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===31 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 31 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Talking Gravestones of Amrum]]''' and their '''[[Talking Gravestones of Föhr|counterparts on Föhr]]''' ''(example pictured)'' display detailed biographies of the deceased?
* ... that '''[[Mary Isabella Hales Horne]]''' was the mother of 15 children, including three sets of twins?
* ... that the fossil ant '''''[[Gesomyrmex incertus]]''''' was described from a single queen's head?
* ... that U.S. senators [[Joseph S. Clark Jr.]] and [[Robert F. Kennedy]] '''[[Joseph S. Clark's and Robert F. Kennedy's tour of the Mississippi Delta|toured the Mississippi Delta]]''' in 1967 and made hunger a public issue in the United States as a result?
* ... that no men competed for '''[[Chad at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Mary Kitson Clark]]'''{{`s}} 1935 book ''A Gazetteer of Roman Remains in East Yorkshire'' is still a basic guide to the study of the Roman presence in northern England?
* ... that the '''[[New York City Board of Transportation]]''' built '''[[370 Jay Street|a new headquarters]]''' that it used for only two years?
* ... that the '''[[wonut]]''' is a combination of a [[waffle]] and [[doughnut]] that went viral in April 2014 following media exposure?
===30 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 30 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the dairy-farming area of '''[[Warmingham]]''', [[Cheshire]], is the source of around half the pure salt ''(brine pump pictured)'' manufactured in the UK?
* ... that '''''[[Revival (comics)|Revival]]''''' stars a character that writer [[Tim Seeley]] had spent nearly 20 years developing?
* ... that basketball player '''[[Anthony Stover]]''' sacrificed a higher salary in hopes of winning an [[National Basketball League of Canada|NBL Canada]] championship?
* ... that '''[[2-satisfiability]]''' can be used to schedule [[round-robin tournament]]s so that teams alternate between home and away games as much or as little as possible?
* ... that '''[[Shriya Saran filmography|Shriya Saran played the female lead]]''' in the 2007 film ''[[Sivaji (film)|Sivaji]]'', India's most expensive film to that point?
* ... that parts of the [[Altiplano]] may have been covered by the lake '''[[Ouki]]''' in the past?
* ... that former German ambassador to China '''[[Erwin Wickert]]''' was an alumnus of [[Dickinson College]] of [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania]]?
* ... that the tail of '''''[[Laticauda colubrina]]''''' resembles and moves like its head in order to deter predators?
===29 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 29 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Trenton, Georgia]], adopted '''[[Flag of Trenton, Georgia|a version of the previous state flag]]''' ''(pictured)'' to protest against the state changing its flag?
* ... that Swedish actor '''[[Liam Norberg]]''' became a devout Christian while serving time in prison for a bank robbery?
* ... that '''[[argonium]]''', an ion composed of an argon atom and a proton, was the first [[noble gas]] molecular ion to be found in interstellar space?
* ... that during World Championship Wrestling's '''[[Capital Combat]]''' show, [[RoboCop (character)|RoboCop]] saved [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]] from [[The Four Horsemen (professional wrestling)|the Four Horsemen]]?
* ... that a report around 2013 on American [[used good]]s outlets put [[Goodwill Industries|Goodwill]] first with a 21% market share, '''[[Winmark]]''' second with nearly 6%, and [[The Salvation Army]] third with nearly 4%?
* ... that in 1985, '''[[Rosa Namises]]''' lost her job in a [[Namibia]]n hospital after she was seen holding hands in public with a white doctor?
* ... that [[Daniel Catán]]'s opera '''''[[Il Postino (opera)|Il Postino]]''''' is set in Italy but sung in Spanish?
===28 October 2016===
*'''''00:07, 28 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Craigievar Express]]''' ''(pictured)'' is driven by a steam engine previously used in a [[sawmill]]?
* ... that 18th-century chemist '''[[Claudine Picardet]]''' translated scientific articles from Swedish, English, German, and Italian into French?
* ... that while visiting segregated [[South Africa]] in 1947, [[George VI]] noticed the national motto '''''[[Ex Unitate Vires]]''''' on a tablecloth and said, "Not much bloody ''Unitate'' about this place!"?
* ... that in 2012, a small '''[[Ru ware]]''' bowl from the [[Song dynasty]] was sold for [[Hong Kong Dollar|HK$]]207.86 million (US$26.7 million)?
* ... that the newspaper publisher '''[[Sir Hildebrand Harmsworth, 1st Baronet|Sir Hildebrand Harmsworth]]''' gave money to a charity fund after his [[chauffeur]] killed a boy while driving Harmsworth's car?
* ... that Arizona's '''[[Queen Creek Tunnel]]''' is the first in the state to be equipped with LED lighting?
* ... that after declaring independence from the [[Ava Kingdom]], '''[[Thinkhaya III of Toungoo]]''' built his own palace, but left out the royal [[Hti|white umbrella]]?
* ... that in a Polish study, the '''[[Tetragnatha montana|silver stretch spider]]''' ate an average of 3.7 mosquitoes per day in early June?
===27 October 2016===
*'''''01:10, 27 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[New London Union Station]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the largest, last, and—according to biographer [[Henry-Russell Hitchcock]]—"best" railroad station designed by [[Henry Hobson Richardson]]?
* ... that basketball player '''[[Billy White (basketball)|Billy White]]''' started in the most games in [[San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball|San Diego State]] history?
* ... that '''[[Cortana (software)|Cortana]]''' correctly predicted the winners of the first 14 matches of the [[2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage]]?
* ... that in 1992, civilian employees of '''[[Consairway]]''' were granted veteran status by the [[Veterans Benefits Administration]] for their World War II service transporting munitions and military personnel?
* ... that in April 1945, the artist '''[[Eric Taylor (artist)|Eric Taylor]]''' was among the first British troops to enter the [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]] when it was liberated?
* ... that 71% of permanently protected land in the '''[[Guapi-Guapiaçú Environmental Protection Area]]''' in Brazil has no natural vegetation?
* ... that in '''''[[Hale v. Henkel]]''''', the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] ruled that the [[self-incrimination]] clause of the [[Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fifth Amendment]] did not apply to corporations?
* ... that a [[Hamearis lucina|Duke of Burgundy]] has been spotted on '''[[Bratton Downs]]'''?
===26 October 2016===
*'''''00:05, 26 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Thomas Aldersey]]''' ''(pictured)'' gave the [[Worshipful Company of Haberdashers]], now an educational charity, their first school?
* ... that '''''[[Quantum Break]]''''' was described as a "transmedia [[action game|action]]-[[shooter game|shooter]] video game and television hybrid"?
* ... that the Irish footballer '''[[Jeff Chandler (footballer)|Jeff Chandler]]''' was "never the same player" after suffering a knee injury in [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]' fourth game of their [[1987–88 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season|1987–88 season]]?
* ... that the '''[[Divisional Railway Hospital, Golden Rock|Divisional Railway Hospital]]''' in [[Golden Rock, Tiruchirappalli]], India, is the oldest in [[Southern Railway zone|its zone]]?
* ... that '''[[Edward A. Geary]]''' was unanimously elected [[Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives]] by his Republican and Democrat peers?
* ... that the 1949 film '''''[[Passport to Pimlico]]''''' is dedicated to the memory of Second World War [[Rationing in the United Kingdom|British food and clothing ration coupons]]?
* ... that '''[[Otto Bock]]''' technicians at the [[2016 Paralympic Games]] carried out 3,361 repairs for 1,162 athletes, including 2,745 repairs to wheelchairs?
* ... that groups including [[the Beach Boys]] and [[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young]] playing at the '''[[Big Sur Folk Festival]]''' were never paid more than US$50 per performer?
===25 October 2016===
*'''''00:20, 25 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Reads Landing School]]''' ''(pictured)'' features a brick [[Water table (architecture)|water table]]?
* ... that after '''[[Disappearance of Joan Risch|Joan Risch]]'''{{`s}} apparent abduction from her home 55 years ago today, it was discovered she had borrowed books on [[Missing person|missing-person cases]] from the local library?<!--Special occasion request for 24 October-->
* ... that the '''[[Nursing Studies, University of Edinburgh|Nursing Studies Unit]]''' at the [[University of Edinburgh]] was the first such department in a British university?
* ... that the 1955 [[Tamil language]] film '''''[[Doctor Savithri]]''''' is a contemporary adaptation of the story of [[Savitri and Satyavan]]?
* ... that the parish of '''[[St Silin's Church|St Silin's]]''' contains a part of England under the jurisdiction of the Church in Wales?
* ... that scholar '''[[Frederick Sherwood Dunn]]''' led a move that was described by a university president as "Yale fumbled and Princeton recovered the ball"?
* ... that argon oxide, an '''[[Argon compounds|argon compound]]''', interferes with the detection of [[iron-56]] in [[inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry]]?
* ... that '''[[James M. Turner]]''' was removed from the [[New Jersey Senate]] after being convicted of trying to frame his political rival '''[[Kenneth A. Gewertz]]''' by having 6,500 [[amphetamine]]-like tablets planted in his home?
===24 October 2016===
*'''''00:35, 24 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the intense fumes emitted by the crushed leaves of the so-called '''[[Clematis glycinoides|headache vine]]''' ''(pictured)'' cause one to feel like one's head is "exploding" ... making the inhaler forget all about the headache?
* ... that '''[[Johanna Umurungi]]''' was the only female [[Rwanda]]n swimmer at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]?
* ... that [[Max Reger]] composed the chorale fantasia '''[[Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott, Op. 27|''Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott'', Op. 27]]''', for [[Karl Straube]], who premiered it before it was published?
* ... that after being ousted from his emirate in [[Aleppo]], '''[[Mansur ibn Lu'lu']]''' commanded a [[Tagma (military)|Byzantine army unit]]?
* ... that [[Antonio Giovinazzi]] achieved his first [[GP2 Series|GP2 series]] pole position at the '''[[2016 Baku GP2 Series round|2016 Baku round]]''' and went on to win both the weekend's races?
* ... that '''[[Lisbeth Hockey]]''' was the first nurse to be awarded an honorary fellowship by the [[Royal College of General Practitioners]]?
* ... that in the [[video game]] '''''[[Bound (video game)|Bound]]''''', the protagonist moves mainly by dancing?
* ... that the [[New York City]] neighborhood of '''[[Brownsville, Brooklyn|Brownsville]]''' has the highest concentration of [[public housing]] in the United States?
===23 October 2016===
*'''''00:50, 23 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Brazil]]ian Minister of the Environment [[Carlos Minc]] supported the creation of what he called a "green sheath" around '''[[BR-319]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that [[John Travolta]] will play New York mob boss [[John Gotti]] in '''[[The Life and Death of John Gotti|an upcoming film]]'''?
* ... that [[Middle Ages|medieval]] '''[[List of literary descriptions of cities (before 1550)|works praising cities]]''' often follow rules laid down in [[Ancient Greece]]?
* ... that the [[Association française pour l'information scientifique|French Association for Scientific Information]] criticised [[Paris Descartes University]]'s decision to award '''[[Élizabeth Teissier]]''' a doctorate for a sociology thesis of "[[astrology|pro-astrological]] advocacy"?
* ... that the extension to '''[[Poole Methodist Church]]''' was nominated for the 2016 [[Carbuncle Cup]]?
* ... that '''[[Martine van Hamel]]''' won a gold medal at the 1966 [[Varna International Ballet Competition]], one of the most prestigious dance competitions in the world?
* ... that GamesRadar ranked '''''[[Worms Armageddon]]''''' number 13 in their list of the top 50 [[PlayStation]] games of all time?
* ... that after he died, daredevil '''[[Larry Donovan (bridge jumper)|Larry Donovan]]'''{{`s}} mother said, "I told him that jumping off bridges was a poor way of earning a living"?
===22 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 22 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Flag of Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton Flag]]''' ''(pictured)'' was one of the first flags used in [[British North America]] prior to the American Revolution to express dissent against the British authorities?<!-- Special occasion hook for 21 October. --->
* ... that the archaeologist '''[[Lily Chitty]]''' was a [[Women's Land Army|Land Girl]] during the First World War?
* ... that the [[reclining Buddha]] at the '''[[Dafo Temple, Zhangye]]''', is {{convert|35|m}} long?
* ... that '''[[Aldana Sandoval]]''' helped plot the [[Guatemalan Revolution#October revolution|1944 Guatemalan coup]], but did not actually participate in it?
* ... that the music competition '''[[Pringles Unsung]]''' was described as being "liable to kill the most credible career"?
* ... that Swedish theologian '''[[Johannes Bilberg]]''' published a work on the [[midnight sun]]?
* ... that the main event of last month's '''''[[IWRG Máscara vs. Máscara (September 2016)|Máscara vs. Máscara]]''''' professional wrestling show has been called [[International Wrestling Revolution Group|IWRG]]'s biggest ''[[Lucha de Apuestas]]'' ("bet match") in years?
* ... that at an 1892 rally attended by anti-lynching activist '''[[Ferdinand Lee Barnett (Chicago)|Ferdinand Lee Barnett]]''', participants refused to sing "[[My Country, 'Tis of Thee]]" until the United States was more truly a "sweet land of liberty"?
===21 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 21 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that basketball player '''[[Cliff Clinkscales]]''' ''(pictured)'' demonstrated his dribbling skills on national TV before he was a teenager?
* ... that 88 [[morphospecies]] of orchid have been identified in the '''[[Cutervo National Park]]''' in Peru?
* ... that '''[[Anna L. Peterson]]''' argues that the usual separation of [[animal ethics|animal]] and [[environmental ethics]] is based on mistaken conceptions of nature, humans, animals, and the relationships among them?
* ... that prior to [[Matt Monro]]'s "'''[[My Kind of Girl]]'''", it had been three years since a British artist had cracked the US Top 20?
* ... that in 2015, nineteen-year-old '''[[Charles Fernandez (pentathlete)|Charles Fernandez]]''' became the youngest [[modern pentathlon]] champion in [[Pan American Games]] history?
* ... that the 1976 novel '''''[[The Word for World Is Forest]]''''' shares narrative themes with the 2009 film ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]''?
* ... that '''[[Ernest F. Schuck]]''' ran for re-election in 1977 on a platform supporting [[New Jersey]]'s new state income tax, as many residents of his district would see a net gain from the plan?
* ... that '''[[Akigin Stadium]]''' sits next to a field of dreams?
===20 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 20 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in '''''[[Ascanius Shooting the Stag of Sylvia]]''''' ''(pictured)'' by [[Claude Lorrain]], the figures are "impossibly elongated{{mdashb}}Ascanius, in particular, is absurdly top-heavy"?
* ... that as a United States Attorney, '''[[David Kustoff]]''' prosecuted [[John Ford (Tennessee politician)|John Ford]] following his arrest in [[Operation Tennessee Waltz]]?
* ... that recorded sightings of the '''[[Malayan whistling thrush]]''' in the [[Cameron Highlands]] after the 1960s may have actually been a subspecies of the [[blue whistling thrush]]?
* ... that the developers of the video game '''''[[Osiris: New Dawn]]''''' wanted players to have to "[[Matt Damon]] yourself out" of situations?
* ... that as '''[[William Mostyn-Owen]]'''{{`s}} three older brothers all died in the Second World War, he inherited [[Aberuchill Castle]], where he and [[Gaia Servadio|his wife]] lived in a wing of "23 rooms or so"?
* ... that [[Texas A&M University–Commerce|East Texas State University]] was, in part, '''[[History of East Texas State University|saved from closure in 1986]]''' by 450 supporters making a bus trip to the [[Texas State Capitol]] in Austin?
* ... that '''[[Ralph Jean-Louis]]''' managed the [[Seychelles national football team]] to a gold medal at the [[2011 Indian Ocean Island Games]]?
* ... that during [[the Blitz]], staff of the '''[[Foyles Building]]''' stacked copies of Hitler's ''[[Mein Kampf]]'' on the roof in lieu of sandbags?
===19 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 19 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Alan Hale (astronomer)|Alan Hale]]''', who discovered [[Comet Hale–Bopp]] ''(pictured)'', said that he "predicted" its appearance would trigger suicides{{mdashb}}and it turned out [[Heaven's Gate (religious group)|he was right]]?
* ... that '''[[Imagen Televisión]]''', which launches today, is the first new commercial television network in Mexico since 1993?<!--- Special occasion hook for October 18--->
* ... that '''[[Finlay Wild]]''' has won the [[Ben Nevis Race]] seven times in a row?
* ... that the '''[[Ağın Bridge]]''' reestablished a direct road connection between [[Ağın]] and [[Elazığ]] 40 years after the creation of the [[Keban Dam|Keban reservoir]]?
* ... that '''''[[Gesomyrmex macrops]]''''' was named in reference to the ant species' large eyes?
* ... that although '''[[Fehmi Agani]]''' worked for reconciliation between Serbs and Albanians, his murder during the [[Kosovo War]] has been attributed to Serbian security forces?
* ... that soccer video game '''''[[Breakaway (2010 video game)|Breakaway]]''''' has encouraged children in the [[West Bank]] not to discriminate by gender, thereby challenging [[Norm (social)|social norms]]?
* ... that '''[[Richard D. Trentlage]]''' was known for his [[Hot dog|wiener]] jingle?
===18 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 18 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[George Frederic Watts]]'s '''''[[Mammon (painting)|Mammon]]''''' ''(pictured)'' depicts the [[Bible|Biblical]] embodiment of greed, which crushes "whatever is weak and gentle and timid and lovely"?
* ... that '''[[Helen Richardson-Walsh]]''' and her wife [[Kate Richardson-Walsh|Kate]] were both members of the team that won Great Britain's first Olympic gold in women's hockey?<!--- Special occasion hook for October 17 or 18--->
* ... that the '''[[Grand Theatre, Perth|Grand Theatre]]''' was reportedly the first in Australia to be lit entirely by [[neon lighting|neon lights]]?
* ... that in a case in which an ex-husband wanted to keep seven frozen embryos created while he was married, Judge '''[[Lee B. Laskin]]''' decided in favor of the ex-wife and ordered them destroyed?
* ... that plans are underway to convert the '''[[Akıncı Air Base]]''', bombed during the [[2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt]], into a "democracy park"?
* ... that the contralto '''[[Dorothy Gill]]''' was so popular during the [[D'Oyly Carte Opera Company]]'s visit to New York in 1934 that American fans petitioned for her return?
* ... that a 2014 attack on the radio station '''[[XHLUV-FM|Calentana Mexiquense]]''' resulted in the death of the owner's 12-year-old son?
* ... that politician '''[[Sara Skyttedal]]''' participated in [[Nya Fröken Sverige| Miss Sweden]] in 2006?
===17 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 17 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Siti Nurhaliza]] ''(pictured)'' '''[[List of songs recorded by Siti Nurhaliza|has recorded]]''' songs in [[Malaysian language|Bahasa Malaysia]], [[Indonesian language|Bahasa Indonesia]], English, [[Mandarin Chinese]], and [[Arabic]]?
* ... that after winning a bronze medal at the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympics]], '''[[Sara Ahmed (weightlifter)|Sara Ahmed]]''' became the first Egyptian woman to stand on an Olympic podium?
* ... that the '''[[Seattle Times Building]]''' was called a "death trap"?
* ... that the 12th-century manuscript '''''[[De laude Cestrie]]''''' is one of the earliest prose works about an English town?
* ... that in 1777, after [[Military career of George Washington|George Washington]]'s war council recommended that '''[[John Hazelwood]]''' lead the American fleet up the [[Delaware River]] to safety, he did so without the British firing a single shot?
* ... that the '''[[Acyrthosiphon kondoi|blue alfalfa aphid]]''', native to Asia, had reached California by 1974 and Maryland by 1992?
* ... that the archaeologist '''[[Don Brothwell]]''' served two months in prison as a [[conscientious objector]]?
* ... that '''[[Newell Boathouse]]''' stands on land for which [[Harvard University|Harvard]] pays [[Peppercorn (legal)|$1 per year]] under a lease running one thousand years{{mdashb}}after which the university can renew for another thousand years?
===16 October 2016===
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* ... that two-year-old Ruth Schwarz was rescued from the '''[[Sambor Ghetto]]''' by [[Polish Righteous]] Alojzy Plewa ''(both pictured)''?
* ... that the '''[[Yale Institute of International Studies]]''' was a bastion of [[Realism (international relations)|international relations realism]]?
* ... that golfers share the 18-hole '''[[Cape Wickham Links]]''' on King Island with [[short-tailed shearwater]]s?
* ... that '''[[James Kaliokalani]]''' and his brother, the future King [[Kalākaua]], reportedly witnessed the execution of their grandfather [[Kamanawa II]] when they were children?
* ... that decoration of '''[[Jizhou ware]]''' included using leaves that were burnt away, leaving their shapes in the glaze?
* ... that American football coach '''[[Pop Warner]]'''{{`s}} only experience with the game in his youth was using an inflated cow's [[bladder]]?
* ... that the first appearance of superhero '''''[[Captain Atom (Atlas Publications)|Captain Atom]]''''' was in an Australian comic?
* ... that '''[[David Carritt]]''' discovered a [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard|Fragonard]] misattributed at auction, a [[Rogier van der Weyden|van der Weyden]] in a cottage, a [[Tiepolo]] on an Egyptian embassy ceiling, and five [[Francesco Guardi|Guardi]]s rolled up in a Dublin shed?
===15 October 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Flag of Guernsey]]''' ''(pictured)'' is based on a banner used by [[William I of England|Duke William the Bastard]] of Normandy during the Battle of Hastings?
* ... that in 1974, '''[[Barbara Thoman Curtis]]''' led the establishment of the [[American Nurses Association]]'s first political action committee?
* ... that most '''[[Numayrid dynasty|Numayrid]]''' princes, apprehensive of urban life, ruled their cities from their [[Bedouin]] camps in the pastures?
* ... that the extinct sawfly '''''[[Ypresiosirex|Ypresiosirex orthosemos]]''''' was named for the unique corrugation of its wings?
* ... that [[missionary (LDS Church)|missionary]] Thorarinn Thorason's wife threatened to drown herself due to his '''[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Iceland|missionary efforts in Iceland]]''', but instead he drowned later that year?
* ... that '''''[[Space Battle Lunchtime]]''''' is a comic about food preparation, a subject largely ignored in American comics?
* ... that '''[[Henri Laborit]]''' recognized the psychiatric uses of [[chlorpromazine]], which helped reduce asylum populations and "change the face of serious mental illness"?
* ... that since 1912, Spanish association football club [[Athletic Bilbao]] '''[[Athletic Bilbao signing policy|only fields players with ancestry from the Basque Country]]'''?
===14 October 2016===
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* ... that after '''[[Edmund Kalau]]''' ''(pictured)'' spent his childhood in the [[Hitler Youth]], he converted to Christianity and served in [[Palau]] and [[Yap]] in the [[Liebenzell Mission]]?
* ... that the philosophy journal '''''[[Between the Species]]''''' took its name from a fictional periodical mentioned in a [[George Abbe]] novel?
* ... that the science fiction video game '''''[[Tharsis (video game)|Tharsis]]''''', inspired by the sinking of the whaling ship ''[[Essex (whaleship)|Essex]]'', allows the crew of the player's spacecraft to use [[cannibalism]] to survive?
* ... that both the '''[[5-8 Club]]''' and [[Matt's Bar]], two [[Minneapolis]] eateries on [[Cedar Avenue|the same street]], claim to have invented the [[Jucy Lucy|Juicy Lucy]] cheeseburger?
* ... that the band '''[[The Mutants (musical collaboration)|The Mutants]]''' developed from the idea of an album set out to retrace the roots of [[punk rock|punk]], [[new wave music|new wave]], and [[Ska punk|ska]], featuring an all-star cast of punk musicians?
* ... that '''[[Anne Ramberg]]''' was awarded the [[H. M. The King's Medal]] of 12th size to wear on a blue ribbon for her work in the Swedish justice system?
* ... that [[1968 Tony Awards|Tony Award]]-winning Broadway actress and singer [[Lillian Hayman]] played '''[[Sadie Gray]]''' on the American soap opera ''[[One Life to Live]]'' for 17 years?
* ... that if you bend '''[[indium]]''' it might [[Tin cry|cry]]?
===13 October 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Royal Stables (Sweden)|Royal Stables of Sweden]]''' ''(pictured)'' were established in 1535 and still serve the [[Swedish Royal Family]]?
* ... that artist [[Michael Lark]] spends ten or more hours a day working on the comic '''''[[Lazarus (comics)|Lazarus]]'''''?
* ... that [[SMS Erzherzog Albrecht|'''SMS ''Erzherzog Albrecht''''']] was one of the first two iron-hulled ships built for the Austro-Hungarian navy?
* ... that the soprano '''[[Katharine Fuge]]''' took part in [[John Eliot Gardiner]]'s [[Bach Cantata Pilgrimage]], both as a member of the [[Monteverdi Choir]] and as a soloist?
* ... that the '''[[L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library]]''' at [[Brigham Young University]] houses [[Max Steiner]]'s scores for ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'' and ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]''?
* ... that [[Queen Salote College]] was named after the Tongan Queen '''[[Sālote Lupepauʻu]]''', who was named after the British Queen [[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]?
* ... that the '''[[Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale|rice root aphid]]''' can complete its whole life cycle on plum trees?
* ... that '''[[Robert Rutman]]''' invented the steel cello, a giant sheet metal instrument?
===12 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 12 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[David Suhor]]''' ''(pictured)'' opened proceedings for a meeting of the [[Pensacola City Council]] by delivering a Satanic prayer?
* ... that professional ''[[Street Fighter]]'' player [[Daigo Umehara]] lost '''[[Lupe Fiasco versus Daigo Umehara|an exhibition match]]''' of ''Street Fighter V'' to rapper [[Lupe Fiasco]]?
* ... that Swedish photographer '''[[Gösta Peterson]]''' met his wife at a cocktail party, where he was watering the flowers?
* ... that the number of [[traffic collisions]] at the '''[[Traffic Electronic Control System (Turkey)|TEDES]]'''-monitored intersections and fast lanes in [[Gaziantep]], Turkey, declined by about 40% within two months of its installation?
* ... that '''[[Humphrey Stafford (died 1442)|a 15th-century English gentleman]]''' was called "Humphrey Stafford with the Silver Hand" because of a [[prosthesis]] he wore, perhaps having lost his limb in a "bellicose engagement"?
* ... that ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' wrote that the plot and tone of the 1998 young adult novel '''''[[Love Among the Walnuts]]''''' were akin to those of a [[Preston Sturges]] or [[Frank Capra]] film?
* ... that retired Canadian meteorologist '''[[Peter Coade]]''' was certified by ''[[The Guinness Book of World Records]]'' as having had the longest career of any weather forecaster?
* ... that in 1595, the '''[[Chantry House, Bunbury|Chantry House]]''' in [[Bunbury, Cheshire|Bunbury]], [[Cheshire]], was leased for 2,000 years for the rent of a red rose?
===11 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 11 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Euthyrhynchus floridanus|Florida predatory stink bug]]''' ''(nymph pictured)'' is considered beneficial because it feeds on various [[Pest (organism)|pest]] insects?
* ... that [[George Strait]] recorded several songs written by '''[[Clay Blaker]]'''?
* ... that in the '''[[Jhabua-Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency by-election, 2015|2015 Jhabua-Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency by-election]]''', [[Janata Dal (United)]]'s candidate was supported by five other parties?
* ... that horse trainer '''[[Jeff Givens]]''' was killed when his [[horse trailer]] overturned?
* ... that the [[States of Jersey]] were obliged to ask permission from [[Queen Elizabeth II]] in order to adopt the '''[[Jersey Red Ensign]]''', because it contained the Jersey Arms with the [[House of Plantagenet|Plantagenet]] crown?
* ... that Russia's '''[[Aluchin (volcano)|Aluchin]]''' volcano is thought to have formed around 1000 CE?
* ... that the '''[[Hiroshima Lightning]]''' was the only active team refused entry into Japanese basketball's [[B.League]]?
* ... that after the {{convert|6|ft|9|in|cm|adj=on}}, {{convert|300|lb|kg|adj=on}} former [[Harlem Globetrotter]] '''[[Rico Harris]]''' disappeared two years ago today, searchers wondered why they could find no trace of such a large man?<!--Special occasion hook for October 10-->
===10 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 10 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[After the Deluge (painting)|After the Deluge]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was described by [[Walter Bayes]] as "a kind of sublimation of all the most poetic elements in nature"?
* ... that '''[[Gadis Arivia]]''' established Indonesia’s first journal of feminist theory?
* ... that of the 482 coins found in the [[Viking Age]] '''[[Sundveda Hoard]]''' outside [[Stockholm]], only one came from Western Europe?
* ... that in 1985, '''[[China–Hong Kong football rivalry]]''' resulted in China's first recorded case of [[football hooliganism]]?
* ... that the Cuban national '''[[Order of Playa Girón]]''', named after the location of the [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]], was first presented to the cosmonaut [[Yuri Gagarin]]?
* ... that on one occasion, protesters used a foghorn to discourage '''[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ireland|Mormons in Ireland]]''' from meeting?
* ... that '''[[Charles Brantley]]''' was the first person in the [[Tennessee Walking Horse]] industry to be inducted into the [[Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame]]?
* ... that [[Alyssa Milano]] released '''[[List of songs recorded by Alyssa Milano|four studio albums]]''' in Japan after appearing in ads there for pasta and chocolate milk?
===9 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 9 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[South Africa Red Ensign]]''' ''(pictured)'' was raised over [[Windhoek]] following the British conquest of German South West Africa in 1915?
* ... that after admitting he took $10,000 to help a [[Abscam|fictitious Arab sheikh]], '''[[Joseph A. Maressa]]''' argued that "it would be patriotic to take some of this OPEC oil money and get it back to the United States"?
* ... that the opening episode of '''''[[Cash Trapped]]''''' contained a continuity error which revealed the outcome at the start of the game show?
* ... that [[Guiseley A.F.C.]] were accused of "disgraceful unsporting behaviour" when a player broke an unwritten fair-play convention to score past goalkeeper '''[[Tom King (footballer)|Tom King]]'''?
* ... that in 1960, two barges collided with the {{convert|4162|ft|m|-1|adj=on}} '''[[Severn Railway Bridge]]''', causing two bridge spans to fall into the river?
* ... that a reviewer of '''[[Zwölf Stücke, Op. 65|''Zwölf Stücke'', Op. 65]]''', twelve organ pieces by [[Max Reger]], wrote that the composer was "still in his storm and stress period"?
* ... that research by Columbia Law School professor '''[[Jeffrey Fagan]]''' into [[stop-and-frisk in New York City]] was a major factor in Judge [[Shira Scheindlin]]'s decision to rule the practice unconstitutional in 2013?
* ... that '''[[Uruguayan dyke swarms|swarms of dykes]]''' have intruded into Uruguay?
===8 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 8 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Teucrium canadense|American germander]]''' ''(pictured)'' is visited by bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, but avoided by grazing animals?
* ... that the [[BBC]]'s '''[[Daud Junbish]]''' is one of the few journalists in the world to have met former [[Taliban]] chief [[Mohammed Omar|Mullah Omar]]?
* ... that members of a press gang from '''[[HMS Aigle (1801)|HMS ''Aigle'']]''' stood trial for murder when four people were killed during a raid on the [[Isle of Portland]] in 1803?
* ... that Finnish architect '''[[Gustaf Nyström]]''' has been described as a "legendary teacher of architecture"?
* ... that the '''[[University of Dundee School of Medicine]]''' has one of the biggest research complexes in the UK?
* ... that in 2013 the mayor of [[Yokneam Illit]] called for the rural village of '''[[Yokneam Moshava]]''' to be annexed to his city because it was blocking the city's ability to expand?
* ... that in the second year after its launch, biological [[preprint]]s hosted on '''[[bioRxiv]]''' [[disciplinary repository|repository]] were [[Twitter|tweeted]] about on over 20,000 occasions?
* ... that actress [[Georgina Bouzova]] feared that people would spit at her because of the behaviour of her character '''[[Ellen Zitek]]'''?
===7 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 7 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the naturalisation of [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]] ''(pictured)'' as a British citizen came via '''[[Handel's Naturalisation Act 1727|an Act of Parliament]]''' which required him to enter into communion with the Church of England?
* ... that '''[[cheese slaw]]''' is sometimes used as a topping for hot dogs?
* ... that different measurements of the size of the hydrogen atom nucleus when a [[muon]] replaces an electron is an [[List of unsolved problems in physics|unsolved problem in physics]] known as the '''[[proton radius puzzle]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Carnethy 5]]''', an annual hill race held in the [[Pentland Hills]], commemorates the [[Battle of Roslin]]?
* ... that the '''[[Effects of the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane in Florida|1928 Okeechobee hurricane]]''' caused at least 2,500 deaths in Florida, making it the second deadliest tropical cyclone in the US, behind the [[1900 Galveston hurricane]]?
* ... that the fossil ant '''''[[Gesomyrmex magnus]]''''' is notably larger than any other living or extinct ''Gesomyrmex'' species?
* ... that '''[[Max Esposito]]''' and his sister [[Chloe Esposito|Chloe]] were the first Australian athletes to qualify for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]?
* ... that although [[the Beatles]] had a more successful version, the first recording of "[[Twist and Shout]]" was by '''[[The Top Notes]]''', and was produced by [[Phil Spector]]—who later went on to produce the Beatles?
===6 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 6 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Wash's Restaurant]]''' ''(pictured)'' served up [[soul food]] dishes to [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]] beach-goers by day and its nightclub-hoppers by night?
* ... that [[Ravana]] had promised '''[[Kalanemi (Ramayana)|Kalanemi]]''' half his kingdom if he killed [[Hanuman]]?
* ... that New York City's '''[[Citywide Ferry Service]]''' is expected to carry 4.6 million passengers each year, roughly as many as the [[New York City Subway]] carries each weekday?
* ... that Duayne Boachie was nominated for a "Best Newcomer" award at the [[The British Soap Awards#2016 winners|2016 British Soap Awards]] for his portrayal of '''[[Zack Loveday]]'''?
* ... that in 1998, ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' said the [[Women and video games|girls' video game market]] was "exploding" with titles such as '''''[[The American Girls Premiere]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Moise Poida]]''', the [[Vanuatu national football team|Vanuatuan national football team]] manager, has played against World Cup winner [[Zinedine Zidane]]?
* ... that eruptions of '''[[Anyuyskiy Volcano]]''' in Siberia may have inspired legends of places where hunting is banned and smoke and fire rise from the ground?
* ... that ''[[John Harvard (statue)|John Harvard]]'' may have been inspired by '''''[[Clio (Hendrik Goltzius)|Clio]]'''''?
===5 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 5 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Ciampate del Diavolo|oldest known human footprints]]''' in continental Europe ''(pictured)'' are called "[[devil]]'s trails" by locals?
* ... that '''[[Edward Iacobucci]]''' has followed in his father [[Frank Iacobucci]]'s footsteps as [[dean (education)|dean]] of the [[University of Toronto Faculty of Law]]?
* ... that Chinese '''[[Ding ware]]''' of the 11th century has been described both as [[porcelain]] and as [[stoneware]]?
* ... that [[Ingmar Bergman]] based his script for the [[Palme d'Or]]-winning film '''''[[The Best Intentions]]''''' on the life of his father [[Erik Bergman (Lutheran minister)|Erik Bergman]], salvaged from scattered notes, stories, and conversations?
* ... that the '''[[The Wrecking Crew (music)|Wrecking Crew]]''' supplied the instrumental tracks on dozens of hits recorded in Los Angeles during the 1960s, including "[[California Dreamin']]{{-"}}, "[[Mr. Tambourine Man]]", "[[He's a Rebel]]", and "[[Good Vibrations]]"?
* ... that [[Laurence Fishburne]] played '''[[Josh Hall (One Life to Live)|Josh Hall]]''', a member of "daytime television's first African American family," on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] soap opera ''[[One Life to Live]]''?
* ... that when '''[[Talbieh Camp|Talbieh Refugee Camp]]''' first opened, most of its inhabitants were [[displaced person]]s, as opposed to [[refugee]]s?
* ... that syndicated cartoonist '''[[Mark Tatulli]]''' received a note from a former teacher saying "I can't believe you're still doing the same crap you were doing in junior high, and now getting paid for it"?
===4 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 4 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Swedish journalist '''[[Lena Sundström]]''' ''(pictured)'' was a [[Child abandonment|foundling]]?
* ... that in the '''[[Florida gubernatorial election, 1970|1970 Florida gubernatorial election]]''', [[Claude R. Kirk Jr.|Claude Kirk]] called [[Reubin Askew]] a "momma’s boy who wouldn't have the courage to stand up under the fire of the legislators"?
* ... that to reduce injuries, professional tennis tournaments are no longer played on '''[[carpet court]]s'''?
* ... that the '''[[Bayit Lepletot]]''' orphanage in [[Jerusalem]] houses and educates girls from as young as three years of age until they are ready to [[Jewish wedding|marry]] and start homes of their own?
* ... that [[Michigan Wolverines men's basketball|Michigan Wolverines]] shooting guard '''[[Charles Matthews (basketball)|Charles Matthews]]''' preferred the [[trombone]] and [[skateboard]] to basketball in his youth?
* ... that the fossil ant species '''''[[Formica paleosibirica]]''''' has been described from only three partial males and two lone wings?
* ... that at age 78, '''[[Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe]]''' was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] for his lifetime work in photography?
* ... that the '''[[Get Out and Push Railroad]]''' required passengers to help its trains over the steeper sections of the route?
===3 October 2016===
*'''''03:30, 3 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Dysphania pusilla|pygmy goosefoot]]''' ''(pictured)'', a plant [[Endemism|endemic]] to New Zealand that was thought to be [[Extinction|extinct]], was rediscovered in 2015?
* ... that '''[[Akiyama Tokuzō]]''', once referred to as the "Japanese [[Auguste Escoffier|Escoffier]]", became Master Chef of the Imperial Court of Japan at only 25 years of age?
* ... that in the 1990s [[Disney Interactive|Disney]] created [[Disney's Animated Storybook|animated storybook video games]] for '''''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: The Lion King|The Lion King]]''''', '''''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: Pocahontas|Pocahontas]]''''', '''''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story|Toy Story]]''''', '''''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: The Hunchback of Notre Dame|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''''', '''''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: 101 Dalmatians|101 Dalmatians]]''''', '''''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules|Hercules]]''''', '''''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: The Little Mermaid|The Little Mermaid]]''''', and '''''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: Mulan|Mulan]]''''', as well as '''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree|1966]]''' and '''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too|1974]]''' shorts based on [[Winnie the Pooh (franchise)|Winnie the Pooh]]?
* ... that '''[[Emma Wiggs]]''', a gold medallist in [[paracanoe]] at the 2016 Paralympics, competed at the 2012 Paralympics as a [[sitting volleyball]] player?
* ... that planners of the [[Jerusalem]] neighborhood of '''[[Mahane Yehuda (neighborhood)|Mahane Yehuda]]''' offered free land to the first 50 families, but there were no takers?
* ... that the statistician '''[[Kai-Tai Fang]]'''{{`s}} dissertation was written in two weeks but not published for 19 years because of the [[Cultural Revolution]]?
* ... that in honor of '''[[1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team|Georgia Tech]]'''{{`s}} [[1929 Rose Bowl]] victory, running back [[Stumpy Thomason]] was given a [[bear cub]] by a local businessman, which he drove around Atlanta and fed Coca-Cola?
===2 October 2016===
*'''''07:22, 2 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[St Leonard's Court]]''' in the [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]] has a Grade II listed underground [[air-raid shelter]] ''(entrance pictured)'' built in the 1930s?
* ... that the stories of Italian author and Holocaust survivor '''[[Rubino Romeo Salmonì]]''' were an inspiration for [[Roberto Benigni]]'s 1997 film ''[[Life Is Beautiful]]''?
* ... that '''[[Restaurant Andrew Fairlie]]''' is known for a signature dish of lobster [[Cold smoking|cold smoked]] over [[whisky]] casks?
* ... that '''[[Zufar ibn al-Harith al-Kilabi|Zufar al-Kilabi]]''' was given a high position in the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] court and army in return for abandoning his support for the rebellion of [[Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr|Ibn al-Zubayr]]?
* ... that [[Channel 4]]'s 2016 Paralympics trailer "'''[[We're the Superhumans]]'''" featured a [[big band]] comprised of musicians with disabilities?
* ... that [[Moldavia]]n pediatrician '''[[Anastasie Fătu]]''' proposed a ban on open-casket church funerals?
* ... that '''[[Jordan]]''' has remained one of the safest countries in the [[Middle East]], despite regional turmoil?
* ... that [[RKO Pictures]] fired director '''[[Howard Hawks]]''' after ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'' flopped, but the 1938 [[Screwball comedy film|screwball comedy]] is now regarded as one of Hawks' masterpieces?
===1 October 2016===
*'''''04:47, 1 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Elin Rombo]]''' ''(pictured)'' played Sister Blanche in [[Francis Poulenc|Poulenc]]'s ''[[Dialogues of the Carmelites]]'' in a 2011 production at the Royal Swedish Opera?
* ... that '''[[Timber Sycamore]]''' is a covert CIA program that arms and trains rebels in the [[Syrian civil war]]?
* ... that the Paralympic canoeing champion '''[[Anne Dickins]]''' had to overcome [[seasickness]] when she took up the sport?
* ... that the '''[[Lipaphis erysimi|turnip aphid]]''' is highly prolific, with as many as 35 generations a year being recorded in Texas?
* ... that '''[[Daniel Dalton (American politician)|Daniel Dalton]]''' has a [[Master of Public Administration|graduate degree in public administration]], but called his work in a U.S. congressman's office "the greatest education I've ever had"?
* ... that the '''[[CMLL 68th Anniversary Show]]''' was the first time that a [[steel cage match]] was held at a [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Anniversary Shows|CMLL anniversary show]]?
* ... that when King [[George Tupou II]] of Tonga married '''[[Lavinia Veiongo]]''' instead of ʻOfakivavaʻu, there were riots in the streets of [[Nukuʻalofa]]?
* ... that the ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'' recommended that players stumped by video game ''[[Myst]]'' should get '''''[[Pyst]]'''''?
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===31 October 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Talking Gravestones of Amrum]]''' and their '''[[Talking Gravestones of Föhr|counterparts on Föhr]]''' ''(example pictured)'' display detailed biographies of the deceased?
* ... that '''[[Mary Isabella Hales Horne]]''' was the mother of 15 children, including three sets of twins?
* ... that the fossil ant '''''[[Gesomyrmex incertus]]''''' was described from a single queen's head?
* ... that U.S. senators [[Joseph S. Clark Jr.]] and [[Robert F. Kennedy]] '''[[Joseph S. Clark's and Robert F. Kennedy's tour of the Mississippi Delta|toured the Mississippi Delta]]''' in 1967 and made hunger a public issue in the United States as a result?
* ... that no men competed for '''[[Chad at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Mary Kitson Clark]]'''{{`s}} 1935 book ''A Gazetteer of Roman Remains in East Yorkshire'' is still a basic guide to the study of the Roman presence in northern England?
* ... that the '''[[New York City Board of Transportation]]''' built '''[[370 Jay Street|a new headquarters]]''' that it used for only two years?
* ... that the '''[[wonut]]''' is a combination of a [[waffle]] and [[doughnut]] that went viral in April 2014 following media exposure?
===30 October 2016===
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* ... that the dairy-farming area of '''[[Warmingham]]''', [[Cheshire]], is the source of around half the pure salt ''(brine pump pictured)'' manufactured in the UK?
* ... that '''''[[Revival (comics)|Revival]]''''' stars a character that writer [[Tim Seeley]] had spent nearly 20 years developing?
* ... that basketball player '''[[Anthony Stover]]''' sacrificed a higher salary in hopes of winning an [[National Basketball League of Canada|NBL Canada]] championship?
* ... that '''[[2-satisfiability]]''' can be used to schedule [[round-robin tournament]]s so that teams alternate between home and away games as much or as little as possible?
* ... that '''[[Shriya Saran filmography|Shriya Saran played the female lead]]''' in the 2007 film ''[[Sivaji (film)|Sivaji]]'', India's most expensive film to that point?
* ... that parts of the [[Altiplano]] may have been covered by the lake '''[[Ouki]]''' in the past?
* ... that former German ambassador to China '''[[Erwin Wickert]]''' was an alumnus of [[Dickinson College]] of [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania]]?
* ... that the tail of '''''[[Laticauda colubrina]]''''' resembles and moves like its head in order to deter predators?
===29 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 29 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Trenton, Georgia]], adopted '''[[Flag of Trenton, Georgia|a version of the previous state flag]]''' ''(pictured)'' to protest against the state changing its flag?
* ... that Swedish actor '''[[Liam Norberg]]''' became a devout Christian while serving time in prison for a bank robbery?
* ... that '''[[argonium]]''', an ion composed of an argon atom and a proton, was the first [[noble gas]] molecular ion to be found in interstellar space?
* ... that during World Championship Wrestling's '''[[Capital Combat]]''' show, [[RoboCop (character)|RoboCop]] saved [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]] from [[The Four Horsemen (professional wrestling)|the Four Horsemen]]?
* ... that a report around 2013 on American [[used good]]s outlets put [[Goodwill Industries|Goodwill]] first with a 21% market share, '''[[Winmark]]''' second with nearly 6%, and [[The Salvation Army]] third with nearly 4%?
* ... that in 1985, '''[[Rosa Namises]]''' lost her job in a [[Namibia]]n hospital after she was seen holding hands in public with a white doctor?
* ... that [[Daniel Catán]]'s opera '''''[[Il Postino (opera)|Il Postino]]''''' is set in Italy but sung in Spanish?
===28 October 2016===
*'''''00:07, 28 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Craigievar Express]]''' ''(pictured)'' is driven by a steam engine previously used in a [[sawmill]]?
* ... that 18th-century chemist '''[[Claudine Picardet]]''' translated scientific articles from Swedish, English, German, and Italian into French?
* ... that while visiting segregated [[South Africa]] in 1947, [[George VI]] noticed the national motto '''''[[Ex Unitate Vires]]''''' on a tablecloth and said, "Not much bloody ''Unitate'' about this place!"?
* ... that in 2012, a small '''[[Ru ware]]''' bowl from the [[Song dynasty]] was sold for [[Hong Kong Dollar|HK$]]207.86 million (US$26.7 million)?
* ... that the newspaper publisher '''[[Sir Hildebrand Harmsworth, 1st Baronet|Sir Hildebrand Harmsworth]]''' gave money to a charity fund after his [[chauffeur]] killed a boy while driving Harmsworth's car?
* ... that Arizona's '''[[Queen Creek Tunnel]]''' is the first in the state to be equipped with LED lighting?
* ... that after declaring independence from the [[Ava Kingdom]], '''[[Thinkhaya III of Toungoo]]''' built his own palace, but left out the royal [[Hti|white umbrella]]?
* ... that in a Polish study, the '''[[Tetragnatha montana|silver stretch spider]]''' ate an average of 3.7 mosquitoes per day in early June?
===27 October 2016===
*'''''01:10, 27 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[New London Union Station]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the largest, last, and—according to biographer [[Henry-Russell Hitchcock]]—"best" railroad station designed by [[Henry Hobson Richardson]]?
* ... that basketball player '''[[Billy White (basketball)|Billy White]]''' started in the most games in [[San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball|San Diego State]] history?
* ... that '''[[Cortana (software)|Cortana]]''' correctly predicted the winners of the first 14 matches of the [[2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage]]?
* ... that in 1992, civilian employees of '''[[Consairway]]''' were granted veteran status by the [[Veterans Benefits Administration]] for their World War II service transporting munitions and military personnel?
* ... that in April 1945, the artist '''[[Eric Taylor (artist)|Eric Taylor]]''' was among the first British troops to enter the [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]] when it was liberated?
* ... that 71% of permanently protected land in the '''[[Guapi-Guapiaçú Environmental Protection Area]]''' in Brazil has no natural vegetation?
* ... that in '''''[[Hale v. Henkel]]''''', the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] ruled that the [[self-incrimination]] clause of the [[Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fifth Amendment]] did not apply to corporations?
* ... that a [[Hamearis lucina|Duke of Burgundy]] has been spotted on '''[[Bratton Downs]]'''?
===26 October 2016===
*'''''00:05, 26 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Thomas Aldersey]]''' ''(pictured)'' gave the [[Worshipful Company of Haberdashers]], now an educational charity, their first school?
* ... that '''''[[Quantum Break]]''''' was described as a "transmedia [[action game|action]]-[[shooter game|shooter]] video game and television hybrid"?
* ... that the Irish footballer '''[[Jeff Chandler (footballer)|Jeff Chandler]]''' was "never the same player" after suffering a knee injury in [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]' fourth game of their [[1987–88 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season|1987–88 season]]?
* ... that the '''[[Divisional Railway Hospital, Golden Rock|Divisional Railway Hospital]]''' in [[Golden Rock, Tiruchirappalli]], India, is the oldest in [[Southern Railway zone|its zone]]?
* ... that '''[[Edward A. Geary]]''' was unanimously elected [[Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives]] by his Republican and Democrat peers?
* ... that the 1949 film '''''[[Passport to Pimlico]]''''' is dedicated to the memory of Second World War [[Rationing in the United Kingdom|British food and clothing ration coupons]]?
* ... that '''[[Otto Bock]]''' technicians at the [[2016 Paralympic Games]] carried out 3,361 repairs for 1,162 athletes, including 2,745 repairs to wheelchairs?
* ... that groups including [[the Beach Boys]] and [[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young]] playing at the '''[[Big Sur Folk Festival]]''' were never paid more than US$50 per performer?
===25 October 2016===
*'''''00:20, 25 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Reads Landing School]]''' ''(pictured)'' features a brick [[Water table (architecture)|water table]]?
* ... that after '''[[Disappearance of Joan Risch|Joan Risch]]'''{{`s}} apparent abduction from her home 55 years ago today, it was discovered she had borrowed books on [[Missing person|missing-person cases]] from the local library?<!--Special occasion request for 24 October-->
* ... that the '''[[Nursing Studies, University of Edinburgh|Nursing Studies Unit]]''' at the [[University of Edinburgh]] was the first such department in a British university?
* ... that the 1955 [[Tamil language]] film '''''[[Doctor Savithri]]''''' is a contemporary adaptation of the story of [[Savitri and Satyavan]]?
* ... that the parish of '''[[St Silin's Church|St Silin's]]''' contains a part of England under the jurisdiction of the Church in Wales?
* ... that scholar '''[[Frederick Sherwood Dunn]]''' led a move that was described by a university president as "Yale fumbled and Princeton recovered the ball"?
* ... that argon oxide, an '''[[Argon compounds|argon compound]]''', interferes with the detection of [[iron-56]] in [[inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry]]?
* ... that '''[[James M. Turner]]''' was removed from the [[New Jersey Senate]] after being convicted of trying to frame his political rival '''[[Kenneth A. Gewertz]]''' by having 6,500 [[amphetamine]]-like tablets planted in his home?
===24 October 2016===
*'''''00:35, 24 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the intense fumes emitted by the crushed leaves of the so-called '''[[Clematis glycinoides|headache vine]]''' ''(pictured)'' cause one to feel like one's head is "exploding" ... making the inhaler forget all about the headache?
* ... that '''[[Johanna Umurungi]]''' was the only female [[Rwanda]]n swimmer at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]?
* ... that [[Max Reger]] composed the chorale fantasia '''[[Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott, Op. 27|''Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott'', Op. 27]]''', for [[Karl Straube]], who premiered it before it was published?
* ... that after being ousted from his emirate in [[Aleppo]], '''[[Mansur ibn Lu'lu']]''' commanded a [[Tagma (military)|Byzantine army unit]]?
* ... that [[Antonio Giovinazzi]] achieved his first [[GP2 Series|GP2 series]] pole position at the '''[[2016 Baku GP2 Series round|2016 Baku round]]''' and went on to win both the weekend's races?
* ... that '''[[Lisbeth Hockey]]''' was the first nurse to be awarded an honorary fellowship by the [[Royal College of General Practitioners]]?
* ... that in the [[video game]] '''''[[Bound (video game)|Bound]]''''', the protagonist moves mainly by dancing?
* ... that the [[New York City]] neighborhood of '''[[Brownsville, Brooklyn|Brownsville]]''' has the highest concentration of [[public housing]] in the United States?
===23 October 2016===
*'''''00:50, 23 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Brazil]]ian Minister of the Environment [[Carlos Minc]] supported the creation of what he called a "green sheath" around '''[[BR-319]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that [[John Travolta]] will play New York mob boss [[John Gotti]] in '''[[The Life and Death of John Gotti|an upcoming film]]'''?
* ... that [[Middle Ages|medieval]] '''[[List of literary descriptions of cities (before 1550)|works praising cities]]''' often follow rules laid down in [[Ancient Greece]]?
* ... that the [[Association française pour l'information scientifique|French Association for Scientific Information]] criticised [[Paris Descartes University]]'s decision to award '''[[Élizabeth Teissier]]''' a doctorate for a sociology thesis of "[[astrology|pro-astrological]] advocacy"?
* ... that the extension to '''[[Poole Methodist Church]]''' was nominated for the 2016 [[Carbuncle Cup]]?
* ... that '''[[Martine van Hamel]]''' won a gold medal at the 1966 [[Varna International Ballet Competition]], one of the most prestigious dance competitions in the world?
* ... that GamesRadar ranked '''''[[Worms Armageddon]]''''' number 13 in their list of the top 50 [[PlayStation]] games of all time?
* ... that after he died, daredevil '''[[Larry Donovan (bridge jumper)|Larry Donovan]]'''{{`s}} mother said, "I told him that jumping off bridges was a poor way of earning a living"?
===22 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 22 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Flag of Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton Flag]]''' ''(pictured)'' was one of the first flags used in [[British North America]] prior to the American Revolution to express dissent against the British authorities?<!-- Special occasion hook for 21 October. --->
* ... that the archaeologist '''[[Lily Chitty]]''' was a [[Women's Land Army|Land Girl]] during the First World War?
* ... that the [[reclining Buddha]] at the '''[[Dafo Temple, Zhangye]]''', is {{convert|35|m}} long?
* ... that '''[[Aldana Sandoval]]''' helped plot the [[Guatemalan Revolution#October revolution|1944 Guatemalan coup]], but did not actually participate in it?
* ... that the music competition '''[[Pringles Unsung]]''' was described as being "liable to kill the most credible career"?
* ... that Swedish theologian '''[[Johannes Bilberg]]''' published a work on the [[midnight sun]]?
* ... that the main event of last month's '''''[[IWRG Máscara vs. Máscara (September 2016)|Máscara vs. Máscara]]''''' professional wrestling show has been called [[International Wrestling Revolution Group|IWRG]]'s biggest ''[[Lucha de Apuestas]]'' ("bet match") in years?
* ... that at an 1892 rally attended by anti-lynching activist '''[[Ferdinand Lee Barnett (Chicago)|Ferdinand Lee Barnett]]''', participants refused to sing "[[My Country, 'Tis of Thee]]" until the United States was more truly a "sweet land of liberty"?
===21 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 21 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that basketball player '''[[Cliff Clinkscales]]''' ''(pictured)'' demonstrated his dribbling skills on national TV before he was a teenager?
* ... that 88 [[morphospecies]] of orchid have been identified in the '''[[Cutervo National Park]]''' in Peru?
* ... that '''[[Anna L. Peterson]]''' argues that the usual separation of [[animal ethics|animal]] and [[environmental ethics]] is based on mistaken conceptions of nature, humans, animals, and the relationships among them?
* ... that prior to [[Matt Monro]]'s "'''[[My Kind of Girl]]'''", it had been three years since a British artist had cracked the US Top 20?
* ... that in 2015, nineteen-year-old '''[[Charles Fernandez (pentathlete)|Charles Fernandez]]''' became the youngest [[modern pentathlon]] champion in [[Pan American Games]] history?
* ... that the 1976 novel '''''[[The Word for World Is Forest]]''''' shares narrative themes with the 2009 film ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]''?
* ... that '''[[Ernest F. Schuck]]''' ran for re-election in 1977 on a platform supporting [[New Jersey]]'s new state income tax, as many residents of his district would see a net gain from the plan?
* ... that '''[[Akigin Stadium]]''' sits next to a field of dreams?
===20 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 20 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in '''''[[Ascanius Shooting the Stag of Sylvia]]''''' ''(pictured)'' by [[Claude Lorrain]], the figures are "impossibly elongated{{mdashb}}Ascanius, in particular, is absurdly top-heavy"?
* ... that as a United States Attorney, '''[[David Kustoff]]''' prosecuted [[John Ford (Tennessee politician)|John Ford]] following his arrest in [[Operation Tennessee Waltz]]?
* ... that recorded sightings of the '''[[Malayan whistling thrush]]''' in the [[Cameron Highlands]] after the 1960s may have actually been a subspecies of the [[blue whistling thrush]]?
* ... that the developers of the video game '''''[[Osiris: New Dawn]]''''' wanted players to have to "[[Matt Damon]] yourself out" of situations?
* ... that as '''[[William Mostyn-Owen]]'''{{`s}} three older brothers all died in the Second World War, he inherited [[Aberuchill Castle]], where he and [[Gaia Servadio|his wife]] lived in a wing of "23 rooms or so"?
* ... that [[Texas A&M University–Commerce|East Texas State University]] was, in part, '''[[History of East Texas State University|saved from closure in 1986]]''' by 450 supporters making a bus trip to the [[Texas State Capitol]] in Austin?
* ... that '''[[Ralph Jean-Louis]]''' managed the [[Seychelles national football team]] to a gold medal at the [[2011 Indian Ocean Island Games]]?
* ... that during [[the Blitz]], staff of the '''[[Foyles Building]]''' stacked copies of Hitler's ''[[Mein Kampf]]'' on the roof in lieu of sandbags?
===19 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 19 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Alan Hale (astronomer)|Alan Hale]]''', who discovered [[Comet Hale–Bopp]] ''(pictured)'', said that he "predicted" its appearance would trigger suicides{{mdashb}}and it turned out [[Heaven's Gate (religious group)|he was right]]?
* ... that '''[[Imagen Televisión]]''', which launches today, is the first new commercial television network in Mexico since 1993?<!--- Special occasion hook for October 18--->
* ... that '''[[Finlay Wild]]''' has won the [[Ben Nevis Race]] seven times in a row?
* ... that the '''[[Ağın Bridge]]''' reestablished a direct road connection between [[Ağın]] and [[Elazığ]] 40 years after the creation of the [[Keban Dam|Keban reservoir]]?
* ... that '''''[[Gesomyrmex macrops]]''''' was named in reference to the ant species' large eyes?
* ... that although '''[[Fehmi Agani]]''' worked for reconciliation between Serbs and Albanians, his murder during the [[Kosovo War]] has been attributed to Serbian security forces?
* ... that soccer video game '''''[[Breakaway (2010 video game)|Breakaway]]''''' has encouraged children in the [[West Bank]] not to discriminate by gender, thereby challenging [[Norm (social)|social norms]]?
* ... that '''[[Richard D. Trentlage]]''' was known for his [[Hot dog|wiener]] jingle?
===18 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 18 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[George Frederic Watts]]'s '''''[[Mammon (painting)|Mammon]]''''' ''(pictured)'' depicts the [[Bible|Biblical]] embodiment of greed, which crushes "whatever is weak and gentle and timid and lovely"?
* ... that '''[[Helen Richardson-Walsh]]''' and her wife [[Kate Richardson-Walsh|Kate]] were both members of the team that won Great Britain's first Olympic gold in women's hockey?<!--- Special occasion hook for October 17 or 18--->
* ... that the '''[[Grand Theatre, Perth|Grand Theatre]]''' was reportedly the first in Australia to be lit entirely by [[neon lighting|neon lights]]?
* ... that in a case in which an ex-husband wanted to keep seven frozen embryos created while he was married, Judge '''[[Lee B. Laskin]]''' decided in favor of the ex-wife and ordered them destroyed?
* ... that plans are underway to convert the '''[[Akıncı Air Base]]''', bombed during the [[2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt]], into a "democracy park"?
* ... that the contralto '''[[Dorothy Gill]]''' was so popular during the [[D'Oyly Carte Opera Company]]'s visit to New York in 1934 that American fans petitioned for her return?
* ... that a 2014 attack on the radio station '''[[XHLUV-FM|Calentana Mexiquense]]''' resulted in the death of the owner's 12-year-old son?
* ... that politician '''[[Sara Skyttedal]]''' participated in [[Nya Fröken Sverige| Miss Sweden]] in 2006?
===17 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 17 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Siti Nurhaliza]] ''(pictured)'' '''[[List of songs recorded by Siti Nurhaliza|has recorded]]''' songs in [[Malaysian language|Bahasa Malaysia]], [[Indonesian language|Bahasa Indonesia]], English, [[Mandarin Chinese]], and [[Arabic]]?
* ... that after winning a bronze medal at the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympics]], '''[[Sara Ahmed (weightlifter)|Sara Ahmed]]''' became the first Egyptian woman to stand on an Olympic podium?
* ... that the '''[[Seattle Times Building]]''' was called a "death trap"?
* ... that the 12th-century manuscript '''''[[De laude Cestrie]]''''' is one of the earliest prose works about an English town?
* ... that in 1777, after [[Military career of George Washington|George Washington]]'s war council recommended that '''[[John Hazelwood]]''' lead the American fleet up the [[Delaware River]] to safety, he did so without the British firing a single shot?
* ... that the '''[[Acyrthosiphon kondoi|blue alfalfa aphid]]''', native to Asia, had reached California by 1974 and Maryland by 1992?
* ... that the archaeologist '''[[Don Brothwell]]''' served two months in prison as a [[conscientious objector]]?
* ... that '''[[Newell Boathouse]]''' stands on land for which [[Harvard University|Harvard]] pays [[Peppercorn (legal)|$1 per year]] under a lease running one thousand years{{mdashb}}after which the university can renew for another thousand years?
===16 October 2016===
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* ... that two-year-old Ruth Schwarz was rescued from the '''[[Sambor Ghetto]]''' by [[Polish Righteous]] Alojzy Plewa ''(both pictured)''?
* ... that the '''[[Yale Institute of International Studies]]''' was a bastion of [[Realism (international relations)|international relations realism]]?
* ... that golfers share the 18-hole '''[[Cape Wickham Links]]''' on King Island with [[short-tailed shearwater]]s?
* ... that '''[[James Kaliokalani]]''' and his brother, the future King [[Kalākaua]], reportedly witnessed the execution of their grandfather [[Kamanawa II]] when they were children?
* ... that decoration of '''[[Jizhou ware]]''' included using leaves that were burnt away, leaving their shapes in the glaze?
* ... that American football coach '''[[Pop Warner]]'''{{`s}} only experience with the game in his youth was using an inflated cow's [[bladder]]?
* ... that the first appearance of superhero '''''[[Captain Atom (Atlas Publications)|Captain Atom]]''''' was in an Australian comic?
* ... that '''[[David Carritt]]''' discovered a [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard|Fragonard]] misattributed at auction, a [[Rogier van der Weyden|van der Weyden]] in a cottage, a [[Tiepolo]] on an Egyptian embassy ceiling, and five [[Francesco Guardi|Guardi]]s rolled up in a Dublin shed?
===15 October 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Flag of Guernsey]]''' ''(pictured)'' is based on a banner used by [[William I of England|Duke William the Bastard]] of Normandy during the Battle of Hastings?
* ... that in 1974, '''[[Barbara Thoman Curtis]]''' led the establishment of the [[American Nurses Association]]'s first political action committee?
* ... that most '''[[Numayrid dynasty|Numayrid]]''' princes, apprehensive of urban life, ruled their cities from their [[Bedouin]] camps in the pastures?
* ... that the extinct sawfly '''''[[Ypresiosirex|Ypresiosirex orthosemos]]''''' was named for the unique corrugation of its wings?
* ... that [[missionary (LDS Church)|missionary]] Thorarinn Thorason's wife threatened to drown herself due to his '''[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Iceland|missionary efforts in Iceland]]''', but instead he drowned later that year?
* ... that '''''[[Space Battle Lunchtime]]''''' is a comic about food preparation, a subject largely ignored in American comics?
* ... that '''[[Henri Laborit]]''' recognized the psychiatric uses of [[chlorpromazine]], which helped reduce asylum populations and "change the face of serious mental illness"?
* ... that since 1912, Spanish association football club [[Athletic Bilbao]] '''[[Athletic Bilbao signing policy|only fields players with ancestry from the Basque Country]]'''?
===14 October 2016===
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* ... that after '''[[Edmund Kalau]]''' ''(pictured)'' spent his childhood in the [[Hitler Youth]], he converted to Christianity and served in [[Palau]] and [[Yap]] in the [[Liebenzell Mission]]?
* ... that the philosophy journal '''''[[Between the Species]]''''' took its name from a fictional periodical mentioned in a [[George Abbe]] novel?
* ... that the science fiction video game '''''[[Tharsis (video game)|Tharsis]]''''', inspired by the sinking of the whaling ship ''[[Essex (whaleship)|Essex]]'', allows the crew of the player's spacecraft to use [[cannibalism]] to survive?
* ... that both the '''[[5-8 Club]]''' and [[Matt's Bar]], two [[Minneapolis]] eateries on [[Cedar Avenue|the same street]], claim to have invented the [[Jucy Lucy|Juicy Lucy]] cheeseburger?
* ... that the band '''[[The Mutants (musical collaboration)|The Mutants]]''' developed from the idea of an album set out to retrace the roots of [[punk rock|punk]], [[new wave music|new wave]], and [[Ska punk|ska]], featuring an all-star cast of punk musicians?
* ... that '''[[Anne Ramberg]]''' was awarded the [[H. M. The King's Medal]] of 12th size to wear on a blue ribbon for her work in the Swedish justice system?
* ... that [[1968 Tony Awards|Tony Award]]-winning Broadway actress and singer [[Lillian Hayman]] played '''[[Sadie Gray]]''' on the American soap opera ''[[One Life to Live]]'' for 17 years?
* ... that if you bend '''[[indium]]''' it might [[Tin cry|cry]]?
===13 October 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Royal Stables (Sweden)|Royal Stables of Sweden]]''' ''(pictured)'' were established in 1535 and still serve the [[Swedish Royal Family]]?
* ... that artist [[Michael Lark]] spends ten or more hours a day working on the comic '''''[[Lazarus (comics)|Lazarus]]'''''?
* ... that [[SMS Erzherzog Albrecht|'''SMS ''Erzherzog Albrecht''''']] was one of the first two iron-hulled ships built for the Austro-Hungarian navy?
* ... that the soprano '''[[Katharine Fuge]]''' took part in [[John Eliot Gardiner]]'s [[Bach Cantata Pilgrimage]], both as a member of the [[Monteverdi Choir]] and as a soloist?
* ... that the '''[[L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library]]''' at [[Brigham Young University]] houses [[Max Steiner]]'s scores for ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'' and ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]''?
* ... that [[Queen Salote College]] was named after the Tongan Queen '''[[Sālote Lupepauʻu]]''', who was named after the British Queen [[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]?
* ... that the '''[[Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale|rice root aphid]]''' can complete its whole life cycle on plum trees?
* ... that '''[[Robert Rutman]]''' invented the steel cello, a giant sheet metal instrument?
===12 October 2016===
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* ... that '''[[David Suhor]]''' ''(pictured)'' opened proceedings for a meeting of the [[Pensacola City Council]] by delivering a Satanic prayer?
* ... that professional ''[[Street Fighter]]'' player [[Daigo Umehara]] lost '''[[Lupe Fiasco versus Daigo Umehara|an exhibition match]]''' of ''Street Fighter V'' to rapper [[Lupe Fiasco]]?
* ... that Swedish photographer '''[[Gösta Peterson]]''' met his wife at a cocktail party, where he was watering the flowers?
* ... that the number of [[traffic collisions]] at the '''[[Traffic Electronic Control System (Turkey)|TEDES]]'''-monitored intersections and fast lanes in [[Gaziantep]], Turkey, declined by about 40% within two months of its installation?
* ... that '''[[Humphrey Stafford (died 1442)|a 15th-century English gentleman]]''' was called "Humphrey Stafford with the Silver Hand" because of a [[prosthesis]] he wore, perhaps having lost his limb in a "bellicose engagement"?
* ... that ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' wrote that the plot and tone of the 1998 young adult novel '''''[[Love Among the Walnuts]]''''' were akin to those of a [[Preston Sturges]] or [[Frank Capra]] film?
* ... that retired Canadian meteorologist '''[[Peter Coade]]''' was certified by ''[[The Guinness Book of World Records]]'' as having had the longest career of any weather forecaster?
* ... that in 1595, the '''[[Chantry House, Bunbury|Chantry House]]''' in [[Bunbury, Cheshire|Bunbury]], [[Cheshire]], was leased for 2,000 years for the rent of a red rose?
===11 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 11 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Euthyrhynchus floridanus|Florida predatory stink bug]]''' ''(nymph pictured)'' is considered beneficial because it feeds on various [[Pest (organism)|pest]] insects?
* ... that [[George Strait]] recorded several songs written by '''[[Clay Blaker]]'''?
* ... that in the '''[[Jhabua-Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency by-election, 2015|2015 Jhabua-Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency by-election]]''', [[Janata Dal (United)]]'s candidate was supported by five other parties?
* ... that horse trainer '''[[Jeff Givens]]''' was killed when his [[horse trailer]] overturned?
* ... that the [[States of Jersey]] were obliged to ask permission from [[Queen Elizabeth II]] in order to adopt the '''[[Jersey Red Ensign]]''', because it contained the Jersey Arms with the [[House of Plantagenet|Plantagenet]] crown?
* ... that Russia's '''[[Aluchin (volcano)|Aluchin]]''' volcano is thought to have formed around 1000 CE?
* ... that the '''[[Hiroshima Lightning]]''' was the only active team refused entry into Japanese basketball's [[B.League]]?
* ... that after the {{convert|6|ft|9|in|cm|adj=on}}, {{convert|300|lb|kg|adj=on}} former [[Harlem Globetrotter]] '''[[Rico Harris]]''' disappeared two years ago today, searchers wondered why they could find no trace of such a large man?<!--Special occasion hook for October 10-->
===10 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 10 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[After the Deluge (painting)|After the Deluge]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was described by [[Walter Bayes]] as "a kind of sublimation of all the most poetic elements in nature"?
* ... that '''[[Gadis Arivia]]''' established Indonesia’s first journal of feminist theory?
* ... that of the 482 coins found in the [[Viking Age]] '''[[Sundveda Hoard]]''' outside [[Stockholm]], only one came from Western Europe?
* ... that in 1985, '''[[China–Hong Kong football rivalry]]''' resulted in China's first recorded case of [[football hooliganism]]?
* ... that the Cuban national '''[[Order of Playa Girón]]''', named after the location of the [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]], was first presented to the cosmonaut [[Yuri Gagarin]]?
* ... that on one occasion, protesters used a foghorn to discourage '''[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ireland|Mormons in Ireland]]''' from meeting?
* ... that '''[[Charles Brantley]]''' was the first person in the [[Tennessee Walking Horse]] industry to be inducted into the [[Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame]]?
* ... that [[Alyssa Milano]] released '''[[List of songs recorded by Alyssa Milano|four studio albums]]''' in Japan after appearing in ads there for pasta and chocolate milk?
===9 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 9 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[South Africa Red Ensign]]''' ''(pictured)'' was raised over [[Windhoek]] following the British conquest of German South West Africa in 1915?
* ... that after admitting he took $10,000 to help a [[Abscam|fictitious Arab sheikh]], '''[[Joseph A. Maressa]]''' argued that "it would be patriotic to take some of this OPEC oil money and get it back to the United States"?
* ... that the opening episode of '''''[[Cash Trapped]]''''' contained a continuity error which revealed the outcome at the start of the game show?
* ... that [[Guiseley A.F.C.]] were accused of "disgraceful unsporting behaviour" when a player broke an unwritten fair-play convention to score past goalkeeper '''[[Tom King (footballer)|Tom King]]'''?
* ... that in 1960, two barges collided with the {{convert|4162|ft|m|-1|adj=on}} '''[[Severn Railway Bridge]]''', causing two bridge spans to fall into the river?
* ... that a reviewer of '''[[Zwölf Stücke, Op. 65|''Zwölf Stücke'', Op. 65]]''', twelve organ pieces by [[Max Reger]], wrote that the composer was "still in his storm and stress period"?
* ... that research by Columbia Law School professor '''[[Jeffrey Fagan]]''' into [[stop-and-frisk in New York City]] was a major factor in Judge [[Shira Scheindlin]]'s decision to rule the practice unconstitutional in 2013?
* ... that '''[[Uruguayan dyke swarms|swarms of dykes]]''' have intruded into Uruguay?
===8 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 8 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Teucrium canadense|American germander]]''' ''(pictured)'' is visited by bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, but avoided by grazing animals?
* ... that the [[BBC]]'s '''[[Daud Junbish]]''' is one of the few journalists in the world to have met former [[Taliban]] chief [[Mohammed Omar|Mullah Omar]]?
* ... that members of a press gang from '''[[HMS Aigle (1801)|HMS ''Aigle'']]''' stood trial for murder when four people were killed during a raid on the [[Isle of Portland]] in 1803?
* ... that Finnish architect '''[[Gustaf Nyström]]''' has been described as a "legendary teacher of architecture"?
* ... that the '''[[University of Dundee School of Medicine]]''' has one of the biggest research complexes in the UK?
* ... that in 2013 the mayor of [[Yokneam Illit]] called for the rural village of '''[[Yokneam Moshava]]''' to be annexed to his city because it was blocking the city's ability to expand?
* ... that in the second year after its launch, biological [[preprint]]s hosted on '''[[bioRxiv]]''' [[disciplinary repository|repository]] were [[Twitter|tweeted]] about on over 20,000 occasions?
* ... that actress [[Georgina Bouzova]] feared that people would spit at her because of the behaviour of her character '''[[Ellen Zitek]]'''?
===7 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 7 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the naturalisation of [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]] ''(pictured)'' as a British citizen came via '''[[Handel's Naturalisation Act 1727|an Act of Parliament]]''' which required him to enter into communion with the Church of England?
* ... that '''[[cheese slaw]]''' is sometimes used as a topping for hot dogs?
* ... that different measurements of the size of the hydrogen atom nucleus when a [[muon]] replaces an electron is an [[List of unsolved problems in physics|unsolved problem in physics]] known as the '''[[proton radius puzzle]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Carnethy 5]]''', an annual hill race held in the [[Pentland Hills]], commemorates the [[Battle of Roslin]]?
* ... that the '''[[Effects of the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane in Florida|1928 Okeechobee hurricane]]''' caused at least 2,500 deaths in Florida, making it the second deadliest tropical cyclone in the US, behind the [[1900 Galveston hurricane]]?
* ... that the fossil ant '''''[[Gesomyrmex magnus]]''''' is notably larger than any other living or extinct ''Gesomyrmex'' species?
* ... that '''[[Max Esposito]]''' and his sister [[Chloe Esposito|Chloe]] were the first Australian athletes to qualify for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]?
* ... that although [[the Beatles]] had a more successful version, the first recording of "[[Twist and Shout]]" was by '''[[The Top Notes]]''', and was produced by [[Phil Spector]]—who later went on to produce the Beatles?
===6 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 6 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Wash's Restaurant]]''' ''(pictured)'' served up [[soul food]] dishes to [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]] beach-goers by day and its nightclub-hoppers by night?
* ... that [[Ravana]] had promised '''[[Kalanemi (Ramayana)|Kalanemi]]''' half his kingdom if he killed [[Hanuman]]?
* ... that New York City's '''[[Citywide Ferry Service]]''' is expected to carry 4.6 million passengers each year, roughly as many as the [[New York City Subway]] carries each weekday?
* ... that Duayne Boachie was nominated for a "Best Newcomer" award at the [[The British Soap Awards#2016 winners|2016 British Soap Awards]] for his portrayal of '''[[Zack Loveday]]'''?
* ... that in 1998, ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' said the [[Women and video games|girls' video game market]] was "exploding" with titles such as '''''[[The American Girls Premiere]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Moise Poida]]''', the [[Vanuatu national football team|Vanuatuan national football team]] manager, has played against World Cup winner [[Zinedine Zidane]]?
* ... that eruptions of '''[[Anyuyskiy Volcano]]''' in Siberia may have inspired legends of places where hunting is banned and smoke and fire rise from the ground?
* ... that ''[[John Harvard (statue)|John Harvard]]'' may have been inspired by '''''[[Clio (Hendrik Goltzius)|Clio]]'''''?
===5 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 5 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Ciampate del Diavolo|oldest known human footprints]]''' in continental Europe ''(pictured)'' are called "[[devil]]'s trails" by locals?
* ... that '''[[Edward Iacobucci]]''' has followed in his father [[Frank Iacobucci]]'s footsteps as [[dean (education)|dean]] of the [[University of Toronto Faculty of Law]]?
* ... that Chinese '''[[Ding ware]]''' of the 11th century has been described both as [[porcelain]] and as [[stoneware]]?
* ... that [[Ingmar Bergman]] based his script for the [[Palme d'Or]]-winning film '''''[[The Best Intentions]]''''' on the life of his father [[Erik Bergman (Lutheran minister)|Erik Bergman]], salvaged from scattered notes, stories, and conversations?
* ... that the '''[[The Wrecking Crew (music)|Wrecking Crew]]''' supplied the instrumental tracks on dozens of hits recorded in Los Angeles during the 1960s, including "[[California Dreamin']]{{-"}}, "[[Mr. Tambourine Man]]", "[[He's a Rebel]]", and "[[Good Vibrations]]"?
* ... that [[Laurence Fishburne]] played '''[[Josh Hall (One Life to Live)|Josh Hall]]''', a member of "daytime television's first African American family," on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] soap opera ''[[One Life to Live]]''?
* ... that when '''[[Talbieh Camp|Talbieh Refugee Camp]]''' first opened, most of its inhabitants were [[displaced person]]s, as opposed to [[refugee]]s?
* ... that syndicated cartoonist '''[[Mark Tatulli]]''' received a note from a former teacher saying "I can't believe you're still doing the same crap you were doing in junior high, and now getting paid for it"?
===4 October 2016===
*'''''00:00, 4 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Swedish journalist '''[[Lena Sundström]]''' ''(pictured)'' was a [[Child abandonment|foundling]]?
* ... that in the '''[[Florida gubernatorial election, 1970|1970 Florida gubernatorial election]]''', [[Claude R. Kirk Jr.|Claude Kirk]] called [[Reubin Askew]] a "momma’s boy who wouldn't have the courage to stand up under the fire of the legislators"?
* ... that to reduce injuries, professional tennis tournaments are no longer played on '''[[carpet court]]s'''?
* ... that the '''[[Bayit Lepletot]]''' orphanage in [[Jerusalem]] houses and educates girls from as young as three years of age until they are ready to [[Jewish wedding|marry]] and start homes of their own?
* ... that [[Michigan Wolverines men's basketball|Michigan Wolverines]] shooting guard '''[[Charles Matthews (basketball)|Charles Matthews]]''' preferred the [[trombone]] and [[skateboard]] to basketball in his youth?
* ... that the fossil ant species '''''[[Formica paleosibirica]]''''' has been described from only three partial males and two lone wings?
* ... that at age 78, '''[[Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe]]''' was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] for his lifetime work in photography?
* ... that the '''[[Get Out and Push Railroad]]''' required passengers to help its trains over the steeper sections of the route?
===3 October 2016===
*'''''03:30, 3 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Dysphania pusilla|pygmy goosefoot]]''' ''(pictured)'', a plant [[Endemism|endemic]] to New Zealand that was thought to be [[Extinction|extinct]], was rediscovered in 2015?
* ... that '''[[Akiyama Tokuzō]]''', once referred to as the "Japanese [[Auguste Escoffier|Escoffier]]", became Master Chef of the Imperial Court of Japan at only 25 years of age?
* ... that in the 1990s [[Disney Interactive|Disney]] created [[Disney's Animated Storybook|animated storybook video games]] for '''''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: The Lion King|The Lion King]]''''', '''''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: Pocahontas|Pocahontas]]''''', '''''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story|Toy Story]]''''', '''''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: The Hunchback of Notre Dame|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''''', '''''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: 101 Dalmatians|101 Dalmatians]]''''', '''''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules|Hercules]]''''', '''''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: The Little Mermaid|The Little Mermaid]]''''', and '''''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: Mulan|Mulan]]''''', as well as '''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree|1966]]''' and '''[[Disney's Animated Storybook: Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too|1974]]''' shorts based on [[Winnie the Pooh (franchise)|Winnie the Pooh]]?
* ... that '''[[Emma Wiggs]]''', a gold medallist in [[paracanoe]] at the 2016 Paralympics, competed at the 2012 Paralympics as a [[sitting volleyball]] player?
* ... that planners of the [[Jerusalem]] neighborhood of '''[[Mahane Yehuda (neighborhood)|Mahane Yehuda]]''' offered free land to the first 50 families, but there were no takers?
* ... that the statistician '''[[Kai-Tai Fang]]'''{{`s}} dissertation was written in two weeks but not published for 19 years because of the [[Cultural Revolution]]?
* ... that in honor of '''[[1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team|Georgia Tech]]'''{{`s}} [[1929 Rose Bowl]] victory, running back [[Stumpy Thomason]] was given a [[bear cub]] by a local businessman, which he drove around Atlanta and fed Coca-Cola?
===2 October 2016===
*'''''07:22, 2 October 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[St Leonard's Court]]''' in the [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]] has a Grade II listed underground [[air-raid shelter]] ''(entrance pictured)'' built in the 1930s?
* ... that the stories of Italian author and Holocaust survivor '''[[Rubino Romeo Salmonì]]''' were an inspiration for [[Roberto Benigni]]'s 1997 film ''[[Life Is Beautiful]]''?
* ... that '''[[Restaurant Andrew Fairlie]]''' is known for a signature dish of lobster [[Cold smoking|cold smoked]] over [[whisky]] casks?
* ... that '''[[Zufar ibn al-Harith al-Kilabi|Zufar al-Kilabi]]''' was given a high position in the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] court and army in return for abandoning his support for the rebellion of [[Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr|Ibn al-Zubayr]]?
* ... that [[Channel 4]]'s 2016 Paralympics trailer "'''[[We're the Superhumans]]'''" featured a [[big band]] comprised of musicians with disabilities?
* ... that [[Moldavia]]n pediatrician '''[[Anastasie Fătu]]''' proposed a ban on open-casket church funerals?
* ... that '''[[Jordan]]''' has remained one of the safest countries in the [[Middle East]], despite regional turmoil?
* ... that [[RKO Pictures]] fired director '''[[Howard Hawks]]''' after ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'' flopped, but the 1938 [[Screwball comedy film|screwball comedy]] is now regarded as one of Hawks' masterpieces?
===1 October 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Elin Rombo]]''' ''(pictured)'' played Sister Blanche in [[Francis Poulenc|Poulenc]]'s ''[[Dialogues of the Carmelites]]'' in a 2011 production at the Royal Swedish Opera?
* ... that '''[[Timber Sycamore]]''' is a covert CIA program that arms and trains rebels in the [[Syrian civil war]]?
* ... that the Paralympic canoeing champion '''[[Anne Dickins]]''' had to overcome [[seasickness]] when she took up the sport?
* ... that the '''[[Lipaphis erysimi|turnip aphid]]''' is highly prolific, with as many as 35 generations a year being recorded in Texas?
* ... that '''[[Daniel Dalton (American politician)|Daniel Dalton]]''' has a [[Master of Public Administration|graduate degree in public administration]], but called his work in a U.S. congressman's office "the greatest education I've ever had"?
* ... that the '''[[CMLL 68th Anniversary Show]]''' was the first time that a [[steel cage match]] was held at a [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Anniversary Shows|CMLL anniversary show]]?
* ... that when King [[George Tupou II]] of Tonga married '''[[Lavinia Veiongo]]''' instead of ʻOfakivavaʻu, there were riots in the streets of [[Nukuʻalofa]]?
* ... that the ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'' recommended that players stumped by video game ''[[Myst]]'' should get '''''[[Pyst]]'''''?
