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===31 January 2018===
*'''''15:00, 31 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the Western Australian shrubs '''''[[Persoonia elliptica]]''''' ''(pictured)'' and '''''[[Persoonia saccata]]''''' are known as snottygobbles?
* ... that New York City's '''[[Broadway Junction (New York City Subway)|Broadway Junction]]''' station sees 100,000 daily riders, the vast majority using it to make transfers?
* ... that '''[[Ilona Durigo]]''', one of the leading concert contraltos of her time, performed in the first recording of Bach's ''[[St Matthew Passion]]'', conducted by [[Willem Mengelberg]]?
* ... that '''[[Oneco]]''' referred to the gift of a ceremonial sword from [[Charles II of England]] as proof of the legal equality of the [[Mohegan Tribe|Mohegan]] [[sachem]]ate with the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom#English monarchy|English monarchy]]?
* ... that the company developing the '''[[SSM-A-23 Dart]]''' anti-tank missile changed ownership twice while the project was underway?
* ... that '''[[Mildred Dilling]]'''{{`s}} first fee for a [[harp]] performance was a dozen carnations and a jar of pickles?
* ... that a newly appointed '''[[count of the Székelys]]''' was entitled to a horse from each of the [[Székelys|Székely]] [[Seat (territorial administrative unit)|seats]]?
* ... that of the [[Sutton Hoo helmet#Anglo-Saxon|six known Anglo-Saxon helmets]], the '''[[Shorwell helmet]]''' was originally mistaken for a pot, the [[Pioneer Helmet|Pioneer helmet]] for a bucket, and the [[Coppergate Helmet|Coppergate helmet]] for a rock?
*'''''00:00, 31 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the inconvenience of getting to '''[[Yanmen Pass]]''' ''(pictured)'' makes it one of the less crowded [[AAAAA Tourist Attractions of China|AAAAA]]-rated sites along the [[Great Wall of China]]?
* ... that American scholar '''[[Paul Y. Hammond]]''' sought to develop a more discerning understanding of how organizational behavior and domestic political considerations affected American foreign policy?
* ... that among the '''[[List of accolades received by I, Tonya|accolades]]''' received by ''[[I, Tonya]]'' are five [[British Academy Film Award]] nominations?
* ... that the comic "'''[[Shoot (Hellblazer)|Shoot]]'''", originally scheduled for publication in a 1999 issue of ''[[Hellblazer]]'', was not published until 2010?
* ... that Canadian physician '''[[Fraser Macintosh Rose|Fraser Rose]]''' was partly named after the doctor who walked through a snowstorm in [[Nova Scotia]] to deliver him?
* ... that the first shipment of books for the '''[[Washington State Library|Washington Territorial Library]]''' traveled around [[Cape Horn]] from [[New York City]]?
* ... that the [[Edict of Milan]], an agreement between [[Constantine the Great|Constantine]] and [[Licinius]] to treat the Christian Church peacefully, was issued during the pontificate of '''[[Pope Miltiades]]'''?
* ... that the [[2017 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama Crimson Tide]] overcame a 13–0 deficit at halftime to win the '''[[2018 College Football Playoff National Championship]]''' in overtime?
===30 January 2018===
*'''''12:00, 30 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a porter at '''[[Blossom's Inn]]''' ''(pictured)'' was revived by treatment that included bleeding, brandy, and a turpentine enema?
* ... that while chief justice of the [[Colony of Cape Breton]], '''[[Richard Gibbons (jurist)|Richard Gibbons]]''' founded a group that was later banned as being a possible "Seed of Rebellion"?
* ... that '''''[[Cider with Rosie (film)|Cider with Rosie]]''''' could not be filmed in [[Slad]], where the story takes place, as the village had changed too much?
* ... that '''[[Sciota Brook]]''' is only {{convert|2|mi|km}} long but flows through three counties in Pennsylvania?
* ... that the '''[[Arocatus melanocephalus|elm seed bug]]''' produces an unpleasant smell reminiscent of [[Almond#Sweet and bitter almonds|bitter almonds]]?
* ... that during the height of the [[Cold War]], an American visiting Russia received a '''[[Arrest of Mark Kaminsky and Harvey Bennett|seven-year sentence]]''' for spying?
* ... that '''[[Chen Junsheng]]'''{{`s}} investigative report resulted in his superior losing his job and getting "promoted"?
* ... that horse carcasses, and trash from three of New York City's boroughs, were once processed at '''[[Barren Island, Brooklyn]]'''?
*'''''00:00, 30 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Belfast pub-owner and freemason '''[[William Thomas Braithwaite|William Braithwaite]]''' donated ''Winter'' ''(pictured)'' and ''Spring'' by [[Pieter Brueghel the Younger|Pieter Breughel the Younger]] to the [[Ulster Museum]]?
* ... that '''[[Galco's Soda Pop Stop]]''' in [[Los Angeles]] carries more than 700 different [[soft drink]]s?
* ... that '''''[[Mesembrinella caenozoica]]''''' is the first unambiguous fossil described in the fly superfamily [[Oestroidea]]?
* ... that the physician '''[[George Francis Abercrombie|George Abercrombie]]''' once won a game of chess against world champion [[José Raúl Capablanca]]?
* ... that the '''[[Coatzacoalcos Underwater Tunnel]]''', which took 13 years to complete, has been described as a "monument to corruption"?
* ... that the '''[[Houdini Museum of New York]]''' houses the world's second largest collection of "Houdiniana"?
* ... that '''[[Shmuel Abba Twersky]]'''{{`s}} immigration to Canada from Ukraine {{ndash}} to serve as [[Makarov (Hasidic dynasty)|Makarover]] [[Rebbe]] of Winnipeg in the 1920s {{ndash}} was held up by two years of bureaucratic [[red tape]]?
* ... that in his review, [[IGN]]'s Craig Harris called '''''[[Elite Forces: Unit 77]]''''' the "perfect storm of gaming mediocrity"?
===29 January 2018===
*'''''12:10, 29 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the seed pods of '''''[[Hardenbergia comptoniana]]''''' ''(flowers pictured)'' make an audible 'pop' as they release the seed?
* ... that after contracting [[diphtheria]], '''[[John Hunt, Baron Hunt of Fawley|John Hunt]]''' believed he was one of the last cases in England to have his tonsils painted with [[cocaine]] and then removed by guillotine?
* ... that the '''[[Jaguar (American rocket)|Jaguar]]''' multi-stage [[sounding rocket]] was designed to be launched using a [[toss bombing]] maneuver from a [[Martin B-57 Canberra|B-57 bomber]]?
* ... that a '''[[Protests against Faure Gnassingbé|Let's Save Togo protest rally]]''' in August 2012 called for a week-long [[sex strike]] by women to encourage men to oppose Togolese President [[Faure Gnassingbé]]?
* ... that prior to serving as executive fashion director for ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'' and ''[[Seventeen (American magazine)|Seventeen]]'', and as a judge for ''[[Project Runway: Junior]]'', '''[[Aya Kanai]]''' considered careers in puppetry and fine art?
* ... that 50 million trees could be planted to form the '''[[Northern Forest (England)|Northern Forest]]''' in England?
* ... that Major General '''[[Miles Graham]]''' was [[Bernard Montgomery|Monty]]'s logistics supremo in both North Africa and North-West Europe during the Second World War?
* ... that passengers traveling to the [[1939 New York World's Fair]] via the '''[[IND World's Fair Line|World's Fair subway line]]''' paid the standard five-cent fare to board, but had to pay the fare again on arrival?
*'''''00:00, 29 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Queens Building, Heathrow|Queens Building]]''' ''(pictured)'' at [[Heathrow Airport]] was one of the most visited London attractions in 1956?
* ... that '''[[Doug McMurdy]]''' was the inaugural winner of the [[Red Tilson Trophy]], given to the most outstanding player in the [[Ontario Hockey League]] each season?
* ... that "'''[[What a Beautiful Name]]'''" represents the first Grammy nomination for [[Hillsong Worship]]?<!--Special occasion hook for 28 January--->
* ... that '''[[Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1|SCA1]]''' was the first genetic defect found to cause [[ataxia]]?
* ... that activist '''[[Mandisa Thomas]]''' was recognized in the bill officially proclaiming October 15, 2017, as the 16th annual celebration of California [[Freethought Day]]?
* ... that the '''[[Lockheed Aequare|Aequare]]''' was a [[unmanned aerial vehicle|remotely piloted vehicle]] intended to be used by [[F-4 Phantom II]] fighter-bombers to find and [[laser designator|designate]] targets?
* ... that in the 1937 program '''''[[The Three Garridebs]]''''', [[Louis Hector]] became the first actor to portray [[Sherlock Holmes]] on television?
* ... that a website run by '''''[[Digiday]]''''' generates random absurd [[Twitter]] bios followed by profanity-laced commentary?
===28 January 2018===
*'''''12:00, 28 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that "'''[[Stern über Bethlehem]]'''" is a German song created in 1964 and often sung by [[star singers]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Wang Zhongyu (politician)|Wang Zhongyu]]''' was one of China{{'}}s most powerful figures in the 1990s, with authority over reforming state-owned enterprises?
* ... that over seven hours of rain delays resulted in the '''[[1998 NAPA 500]]''' becoming the first night race held at [[Atlanta Motor Speedway]]?
* ... that Rome's first emperor, [[Augustus]], adopted his grandsons '''[[Lucius Caesar|Lucius]]''' and [[Gaius Caesar|Gaius]]?
* ... that '''[[Bill Dubuque]]'''{{`s}} scripts for ''[[The Judge (2014 film)|The Judge]]'' and ''[[The Accountant (2016 film)|The Accountant]]'' were both featured on the [[Black List (survey)|Black List]] of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood?
* ... that larvae of the firefly '''''[[Luciola substriata]]''''' swim upside down?
* ... that the '''[[Prospect House (Blue Mountain Lake (New York))|Prospect House]]''' at [[Blue Mountain Lake (New York)|Blue Mountain Lake]] in New York was the first hotel anywhere to be equipped with electric lighting in all the guest rooms?
* ... that the Welsh [[association football|footballer]] '''[[Syd Thomas]]''' impressed [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] so much in a trial match that he was offered a contract at half-time?
*'''''00:00, 28 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that from September 1918 to August 1919, when it left France, '''[[American Base Hospital No. 57]]''' ''(operating room pictured)'' treated 8,505 surgical and medical cases, and 7,292 dental cases?
* ... that '''[[Peter Frank Stott]]''' investigated the use of open [[level crossing]]s on the [[British Rail]] network following the [[Lockington rail crash]] in which nine people died?
* ... that '''[[Barnes Brook]]''' lacked any habitats for fish in 2001, but is now being considered for addition to the [[Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission]]'s list of wild trout streams?
* ... that the U.S. Army's '''[[SAM-A-19 Plato|Plato and FABMDS]]''' programs for [[anti-ballistic missile]]s evolved into the well-known [[MIM-104 Patriot|Patriot missile]]?
* ... that '''''[[Odontadenia macrantha]]''''' flowers year-round in its natural habitat?
* ... that certain copies of the [[Christmas music|Christmas]] [[compilation album]] '''''[[MTV: TRL Christmas]]''''' contained tickets for a free trip to be a part of the ''[[Total Request Live]]'' studio audience in New York City?
* ... that '''[[James Robson (doctor)|James Robson]]''' has been to six [[Rugby World Cup]]s with the Scotland team and on six [[British and Irish Lions]] tours?
===27 January 2018===
*'''''12:10, 27 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Drainage basin|watershed]] of the '''[[West Kill]]''' (''Diamond Notch Falls pictured'') has the steepest slopes and highest overall elevation of any subbasin of New York's [[Schoharie Creek]]?
* ... that the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] pushed to introduce '''[[IFF Mark III]]''' after a [[Short Stirling]] was shot down by a [[Bristol Beaufighter]], which was in turn shot down by another Beaufighter?
* ... that '''[[Colette Lorand]]''' made her debut as Gounod's [[Faust (opera)|Marguerite]] in 1945, created Reimann's [[Lear (opera)|Regan]] in 1978, and retired as Janáček's [[The Makropulos Affair (opera)|Emilia Marty]] in 1983?
* ... that '''[[Ninian Park]]''', the home stadium of [[Cardiff City F.C.]] for 99 years, was built on the site of a former rubbish tip?
* ... that the 2017 film '''''[[Dunkirk (2017 film)|Dunkirk]]''''' was conceived in the mid-1990s when writer and director [[Christopher Nolan]] sailed with [[Emma Thomas]] across the [[English Channel]], as did many small boats during the [[Dunkirk evacuation]]?
* ... that '''[[Nana Otuo Siriboe II]]''', a Ghanaian electrical engineer and [[paramount chief]], is the chairman of the [[Council of State (Ghana)|advisory council]] to the President of Ghana?
* ... that the authors of the 1940 '''[[Frisch–Peierls memorandum]]''' were assigned to research nuclear weapons because, as [[enemy alien|enemy aliens]], they could not work on secret military projects?
*'''''00:00, 27 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Japanese people|people of Japanese ancestry]] may have trouble metabolizing '''[[rabeprazole]]''' ''(3D representation pictured)''?
* ... that the Canadian [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] band '''[[The Dead South]]''' often refer to themselves as "[[Mumford & Sons|Mumford and Sons]]' Evil Twins"?
* ... that the taboo-breaking debut novel '''''[[Season of Crimson Blossoms]]''''' ended up winning [[Nigeria Prize for Literature|Africa's biggest literary award]] instead of attracting the severe backlash [[Abubakar Adam Ibrahim|the author]] expected?
* ... that the English [[association football|footballer]] '''[[Danny Lloyd (footballer)|Danny Lloyd]]''' sold bins for a waste management company before turning professional in 2017?
* ... that "'''[[Erde, singe]]'''" ("Earth, sing") was a [[Christmas carol|carol]] in ten stanzas derived in the 19th century from a pastoral [[lullaby]], but appears in the [[Gotteslob|current hymnal]] in four stanzas, alluding to Christmas only once?
* ... that before becoming a [[New York Supreme Court]] justice, '''[[Irwin Untermyer]]''' successfully argued to preserve the [[New York City Subway]]'s five-cent fare in a U.S. Supreme Court case?
* ... that the gastropod mollusc '''''[[Thyca crystallina]]''''' is in the early evolutionary stages of becoming parasitic on a starfish?
* ... that the [[United States Navy]] tested a '''[[Naval Research Laboratory Flyrt|Flyrt]]''' for distracting radar-guided missiles from its ships?
===26 January 2018===
*'''''12:00, 26 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the "silly shirt" chosen for the '''[[APEC China 2001|2001 APEC forum]]'''—the '''[[tangzhuang]]''' ''(pictured)''—launched a fashion craze in China?
* ... that during World War II, Colonel '''[[George F. Good Jr.]]''' successfully defended [[Funafuti]] from ten Japanese attacks with a mixed unit that was "poorly armed" and "stuck out like a sore thumb"?
* ... that the secular [[Bach cantata]] '''[[Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202|''Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten'', BWV 202]]''', scored for a soprano soloist, oboe, strings and continuo, pictures the transition from winter to spring?
* ... that the '''[[La Loche Formation]]''' can include [[Clastic rock|clasts]] of [[Precambrian]] [[gneiss]]?
* ... that the English [[association football|footballer]] '''[[Tammy Abraham]]''' was the first player to win [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]]'s Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year, and Top Goalscorer awards in the same season?
* ... that [[Vented balance safety enclosure|low-turbulence enclosures]] developed for the pharmaceutical industry are also suitable as '''[[engineering controls for nanomaterials]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Gudy Gaskill]]''', the driving force behind the creation of the {{convert|567|mi|adj=on}} [[Colorado Trail]], was honored by Presidents [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[George H. W. Bush]] for her volunteerism?
* ... that in 2009 the [[Construction industry of the United Kingdom|British construction industry]] was urged to '''[[Never Waste a Good Crisis]]'''?
*'''''00:00, 26 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that male '''''[[Nylanderia pygmaea]]''''' ants ''(pictured)'' were trapped in amber while climbing plants for their [[mating flight]]?
* ... that missile scientist '''[[Song Jian]]''' was the architect of China's [[one-child policy]]?
* ... that [[Richard Strauss]]{{'}}s [[art song]] "'''[[Freundliche Vision]]'''" describes a waking dream?
* ... that American construction company '''[[RMK-BRJ]]''' trained 200,000 Vietnamese workers in construction and administrative trades during the [[Vietnam War]]?
* ... that despite [[London Welsh RFC|London Welsh]] being liquidated, their amateur team '''[[London Welsh Amateur]]''' continued as they held separate independent membership of the Rugby Football Union?
* ... that the '''[[Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board]]''' oversees a park system that has been called the best-designed, best-financed, and best-maintained in America?
* ... that because of the [[2016–17 video game voice actor strike]], voice actress [[Ashly Burch]] could not reprise her role in the ''[[Life Is Strange]]'' prequel, '''''[[Life Is Strange: Before the Storm|Before the Storm]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Jim Benedict]]''' was knocked out during his first professional [[batting practice]]?
===25 January 2018===
*'''''12:00, 25 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that following its recent rediscovery, '''[[Dora Saker]]'''{{`s}} 1917 book ''Practical Cheddar Cheese-making'' has "quickly acquired cult status amongst farmhouse cheese-makers" ''(cheese press pictured)''?
* ... that public art at '''[[University of Washington station]]''' includes a mural inspired by symbols on [[geologic map]]s?
* ... that [[association football|footballer]] '''[[John Robson (footballer, born 1950)|John Robson]]''' was forced to retire after being diagnosed with [[multiple sclerosis]] at the age of 28?
* ... that the first discovery of copper in the state of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia, was made at '''[[Coopers Creek, Victoria|Coopers Creek]]''' in the 1860s?
* ... that the high Byzantine title of ''[[sebastokrator]]'' was invented for '''[[Isaac Komnenos (brother of Alexios I)|Isaac Komnenos]]''', who was described by [[Anna Komnene|his niece]] as an "emperor without the [[imperial purple|purple]]"?
* ... that '''[[Joint Task Force Empire Shield]]''' consists of soldiers and sailors of the [[New York National Guard]] and [[New York Naval Militia]], tasked with the defense of New York City?
* ... that the actress '''[[Martina Mayne]]''' published an English translation of the work of the German poet [[Paula Ludwig]]?
* ... that the engines of '''''[[Jagdgeschwader II]]''''' could not tolerate artificial [[Castor oil#Early aviation and aeromodelling|castor oil]]?
*'''''00:15, 25 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a one-eyed figure shown on one of the '''[[Torslunda plates]]''' ''(pictured)'' is possibly the Norse god [[Odin]]?
* ... that although the song that '''[[Eri Sasaki]]''' submitted for use in the anime series ''[[Plastic Memories]]'' was not chosen, she later passed an audition to sing the series' opening theme?<!--Special occasion hook for January 24-->
* ... that after the unsuccessful '''[[Mudéjar revolt of 1264–66]]''', [[Crown of Castile|Castile]] expelled the surviving Muslims?
* ... that '''[[Marie Grice Young]]''', piano instructor for [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s children, is speculated to have been one of the LGBT passengers on the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']]?
* ... that the main building of the '''[[Music House Museum]]''' is a remodelled 1909 dairy barn?
* ... that [[Herbert King-Hall|Vice-Admiral Herbert King-Hall]] called the example of the tugboat '''{{HMS|Blackcock| |6}}''' during the sinking of the Imperial cruiser {{SMS|Königsberg|1905|2}} "most praiseworthy"?
* ... that [[Canadian football]] player '''[[Archie Amerson]]''' was described as both halves of the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]' "one-two punch"?
* ... that '''[[Andy's Diner]]''' was partly constructed from a [[railcar]] that once carried [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]?
===24 January 2018===
*'''''12:30, 24 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that some historians believe [[Elisabet Ney]]'s '''[[Ludwig II (sculpture)|full-length statue]]''' ''(pictured)'' of "Mad King Ludwig" of [[Bavaria]] was created as part of a [[Prussia]]n scheme to [[Unification of Germany|unify Germany]]?
* ... that gold was discovered on '''[[Cline Buttes]]''' in central [[Oregon]] in 1904, but proved uneconomic to mine?
* ... that '''[[Pecorino di Carmasciano]]''' cheese is produced only in a small cluster of towns in the [[Apennine Mountains]] of Italy?
* ... that the '''[[Lokrume helmet fragment]]''' was the first piece of a [[Viking Age|Viking]] helmet to be identified?
* ... that '''[[Merkel Landis]],''' while a treasurer at a bank in Pennsylvania, originated the first [[Christmas club|Christmas Savings Club]]?
* ... that '''{{HMS|Roebuck|1743|6}}''' rescued {{HMS|Rippon|1758|6}} after the latter grounded during an attack on [[Basse-Terre]] in 1759?
* ... that in an attempt to catch '''[[Celia Cooney]]''', the [[New York City Police Department]] launched what was at the time the largest manhunt in the city's history?
* ... that '''''[[Isopogon mnoraifolius]]''''' was named for the resemblance of its foliage to a [[Menorah (Temple)|menorah]]?
*'''''00:45, 24 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the German [[Christmas carol]] "'''[[Freu dich, Erd und Sternenzelt]]'''" is based on a Czech song derived around 1500 from a Latin model ''(manuscript pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Phillipe Cunningham]]''' is one of the first openly transgender people of color to be elected to public office in the United States?
* ... that although the '''[[Red Spears' uprising in Shandong (1928–1929)|1928–1929 Red Spears' uprising in Shandong]]''' broke out in protest against high taxes, banditry, and government brutality, the rebels themselves came to raise taxes, loot, rape, rob and kidnap for ransom?
* ... that the 2015 Indian epic historical romance film '''''[[Bajirao Mastani]]''''' spent eleven years in [[development hell]] before being revived in 2014?
* ... that the [[Eero Saarinen]]-designed [[TWA Flight Center]] airport terminal was designated a landmark and is being redeveloped into the '''[[TWA Hotel]]''' at [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] in New York City?
* ... that '''[[Margaret O'Flynn]]''' and her husband John Foley were the first wife-and-husband fellows of the [[Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists]]?
* ... that during [[World War II]], the [[United States Navy]]'s '''[[Glomb]]''' project evaluated the use of [[glider (aircraft)|gliders]] as flying bombs?
* ... that '''''[[Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls]]''''' was Kickstarter's "fastest funded publishing project" ever?
===23 January 2018===
*'''''13:00, 23 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Henry Buttelmann]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the youngest [[flying ace]] of the [[Korean War]], at just over 24 years old?
* ... that the '''[[Revolution on Granite]]''' was the first major political protest held in Kiev's [[Maidan Nezalezhnosti|Independence Square]], and its methods were copied in the [[Orange Revolution]] and the [[Euromaidan]]?
* ... that before becoming chair of the [[Millennium Development Authority]], '''[[Yaa Ntiamoah Badu]]''' worked at the University of Ghana as a zoologist?
* ... that the motet '''''[[In Exile (Sumsion)|In Exile]]''''' for double choir by [[Herbert Sumsion]] was premiered at [[Gloucester Cathedral]]?
* ... that [[White House]] correspondent '''[[Naomi Nover]]''' once assaulted [[Bernie Boston]] while [[Mother Teresa]] and [[Ronald Reagan]] "looked on in total amazement"?
* ... that American pianist [[Joe Sample]] died from [[mesothelioma]] prior to completing his parts for the collaborative album '''''[[Christmas with Friends (India.Arie and Joe Sample album)|Christmas With Friends]]''''' with [[India Arie]]?
* ... that the Australian plants '''''[[Persoonia adenantha]]''''' and '''''[[Persoonia chamaepeuce|P. chamaepeuce]]''''' were described by a Czech and Polish botanist, respectively?
* ... that Israeli scholar '''[[Yehuda Liebes]]''' claims that [[Amidah|the central prayer]] of the [[Jewish prayer|Jewish liturgy]] includes an allusion to [[Jesus]]?
*'''''01:15, 23 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Azerbaijan stored ammunition inside '''[[Ghazanchetsots Cathedral]]''' ''(pictured)'' during the [[Nagorno-Karabakh War]]?
* ... that '''[[Thomas Johnston (engraver)|Thomas Johnston]]''' made the first historical print engraved in America?
* ... that in healthy adults, '''[[Beta-Hydroxy beta-methylbutyric acid|HMB]]''' has been shown to increase exercise-induced gains in [[muscle hypertrophy|muscle size]], muscle strength, and [[lean body mass]], reduce muscle damage, and speed recovery from exercise?
* ... that before '''[[Margaret L. Curry]]''' introduced vocational training and education for women prisoners in [[Colorado]], their only activity was washing and ironing the clothes of the male prisoners?
* ... that adult '''[[Hamadryas glauconome|pale crackers]]''' feed on rotting fruit, carrion, and mud?
* ... that '''[[Dellatorre]]''', who currently plays for Cypriot club [[APOEL FC]], was the top scorer of the [[Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior|2011 São Paulo Junior Football Cup]]?
* ... that the [[Rockefeller Center]] mural '''''[[Man at the Crossroads]]''''' was destroyed after the artist surreptitiously added a portrait of Lenin?
* ... that '''[[Jay Fai]]''' had never heard of [[Michelin Guide#Stars|Michelin stars]] when her restaurant was awarded one?
===22 January 2018===
*'''''13:30, 22 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[jean jacket]]''' ''(pictured)'' was invented by [[Levi Strauss]] in around 1880?
* ... that '''[[Marjorie Husted]]''', as the radio voice of homemaking authority [[Betty Crocker]], interviewed [[Joan Crawford]] in her home?
* ... that research for the book '''''[[Fire and Fury|Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House]]''''' reportedly included more than 200 interviews with [[Donald Trump]] and his closest associates conducted over 18 months?
* ... that after the 1962 [[Sino-Indian War]], the Chinese returned [[Param Vir Chakra]] recipient '''[[Joginder Singh (soldier)|Joginder Singh]]'''{{`s}} ashes to his battalion with full military honours?
* ... that '''[[Black Buttes]]'''{{`}} amphitheater is partially occupied by [[Deming Glacier (Washington)|Deming Glacier]]?
* ... that '''[[François Noël (missionary)|François Noël]]'''{{`s}} translations of [[Chinese classics|classic Chinese texts]] were banned in the [[Papal States]] and Germany but praised by historian [[Jean-Baptiste Du Halde]]?
* ... that "'''[[Private View (Inside No. 9)|Private View]]'''", an episode of ''[[Inside No. 9]]'', was a [[homage (arts)|homage]] to ''[[Theatre of Blood]]'' satirising the world of [[contemporary art]]?
* ... that the '''[[Zombie Hut]]''' was a fictitious [[tiki bar]] in the 1945 [[Abbott and Costello]] film ''[[Zombies on Broadway]]'', as well as a real tiki bar that opened in [[Sacramento, California]], that same year?
*'''''01:45, 22 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Witcham Gravel helmet]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the only known Roman helmet of its kind?
* ... that '''[[Yang Yuanyuan]]''' won a Lifetime Achievement Award because China's aviation accident rate plummeted under his leadership?
* ... that '''[[Angel Recording Studios|a former chapel]]''' built in 1888 was one of eleven studios involved in the recording of [[Adele]]'s bestselling album ''[[21 (Adele album)|21]]''?
* ... that '''[[Barnet Nover]]'''{{`s}} 1939 ''[[Washington Post]]'' article "British Surrender – a Munich for the Holy Land" was inserted into the [[Congressional Record]] by then [[United States Senate|US Senator]] [[Harry Truman]]?
* ... that the '''[[Hong Kong Regiment]]''' was paid more than other British Indian Army regiments and was known as "The Swagger Regiment"?
* ... that [[Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission]] biologists tried to visit '''[[Coffee Brook]]''' in 2001, but were unable to reach it?
* ... that the '''[[Javan frogmouth]]''' may be more common than generally thought?
* ... that in the [[1929 NFL season]], players on the [[Orange/Newark Tornadoes|Orange Tornadoes]], including '''[[Heinie Benkert]]''', wore letters on their uniforms instead of numbers?
===21 January 2018===
*'''''14:00, 21 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Swiss-born '''[[Louis de Roll]]''' was colonel of '''[[Roll's Regiment]]''' ''(pictured)'', which distinguished itself at the [[Battle of Alexandria]] in 1801?
* ... that the '''[[Rhyzobius lophanthae|purple scale predator]]''' is native to Australia but was first described from a Californian specimen?
* ... that '''[[Mhaimbhat]]''' is considered the first known prose writer in the [[Marathi language]]?
* ... that Metropolis Software's '''''[[Tajemnica Statuetki]]''''' (''The Mystery of the Statuette'') was the first Polish [[adventure game]]?
* ... that when cardiac surgeon '''[[Horace Smithy]]''' had a patient die on the operating table, he may have lost the chance to undergo heart surgery himself?
* ... that [[Friedrich Spee]] wrote the lyrics of the [[Christmas carol]] "'''[[Zu Bethlehem geboren]]'''" to a popular French tune with a frivolous text?
* ... that the [[Georgian mythology|Georgian]] goddess '''[[Dali (goddess)|Dali]]''' appeared as both a nude golden-haired woman with glowing skin, and as a white ibex with golden horns?
* ... that in an attack on [[Cologne]] on 28 May 1944, German gunners thought that crashing '''[[GB-1]]''' [[glide bomb]]s were aircraft they were shooting down?
*'''''02:15, 21 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Ming China turned '''[[Qianshan Subdistrict|Qianshan]]''' ''(pictured)'' into a military base to protect Guangdong from the Portuguese settlement in Macao?
* ... that '''[[Ilya Espino de Marotta]]''', lead engineer for the [[Panama Canal expansion project]], wears a pink hard hat on site to make a statement that women can do the job?
* ... that the newly named dinosaur '''''[[Sibirotitan]]''''' is only the second sauropod species named from the country of [[Russia]], and one of the oldest [[titanosauriform]] sauropod species known from all of Asia?
* ... that '''[[Sonali Guha]]''', a four-term member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]], captured the seat of [[Jyoti Basu|a five-term member]] of the assembly in her first election?
* ... that [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] is building a $1.5 billion facility at [[Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport]] to serve as a principal hub for '''[[Amazon Air]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[Morgan Morgan Monument]]''' memorializes [[Morgan Morgan|one of the earliest European pioneers]] to settle permanently in present-day [[West Virginia]]?
* ... that wars, battles, assassinations, and natural disasters can all cause '''[[national trauma]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Hazel Carter]]''' was reported to have received the United States' first [[military funeral]] for a woman?
===20 January 2018===
*'''''14:30, 20 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that both [[Oliver Cromwell]] and [[Kylie Minogue]] have stayed at the '''[[Lygon Arms]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that peanut farmer '''[[Harris DeVane]]''' won the first race held on [[Atlanta Motor Speedway]]'s present configuration by 0.023 seconds, leading only the last {{convert|100|yd}} of the event?
* ... that the nest of the '''[[large frogmouth]]''' consists of a circular cushion of down on which a single egg is balanced?
* ... that '''[[Herman Vandenburg Ames]]''' was one of [[Ezra Pound]]'s professors at the [[University of Pennsylvania]]?
* ... that some 500,000 photographs and drawings are included in the collections of the '''[[Historical Model Railway Society]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Caroline Lenferna de Laresle]]''' travelled from [[Mauritius]] to Rome to claim the [[pontifical right]] for her order of nuns and died there shortly afterwards?
* ... that the ''[[Rick and Morty]]'' episode "'''[[Pickle Rick]]'''" was largely inspired by the ''Breaking Bad'' episode "[[4 Days Out]]"?
* ... that '''[[Hu Yan]]''' won praise as a loyal and capable advisor in part by getting his prince drunk and kidnapping him?
*'''''02:45, 20 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Anglo-Saxon]] '''[[Coppergate Helmet]]''' ''(pictured)'' may have been hidden in a well during the [[Scandinavian York|Viking invasion of York]]?
* ... that '''[[Chen Guangyi]]''' was appointed to the top post of his home province of [[Fujian]] reportedly after provincial cadres opposed another candidate from North China?
* ... that five siblings and an in-law made up the '''[[Bartell Group]]''', which owned radio stations around the United States during the 1940s–1960s and was a pioneer in the [[Top 40]] format?
* ... that fans noticed ''[[Doctor Who]]'' references in a promotional trailer for [[Paul McGann]]'s first episode in ''[[Holby City]]'' as '''[[John Gaskell]]'''?
* ... that [[Thundersticks|inflatable balloon sticks]] for '''[[Baseball cheering culture in South Korea|cheering at baseball games]]''' were first used in South Korea?
* ... that '''[[Marvin Pipkin]]''' invented the first electric light bulb frosted on the inside with sufficient strength for ordinary handling that could be sold to the public?
* ... that '''[[Wayne Jacks]]''' and '''[[Ben Hess]]''' were among the 86 drivers who attempted to qualify for the [[1994 Brickyard 400|inaugural Brickyard 400]]?
* ... that mutant squirrels and "cat-faced" trees can be found in '''[[Ochlockonee River State Park]]'''?
===19 January 2018===
*'''''15:00, 19 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the English physicist and television technology developer '''[[Boris Townsend]]''' ''(pictured)'' described [[Color television|colour television]] as a "judicious combination of human imperfections and clever technical solutions"?
* ... that '''''[[The Hammer of Thor]]''''' by [[Rick Riordan]] won a [[Stonewall Book Award]] for its portrayal of the [[genderfluid]] character [[Alex Fierro]]?
* ... that Major General Sir '''[[Randle Feilden]]''' has [[Feilden Stakes|a horse race]] named in his memory?
* ... that India, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, and the Philippines made their debut in under-20 international [[ice hockey]] at the '''[[2018 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Lorenzo Viotti]]''' conducted Massenet's ''[[Werther]]'' in three productions in opera houses of three countries in 2017, silently singing with the soloists?
* ... that in order to attract skilled civil servants, the Hong Kong government offered '''[[Hong Kong Civil Service cruise perk|a free sea cruise back to the UK on retirement]]''' to British civil servants who joined up?
* ... that '''[[Effie Owuor]]''' was Kenya's first female state counsel, magistrate, [[High Court (Kenya)|High Court]] judge, and [[Court of Appeal of Kenya|Court of Appeal]] judge?
* ... that [[Amtrak]] ran "'''[[EMD AEM-7|toasters]]'''" on the [[Northeast Corridor]] for over thirty years?
*'''''03:15, 19 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Republic SD-3 Snooper]]''' ''(pictured)'' reconnaissance [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|drone]] used [[Airbag#Aerospace and military applications|airbags]] to cushion its landings?
* ... that '''[[Georges Dargaud]]''' produced the first ''[[Asterix]]'' film, ''[[Asterix the Gaul (film)|Asterix the Gaul]]'', in 1967?
* ... that the [[mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor]] is a '''[[national archaeological park of China]]''', while the tomb of St. [[Francis Xavier]] is a candidate for the designation?
* ... that in 1858, the obstetrician '''[[Gustavus Murray]]''' claimed to be able to identify the parts of a [[fetus]], including each vertebra, through an abdominal examination of a pregnant woman?
* ... that '''[[azeloprazole]]''' was designed with [[pharmacogenomics]] in mind?
* ... that former [[Oregon]] state legislator '''[[Hazen A. Brattain]]''' died a month after completing a seven-month world tour?
* ... that [[John Rutter]] wrote the lyrics for his choral composition '''''[[Christmas Lullaby]]''''', with each verse including the refrain "[[Hail Mary|Ave Maria]]"?
* ... that the '''[[Hippolyte californiensis|California green shrimp]]''' uses a raft to get around?
===18 January 2018===
*'''''15:30, 18 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Cahokia Woodhenge]]''' ''(pictured)'', built by the Native American [[Mississippian culture]] between 900 and 1100 CE, was a [[timber circle]] solar calendar used to observe solstices and equinoxes?
* ... that the English tenor '''[[Mark Milhofer]]''' appeared as [[Così fan tutte|Mozart's Ferrando]] in Beijing and Moscow, and as [[L'incoronazione di Poppea|Poppea]]'s nurse in Berlin, dressed as a parody of [[The Rocky Horror Picture Show|Riff Raff]]?
* ... that the fireflies '''''[[Aquatica ficta]]''''' and '''''[[Aquatica hydrophila]]''''' both have aquatic larvae that are unable to swim?
* ... that in 1919, Romanian playwright and journalist '''[[A. de Herz]]''' was court-martialled for alleged collaboration with the [[Central Powers]]?
* ... that prior to creating '''[[Booker T. Washington State Park (West Virginia)|Booker T. Washington State Park]]''', [[List of West Virginia state parks|West Virginia's Conservation Commission]] justified its segregation policy by explaining that "our Negro citizens would feel ill at ease" using parks alongside whites?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Stanley Kane]]''' gave up playing in order to join the [[Liverpool City Police]]?
* ... that after sighting an improvised [[distress signal]] made from a lady's shawl, the '''[[French frigate Cléopâtre (1838)|French frigate ''Cléopâtre'']]''' rescued 34 people stranded at sea?
* ... that during the '''[[Papal conclave, 1655|1655 papal conclave]]''', the younger cardinals played pranks on the older cardinals for fun?
*'''''03:45, 18 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Felix Mendelssohn]] was so fascinated by a particular singer playing the role of a mermaid that he was inspired to write the [[concert overture|overture]] '''''[[Die schöne Melusine|The Fair Melusine]]''''' ''(legend pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Xu Shijie]]''' came out of retirement to serve as the first party chief of the new province of [[Hainan]], but was dismissed in the aftermath of the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen protests]]?
* ... that along with [[Mount Defiance (Oregon)|Mount Defiance]] and [[Mount Bailey (Oregon)|Mount Bailey]], '''[[Diamond Peak (Oregon)|Diamond Peak]]''' is one of the few [[andesite|andesitic]] [[shield volcano]]s in the [[Cascade Range]]?
* ... that the high-waisted fashions of the early 1800s likely helped the [[Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough|Countess of Bessborough]] hide her figure from her husband while pregnant with her illegitimate daughter, '''[[Harriet Osborne, Baroness Godolphin|Harriet Osborne]]'''?
* ... that targets for the '''[[ASM-N-6 Omar]]''' missile were put in a spotlight?
* ... that '''[[Patrick Zhuwao]]''' was expelled from [[Zimbabwe]]'s ruling [[ZANU–PF]] party during the [[2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état]]?
* ... that until the passage of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], the '''[[Norwood Tower]]''' held the only public restroom open to African Americans in downtown [[Austin, Texas]]?
* ... that in 2017, Canadian pitcher '''[[Claire Eccles]]''' became the first woman to play baseball in the collegiate [[West Coast League]]?
===17 January 2018===
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* ... that the rare '''''[[Persoonia procumbens]]''''' ''(pictured)'' has potential as a [[Rock garden|rockery]] plant?
* ... that '''[[British logistics in the Normandy Campaign]]''' depended on a [[Mulberry harbour]]?
* ... that Tennessee state representative '''[[Charles P. Fahey]]''' sponsored bills prohibiting the non-medical sale of [[cocaine]] and requiring the racial segregation of [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] streetcars?
* ... that producers of the 2012 Austrian short film '''''[[Homophobia (film)|Homophobia]]''''' raised [[United States dollar|US$]]10,100 in 69 days through [[crowdfunding]] on [[Indiegogo]]?
* ... that '''[[Otto Franke (sinologist)|Otto Franke]]''', the pre-eminent German [[Sinology|sinologist]] of his time, died "practically from hunger and exhaustion" before he could complete his history of China?
* ... that the Italian town of '''[[Guardia Lombardi]]''' was settled by the [[Lombards]] in the sixth century as a defensive [[border outpost|outpost]]?
* ... that, under the leadership of '''[[Mary Puckey]]''', Sydney's [[Rachel Forster Hospital]] expanded from 12 to 120 beds?
* ... that '''[[Ping-Pong (rocket)|Ping-Pong]]''' was believed to be "the free world's only round-trip ballistic missile"?
*'''''04:13, 17 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Rick Parfitt]] ''(pictured)'' wrote "'''[[Forty Five Hundred Times]]'''" with [[Francis Rossi]] and called it his favourite guitar moment with [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]?
* ... that Lt. Gen. '''[[Dewan Rabindranath Soni|D. R. Soni]]''', chief of the Southern Command of the [[Indian Army]], was a military observer in Iraq and Kuwait after the [[Gulf War]]?
* ... that as part of today's '''[[Temperance and Good Citizenship Day]]''' observances in the [[Washington (state)|state of Washington]], schools are expected to hold [[voter registration]] drives for eligible students? <!--Special Occasion hook for January 16 in the U.S.-->
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Callum Hendry]]''' gave up playing for a year before turning professional?
* ... that the '''[[Grizzly Flats Railroad]]''', owned by [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] animator [[Ward Kimball]], was the first full-size [[backyard railroad]] in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Diego Fasolis]]''' conducted ''[[L'incoronazione di Poppea]]'' at the reopened [[Staatsoper Unter den Linden]], adding music by other composers of [[Claudio Monteverdi|Monteverdi]]'s time?
* ... that '''[[Hamadryas feronia|blue cracker]]''' and '''[[Hamadryas iphthime|ringless blue cracker]]''' males create a cracking sound with their abdomen when pursuing a female?
* ... that the "Fat Albert" [[sounding rocket]] had its name changed to '''[[Aries (rocket)|Aries]]''' because the [[United States Naval Research Laboratory|Naval Research Laboratory]] considered it "more dignified"?
===16 January 2018===
*'''''12:00, 16 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Gustave Lambert]]''' ''(pictured)'' was killed in the [[Siege of Paris (1870–71)|Siege of Paris]] before he could set sail for the North Pole?
* ... that the first successful [[unmanned aerial vehicle|drone]] developed in the [[Netherlands]] was the '''[[Aviolanda AT-21]]'''?
* ... that the [[Heisman Trophy]], awarded annually to the best [[college football]] player, is named for '''[[John Heisman]]''', who was instrumental in legalizing the [[forward pass]]?
* ... that the late-[[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] church '''[[St. Moritz, Halle|St. Moritz]]''' in [[Halle (Saale)]] became Catholic again in 1970?
* ... that '''[[Li Huang]]''' co-founded the [[Chinese Youth Party]], which was modelled after the [[Young Turks]]?
* ... that the '''[[red-breasted partridge]]''' is found only on [[Borneo]]?
* ... that the '''[[Goldberg–Coxeter construction]]''' can be used to study [[fullerene]] molecules, [[nanoparticle]]s, and [[basket weaving]]?
* ... that professional diver Albert Powsey was known for diving off '''[[Southport Pier]]''' with a bicycle?
*'''''00:00, 16 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Kaman K-16B]]''' ''(pictured)'' tiltwing aircraft was built from an existing [[Grumman G-21 Goose|Grumman Goose]] to save time and money?
* ... that, in 1989, '''[[East Holmes Academy]]''' offered to forfeit a football game because the opposing team had a black player?<!--Special occasion hook for Jan 15th in USA-->
* ... that '''[[Paa Kofi Ansong]]''', a member of the [[Council of State (Ghana)|advisory team]] to the President of Ghana, once worked as a quality control officer at [[Boots UK|Boots Pharmacy]] in the United Kingdom?
* ... that, although [[Joseph Jongen]] conducted the first performance of '''[[Mass, Op. 130]]''' at [[Liège Cathedral]] in 1946, it was not published until 1990?
* ... that the Canadian '''[[Underground Research Laboratory]]''' was built to test the concept of storing [[nuclear waste]] in rock that was billions of years old?
* ... that '''[[Angeline Murimirwa]]''' received money for her secondary education from [[Camfed]], and is now its regional executive director for Southern & Eastern Africa?
* ... that confirmation of the controversial claim that the '''[[Ram Khamhaeng Inscription]]''' was fake would have forced Thai history to be rewritten?
* ... that '''[[John Samuel Phene]]'''{{'}}s five-storey house was called the "Gingerbread Castle" because of its numerous devices and fixtures?
===15 January 2018===
*'''''12:00, 15 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the high altar in the '''[[Propsteikirche, Dortmund|Propsteikirche]]''', created by [[Derick Baegert]], includes the oldest depiction of [[Dortmund]] on its left panel ''(pictured)''?
* ... that [[Didier Drogba]] '''[[List of international goals scored by Didier Drogba|scored twice]]''' for the [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]] in a match which was abandoned after fans rioted, throwing food and drinks onto the pitch?
* ... that the '''[[Orchard Pond Parkway]]''' is [[Florida]]'s first privately-built toll road?
* ... that the Han scholar '''[[Gao You]]'''—responsible for the present editions of the ''Huainanzi''—had to quit school owing to the [[Yellow Turban Rebellion]]?
* ... that the British government's '''[[Construction 2025]]''' industrial strategy sought to reduce whole-life [[greenhouse gas emissions]] from the [[built environment]] to half of 2013 levels by 2025?
* ... that the Japanese singer '''[[Asaka (musician)|Asaka]]''' spent part of her childhood in [[Michigan]]?
* ... that approximately 160,000 birds across twenty-two different species nest and breed on the '''[[Pearl and Hermes Atoll]]''' of the [[Northwestern Hawaiian Islands]]?
* ... that a 1942 letter addressed to "'''[[Margaret Cooper (Wren)|the blonde Wren from Argentina on the platform at Bletchley station]]'''" led to marriage in 1945?
*'''''00:00, 15 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the 5th-century '''[[Tigawa]]''' temple ''(pictured)'' is the only survivor of around 36 [[Hindu temple]]s at the site that were quarried for building stone during a 19th-century construction project?
* ... that '''[[Wolfgang Helbich]]''' recorded apocryphal works by [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] with the Alsfelder Vokalensemble, and conducted an award-winning recording of ''[[Ein deutsches Requiem]]'' with the [[Bremen Cathedral|Bremer Domchor]]?
* ... that ''Den of Geek'' likened watching gameshow whodunnit '''''[[Armchair Detectives (TV series)|Armchair Detectives]]''''' to playing a [[Puzzle video game#Hidden object game|hidden objects]] video game?
* ... that 2017 [[2017 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan Wolverine teammates]] and [[2017 All-Big Ten Conference football team|All-Big Ten Conference]] honorees '''[[Chase Winovich]]''' and '''[[Khaleke Hudson]]''' went to high school in Pennsylvania, while All-Big Ten teammate '''[[Lavert Hill]]''' once committed to [[Penn State Nittany Lions|Penn State]]?
* ... that the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]]'s '''[[IFF Mark II]]''' was the first operational [[identification friend or foe]] system?
* ... that statesman '''[[Costea Bucioc]]''', who reputedly survived a poisoning attempt at the [[Moldavia]]n court, was later impaled by the Ottoman army?
* ... that the '''[[Business process outsourcing in China|outsourcing industry in China]]''' is rapidly growing on the back of "[[cloud computing]], [[big data]], [[Internet of things]] and [[Mobile Web|mobile Internet]]"?
* ... that '''[[Gwen Fleming]]''', the first female major in the [[Royal Australian Army Medical Corps]], was called "sir" by her colleagues during the Second World War?
===14 January 2018===
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* ... that the boar-crested '''[[Pioneer Helmet]]''' ''(pictured)'' was initially mistaken for a bucket?
* ... that '''[[Ramize Erer]]''' said that when she published a cartoon of a masturbating girl, "all hell broke loose"?
* ... that the use of '''[[asset management plan period]]s''' in the [[Water supply and sanitation in England and Wales|water industry of England and Wales]] has been criticised for creating a [[Business cycle|boom and bust]] cycle of investment?
* ... that golfer '''[[Sally Sessions]]''' tied for second place in the [[1947 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship|1947 U.S. Women's Open]] as an amateur?
* ... that groups of '''[[Gyrinus natator|common whirligig beetles]]''' often spin round rapidly on the water surface?
* ... that Ghanaian accountant and paramount chief '''[[Ogyeahohoo Yaw Gyebi II]]''' is also the president of all chiefs in the Western Region of Ghana?
* ... that the '''[[Ottawa Art Gallery]]''' acquired the [[Firestone Collection of Canadian Art|Firestone Collection]] of over 1,600 pieces of [[Canadian art]], including landscapes by the [[Group of Seven (artists)|Group of Seven]], in 1992?
* ... that the '''[[Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program]]''' was initiated by United States Senator [[Harry Reid]] in 2007 to secretly study the topic of [[Unidentified flying object|UFO]]s?
*'''''00:00, 14 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the Australian '''[[Air Board (Australia)|Air Board]]''' ''(inaugural members pictured)'' chose 31 March rather than 1 April as the founding date of the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] to avoid being called "[[April Fools' Day|April Fools]]"?
* ... that '''[[Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie]]''' rejected the chance to be the head of [[Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority|Ghana's ports and harbours]] because of his [[Thalassophobia|fear of the sea]]?
* ... that a '''[[Agrypon flaveolatum|wasp]]''' and a '''[[Cyzenis albicans|fly]]''' were used to combat a [[Winter moth|moth invader]]?
* ... that as president of [[Fisk University]], '''[[James Raymond Lawson]]''' saw the donor base dwindle due to the students' involvement with the [[Black Power movement]]?
* ... that '''[[Numerical modeling (geology)|numerical modeling]]''' can reveal the flow of the solid mantle beneath Earth's crust?
* ... that the 14th-century [[Hanthawaddy Kingdom|Hanthawaddy]] Minister-General '''[[Byat Za]]'''{{`s}} doctrine of limited warfare has been compared to that popularized by [[Carl von Clausewitz|Clausewitz]]?
* ... that in 1900, a steamboat owned by the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] was stolen by two tugboats during the night from the '''[[Erie Basin Marina]]'''?
* ... that in 1951, thoracic surgeon '''[[Clement Price Thomas]]''' removed part of [[King George VI]]'s lung in [[Buckingham Palace]]?
===13 January 2018===
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* ... that the larvae of the '''[[Hamadryas laodamia|starry night butterfly]]''' ''(pictured)'' accumulate toxic chemicals in their bodies, which make the adults distasteful to birds?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Howard Spencer]]''' was the first [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] player to [[List of England national football team captains|captain England]]?
* ... that the lyrics to "'''[[The Kentucky Volunteer]]'''", the first song copyrighted under the [[United States Constitution]], were written by "a Lady of Philadelphia"?
* ... that '''[[Jennie Carignan]]''' helped reintroduce ballroom dancing to the [[Royal Military College Saint-Jean]], having taken classes with her future husband when she was a cadet?
* ... that the ancient [[Maya civilization|Maya]] ruins of '''[[San Clemente, El Petén]]''', in Guatemala include a two-storey palace structure and two [[Mesoamerican ballcourt]]s?
* ... that [[Amtrak]] service at '''[[Tacoma Dome Station]]''' was halted on its inaugural day due to a [[2017 Washington train derailment|train derailment]]?
* ... that German microbiologist '''[[Paul Lindner]]''' named the yeast species he discovered ''[[Schizosaccharomyces pombe]]'' after the [[Swahili language|Swahili]] word for beer?
* ... that soprano '''[[Cristina Pasaroiu]]''' played [[Manon]] in boots, even in bed with her lover?
*'''''00:00, 13 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Nancy Brown Peace Carillon]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Detroit]] ceased playing music in 1970 due to damage caused by pigeons?
* ... that members of the terrorist group [[Abu Sayyaf]] used the '''[[Inabanga River]]''', the largest waterway in [[Bohol]], Philippines, for a planned [[2017 Bohol clashes|incursion into the province]] in 2017?
* ... that Kenyan Brigadier '''[[Fatumah Ahmed]]''' joined the armed forces "by accident" when she saw a recruitment campaign whilst applying for an identity card?
* ... that '''[[WS-124A Flying Cloud|Project Flying Cloud]]''' was expected to affect an area "comparable in size to that affected by a low-yield nuclear weapon"?
* ... that the '''[[Angel of the Winds Casino Resort|Angel of the Winds Casino]]''' was designed as a temporary building with [[modular building|modular elements]] so it could be sold in pieces?
* ... that '''[[Wolfgang Stockmeier]]''' made around 150 recordings of organ music, taught at three music academies, and composed an opera on a libretto by [[Gabriele Wohmann]]?
* ... that the succulent '''''[[Euphorbia arbuscula]]''''' of [[Socotra]] is used to feed goats?
* ... that after the American Civil War, "Fighting Parson" '''[[Fountain E. Pitts]]''' helped grow poppies to make [[opium]] in Nashville, Tennessee?
===12 January 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[PTV-N-2 Gorgon IV|Gorgon IV]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first [[ramjet]]-powered aircraft to successfully fly in the United States?
* ... that [[MacArthur Fellows Program|Genius Grant]] winner '''[[Regina Barzilay]]''' helped decipher the ancient language [[Ugaritic]]?
* ... that steam-distilled '''[[garlic oil]]''' has around 900 times the strength of [[garlic|fresh garlic]]?
* ... that '''[[Hatto Ständer]]''', who played the organ in church services at age nine, was professor of organ playing, choral conducting, Gregorian chant and composition at the [[Technical University of Dortmund]] for more than three decades?
* ... that during the '''[[1981 Milwaukee Police Strike]]''', Mayor [[Henry Maier]] requested that taverns and bars voluntarily close early?
* ... that governor '''[[Liu Jianfeng (PRC)|Liu Jianfeng]]''' and party secretary '''[[Deng Hongxun]]''' of [[Hainan]] clashed fiercely and tried to drive each other out of the province?
* ... that '''''[[Desmarestia tropica]]''''', or tropical acidweed, is possibly extinct because of the [[1982–83 El Niño event]]?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Gordon Coleman]]''' scored the winning goal in a match against [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]] in 1982 while sitting on the ground?
*'''''00:00, 12 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after Richard Sloan eloped with his employer's daughter, the couple settled in the [[Mill Creek (South Branch Potomac River)|Mill Creek]] valley and built the '''[[Sloan–Parker House]]''' ''(pictured)'' around 1790?
* ... that Arsenal Ladies player '''[[Clare Wheatley]]''' took over as the club's development officer and general manager from [[Vic Akers]], who once told her, "Arsenal Ladies is not a social club"?
* ... that inside the '''''[[Cabaret du Ciel]]''''' (Cabaret of Heaven), beer was served, and the entertainment included depictions of angels playing music and [[Saint Peter]] sprinkling holy water from the heavens?
* ... that '''''[[Tyrannomyrmex alii]]''''' was named for India's "Ant Man"?
* ... that '''[[Jie Zhitui]]''', who loyally followed Prince Chong'er in exile for almost 20 years, was supposedly burned alive because he did not want to ask for any reward once his lord was restored to power?
* ... that the '''[[Lilac Fire]]''' in Southern California grew from a small brush fire to {{convert|4100|acres|km2}} in one day?
* ... that the organ virtuoso and teacher '''[[Heinz Wunderlich]]''' held a Hamburg post that [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] had once wanted?
* ... that '''[[fugitive dust]]''' escapes?
===11 January 2018===
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* ... that Professor '''[[He Siyuan]]''' ''(pictured)'' became an anti-Japanese guerrilla leader during World War II and later survived two assassination attempts, one of which killed his young daughter?
* ... that the mushrooms of the Asian fungus '''''[[Macrocybe crassa]]''''' can weigh up to {{convert|1.25|kg|lb|0}}?
* ... that '''[[Ramona Go]]''' was the first female military pilot, [[line officer]], battalion commander, [[adjutant general]], and regular service general in the Philippine Armed Forces?
* ... that "'''[[Diddle Diddle Dumpling (Inside No. 9)|Diddle Diddle Dumpling]]'''", an episode of ''[[Inside No. 9]]'', was inspired by a chance encounter with a single shoe?
* ... that Ghanaian keyboardist '''[[Alfred P. Addaquay]]''' composed and performed his first [[oratorio]] when he was 20 years old?
* ... that all five of the surviving members of the original cast of the ''Power Rangers'' series attended the '''[[Power Rangers (film)|film adaptation]]'''{{`s}} Los Angeles premiere in March 2017?
* ... that '''[[Janai Haupapa]]''' joined the Canadian national rugby league team while still playing for a rugby union club?
* ... that '''[[Muroc Maru|a "Japanese cruiser"]]''' was built in [[Southern California]] in 1943?
*'''''00:00, 11 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that patrons of the '''''[[Cabaret du Néant]]''''' (Cabaret of Nothingness) drank beverages in the "Intoxication Hall" ''(pictured)'', which had chandeliers made of human bones and coffin-shaped tables?
* ... that in 1927, [[Barnstorming|barnstormer]] '''[[Doug Davis (aviator)|Doug Davis]]''' let 12-year-old [[Paul Tibbets]] drop [[Baby Ruth]] candy bars attached to parachutes from his biplane over [[Hialeah, Florida]], kindling the boy's love of flying?
* ... that '''[[T-tubule]]s''' allow heart muscle cells to contract more forcefully by synchronising calcium release?
* ... that '''[[Kate Fotso]]''', the richest woman in Cameroon, is known as the "iron lady of the [[Cocoa bean|cocoa]] industry"?
* ... that in 1934 '''[[vitamin C]]''' was the first synthetic vitamin to be trademarked (as [[Redoxon]]) and marketed?
* ... that the '''[[Santa Ana Heritage Zone]]''' encompasses a declared [[Lichauco Heritage House|Heritage House]] and a [[Santa Ana Church|local church]] that contains two National Cultural Treasures?
* ... that when '''[[He Luli]]''' was 14, an assassin's bombs killed her younger sister?
* ... that '''[[Google Earth]]''' was originally developed for use by various agencies of the United States government, including the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]?
===10 January 2018===
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* ... that '''[[St. Nicolai, Lüneburg]]''', a [[brick Gothic]] church with a "star" [[rib vault]] ''(pictured)'', was the location of the first Lutheran sermon in [[Lüneburg]]?
* ... that Canadian Lieutenant-General '''[[Chris Whitecross]]''' has fostered 33 children?
* ... that California and the entire [[eastern United States]] are under '''[[Apple Maggot Quarantine Area|a quarantine restriction]]''' by the U.S. state of Washington designed to protect it from [[apple maggot]] infestation?
* ... that Slovenian actor '''[[Jernej Šugman]]''' starred in Shakespeare's ''[[Hamlet]]'' twice, first in the titular role and the second time as [[King Claudius]]?
* ... that the "Memorial for the War to Resist America and Aid Korea" is no longer one of the '''[[national first-grade museum of China|national first-grade museums of China]]'''?
* ... that 16th-century [[Kabbalah|kabbalist]] '''[[Shimon Lavi]]''' displayed knowledge of [[alchemy]] in his commentary on the [[Zohar]]?
* ... that the parasitic wasp '''''[[Ichneumon eumerus]]''''' has a complex life cycle involving [[Myrmica schencki|ants]] and a [[Phengaris rebeli|rare blue butterfly]]?
* ... that the video game '''''[[The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt]]''''' was marketed as "''[[Skyrim]]'' in a ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' sauce"?
*'''''00:00, 10 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Bristol]] "loo lady" '''[[Victoria Hughes]]''' ''(workplace pictured)'' provided tea and sympathy to local prostitutes?
* ... that the Roman '''[[Emesa helmet]]''' appears to be modeled after its wearer's face?
* ... that in 1939, '''[[Peter Du Cane (engineer)|Peter Du Cane]]''' was awarded the [[Segrave Trophy|Segrave Medal]] for his part in the design of the world water speed record-breaking boat ''[[Blue Bird K4]]''?
* ... that the '''[[Travis County Courthouse|Heman Marion Sweatt Travis County Courthouse]]''' was named in honor of [[Sweatt v. Painter|an early trial]] in the African-American civil rights movement that was heard there in 1946?
* ... that as [[paramount chief]] of the Wulungu traditional area, Ghanaian geographer and academic '''[[John S. Nabila]]''' is known by the title Wulugu Naba?
* ... that a '''[[Loxothylacus panopaei|parasitic barnacle]]''' effectively castrates its hosts, the '''[[Eurypanopeus depressus|flattened]]''' and the '''[[Panopeus lacustris|knot-fingered mud crabs]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Margaret W. Burcham]]''' was the first female brigadier general in the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]]?
* ... that the first [[Columbus Crew SC|Columbus Crew]] soccer match attended by future owner '''[[Anthony Precourt]]''' was delayed after the stadium's scoreboard caught fire?
===9 January 2018===
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* ... that US-educated sociologist '''[[Lei Jieqiong]]''' ''(pictured)'' served as vice-mayor of Beijing and taught at [[Peking University]] until the age of 100?<!--Special occasion hook for January 9-->
* ... that the '''[[Abatan River]]''' estuary in [[Bohol]] has one of the Philippines' most diverse [[mangrove]] forests?
* ... that modelling agent '''[[Cherry Marshall]]''' discovered [[Ruth Ellis]], the last woman to be hanged in Britain?
* ... that the '''''[[Jingchu Suishiji|Record of the Year and Seasons of Jingchu]]''''' shows how religious, calendrical, culinary, and entertainment changes led to a new canon of major Chinese holidays between the Han and Tang dynasties?
* ... that '''[[Mahani Teave]]''' is considered [[Easter Island]]'s only classical musician?
* ... that local residents followed the cries of trapped passengers to find the crash site of '''[[West Wind Aviation Flight 280]]''' and aid in rescue efforts?
* ... that '''[[Marcu Cercel]]''', who ruled over [[Moldavia]] in 1600, was probably born to a Turkish [[Apostasy in Islam|Muslim apostate]]?
* ... that Facebook's '''[[Facebook Aquila|Aquila]]''' [[Electric aircraft|solar-powered drone]] is intended to provide internet access to remote regions of Earth using no more electricity than three [[hair dryer|blow dryers]]?
*'''''00:00, 9 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ...that the [[United States Navy]] placed orders for the '''[[KA2N Gorgon IIA|Gorgon IIA]]''' ''(pictured)'' and '''[[CTV-N-2 Gorgon IIC|Gorgon IIC]]''' missiles with the [[Singer Manufacturing Company]], better known for its [[sewing machine]]s?
* ... that '''[[Wolfgang Kläsener]]''' conducted his Kettwiger Bach-Ensemble in a memorial concert, combining the last work by [[Thomas Beimel]] with [[Bach's_church_music_in_Latin#Kyrie–Gloria_Masses,_BWV_233–236_(1738–39?)|one Mass by Bach]] and [[Mass No. 2 (Bruckner)|one by Bruckner]]?
* ... that '''[[housefly|houseflies]]''' have been used in germ warfare to distribute [[cholera]]?
* ... that at Harvard University, '''[[Walter J. Leonard]]''' designed "one of the country's earliest and most effective [[affirmative-action]] programs, which became a model for other universities around the country"?
* ... that the initial plan for the renovation of the '''[[Metropolitan Theatre (Winnipeg)|Metropolitan Theatre]]''' in Winnipeg was for a rock and roll museum?
* ... that in 1992, '''[[Camille Robinson-Regis]]''' became the youngest senator to be appointed to the cabinet of [[Trinidad and Tobago]]?
* ... that '''[[Yiqu]]''' was conquered by [[Qin (state)|Qin]] after its king was killed either by his mistress [[Queen Dowager Xuan]], or by her son the king of Qin?
* ... that [[North-West Mounted Police]] Corporal '''[[William Dempster]]''' found the [[Francis Joseph Fitzgerald#The Lost Patrol|Lost Patrol]]?
===8 January 2018===
*'''''00:00, 8 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after the neutral American ship '''''[[William P. Frye (1901)|William P. Frye]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was sunk by a {{nowrap|World War I}} Imperial German [[Merchant raider|raider]], the German government was billed $228,059.54?
* ... that Congolese artist '''[[Rhode Makoumbou]]''' sculpts figures up to {{convert|3|m|ft|0}} tall out of sawdust and woodglue?
* ... that [[pharmacogenomics|genetic differences]] may affect the efficacy of the [[Asthma|anti-asthmatic]] drug '''[[zafirlukast]]'''?
* ... that Japanese singer '''[[Yunchi]]''' covered the song "Catch You Catch Me" from ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' for one of her albums?
* ... that the '''[[Panoz Avezzano]]''', unveiled at the 2016 [[Petit Le Mans]], is named after a town in Italy that was [[1915 Avezzano earthquake|destroyed by an earthquake]]?
* ... that the Exeter [[hip replacement|Hip]], designed by '''[[Robin Ling]]''' and [[Clive Lee]], improved the lives of millions of people?
* ... that when the wasp '''''[[Idiogramma elbakyanae]]''''' was named in honor of [[Sci-Hub]] founder [[Alexandra Elbakyan]], she took this as an insult?
* ... that '''[[Silvia Correale]]''', the first female [[Postulator]] in the Vatican, focuses on guiding potential Argentine saints through the [[beatification]] process?
===7 January 2018===
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* ... that '''[[List of West Virginia state parks|West Virginia's 37 state parks]]''' include a [[Babcock State Park|working grist mill]] ''(pictured)'', a [[Cass Scenic Railroad State Park|scenic railroad]], a [[Prickett's Fort State Park|reconstructed 18th-century fortification]], and a [[Cathedral State Park|Natural National Landmark]]?
* ... that Vice Admiral '''[[Mary M. Jackson]]''' was promoted directly from [[one-star rank|one-star]] to [[three-star rank]]?
* ... that while the [[Biblical Magi|Three Kings]] bring gold, incense and myrrh to the manger, the singer of "'''[[Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier]]'''" offers spirit and mind, heart, soul and courage as gifts?<!--Special occasion hook for 6 January-->
* ... that '''[[Luke Harper and Erick Rowan]]''' call themselves The Bludgeon Brothers?
* ... that despite being flightless, '''[[Nemobius sylvestris|wood crickets]]''' appeared in 2001 at a site in southern England at which they had previously not been present?
* ... that as a teenager, Vietnamese singer '''[[Tóc Tiên]]''' exaggerated her age twice at [[Music competition|singing competition]]s, one time winning the grand prize?
* ... that the common [[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]] hymn "'''[[As with Gladness Men of Old]]'''" does not describe the [[Biblical Magi]] as "magi" or "kings", or even state their number?
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* ... that '''[[Carys Bannister]]''' drove rally cars and exhibited [[Welsh Corgi|corgis]] when not performing brain surgery?
===6 January 2018===
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* ... that Elizabethan physician '''[[Edward Dodding]]''' conducted a [[Autopsy|post-mortem examination]] of Kalicho ''(pictured)'', one of three [[Inuit]] people brought to England?
* ... that after dismissing the basic concept as "outlandish", [[Edward Teller]] later supported '''[[Brilliant Pebbles]]''' as a way to shoot down Soviet [[Intercontinental ballistic missile|ICBMs]]?
* ... that at age 16, '''[[Remy Siemsen]]''' was the top goalscorer for [[Sydney FC (W-League)|Sydney FC]] in the [[2016–17 W-League|2016–17 W-League season]]?
* ... that arachnologists think juvenile '''''[[Chanbria]]''''' camel spiders locate their prey through a combination of smelling and feeling for them?
* ... that German [[Sinology|sinologist]] '''[[Wolfgang Franke]]''' was so at home in Beijing that he felt he had lived there in a previous life?
* ... that at its completion, '''[[Riverton Lock]]''' was the highest [[Boat lift|lift lock]] in the world with a lift of 26 feet (7.9 m)?
* ... that '''[[Azazet Habtezghi Kidane]]''' interviewed more than 1,500 African refugees to document torture in the [[Sinai Peninsula]]?
* ... that '''[[Jolly Roger Records]]''' had its [[bootleg recording|bootlegs]] of [[RCA Records]] recordings manufactured at RCA's own [[Phonograph record|vinyl record]] pressing plant?
===5 January 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[Labrus viridis|green wrasse]]''' ''(pictured)'' has big eyes, a small mouth, and fleshy lips?
* ... that Rear Admiral '''[[Cindy Jaynes]]''' was persuaded to join the [[United States Navy]] by a high school friend, having originally considered careers as an [[actuary]] or a [[veterinary physician|veterinarian]]?
* ... that the '''[[art of Uruk]]''' includes the 5,000-year-old [[Mask of Warka]], probably one of the earliest known near life-size sculptures?
* ... that '''[[Harold Basil Christian]]''', a self-taught horticulturalist in southern Africa, became a world expert on African ''[[aloe]]'' species after planting one in his yard to block the view of a large, unsightly rock?
* ... that [[Electric Wizard]] described their album '''''[[Wizard Bloody Wizard]]''''' as "43 brain-damaging minutes, six savage hymns to death, drugs, sex and violence, music dragged (and drugged) back from the grave"?
* ... that the Italian mezzo-soprano '''[[Armanda Degli Abbati]]''' appeared as [[Lohengrin (opera)|Ortrud]] in Rome and as [[Aida|Amneris]] in Rio de Janeiro, had an affair with a Russian revolutionary, and trained Estonian singers?
* ... that a pub on the '''[[Acle Straight]]''' is now a [[Hindu temple]]?
* ... that in 1985 '''[[Gay Kindersley]]''' naively introduced himself and [[Graham Lord]] to the [[Australia national cricket team|Australian cricket team]] with, "Hallo folks, I'm Gay and this is my friend Graham"?
===4 January 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Shu Xiuwen]]''' ''(pictured)'' became an escort dancing girl after her father tried to sell her to repay debts, but later supported him when she became a movie star?
* ... that the '''[[Radioplane OQ-17]]''' [[target drone]] was claimed to be able to match the maneuverability of any [[fighter aircraft]] of the mid-1940s?
* ... that '''[[Eugénie Henderson]]''' taught [[Far East|Far Eastern]] languages to the British Armed Forces during World War II?
* ... that a '''[[collaborative practice agreement]]''', which allows a pharmacist to prescribe medications, order [[Pharmacotherapy|drug therapy]]-related laboratory tests, and design therapy plans, can improve people's health?
* ... that the dramatic soprano '''[[Catherine Foster]]''', a former midwife, appeared as [[Der Ring des Nibelungen|Brünnhilde]] at the [[Bayreuth Festival]] celebrating Wagner's bicentenary?
* ... that in a '''[[legacy game]]''', players may be instructed to destroy physical components?
* ... that '''[[Jordan Murphy (basketball)|Jordan Murphy]]''' was the first basketball player to earn [[Big Ten Conference]] Player of the Week three weeks in a row since [[Evan Turner]] did so eight seasons earlier?
* ... that underwater thumps and moans in a West African swamp may indicate the presence of certain '''[[West African bichir|air-breathing fish]]'''?
===3 January 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Pascual Abaj]]''' ''(pictured)'', near [[Chichicastenango]] in Guatemala, is a sculpted stone idol that survived the [[Spanish conquest of Guatemala|Spanish conquest]] but was badly damaged in the 1950s by religious activists?
* ... that the ants ''Poneropsis affinis'', ''Ponera affinis'', and ''Formica schmidtii'' are all the single fossil species '''''[[Liometopum imhoffii]]'''''?
* ... that after serving as Ghana's ambassador to Iran, Cuba, and Denmark, '''[[Hassan Ahmed (Ghanaian diplomat)|Hassan Ahmed]]''' is now director of protocol for the [[President of Ghana]]?
* ... that while the medieval [[bergfried]] of the '''[[Boosenburg]]''' in [[Rüdesheim am Rhein|Rüdesheim]] still stands, the castle's moat was made into a wine cellar and other buildings were replaced by a [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] villa?
* ... that women's sexual preferences and attractiveness may '''[[ovulatory shift hypothesis|shift]]''' across their ovulatory cycles?
* ... that in 1860, '''[[Edric Norfolk Vaux Morisset]]''' became the first Inspector General of Police in [[Queensland]]?
* ... that so many people wanted a '''[[Line the Label]]''' jacket that the company's server crashed?
* ... that to ensure the loyalty of '''[[Fatuma binti Yusuf al-Alawi|Queen Fatuma]]''', a [[client ruler]] of Zanzibar, Omani forces kept a cannon trained on her palace?
===2 January 2018===
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* ... that an illustration ''(pictured)'' of the '''''[[Cartwrightia]]''''' scarab '''''[[Cartwrightia cartwrighti]]''''' was printed on the invitations for entomologist [[Oscar Ling Cartwright]]'s retirement party?
* ... that '''[[Doo Aphane]]''' successfully challenged a law that prevented married women from owning property in their own names in [[Swaziland]]?
* ... that '''''[[Gunday]]''''' (2014) became one of the lowest-rated films on [[IMDb]] following a [[Vote brigading|vote brigading]] social-media campaign by [[Bangladeshis]]?
* ... that Indian sprinter '''[[Amiya Kumar Mallick]]''' trained under [[Usain Bolt]]'s coach [[Glen Mills]] in 2014 and broke the [[100 metres]] national record in 2016?
* ... that [[Joseph Stalin]] asked [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] for '''[[history of aluminium|aluminium]]''', implying enough of it would bring him victory in [[World War II]]?
* ... that the wounds of [[leprosy]] sufferer '''[[Josephine Cafrine]]''' were said to have [[miracle|miraculously]] healed after her death?
* ... that [[Herbert Howells]] composed the '''[[Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (Gloucester)|Magnificat and Nunc dimittis for Gloucester Cathedral]]''' after having organ lessons there with [[Herbert Brewer]] as a boy?
* ... that "feminists must have been horrified to discover" what [[Sylvie Vartan]]'s song "'''[[Comme un garçon]]'''" was about?
===1 January 2018===
*'''''00:00, 1 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the highwayman '''[[Tom Cox (highwayman)|Tom Cox]]''' kicked the [[Ordinary (officer)|ordinary]] and hangman out of the cart taking him to be hanged at [[Tyburn]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''''[[Salsa Big Band]]''''' by Panamanian artists [[Rubén Blades]] and [[Roberto Delgado & Orquesta]] won the [[18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards|2017 Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year]]?
* ... that '''[[Itunu Hotonu]]''', the first female admiral in Africa, joined the [[Nigerian Navy]] only because she was rejected by the army?
* ... that '''[[Epiactis lisbethae|Lisbeth's brooding anemone]]''' and '''[[Epiactis fernaldi|Fernald's brooding anemone]]''' both care for their young, but they use different strategies?
* ... that between 1993 and 2008, Kyrgyz politician '''[[Azamat Arapbayev]]''' was either the chairman, director or deputy director of seven different companies?
* ... that '''''[[Xing Zi Ming Chu|Human Nature is Brought Forth by Decree]]''''', an ancient Chinese philosophical text, was rediscovered about 2,300 years after it was buried?
* ... that despite winning his country's [[Irish PGA Championship|Professional Championship]] by ten strokes that year, golfer '''[[Paddy Mahon]]''' was excluded from the [[1937 Ryder Cup]] for being Irish?
* ... that the '''[[dual systems model]]''' seeks to explain why young people do stupid things?
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===31 January 2018===
*'''''15:00, 31 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the Western Australian shrubs '''''[[Persoonia elliptica]]''''' ''(pictured)'' and '''''[[Persoonia saccata]]''''' are known as snottygobbles?
* ... that New York City's '''[[Broadway Junction (New York City Subway)|Broadway Junction]]''' station sees 100,000 daily riders, the vast majority using it to make transfers?
* ... that '''[[Ilona Durigo]]''', one of the leading concert contraltos of her time, performed in the first recording of Bach's ''[[St Matthew Passion]]'', conducted by [[Willem Mengelberg]]?
* ... that '''[[Oneco]]''' referred to the gift of a ceremonial sword from [[Charles II of England]] as proof of the legal equality of the [[Mohegan Tribe|Mohegan]] [[sachem]]ate with the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom#English monarchy|English monarchy]]?
* ... that the company developing the '''[[SSM-A-23 Dart]]''' anti-tank missile changed ownership twice while the project was underway?
* ... that '''[[Mildred Dilling]]'''{{`s}} first fee for a [[harp]] performance was a dozen carnations and a jar of pickles?
* ... that a newly appointed '''[[count of the Székelys]]''' was entitled to a horse from each of the [[Székelys|Székely]] [[Seat (territorial administrative unit)|seats]]?
* ... that of the [[Sutton Hoo helmet#Anglo-Saxon|six known Anglo-Saxon helmets]], the '''[[Shorwell helmet]]''' was originally mistaken for a pot, the [[Pioneer Helmet|Pioneer helmet]] for a bucket, and the [[Coppergate Helmet|Coppergate helmet]] for a rock?
*'''''00:00, 31 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the inconvenience of getting to '''[[Yanmen Pass]]''' ''(pictured)'' makes it one of the less crowded [[AAAAA Tourist Attractions of China|AAAAA]]-rated sites along the [[Great Wall of China]]?
* ... that American scholar '''[[Paul Y. Hammond]]''' sought to develop a more discerning understanding of how organizational behavior and domestic political considerations affected American foreign policy?
* ... that among the '''[[List of accolades received by I, Tonya|accolades]]''' received by ''[[I, Tonya]]'' are five [[British Academy Film Award]] nominations?
* ... that the comic "'''[[Shoot (Hellblazer)|Shoot]]'''", originally scheduled for publication in a 1999 issue of ''[[Hellblazer]]'', was not published until 2010?
* ... that Canadian physician '''[[Fraser Macintosh Rose|Fraser Rose]]''' was partly named after the doctor who walked through a snowstorm in [[Nova Scotia]] to deliver him?
* ... that the first shipment of books for the '''[[Washington State Library|Washington Territorial Library]]''' traveled around [[Cape Horn]] from [[New York City]]?
* ... that the [[Edict of Milan]], an agreement between [[Constantine the Great|Constantine]] and [[Licinius]] to treat the Christian Church peacefully, was issued during the pontificate of '''[[Pope Miltiades]]'''?
* ... that the [[2017 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama Crimson Tide]] overcame a 13–0 deficit at halftime to win the '''[[2018 College Football Playoff National Championship]]''' in overtime?
===30 January 2018===
*'''''12:00, 30 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a porter at '''[[Blossom's Inn]]''' ''(pictured)'' was revived by treatment that included bleeding, brandy, and a turpentine enema?
* ... that while chief justice of the [[Colony of Cape Breton]], '''[[Richard Gibbons (jurist)|Richard Gibbons]]''' founded a group that was later banned as being a possible "Seed of Rebellion"?
* ... that '''''[[Cider with Rosie (film)|Cider with Rosie]]''''' could not be filmed in [[Slad]], where the story takes place, as the village had changed too much?
* ... that '''[[Sciota Brook]]''' is only {{convert|2|mi|km}} long but flows through three counties in Pennsylvania?
* ... that the '''[[Arocatus melanocephalus|elm seed bug]]''' produces an unpleasant smell reminiscent of [[Almond#Sweet and bitter almonds|bitter almonds]]?
* ... that during the height of the [[Cold War]], an American visiting Russia received a '''[[Arrest of Mark Kaminsky and Harvey Bennett|seven-year sentence]]''' for spying?
* ... that '''[[Chen Junsheng]]'''{{`s}} investigative report resulted in his superior losing his job and getting "promoted"?
* ... that horse carcasses, and trash from three of New York City's boroughs, were once processed at '''[[Barren Island, Brooklyn]]'''?
*'''''00:00, 30 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Belfast pub-owner and freemason '''[[William Thomas Braithwaite|William Braithwaite]]''' donated ''Winter'' ''(pictured)'' and ''Spring'' by [[Pieter Brueghel the Younger|Pieter Breughel the Younger]] to the [[Ulster Museum]]?
* ... that '''[[Galco's Soda Pop Stop]]''' in [[Los Angeles]] carries more than 700 different [[soft drink]]s?
* ... that '''''[[Mesembrinella caenozoica]]''''' is the first unambiguous fossil described in the fly superfamily [[Oestroidea]]?
* ... that the physician '''[[George Francis Abercrombie|George Abercrombie]]''' once won a game of chess against world champion [[José Raúl Capablanca]]?
* ... that the '''[[Coatzacoalcos Underwater Tunnel]]''', which took 13 years to complete, has been described as a "monument to corruption"?
* ... that the '''[[Houdini Museum of New York]]''' houses the world's second largest collection of "Houdiniana"?
* ... that '''[[Shmuel Abba Twersky]]'''{{`s}} immigration to Canada from Ukraine {{ndash}} to serve as [[Makarov (Hasidic dynasty)|Makarover]] [[Rebbe]] of Winnipeg in the 1920s {{ndash}} was held up by two years of bureaucratic [[red tape]]?
* ... that in his review, [[IGN]]'s Craig Harris called '''''[[Elite Forces: Unit 77]]''''' the "perfect storm of gaming mediocrity"?
===29 January 2018===
*'''''12:10, 29 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the seed pods of '''''[[Hardenbergia comptoniana]]''''' ''(flowers pictured)'' make an audible 'pop' as they release the seed?
* ... that after contracting [[diphtheria]], '''[[John Hunt, Baron Hunt of Fawley|John Hunt]]''' believed he was one of the last cases in England to have his tonsils painted with [[cocaine]] and then removed by guillotine?
* ... that the '''[[Jaguar (American rocket)|Jaguar]]''' multi-stage [[sounding rocket]] was designed to be launched using a [[toss bombing]] maneuver from a [[Martin B-57 Canberra|B-57 bomber]]?
* ... that a '''[[Protests against Faure Gnassingbé|Let's Save Togo protest rally]]''' in August 2012 called for a week-long [[sex strike]] by women to encourage men to oppose Togolese President [[Faure Gnassingbé]]?
* ... that prior to serving as executive fashion director for ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'' and ''[[Seventeen (American magazine)|Seventeen]]'', and as a judge for ''[[Project Runway: Junior]]'', '''[[Aya Kanai]]''' considered careers in puppetry and fine art?
* ... that 50 million trees could be planted to form the '''[[Northern Forest (England)|Northern Forest]]''' in England?
* ... that Major General '''[[Miles Graham]]''' was [[Bernard Montgomery|Monty]]'s logistics supremo in both North Africa and North-West Europe during the Second World War?
* ... that passengers traveling to the [[1939 New York World's Fair]] via the '''[[IND World's Fair Line|World's Fair subway line]]''' paid the standard five-cent fare to board, but had to pay the fare again on arrival?
*'''''00:00, 29 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Queens Building, Heathrow|Queens Building]]''' ''(pictured)'' at [[Heathrow Airport]] was one of the most visited London attractions in 1956?
* ... that '''[[Doug McMurdy]]''' was the inaugural winner of the [[Red Tilson Trophy]], given to the most outstanding player in the [[Ontario Hockey League]] each season?
* ... that "'''[[What a Beautiful Name]]'''" represents the first Grammy nomination for [[Hillsong Worship]]?<!--Special occasion hook for 28 January--->
* ... that '''[[Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1|SCA1]]''' was the first genetic defect found to cause [[ataxia]]?
* ... that activist '''[[Mandisa Thomas]]''' was recognized in the bill officially proclaiming October 15, 2017, as the 16th annual celebration of California [[Freethought Day]]?
* ... that the '''[[Lockheed Aequare|Aequare]]''' was a [[unmanned aerial vehicle|remotely piloted vehicle]] intended to be used by [[F-4 Phantom II]] fighter-bombers to find and [[laser designator|designate]] targets?
* ... that in the 1937 program '''''[[The Three Garridebs]]''''', [[Louis Hector]] became the first actor to portray [[Sherlock Holmes]] on television?
* ... that a website run by '''''[[Digiday]]''''' generates random absurd [[Twitter]] bios followed by profanity-laced commentary?
===28 January 2018===
*'''''12:00, 28 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that "'''[[Stern über Bethlehem]]'''" is a German song created in 1964 and often sung by [[star singers]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Wang Zhongyu (politician)|Wang Zhongyu]]''' was one of China{{'}}s most powerful figures in the 1990s, with authority over reforming state-owned enterprises?
* ... that over seven hours of rain delays resulted in the '''[[1998 NAPA 500]]''' becoming the first night race held at [[Atlanta Motor Speedway]]?
* ... that Rome's first emperor, [[Augustus]], adopted his grandsons '''[[Lucius Caesar|Lucius]]''' and [[Gaius Caesar|Gaius]]?
* ... that '''[[Bill Dubuque]]'''{{`s}} scripts for ''[[The Judge (2014 film)|The Judge]]'' and ''[[The Accountant (2016 film)|The Accountant]]'' were both featured on the [[Black List (survey)|Black List]] of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood?
* ... that larvae of the firefly '''''[[Luciola substriata]]''''' swim upside down?
* ... that the '''[[Prospect House (Blue Mountain Lake (New York))|Prospect House]]''' at [[Blue Mountain Lake (New York)|Blue Mountain Lake]] in New York was the first hotel anywhere to be equipped with electric lighting in all the guest rooms?
* ... that the Welsh [[association football|footballer]] '''[[Syd Thomas]]''' impressed [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] so much in a trial match that he was offered a contract at half-time?
*'''''00:00, 28 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that from September 1918 to August 1919, when it left France, '''[[American Base Hospital No. 57]]''' ''(operating room pictured)'' treated 8,505 surgical and medical cases, and 7,292 dental cases?
* ... that '''[[Peter Frank Stott]]''' investigated the use of open [[level crossing]]s on the [[British Rail]] network following the [[Lockington rail crash]] in which nine people died?
* ... that '''[[Barnes Brook]]''' lacked any habitats for fish in 2001, but is now being considered for addition to the [[Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission]]'s list of wild trout streams?
* ... that the U.S. Army's '''[[SAM-A-19 Plato|Plato and FABMDS]]''' programs for [[anti-ballistic missile]]s evolved into the well-known [[MIM-104 Patriot|Patriot missile]]?
* ... that '''''[[Odontadenia macrantha]]''''' flowers year-round in its natural habitat?
* ... that certain copies of the [[Christmas music|Christmas]] [[compilation album]] '''''[[MTV: TRL Christmas]]''''' contained tickets for a free trip to be a part of the ''[[Total Request Live]]'' studio audience in New York City?
* ... that '''[[James Robson (doctor)|James Robson]]''' has been to six [[Rugby World Cup]]s with the Scotland team and on six [[British and Irish Lions]] tours?
===27 January 2018===
*'''''12:10, 27 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Drainage basin|watershed]] of the '''[[West Kill]]''' (''Diamond Notch Falls pictured'') has the steepest slopes and highest overall elevation of any subbasin of New York's [[Schoharie Creek]]?
* ... that the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] pushed to introduce '''[[IFF Mark III]]''' after a [[Short Stirling]] was shot down by a [[Bristol Beaufighter]], which was in turn shot down by another Beaufighter?
* ... that '''[[Colette Lorand]]''' made her debut as Gounod's [[Faust (opera)|Marguerite]] in 1945, created Reimann's [[Lear (opera)|Regan]] in 1978, and retired as Janáček's [[The Makropulos Affair (opera)|Emilia Marty]] in 1983?
* ... that '''[[Ninian Park]]''', the home stadium of [[Cardiff City F.C.]] for 99 years, was built on the site of a former rubbish tip?
* ... that the 2017 film '''''[[Dunkirk (2017 film)|Dunkirk]]''''' was conceived in the mid-1990s when writer and director [[Christopher Nolan]] sailed with [[Emma Thomas]] across the [[English Channel]], as did many small boats during the [[Dunkirk evacuation]]?
* ... that '''[[Nana Otuo Siriboe II]]''', a Ghanaian electrical engineer and [[paramount chief]], is the chairman of the [[Council of State (Ghana)|advisory council]] to the President of Ghana?
* ... that the authors of the 1940 '''[[Frisch–Peierls memorandum]]''' were assigned to research nuclear weapons because, as [[enemy alien|enemy aliens]], they could not work on secret military projects?
*'''''00:00, 27 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Japanese people|people of Japanese ancestry]] may have trouble metabolizing '''[[rabeprazole]]''' ''(3D representation pictured)''?
* ... that the Canadian [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] band '''[[The Dead South]]''' often refer to themselves as "[[Mumford & Sons|Mumford and Sons]]' Evil Twins"?
* ... that the taboo-breaking debut novel '''''[[Season of Crimson Blossoms]]''''' ended up winning [[Nigeria Prize for Literature|Africa's biggest literary award]] instead of attracting the severe backlash [[Abubakar Adam Ibrahim|the author]] expected?
* ... that the English [[association football|footballer]] '''[[Danny Lloyd (footballer)|Danny Lloyd]]''' sold bins for a waste management company before turning professional in 2017?
* ... that "'''[[Erde, singe]]'''" ("Earth, sing") was a [[Christmas carol|carol]] in ten stanzas derived in the 19th century from a pastoral [[lullaby]], but appears in the [[Gotteslob|current hymnal]] in four stanzas, alluding to Christmas only once?
* ... that before becoming a [[New York Supreme Court]] justice, '''[[Irwin Untermyer]]''' successfully argued to preserve the [[New York City Subway]]'s five-cent fare in a U.S. Supreme Court case?
* ... that the gastropod mollusc '''''[[Thyca crystallina]]''''' is in the early evolutionary stages of becoming parasitic on a starfish?
* ... that the [[United States Navy]] tested a '''[[Naval Research Laboratory Flyrt|Flyrt]]''' for distracting radar-guided missiles from its ships?
===26 January 2018===
*'''''12:00, 26 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the "silly shirt" chosen for the '''[[APEC China 2001|2001 APEC forum]]'''—the '''[[tangzhuang]]''' ''(pictured)''—launched a fashion craze in China?
* ... that during World War II, Colonel '''[[George F. Good Jr.]]''' successfully defended [[Funafuti]] from ten Japanese attacks with a mixed unit that was "poorly armed" and "stuck out like a sore thumb"?
* ... that the secular [[Bach cantata]] '''[[Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202|''Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten'', BWV 202]]''', scored for a soprano soloist, oboe, strings and continuo, pictures the transition from winter to spring?
* ... that the '''[[La Loche Formation]]''' can include [[Clastic rock|clasts]] of [[Precambrian]] [[gneiss]]?
* ... that the English [[association football|footballer]] '''[[Tammy Abraham]]''' was the first player to win [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]]'s Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year, and Top Goalscorer awards in the same season?
* ... that [[Vented balance safety enclosure|low-turbulence enclosures]] developed for the pharmaceutical industry are also suitable as '''[[engineering controls for nanomaterials]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Gudy Gaskill]]''', the driving force behind the creation of the {{convert|567|mi|adj=on}} [[Colorado Trail]], was honored by Presidents [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[George H. W. Bush]] for her volunteerism?
* ... that in 2009 the [[Construction industry of the United Kingdom|British construction industry]] was urged to '''[[Never Waste a Good Crisis]]'''?
*'''''00:00, 26 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that male '''''[[Nylanderia pygmaea]]''''' ants ''(pictured)'' were trapped in amber while climbing plants for their [[mating flight]]?
* ... that missile scientist '''[[Song Jian]]''' was the architect of China's [[one-child policy]]?
* ... that [[Richard Strauss]]{{'}}s [[art song]] "'''[[Freundliche Vision]]'''" describes a waking dream?
* ... that American construction company '''[[RMK-BRJ]]''' trained 200,000 Vietnamese workers in construction and administrative trades during the [[Vietnam War]]?
* ... that despite [[London Welsh RFC|London Welsh]] being liquidated, their amateur team '''[[London Welsh Amateur]]''' continued as they held separate independent membership of the Rugby Football Union?
* ... that the '''[[Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board]]''' oversees a park system that has been called the best-designed, best-financed, and best-maintained in America?
* ... that because of the [[2016–17 video game voice actor strike]], voice actress [[Ashly Burch]] could not reprise her role in the ''[[Life Is Strange]]'' prequel, '''''[[Life Is Strange: Before the Storm|Before the Storm]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Jim Benedict]]''' was knocked out during his first professional [[batting practice]]?
===25 January 2018===
*'''''12:00, 25 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that following its recent rediscovery, '''[[Dora Saker]]'''{{`s}} 1917 book ''Practical Cheddar Cheese-making'' has "quickly acquired cult status amongst farmhouse cheese-makers" ''(cheese press pictured)''?
* ... that public art at '''[[University of Washington station]]''' includes a mural inspired by symbols on [[geologic map]]s?
* ... that [[association football|footballer]] '''[[John Robson (footballer, born 1950)|John Robson]]''' was forced to retire after being diagnosed with [[multiple sclerosis]] at the age of 28?
* ... that the first discovery of copper in the state of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia, was made at '''[[Coopers Creek, Victoria|Coopers Creek]]''' in the 1860s?
* ... that the high Byzantine title of ''[[sebastokrator]]'' was invented for '''[[Isaac Komnenos (brother of Alexios I)|Isaac Komnenos]]''', who was described by [[Anna Komnene|his niece]] as an "emperor without the [[imperial purple|purple]]"?
* ... that '''[[Joint Task Force Empire Shield]]''' consists of soldiers and sailors of the [[New York National Guard]] and [[New York Naval Militia]], tasked with the defense of New York City?
* ... that the actress '''[[Martina Mayne]]''' published an English translation of the work of the German poet [[Paula Ludwig]]?
* ... that the engines of '''''[[Jagdgeschwader II]]''''' could not tolerate artificial [[Castor oil#Early aviation and aeromodelling|castor oil]]?
*'''''00:15, 25 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a one-eyed figure shown on one of the '''[[Torslunda plates]]''' ''(pictured)'' is possibly the Norse god [[Odin]]?
* ... that although the song that '''[[Eri Sasaki]]''' submitted for use in the anime series ''[[Plastic Memories]]'' was not chosen, she later passed an audition to sing the series' opening theme?<!--Special occasion hook for January 24-->
* ... that after the unsuccessful '''[[Mudéjar revolt of 1264–66]]''', [[Crown of Castile|Castile]] expelled the surviving Muslims?
* ... that '''[[Marie Grice Young]]''', piano instructor for [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s children, is speculated to have been one of the LGBT passengers on the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']]?
* ... that the main building of the '''[[Music House Museum]]''' is a remodelled 1909 dairy barn?
* ... that [[Herbert King-Hall|Vice-Admiral Herbert King-Hall]] called the example of the tugboat '''{{HMS|Blackcock| |6}}''' during the sinking of the Imperial cruiser {{SMS|Königsberg|1905|2}} "most praiseworthy"?
* ... that [[Canadian football]] player '''[[Archie Amerson]]''' was described as both halves of the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]' "one-two punch"?
* ... that '''[[Andy's Diner]]''' was partly constructed from a [[railcar]] that once carried [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]?
===24 January 2018===
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* ... that some historians believe [[Elisabet Ney]]'s '''[[Ludwig II (sculpture)|full-length statue]]''' ''(pictured)'' of "Mad King Ludwig" of [[Bavaria]] was created as part of a [[Prussia]]n scheme to [[Unification of Germany|unify Germany]]?
* ... that gold was discovered on '''[[Cline Buttes]]''' in central [[Oregon]] in 1904, but proved uneconomic to mine?
* ... that '''[[Pecorino di Carmasciano]]''' cheese is produced only in a small cluster of towns in the [[Apennine Mountains]] of Italy?
* ... that the '''[[Lokrume helmet fragment]]''' was the first piece of a [[Viking Age|Viking]] helmet to be identified?
* ... that '''[[Merkel Landis]],''' while a treasurer at a bank in Pennsylvania, originated the first [[Christmas club|Christmas Savings Club]]?
* ... that '''{{HMS|Roebuck|1743|6}}''' rescued {{HMS|Rippon|1758|6}} after the latter grounded during an attack on [[Basse-Terre]] in 1759?
* ... that in an attempt to catch '''[[Celia Cooney]]''', the [[New York City Police Department]] launched what was at the time the largest manhunt in the city's history?
* ... that '''''[[Isopogon mnoraifolius]]''''' was named for the resemblance of its foliage to a [[Menorah (Temple)|menorah]]?
*'''''00:45, 24 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the German [[Christmas carol]] "'''[[Freu dich, Erd und Sternenzelt]]'''" is based on a Czech song derived around 1500 from a Latin model ''(manuscript pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Phillipe Cunningham]]''' is one of the first openly transgender people of color to be elected to public office in the United States?
* ... that although the '''[[Red Spears' uprising in Shandong (1928–1929)|1928–1929 Red Spears' uprising in Shandong]]''' broke out in protest against high taxes, banditry, and government brutality, the rebels themselves came to raise taxes, loot, rape, rob and kidnap for ransom?
* ... that the 2015 Indian epic historical romance film '''''[[Bajirao Mastani]]''''' spent eleven years in [[development hell]] before being revived in 2014?
* ... that the [[Eero Saarinen]]-designed [[TWA Flight Center]] airport terminal was designated a landmark and is being redeveloped into the '''[[TWA Hotel]]''' at [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] in New York City?
* ... that '''[[Margaret O'Flynn]]''' and her husband John Foley were the first wife-and-husband fellows of the [[Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists]]?
* ... that during [[World War II]], the [[United States Navy]]'s '''[[Glomb]]''' project evaluated the use of [[glider (aircraft)|gliders]] as flying bombs?
* ... that '''''[[Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls]]''''' was Kickstarter's "fastest funded publishing project" ever?
===23 January 2018===
*'''''13:00, 23 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Henry Buttelmann]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the youngest [[flying ace]] of the [[Korean War]], at just over 24 years old?
* ... that the '''[[Revolution on Granite]]''' was the first major political protest held in Kiev's [[Maidan Nezalezhnosti|Independence Square]], and its methods were copied in the [[Orange Revolution]] and the [[Euromaidan]]?
* ... that before becoming chair of the [[Millennium Development Authority]], '''[[Yaa Ntiamoah Badu]]''' worked at the University of Ghana as a zoologist?
* ... that the motet '''''[[In Exile (Sumsion)|In Exile]]''''' for double choir by [[Herbert Sumsion]] was premiered at [[Gloucester Cathedral]]?
* ... that [[White House]] correspondent '''[[Naomi Nover]]''' once assaulted [[Bernie Boston]] while [[Mother Teresa]] and [[Ronald Reagan]] "looked on in total amazement"?
* ... that American pianist [[Joe Sample]] died from [[mesothelioma]] prior to completing his parts for the collaborative album '''''[[Christmas with Friends (India.Arie and Joe Sample album)|Christmas With Friends]]''''' with [[India Arie]]?
* ... that the Australian plants '''''[[Persoonia adenantha]]''''' and '''''[[Persoonia chamaepeuce|P. chamaepeuce]]''''' were described by a Czech and Polish botanist, respectively?
* ... that Israeli scholar '''[[Yehuda Liebes]]''' claims that [[Amidah|the central prayer]] of the [[Jewish prayer|Jewish liturgy]] includes an allusion to [[Jesus]]?
*'''''01:15, 23 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Azerbaijan stored ammunition inside '''[[Ghazanchetsots Cathedral]]''' ''(pictured)'' during the [[Nagorno-Karabakh War]]?
* ... that '''[[Thomas Johnston (engraver)|Thomas Johnston]]''' made the first historical print engraved in America?
* ... that in healthy adults, '''[[Beta-Hydroxy beta-methylbutyric acid|HMB]]''' has been shown to increase exercise-induced gains in [[muscle hypertrophy|muscle size]], muscle strength, and [[lean body mass]], reduce muscle damage, and speed recovery from exercise?
* ... that before '''[[Margaret L. Curry]]''' introduced vocational training and education for women prisoners in [[Colorado]], their only activity was washing and ironing the clothes of the male prisoners?
* ... that adult '''[[Hamadryas glauconome|pale crackers]]''' feed on rotting fruit, carrion, and mud?
* ... that '''[[Dellatorre]]''', who currently plays for Cypriot club [[APOEL FC]], was the top scorer of the [[Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior|2011 São Paulo Junior Football Cup]]?
* ... that the [[Rockefeller Center]] mural '''''[[Man at the Crossroads]]''''' was destroyed after the artist surreptitiously added a portrait of Lenin?
* ... that '''[[Jay Fai]]''' had never heard of [[Michelin Guide#Stars|Michelin stars]] when her restaurant was awarded one?
===22 January 2018===
*'''''13:30, 22 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[jean jacket]]''' ''(pictured)'' was invented by [[Levi Strauss]] in around 1880?
* ... that '''[[Marjorie Husted]]''', as the radio voice of homemaking authority [[Betty Crocker]], interviewed [[Joan Crawford]] in her home?
* ... that research for the book '''''[[Fire and Fury|Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House]]''''' reportedly included more than 200 interviews with [[Donald Trump]] and his closest associates conducted over 18 months?
* ... that after the 1962 [[Sino-Indian War]], the Chinese returned [[Param Vir Chakra]] recipient '''[[Joginder Singh (soldier)|Joginder Singh]]'''{{`s}} ashes to his battalion with full military honours?
* ... that '''[[Black Buttes]]'''{{`}} amphitheater is partially occupied by [[Deming Glacier (Washington)|Deming Glacier]]?
* ... that '''[[François Noël (missionary)|François Noël]]'''{{`s}} translations of [[Chinese classics|classic Chinese texts]] were banned in the [[Papal States]] and Germany but praised by historian [[Jean-Baptiste Du Halde]]?
* ... that "'''[[Private View (Inside No. 9)|Private View]]'''", an episode of ''[[Inside No. 9]]'', was a [[homage (arts)|homage]] to ''[[Theatre of Blood]]'' satirising the world of [[contemporary art]]?
* ... that the '''[[Zombie Hut]]''' was a fictitious [[tiki bar]] in the 1945 [[Abbott and Costello]] film ''[[Zombies on Broadway]]'', as well as a real tiki bar that opened in [[Sacramento, California]], that same year?
*'''''01:45, 22 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Witcham Gravel helmet]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the only known Roman helmet of its kind?
* ... that '''[[Yang Yuanyuan]]''' won a Lifetime Achievement Award because China's aviation accident rate plummeted under his leadership?
* ... that '''[[Angel Recording Studios|a former chapel]]''' built in 1888 was one of eleven studios involved in the recording of [[Adele]]'s bestselling album ''[[21 (Adele album)|21]]''?
* ... that '''[[Barnet Nover]]'''{{`s}} 1939 ''[[Washington Post]]'' article "British Surrender – a Munich for the Holy Land" was inserted into the [[Congressional Record]] by then [[United States Senate|US Senator]] [[Harry Truman]]?
* ... that the '''[[Hong Kong Regiment]]''' was paid more than other British Indian Army regiments and was known as "The Swagger Regiment"?
* ... that [[Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission]] biologists tried to visit '''[[Coffee Brook]]''' in 2001, but were unable to reach it?
* ... that the '''[[Javan frogmouth]]''' may be more common than generally thought?
* ... that in the [[1929 NFL season]], players on the [[Orange/Newark Tornadoes|Orange Tornadoes]], including '''[[Heinie Benkert]]''', wore letters on their uniforms instead of numbers?
===21 January 2018===
*'''''14:00, 21 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Swiss-born '''[[Louis de Roll]]''' was colonel of '''[[Roll's Regiment]]''' ''(pictured)'', which distinguished itself at the [[Battle of Alexandria]] in 1801?
* ... that the '''[[Rhyzobius lophanthae|purple scale predator]]''' is native to Australia but was first described from a Californian specimen?
* ... that '''[[Mhaimbhat]]''' is considered the first known prose writer in the [[Marathi language]]?
* ... that Metropolis Software's '''''[[Tajemnica Statuetki]]''''' (''The Mystery of the Statuette'') was the first Polish [[adventure game]]?
* ... that when cardiac surgeon '''[[Horace Smithy]]''' had a patient die on the operating table, he may have lost the chance to undergo heart surgery himself?
* ... that [[Friedrich Spee]] wrote the lyrics of the [[Christmas carol]] "'''[[Zu Bethlehem geboren]]'''" to a popular French tune with a frivolous text?
* ... that the [[Georgian mythology|Georgian]] goddess '''[[Dali (goddess)|Dali]]''' appeared as both a nude golden-haired woman with glowing skin, and as a white ibex with golden horns?
* ... that in an attack on [[Cologne]] on 28 May 1944, German gunners thought that crashing '''[[GB-1]]''' [[glide bomb]]s were aircraft they were shooting down?
*'''''02:15, 21 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Ming China turned '''[[Qianshan Subdistrict|Qianshan]]''' ''(pictured)'' into a military base to protect Guangdong from the Portuguese settlement in Macao?
* ... that '''[[Ilya Espino de Marotta]]''', lead engineer for the [[Panama Canal expansion project]], wears a pink hard hat on site to make a statement that women can do the job?
* ... that the newly named dinosaur '''''[[Sibirotitan]]''''' is only the second sauropod species named from the country of [[Russia]], and one of the oldest [[titanosauriform]] sauropod species known from all of Asia?
* ... that '''[[Sonali Guha]]''', a four-term member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]], captured the seat of [[Jyoti Basu|a five-term member]] of the assembly in her first election?
* ... that [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] is building a $1.5 billion facility at [[Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport]] to serve as a principal hub for '''[[Amazon Air]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[Morgan Morgan Monument]]''' memorializes [[Morgan Morgan|one of the earliest European pioneers]] to settle permanently in present-day [[West Virginia]]?
* ... that wars, battles, assassinations, and natural disasters can all cause '''[[national trauma]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Hazel Carter]]''' was reported to have received the United States' first [[military funeral]] for a woman?
===20 January 2018===
*'''''14:30, 20 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that both [[Oliver Cromwell]] and [[Kylie Minogue]] have stayed at the '''[[Lygon Arms]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that peanut farmer '''[[Harris DeVane]]''' won the first race held on [[Atlanta Motor Speedway]]'s present configuration by 0.023 seconds, leading only the last {{convert|100|yd}} of the event?
* ... that the nest of the '''[[large frogmouth]]''' consists of a circular cushion of down on which a single egg is balanced?
* ... that '''[[Herman Vandenburg Ames]]''' was one of [[Ezra Pound]]'s professors at the [[University of Pennsylvania]]?
* ... that some 500,000 photographs and drawings are included in the collections of the '''[[Historical Model Railway Society]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Caroline Lenferna de Laresle]]''' travelled from [[Mauritius]] to Rome to claim the [[pontifical right]] for her order of nuns and died there shortly afterwards?
* ... that the ''[[Rick and Morty]]'' episode "'''[[Pickle Rick]]'''" was largely inspired by the ''Breaking Bad'' episode "[[4 Days Out]]"?
* ... that '''[[Hu Yan]]''' won praise as a loyal and capable advisor in part by getting his prince drunk and kidnapping him?
*'''''02:45, 20 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Anglo-Saxon]] '''[[Coppergate Helmet]]''' ''(pictured)'' may have been hidden in a well during the [[Scandinavian York|Viking invasion of York]]?
* ... that '''[[Chen Guangyi]]''' was appointed to the top post of his home province of [[Fujian]] reportedly after provincial cadres opposed another candidate from North China?
* ... that five siblings and an in-law made up the '''[[Bartell Group]]''', which owned radio stations around the United States during the 1940s–1960s and was a pioneer in the [[Top 40]] format?
* ... that fans noticed ''[[Doctor Who]]'' references in a promotional trailer for [[Paul McGann]]'s first episode in ''[[Holby City]]'' as '''[[John Gaskell]]'''?
* ... that [[Thundersticks|inflatable balloon sticks]] for '''[[Baseball cheering culture in South Korea|cheering at baseball games]]''' were first used in South Korea?
* ... that '''[[Marvin Pipkin]]''' invented the first electric light bulb frosted on the inside with sufficient strength for ordinary handling that could be sold to the public?
* ... that '''[[Wayne Jacks]]''' and '''[[Ben Hess]]''' were among the 86 drivers who attempted to qualify for the [[1994 Brickyard 400|inaugural Brickyard 400]]?
* ... that mutant squirrels and "cat-faced" trees can be found in '''[[Ochlockonee River State Park]]'''?
===19 January 2018===
*'''''15:00, 19 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the English physicist and television technology developer '''[[Boris Townsend]]''' ''(pictured)'' described [[Color television|colour television]] as a "judicious combination of human imperfections and clever technical solutions"?
* ... that '''''[[The Hammer of Thor]]''''' by [[Rick Riordan]] won a [[Stonewall Book Award]] for its portrayal of the [[genderfluid]] character [[Alex Fierro]]?
* ... that Major General Sir '''[[Randle Feilden]]''' has [[Feilden Stakes|a horse race]] named in his memory?
* ... that India, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, and the Philippines made their debut in under-20 international [[ice hockey]] at the '''[[2018 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Lorenzo Viotti]]''' conducted Massenet's ''[[Werther]]'' in three productions in opera houses of three countries in 2017, silently singing with the soloists?
* ... that in order to attract skilled civil servants, the Hong Kong government offered '''[[Hong Kong Civil Service cruise perk|a free sea cruise back to the UK on retirement]]''' to British civil servants who joined up?
* ... that '''[[Effie Owuor]]''' was Kenya's first female state counsel, magistrate, [[High Court (Kenya)|High Court]] judge, and [[Court of Appeal of Kenya|Court of Appeal]] judge?
* ... that [[Amtrak]] ran "'''[[EMD AEM-7|toasters]]'''" on the [[Northeast Corridor]] for over thirty years?
*'''''03:15, 19 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Republic SD-3 Snooper]]''' ''(pictured)'' reconnaissance [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|drone]] used [[Airbag#Aerospace and military applications|airbags]] to cushion its landings?
* ... that '''[[Georges Dargaud]]''' produced the first ''[[Asterix]]'' film, ''[[Asterix the Gaul (film)|Asterix the Gaul]]'', in 1967?
* ... that the [[mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor]] is a '''[[national archaeological park of China]]''', while the tomb of St. [[Francis Xavier]] is a candidate for the designation?
* ... that in 1858, the obstetrician '''[[Gustavus Murray]]''' claimed to be able to identify the parts of a [[fetus]], including each vertebra, through an abdominal examination of a pregnant woman?
* ... that '''[[azeloprazole]]''' was designed with [[pharmacogenomics]] in mind?
* ... that former [[Oregon]] state legislator '''[[Hazen A. Brattain]]''' died a month after completing a seven-month world tour?
* ... that [[John Rutter]] wrote the lyrics for his choral composition '''''[[Christmas Lullaby]]''''', with each verse including the refrain "[[Hail Mary|Ave Maria]]"?
* ... that the '''[[Hippolyte californiensis|California green shrimp]]''' uses a raft to get around?
===18 January 2018===
*'''''15:30, 18 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Cahokia Woodhenge]]''' ''(pictured)'', built by the Native American [[Mississippian culture]] between 900 and 1100 CE, was a [[timber circle]] solar calendar used to observe solstices and equinoxes?
* ... that the English tenor '''[[Mark Milhofer]]''' appeared as [[Così fan tutte|Mozart's Ferrando]] in Beijing and Moscow, and as [[L'incoronazione di Poppea|Poppea]]'s nurse in Berlin, dressed as a parody of [[The Rocky Horror Picture Show|Riff Raff]]?
* ... that the fireflies '''''[[Aquatica ficta]]''''' and '''''[[Aquatica hydrophila]]''''' both have aquatic larvae that are unable to swim?
* ... that in 1919, Romanian playwright and journalist '''[[A. de Herz]]''' was court-martialled for alleged collaboration with the [[Central Powers]]?
* ... that prior to creating '''[[Booker T. Washington State Park (West Virginia)|Booker T. Washington State Park]]''', [[List of West Virginia state parks|West Virginia's Conservation Commission]] justified its segregation policy by explaining that "our Negro citizens would feel ill at ease" using parks alongside whites?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Stanley Kane]]''' gave up playing in order to join the [[Liverpool City Police]]?
* ... that after sighting an improvised [[distress signal]] made from a lady's shawl, the '''[[French frigate Cléopâtre (1838)|French frigate ''Cléopâtre'']]''' rescued 34 people stranded at sea?
* ... that during the '''[[Papal conclave, 1655|1655 papal conclave]]''', the younger cardinals played pranks on the older cardinals for fun?
*'''''03:45, 18 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Felix Mendelssohn]] was so fascinated by a particular singer playing the role of a mermaid that he was inspired to write the [[concert overture|overture]] '''''[[Die schöne Melusine|The Fair Melusine]]''''' ''(legend pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Xu Shijie]]''' came out of retirement to serve as the first party chief of the new province of [[Hainan]], but was dismissed in the aftermath of the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen protests]]?
* ... that along with [[Mount Defiance (Oregon)|Mount Defiance]] and [[Mount Bailey (Oregon)|Mount Bailey]], '''[[Diamond Peak (Oregon)|Diamond Peak]]''' is one of the few [[andesite|andesitic]] [[shield volcano]]s in the [[Cascade Range]]?
* ... that the high-waisted fashions of the early 1800s likely helped the [[Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough|Countess of Bessborough]] hide her figure from her husband while pregnant with her illegitimate daughter, '''[[Harriet Osborne, Baroness Godolphin|Harriet Osborne]]'''?
* ... that targets for the '''[[ASM-N-6 Omar]]''' missile were put in a spotlight?
* ... that '''[[Patrick Zhuwao]]''' was expelled from [[Zimbabwe]]'s ruling [[ZANU–PF]] party during the [[2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état]]?
* ... that until the passage of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], the '''[[Norwood Tower]]''' held the only public restroom open to African Americans in downtown [[Austin, Texas]]?
* ... that in 2017, Canadian pitcher '''[[Claire Eccles]]''' became the first woman to play baseball in the collegiate [[West Coast League]]?
===17 January 2018===
*'''''16:00, 17 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the rare '''''[[Persoonia procumbens]]''''' ''(pictured)'' has potential as a [[Rock garden|rockery]] plant?
* ... that '''[[British logistics in the Normandy Campaign]]''' depended on a [[Mulberry harbour]]?
* ... that Tennessee state representative '''[[Charles P. Fahey]]''' sponsored bills prohibiting the non-medical sale of [[cocaine]] and requiring the racial segregation of [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] streetcars?
* ... that producers of the 2012 Austrian short film '''''[[Homophobia (film)|Homophobia]]''''' raised [[United States dollar|US$]]10,100 in 69 days through [[crowdfunding]] on [[Indiegogo]]?
* ... that '''[[Otto Franke (sinologist)|Otto Franke]]''', the pre-eminent German [[Sinology|sinologist]] of his time, died "practically from hunger and exhaustion" before he could complete his history of China?
* ... that the Italian town of '''[[Guardia Lombardi]]''' was settled by the [[Lombards]] in the sixth century as a defensive [[border outpost|outpost]]?
* ... that, under the leadership of '''[[Mary Puckey]]''', Sydney's [[Rachel Forster Hospital]] expanded from 12 to 120 beds?
* ... that '''[[Ping-Pong (rocket)|Ping-Pong]]''' was believed to be "the free world's only round-trip ballistic missile"?
*'''''04:13, 17 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Rick Parfitt]] ''(pictured)'' wrote "'''[[Forty Five Hundred Times]]'''" with [[Francis Rossi]] and called it his favourite guitar moment with [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]?
* ... that Lt. Gen. '''[[Dewan Rabindranath Soni|D. R. Soni]]''', chief of the Southern Command of the [[Indian Army]], was a military observer in Iraq and Kuwait after the [[Gulf War]]?
* ... that as part of today's '''[[Temperance and Good Citizenship Day]]''' observances in the [[Washington (state)|state of Washington]], schools are expected to hold [[voter registration]] drives for eligible students? <!--Special Occasion hook for January 16 in the U.S.-->
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Callum Hendry]]''' gave up playing for a year before turning professional?
* ... that the '''[[Grizzly Flats Railroad]]''', owned by [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] animator [[Ward Kimball]], was the first full-size [[backyard railroad]] in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Diego Fasolis]]''' conducted ''[[L'incoronazione di Poppea]]'' at the reopened [[Staatsoper Unter den Linden]], adding music by other composers of [[Claudio Monteverdi|Monteverdi]]'s time?
* ... that '''[[Hamadryas feronia|blue cracker]]''' and '''[[Hamadryas iphthime|ringless blue cracker]]''' males create a cracking sound with their abdomen when pursuing a female?
* ... that the "Fat Albert" [[sounding rocket]] had its name changed to '''[[Aries (rocket)|Aries]]''' because the [[United States Naval Research Laboratory|Naval Research Laboratory]] considered it "more dignified"?
===16 January 2018===
*'''''12:00, 16 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Gustave Lambert]]''' ''(pictured)'' was killed in the [[Siege of Paris (1870–71)|Siege of Paris]] before he could set sail for the North Pole?
* ... that the first successful [[unmanned aerial vehicle|drone]] developed in the [[Netherlands]] was the '''[[Aviolanda AT-21]]'''?
* ... that the [[Heisman Trophy]], awarded annually to the best [[college football]] player, is named for '''[[John Heisman]]''', who was instrumental in legalizing the [[forward pass]]?
* ... that the late-[[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] church '''[[St. Moritz, Halle|St. Moritz]]''' in [[Halle (Saale)]] became Catholic again in 1970?
* ... that '''[[Li Huang]]''' co-founded the [[Chinese Youth Party]], which was modelled after the [[Young Turks]]?
* ... that the '''[[red-breasted partridge]]''' is found only on [[Borneo]]?
* ... that the '''[[Goldberg–Coxeter construction]]''' can be used to study [[fullerene]] molecules, [[nanoparticle]]s, and [[basket weaving]]?
* ... that professional diver Albert Powsey was known for diving off '''[[Southport Pier]]''' with a bicycle?
*'''''00:00, 16 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Kaman K-16B]]''' ''(pictured)'' tiltwing aircraft was built from an existing [[Grumman G-21 Goose|Grumman Goose]] to save time and money?
* ... that, in 1989, '''[[East Holmes Academy]]''' offered to forfeit a football game because the opposing team had a black player?<!--Special occasion hook for Jan 15th in USA-->
* ... that '''[[Paa Kofi Ansong]]''', a member of the [[Council of State (Ghana)|advisory team]] to the President of Ghana, once worked as a quality control officer at [[Boots UK|Boots Pharmacy]] in the United Kingdom?
* ... that, although [[Joseph Jongen]] conducted the first performance of '''[[Mass, Op. 130]]''' at [[Liège Cathedral]] in 1946, it was not published until 1990?
* ... that the Canadian '''[[Underground Research Laboratory]]''' was built to test the concept of storing [[nuclear waste]] in rock that was billions of years old?
* ... that '''[[Angeline Murimirwa]]''' received money for her secondary education from [[Camfed]], and is now its regional executive director for Southern & Eastern Africa?
* ... that confirmation of the controversial claim that the '''[[Ram Khamhaeng Inscription]]''' was fake would have forced Thai history to be rewritten?
* ... that '''[[John Samuel Phene]]'''{{'}}s five-storey house was called the "Gingerbread Castle" because of its numerous devices and fixtures?
===15 January 2018===
*'''''12:00, 15 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the high altar in the '''[[Propsteikirche, Dortmund|Propsteikirche]]''', created by [[Derick Baegert]], includes the oldest depiction of [[Dortmund]] on its left panel ''(pictured)''?
* ... that [[Didier Drogba]] '''[[List of international goals scored by Didier Drogba|scored twice]]''' for the [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]] in a match which was abandoned after fans rioted, throwing food and drinks onto the pitch?
* ... that the '''[[Orchard Pond Parkway]]''' is [[Florida]]'s first privately-built toll road?
* ... that the Han scholar '''[[Gao You]]'''—responsible for the present editions of the ''Huainanzi''—had to quit school owing to the [[Yellow Turban Rebellion]]?
* ... that the British government's '''[[Construction 2025]]''' industrial strategy sought to reduce whole-life [[greenhouse gas emissions]] from the [[built environment]] to half of 2013 levels by 2025?
* ... that the Japanese singer '''[[Asaka (musician)|Asaka]]''' spent part of her childhood in [[Michigan]]?
* ... that approximately 160,000 birds across twenty-two different species nest and breed on the '''[[Pearl and Hermes Atoll]]''' of the [[Northwestern Hawaiian Islands]]?
* ... that a 1942 letter addressed to "'''[[Margaret Cooper (Wren)|the blonde Wren from Argentina on the platform at Bletchley station]]'''" led to marriage in 1945?
*'''''00:00, 15 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the 5th-century '''[[Tigawa]]''' temple ''(pictured)'' is the only survivor of around 36 [[Hindu temple]]s at the site that were quarried for building stone during a 19th-century construction project?
* ... that '''[[Wolfgang Helbich]]''' recorded apocryphal works by [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] with the Alsfelder Vokalensemble, and conducted an award-winning recording of ''[[Ein deutsches Requiem]]'' with the [[Bremen Cathedral|Bremer Domchor]]?
* ... that ''Den of Geek'' likened watching gameshow whodunnit '''''[[Armchair Detectives (TV series)|Armchair Detectives]]''''' to playing a [[Puzzle video game#Hidden object game|hidden objects]] video game?
* ... that 2017 [[2017 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan Wolverine teammates]] and [[2017 All-Big Ten Conference football team|All-Big Ten Conference]] honorees '''[[Chase Winovich]]''' and '''[[Khaleke Hudson]]''' went to high school in Pennsylvania, while All-Big Ten teammate '''[[Lavert Hill]]''' once committed to [[Penn State Nittany Lions|Penn State]]?
* ... that the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]]'s '''[[IFF Mark II]]''' was the first operational [[identification friend or foe]] system?
* ... that statesman '''[[Costea Bucioc]]''', who reputedly survived a poisoning attempt at the [[Moldavia]]n court, was later impaled by the Ottoman army?
* ... that the '''[[Business process outsourcing in China|outsourcing industry in China]]''' is rapidly growing on the back of "[[cloud computing]], [[big data]], [[Internet of things]] and [[Mobile Web|mobile Internet]]"?
* ... that '''[[Gwen Fleming]]''', the first female major in the [[Royal Australian Army Medical Corps]], was called "sir" by her colleagues during the Second World War?
===14 January 2018===
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* ... that the boar-crested '''[[Pioneer Helmet]]''' ''(pictured)'' was initially mistaken for a bucket?
* ... that '''[[Ramize Erer]]''' said that when she published a cartoon of a masturbating girl, "all hell broke loose"?
* ... that the use of '''[[asset management plan period]]s''' in the [[Water supply and sanitation in England and Wales|water industry of England and Wales]] has been criticised for creating a [[Business cycle|boom and bust]] cycle of investment?
* ... that golfer '''[[Sally Sessions]]''' tied for second place in the [[1947 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship|1947 U.S. Women's Open]] as an amateur?
* ... that groups of '''[[Gyrinus natator|common whirligig beetles]]''' often spin round rapidly on the water surface?
* ... that Ghanaian accountant and paramount chief '''[[Ogyeahohoo Yaw Gyebi II]]''' is also the president of all chiefs in the Western Region of Ghana?
* ... that the '''[[Ottawa Art Gallery]]''' acquired the [[Firestone Collection of Canadian Art|Firestone Collection]] of over 1,600 pieces of [[Canadian art]], including landscapes by the [[Group of Seven (artists)|Group of Seven]], in 1992?
* ... that the '''[[Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program]]''' was initiated by United States Senator [[Harry Reid]] in 2007 to secretly study the topic of [[Unidentified flying object|UFO]]s?
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* ... that the Australian '''[[Air Board (Australia)|Air Board]]''' ''(inaugural members pictured)'' chose 31 March rather than 1 April as the founding date of the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] to avoid being called "[[April Fools' Day|April Fools]]"?
* ... that '''[[Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie]]''' rejected the chance to be the head of [[Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority|Ghana's ports and harbours]] because of his [[Thalassophobia|fear of the sea]]?
* ... that a '''[[Agrypon flaveolatum|wasp]]''' and a '''[[Cyzenis albicans|fly]]''' were used to combat a [[Winter moth|moth invader]]?
* ... that as president of [[Fisk University]], '''[[James Raymond Lawson]]''' saw the donor base dwindle due to the students' involvement with the [[Black Power movement]]?
* ... that '''[[Numerical modeling (geology)|numerical modeling]]''' can reveal the flow of the solid mantle beneath Earth's crust?
* ... that the 14th-century [[Hanthawaddy Kingdom|Hanthawaddy]] Minister-General '''[[Byat Za]]'''{{`s}} doctrine of limited warfare has been compared to that popularized by [[Carl von Clausewitz|Clausewitz]]?
* ... that in 1900, a steamboat owned by the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] was stolen by two tugboats during the night from the '''[[Erie Basin Marina]]'''?
* ... that in 1951, thoracic surgeon '''[[Clement Price Thomas]]''' removed part of [[King George VI]]'s lung in [[Buckingham Palace]]?
===13 January 2018===
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* ... that the larvae of the '''[[Hamadryas laodamia|starry night butterfly]]''' ''(pictured)'' accumulate toxic chemicals in their bodies, which make the adults distasteful to birds?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Howard Spencer]]''' was the first [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] player to [[List of England national football team captains|captain England]]?
* ... that the lyrics to "'''[[The Kentucky Volunteer]]'''", the first song copyrighted under the [[United States Constitution]], were written by "a Lady of Philadelphia"?
* ... that '''[[Jennie Carignan]]''' helped reintroduce ballroom dancing to the [[Royal Military College Saint-Jean]], having taken classes with her future husband when she was a cadet?
* ... that the ancient [[Maya civilization|Maya]] ruins of '''[[San Clemente, El Petén]]''', in Guatemala include a two-storey palace structure and two [[Mesoamerican ballcourt]]s?
* ... that [[Amtrak]] service at '''[[Tacoma Dome Station]]''' was halted on its inaugural day due to a [[2017 Washington train derailment|train derailment]]?
* ... that German microbiologist '''[[Paul Lindner]]''' named the yeast species he discovered ''[[Schizosaccharomyces pombe]]'' after the [[Swahili language|Swahili]] word for beer?
* ... that soprano '''[[Cristina Pasaroiu]]''' played [[Manon]] in boots, even in bed with her lover?
*'''''00:00, 13 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Nancy Brown Peace Carillon]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Detroit]] ceased playing music in 1970 due to damage caused by pigeons?
* ... that members of the terrorist group [[Abu Sayyaf]] used the '''[[Inabanga River]]''', the largest waterway in [[Bohol]], Philippines, for a planned [[2017 Bohol clashes|incursion into the province]] in 2017?
* ... that Kenyan Brigadier '''[[Fatumah Ahmed]]''' joined the armed forces "by accident" when she saw a recruitment campaign whilst applying for an identity card?
* ... that '''[[WS-124A Flying Cloud|Project Flying Cloud]]''' was expected to affect an area "comparable in size to that affected by a low-yield nuclear weapon"?
* ... that the '''[[Angel of the Winds Casino Resort|Angel of the Winds Casino]]''' was designed as a temporary building with [[modular building|modular elements]] so it could be sold in pieces?
* ... that '''[[Wolfgang Stockmeier]]''' made around 150 recordings of organ music, taught at three music academies, and composed an opera on a libretto by [[Gabriele Wohmann]]?
* ... that the succulent '''''[[Euphorbia arbuscula]]''''' of [[Socotra]] is used to feed goats?
* ... that after the American Civil War, "Fighting Parson" '''[[Fountain E. Pitts]]''' helped grow poppies to make [[opium]] in Nashville, Tennessee?
===12 January 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[PTV-N-2 Gorgon IV|Gorgon IV]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first [[ramjet]]-powered aircraft to successfully fly in the United States?
* ... that [[MacArthur Fellows Program|Genius Grant]] winner '''[[Regina Barzilay]]''' helped decipher the ancient language [[Ugaritic]]?
* ... that steam-distilled '''[[garlic oil]]''' has around 900 times the strength of [[garlic|fresh garlic]]?
* ... that '''[[Hatto Ständer]]''', who played the organ in church services at age nine, was professor of organ playing, choral conducting, Gregorian chant and composition at the [[Technical University of Dortmund]] for more than three decades?
* ... that during the '''[[1981 Milwaukee Police Strike]]''', Mayor [[Henry Maier]] requested that taverns and bars voluntarily close early?
* ... that governor '''[[Liu Jianfeng (PRC)|Liu Jianfeng]]''' and party secretary '''[[Deng Hongxun]]''' of [[Hainan]] clashed fiercely and tried to drive each other out of the province?
* ... that '''''[[Desmarestia tropica]]''''', or tropical acidweed, is possibly extinct because of the [[1982–83 El Niño event]]?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Gordon Coleman]]''' scored the winning goal in a match against [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]] in 1982 while sitting on the ground?
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* ... that after Richard Sloan eloped with his employer's daughter, the couple settled in the [[Mill Creek (South Branch Potomac River)|Mill Creek]] valley and built the '''[[Sloan–Parker House]]''' ''(pictured)'' around 1790?
* ... that Arsenal Ladies player '''[[Clare Wheatley]]''' took over as the club's development officer and general manager from [[Vic Akers]], who once told her, "Arsenal Ladies is not a social club"?
* ... that inside the '''''[[Cabaret du Ciel]]''''' (Cabaret of Heaven), beer was served, and the entertainment included depictions of angels playing music and [[Saint Peter]] sprinkling holy water from the heavens?
* ... that '''''[[Tyrannomyrmex alii]]''''' was named for India's "Ant Man"?
* ... that '''[[Jie Zhitui]]''', who loyally followed Prince Chong'er in exile for almost 20 years, was supposedly burned alive because he did not want to ask for any reward once his lord was restored to power?
* ... that the '''[[Lilac Fire]]''' in Southern California grew from a small brush fire to {{convert|4100|acres|km2}} in one day?
* ... that the organ virtuoso and teacher '''[[Heinz Wunderlich]]''' held a Hamburg post that [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] had once wanted?
* ... that '''[[fugitive dust]]''' escapes?
===11 January 2018===
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* ... that Professor '''[[He Siyuan]]''' ''(pictured)'' became an anti-Japanese guerrilla leader during World War II and later survived two assassination attempts, one of which killed his young daughter?
* ... that the mushrooms of the Asian fungus '''''[[Macrocybe crassa]]''''' can weigh up to {{convert|1.25|kg|lb|0}}?
* ... that '''[[Ramona Go]]''' was the first female military pilot, [[line officer]], battalion commander, [[adjutant general]], and regular service general in the Philippine Armed Forces?
* ... that "'''[[Diddle Diddle Dumpling (Inside No. 9)|Diddle Diddle Dumpling]]'''", an episode of ''[[Inside No. 9]]'', was inspired by a chance encounter with a single shoe?
* ... that Ghanaian keyboardist '''[[Alfred P. Addaquay]]''' composed and performed his first [[oratorio]] when he was 20 years old?
* ... that all five of the surviving members of the original cast of the ''Power Rangers'' series attended the '''[[Power Rangers (film)|film adaptation]]'''{{`s}} Los Angeles premiere in March 2017?
* ... that '''[[Janai Haupapa]]''' joined the Canadian national rugby league team while still playing for a rugby union club?
* ... that '''[[Muroc Maru|a "Japanese cruiser"]]''' was built in [[Southern California]] in 1943?
*'''''00:00, 11 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that patrons of the '''''[[Cabaret du Néant]]''''' (Cabaret of Nothingness) drank beverages in the "Intoxication Hall" ''(pictured)'', which had chandeliers made of human bones and coffin-shaped tables?
* ... that in 1927, [[Barnstorming|barnstormer]] '''[[Doug Davis (aviator)|Doug Davis]]''' let 12-year-old [[Paul Tibbets]] drop [[Baby Ruth]] candy bars attached to parachutes from his biplane over [[Hialeah, Florida]], kindling the boy's love of flying?
* ... that '''[[T-tubule]]s''' allow heart muscle cells to contract more forcefully by synchronising calcium release?
* ... that '''[[Kate Fotso]]''', the richest woman in Cameroon, is known as the "iron lady of the [[Cocoa bean|cocoa]] industry"?
* ... that in 1934 '''[[vitamin C]]''' was the first synthetic vitamin to be trademarked (as [[Redoxon]]) and marketed?
* ... that the '''[[Santa Ana Heritage Zone]]''' encompasses a declared [[Lichauco Heritage House|Heritage House]] and a [[Santa Ana Church|local church]] that contains two National Cultural Treasures?
* ... that when '''[[He Luli]]''' was 14, an assassin's bombs killed her younger sister?
* ... that '''[[Google Earth]]''' was originally developed for use by various agencies of the United States government, including the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]?
===10 January 2018===
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* ... that '''[[St. Nicolai, Lüneburg]]''', a [[brick Gothic]] church with a "star" [[rib vault]] ''(pictured)'', was the location of the first Lutheran sermon in [[Lüneburg]]?
* ... that Canadian Lieutenant-General '''[[Chris Whitecross]]''' has fostered 33 children?
* ... that California and the entire [[eastern United States]] are under '''[[Apple Maggot Quarantine Area|a quarantine restriction]]''' by the U.S. state of Washington designed to protect it from [[apple maggot]] infestation?
* ... that Slovenian actor '''[[Jernej Šugman]]''' starred in Shakespeare's ''[[Hamlet]]'' twice, first in the titular role and the second time as [[King Claudius]]?
* ... that the "Memorial for the War to Resist America and Aid Korea" is no longer one of the '''[[national first-grade museum of China|national first-grade museums of China]]'''?
* ... that 16th-century [[Kabbalah|kabbalist]] '''[[Shimon Lavi]]''' displayed knowledge of [[alchemy]] in his commentary on the [[Zohar]]?
* ... that the parasitic wasp '''''[[Ichneumon eumerus]]''''' has a complex life cycle involving [[Myrmica schencki|ants]] and a [[Phengaris rebeli|rare blue butterfly]]?
* ... that the video game '''''[[The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt]]''''' was marketed as "''[[Skyrim]]'' in a ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' sauce"?
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* ... that [[Bristol]] "loo lady" '''[[Victoria Hughes]]''' ''(workplace pictured)'' provided tea and sympathy to local prostitutes?
* ... that the Roman '''[[Emesa helmet]]''' appears to be modeled after its wearer's face?
* ... that in 1939, '''[[Peter Du Cane (engineer)|Peter Du Cane]]''' was awarded the [[Segrave Trophy|Segrave Medal]] for his part in the design of the world water speed record-breaking boat ''[[Blue Bird K4]]''?
* ... that the '''[[Travis County Courthouse|Heman Marion Sweatt Travis County Courthouse]]''' was named in honor of [[Sweatt v. Painter|an early trial]] in the African-American civil rights movement that was heard there in 1946?
* ... that as [[paramount chief]] of the Wulungu traditional area, Ghanaian geographer and academic '''[[John S. Nabila]]''' is known by the title Wulugu Naba?
* ... that a '''[[Loxothylacus panopaei|parasitic barnacle]]''' effectively castrates its hosts, the '''[[Eurypanopeus depressus|flattened]]''' and the '''[[Panopeus lacustris|knot-fingered mud crabs]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Margaret W. Burcham]]''' was the first female brigadier general in the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]]?
* ... that the first [[Columbus Crew SC|Columbus Crew]] soccer match attended by future owner '''[[Anthony Precourt]]''' was delayed after the stadium's scoreboard caught fire?
===9 January 2018===
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* ... that US-educated sociologist '''[[Lei Jieqiong]]''' ''(pictured)'' served as vice-mayor of Beijing and taught at [[Peking University]] until the age of 100?<!--Special occasion hook for January 9-->
* ... that the '''[[Abatan River]]''' estuary in [[Bohol]] has one of the Philippines' most diverse [[mangrove]] forests?
* ... that modelling agent '''[[Cherry Marshall]]''' discovered [[Ruth Ellis]], the last woman to be hanged in Britain?
* ... that the '''''[[Jingchu Suishiji|Record of the Year and Seasons of Jingchu]]''''' shows how religious, calendrical, culinary, and entertainment changes led to a new canon of major Chinese holidays between the Han and Tang dynasties?
* ... that '''[[Mahani Teave]]''' is considered [[Easter Island]]'s only classical musician?
* ... that local residents followed the cries of trapped passengers to find the crash site of '''[[West Wind Aviation Flight 280]]''' and aid in rescue efforts?
* ... that '''[[Marcu Cercel]]''', who ruled over [[Moldavia]] in 1600, was probably born to a Turkish [[Apostasy in Islam|Muslim apostate]]?
* ... that Facebook's '''[[Facebook Aquila|Aquila]]''' [[Electric aircraft|solar-powered drone]] is intended to provide internet access to remote regions of Earth using no more electricity than three [[hair dryer|blow dryers]]?
*'''''00:00, 9 January 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ...that the [[United States Navy]] placed orders for the '''[[KA2N Gorgon IIA|Gorgon IIA]]''' ''(pictured)'' and '''[[CTV-N-2 Gorgon IIC|Gorgon IIC]]''' missiles with the [[Singer Manufacturing Company]], better known for its [[sewing machine]]s?
* ... that '''[[Wolfgang Kläsener]]''' conducted his Kettwiger Bach-Ensemble in a memorial concert, combining the last work by [[Thomas Beimel]] with [[Bach's_church_music_in_Latin#Kyrie–Gloria_Masses,_BWV_233–236_(1738–39?)|one Mass by Bach]] and [[Mass No. 2 (Bruckner)|one by Bruckner]]?
* ... that '''[[housefly|houseflies]]''' have been used in germ warfare to distribute [[cholera]]?
* ... that at Harvard University, '''[[Walter J. Leonard]]''' designed "one of the country's earliest and most effective [[affirmative-action]] programs, which became a model for other universities around the country"?
* ... that the initial plan for the renovation of the '''[[Metropolitan Theatre (Winnipeg)|Metropolitan Theatre]]''' in Winnipeg was for a rock and roll museum?
* ... that in 1992, '''[[Camille Robinson-Regis]]''' became the youngest senator to be appointed to the cabinet of [[Trinidad and Tobago]]?
* ... that '''[[Yiqu]]''' was conquered by [[Qin (state)|Qin]] after its king was killed either by his mistress [[Queen Dowager Xuan]], or by her son the king of Qin?
* ... that [[North-West Mounted Police]] Corporal '''[[William Dempster]]''' found the [[Francis Joseph Fitzgerald#The Lost Patrol|Lost Patrol]]?
===8 January 2018===
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* ... that after the neutral American ship '''''[[William P. Frye (1901)|William P. Frye]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was sunk by a {{nowrap|World War I}} Imperial German [[Merchant raider|raider]], the German government was billed $228,059.54?
* ... that Congolese artist '''[[Rhode Makoumbou]]''' sculpts figures up to {{convert|3|m|ft|0}} tall out of sawdust and woodglue?
* ... that [[pharmacogenomics|genetic differences]] may affect the efficacy of the [[Asthma|anti-asthmatic]] drug '''[[zafirlukast]]'''?
* ... that Japanese singer '''[[Yunchi]]''' covered the song "Catch You Catch Me" from ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' for one of her albums?
* ... that the '''[[Panoz Avezzano]]''', unveiled at the 2016 [[Petit Le Mans]], is named after a town in Italy that was [[1915 Avezzano earthquake|destroyed by an earthquake]]?
* ... that the Exeter [[hip replacement|Hip]], designed by '''[[Robin Ling]]''' and [[Clive Lee]], improved the lives of millions of people?
* ... that when the wasp '''''[[Idiogramma elbakyanae]]''''' was named in honor of [[Sci-Hub]] founder [[Alexandra Elbakyan]], she took this as an insult?
* ... that '''[[Silvia Correale]]''', the first female [[Postulator]] in the Vatican, focuses on guiding potential Argentine saints through the [[beatification]] process?
===7 January 2018===
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* ... that '''[[List of West Virginia state parks|West Virginia's 37 state parks]]''' include a [[Babcock State Park|working grist mill]] ''(pictured)'', a [[Cass Scenic Railroad State Park|scenic railroad]], a [[Prickett's Fort State Park|reconstructed 18th-century fortification]], and a [[Cathedral State Park|Natural National Landmark]]?
* ... that Vice Admiral '''[[Mary M. Jackson]]''' was promoted directly from [[one-star rank|one-star]] to [[three-star rank]]?
* ... that while the [[Biblical Magi|Three Kings]] bring gold, incense and myrrh to the manger, the singer of "'''[[Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier]]'''" offers spirit and mind, heart, soul and courage as gifts?<!--Special occasion hook for 6 January-->
* ... that '''[[Luke Harper and Erick Rowan]]''' call themselves The Bludgeon Brothers?
* ... that despite being flightless, '''[[Nemobius sylvestris|wood crickets]]''' appeared in 2001 at a site in southern England at which they had previously not been present?
* ... that as a teenager, Vietnamese singer '''[[Tóc Tiên]]''' exaggerated her age twice at [[Music competition|singing competition]]s, one time winning the grand prize?
* ... that the common [[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]] hymn "'''[[As with Gladness Men of Old]]'''" does not describe the [[Biblical Magi]] as "magi" or "kings", or even state their number?
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* ... that '''[[Carys Bannister]]''' drove rally cars and exhibited [[Welsh Corgi|corgis]] when not performing brain surgery?
===6 January 2018===
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* ... that Elizabethan physician '''[[Edward Dodding]]''' conducted a [[Autopsy|post-mortem examination]] of Kalicho ''(pictured)'', one of three [[Inuit]] people brought to England?
* ... that after dismissing the basic concept as "outlandish", [[Edward Teller]] later supported '''[[Brilliant Pebbles]]''' as a way to shoot down Soviet [[Intercontinental ballistic missile|ICBMs]]?
* ... that at age 16, '''[[Remy Siemsen]]''' was the top goalscorer for [[Sydney FC (W-League)|Sydney FC]] in the [[2016–17 W-League|2016–17 W-League season]]?
* ... that arachnologists think juvenile '''''[[Chanbria]]''''' camel spiders locate their prey through a combination of smelling and feeling for them?
* ... that German [[Sinology|sinologist]] '''[[Wolfgang Franke]]''' was so at home in Beijing that he felt he had lived there in a previous life?
* ... that at its completion, '''[[Riverton Lock]]''' was the highest [[Boat lift|lift lock]] in the world with a lift of 26 feet (7.9 m)?
* ... that '''[[Azazet Habtezghi Kidane]]''' interviewed more than 1,500 African refugees to document torture in the [[Sinai Peninsula]]?
* ... that '''[[Jolly Roger Records]]''' had its [[bootleg recording|bootlegs]] of [[RCA Records]] recordings manufactured at RCA's own [[Phonograph record|vinyl record]] pressing plant?
===5 January 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[Labrus viridis|green wrasse]]''' ''(pictured)'' has big eyes, a small mouth, and fleshy lips?
* ... that Rear Admiral '''[[Cindy Jaynes]]''' was persuaded to join the [[United States Navy]] by a high school friend, having originally considered careers as an [[actuary]] or a [[veterinary physician|veterinarian]]?
* ... that the '''[[art of Uruk]]''' includes the 5,000-year-old [[Mask of Warka]], probably one of the earliest known near life-size sculptures?
* ... that '''[[Harold Basil Christian]]''', a self-taught horticulturalist in southern Africa, became a world expert on African ''[[aloe]]'' species after planting one in his yard to block the view of a large, unsightly rock?
* ... that [[Electric Wizard]] described their album '''''[[Wizard Bloody Wizard]]''''' as "43 brain-damaging minutes, six savage hymns to death, drugs, sex and violence, music dragged (and drugged) back from the grave"?
* ... that the Italian mezzo-soprano '''[[Armanda Degli Abbati]]''' appeared as [[Lohengrin (opera)|Ortrud]] in Rome and as [[Aida|Amneris]] in Rio de Janeiro, had an affair with a Russian revolutionary, and trained Estonian singers?
* ... that a pub on the '''[[Acle Straight]]''' is now a [[Hindu temple]]?
* ... that in 1985 '''[[Gay Kindersley]]''' naively introduced himself and [[Graham Lord]] to the [[Australia national cricket team|Australian cricket team]] with, "Hallo folks, I'm Gay and this is my friend Graham"?
===4 January 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Shu Xiuwen]]''' ''(pictured)'' became an escort dancing girl after her father tried to sell her to repay debts, but later supported him when she became a movie star?
* ... that the '''[[Radioplane OQ-17]]''' [[target drone]] was claimed to be able to match the maneuverability of any [[fighter aircraft]] of the mid-1940s?
* ... that '''[[Eugénie Henderson]]''' taught [[Far East|Far Eastern]] languages to the British Armed Forces during World War II?
* ... that a '''[[collaborative practice agreement]]''', which allows a pharmacist to prescribe medications, order [[Pharmacotherapy|drug therapy]]-related laboratory tests, and design therapy plans, can improve people's health?
* ... that the dramatic soprano '''[[Catherine Foster]]''', a former midwife, appeared as [[Der Ring des Nibelungen|Brünnhilde]] at the [[Bayreuth Festival]] celebrating Wagner's bicentenary?
* ... that in a '''[[legacy game]]''', players may be instructed to destroy physical components?
* ... that '''[[Jordan Murphy (basketball)|Jordan Murphy]]''' was the first basketball player to earn [[Big Ten Conference]] Player of the Week three weeks in a row since [[Evan Turner]] did so eight seasons earlier?
* ... that underwater thumps and moans in a West African swamp may indicate the presence of certain '''[[West African bichir|air-breathing fish]]'''?
===3 January 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Pascual Abaj]]''' ''(pictured)'', near [[Chichicastenango]] in Guatemala, is a sculpted stone idol that survived the [[Spanish conquest of Guatemala|Spanish conquest]] but was badly damaged in the 1950s by religious activists?
* ... that the ants ''Poneropsis affinis'', ''Ponera affinis'', and ''Formica schmidtii'' are all the single fossil species '''''[[Liometopum imhoffii]]'''''?
* ... that after serving as Ghana's ambassador to Iran, Cuba, and Denmark, '''[[Hassan Ahmed (Ghanaian diplomat)|Hassan Ahmed]]''' is now director of protocol for the [[President of Ghana]]?
* ... that while the medieval [[bergfried]] of the '''[[Boosenburg]]''' in [[Rüdesheim am Rhein|Rüdesheim]] still stands, the castle's moat was made into a wine cellar and other buildings were replaced by a [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] villa?
* ... that women's sexual preferences and attractiveness may '''[[ovulatory shift hypothesis|shift]]''' across their ovulatory cycles?
* ... that in 1860, '''[[Edric Norfolk Vaux Morisset]]''' became the first Inspector General of Police in [[Queensland]]?
* ... that so many people wanted a '''[[Line the Label]]''' jacket that the company's server crashed?
* ... that to ensure the loyalty of '''[[Fatuma binti Yusuf al-Alawi|Queen Fatuma]]''', a [[client ruler]] of Zanzibar, Omani forces kept a cannon trained on her palace?
===2 January 2018===
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* ... that an illustration ''(pictured)'' of the '''''[[Cartwrightia]]''''' scarab '''''[[Cartwrightia cartwrighti]]''''' was printed on the invitations for entomologist [[Oscar Ling Cartwright]]'s retirement party?
* ... that '''[[Doo Aphane]]''' successfully challenged a law that prevented married women from owning property in their own names in [[Swaziland]]?
* ... that '''''[[Gunday]]''''' (2014) became one of the lowest-rated films on [[IMDb]] following a [[Vote brigading|vote brigading]] social-media campaign by [[Bangladeshis]]?
* ... that Indian sprinter '''[[Amiya Kumar Mallick]]''' trained under [[Usain Bolt]]'s coach [[Glen Mills]] in 2014 and broke the [[100 metres]] national record in 2016?
* ... that [[Joseph Stalin]] asked [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] for '''[[history of aluminium|aluminium]]''', implying enough of it would bring him victory in [[World War II]]?
* ... that the wounds of [[leprosy]] sufferer '''[[Josephine Cafrine]]''' were said to have [[miracle|miraculously]] healed after her death?
* ... that [[Herbert Howells]] composed the '''[[Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (Gloucester)|Magnificat and Nunc dimittis for Gloucester Cathedral]]''' after having organ lessons there with [[Herbert Brewer]] as a boy?
* ... that "feminists must have been horrified to discover" what [[Sylvie Vartan]]'s song "'''[[Comme un garçon]]'''" was about?
===1 January 2018===
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* ... that the highwayman '''[[Tom Cox (highwayman)|Tom Cox]]''' kicked the [[Ordinary (officer)|ordinary]] and hangman out of the cart taking him to be hanged at [[Tyburn]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''''[[Salsa Big Band]]''''' by Panamanian artists [[Rubén Blades]] and [[Roberto Delgado & Orquesta]] won the [[18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards|2017 Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year]]?
* ... that '''[[Itunu Hotonu]]''', the first female admiral in Africa, joined the [[Nigerian Navy]] only because she was rejected by the army?
* ... that '''[[Epiactis lisbethae|Lisbeth's brooding anemone]]''' and '''[[Epiactis fernaldi|Fernald's brooding anemone]]''' both care for their young, but they use different strategies?
* ... that between 1993 and 2008, Kyrgyz politician '''[[Azamat Arapbayev]]''' was either the chairman, director or deputy director of seven different companies?
* ... that '''''[[Xing Zi Ming Chu|Human Nature is Brought Forth by Decree]]''''', an ancient Chinese philosophical text, was rediscovered about 2,300 years after it was buried?
* ... that despite winning his country's [[Irish PGA Championship|Professional Championship]] by ten strokes that year, golfer '''[[Paddy Mahon]]''' was excluded from the [[1937 Ryder Cup]] for being Irish?
* ... that the '''[[dual systems model]]''' seeks to explain why young people do stupid things?
