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===31 July 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[Donald Trump baby balloon]]''' was flown over London's [[Parliament Square]] and Edinburgh's [[The Meadows (park)|the Meadows]] ''([[:File:Trump Baby Balloon at protest in Parliament Square.jpg|pictured]])''?
* ... that since '''[[Brett Cantor]]'''{{`s}} fatal stab wounds 25 years ago today were similar to those of [[Nicole Brown Simpson]] and [[Ron Goldman]], [[O. J. Simpson murder case|O. J. Simpson's defense team]] was allowed to review the police case file?
* ... that '''[[Gevninge]]''', a Danish village dating to the [[Viking Age]] or earlier, may have been the port for the seat of the [[Scylding]] kings?
* ... that '''[[Kateryna Kasper]]''' appeared at the [[Los Angeles Opera]] as Belinda in Purcell's ''[[Dido and Aeneas]]'', staged by [[Barrie Kosky]], and in [[Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt|Frankfurt]] as Antonida in Glinka's ''[[A Life for the Tsar|Iwan Sussanin]]'', staged by [[Harry Kupfer]]?
* ... that [[Sigmund Freud]] regularly played the popular Austrian [[tarot card game]], '''[[Königrufen]]'''?
* ... that '''[[William Chong Wong]]''', the son of Chinese immigrant parents, twice served as Minister of Finance in [[Honduras]]?
* ... that '''[[Dafydd Gibbon]]''' is particularly concerned with [[endangered language]]s and has received awards from the Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Poland?
* ... that the peanut worm '''''[[Nephasoma minutum]]''''' has been referred to as a "taxonomic wastebasket"?
===30 July 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Enoch zu Guttenberg]]''' ''(pictured)'' conducted [[Requiem (Verdi)|Verdi's Requiem]] in a concert in Rome for [[Pope Benedict XVI]]?
* ... that [[Marvel Comics]] published a solo comic book about the teenager Jean Grey from the '''[[time-displaced X-Men]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Jean-François Bony]]''' designed fabrics for the rulers of France before, during, and after the [[French Revolution]]?
* ... that '''[[Stanwood station]]''' was once served by the "'''[[H & H Railroad|Dinky]]'''", claimed by local residents to be the world's shortest steam railway?
* ... that after [[Shane Filan]]'s [[Demo (music)|demo]] for "'''[[Beautiful in White]]'''" was leaked in 2010, it became a popular [[Wedding music|wedding song]] in Asia?
* ... that the [[Shooting of Jordan Davis|fatal shooting of her son]] inspired '''[[Lucy McBath]]''' to advocate for [[gun control]] and ultimately run for the [[United States Congress]]?
* ... that the [[copepod]] '''''[[Metridia longa]]''''' cannibalizes up to 85% of its eggs?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Eddie Jenkins (footballer, born 1909)|Eddie Jenkins]]''' turned down a move to [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] because he thought that "there were better prospects in the milk business"?
===29 July 2018===
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* ... that after his first visit to Timișoara in 1307, [[Charles I of Hungary]] rebuilt '''[[Timișoara Fortress]]''' ''(pictured)'' in stone, using Italian craftsmen?
* ... that nearly every person in '''[[Val Gagné, Ontario]]''', died in the 1916 [[Matheson Fire]], and the settlement was renamed to honour the heroic efforts of the parish priest?
* ... that spiders in the genus '''''[[Plato (spider)|Plato]]''''' have cubical [[Spider#Reproduction|egg sacs]]?
* ... that the [[oratorio]] '''''[[Sankt-Bach-Passion]]''''' by [[Mauricio Kagel]], which premiered in 1985 for the tricentenary of [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach's]] birth, "changed the game by making Bach himself the suffering protagonist"?
* ... that [[Vince Lombardi]]'s '''[[Packers sweep]]''' has been called one of the most famous [[American football]] plays in history?
* ... that '''[[Cuitláhuac García Jiménez]]''' lost the 2016 [[Governor of Veracruz|Veracruz gubernatorial]] election to [[Miguel Ángel Yunes|Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares]], but defeated Linares{{'}} son in 2018?
* ... that the song "'''[[Saving Light]]'''" was released as part of "Make Trance #1 Again", an initiative that encouraged fans to purchase the song on [[Beatport]] to support an [[Ditch the Label|anti-bullying charity]]?
* ... that '''[[Stuart W. Jamieson]]''' pioneered [[pulmonary thromboendarterectomy]]?
===28 July 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[Novara-class cruiser|''Novara''-class cruisers]]''' ''(SMS Novara pictured)'' were the largest warships of the [[Austro-Hungarian Navy]] to be used by the victors of [[World War I]]?
* ... that [[Antonio Banderas]], who voices the character '''[[Puss in Boots (Shrek)|Puss in Boots]]''' in the ''[[Shrek (franchise)|Shrek]]'' films, stated that Puss is his alter ego?
* ... that [[Grand Canyon]] explorer '''[[Jack Sumner]]''' intentionally castrated himself?
* ... that [[Australian rules football]] player [[Ben Cousins]] co-produced '''[[Such Is Life: The Troubled Times of Ben Cousins|a documentary film]]''' depicting his struggle with drug addiction?
* ... that '''[[Liu Boli]]''' was tasked with cleaning up China's nuclear waste?
* ... that '''[[Interstate 86 (Idaho)|Interstate 86]]''' follows a section of the historic [[Oregon Trail]]?
* ... that according to '''[[Peter Wilmot-Sitwell]]''', young well-connected stockbrokers in his firm were known as "orchids" because they were "beautiful but utterly useless"?
* ... that '''''[[Liebe und Eifersucht]]''''' (''Love and Jealousy''), an 1807 opera with libretto and music by [[E. T. A. Hoffmann]], premiered in 2008?<!--Special occasion hook for July 27-->
===27 July 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Fanjingshan]]''' ''(pictured)'', a sacred Buddhist mountain, was recently designated a UNESCO [[World Heritage site]]?
* ... that by 1969, president '''[[Felton Grandison Clark]]''' had expanded [[Southern University]] into America's largest [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black university]] by enrollment?
* ... that despite being unaffected by [[rabies]] or [[pseudorabies]], the sea urchin '''''[[Tripneustes depressus]]''''' contains antivirals to these diseases?
* ... that [[Gujarati theatre]] actor '''[[Pransukh Nayak]]''' was entered in the 1989 ''[[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of Records]]'' with 22,455 performances in his career?
* ... that the siting of '''[[Courthouse station (San Diego Trolley)|a trolley station]]''' in front of the new courthouse in [[San Diego]], California, was opposed by court officials and the county sheriff?
* ... that an army commander in the '''[[Banat Republic]]''' of 1918 claimed it could raise 40,000 troops against the [[Armée d'Orient (1915–19)|French Danube Army]], but in reality it had less than 4,000?
* ... that Alaska's '''[[Captain Cook State Recreation Area]]''' was a traditional [[salmon]] fishing spot for the [[Dena'ina]] people, before being used for [[commercial fishing]]?
* ... that when Byzantine emperor '''[[Anastasius I Dicorus|Anastasius I]]''' died, he left a treasury with over 23 million gold [[Solidus (coin)|solidi]], equivalent to 420 [[long ton]]s of gold?
===26 July 2018===
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* ... that 8-year-old '''[[Hailey Dawson]]''' ''(pictured)'' wants to [[Ceremonial first pitch|throw out the first pitch]] in all 30 [[Major League Baseball]] stadiums using her 3D-printed [[Robotics|robotic hand]]?
* ... that '''[[Biggs jasper]]''' is one of the most sought-after extremely [[Silicon dioxide|siliceous]] gemstones?
* ... that when '''[[Minna Lammert]]''', [[Lilli Lehmann]] and her sister [[Marie Lehmann (soprano)|Marie]] rehearsed as the [[Rhinemaidens]] for the first performance of ''[[Das Rheingold]]'' in [[Bayreuth Festival|Bayreuth]], [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]] thanked them "with tears of joy"?<!--Special occasion hook for 25 July-->
* ... that the '''[[Arothron reticularis|reticulated pufferfish]]''' can produce and build up toxins in its skin, gonads, and liver, including [[tetrodotoxin]] and [[saxitoxin]]?
* ... that '''[[Wang Jian (businessman)|Wang Jian]]''' co-founded [[Hainan Airlines]] and transformed it into the world's 170th largest company with US$53 billion in revenue?
* ... that '''[[Technological University Dublin]]''', or TU Dublin, is the first university of its type in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Colin Hudson]]''' scored in a 6–1 victory for [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] on the same day he was married?
* ... that the '''[[witch of Agnesi]]''' comes from a circle and [[osculating circle|kisses it]]?
===25 July 2018===
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* ... that the same day [[Romanos III Argyros|her husband]] was murdered, 55-year-old Byzantine Empress '''[[Zoë Porphyrogenita]]''' ''(pictured)'' married [[Michael IV the Paphlagonian|her young lover]] and had him crowned emperor the next day?
* ... that the '''[[Acrocnida brachiata|sand burrowing brittlestar]]''' is often found in association with the [[Echinocardium cordatum|sea potato]]?
* ... that '''[[Petra Schmidt]]''' has performed operatic title roles such as Dvořák's [[Rusalka (opera)|Rusalka]] and Ponchielli's [[La Gioconda (opera)|La Gioconda]] at the [[Musiktheater im Revier]]?
* ... that New York City's '''[[Gowanus Canal]]''' is so heavily polluted that ''[[Enterococcus]]'', which is found in human fecal matter, has been detected at more than 100 times above safe levels?
* ... that according to a 17th-century missionary in '''[[Safavid Georgia]]''', the literate [[Georgians]] in the province preferred to read Georgian versions of [[Persian literature|Persian works]] rather than [[religious text]]s?
* ... that despite earning the second-highest score in the [[2018 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|2018 U.S. Championships]] at junior level, '''[[Alysa Liu]]''' was too young to compete at the [[2018 World Junior Figure Skating Championships|World Junior Figure Skating Championships]]?
* ... that a unique geological formation, including [[dacite|dacitic]] magma at approximately 1050°C (1920°F), was encountered at '''[[Puna Geothermal Venture]]''' in 2005 when drilling a new [[geothermal energy]] well?
* ... that biochemist '''[[Chen-Lu Tsou]]''' was praised for criticizing his boss?
===24 July 2018===
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* ... that the kings of the '''[[Alchon Huns]]''' practiced [[artificial cranial deformation]] ''(pictured)'' to elongate their skulls?
* ... that one side of Euston Square may have "tried to bury the murderous memories attached thereto" by changing its name to '''[[Endsleigh Gardens]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Hilmar Hoffmann]]''', who wanted "culture for all", initiated [[Museumsufer|a 15-museum complex]] in Frankfurt, including the [[Jewish Museum Frankfurt|first independent Jewish museum in postwar Germany]]?
* ... that in May 2018, the 8,000th animal was photographed for '''''[[The Photo Ark]]''''' project, which aims to document all 12,000 species living in zoos and wildlife sanctuaries worldwide?
* ... that Socialist [[Marie-Guite Dufay]] was not elected president of the '''[[regional council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté]]''' in the first round of voting, although the left held an absolute majority of seats?
* ... that in 1917, a soldier of '''[[Troop B, Washington Cavalry]]''' wrote home that France was a "strange but wonderful land"?
* ... that coached by '''[[Harendra Singh]]''', India's field hockey teams won gold at the [[2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup|2016 Men's Junior World Cup]], gold at the [[2017 Women's Hockey Asia Cup|2017 Women's Asia Cup]], and silver at the [[2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|2018 Men's Champions Trophy]]?
* ... that the '''[[Shadwell forgeries]]''', crude 19th-century fake medieval artefacts, are now sought-after collectibles in their own right?
===23 July 2018===
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* ... that when [[Texas]] judge '''[[John W. Brady]]''' ''(pictured)'' heard his sentence for murdering his mistress, he cried out: "I didn't do it; I didn't do it. I do not deserve that sentence"?
* ... that in ancient Indian stories, a person "can bend the cosmic forces to his will" through an "'''[[Sacca-kiriya|act of truth]]'''"?
* ... that '''[[Leonard Guthrie]]''' thought that [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]]'s genital atrophy, sexual alopecia, and feminine appearance indicated [[hypopituitarism]]?
* ... that "'''[[We Say Mabuhay]]'''" is performed following the [[Philippine presidential inauguration|inauguration of a president of the Philippines]]?
* ... that '''[[Loren Klein]]''' is the third player to win [[World Series of Poker bracelet]]s in three consecutive years since the [[Moneymaker effect|poker boom]] began?
* ... that there are accounts of a '''[[macuahuitl]]''', a [[Mesoamerica]]n weapon made from wood and stone, decapitating a horse?
* ... that '''[[Kartik Aaryan]]''' made his acting debut in the 2011 film ''[[Pyaar Ka Punchnama]]'' after answering a casting call on Facebook?
* ... that a [[Govia Thameslink Railway|Thameslink]] passenger likened the seats on the '''[[British Rail Class 700|Class 700]]''' trains to [[Ironing#Ironing board|ironing boards]]?
===22 July 2018===
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* ... that Irish surgeon '''[[Samuel Croker-King]]''' designed a new [[trepanning]] device ''(pictured)'' for cutting into the human skull?
* ... that player choices from '''''[[The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit]]''''' will have consequences in the upcoming video game ''[[Life Is Strange 2]]''?
* ... that the Egyptian [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Trézéguet (Egyptian footballer)|Trézéguet]]''' was given his nickname due to his resemblance to former footballer [[David Trezeguet]]?
* ... that the adult tuatara tick '''''[[Amblyomma sphenodonti]]''''' can survive for over one year without feeding on [[tuatara]] blood?
* ... that before the cremation of former business executive '''[[Sun Fuling]]''', Chinese President [[Xi Jinping]] paid his final respects at the cemetery?
* ... that in his book '''''[[Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy|Fault Lines]]''''', [[Raghuram Rajan]] considered income inequality in the US to have been one of the underlying causes of the [[Financial crisis of 2007–2008|2008 financial crisis]]?
* ... that mezzo-soprano '''[[Patricia Payne (mezzo-soprano)|Patricia Payne]]''' made her debut at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in Ponchielli's ''[[La Gioconda (opera)|La Gioconda]]'', and took part in the first performance of Britten's ''[[Peter Grimes]]'' in New Zealand?
* ... that in the kelp forests off the coast of Chile, '''[[Tetrapygus|sea urchins]]''' graze on the '''[[Lessonia trabeculata|kelp]]''', and '''[[Luidia magellanica|starfish]]''' prey on the sea urchins?
===21 July 2018===
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* ... that the puppets of '''[[Rene Strange]]''' ''(pictured)'' included Annie Pride of the Rockies, Mr Bertram, and Samoa the Hula Hula Girl?
* ... that the majority of '''[[Henricia oculata|Bloody Henry starfish]]''' are host to a [[Asterocheres lilljeborgi|parasitic copepod]]?
* ... that the conductor '''[[Michael Hofstetter]]''' has performed and recorded rarely played operas at the [[Ludwigsburg Festival]], including [[Antonio Salieri|Salieri]]'s ''[[Les Danaïdes]]''?
* ... that more than 500 people were arrested at the '''[[Women Disobey]]''' protest in Washington, D.C. in June, including U.S. Representative [[Pramila Jayapal]] and actress [[Susan Sarandon]]?
* ... that '''[[Tuluhan Tekelioğlu]]''' made a documentary film on [[organ transplantation]] while her father was undergoing and recovering from [[bypass surgery]] in a hospital in [[Antalya]]?
* ... that 2018 [[Queen's Plate]] winner '''[[Wonder Gadot]]''' was named for ''[[Wonder Woman (2017 film)|Wonder Woman]]'' actress [[Gal Gadot]]?
* ... that the '''[[63rd Street Lines|63rd Street Line]]''', a three-station subway line in [[New York City]], was initially described as a "tunnel to nowhere" because it had no connections to other subway lines in the borough of [[Queens]]?
===20 July 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Zhu Yunming]]''', an iconoclast known for his "wild-cursive" calligraphy ''(example pictured)'', was born with eleven fingers?
* ... that the United States Army's '''[[Six-String Soldiers]]''' once opened for [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]'s [[John Fogerty]]?
* ... that Soviet [[Jeltoqsan]] protester '''[[Qairat Rysqulbekov]]''' died in mysterious circumstances in his prison cell less than a year after his death sentence was revoked?
* ... that the CEO of '''[[Advanced Cell Therapeutics]]''' is on the [[Food and Drug Administration]]'s [[FDA Most Wanted Fugitives|Most Wanted List]] after selling [[stem-cell therapy]] to people fraudulently?
* ... that '''[[Sarah Louvion]]''', playing principal flute with the [[Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester]], recorded 20th-century French music with solo flute by [[André Jolivet]], [[Jacques Ibert]], and others?
* ... that [[Cline Falls State Scenic Viewpoint|Cline Falls]] and [[Cline Buttes]] in [[Central Oregon]] are named after [[American pioneer|pioneer]] dentist '''[[Cass A. Cline]]'''?
* ... that '''[[DNS Certification Authority Authorization]]''' was developed after a series of [[Certificate authority#CA compromise|incorrectly issued digital certificates]] damaged public trust in issuing authorities?
* ... that '''[[Feras Antoon]]''' described one of his companies as "masters of the big-tit-MILF niche"?
===19 July 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[Serra Cross]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Ventura, California]], was sold in response to a threatened lawsuit challenging the use of public funds to maintain a religious symbol on public land?
* ... that Croatian concentration camp commander '''[[Vjekoslav Luburić]]'''{{`s}} wife divorced him in 1957 after she was sent an anonymous letter detailing his crimes?
* ... that in its early years, the '''[[Indian National Theatre]]''' troupe travelled in two lorries and used them as a stage?
* ... that '''[[Chief (horse)|Chief]]''' was the [[United States Army]]'s last [[Horses in warfare|cavalry horse]]?
* ... that in '''''[[Der goldene Drache]]''''', the ninth opera by [[Péter Eötvös]], five singers perform 18 characters, switching age and gender?
* ... that when she successfully auditioned for the ''[[EastEnders]]'' role of '''[[Louise Mitchell]]''', actress [[Tilly Keeper]] thought she was auditioning for another character?
* ... that '''[[Hu Wei (general)|Hu Wei]]''' became a division commander at the age of only 29, but soon suffered a setback at the [[Battle of Dengbu Island]]?
* ... that during the '''[[Petticoat Revolution]]''', Laura Starcher became mayor of [[Umatilla, Oregon]], while keeping her candidacy a secret from her husband—the current mayor—until the afternoon of election day?
===18 July 2018===
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* ... that the five versions of '''[[Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours]]'''{{`}} painting ''The Earthquake'' ''(one version pictured)'' show his growing disillusion with politics after the [[French Revolution]]?
* ... that the drinking game '''[[Hi, Bob]]''' may have been the first to use prompts from a [[television show]] to initiate player action?
* ... that the Irish surgeon '''[[Solomon Richards (surgeon)|Solomon Richards]]''' achieved fame by performing a [[tracheotomy]] in public?
* ... that '''[[James Willing]]''' raided British forts, plantations, and other properties belonging to [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|loyalists]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]]?
* ... that '''[[Euthymia (medicine)|euthymia]]''', a state of internal calm and contentment, is a goal of psychiatric intervention?
* ... that the 2016 song "Yōkoso Japari Park e", written by '''[[Masayoshi Ōishi]]''', topped [[Amazon (company)|Amazon Japan]]'s soundtrack ranking and placed third on the country's [[iTunes]] song chart?
* ... that the 1944 '''''[[Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of the Jews|Report on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of the Jews]]''''' accused [[United States Department of State|U.S. State Department]] officials of willfully obstructing attempts to rescue [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] refugees?
* ... that before becoming Emperor of Byzantium, the young '''[[Michael IV the Paphlagonian|Michael IV]]''' was the [[Romanos III Argyros|previous emperor]]'s body servant and his [[Zoë Porphyrogenita|wife]]'s lover?
===17 July 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Li Lin (physicist)|Li Lin]]''', her husband, and her father ''(pictured together with her mother)'' were all academicians of the [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]]?
* ... that [[Bruce Conner]] found the soundtrack for '''''[[A Movie]]''''' while listening to the radio?
* ... that [[mezzo-soprano]] '''[[Sara Sheffield]]''' is the first female feature vocalist in the history of the [[United States Marine Band|"the President's Own" United States Marine Band]]?
* ... that during the 6th-century '''[[Gothic War (535–554)|Gothic War]]''', [[Rome]] was besieged three times and [[looting|sacked]] twice by the [[Ostrogoths|Goths]]?
* ... that the Yiddish song "'''[[Papirosn]]'''", written after World War I, was later amended to mirror the tribulations of the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]?
* ... that '''''[[Poralia|Poralia rufescens]]''''', a deepwater '''[[Discomedusae|discomedusan jellyfish]]''', is so fragile that most specimens brought to the surface are damaged?
* ... that '''[[Martha Erika Alonso Hidalgo|Martha Erika Alonso]]''' stopped using [[Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas|her husband]]'s last name in public during her campaign for [[Governor of Puebla]]?
* ... that the '''[[Saturn Cafe]]''' serves classic American [[diner]] food without the meat and grease?
===16 July 2018===
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* ... that [[Javier Hernández|Javier "Chicharito" Hernández]] ''(pictured)'' is the first [[Mexico national football team|Mexican footballer]] to '''[[List of international goals scored by Javier Hernández|score 50 international goals]]'''?<!--Special occasion hook for 15 July-->
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Mohamed El-Shenawy]]''' declined his man of the match award after [[Egypt national football team|Egypt's]] opening match of the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]]?<!--Special occasion hook for 15 July-->
* ... that '''[[USL New Mexico|a new soccer team]]''' in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], will schedule its home games around the [[Albuquerque Isotopes]] baseball team, with whom it will share a stadium?<!--Special occasion hook for 15 July-->
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Adrian Alston]]''' performed the [[Cruyff Turn]] at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, before [[Johan Cruyff]] made the move famous?<!--Special occasion hook for 15 July-->
* ... that [[Rashad Sadygov]] is the '''[[List of Azerbaijan international footballers|most capped Azerbaijani international footballer]]''' of all time?<!--Special occasion hook for 15 July-->
* ... that in 2018 '''[[Trent Alexander-Arnold]]''' became only the fourth teenager to start a match for [[England national football team|England]] at the FIFA World Cup?<!--Special occasion hook for 15 July-->
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Kahraba (footballer)|Kahraba]]''' ("Electricity") was given his nickname due to his pace and energy?<!--Special occasion hook for 15 July-->
* ... that the jerseys of American [[Association football|soccer]] team '''[[Las Vegas Lights FC]]''' feature a [[Smiley|smiley face]] on the underside for use in [[goal celebration]]s?<!--Special occasion hook for 15 July-->
===15 July 2018===
*'''''03:20, 15 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that two protestors from [[Greenpeace]] climbed up one of '''[[Conesville Power Plant]]'''{{`s}} smokestacks ''(pictured)'' to protest against [[acid rain]]?
* ... that "'''[[Go England]]'''" was written as an adaptation of [[The Jam]]'s "[[Going Underground]]" to support England at the 2002 FIFA World Cup?<!--Special occasion hook for July 14-->
* ... that the leech '''''[[Theromyzon tessulatum]]''''' is a parasite of waterfowl, invading their mouths, noses, and respiratory passages?
* ... that '''[[Yan Jizhou]]'''{{`s}} 1957 film ''Early Morning Chill'' was repeatedly criticized in China for portraying traitors to the Communist revolution in a sympathetic light?
* ... that public art at '''[[South Tacoma station]]''' includes a granite [[Rail fastening system|railroad spike]] and a pair of {{convert|18|ft|m|adj=mid}} arches shaped like [[train wheel]]s?
* ... that the title of "'''[[Da der Herr Christ zu Tische saß]]'''", a long Passion hymn by [[Nikolaus Herman]] published in 1560, alludes to the [[Last Supper]]?
* ... that under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel '''[[Ardeshir Tarapore]]''', the [[Poona Horse]] regiment, 17th Battalion, destroyed sixty Pakistani tanks during the [[Battle of Chawinda]]?
* ... that [[John Gorrie (director)|John Gorrie]] has no memory of directing the third episode of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial '''''[[The Reign of Terror (Doctor Who)|The Reign of Terror]]''''', despite official documentation stating he did?
===14 July 2018===
*'''''03:35, 14 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Castle Lake (Washington)|Castle Lake]]''' ''(pictured)'' was created by the [[1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens]]?
* ... that Welsh international [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Darcy Blake]]''' left the professional game at the age of 25 and later played amateur rugby?
* ... that [[John Philip Sousa]] composed '''[[In Memoriam: President Garfield's Funeral March|the dirge]]''' performed at his own funeral?
* ... that Egyptian-American physician '''[[Adel Mahmoud]]''' oversaw the development of the [[Gardasil]] [[HPV vaccine]]?
* ... that the gut of '''''[[Piscicola geometra]]''''' harbours [[Symbiosis|symbiotic]] bacteria which help the leech to digest fish blood?
* ... that '''[[Joseph Samuel Clark]]''' turned down [[Herbert Hoover]]'s offer to serve as the [[United States Ambassador to Liberia]] in 1931 to remain the president of [[Southern University]]?
* ... that the '''[[Lonsdale Belt]]''' is the oldest [[championship belt]] in British [[Professional boxing|boxing]]?
* ... that '''[[Theodora Porphyrogenita (11th century)|Theodora]]''' was dragged from a monastery and forced to become Empress of the [[Byzantine Empire]] against her will?
===13 July 2018===
*'''''03:50, 13 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Dutch psychiatrist '''[[Tina Strobos]]''' ''(pictured)'', who rescued over 100 Jewish refugees during [[World War II]], said that her grandmother was the only person she knew who scared the [[Gestapo]]?
* ... that in the book '''''[[The Lucifer Effect]]''''', author [[Philip Zimbardo]] examines parallels between his 1971 [[Stanford prison experiment]] and the [[Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse|Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse case]] in 2003?
* ... that the centenary of the '''[[Protestant Church Wilnsdorf]]''' in 2013 was celebrated by the same hymn, and a sermon from the same biblical text, employed at its consecration?
* ... that the ''[[Holby City]]'' production team worked with [[Parkinson's UK]] to create a [[Parkinson's disease]] storyline for the character '''[[Alex Adams (Holby City)|Alex Adams]]'''?
* ... that days after the '''[[Kent station (Sound Transit)|Kent train station]]''' opened, a robbery was foiled there by the [[Station master|station agent]] armed with an iron poker?
* ... that Chinese scientist '''[[Liu Xinyuan]]''' is a member of the [[National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine]]?
* ... that a [[Israeli new shekel|NIS]]20,000 offer by [[Burgeranch|Burger Ranch]] to distribute the Israeli video game series '''''[[Piposh]]''''' was turned down by the developers because they were vegetarians?
===12 July 2018===
*'''''01:10, 12 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Israel Defense Forces]] exonerated the soldier who '''[[Death of Mustafa Tamimi|killed Mustafa Tamimi]]''' with a tear-gas canister ''(incident pictured)'', saying the soldier had not seen "any people in the line of fire"?
* ... that the [[University of Texas at Austin]]'s '''[[Little Campus]]''' was previously used as an asylum for the blind, a residence for [[George Armstrong Custer|General Custer]], and a hospital for the senile?
* ... that '''[[Wang Yinglai]]''', considered a potential candidate for a [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] after he successfully synthesized [[insulin]], became a virtual prisoner during the [[Cultural Revolution]]?
* ... that an allied force of [[Roman Republic|Republican]] soldiers and [[Parthian Empire|Parthians]] '''[[Pompeian–Parthian invasion of 40 BC|swiftly overran]]''' much of the eastern Roman lands that were under [[Mark Antony]] in 40 BC?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Ali Ghazal]]''' was the first Egyptian player to be appointed permanent captain of a [[List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries|top-division European club]]?
* ... that between 1957 and 1972, the market price of oil was less than the '''[[posted oil price|posted price of oil]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Andreas Großmann]]''' commissioned the oratorio ''[[Laudato si' (oratorio)|Laudato si']]'' for the 50th anniversary of the Catholic [[Diocese of Limburg]]'s church music department, which he heads?
* ... that the city of '''[[Lynnwood, Washington|Lynnwood]]''', Washington, was named after the wife of a local realtor?
===11 July 2018===
*'''''00:00, 11 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that naval historian and artist '''[[Oscar Parkes]]''' became interested in ships after seeing a picture of the [[USS Baltimore (C-3)|USS ''Baltimore'']] ''(pictured)'' on a [[biscuit tin]]?
* ... that since their founding in 1919, the [[Green Bay Packers]] have '''[[List of Green Bay Packers retired numbers|retired the uniform numbers of only six players]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Innocenzo Leonelli]]''' gave his wealth to the poor and renounced his name to become a [[hermit]]?
* ... that French mezzo-soprano '''[[Isabelle Druet]]''' is a fan of [[reggae]]?
* ... that '''[[Lion's Choice]]''', based in [[St. Louis]], was founded by a chemical engineer?
* ... that '''[[Constantine Dalassenos (duke of Antioch)|Constantine Dalassenos]]''' twice came close to marrying [[Zoë Porphyrogenita]] and becoming [[List of Byzantine emperors|emperor of Byzantium]]{{snd}}and twice failed?
* ... that '''[[Magnolia Way]]''', officially designated as [[Mississippi]] Highway 780, is unsigned at both ends?
===10 July 2018===
*'''''02:35, 10 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that of thrice-married composer '''[[Alma Mahler]]''' ''(pictured)'', [[Tom Lehrer]] crooned, "Alma, tell us!{{nbsp}}/ All modern women are jealous{{nbsp}}/ Which of your magical wands{{nbsp}}/ got you [[Gustav Mahler|Gustav]] and [[Walter Gropius|Walter]] and [[Franz Werfel|Franz]]"?
* ... that the '''[[Vilama (caldera)|Vilama caldera]]''' volcano on the border between Bolivia and Argentina produced over 1,200 cubic kilometres (290 cu mi) of rock in a single eruption?
* ... that the head of '''[[Constantine III (Western Roman Emperor)|Constantine III]]''' was presented to his co-emperor [[Honorius (emperor)|Honorius]] on the end of a pole?
* ... that comic book writer [[Cullen Bunn]] included "touchstones" like ''[[Star Trek]]'' and ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' in his pitch for '''''[[Asgardians of the Galaxy]]'''''?
* ... that Mexican-American human rights activist '''[[Alicia Cuarón]]''' became a Franciscan nun in her fifties?
* ... that the 1980 '''[[Finniston Report]]''' found that only 56% of British people considered [[engineering]] a good career for a woman?
* ... that '''[[Keith M. Davidson]]''', the former attorney of [[Stormy Daniels]], slept in a closet during his years at [[Boston College]]?
* ... that a '''[[Imperial German plans for the invasion of the United Kingdom|German plan for the invasion of the United Kingdom]]''' became part of the plot for [[The Riddle of the Sands|a best-selling novel]]?
===9 July 2018===
*'''''00:40, 9 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that among its red, pink, violet or white warts, the '''[[Echinaster callosus|warty sea star]]''' ''(pictured)'' has green [[pedicellaria]]?
* ... that '''[[Tony Ridley]]''' was described as "a very brainy backroom boy" with "no management experience whatever" when appointed director-general of the [[Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive]]?
* ... that the '''[[2017–18 Thai temple fraud investigations]]''', which led to the imprisonment of high-ranking Buddhist monks, were seen by critics as being politically motivated?
* ... that '''[[Cornelia Wulkopf]]''' made her operatic debut in the [[Jahrhundertring|centenary production of Wagner's ''Ring Cycle'']] at the [[Bayreuth Festival]] and recorded the alto part in Bach's [[Mass in B minor structure|Mass in B minor]] with [[Sergiu Celibidache]]?
* ... that Hocking Lake was renamed '''[[Lake Logan State Park|Lake Logan]]''' after [[Logan (Iroquois leader)|Chief Logan]] of the [[Mingo]] Native American tribe?
* ... that Chinese general '''[[Zhao Nanqi]]''', who fought alongside the son of [[Mao Zedong]] in the [[Korean War]], was born in what is now South Korea?
* ... that a secret compartment of [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]]'s '''[[Chequers Ring]]''' contains miniature portraits of the Queen and an unknown woman?
* ... that [[basketball]] player '''[[Charles Bassey]]''' was discovered at the age of 12 selling fried chicken by a coach in Nigeria?
===8 July 2018===
*'''''00:00, 8 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Erlöserkirche, Munich|Erlöserkirche]]''' ''(pictured)'' at today's [[Münchner Freiheit]] is the oldest Protestant church in [[Schwabing]], and was consecrated in 1901?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Youssef Obama|Youssef "Obama" Ibrahim]]''' was given his nickname due to his likeness to [[Barack Obama]]?
* ... that '''[[Tuzex]]''' shopping vouchers were used as unofficial parallel currency in communist [[Czechoslovakia]]?
* ... that '''[[Claire Ptak]]''' baked the lemon and [[Sambucus|elderflower]] wedding cake for [[Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle|Prince Harry and Meghan Markle]]?
* ... that creating human hair [[wreath]]s is a part of '''[[Mormon folklore]]''', and a wreath containing hair from prominent church leaders was on display in the [[Salt Lake Temple]] until 1967?
* ... that '''[[Erik Adolf von Willebrand]]''' originally used the term "hereditary pseudohemophilia" to describe what came to be known as [[von Willebrand disease]]?
* ... that '''[[Interstate 84 in Oregon|Interstate 84]]''' is the longest freeway in [[Oregon]] and the only one to traverse the state from west to east?
* ... that the British physician '''[[Raymond Crawfurd]]''' described the custom of [[royal touch|touching]] to cure [[Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis|the King's evil]]?
===7 July 2018===
*'''''00:00, 7 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Tammie Jo Shults]]''' ''(pictured)'', captain of '''[[Southwest Airlines Flight 1380]]''', was one of the first female fighter pilots in the U.S. Navy?
* ... that the decision by the [[Official Charts Company]] to include streaming in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 2014 led to '''[[List of UK Singles Sales Chart number ones|fewer chart toppers]]'''?<!--Special occasion hook for July 6-->
* ... that '''[[Britta Stallmeister]]''', the [[Siegfried (opera)|Forest Bird]] in [[Bayreuth Festival|Bayreuth]] in 2001, appeared as Germa in a new chamber opera at the [[Kulturzentrum Schlachthof (Wiesbaden)|Schlachthof Wiesbaden]] in 2018?
* ... that the '''[[Indian Peace Commission]]''', established by the [[United States Congress]] in 1867 to negotiate with and "civilize" Native American tribes, ultimately ushered in a decade of war?
* ... that '''[[Liu Yichang]]''', considered the founder of Hong Kong's modern literature, wrote novels that inspired two award-winning films by [[Wong Kar-wai]]?
* ... that '''[[characterization of nanoparticles]]'''{{`}} size, shape, and [[Dispersion (chemistry)|agglomeration state]] is necessary to understand [[Health and safety hazards of nanomaterials|their health and safety hazards]]?
* ... that [[Hip hop music|hip hop]]/[[Heavy metal music|metal]] recording artist '''[[Scarlxrd]]''' was once a "smiley" [[YouTube]] personality?
* ... that '''''[[Ninjala]]''''' is an upcoming video game centered on [[bubblegum]]-blowing [[ninja]]s?
===6 July 2018===
*'''''00:00, 6 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that before '''[[William Lyde Wiggett Chute|William Wiggett Chute]]''' improved [[The Vyne]] estate ''(pictured)'', access was so bad that it had to be "approached upon stilts"?
* ... that at the [[Battle of Negapatam (1782)|Battle of Negapatam]], when most of the fleet turned away from the action, '''{{HMS|Sultan|1775|6}}''' was one of four British ships that turned into it?
* ... that 98 years ago, biologist '''[[Edith A. Roberts|Edith Roberts]]''' founded the first ecological laboratory in the U.S., inspiring landscape architect '''[[Elsa Rehmann]]''' to use native [[Plant community|plant communities]] in [[garden design]]?
* ... that the '''[[Daniil Trifonov discography|discography of pianist Daniil Trifonov]]''' includes one [[Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo|Grammy Award]]-winning album and two others that were nominated?
* ... that during the [[Boxer Rebellion]], '''[[Xu Yingkui]]''' collaborated with other high-ranking Chinese officials to defy the declaration of war made by the [[Qing dynasty|Qing]] imperial court on Western countries?
* ... that the ant species '''''[[Zatania electra]]''''' is named for the amber in which it was found entombed?
* ... that '''[[Gethsemane Lutheran Church]]''' in [[Austin, Texas]], was built of bricks salvaged from the recently burned [[Texas State Capitol]]?
* ... that '''[[Carmen y Laura]]''', sisters who formed a duo for mostly [[Tejano music]], learned to harmonize by singing together while doing chores in separate rooms?
===5 July 2018===
*'''''00:00, 5 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that more than 1,000 [[dinosaur]] fossils, eggs, and tracks have been found in the '''[[Tremp Formation]]''' ''(pictured)'' of the Spanish [[Pre-Pyrenees]], prompting its designation as a [[Global Geoparks Network|Global Geopark]]?
* ... that [[Alan Menken]] collaborated on one of his first musicals, '''''[[Dear Worthy Editor]]''''', with his mother?
* ... that the ninth-century astronomer '''[[Al-Mahani]]''' claimed his estimates of the start times of three consecutive [[lunar eclipse]]s were accurate to within half an hour?
* ... that although he fought a '''[[war in Ningxia (1934)|war in Ningxia]]''' against the [[Nationalist government|Chinese government]] and was defeated, [[Sun Dianying]] was appointed to a high-ranking military position just a month later?
* ... that New Jersey musician '''[[070 Shake]]''' was featured in a [[Vogue (magazine)|''Vogue'']] essay on rising queer stars in rap music?
* ... that '''[[DPP v Santana-Bermudez|a 2003 English court case]]''' ruled that someone who lies about having sharp items in their pocket while being searched can be charged with assault if the searcher is injured as a result?
* ... that '''[[Mary Walker (rodeo)|Mary Walker]]''' overcame a tragedy and a serious injury to win the 2012 World [[Barrel racing|Barrel Racing]] Championship?
* ... that [[Richard Bowdler Sharpe|a British ornithologist]] named '''[[Winchell's kingfisher]]''', found in the Philippines, after [[Newton Horace Winchell|an American geologist]]?
===4 July 2018===
*'''''00:10, 4 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that during '''[[Operation Black Buck]]''', [[Avro Vulcan]] bomber XM607 ''(pictured)'' flew for nearly 15 hours to drop 21 bombs on the [[Falkland Islands]]?
* ... that international [[windsurfing]] champion '''[[Lena Erdil]]''' is the daughter of a Turkish father and a German mother, who met each other while windsurfing?
* ... that the [[hymn tune]] of the 16th-century "'''[[An Wasserflüssen Babylon]]'''" ("[[Psalm 137|By the rivers of Babylon]]") was largely popularized with the text of a [[Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld|17th-century Passion hymn]]?
* ... that '''[[Andrea L. Thompson]]''' served in the [[United States Army]] for 28 years before becoming National Security Advisor to the [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]?
* ... that [[Supplement (publishing)|supplements]] and "symposia" published by [[academic journal]]s may be '''[[Conflicts of interest in academic publishing|paid publications]]''', neither independently peer-reviewed nor edited by journal staff?
* ... that the '''[[Chicago Express Loop]]''' is a proposed underground [[high-speed rail]] rapid transit system that will connect [[Chicago Loop|Chicago's Loop]] with [[O'Hare International Airport]]?
* ... that '''[[Zhang Xiaoqian]]''', one of China's top doctors, was spared from persecution during the [[Anti-Rightist Campaign]] by [[Mao Zedong]], who called him a "simpleminded person"?
* ... that '''[[Bicycle Tree (Trossachs)|a veteran tree near Brig o' Turk in the Trossachs]]''' has "eaten" a bicycle?
===3 July 2018===
*'''''00:00, 3 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Tacora]]''' ''(pictured)'', Chile's northernmost [[List of volcanoes in Chile|volcano]], was the site of substantial [[sulfur]] mining operations that were explicitly given to Chile in a [[Treaty of Lima (1929)|1929 treaty]] with Peru?
* ... that Danish dermatologist '''[[Carl Rasch (physician)|Carl Rasch]]''' coined the term "[[Polymorphous light eruption|polymorphic light eruption]]"?
* ... that [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] responded to the proposed '''[[Seattle head tax]]''' by threatening to halt development of a downtown office tower?
* ... that '''[[Carmen Casco de Lara Castro]]''', founder of one of the first [[human rights]] organizations in Latin America, was arrested, denied a passport, and monitored by the [[Alfredo Stroessner|Stroessner]] regime?
* ... that in 2013 [[Iceland]] had the '''[[List of Icelandic writers|highest number of writers]]''', books published, and books read per capita?
* ... that '''[[Ofir Ben Shitrit]]''' was suspended from her [[Ulpana|religious girls' high school]] after singing on ''[[The Voice Israel (season 2)|The Voice Israel]]''?
* ... that with an area of 2,772 acres (1,122 ha), '''[[Pelham Bay Park]]''' is the largest public park in [[New York City]]?
* ... that '''[[Qabaniso Malewezi|Q]]''' wrote "Wikipedia"?
===2 July 2018===
*'''''00:00, 2 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] ''(pictured)'' composed '''[[Piano Quartets (Beethoven)|three Piano Quartets]]''' at age 15, which were published only after his death?
* ... that during the 2017–18 season, Moroccan-born [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Walid Azaro]]''' broke the [[Egyptian Premier League]] record for the most goals scored by a foreign player?
* ... that Alaska's '''[[Stormy Lake (Alaska)|Stormy Lake]]''' had to be poisoned to remove invasive species not once but twice?
* ... that [[Joachim von Sandrart]] praised the Flemish painter '''[[Joannes de Cordua]]'''{{`s}} [[vanitas]] still lifes?
* ... that the 1962 mainframe game '''''[[Marienbad (video game)|Marienbad]]''''', based on the logic puzzle [[Nim]], is often considered the first Polish video game?
* ... that more than 400 '''[[Female Red Guards of the Finnish Civil War|female Red Guards]]''' were shot after being captured during the 1918 [[Finnish Civil War]], with some being raped before execution?
* ... that the '''[[Nucleus, the Nuclear and Caithness Archives|archives of the British civil nuclear industry]]''' are housed alongside historical documents dating to the 16th century?
* ... that the [[Arctic Monkeys]] song "'''[[Four Out of Five]]'''" jokes about critics who rarely give perfect scores in their reviews?
===1 July 2018===
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* ... that Princess '''[[Vera Gedroits]]''' ''(pictured)''—good author but indifferent poet, lesbian but married a man—was a Russian military surgeon who pioneered battlefield [[laparotomy]]?<!--Special Occasion hook for [[Gay Pride#LGBT Pride Month|LGBT Pride Month]]-->
* ... that '''''[[Number 12 exposé|Number 12]]''''', an investigative documentary by award-winning journalist [[Anas Aremeyaw Anas|Anas Anas]], shed light on football corruption in [[Ghana]]?
* ... that '''[[Claus Wisser]]''' founded the services company Wisag, and co-founded the [[Rheingau Musik Festival]] which staged a concert of Orff's ''[[Carmina Burana (Orff)|Carmina Burana]]'' for his 60th birthday?<!--Reserved for Special Occasion hook for June 30-->
* ... that locomotives completed a circuit on the [[Boston and Albany Railroad]]'s '''[[Highland Branch]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Zhang Youshang]]''' was the only student from mainland China at the [[University of Cambridge]] in the mid-1960s?
* ... that chemicals found in members of the '''[[Hypericaceae|St. John's wort family]]''' can cause [[photosensitivity]] in grazing animals?
* ... that '''[[Gordon Juckes]]''' received the [[Order of the British Empire]] prior to being inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]]?
* ... that the '''[[H. J. Heinz Company complex]]''' includes buildings named Meat, Bean, and Cereal?
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===31 July 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[Donald Trump baby balloon]]''' was flown over London's [[Parliament Square]] and Edinburgh's [[The Meadows (park)|the Meadows]] ''([[:File:Trump Baby Balloon at protest in Parliament Square.jpg|pictured]])''?
* ... that since '''[[Brett Cantor]]'''{{`s}} fatal stab wounds 25 years ago today were similar to those of [[Nicole Brown Simpson]] and [[Ron Goldman]], [[O. J. Simpson murder case|O. J. Simpson's defense team]] was allowed to review the police case file?
* ... that '''[[Gevninge]]''', a Danish village dating to the [[Viking Age]] or earlier, may have been the port for the seat of the [[Scylding]] kings?
* ... that '''[[Kateryna Kasper]]''' appeared at the [[Los Angeles Opera]] as Belinda in Purcell's ''[[Dido and Aeneas]]'', staged by [[Barrie Kosky]], and in [[Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt|Frankfurt]] as Antonida in Glinka's ''[[A Life for the Tsar|Iwan Sussanin]]'', staged by [[Harry Kupfer]]?
* ... that [[Sigmund Freud]] regularly played the popular Austrian [[tarot card game]], '''[[Königrufen]]'''?
* ... that '''[[William Chong Wong]]''', the son of Chinese immigrant parents, twice served as Minister of Finance in [[Honduras]]?
* ... that '''[[Dafydd Gibbon]]''' is particularly concerned with [[endangered language]]s and has received awards from the Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Poland?
* ... that the peanut worm '''''[[Nephasoma minutum]]''''' has been referred to as a "taxonomic wastebasket"?
===30 July 2018===
*'''''00:00, 30 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Enoch zu Guttenberg]]''' ''(pictured)'' conducted [[Requiem (Verdi)|Verdi's Requiem]] in a concert in Rome for [[Pope Benedict XVI]]?
* ... that [[Marvel Comics]] published a solo comic book about the teenager Jean Grey from the '''[[time-displaced X-Men]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Jean-François Bony]]''' designed fabrics for the rulers of France before, during, and after the [[French Revolution]]?
* ... that '''[[Stanwood station]]''' was once served by the "'''[[H & H Railroad|Dinky]]'''", claimed by local residents to be the world's shortest steam railway?
* ... that after [[Shane Filan]]'s [[Demo (music)|demo]] for "'''[[Beautiful in White]]'''" was leaked in 2010, it became a popular [[Wedding music|wedding song]] in Asia?
* ... that the [[Shooting of Jordan Davis|fatal shooting of her son]] inspired '''[[Lucy McBath]]''' to advocate for [[gun control]] and ultimately run for the [[United States Congress]]?
* ... that the [[copepod]] '''''[[Metridia longa]]''''' cannibalizes up to 85% of its eggs?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Eddie Jenkins (footballer, born 1909)|Eddie Jenkins]]''' turned down a move to [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] because he thought that "there were better prospects in the milk business"?
===29 July 2018===
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* ... that after his first visit to Timișoara in 1307, [[Charles I of Hungary]] rebuilt '''[[Timișoara Fortress]]''' ''(pictured)'' in stone, using Italian craftsmen?
* ... that nearly every person in '''[[Val Gagné, Ontario]]''', died in the 1916 [[Matheson Fire]], and the settlement was renamed to honour the heroic efforts of the parish priest?
* ... that spiders in the genus '''''[[Plato (spider)|Plato]]''''' have cubical [[Spider#Reproduction|egg sacs]]?
* ... that the [[oratorio]] '''''[[Sankt-Bach-Passion]]''''' by [[Mauricio Kagel]], which premiered in 1985 for the tricentenary of [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach's]] birth, "changed the game by making Bach himself the suffering protagonist"?
* ... that [[Vince Lombardi]]'s '''[[Packers sweep]]''' has been called one of the most famous [[American football]] plays in history?
* ... that '''[[Cuitláhuac García Jiménez]]''' lost the 2016 [[Governor of Veracruz|Veracruz gubernatorial]] election to [[Miguel Ángel Yunes|Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares]], but defeated Linares{{'}} son in 2018?
* ... that the song "'''[[Saving Light]]'''" was released as part of "Make Trance #1 Again", an initiative that encouraged fans to purchase the song on [[Beatport]] to support an [[Ditch the Label|anti-bullying charity]]?
* ... that '''[[Stuart W. Jamieson]]''' pioneered [[pulmonary thromboendarterectomy]]?
===28 July 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[Novara-class cruiser|''Novara''-class cruisers]]''' ''(SMS Novara pictured)'' were the largest warships of the [[Austro-Hungarian Navy]] to be used by the victors of [[World War I]]?
* ... that [[Antonio Banderas]], who voices the character '''[[Puss in Boots (Shrek)|Puss in Boots]]''' in the ''[[Shrek (franchise)|Shrek]]'' films, stated that Puss is his alter ego?
* ... that [[Grand Canyon]] explorer '''[[Jack Sumner]]''' intentionally castrated himself?
* ... that [[Australian rules football]] player [[Ben Cousins]] co-produced '''[[Such Is Life: The Troubled Times of Ben Cousins|a documentary film]]''' depicting his struggle with drug addiction?
* ... that '''[[Liu Boli]]''' was tasked with cleaning up China's nuclear waste?
* ... that '''[[Interstate 86 (Idaho)|Interstate 86]]''' follows a section of the historic [[Oregon Trail]]?
* ... that according to '''[[Peter Wilmot-Sitwell]]''', young well-connected stockbrokers in his firm were known as "orchids" because they were "beautiful but utterly useless"?
* ... that '''''[[Liebe und Eifersucht]]''''' (''Love and Jealousy''), an 1807 opera with libretto and music by [[E. T. A. Hoffmann]], premiered in 2008?<!--Special occasion hook for July 27-->
===27 July 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Fanjingshan]]''' ''(pictured)'', a sacred Buddhist mountain, was recently designated a UNESCO [[World Heritage site]]?
* ... that by 1969, president '''[[Felton Grandison Clark]]''' had expanded [[Southern University]] into America's largest [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black university]] by enrollment?
* ... that despite being unaffected by [[rabies]] or [[pseudorabies]], the sea urchin '''''[[Tripneustes depressus]]''''' contains antivirals to these diseases?
* ... that [[Gujarati theatre]] actor '''[[Pransukh Nayak]]''' was entered in the 1989 ''[[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of Records]]'' with 22,455 performances in his career?
* ... that the siting of '''[[Courthouse station (San Diego Trolley)|a trolley station]]''' in front of the new courthouse in [[San Diego]], California, was opposed by court officials and the county sheriff?
* ... that an army commander in the '''[[Banat Republic]]''' of 1918 claimed it could raise 40,000 troops against the [[Armée d'Orient (1915–19)|French Danube Army]], but in reality it had less than 4,000?
* ... that Alaska's '''[[Captain Cook State Recreation Area]]''' was a traditional [[salmon]] fishing spot for the [[Dena'ina]] people, before being used for [[commercial fishing]]?
* ... that when Byzantine emperor '''[[Anastasius I Dicorus|Anastasius I]]''' died, he left a treasury with over 23 million gold [[Solidus (coin)|solidi]], equivalent to 420 [[long ton]]s of gold?
===26 July 2018===
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* ... that 8-year-old '''[[Hailey Dawson]]''' ''(pictured)'' wants to [[Ceremonial first pitch|throw out the first pitch]] in all 30 [[Major League Baseball]] stadiums using her 3D-printed [[Robotics|robotic hand]]?
* ... that '''[[Biggs jasper]]''' is one of the most sought-after extremely [[Silicon dioxide|siliceous]] gemstones?
* ... that when '''[[Minna Lammert]]''', [[Lilli Lehmann]] and her sister [[Marie Lehmann (soprano)|Marie]] rehearsed as the [[Rhinemaidens]] for the first performance of ''[[Das Rheingold]]'' in [[Bayreuth Festival|Bayreuth]], [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]] thanked them "with tears of joy"?<!--Special occasion hook for 25 July-->
* ... that the '''[[Arothron reticularis|reticulated pufferfish]]''' can produce and build up toxins in its skin, gonads, and liver, including [[tetrodotoxin]] and [[saxitoxin]]?
* ... that '''[[Wang Jian (businessman)|Wang Jian]]''' co-founded [[Hainan Airlines]] and transformed it into the world's 170th largest company with US$53 billion in revenue?
* ... that '''[[Technological University Dublin]]''', or TU Dublin, is the first university of its type in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Colin Hudson]]''' scored in a 6–1 victory for [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] on the same day he was married?
* ... that the '''[[witch of Agnesi]]''' comes from a circle and [[osculating circle|kisses it]]?
===25 July 2018===
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* ... that the same day [[Romanos III Argyros|her husband]] was murdered, 55-year-old Byzantine Empress '''[[Zoë Porphyrogenita]]''' ''(pictured)'' married [[Michael IV the Paphlagonian|her young lover]] and had him crowned emperor the next day?
* ... that the '''[[Acrocnida brachiata|sand burrowing brittlestar]]''' is often found in association with the [[Echinocardium cordatum|sea potato]]?
* ... that '''[[Petra Schmidt]]''' has performed operatic title roles such as Dvořák's [[Rusalka (opera)|Rusalka]] and Ponchielli's [[La Gioconda (opera)|La Gioconda]] at the [[Musiktheater im Revier]]?
* ... that New York City's '''[[Gowanus Canal]]''' is so heavily polluted that ''[[Enterococcus]]'', which is found in human fecal matter, has been detected at more than 100 times above safe levels?
* ... that according to a 17th-century missionary in '''[[Safavid Georgia]]''', the literate [[Georgians]] in the province preferred to read Georgian versions of [[Persian literature|Persian works]] rather than [[religious text]]s?
* ... that despite earning the second-highest score in the [[2018 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|2018 U.S. Championships]] at junior level, '''[[Alysa Liu]]''' was too young to compete at the [[2018 World Junior Figure Skating Championships|World Junior Figure Skating Championships]]?
* ... that a unique geological formation, including [[dacite|dacitic]] magma at approximately 1050°C (1920°F), was encountered at '''[[Puna Geothermal Venture]]''' in 2005 when drilling a new [[geothermal energy]] well?
* ... that biochemist '''[[Chen-Lu Tsou]]''' was praised for criticizing his boss?
===24 July 2018===
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* ... that the kings of the '''[[Alchon Huns]]''' practiced [[artificial cranial deformation]] ''(pictured)'' to elongate their skulls?
* ... that one side of Euston Square may have "tried to bury the murderous memories attached thereto" by changing its name to '''[[Endsleigh Gardens]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Hilmar Hoffmann]]''', who wanted "culture for all", initiated [[Museumsufer|a 15-museum complex]] in Frankfurt, including the [[Jewish Museum Frankfurt|first independent Jewish museum in postwar Germany]]?
* ... that in May 2018, the 8,000th animal was photographed for '''''[[The Photo Ark]]''''' project, which aims to document all 12,000 species living in zoos and wildlife sanctuaries worldwide?
* ... that Socialist [[Marie-Guite Dufay]] was not elected president of the '''[[regional council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté]]''' in the first round of voting, although the left held an absolute majority of seats?
* ... that in 1917, a soldier of '''[[Troop B, Washington Cavalry]]''' wrote home that France was a "strange but wonderful land"?
* ... that coached by '''[[Harendra Singh]]''', India's field hockey teams won gold at the [[2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup|2016 Men's Junior World Cup]], gold at the [[2017 Women's Hockey Asia Cup|2017 Women's Asia Cup]], and silver at the [[2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|2018 Men's Champions Trophy]]?
* ... that the '''[[Shadwell forgeries]]''', crude 19th-century fake medieval artefacts, are now sought-after collectibles in their own right?
===23 July 2018===
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* ... that when [[Texas]] judge '''[[John W. Brady]]''' ''(pictured)'' heard his sentence for murdering his mistress, he cried out: "I didn't do it; I didn't do it. I do not deserve that sentence"?
* ... that in ancient Indian stories, a person "can bend the cosmic forces to his will" through an "'''[[Sacca-kiriya|act of truth]]'''"?
* ... that '''[[Leonard Guthrie]]''' thought that [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]]'s genital atrophy, sexual alopecia, and feminine appearance indicated [[hypopituitarism]]?
* ... that "'''[[We Say Mabuhay]]'''" is performed following the [[Philippine presidential inauguration|inauguration of a president of the Philippines]]?
* ... that '''[[Loren Klein]]''' is the third player to win [[World Series of Poker bracelet]]s in three consecutive years since the [[Moneymaker effect|poker boom]] began?
* ... that there are accounts of a '''[[macuahuitl]]''', a [[Mesoamerica]]n weapon made from wood and stone, decapitating a horse?
* ... that '''[[Kartik Aaryan]]''' made his acting debut in the 2011 film ''[[Pyaar Ka Punchnama]]'' after answering a casting call on Facebook?
* ... that a [[Govia Thameslink Railway|Thameslink]] passenger likened the seats on the '''[[British Rail Class 700|Class 700]]''' trains to [[Ironing#Ironing board|ironing boards]]?
===22 July 2018===
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* ... that Irish surgeon '''[[Samuel Croker-King]]''' designed a new [[trepanning]] device ''(pictured)'' for cutting into the human skull?
* ... that player choices from '''''[[The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit]]''''' will have consequences in the upcoming video game ''[[Life Is Strange 2]]''?
* ... that the Egyptian [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Trézéguet (Egyptian footballer)|Trézéguet]]''' was given his nickname due to his resemblance to former footballer [[David Trezeguet]]?
* ... that the adult tuatara tick '''''[[Amblyomma sphenodonti]]''''' can survive for over one year without feeding on [[tuatara]] blood?
* ... that before the cremation of former business executive '''[[Sun Fuling]]''', Chinese President [[Xi Jinping]] paid his final respects at the cemetery?
* ... that in his book '''''[[Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy|Fault Lines]]''''', [[Raghuram Rajan]] considered income inequality in the US to have been one of the underlying causes of the [[Financial crisis of 2007–2008|2008 financial crisis]]?
* ... that mezzo-soprano '''[[Patricia Payne (mezzo-soprano)|Patricia Payne]]''' made her debut at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in Ponchielli's ''[[La Gioconda (opera)|La Gioconda]]'', and took part in the first performance of Britten's ''[[Peter Grimes]]'' in New Zealand?
* ... that in the kelp forests off the coast of Chile, '''[[Tetrapygus|sea urchins]]''' graze on the '''[[Lessonia trabeculata|kelp]]''', and '''[[Luidia magellanica|starfish]]''' prey on the sea urchins?
===21 July 2018===
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* ... that the puppets of '''[[Rene Strange]]''' ''(pictured)'' included Annie Pride of the Rockies, Mr Bertram, and Samoa the Hula Hula Girl?
* ... that the majority of '''[[Henricia oculata|Bloody Henry starfish]]''' are host to a [[Asterocheres lilljeborgi|parasitic copepod]]?
* ... that the conductor '''[[Michael Hofstetter]]''' has performed and recorded rarely played operas at the [[Ludwigsburg Festival]], including [[Antonio Salieri|Salieri]]'s ''[[Les Danaïdes]]''?
* ... that more than 500 people were arrested at the '''[[Women Disobey]]''' protest in Washington, D.C. in June, including U.S. Representative [[Pramila Jayapal]] and actress [[Susan Sarandon]]?
* ... that '''[[Tuluhan Tekelioğlu]]''' made a documentary film on [[organ transplantation]] while her father was undergoing and recovering from [[bypass surgery]] in a hospital in [[Antalya]]?
* ... that 2018 [[Queen's Plate]] winner '''[[Wonder Gadot]]''' was named for ''[[Wonder Woman (2017 film)|Wonder Woman]]'' actress [[Gal Gadot]]?
* ... that the '''[[63rd Street Lines|63rd Street Line]]''', a three-station subway line in [[New York City]], was initially described as a "tunnel to nowhere" because it had no connections to other subway lines in the borough of [[Queens]]?
===20 July 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Zhu Yunming]]''', an iconoclast known for his "wild-cursive" calligraphy ''(example pictured)'', was born with eleven fingers?
* ... that the United States Army's '''[[Six-String Soldiers]]''' once opened for [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]'s [[John Fogerty]]?
* ... that Soviet [[Jeltoqsan]] protester '''[[Qairat Rysqulbekov]]''' died in mysterious circumstances in his prison cell less than a year after his death sentence was revoked?
* ... that the CEO of '''[[Advanced Cell Therapeutics]]''' is on the [[Food and Drug Administration]]'s [[FDA Most Wanted Fugitives|Most Wanted List]] after selling [[stem-cell therapy]] to people fraudulently?
* ... that '''[[Sarah Louvion]]''', playing principal flute with the [[Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester]], recorded 20th-century French music with solo flute by [[André Jolivet]], [[Jacques Ibert]], and others?
* ... that [[Cline Falls State Scenic Viewpoint|Cline Falls]] and [[Cline Buttes]] in [[Central Oregon]] are named after [[American pioneer|pioneer]] dentist '''[[Cass A. Cline]]'''?
* ... that '''[[DNS Certification Authority Authorization]]''' was developed after a series of [[Certificate authority#CA compromise|incorrectly issued digital certificates]] damaged public trust in issuing authorities?
* ... that '''[[Feras Antoon]]''' described one of his companies as "masters of the big-tit-MILF niche"?
===19 July 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[Serra Cross]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Ventura, California]], was sold in response to a threatened lawsuit challenging the use of public funds to maintain a religious symbol on public land?
* ... that Croatian concentration camp commander '''[[Vjekoslav Luburić]]'''{{`s}} wife divorced him in 1957 after she was sent an anonymous letter detailing his crimes?
* ... that in its early years, the '''[[Indian National Theatre]]''' troupe travelled in two lorries and used them as a stage?
* ... that '''[[Chief (horse)|Chief]]''' was the [[United States Army]]'s last [[Horses in warfare|cavalry horse]]?
* ... that in '''''[[Der goldene Drache]]''''', the ninth opera by [[Péter Eötvös]], five singers perform 18 characters, switching age and gender?
* ... that when she successfully auditioned for the ''[[EastEnders]]'' role of '''[[Louise Mitchell]]''', actress [[Tilly Keeper]] thought she was auditioning for another character?
* ... that '''[[Hu Wei (general)|Hu Wei]]''' became a division commander at the age of only 29, but soon suffered a setback at the [[Battle of Dengbu Island]]?
* ... that during the '''[[Petticoat Revolution]]''', Laura Starcher became mayor of [[Umatilla, Oregon]], while keeping her candidacy a secret from her husband—the current mayor—until the afternoon of election day?
===18 July 2018===
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* ... that the five versions of '''[[Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours]]'''{{`}} painting ''The Earthquake'' ''(one version pictured)'' show his growing disillusion with politics after the [[French Revolution]]?
* ... that the drinking game '''[[Hi, Bob]]''' may have been the first to use prompts from a [[television show]] to initiate player action?
* ... that the Irish surgeon '''[[Solomon Richards (surgeon)|Solomon Richards]]''' achieved fame by performing a [[tracheotomy]] in public?
* ... that '''[[James Willing]]''' raided British forts, plantations, and other properties belonging to [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|loyalists]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]]?
* ... that '''[[Euthymia (medicine)|euthymia]]''', a state of internal calm and contentment, is a goal of psychiatric intervention?
* ... that the 2016 song "Yōkoso Japari Park e", written by '''[[Masayoshi Ōishi]]''', topped [[Amazon (company)|Amazon Japan]]'s soundtrack ranking and placed third on the country's [[iTunes]] song chart?
* ... that the 1944 '''''[[Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of the Jews|Report on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of the Jews]]''''' accused [[United States Department of State|U.S. State Department]] officials of willfully obstructing attempts to rescue [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] refugees?
* ... that before becoming Emperor of Byzantium, the young '''[[Michael IV the Paphlagonian|Michael IV]]''' was the [[Romanos III Argyros|previous emperor]]'s body servant and his [[Zoë Porphyrogenita|wife]]'s lover?
===17 July 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Li Lin (physicist)|Li Lin]]''', her husband, and her father ''(pictured together with her mother)'' were all academicians of the [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]]?
* ... that [[Bruce Conner]] found the soundtrack for '''''[[A Movie]]''''' while listening to the radio?
* ... that [[mezzo-soprano]] '''[[Sara Sheffield]]''' is the first female feature vocalist in the history of the [[United States Marine Band|"the President's Own" United States Marine Band]]?
* ... that during the 6th-century '''[[Gothic War (535–554)|Gothic War]]''', [[Rome]] was besieged three times and [[looting|sacked]] twice by the [[Ostrogoths|Goths]]?
* ... that the Yiddish song "'''[[Papirosn]]'''", written after World War I, was later amended to mirror the tribulations of the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]?
* ... that '''''[[Poralia|Poralia rufescens]]''''', a deepwater '''[[Discomedusae|discomedusan jellyfish]]''', is so fragile that most specimens brought to the surface are damaged?
* ... that '''[[Martha Erika Alonso Hidalgo|Martha Erika Alonso]]''' stopped using [[Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas|her husband]]'s last name in public during her campaign for [[Governor of Puebla]]?
* ... that the '''[[Saturn Cafe]]''' serves classic American [[diner]] food without the meat and grease?
===16 July 2018===
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* ... that [[Javier Hernández|Javier "Chicharito" Hernández]] ''(pictured)'' is the first [[Mexico national football team|Mexican footballer]] to '''[[List of international goals scored by Javier Hernández|score 50 international goals]]'''?<!--Special occasion hook for 15 July-->
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Mohamed El-Shenawy]]''' declined his man of the match award after [[Egypt national football team|Egypt's]] opening match of the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]]?<!--Special occasion hook for 15 July-->
* ... that '''[[USL New Mexico|a new soccer team]]''' in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], will schedule its home games around the [[Albuquerque Isotopes]] baseball team, with whom it will share a stadium?<!--Special occasion hook for 15 July-->
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Adrian Alston]]''' performed the [[Cruyff Turn]] at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, before [[Johan Cruyff]] made the move famous?<!--Special occasion hook for 15 July-->
* ... that [[Rashad Sadygov]] is the '''[[List of Azerbaijan international footballers|most capped Azerbaijani international footballer]]''' of all time?<!--Special occasion hook for 15 July-->
* ... that in 2018 '''[[Trent Alexander-Arnold]]''' became only the fourth teenager to start a match for [[England national football team|England]] at the FIFA World Cup?<!--Special occasion hook for 15 July-->
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Kahraba (footballer)|Kahraba]]''' ("Electricity") was given his nickname due to his pace and energy?<!--Special occasion hook for 15 July-->
* ... that the jerseys of American [[Association football|soccer]] team '''[[Las Vegas Lights FC]]''' feature a [[Smiley|smiley face]] on the underside for use in [[goal celebration]]s?<!--Special occasion hook for 15 July-->
===15 July 2018===
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* ... that two protestors from [[Greenpeace]] climbed up one of '''[[Conesville Power Plant]]'''{{`s}} smokestacks ''(pictured)'' to protest against [[acid rain]]?
* ... that "'''[[Go England]]'''" was written as an adaptation of [[The Jam]]'s "[[Going Underground]]" to support England at the 2002 FIFA World Cup?<!--Special occasion hook for July 14-->
* ... that the leech '''''[[Theromyzon tessulatum]]''''' is a parasite of waterfowl, invading their mouths, noses, and respiratory passages?
* ... that '''[[Yan Jizhou]]'''{{`s}} 1957 film ''Early Morning Chill'' was repeatedly criticized in China for portraying traitors to the Communist revolution in a sympathetic light?
* ... that public art at '''[[South Tacoma station]]''' includes a granite [[Rail fastening system|railroad spike]] and a pair of {{convert|18|ft|m|adj=mid}} arches shaped like [[train wheel]]s?
* ... that the title of "'''[[Da der Herr Christ zu Tische saß]]'''", a long Passion hymn by [[Nikolaus Herman]] published in 1560, alludes to the [[Last Supper]]?
* ... that under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel '''[[Ardeshir Tarapore]]''', the [[Poona Horse]] regiment, 17th Battalion, destroyed sixty Pakistani tanks during the [[Battle of Chawinda]]?
* ... that [[John Gorrie (director)|John Gorrie]] has no memory of directing the third episode of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial '''''[[The Reign of Terror (Doctor Who)|The Reign of Terror]]''''', despite official documentation stating he did?
===14 July 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Castle Lake (Washington)|Castle Lake]]''' ''(pictured)'' was created by the [[1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens]]?
* ... that Welsh international [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Darcy Blake]]''' left the professional game at the age of 25 and later played amateur rugby?
* ... that [[John Philip Sousa]] composed '''[[In Memoriam: President Garfield's Funeral March|the dirge]]''' performed at his own funeral?
* ... that Egyptian-American physician '''[[Adel Mahmoud]]''' oversaw the development of the [[Gardasil]] [[HPV vaccine]]?
* ... that the gut of '''''[[Piscicola geometra]]''''' harbours [[Symbiosis|symbiotic]] bacteria which help the leech to digest fish blood?
* ... that '''[[Joseph Samuel Clark]]''' turned down [[Herbert Hoover]]'s offer to serve as the [[United States Ambassador to Liberia]] in 1931 to remain the president of [[Southern University]]?
* ... that the '''[[Lonsdale Belt]]''' is the oldest [[championship belt]] in British [[Professional boxing|boxing]]?
* ... that '''[[Theodora Porphyrogenita (11th century)|Theodora]]''' was dragged from a monastery and forced to become Empress of the [[Byzantine Empire]] against her will?
===13 July 2018===
*'''''03:50, 13 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Dutch psychiatrist '''[[Tina Strobos]]''' ''(pictured)'', who rescued over 100 Jewish refugees during [[World War II]], said that her grandmother was the only person she knew who scared the [[Gestapo]]?
* ... that in the book '''''[[The Lucifer Effect]]''''', author [[Philip Zimbardo]] examines parallels between his 1971 [[Stanford prison experiment]] and the [[Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse|Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse case]] in 2003?
* ... that the centenary of the '''[[Protestant Church Wilnsdorf]]''' in 2013 was celebrated by the same hymn, and a sermon from the same biblical text, employed at its consecration?
* ... that the ''[[Holby City]]'' production team worked with [[Parkinson's UK]] to create a [[Parkinson's disease]] storyline for the character '''[[Alex Adams (Holby City)|Alex Adams]]'''?
* ... that days after the '''[[Kent station (Sound Transit)|Kent train station]]''' opened, a robbery was foiled there by the [[Station master|station agent]] armed with an iron poker?
* ... that Chinese scientist '''[[Liu Xinyuan]]''' is a member of the [[National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine]]?
* ... that a [[Israeli new shekel|NIS]]20,000 offer by [[Burgeranch|Burger Ranch]] to distribute the Israeli video game series '''''[[Piposh]]''''' was turned down by the developers because they were vegetarians?
===12 July 2018===
*'''''01:10, 12 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Israel Defense Forces]] exonerated the soldier who '''[[Death of Mustafa Tamimi|killed Mustafa Tamimi]]''' with a tear-gas canister ''(incident pictured)'', saying the soldier had not seen "any people in the line of fire"?
* ... that the [[University of Texas at Austin]]'s '''[[Little Campus]]''' was previously used as an asylum for the blind, a residence for [[George Armstrong Custer|General Custer]], and a hospital for the senile?
* ... that '''[[Wang Yinglai]]''', considered a potential candidate for a [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] after he successfully synthesized [[insulin]], became a virtual prisoner during the [[Cultural Revolution]]?
* ... that an allied force of [[Roman Republic|Republican]] soldiers and [[Parthian Empire|Parthians]] '''[[Pompeian–Parthian invasion of 40 BC|swiftly overran]]''' much of the eastern Roman lands that were under [[Mark Antony]] in 40 BC?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Ali Ghazal]]''' was the first Egyptian player to be appointed permanent captain of a [[List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries|top-division European club]]?
* ... that between 1957 and 1972, the market price of oil was less than the '''[[posted oil price|posted price of oil]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Andreas Großmann]]''' commissioned the oratorio ''[[Laudato si' (oratorio)|Laudato si']]'' for the 50th anniversary of the Catholic [[Diocese of Limburg]]'s church music department, which he heads?
* ... that the city of '''[[Lynnwood, Washington|Lynnwood]]''', Washington, was named after the wife of a local realtor?
===11 July 2018===
*'''''00:00, 11 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that naval historian and artist '''[[Oscar Parkes]]''' became interested in ships after seeing a picture of the [[USS Baltimore (C-3)|USS ''Baltimore'']] ''(pictured)'' on a [[biscuit tin]]?
* ... that since their founding in 1919, the [[Green Bay Packers]] have '''[[List of Green Bay Packers retired numbers|retired the uniform numbers of only six players]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Innocenzo Leonelli]]''' gave his wealth to the poor and renounced his name to become a [[hermit]]?
* ... that French mezzo-soprano '''[[Isabelle Druet]]''' is a fan of [[reggae]]?
* ... that '''[[Lion's Choice]]''', based in [[St. Louis]], was founded by a chemical engineer?
* ... that '''[[Constantine Dalassenos (duke of Antioch)|Constantine Dalassenos]]''' twice came close to marrying [[Zoë Porphyrogenita]] and becoming [[List of Byzantine emperors|emperor of Byzantium]]{{snd}}and twice failed?
* ... that '''[[Magnolia Way]]''', officially designated as [[Mississippi]] Highway 780, is unsigned at both ends?
===10 July 2018===
*'''''02:35, 10 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that of thrice-married composer '''[[Alma Mahler]]''' ''(pictured)'', [[Tom Lehrer]] crooned, "Alma, tell us!{{nbsp}}/ All modern women are jealous{{nbsp}}/ Which of your magical wands{{nbsp}}/ got you [[Gustav Mahler|Gustav]] and [[Walter Gropius|Walter]] and [[Franz Werfel|Franz]]"?
* ... that the '''[[Vilama (caldera)|Vilama caldera]]''' volcano on the border between Bolivia and Argentina produced over 1,200 cubic kilometres (290 cu mi) of rock in a single eruption?
* ... that the head of '''[[Constantine III (Western Roman Emperor)|Constantine III]]''' was presented to his co-emperor [[Honorius (emperor)|Honorius]] on the end of a pole?
* ... that comic book writer [[Cullen Bunn]] included "touchstones" like ''[[Star Trek]]'' and ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' in his pitch for '''''[[Asgardians of the Galaxy]]'''''?
* ... that Mexican-American human rights activist '''[[Alicia Cuarón]]''' became a Franciscan nun in her fifties?
* ... that the 1980 '''[[Finniston Report]]''' found that only 56% of British people considered [[engineering]] a good career for a woman?
* ... that '''[[Keith M. Davidson]]''', the former attorney of [[Stormy Daniels]], slept in a closet during his years at [[Boston College]]?
* ... that a '''[[Imperial German plans for the invasion of the United Kingdom|German plan for the invasion of the United Kingdom]]''' became part of the plot for [[The Riddle of the Sands|a best-selling novel]]?
===9 July 2018===
*'''''00:40, 9 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that among its red, pink, violet or white warts, the '''[[Echinaster callosus|warty sea star]]''' ''(pictured)'' has green [[pedicellaria]]?
* ... that '''[[Tony Ridley]]''' was described as "a very brainy backroom boy" with "no management experience whatever" when appointed director-general of the [[Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive]]?
* ... that the '''[[2017–18 Thai temple fraud investigations]]''', which led to the imprisonment of high-ranking Buddhist monks, were seen by critics as being politically motivated?
* ... that '''[[Cornelia Wulkopf]]''' made her operatic debut in the [[Jahrhundertring|centenary production of Wagner's ''Ring Cycle'']] at the [[Bayreuth Festival]] and recorded the alto part in Bach's [[Mass in B minor structure|Mass in B minor]] with [[Sergiu Celibidache]]?
* ... that Hocking Lake was renamed '''[[Lake Logan State Park|Lake Logan]]''' after [[Logan (Iroquois leader)|Chief Logan]] of the [[Mingo]] Native American tribe?
* ... that Chinese general '''[[Zhao Nanqi]]''', who fought alongside the son of [[Mao Zedong]] in the [[Korean War]], was born in what is now South Korea?
* ... that a secret compartment of [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]]'s '''[[Chequers Ring]]''' contains miniature portraits of the Queen and an unknown woman?
* ... that [[basketball]] player '''[[Charles Bassey]]''' was discovered at the age of 12 selling fried chicken by a coach in Nigeria?
===8 July 2018===
*'''''00:00, 8 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Erlöserkirche, Munich|Erlöserkirche]]''' ''(pictured)'' at today's [[Münchner Freiheit]] is the oldest Protestant church in [[Schwabing]], and was consecrated in 1901?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Youssef Obama|Youssef "Obama" Ibrahim]]''' was given his nickname due to his likeness to [[Barack Obama]]?
* ... that '''[[Tuzex]]''' shopping vouchers were used as unofficial parallel currency in communist [[Czechoslovakia]]?
* ... that '''[[Claire Ptak]]''' baked the lemon and [[Sambucus|elderflower]] wedding cake for [[Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle|Prince Harry and Meghan Markle]]?
* ... that creating human hair [[wreath]]s is a part of '''[[Mormon folklore]]''', and a wreath containing hair from prominent church leaders was on display in the [[Salt Lake Temple]] until 1967?
* ... that '''[[Erik Adolf von Willebrand]]''' originally used the term "hereditary pseudohemophilia" to describe what came to be known as [[von Willebrand disease]]?
* ... that '''[[Interstate 84 in Oregon|Interstate 84]]''' is the longest freeway in [[Oregon]] and the only one to traverse the state from west to east?
* ... that the British physician '''[[Raymond Crawfurd]]''' described the custom of [[royal touch|touching]] to cure [[Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis|the King's evil]]?
===7 July 2018===
*'''''00:00, 7 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Tammie Jo Shults]]''' ''(pictured)'', captain of '''[[Southwest Airlines Flight 1380]]''', was one of the first female fighter pilots in the U.S. Navy?
* ... that the decision by the [[Official Charts Company]] to include streaming in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 2014 led to '''[[List of UK Singles Sales Chart number ones|fewer chart toppers]]'''?<!--Special occasion hook for July 6-->
* ... that '''[[Britta Stallmeister]]''', the [[Siegfried (opera)|Forest Bird]] in [[Bayreuth Festival|Bayreuth]] in 2001, appeared as Germa in a new chamber opera at the [[Kulturzentrum Schlachthof (Wiesbaden)|Schlachthof Wiesbaden]] in 2018?
* ... that the '''[[Indian Peace Commission]]''', established by the [[United States Congress]] in 1867 to negotiate with and "civilize" Native American tribes, ultimately ushered in a decade of war?
* ... that '''[[Liu Yichang]]''', considered the founder of Hong Kong's modern literature, wrote novels that inspired two award-winning films by [[Wong Kar-wai]]?
* ... that '''[[characterization of nanoparticles]]'''{{`}} size, shape, and [[Dispersion (chemistry)|agglomeration state]] is necessary to understand [[Health and safety hazards of nanomaterials|their health and safety hazards]]?
* ... that [[Hip hop music|hip hop]]/[[Heavy metal music|metal]] recording artist '''[[Scarlxrd]]''' was once a "smiley" [[YouTube]] personality?
* ... that '''''[[Ninjala]]''''' is an upcoming video game centered on [[bubblegum]]-blowing [[ninja]]s?
===6 July 2018===
*'''''00:00, 6 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that before '''[[William Lyde Wiggett Chute|William Wiggett Chute]]''' improved [[The Vyne]] estate ''(pictured)'', access was so bad that it had to be "approached upon stilts"?
* ... that at the [[Battle of Negapatam (1782)|Battle of Negapatam]], when most of the fleet turned away from the action, '''{{HMS|Sultan|1775|6}}''' was one of four British ships that turned into it?
* ... that 98 years ago, biologist '''[[Edith A. Roberts|Edith Roberts]]''' founded the first ecological laboratory in the U.S., inspiring landscape architect '''[[Elsa Rehmann]]''' to use native [[Plant community|plant communities]] in [[garden design]]?
* ... that the '''[[Daniil Trifonov discography|discography of pianist Daniil Trifonov]]''' includes one [[Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo|Grammy Award]]-winning album and two others that were nominated?
* ... that during the [[Boxer Rebellion]], '''[[Xu Yingkui]]''' collaborated with other high-ranking Chinese officials to defy the declaration of war made by the [[Qing dynasty|Qing]] imperial court on Western countries?
* ... that the ant species '''''[[Zatania electra]]''''' is named for the amber in which it was found entombed?
* ... that '''[[Gethsemane Lutheran Church]]''' in [[Austin, Texas]], was built of bricks salvaged from the recently burned [[Texas State Capitol]]?
* ... that '''[[Carmen y Laura]]''', sisters who formed a duo for mostly [[Tejano music]], learned to harmonize by singing together while doing chores in separate rooms?
===5 July 2018===
*'''''00:00, 5 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that more than 1,000 [[dinosaur]] fossils, eggs, and tracks have been found in the '''[[Tremp Formation]]''' ''(pictured)'' of the Spanish [[Pre-Pyrenees]], prompting its designation as a [[Global Geoparks Network|Global Geopark]]?
* ... that [[Alan Menken]] collaborated on one of his first musicals, '''''[[Dear Worthy Editor]]''''', with his mother?
* ... that the ninth-century astronomer '''[[Al-Mahani]]''' claimed his estimates of the start times of three consecutive [[lunar eclipse]]s were accurate to within half an hour?
* ... that although he fought a '''[[war in Ningxia (1934)|war in Ningxia]]''' against the [[Nationalist government|Chinese government]] and was defeated, [[Sun Dianying]] was appointed to a high-ranking military position just a month later?
* ... that New Jersey musician '''[[070 Shake]]''' was featured in a [[Vogue (magazine)|''Vogue'']] essay on rising queer stars in rap music?
* ... that '''[[DPP v Santana-Bermudez|a 2003 English court case]]''' ruled that someone who lies about having sharp items in their pocket while being searched can be charged with assault if the searcher is injured as a result?
* ... that '''[[Mary Walker (rodeo)|Mary Walker]]''' overcame a tragedy and a serious injury to win the 2012 World [[Barrel racing|Barrel Racing]] Championship?
* ... that [[Richard Bowdler Sharpe|a British ornithologist]] named '''[[Winchell's kingfisher]]''', found in the Philippines, after [[Newton Horace Winchell|an American geologist]]?
===4 July 2018===
*'''''00:10, 4 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that during '''[[Operation Black Buck]]''', [[Avro Vulcan]] bomber XM607 ''(pictured)'' flew for nearly 15 hours to drop 21 bombs on the [[Falkland Islands]]?
* ... that international [[windsurfing]] champion '''[[Lena Erdil]]''' is the daughter of a Turkish father and a German mother, who met each other while windsurfing?
* ... that the [[hymn tune]] of the 16th-century "'''[[An Wasserflüssen Babylon]]'''" ("[[Psalm 137|By the rivers of Babylon]]") was largely popularized with the text of a [[Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld|17th-century Passion hymn]]?
* ... that '''[[Andrea L. Thompson]]''' served in the [[United States Army]] for 28 years before becoming National Security Advisor to the [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]?
* ... that [[Supplement (publishing)|supplements]] and "symposia" published by [[academic journal]]s may be '''[[Conflicts of interest in academic publishing|paid publications]]''', neither independently peer-reviewed nor edited by journal staff?
* ... that the '''[[Chicago Express Loop]]''' is a proposed underground [[high-speed rail]] rapid transit system that will connect [[Chicago Loop|Chicago's Loop]] with [[O'Hare International Airport]]?
* ... that '''[[Zhang Xiaoqian]]''', one of China's top doctors, was spared from persecution during the [[Anti-Rightist Campaign]] by [[Mao Zedong]], who called him a "simpleminded person"?
* ... that '''[[Bicycle Tree (Trossachs)|a veteran tree near Brig o' Turk in the Trossachs]]''' has "eaten" a bicycle?
===3 July 2018===
*'''''00:00, 3 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Tacora]]''' ''(pictured)'', Chile's northernmost [[List of volcanoes in Chile|volcano]], was the site of substantial [[sulfur]] mining operations that were explicitly given to Chile in a [[Treaty of Lima (1929)|1929 treaty]] with Peru?
* ... that Danish dermatologist '''[[Carl Rasch (physician)|Carl Rasch]]''' coined the term "[[Polymorphous light eruption|polymorphic light eruption]]"?
* ... that [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] responded to the proposed '''[[Seattle head tax]]''' by threatening to halt development of a downtown office tower?
* ... that '''[[Carmen Casco de Lara Castro]]''', founder of one of the first [[human rights]] organizations in Latin America, was arrested, denied a passport, and monitored by the [[Alfredo Stroessner|Stroessner]] regime?
* ... that in 2013 [[Iceland]] had the '''[[List of Icelandic writers|highest number of writers]]''', books published, and books read per capita?
* ... that '''[[Ofir Ben Shitrit]]''' was suspended from her [[Ulpana|religious girls' high school]] after singing on ''[[The Voice Israel (season 2)|The Voice Israel]]''?
* ... that with an area of 2,772 acres (1,122 ha), '''[[Pelham Bay Park]]''' is the largest public park in [[New York City]]?
* ... that '''[[Qabaniso Malewezi|Q]]''' wrote "Wikipedia"?
===2 July 2018===
*'''''00:00, 2 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] ''(pictured)'' composed '''[[Piano Quartets (Beethoven)|three Piano Quartets]]''' at age 15, which were published only after his death?
* ... that during the 2017–18 season, Moroccan-born [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Walid Azaro]]''' broke the [[Egyptian Premier League]] record for the most goals scored by a foreign player?
* ... that Alaska's '''[[Stormy Lake (Alaska)|Stormy Lake]]''' had to be poisoned to remove invasive species not once but twice?
* ... that [[Joachim von Sandrart]] praised the Flemish painter '''[[Joannes de Cordua]]'''{{`s}} [[vanitas]] still lifes?
* ... that the 1962 mainframe game '''''[[Marienbad (video game)|Marienbad]]''''', based on the logic puzzle [[Nim]], is often considered the first Polish video game?
* ... that more than 400 '''[[Female Red Guards of the Finnish Civil War|female Red Guards]]''' were shot after being captured during the 1918 [[Finnish Civil War]], with some being raped before execution?
* ... that the '''[[Nucleus, the Nuclear and Caithness Archives|archives of the British civil nuclear industry]]''' are housed alongside historical documents dating to the 16th century?
* ... that the [[Arctic Monkeys]] song "'''[[Four Out of Five]]'''" jokes about critics who rarely give perfect scores in their reviews?
===1 July 2018===
*'''''00:00, 1 July 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Princess '''[[Vera Gedroits]]''' ''(pictured)''—good author but indifferent poet, lesbian but married a man—was a Russian military surgeon who pioneered battlefield [[laparotomy]]?<!--Special Occasion hook for [[Gay Pride#LGBT Pride Month|LGBT Pride Month]]-->
* ... that '''''[[Number 12 exposé|Number 12]]''''', an investigative documentary by award-winning journalist [[Anas Aremeyaw Anas|Anas Anas]], shed light on football corruption in [[Ghana]]?
* ... that '''[[Claus Wisser]]''' founded the services company Wisag, and co-founded the [[Rheingau Musik Festival]] which staged a concert of Orff's ''[[Carmina Burana (Orff)|Carmina Burana]]'' for his 60th birthday?<!--Reserved for Special Occasion hook for June 30-->
* ... that locomotives completed a circuit on the [[Boston and Albany Railroad]]'s '''[[Highland Branch]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Zhang Youshang]]''' was the only student from mainland China at the [[University of Cambridge]] in the mid-1960s?
* ... that chemicals found in members of the '''[[Hypericaceae|St. John's wort family]]''' can cause [[photosensitivity]] in grazing animals?
* ... that '''[[Gordon Juckes]]''' received the [[Order of the British Empire]] prior to being inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]]?
* ... that the '''[[H. J. Heinz Company complex]]''' includes buildings named Meat, Bean, and Cereal?
