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===31 May 2018===
*'''''00:25, 31 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that World War II servicewoman '''[[Mary Greyeyes]]''' ''(pictured, left)'' was incorrectly labeled as an "unidentified Indian princess" in a famous [[Canadian Women's Army Corps]] publicity photo?
* ... that the '''[[Trout Creek Hill]]''' volcanic eruption approximately 340,000 years ago, during the [[Pleistocene]], produced a lava flow that extended {{convert|20|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}, temporarily damming the [[Columbia River]]?
* ... that the emirs of [[Liptako]] replaced the '''[[List of rulers of Liptako|kings of Koala]]'''?
* ... that larvae of the '''[[thimble jellyfish]]''' are the most common cause of [[seabather's eruption]] in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico?
* ... that the "masterpiece" '''''[[Kamsuan Samut]]''''' describes a distraught lover's journey into exile to Southern Thailand?
* ... that architect '''[[A. W. Ecclestone|Arthur Ecclestone]]''' designed the [[Never Turn Back]] pub as a memorial to the nine lifeboatmen who died in the [[1901 Caister Lifeboat Disaster|Caister lifeboat disaster]] of 1901?
* ... that after attempts to close New York City's '''[[BMT Franklin Avenue Line|Franklin Avenue subway line]]''' failed for over 20 years, the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|MTA]] finally decided to renovate it in 1998?
* ... that after leading the first slave insurrection in Venezuela's history, '''[[Miguel de Buría]]''' had himself crowned as king?
===30 May 2018===
*'''''00:40, 30 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that 23-year-old African-American '''[[Lynching of Amos Miller|Amos Miller was lynched]]''' in 1888 in [[Franklin, Tennessee]], on the balcony of the [[Williamson County Courthouse (Franklin, Tennessee)|Williamson County Courthouse]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that the '''[[Russian occupations of Beirut]]''' in 1772 and 1773 marked the first period in over 250 years that [[Beirut]] was ruled by a power other than the Ottoman Empire?
*... that during [[apartheid]], music producer '''[[Rashid Vally]]''' owned a record shop that was among the few places in [[Johannesburg]] where people of different racial backgrounds could socialize?
* ... that '''[[Ortwin Gamber]]''', an expert on medieval weapons and armour, is a recipient of the [[Theodor Körner Prize]]?
* ... that the launch of the Costa Rican satellite '''[[Irazú (satellite)|Irazú]]''' was partly funded through a [[Kickstarter]] crowdfunding campaign?
* ... that the German cellist '''[[Julius Berger (cellist)|Julius Berger]]''' recorded all twelve concertos by [[Luigi Boccherini]] on the composer's own [[Antonio Stradivari|Stradivari]] instrument?
* ... that [[Wildfire|forest fires]] are a threat to the '''[[fiery minivet]]'''?
* ... that following his research for '''''[[Epidemiology in Country Practice]]''''', [[William Pickles]] observed that "studies in epidemiology sometimes reveal romances"?
===29 May 2018===
*'''''00:55, 29 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Panguil Bay]]''' ''([[Port of Ozamiz]] pictured)'' in the [[Philippines]] was once described as a "never ending source of Muslim pirates"?
* ... that '''[[White House social aide]]s''' are not permitted to be married?
* ... that the English '''[[Premiership Rugby Cup]]''' was created after the Welsh regions left the [[Anglo-Welsh Cup]]?
* ... that after being rejected by 24 publishers, '''[[Robert Schneider (writer)|Robert Schneider]]'''{{`s}} first novel, ''[[Schlafes Bruder]]'', became an international bestseller and spawned [[Brother of Sleep|a film]], a ballet, an opera, and several plays?
* ... that early Japanese [[Mormons]] lost contact with '''[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Japan|their church]]''' for over 20 years after the first mission closed?
* ...that Japanese [[Voice acting in Japan|voice actress]] '''[[Ayane Sakura]]''' practised sword fighting while in acting school?
* ... that '''[[Mount Carmel East]]''' sits on land that was originally used as a farm which provided food for another hospital, [[Mount Carmel West]]?
* ... that '''[[Philip Woodroffe]]''' redressed all [[Surgery|chirurgic]] woes?
===28 May 2018===
*'''''01:10, 28 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that it is possible – though potentially injurious – to '''[[hot water bottle blowing|blow up a hot-water bottle]]''' ''(pictured)'' with your nose?
* ... that '''[[Ivor Allchurch]]''' was known as the "Golden Boy of Welsh football"?
* ... that the possibly blind extinct ant '''''[[Boltonimecia]]''''' has a shield-like head?
* ... that an opera was composed for mezzo-soprano '''[[Birgit Remmert]]''' – ''Iokaste'' by Stefan Heucke – in which the mother and wife of [[Oedipus]] is the only role?
* ... that New York City's '''[[23rd Street (Manhattan)|23rd Street]]''' once contained the city's largest residential complex and the world's largest hotel?
* ... that in 1847, '''[[Émile Küss]]''' and [[Charles-Emmanuel Sédillot]] performed the first recorded [[Biopsy|biopsies]] on tumours?
* ... that '''[[Bruiser (bull)|Bruiser]]''' and [[Bodacious (bull)|Bodacious]] are the only two bulls to win both the [[Professional Bull Riders]] World Champion Bull and the [[Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association]] Bull of the Year titles?
* ... that '''''[[Saint Dominic in Soriano]]''''' was a 1530 painting believed to be of miraculous origin, with numerous miracles being attributed to it?
===27 May 2018===
*'''''01:25, 27 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the English poet and illustrator [[Edward Lear]] is said to have built his new house on the same floorplan as his old home to avoid confusing his cat '''[[Foss (cat)|Foss]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that the '''[[1902 Ibrox disaster]]''' was partly blamed on the crowd surging forward in excitement at seeing [[Bobby Templeton (footballer, born 1880)|Bobby Templeton]] [[Dribbling|dribble]] with the ball?
* ... that '''[[Constantine VIII]]''' was crowned as [[List of Byzantine emperors|co-emperor]] of the [[Byzantine Empire]] in 962 but had to wait 63 years before becoming sole ruler?
* ... that the '''[[Ortiz Shift]]''', designed to counter baseball player [[David Ortiz]], was created on an exercise bike?
* ... that '''[[Teodora Krajewska]]''', one of the [[first female physicians]] in [[Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia-Herzegovina]], rode a pony to visit her patients in remote mountain villages?
* ... that the '''[[Auburn station (Sound Transit)|Auburn train station]]''' also serves as the venue for a seasonal [[farmers' market]]?
* ... that about 1,400 '''[[Ozobranchus branchiatus|leeches]]''' were found to be attached to a [[green sea turtle]] in the Persian Gulf?
* ... that the [[Fatimid Caliphate]] used messages stamped on '''[[kahk]]''', a type of cookie, as propaganda?
===26 May 2018===
*'''''01:40, 26 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Psalm 100|Jubilate]] and [[Te Deum]] from the '''[[Services in B-flat major|Morning, Evening and Communion Service in B-flat]]''' by [[Charles Villiers Stanford]] ''(pictured)'' were first performed [[Trinity College, Cambridge|in Cambridge]] on 25 May 1879?<!--Special occasion hook for May 25-->
* ... that '''[[Félix-Marie Abel]]''', a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] priest and archaeologist, identified several battle sites from the [[Maccabean Revolt]]?
* ... that '''''[[Edge of the Knife]]''''' will be the first feature film in [[Haida language|Haida]], an [[endangered language]]?
* ... that the Turkish-Cypriot [[women's association football|women's football]]er '''[[Zehra Borazancı]]''' has played international [[football tennis]] for [[Northern Cyprus|her country]]?
* ... that '''[[Danzig Street shooting|Toronto's worst mass shooting]]''' was committed by teenagers at a [[block party]]?
* ... that in 2005, the Northern Irish artist '''[[Rita Duffy]]''' made a proposal to tow an [[iceberg]] from Greenland to Belfast?
* ... that [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] wrote "'''[[Old Music and the Slave Women]]'''", set on a fictional planet, after visiting a plantation in [[South Carolina]] that had once used [[Slavery in the United States|slave labor]]?
* ... that [[xenotransplantation|xenotransplant]] pioneer '''[[René Küss]]''' described removing organs from guillotined convicts on the prison floor?
===25 May 2018===
*'''''00:35, 25 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that at {{convert|12|-|14|m}} in length, '''''[[Oxalaia]]''''' ''(artist's impression pictured)'' is the largest-known [[Theropoda|theropod]] dinosaur from Brazil?
* ... that during World War II, Lieutenant General '''[[John C. H. Lee]]''' had his own railroad train?
* ... that the [[Thailand|Thai]] mining town of '''[[Pilok]]''' was so harshly inaccessible that its ore had to be transported by elephant?
* ... that a [[bobblehead]] of '''[[Sister Jean]]''', the chaplain for the [[Loyola Ramblers men's basketball]] team, sold for more than $300 on eBay?
* ... that war in the [[Horn of Africa]] may have contributed to the decline of the '''[[little brown bustard]]'''?
* ... that Puerto Rican actress '''[[Sol Miranda]]''' created a [[Solo performance|one-woman show]] about her immigrant experience in [[Peekskill, New York]]?
* ... that '''[[Peniscola Castle]]''', in the [[Valencian Community]] of Spain, was used as a papal residence by the [[Antipope Benedict XIII]]?
* ... that after '''[[Stephen J. Herben Jr.|a future philologist]]'''{{`s}} '''[[George Foster Herben|older brother]]''' reportedly shot their '''[[Grace Foster Herben|missionary mother]]''', their '''[[Stephen J. Herben|reverend father]]''' said he would not let the facts be known?
===24 May 2018===
*'''''00:50, 24 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the UK's '''[[Trident (UK nuclear programme)|Trident nuclear missile submarines]]''' ''(''[[HMS Victorious (S29)|HMS ''Victorious'']] ''pictured)'' use [[Submarine Command System#Submarine Command System Next Generation|a control system]] which the media have nicknamed "Windows for Submarines", because it is based on [[Windows XP]]?
* ... that Japanese [[voice acting in Japan|voice actress]] '''[[Inori Minase]]''', who won the Best Lead Actress Award at the [[10th Seiyu Awards]] in 2015, is releasing her second album today?<!--Special occasion hook for May 23-->
* ... that the [[Assyrian captivity]] of the [[Israelites]] was one instance of '''[[Resettlement policy of the Neo-Assyrian Empire|forced resettlement]]''' carried out by the [[Neo-Assyrian Empire]]?
* ... that '''[[Katharina Magiera]]''', a member of the [[Frankfurt Opera]], has appeared as Lisa, a former SS officer in [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]], in Weinberg's opera ''[[The Passenger (opera)|The Passenger]]''?
* ... that '''[[workplace robotics safety]]''' applies to both traditional [[industrial robot]]s and emerging technologies such as [[Powered exoskeleton|robotic exoskeletons]] and [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|drone aircraft]]?
* ... that the Irish lawyer and satirist '''[[William Norcott (satirist)|William Norcott]]''' ended his life in poverty in [[Constantinople]] where he was reportedly decapitated and his body thrown into the sea?
* ... that the [[Morelia International Film Festival|Morelia]] and [[Guadalajara International Film Festival|Guadalajara]] International Film Festivals were used as a reference for the creation of '''[[FotoFilm Tijuana]]'''?
* ... that in '''''[[Re Bristol South-East Parliamentary Election]]''''', it was held that votes for [[Tony Benn]] were effectively "thrown away" because, as a hereditary peer, he was disqualified from sitting in the House of Commons?
===23 May 2018===
*'''''01:05, 23 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that until '''[[D. H. Turner]]''' organised its loan, the [[Gospels of Tsar Ivan Alexander]] ''(detail pictured)'' had not been in [[Bulgaria]] for half a millennium?
* ... that the proposed '''[[Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act]]''' seeks to protect [[Robert Mueller]] from being arbitrarily fired?
* ... that 20 years after confessing to the '''[[Fallet Kevin|murder of a four-year-old boy]]''', two brothers had all suspicions against them dismissed?
* ... that '''[[Corinne Foxx]]''' changed her surname from Bishop as her father, [[Jamie Foxx]], had done?
* ... that '''''[[The Black Book of Polish Jewry]]''''', published in the United States in 1943 during World War II, downplayed the true scale of the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]?
* ... that '''[[Birgit Arrhenius]]''' revealed that a [[Torslunda plates|Torslunda plate]] helmeted figure, thought to represent [[Odin]], had its eye deliberately struck out, consistent with the associated legend?
* ... that '''[[Lago di Bientina]]''' was the largest lake in [[Tuscany]] until the beginning of a 300-year effort to drain it?
* ... that Irish surgeon '''[[Gustavus Hume]]''' was so fond of prescribing [[Oatmeal|oatmeal porridge]] to his patients that he became known as "Stirabout Gusty"?
===22 May 2018===
*'''''00:40, 22 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Armenian singer-songwriter '''[[Iveta Mukuchyan]]''' ''(pictured)'' was named Best Female Singer of the Year at the 2018 '''[[Swallow Music Awards]]'''?
* ... that '''[[group testing]]''' can be used for DNA sequencing, cryptography, machine learning, and data forensics?
* ... that journalist '''[[Jamil Smith (journalist)|Jamil Smith]]''' wrote ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine's first cover story about a [[List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films|Marvel film]], [[Black Panther (film)|''Black Panther'']]?
* ... that the '''[[2014 Macau Grand Prix]]''' featured [[Tatiana Calderón]], the first woman to compete at the [[Macau Grand Prix|race]] since [[Cathy Muller]] in [[1983 Macau Grand Prix|1983]]?
* ... that [[James I of Aragon]] undertook the '''[[Conquest of Murcia (1265–66)|conquest of Murcia]]''' after a request for assistance from his daughter?
* ... that most '''[[Piscicolidae|fish leeches]]''' cling onto their hosts with suckers but '''''[[Acanthobdella peledina]]''''' uses hooked bristles for this purpose?
* ... that the title '''[[Baron Kilkeel]]''' was given to [[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex|Prince Harry]] as a gift from [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] on his wedding day?
* ... that the U.S. Army's '''[[116th Infantry Regiment (United States)|116th Infantry Regiment]]''' received [[Battle honour|battle honors]] for fighting against the United States?
===21 May 2018===
*'''''00:55, 21 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Julian D. Richards]]''' is investigating the camp at [[Torksey]] of the [[Great Heathen Army|Great Viking Army]] ''(Viking invaders pictured)''?
* ... that the flatworm '''''[[Polystoma integerrimum]]''''', a frog parasite, has a [[Biological life cycle|life cycle]] which synchronises with that of its host?
* ... that [[Union Army]] general '''[[Justus McKinstry]]''', who recommended the appointment of [[Ulysses S. Grant]] to his first important command, was soon thereafter [[Cashiering|cashiered]]?
* ... that in addition to being the oldest racecourse and second-oldest golf course in Thailand, the '''[[Royal Bangkok Sports Club]]''' also served as its first airfield?
* ... that a coroner's inquest into the '''[[death of Ms Dhu]]''' found that she suffered "unprofessional and inhumane" treatment by police and "deficient" treatment by hospital staff?
* ... that after playing sparingly for [[Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball|Illinois State]], '''[[Zeke Upshaw]]''' used a graduate transfer exception to continue his [[college basketball]] career with [[Hofstra Pride men's basketball|Hofstra]] and lead the [[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]] in scoring?
* ... that a 2009 recording of [[Louis Vierne]]'s '''''[[Messe solennelle (Vierne)|Messe solennelle]]''''' for choir and two organs at [[Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris|Saint-Sulpice]], where it was first performed in 1901, was called "musical and spiritual time-travel"?
* ... that an '''[[Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break|accidental release]]''' of farmed [[Atlantic salmon]] in Washington state was initially blamed on unusually strong tides during a [[Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017|solar eclipse]]?
===20 May 2018===
*'''''01:10, 20 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that contrary to popular belief, the use of '''[[triangular corner flags in English football]]''' ''(pictured)'' is not a right reserved only for [[FA Cup]] winners?<!--Special occasion FA cup hook for 19 May-->
* ... that Canadian naturalist '''[[R. D. Lawrence]]''' followed a [[cougar]] in the wild for nine months, and spent six months observing a [[North American beaver|beaver]] colony?
* ... that Manchester United are looking to match Arsenal's FA Cup winner's record in today's '''[[2018 FA Cup Final]]''' against Chelsea?<!--Special occasion FA cup hook for 19 May-->
* ... that the '''[[Hinners Organ Company]]''' pioneered production and pricing methods for [[pipe organ]]s similar to those applied by [[Henry Ford]] to the automobile?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Albert Shepherd]]''' was the first player to score a penalty in an FA Cup final?<!--Special occasion FA cup hook for 19 May-->
* ... that the '''[[Frederick W. Winters House]]''' is the only nationally designated historic property in [[Bellevue, Washington]]?
* ... that "'''[[Christ fuhr gen Himmel]]'''" (Christ rose to Heaven) is based on a medieval [[Leise]] and is sung by both Catholics and Protestants?<!--Special occasion FA cup hook for 19 May-->
* ... that the '''[[University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law|least expensive law school in Texas]]''' bought the [[Dallas Municipal Building]] for $1?
===19 May 2018===
*'''''01:25, 19 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Anne Beaumanoir]]''' ''(pictured)'' and her parents were recognised as [[Righteous Among the Nations]] for saving two Jewish children in France during the Second World War?
* ... that compulsive showering in hot water is a common symptom of '''[[cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome]]''' in [[cannabis]] users?
* ... that '''[[Ralph Smith O’bré]]''' invented a double [[tracheostomy tube]] that was popular among surgeons in [[Georgian era]] Dublin?
* ... that it took two campaigns to raise the funds for '''''[[Beats of Rage (film)|Beats of Rage]]''''', the sequel to ''[[The FP]]''?
* ... that '''[[Oleg Vinogradov]]''' was the first Soviet ballet master to invite Western choreographers like [[Maurice Béjart]] to stage works for the [[Kirov Ballet]]?
* ... that the '''[[Sunday Observance Act 1695]]''' banned the playing of sports on Sunday in Ireland, and parts of the act are still in force in Northern Ireland?
* ... that [[Microsoft]] published '''''[[Close Combat (video game)|Close Combat]]''''' to kickstart its wider push into the [[strategy video game]] industry?
* ... that the Welsh [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[John Toshack]]''' authored a book of poems entitled ''Gosh, it's Tosh''?
===18 May 2018===
*'''''01:40, 18 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Balluta Buildings]]''' ''(detail pictured)'', one of the finest [[Art Nouveau]] buildings in [[Malta]], was built on the grounds of '''[[Villa St Ignatius]]''', one of the island{{'}}s earliest [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] buildings?
* ... that a 19-year-old female student, '''[[Wu Shuqing]]''', formed, trained, and capably led her own women's militia in the [[Xinhai Revolution]] of 1911?
* ... that '''[[Jefferson Street]]''', the historic center of the African-American community in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], declined after the construction of [[Interstate 40]] in the aftermath of the [[Nashville sit-ins]]?
* ... that [[Para-alpine skiing|para-alpine skier]] '''[[Hilmi Esat Bayındırlı|H. E. Bayındırlı]]''' twice took part in the [[Winter Paralympic Games]], representing the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Paralympics|United States in 2006]] and [[Turkey at the 2014 Winter Paralympics|Turkey in 2014]]?
* ... that the wreck of a merchant ship thought to be '''''[[West Ridge (ship)|West Ridge]]''''' was found while searching for [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370]]?
* ... that metal cones, designed to protect the tops of wooden posts, inspired the creation of a new musical instrument called the '''[[Aluphone]]'''?
* ... that in 1953, U.S. Navy pharmacist '''[[Katherine Keating]]''' was an official witness for a [[Prisoner exchange|prisoner of war exchange]] aboard the hospital ship [[USS Haven (AH-12)|USS ''Haven'']]?
* ... that the title character of '''''[[The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend|The Adventures of Beekle]]''''' was named after the way the author [[Dan Santat]]'s son would say "bicycle"?
===17 May 2018===
*'''''00:00, 17 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that "legendary" Chinese actress '''[[Wang Danfeng]]''' ''(pictured)'' was invited to attend the inauguration of U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]]?
* ... that while the freighter '''[[SS Lakeland|''Lakeland'']]''' was sinking on [[Lake Michigan]], her captain allegedly refused a tow?
* ... that the '''[[Single African Air Transport Market]]''', which was launched in 2018, was almost 30 years in the making?
* ... that German World War II general '''[[Erich Hoepner]]''' was a member of the [[German resistance to Nazism|military resistance to Adolf Hitler]], but was also implicated in [[crimes of the Wehrmacht]]?
* ... that despite being born in [[Indiana]], [[Brad Kiltz]] represented '''[[American Samoa at the 1994 Winter Olympics]]'''?
* ... that archaeologist '''[[Hans-Åke Nordström]]''' excavated sites in [[Nubia]] before they were submerged by the creation of the [[Aswan Dam]]?
* ... that "'''[[This Is America (Childish Gambino song)|This Is America]]'''" by [[Donald Glover|Childish Gambino]] addresses the themes of [[African-American culture|being black in America]] and [[gun violence in the United States]]?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Ian Feuer]]''' played a [[Predator (fictional species)|Predator]] in the 2007 film ''[[Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem]]''? <!--since there's a footballer hook in the previous prep, feel free to move this to the quirky slot in the next prep if desired-->
===16 May 2018===
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* ... that [[Enlightenment (spiritual)|enlightened]] individuals can supposedly see a temple at the bottom of the '''[[Membartsho|Burning Lake]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Bhutan]]?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Irvine Thornley]]'''{{`s}} [[Benefit (sports)|benefit match]] raised £1036, a record at the time?
* ... that [[Jack White]] left his song "'''[[Over and Over and Over]]'''" unrecorded for 13 years until his 2018 album ''[[Boarding House Reach]]''?
* ... that though found from Portugal to Angola, the conservation status of the '''[[Dagetichthys lusitanica|Portuguese sole]]''' is [[Data deficient|unknown]]?
* ... that as a child, '''[[Nagi Yanagi]]''' became interested in music after playing with an [[electronic keyboard]] her neighbor originally intended to throw away?
* ... that no one was ever convicted of the '''[[Lynching of Samuel Smith|1924 lynching]]''' of 15-year-old African-American Samuel Smith in [[Nolensville, Tennessee]]?
* ... that when [[Visual impairment|blindness]] forced '''[[Oscar Almgren]]''' to retire as professor of Scandinavian and Comparative Archaeology at [[Uppsala University]], a role filled by '''[[Sune Lindqvist]]''' and '''[[Mårten Stenberger]]''' in turn, his young son '''[[Bertil Almgren]]''' read academic papers to him, and decades later took the post himself?
* ... that '''[[Mrs. David Wright's Guard]]''' was formed by female patriots in the [[American Revolutionary War]] to guard a crossing on the [[Nashua River]]?
===15 May 2018===
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* ... that members of the '''[[Krom Klone]]''' ''(pictured)'', the all-female bodyguard of the [[King of Siam]], had to take a [[vow of chastity]], though an exception was made for marrying the king?
* ... that '''[[Jimmy 'Five Bellies' Gardner]]''' has been described as "the only person in Britain famous for being a footballer's mate"?
* ... that the '''[[2018–19 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team]]''' features an incoming class with two players who finished in the top three in voting for the 2018 [[Mr. Basketball of Michigan]] award?
* ... that '''[[Longqing Gorge]]''' is a scenic area in [[Beijing]] created after the flooding of the canyon by the construction of a nearby dam?
* ... that after police told '''[[Disappearance of Brandon Swanson|Brandon Swanson]]'''{{'}}s mother he had "a right to be missing" ten years ago today, she successfully lobbied for a state law requiring that such investigations start promptly?
* ... that both the '''[[Morrison–Grady Plan]]''' and the '''[[Bevin Plan]]''' presented at the '''[[London Conference of 1946–47|1946–47 London Conference on Palestine]]''' were rejected by all parties?
* ... that '''[[Bernardo De Pace]]''', an Italian immigrant, started his own opera company and eventually performed at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York?
* ... that the [[music video]] for [[Basement Jaxx]]'s "'''[[U Don't Know Me (Basement Jaxx song)|U Don't Know Me]]'''" shows a [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] look-alike [[groping]] a [[Lap dance|lapdancer]]?
===14 May 2018===
*'''''12:00, 14 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[distributed element circuit]]s''' include butterflies ''(pictured)''?
* ... that while posted to London during the First World War, journalist '''[[Beatrice Nasmyth]]''' had her brother smuggle her articles back to Canada to avoid [[censorship]]?
* ... that the title of '''''[[Schlafes Bruder]]''''' (Brother of Sleep), a 1992 novel set in a mountain village in [[Vorarlberg]], refers to Bach's setting of "[[Komm, o Tod, du Schlafes Bruder]]"?
* ... that the last [[railroad]] in [[Ohio]] to be powered by [[third rail]] delivered coal to the '''[[Picway Power Plant]]'''?
* ... that the partial [[eye-ring]] of the male '''[[green iora]]''' looks like a pair of bright yellow eyelids?
* ... that when the '''[[Opémiska Community Hall fire]]''' broke out, people inside did not immediately evacuate because they thought the fire was part of a performance?
* ... that '''[[Harrison Report|an American report]]''' on the [[Displaced persons camps in post-World War II Europe|refugee camps in post-World War II Europe]] led to an [[Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry|inquiry regarding Palestine]]?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Gary Gill]]''' suffered a broken leg during a match in 1989 but carried on playing after being given the [[magic sponge]]?
*'''''00:00, 14 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the British submariner '''[[Hugh Mackenzie (Royal Navy officer)|Hugh Mackenzie]]''' ''(pictured)'' was credited with sinking over 40,000 [[Gross register tonnage|gross register tons]] of enemy shipping, including Mussolini's yacht ''[[Italian aviso Diana|Diana]]''?
* ... that an '''[[unconscious bias training]]''' program has been created to help people unlearn bias while sleeping?
* ... that '''[[Ye Jizhuang]]''', China's first Minister of Trade, was among the first four officers to be awarded a general's rank by the Communist Party?
* ... that an underground temple of [[Mithraism]] was discovered inside '''[[Zerzevan Castle]]''' during archaeological excavations?
* ... that a fellow writer said that satire was the oxygen in '''[[Sushil Siddharth]]'''{{`s}} life?
* ... that a goal of '''[[Unix System Laboratories]]''' was the creation of their namesake product "for the masses"?
* ... that the Welsh [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Nathan Wigg]]''' retired from playing after a scan of his knee was described as looking like it could have "been in a car crash"?
* ... that the '''[[Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion]]''', formed by the Soviet Union in the Second World War, was named after a Polish woman who fought against Russia?
===13 May 2018===
*'''''12:15, 13 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Copella arnoldi|splash tetra]]''' ''(pictured)'' lays its eggs on a leaf above the surface of the water?
* ... that '''[[Lin Haiyun]]''' was attacked by [[Red Guards]] who called his ministry the "black headquarters" of [[Revisionism (Marxism)|revisionism]]?
* ... that users of '''''[[Mary-Kate and Ashley: Pocket Planner]]''''' can send "G-mail" through the Game Boy Color's infrared port?
* ... that '''[[Donald Seldin]]''' transformed the [[University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center]] from a dilapidated barracks into a world-class medical center with five [[Nobel laureates]]?
* ... that the '''[[60th Ariel Awards]]''' includes three female filmmakers nominated for the [[Ariel Award for Best Director|Best Director]] award?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Ken Hodgkisson]]''' was the first player ever to be used as a [[Substitute (association football)|substitute]] by [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]]?
* ... that a [[pumping station]] on the '''[[River Jordan, Dorset|River Jordan]]''' used a section of the damaged funnel from the [[SS Great Eastern|SS ''Great Eastern'']] as a water filter?
*'''''00:30, 13 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Erica Schwartz]]''' ''(pictured)'' provided health protection guidance for the US military's response to [[Hurricane Katrina]], the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]], and the [[West African Ebola virus epidemic|West Africa Ebola outbreak]]?
* ... that the two competitors for '''[[Cyprus at the 2010 Winter Olympics]]''' are siblings?
* ... that '''[[Lynching of Ephraim Grizzard|Ephraim Grizzard was lynched]]''' in front of a mob of 10,000 in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], on April 30, 1892?
* ... that while one reviewer could not get past the second level of '''''[[Army Men: Operation Green]]''''', another felt the game would only take a few hours to beat?
* ... that Indian politician '''[[Anil Sarkar]]''' led efforts to provide relief and shelter for hundreds of thousands of refugees from the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]?
* ... that '''''[[Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat]]''''' won the [[Caldecott Medal]] for its illustrations done in the style of [[Jean-Michel Basquiat|Basquiat]]?
* ... that '''[[Spring is Coming]]''' was the first South Korean musical performance in the North in over a decade, and was attended by North Korean leader [[Kim Jong-un]]?
* ... that, using data collected from the [[Dark Energy Survey]], a team of researchers led by '''[[David Gerdes]]''' discovered a new [[dwarf planet]] nicknamed ''[[2014 UZ224|DeeDee]]''?
=== 12 May 2018 ===
*'''''12:46, 12 May 2018'''''
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* ... that a power failure resulted in the destruction of the [[Juno II]] launch vehicle ''(pictured)'' carrying the '''''[[S-1 (satellite)|Explorer S-1]]''''' satellite, five seconds after its launch?
* ... that [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] writer '''[[Mafat Oza]]''' published his own [[elegy]] in his poetry collection ''Ashubh''?
* ... that New York City's '''[[Jacob Riis Park]]''' contained the world's largest paved parking lot when it was constructed?
* ... that [[Clara Schumann]] noted in her diary in 1853 that her husband was very happy about completing his '''{{lang|de|[[Märchenerzählungen (Schumann)|Märchenerzählungen]]}}''', fairy-tale music for piano, clarinet, and viola?
* ... that '''[[Fredrik Önnevall]]''', who speaks fluent Chinese, was [[Sveriges Television]]'s first correspondent in [[Beijing]] and provided commentary for the opening ceremony of the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]?
* ... that there are multiple ways to '''[[Antipsychotic switching|switch antipsychotics]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Leslie Webster (art historian)|Leslie Webster]]''' spent her entire career at the [[British Museum]]?
* ... that according to legend, '''[[Jessie Hickman|The Lady Bushranger]]''' "escaped from custody while in a locked toilet aboard a moving train"?
*'''''01:06, 12 May 2018'''''
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* ... that '''[[aphid]]s''' ''(pictured)'' are sometimes farmed by ants?
* ... that the pianist '''[[Margarita Höhenrieder]]''' has premiered works dedicated to her by [[Harald Genzmer]], including a concerto for piano, trumpet, and strings?
* ... that the [[Goat Canyon Trestle|world's largest curved all-wood trestle]] was built over '''[[Goat Canyon (Carrizo Gorge)|Goat Canyon]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Ahmed Jahouh]]''' is the first Moroccan [[Association football|footballer]] to play in India?
* ... that in the novel '''''[[New England White]]''''', [[Stephen L. Carter]] writes about the murders of a black professor and a schoolgirl set in a town described as "the heart of whiteness"?
* ... that '''[[Herbert Edward Holmes à Court|Herbert Holmes à Court]]'''{{'s}} commands included the gunnery training ship [[HMS Revenge (1892)|HMS ''Revenge'']]?
* ... that until '''[[Netherlands at the 2014 Winter Paralympics|the Netherlands competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics]]''', all of the country's [[Winter Paralympics]] medals had been won by one woman, [[Marjorie van de Bunt]]?
* ... that '''[[Gordana Garašić|Croatia's first female general]]''' joined the army by mistake?
===11 May 2018===
*'''''12:00, 11 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Smith–Ninth Streets (IND Culver Line)|Smith–Ninth Streets]]''' station ''(pictured)'' in New York City is the world's highest subway station?
* ... that Lt. Gen. '''[[Wang Bingzhang (general)|Wang Bingzhang]]''', head of China's [[ballistic missile]] and satellite programs, was imprisoned for ten years without being convicted of a crime?
* ... that the [[Motor Neurone Disease Association]] criticised the two-part ''[[Holby City]]'' episode "'''[[Group Animal]]'''" for misleading viewers about a cure for [[motor neuron disease]]?
* ... that '''[[Henry Boynton Clitz]]''', Commandant of Cadets at [[United States Military Academy|West Point]] from 1862 to 1864, disappeared in 1888?
* ... that the '''[[Global Buddhist Network]]''' used to be a Thai television station featuring Buddhist content, but was shut down by the [[National Council for Peace and Order|Thai military junta]]?
* ... that '''[[Wendy Watson Nelson]]''' taught nursing students that "the family's ability to change depends upon their ability to alter their perception of the problem"?
* ... that 40 or more fish leeches of the species '''''[[Hemibdella soleae]]''''' may be found attached to one [[common sole]]?
* ... that the US [[National Gallery of Art]] has a picture of '''[[Trump (dog)|Trump]]''' urinating on the work of a [[satire|satirist]]?
*'''''00:00, 11 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''''[[Holocaust Wall Hangings]]''''' ''(example pictured)'' are a series of fabric banners created between 1988 and 2002 illustrating the plight of the Jewish people and other minorities during the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]?
* ... that [[Oscar Wilde]], [[Robert Falcon Scott]], [[David Bowie]], and [[Bob Marley]] all lived in '''[[Oakley Street, Chelsea|the same street]]'''?
* ... that '''[[James T. Sutherland]]''', known as the "Father of Hockey", founded the [[Memorial Cup]] after serving overseas in World War I?
* ... that the '''[[Bradenton Riverwalk]]''' area was originally nicknamed "The Sand Pile"?
* ... that German stage director '''[[Tobias Kratzer]]''' nominated two versions of Verdi's ''[[Rigoletto]]'' for an international competition, pretending to be an American woman in the first instance, and a Bulgarian in the second?
* ... that the '''[[State communications in the Neo-Assyrian Empire|state communication system]]''' developed in the [[Neo-Assyrian Empire]] enabled communication speed unsurpassed in the Middle East until the advent of [[telegraphy]]?
* ... that, appalled by the terrible living standards in his hometown, '''[[Wu Nansheng]]''' became a strong proponent of economic reform in China?
* ... that the upper floors of '''[[The Emerald (building)|a new high-rise building]]''' in [[Seattle]] will cantilever over an adjacent building?
===10 May 2018===
*'''''12:00, 10 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Frederick Gilbreath]]''' ''(pictured)'' commanded the [[7th Cavalry Regiment|7th Cavalry]]?
* ... that [[Marvel Comics]] published '''''[[Venomverse]]''''' to relaunch the original [[Venom (Marvel Comics character)|Venom]] character?
* ... that the Portuguese international footballers '''[[Matilde Fidalgo]]''' and [[Bernardo Silva]] are cousins?
* ... that one popular expression of '''[[Buddhist devotion]]''' is to go on [[Buddhist pilgrimage|pilgrimage]] to [[Bodh Gaya|Bodh Gayā]] in India?
* ... that around the Dutch village of '''[[Aartswoud]]''', the former [[polder]] landscape and its seasonal water levels are being restored?
* ... that the ambassador '''[[Ayşe Sinirlioğlu]]''' was Turkey's [[Sherpa (emissary)|sherpa]] to the [[G20]]?
* ... that the ''[[Home and Away]]'' spin-off '''''[[Home and Away: All or Nothing|All or Nothing]]''''' was called "the bloodiest episode ever seen of the hit Aussie soapie"?
* ... that fashion model '''[[Nikki Sievwright]]''' captured a wanted man by searching a woman's [[knickers]]?
*'''''00:00, 10 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the ancient '''[[Persian column]]s''' of the [[Achaemenid Empire]] ''(example at [[Persepolis]] pictured)'' were revived by 19th-century [[Parsi]]s in India, and in Iran in the 20th century?
* ... that [[vaudeville|vaudevillian]] and theatre manager '''[[Loney Haskell]]''' eulogized [[Harry Houdini]]?
* ... that the Protestant municipal '''[[Luisenkirche, Charlottenburg|Luisenkirche in Charlottenburg]]''' was named after Queen [[Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Luise of Prussia]] around 100 years after [[Frederick I of Prussia]] financed it?
* ... that President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] was the first person to officially pass through the '''[[Queens–Midtown Tunnel]]'''?
* ... that both adults and [[nymph (biology)|nymphs]] of the bug '''''[[Anthocoris nemoralis]]''''' suck the body fluids from the insects and mites on which they feed?
* ... that '''[[Brazil at the 2014 Winter Paralympics|Brazil]]''', '''[[Turkey at the 2014 Winter Paralympics|Turkey]]''', and '''[[Uzbekistan at the 2014 Winter Paralympics|Uzbekistan]]''' all made their [[Winter Paralympics]] debuts at the [[2014 Winter Paralympics|2014 Sochi Games]]?
* ... that '''[[Bai Xiangguo]]''', China's Minister of Foreign Trade, was dismissed because he "failed to withstand the poisonous snake that took the form of a beautiful woman"?
* ... that '''''[[The Elvis Dead]]''''', a retelling of ''[[Evil Dead II]]'' in the style of [[Elvis Presley]], features songs such as "[[Jailhouse Rock (song)|Standing in a State of Shock]]", "[[All Shook Up|I've Been Possessed]]", and "[[Suspicious Minds|Wrapped Up in Vines]]"?
===9 May 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Ruby Boye]]''' ''(pictured)'' was Australia{{'}}s only female [[coastwatcher]]?
* ... that not having been observed by a potential rescue ship, three survivors from the '''''[[Margaret Olwill]]''''' coordinated their shouts to attract the attention of a second ship?
* ... that the '''[[Cacopsylla pyricola|pear sucker]]''' arrived in the eastern United States from Europe in the early 1800s and took about 100 years to travel across the country?
* ... that the [[Turkey women's national football team|Turkish international]] '''[[Dilara Özlem Sucuoğlu]]''' started to play football in Germany at the age of five inspired by her father, a football coach?
* ... that the '''[[Father Serra statues]]''' in [[Ventura, California]], have been vandalized and called "a direct slap in the face" of Native American cultures?
* ... that '''[[Blanche McVeigh]]'''{{`s}} home workshop had a Sturges [[printing press]] so heavy that the floor needed to be shored up to support it?
* ... that ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''{{'}}s '''[[List of Casualty specials|list of special episodes]]''' includes the first webisode for a BBC continuing drama?
* ... that some people from [[Ohio]] '''[[We Don't Give a Damn|don't give a damn for the whole state of Michigan]]'''?
*'''''00:00, 9 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Sumner station]]''' ''(pictured)'' was designed to resemble [[Oast house|hop kiln]]s, referencing the city's historical agriculture industry?
* ... that English [[paediatrician]] '''[[Alfred White Franklin]]''' was one of the first to recognise that [[child abuse]] was much more common in the United Kingdom than the public realised?
* ... that in '''''[[Sessions v. Dimaya]]''''', Trump-appointed U.S. Supreme Court Justice [[Neil Gorsuch]] joined a 5–4 vote against the [[Presidency of Donald Trump|Trump Administration]]?
* ... that '''[[Mabel St Clair Stobart]]''' became the first woman to be promoted to the rank of [[major]] in any national army?
* ... that upon release, '''''[[SpellForce 3]]''''' was so [[software bug|buggy]] that the developer had to release 21 [[patch (computing)|patches]] in 14 days?
* ... that before becoming a food historian, [[James Beard Award]]-winner '''[[Adrian Miller]]''' was a White House adviser in the [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|Clinton administration]]?
* ... that '''''[[Leucospermum cuneiforme]]''''' is known as ''luisiesbos'' ("lice bush") in [[Afrikaans]] as its seed pods resemble lice?
* ... that scientist '''[[Warren P. Mason]]''' said that [[polymer chemistry]] was not "civilized" because of the awful smells produced?
===8 May 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Henriette Feuerbach]]''' ''(pictured)'' wrote a book for women and promoted the art of her stepson, the painter [[Anselm Feuerbach]]?
* ... that the video game '''''[[Observer (video game)|Observer]]''''' stars [[Rutger Hauer]], who also starred in ''[[Blade Runner]]'', which influenced the game?
* ... that before '''[[Zheng Tuobin]]''' became China's Minister of Foreign Trade, he spent five years performing manual labour?
* ... that the [[Alpine skiing|alpine skier]] [[Corey Peters (alpine skier)|Corey Peters]] won a silver medal for '''[[New Zealand at the 2014 Winter Paralympics]]'''?
* ... that mezzo-soprano '''[[Melinda Paulsen]]''' was the first to record songs by [[Nadia Boulanger]] and [[Ethel Smyth]]?
* ... that during the construction of New York City's '''[[Interstate 678|Van Wyck Expressway]]''', a four-story apartment building was placed on metal rollers and relocated away from the expressway's path?
* ... that '''[[Kavinder Gupta]]''' was elected mayor of [[Jammu]] for a record three consecutive terms?
* ... that '''[[George Speake]]''' sees an "eyeless, open-jawed serpent" on the [[Staffordshire helmet]]?
*'''''00:00, 8 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the only place in the world where the '''[[Andaman masked owl]]''' ''(pictured)'' is found is [[Andaman Islands|an archipelago]] in the Indian Ocean?
* ... that a citizens' group opposing [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]'s '''[[Let's Move Nashville|transit referendum]]''' submitted an [[op-ed]] to ''[[The Tennessean]]'' under a fake name?
* ... that the Russian Orthodox Church's [[Chinese Orthodox Church|mission in China]] '''[[Chinese characters for transcribing Slavonic|created their own Chinese characters]]''' for translating liturgical texts?
* ... that [[2017–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan Wolverines]] point guard '''[[Zavier Simpson]]''' had his two highest-scoring games as a sophomore against [[2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings|top-five ranked]] opponents?
* ... that a newly discovered [[plankton]] species, '''''[[Syracosphaera azureaplaneta]]''''', has been named in honour of the BBC TV documentary series ''[[The Blue Planet]]'', and its presenter, [[David Attenborough|Sir David Attenborough]]?
* ... that according to legend, the dragon '''[[Graoully]]''', which terrorized the citizens of [[Metz]], was vanquished by [[Clement of Metz|Saint Clement]]?
* ... that [[Erjon Tola]] was the only athlete sent by [[Albania]] to the '''[[Albania at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]]''' and [[Albania at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Winter Olympics]]?
* ... that '''[[Louise Antonini]]''' disguised herself as a man to serve in the French Navy and [[Napoleon]]'s army for a total of 25 years?
===7 May 2018===
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* ... that prior to their naval service, '''[[SS Otsego|USS ''Otsego'']]''' ''(pictured in later army service)'' escaped destruction in an earthquake, and '''[[SS Bulgaria (1898)|USS ''Philippines'']]''' survived three weeks of storms at sea without a rudder?
* ... that '''[[Li Zhengyou]]''', vice-governor of [[Yunnan]] province, was also a pioneer in the research of high-altitude [[hybrid rice]]?
* ... that California's '''[[California Senate Bill 827|Senate Bill 827]]''' would have affected 96 percent of land in [[San Francisco]]?
* ... that at the age of 79 years and 9 months, '''[[Robert Pitcairn (athlete)|Robert Pitcairn]]''' became the oldest athlete to debut in a [[Commonwealth Games]] event?
* ... that the endangered [[New Zealand]] shrub '''''[[Muehlenbeckia astonii]]''''' is also known as zig zag plant and wiggy-wig bush?
* ... that '''[[Gaboimilla]]''', a mythical Chilean queen, is said to have allowed men into her kingdom only for procreation?
* ... that the British [[Jazz-funk|jazz-funk]] band '''[[Jamiroquai]]''' gave a performance on an aircraft travelling at 1017 km/h (632 mph), setting the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]] for "fastest concert"?
* ... that '''[[Poulsbo Bread]]''' was inspired by a recipe described in the [[Book of Ezekiel]]?
*'''''00:00, 7 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Wilhelm Holmqvist]]''' discovered a 6th-century [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]] statuette ''(pictured)'' from [[North India]] on the Swedish island of [[Helgö]]?
* ... that [[Tunbridge Wells RFC]] brought 9,000 fans to the '''[[RFU Intermediate Cup]]''' final at [[Twickenham Stadium]] in 2016, establishing a new attendance record for the competition?<!--Special occasion hook for May 6-->
* ... that '''[[Yang Gui]]''' was the chief designer of the [[Red Flag Canal]], considered by Premier [[Zhou Enlai]] as one of the two "miracles" of the People's Republic of China?
* ... that the '''[[Ventura Pier]]''' was the longest wooden pier in California until a storm sheared off approximately {{convert|420|ft}} in 1995?
* ... that an '''[[interrupted aortic arch]]''' is rapidly lethal, but can be fixed by surgery?
* ... that [[vaudeville]] star '''[[Don the Talking Dog]]''' once helped rescue a drowning man?
* ... that a reviewer of '''''[[The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (film)|The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous]]''''' saw the title character Lysander Hawkley as "the man who put the giggle in [[gigolo]]"?
* ... that '''[[Charlotte Serber]]''' worked at the secret [[Project Y]] during World War II, but after the war could not get a security clearance to work as a librarian at Berkeley?
===6 May 2018===
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* ... that '''[[bisexual lighting]]''' ''(colours pictured)'' has been criticized for contributing to the perpetuation of [[bisexuality|bisexual]] stereotypes?
* ... that in the only church dedicated to '''[[Wendreda|Saint Wendreda]]''', the roof is decorated with 118 oaken angels?
* ... that U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] has proposed to revoke government funding using the '''[[Rescission bill|rescission process]]''', which was successfully used 461 times prior to 2000 but has never been attempted since?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Joe Mayo]]''' "never really thought about" turning professional, and was training as an accountant when offered his first professional contract?
* ... that during its development, the predatory plant bug '''''[[Deraeocoris brevis]]''''' can consume up to 400 eggs and nymphs of the [[Psylla pyri|pear psylla]]?
* ... that [[Pulitzer Prize for Criticism|Pulitzer Prize]]-nominated film critic '''[[Ann Hornaday]]''' was once an assistant to [[Gloria Steinem]]?
* ... that some '''[[Stilt (ceramics)|stilts]]''' have been designed to be used within [[saggar]]s?
* ... that for £5, [[Amiga]] users who registered '''''[[Llamatron]]''''' would receive a poster, a newsletter, and another game from the company?
*'''''00:00, 6 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that before '''[[Arlington's Great Meadows]]''' ''(pictured)'' was drained in 1902, it was a popular site for recreational boating?
* ... that actor '''[[Kelly Lai Chen]]''' married and divorced the "[[Angela Mao|female Bruce Lee]]"?
* ... that the '''[[pygmy eagle]]''' of New Guinea is the world{{'}}s smallest-known species of eagle?
* ... that by the time of his death, '''[[Owen Harding Wangensteen]]'''{{`s}} invention of Wangensteen suction was estimated to have saved a million lives?
* ... that when completed in 1968, the '''[[Tower of History]]''' was the tallest [[observation tower]] in the [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan]]?
* ... that the audience of the play '''''[[Quiz (play)|Quiz]]''''' act as the jury for a fictionalised version of the ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'' "Coughing Major" scandal?
* ... that '''[[Knut Stjerna]]''' used archaeology to analyse the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] poem ''[[Beowulf]]''?
* ... that there is no strangler in the 1972 film '''''[[Night of the Strangler]]'''''?
===5 May 2018===
*'''''12:00, 5 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[riot shield]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' may actually encourage protesters to throw things at police?
* ... that the US [[Air Force Association]]'s highest award for nursing is named in honor of '''[[Juanita Redmond Hipps]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Trivières]]''' contains the most important [[Merovingian dynasty|Merovingian]] necropolis in Belgium?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Wayne Entwistle]]''' played for more [[FA Cup]]-winning clubs than any other player?
* ... that the ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' episode "'''[[The Haunting of Amphipolis]]'''" was changed at the behest of the writers from focusing on a murdered man and his daughter to featuring the demon [[Mephistopheles]]?
* ... that '''[[Li Keran]]'''{{`s}} painting ''Landscape in Red'', which sold for 80 [[Yuan (currency)|yuan]] in the 1970s, fetched 184,000,000 yuan at auction four decades later?
* ... that the '''[[Uspallata chinchilla rat]]''' feeds on the leaves of the [[Larrea tridentata|creosote bush]], despite the toxicity of its foliage?
* ... that '''[[Gavin Robinson (model agent)|Gavin Robinson]]'''{{`s}} 1960s fashion shows were described as zippy, nippy, and hippy?
*'''''00:00, 5 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the German painter [[Caspar David Friedrich]]'s '''''[[Cross in the Mountains]]''''' ''(pictured)'' constituted "a revolution in [[landscape painting]]"?
* ... that during the filming of ''[[Atlanta (TV series)|Atlanta]]''{{`s}} "'''[[Teddy Perkins]]'''", [[Donald Glover]] was referred to by the crew as "Teddy" and "there was no Donald on set whatsoever"?
* ... that after [[Canadian football]] player '''[[Earl Valiquette]]''' signed with the [[Edmonton Eskimos]], [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats|his former team]] threatened legal action to keep him from leaving?
* ... that the [[copepod]] '''''[[Temora longicornis]]''''' makes daily vertical migrations, spending the day near the seabed and the night near the surface?
* ... that after a decade-long opera and concert career, '''[[George Bentham (singer)|George Bentham]]''' originated the leading role of Alexis in ''[[The Sorcerer]]'' by [[Gilbert and Sullivan]], which proved to be his last performing engagement?
* ... that in 2016, [[Oregon]]’s legislative '''[[Oregon Emergency Board|Emergency Board]]''' provided $2 million to reimburse state and local agencies for costs resulting from the armed [[occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge]]?
* ... that '''[[radiologically isolated syndrome]]''' is a condition that may develop into [[multiple sclerosis]], even in children?
* ... that in 1896, '''[[Queen Mamea]]''' offered her South Pacific island nation to the [[United States]]?
===4 May 2018===
*'''''12:00, 4 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Ralph Abernathy]]''' ''(pictured)'', mentor and friend of [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], led a demonstration protesting the use of federal funds for the [[Apollo 11]] project when many Americans lived in poverty?
* ... that the '''[[black-winged flycatcher-shrike]]''' camouflages its nest with pieces of bark?
* ... that in 1956–57, [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Ray Straw]]''' equalled [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]'s club record for most league goals in a single season?
* ... that it is possible to simultaneously measure which genes are turned on in an organism using '''[[transcriptomics technologies]]'''?
* ... that Medal of Honor recipient '''[[Charles P. Mattocks|Charles Mattocks]]''' was born in [[Danville, Vermont]], and imprisoned in [[Danville, Virginia]], as a [[Prisoner of war|POW]] during the American Civil War?
* ... that the [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] cross basilica '''[[St. Georg, Aplerbeck|St. Georg in Aplerbeck]]''' from the 12th century fell into such disrepair that its street was named Ruinenstraße?
* ... that '''[[Yurika (musician)|Yurika]]''' was inspired to become a singer for [[anime]] after hearing the song "[[Genesis of Aquarion (song)|Genesis of Aquarion]]" by [[Akino (singer)|Akino]] in a television commercial?
* ... that a year after the character of '''[[Mason Morgan]]''' was introduced on ''[[Home and Away]]'', his curly hair disappeared due to actor [[Orpheus Pledger]]'s new hairstyle?
*'''''00:00, 4 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[St. Catherine's Church, Frankfurt|Katharinenkirche]]''' ''(pictured)'' at [[Hauptwache (Frankfurt am Main)|Frankfurt's Hauptwache]], destroyed in World War II, was rebuilt with a Baroque exterior, and new stained-glass windows by [[Charles Crodel]]?
* ... that ballerina '''[[Joan Benesh]]''' married the man who suggested a better way of [[Benesh Movement Notation|notating her dances]]?
* ... that [[horse racing in Thailand|horse racing]] became so popular in [[Thailand]] that in 1949 the government ordered the '''[[Royal Turf Club of Thailand|Royal Turf Club]]''' and the [[Royal Bangkok Sports Club]] to alternate months holding races?
* ... that '''[[Greta Arwidsson]]''', Sweden's first female professor of Scandinavian and Comparative Archaeology, turned to the subject while excavating the [[Valsgärde]] [[Ship burial|boat graves]] in school?
* ... that the Scottish '''[[Triple Qualification]]''' allowed doctors fleeing Nazi oppression to practise medicine in Britain?
* ... that [[ice hockey]] coach '''[[Gregg Pilling]]''' attempted to serve a [[Penalty (ice hockey)|penalty]] himself, instead of putting a player in the [[penalty box]]?
* ... that the diet of the semi-aquatic '''[[Holochilus chacarius|Chaco marsh rat]]''' includes sugar cane, rice and bananas?
* ... that on his election in 2017, '''[[Alexander Curtis]]''' was thought to be the youngest [[mayor]] in [[Europe]] at only 20 years old?
===3 May 2018===
*'''''12:00, 3 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[ursine tree-kangaroo]]''' ''(illustrated)'' is listed by the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature|IUCN]] as "[[Vulnerable species|vulnerable]]" as it is hunted for food and its numbers are decreasing?
* ... that '''[[Oleta Crain]]''', one of only three black women officers in training in the U.S. Army in 1943, was not allowed to sleep in the same barracks or take a shower at the same time as the white women?
* ... that [[Romania at the Olympics|Romania]] won its only Winter Olympics medal at the '''[[List of 1968 Winter Olympics medal winners|1968 Games]]''' in [[Grenoble]], France?
* ... that '''[[Murder of Simon Dale|Simon Dale]]''' lived mainly in the kitchen and one bedroom of his 50-room [[Hopton Heath]] mansion, where he was found bludgeoned to death?
* ... that the first public meeting of the '''[[Catholic Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania]]''' was chaired by [[Hugh Charles Boyle|a bishop]] and drew a crowd of more than 500 people?
* ... that professional cyclist '''[[Marcel Wüst]]''' had to end his [[road bicycle racing]] career after an accident left him blind in one eye?
* ... that before becoming a [[Prehistory|prehistorian]], '''[[Hans-Jürgen Häßler]]''' lived in a [[refugee camp]] and trained as a plumber?
* ... that in [[Sean Penn]]{{'}}s satirical novel '''''[[Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff]]''''', Honey advocates the assassination of the US President, "Mr. Landlord", who resembles [[Donald Trump]]?
*'''''00:00, 3 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[serpent labret with articulated tongue]]''' ''(pictured)'' can stick out its tongue?
* ... that the '''[[Vidame de Chartres|Vidames de Chartres]]''' included a [[Guillaume de Ferrières|song-writing crusader]], a [[François de Vendôme, Vidame de Chartres|glamorous Renaissance courtier]], a [[Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon|writer of famous memoirs]], and [[Jean-Joseph de Laborde|a banker]] who was [[guillotine]]d?
* ... that the Easter hymn "'''[[Das Grab ist leer, der Held erwacht]]'''" (The tomb is empty, the hero awake) from 1777 has been called a hit among church songs?
* ... that after being sentenced to death for resisting the Romanian military intervention, the [[Moldavian Democratic Republic|Moldavian]] officer '''[[Anatolie Popa]]''' was pardoned and offered a position in the Romanian Army?
* ... that U.S. Vice President [[Al Gore]] smashed a glass ashtray on the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' to advocate for '''[[Simplified Acquisition Procedures|simplified government acquisition procedures]]'''?
* ... that as of 2009, the highest location where [[crustacean]]s had been discovered was in the [[crater lake]] of '''[[Paniri]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[Ocean City Life-Saving Station (New Jersey)|Ocean City Life-Saving Station]]''', opened in 1886, was owned by the [[United States Coast Guard]] and its predecessor until 1945, when it was sold to become a private residence?
* ... that '''[[Edward Frank Gillett]]''' competed in the [[1928 Summer Olympics]] the year after he died?
===2 May 2018===
*'''''12:00, 2 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that due to the well-preserved colonial Alsatian architecture ''(pictured)'' in the '''[[Castroville Historic District]]''', [[Castroville, Texas|the city]] is known as the "little [[Alsace]]" of [[Texas]]?
* ... that in 2005, [[Kyrgyz people|Kyrgyz]] politician '''[[Anvar Artykov]]''' was elected as a "people's governor" of [[Osh Region]], only to be detained a day later by the police?
* ... that '''[[Low Country Sound]]''' operates out of historic '''[[RCA Studio A]]''' in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Chris Sander (footballer)|Chris Sander]]''' was the first [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] player to save two penalties during the same match?
* ... that the '''[[Airports Act 1986]]''' created the private company [[Heathrow Airport Holdings|BAA]] from a public aviation authority?
* ... that the [[species description]] for the mite '''''[[Afropolonia|Afropolonia tgifi]]''''' was likely only approved because the journal's editors were unfamiliar with the expression "''TGIF''" ("Thank God It's Friday")?
* ... that '''[[Charles Green (archaeologist)|Charles Green]]''' excavated [[tumulus|burial mounds]] near [[Stonehenge]]?
* ... that [[Bill Gates]] has participated in the '''[[RedditGifts]]''' gift exchange service for five years, with the username "thisisbillgates"?
*'''''00:00, 2 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the duties of '''[[Mollie Lentaigne]]''', a nurse during the Second World War, included drawing the experimental surgery ''(example pictured)'' being performed on members of the [[Guinea Pig Club]]?
* ... that the '''[[Ford Piquette Avenue Plant]]''' in [[Detroit]], Michigan, was the first factory where more than 100 cars were assembled in one day?
* ... that Minister '''[[Dein Mani-Yut|Dein]]''', a loyalist of King [[Binnya U]] of [[Hanthawaddy Kingdom|Hanthawaddy]], escaped execution by King [[Razadarit]] by telling the new king that his only "crime was being a servant of your father, the king"?
* ... that the American superhero film '''''[[Thor: Ragnarok]]''''' features elements from the comic book storyline "[[Planet Hulk]]"?
* ... that '''[[Mary A. Monroe]]''' was the first woman to serve as president of the [[Washington Education Association]]?
* ... that '''[[Both Lives Matter]]''' ran an advertising campaign in 2017 with billboards featuring the headline "100,000 people are alive today because of our laws on abortion. Why change that?"
* ... that [[Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics – Men's banked slalom|Paralympic silver-medal winning]] snowboarder '''[[Patrick Mayrhofer]]''' was the first person in the world to undergo [[elective surgery|elective]] [[amputation]] to get a [[bionics|bionic]] hand [[prosthesis]]?
* ... that '''''[[China (insect)|China]]''''' can also be found outside China?
===1 May 2018===
*'''''12:00, 1 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a luminous discharge could be seen around a person taking an '''[[Electric bath (electrotherapy)|electric bath]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that [[National Book Award]] finalist '''[[Jason Reynolds]]''' was inspired by [[Queen Latifah]] to begin writing poetry when he was nine years old?
* ... that in his '''[[Clarinet Sonata (Ries)|Clarinet Sonata]]''' in [[G minor]], composer [[Ferdinand Ries]] provided the opportunity for improvised [[cadenza]]s?
* ... that an '''[[automobile graveyard]]''' in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States, has become an open-air art gallery?
* ... that the '''[[three-gap theorem]]''' explains both the [[phyllotaxis|spacing of leaves on plant stems]] and the [[Interval (music)|intervals]] between adjacent tones in certain [[musical tuning]] systems?
* ... that '''[[Nicole Girard-Mangin]]''', the first woman doctor to serve in the French army, was initially paid at the same rate as a nurse?
* ... that the video game '''''[[Harlem Globetrotters: World Tour]]''''' does not feature the [[Washington Generals]], even though they have been the [[Harlem Globetrotters|Globetrotters]]{{'}} traditional rival for over 50 years?
* ... that George Smith left money to establish '''[[Fordyce Academy|a school for poor children named Smith]]'''?
*'''''00:00, 1 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Holothuria fuscopunctata|elephant trunkfish]]''' ''(pictured)'' grazes on the seabed and can weigh up to {{convert|4.5|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}?
* ... that '''[[Benjamin Ladraa]]''' embarked on a {{convert|4800|km|mi|adj=on}} trek from Sweden to Jerusalem to raise awareness of rights violations in the [[West Bank]]?
* ... that investigators allege '''[[Alleged Libyan financing in the 2007 French presidential election|Libyan influence in the 2007 French elections]]''' was partly accomplished by laundering money from the sale of paintings by 17th-century Dutch artist [[Andries van Eertvelt]]?
* ... that '''[[Ordinaire (wine bar)|Ordinaire]]''', a [[wine bar]] in [[Oakland, California]], opened while its owner was writing a dissertation on the sense of taste in [[Literary modernism|modernist literature]]?
* ... that '''[[Fatima Zohra Ardjoune]]''' became the first female general in the [[Arab world]] in 2009?
* ... that in the United States, it is estimated that for every dollar spent on '''[[prison education]]''', $4 to $5 is saved due to decreases in [[recidivism]]?
* ... that [[Pope Alexander VIII]], '''[[Papal conclave, 1689|elected in 1689]]''', was the first [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] in over 200 years to become pope?
* ... that '''[[Chris Caple]]''', an [[Conservation-restoration of cultural heritage|artefact conservationist]], began archaeological excavations at the age of 14?
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===31 May 2018===
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* ... that World War II servicewoman '''[[Mary Greyeyes]]''' ''(pictured, left)'' was incorrectly labeled as an "unidentified Indian princess" in a famous [[Canadian Women's Army Corps]] publicity photo?
* ... that the '''[[Trout Creek Hill]]''' volcanic eruption approximately 340,000 years ago, during the [[Pleistocene]], produced a lava flow that extended {{convert|20|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}, temporarily damming the [[Columbia River]]?
* ... that the emirs of [[Liptako]] replaced the '''[[List of rulers of Liptako|kings of Koala]]'''?
* ... that larvae of the '''[[thimble jellyfish]]''' are the most common cause of [[seabather's eruption]] in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico?
* ... that the "masterpiece" '''''[[Kamsuan Samut]]''''' describes a distraught lover's journey into exile to Southern Thailand?
* ... that architect '''[[A. W. Ecclestone|Arthur Ecclestone]]''' designed the [[Never Turn Back]] pub as a memorial to the nine lifeboatmen who died in the [[1901 Caister Lifeboat Disaster|Caister lifeboat disaster]] of 1901?
* ... that after attempts to close New York City's '''[[BMT Franklin Avenue Line|Franklin Avenue subway line]]''' failed for over 20 years, the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|MTA]] finally decided to renovate it in 1998?
* ... that after leading the first slave insurrection in Venezuela's history, '''[[Miguel de Buría]]''' had himself crowned as king?
===30 May 2018===
*'''''00:40, 30 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that 23-year-old African-American '''[[Lynching of Amos Miller|Amos Miller was lynched]]''' in 1888 in [[Franklin, Tennessee]], on the balcony of the [[Williamson County Courthouse (Franklin, Tennessee)|Williamson County Courthouse]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that the '''[[Russian occupations of Beirut]]''' in 1772 and 1773 marked the first period in over 250 years that [[Beirut]] was ruled by a power other than the Ottoman Empire?
*... that during [[apartheid]], music producer '''[[Rashid Vally]]''' owned a record shop that was among the few places in [[Johannesburg]] where people of different racial backgrounds could socialize?
* ... that '''[[Ortwin Gamber]]''', an expert on medieval weapons and armour, is a recipient of the [[Theodor Körner Prize]]?
* ... that the launch of the Costa Rican satellite '''[[Irazú (satellite)|Irazú]]''' was partly funded through a [[Kickstarter]] crowdfunding campaign?
* ... that the German cellist '''[[Julius Berger (cellist)|Julius Berger]]''' recorded all twelve concertos by [[Luigi Boccherini]] on the composer's own [[Antonio Stradivari|Stradivari]] instrument?
* ... that [[Wildfire|forest fires]] are a threat to the '''[[fiery minivet]]'''?
* ... that following his research for '''''[[Epidemiology in Country Practice]]''''', [[William Pickles]] observed that "studies in epidemiology sometimes reveal romances"?
===29 May 2018===
*'''''00:55, 29 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Panguil Bay]]''' ''([[Port of Ozamiz]] pictured)'' in the [[Philippines]] was once described as a "never ending source of Muslim pirates"?
* ... that '''[[White House social aide]]s''' are not permitted to be married?
* ... that the English '''[[Premiership Rugby Cup]]''' was created after the Welsh regions left the [[Anglo-Welsh Cup]]?
* ... that after being rejected by 24 publishers, '''[[Robert Schneider (writer)|Robert Schneider]]'''{{`s}} first novel, ''[[Schlafes Bruder]]'', became an international bestseller and spawned [[Brother of Sleep|a film]], a ballet, an opera, and several plays?
* ... that early Japanese [[Mormons]] lost contact with '''[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Japan|their church]]''' for over 20 years after the first mission closed?
* ...that Japanese [[Voice acting in Japan|voice actress]] '''[[Ayane Sakura]]''' practised sword fighting while in acting school?
* ... that '''[[Mount Carmel East]]''' sits on land that was originally used as a farm which provided food for another hospital, [[Mount Carmel West]]?
* ... that '''[[Philip Woodroffe]]''' redressed all [[Surgery|chirurgic]] woes?
===28 May 2018===
*'''''01:10, 28 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that it is possible – though potentially injurious – to '''[[hot water bottle blowing|blow up a hot-water bottle]]''' ''(pictured)'' with your nose?
* ... that '''[[Ivor Allchurch]]''' was known as the "Golden Boy of Welsh football"?
* ... that the possibly blind extinct ant '''''[[Boltonimecia]]''''' has a shield-like head?
* ... that an opera was composed for mezzo-soprano '''[[Birgit Remmert]]''' – ''Iokaste'' by Stefan Heucke – in which the mother and wife of [[Oedipus]] is the only role?
* ... that New York City's '''[[23rd Street (Manhattan)|23rd Street]]''' once contained the city's largest residential complex and the world's largest hotel?
* ... that in 1847, '''[[Émile Küss]]''' and [[Charles-Emmanuel Sédillot]] performed the first recorded [[Biopsy|biopsies]] on tumours?
* ... that '''[[Bruiser (bull)|Bruiser]]''' and [[Bodacious (bull)|Bodacious]] are the only two bulls to win both the [[Professional Bull Riders]] World Champion Bull and the [[Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association]] Bull of the Year titles?
* ... that '''''[[Saint Dominic in Soriano]]''''' was a 1530 painting believed to be of miraculous origin, with numerous miracles being attributed to it?
===27 May 2018===
*'''''01:25, 27 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the English poet and illustrator [[Edward Lear]] is said to have built his new house on the same floorplan as his old home to avoid confusing his cat '''[[Foss (cat)|Foss]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that the '''[[1902 Ibrox disaster]]''' was partly blamed on the crowd surging forward in excitement at seeing [[Bobby Templeton (footballer, born 1880)|Bobby Templeton]] [[Dribbling|dribble]] with the ball?
* ... that '''[[Constantine VIII]]''' was crowned as [[List of Byzantine emperors|co-emperor]] of the [[Byzantine Empire]] in 962 but had to wait 63 years before becoming sole ruler?
* ... that the '''[[Ortiz Shift]]''', designed to counter baseball player [[David Ortiz]], was created on an exercise bike?
* ... that '''[[Teodora Krajewska]]''', one of the [[first female physicians]] in [[Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia-Herzegovina]], rode a pony to visit her patients in remote mountain villages?
* ... that the '''[[Auburn station (Sound Transit)|Auburn train station]]''' also serves as the venue for a seasonal [[farmers' market]]?
* ... that about 1,400 '''[[Ozobranchus branchiatus|leeches]]''' were found to be attached to a [[green sea turtle]] in the Persian Gulf?
* ... that the [[Fatimid Caliphate]] used messages stamped on '''[[kahk]]''', a type of cookie, as propaganda?
===26 May 2018===
*'''''01:40, 26 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Psalm 100|Jubilate]] and [[Te Deum]] from the '''[[Services in B-flat major|Morning, Evening and Communion Service in B-flat]]''' by [[Charles Villiers Stanford]] ''(pictured)'' were first performed [[Trinity College, Cambridge|in Cambridge]] on 25 May 1879?<!--Special occasion hook for May 25-->
* ... that '''[[Félix-Marie Abel]]''', a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] priest and archaeologist, identified several battle sites from the [[Maccabean Revolt]]?
* ... that '''''[[Edge of the Knife]]''''' will be the first feature film in [[Haida language|Haida]], an [[endangered language]]?
* ... that the Turkish-Cypriot [[women's association football|women's football]]er '''[[Zehra Borazancı]]''' has played international [[football tennis]] for [[Northern Cyprus|her country]]?
* ... that '''[[Danzig Street shooting|Toronto's worst mass shooting]]''' was committed by teenagers at a [[block party]]?
* ... that in 2005, the Northern Irish artist '''[[Rita Duffy]]''' made a proposal to tow an [[iceberg]] from Greenland to Belfast?
* ... that [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] wrote "'''[[Old Music and the Slave Women]]'''", set on a fictional planet, after visiting a plantation in [[South Carolina]] that had once used [[Slavery in the United States|slave labor]]?
* ... that [[xenotransplantation|xenotransplant]] pioneer '''[[René Küss]]''' described removing organs from guillotined convicts on the prison floor?
===25 May 2018===
*'''''00:35, 25 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that at {{convert|12|-|14|m}} in length, '''''[[Oxalaia]]''''' ''(artist's impression pictured)'' is the largest-known [[Theropoda|theropod]] dinosaur from Brazil?
* ... that during World War II, Lieutenant General '''[[John C. H. Lee]]''' had his own railroad train?
* ... that the [[Thailand|Thai]] mining town of '''[[Pilok]]''' was so harshly inaccessible that its ore had to be transported by elephant?
* ... that a [[bobblehead]] of '''[[Sister Jean]]''', the chaplain for the [[Loyola Ramblers men's basketball]] team, sold for more than $300 on eBay?
* ... that war in the [[Horn of Africa]] may have contributed to the decline of the '''[[little brown bustard]]'''?
* ... that Puerto Rican actress '''[[Sol Miranda]]''' created a [[Solo performance|one-woman show]] about her immigrant experience in [[Peekskill, New York]]?
* ... that '''[[Peniscola Castle]]''', in the [[Valencian Community]] of Spain, was used as a papal residence by the [[Antipope Benedict XIII]]?
* ... that after '''[[Stephen J. Herben Jr.|a future philologist]]'''{{`s}} '''[[George Foster Herben|older brother]]''' reportedly shot their '''[[Grace Foster Herben|missionary mother]]''', their '''[[Stephen J. Herben|reverend father]]''' said he would not let the facts be known?
===24 May 2018===
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* ... that the UK's '''[[Trident (UK nuclear programme)|Trident nuclear missile submarines]]''' ''(''[[HMS Victorious (S29)|HMS ''Victorious'']] ''pictured)'' use [[Submarine Command System#Submarine Command System Next Generation|a control system]] which the media have nicknamed "Windows for Submarines", because it is based on [[Windows XP]]?
* ... that Japanese [[voice acting in Japan|voice actress]] '''[[Inori Minase]]''', who won the Best Lead Actress Award at the [[10th Seiyu Awards]] in 2015, is releasing her second album today?<!--Special occasion hook for May 23-->
* ... that the [[Assyrian captivity]] of the [[Israelites]] was one instance of '''[[Resettlement policy of the Neo-Assyrian Empire|forced resettlement]]''' carried out by the [[Neo-Assyrian Empire]]?
* ... that '''[[Katharina Magiera]]''', a member of the [[Frankfurt Opera]], has appeared as Lisa, a former SS officer in [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]], in Weinberg's opera ''[[The Passenger (opera)|The Passenger]]''?
* ... that '''[[workplace robotics safety]]''' applies to both traditional [[industrial robot]]s and emerging technologies such as [[Powered exoskeleton|robotic exoskeletons]] and [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|drone aircraft]]?
* ... that the Irish lawyer and satirist '''[[William Norcott (satirist)|William Norcott]]''' ended his life in poverty in [[Constantinople]] where he was reportedly decapitated and his body thrown into the sea?
* ... that the [[Morelia International Film Festival|Morelia]] and [[Guadalajara International Film Festival|Guadalajara]] International Film Festivals were used as a reference for the creation of '''[[FotoFilm Tijuana]]'''?
* ... that in '''''[[Re Bristol South-East Parliamentary Election]]''''', it was held that votes for [[Tony Benn]] were effectively "thrown away" because, as a hereditary peer, he was disqualified from sitting in the House of Commons?
===23 May 2018===
*'''''01:05, 23 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that until '''[[D. H. Turner]]''' organised its loan, the [[Gospels of Tsar Ivan Alexander]] ''(detail pictured)'' had not been in [[Bulgaria]] for half a millennium?
* ... that the proposed '''[[Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act]]''' seeks to protect [[Robert Mueller]] from being arbitrarily fired?
* ... that 20 years after confessing to the '''[[Fallet Kevin|murder of a four-year-old boy]]''', two brothers had all suspicions against them dismissed?
* ... that '''[[Corinne Foxx]]''' changed her surname from Bishop as her father, [[Jamie Foxx]], had done?
* ... that '''''[[The Black Book of Polish Jewry]]''''', published in the United States in 1943 during World War II, downplayed the true scale of the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]?
* ... that '''[[Birgit Arrhenius]]''' revealed that a [[Torslunda plates|Torslunda plate]] helmeted figure, thought to represent [[Odin]], had its eye deliberately struck out, consistent with the associated legend?
* ... that '''[[Lago di Bientina]]''' was the largest lake in [[Tuscany]] until the beginning of a 300-year effort to drain it?
* ... that Irish surgeon '''[[Gustavus Hume]]''' was so fond of prescribing [[Oatmeal|oatmeal porridge]] to his patients that he became known as "Stirabout Gusty"?
===22 May 2018===
*'''''00:40, 22 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Armenian singer-songwriter '''[[Iveta Mukuchyan]]''' ''(pictured)'' was named Best Female Singer of the Year at the 2018 '''[[Swallow Music Awards]]'''?
* ... that '''[[group testing]]''' can be used for DNA sequencing, cryptography, machine learning, and data forensics?
* ... that journalist '''[[Jamil Smith (journalist)|Jamil Smith]]''' wrote ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine's first cover story about a [[List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films|Marvel film]], [[Black Panther (film)|''Black Panther'']]?
* ... that the '''[[2014 Macau Grand Prix]]''' featured [[Tatiana Calderón]], the first woman to compete at the [[Macau Grand Prix|race]] since [[Cathy Muller]] in [[1983 Macau Grand Prix|1983]]?
* ... that [[James I of Aragon]] undertook the '''[[Conquest of Murcia (1265–66)|conquest of Murcia]]''' after a request for assistance from his daughter?
* ... that most '''[[Piscicolidae|fish leeches]]''' cling onto their hosts with suckers but '''''[[Acanthobdella peledina]]''''' uses hooked bristles for this purpose?
* ... that the title '''[[Baron Kilkeel]]''' was given to [[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex|Prince Harry]] as a gift from [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] on his wedding day?
* ... that the U.S. Army's '''[[116th Infantry Regiment (United States)|116th Infantry Regiment]]''' received [[Battle honour|battle honors]] for fighting against the United States?
===21 May 2018===
*'''''00:55, 21 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Julian D. Richards]]''' is investigating the camp at [[Torksey]] of the [[Great Heathen Army|Great Viking Army]] ''(Viking invaders pictured)''?
* ... that the flatworm '''''[[Polystoma integerrimum]]''''', a frog parasite, has a [[Biological life cycle|life cycle]] which synchronises with that of its host?
* ... that [[Union Army]] general '''[[Justus McKinstry]]''', who recommended the appointment of [[Ulysses S. Grant]] to his first important command, was soon thereafter [[Cashiering|cashiered]]?
* ... that in addition to being the oldest racecourse and second-oldest golf course in Thailand, the '''[[Royal Bangkok Sports Club]]''' also served as its first airfield?
* ... that a coroner's inquest into the '''[[death of Ms Dhu]]''' found that she suffered "unprofessional and inhumane" treatment by police and "deficient" treatment by hospital staff?
* ... that after playing sparingly for [[Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball|Illinois State]], '''[[Zeke Upshaw]]''' used a graduate transfer exception to continue his [[college basketball]] career with [[Hofstra Pride men's basketball|Hofstra]] and lead the [[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]] in scoring?
* ... that a 2009 recording of [[Louis Vierne]]'s '''''[[Messe solennelle (Vierne)|Messe solennelle]]''''' for choir and two organs at [[Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris|Saint-Sulpice]], where it was first performed in 1901, was called "musical and spiritual time-travel"?
* ... that an '''[[Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break|accidental release]]''' of farmed [[Atlantic salmon]] in Washington state was initially blamed on unusually strong tides during a [[Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017|solar eclipse]]?
===20 May 2018===
*'''''01:10, 20 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that contrary to popular belief, the use of '''[[triangular corner flags in English football]]''' ''(pictured)'' is not a right reserved only for [[FA Cup]] winners?<!--Special occasion FA cup hook for 19 May-->
* ... that Canadian naturalist '''[[R. D. Lawrence]]''' followed a [[cougar]] in the wild for nine months, and spent six months observing a [[North American beaver|beaver]] colony?
* ... that Manchester United are looking to match Arsenal's FA Cup winner's record in today's '''[[2018 FA Cup Final]]''' against Chelsea?<!--Special occasion FA cup hook for 19 May-->
* ... that the '''[[Hinners Organ Company]]''' pioneered production and pricing methods for [[pipe organ]]s similar to those applied by [[Henry Ford]] to the automobile?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Albert Shepherd]]''' was the first player to score a penalty in an FA Cup final?<!--Special occasion FA cup hook for 19 May-->
* ... that the '''[[Frederick W. Winters House]]''' is the only nationally designated historic property in [[Bellevue, Washington]]?
* ... that "'''[[Christ fuhr gen Himmel]]'''" (Christ rose to Heaven) is based on a medieval [[Leise]] and is sung by both Catholics and Protestants?<!--Special occasion FA cup hook for 19 May-->
* ... that the '''[[University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law|least expensive law school in Texas]]''' bought the [[Dallas Municipal Building]] for $1?
===19 May 2018===
*'''''01:25, 19 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Anne Beaumanoir]]''' ''(pictured)'' and her parents were recognised as [[Righteous Among the Nations]] for saving two Jewish children in France during the Second World War?
* ... that compulsive showering in hot water is a common symptom of '''[[cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome]]''' in [[cannabis]] users?
* ... that '''[[Ralph Smith O’bré]]''' invented a double [[tracheostomy tube]] that was popular among surgeons in [[Georgian era]] Dublin?
* ... that it took two campaigns to raise the funds for '''''[[Beats of Rage (film)|Beats of Rage]]''''', the sequel to ''[[The FP]]''?
* ... that '''[[Oleg Vinogradov]]''' was the first Soviet ballet master to invite Western choreographers like [[Maurice Béjart]] to stage works for the [[Kirov Ballet]]?
* ... that the '''[[Sunday Observance Act 1695]]''' banned the playing of sports on Sunday in Ireland, and parts of the act are still in force in Northern Ireland?
* ... that [[Microsoft]] published '''''[[Close Combat (video game)|Close Combat]]''''' to kickstart its wider push into the [[strategy video game]] industry?
* ... that the Welsh [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[John Toshack]]''' authored a book of poems entitled ''Gosh, it's Tosh''?
===18 May 2018===
*'''''01:40, 18 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Balluta Buildings]]''' ''(detail pictured)'', one of the finest [[Art Nouveau]] buildings in [[Malta]], was built on the grounds of '''[[Villa St Ignatius]]''', one of the island{{'}}s earliest [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] buildings?
* ... that a 19-year-old female student, '''[[Wu Shuqing]]''', formed, trained, and capably led her own women's militia in the [[Xinhai Revolution]] of 1911?
* ... that '''[[Jefferson Street]]''', the historic center of the African-American community in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], declined after the construction of [[Interstate 40]] in the aftermath of the [[Nashville sit-ins]]?
* ... that [[Para-alpine skiing|para-alpine skier]] '''[[Hilmi Esat Bayındırlı|H. E. Bayındırlı]]''' twice took part in the [[Winter Paralympic Games]], representing the [[United States at the 2006 Winter Paralympics|United States in 2006]] and [[Turkey at the 2014 Winter Paralympics|Turkey in 2014]]?
* ... that the wreck of a merchant ship thought to be '''''[[West Ridge (ship)|West Ridge]]''''' was found while searching for [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370]]?
* ... that metal cones, designed to protect the tops of wooden posts, inspired the creation of a new musical instrument called the '''[[Aluphone]]'''?
* ... that in 1953, U.S. Navy pharmacist '''[[Katherine Keating]]''' was an official witness for a [[Prisoner exchange|prisoner of war exchange]] aboard the hospital ship [[USS Haven (AH-12)|USS ''Haven'']]?
* ... that the title character of '''''[[The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend|The Adventures of Beekle]]''''' was named after the way the author [[Dan Santat]]'s son would say "bicycle"?
===17 May 2018===
*'''''00:00, 17 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that "legendary" Chinese actress '''[[Wang Danfeng]]''' ''(pictured)'' was invited to attend the inauguration of U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]]?
* ... that while the freighter '''[[SS Lakeland|''Lakeland'']]''' was sinking on [[Lake Michigan]], her captain allegedly refused a tow?
* ... that the '''[[Single African Air Transport Market]]''', which was launched in 2018, was almost 30 years in the making?
* ... that German World War II general '''[[Erich Hoepner]]''' was a member of the [[German resistance to Nazism|military resistance to Adolf Hitler]], but was also implicated in [[crimes of the Wehrmacht]]?
* ... that despite being born in [[Indiana]], [[Brad Kiltz]] represented '''[[American Samoa at the 1994 Winter Olympics]]'''?
* ... that archaeologist '''[[Hans-Åke Nordström]]''' excavated sites in [[Nubia]] before they were submerged by the creation of the [[Aswan Dam]]?
* ... that "'''[[This Is America (Childish Gambino song)|This Is America]]'''" by [[Donald Glover|Childish Gambino]] addresses the themes of [[African-American culture|being black in America]] and [[gun violence in the United States]]?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Ian Feuer]]''' played a [[Predator (fictional species)|Predator]] in the 2007 film ''[[Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem]]''? <!--since there's a footballer hook in the previous prep, feel free to move this to the quirky slot in the next prep if desired-->
===16 May 2018===
*'''''00:00, 16 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Enlightenment (spiritual)|enlightened]] individuals can supposedly see a temple at the bottom of the '''[[Membartsho|Burning Lake]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Bhutan]]?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Irvine Thornley]]'''{{`s}} [[Benefit (sports)|benefit match]] raised £1036, a record at the time?
* ... that [[Jack White]] left his song "'''[[Over and Over and Over]]'''" unrecorded for 13 years until his 2018 album ''[[Boarding House Reach]]''?
* ... that though found from Portugal to Angola, the conservation status of the '''[[Dagetichthys lusitanica|Portuguese sole]]''' is [[Data deficient|unknown]]?
* ... that as a child, '''[[Nagi Yanagi]]''' became interested in music after playing with an [[electronic keyboard]] her neighbor originally intended to throw away?
* ... that no one was ever convicted of the '''[[Lynching of Samuel Smith|1924 lynching]]''' of 15-year-old African-American Samuel Smith in [[Nolensville, Tennessee]]?
* ... that when [[Visual impairment|blindness]] forced '''[[Oscar Almgren]]''' to retire as professor of Scandinavian and Comparative Archaeology at [[Uppsala University]], a role filled by '''[[Sune Lindqvist]]''' and '''[[Mårten Stenberger]]''' in turn, his young son '''[[Bertil Almgren]]''' read academic papers to him, and decades later took the post himself?
* ... that '''[[Mrs. David Wright's Guard]]''' was formed by female patriots in the [[American Revolutionary War]] to guard a crossing on the [[Nashua River]]?
===15 May 2018===
*'''''00:00, 15 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that members of the '''[[Krom Klone]]''' ''(pictured)'', the all-female bodyguard of the [[King of Siam]], had to take a [[vow of chastity]], though an exception was made for marrying the king?
* ... that '''[[Jimmy 'Five Bellies' Gardner]]''' has been described as "the only person in Britain famous for being a footballer's mate"?
* ... that the '''[[2018–19 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team]]''' features an incoming class with two players who finished in the top three in voting for the 2018 [[Mr. Basketball of Michigan]] award?
* ... that '''[[Longqing Gorge]]''' is a scenic area in [[Beijing]] created after the flooding of the canyon by the construction of a nearby dam?
* ... that after police told '''[[Disappearance of Brandon Swanson|Brandon Swanson]]'''{{'}}s mother he had "a right to be missing" ten years ago today, she successfully lobbied for a state law requiring that such investigations start promptly?
* ... that both the '''[[Morrison–Grady Plan]]''' and the '''[[Bevin Plan]]''' presented at the '''[[London Conference of 1946–47|1946–47 London Conference on Palestine]]''' were rejected by all parties?
* ... that '''[[Bernardo De Pace]]''', an Italian immigrant, started his own opera company and eventually performed at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York?
* ... that the [[music video]] for [[Basement Jaxx]]'s "'''[[U Don't Know Me (Basement Jaxx song)|U Don't Know Me]]'''" shows a [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] look-alike [[groping]] a [[Lap dance|lapdancer]]?
===14 May 2018===
*'''''12:00, 14 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[distributed element circuit]]s''' include butterflies ''(pictured)''?
* ... that while posted to London during the First World War, journalist '''[[Beatrice Nasmyth]]''' had her brother smuggle her articles back to Canada to avoid [[censorship]]?
* ... that the title of '''''[[Schlafes Bruder]]''''' (Brother of Sleep), a 1992 novel set in a mountain village in [[Vorarlberg]], refers to Bach's setting of "[[Komm, o Tod, du Schlafes Bruder]]"?
* ... that the last [[railroad]] in [[Ohio]] to be powered by [[third rail]] delivered coal to the '''[[Picway Power Plant]]'''?
* ... that the partial [[eye-ring]] of the male '''[[green iora]]''' looks like a pair of bright yellow eyelids?
* ... that when the '''[[Opémiska Community Hall fire]]''' broke out, people inside did not immediately evacuate because they thought the fire was part of a performance?
* ... that '''[[Harrison Report|an American report]]''' on the [[Displaced persons camps in post-World War II Europe|refugee camps in post-World War II Europe]] led to an [[Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry|inquiry regarding Palestine]]?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Gary Gill]]''' suffered a broken leg during a match in 1989 but carried on playing after being given the [[magic sponge]]?
*'''''00:00, 14 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the British submariner '''[[Hugh Mackenzie (Royal Navy officer)|Hugh Mackenzie]]''' ''(pictured)'' was credited with sinking over 40,000 [[Gross register tonnage|gross register tons]] of enemy shipping, including Mussolini's yacht ''[[Italian aviso Diana|Diana]]''?
* ... that an '''[[unconscious bias training]]''' program has been created to help people unlearn bias while sleeping?
* ... that '''[[Ye Jizhuang]]''', China's first Minister of Trade, was among the first four officers to be awarded a general's rank by the Communist Party?
* ... that an underground temple of [[Mithraism]] was discovered inside '''[[Zerzevan Castle]]''' during archaeological excavations?
* ... that a fellow writer said that satire was the oxygen in '''[[Sushil Siddharth]]'''{{`s}} life?
* ... that a goal of '''[[Unix System Laboratories]]''' was the creation of their namesake product "for the masses"?
* ... that the Welsh [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Nathan Wigg]]''' retired from playing after a scan of his knee was described as looking like it could have "been in a car crash"?
* ... that the '''[[Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion]]''', formed by the Soviet Union in the Second World War, was named after a Polish woman who fought against Russia?
===13 May 2018===
*'''''12:15, 13 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Copella arnoldi|splash tetra]]''' ''(pictured)'' lays its eggs on a leaf above the surface of the water?
* ... that '''[[Lin Haiyun]]''' was attacked by [[Red Guards]] who called his ministry the "black headquarters" of [[Revisionism (Marxism)|revisionism]]?
* ... that users of '''''[[Mary-Kate and Ashley: Pocket Planner]]''''' can send "G-mail" through the Game Boy Color's infrared port?
* ... that '''[[Donald Seldin]]''' transformed the [[University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center]] from a dilapidated barracks into a world-class medical center with five [[Nobel laureates]]?
* ... that the '''[[60th Ariel Awards]]''' includes three female filmmakers nominated for the [[Ariel Award for Best Director|Best Director]] award?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Ken Hodgkisson]]''' was the first player ever to be used as a [[Substitute (association football)|substitute]] by [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]]?
* ... that a [[pumping station]] on the '''[[River Jordan, Dorset|River Jordan]]''' used a section of the damaged funnel from the [[SS Great Eastern|SS ''Great Eastern'']] as a water filter?
*'''''00:30, 13 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Erica Schwartz]]''' ''(pictured)'' provided health protection guidance for the US military's response to [[Hurricane Katrina]], the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]], and the [[West African Ebola virus epidemic|West Africa Ebola outbreak]]?
* ... that the two competitors for '''[[Cyprus at the 2010 Winter Olympics]]''' are siblings?
* ... that '''[[Lynching of Ephraim Grizzard|Ephraim Grizzard was lynched]]''' in front of a mob of 10,000 in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], on April 30, 1892?
* ... that while one reviewer could not get past the second level of '''''[[Army Men: Operation Green]]''''', another felt the game would only take a few hours to beat?
* ... that Indian politician '''[[Anil Sarkar]]''' led efforts to provide relief and shelter for hundreds of thousands of refugees from the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]?
* ... that '''''[[Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat]]''''' won the [[Caldecott Medal]] for its illustrations done in the style of [[Jean-Michel Basquiat|Basquiat]]?
* ... that '''[[Spring is Coming]]''' was the first South Korean musical performance in the North in over a decade, and was attended by North Korean leader [[Kim Jong-un]]?
* ... that, using data collected from the [[Dark Energy Survey]], a team of researchers led by '''[[David Gerdes]]''' discovered a new [[dwarf planet]] nicknamed ''[[2014 UZ224|DeeDee]]''?
=== 12 May 2018 ===
*'''''12:46, 12 May 2018'''''
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* ... that a power failure resulted in the destruction of the [[Juno II]] launch vehicle ''(pictured)'' carrying the '''''[[S-1 (satellite)|Explorer S-1]]''''' satellite, five seconds after its launch?
* ... that [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] writer '''[[Mafat Oza]]''' published his own [[elegy]] in his poetry collection ''Ashubh''?
* ... that New York City's '''[[Jacob Riis Park]]''' contained the world's largest paved parking lot when it was constructed?
* ... that [[Clara Schumann]] noted in her diary in 1853 that her husband was very happy about completing his '''{{lang|de|[[Märchenerzählungen (Schumann)|Märchenerzählungen]]}}''', fairy-tale music for piano, clarinet, and viola?
* ... that '''[[Fredrik Önnevall]]''', who speaks fluent Chinese, was [[Sveriges Television]]'s first correspondent in [[Beijing]] and provided commentary for the opening ceremony of the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]?
* ... that there are multiple ways to '''[[Antipsychotic switching|switch antipsychotics]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Leslie Webster (art historian)|Leslie Webster]]''' spent her entire career at the [[British Museum]]?
* ... that according to legend, '''[[Jessie Hickman|The Lady Bushranger]]''' "escaped from custody while in a locked toilet aboard a moving train"?
*'''''01:06, 12 May 2018'''''
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* ... that '''[[aphid]]s''' ''(pictured)'' are sometimes farmed by ants?
* ... that the pianist '''[[Margarita Höhenrieder]]''' has premiered works dedicated to her by [[Harald Genzmer]], including a concerto for piano, trumpet, and strings?
* ... that the [[Goat Canyon Trestle|world's largest curved all-wood trestle]] was built over '''[[Goat Canyon (Carrizo Gorge)|Goat Canyon]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Ahmed Jahouh]]''' is the first Moroccan [[Association football|footballer]] to play in India?
* ... that in the novel '''''[[New England White]]''''', [[Stephen L. Carter]] writes about the murders of a black professor and a schoolgirl set in a town described as "the heart of whiteness"?
* ... that '''[[Herbert Edward Holmes à Court|Herbert Holmes à Court]]'''{{'s}} commands included the gunnery training ship [[HMS Revenge (1892)|HMS ''Revenge'']]?
* ... that until '''[[Netherlands at the 2014 Winter Paralympics|the Netherlands competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics]]''', all of the country's [[Winter Paralympics]] medals had been won by one woman, [[Marjorie van de Bunt]]?
* ... that '''[[Gordana Garašić|Croatia's first female general]]''' joined the army by mistake?
===11 May 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[Smith–Ninth Streets (IND Culver Line)|Smith–Ninth Streets]]''' station ''(pictured)'' in New York City is the world's highest subway station?
* ... that Lt. Gen. '''[[Wang Bingzhang (general)|Wang Bingzhang]]''', head of China's [[ballistic missile]] and satellite programs, was imprisoned for ten years without being convicted of a crime?
* ... that the [[Motor Neurone Disease Association]] criticised the two-part ''[[Holby City]]'' episode "'''[[Group Animal]]'''" for misleading viewers about a cure for [[motor neuron disease]]?
* ... that '''[[Henry Boynton Clitz]]''', Commandant of Cadets at [[United States Military Academy|West Point]] from 1862 to 1864, disappeared in 1888?
* ... that the '''[[Global Buddhist Network]]''' used to be a Thai television station featuring Buddhist content, but was shut down by the [[National Council for Peace and Order|Thai military junta]]?
* ... that '''[[Wendy Watson Nelson]]''' taught nursing students that "the family's ability to change depends upon their ability to alter their perception of the problem"?
* ... that 40 or more fish leeches of the species '''''[[Hemibdella soleae]]''''' may be found attached to one [[common sole]]?
* ... that the US [[National Gallery of Art]] has a picture of '''[[Trump (dog)|Trump]]''' urinating on the work of a [[satire|satirist]]?
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* ... that the '''''[[Holocaust Wall Hangings]]''''' ''(example pictured)'' are a series of fabric banners created between 1988 and 2002 illustrating the plight of the Jewish people and other minorities during the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]?
* ... that [[Oscar Wilde]], [[Robert Falcon Scott]], [[David Bowie]], and [[Bob Marley]] all lived in '''[[Oakley Street, Chelsea|the same street]]'''?
* ... that '''[[James T. Sutherland]]''', known as the "Father of Hockey", founded the [[Memorial Cup]] after serving overseas in World War I?
* ... that the '''[[Bradenton Riverwalk]]''' area was originally nicknamed "The Sand Pile"?
* ... that German stage director '''[[Tobias Kratzer]]''' nominated two versions of Verdi's ''[[Rigoletto]]'' for an international competition, pretending to be an American woman in the first instance, and a Bulgarian in the second?
* ... that the '''[[State communications in the Neo-Assyrian Empire|state communication system]]''' developed in the [[Neo-Assyrian Empire]] enabled communication speed unsurpassed in the Middle East until the advent of [[telegraphy]]?
* ... that, appalled by the terrible living standards in his hometown, '''[[Wu Nansheng]]''' became a strong proponent of economic reform in China?
* ... that the upper floors of '''[[The Emerald (building)|a new high-rise building]]''' in [[Seattle]] will cantilever over an adjacent building?
===10 May 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Frederick Gilbreath]]''' ''(pictured)'' commanded the [[7th Cavalry Regiment|7th Cavalry]]?
* ... that [[Marvel Comics]] published '''''[[Venomverse]]''''' to relaunch the original [[Venom (Marvel Comics character)|Venom]] character?
* ... that the Portuguese international footballers '''[[Matilde Fidalgo]]''' and [[Bernardo Silva]] are cousins?
* ... that one popular expression of '''[[Buddhist devotion]]''' is to go on [[Buddhist pilgrimage|pilgrimage]] to [[Bodh Gaya|Bodh Gayā]] in India?
* ... that around the Dutch village of '''[[Aartswoud]]''', the former [[polder]] landscape and its seasonal water levels are being restored?
* ... that the ambassador '''[[Ayşe Sinirlioğlu]]''' was Turkey's [[Sherpa (emissary)|sherpa]] to the [[G20]]?
* ... that the ''[[Home and Away]]'' spin-off '''''[[Home and Away: All or Nothing|All or Nothing]]''''' was called "the bloodiest episode ever seen of the hit Aussie soapie"?
* ... that fashion model '''[[Nikki Sievwright]]''' captured a wanted man by searching a woman's [[knickers]]?
*'''''00:00, 10 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the ancient '''[[Persian column]]s''' of the [[Achaemenid Empire]] ''(example at [[Persepolis]] pictured)'' were revived by 19th-century [[Parsi]]s in India, and in Iran in the 20th century?
* ... that [[vaudeville|vaudevillian]] and theatre manager '''[[Loney Haskell]]''' eulogized [[Harry Houdini]]?
* ... that the Protestant municipal '''[[Luisenkirche, Charlottenburg|Luisenkirche in Charlottenburg]]''' was named after Queen [[Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Luise of Prussia]] around 100 years after [[Frederick I of Prussia]] financed it?
* ... that President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] was the first person to officially pass through the '''[[Queens–Midtown Tunnel]]'''?
* ... that both adults and [[nymph (biology)|nymphs]] of the bug '''''[[Anthocoris nemoralis]]''''' suck the body fluids from the insects and mites on which they feed?
* ... that '''[[Brazil at the 2014 Winter Paralympics|Brazil]]''', '''[[Turkey at the 2014 Winter Paralympics|Turkey]]''', and '''[[Uzbekistan at the 2014 Winter Paralympics|Uzbekistan]]''' all made their [[Winter Paralympics]] debuts at the [[2014 Winter Paralympics|2014 Sochi Games]]?
* ... that '''[[Bai Xiangguo]]''', China's Minister of Foreign Trade, was dismissed because he "failed to withstand the poisonous snake that took the form of a beautiful woman"?
* ... that '''''[[The Elvis Dead]]''''', a retelling of ''[[Evil Dead II]]'' in the style of [[Elvis Presley]], features songs such as "[[Jailhouse Rock (song)|Standing in a State of Shock]]", "[[All Shook Up|I've Been Possessed]]", and "[[Suspicious Minds|Wrapped Up in Vines]]"?
===9 May 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Ruby Boye]]''' ''(pictured)'' was Australia{{'}}s only female [[coastwatcher]]?
* ... that not having been observed by a potential rescue ship, three survivors from the '''''[[Margaret Olwill]]''''' coordinated their shouts to attract the attention of a second ship?
* ... that the '''[[Cacopsylla pyricola|pear sucker]]''' arrived in the eastern United States from Europe in the early 1800s and took about 100 years to travel across the country?
* ... that the [[Turkey women's national football team|Turkish international]] '''[[Dilara Özlem Sucuoğlu]]''' started to play football in Germany at the age of five inspired by her father, a football coach?
* ... that the '''[[Father Serra statues]]''' in [[Ventura, California]], have been vandalized and called "a direct slap in the face" of Native American cultures?
* ... that '''[[Blanche McVeigh]]'''{{`s}} home workshop had a Sturges [[printing press]] so heavy that the floor needed to be shored up to support it?
* ... that ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''{{'}}s '''[[List of Casualty specials|list of special episodes]]''' includes the first webisode for a BBC continuing drama?
* ... that some people from [[Ohio]] '''[[We Don't Give a Damn|don't give a damn for the whole state of Michigan]]'''?
*'''''00:00, 9 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Sumner station]]''' ''(pictured)'' was designed to resemble [[Oast house|hop kiln]]s, referencing the city's historical agriculture industry?
* ... that English [[paediatrician]] '''[[Alfred White Franklin]]''' was one of the first to recognise that [[child abuse]] was much more common in the United Kingdom than the public realised?
* ... that in '''''[[Sessions v. Dimaya]]''''', Trump-appointed U.S. Supreme Court Justice [[Neil Gorsuch]] joined a 5–4 vote against the [[Presidency of Donald Trump|Trump Administration]]?
* ... that '''[[Mabel St Clair Stobart]]''' became the first woman to be promoted to the rank of [[major]] in any national army?
* ... that upon release, '''''[[SpellForce 3]]''''' was so [[software bug|buggy]] that the developer had to release 21 [[patch (computing)|patches]] in 14 days?
* ... that before becoming a food historian, [[James Beard Award]]-winner '''[[Adrian Miller]]''' was a White House adviser in the [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|Clinton administration]]?
* ... that '''''[[Leucospermum cuneiforme]]''''' is known as ''luisiesbos'' ("lice bush") in [[Afrikaans]] as its seed pods resemble lice?
* ... that scientist '''[[Warren P. Mason]]''' said that [[polymer chemistry]] was not "civilized" because of the awful smells produced?
===8 May 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Henriette Feuerbach]]''' ''(pictured)'' wrote a book for women and promoted the art of her stepson, the painter [[Anselm Feuerbach]]?
* ... that the video game '''''[[Observer (video game)|Observer]]''''' stars [[Rutger Hauer]], who also starred in ''[[Blade Runner]]'', which influenced the game?
* ... that before '''[[Zheng Tuobin]]''' became China's Minister of Foreign Trade, he spent five years performing manual labour?
* ... that the [[Alpine skiing|alpine skier]] [[Corey Peters (alpine skier)|Corey Peters]] won a silver medal for '''[[New Zealand at the 2014 Winter Paralympics]]'''?
* ... that mezzo-soprano '''[[Melinda Paulsen]]''' was the first to record songs by [[Nadia Boulanger]] and [[Ethel Smyth]]?
* ... that during the construction of New York City's '''[[Interstate 678|Van Wyck Expressway]]''', a four-story apartment building was placed on metal rollers and relocated away from the expressway's path?
* ... that '''[[Kavinder Gupta]]''' was elected mayor of [[Jammu]] for a record three consecutive terms?
* ... that '''[[George Speake]]''' sees an "eyeless, open-jawed serpent" on the [[Staffordshire helmet]]?
*'''''00:00, 8 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the only place in the world where the '''[[Andaman masked owl]]''' ''(pictured)'' is found is [[Andaman Islands|an archipelago]] in the Indian Ocean?
* ... that a citizens' group opposing [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]'s '''[[Let's Move Nashville|transit referendum]]''' submitted an [[op-ed]] to ''[[The Tennessean]]'' under a fake name?
* ... that the Russian Orthodox Church's [[Chinese Orthodox Church|mission in China]] '''[[Chinese characters for transcribing Slavonic|created their own Chinese characters]]''' for translating liturgical texts?
* ... that [[2017–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan Wolverines]] point guard '''[[Zavier Simpson]]''' had his two highest-scoring games as a sophomore against [[2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings|top-five ranked]] opponents?
* ... that a newly discovered [[plankton]] species, '''''[[Syracosphaera azureaplaneta]]''''', has been named in honour of the BBC TV documentary series ''[[The Blue Planet]]'', and its presenter, [[David Attenborough|Sir David Attenborough]]?
* ... that according to legend, the dragon '''[[Graoully]]''', which terrorized the citizens of [[Metz]], was vanquished by [[Clement of Metz|Saint Clement]]?
* ... that [[Erjon Tola]] was the only athlete sent by [[Albania]] to the '''[[Albania at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]]''' and [[Albania at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Winter Olympics]]?
* ... that '''[[Louise Antonini]]''' disguised herself as a man to serve in the French Navy and [[Napoleon]]'s army for a total of 25 years?
===7 May 2018===
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* ... that prior to their naval service, '''[[SS Otsego|USS ''Otsego'']]''' ''(pictured in later army service)'' escaped destruction in an earthquake, and '''[[SS Bulgaria (1898)|USS ''Philippines'']]''' survived three weeks of storms at sea without a rudder?
* ... that '''[[Li Zhengyou]]''', vice-governor of [[Yunnan]] province, was also a pioneer in the research of high-altitude [[hybrid rice]]?
* ... that California's '''[[California Senate Bill 827|Senate Bill 827]]''' would have affected 96 percent of land in [[San Francisco]]?
* ... that at the age of 79 years and 9 months, '''[[Robert Pitcairn (athlete)|Robert Pitcairn]]''' became the oldest athlete to debut in a [[Commonwealth Games]] event?
* ... that the endangered [[New Zealand]] shrub '''''[[Muehlenbeckia astonii]]''''' is also known as zig zag plant and wiggy-wig bush?
* ... that '''[[Gaboimilla]]''', a mythical Chilean queen, is said to have allowed men into her kingdom only for procreation?
* ... that the British [[Jazz-funk|jazz-funk]] band '''[[Jamiroquai]]''' gave a performance on an aircraft travelling at 1017 km/h (632 mph), setting the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]] for "fastest concert"?
* ... that '''[[Poulsbo Bread]]''' was inspired by a recipe described in the [[Book of Ezekiel]]?
*'''''00:00, 7 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Wilhelm Holmqvist]]''' discovered a 6th-century [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]] statuette ''(pictured)'' from [[North India]] on the Swedish island of [[Helgö]]?
* ... that [[Tunbridge Wells RFC]] brought 9,000 fans to the '''[[RFU Intermediate Cup]]''' final at [[Twickenham Stadium]] in 2016, establishing a new attendance record for the competition?<!--Special occasion hook for May 6-->
* ... that '''[[Yang Gui]]''' was the chief designer of the [[Red Flag Canal]], considered by Premier [[Zhou Enlai]] as one of the two "miracles" of the People's Republic of China?
* ... that the '''[[Ventura Pier]]''' was the longest wooden pier in California until a storm sheared off approximately {{convert|420|ft}} in 1995?
* ... that an '''[[interrupted aortic arch]]''' is rapidly lethal, but can be fixed by surgery?
* ... that [[vaudeville]] star '''[[Don the Talking Dog]]''' once helped rescue a drowning man?
* ... that a reviewer of '''''[[The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (film)|The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous]]''''' saw the title character Lysander Hawkley as "the man who put the giggle in [[gigolo]]"?
* ... that '''[[Charlotte Serber]]''' worked at the secret [[Project Y]] during World War II, but after the war could not get a security clearance to work as a librarian at Berkeley?
===6 May 2018===
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* ... that '''[[bisexual lighting]]''' ''(colours pictured)'' has been criticized for contributing to the perpetuation of [[bisexuality|bisexual]] stereotypes?
* ... that in the only church dedicated to '''[[Wendreda|Saint Wendreda]]''', the roof is decorated with 118 oaken angels?
* ... that U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] has proposed to revoke government funding using the '''[[Rescission bill|rescission process]]''', which was successfully used 461 times prior to 2000 but has never been attempted since?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Joe Mayo]]''' "never really thought about" turning professional, and was training as an accountant when offered his first professional contract?
* ... that during its development, the predatory plant bug '''''[[Deraeocoris brevis]]''''' can consume up to 400 eggs and nymphs of the [[Psylla pyri|pear psylla]]?
* ... that [[Pulitzer Prize for Criticism|Pulitzer Prize]]-nominated film critic '''[[Ann Hornaday]]''' was once an assistant to [[Gloria Steinem]]?
* ... that some '''[[Stilt (ceramics)|stilts]]''' have been designed to be used within [[saggar]]s?
* ... that for £5, [[Amiga]] users who registered '''''[[Llamatron]]''''' would receive a poster, a newsletter, and another game from the company?
*'''''00:00, 6 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that before '''[[Arlington's Great Meadows]]''' ''(pictured)'' was drained in 1902, it was a popular site for recreational boating?
* ... that actor '''[[Kelly Lai Chen]]''' married and divorced the "[[Angela Mao|female Bruce Lee]]"?
* ... that the '''[[pygmy eagle]]''' of New Guinea is the world{{'}}s smallest-known species of eagle?
* ... that by the time of his death, '''[[Owen Harding Wangensteen]]'''{{`s}} invention of Wangensteen suction was estimated to have saved a million lives?
* ... that when completed in 1968, the '''[[Tower of History]]''' was the tallest [[observation tower]] in the [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan]]?
* ... that the audience of the play '''''[[Quiz (play)|Quiz]]''''' act as the jury for a fictionalised version of the ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'' "Coughing Major" scandal?
* ... that '''[[Knut Stjerna]]''' used archaeology to analyse the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] poem ''[[Beowulf]]''?
* ... that there is no strangler in the 1972 film '''''[[Night of the Strangler]]'''''?
===5 May 2018===
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* ... that '''[[riot shield]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' may actually encourage protesters to throw things at police?
* ... that the US [[Air Force Association]]'s highest award for nursing is named in honor of '''[[Juanita Redmond Hipps]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Trivières]]''' contains the most important [[Merovingian dynasty|Merovingian]] necropolis in Belgium?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Wayne Entwistle]]''' played for more [[FA Cup]]-winning clubs than any other player?
* ... that the ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' episode "'''[[The Haunting of Amphipolis]]'''" was changed at the behest of the writers from focusing on a murdered man and his daughter to featuring the demon [[Mephistopheles]]?
* ... that '''[[Li Keran]]'''{{`s}} painting ''Landscape in Red'', which sold for 80 [[Yuan (currency)|yuan]] in the 1970s, fetched 184,000,000 yuan at auction four decades later?
* ... that the '''[[Uspallata chinchilla rat]]''' feeds on the leaves of the [[Larrea tridentata|creosote bush]], despite the toxicity of its foliage?
* ... that '''[[Gavin Robinson (model agent)|Gavin Robinson]]'''{{`s}} 1960s fashion shows were described as zippy, nippy, and hippy?
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* ... that the German painter [[Caspar David Friedrich]]'s '''''[[Cross in the Mountains]]''''' ''(pictured)'' constituted "a revolution in [[landscape painting]]"?
* ... that during the filming of ''[[Atlanta (TV series)|Atlanta]]''{{`s}} "'''[[Teddy Perkins]]'''", [[Donald Glover]] was referred to by the crew as "Teddy" and "there was no Donald on set whatsoever"?
* ... that after [[Canadian football]] player '''[[Earl Valiquette]]''' signed with the [[Edmonton Eskimos]], [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats|his former team]] threatened legal action to keep him from leaving?
* ... that the [[copepod]] '''''[[Temora longicornis]]''''' makes daily vertical migrations, spending the day near the seabed and the night near the surface?
* ... that after a decade-long opera and concert career, '''[[George Bentham (singer)|George Bentham]]''' originated the leading role of Alexis in ''[[The Sorcerer]]'' by [[Gilbert and Sullivan]], which proved to be his last performing engagement?
* ... that in 2016, [[Oregon]]’s legislative '''[[Oregon Emergency Board|Emergency Board]]''' provided $2 million to reimburse state and local agencies for costs resulting from the armed [[occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge]]?
* ... that '''[[radiologically isolated syndrome]]''' is a condition that may develop into [[multiple sclerosis]], even in children?
* ... that in 1896, '''[[Queen Mamea]]''' offered her South Pacific island nation to the [[United States]]?
===4 May 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Ralph Abernathy]]''' ''(pictured)'', mentor and friend of [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], led a demonstration protesting the use of federal funds for the [[Apollo 11]] project when many Americans lived in poverty?
* ... that the '''[[black-winged flycatcher-shrike]]''' camouflages its nest with pieces of bark?
* ... that in 1956–57, [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Ray Straw]]''' equalled [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]'s club record for most league goals in a single season?
* ... that it is possible to simultaneously measure which genes are turned on in an organism using '''[[transcriptomics technologies]]'''?
* ... that Medal of Honor recipient '''[[Charles P. Mattocks|Charles Mattocks]]''' was born in [[Danville, Vermont]], and imprisoned in [[Danville, Virginia]], as a [[Prisoner of war|POW]] during the American Civil War?
* ... that the [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] cross basilica '''[[St. Georg, Aplerbeck|St. Georg in Aplerbeck]]''' from the 12th century fell into such disrepair that its street was named Ruinenstraße?
* ... that '''[[Yurika (musician)|Yurika]]''' was inspired to become a singer for [[anime]] after hearing the song "[[Genesis of Aquarion (song)|Genesis of Aquarion]]" by [[Akino (singer)|Akino]] in a television commercial?
* ... that a year after the character of '''[[Mason Morgan]]''' was introduced on ''[[Home and Away]]'', his curly hair disappeared due to actor [[Orpheus Pledger]]'s new hairstyle?
*'''''00:00, 4 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[St. Catherine's Church, Frankfurt|Katharinenkirche]]''' ''(pictured)'' at [[Hauptwache (Frankfurt am Main)|Frankfurt's Hauptwache]], destroyed in World War II, was rebuilt with a Baroque exterior, and new stained-glass windows by [[Charles Crodel]]?
* ... that ballerina '''[[Joan Benesh]]''' married the man who suggested a better way of [[Benesh Movement Notation|notating her dances]]?
* ... that [[horse racing in Thailand|horse racing]] became so popular in [[Thailand]] that in 1949 the government ordered the '''[[Royal Turf Club of Thailand|Royal Turf Club]]''' and the [[Royal Bangkok Sports Club]] to alternate months holding races?
* ... that '''[[Greta Arwidsson]]''', Sweden's first female professor of Scandinavian and Comparative Archaeology, turned to the subject while excavating the [[Valsgärde]] [[Ship burial|boat graves]] in school?
* ... that the Scottish '''[[Triple Qualification]]''' allowed doctors fleeing Nazi oppression to practise medicine in Britain?
* ... that [[ice hockey]] coach '''[[Gregg Pilling]]''' attempted to serve a [[Penalty (ice hockey)|penalty]] himself, instead of putting a player in the [[penalty box]]?
* ... that the diet of the semi-aquatic '''[[Holochilus chacarius|Chaco marsh rat]]''' includes sugar cane, rice and bananas?
* ... that on his election in 2017, '''[[Alexander Curtis]]''' was thought to be the youngest [[mayor]] in [[Europe]] at only 20 years old?
===3 May 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[ursine tree-kangaroo]]''' ''(illustrated)'' is listed by the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature|IUCN]] as "[[Vulnerable species|vulnerable]]" as it is hunted for food and its numbers are decreasing?
* ... that '''[[Oleta Crain]]''', one of only three black women officers in training in the U.S. Army in 1943, was not allowed to sleep in the same barracks or take a shower at the same time as the white women?
* ... that [[Romania at the Olympics|Romania]] won its only Winter Olympics medal at the '''[[List of 1968 Winter Olympics medal winners|1968 Games]]''' in [[Grenoble]], France?
* ... that '''[[Murder of Simon Dale|Simon Dale]]''' lived mainly in the kitchen and one bedroom of his 50-room [[Hopton Heath]] mansion, where he was found bludgeoned to death?
* ... that the first public meeting of the '''[[Catholic Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania]]''' was chaired by [[Hugh Charles Boyle|a bishop]] and drew a crowd of more than 500 people?
* ... that professional cyclist '''[[Marcel Wüst]]''' had to end his [[road bicycle racing]] career after an accident left him blind in one eye?
* ... that before becoming a [[Prehistory|prehistorian]], '''[[Hans-Jürgen Häßler]]''' lived in a [[refugee camp]] and trained as a plumber?
* ... that in [[Sean Penn]]{{'}}s satirical novel '''''[[Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff]]''''', Honey advocates the assassination of the US President, "Mr. Landlord", who resembles [[Donald Trump]]?
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* ... that the '''[[serpent labret with articulated tongue]]''' ''(pictured)'' can stick out its tongue?
* ... that the '''[[Vidame de Chartres|Vidames de Chartres]]''' included a [[Guillaume de Ferrières|song-writing crusader]], a [[François de Vendôme, Vidame de Chartres|glamorous Renaissance courtier]], a [[Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon|writer of famous memoirs]], and [[Jean-Joseph de Laborde|a banker]] who was [[guillotine]]d?
* ... that the Easter hymn "'''[[Das Grab ist leer, der Held erwacht]]'''" (The tomb is empty, the hero awake) from 1777 has been called a hit among church songs?
* ... that after being sentenced to death for resisting the Romanian military intervention, the [[Moldavian Democratic Republic|Moldavian]] officer '''[[Anatolie Popa]]''' was pardoned and offered a position in the Romanian Army?
* ... that U.S. Vice President [[Al Gore]] smashed a glass ashtray on the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' to advocate for '''[[Simplified Acquisition Procedures|simplified government acquisition procedures]]'''?
* ... that as of 2009, the highest location where [[crustacean]]s had been discovered was in the [[crater lake]] of '''[[Paniri]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[Ocean City Life-Saving Station (New Jersey)|Ocean City Life-Saving Station]]''', opened in 1886, was owned by the [[United States Coast Guard]] and its predecessor until 1945, when it was sold to become a private residence?
* ... that '''[[Edward Frank Gillett]]''' competed in the [[1928 Summer Olympics]] the year after he died?
===2 May 2018===
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* ... that due to the well-preserved colonial Alsatian architecture ''(pictured)'' in the '''[[Castroville Historic District]]''', [[Castroville, Texas|the city]] is known as the "little [[Alsace]]" of [[Texas]]?
* ... that in 2005, [[Kyrgyz people|Kyrgyz]] politician '''[[Anvar Artykov]]''' was elected as a "people's governor" of [[Osh Region]], only to be detained a day later by the police?
* ... that '''[[Low Country Sound]]''' operates out of historic '''[[RCA Studio A]]''' in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Chris Sander (footballer)|Chris Sander]]''' was the first [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] player to save two penalties during the same match?
* ... that the '''[[Airports Act 1986]]''' created the private company [[Heathrow Airport Holdings|BAA]] from a public aviation authority?
* ... that the [[species description]] for the mite '''''[[Afropolonia|Afropolonia tgifi]]''''' was likely only approved because the journal's editors were unfamiliar with the expression "''TGIF''" ("Thank God It's Friday")?
* ... that '''[[Charles Green (archaeologist)|Charles Green]]''' excavated [[tumulus|burial mounds]] near [[Stonehenge]]?
* ... that [[Bill Gates]] has participated in the '''[[RedditGifts]]''' gift exchange service for five years, with the username "thisisbillgates"?
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* ... that the duties of '''[[Mollie Lentaigne]]''', a nurse during the Second World War, included drawing the experimental surgery ''(example pictured)'' being performed on members of the [[Guinea Pig Club]]?
* ... that the '''[[Ford Piquette Avenue Plant]]''' in [[Detroit]], Michigan, was the first factory where more than 100 cars were assembled in one day?
* ... that Minister '''[[Dein Mani-Yut|Dein]]''', a loyalist of King [[Binnya U]] of [[Hanthawaddy Kingdom|Hanthawaddy]], escaped execution by King [[Razadarit]] by telling the new king that his only "crime was being a servant of your father, the king"?
* ... that the American superhero film '''''[[Thor: Ragnarok]]''''' features elements from the comic book storyline "[[Planet Hulk]]"?
* ... that '''[[Mary A. Monroe]]''' was the first woman to serve as president of the [[Washington Education Association]]?
* ... that '''[[Both Lives Matter]]''' ran an advertising campaign in 2017 with billboards featuring the headline "100,000 people are alive today because of our laws on abortion. Why change that?"
* ... that [[Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics – Men's banked slalom|Paralympic silver-medal winning]] snowboarder '''[[Patrick Mayrhofer]]''' was the first person in the world to undergo [[elective surgery|elective]] [[amputation]] to get a [[bionics|bionic]] hand [[prosthesis]]?
* ... that '''''[[China (insect)|China]]''''' can also be found outside China?
===1 May 2018===
*'''''12:00, 1 May 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a luminous discharge could be seen around a person taking an '''[[Electric bath (electrotherapy)|electric bath]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that [[National Book Award]] finalist '''[[Jason Reynolds]]''' was inspired by [[Queen Latifah]] to begin writing poetry when he was nine years old?
* ... that in his '''[[Clarinet Sonata (Ries)|Clarinet Sonata]]''' in [[G minor]], composer [[Ferdinand Ries]] provided the opportunity for improvised [[cadenza]]s?
* ... that an '''[[automobile graveyard]]''' in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States, has become an open-air art gallery?
* ... that the '''[[three-gap theorem]]''' explains both the [[phyllotaxis|spacing of leaves on plant stems]] and the [[Interval (music)|intervals]] between adjacent tones in certain [[musical tuning]] systems?
* ... that '''[[Nicole Girard-Mangin]]''', the first woman doctor to serve in the French army, was initially paid at the same rate as a nurse?
* ... that the video game '''''[[Harlem Globetrotters: World Tour]]''''' does not feature the [[Washington Generals]], even though they have been the [[Harlem Globetrotters|Globetrotters]]{{'}} traditional rival for over 50 years?
* ... that George Smith left money to establish '''[[Fordyce Academy|a school for poor children named Smith]]'''?
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* ... that the '''[[Holothuria fuscopunctata|elephant trunkfish]]''' ''(pictured)'' grazes on the seabed and can weigh up to {{convert|4.5|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}?
* ... that '''[[Benjamin Ladraa]]''' embarked on a {{convert|4800|km|mi|adj=on}} trek from Sweden to Jerusalem to raise awareness of rights violations in the [[West Bank]]?
* ... that investigators allege '''[[Alleged Libyan financing in the 2007 French presidential election|Libyan influence in the 2007 French elections]]''' was partly accomplished by laundering money from the sale of paintings by 17th-century Dutch artist [[Andries van Eertvelt]]?
* ... that '''[[Ordinaire (wine bar)|Ordinaire]]''', a [[wine bar]] in [[Oakland, California]], opened while its owner was writing a dissertation on the sense of taste in [[Literary modernism|modernist literature]]?
* ... that '''[[Fatima Zohra Ardjoune]]''' became the first female general in the [[Arab world]] in 2009?
* ... that in the United States, it is estimated that for every dollar spent on '''[[prison education]]''', $4 to $5 is saved due to decreases in [[recidivism]]?
* ... that [[Pope Alexander VIII]], '''[[Papal conclave, 1689|elected in 1689]]''', was the first [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] in over 200 years to become pope?
* ... that '''[[Chris Caple]]''', an [[Conservation-restoration of cultural heritage|artefact conservationist]], began archaeological excavations at the age of 14?
