can leave the rock pool in which it lives, and breathe air?
* ... that after being injured, '''[[Annabelle Lindsay]]''' relinquished a scholarship to play college basketball in the United States but has since been awarded another to play [[wheelchair basketball]]?
* ... that [[Microsoft]] helped fund a new overpass on '''[[Washington State Route 520]]''' near its [[Microsoft Redmond campus|corporate headquarters in Redmond]]?
===17 November 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Khufiyya]]''' ''(shrine complex pictured)'' is the oldest of the four [[Sufism|Sufi]] orders established in China?
* ... that '''[[Judith Kingston]]''' pioneered the use of chemotherapy to treat [[retinoblastoma]], an eye cancer found in children?
* ... that at a time when masonry bridges were widely being replaced by metal [[truss bridge]]s, the limestone '''[[West Sixth Street Bridge]]''' in [[Austin, Texas]], replaced an older iron [[footbridge]]?
* ... that '''[[Rudolf Geigy]]''' established health institutes on two continents and started a foundation that awards scholars who combine field and laboratory work in novel ways?
* ... that the U.S. Army '''[[Wrangell Bombardment|bombarded the village of Wrangell, Alaska]]''', in 1869 to force the handover of the first man to be given the [[death penalty]] under U.S. rule?
* ... that '''[[Ahlem Belhadj]]''' led a march of thousands of women against President [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]] during the 2011 [[Tunisian Revolution]]?
* ... that '''''[[Kaburakia excelsa]]''''', from the west coast of North America, is one of the largest flatworms in the world?
* ... that '''[[Helene Bechstein]]''' helped to teach Hitler table manners?
===16 November 2017===
*'''''00:00, 16 November 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Serena Williams]] ''(pictured)'' has won the '''[[Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year]]''' three times, first in 2003 and most recently in 2016?
<!-- * ... that the 18th-century Scottish obstetrician '''[[William Smellie (obstetrician)|William Smellie]]''' was the first to document the [[Natural childbirth|natural birthing process]]? -->
* ... that the '''[[Los Angeles Times–Washington Post News Service]]''', in existence from 1962 to 2009, had some 650 clients?
* ... that Turkish socialist politician '''[[Fatma Hikmet İşmen]]''' used her first senate speech to accuse the [[Directorate of Religious Affairs]] of fueling discrimination against [[Alawites]] by [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslims]]?
* ... that the '''[[county courthouses in New Jersey]]''' serve [[List of counties in New Jersey|21 counties]] in [[New Jersey Superior Court#Organization of Trial Parts|15 vicinages]]?
* ... that the '''[[Avenue Range Station massacre]]''' involved the shooting murders of nine [[Aboriginal Australians]], including children and a baby, by white settlers?
* ... that '''[[Michèle Dix]]''', managing director of the proposed £27 billion [[Crossrail 2]] project, said she would like to run a [[Tearoom (UK and US)|tea room]] when she retires?
* ... that the species name of the '''[[ringed brown snake]]''' means "well-behaved" and has been linked to its reluctance to bite people?
===15 November 2017===
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* ... that many '''[[coral disease]]s''', such as [[black band disease]] ''(pictured)'', are named after their main symptom?
* ... that '''[[Barbara A. Bailar]]''' resigned from the [[United States Census Bureau]] in 1988 to protest a decision not to adjust the [[1990 United States Census|1990 results]] for systematic undercounting of minorities?
* ... that before the '''[[Han–Liu War]]''', many soldiers bought coffins as they were prepared to fight to the death?
* ... that '''[[Auguste Le Guennant]]''', the director of the [[Gregorian Institute of Paris]], had [[Maurice Duruflé|Duruflé]]'s ''[[Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens]]'' dedicated to him?
* ... that '''''[[Rodinná pouta]]''''', the first original series broadcast by the Czech [[Prima televize]], attracted over one million viewers per episode?
* ... that when '''[[Whitefoord Russell Cole]]''' threatened striking workers with dismissal and pension loss in 1921, his house was "bombarded with bottles until its concrete porch was littered with glass"?
* ... that, in 1944, eleven battalions of the '''[[Government Army]]''' of the [[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia]] were sent to northern Italy to support German military operations?
* ... that Jamaican sprinter '''[[Dominique Blake]]''' was accidentally awarded a bronze medal at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in the women's 4 × 400 m relay?
===14 November 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Sophia (robot)|Sophia]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the first robot to become a recognised citizen of a country?
* ... that '''''[[Super Mario World]]''''' was designed to make the most out of the then-new [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]'s features?
* ... that [[Seattle]] mayoral candidate '''[[Cary Moon]]''' qualified for the [[Seattle mayoral election, 2017|general election]] by a margin of 1,170 votes?
* ... that in the [[pastoral]] poem "'''[[Ich will dich lieben, meine Stärke]]'''", by [[Angelus Silesius]], the Soul promises to love Jesus until her death?
* ... that '''[[Raju Patel]]''' teamed up with [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]] to produce [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s ''[[The Jungle Book (1994 film)|The Jungle Book]]''?
* ... that the '''[[Psolus chitonoides|slipper sea cucumber]]''' is avoided by most predatory fish, crabs, and gastropod molluscs, but is preyed on by starfish, especially the [[leather star]]?
* ... that Queen '''[[May Hnin Theindya]]''' of [[List of rulers of Pegu|Pegu]] tried to save her husband [[Tarabya of Pegu|Tarabya's]] life by tying her tresses with his?
* ... that urban planner [[Robert Moses]] was said to have laughed at protesters he encountered while surveying routes for the '''[[Interstate 295 (New York)|Clearview Expressway]]''' in [[New York City]] in the 1950s?
===13 November 2017===
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* ... that the [[German Army (German Empire)|German Army]] used [[pickelhaube]] helmets made of '''[[boiled leather]]''' ''(example pictured)'' until halfway through World War I?
* ... that it took authorities at [[Kansas City International Airport]] eight months to find '''[[Suicide of Randy Potter|Randy Potter]]'''{{`s}} body in his parked truck, despite recording all license plate numbers nightly?
* ... that [[Luca Guadagnino]], who directed the romantic drama film '''''[[Call Me by Your Name (film)|Call Me by Your Name]]''''', was first hired as a location consultant for the film?
* ... that the minister, writer, and publisher '''[[Christian Gottlob Barth]]''' is remembered on 12 November in the [[Calendar of saints (Lutheran)|Lutheran calendar of saints]]?<!--Special occasion hook for November 12-->
* ... that the '''[[orange-backed troupial]]''' often takes over the nest of a [[yellow-rumped cacique]]?
* ... that the British physician '''[[Stephanie Amiel]]''' has specialised in [[type I diabetes]] since her time at Yale University in the 1980s?
* ... that in its history, the '''[[Palau del Parlament de Catalunya]]''' has been an arsenal, a barracks, a royal palace, an art museum, and the seat of the [[Parliament of Catalonia]]?
* ... that [[NASA]] engineer '''[[John Hirasaki]]''' says he read ''[[The Andromeda Strain]]'' prior to being quarantined with the returning [[Apollo 11]] astronauts?
===12 November 2017===
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* ... that '''[[William Cotton Hobdy]]''' was the private physician to [[Liliuokalani|Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii]] ''(pictured)'' for three years until her death 100 years ago today? <!-- Special occasion hook for November 11 -->
* ... that the [[sexagesimal]] approximation to the [[square root of 2]] used by Babylonian tablet '''[[YBC 7289]]''' appeared again much later in [[Ptolemy]]'s ''[[Almagest]]''?
* ... that following [[Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day]] celebrations in [[Quebec City]] in 1996, riots in '''[[Place D'Youville (Quebec)|Place D'Youville]]''' caused around [[Canadian dollar|CAD]]$1 million in damages to shops and to the [[National Assembly of Quebec]]?
* ... that "'''[[Muhamad Ridhwan|The Chosen Wan]]'''" is the first Singaporean to hold a world title in professional boxing?
* ... that '''[[White plague (coral disease)|white plague]]''', a disease affecting corals, may be two or more diseases with similar symptoms?
* ... that though '''[[Robert "Big Mojo" Elem]]''' was a fixture on the [[Chicago]] blues scene for over forty years, he recorded only one album?
* ... that [[Southwestern University]]'s '''[[Hugh Roy and Lillie Cullen Building|Administration Building]]''' is noted for its architecture, even though it was designed by a physicist and not a professional architect?
* ... that the [[Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team|Rollers]] won the '''[[2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships|2017 Asia-Oceania Wheelchair Basketball Championships]]''', while the [[Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team|Gliders]] came in second?
===11 November 2017===
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* ... that after playing with [[Lego]] bricks as a child, '''[[Roma Agrawal]]''' designed both the tip and bottom of [[The Shard]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that [[Waylon Jennings]]' 1970s song "'''[[Bob Wills Is Still the King]]'''" may have been less a tribute to [[Bob Wills]] than a friendly jibe at [[Willie Nelson]]?
* ... that the extinct ant '''''[[Odontomachus pseudobauri]]''''' was bought from an [[amber]] dealer in [[Basel]], Switzerland?
* ... that after '''[[Ughill Hall shootings|murdering his mistress and her daughter]]''' in [[Ughill Hall]], [[Sheffield]], Ian Wood absconded to France and threatened to jump off [[Amiens Cathedral]]?
* ... that '''[[St. Stefanus, Ghent]]''', was the venue of a concert dedicated to the [[Martin Luther]] Year, featuring [[Der 100. Psalm|Max Reger's setting of Psalm 100]]?
* ... that '''[[James Fugaté]]''' was [[Military discharge#Honorable|honorably discharged]] from the U.S. Navy after it was revealed that he wrote ''[[Quatrefoil: A Modern Novel]]'' under the pen name James Barr?
* ... that [[Chris Ashton]] celebrated scoring the 2010 '''[[IRPA Try of the Year]]''' with an "Ash-Splash"?
* ... that animal behavior scientist '''[[Chris Sherwin]]''' wrote that insects can experience "negative mental states"?
===10 November 2017===
*'''''00:00, 10 November 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Balanophyllia elegans|orange cup coral]]''' ''(pictured)'' obtains part of its nutritional needs from carbon compounds dissolved in sea water?
* ... that folklorist '''[[William A. Wilson (folklorist)|William A. Wilson]]''' wrote that stories from [[Mormon folklore]] are "psychologically true" even if they never actually happened?
* ... that "[[Sally Mapp|Crazy Sally]]", an 18th-century '''[[bonesetter]]''', successfully treated dislocated shoulders and knees in a London coffee house despite having no medical training?
* ... that '''[[Anna Marguerite McCann]]''', the first female American [[Underwater archaeology|underwater archaeologist]], published the earliest research on [[Deep sea|deep-sea]] shipwrecks?
* ... that "'''[[Jerusalem, du hochgebaute Stadt]]'''", a song of [[New Jerusalem]], was written by [[Johann Matthäus Meyfart]], rector of the [[Casimirianum Coburg|Casimirianum]], for an academic sermon?
* ... that '''[[Minori Suzuki]]''' beat 8,000 others who auditioned for the role of Freyja Wion in the anime series ''[[Macross Delta]]''?
* ... that the [[Chicago Cubs]] were awarded the '''[[Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year]]''' after ending their 108-year [[World Series]] drought in 2016?
* ... that the '''[[J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World]]''' franchise was the "most-snubbed franchise" of all time at the [[Academy Awards]], with 12 nominations and zero wins until its [[89th Academy Awards|2017 success]]?
===9 November 2017===
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* ... that during '''[[world tour of Ulysses S. Grant|his world tour in 1878]]''', [[Ulysses S. Grant]] ''(pictured)'' became the first U.S. President to visit [[Jerusalem]]?
* ... that the book '''''[[Bananas, Beaches and Bases]]''''' argues that banana sales have a "gendered history"?
* ... that '''[[Lindsay Peat]]''' has represented Ireland internationally at association football, basketball, and rugby union?
* ... that [[Frederica Wilson]] suggested that President Donald Trump's response to the deaths of four American soldiers in the '''[[Tongo Tongo ambush]]''' in Niger might become his [[2012 Benghazi attack|Benghazi incident]]?
* ... that '''[[Manami Numakura]]''' cites becoming a fan of the ''[[Gundam]]'' franchise as a reason behind her becoming a voice actress?
* ... that power stations in '''[[Megawatt Valley]]''' were once responsible for up to a quarter of all electricity generated in England and Wales?
* ... that facing the rise of Nazi ideology, [[Otto Riethmüller]] compiled the song "'''[[Sonne der Gerechtigkeit]]'''" for young people from hymns by three authors of two earlier centuries?
* ... that [[Eel City]] is a popular residence for '''[[Dysommina rugosa|cutthroat eels]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Monterey Bay Aquarium]]''' was the first [[public aquarium]] to exhibit a living [[kelp forest]], which is nearly three stories high?
* ... that only 20.5 percent of registered [[Slovenia]]ns turned out to vote in a 2017 '''[[Slovenian railway referendum, 2017|railway referendum]]'''?
===8 November 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Monterey Bay Aquarium]]''' was the first [[public aquarium]] to exhibit a living [[kelp forest]] ''(pictured)'', which is nearly three stories high?
* ... that '''[[Homer Franklin Bassett]]''', a librarian in [[Waterbury, Connecticut]], described 125 new species of [[gall wasp]]?
* ... that only 20.5 percent of registered [[Slovenia]]ns turned out to vote in a 2017 '''[[Slovenian railway referendum, 2017|railway referendum]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Shadia Bseiso]]''' from [[Jordan]] is the first female Arab wrestler to sign with [[WWE]]?
* ... that the '''[[Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools]]''' worked to end school segregation in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]]?
* ... that the '''[[UK Holocaust Memorial]]''', to be built in London's [[Victoria Tower Gardens]], will stand alongside other memorials that raise awareness of injustice?
* ... that '''[[Anthony Franchini]]''', who served in the U.S. Army for both [[World war#First and Second World Wars|World Wars]] prior to obtaining U.S. citizenship, recorded more than 3,500 phonograph record sides with [[Frank Ferera]] in the 1920s?
* ... that people have been poisoned after mistaking the '''[[Lepiota brunneoincarnata|deadly dapperling]]''' for the [[Tricholoma terreum|grey knight]]?
===7 November 2017===
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* ... that several '''[[Architecture of Seattle|buildings in Seattle]]''' ''(example pictured)'' deliberately evoke traditional regional Native American architecture?
* ... that governor '''[[Aleimma of Martaban]]''' was assassinated after he was lured to [[Donwun]] by a proposed marriage to [[Hnin U Yaing]]?
* ... that the '''[[Pemberton Memorial Operating Room]]''', built in 1896, featured the first [[Post-anesthesia care unit|post-operative recovery rooms]] in Canada?
* ... that the [[Malaysia]]n High Court sentenced 22-year-old Frenchwoman '''[[Béatrice Saubin]]''' to death by [[hanging]] for smuggling {{convert|534|g|lb}} of pure grade [[heroin]]?
* ... the '''[[Keystone State Wrestling Alliance]]''' is the only professional wrestling promotion based in [[Pittsburgh]]?
* ... that two-thirds of the priests in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Ruteng|Diocese of Ruteng]] signed a 2015 letter of "no confidence" in Bishop '''[[Hubertus Leteng]]''', and this year, 69 priests resigned in protest?
* ... that some '''[[Nematophagous fungus|carnivorous fungi]]''' catch and consume soil [[nematode]]s?
* ... that '''[[Albert Sidney Johnston (Ney)|Albert Sidney Johnston]]''' lies in repose atop his grave?
===6 November 2017===
*'''''00:00, 6 November 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that with '''[[Bosnia and Herzegovina–Holy See relations]]''' improving, [[Pope John Paul II]] came for a visit ''(pictured)''—and then police discovered 23 [[land mine]]s planted in the area where he was to have been driven?
* ... that '''[[Konomi Suzuki]]''' was inspired by the character Sheryl Nome from ''[[Macross Frontier]]'' to become a singer for [[anime]]?<!-- Special occasion hook for 5th November-->
* ... that if the '''[[San Francisco Bay Area]]''' were a country, it would be ranked sixteenth in the world in terms of [[Gross domestic product|GDP]]?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Laura O'Sullivan]]''' made her international debut for [[Wales women's national football team|Wales]] as a goalkeeper less than 18 months after converting to the position?
* ... that Countess [[Ämilie Juliane von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]] wrote 587 songs and hymns, including "'''{{Lang|de|[[Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende]]}}'''", used in her regular meditations towards a good death?
* ... that '''[[Karl Hoblitzelle]]''' was the first movie theater owner in the United States to install [[air conditioning]]?
* ... that the ribbon worm '''''[[Cerebratulus marginatus]]''''' can swim well by undulating its body?
* ... that '''[[Patricia Moberly]]''' was once arrested for attacking Prime Minister [[Edward Heath|Ted Heath]]'s car with a placard?
===5 November 2017===
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* ... that a one-room schoolhouse ''(pictured)'' established in '''[[St. Johns, Ontario]]''', in 1804 is the oldest extant public school in the province, and is still sometimes used as a classroom?
* ... that the actress [[Claire Goose]] began research for her character '''[[Tina Seabrook]]''''s rape storyline, before the writers scripted it?
* ... that the '''[[1973 Belmont Stakes]]''' was won by [[Secretariat (horse)|Secretariat]], whose 31-length lead was the largest margin of victory in the history of the race?
* ... that '''[[Kimmie Taylor]]''' of the Kurdish [[Women's Protection Units|YPJ]] is the first British woman to travel to Syria to fight [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIS]]?
* ... that the '''[[Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park|memorial to the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots]]''' is at the exact location where they died?
* ... that the adult '''[[Madagascan sandgrouse]]''' may soak its breast feathers in water to carry moisture to its young?
* ... that '''[[Otto Riethmüller]]''' was director of the [[Confessing Church]]'s youth organisations and created their logo, the Cross on the Globe, in 1935?
* ... that '''[[Grupo Garza Ponce]]''', now one of the largest construction firms in Mexico, had to change its business model every month during the [[La Década Perdida|1982 debt crisis]]?
===4 November 2017===
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* ... that "'''[[Glauben können wie du]]'''" by [[Helmut Schlegel]] ''(pictured)'' is addressed to [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Mary]], and relates to her exemplary [[Theological virtues|faith, hope and love]]?
* ... that '''[[Barbara Everitt Bryant]]''' was the first woman to direct the [[United States Census Bureau]]?
* ... that the '''[[Ophiopholis aculeata|crevice brittle star]]''' is sometimes involved in mass spawning events?
* ... that '''[[Achilleas Kallakis]]''' has been called "Britain's most successful serial confidence trickster"?
* ... that the '''[[Carillon and Grenville Railway]]''' was the last [[broad-gauge railway]] to operate in Canada?
* ... that the '''[[Northwest Hills, Austin, Texas|Northwest Hills]]''' neighborhood of [[Austin, Texas]], includes a 40-acre complex founded by [[Michael Dell|the chief executive officer]] of [[Dell]], housing Jewish community centers, synagogues, and schools?
* ... that '''[[Grape-kun]]''', a [[Humboldt penguin]], "fell in love" with a cutout of an [[anime]] character?
* ... that Cambridge University's new '''[[North West Cambridge Development]]''' has a [[University of Cambridge Primary School|school building]] shaped like a [[Polo (confectionery)|Polo mint]]?
===3 November 2017===
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* ... that larvae of the '''[[Mediaster aequalis|vermilion sea star]]''' ''(pictured)'' preferentially settle among the tubes of '''[[Phyllochaetopterus prolifica|a tube-dwelling worm]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Ines Rau]]''' is the first [[transgender]] woman to be a [[Playboy Playmate|''Playboy'' Playmate]]?
* ... that the lyrics of "'''[[Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht]]'''" ("I do not let go of my Jesus") are based on memorial sermons for Elector [[John George I, Elector of Saxony|Johann Georg]] of Saxony, who reflected the ideas on his deathbed?<!--Special occasion hook for November 2-->
* ... that '''[[Rudyerd Boulton]]''' and his wife, [[Laura Boulton|Laura]], made the first-ever recordings of the calls of African tropical birds?
* ... that the '''[[Immigration Museum of the State of São Paulo]]''' is located in the '''[[Immigrant Inn]]''', which received more than 2.5 million immigrants to Brazil between 1887 and 1978?
* ... that '''[[Eleanor Nathan]]''' was a member of the [[London County Council]] representing two different parties and two different districts for a total of 16 years?
* ... that a political scandal erupted in 2014 after operatives of the [[Liberia]]n National Security Agency '''[[2014 National Security Agency illegal seizure|illegally seized]]''' US$247,500 from a group of South Korean businessmen in a hotel room in [[Monrovia]]?
* ... that [[Nico Rosberg]] was presented with the '''[[Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year]]''' two months after he retired from [[Formula One]]?
===2 November 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[ballot laws of the Roman Republic|ballot laws]]''' introduced the [[secret ballot]] ''(voting pictured)'' to all [[Legislative assemblies of the Roman Republic|popular assemblies]] in the [[Roman Republic]]?
* ... that '''[[Kia Steave-Dickerson]]''', the design artist for four films by [[M. Night Shyamalan]], originally considered a career in [[dry cleaning]]?
* ... that '''[[Baloke]]''', a small village in [[Punjab]], is the birthplace of [[Satnam Singh Bhamara]], the first Indian to be drafted into the [[National Basketball Association]]?
* ... that the fungus '''''[[Arthrobotrys dactyloides]]''''' can trap a [[nematode]] with a ring of [[hypha]] before feeding on it?
* ... that rally driver '''[[Louise Cook]]''' sold her trophies on [[eBay]] to help her continue competing in the [[2012 World Rally Championship]] after her funding dried up?
* ... that the [[Rush (band)|Rush]] song "'''[[Freewill (song)|Freewill]]'''" was the last studio recording to use the "shrieking high range" of [[Geddy Lee|Geddy Lee's]] vocals?
* ... that American paleontologist [[Walter W. Granger]] used the '''[[Fayoum Light Railway]]''' for transporting the fossils he had found in Egypt?
* ... that it is better for one's [[self-concept]] to be a '''[[Big-fish–little-pond effect|big fish in a little pond]]''' than a small fish in a big pond?
===1 November 2017===
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* ... that the communion song "'''[[Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet]]'''" ("God be praised and blessed"), which [[Martin Luther]] ''(pictured)'' derived from an older model, entered Catholic hymnals in the 20th century?<!--Special occasion hook for October 31-->
* ... that Dr. '''[[William Carpentier]]''', the [[flight surgeon]] for [[Apollo 11]] and [[Apollo 13]], was registered on the [[Air Force One]] [[Manifest (transportation)|manifest]] as WFP – "World Famous Physician"?
* ... that when the citizens of [[Hanover]] accepted the [[Reformation]] in 1533, the 200-year-old '''[[Kreuzkirche, Hanover|Kreuzkirche]]''' became [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]]?<!--Special occasion hook for October 31-->
* ... that the [[whaleback]] '''[[SS Clifton|SS ''Clifton'']]''' disappeared for over 90 years?
* ... that "'''[[Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl]]'''" ("The mouth of fools doth God confess") by Martin Luther was one of eight hymns in the [[first Lutheran hymnal]]?
* ... that in 2011, '''[[Myktybek Abdyldayev]]''' was part of a group of [[Kyrgyzstan]] deputies who sacrificed rams in front of government headquarters?
* ... that three stanzas of the penitential hymn "'''[[Ach lieben Christen seid getrost]]'''" ("Ah dear Christians, be comforted") by [[Johannes Gigas]] were retained unchanged for [[Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost, BWV 114|Bach's chorale cantata]]?<!--Special occasion hook for October 31-->
* ... that the United States experienced a '''[[Halloween card|Halloween "postcard craze"]]''' in the early 1900s?<!--Special occasion hook for October 31-->
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===30 November 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Liwonde National Park]]''' has a population of approximately 12,000 large mammals ''(elephants pictured)'' and more than 380 recorded bird species?
* ... that '''[[Mishkat al-Mumin]]'''{{`s}} advocacy for women's rights angered jihadist [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]]?
* ... that '''[[Guangfu, Hebei|Guangfu]]''' was home to the founders of two of the largest schools of [[tai chi]] in the world?
* ... that [[Lieutenant Governor of Virginia|Virginia Lieutenant Governor-elect]] '''[[Justin Fairfax]]''' once worked for [[Tipper Gore]]?
* ... that an administrative error when appointing [[W. G. Grace]] as referee for a [[Gloucestershire Cup]] tie during the '''[[1888–89 Eastville Rovers F.C. season|Eastville Rovers' 1888–89 season]]''' voided the result and forced a rematch?
* ... that website designer '''[[Akaliza Keza Gara]]''' had to borrow a laptop from her client for her first commission?
* ... that the '''[[Turkestan red pika]]''' was at one time trapped for its fur?
* ... that '''[[Gillian Hanson]]''' was a world expert on treating the condition that ultimately killed her?
===29 November 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Fatou Kiné Camara]]''' ''(pictured)'' campaigns for wider access to [[abortion]]s in [[Senegal]], which has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Africa?
* ... that the fossil bumble bee '''''[[Bombus trophonius]]''''' was named after the Greek hero [[Trophonius]]?
* ... that '''[[Independence Day (Hawaii)|Hawaiian Independence Day]]''', on November 28, commemorates the Anglo-Franco Proclamation recognizing the independence of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]]?<!-- Special occasion hook for 28 November -->
* ... that '''[[Mustafa Tuna]]''', the newly-elected mayor of [[Ankara]], was previously an academic in [[environmental technology]]?
* ... that '''[[Geology of Myanmar|Myanmar]]''' produces some of the world's finest [[Ruby|rubies]]?
* ... that there were rumors that the comic book '''''[[Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand]]''''' would end the [[Ultimate Marvel]] imprint?
* ... that artefacts discovered at the '''[[Donaldson Site|Donaldson archaeological site]]''' in [[Ontario]] include a child's necklace made with bear teeth?
* ... that "Hawaii's Songbird" '''[[Lena Machado]]''' had a "ha'i" in her voice?<!-- Special occasion hook for 28 November -->
===28 November 2017===
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* ... that the United States supplied [[ballistic missile]]s ''(example pictured)'' to Great Britain under the '''[[Polaris Sales Agreement]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Irene Ovonji-Odida]]''' advocated for the [[East African Community]] to broaden its scope beyond that of a trade bloc?
* ... that '''{{PS|Duchess of Fife}}''' received a [[Battle honour#Naval battle honours|battle honour]] for saving 1,633 [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] troops from the [[Dunkirk evacuation|beaches of Dunkirk]]?
* ... that '''[[Frank P. Gates]]''' designed 18 buildings on the campus of the [[University of Mississippi]]?
* ... that the '''[[Pragmatic Sanction of 1712]]''', allowing a [[Habsburg]] princess to become [[Queen of Croatia]], is evoked in the [[Constitution of Croatia]] as a demonstration of Croatian millennial statehood?
* ... that mezzo-soprano '''[[Mechthild Georg]]''', a voice teacher at the [[Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln|Musikhochschule Köln]], performed [[Magnificat (C. P. E. Bach)|music by C. P. E. Bach]] at the first [[Rheingau Musik Festival]]?
* ... that on one day of '''[[William Jennings Bryan presidential campaign, 1908|his 1908 U.S. presidential campaign]]''', [[William Jennings Bryan]] gave 30 speeches?
===27 November 2017===
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* ... that Bach's setting ''(pictured)'' of the [[chorale]] "'''[[Es ist genug]]'''" ("It is enough"), with a melody beginning with an unusual [[Whole tone scale|whole-tone sequence]], was quoted with variations in Alban Berg's [[Violin Concerto (Berg)|Violin Concerto]]?<!--Special occasion hook for November 26-->
* ... that '''[[Reginald Appleby]]''' founded the law firm [[Appleby (law firm)|Appleby]] which has been at the centre of the recent [[Paradise Papers]] leak?
* ... that American Olympic swimmer [[Michael Phelps]] won the '''[[Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year]]''' after retiring twice?
* ... that '''[[Ourida Chouaki]]''' co-ordinated the [[20 ans, barakat!]] ("20 years is enough!") campaign to reform the [[Algerian Family Code]]?
* ... that '''[[Northfield Allotments]]''' are claimed to be the oldest in London?
* ... that '''[[Archibald Wager]]''' served as the [[Court clerk|Clerk of Court]] for three [[Colony of Virginia|colonial Virginia]] counties?
* ... that the '''[[Papyrocranus afer|reticulated knifefish]]''' is sensitive to electric charges and uses this ability to locate objects in the vicinity?
* ... that '''[[Elizabeth M. Bryan]]'''{{`s}} wedding was attended by 25 sets of twins?
===26 November 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Bayview Park ferry wharf]]''' in Sydney, Australia, is situated on the historic landing site of 58 exiles from the [[Lower Canada Rebellion]] in 1840 ''(memorial pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Jeanne LaDuke]]''' worked alongside [[Natalie Wood]] as a child actor before becoming a professional mathematician?
* ... that the '''[[gavaksha]]''' motif, common in [[Hindu temple]]s, originated in replications of timber and thatch roofs?
* ... that '''[[Sheetal Pandey]]''' won her first election at the age of 63?
* ... that the diets of different species of '''[[bat]]''' include frogs, fish, other bats, nectar, and blood?
* ... that '''[[Estelle Cascarino]]''' represented France at the under-19 and under-20 levels in international tournaments in the same year?
* ... that the '''[[Wall of Grief]]''' is Russia's first monument ordered by presidential decree for victims killed during the [[Great Purge|political persecutions]] of [[Joseph Stalin]]?
* ... that '''[[Bongo Joe Coleman]]''' was distinguished by a [[drum kit|drum set]] fabricated from 55-gallon [[Drum (container)|oil drums]]?
===25 November 2017===
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* ... that Moroccan women's rights activist '''[[Fedwa Misk]]''' ''(pictured)'' named her online magazine ''[[Qandisha]]'' after a mythical [[jinn]] famous for her seductive powers?
* ... that in 1975, [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]] visited the Paris office of the '''[[YMCA Press]]''' and presented an inscribed book thanking the publisher for all his work for Russian culture with them?
* ... that Japanese artist and poet '''[[Chō Kōran]]''' became a specialist in [[Nanga (Japanese painting)|ink paintings]] in the "[[Four Gentlemen]]" genre?
* ... that '''[[St. Leonhard, Frankfurt|St. Leonhard]]''' in [[Frankfurt]] was remodeled from a Romanesque [[basilica]] to a late Gothic [[hall church]]?
* ... that in 1946, '''[[Flemming Helweg-Larsen]]''' became the first person executed by [[Denmark]] in more than 50 years?
* ... that '''[[Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne]]''' is one of six [[Irish stepdance]] competitions claiming the title of World Championships?
* ... that '''[[Jane Wynne]]''' taught her fellow [[paediatrician]]s to identify signs of child abuse?
* ... that the '''[[Amynthas mekongianus|Mekong giant earthworm]]''' can grow to a length of {{convert|2.9|m|ft|0|abbr=off}}?
===24 November 2017===
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* ... that opposition to tyranny in 16th-century Florence led [[Michelangelo]] to sculpt a heroic '''''[[Brutus (Michelangelo)|Brutus]]''''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that the simple hymn "'''[[Nun laßt uns Gott dem Herren]]'''", used at the end of a meal, became a model for other songs of thanks?<!--Special occasion hook for 23 November -->
* ... that communist politician '''[[Homi F. Daji]]''' called the 1984 [[Bhopal disaster|Bhopal gas leak]] "a callous man-made tragedy of unparalleled dimensions"?
* ... that the [[gall wasp]] '''''[[Bassettia pallida]]''''' induces oak trees to form [[gall]]s, but has its own [[behavior-altering parasite|behavior altered]] by [[Euderus set|a chalcid wasp]]?
* ... that Ireland national rugby [[hooker (rugby union)|hooker]] '''[[Cliodhna Moloney]]''' is also a banker?
* ... that '''''[[Helicopter 66]]''''', which recovered astronauts from five different [[Apollo program|Apollo missions]], has been called "one of the most famous, or at least most iconic, helicopters in history"?
* ... that Colombian performer [[J Balvin]] won [[Lo Nuestro Award for Artist of the Year|Artist of the Year]] for the second year in a row at the '''[[Premio Lo Nuestro 2017]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Lillian Bilocca]]''' threatened to picket British Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]]'s house if he did not impose stronger safety regulations on the fishing industry?
===23 November 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[SS Andaste|SS ''Andaste'']]''' ''(pictured)'' – a hybrid [[whaleback]] Great Lakes cargo vessel – disappeared with all hands on Lake Michigan in 1929 and is still listed as unfound?
* ... that '''[[Olive Scott]]''' was Britain's first dedicated [[pediatrics|paediatric]] [[Cardiology|cardiologist]]?
* ... that for 70 years, Jerusalem customers have done their banking in '''[[Mashiach Borochoff House|an eclectic mansion]]''' on [[Jaffa Road]]?
* ... that '''[[Alton C. Parker]]''' was the first black [[detective|police detective]] in Canada?
* ... that the coral '''''[[Acropora aculeus]]''''' is particularly susceptible to [[coral bleaching]] and coral diseases and is listed as a [[vulnerable species]]?
* ... that '''[[Tyler Toland]]''' became the Republic of Ireland's youngest women's senior international [[association football|footballer]] in September 2017?
* ... that the 2016 article "'''[[United States Health Care Reform: Progress to Date and Next Steps]]'''" was the first article by a sitting U.S. president to be published in an [[academic journal]]?
* ... that Japanese singer '''[[Asuka Ōkura]]''' made her music debut as her record label contract was about to expire?<!--Special occasion hook for 22 November -->
===22 November 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Nomfunelo Mabedla]]''' successfully campaigned for the [[Flag of South Africa (1928–1994)|former flag of South Africa]] ''(pictured)'' to be removed from the [[Castle of Good Hope]]?
* ... that trains on the '''[[42nd Street Shuttle]]''', the shortest route in the [[New York City Subway]] system, run a distance of {{convert|2700|ft|m}} in 90 seconds?
* ... that '''[[Rama Pilot]]''' and '''[[Vijaya Kumari Ganti]]''', both became members of the [[13th Lok Sabha]] after winning by-elections prompted by the death of their respective husbands?
* ... that as well as feeding on insects, the '''[[greater flowerpiercer]]''' probes and pecks flowers to obtain nectar?
* ... that [[Belhaven University]] is named after the mansion of Confederate veteran '''[[Jones S. Hamilton]]'''?
* ... that [[Kiwi|kiwi birds]] are parasitized by [[Louse|lice]] in the genus '''''[[Apterygon]]''''' and in the subgenus '''''[[Rallicola]]''''' (''Aptericola'')?
* ... that Ethiopian [[women's rights]] activist '''[[Nahu Senay Girma]]'''{{`s}} given name means "something good is happening now" and is traditionally a masculine name?
* ... that racing driver [[Sam Bird]] beat [[Felipe Nasr]] by eight-hundredths of a second to win the '''[[2013 Bahrain GP2 Series round]]''' sprint race, the closest margin of victory in [[GP2 Series]] history?
===21 November 2017===
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* ... that one individual '''[[Campo troupial]]''' ''(pictured)'' was found to have 126 fly larvae in its stomach?
* ... that ''[[Games and Culture]]'' criticised '''[[Sheva Alomar]]''' for being the video game equivalent of [[Pocahontas (character)|Pocahontas]]?
* ... that on his first commission from the US, [[John Rutter]] composed '''[[Gloria (Rutter)|Gloria]]''' as a concert piece for choir, brass, percussion, and organ?
* ... that '''[[Philip Caves]]'''{{`}} influence on attitudes at [[Glasgow]]'s Children's Hospital in the 1970s was described as "whirlwind" as he operated on [[Infant|newborns]] previously considered unfit for surgery?
* ... that the Norwegian mountaineer [[Arne Næss Jr.]] died in a climbing accident four months before he could accept his '''[[Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award]]'''?
* ... that biologist '''[[Inez Whipple Wilder]]''' made contributions to the study of fingerprints and salamanders?
* ... that the Marshall Islands '''[[Nuclear Claims Tribunal]]''' ran out of funds in 2009?
* ... that '''[[Amy H. Herring]]''' led a study whose data showed some American women were reportedly [[Virginity|virgins]] at the birth of their first child?
===20 November 2017===
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* ... that acting Arizona territorial governor '''[[Isaac T. Stoddard]]''' ''(pictured)'' ordered the entire Arizona Territorial Militia sent to control striking miners?
* ... that the '''[[Shoeburyness Boom]]''' is the only known [[Cold War]] anti-submarine boom?
* ... that during her [[Conscription in Israel|compulsory military service]], '''[[Aya Koren]]''' played in an Israeli Air Force band with [[Yehuda Levi]], her future co-star in ''[[Yossi & Jagger]]'' (2002)?
* ... that the '''[[Transylvanian peasant revolt]]''' of 1437 broke out after the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia|local bishop]], having suspended the collection of the [[tithe]] for years, demanded the arrears in a single payment?
* ... that Irish rugby referee '''[[Joy Neville]]''' was the first woman to be an assistant referee in a men's European Challenge Cup match?
* ... that the '''[[Naval Careers Service]]''' is the smallest of the four components of [[Her Majesty's Naval Service]]?
* ... that the hospital in Southern Rhodesia where '''[[Theresa Robinson Buck]]''' worked was renamed in her honour after her death?
* ... that [[bird lice]] in the genus '''''[[Colpocephalum]]''''' are "rapid", allowing them to outrun the [[preening (bird)|preening]] of their host?
===19 November 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[Colorado potato beetle]]''' ''(pictured)'' has developed resistance to all major classes of insecticide?
* ... that the '''[[2009 Sky Blue FC season|2009 Sky Blue FC]]''' team that won the [[Women's Professional Soccer]] title employed three different head coaches during the season?
* ... that the English [[neurologist]] '''[[Honor Smith]]''' was sent to Morocco by the [[World Health Organization|WHO]] to investigate an outbreak of paralysis caused by contaminated cooking oil?
* ... that a [[Hiroshima]] [[Bonshō|peace bell]] was donated to the '''[[Aegidienkirche, Hanover|Aegidienkirche]]''', the ruin of a Gothic church that was left as a war memorial?
* ... that Canadian [[Abstract impressionism|abstract impressionist]] '''[[K.M. Graham]]''' began painting at the age of 50?
* ... that the video game '''''[[Sonic Colors]]''''' was designed to appeal to a wide demographic, specifically children and fans of the ''[[Super Mario]]'' series?
* ... that '''[[Miroslava Breach]]''', a Mexican investigative journalist known for exposing [[Human rights#Violations|human rights violations]] and [[political corruption]], was murdered in March 2017?
* ... that the '''[[Colpocephalum californici|California condor louse]]''' became extinct when all remaining [[California condor]]s were deloused in a [[captive breeding]] program?
===18 November 2017===
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* ... that the character posings in the [[manga]] '''''[[Phantom Blood]]''''' were influenced by the sculpture ''[[Apollo and Daphne (Bernini)|Apollo and Daphne]]'' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that serial killer [[Tommy Lynn Sells]] confessed to the '''[[Dardeen family homicides]]''' that took place in [[Ina, Illinois]], 30 years ago today, but he was never charged?<!--Special occasion hook for November 17-->
* ... that '''[[Sushila Rani Patel]]''' taught actress [[Madhubala]] to speak, read, and write English?
* ... that the '''[[Mulungushi Rock of Authority]]''', known as "the birthplace of Zambian independence", is located in the '''[[Central Province, Zambia|Central Province of Zambia]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Staley T. McBrayer]]''' is sometimes referred to as the [[Wright brothers|"Orville Wright" or "Wilbur Wright"]] of offset newspaper publishing?
* ... that the '''[[tidepool sculpin]]''' can leave the rock pool in which it lives, and breathe air?
* ... that after being injured, '''[[Annabelle Lindsay]]''' relinquished a scholarship to play college basketball in the United States but has since been awarded another to play [[wheelchair basketball]]?
* ... that [[Microsoft]] helped fund a new overpass on '''[[Washington State Route 520]]''' near its [[Microsoft Redmond campus|corporate headquarters in Redmond]]?
===17 November 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Khufiyya]]''' ''(shrine complex pictured)'' is the oldest of the four [[Sufism|Sufi]] orders established in China?
* ... that '''[[Judith Kingston]]''' pioneered the use of chemotherapy to treat [[retinoblastoma]], an eye cancer found in children?
* ... that at a time when masonry bridges were widely being replaced by metal [[truss bridge]]s, the limestone '''[[West Sixth Street Bridge]]''' in [[Austin, Texas]], replaced an older iron [[footbridge]]?
* ... that '''[[Rudolf Geigy]]''' established health institutes on two continents and started a foundation that awards scholars who combine field and laboratory work in novel ways?
* ... that the U.S. Army '''[[Wrangell Bombardment|bombarded the village of Wrangell, Alaska]]''', in 1869 to force the handover of the first man to be given the [[death penalty]] under U.S. rule?
* ... that '''[[Ahlem Belhadj]]''' led a march of thousands of women against President [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]] during the 2011 [[Tunisian Revolution]]?
* ... that '''''[[Kaburakia excelsa]]''''', from the west coast of North America, is one of the largest flatworms in the world?
* ... that '''[[Helene Bechstein]]''' helped to teach Hitler table manners?
===16 November 2017===
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* ... that [[Serena Williams]] ''(pictured)'' has won the '''[[Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year]]''' three times, first in 2003 and most recently in 2016?
<!-- * ... that the 18th-century Scottish obstetrician '''[[William Smellie (obstetrician)|William Smellie]]''' was the first to document the [[Natural childbirth|natural birthing process]]? -->
* ... that the '''[[Los Angeles Times–Washington Post News Service]]''', in existence from 1962 to 2009, had some 650 clients?
* ... that Turkish socialist politician '''[[Fatma Hikmet İşmen]]''' used her first senate speech to accuse the [[Directorate of Religious Affairs]] of fueling discrimination against [[Alawites]] by [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslims]]?
* ... that the '''[[county courthouses in New Jersey]]''' serve [[List of counties in New Jersey|21 counties]] in [[New Jersey Superior Court#Organization of Trial Parts|15 vicinages]]?
* ... that the '''[[Avenue Range Station massacre]]''' involved the shooting murders of nine [[Aboriginal Australians]], including children and a baby, by white settlers?
* ... that '''[[Michèle Dix]]''', managing director of the proposed £27 billion [[Crossrail 2]] project, said she would like to run a [[Tearoom (UK and US)|tea room]] when she retires?
* ... that the species name of the '''[[ringed brown snake]]''' means "well-behaved" and has been linked to its reluctance to bite people?
===15 November 2017===
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* ... that many '''[[coral disease]]s''', such as [[black band disease]] ''(pictured)'', are named after their main symptom?
* ... that '''[[Barbara A. Bailar]]''' resigned from the [[United States Census Bureau]] in 1988 to protest a decision not to adjust the [[1990 United States Census|1990 results]] for systematic undercounting of minorities?
* ... that before the '''[[Han–Liu War]]''', many soldiers bought coffins as they were prepared to fight to the death?
* ... that '''[[Auguste Le Guennant]]''', the director of the [[Gregorian Institute of Paris]], had [[Maurice Duruflé|Duruflé]]'s ''[[Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens]]'' dedicated to him?
* ... that '''''[[Rodinná pouta]]''''', the first original series broadcast by the Czech [[Prima televize]], attracted over one million viewers per episode?
* ... that when '''[[Whitefoord Russell Cole]]''' threatened striking workers with dismissal and pension loss in 1921, his house was "bombarded with bottles until its concrete porch was littered with glass"?
* ... that, in 1944, eleven battalions of the '''[[Government Army]]''' of the [[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia]] were sent to northern Italy to support German military operations?
* ... that Jamaican sprinter '''[[Dominique Blake]]''' was accidentally awarded a bronze medal at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in the women's 4 × 400 m relay?
===14 November 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Sophia (robot)|Sophia]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the first robot to become a recognised citizen of a country?
* ... that '''''[[Super Mario World]]''''' was designed to make the most out of the then-new [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]'s features?
* ... that [[Seattle]] mayoral candidate '''[[Cary Moon]]''' qualified for the [[Seattle mayoral election, 2017|general election]] by a margin of 1,170 votes?
* ... that in the [[pastoral]] poem "'''[[Ich will dich lieben, meine Stärke]]'''", by [[Angelus Silesius]], the Soul promises to love Jesus until her death?
* ... that '''[[Raju Patel]]''' teamed up with [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]] to produce [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s ''[[The Jungle Book (1994 film)|The Jungle Book]]''?
* ... that the '''[[Psolus chitonoides|slipper sea cucumber]]''' is avoided by most predatory fish, crabs, and gastropod molluscs, but is preyed on by starfish, especially the [[leather star]]?
* ... that Queen '''[[May Hnin Theindya]]''' of [[List of rulers of Pegu|Pegu]] tried to save her husband [[Tarabya of Pegu|Tarabya's]] life by tying her tresses with his?
* ... that urban planner [[Robert Moses]] was said to have laughed at protesters he encountered while surveying routes for the '''[[Interstate 295 (New York)|Clearview Expressway]]''' in [[New York City]] in the 1950s?
===13 November 2017===
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* ... that the [[German Army (German Empire)|German Army]] used [[pickelhaube]] helmets made of '''[[boiled leather]]''' ''(example pictured)'' until halfway through World War I?
* ... that it took authorities at [[Kansas City International Airport]] eight months to find '''[[Suicide of Randy Potter|Randy Potter]]'''{{`s}} body in his parked truck, despite recording all license plate numbers nightly?
* ... that [[Luca Guadagnino]], who directed the romantic drama film '''''[[Call Me by Your Name (film)|Call Me by Your Name]]''''', was first hired as a location consultant for the film?
* ... that the minister, writer, and publisher '''[[Christian Gottlob Barth]]''' is remembered on 12 November in the [[Calendar of saints (Lutheran)|Lutheran calendar of saints]]?<!--Special occasion hook for November 12-->
* ... that the '''[[orange-backed troupial]]''' often takes over the nest of a [[yellow-rumped cacique]]?
* ... that the British physician '''[[Stephanie Amiel]]''' has specialised in [[type I diabetes]] since her time at Yale University in the 1980s?
* ... that in its history, the '''[[Palau del Parlament de Catalunya]]''' has been an arsenal, a barracks, a royal palace, an art museum, and the seat of the [[Parliament of Catalonia]]?
* ... that [[NASA]] engineer '''[[John Hirasaki]]''' says he read ''[[The Andromeda Strain]]'' prior to being quarantined with the returning [[Apollo 11]] astronauts?
===12 November 2017===
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* ... that '''[[William Cotton Hobdy]]''' was the private physician to [[Liliuokalani|Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii]] ''(pictured)'' for three years until her death 100 years ago today? <!-- Special occasion hook for November 11 -->
* ... that the [[sexagesimal]] approximation to the [[square root of 2]] used by Babylonian tablet '''[[YBC 7289]]''' appeared again much later in [[Ptolemy]]'s ''[[Almagest]]''?
* ... that following [[Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day]] celebrations in [[Quebec City]] in 1996, riots in '''[[Place D'Youville (Quebec)|Place D'Youville]]''' caused around [[Canadian dollar|CAD]]$1 million in damages to shops and to the [[National Assembly of Quebec]]?
* ... that "'''[[Muhamad Ridhwan|The Chosen Wan]]'''" is the first Singaporean to hold a world title in professional boxing?
* ... that '''[[White plague (coral disease)|white plague]]''', a disease affecting corals, may be two or more diseases with similar symptoms?
* ... that though '''[[Robert "Big Mojo" Elem]]''' was a fixture on the [[Chicago]] blues scene for over forty years, he recorded only one album?
* ... that [[Southwestern University]]'s '''[[Hugh Roy and Lillie Cullen Building|Administration Building]]''' is noted for its architecture, even though it was designed by a physicist and not a professional architect?
* ... that the [[Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team|Rollers]] won the '''[[2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships|2017 Asia-Oceania Wheelchair Basketball Championships]]''', while the [[Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team|Gliders]] came in second?
===11 November 2017===
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* ... that after playing with [[Lego]] bricks as a child, '''[[Roma Agrawal]]''' designed both the tip and bottom of [[The Shard]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that [[Waylon Jennings]]' 1970s song "'''[[Bob Wills Is Still the King]]'''" may have been less a tribute to [[Bob Wills]] than a friendly jibe at [[Willie Nelson]]?
* ... that the extinct ant '''''[[Odontomachus pseudobauri]]''''' was bought from an [[amber]] dealer in [[Basel]], Switzerland?
* ... that after '''[[Ughill Hall shootings|murdering his mistress and her daughter]]''' in [[Ughill Hall]], [[Sheffield]], Ian Wood absconded to France and threatened to jump off [[Amiens Cathedral]]?
* ... that '''[[St. Stefanus, Ghent]]''', was the venue of a concert dedicated to the [[Martin Luther]] Year, featuring [[Der 100. Psalm|Max Reger's setting of Psalm 100]]?
* ... that '''[[James Fugaté]]''' was [[Military discharge#Honorable|honorably discharged]] from the U.S. Navy after it was revealed that he wrote ''[[Quatrefoil: A Modern Novel]]'' under the pen name James Barr?
* ... that [[Chris Ashton]] celebrated scoring the 2010 '''[[IRPA Try of the Year]]''' with an "Ash-Splash"?
* ... that animal behavior scientist '''[[Chris Sherwin]]''' wrote that insects can experience "negative mental states"?
===10 November 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[Balanophyllia elegans|orange cup coral]]''' ''(pictured)'' obtains part of its nutritional needs from carbon compounds dissolved in sea water?
* ... that folklorist '''[[William A. Wilson (folklorist)|William A. Wilson]]''' wrote that stories from [[Mormon folklore]] are "psychologically true" even if they never actually happened?
* ... that "[[Sally Mapp|Crazy Sally]]", an 18th-century '''[[bonesetter]]''', successfully treated dislocated shoulders and knees in a London coffee house despite having no medical training?
* ... that '''[[Anna Marguerite McCann]]''', the first female American [[Underwater archaeology|underwater archaeologist]], published the earliest research on [[Deep sea|deep-sea]] shipwrecks?
* ... that "'''[[Jerusalem, du hochgebaute Stadt]]'''", a song of [[New Jerusalem]], was written by [[Johann Matthäus Meyfart]], rector of the [[Casimirianum Coburg|Casimirianum]], for an academic sermon?
* ... that '''[[Minori Suzuki]]''' beat 8,000 others who auditioned for the role of Freyja Wion in the anime series ''[[Macross Delta]]''?
* ... that the [[Chicago Cubs]] were awarded the '''[[Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year]]''' after ending their 108-year [[World Series]] drought in 2016?
* ... that the '''[[J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World]]''' franchise was the "most-snubbed franchise" of all time at the [[Academy Awards]], with 12 nominations and zero wins until its [[89th Academy Awards|2017 success]]?
===9 November 2017===
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* ... that during '''[[world tour of Ulysses S. Grant|his world tour in 1878]]''', [[Ulysses S. Grant]] ''(pictured)'' became the first U.S. President to visit [[Jerusalem]]?
* ... that the book '''''[[Bananas, Beaches and Bases]]''''' argues that banana sales have a "gendered history"?
* ... that '''[[Lindsay Peat]]''' has represented Ireland internationally at association football, basketball, and rugby union?
* ... that [[Frederica Wilson]] suggested that President Donald Trump's response to the deaths of four American soldiers in the '''[[Tongo Tongo ambush]]''' in Niger might become his [[2012 Benghazi attack|Benghazi incident]]?
* ... that '''[[Manami Numakura]]''' cites becoming a fan of the ''[[Gundam]]'' franchise as a reason behind her becoming a voice actress?
* ... that power stations in '''[[Megawatt Valley]]''' were once responsible for up to a quarter of all electricity generated in England and Wales?
* ... that facing the rise of Nazi ideology, [[Otto Riethmüller]] compiled the song "'''[[Sonne der Gerechtigkeit]]'''" for young people from hymns by three authors of two earlier centuries?
* ... that [[Eel City]] is a popular residence for '''[[Dysommina rugosa|cutthroat eels]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Monterey Bay Aquarium]]''' was the first [[public aquarium]] to exhibit a living [[kelp forest]], which is nearly three stories high?
* ... that only 20.5 percent of registered [[Slovenia]]ns turned out to vote in a 2017 '''[[Slovenian railway referendum, 2017|railway referendum]]'''?
===8 November 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Monterey Bay Aquarium]]''' was the first [[public aquarium]] to exhibit a living [[kelp forest]] ''(pictured)'', which is nearly three stories high?
* ... that '''[[Homer Franklin Bassett]]''', a librarian in [[Waterbury, Connecticut]], described 125 new species of [[gall wasp]]?
* ... that only 20.5 percent of registered [[Slovenia]]ns turned out to vote in a 2017 '''[[Slovenian railway referendum, 2017|railway referendum]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Shadia Bseiso]]''' from [[Jordan]] is the first female Arab wrestler to sign with [[WWE]]?
* ... that the '''[[Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools]]''' worked to end school segregation in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]]?
* ... that the '''[[UK Holocaust Memorial]]''', to be built in London's [[Victoria Tower Gardens]], will stand alongside other memorials that raise awareness of injustice?
* ... that '''[[Anthony Franchini]]''', who served in the U.S. Army for both [[World war#First and Second World Wars|World Wars]] prior to obtaining U.S. citizenship, recorded more than 3,500 phonograph record sides with [[Frank Ferera]] in the 1920s?
* ... that people have been poisoned after mistaking the '''[[Lepiota brunneoincarnata|deadly dapperling]]''' for the [[Tricholoma terreum|grey knight]]?
===7 November 2017===
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* ... that several '''[[Architecture of Seattle|buildings in Seattle]]''' ''(example pictured)'' deliberately evoke traditional regional Native American architecture?
* ... that governor '''[[Aleimma of Martaban]]''' was assassinated after he was lured to [[Donwun]] by a proposed marriage to [[Hnin U Yaing]]?
* ... that the '''[[Pemberton Memorial Operating Room]]''', built in 1896, featured the first [[Post-anesthesia care unit|post-operative recovery rooms]] in Canada?
* ... that the [[Malaysia]]n High Court sentenced 22-year-old Frenchwoman '''[[Béatrice Saubin]]''' to death by [[hanging]] for smuggling {{convert|534|g|lb}} of pure grade [[heroin]]?
* ... the '''[[Keystone State Wrestling Alliance]]''' is the only professional wrestling promotion based in [[Pittsburgh]]?
* ... that two-thirds of the priests in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Ruteng|Diocese of Ruteng]] signed a 2015 letter of "no confidence" in Bishop '''[[Hubertus Leteng]]''', and this year, 69 priests resigned in protest?
* ... that some '''[[Nematophagous fungus|carnivorous fungi]]''' catch and consume soil [[nematode]]s?
* ... that '''[[Albert Sidney Johnston (Ney)|Albert Sidney Johnston]]''' lies in repose atop his grave?
===6 November 2017===
*'''''00:00, 6 November 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that with '''[[Bosnia and Herzegovina–Holy See relations]]''' improving, [[Pope John Paul II]] came for a visit ''(pictured)''—and then police discovered 23 [[land mine]]s planted in the area where he was to have been driven?
* ... that '''[[Konomi Suzuki]]''' was inspired by the character Sheryl Nome from ''[[Macross Frontier]]'' to become a singer for [[anime]]?<!-- Special occasion hook for 5th November-->
* ... that if the '''[[San Francisco Bay Area]]''' were a country, it would be ranked sixteenth in the world in terms of [[Gross domestic product|GDP]]?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Laura O'Sullivan]]''' made her international debut for [[Wales women's national football team|Wales]] as a goalkeeper less than 18 months after converting to the position?
* ... that Countess [[Ämilie Juliane von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]] wrote 587 songs and hymns, including "'''{{Lang|de|[[Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende]]}}'''", used in her regular meditations towards a good death?
* ... that '''[[Karl Hoblitzelle]]''' was the first movie theater owner in the United States to install [[air conditioning]]?
* ... that the ribbon worm '''''[[Cerebratulus marginatus]]''''' can swim well by undulating its body?
* ... that '''[[Patricia Moberly]]''' was once arrested for attacking Prime Minister [[Edward Heath|Ted Heath]]'s car with a placard?
===5 November 2017===
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* ... that a one-room schoolhouse ''(pictured)'' established in '''[[St. Johns, Ontario]]''', in 1804 is the oldest extant public school in the province, and is still sometimes used as a classroom?
* ... that the actress [[Claire Goose]] began research for her character '''[[Tina Seabrook]]''''s rape storyline, before the writers scripted it?
* ... that the '''[[1973 Belmont Stakes]]''' was won by [[Secretariat (horse)|Secretariat]], whose 31-length lead was the largest margin of victory in the history of the race?
* ... that '''[[Kimmie Taylor]]''' of the Kurdish [[Women's Protection Units|YPJ]] is the first British woman to travel to Syria to fight [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIS]]?
* ... that the '''[[Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park|memorial to the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots]]''' is at the exact location where they died?
* ... that the adult '''[[Madagascan sandgrouse]]''' may soak its breast feathers in water to carry moisture to its young?
* ... that '''[[Otto Riethmüller]]''' was director of the [[Confessing Church]]'s youth organisations and created their logo, the Cross on the Globe, in 1935?
* ... that '''[[Grupo Garza Ponce]]''', now one of the largest construction firms in Mexico, had to change its business model every month during the [[La Década Perdida|1982 debt crisis]]?
===4 November 2017===
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* ... that "'''[[Glauben können wie du]]'''" by [[Helmut Schlegel]] ''(pictured)'' is addressed to [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Mary]], and relates to her exemplary [[Theological virtues|faith, hope and love]]?
* ... that '''[[Barbara Everitt Bryant]]''' was the first woman to direct the [[United States Census Bureau]]?
* ... that the '''[[Ophiopholis aculeata|crevice brittle star]]''' is sometimes involved in mass spawning events?
* ... that '''[[Achilleas Kallakis]]''' has been called "Britain's most successful serial confidence trickster"?
* ... that the '''[[Carillon and Grenville Railway]]''' was the last [[broad-gauge railway]] to operate in Canada?
* ... that the '''[[Northwest Hills, Austin, Texas|Northwest Hills]]''' neighborhood of [[Austin, Texas]], includes a 40-acre complex founded by [[Michael Dell|the chief executive officer]] of [[Dell]], housing Jewish community centers, synagogues, and schools?
* ... that '''[[Grape-kun]]''', a [[Humboldt penguin]], "fell in love" with a cutout of an [[anime]] character?
* ... that Cambridge University's new '''[[North West Cambridge Development]]''' has a [[University of Cambridge Primary School|school building]] shaped like a [[Polo (confectionery)|Polo mint]]?
===3 November 2017===
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* ... that larvae of the '''[[Mediaster aequalis|vermilion sea star]]''' ''(pictured)'' preferentially settle among the tubes of '''[[Phyllochaetopterus prolifica|a tube-dwelling worm]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Ines Rau]]''' is the first [[transgender]] woman to be a [[Playboy Playmate|''Playboy'' Playmate]]?
* ... that the lyrics of "'''[[Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht]]'''" ("I do not let go of my Jesus") are based on memorial sermons for Elector [[John George I, Elector of Saxony|Johann Georg]] of Saxony, who reflected the ideas on his deathbed?<!--Special occasion hook for November 2-->
* ... that '''[[Rudyerd Boulton]]''' and his wife, [[Laura Boulton|Laura]], made the first-ever recordings of the calls of African tropical birds?
* ... that the '''[[Immigration Museum of the State of São Paulo]]''' is located in the '''[[Immigrant Inn]]''', which received more than 2.5 million immigrants to Brazil between 1887 and 1978?
* ... that '''[[Eleanor Nathan]]''' was a member of the [[London County Council]] representing two different parties and two different districts for a total of 16 years?
* ... that a political scandal erupted in 2014 after operatives of the [[Liberia]]n National Security Agency '''[[2014 National Security Agency illegal seizure|illegally seized]]''' US$247,500 from a group of South Korean businessmen in a hotel room in [[Monrovia]]?
* ... that [[Nico Rosberg]] was presented with the '''[[Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year]]''' two months after he retired from [[Formula One]]?
===2 November 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[ballot laws of the Roman Republic|ballot laws]]''' introduced the [[secret ballot]] ''(voting pictured)'' to all [[Legislative assemblies of the Roman Republic|popular assemblies]] in the [[Roman Republic]]?
* ... that '''[[Kia Steave-Dickerson]]''', the design artist for four films by [[M. Night Shyamalan]], originally considered a career in [[dry cleaning]]?
* ... that '''[[Baloke]]''', a small village in [[Punjab]], is the birthplace of [[Satnam Singh Bhamara]], the first Indian to be drafted into the [[National Basketball Association]]?
* ... that the fungus '''''[[Arthrobotrys dactyloides]]''''' can trap a [[nematode]] with a ring of [[hypha]] before feeding on it?
* ... that rally driver '''[[Louise Cook]]''' sold her trophies on [[eBay]] to help her continue competing in the [[2012 World Rally Championship]] after her funding dried up?
* ... that the [[Rush (band)|Rush]] song "'''[[Freewill (song)|Freewill]]'''" was the last studio recording to use the "shrieking high range" of [[Geddy Lee|Geddy Lee's]] vocals?
* ... that American paleontologist [[Walter W. Granger]] used the '''[[Fayoum Light Railway]]''' for transporting the fossils he had found in Egypt?
* ... that it is better for one's [[self-concept]] to be a '''[[Big-fish–little-pond effect|big fish in a little pond]]''' than a small fish in a big pond?
===1 November 2017===
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* ... that the communion song "'''[[Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet]]'''" ("God be praised and blessed"), which [[Martin Luther]] ''(pictured)'' derived from an older model, entered Catholic hymnals in the 20th century?<!--Special occasion hook for October 31-->
* ... that Dr. '''[[William Carpentier]]''', the [[flight surgeon]] for [[Apollo 11]] and [[Apollo 13]], was registered on the [[Air Force One]] [[Manifest (transportation)|manifest]] as WFP – "World Famous Physician"?
* ... that when the citizens of [[Hanover]] accepted the [[Reformation]] in 1533, the 200-year-old '''[[Kreuzkirche, Hanover|Kreuzkirche]]''' became [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]]?<!--Special occasion hook for October 31-->
* ... that the [[whaleback]] '''[[SS Clifton|SS ''Clifton'']]''' disappeared for over 90 years?
* ... that "'''[[Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl]]'''" ("The mouth of fools doth God confess") by Martin Luther was one of eight hymns in the [[first Lutheran hymnal]]?
* ... that in 2011, '''[[Myktybek Abdyldayev]]''' was part of a group of [[Kyrgyzstan]] deputies who sacrificed rams in front of government headquarters?
* ... that three stanzas of the penitential hymn "'''[[Ach lieben Christen seid getrost]]'''" ("Ah dear Christians, be comforted") by [[Johannes Gigas]] were retained unchanged for [[Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost, BWV 114|Bach's chorale cantata]]?<!--Special occasion hook for October 31-->
* ... that the United States experienced a '''[[Halloween card|Halloween "postcard craze"]]''' in the early 1900s?<!--Special occasion hook for October 31-->
