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===30 September 2017===
*'''''05:00, 30 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[goliath imperial pigeon]]''' ''(pictured)'' is also known as the notou?
* ... that '''[[William Tassie (teacher)|William Tassie]]''' thought parents would send their children to private schools if other schools did not provide the opportunity to learn [[Latin]] at an early age?
* ... that the proposed '''[[Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act]]''' has been criticized for weakening [[Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act|Section 230]] safe harbors?
* ... that the future of '''[[clinafloxacin]]''' as a new drug is less bright due to its risk of [[Phototoxicity|drug-induced light sensitivity]]?
* ... that '''[[2015 San Sebastián del Oeste ambush|15 policemen were killed]]''' in a 2015 ambush in [[Jalisco]], Mexico?
* ... that after baritone '''[[Johannes Martin Kränzle]]''' recovered from [[Myelodysplastic syndrome|MDS]], he made his debut at the [[Bayreuth Festival]] in 2017 as [[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg|Beckmesser]], staged by [[Barrie Kosky|the festival's first Jewish director]]?
* ... that although the '''[[Smith's red rock hare]]''' is a nocturnal species, it occasionally comes out during early mornings or late afternoons in places where it is not hunted?
===29 September 2017===
*'''''05:00, 29 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[John Ford]] ''(pictured)'' portrayed an [[Office of Strategic Services]] officer in an '''[[Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines|OSS training film]]''' that he directed in 1943?
* ... that the '''[[Yarkand hare]]''' is hunted as game and, between 1958 and 1981, about 10,000 furs annually were produced from the species?
* ... that American soprano '''[[Pamela Coburn]]''' appeared as Mozart's [[The Marriage of Figaro|Countess]] in Vienna and New York, and as Ellen, the friend of [[Peter Grimes]], in Munich and at the [[Maggio Musicale Fiorentino]]?
* ... that '''''[[Farrakhan v Home Secretary]]''''' was the first court case to successfully overturn a client's [[List of people banned from entering the United Kingdom|ban on entry to the United Kingdom]]—only to be overturned itself on appeal?
* ... that illustrator '''[[Ida Waugh]]''' met her life partner [[Amy Ella Blanchard]] when the latter was hired as a tutor for her younger brother, future painter [[Frederick Judd Waugh]]?
* ... that in 1989, the '''[[Institute of Party History of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia|Institute of Party History of the Communist Party of Estonia]]''' denounced the [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]]?
* ... that Iranian President [[Hassan Rouhani]] has been accused of '''[[Hassan Rouhani plagiarism allegations|plagiarizing his PhD thesis]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[Delaware Railroad]]''' was sued in 1863 because it did not have enough freight cars to transport a [[bumper crop]] of peaches?
===28 September 2017===
*'''''00:45, 28 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Kent Nagano]] commissioned Jörg Widmann's oratorio '''''[[Arche (oratorio)|Arche]]''''' for the opening celebrations of the [[Elbphilharmonie]] ''(pictured)'', and conducted 300 performers in the premiere?
* ... that '''[[Ada Bell Maescher]]''' produced ''[[Night Life in Hollywood]]'' as a [[propaganda]] film to depict Hollywood as a model city populated by home-loving people?
* ... that [[Titian]] intended his painting of the '''''[[Pietà (Titian)|Pietà]]''''' to hang over his grave, but it never did?
* ... that before working with [[Bob Crewe]] and [[Dusty Springfield]], folk singer '''[[Norma Tanega]]''' performed at summer camps and a mental hospital?
* ... that '''[[Oligotoma saundersii|Saunders' embiids]]''' live in silken tubes and camouflage their eggs, perhaps to prevent cannibalism?
* ... that [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]'s 2006 novel '''''[[Voices (Le Guin novel)|Voices]]''''' has been compared to [[Ray Bradbury]]'s ''[[Fahrenheit 451]]'', which also prominently features the destruction of books?
* ... that during the '''[[Rhine Campaign of 1796]]''', the French troops were hampered by having to steal their supplies, which turned the local populations against them?
* ... that the '''[[New Delhi by-election, 1992|1992 New Delhi by-election]]''' included the candidacies of two [[Bollywood]] stars and a "[[Phoolan Devi|Bandit Queen]]"?
===27 September 2017===
*'''''01:00, 27 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that as of 12 September, 48 '''[[2017 Montana wildfires|wildfires in Montana]]''' ''(example pictured)'' were actively burning?
* ... that Sergeant '''[[Ömer Halisdemir]]''' was killed on the spot after he shot dead a general who had tried to take over the [[Special Forces Command (Turkey)|Special Forces Command]] [[headquarters|HQ]] during the [[2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt]]?
* ... that the comic book '''''[[Ultimate End (comics)|Ultimate End]]''''' was made by [[Brian Michael Bendis]] and [[Mark Bagley]], who had created the [[Ultimate Marvel]] imprint 15 years before?
* ... that '''''[[Tre Canti di Leopardi]]''''', three orchestral songs by [[Wilhelm Killmayer]], are based on poems from ''[[Canti (poetry collection)|Canti]]'', addressing the infinite, the self, and the moon?
* ... that the anti-illegal immigration bill '''[[Georgia House Bill 87]]''', which was signed into law in 2011, was partly based on [[Arizona]]'s [[Arizona SB 1070|SB 1070]] immigration bill?
* ... that the [[Mars|Martian]] dunes of '''[[Ogygis Undae]]''' consist of two different sand types, and look similar to the dunes in [[Grand Falls, Arizona]]?
* ... that '''[[Shirley Pitts]]''' was trained by the [[Forty Elephants]] and became the "queen of shoplifters"?
===26 September 2017===
*'''''13:15, 26 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[white-crowned forktail]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' breed between mountaintops in [[Borneo]], but not with individuals of the same species in adjacent lowlands?
* ... that '''[[Alex Virot]]''' is the only journalist to have died whilst covering the [[Tour de France]]?
* ... that the dark, organic setting of the graphic adventure video game '''''[[Oxenfree]]''''' was designed to contrast with its bright, geometric, supernatural elements?
* ... that two years after '''[[Henry Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Groby]]''', fought alongside [[Richard II of England|King Richard II]] in the 1385 invasion of Scotland, the king and queen stayed the night in Ferrers' castle?
* ... that '''[[Xafecopy Trojan]]''' attacked at least 4,800 [[Android (operating system)|Android]] users in just a month?
* ... that in 1948, '''[[Oreste Pucciani]]''', champion of the "[[Direct method (education)|direct method]]" of language teaching, banned English from his classroom at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]]?
* ... that British Prime Minister [[Harold Macmillan]] described the '''[[1958 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement]]''' as the "great prize"?
* ... that astronomer '''[[Alan Duffy (astronomer)|Alan Duffy]]''' is constructing a [[dark matter]] detector {{convert|1|km}} underground in a gold mine?
*'''''01:30, 26 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Titian]]'s 1516 work '''''[[The Tribute Money (Titian)|The Tribute Money]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was painted to be a cupboard door?
* ... that the '''[[Glover's pika]]''' was at different times treated as a subspecies of the [[Turkestan red pika]] and the [[Chinese red pika]], but is now accepted as an independent species?
* ... that carbon-carrying minerals are known as '''[[organic mineral]]s''', except for some that were considered inorganic before 1828?
* ... that [[Dua Lipa]] said that her song "'''[[New Rules (song)|New Rules]]'''" talks about setting rules to keep "your distance from someone who's bad for you"?
* ... that while working on the '''[[Representation theory of the Lorentz group|representations of the Lorentz group]]''', an encounter with [[Paul Dirac|Dirac]] convinced [[Harish-Chandra]] that he did not have "the mysterious sixth sense which one needs in order to succeed in physics"?
* ... that residents of [[Uttan]] aided '''[[Gilbert Mendonca]]'''{{`s}} candidacy in the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2009|2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]] by refusing to allow other candidates to campaign in their town?
* ... that in [[Women's One Day International cricket]], '''[[India women's national cricket team record by opponent|India]]''' has the fourth highest number of victories?
* ... that the 1896 novel ''The Courage of Her Convictions'' by '''[[Caroline Augusta Huling]]''' is the story of a woman who is [[Artificial insemination|artificially inseminated]]?
===25 September 2017===
*'''''12:00, 25 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[lambda]] ''(pictured)'' designed by '''[[Tom Doerr]]''' as a symbol for the [[Gay Activists Alliance]] was [[chrome yellow]], a reference to [[Aldous Huxley]]'s novel ''[[Crome Yellow]]''?
* ... that the '''[[St. Collins Lane]]''' luxury shopping centre replaced a building considered one of [[Melbourne]]'s worst?
* ... that [[Scotts Bluff National Monument|the bluffs]] near where '''[[Hiram Scott]]''' died in 1828 bear his name?
* ... that a [[Canoeing|canoeist]] bore the '''[[São Tomé and Príncipe at the 2016 Summer Olympics|São Tomé and Príncipe flag]]''' at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics, but at the closing ceremony it was carried by an unnamed volunteer?
* ... that [[Maryam Mirzakhani]] won the '''[[Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics|Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize]]''' for women in mathematics a year before she won the [[Fields Medal]] for the same work?
* ... that the acorn worm '''''[[Saccoglossus bromophenolosus]]''''' is named after a chemical found in its tissues?
* ... that as part of her journalism degree, sportscaster '''[[Kelly Crull]]''' worked at [[KOMU-TV]]?
* ... that while many people think "'''[[Trapped (Jimmy Cliff song)|Trapped]]'''" is a [[Bruce Springsteen]] song from the 1980s, it was written and recorded by [[Jimmy Cliff]] in 1972?
*'''''00:00, 25 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after a drunkard smashed the [[Portland Vase]] into hundreds of pieces, '''[[John Doubleday (restorer)|John Doubleday]]''' ''(pictured)'' was dubbed "the prince of restorers"?
* ... that Slovenian architect [[Jože Plečnik]] used concrete sewer pipes for construction of the '''[[Church of St. Michael, Črna Vas|Church of St. Michael]]'''?
* ... that, in 1895, '''[[Orelia Key Bell]]''' dedicated a collection of poems to her "Heavenly Muse" Ida Jane Ash, next to whom she is now buried in [[Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)|Atlanta]]?
* ... that after the '''''[[Stadt Zürich (ship, 1855)|Stadt Zürich]]''''' collided with another ship in [[Lindau]] Harbour, a Bavarian correspondent sarcastically commented that it had sunk more German ships than the entire [[Royal Danish Navy]]?
* ... that '''''[[Hippopotamus (album)|Hippopotamus]]''''' is [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]]' first UK top-ten album in over 40 years?
* ... that architect '''[[Mikhail Eisenstein]]''' and his film-director [[Sergei Eisenstein|son Sergei]] fought on opposite sides of the Russian Civil War?
* ... that the [[Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor]] raised money for New York's '''[[Neponsit Beach Hospital]]''' by distributing pictures of "Smiling Joe", a boy with [[Pott disease|spinal tuberculosis]]?
* ... that '''''[[Tubulanus superbus]]''''' and '''''[[Tubulanus annulatus]]''''' are both known as "football jersey worms"?
===24 September 2017===
*'''''12:00, 24 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Kraków Fire of 1850 ]]''' ''(pictured)'' destroyed approximately 10% of the city?
* ... that '''[[Nannie C. Dunsmoor]]''', a [[Los Angeles]] pioneer woman [[Physician|physician]] practicing into her 80s, was the oldest United States active member of the [[Soroptimist International|Soroptimist Club]]?
* ... that the call of the '''[[slaty-backed forktail]]''' can easily be mistaken for that of the [[Blyth's kingfisher]]?
* ... that the '''[[Massachusetts Convention of Towns]]''' in 1768 created a war scare, causing prices to drop on the [[London Stock Exchange]]?
* ... that in order to accurately portray her character '''[[Kirsty Clements]]'''{{'}} domestic violence storyline, actress [[Lucy Gaskell]] spoke to women affected by domestic abuse?
* ... that when the '''[[Pass A L'Outre Light]]''' began to sink into the ground, its floor was raised and a new door cut in its side to compensate?
* ... that '''[[Frederick Brundrett]]''', the UK's [[Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence]], was one of Britain's oldest first-class [[field hockey]] players?
* ... that the '''''[[Cup of Solid Gold]]''''', China's first [[Historical Chinese anthems|national anthem]], was never performed publicly?
*'''''00:00, 24 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Rupes Tenuis]]''' ''(pictured)'', the [[Mars|Martian]] north polar scarp, may have been in retreat since the Late [[Amazonian (Mars)|Amazonian period]]?
* ... that cowboy '''[[Little Joe Monahan]]''''s gender became a national news story in 1904?
* ... that the [[Hashemite]] dynasty, [[Jordan]]'s royal family, claims '''[[Hashemite custodianship of Jerusalem holy sites|custodianship over Jerusalem's holy sites]]'''?
* ... that one year ago today [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]], police released an image of a suspect in the '''[[Faith Hedgepeth homicide]]''' based purely on [[DNA]] left at the crime scene?<!--Special occasion hook for 23 September-->
* ... that South African [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Lorenzo Gordinho]]''' joined the [[Kaizer Chiefs F.C.|Kaizer Chiefs]] academy at the age of 15?
* ... that the '''[[Yunnan hare]]''' was formerly considered a subspecies of the [[woolly hare]] but is now treated as a separate species?<!--Special occasion hook for 23 September-->
* ... that when the jazz pianist '''[[Michael Wollny]]''' was artist in residence of the [[Rheingau Musik Festival]], he played a concert with [[Andreas Schaerer]], [[Émile Parisien]] and [[Vincent Peirani]]?
* ... that during the '''[[Tug of war at the 1900 Summer Olympics|tug of war at the 1900 Olympics]]''', a journalist was drafted into the gold medal winning team?
===23 September 2017===
*'''''12:00, 23 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that although it drinks when it gets the chance, the '''[[Natal red rock hare]]''' ''(illustration pictured)'' can obtain all the moisture it needs from its food and the dew?<!--Special occasion hook for 23 September-->
* ... that '''[[Two Songs to be sung of a summer night on the water]]''' by [[Frederick Delius]] are wordless songs for an a cappella choir, described as being amongst the composer's "most transcendently ecstatic moments"?
* ... that when Kyrgyz politician '''[[Bakyt Torobayev]]''' stood as candidate for speaker of the [[Supreme Council (Kyrgyzstan)|Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan]] in 2016 along with Kanat Isayev, the result was a tie?
* ... that the '''[[Synapta maculata|snake sea cucumber]]''' will break itself into bits to escape from a predator?
* ... that [[Copyright infringement|software pirates]] created '''[[Somari|an unofficial port]]''' of [[Sega]]'s 1991 video game ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] that features [[Mario]] instead of [[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|Sonic]]?
* ... that Lebanese singer '''[[Layal Abboud]]''' worked as a [[police officer]] before becoming a pop star?
* ... that [[Younis Khan]] holds the '''[[List of Pakistan Test cricket records|records for most runs and centuries]]''' for [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] in [[Test cricket]]?
* ... that scholar '''[[Rupert Bruce-Mitford]]''' funded his education by burning a book?
*'''''00:00, 23 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Kőbánya cellar system|cellar system]]''' ''(pictured)'' under the [[Kőbánya]] district of [[Budapest]], Hungary, has served as a limestone quarry, a beer cellar, an aircraft engine factory, and a bicycle race venue?
* ... that schoolmaster '''[[Elijah Corlet]]''' helped [[Cotton Mather]] correct his stammer?
* ... that the season two premiere of the Canadian television series '''''[[19-2 (2014 TV series)|19-2]]''''' featured an uninterrupted, 13-minute single-camera sequence of a school shooting, based on the [[Dawson College shooting|2006 Dawson College shooting]] in Montreal?
* ... that last month, '''[[Kirti Kumari]]''', a sitting member of the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]], died of an [[Influenza A virus subtype H1N1|H1N1]] infection?
* ... that some of the mounds of the [[Mars|Martian]] formation of '''[[Abalos Colles]]''' are similar to volcanoes in [[Iceland]]?
* ... that in '''''[[Telemaco (Scarlatti)|Telemaco]]''''', one of [[Alessandro Scarlatti]]'s last operas, [[Minerva]] enters in a chariot which holds a [[string orchestra]] with trumpets?
* ... that German Jewish architect '''[[Ludwig Levy]]''' designed many [[synagogue]]s across Germany in the late 19th century?
* ... that '''{{USS|Omaha|CL-4}}''' was the last [[United States Navy]] ship to be awarded [[Prize (law)|prize]] money?
===22 September 2017===
*'''''12:10, 22 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the scale worm '''''[[Arctonoe vittata]]''''' protects the '''[[Diodora aspera|keyhole limpet]]''' ''(shell pictured)'' with which it lives by attacking predatory starfish?
* ... that 14-year-old '''[[Lai Ning]]''' died fighting a [[forest fire]] in China in 1988 and was subsequently declared a revolutionary martyr?
* ... that [[Vince Lombardi]] began his football coaching career at [[New Jersey]]'s '''[[St. Cecilia High School (New Jersey)|St. Cecilia High School]]''', where he taught algebra, chemistry, physics and Latin, in addition to his coaching duties?
* ... that the [[Mars|Martian]] wedge-shaped mound '''[[Abalos Mensa]]''' has been described as "an enigmatic wedge of material"?
* ... that '''[[Anette Hosoi]]''' designed a robot snail that moved by rippling over artificial [[snail slime]]?
* ... that the '''[[2017 Washington wildfires]]''' caused ash to fall "like snow" on Seattle?
* ... that '''[[Ōrora Satoshi]]''' is the heaviest ever wrestler in professional [[sumo]]?
* ... that television showings and online streaming of the documentary '''''[[Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence]]''''' were stopped after a blogger discredited its key photograph?
*'''''00:25, 22 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Styriarte]]''' music festival publicly screened Mozart's ''[[Coronation Mass (Mozart)|Coronation Mass]]'', conducted by [[Nikolaus Harnoncourt]], from the church of [[Stainz]] ''(organ loft pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Nancy Coonsman]]''' sculpted ''Victory'', the war memorial erected in [[Cheppy]], France, to honor the men from Missouri in the [[35th Infantry Division (United States)|35th Infantry Division]] killed during World War I?
* ... that the creator of the popular YouTube channel '''[[Ali-A]]''' has been called a "YouTube megastar" by the [[BBC]]?
* ... that '''[[Jiva Pandu Gavit]]''' is the only [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party of India]] member of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2014|13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]?
* ... that during his presidency, '''[[Ronald Reagan in music|Ronald Reagan appeared on the covers of records]]''' by the [[Ramones]], [[Fela Kuti]], [[Bootsy Collins]], and [[The Clash]]?
* ... that heavy rainfall from '''[[Tropical Storm Lidia (2017)|Tropical Storm Lidia]]''' left a sinkhole engulfing a street in central [[Mexico City]]?
* ... that [[Hussein of Jordan|King Hussein]] responded to the '''[[1989 Jordanian protests]]''' by lifting martial law and reintroducing [[Elections in Jordan|parliamentary elections]]?
* ... that '''[[Irene Clennell case |Irene Clennell was deported]]''' from the UK, despite having a British husband, because she had spent too long abroad?
===21 September 2017===
*'''''12:40, 21 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the purpose of the statue '''''[[Spirit of the Confederacy]]''''' ''(illustration pictured)'' in Houston, Texas, unveiled on [[Robert E. Lee]]'s birthday in 1908, has been questioned since the 2015 [[Charleston church shooting]] and the 2017 [[Unite the Right rally]]?
* ... that '''[[Raymond Leane]]''' was described as the "foremost fighting leader" in the Australian Imperial Force during World War I?
* ... that in the American West from the 1860s to the 1880s, '''[[Black cowboys|nearly 25% of cowboys were black]]'''?
* ... that ''Paolo and Francesca'', the second work "for Reader with Piano accompaniment" by pianist and composer '''[[Berenice Wyer]]''', was performed in New York and Chicago?
* ... that the [[Mars|Martian]] dunes of '''[[Aspledon Undae]]''' may have formed due to erosion of part of the [[Planum Boreum]]?
* ... that the house of '''[[Judith Ellen Foster]]''', the "Iowa lawyer" of the [[temperance movement]], was burnt down, presumably by her opponents?
* ... that [[Steps (group)|Steps]] achieved '''[[List of songs recorded by Steps|thirteen consecutive top-five singles]]''' in the United Kingdom?
* ... that the [[Surreal humour|absurdist]] [[Twitterature|Twitter writer]] known as '''[[dril]]''' continues to insist that he is not [[owned]], even as he slowly shrinks and transforms into a [[corncob]]?
*'''''00:00, 21 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Frederick Langenheim]]''' made the first set of panoramic images ''(example pictured)'' of [[Niagara Falls]] and a sequential set of images of the first American total solar eclipse ever photographed?
* ... that the Swiss mezzo-soprano '''[[Elisabeth Glauser]]''' performed in the ''[[Jahrhundertring]]'' in Bayreuth, and created the role of Babette in Henze's ''[[The English Cat]]''?
* ... that the '''[[Protoblepharon rosenblatti|Cook Islands flashlightfish]]''' produces light with the help of [[Bioluminescence|bioluminescent]] bacteria?
* ... that the [[French Football Federation]] issued a reversal of a league win after [[Amiens SC]] disputed [[Olympique Noisy-le-Sec]] player '''[[Frédéric Boniface]]'''{{`s}} eligibility to play in the match?
* ... that the '''[[common loon]]''' used to be known as ''call-up-a-storm'' in [[New England]], because its noisy cries supposedly foretold stormy weather?
* ... that at age 16 years 204 days, '''[[Sneha Deepthi]]''' became the youngest cricketer ever to represent '''[[List of India women Twenty20 International cricketers|the India women's Twenty20 International team]]'''?
* ... that the producers of the [[horror podcast]] '''''[[Tanis (podcast)|Tanis]]''''' have never confirmed whether the show is fictitious?
* ... that although '''[[Disappearance of Tammy Kingery|Tammy Kingery]]''' left her keys inside her [[South Carolina]] house when she disappeared from it three years ago today, the door was found locked from the outside?<!--Special occasion hook for September 20-->
===20 September 2017===
*'''''12:00, 20 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the oldest surviving '''[[Birds' Head Haggadah|illuminated Passover Haggadah]]''' depicts Jews as humans with the faces and beaks of birds ''(detail pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Ivy Wedgwood]]'''{{`s}} retirement after 21 years in the [[Australian Senate]] was reported with the headline "Ivy is a housewife again"?
* ... that [[Henry Purcell]]'s eight-voice anthem '''''[[Hear my prayer, O Lord (Purcell)|Hear my prayer, O Lord]]''''' features "pungent" harmonies in a long, "inexorable" build-up to a "towering dissonant tone cluster" right before it ends?
* ... that during the American Civil War, '''[[Ephraim C. Dawes]]''' almost lost his lower jaw to a bullet wound, but went on to become a noted public speaker?
* ... that the extinct ant genus '''''[[Electromyrmex]]''''' includes an undescribed species from [[Baltic amber|Bitterfeld amber]]?
* ... that as a high school student, '''[[Evin Demirhan]]''' supported her family of 13 by wrestling, and later became a bronze medalist in the [[2017 World Wrestling Championships]]?
* ... that although [[James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier|the British commander]] was accused of incompetence following the '''[[Battle of the Basque Roads]]''', he was controversially acquitted at '''[[Court-martial of James, Lord Gambier|his court-martial]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Alan Akaka]]''' led a campaign to deny the [[ukulele]] a place as the official state instrument of Hawaii?
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* ... that both Eritrea and Ethiopia consider '''[[Zerai Deres]]''' ''(pictured)'' a [[folk hero]] of [[anti-fascism]] and [[anticolonialism]]?
* ... that in 1964, [[Bob Dylan]] recorded songs for [[Quest (Canadian TV series)|'''''Quest''''']] in Toronto that [[CBS]] had rejected for broadcast in the US?
* ... that state senator '''[[Jane Kitchel]]''' and her sister chair both of the [[Vermont Legislature]]'s appropriations committees?
* ... that the '''[[song cycles (Killmayer)|song cycles by Wilhelm Killmayer]]''', written across five decades, set poems by authors from '''[[Sappho]]''' to [[Peter Härtling]], with a focus on the late poems by [[Friedrich Hölderlin|Hölderlin]]?
* ... that [[Norman Mailer]] wrote "'''[[The Man Who Studied Yoga]]'''" in 1952 in order to free himself from the past success of his first novel?
* ... that '''[[Theresa Meikle]]''' became the presiding judge of [[San Francisco County Superior Court]] in 1955, the first woman elected to such a position in any major American city?
* ... that the two distinct forms of the [[Mars|Martian]] dunes of '''[[Hyperboreae Undae]]''' apparently cannot coexist?
* ... that the British climber and YouTuber '''[[Ally Law]]''' was globally banned from all sites owned by [[Merlin Entertainments]] after trespassing in [[Thorpe Park]] and climbing the [[Stealth (roller coaster)|Stealth]] roller coaster?
===19 September 2017===
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* ... that learning '''[[Japanese bamboo weaving]]''' ''(pictured)'' involves a lengthy apprenticeship and the skills require at least a decade to fully master?
* ... that before becoming a state representative and state senator, '''[[George H. Merryman|George Merryman]]''' served as a ship's doctor on a commercial steamship traveling between [[Portland, Oregon]] and the [[Far East]]?
* ... that [[N. K. Jemisin]]'s '''''[[The Stone Sky]]''''' has been favorably compared to works by famed science fiction authors [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] and [[William Gibson]]?
* ... that five churches have stood at the top of '''[[Shandon Street]]''' since 1624?
* ... that as a member of the communist student movement, [[Bihar]] legislator '''[[Umadhar Singh]]''' was jailed for eight years with his legs in chains?
* ... that the clarinetist Jörg Widmann composed '''''[[Babylon (opera)|Babylon]]''''', an opera in seven scenes, on a commission from the [[Bavarian State Opera]] to a libretto by [[Peter Sloterdijk]]?
* ... that '''[[Una R. Winter]]''' reported in 1935 that there was very little interest in [[Women in Mexico|women's suffrage in Mexico]]?
* ... that after a deal with ''[[Shark Tank]]'' member [[Mark Cuban]] fell through, [[meal kit]] delivery service '''[[Plated (meal kits)|Plated]]''' earned a deal with another shark?
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* ... that in 2006, the English communist '''[[Anita Halpin]]''' recovered ''Berlin Street Scene'' ''(pictured)'' by [[Ernst Ludwig Kirchner|Ernst Kirchner]], which was looted from her grandfather by the Nazis, and sold it for £20.5 million?
* ... that "'''[[The Madness of King Scar]]'''" was recorded and [[storyboard]]ed for ''[[The Lion King]]'', but [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] removed it, probably due to its explicit content?
* ... that '''[[Hanno Müller-Brachmann]]''' appeared as Papageno in [[Claudio Abbado]]'s award-winning recording of ''[[The Magic Flute|Die Zauberflöte]]'', and recorded Mahler's ''[[Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Mahler)|Des Knaben Wunderhorn]]'' with [[Michael Gielen]]?
* ... that the '''[[Fort Bragg Game]]''' was the first regular-season professional sporting event held at an active military base?
* ... that the coral '''''[[Pavona maldivensis]]''''' can emit a bright orange [[fluorescence]]?
* ... that [[Sheryl Lee]] was originally given the role of '''[[Mary Alice Young]]''' on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television series ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', but the producers decided to replace her with [[Brenda Strong]]?
* ... that the '''[[Kangri Garpo]]''' mountain range contains the lowest-altitude [[glacier]] in [[Tibet]]?
* ... that '''[[Enver Baig]]''' accused the [[Pakistan national cricket team]]'s players of being involved in [[match fixing]]?
===18 September 2017===
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* ... that when only 23 years old, '''[[Nigel Williams (conservator)|Nigel Williams]]''' was tasked with restoring [[Sutton Hoo helmet|"the most iconic object"]] ''(pictured)'' from a spectacular archaeological discovery?
* ... that the [[Amphipoda|amphipod]] '''''[[Luckia|Luckia striki]]''''' was named after the location of its discovery, the Lucky Strike hydrothermal vent?
* ... that Ghanaian legislator '''[[Samuel Atta Akyea]]''' suggested that the fight against [[galamsey|galamseyers]] required military support?
* ... that '''[[Krake ZK 14|''Krake'' ZK 14]]''' was a floating poet's workshop?
*... that the video game developer '''[[Dontnod Entertainment]]''' found success in narrative-driven games after their debut action game had poor sales?
* ... that '''[[Elizabeth Wade White]]''' was accepted into the [[Bachelor of Letters|B.Litt.]] program at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], despite not having an undergraduate degree?
* ... that the opera '''''[[Das Schloß (opera)|Das Schloß]]''''' by [[Aribert Reimann]], on his own libretto after [[The Castle (novel)|Kafka's novel]], premiered in 1992 at the [[Deutsche Oper Berlin]]?
* ... that '''[[Two Ton Baker]]''' played piano in place of [[Duke Ellington]]?
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* ... that '''[[Manicina|rose coral]]''' ''(skeleton pictured)'', a member of the family '''[[Mussidae]]''', can right itself if it gets turned over?
* ... that by portraying '''[[Alex Parrish]]''' in ''[[Quantico (TV series)|Quantico]]'', [[Priyanka Chopra]] became the first South Asian to headline an American network drama series?
* ... that although the 8.0M<sub>w</sub> '''[[1679 Sanhe-Pinggu earthquake]]''' devastated towns near [[Beijing]], China, during the [[Qing dynasty]], another large earthquake along this fault is not expected for 6,500 years?
* ... that 19th-century concert singer '''[[Sarah Mundell Crane]]''' was the mother of silent movie actor [[Ogden Crane|Harry Ogden Crane]]?
* ... that '''[[Kalasipalyam]]''' in central [[Bangalore]], India, known for its traffic congestion and unhygienic conditions, is also a transportation hub for 800,000 bus passengers a day?
* ... that '''''[[Don Checco]]''''', composed by '''[[Nicola De Giosa]]''', was one of the greatest successes in the history of Neapolitan ''[[opera buffa]]'' and a favourite of [[Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies|King Ferdinand II]]?
* ... that an 1847 shipment of [[Massachusetts]] foreign aid to Ireland was called repayment for '''[[Irish Donation of 1676|an Irish donation to Massachusetts in 1676]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Eleonore von Grothaus]]''', a writer and poet, raised thirteen children, including seven from her husband's first marriage, and educated [[Caroline of Brunswick|a future queen]]?
===17 September 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[Basilica of St. James, Levoča|Basilica of St. James]]''' in [[Levoča]] contains the world's tallest carved wooden altar ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Edith Kawelohea McKinzie]]''' was named a [[Living Treasure of Hawai'i]] after indexing early 19th-century Hawaiian-language newspapers and documenting the genealogy of the chiefs of [[Kahoolawe]]?
* ... that the name of ''[[Tekken]]'' character '''[[Lars Alexandersson]]''' was proposed to the development staff by an unknown woman from the Swedish embassy in Japan?
* ... that '''[[Kim Cobb]]''' used coral to profile [[El Niño]] over seven thousand years?
* ... that the [[First Toungoo Empire]] adopted the '''''[[Wareru Dhammathat]]''''', the [[dhammasattha|customary law code]] of the defeated [[Hanthawaddy Kingdom]], as its basic law?
* ... that '''[[Grant Liddle]]''' discovered [[Liddle's syndrome]], a genetic cause of high blood pressure?
* ... that each sign of the zodiac can be further subdivided into '''[[dodecatemoria|twelve parts]]'''?
* ... that librarian '''[[Jacqueline Noel]]''' gave [[Almond Roca]] candy its name?
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* ... that British crews launched [[PGM-17 Thor|Thor]] [[intermediate-range ballistic missile]]s ''(example pictured)'' from [[Vandenberg Air Force Base]] as part of '''[[Project Emily]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Roland Poska]]'''{{`s}} painting ''From Blue to Blue'', which appears in [[Milwaukee]]'s Henry S. Reuss Federal Plaza Building, is {{convert|270|ft}} long?
* ... that the '''[[Ramisyllis multicaudata|branching worm living inside a sponge]]''' is unlikely to be able to sustain itself solely through what it eats?
* ... that '''[[Reah Whitehead]]''', the first female [[justice of the peace]] in Washington state, started her legal career as a [[Shorthand|stenographer]]?
* ... that '''[[cultural governance]]''' could refer to anything from [[cultural policy]] regarding concerts to broad [[governance]] of [[language]] and [[meaning (philosophy of language)|meaning]]?
* ... that from 1981, Swiss set designer '''[[Marco Arturo Marelli]]''' also directed operas, and in 2010 staged the premiere of Reimann's ''[[Medea (Reimann)|Medea]]'' at the Vienna State Opera?
* ... that the '''[[Labor Congress of Liberia]]''' was closely tied to the Liberian government and membership fees were paid directly to the governing [[True Whig Party]]?
* ... that '''[[Cara Mund]]''' is the first contestant from [[North Dakota]] to win the [[Miss America]] pageant?
===16 September 2017===
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* ... that between modelling for [[Victoria's Secret]], [[Calvin Klein]], and [[Prada]], '''[[Lyndsey Scott]]''' ''(pictured)'' develops mobile apps for [[iOS]]?
* ... that [[Jane Austen]]'s novel ''[[Mansfield Park]]'' was based on [[Edward Austen Knight|her brother]]'s residence '''[[Godmersham Park]]''', [[Kent]], which she frequently visited?<!--Special occasion request for September 15-->
* ... that '''[[Caroline Stein]]''' appeared as Mozart's [[The Magic Flute|Queen of the Night]] at the [[Berlin State Opera]], and sang his [[Great Mass in C minor, K. 427|Mass in C minor]] and Alban Berg's ''[[Altenberg Lieder]]'' at [[The Proms]]?
* ... that '''[[Ginza Six]]''', a new shopping complex in Tokyo, contains artwork by [[Yayoi Kusama]]?
* ... that starting at age nine, '''[[Carlos Cuevas]]''' acted for six years in the [[Catalan language|Catalan]] television series ''[[Ventdelplà]]''?
* ... that a lyric video for the song "'''[[Walk on Water (Thirty Seconds to Mars song)|Walk on Water]]'''" by [[Thirty Seconds to Mars]] features user-submitted footage depicting [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Ida Hall Roby]]''' was the first woman to graduate from the Illinois College of Pharmacy at [[Northwestern University]]?
* ... that at '''''[[Modena Park 2017]]''''', rock singer [[Vasco Rossi]] broke the world record for the largest ticketed concert?
===15 September 2017===
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* ... that following the '''[[Rwandan Civil War]]''', two million [[Hutu]] refugees fled to neighboring countries ''(Rwandan refugee camp pictured)'', fearing reprisals?
* ... that in Buddhism, the doing of good deeds, known as '''[[Merit (Buddhism)|merit-making]]''', is seen as a form of saving for the future?
* ... that Egyptian tomb '''[[S 9 (Abydos)|S9]]''' suffered deliberate, extensive, and state-sanctioned stone- and grave-robbing?
* ... that '''[[Ida Hinman]]''', author of a popular [[Washington, D.C.]] guidebook, died in poverty and her body was identified through a membership pin of the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]]?
* ... that the red colour of the ribbon worm '''''[[Tubulanus polymorphus]]''''' may warn predators that it is toxic or unpalatable?
* ... that baritone '''[[Georg Nigl]]''', who names as his favourite roles Monteverdi's [[L'Orfeo|Orfeo]], Mozart's [[The Magic Flute|Papageno]], and Alban Berg's [[Wozzeck]], created the title role of Dusapin's ''[[Faustus, the Last Night]]''?
* ... that residents of three adjacent counties in the [[Rocky Mountains]] of Colorado have the '''[[List of U.S. counties with longest life expectancy|longest life expectancy in the U.S.]]'''?
* ... that someone told '''[[Kate Brew Vaughn]]''' that her eggless, sugarless, and butterless [[World War I]] Victory Cake was "joyless", but then ate three pieces?
===14 September 2017===
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* ... that the second of '''''[[Five Childhood Lyrics]]''''', compositions for an unaccompanied choir by [[John Rutter]], is [[Edward Lear]]'s "[[The Owl and the Pussycat]]" ''(illustration shown)''?
* ... that '''[[Harold Joe Waldrum]]''' took thousands of Polaroid photos of the [[adobe]] churches and [[Penitentes (New Mexico)|Penitente moradas]] of [[Northern New Mexico]]?
* ... that [[Europol]] was able to identify a hotel used in [[Child pornography|child porn]] using Twitter and '''[[Stop Child Abuse – Trace an Object|a crowdsourced website]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Daniel H. Coakley]]''' was impeached after he secured a pardon for mobster [[Raymond L. S. Patriarca]]?
* ... that a single armed squad of the '''[[Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)|Central Organising Committee]]''' of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)]] carried out nearly 30 robberies in 1974?
* ... that in 2014, '''[[Iva Honyestewa]]''' created the ''pootsaya'', a combination of coil and sifter basket, "a rare innovation in [[Hopi]] [[Basket weaving|basketry]]"?
* ... that the UK organization '''[[Serious Hazards of Transfusion]]''' discourages hospitals from using some blood products donated by women?
* ... that [[Katsura Hoshino]] acceded to her editor's demand to draw her ''[[D.Gray-man]]'' [[manga]] character '''[[Lenalee Lee]]''' with long hair, but then had her lose part of her hair in a fight?
===13 September 2017===
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* ... that [[Peter Gabriel]] ''(pictured)'' wrote "'''[[Biko (song)|Biko]]'''" after learning of the death of [[Steve Biko]] in police custody on 12 September 1977?<!-- Special occasion hook for September 12th -->
* ... that Danish-born '''[[Jørgen Jensen (soldier)|Jørgen Jensen]]''' was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for an action during which he pulled the pin from a hand grenade with his teeth?
* ... that [[Fran Dunphy]] has more wins than any other '''[[List of Penn Quakers men's basketball head coaches|Penn Quakers basketball coach]]''' with 310 overall including 191 conference wins?
* ... that '''[[Una B. Herrick]]''' was called a "trailblazer" as she "made a place for women" at [[Montana State University|Montana State College]]?
* ... that '''''[[Phyllodoce mucosa]]''''' can form "roads" as they crawl across the beach towards carcasses?
* ... that '''[[Reinhard Peters]]''' conducted several new operas and [[Wilhelm Killmayer]]'s ''Tre Canti di Leopardi'', and a number of his recordings were chosen for the CD compilation ''Musik in Deutschland 1950–2000''?
* ... that during the [[2010 Winter Olympics]], the United States Postal Service deployed a '''[[Mobile Mail-Screening Station]]''' to [[Vancouver]], Canada, to detect mail-borne nuclear threats?
* ... that '''[[Reid Moore, Jr.]]''' ran for a [[Florida House of Representatives]] seat in 1976 with the campaign slogan "We need More in [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]]"?
===12 September 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[Theater Chemnitz]]''' has staged "rediscovered" operas, such as Meyerbeer's ''[[L'Africaine|Vasco da Gama]]'', in the opera house ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald]]''' helped found the first secret society in a women's college?
* ... that larvae of the coral '''''[[Flabellum curvatum]]''''' are expelled from its mouth at an advanced stage of development, and settle nearby?
* ... that [[Biostatistics|biostatistician]] '''[[Rafael Irizarry (scientist)|Rafael Irizarry]]''' is a founder of [[Bioconductor]], an open-source software project for the analysis of [[Genomics|genomic]] data?
* ... that '''[[Thubten Kunphela|Kunphela]]''', a favorite personal attendant of the [[13th Dalai Lama]], was a co-founder of [[Tibet Improvement Party|a political party]] that aimed to restructure [[Tibet]]an society through revolution?
* ... that an '''[[Oregon black exclusion laws|1844 Oregon law]]''' required all slaves to be freed—and all freed slaves to leave Oregon?
* ... that in 1831 '''[[Thomas Abernethy (explorer)|Thomas Abernethy]]''' was in [[James Clark Ross]]'s party{{mdash}}the first to reach the [[North Magnetic Pole]]?
* ... that the '''[[Radio Erena|only independent radio station in Eritrea]]''' is not in [[Eritrea]]?
===11 September 2017===
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* ... that '''[[finafloxacin]]''' ''(chemical structure shown)'' is a new treatment for [[otitis externa|swimmer's ear]]?
* ... that sculptor '''[[Thea Tewi]]''', known for her work in stone, was also one of the United States' top [[lingerie]] designers?
* ... that '''[[Players Weekend]]''' was the first time the [[New York Yankees]] had a name on their [[baseball uniform|uniforms]]?
* ... that Ghanaian [[highlife]] musician '''[[C. K. Mann]]''' added western instruments to ''Osode'', a traditional form of fishermen's music?
* ... that the two forms of the red seaweed '''''[[Bonnemaisonia hamifera]]''''' are so unlike each other that they were at first thought to be different species?
* ... that the '''[[murder of Vicente Bermúdez Zacarías]]''', a federal judge, was a rare incident in the ongoing [[Mexican Drug War]]?
* ... that American novelist '''[[Cynthia Propper Seton]]''', who wrote about affluent, middle-aged wives and mothers dissatisfied with their lives, was often compared to [[Jane Austen]]?
* ... that the [[Mars|Martian]] dunes of '''[[Siton Undae]]''' are mostly composed of [[volcanic glass]]?
===10 September 2017===
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* ... that [[John Grisham]] ''(pictured)'' said his novel '''''[[Camino Island]]''''' was conceived on a road trip to Florida while talking about stolen books with his wife?
* ... that '''[[single cell epigenomics]]''' includes ways to map the [[Chromosome conformation capture|three-dimensional conformation]] of [[chromosome]]s in individual cells?
* ... that '''[[Gerhild Romberger]]''', an award-winning contralto and professor of voice, was a soloist in Mahler's [[Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)|Second Symphony]] at the [[Rheingau Musik Festival]]?
* ... that the {{convert|3.5|mi|km}} separating the New York City Subway's '''[[Howard Beach–JFK Airport (IND Rockaway Line)|JFK Airport]]''' and [[Broad Channel (IND Rockaway Line)|Broad Channel]] stations is the longest distance between two consecutive stations in the system?
* ... that '''[[Chris Rowley]]''' is the first [[United States Military Academy|West Point]] graduate to pitch in [[Major League Baseball]]?
* ... that '''[[Navayana]]''' is a modern Buddhist movement that abandons precepts such as [[Dhyāna in Buddhism |meditation]] and [[nirvana|enlightenment]]?
* ... that [[Michael Bolton]] and [[Diane Warren]] felt [[Barbra Streisand]] would be the perfect artist to sing "'''[[We're Not Makin' Love Anymore]]'''"?
* ... that 300,000 people watch every time '''[[Christian Guzman]]''' trains?
===9 September 2017===
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* ... that '''[[Donald Trump and handshakes|Donald Trump's handshake]]''' ''(pictured)'' with [[Emmanuel Macron]] at the [[Bastille Day]] celebrations was 29 seconds long?
* ... that the [[Kingdom of Bosnia]] allowed the Ottoman Turks to penetrate deep into their territory before inflicting a heavy defeat on them at the 1388 '''[[Battle of Bileća]]'''?
* ... that the mirror suggested by [[Elsie de Wolfe]] and added by '''[[James Amster]]''' to make his Amster Yard look bigger is still in place today?
* ... that [[Fantasia Barrino|Fantasia]]'s single "'''[[Sleeping with the One I Love]]'''" was described as "five minutes of slow-burning flame"?
* ... that '''[[Adele Schulenburg Gleeson]]''', an American sculptor active in [[Missouri]] and [[Connecticut]], studied sculpture under [[George Julian Zolnay]] and [[Charles Grafly]]?
* ... that [[Wolfgang Fortner]] composed the chamber opera '''''[[In seinem Garten liebt Don Perlimplin Belisa]]''''' [[The Love of Don Perlimplín and Belisa in the Garden|after Lorca]] for the [[Schlosstheater Schwetzingen]], where it opened the [[Schwetzingen Festival|Festival]] in 1962?
* ... that '''[[Wilfrid Oulton]]''' was awarded the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] for sinking three [[U-boats]] in one month?
* ... that [[Helaine Olen]] and [[Harold Pollack]] wrote '''[[The Index Card|a book based on an index card]]'''?
===8 September 2017===
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* ... that the bell of the '''[[First Presbyterian Church (Portland, Oregon)|First Presbyterian Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Portland, Oregon]], was cast from Civil War [[cannon]]s?
* ... that former [[Howard University]] professor '''[[George Gyan-Baffour]]''' opposed [[Ghana]]'s decision to seek a bailout from the [[International Monetary Fund]]?
* ... that '''[[Cardiff City F.C.]]''' is the only non-English team to have won the [[FA Cup]]?
* ... that a [[Buncombe County, North Carolina]], deputy sheriff interrupted his convalescence from back surgery to investigate '''[[Judy Smith homicide|a body discovered 20 years ago today]]''' and crushed his [[sciatic nerve]] as a result?<!--Special occasion hook for September 7-->
* ... that after [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] passed on the [[television pilot]] '''''[[Most Wanted (TV pilot)|Marvel's Most Wanted]]''''' in May 2015, it was reworked, only to be passed on again the following May?
* ... that the premiere of the opera '''''[[Wintermärchen (opera)|Wintermärchen]]''''' by [[Philippe Boesmans]], based on Shakespeare's ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'', featured jazz-rock music by the Belgian group [[Aka Moon]]?
* ... that when her husband was shot by police during a [[Quit India Movement|Quit India]] protest march, '''[[Tara Rani Srivastava]]''' bandaged his wounds with her [[sari]] and continued leading the march?
* ... that an animal called the "'''[[Palythoa toxica|Seaweed of Death from Hana]]'''" has caused poisonings of [[fishkeeping|aquarium hobbyists]]?
===7 September 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[Brazilian coastal defense ship Deodoro|Brazilian coastal defense ship ''Deodoro'']]''' ''(pictured)'' was once mistaken for a war-bound [[privateer]]?
* ... that '''[[Bipin Ganatra]]''', an electrician by trade, has voluntarily helped [[Kolkata]] firefighters battle more than 100 fires over the past 40 years?
* ... that with ''[[Classics (She & Him album)|Classics]]'' in 2014, the musical duo [[She & Him]] charted '''[[She & Him discography|their fourth consecutive number-one album]]''' on the [[Billboard charts#Albums|''Billboard'' charts for Folk Albums]]?
* ... that '''[[Oshkosh Alpha]]''''s ShieldAll armor incorporates research conducted for [[NASCAR]] after the [[death of Dale Earnhardt]]?
* ... that the Indian film editor '''[[Beena Paul]]''' made her feature film debut with ''[[Amma Ariyan]]'' (1986)?
* ... that one reviewer thought that voice samples from [[Lindsay Lohan]] would have "pepp[ed] things up" for the video game '''''[[Disney's Herbie: Fully Loaded|Herbie: Fully Loaded]]'''''?
* ... that according to reviewers, soprano '''[[Simone Schneider]]''' of the [[Staatsoper Stuttgart]] "expresses [[Alceste (Schweitzer)|Alcestis]]' agitation, nobility and joy with a moving simplicity" and "was a headstrong, vibrant [[Die Frau ohne Schatten|Empress]]"?
* ... that the '''[[Bartley-Fox Law]]''' mandated a one-year prison sentence for anyone convicted of illegally carrying a firearm in [[Massachusetts]]?
===6 September 2017===
*'''''00:00, 6 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Jingu Bashi (Tokyo)|Jingu Bashi]]''' bridge in Tokyo is a tourist attraction frequented daily by [[cosplay]], [[visual kei]] ''(pictured)'', and [[Lolita fashion#Lolita styles|gothic Lolita]] fashion fans?
* ... that the Polish composer [[Krzysztof Penderecki]] co-wrote the German libretto of '''''[[Ubu Rex]]''''', his only [[opera buffa]], based on the French play ''[[Ubu Roi]]''?
* ... that though '''[[Mohsin Raza]]''' was made the Minority Affairs Minister of an Indian state, he was a member of neither the state [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly]] nor the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council|legislative council]]?
* ... that evidence of [[North American beaver|beavers]] in '''[[Opossum Brook]]''' was first detected in 1929, by a man on his way to Hell's Kitchen?
* ... that Danish historian '''[[Elisabeth Munksgaard]]''' was given a "fine finale" to her career with a costumed [[Cnut the Great|eleventh-century king]]?
* ... that a '''[[Ostreopsis|marine species of dinoflagellate]]''' was implicated when 200 Italian beachgoers became ill in 2005?
* ... that '''[[Adeline Palmier Wagoner]]''' wrote ''Madame Beaulieu: A Colonial Dame'', a biography of her ancestor, a social leader in [[Cahokia, Illinois|Cahokia]]?
* ... that the online game '''''[[slither.io]]''''' was the most Googled game in the United States in 2016?
===5 September 2017===
*'''''00:00, 5 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery|the largest theft in Canadian history]]''' occurred 45 years ago today, when jewellery and 18 paintings ''(example pictured)'' were stolen from the [[Montreal Museum of Fine Arts]]?<!--Special occasion hook for September 4-->
* ... that '''[[Alexander S. Wolcott (inventor)|Alexander S. Wolcott]]''' and '''[[John Johnson (inventor)|John Johnson]]''' opened the first commercial photography portrait studio in the world?
* ... that after appearing in more than 50 films, [[Priyanka Chopra]]'s first-ever audition was for the American television series '''''[[Quantico (TV series)|Quantico]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[The Jewish Confederates|thousands of Jews fought for the Confederacy]]''' during the American Civil War?
* ... that Liberian labor leader '''[[Amos Gray]]''' became involved in labor activism while being a part-time port worker during his college years?
* ... that the '''[[social thriller]]''' film genre has been popularized in the United States by ''[[Get Out (film)|Get Out]]'' director [[Jordan Peele]] and in India by [[Bollywood]] actor [[Amitabh Bachchan]]?
* ... that '''[[Geneve L. A. Shaffer]]''', known as the "Skyscraper Girl", was the United States' first woman glider pilot?
* ... that '''''[[Pachycondyla succinea]]''''' queens were first described in 1868, but males were not described until 2009?
===4 September 2017===
*'''''00:00, 4 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Manon Antoniazzi]]''' ''(pictured)'' gave [[Welsh language|Welsh]] lessons to [[Prince William, Duke of Cambridge|Prince William]], the son of the [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince of Wales]]?
* ... that [[Scrap|scrap metal]] from demolition work during construction of the '''[[Capitol Hill station]]''' was sold to fund meals for the homeless?
* ... that '''[[Kofi Dzamesi]]''', the [[Ministry for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs|Minister for Chieftancy and Religious Affairs]] in Ghana, survived an assassination attempt in 2008?
* ... that [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]] composed the first of '''[[Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano]]''' more than 20 years after the second?
* ... that the [[ciliate]] '''''[[Zoothamnium niveum]]''''' is so densely covered by symbiotic microbes that it appears white to the naked eye?
* ... that '''[[Michael M. York]]''' and Jeffrey A. Marx received death threats for their [[1986 Pulitzer Prize]]-winning series exposing improper cash payoffs to [[Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball]] players?
* ... that the ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' episode "'''[[Exile (Casualty)|Exile]]'''" was filmed entirely in [[Bucharest]]?
* ... that an [[Edmonton]] man who unknowingly bought '''[[2011 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts theft|a $1.2 million artwork stolen six years ago today]]''', kept it in his bedroom next to ''[[Star Wars]]'' figures and stuffed animals?<!--Special occasion hook for September 3rd -->
===3 September 2017===
*'''''00:00, 3 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the artificial lake '''[[Auesee]]''' ''(pictured)'' has become a popular recreation spot known as the "jewel" of [[Wesel]]?
* ... that [[tango music]] composer '''[[Cátulo Castillo]]''' was once [[featherweight]] champion of Argentina, and went to the [[1924 Summer Olympics]]?
* ... that ''[[Transformers]]'' character [[Bumblebee (Transformers)|Bumblebee]] will feature in his '''[[Bumblebee (film)|own film]]''', which is currently in production in California?
* ... that '''[[Carol Smith (contralto)|Carol Smith]]''' appeared as Verdi's [[Don Carlos|Eboli]], [[Aida|Amneris]] and [[Il trovatore|Azucena]] at the [[Zürich Opera House|Opernhaus Zürich]], and recorded his [[Falstaff (opera)|Mrs. Quickly]] in German?
* ... that prior to the season, the '''[[2016–17 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team]]''' lost two players to graduation, three others who transferred, and two assistant coaches who took head coaching jobs?
* ... that the navigator and cartographer [[Matthew Flinders]] is thought to be buried under Platform 15 at '''[[Euston railway station]]'''?
* ... that American socialite '''[[Isabel Pell]]''' joined the [[Maquis (World War II)|Maquis]] and rescued a contingent of American soldiers in France during World War II?
* ... that '''[[Bohemia Interactive]]''' bought a T-72 tank, stating: "A massive tanks goes out to everyone who has supported the studio and its games throughout the past 16 years"?
===2 September 2017===
*'''''00:00, 2 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that when '''[[Helen Huntington Hull]]''' inherited ''Among the Sierra Nevada, California'' ''(pictured)'' by [[Albert Bierstadt]], she had it glued directly to a wall of [[Locusts on Hudson|her mansion]]?
* ... that the '''[[Daniel Webster Debate Society]]''' of [[Phillips Exeter Academy]], founded in 1818, is the oldest secondary school literary society in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Elisabeth Kulman]]''', Gora in the premiere of Reimann's ''[[Medea (Reimann)|Medea]]'' at the [[Vienna State Opera]], changed from soprano to mezzo, and from opera singer to concert singer?
* ... that [[Steve Smith (cricketer, born 1989)|Steve Smith]] has scored '''[[List of international cricket centuries by Steve Smith|seven of his twenty Test centuries]]''' against [[India national cricket team|India]]?
* ... that '''[[Lillie Rose Ernst]]''', the first woman assistant superintendent of instruction in the [[St. Louis]] public school system, was the mentor of '''[[The Potters (artists group)|The Potters]]'''?
* ... that '''[[forest ring]]s''' had gone unnoticed by geologists until [[aerial photography]] became a common surveying tool in the 1950s?
* ... that Ghanaian entrepreneur and journalist '''[[Ibrahim Mohammed Awal]]''', who heads the newly created [[Ministry of Business Development (Ghana)|Ministry of Business Development]], has pledged to triple the country's [[Gross domestic product|GDP]]?
* ... that '''[[American Jewish cuisine]]''' has been influenced by a geographical [[gefilte fish]] line?
===1 September 2017===
*'''''00:00, 1 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[Dolomedes schauinslandi]]''''' ''(pictured)'', one of New Zealand's largest spiders, could be capable of [[ballooning (spider)|ballooning]] between islands?
* ... that '''[[E. Joy Johnson]]''' wrote ''The Foreman of the J.A.6.'' based on her experience owning a ranch in frontierland [[Wyoming]]?
* ... that the '''[[Thirteenth Doctor]]''', to be portrayed by [[Jodie Whittaker]], will be the first female incarnation of [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]] in the continuity of ''[[Doctor Who]]''?
* ... that the '''[[2007–08 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team]]''' did not lose a single game in the month of February?
* ... that surgeon '''[[Terence English|Sir Terence English]]''', who performed the first successful [[heart transplantation|heart transplant]] in the UK in August 1979, had an earlier career in [[mining engineering]]?
* ... that the '''[[wildlife of Turkmenistan]]''' includes 82 species of reptile but only 5 of amphibian?
* ... that three hospitals and two other medical facilities were combined to form the '''[[Queens Hospital Center]]''' in New York City?
* ... that as CEO of [[Nestlé]] Mexico, '''[[Eugenio Minvielle Lagos]]''' pushed for the "[[Push–pull strategy|pull strategy]]"?
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===30 September 2017===
*'''''05:00, 30 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[goliath imperial pigeon]]''' ''(pictured)'' is also known as the notou?
* ... that '''[[William Tassie (teacher)|William Tassie]]''' thought parents would send their children to private schools if other schools did not provide the opportunity to learn [[Latin]] at an early age?
* ... that the proposed '''[[Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act]]''' has been criticized for weakening [[Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act|Section 230]] safe harbors?
* ... that the future of '''[[clinafloxacin]]''' as a new drug is less bright due to its risk of [[Phototoxicity|drug-induced light sensitivity]]?
* ... that '''[[2015 San Sebastián del Oeste ambush|15 policemen were killed]]''' in a 2015 ambush in [[Jalisco]], Mexico?
* ... that after baritone '''[[Johannes Martin Kränzle]]''' recovered from [[Myelodysplastic syndrome|MDS]], he made his debut at the [[Bayreuth Festival]] in 2017 as [[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg|Beckmesser]], staged by [[Barrie Kosky|the festival's first Jewish director]]?
* ... that although the '''[[Smith's red rock hare]]''' is a nocturnal species, it occasionally comes out during early mornings or late afternoons in places where it is not hunted?
===29 September 2017===
*'''''05:00, 29 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[John Ford]] ''(pictured)'' portrayed an [[Office of Strategic Services]] officer in an '''[[Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines|OSS training film]]''' that he directed in 1943?
* ... that the '''[[Yarkand hare]]''' is hunted as game and, between 1958 and 1981, about 10,000 furs annually were produced from the species?
* ... that American soprano '''[[Pamela Coburn]]''' appeared as Mozart's [[The Marriage of Figaro|Countess]] in Vienna and New York, and as Ellen, the friend of [[Peter Grimes]], in Munich and at the [[Maggio Musicale Fiorentino]]?
* ... that '''''[[Farrakhan v Home Secretary]]''''' was the first court case to successfully overturn a client's [[List of people banned from entering the United Kingdom|ban on entry to the United Kingdom]]—only to be overturned itself on appeal?
* ... that illustrator '''[[Ida Waugh]]''' met her life partner [[Amy Ella Blanchard]] when the latter was hired as a tutor for her younger brother, future painter [[Frederick Judd Waugh]]?
* ... that in 1989, the '''[[Institute of Party History of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia|Institute of Party History of the Communist Party of Estonia]]''' denounced the [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]]?
* ... that Iranian President [[Hassan Rouhani]] has been accused of '''[[Hassan Rouhani plagiarism allegations|plagiarizing his PhD thesis]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[Delaware Railroad]]''' was sued in 1863 because it did not have enough freight cars to transport a [[bumper crop]] of peaches?
===28 September 2017===
*'''''00:45, 28 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Kent Nagano]] commissioned Jörg Widmann's oratorio '''''[[Arche (oratorio)|Arche]]''''' for the opening celebrations of the [[Elbphilharmonie]] ''(pictured)'', and conducted 300 performers in the premiere?
* ... that '''[[Ada Bell Maescher]]''' produced ''[[Night Life in Hollywood]]'' as a [[propaganda]] film to depict Hollywood as a model city populated by home-loving people?
* ... that [[Titian]] intended his painting of the '''''[[Pietà (Titian)|Pietà]]''''' to hang over his grave, but it never did?
* ... that before working with [[Bob Crewe]] and [[Dusty Springfield]], folk singer '''[[Norma Tanega]]''' performed at summer camps and a mental hospital?
* ... that '''[[Oligotoma saundersii|Saunders' embiids]]''' live in silken tubes and camouflage their eggs, perhaps to prevent cannibalism?
* ... that [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]'s 2006 novel '''''[[Voices (Le Guin novel)|Voices]]''''' has been compared to [[Ray Bradbury]]'s ''[[Fahrenheit 451]]'', which also prominently features the destruction of books?
* ... that during the '''[[Rhine Campaign of 1796]]''', the French troops were hampered by having to steal their supplies, which turned the local populations against them?
* ... that the '''[[New Delhi by-election, 1992|1992 New Delhi by-election]]''' included the candidacies of two [[Bollywood]] stars and a "[[Phoolan Devi|Bandit Queen]]"?
===27 September 2017===
*'''''01:00, 27 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that as of 12 September, 48 '''[[2017 Montana wildfires|wildfires in Montana]]''' ''(example pictured)'' were actively burning?
* ... that Sergeant '''[[Ömer Halisdemir]]''' was killed on the spot after he shot dead a general who had tried to take over the [[Special Forces Command (Turkey)|Special Forces Command]] [[headquarters|HQ]] during the [[2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt]]?
* ... that the comic book '''''[[Ultimate End (comics)|Ultimate End]]''''' was made by [[Brian Michael Bendis]] and [[Mark Bagley]], who had created the [[Ultimate Marvel]] imprint 15 years before?
* ... that '''''[[Tre Canti di Leopardi]]''''', three orchestral songs by [[Wilhelm Killmayer]], are based on poems from ''[[Canti (poetry collection)|Canti]]'', addressing the infinite, the self, and the moon?
* ... that the anti-illegal immigration bill '''[[Georgia House Bill 87]]''', which was signed into law in 2011, was partly based on [[Arizona]]'s [[Arizona SB 1070|SB 1070]] immigration bill?
* ... that the [[Mars|Martian]] dunes of '''[[Ogygis Undae]]''' consist of two different sand types, and look similar to the dunes in [[Grand Falls, Arizona]]?
* ... that '''[[Shirley Pitts]]''' was trained by the [[Forty Elephants]] and became the "queen of shoplifters"?
===26 September 2017===
*'''''13:15, 26 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[white-crowned forktail]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' breed between mountaintops in [[Borneo]], but not with individuals of the same species in adjacent lowlands?
* ... that '''[[Alex Virot]]''' is the only journalist to have died whilst covering the [[Tour de France]]?
* ... that the dark, organic setting of the graphic adventure video game '''''[[Oxenfree]]''''' was designed to contrast with its bright, geometric, supernatural elements?
* ... that two years after '''[[Henry Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Groby]]''', fought alongside [[Richard II of England|King Richard II]] in the 1385 invasion of Scotland, the king and queen stayed the night in Ferrers' castle?
* ... that '''[[Xafecopy Trojan]]''' attacked at least 4,800 [[Android (operating system)|Android]] users in just a month?
* ... that in 1948, '''[[Oreste Pucciani]]''', champion of the "[[Direct method (education)|direct method]]" of language teaching, banned English from his classroom at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]]?
* ... that British Prime Minister [[Harold Macmillan]] described the '''[[1958 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement]]''' as the "great prize"?
* ... that astronomer '''[[Alan Duffy (astronomer)|Alan Duffy]]''' is constructing a [[dark matter]] detector {{convert|1|km}} underground in a gold mine?
*'''''01:30, 26 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Titian]]'s 1516 work '''''[[The Tribute Money (Titian)|The Tribute Money]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was painted to be a cupboard door?
* ... that the '''[[Glover's pika]]''' was at different times treated as a subspecies of the [[Turkestan red pika]] and the [[Chinese red pika]], but is now accepted as an independent species?
* ... that carbon-carrying minerals are known as '''[[organic mineral]]s''', except for some that were considered inorganic before 1828?
* ... that [[Dua Lipa]] said that her song "'''[[New Rules (song)|New Rules]]'''" talks about setting rules to keep "your distance from someone who's bad for you"?
* ... that while working on the '''[[Representation theory of the Lorentz group|representations of the Lorentz group]]''', an encounter with [[Paul Dirac|Dirac]] convinced [[Harish-Chandra]] that he did not have "the mysterious sixth sense which one needs in order to succeed in physics"?
* ... that residents of [[Uttan]] aided '''[[Gilbert Mendonca]]'''{{`s}} candidacy in the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2009|2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]] by refusing to allow other candidates to campaign in their town?
* ... that in [[Women's One Day International cricket]], '''[[India women's national cricket team record by opponent|India]]''' has the fourth highest number of victories?
* ... that the 1896 novel ''The Courage of Her Convictions'' by '''[[Caroline Augusta Huling]]''' is the story of a woman who is [[Artificial insemination|artificially inseminated]]?
===25 September 2017===
*'''''12:00, 25 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[lambda]] ''(pictured)'' designed by '''[[Tom Doerr]]''' as a symbol for the [[Gay Activists Alliance]] was [[chrome yellow]], a reference to [[Aldous Huxley]]'s novel ''[[Crome Yellow]]''?
* ... that the '''[[St. Collins Lane]]''' luxury shopping centre replaced a building considered one of [[Melbourne]]'s worst?
* ... that [[Scotts Bluff National Monument|the bluffs]] near where '''[[Hiram Scott]]''' died in 1828 bear his name?
* ... that a [[Canoeing|canoeist]] bore the '''[[São Tomé and Príncipe at the 2016 Summer Olympics|São Tomé and Príncipe flag]]''' at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics, but at the closing ceremony it was carried by an unnamed volunteer?
* ... that [[Maryam Mirzakhani]] won the '''[[Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics|Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize]]''' for women in mathematics a year before she won the [[Fields Medal]] for the same work?
* ... that the acorn worm '''''[[Saccoglossus bromophenolosus]]''''' is named after a chemical found in its tissues?
* ... that as part of her journalism degree, sportscaster '''[[Kelly Crull]]''' worked at [[KOMU-TV]]?
* ... that while many people think "'''[[Trapped (Jimmy Cliff song)|Trapped]]'''" is a [[Bruce Springsteen]] song from the 1980s, it was written and recorded by [[Jimmy Cliff]] in 1972?
*'''''00:00, 25 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after a drunkard smashed the [[Portland Vase]] into hundreds of pieces, '''[[John Doubleday (restorer)|John Doubleday]]''' ''(pictured)'' was dubbed "the prince of restorers"?
* ... that Slovenian architect [[Jože Plečnik]] used concrete sewer pipes for construction of the '''[[Church of St. Michael, Črna Vas|Church of St. Michael]]'''?
* ... that, in 1895, '''[[Orelia Key Bell]]''' dedicated a collection of poems to her "Heavenly Muse" Ida Jane Ash, next to whom she is now buried in [[Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)|Atlanta]]?
* ... that after the '''''[[Stadt Zürich (ship, 1855)|Stadt Zürich]]''''' collided with another ship in [[Lindau]] Harbour, a Bavarian correspondent sarcastically commented that it had sunk more German ships than the entire [[Royal Danish Navy]]?
* ... that '''''[[Hippopotamus (album)|Hippopotamus]]''''' is [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]]' first UK top-ten album in over 40 years?
* ... that architect '''[[Mikhail Eisenstein]]''' and his film-director [[Sergei Eisenstein|son Sergei]] fought on opposite sides of the Russian Civil War?
* ... that the [[Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor]] raised money for New York's '''[[Neponsit Beach Hospital]]''' by distributing pictures of "Smiling Joe", a boy with [[Pott disease|spinal tuberculosis]]?
* ... that '''''[[Tubulanus superbus]]''''' and '''''[[Tubulanus annulatus]]''''' are both known as "football jersey worms"?
===24 September 2017===
*'''''12:00, 24 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Kraków Fire of 1850 ]]''' ''(pictured)'' destroyed approximately 10% of the city?
* ... that '''[[Nannie C. Dunsmoor]]''', a [[Los Angeles]] pioneer woman [[Physician|physician]] practicing into her 80s, was the oldest United States active member of the [[Soroptimist International|Soroptimist Club]]?
* ... that the call of the '''[[slaty-backed forktail]]''' can easily be mistaken for that of the [[Blyth's kingfisher]]?
* ... that the '''[[Massachusetts Convention of Towns]]''' in 1768 created a war scare, causing prices to drop on the [[London Stock Exchange]]?
* ... that in order to accurately portray her character '''[[Kirsty Clements]]'''{{'}} domestic violence storyline, actress [[Lucy Gaskell]] spoke to women affected by domestic abuse?
* ... that when the '''[[Pass A L'Outre Light]]''' began to sink into the ground, its floor was raised and a new door cut in its side to compensate?
* ... that '''[[Frederick Brundrett]]''', the UK's [[Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence]], was one of Britain's oldest first-class [[field hockey]] players?
* ... that the '''''[[Cup of Solid Gold]]''''', China's first [[Historical Chinese anthems|national anthem]], was never performed publicly?
*'''''00:00, 24 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Rupes Tenuis]]''' ''(pictured)'', the [[Mars|Martian]] north polar scarp, may have been in retreat since the Late [[Amazonian (Mars)|Amazonian period]]?
* ... that cowboy '''[[Little Joe Monahan]]''''s gender became a national news story in 1904?
* ... that the [[Hashemite]] dynasty, [[Jordan]]'s royal family, claims '''[[Hashemite custodianship of Jerusalem holy sites|custodianship over Jerusalem's holy sites]]'''?
* ... that one year ago today [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]], police released an image of a suspect in the '''[[Faith Hedgepeth homicide]]''' based purely on [[DNA]] left at the crime scene?<!--Special occasion hook for 23 September-->
* ... that South African [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Lorenzo Gordinho]]''' joined the [[Kaizer Chiefs F.C.|Kaizer Chiefs]] academy at the age of 15?
* ... that the '''[[Yunnan hare]]''' was formerly considered a subspecies of the [[woolly hare]] but is now treated as a separate species?<!--Special occasion hook for 23 September-->
* ... that when the jazz pianist '''[[Michael Wollny]]''' was artist in residence of the [[Rheingau Musik Festival]], he played a concert with [[Andreas Schaerer]], [[Émile Parisien]] and [[Vincent Peirani]]?
* ... that during the '''[[Tug of war at the 1900 Summer Olympics|tug of war at the 1900 Olympics]]''', a journalist was drafted into the gold medal winning team?
===23 September 2017===
*'''''12:00, 23 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that although it drinks when it gets the chance, the '''[[Natal red rock hare]]''' ''(illustration pictured)'' can obtain all the moisture it needs from its food and the dew?<!--Special occasion hook for 23 September-->
* ... that '''[[Two Songs to be sung of a summer night on the water]]''' by [[Frederick Delius]] are wordless songs for an a cappella choir, described as being amongst the composer's "most transcendently ecstatic moments"?
* ... that when Kyrgyz politician '''[[Bakyt Torobayev]]''' stood as candidate for speaker of the [[Supreme Council (Kyrgyzstan)|Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan]] in 2016 along with Kanat Isayev, the result was a tie?
* ... that the '''[[Synapta maculata|snake sea cucumber]]''' will break itself into bits to escape from a predator?
* ... that [[Copyright infringement|software pirates]] created '''[[Somari|an unofficial port]]''' of [[Sega]]'s 1991 video game ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] that features [[Mario]] instead of [[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|Sonic]]?
* ... that Lebanese singer '''[[Layal Abboud]]''' worked as a [[police officer]] before becoming a pop star?
* ... that [[Younis Khan]] holds the '''[[List of Pakistan Test cricket records|records for most runs and centuries]]''' for [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] in [[Test cricket]]?
* ... that scholar '''[[Rupert Bruce-Mitford]]''' funded his education by burning a book?
*'''''00:00, 23 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Kőbánya cellar system|cellar system]]''' ''(pictured)'' under the [[Kőbánya]] district of [[Budapest]], Hungary, has served as a limestone quarry, a beer cellar, an aircraft engine factory, and a bicycle race venue?
* ... that schoolmaster '''[[Elijah Corlet]]''' helped [[Cotton Mather]] correct his stammer?
* ... that the season two premiere of the Canadian television series '''''[[19-2 (2014 TV series)|19-2]]''''' featured an uninterrupted, 13-minute single-camera sequence of a school shooting, based on the [[Dawson College shooting|2006 Dawson College shooting]] in Montreal?
* ... that last month, '''[[Kirti Kumari]]''', a sitting member of the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]], died of an [[Influenza A virus subtype H1N1|H1N1]] infection?
* ... that some of the mounds of the [[Mars|Martian]] formation of '''[[Abalos Colles]]''' are similar to volcanoes in [[Iceland]]?
* ... that in '''''[[Telemaco (Scarlatti)|Telemaco]]''''', one of [[Alessandro Scarlatti]]'s last operas, [[Minerva]] enters in a chariot which holds a [[string orchestra]] with trumpets?
* ... that German Jewish architect '''[[Ludwig Levy]]''' designed many [[synagogue]]s across Germany in the late 19th century?
* ... that '''{{USS|Omaha|CL-4}}''' was the last [[United States Navy]] ship to be awarded [[Prize (law)|prize]] money?
===22 September 2017===
*'''''12:10, 22 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the scale worm '''''[[Arctonoe vittata]]''''' protects the '''[[Diodora aspera|keyhole limpet]]''' ''(shell pictured)'' with which it lives by attacking predatory starfish?
* ... that 14-year-old '''[[Lai Ning]]''' died fighting a [[forest fire]] in China in 1988 and was subsequently declared a revolutionary martyr?
* ... that [[Vince Lombardi]] began his football coaching career at [[New Jersey]]'s '''[[St. Cecilia High School (New Jersey)|St. Cecilia High School]]''', where he taught algebra, chemistry, physics and Latin, in addition to his coaching duties?
* ... that the [[Mars|Martian]] wedge-shaped mound '''[[Abalos Mensa]]''' has been described as "an enigmatic wedge of material"?
* ... that '''[[Anette Hosoi]]''' designed a robot snail that moved by rippling over artificial [[snail slime]]?
* ... that the '''[[2017 Washington wildfires]]''' caused ash to fall "like snow" on Seattle?
* ... that '''[[Ōrora Satoshi]]''' is the heaviest ever wrestler in professional [[sumo]]?
* ... that television showings and online streaming of the documentary '''''[[Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence]]''''' were stopped after a blogger discredited its key photograph?
*'''''00:25, 22 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Styriarte]]''' music festival publicly screened Mozart's ''[[Coronation Mass (Mozart)|Coronation Mass]]'', conducted by [[Nikolaus Harnoncourt]], from the church of [[Stainz]] ''(organ loft pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Nancy Coonsman]]''' sculpted ''Victory'', the war memorial erected in [[Cheppy]], France, to honor the men from Missouri in the [[35th Infantry Division (United States)|35th Infantry Division]] killed during World War I?
* ... that the creator of the popular YouTube channel '''[[Ali-A]]''' has been called a "YouTube megastar" by the [[BBC]]?
* ... that '''[[Jiva Pandu Gavit]]''' is the only [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party of India]] member of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2014|13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]?
* ... that during his presidency, '''[[Ronald Reagan in music|Ronald Reagan appeared on the covers of records]]''' by the [[Ramones]], [[Fela Kuti]], [[Bootsy Collins]], and [[The Clash]]?
* ... that heavy rainfall from '''[[Tropical Storm Lidia (2017)|Tropical Storm Lidia]]''' left a sinkhole engulfing a street in central [[Mexico City]]?
* ... that [[Hussein of Jordan|King Hussein]] responded to the '''[[1989 Jordanian protests]]''' by lifting martial law and reintroducing [[Elections in Jordan|parliamentary elections]]?
* ... that '''[[Irene Clennell case |Irene Clennell was deported]]''' from the UK, despite having a British husband, because she had spent too long abroad?
===21 September 2017===
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* ... that the purpose of the statue '''''[[Spirit of the Confederacy]]''''' ''(illustration pictured)'' in Houston, Texas, unveiled on [[Robert E. Lee]]'s birthday in 1908, has been questioned since the 2015 [[Charleston church shooting]] and the 2017 [[Unite the Right rally]]?
* ... that '''[[Raymond Leane]]''' was described as the "foremost fighting leader" in the Australian Imperial Force during World War I?
* ... that in the American West from the 1860s to the 1880s, '''[[Black cowboys|nearly 25% of cowboys were black]]'''?
* ... that ''Paolo and Francesca'', the second work "for Reader with Piano accompaniment" by pianist and composer '''[[Berenice Wyer]]''', was performed in New York and Chicago?
* ... that the [[Mars|Martian]] dunes of '''[[Aspledon Undae]]''' may have formed due to erosion of part of the [[Planum Boreum]]?
* ... that the house of '''[[Judith Ellen Foster]]''', the "Iowa lawyer" of the [[temperance movement]], was burnt down, presumably by her opponents?
* ... that [[Steps (group)|Steps]] achieved '''[[List of songs recorded by Steps|thirteen consecutive top-five singles]]''' in the United Kingdom?
* ... that the [[Surreal humour|absurdist]] [[Twitterature|Twitter writer]] known as '''[[dril]]''' continues to insist that he is not [[owned]], even as he slowly shrinks and transforms into a [[corncob]]?
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* ... that '''[[Frederick Langenheim]]''' made the first set of panoramic images ''(example pictured)'' of [[Niagara Falls]] and a sequential set of images of the first American total solar eclipse ever photographed?
* ... that the Swiss mezzo-soprano '''[[Elisabeth Glauser]]''' performed in the ''[[Jahrhundertring]]'' in Bayreuth, and created the role of Babette in Henze's ''[[The English Cat]]''?
* ... that the '''[[Protoblepharon rosenblatti|Cook Islands flashlightfish]]''' produces light with the help of [[Bioluminescence|bioluminescent]] bacteria?
* ... that the [[French Football Federation]] issued a reversal of a league win after [[Amiens SC]] disputed [[Olympique Noisy-le-Sec]] player '''[[Frédéric Boniface]]'''{{`s}} eligibility to play in the match?
* ... that the '''[[common loon]]''' used to be known as ''call-up-a-storm'' in [[New England]], because its noisy cries supposedly foretold stormy weather?
* ... that at age 16 years 204 days, '''[[Sneha Deepthi]]''' became the youngest cricketer ever to represent '''[[List of India women Twenty20 International cricketers|the India women's Twenty20 International team]]'''?
* ... that the producers of the [[horror podcast]] '''''[[Tanis (podcast)|Tanis]]''''' have never confirmed whether the show is fictitious?
* ... that although '''[[Disappearance of Tammy Kingery|Tammy Kingery]]''' left her keys inside her [[South Carolina]] house when she disappeared from it three years ago today, the door was found locked from the outside?<!--Special occasion hook for September 20-->
===20 September 2017===
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* ... that the oldest surviving '''[[Birds' Head Haggadah|illuminated Passover Haggadah]]''' depicts Jews as humans with the faces and beaks of birds ''(detail pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Ivy Wedgwood]]'''{{`s}} retirement after 21 years in the [[Australian Senate]] was reported with the headline "Ivy is a housewife again"?
* ... that [[Henry Purcell]]'s eight-voice anthem '''''[[Hear my prayer, O Lord (Purcell)|Hear my prayer, O Lord]]''''' features "pungent" harmonies in a long, "inexorable" build-up to a "towering dissonant tone cluster" right before it ends?
* ... that during the American Civil War, '''[[Ephraim C. Dawes]]''' almost lost his lower jaw to a bullet wound, but went on to become a noted public speaker?
* ... that the extinct ant genus '''''[[Electromyrmex]]''''' includes an undescribed species from [[Baltic amber|Bitterfeld amber]]?
* ... that as a high school student, '''[[Evin Demirhan]]''' supported her family of 13 by wrestling, and later became a bronze medalist in the [[2017 World Wrestling Championships]]?
* ... that although [[James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier|the British commander]] was accused of incompetence following the '''[[Battle of the Basque Roads]]''', he was controversially acquitted at '''[[Court-martial of James, Lord Gambier|his court-martial]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Alan Akaka]]''' led a campaign to deny the [[ukulele]] a place as the official state instrument of Hawaii?
*'''''00:00, 20 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that both Eritrea and Ethiopia consider '''[[Zerai Deres]]''' ''(pictured)'' a [[folk hero]] of [[anti-fascism]] and [[anticolonialism]]?
* ... that in 1964, [[Bob Dylan]] recorded songs for [[Quest (Canadian TV series)|'''''Quest''''']] in Toronto that [[CBS]] had rejected for broadcast in the US?
* ... that state senator '''[[Jane Kitchel]]''' and her sister chair both of the [[Vermont Legislature]]'s appropriations committees?
* ... that the '''[[song cycles (Killmayer)|song cycles by Wilhelm Killmayer]]''', written across five decades, set poems by authors from '''[[Sappho]]''' to [[Peter Härtling]], with a focus on the late poems by [[Friedrich Hölderlin|Hölderlin]]?
* ... that [[Norman Mailer]] wrote "'''[[The Man Who Studied Yoga]]'''" in 1952 in order to free himself from the past success of his first novel?
* ... that '''[[Theresa Meikle]]''' became the presiding judge of [[San Francisco County Superior Court]] in 1955, the first woman elected to such a position in any major American city?
* ... that the two distinct forms of the [[Mars|Martian]] dunes of '''[[Hyperboreae Undae]]''' apparently cannot coexist?
* ... that the British climber and YouTuber '''[[Ally Law]]''' was globally banned from all sites owned by [[Merlin Entertainments]] after trespassing in [[Thorpe Park]] and climbing the [[Stealth (roller coaster)|Stealth]] roller coaster?
===19 September 2017===
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* ... that learning '''[[Japanese bamboo weaving]]''' ''(pictured)'' involves a lengthy apprenticeship and the skills require at least a decade to fully master?
* ... that before becoming a state representative and state senator, '''[[George H. Merryman|George Merryman]]''' served as a ship's doctor on a commercial steamship traveling between [[Portland, Oregon]] and the [[Far East]]?
* ... that [[N. K. Jemisin]]'s '''''[[The Stone Sky]]''''' has been favorably compared to works by famed science fiction authors [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] and [[William Gibson]]?
* ... that five churches have stood at the top of '''[[Shandon Street]]''' since 1624?
* ... that as a member of the communist student movement, [[Bihar]] legislator '''[[Umadhar Singh]]''' was jailed for eight years with his legs in chains?
* ... that the clarinetist Jörg Widmann composed '''''[[Babylon (opera)|Babylon]]''''', an opera in seven scenes, on a commission from the [[Bavarian State Opera]] to a libretto by [[Peter Sloterdijk]]?
* ... that '''[[Una R. Winter]]''' reported in 1935 that there was very little interest in [[Women in Mexico|women's suffrage in Mexico]]?
* ... that after a deal with ''[[Shark Tank]]'' member [[Mark Cuban]] fell through, [[meal kit]] delivery service '''[[Plated (meal kits)|Plated]]''' earned a deal with another shark?
*'''''00:00, 19 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 2006, the English communist '''[[Anita Halpin]]''' recovered ''Berlin Street Scene'' ''(pictured)'' by [[Ernst Ludwig Kirchner|Ernst Kirchner]], which was looted from her grandfather by the Nazis, and sold it for £20.5 million?
* ... that "'''[[The Madness of King Scar]]'''" was recorded and [[storyboard]]ed for ''[[The Lion King]]'', but [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] removed it, probably due to its explicit content?
* ... that '''[[Hanno Müller-Brachmann]]''' appeared as Papageno in [[Claudio Abbado]]'s award-winning recording of ''[[The Magic Flute|Die Zauberflöte]]'', and recorded Mahler's ''[[Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Mahler)|Des Knaben Wunderhorn]]'' with [[Michael Gielen]]?
* ... that the '''[[Fort Bragg Game]]''' was the first regular-season professional sporting event held at an active military base?
* ... that the coral '''''[[Pavona maldivensis]]''''' can emit a bright orange [[fluorescence]]?
* ... that [[Sheryl Lee]] was originally given the role of '''[[Mary Alice Young]]''' on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television series ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', but the producers decided to replace her with [[Brenda Strong]]?
* ... that the '''[[Kangri Garpo]]''' mountain range contains the lowest-altitude [[glacier]] in [[Tibet]]?
* ... that '''[[Enver Baig]]''' accused the [[Pakistan national cricket team]]'s players of being involved in [[match fixing]]?
===18 September 2017===
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* ... that when only 23 years old, '''[[Nigel Williams (conservator)|Nigel Williams]]''' was tasked with restoring [[Sutton Hoo helmet|"the most iconic object"]] ''(pictured)'' from a spectacular archaeological discovery?
* ... that the [[Amphipoda|amphipod]] '''''[[Luckia|Luckia striki]]''''' was named after the location of its discovery, the Lucky Strike hydrothermal vent?
* ... that Ghanaian legislator '''[[Samuel Atta Akyea]]''' suggested that the fight against [[galamsey|galamseyers]] required military support?
* ... that '''[[Krake ZK 14|''Krake'' ZK 14]]''' was a floating poet's workshop?
*... that the video game developer '''[[Dontnod Entertainment]]''' found success in narrative-driven games after their debut action game had poor sales?
* ... that '''[[Elizabeth Wade White]]''' was accepted into the [[Bachelor of Letters|B.Litt.]] program at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], despite not having an undergraduate degree?
* ... that the opera '''''[[Das Schloß (opera)|Das Schloß]]''''' by [[Aribert Reimann]], on his own libretto after [[The Castle (novel)|Kafka's novel]], premiered in 1992 at the [[Deutsche Oper Berlin]]?
* ... that '''[[Two Ton Baker]]''' played piano in place of [[Duke Ellington]]?
*'''''00:00, 18 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Manicina|rose coral]]''' ''(skeleton pictured)'', a member of the family '''[[Mussidae]]''', can right itself if it gets turned over?
* ... that by portraying '''[[Alex Parrish]]''' in ''[[Quantico (TV series)|Quantico]]'', [[Priyanka Chopra]] became the first South Asian to headline an American network drama series?
* ... that although the 8.0M<sub>w</sub> '''[[1679 Sanhe-Pinggu earthquake]]''' devastated towns near [[Beijing]], China, during the [[Qing dynasty]], another large earthquake along this fault is not expected for 6,500 years?
* ... that 19th-century concert singer '''[[Sarah Mundell Crane]]''' was the mother of silent movie actor [[Ogden Crane|Harry Ogden Crane]]?
* ... that '''[[Kalasipalyam]]''' in central [[Bangalore]], India, known for its traffic congestion and unhygienic conditions, is also a transportation hub for 800,000 bus passengers a day?
* ... that '''''[[Don Checco]]''''', composed by '''[[Nicola De Giosa]]''', was one of the greatest successes in the history of Neapolitan ''[[opera buffa]]'' and a favourite of [[Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies|King Ferdinand II]]?
* ... that an 1847 shipment of [[Massachusetts]] foreign aid to Ireland was called repayment for '''[[Irish Donation of 1676|an Irish donation to Massachusetts in 1676]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Eleonore von Grothaus]]''', a writer and poet, raised thirteen children, including seven from her husband's first marriage, and educated [[Caroline of Brunswick|a future queen]]?
===17 September 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[Basilica of St. James, Levoča|Basilica of St. James]]''' in [[Levoča]] contains the world's tallest carved wooden altar ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Edith Kawelohea McKinzie]]''' was named a [[Living Treasure of Hawai'i]] after indexing early 19th-century Hawaiian-language newspapers and documenting the genealogy of the chiefs of [[Kahoolawe]]?
* ... that the name of ''[[Tekken]]'' character '''[[Lars Alexandersson]]''' was proposed to the development staff by an unknown woman from the Swedish embassy in Japan?
* ... that '''[[Kim Cobb]]''' used coral to profile [[El Niño]] over seven thousand years?
* ... that the [[First Toungoo Empire]] adopted the '''''[[Wareru Dhammathat]]''''', the [[dhammasattha|customary law code]] of the defeated [[Hanthawaddy Kingdom]], as its basic law?
* ... that '''[[Grant Liddle]]''' discovered [[Liddle's syndrome]], a genetic cause of high blood pressure?
* ... that each sign of the zodiac can be further subdivided into '''[[dodecatemoria|twelve parts]]'''?
* ... that librarian '''[[Jacqueline Noel]]''' gave [[Almond Roca]] candy its name?
*'''''00:00, 17 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that British crews launched [[PGM-17 Thor|Thor]] [[intermediate-range ballistic missile]]s ''(example pictured)'' from [[Vandenberg Air Force Base]] as part of '''[[Project Emily]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Roland Poska]]'''{{`s}} painting ''From Blue to Blue'', which appears in [[Milwaukee]]'s Henry S. Reuss Federal Plaza Building, is {{convert|270|ft}} long?
* ... that the '''[[Ramisyllis multicaudata|branching worm living inside a sponge]]''' is unlikely to be able to sustain itself solely through what it eats?
* ... that '''[[Reah Whitehead]]''', the first female [[justice of the peace]] in Washington state, started her legal career as a [[Shorthand|stenographer]]?
* ... that '''[[cultural governance]]''' could refer to anything from [[cultural policy]] regarding concerts to broad [[governance]] of [[language]] and [[meaning (philosophy of language)|meaning]]?
* ... that from 1981, Swiss set designer '''[[Marco Arturo Marelli]]''' also directed operas, and in 2010 staged the premiere of Reimann's ''[[Medea (Reimann)|Medea]]'' at the Vienna State Opera?
* ... that the '''[[Labor Congress of Liberia]]''' was closely tied to the Liberian government and membership fees were paid directly to the governing [[True Whig Party]]?
* ... that '''[[Cara Mund]]''' is the first contestant from [[North Dakota]] to win the [[Miss America]] pageant?
===16 September 2017===
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* ... that between modelling for [[Victoria's Secret]], [[Calvin Klein]], and [[Prada]], '''[[Lyndsey Scott]]''' ''(pictured)'' develops mobile apps for [[iOS]]?
* ... that [[Jane Austen]]'s novel ''[[Mansfield Park]]'' was based on [[Edward Austen Knight|her brother]]'s residence '''[[Godmersham Park]]''', [[Kent]], which she frequently visited?<!--Special occasion request for September 15-->
* ... that '''[[Caroline Stein]]''' appeared as Mozart's [[The Magic Flute|Queen of the Night]] at the [[Berlin State Opera]], and sang his [[Great Mass in C minor, K. 427|Mass in C minor]] and Alban Berg's ''[[Altenberg Lieder]]'' at [[The Proms]]?
* ... that '''[[Ginza Six]]''', a new shopping complex in Tokyo, contains artwork by [[Yayoi Kusama]]?
* ... that starting at age nine, '''[[Carlos Cuevas]]''' acted for six years in the [[Catalan language|Catalan]] television series ''[[Ventdelplà]]''?
* ... that a lyric video for the song "'''[[Walk on Water (Thirty Seconds to Mars song)|Walk on Water]]'''" by [[Thirty Seconds to Mars]] features user-submitted footage depicting [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Ida Hall Roby]]''' was the first woman to graduate from the Illinois College of Pharmacy at [[Northwestern University]]?
* ... that at '''''[[Modena Park 2017]]''''', rock singer [[Vasco Rossi]] broke the world record for the largest ticketed concert?
===15 September 2017===
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* ... that following the '''[[Rwandan Civil War]]''', two million [[Hutu]] refugees fled to neighboring countries ''(Rwandan refugee camp pictured)'', fearing reprisals?
* ... that in Buddhism, the doing of good deeds, known as '''[[Merit (Buddhism)|merit-making]]''', is seen as a form of saving for the future?
* ... that Egyptian tomb '''[[S 9 (Abydos)|S9]]''' suffered deliberate, extensive, and state-sanctioned stone- and grave-robbing?
* ... that '''[[Ida Hinman]]''', author of a popular [[Washington, D.C.]] guidebook, died in poverty and her body was identified through a membership pin of the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]]?
* ... that the red colour of the ribbon worm '''''[[Tubulanus polymorphus]]''''' may warn predators that it is toxic or unpalatable?
* ... that baritone '''[[Georg Nigl]]''', who names as his favourite roles Monteverdi's [[L'Orfeo|Orfeo]], Mozart's [[The Magic Flute|Papageno]], and Alban Berg's [[Wozzeck]], created the title role of Dusapin's ''[[Faustus, the Last Night]]''?
* ... that residents of three adjacent counties in the [[Rocky Mountains]] of Colorado have the '''[[List of U.S. counties with longest life expectancy|longest life expectancy in the U.S.]]'''?
* ... that someone told '''[[Kate Brew Vaughn]]''' that her eggless, sugarless, and butterless [[World War I]] Victory Cake was "joyless", but then ate three pieces?
===14 September 2017===
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* ... that the second of '''''[[Five Childhood Lyrics]]''''', compositions for an unaccompanied choir by [[John Rutter]], is [[Edward Lear]]'s "[[The Owl and the Pussycat]]" ''(illustration shown)''?
* ... that '''[[Harold Joe Waldrum]]''' took thousands of Polaroid photos of the [[adobe]] churches and [[Penitentes (New Mexico)|Penitente moradas]] of [[Northern New Mexico]]?
* ... that [[Europol]] was able to identify a hotel used in [[Child pornography|child porn]] using Twitter and '''[[Stop Child Abuse – Trace an Object|a crowdsourced website]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Daniel H. Coakley]]''' was impeached after he secured a pardon for mobster [[Raymond L. S. Patriarca]]?
* ... that a single armed squad of the '''[[Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)|Central Organising Committee]]''' of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)]] carried out nearly 30 robberies in 1974?
* ... that in 2014, '''[[Iva Honyestewa]]''' created the ''pootsaya'', a combination of coil and sifter basket, "a rare innovation in [[Hopi]] [[Basket weaving|basketry]]"?
* ... that the UK organization '''[[Serious Hazards of Transfusion]]''' discourages hospitals from using some blood products donated by women?
* ... that [[Katsura Hoshino]] acceded to her editor's demand to draw her ''[[D.Gray-man]]'' [[manga]] character '''[[Lenalee Lee]]''' with long hair, but then had her lose part of her hair in a fight?
===13 September 2017===
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* ... that [[Peter Gabriel]] ''(pictured)'' wrote "'''[[Biko (song)|Biko]]'''" after learning of the death of [[Steve Biko]] in police custody on 12 September 1977?<!-- Special occasion hook for September 12th -->
* ... that Danish-born '''[[Jørgen Jensen (soldier)|Jørgen Jensen]]''' was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for an action during which he pulled the pin from a hand grenade with his teeth?
* ... that [[Fran Dunphy]] has more wins than any other '''[[List of Penn Quakers men's basketball head coaches|Penn Quakers basketball coach]]''' with 310 overall including 191 conference wins?
* ... that '''[[Una B. Herrick]]''' was called a "trailblazer" as she "made a place for women" at [[Montana State University|Montana State College]]?
* ... that '''''[[Phyllodoce mucosa]]''''' can form "roads" as they crawl across the beach towards carcasses?
* ... that '''[[Reinhard Peters]]''' conducted several new operas and [[Wilhelm Killmayer]]'s ''Tre Canti di Leopardi'', and a number of his recordings were chosen for the CD compilation ''Musik in Deutschland 1950–2000''?
* ... that during the [[2010 Winter Olympics]], the United States Postal Service deployed a '''[[Mobile Mail-Screening Station]]''' to [[Vancouver]], Canada, to detect mail-borne nuclear threats?
* ... that '''[[Reid Moore, Jr.]]''' ran for a [[Florida House of Representatives]] seat in 1976 with the campaign slogan "We need More in [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]]"?
===12 September 2017===
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* ... that the '''[[Theater Chemnitz]]''' has staged "rediscovered" operas, such as Meyerbeer's ''[[L'Africaine|Vasco da Gama]]'', in the opera house ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald]]''' helped found the first secret society in a women's college?
* ... that larvae of the coral '''''[[Flabellum curvatum]]''''' are expelled from its mouth at an advanced stage of development, and settle nearby?
* ... that [[Biostatistics|biostatistician]] '''[[Rafael Irizarry (scientist)|Rafael Irizarry]]''' is a founder of [[Bioconductor]], an open-source software project for the analysis of [[Genomics|genomic]] data?
* ... that '''[[Thubten Kunphela|Kunphela]]''', a favorite personal attendant of the [[13th Dalai Lama]], was a co-founder of [[Tibet Improvement Party|a political party]] that aimed to restructure [[Tibet]]an society through revolution?
* ... that an '''[[Oregon black exclusion laws|1844 Oregon law]]''' required all slaves to be freed—and all freed slaves to leave Oregon?
* ... that in 1831 '''[[Thomas Abernethy (explorer)|Thomas Abernethy]]''' was in [[James Clark Ross]]'s party{{mdash}}the first to reach the [[North Magnetic Pole]]?
* ... that the '''[[Radio Erena|only independent radio station in Eritrea]]''' is not in [[Eritrea]]?
===11 September 2017===
*'''''00:00, 11 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[finafloxacin]]''' ''(chemical structure shown)'' is a new treatment for [[otitis externa|swimmer's ear]]?
* ... that sculptor '''[[Thea Tewi]]''', known for her work in stone, was also one of the United States' top [[lingerie]] designers?
* ... that '''[[Players Weekend]]''' was the first time the [[New York Yankees]] had a name on their [[baseball uniform|uniforms]]?
* ... that Ghanaian [[highlife]] musician '''[[C. K. Mann]]''' added western instruments to ''Osode'', a traditional form of fishermen's music?
* ... that the two forms of the red seaweed '''''[[Bonnemaisonia hamifera]]''''' are so unlike each other that they were at first thought to be different species?
* ... that the '''[[murder of Vicente Bermúdez Zacarías]]''', a federal judge, was a rare incident in the ongoing [[Mexican Drug War]]?
* ... that American novelist '''[[Cynthia Propper Seton]]''', who wrote about affluent, middle-aged wives and mothers dissatisfied with their lives, was often compared to [[Jane Austen]]?
* ... that the [[Mars|Martian]] dunes of '''[[Siton Undae]]''' are mostly composed of [[volcanic glass]]?
===10 September 2017===
*'''''00:00, 10 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[John Grisham]] ''(pictured)'' said his novel '''''[[Camino Island]]''''' was conceived on a road trip to Florida while talking about stolen books with his wife?
* ... that '''[[single cell epigenomics]]''' includes ways to map the [[Chromosome conformation capture|three-dimensional conformation]] of [[chromosome]]s in individual cells?
* ... that '''[[Gerhild Romberger]]''', an award-winning contralto and professor of voice, was a soloist in Mahler's [[Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)|Second Symphony]] at the [[Rheingau Musik Festival]]?
* ... that the {{convert|3.5|mi|km}} separating the New York City Subway's '''[[Howard Beach–JFK Airport (IND Rockaway Line)|JFK Airport]]''' and [[Broad Channel (IND Rockaway Line)|Broad Channel]] stations is the longest distance between two consecutive stations in the system?
* ... that '''[[Chris Rowley]]''' is the first [[United States Military Academy|West Point]] graduate to pitch in [[Major League Baseball]]?
* ... that '''[[Navayana]]''' is a modern Buddhist movement that abandons precepts such as [[Dhyāna in Buddhism |meditation]] and [[nirvana|enlightenment]]?
* ... that [[Michael Bolton]] and [[Diane Warren]] felt [[Barbra Streisand]] would be the perfect artist to sing "'''[[We're Not Makin' Love Anymore]]'''"?
* ... that 300,000 people watch every time '''[[Christian Guzman]]''' trains?
===9 September 2017===
*'''''00:00, 9 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Donald Trump and handshakes|Donald Trump's handshake]]''' ''(pictured)'' with [[Emmanuel Macron]] at the [[Bastille Day]] celebrations was 29 seconds long?
* ... that the [[Kingdom of Bosnia]] allowed the Ottoman Turks to penetrate deep into their territory before inflicting a heavy defeat on them at the 1388 '''[[Battle of Bileća]]'''?
* ... that the mirror suggested by [[Elsie de Wolfe]] and added by '''[[James Amster]]''' to make his Amster Yard look bigger is still in place today?
* ... that [[Fantasia Barrino|Fantasia]]'s single "'''[[Sleeping with the One I Love]]'''" was described as "five minutes of slow-burning flame"?
* ... that '''[[Adele Schulenburg Gleeson]]''', an American sculptor active in [[Missouri]] and [[Connecticut]], studied sculpture under [[George Julian Zolnay]] and [[Charles Grafly]]?
* ... that [[Wolfgang Fortner]] composed the chamber opera '''''[[In seinem Garten liebt Don Perlimplin Belisa]]''''' [[The Love of Don Perlimplín and Belisa in the Garden|after Lorca]] for the [[Schlosstheater Schwetzingen]], where it opened the [[Schwetzingen Festival|Festival]] in 1962?
* ... that '''[[Wilfrid Oulton]]''' was awarded the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] for sinking three [[U-boats]] in one month?
* ... that [[Helaine Olen]] and [[Harold Pollack]] wrote '''[[The Index Card|a book based on an index card]]'''?
===8 September 2017===
*'''''00:00, 8 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the bell of the '''[[First Presbyterian Church (Portland, Oregon)|First Presbyterian Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Portland, Oregon]], was cast from Civil War [[cannon]]s?
* ... that former [[Howard University]] professor '''[[George Gyan-Baffour]]''' opposed [[Ghana]]'s decision to seek a bailout from the [[International Monetary Fund]]?
* ... that '''[[Cardiff City F.C.]]''' is the only non-English team to have won the [[FA Cup]]?
* ... that a [[Buncombe County, North Carolina]], deputy sheriff interrupted his convalescence from back surgery to investigate '''[[Judy Smith homicide|a body discovered 20 years ago today]]''' and crushed his [[sciatic nerve]] as a result?<!--Special occasion hook for September 7-->
* ... that after [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] passed on the [[television pilot]] '''''[[Most Wanted (TV pilot)|Marvel's Most Wanted]]''''' in May 2015, it was reworked, only to be passed on again the following May?
* ... that the premiere of the opera '''''[[Wintermärchen (opera)|Wintermärchen]]''''' by [[Philippe Boesmans]], based on Shakespeare's ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'', featured jazz-rock music by the Belgian group [[Aka Moon]]?
* ... that when her husband was shot by police during a [[Quit India Movement|Quit India]] protest march, '''[[Tara Rani Srivastava]]''' bandaged his wounds with her [[sari]] and continued leading the march?
* ... that an animal called the "'''[[Palythoa toxica|Seaweed of Death from Hana]]'''" has caused poisonings of [[fishkeeping|aquarium hobbyists]]?
===7 September 2017===
*'''''00:00, 7 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Brazilian coastal defense ship Deodoro|Brazilian coastal defense ship ''Deodoro'']]''' ''(pictured)'' was once mistaken for a war-bound [[privateer]]?
* ... that '''[[Bipin Ganatra]]''', an electrician by trade, has voluntarily helped [[Kolkata]] firefighters battle more than 100 fires over the past 40 years?
* ... that with ''[[Classics (She & Him album)|Classics]]'' in 2014, the musical duo [[She & Him]] charted '''[[She & Him discography|their fourth consecutive number-one album]]''' on the [[Billboard charts#Albums|''Billboard'' charts for Folk Albums]]?
* ... that '''[[Oshkosh Alpha]]''''s ShieldAll armor incorporates research conducted for [[NASCAR]] after the [[death of Dale Earnhardt]]?
* ... that the Indian film editor '''[[Beena Paul]]''' made her feature film debut with ''[[Amma Ariyan]]'' (1986)?
* ... that one reviewer thought that voice samples from [[Lindsay Lohan]] would have "pepp[ed] things up" for the video game '''''[[Disney's Herbie: Fully Loaded|Herbie: Fully Loaded]]'''''?
* ... that according to reviewers, soprano '''[[Simone Schneider]]''' of the [[Staatsoper Stuttgart]] "expresses [[Alceste (Schweitzer)|Alcestis]]' agitation, nobility and joy with a moving simplicity" and "was a headstrong, vibrant [[Die Frau ohne Schatten|Empress]]"?
* ... that the '''[[Bartley-Fox Law]]''' mandated a one-year prison sentence for anyone convicted of illegally carrying a firearm in [[Massachusetts]]?
===6 September 2017===
*'''''00:00, 6 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Jingu Bashi (Tokyo)|Jingu Bashi]]''' bridge in Tokyo is a tourist attraction frequented daily by [[cosplay]], [[visual kei]] ''(pictured)'', and [[Lolita fashion#Lolita styles|gothic Lolita]] fashion fans?
* ... that the Polish composer [[Krzysztof Penderecki]] co-wrote the German libretto of '''''[[Ubu Rex]]''''', his only [[opera buffa]], based on the French play ''[[Ubu Roi]]''?
* ... that though '''[[Mohsin Raza]]''' was made the Minority Affairs Minister of an Indian state, he was a member of neither the state [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly]] nor the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council|legislative council]]?
* ... that evidence of [[North American beaver|beavers]] in '''[[Opossum Brook]]''' was first detected in 1929, by a man on his way to Hell's Kitchen?
* ... that Danish historian '''[[Elisabeth Munksgaard]]''' was given a "fine finale" to her career with a costumed [[Cnut the Great|eleventh-century king]]?
* ... that a '''[[Ostreopsis|marine species of dinoflagellate]]''' was implicated when 200 Italian beachgoers became ill in 2005?
* ... that '''[[Adeline Palmier Wagoner]]''' wrote ''Madame Beaulieu: A Colonial Dame'', a biography of her ancestor, a social leader in [[Cahokia, Illinois|Cahokia]]?
* ... that the online game '''''[[slither.io]]''''' was the most Googled game in the United States in 2016?
===5 September 2017===
*'''''00:00, 5 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery|the largest theft in Canadian history]]''' occurred 45 years ago today, when jewellery and 18 paintings ''(example pictured)'' were stolen from the [[Montreal Museum of Fine Arts]]?<!--Special occasion hook for September 4-->
* ... that '''[[Alexander S. Wolcott (inventor)|Alexander S. Wolcott]]''' and '''[[John Johnson (inventor)|John Johnson]]''' opened the first commercial photography portrait studio in the world?
* ... that after appearing in more than 50 films, [[Priyanka Chopra]]'s first-ever audition was for the American television series '''''[[Quantico (TV series)|Quantico]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[The Jewish Confederates|thousands of Jews fought for the Confederacy]]''' during the American Civil War?
* ... that Liberian labor leader '''[[Amos Gray]]''' became involved in labor activism while being a part-time port worker during his college years?
* ... that the '''[[social thriller]]''' film genre has been popularized in the United States by ''[[Get Out (film)|Get Out]]'' director [[Jordan Peele]] and in India by [[Bollywood]] actor [[Amitabh Bachchan]]?
* ... that '''[[Geneve L. A. Shaffer]]''', known as the "Skyscraper Girl", was the United States' first woman glider pilot?
* ... that '''''[[Pachycondyla succinea]]''''' queens were first described in 1868, but males were not described until 2009?
===4 September 2017===
*'''''00:00, 4 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Manon Antoniazzi]]''' ''(pictured)'' gave [[Welsh language|Welsh]] lessons to [[Prince William, Duke of Cambridge|Prince William]], the son of the [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince of Wales]]?
* ... that [[Scrap|scrap metal]] from demolition work during construction of the '''[[Capitol Hill station]]''' was sold to fund meals for the homeless?
* ... that '''[[Kofi Dzamesi]]''', the [[Ministry for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs|Minister for Chieftancy and Religious Affairs]] in Ghana, survived an assassination attempt in 2008?
* ... that [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]] composed the first of '''[[Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano]]''' more than 20 years after the second?
* ... that the [[ciliate]] '''''[[Zoothamnium niveum]]''''' is so densely covered by symbiotic microbes that it appears white to the naked eye?
* ... that '''[[Michael M. York]]''' and Jeffrey A. Marx received death threats for their [[1986 Pulitzer Prize]]-winning series exposing improper cash payoffs to [[Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball]] players?
* ... that the ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' episode "'''[[Exile (Casualty)|Exile]]'''" was filmed entirely in [[Bucharest]]?
* ... that an [[Edmonton]] man who unknowingly bought '''[[2011 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts theft|a $1.2 million artwork stolen six years ago today]]''', kept it in his bedroom next to ''[[Star Wars]]'' figures and stuffed animals?<!--Special occasion hook for September 3rd -->
===3 September 2017===
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* ... that the artificial lake '''[[Auesee]]''' ''(pictured)'' has become a popular recreation spot known as the "jewel" of [[Wesel]]?
* ... that [[tango music]] composer '''[[Cátulo Castillo]]''' was once [[featherweight]] champion of Argentina, and went to the [[1924 Summer Olympics]]?
* ... that ''[[Transformers]]'' character [[Bumblebee (Transformers)|Bumblebee]] will feature in his '''[[Bumblebee (film)|own film]]''', which is currently in production in California?
* ... that '''[[Carol Smith (contralto)|Carol Smith]]''' appeared as Verdi's [[Don Carlos|Eboli]], [[Aida|Amneris]] and [[Il trovatore|Azucena]] at the [[Zürich Opera House|Opernhaus Zürich]], and recorded his [[Falstaff (opera)|Mrs. Quickly]] in German?
* ... that prior to the season, the '''[[2016–17 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team]]''' lost two players to graduation, three others who transferred, and two assistant coaches who took head coaching jobs?
* ... that the navigator and cartographer [[Matthew Flinders]] is thought to be buried under Platform 15 at '''[[Euston railway station]]'''?
* ... that American socialite '''[[Isabel Pell]]''' joined the [[Maquis (World War II)|Maquis]] and rescued a contingent of American soldiers in France during World War II?
* ... that '''[[Bohemia Interactive]]''' bought a T-72 tank, stating: "A massive tanks goes out to everyone who has supported the studio and its games throughout the past 16 years"?
===2 September 2017===
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* ... that when '''[[Helen Huntington Hull]]''' inherited ''Among the Sierra Nevada, California'' ''(pictured)'' by [[Albert Bierstadt]], she had it glued directly to a wall of [[Locusts on Hudson|her mansion]]?
* ... that the '''[[Daniel Webster Debate Society]]''' of [[Phillips Exeter Academy]], founded in 1818, is the oldest secondary school literary society in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Elisabeth Kulman]]''', Gora in the premiere of Reimann's ''[[Medea (Reimann)|Medea]]'' at the [[Vienna State Opera]], changed from soprano to mezzo, and from opera singer to concert singer?
* ... that [[Steve Smith (cricketer, born 1989)|Steve Smith]] has scored '''[[List of international cricket centuries by Steve Smith|seven of his twenty Test centuries]]''' against [[India national cricket team|India]]?
* ... that '''[[Lillie Rose Ernst]]''', the first woman assistant superintendent of instruction in the [[St. Louis]] public school system, was the mentor of '''[[The Potters (artists group)|The Potters]]'''?
* ... that '''[[forest ring]]s''' had gone unnoticed by geologists until [[aerial photography]] became a common surveying tool in the 1950s?
* ... that Ghanaian entrepreneur and journalist '''[[Ibrahim Mohammed Awal]]''', who heads the newly created [[Ministry of Business Development (Ghana)|Ministry of Business Development]], has pledged to triple the country's [[Gross domestic product|GDP]]?
* ... that '''[[American Jewish cuisine]]''' has been influenced by a geographical [[gefilte fish]] line?
===1 September 2017===
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* ... that '''''[[Dolomedes schauinslandi]]''''' ''(pictured)'', one of New Zealand's largest spiders, could be capable of [[ballooning (spider)|ballooning]] between islands?
* ... that '''[[E. Joy Johnson]]''' wrote ''The Foreman of the J.A.6.'' based on her experience owning a ranch in frontierland [[Wyoming]]?
* ... that the '''[[Thirteenth Doctor]]''', to be portrayed by [[Jodie Whittaker]], will be the first female incarnation of [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]] in the continuity of ''[[Doctor Who]]''?
* ... that the '''[[2007–08 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team]]''' did not lose a single game in the month of February?
* ... that surgeon '''[[Terence English|Sir Terence English]]''', who performed the first successful [[heart transplantation|heart transplant]] in the UK in August 1979, had an earlier career in [[mining engineering]]?
* ... that the '''[[wildlife of Turkmenistan]]''' includes 82 species of reptile but only 5 of amphibian?
* ... that three hospitals and two other medical facilities were combined to form the '''[[Queens Hospital Center]]''' in New York City?
* ... that as CEO of [[Nestlé]] Mexico, '''[[Eugenio Minvielle Lagos]]''' pushed for the "[[Push–pull strategy|pull strategy]]"?
