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===31 August 2016===
*'''''00:00, 31 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that both the '''[[Ecuadorian cacique|Ecuadorian]]''' ''(pictured)'' and '''[[solitary cacique]]s''' have entirely black plumage, whereas the '''[[Selva cacique]]''' has a yellow [[Bird rumps|rump]]?
* ... that Bishop '''[[Pavao Dragičević]]''' may have selected [[Elijah]] as [[patron saint]] of Bosnia and Herzegovina due to his veneration by the country's [[Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Muslims]], [[Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Catholics]], and [[Orthodox Christianity in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Orthodox Christians]]?
* ... that [[Mark Barrott]] originally planned his second studio album '''''[[Sketches from an Island 2]]''''' to be an [[extended play]]?
* ... that '''[[W. Wallace Kellett]]''' made the first [[autogyro]] used by the [[United States Post Office Department]] for carrying mail?
* ... that the character of '''[[Jim Craig (One Life to Live)|Dr. Jim Craig]]''' on ''[[One Life to Live]]'' was played by actor [[Nat Polen]] from 1969 until Polen's death in 1981?
* ... that '''[[Heber Robert McBride]]''' was an immigrant to the U.S. who traveled to the [[Salt Lake Valley]] with the [[Mormon handcart pioneers |Martin Handcart Company]]?
* ... that the 1912 [[Futurism|Futurist]] painting '''''[[Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash]]''''' was inspired by [[Giacomo Balla]]'s fascination with [[chronophotography]]?
* ... that the footballer '''[[Derek Dougan]]''' handed in a transfer request the day before he played in the [[1960 FA Cup Final]]?
===30 August 2016===
*'''''00:00, 30 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Tucuruí transmission line]]''' ''(pylon pictured)'' carries power for {{convert|1800|km}} through the Amazon region?
* ... that the clothing historian '''[[Janet Arnold]]''' was still working on clothes for the [[Mermaid Theatre]] just two days before her death from [[lymphoma]]?
* ... that the Soviet '''[[17th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union)|17th Mechanized Corps]]''' lost all of its armored vehicles in the [[Battle of Białystok–Minsk]]?
* ... that Mexican parliamentarian '''[[Hortensia Aragón Castillo]]'''{{`s}} alternate deputy is her sister?
* ... that '''[[History of East Texas State Teachers College|East Texas State Teachers College]]''' president James G. Gee declared [[Sam Rayburn]], the congressman and college alumnus, "my personal enemy", during a faculty meeting?
* ... that '''[[Roy Thomas Severn]]''' established the biggest centre for the study of [[earthquake engineering]] in the UK?
* ... that after taking up arms against Hungary during the failed [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848|1848 revolution]], '''[[Ioan Pușcariu]]''', an [[Romanians|ethnic Romanian]], returned to work in Hungarian government service for decades?
* ... that exhibits in the '''[[Sudha Cars Museum]]''' have found their way onto ''[[Ripley's Believe It or Not!]]''?
===29 August 2016===
*'''''00:00, 29 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Musgraveia sulciventris|bronze orange bug]]''' ''(pictured)'' can spray a stinky liquid at a target up to {{convert|60|cm|in}} away?
* ... that '''[[Yuuki Tanaka]]''' led [[Waseda University]] women's tennis team to their fifth consecutive All-Japan championship in 2010?
* ... that all four of the '''[[American Party of South Carolina]]'''{{`s}} candidates in the [[South Carolina elections, 2014|state's 2014 elections]] lost?
* ... that '''[[Melchisedec Ștefănescu]]''' was the only Romanian bishop to support the [[Secularization of monastic estates in Romania|secularization of monastic estates]]?
* ... that a judge shot a doctor at '''[[Exeter Racecourse]]''' during the last [[duel]] in Devon?
* ... that rookie [[Green Bay Packers]] offensive lineman '''[[Jason Spriggs]]''' was named a first team [[2015 College Football All-America Team|All-American]] in his senior year of college?
* ... that the Mexico City wrestling commission did not allow [[professional wrestling promotion|promoter]] Joaquín Roldán to be at the ringside for '''[[Triplemanía XVI|''Triplemanía'' XVI]]''' as he was not a licensed active competitor?<!-- Special request for Aug 28th -->
* ... that in his will, '''[[Humphrey Stafford (died 1413)|Humphrey Stafford]]''' left his household servants £1 each, his grooms [[£sd|6s.8d]] each, his pages 3s.4d each, and £8 for masses for his soul?
===28 August 2016===
*'''''00:00, 28 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that when he served in the [[Oregon House of Representatives]], '''[[Denton G. Burdick]]''' ''(pictured)'' represented a district that was nearly the size of [[Pennsylvania]]?
* ... that the [[Sugababes]]' fragrances '''[[Tempt, Tease and Touch]]''' were among [[The Perfume Shop]]'s first releases after opening in-store outlets in [[Superdrug]] stores?
* ... that [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] '''[[Andrey Shebalkov]]''' was deprived of his title on charges of sending anti-Soviet letters?
* ... that the recreation of Botticelli's ''[[The Birth of Venus]]'' by the Indian realist painter '''[[Gopal Swami Khetanchi]]''' showed a pearl-clad Rajasthani woman coming out of a lotus?
* ... that [[Carl Sagan]] lived in an '''[[900 Stewart Avenue (Ithaca, New York)|Egyptian Revival tomb built on a cliff halfway down a gorge]]'''?
* ... that in 1949, the [[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]] footballer '''[[Vic Lambden]]''' married one of his team's fans?
* ... that "'''[[Elector Under Will of Oliver Smith]]'''" is the title of an elected official in some towns in [[Massachusetts]]?
* ... that philosopher '''[[Tamara Horowitz]]''' stopped looking in mirrors for two years in her twenties?
===27 August 2016===
*'''''00:00, 27 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 1813, a British manufacturer of [[printing press]]es ''(pictured)'', '''[[Harrild & Sons]]''', helped establish the use in London of [[composition roller]]s instead of [[ink ball]]s to ink the printing plates?
* ... that '''[[Petra Lang]]''', who performed the parts of [[Tristan und Isolde|Brangäne]] and [[Lohengrin (opera)|Ortrud]] at the [[Bayreuth Festival]] as a mezzo-soprano, was the Isolde of 2016?
* ... that fearsome Hindu and Buddhist deities are depicted wearing a '''[[mundamala|garland of severed human heads]]'''?
* ... that future New Jersey Assemblyman '''[[Arthur Barclay (American politician)|Arthur Barclay]]''' won the state [[Tournament of Champions (NJSIAA)|Tournament of Champions]] as basketball team captain, alongside future [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] player [[Dajuan Wagner]]?
* ... that Queen [[Elizabeth II]] was presented with a crate of [[ale]] when she visited the '''[[Bridge Inn, Topsham]]'''?
* ... that author '''[[Annette Lyon]]''' loves chocolate so much that she helped out with the Utah Chocolate Show, and wrote her own chocolate cookbook?
* ... that the outer bark of the '''[[Betula pubescens|downy birch]]''' can be stripped off without killing the tree, to make canoes, drinking vessels and roof tiles?
* ... that the director [[David Pountney]] was once part of a '''[[The Merchant of Venice (opera)|mercantile]]''' silence, but now is part of the noise?
===26 August 2016===
*'''''00:00, 26 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the English [[feminism|feminist]] and social reformer [[Josephine Butler]] ''(pictured)'' '''[[Josephine Butler bibliography|wrote more than 90 books and pamphlets]]''' over the course of her career?
* ... that according to legend, '''[[Mekhala and Kanakhala]]''' decapitated themselves and danced headless to please their guru?
* ... that '''[[CANDLE syndrome]]''' was categorized in 2010, with symptoms including skin lesions, organ inflammation, and recurrent fever?
* ... that the philosopher '''[[Lisa Bortolotti]]''' argues that the irrationality of [[delusion]]s does not stop them from being [[belief]]s?
* ... that the case of the '''[[Death of Sharon Lopatka|1996 killing of Sharon Lopatka]]''' was reportedly the first time a police department arrested a murder suspect with evidence gathered primarily from email messages?
* ... that [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|federal deputy]] '''[[Delia Guerrero Coronado]]''' previously was the head of nursing at the general hospital of [[Ciudad Valles]], [[San Luis Potosí]]?
===25 August 2016===
*'''''09:46, 25 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Bazman]]''' volcano ''(pictured)'' in [[Iran]] is undergoing active surface deformation?
* ... that '''[[Elizabeth Casson]]''' set up an early [[occupational therapy]] school with funds borrowed from her brother [[Lewis Casson|Lewis]]?
* ... that in [[Hindu mythology]], the demon '''[[Kalanemi]]''' who was killed by [[Vishnu]], was reborn as [[Kamsa]] to be eventually killed by Vishnu's reincarnation [[Krishna]]?
* ... that Mexican politician '''[[Joaquín Díaz Mena]]''' managed a [[Cancún]] hotel, taught ''[[Telesecundaria]]'' classes, and was involved in ranching?
* ... that Mabel Mudge became the longest-serving [[Licensed victualler|landlady]] in the UK in 1995, having run the '''[[Drewe Arms, Drewsteignton]]''', for 75 years?
* ... that the song "'''[[War Paint (Fletcher song)|War Paint]]'''" performed by American singer Fletcher was the most shared song on [[Spotify]] in the United States for the week commencing June 29, 2015?
* ... that the association footballer '''[[Willie Carlin]]''' accepted a transfer to [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] after his wife declared that she wanted to move away from [[Sheffield]]?
===24 August 2016===
*'''''15:20, 24 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the pioneering radiologist '''[[Mihran Kassabian]]''' photographed his own hands ''(pictured)'' to document the progression of radiation-related necroses and amputations?
* ... that according to [[Atsushi Inaba]], the development of ''[[Bayonetta]]'' almost "broke" '''[[PlatinumGames]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Anne-Marie (singer)|Anne-Marie]]''' shared a stage with [[Jessie J]] as a kid?
* ... that the '''[[20th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union)|Soviet 20th Mechanized Corps]]''' was almost entirely destroyed during the [[Battle of Białystok–Minsk]] and the [[Battle of Smolensk (1941)|Battle of Smolensk]]?
* ... that '''[[Claudia Corichi García]]'''{{'s}} arrival in the [[Citizens' Movement (Mexico)|Citizens' Movement]] party prompted its director in the state of [[Zacatecas]] to resign?
* ... that before '''[[Charles Douglas Carpendale]]''' was hired to become [[John Reith, 1st Baron Reith|John Reith]]'s second-in-command to lead the BBC, he was a [[Rear admiral (Royal Navy)|Rear Admiral]] in the [[Royal Navy]]?
* ... that ballet dancer '''[[Herman Cornejo]]''' is "not a fairy-tale prince", but "a believable, 21st-century hero"?
*'''''00:00, 24 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that citizens of the [[Province of New York]] unofficially adopted the '''[[George Rex Flag]]''' ''(pictured)'' to protest against [[History of freedom of religion in Canada|freedom of religion granted to Catholics in Quebec]]?
* ... that in 2010 '''[[Joanne M. Maguire]]''' became the first woman to receive the International von Kármán Wings Award?
* ... that [[Miami Marlins]] slugger [[Giancarlo Stanton]] has hit the hardest [[batted ball]], recorded at {{convert|123.9|mph}} by [[Major League Baseball]]'s '''[[Statcast]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Guadalupe Acosta Naranjo]]''' was jailed after protesting fraud in the 1993 election for municipal president of [[Tepic]], [[Nayarit]], which he lost?
* ... the '''[[Watersnoodmuseum]]''' (Flood Museum) in [[Ouwerkerk]] is housed in [[Phoenix breakwaters|Phoenix caissons]] that were originally built for the [[Normandy landings]] in World War II?
* ... that in 2015 '''[[Stéphane Sparagna]]''' captained the [[France national under-20 football team]] to their first [[Toulon Tournament]] title in seven years?
* ... that since [[the Beatles]]' audio engineer [[Geoff Emerick]] used to smoke '''[[Everest (cigarette)|Everest cigarettes]]''', ''[[Abbey Road]]'' was originally planned to be titled ''Mount Everest'', ''Everest'' or ''Ever Rest''?
===23 August 2016===
*'''''12:00, 23 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Taylor Swift]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the first act to have three albums with [[Lists of fastest-selling albums|opening-week sales]] of one million copies in the United States?
* ... that the historic district of '''[[Pingjiang Road]]''' in Suzhou was featured in the [[Southern Song Dynasty]] map ''Pingjiang Tu'', produced in the year 1229?
* ... that '''[[Jorge Estefan Chidiac]]''' has served on the Finances and Public Credit Commission in each of his three terms in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]]?
* ...that '''[[List of accolades received by The Danish Girl (film)|awards for ''The Danish Girl'']]''' included the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress Oscar]] for [[Alicia Vikander]]'s portrayal of Danish painter [[Gerda Wegener]]?
* ... that [[Red Army]] Major General '''[[Pyotr Georgyevich Novikov]]''' died in the [[Flossenbürg concentration camp]]?
* ... that '''[[Qal'eh Hasan Ali]]''', originally considered a group of [[impact crater]]s, is instead a group of [[maar]]s that may have formed within the last 50,000 years?
* ... that, after visiting [[Fascist Italian|fascist Italy]], '''[[Herbert Schneider (philosopher)|Herbert Schneider]]''' wrote to [[John Dewey]] that "a whole new world of the imagination has been created"?
*'''''00:00, 23 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[agnoprotein]]''' ''(pictured)'' is found in two [[polyomavirus]]es that can cause human disease, [[JC virus]] and [[BK virus]]?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Jordan Green]]''' worked as a supermarket shelf-stacker before earning his first professional contract?
* ... that '''''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]''''' was ranked number 1 by [[Nielsen ratings|Nielsen]] during its final season?
* ... that on August 20, 1998, President [[Bill Clinton]] ordered '''[[Operation Infinite Reach|cruise missile strikes]]''' on [[Osama bin Laden]]'s [[Afghan training camp]]s and a [[Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory|Sudanese pharmaceutical plant]]?
* ... that [[Ross Adams]] worked as a script editor on the soap opera ''[[Emmerdale]]'' before he was cast as '''[[Scott Drinkwell]]''' in ''[[Hollyoaks]]''?
* ... that '''[[Tomás Ruiz González]]''' was the first president of the Mexican Tax Administration Service?
* ... that '''[[Greater Port Harcourt]]''' encompasses eight local government areas of [[Rivers State]], Nigeria?
===22 August 2016===
*'''''12:00, 22 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the Olympic [[Whitewater slalom|kayaking]] gold medallist '''[[Joe Clarke (canoeist)|Joe Clarke]]''' ''(pictured)'' had to write a letter to his school before he was allowed to join their canoeing club?
* ... that the fungal pathogen '''''[[Cristulariella depraedans]]''''' affects [[Acer pseudoplatanus|sycamore]] and [[maple]] trees and sometimes has epidemic years?
* ... that composer '''[[Harcourt Whyte]]''' suffered from [[leprosy]]?
* ... that the '''[[Sir Ralph Abercromby (pub)|Sir Ralph Abercromby]]''' public house in Manchester, UK, is the only remaining building in St Peter's Field from the time of the [[Peterloo Massacre]] in 1819?
* ... that in between her two terms in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]], '''[[Sandra Méndez Hernández]]''' spent two years as municipal president of [[Tultitlán]], [[State of Mexico]]?
* ... that [[Peter Paige]] originally auditioned for the role of '''[[Ted Schmidt]]''' in the American version of ''[[Queer as Folk (2000 TV series)|Queer as Folk]]''?
* ... that '''[[Nine Partners Creek]]''' has a tributary named '''[[Leslie Creek (Nine Partners Creek)|Leslie Creek]]''', is also known as "Leslie Creek", and has been called a tributary of Leslie Creek?
*'''''00:00, 22 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that cousins '''[[Miguel Ángel Yunes]]''' ''(pictured)'' and '''[[Héctor Yunes Landa]]''' ran against each other for [[Governor of Veracruz]]?
* ... that the '''[[eastern spiny mouse]]''' can shed its tail in order to escape from a predator?
* ... that brothers '''[[Derek Hawkins (athlete)|Derek]]''' and '''[[Callum Hawkins]]''' have been selected to represent [[Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Great Britain]] in the [[marathon]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]?<!--special occasion Olympics hook for August 21-->
* ... that before recording the '''[[Evita (soundtrack)|''Evita'' soundtrack]]''', [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] trained with vocal coach Joan Lader to increase her confidence?
* ... that cyclist '''[[Callum Skinner]]''' was the inaugural winner of a trophy named after [[Chris Hoy]], the man who inspired him to take up the sport?
* ... that one reviewer argued that the 2014 book '''''[[Highland Park and River Oaks]]''''' laid too much emphasis on [[Spanish architecture]]?
* ... that '''[[Edwin Stevens (missionary)|Edwin Stevens]]''', reporting from his missionary position in [[Qing Empire|Qing-era China]], felt that recent erections indicated apprehension, and penetration was difficult?
===21 August 2016===
*'''''12:30, 21 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[fly|flies]]''' ''(crane fly pictured)'' have a single pair of wings for flight, the hind wings being modified into tiny [[Gyroscope|gyroscopic organs]] known as "[[halteres]]"?
* ... that '''[[Javier Guerrero García]]''' is considered a potential contender for the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party]] nomination for [[Governor of Coahuila]] in 2017?
* ... that the [[Guinness World Records]] listed [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] under the category of '''[[List of accolades received by Evita (1996 film)|Most Costume Changes in a Film]]''', for wearing 85 dresses in ''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]''?
* ... that [[List of Brigham Young University buildings|"MARB"]] at [[Brigham Young University]] is named after agronomist '''[[Thomas L. Martin]]'''?
* ... that ''[[The Verge]]'' identified "'''[[Don't talk to me or my son ever again]]'''" as the "meme of the summer" of 2016?
* ... that '''[[Dan Bibby]]''' scored the [[golden point]] for Great Britain in their recent [[Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Olympic rugby sevens]] quarter-final?
* ... that in order to secure the crown for her sons, the Dioclean queen '''[[Jaquinta of Bari]]''' had a brother-in-law beheaded, another blinded and castrated, a nephew poisoned and another beheaded?
*'''''00:00, 21 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in the wake of her podium finish in Yokohama, '''[[Ashleigh Gentle]]''' ''(pictured)'' was selected to represent Australia at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in Rio?<!--special occasion Olympics hook for August 20-->
* ... that a bill presented by '''[[Federico Döring]]''' in the [[Senate of the Republic (Mexico)|Mexican Senate]] was compared to the [[Stop Online Piracy Act]] in the United States?
* ... that [[The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror|''The Twilight Zone'' Tower of Terror]] at [[Disney California Adventure]] will be re-themed as '''[[Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout!]]''' in 2017?
* ... that musician and model '''[[Katelynne Cox]]''' also worked as a [[congressional staff|congressional aide]]?
* ... that '''''[[Va tacito e nascosto]]''''' uses the sound of the [[French horn|horn]] to symbolize the dramatic theme of the [[hunting|hunt]]?
* ... that Nepalese [[taekwondo]] practitioner '''[[Nisha Rawal (taekwondo)|Nisha Rawal]]''' received one of four Tripartite Commission wildcards to compete at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]?<!--special occasion Olympics hook for August 20-->
* ... that '''[[Gulabrai Ramchand]]''' was one of the first cricketers to have endorsed commercial brands?
===20 August 2016===
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* ... that the British architect '''[[Philip Hepworth]]''' lived in and restored Zoffany House ''(pictured)'', formerly the home of the 18th-century painter [[Johan Zoffany]]?
* ... that when the '''[[Verrückt (water slide)|Verrückt]]''' opened in July 2014, it surpassed the Kilimanjaro at Aldeia das Águas Park Resort to become the world's tallest [[water slide]]?
* ... that the Australian [[Greco-Roman wrestling|Greco-Roman wrestler]] '''[[Vinod Kumar Dahiya]]''' was once pushed from a moving train by the father of one of his rivals?
* ... that '''[[Baltazar Martínez Montemayor]]''', a former town councilor in [[Cerralvo Municipality|Cerralvo, Nuevo León]], is the father of the current mayor, the youngest in the state?
* ... that the [[association football]]er '''[[Fred Keenor]]''' captained the only non-English team to win the [[1927 FA Cup Final|FA Cup Final]]?
* ... that the ''[[Holby City]]'' production team built a new set featuring real pharmaceutical equipment for the introduction of the character '''[[Amy Teo]]'''?
* ... that the American engineer '''[[John J. Coit]]''', who built and operated miniature railways, died when his locomotive ran into a cow?
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* ... that '''''[[Bells Across the Meadows]]''''' ''(title page pictured)'', a characteristic intermezzo by [[Albert Ketèlbey]], was rated one of ''[[Your Hundred Best Tunes]]'' in 2003?
* ... that actress '''[[Shriya Pilgaonkar]]''' trained to become a professional swimmer as a child, and won several medals at school?
* ... that Fort Michni, one of two recognised towns of '''[[Doaba Daudzai Tehsil]]''', had a population of 205 males and 3 females in 1881?
* ... that Indian [[Air marshal|Air Marshal]] '''[[Jasbir Walia]]''' served as a qualified flying instructor, a pilot attack instructor, and a fighter combat leader?
* ... that police tipped off the owner of '''[[Babette's|Babette's Supper Club]]''' before they raided its illegal backroom casino, and gamblers escaped through a trap door?
* ... that '''[[Kate French (modern pentathlete)|Kate French]]''' qualified for the [[modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics]] after missing just one target in the final event of the 2015 [[European Modern Pentathlon Championships|European Championships]]?<!--special Olympics hook for August 19-->
* ... that 55 years after her death, '''[[Catherine Hilda Duleep Singh]]''' was found to have secreted away jewels and had a Swiss bank account, with a combined total of over 137,000 [[Swiss franc|francs]]?
===19 August 2016===
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* ... that the 1275 BC [[Battle of Kadesh]] ''(relief of [[Ramesses II|Ramses II]] in battle, pictured)'' is one of the best documented battles in ancient history due to the multiple '''[[Kadesh inscriptions]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Bryony Page]]''' is Great Britain's first-ever Olympic medallist in [[trampolining]]?
* ... that "'''[[Stay with Me till Dawn]]'''" was [[Judie Tzuke]]'s only UK top 40 single?
* ... that '''[[Nicole Moerig]]''' has competed in road races such as the [[Amgen Tour of California]], Silver City's [[Tour of the Gila]], the [[Tour de Bretagne Féminin]], and the [[2016 Women's Tour de Yorkshire]]?
* ... that the gothic arches of the [[listed building|Grade I listed]] '''[[Avon Bridge]]''' cannot be seen due to a later girder bridge widening it?
* ... that '''[[Asnage Castelly]]''' first had to create the Haitian Wrestling Federation before being allowed to compete at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] as his nation's first Olympic wrestler?
* ... that around the turn of the 20th century, '''[[New Jersey amber]]''' was burned for heat in the winter?
*'''''00:00, 19 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Theodor Lewald]]''' ''(pictured)'' successfully campaigned for [[Germany at the Olympics|Germany]] to compete at the [[1928 Summer Olympics]] and host the [[1936 Summer Olympics]]?<!-- For August 18 -->
* ... that the '''[[Heron Road Workers Memorial Bridge]]''' in [[Ottawa]] was renamed in 2016 to commemorate the victims of the deadliest construction accident in [[Ontario]]{{'}}s history?
* ... that [[London County Council]] [[Chief Whip]] '''[[Freda Corbet]]''' was known within her party as the 'tiny tyrant'?
* ... that '''[[Kelly's of Cornwall]]''' produced the first advertisement shown on national British television to feature the [[Cornish language]]?
* ... that [[taekwondo]] practitioner '''[[Raheleh Asemani]]''' was born in Iran and qualified for the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympics]] as a refugee athlete, but competes at the Games as part of the [[Belgium at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Belgian team]]?<!-- For August 18 -->
* ... that '''[[Xylaria longipes|dead moll's fingers]]''' are generally more slender than [[Xylaria polymorpha|dead man's fingers]]?
* ... that '''[[Emily C. Blackman|Emily Clarissa Blackman]]''' became an assistant teacher at age 15, published a book of [[Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania|Susquehanna County]] history in 1873, and could allegedly read the Bible in ten languages?
===18 August 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[common gundi]]''' ''(pictured)'' may act as a [[natural reservoir]] for the pathogen that causes [[cutaneous leishmaniasis]]?
* ... that in 1974 the anthropologist '''[[Reina Torres de Araúz]]''' was the first woman distinguished as a full member of the Panamanian Academy of History?
* ... that [[Jonathan Brownlee]] collapsed almost immediately after crossing the finish line at the '''[[Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's|men's triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]'''?<!-- For August 18 -->
* ... that in 1555 '''[[Gabriel Pleydell]]''' was found guilty of ring-leading a plot to exile [[Mary I of England]]?
* ... that the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] biochemist '''[[John Buchanan (biologist)|Jack Buchanan]]''' published his work on [[purine]] [[biosynthesis]] in a series of more than 20 papers in the ''[[Journal of Biological Chemistry]]''?
* ... that [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]'s historic '''[[United States Courthouse (Austin, Texas, 1936)|federal courthouse]]''' may become a [[homeless shelter]]?
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* ... that '''[[David Dahl (baseball)|David Dahl]]''' ''(pictured)'' had his ruptured spleen removed instead of waiting for it to heal, to return to playing baseball sooner?
* ... that '''[[Margaret Ursula Jones]]''' directed work at [[Mucking (archaeological site)|Mucking]], the largest [[archaeological excavation]] ever undertaken in Britain, for thirteen years, while living on site year round in a small caravan?
* ... that to promote '''''[[Mad Max (2015 video game)|Mad Max]]''''', [[Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment|Warner Bros]] invited artists to create artwork on their vehicles with dust, and partnered with [[Uber (company)|Uber]] for a free ride special offer?
* ... that '''[[Aslaug Haviland]]''' was known as "Utah's [[Helen Keller]]"?
* ... that American software firm '''[[Cylance Inc.]]''' uncovered [[Operation Cleaver]], a planned [[cyberwarfare in Iran|Iranian cyberwarfare]] operation targeting critical infrastructure organizations globally?
* ... that [[Norwich City F.C.]] joint majority shareholder '''[[Michael Wynn-Jones]]''' attended his first Norwich match in 1953?
* ... that the '''[[Python Package Index]]''' is also known as the Cheese Shop, a reference to the [[Monty Python]] sketch?
===17 August 2016===
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* ... that despite occurring in six protected areas in Ecuador, the '''[[saffron siskin]]''' ''(pictured)'' is rated a "[[vulnerable species]]"?
* ... that while in the [[Legislative Assembly of the Federal District]], '''[[Vidal Llerenas Morales]]''' presented initiatives supporting the [[legalization of marijuana]]?
* ... that [[KGB]] [[Mole (espionage)|mole]] [[Aldrich Ames]] enabled the Soviet Union and Russia to '''[[1995 CIA disinformation controversy|funnel disinformation to the CIA]]''' for eight years?
* ... that [[Jim Morrison]] recorded some vocals for [[the Doors|the Doors']] '''''[[L.A. Woman]]''''' in a bathroom doorway?
* ... that the '''[[desert dormouse]]''' hibernates for nearly half the year?
* ... that [[Charles Soule]], creator of the comic book series '''''[[Star Wars: Poe Dameron]]''''', writes English dialogue for the [[droid (robot)|droid]] [[BB-8]] which is later translated into "bleeps and bloops" for the comic?
* ... that two hands can '''[[Three-hand effect|sound like three]]'''?
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* ... that the architects of '''[[459 West 18th Street]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Manhattan's West Chelsea neighborhood]] also [[land developer|developed]] it to make sure it was built as they had designed it?
* ... that in February 2016, Olympic [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]] '''[[Alex Hartmann]]''' ran the fastest [[200 metres]] by an Australian since 2006?
* ... that [[Pope Francis]]' [[apostolic constitution]] '''''[[Vultum Dei quaerere]]''''' amended Catholic canon law pertaining to women's [[Enclosed religious orders|contemplative life]]?
* ... that "'''[[The Dowry of the Angyar]]'''" was the first story set in the fictional [[Hainish Cycle|Hainish Universe]]?
* ... that in 2000, '''[[Susan Hanson (geographer)|Susan Hanson]]''' became the first female geographer to be elected to both the [[National Academy of Sciences]] and the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]?
* ... that '''[[serial rapist]]s''' are more likely to be strangers to their victims than single-victim rapists?
* ... that '''[[Alice Franklin]]''' toured Canada to encourage the locals to accept immigrant [[surplus women#World War I|women who couldn't find husbands in Britain following World War I]]?
===16 August 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Doiran Memorial]]''' ''(pictured)'' is both a battlefield memorial and a memorial to the missing for the [[British Salonika Force]] that fought on the [[Macedonian Front]] during the First World War?
* ... that along with her classmates at the [[Royal School (Hawaii)|Chiefs' Children's School]], '''[[Mary Polly Paaaina|Mary Polly Paʻaʻāina]]''' was chosen by King [[Kamehameha III]] to be eligible for the throne of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]]?
* ... that [[Max Reger]] was inspired by his teacher's chorale fantasia to compose '''[[Zwei Choralphantasien, Op. 40|''Zwei Choralphantasien'', Op. 40]]'''?
* ... that '''[[José Alfredo Torres Huitrón]]''' is the son of a former mayor of [[Ecatepec de Morelos]], the city he represents in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]]?
* ... that the '''[[brown-headed crow]]''' is presumed to have an unknown habitat requirement that prevents it from having a continuous range in [[Indonesia]]?
* ... that Romanian poet '''[[Petre Stoica]]''', assigned to study [[German language|German]] by a dean meeting a quota, later became an accomplished translator of German-language authors?
* ... that [[Protestantism in China|Protestant]] [[Protestant missions in China|missionary]] [[Robert Morrison (missionary)|Robert Morrison]] complained that the '''[[Cai Gao|first Protestant convert in mainland China]]''' was "not so docile as I could wish?"
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* ... that Dutch [[triple jump]]er '''[[Fabian Florant]]''' ''(pictured)'' set a new personal best and national record to meet the qualifying standard for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]?<!--special occasion hook for August 15/Olympics-->
* ... that the song "'''[[Up in the Air (song)|Up in the Air]]'''" by [[Thirty Seconds to Mars]] premiered from the [[International Space Station]] in March 2013?
* ... that while he was mayor of [[Portland, Maine|Portland]], '''[[Neal Dow]]''' ordered state militia troops to fire upon people protesting his [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] law?
* ... that [[NASA]] helped in the development of '''''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]'''''?
* ... that after he was arrested and charged with '''[[Murder of Janet March|murdering his wife]]''' who disappeared 20 years ago today, Perry March tried to have his in-laws killed?<!-- special occasion hook for August 15 -->
* ... that '''[[Yona Knight-Wisdom]]''' is the first male [[Jamaica]]n diver to compete at the [[Olympic Games]]?<!--special occasion hook for August 15/Olympics-->
* ... that some '''[[long-tailed spiny rat]]s''' do not have tails at all?
===15 August 2016===
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* ... that juvenile '''[[steppe mouse|steppe mice]]''' ''(pictured)'' build mounds in autumn that may be {{convert|4|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} in diameter?
* ... that when artist '''[[Annie Poon]]''' was a child, her mother gave her a [[nickel (United States coin)|nickel]] for each artist she could identify?
* ... that [[Inca society|Inca]] figurines have been found on the '''[[Acamarachi]]''' volcano?
* ... that '''[[George Blowers]]''' presented his household pets to the [[National Zoological Park (United States)|US National Zoo]] whilst governor of the [[Central Bank of Liberia]]?
* ... that in 1797, a wealthy Irish heiress was abducted to '''[[Vernon Mount]]''' and subjected to a forced marriage ceremony?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Joe Cassidy (footballer, born 1896)|Joe Cassidy]]''' lost {{convert|22|lbs|kg|0|abbr=on}} during the 1924–25 season, due to a severe case of [[influenza]]?
* ... that the release of the 2016 video game '''''[[This Is the Police]]''''' was delayed due to a publisher error?
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* ... that the '''[[Great Turnstile]]''' ''(entrance pictured, right)'' was originally built to keep cattle out of [[Holborn]]?<!--special occasion hook for August 14 afternoon-->
* ... that baseball player '''[[Bake McBride]]''' missed most of the 1982 season due to an eye infection related to his contact lenses?
* ... that in 2011, a field of red poppies, cornflowers, and marigolds was planted alongside the '''[[M32 motorway]]''' in [[Bristol]] to improve the view?
* ... that '''[[Edgardo Melhem Salinas]]''' received the second-most votes out of all [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Mexican federal deputies]] in the [[Mexican legislative election, 2015|2015 elections]]?
* ... that the 1986 [[sex comedy]] '''''[[The Decline of the American Empire]]''''' was the first Canadian film nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]?
* ... that '''[[Elwin Cockett]]''' was chaplain to [[West Ham United F.C.]] for 20 years?
* ... that in a 1931 [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition-era]] raid on the '''[[Clicquot Club]]''' of [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], Federal agents "poured several thousand dollars worth of alleged whiskies and champagnes down a drain"?
===14 August 2016===
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* ... that in July 2016, cricketer [[Stafanie Taylor]] ''(pictured)'' won her eighth consecutive Women's Player of the Year award at the '''[[WICB/WIPA Awards]]'''?
* ... that siblings '''[[Miguel Ángel Luna Munguía|Miguel Ángel]]''' and '''[[Alma Lilia Luna Munguía]]''' were slated to compete against each other for a seat in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]] until the former was murdered in his campaign office?
* ... that the 1992 essay collection '''''[[Black Dixie]]''''' has been called "an excellent example of African-American history, of urban history, and of collaborative effort"?
* ... that [[Green Bay Packers]] rookie linebacker '''[[Kyler Fackrell]]''' took a year off after high school and painted houses for a living instead of playing college football?
* ... that the [[New York City Subway]] stations of '''[[Flushing–Main Street (IRT Flushing Line)|Flushing–Main Street]]''' and '''[[Norwood–205th Street (IND Concourse Line)|Norwood–205th Street]]''' both have provisions for unbuilt subway extensions?
* ... that '''[[Alice of Champagne]]''' claimed the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]], because its infant king, [[Conrad IV of Germany|Conrad]], had failed to take possession of it within a year and a day after the death of his mother?
* ... that '''[[Bill Palatucci]]''', the planned presidential transition head for [[Donald Trump]], does not like to be hugged?
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* ... that the female '''[[bushy-crested jay]]''' ''(illustrated)'' is assisted by many other jays in caring for her young?
* ... that '''[[Ben St Lawrence]]''' qualified for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] on the first day of the qualification window?
* ... that 36 years after taking his first job in the city government, '''[[Pablo Bedolla López]]''' was elected municipal president of [[Ecatepec de Morelos]], [[State of Mexico]]?
* ... that local aboriginal folklore claims they helped shape the current course of the [[Murray River]] after its route was modified by the uplift of the '''[[Cadell Fault]]'''?
* ... that in 2015 Swedish Olympic [[pole vault]]er '''[[Melker Svärd Jacobsson]]''' suffered an injury that doctors could not diagnose for eight months?
* ... that '''[[Peter Skewes]]''' is the nominee of the American Party of South Carolina in the [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 United States presidential election]]?
* ... that at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], '''[[Bhutan at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Bhutan]]''' was one of two nations to have only female competitors?
===13 August 2016===
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* ... that the British [[Sailing (sport)|sailor]] '''[[Luke Patience]]''' ''(pictured)'' is due to compete alongside '''[[Chris Grube]]''' in the [[470 (dinghy)|470 class]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]], after his original teammate had to withdraw to undergo treatment for bowel cancer?
* ... that '''[[Harry Diddlebock]]''' was a sportswriter for 17 years before becoming [[manager (baseball)|manager]] of baseball's [[St. Louis Cardinals|St. Louis Browns]]?
* ... that "'''[[Hari Kemenangan]]'''" is [[Siti Nurhaliza]]'s first [[Eid al-Fitr]] single in more than 10 years?
* ... that '''[[John L. Harmer]]''' was appointed by [[Ronald Reagan]] to serve as [[Lieutenant Governor of California]] for three months, after the resignation of [[Edwin Reinecke]]?
* ... that the '''[[gray tree rat]]''' is nocturnal and feeds mainly on fruit?
* ... that in June 2016, Indian [[long jump]]er '''[[Ankit Sharma (athlete)|Ankit Sharma]]''' broke the [[List of Indian records in athletics#Men|national record]] twice in one day and qualified for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]?
* ... that '''[[Noemí Guzmán Lagunes]]''' earned her undergraduate degree two years after she was elected municipal president of [[Teocelo]]?
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* ... that Swedish diplomat '''[[Einar af Wirsén]]''' ''(pictured)'' was a witness to the [[Armenian Genocide]]?
* ... that the British Olympic [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]] '''[[Stephen Milne (swimmer)|Stephen Milne]]''' studied in [[Perth, Scotland]], and trained in [[Perth|Perth, Australia]]?
* ... that '''[[Acarichthys heckelii|Heckell's thread-finned acara]]''' is a South American freshwater fish that has turned up in Singapore?
* ... that for nearly 25 years, '''[[Liborio Vidal Aguilar]]''' has donated his salary earned as a public official in [[Yucatán]] to charitable causes?
* ... that fan video blogs created by '''[[Kaitlyn Vincie]]''' on [[NASCAR]] racing attracted enough success that they were shown on stock car racing website SceneDaily?
* ... that '''[[San Blas jay]]s''' and '''[[purplish-backed jay]]s''' both form social groups which cooperate in the raising of young?
* ... that [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympian]] '''[[Rhydian Cowley]]''' was inspired when a [[Jared Tallent|rival athlete]] received an [[Olympic medal|Olympic gold medal]] four years after competing?
===12 August 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Santa Cecilia Chapel]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the only surviving medieval chapel on the [[Malta|Maltese]] island of [[Gozo]]?
* ... that fur and bone fragments from what is thought to be a '''[[Maule tuco-tuco]]''' have been found in 5,000-year-old [[Pellet (ornithology)|owl pellets]]?
* ... that the [[Sailing (sport)|sailor]] '''[[Charlotte Dobson]]''', who was first selected for the Scottish national team at the age of 14, is competing at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in the [[49er (dinghy)|49erFX]] event alongside '''[[Sophie Ainsworth]]'''?
* ... that just over four months after '''[[Pagano (wrestler)|Pagano]]''' made his in-ring debut for [[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración|AAA]], he will work the main event of '''[[Triplemanía XXIV|''Triplemanía'' XXIV]]''', the company's biggest show of the year?
* ... that '''[[María del Carmen Pinete Vargas]]''' was the first woman to head the [[Veracruz]] state organization of Movimiento Territorial, a branch of the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]]?
* ... that the British [[Long-distance running|long-distance runner]] '''[[Jess Andrews]]''' qualified for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] after beating her personal best in the 10,000 metres by 83 seconds?
* ... that [[Green Bay Packers]] rookie linebacker '''[[Blake Martinez]]''' was described as a "business-minded machine" at stopping [[Running back|running backs]]?
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* ... that '''[[Theodore de Korwin Szymanowski]]''' ''(pictured)'', one of the earliest promoters of a [[Unified Europe]], proposed a customs union, a central bank, and a single currency as far back as 1885?
* ... that grapefruit juice may amplify the [[antihypertensive]] effect of '''[[lercanidipine]]'''?
* ... that in 2014, Danish Olympic [[Rowing (sport)|rower]] '''[[Jacob Barsøe]]''' was part of a crew that won gold medals at both the [[2014 European Rowing Championships|European]] and [[2014 World Rowing Championships|World championships]] and was nominated for the World Rowing Crew of the Year award? <!-- For 11th August -->
* ... that '''[[Prisma (app)|Prisma]]''' uses a [[neural network]] and [[artificial intelligence]] to edit pictures?
* ... that '''[[Julián Nazar Morales]]''' has served on ranching commissions in each of his four terms in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Mexican Chamber of Deputies]]?
* ... that South African [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]] '''[[Douglas Erasmus]]''' met the qualification standard for the 50 metre freestyle at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] by 1/100th of a second?<!-- For 11th August -->
* ... that '''[[elegant quail]]s''' make "chip-chip" calls to keep in touch as they forage on the ground?
===11 August 2016===
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* ... that a form of [[encephalitis]] that killed three people is believed to have been caused by a virus carried by their pet '''[[variegated squirrel]]s''' ''(example pictured)''?
* ... that Brazilian Olympic [[badminton]] player '''[[Lohaynny Vicente]]''' won a silver medal in the doubles at the [[2015 Pan American Games]] playing alongside her sister [[Luana Vicente|Luana]]?<!-- For 11th August -->
* ... that environmental activists might be opposed to [[economic globalization]], but advocate '''[[environmental globalization]]'''?
* ... that at the '''''[[IWRG La Isla|La Isla]]''''' [[professional wrestling|wrestling]] show, the [[International Wrestling Revolution Group]] supposedly hung a bag with 50,000 [[Mexican peso]]s ($3815) over the ring for eight wrestlers to compete for?
* ... that American Olympic [[badminton]] player '''[[Iris Wang]]''' won a silver medal in the doubles at the [[2011 Pan American Games]] playing alongside her sister [[Rena Wang|Rena]]?<!-- For 11th August -->
* ... that '''[[Bennett's chinchilla rat]]''' often shares a burrow with a [[Common degu|degu]], [[Chilean rock rat]] or [[long-tailed chinchilla]]?
* ... that in 2004, '''[[Alfredo Bejos Nicolás]]''' closed his dental practice in order to replace [[Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong]] in the Mexican [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]]?
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* ... that early [[hominin]] ''[[Zinjanthropus boisei]]'' ''(skull pictured)'' was named for mining engineer '''[[Charles Watson Boise]]'''?
* ... that '''[[İrem Karamete]]''', daughter of an Olympian [[fencing|fencer]] mother, qualified for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] as the first fencer from Turkey since 1984?<!-- Special request for 10 August -->
* ... that '''[[Jeffrey Grey]]''' was the first non-American to become the president of the [[Society for Military History]]?
* ... that the parents of Indian [[judo]]ka '''[[Avtar Singh (judoka)|Avtar Singh]]''' reportedly gave him their life savings to travel to a 2016 tournament?<!-- Special request for 10 August -->
* ... that a reviewer from ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the film '''''[[Mr. Rice's Secret]]''''' "bland and ordinary", apart from a scene where children unearth their neighbour{{'}}s coffin?
* ... that 17-year-old '''[[Georgia Coates]]''' is the youngest swimmer in [[Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Great Britain's team]] for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]?<!-- Special request for 10 August -->
* ... that the '''[[Paradise Club (Atlantic City, New Jersey)|Paradise Club]]''' of [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]] had to reinforce its wooden stage floor with metal sheeting after novelty act [[Peg Leg Bates]] got stuck in it during his "Jet Plane" finale?
===10 August 2016===
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* ... that following the speech by '''[[Khizr and Ghazala Khan]]''' ''(pictured)'' at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, sales of [[pocket Constitution]]s spiked?
* ... that '''[[Bailey's pocket mouse]]''' is the only rodent in the [[Sonoran Desert]] to eat [[jojoba]] nuts, because they are toxic to most other mammals?
* ... that the educationist '''[[Elizabeth Lachlan]]''' was purportedly asked to be [[Queen Victoria]]'s governess?
* ... that '''''[[In a Chinese Temple Garden]]''''', an ''Oriental Phantasy'' for orchestra, was conducted by the composer [[Albert Ketèlbey]] in a historic recording?
* ... that '''[[Ana María Boone Godoy]]''', a member of the Radio and Television Commission of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Mexican Chamber of Deputies]], is part-owner of [[XHWQ-FM|a radio station]] in [[Monclova, Coahuila]]?
* ... that the 2015 drama ''[[Room (2015 film)|Room]]'' won '''[[List of accolades received by Room|several awards]]''' including the [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Academy Award]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA]], and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Golden Globe]] awards for Best Actress for [[Brie Larson]], who played an abducted mother held captive for seven years?
* ... that a player challenging the '''[[New York Yankees appearance policy]]''' by citing [[Jesus]] having long hair was told to [[Jesus walking on water|walk on water]] if he wanted to be exempt from it?
===9 August 2016===
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* ... that the [[Native Hawaiians|part-Hawaiian]] '''[[William P. Ragsdale]]''' ''(pictured)'', known as the "King of the Lepers", influenced [[Mark Twain]]'s 1889 novel ''[[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]''?
* ... that '''[[David McKeon]]''' and '''[[Emma McKeon]]''' are the first brother and sister selected to swim for Australia at the same [[Olympic Games]] since 1960?<!--- For 9 August, Olympics--->
* ... that [[Bob Weir|Bob Weir's]] inspiration for his upcoming solo album, '''''[[Blue Mountain (Bob Weir album)|Blue Mountain]]''''', was the time he worked as a 15-year-old ranch hand in [[Wyoming]]?
* ... that '''[[Josiah Holbrook]]''' organized the first [[Manual labor school|industrial school]] in the United States?
* ... that [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town Football Club]] won their first major trophy in '''[[1988 Football League Cup Final|1988]]'''?
*'''''08:11, 9 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Sir Duncan Rice Library]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Aberdeen]] is cube-shaped, clad in glass, and built upon Scottish stone?
* ... that [[Guy Pearce]] recommended '''[[Damien Richardson (actor)|Damien Richardson]]''' for a role in ''[[The Hard Word]]'' after acting alongside him in a play two years earlier?
* ... that [[Green Bay Packers]] rookie defensive lineman '''[[Dean Lowry]]''' set a single-game school record with six tackles for loss in a game?
* ... that '''[[Óscar García Barrón]]''' founded a union of cattle ranchers in [[Durango]] that had more than 22,000 members?
* ... that the '''[[golden Oldfield mouse]]''' makes little paths among the [[moss]]es and [[Marchantiophyta|liverworts]] growing along horizontal tree branches?
* ... that film director [[Hur Jin-ho]] decided to make '''''[[The Last Princess (film)|The Last Princess]]''''' because he could not forget a scene from a documentary about [[Princess Deokhye]]?
* ... that [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] professor '''[[Gene Brown (professor)|Gene Brown]]''' taught the same [[biochemistry]] course for 50 years?
===8 August 2016===
*'''''19:56, 8 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Centuripe ware]]''' vases ''(example pictured)'' from [[History of Sicily#Classical age|Ancient Sicily]] have been described as "smothered in ornamental colors and shaped too elaborately"?
* ... that '''[[Louis Victor Plessier]]''' is sometimes considered the first French general to be killed during [[World War I]], though four other generals predeceased him?
* ... that as a student, [[Einojuhani Rautavaara]] composed '''''[[A Requiem in Our Time]]''''', a work for brass band and percussion?
* ... that '''[[Edwin Ferdon]]''' was one of four archaeologists who traveled to [[Easter Island]] on an expedition with [[Thor Heyerdahl]]?
* ... that the terms of the 1796 '''[[Armistice of Bologna]]''' included payment in cash, goods, and works of art from the [[Papal States]] to France?
* ... that the [[Domodedovo International Airport bombing]] in 2011 has been linked to the [[Level (video gaming)|video game level]] '''[[No Russian]]'''?
* ... that Donald Trump never drank '''[[Trump Vodka]]'''?
*'''''07:41, 8 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Madeline Groves]]''' ''(pictured)'' was an inaugural recipient of the [[Gina Rinehart|Georgina Hope Rinehart]] Swimming Excellence Scholarship to study at [[Bond University]]?
* ... that in 2015, the '''[[Confederación Nacional de Organizaciones Populares|National Confederation of Popular Organizations]]''' moved to a new headquarters described as the "most sinister building" in Mexico?
* ... that when '''[[Yosef Rivlin]]''' said he would build a Jewish neighborhood outside the [[walls of Jerusalem]] and be the first to live there, his family thought he was possessed by a [[dybbuk]]?
* ... that the '''[[Twin Towers (Wembley)|Twin Towers]]''' were viewed as an iconic symbol of Wembley Stadium?
* ... that botanist '''[[Margaret Blackwood|Dame Margaret Blackwood]]''' studied pine trees and maize, and had a species of fungus named after her?
* ... that on [[Easter]] morning 1972, [[Black Mafia]] members gunned down a rival operative at [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City's]] '''[[Club Harlem]]''' in full view of a show audience of some 600 people?
* ... that Irish Olympic [[boxing|boxer]] '''[[Steven Donnelly]]''' quit the sport for two years after being sent home from the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]]?
===7 August 2016===
*'''''19:26, 7 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that at the age of 19, while composing '''[[Drei Chöre, Op. 6|''Drei Chöre'', Op. 6]]''', [[Max Reger]] ''(pictured)'' began his lifetime practice of writing dynamic markings in red?
* ... that Nigerian Olympic boxer '''[[Efe Ajagba]]''' won medals at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] and the [[2015 African Games]]?
* ... that during the '''[[Battle of Gadara]]''', the victorious [[Nabataean Kingdom|Nabataean]] force used a large number of camels in the form of a bulldozer to push the opposing [[Hasmonean dynasty|Hasmoneans]] into a deep valley?
* ... that by custom, the '''[[President of Lebanon]]''' must be a [[Maronite Christian]]?
* ... that soap opera writer [[Agnes Nixon]] cast actress [[Doris Belack]] to play '''[[Anna Wolek]]''' on the first episode of ''[[One Life to Live]]'' in [[1968 in television|1968]], a character she played until 1977?
* ... that a recent event sponsored by the '''[[Charles Koch Institute]]''' was described as more like "a left-wing anti-war rally than a gathering hosted by a longtime right-wing institution"?
* ... that '''[[Bradlee Ashby]]''', '''[[Helena Gasson]]''', '''[[Matthew Hutchins]]''', '''[[Corey Main]]''', and '''[[Emma Robinson (New Zealand swimmer)|Emma Robinson]]''' are the five Olympic debutants in a squad of eight swimmers selected to represent [[New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]?
*'''''07:11, 7 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[List of frigates of the Indian Navy|fourteen guided missile frigates]]''' ''(INS'' Shivalik ''pictured)'' are operated by the Indian Navy?
* ... that [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|federal deputy]] '''[[José Ignacio Pichardo Lechuga]]''' is the son of a former [[Governor of the State of Mexico]]?
* ... that the Olympic boxer '''[[Joseph Cordina]]''' won a bronze medal at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] and was the only British gold medallist at the [[2015 European Amateur Boxing Championships|2015 European Championships]]?
* ... that '''[[Manuel Espino Barrientos|Manuel Espino]]''' was expelled from the [[National Action Party (Mexico)|National Action Party]], even though he had previously served as its president?
* ... that the '''''[[IWRG Guerra de Campeones|Guerra de Campeones]]''''' [[professional wrestling]] show saw [[Professional wrestling championship|championships]] from four different [[professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] being defended?
* ... that '''[[Carmen Salinas]]''', a Mexican actress who has appeared in over 110 movies, now serves as a [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|federal deputy]] with the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]]?
* ... that '''[[Manika Batra]]''' started playing [[table tennis]] at the age of four, and turned down [[model (person)|modelling]] offers as a teenager?
===6 August 2016===
*'''''12:35, 6 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Victor Milner]]''' ''(pictured)'' taught U.S. President [[Calvin Coolidge]] to use a camera?
* ... that '''[[Carlos Balderas]]''', who is due to [[boxing|box]] for the [[United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics|United States at the Rio Olympics]], is the first member of his family to be born in that country?
* ... that '''[[Leonard Haigh]]'''{{'s}} mechanical knowledge kept him from the front line in the [[World War I|First World War]], but he died from [[pneumonia]] instead?
* ... that '''[[Emily Morley]]''' is the first Bahamian rower to qualify for the Olympic Games?
* ... that the '''[[Guerra del Golfo (2005)|2005 ''Guerra del Golfo'']]''', the first [[International Wrestling Revolution Group|IWRG]] [[professional wrestling]] show of that name, would later become an [[IWRG Guerra del Golfo|annual event]]?
* ... that [[Shooting sport|sports shooter]] '''[[Lenchu Kunzang]]''' was approached by the [[Bhutan Olympic Committee]] after topping her rifle shooting class during police training?
* ... that [[the Beach Boys]]' "'''[[Good Vibrations]]'''" was the most expensive single ever produced in its time, requiring over 90 hours of recorded tape?
*'''''00:50, 6 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[René Pranz]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the only Austrian [[fencing|fencer]] to have qualified for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]?
* ... that '''[[Alejandra Barrales]]''', the new president of the [[Party of the Democratic Revolution]], twice led [[Aeroméxico]] flight attendants out on strike?
*... that in '''''[[The Aachen Memorandum]]''''', [[Prince William, Duke of Cambridge|William Mountbatten-Windsor]] (son of [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Charles III]]) is king of New Zealand, and [[Michael Gove]] and [[Iain Duncan Smith]] are arrested as members of the Anti-Federalist Movement?
* ... that while top-name talent like [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Sammy Davis Jr.]], and [[Martin and Lewis]] performed at [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City's]] '''[[500 Club (Atlantic City, New Jersey)|500 Club]]''', an illegal [[casino]] operated behind the scenes?
* ...that initially no prize was offered for winning the '''[[IWRG Guerra Revolucionaria|IWRG ''Guerra Revolucionaria'']]''', so the winners in '''[[Guerra Revolucionaria (2009)|2009]]''' and '''[[Guerra Revolucionaria (2010)|2010]]''' did not win anything, but in '''[[Guerra Revolucionaria (2013)|2013]]''' the winner got a match for the [[IWRG Rey del Ring|IWRG ''Rey del Ring Championship'']]?
* ... that after '''[[Adriana Araújo]]''' won a medal at the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympics]], she said she would not compete at the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Games]], but was ultimately given one of the automatic qualification spots?
* ... that '''[[María Ávila Serna]]'''{{`s}} first two spouses were assassinated?
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===5 August 2016===
*'''''13:05, 5 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Emma Stone]] ''(pictured)'' '''[[Emma Stone on screen and stage|had her breakthrough]]''' in the 2010 teen comedy ''[[Easy A]]'', for which she was nominated for a [[BAFTA Rising Star Award]] and a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical|Golden Globe Award]]?
* ... that [[judo]]ka '''[[Popole Misenga]]''' sought [[Right of asylum|political asylum]] in Brazil following the [[2013 World Judo Championships|2013 World Championships]], and will compete for the [[Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Refugee Olympic Team]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympics]]?<!--special occasion request for August 5 (Olympic opening ceremony)-->
* ... that '''[[Inez Knight Allen|Amanda Inez Knight Allen]]''' and her mission companion were the first single woman [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS]] missionaries?
* ... that over 50 wrestlers have lost their [[wrestling mask|mask]] or had their hair shaved off at a '''[[List of major IWRG shows|major International Wrestling Revolution Group show]]'''?
* ... that the [[association football|football]] manager '''[[Isaac McDowell]]''' led [[Linfield F.C.|Linfield]] to seven trophies in the 1961–62 season?
* ... that [[mountain biking|mountain biker]] '''[[Daniela Campuzano]]''' has been selected to carry the Mexican flag in the [[2016 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations|Parade of Nations]] during the [[2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony]]?<!--Special occasion request for August 5 (Olympic opening ceremony)-->
* ... that the head of '''[[Bohemond II of Antioch]]''' was embalmed and sent to [[Al-Mustarshid]], the Abbasid caliph?
*'''''01:20, 5 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Peters's squirrel]]''', the '''[[flat-headed myotis]]''', the '''[[false canyon mouse]]''', the '''[[Chamula mountain brook frog]]''', the '''[[Sierra Juarez brook frog]]''', the '''[[Tamaulipas pygmy owl]]''', and the '''[[Oaxaca mud turtle]]''' ''(pictured)'' are all native to Mexico and found nowhere else?
* ... that a [[Europa FC|team called Europa]] has '''[[Gibraltarian football clubs in European competitions|represented Gibraltar]]''' in the [[UEFA Europa League]]?<!--For Thursday evening in Europe-->
* ... that '''[[Višeslav of Serbia|Višeslav]]''' was the first Serbian ruler known by name?
* ... that the packaging of the '''[[Alcatel Idol 4]]S''' smartphone is also a [[virtual reality]] headset?
* ... that '''[[Alberto Youssef]]''' has been called a "principal player" in the [[Operation Car Wash|Petrobras scandal]] wherein Brazil's state oil firm accepted bribes in return for overpaying construction contracts?<!--Clearing this through before the Olympics start-->
* ... that 41 U.S. states follow the [[single-subject rule]] for legislation, and a '''[[Single subject amendment|proposed constitutional amendment]]''' would extend it to the federal government as well?
* ... that [[NASCAR]] driver [[Jeff Gordon]] is a global business advisor for his longtime sponsor '''[[Axalta Coating Systems]]'''?
===4 August 2016===
*'''''13:35, 4 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[spoil tip|mining waste]] from '''[[Shotton Surface Mine]]''' was used to build [[Northumberlandia|a giant naked woman]] ''(face and breast pictured)''?
* ... that the '''[[Monterrey Spanish mackerel]]''' is no longer found off the coast of California?
* ... that the band '''[[The Quiet Jungle]]''' began as a house act before achieving commercial success with a novelty song composed for [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] player [[Eddie Shack]]?
* ... in '''''[[NHL 17]]''''', players can become the general manager of an [[National Hockey League|NHL]] team and potentially relocate them to another city?
* ... that Josef Rheinberger composed the six-voice motet '''''[[Abendlied (Rheinberger)|Abendlied]]''''' (Evening song) at age 15?
* ... that '''''[[The Question Jury]]''''' is produced by Monkey?
*'''''00:50, 4 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that at the age of 17, '''[[Dean Smith (pilot)|Dean Cullom Smith]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the youngest flight instructor in U.S. Army history?
* ... that Michael McNabb's "'''[[Dreamsong]]'''" was labeled by the British composer [[Adrian Moore (composer)|Adrian Moore]] as a pioneering work of [[electroacoustic music]]?
* ... that the male '''[[Madagascan buttonquail]]''' is largely responsible for incubating the eggs and caring for the young?
* ... that [[Lewis Hamilton]] won the '''[[2014 Japanese Grand Prix]]''', which was overshadowed by a major accident involving [[Jules Bianchi]]?
* ... that the depopulated [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] village of '''[[Abu Shusha, Haifa|Abu Shusha]]''' in [[Haifa]] has been suggested as the location of the Roman town of ''Gaba Hippeon'', founded in 61 BCE?
* ... that while working as the commercial manager at [[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield]], the footballer '''[[Jim Brown (footballer, born 1952)|Jim Brown]]''' collected financial records that were eventually used to prosecute club chairman Darren Brown for fraud?
* ... that the '''[[Shawshank tree|iconic 180-year-old tree]]''' from ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'' fell in July 2016?
===3 August 2016===
*'''''13:05, 3 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[List of destroyers of the Indian Navy|ten guided missile destroyers]]''' ''(example pictured)'' are operated by the Indian Navy?
* ... that the 2009 resignations of '''[[Yulma Rocha Aguilar]]''' and seven other female [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|deputies]] earned them the nickname "juanitas"?
* ... that before the reversal of '''''[[Times Film Corporation v. City of Chicago]]''''' in 1965, U.S. states and municipalities could legally censor films?
* ... that [[Scorpio Jr.]], winner of the '''[[Rey del Ring (2008)|2008 ''Rey del Ring'']]''', and Ricky Cruzz, winner of the '''[[Rey del Ring (2009)|2009 ''Rey del Ring'']]''', teamed up to win the [[IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship]]?
* ... that the '''[[Mobi (bike share)|Mobi]]''' [[bicycle-sharing system]] in [[Vancouver]] placed stations at least {{convert|50|m|ft}} away from existing bike shops?
* ... that in 2011, Argentinian lawyer '''[[Elsa Kelly]]''' was appointed the first woman judge on the [[International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea]]?
*'''''01:10, 3 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[scaly-foot gastropod]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the only known living animal that uses [[iron sulfide]]s in its skeleton?
* ... that '''[[Jerome Babe]]''' invented the "Yankee Baby"?
* ... that the 1956 Tamil film '''''[[Mathar Kula Manickam]]''''' was based on [[Rabindranath Tagore]]'s novel ''The Wreck''?
* ... that [[Kingdom of Hawaii|Hawaiian]] chiefess '''[[Miriam Auhea Kekāuluohi Crowningburg]]''' was buried near the '''[[Lunalilo Mausoleum]]''', the final resting place of her cousin King [[Lunalilo]]?
* ... that '''[[Neelabh Ashk]]''' translated [[Arundhati Roy]], [[Salman Rushdie]], [[William Shakespeare]], [[Bertolt Brecht]], and [[Mikhail Lermontov]] into Hindi?
* ... that [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]'s short story "'''[[Coming of Age in Karhide]]'''" depicts socially acceptable [[Promiscuity|sexual promiscuity]]?
* ... that '''[[Weaves (EP)|the self-titled extended play]]''' of [[indie pop]] group Weaves combines elements of high-quality recording common in pop music with [[lo-fi music|lo-fi]] [[noise music]] styles to create a "disgusting" yet "catchy" feel?
===2 August 2016===
*'''''13:25, 2 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the colour of the '''[[Flag of Southern Rhodesia]]''' ''(pictured)'' was chosen to match the [[Royal Air Force Ensign|RAF ensign]] to protest British treatment of [[Southern Rhodesia]]?
* ... that '''[[Henri Negresco]]''' founded the [[Hotel Negresco]], which was used to aid victims of the [[2016 Nice attack]]?
* ... that [[Frank Sinatra]] and the [[Tommy Dorsey]] Band's 1943 number one single "'''[[In the Blue of Evening]]'''", was later re-recorded as a tribute to Dorsey by Sinatra?
* ... that [[physicist]]s Justin Khoury and '''[[Amanda Weltman]]''' proposed an explanation for the existence of [[dark energy]] when the latter was 24 years old?
* ... that the [[Irish Sport Horse|Irish horse]] '''[[McKinlaigh]]''' won an Olympic silver medal while competing for the United States?
* ... that career military leader '''[[Kamal Jit Singh]]''' has commanded both an armoured brigade of [[T-90]]s in India and a [[United Nations peacekeeping]] team in [[Angola]]?
* ... that '''''[[Audition (1999 film)|Audition]]''''' has been described as an influence on "torture porn"?
*'''''01:40, 2 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that fish found in the '''[[demersal zone]]''' include the '''[[spiny-back eel]]''' ''(pictured)'', the '''[[whitesaddled catshark|whitesaddled]]''' and '''[[speckled catshark]]''', the '''[[whitenose whipray]]''', and the '''[[whitespotted grouper]]'''?
* ... that for his light music '''''[[In the Mystic Land of Egypt]]''''', [[Albert Ketèlbey]] used a recurring chromatic scale that was called "attractive ... though hardly Egyptian"?
* ... that [[Shannen Doherty]] watched ''[[Keeping Up with the Kardashians]]'' while preparing for her reality television series '''''[[Shannen Says]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Martin Bickham]]''' was trained as a merchant by [[Stephen Girard]] after his older sister became Girard's mistress?
* ... that the '''[[Yesharah Society]]''' was organized in 1928 as a society for female [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Latter-day Saint]] missionaries?
* ... that '''''[[Dog Star Adventure]]''''' was the first [[Interactive fiction|text adventure game]] to be published in [[source code]] form?
* ... that the [[International Wrestling Revolution Group]] celebrated the '''[[52nd Anniversary of Lucha Libre in Estado de México]]''' by having [[Veneno (wrestler)|Veneno]] shaved bald at the end of the show?
===1 August 2016===
*'''''13:55, 1 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[spotted wood kingfisher]]''' ''(pictured)'' may nest in termite nests in trees?
* ... that the '''[[Football (Disorder) Act 2000]]''' was pushed through [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] in the United Kingdom in a month following [[Football hooliganism|hooliganism]] during [[UEFA Euro 2000|Euro 2000]]?
* ... that '''[[Sechs Lieder, Op. 35|''Sechs Lieder'', Op. 35]]''', are six songs by Max Reger on love poems by five authors which inspired "some of Reger's most magical sonorities"?
* ... that initiation fees at '''[[Trump National Golf Club Westchester]]''' have dropped $150,000 since 2001?
* ... that the '''''[[El Gran Desafío (2009)|El Gran Desafío]]''''' show was supposed to help launch Gran Prix Championship Wrestling, but GPCW ended up holding only one show afterwards?
* ... that the male Brazilian '''''[[Leptodactylus pustulatus]]''''' frog makes 26 calls per minute?
* ... that '''[[Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital]]''' has been called the "[[Mayo Clinic]] for horses"?
*'''''02:10, 1 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[History of East Texas State Normal College|East Texas State Normal College]]''' president Randolph B. Binnion ''(pictured)'' asked prospective faculty members whether they danced and whether they belonged to a church?
* ... that in October 2013, '''[[The Wheel of Liverpool]]''' was struck by lightning but sustained no damage?
* ... that [[Hayao Miyazaki]]'s film '''''[[Howl's Moving Castle (film)|Howl's Moving Castle]]''''' contains anti-war imagery, influenced by the director's distaste for the [[2003 Iraq War|Iraq War]]?
* ... that at the 2000 '''''[[Prisión Fatal (2000)|Prisión Fatal]]''''' professional wrestling show, [[tag team]] partners Rody and Burley were forced to wrestle each other, with Rody losing both the match and his [[wrestling mask]]?
* ... that in '''''[[Laetatus sum (Nuffel)|Laetatus sum]]''''' for choir and organ, Jules Van Nuffel set a [[Psalms of Ascent|Psalm of Ascent]] that expresses prayer for the peace of Jerusalem?
* ... that the '''[[Dulzura kangaroo rat]]''' often blocks up the entrances to its burrow by day?
* ... that even though they are siblings and [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|deputies]], '''[[Hernán Orantes López]]''' and '''[[María Elena Orantes López]]''' do not represent the same political party?
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===31 August 2016===
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* ... that both the '''[[Ecuadorian cacique|Ecuadorian]]''' ''(pictured)'' and '''[[solitary cacique]]s''' have entirely black plumage, whereas the '''[[Selva cacique]]''' has a yellow [[Bird rumps|rump]]?
* ... that Bishop '''[[Pavao Dragičević]]''' may have selected [[Elijah]] as [[patron saint]] of Bosnia and Herzegovina due to his veneration by the country's [[Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Muslims]], [[Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Catholics]], and [[Orthodox Christianity in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Orthodox Christians]]?
* ... that [[Mark Barrott]] originally planned his second studio album '''''[[Sketches from an Island 2]]''''' to be an [[extended play]]?
* ... that '''[[W. Wallace Kellett]]''' made the first [[autogyro]] used by the [[United States Post Office Department]] for carrying mail?
* ... that the character of '''[[Jim Craig (One Life to Live)|Dr. Jim Craig]]''' on ''[[One Life to Live]]'' was played by actor [[Nat Polen]] from 1969 until Polen's death in 1981?
* ... that '''[[Heber Robert McBride]]''' was an immigrant to the U.S. who traveled to the [[Salt Lake Valley]] with the [[Mormon handcart pioneers |Martin Handcart Company]]?
* ... that the 1912 [[Futurism|Futurist]] painting '''''[[Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash]]''''' was inspired by [[Giacomo Balla]]'s fascination with [[chronophotography]]?
* ... that the footballer '''[[Derek Dougan]]''' handed in a transfer request the day before he played in the [[1960 FA Cup Final]]?
===30 August 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Tucuruí transmission line]]''' ''(pylon pictured)'' carries power for {{convert|1800|km}} through the Amazon region?
* ... that the clothing historian '''[[Janet Arnold]]''' was still working on clothes for the [[Mermaid Theatre]] just two days before her death from [[lymphoma]]?
* ... that the Soviet '''[[17th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union)|17th Mechanized Corps]]''' lost all of its armored vehicles in the [[Battle of Białystok–Minsk]]?
* ... that Mexican parliamentarian '''[[Hortensia Aragón Castillo]]'''{{`s}} alternate deputy is her sister?
* ... that '''[[History of East Texas State Teachers College|East Texas State Teachers College]]''' president James G. Gee declared [[Sam Rayburn]], the congressman and college alumnus, "my personal enemy", during a faculty meeting?
* ... that '''[[Roy Thomas Severn]]''' established the biggest centre for the study of [[earthquake engineering]] in the UK?
* ... that after taking up arms against Hungary during the failed [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848|1848 revolution]], '''[[Ioan Pușcariu]]''', an [[Romanians|ethnic Romanian]], returned to work in Hungarian government service for decades?
* ... that exhibits in the '''[[Sudha Cars Museum]]''' have found their way onto ''[[Ripley's Believe It or Not!]]''?
===29 August 2016===
*'''''00:00, 29 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Musgraveia sulciventris|bronze orange bug]]''' ''(pictured)'' can spray a stinky liquid at a target up to {{convert|60|cm|in}} away?
* ... that '''[[Yuuki Tanaka]]''' led [[Waseda University]] women's tennis team to their fifth consecutive All-Japan championship in 2010?
* ... that all four of the '''[[American Party of South Carolina]]'''{{`s}} candidates in the [[South Carolina elections, 2014|state's 2014 elections]] lost?
* ... that '''[[Melchisedec Ștefănescu]]''' was the only Romanian bishop to support the [[Secularization of monastic estates in Romania|secularization of monastic estates]]?
* ... that a judge shot a doctor at '''[[Exeter Racecourse]]''' during the last [[duel]] in Devon?
* ... that rookie [[Green Bay Packers]] offensive lineman '''[[Jason Spriggs]]''' was named a first team [[2015 College Football All-America Team|All-American]] in his senior year of college?
* ... that the Mexico City wrestling commission did not allow [[professional wrestling promotion|promoter]] Joaquín Roldán to be at the ringside for '''[[Triplemanía XVI|''Triplemanía'' XVI]]''' as he was not a licensed active competitor?<!-- Special request for Aug 28th -->
* ... that in his will, '''[[Humphrey Stafford (died 1413)|Humphrey Stafford]]''' left his household servants £1 each, his grooms [[£sd|6s.8d]] each, his pages 3s.4d each, and £8 for masses for his soul?
===28 August 2016===
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* ... that when he served in the [[Oregon House of Representatives]], '''[[Denton G. Burdick]]''' ''(pictured)'' represented a district that was nearly the size of [[Pennsylvania]]?
* ... that the [[Sugababes]]' fragrances '''[[Tempt, Tease and Touch]]''' were among [[The Perfume Shop]]'s first releases after opening in-store outlets in [[Superdrug]] stores?
* ... that [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] '''[[Andrey Shebalkov]]''' was deprived of his title on charges of sending anti-Soviet letters?
* ... that the recreation of Botticelli's ''[[The Birth of Venus]]'' by the Indian realist painter '''[[Gopal Swami Khetanchi]]''' showed a pearl-clad Rajasthani woman coming out of a lotus?
* ... that [[Carl Sagan]] lived in an '''[[900 Stewart Avenue (Ithaca, New York)|Egyptian Revival tomb built on a cliff halfway down a gorge]]'''?
* ... that in 1949, the [[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]] footballer '''[[Vic Lambden]]''' married one of his team's fans?
* ... that "'''[[Elector Under Will of Oliver Smith]]'''" is the title of an elected official in some towns in [[Massachusetts]]?
* ... that philosopher '''[[Tamara Horowitz]]''' stopped looking in mirrors for two years in her twenties?
===27 August 2016===
*'''''00:00, 27 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 1813, a British manufacturer of [[printing press]]es ''(pictured)'', '''[[Harrild & Sons]]''', helped establish the use in London of [[composition roller]]s instead of [[ink ball]]s to ink the printing plates?
* ... that '''[[Petra Lang]]''', who performed the parts of [[Tristan und Isolde|Brangäne]] and [[Lohengrin (opera)|Ortrud]] at the [[Bayreuth Festival]] as a mezzo-soprano, was the Isolde of 2016?
* ... that fearsome Hindu and Buddhist deities are depicted wearing a '''[[mundamala|garland of severed human heads]]'''?
* ... that future New Jersey Assemblyman '''[[Arthur Barclay (American politician)|Arthur Barclay]]''' won the state [[Tournament of Champions (NJSIAA)|Tournament of Champions]] as basketball team captain, alongside future [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] player [[Dajuan Wagner]]?
* ... that Queen [[Elizabeth II]] was presented with a crate of [[ale]] when she visited the '''[[Bridge Inn, Topsham]]'''?
* ... that author '''[[Annette Lyon]]''' loves chocolate so much that she helped out with the Utah Chocolate Show, and wrote her own chocolate cookbook?
* ... that the outer bark of the '''[[Betula pubescens|downy birch]]''' can be stripped off without killing the tree, to make canoes, drinking vessels and roof tiles?
* ... that the director [[David Pountney]] was once part of a '''[[The Merchant of Venice (opera)|mercantile]]''' silence, but now is part of the noise?
===26 August 2016===
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* ... that the English [[feminism|feminist]] and social reformer [[Josephine Butler]] ''(pictured)'' '''[[Josephine Butler bibliography|wrote more than 90 books and pamphlets]]''' over the course of her career?
* ... that according to legend, '''[[Mekhala and Kanakhala]]''' decapitated themselves and danced headless to please their guru?
* ... that '''[[CANDLE syndrome]]''' was categorized in 2010, with symptoms including skin lesions, organ inflammation, and recurrent fever?
* ... that the philosopher '''[[Lisa Bortolotti]]''' argues that the irrationality of [[delusion]]s does not stop them from being [[belief]]s?
* ... that the case of the '''[[Death of Sharon Lopatka|1996 killing of Sharon Lopatka]]''' was reportedly the first time a police department arrested a murder suspect with evidence gathered primarily from email messages?
* ... that [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|federal deputy]] '''[[Delia Guerrero Coronado]]''' previously was the head of nursing at the general hospital of [[Ciudad Valles]], [[San Luis Potosí]]?
===25 August 2016===
*'''''09:46, 25 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Bazman]]''' volcano ''(pictured)'' in [[Iran]] is undergoing active surface deformation?
* ... that '''[[Elizabeth Casson]]''' set up an early [[occupational therapy]] school with funds borrowed from her brother [[Lewis Casson|Lewis]]?
* ... that in [[Hindu mythology]], the demon '''[[Kalanemi]]''' who was killed by [[Vishnu]], was reborn as [[Kamsa]] to be eventually killed by Vishnu's reincarnation [[Krishna]]?
* ... that Mexican politician '''[[Joaquín Díaz Mena]]''' managed a [[Cancún]] hotel, taught ''[[Telesecundaria]]'' classes, and was involved in ranching?
* ... that Mabel Mudge became the longest-serving [[Licensed victualler|landlady]] in the UK in 1995, having run the '''[[Drewe Arms, Drewsteignton]]''', for 75 years?
* ... that the song "'''[[War Paint (Fletcher song)|War Paint]]'''" performed by American singer Fletcher was the most shared song on [[Spotify]] in the United States for the week commencing June 29, 2015?
* ... that the association footballer '''[[Willie Carlin]]''' accepted a transfer to [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] after his wife declared that she wanted to move away from [[Sheffield]]?
===24 August 2016===
*'''''15:20, 24 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the pioneering radiologist '''[[Mihran Kassabian]]''' photographed his own hands ''(pictured)'' to document the progression of radiation-related necroses and amputations?
* ... that according to [[Atsushi Inaba]], the development of ''[[Bayonetta]]'' almost "broke" '''[[PlatinumGames]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Anne-Marie (singer)|Anne-Marie]]''' shared a stage with [[Jessie J]] as a kid?
* ... that the '''[[20th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union)|Soviet 20th Mechanized Corps]]''' was almost entirely destroyed during the [[Battle of Białystok–Minsk]] and the [[Battle of Smolensk (1941)|Battle of Smolensk]]?
* ... that '''[[Claudia Corichi García]]'''{{'s}} arrival in the [[Citizens' Movement (Mexico)|Citizens' Movement]] party prompted its director in the state of [[Zacatecas]] to resign?
* ... that before '''[[Charles Douglas Carpendale]]''' was hired to become [[John Reith, 1st Baron Reith|John Reith]]'s second-in-command to lead the BBC, he was a [[Rear admiral (Royal Navy)|Rear Admiral]] in the [[Royal Navy]]?
* ... that ballet dancer '''[[Herman Cornejo]]''' is "not a fairy-tale prince", but "a believable, 21st-century hero"?
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* ... that citizens of the [[Province of New York]] unofficially adopted the '''[[George Rex Flag]]''' ''(pictured)'' to protest against [[History of freedom of religion in Canada|freedom of religion granted to Catholics in Quebec]]?
* ... that in 2010 '''[[Joanne M. Maguire]]''' became the first woman to receive the International von Kármán Wings Award?
* ... that [[Miami Marlins]] slugger [[Giancarlo Stanton]] has hit the hardest [[batted ball]], recorded at {{convert|123.9|mph}} by [[Major League Baseball]]'s '''[[Statcast]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Guadalupe Acosta Naranjo]]''' was jailed after protesting fraud in the 1993 election for municipal president of [[Tepic]], [[Nayarit]], which he lost?
* ... the '''[[Watersnoodmuseum]]''' (Flood Museum) in [[Ouwerkerk]] is housed in [[Phoenix breakwaters|Phoenix caissons]] that were originally built for the [[Normandy landings]] in World War II?
* ... that in 2015 '''[[Stéphane Sparagna]]''' captained the [[France national under-20 football team]] to their first [[Toulon Tournament]] title in seven years?
* ... that since [[the Beatles]]' audio engineer [[Geoff Emerick]] used to smoke '''[[Everest (cigarette)|Everest cigarettes]]''', ''[[Abbey Road]]'' was originally planned to be titled ''Mount Everest'', ''Everest'' or ''Ever Rest''?
===23 August 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Taylor Swift]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the first act to have three albums with [[Lists of fastest-selling albums|opening-week sales]] of one million copies in the United States?
* ... that the historic district of '''[[Pingjiang Road]]''' in Suzhou was featured in the [[Southern Song Dynasty]] map ''Pingjiang Tu'', produced in the year 1229?
* ... that '''[[Jorge Estefan Chidiac]]''' has served on the Finances and Public Credit Commission in each of his three terms in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]]?
* ...that '''[[List of accolades received by The Danish Girl (film)|awards for ''The Danish Girl'']]''' included the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress Oscar]] for [[Alicia Vikander]]'s portrayal of Danish painter [[Gerda Wegener]]?
* ... that [[Red Army]] Major General '''[[Pyotr Georgyevich Novikov]]''' died in the [[Flossenbürg concentration camp]]?
* ... that '''[[Qal'eh Hasan Ali]]''', originally considered a group of [[impact crater]]s, is instead a group of [[maar]]s that may have formed within the last 50,000 years?
* ... that, after visiting [[Fascist Italian|fascist Italy]], '''[[Herbert Schneider (philosopher)|Herbert Schneider]]''' wrote to [[John Dewey]] that "a whole new world of the imagination has been created"?
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* ... that '''[[agnoprotein]]''' ''(pictured)'' is found in two [[polyomavirus]]es that can cause human disease, [[JC virus]] and [[BK virus]]?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Jordan Green]]''' worked as a supermarket shelf-stacker before earning his first professional contract?
* ... that '''''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]''''' was ranked number 1 by [[Nielsen ratings|Nielsen]] during its final season?
* ... that on August 20, 1998, President [[Bill Clinton]] ordered '''[[Operation Infinite Reach|cruise missile strikes]]''' on [[Osama bin Laden]]'s [[Afghan training camp]]s and a [[Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory|Sudanese pharmaceutical plant]]?
* ... that [[Ross Adams]] worked as a script editor on the soap opera ''[[Emmerdale]]'' before he was cast as '''[[Scott Drinkwell]]''' in ''[[Hollyoaks]]''?
* ... that '''[[Tomás Ruiz González]]''' was the first president of the Mexican Tax Administration Service?
* ... that '''[[Greater Port Harcourt]]''' encompasses eight local government areas of [[Rivers State]], Nigeria?
===22 August 2016===
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* ... that the Olympic [[Whitewater slalom|kayaking]] gold medallist '''[[Joe Clarke (canoeist)|Joe Clarke]]''' ''(pictured)'' had to write a letter to his school before he was allowed to join their canoeing club?
* ... that the fungal pathogen '''''[[Cristulariella depraedans]]''''' affects [[Acer pseudoplatanus|sycamore]] and [[maple]] trees and sometimes has epidemic years?
* ... that composer '''[[Harcourt Whyte]]''' suffered from [[leprosy]]?
* ... that the '''[[Sir Ralph Abercromby (pub)|Sir Ralph Abercromby]]''' public house in Manchester, UK, is the only remaining building in St Peter's Field from the time of the [[Peterloo Massacre]] in 1819?
* ... that in between her two terms in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]], '''[[Sandra Méndez Hernández]]''' spent two years as municipal president of [[Tultitlán]], [[State of Mexico]]?
* ... that [[Peter Paige]] originally auditioned for the role of '''[[Ted Schmidt]]''' in the American version of ''[[Queer as Folk (2000 TV series)|Queer as Folk]]''?
* ... that '''[[Nine Partners Creek]]''' has a tributary named '''[[Leslie Creek (Nine Partners Creek)|Leslie Creek]]''', is also known as "Leslie Creek", and has been called a tributary of Leslie Creek?
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* ... that cousins '''[[Miguel Ángel Yunes]]''' ''(pictured)'' and '''[[Héctor Yunes Landa]]''' ran against each other for [[Governor of Veracruz]]?
* ... that the '''[[eastern spiny mouse]]''' can shed its tail in order to escape from a predator?
* ... that brothers '''[[Derek Hawkins (athlete)|Derek]]''' and '''[[Callum Hawkins]]''' have been selected to represent [[Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Great Britain]] in the [[marathon]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]?<!--special occasion Olympics hook for August 21-->
* ... that before recording the '''[[Evita (soundtrack)|''Evita'' soundtrack]]''', [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] trained with vocal coach Joan Lader to increase her confidence?
* ... that cyclist '''[[Callum Skinner]]''' was the inaugural winner of a trophy named after [[Chris Hoy]], the man who inspired him to take up the sport?
* ... that one reviewer argued that the 2014 book '''''[[Highland Park and River Oaks]]''''' laid too much emphasis on [[Spanish architecture]]?
* ... that '''[[Edwin Stevens (missionary)|Edwin Stevens]]''', reporting from his missionary position in [[Qing Empire|Qing-era China]], felt that recent erections indicated apprehension, and penetration was difficult?
===21 August 2016===
*'''''12:30, 21 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[fly|flies]]''' ''(crane fly pictured)'' have a single pair of wings for flight, the hind wings being modified into tiny [[Gyroscope|gyroscopic organs]] known as "[[halteres]]"?
* ... that '''[[Javier Guerrero García]]''' is considered a potential contender for the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party]] nomination for [[Governor of Coahuila]] in 2017?
* ... that the [[Guinness World Records]] listed [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] under the category of '''[[List of accolades received by Evita (1996 film)|Most Costume Changes in a Film]]''', for wearing 85 dresses in ''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]''?
* ... that [[List of Brigham Young University buildings|"MARB"]] at [[Brigham Young University]] is named after agronomist '''[[Thomas L. Martin]]'''?
* ... that ''[[The Verge]]'' identified "'''[[Don't talk to me or my son ever again]]'''" as the "meme of the summer" of 2016?
* ... that '''[[Dan Bibby]]''' scored the [[golden point]] for Great Britain in their recent [[Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Olympic rugby sevens]] quarter-final?
* ... that in order to secure the crown for her sons, the Dioclean queen '''[[Jaquinta of Bari]]''' had a brother-in-law beheaded, another blinded and castrated, a nephew poisoned and another beheaded?
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* ... that in the wake of her podium finish in Yokohama, '''[[Ashleigh Gentle]]''' ''(pictured)'' was selected to represent Australia at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in Rio?<!--special occasion Olympics hook for August 20-->
* ... that a bill presented by '''[[Federico Döring]]''' in the [[Senate of the Republic (Mexico)|Mexican Senate]] was compared to the [[Stop Online Piracy Act]] in the United States?
* ... that [[The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror|''The Twilight Zone'' Tower of Terror]] at [[Disney California Adventure]] will be re-themed as '''[[Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout!]]''' in 2017?
* ... that musician and model '''[[Katelynne Cox]]''' also worked as a [[congressional staff|congressional aide]]?
* ... that '''''[[Va tacito e nascosto]]''''' uses the sound of the [[French horn|horn]] to symbolize the dramatic theme of the [[hunting|hunt]]?
* ... that Nepalese [[taekwondo]] practitioner '''[[Nisha Rawal (taekwondo)|Nisha Rawal]]''' received one of four Tripartite Commission wildcards to compete at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]?<!--special occasion Olympics hook for August 20-->
* ... that '''[[Gulabrai Ramchand]]''' was one of the first cricketers to have endorsed commercial brands?
===20 August 2016===
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* ... that the British architect '''[[Philip Hepworth]]''' lived in and restored Zoffany House ''(pictured)'', formerly the home of the 18th-century painter [[Johan Zoffany]]?
* ... that when the '''[[Verrückt (water slide)|Verrückt]]''' opened in July 2014, it surpassed the Kilimanjaro at Aldeia das Águas Park Resort to become the world's tallest [[water slide]]?
* ... that the Australian [[Greco-Roman wrestling|Greco-Roman wrestler]] '''[[Vinod Kumar Dahiya]]''' was once pushed from a moving train by the father of one of his rivals?
* ... that '''[[Baltazar Martínez Montemayor]]''', a former town councilor in [[Cerralvo Municipality|Cerralvo, Nuevo León]], is the father of the current mayor, the youngest in the state?
* ... that the [[association football]]er '''[[Fred Keenor]]''' captained the only non-English team to win the [[1927 FA Cup Final|FA Cup Final]]?
* ... that the ''[[Holby City]]'' production team built a new set featuring real pharmaceutical equipment for the introduction of the character '''[[Amy Teo]]'''?
* ... that the American engineer '''[[John J. Coit]]''', who built and operated miniature railways, died when his locomotive ran into a cow?
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* ... that '''''[[Bells Across the Meadows]]''''' ''(title page pictured)'', a characteristic intermezzo by [[Albert Ketèlbey]], was rated one of ''[[Your Hundred Best Tunes]]'' in 2003?
* ... that actress '''[[Shriya Pilgaonkar]]''' trained to become a professional swimmer as a child, and won several medals at school?
* ... that Fort Michni, one of two recognised towns of '''[[Doaba Daudzai Tehsil]]''', had a population of 205 males and 3 females in 1881?
* ... that Indian [[Air marshal|Air Marshal]] '''[[Jasbir Walia]]''' served as a qualified flying instructor, a pilot attack instructor, and a fighter combat leader?
* ... that police tipped off the owner of '''[[Babette's|Babette's Supper Club]]''' before they raided its illegal backroom casino, and gamblers escaped through a trap door?
* ... that '''[[Kate French (modern pentathlete)|Kate French]]''' qualified for the [[modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics]] after missing just one target in the final event of the 2015 [[European Modern Pentathlon Championships|European Championships]]?<!--special Olympics hook for August 19-->
* ... that 55 years after her death, '''[[Catherine Hilda Duleep Singh]]''' was found to have secreted away jewels and had a Swiss bank account, with a combined total of over 137,000 [[Swiss franc|francs]]?
===19 August 2016===
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* ... that the 1275 BC [[Battle of Kadesh]] ''(relief of [[Ramesses II|Ramses II]] in battle, pictured)'' is one of the best documented battles in ancient history due to the multiple '''[[Kadesh inscriptions]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Bryony Page]]''' is Great Britain's first-ever Olympic medallist in [[trampolining]]?
* ... that "'''[[Stay with Me till Dawn]]'''" was [[Judie Tzuke]]'s only UK top 40 single?
* ... that '''[[Nicole Moerig]]''' has competed in road races such as the [[Amgen Tour of California]], Silver City's [[Tour of the Gila]], the [[Tour de Bretagne Féminin]], and the [[2016 Women's Tour de Yorkshire]]?
* ... that the gothic arches of the [[listed building|Grade I listed]] '''[[Avon Bridge]]''' cannot be seen due to a later girder bridge widening it?
* ... that '''[[Asnage Castelly]]''' first had to create the Haitian Wrestling Federation before being allowed to compete at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] as his nation's first Olympic wrestler?
* ... that around the turn of the 20th century, '''[[New Jersey amber]]''' was burned for heat in the winter?
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* ... that '''[[Theodor Lewald]]''' ''(pictured)'' successfully campaigned for [[Germany at the Olympics|Germany]] to compete at the [[1928 Summer Olympics]] and host the [[1936 Summer Olympics]]?<!-- For August 18 -->
* ... that the '''[[Heron Road Workers Memorial Bridge]]''' in [[Ottawa]] was renamed in 2016 to commemorate the victims of the deadliest construction accident in [[Ontario]]{{'}}s history?
* ... that [[London County Council]] [[Chief Whip]] '''[[Freda Corbet]]''' was known within her party as the 'tiny tyrant'?
* ... that '''[[Kelly's of Cornwall]]''' produced the first advertisement shown on national British television to feature the [[Cornish language]]?
* ... that [[taekwondo]] practitioner '''[[Raheleh Asemani]]''' was born in Iran and qualified for the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympics]] as a refugee athlete, but competes at the Games as part of the [[Belgium at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Belgian team]]?<!-- For August 18 -->
* ... that '''[[Xylaria longipes|dead moll's fingers]]''' are generally more slender than [[Xylaria polymorpha|dead man's fingers]]?
* ... that '''[[Emily C. Blackman|Emily Clarissa Blackman]]''' became an assistant teacher at age 15, published a book of [[Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania|Susquehanna County]] history in 1873, and could allegedly read the Bible in ten languages?
===18 August 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[common gundi]]''' ''(pictured)'' may act as a [[natural reservoir]] for the pathogen that causes [[cutaneous leishmaniasis]]?
* ... that in 1974 the anthropologist '''[[Reina Torres de Araúz]]''' was the first woman distinguished as a full member of the Panamanian Academy of History?
* ... that [[Jonathan Brownlee]] collapsed almost immediately after crossing the finish line at the '''[[Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's|men's triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]'''?<!-- For August 18 -->
* ... that in 1555 '''[[Gabriel Pleydell]]''' was found guilty of ring-leading a plot to exile [[Mary I of England]]?
* ... that the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] biochemist '''[[John Buchanan (biologist)|Jack Buchanan]]''' published his work on [[purine]] [[biosynthesis]] in a series of more than 20 papers in the ''[[Journal of Biological Chemistry]]''?
* ... that [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]'s historic '''[[United States Courthouse (Austin, Texas, 1936)|federal courthouse]]''' may become a [[homeless shelter]]?
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* ... that '''[[David Dahl (baseball)|David Dahl]]''' ''(pictured)'' had his ruptured spleen removed instead of waiting for it to heal, to return to playing baseball sooner?
* ... that '''[[Margaret Ursula Jones]]''' directed work at [[Mucking (archaeological site)|Mucking]], the largest [[archaeological excavation]] ever undertaken in Britain, for thirteen years, while living on site year round in a small caravan?
* ... that to promote '''''[[Mad Max (2015 video game)|Mad Max]]''''', [[Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment|Warner Bros]] invited artists to create artwork on their vehicles with dust, and partnered with [[Uber (company)|Uber]] for a free ride special offer?
* ... that '''[[Aslaug Haviland]]''' was known as "Utah's [[Helen Keller]]"?
* ... that American software firm '''[[Cylance Inc.]]''' uncovered [[Operation Cleaver]], a planned [[cyberwarfare in Iran|Iranian cyberwarfare]] operation targeting critical infrastructure organizations globally?
* ... that [[Norwich City F.C.]] joint majority shareholder '''[[Michael Wynn-Jones]]''' attended his first Norwich match in 1953?
* ... that the '''[[Python Package Index]]''' is also known as the Cheese Shop, a reference to the [[Monty Python]] sketch?
===17 August 2016===
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* ... that despite occurring in six protected areas in Ecuador, the '''[[saffron siskin]]''' ''(pictured)'' is rated a "[[vulnerable species]]"?
* ... that while in the [[Legislative Assembly of the Federal District]], '''[[Vidal Llerenas Morales]]''' presented initiatives supporting the [[legalization of marijuana]]?
* ... that [[KGB]] [[Mole (espionage)|mole]] [[Aldrich Ames]] enabled the Soviet Union and Russia to '''[[1995 CIA disinformation controversy|funnel disinformation to the CIA]]''' for eight years?
* ... that [[Jim Morrison]] recorded some vocals for [[the Doors|the Doors']] '''''[[L.A. Woman]]''''' in a bathroom doorway?
* ... that the '''[[desert dormouse]]''' hibernates for nearly half the year?
* ... that [[Charles Soule]], creator of the comic book series '''''[[Star Wars: Poe Dameron]]''''', writes English dialogue for the [[droid (robot)|droid]] [[BB-8]] which is later translated into "bleeps and bloops" for the comic?
* ... that two hands can '''[[Three-hand effect|sound like three]]'''?
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* ... that the architects of '''[[459 West 18th Street]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Manhattan's West Chelsea neighborhood]] also [[land developer|developed]] it to make sure it was built as they had designed it?
* ... that in February 2016, Olympic [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]] '''[[Alex Hartmann]]''' ran the fastest [[200 metres]] by an Australian since 2006?
* ... that [[Pope Francis]]' [[apostolic constitution]] '''''[[Vultum Dei quaerere]]''''' amended Catholic canon law pertaining to women's [[Enclosed religious orders|contemplative life]]?
* ... that "'''[[The Dowry of the Angyar]]'''" was the first story set in the fictional [[Hainish Cycle|Hainish Universe]]?
* ... that in 2000, '''[[Susan Hanson (geographer)|Susan Hanson]]''' became the first female geographer to be elected to both the [[National Academy of Sciences]] and the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]?
* ... that '''[[serial rapist]]s''' are more likely to be strangers to their victims than single-victim rapists?
* ... that '''[[Alice Franklin]]''' toured Canada to encourage the locals to accept immigrant [[surplus women#World War I|women who couldn't find husbands in Britain following World War I]]?
===16 August 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Doiran Memorial]]''' ''(pictured)'' is both a battlefield memorial and a memorial to the missing for the [[British Salonika Force]] that fought on the [[Macedonian Front]] during the First World War?
* ... that along with her classmates at the [[Royal School (Hawaii)|Chiefs' Children's School]], '''[[Mary Polly Paaaina|Mary Polly Paʻaʻāina]]''' was chosen by King [[Kamehameha III]] to be eligible for the throne of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]]?
* ... that [[Max Reger]] was inspired by his teacher's chorale fantasia to compose '''[[Zwei Choralphantasien, Op. 40|''Zwei Choralphantasien'', Op. 40]]'''?
* ... that '''[[José Alfredo Torres Huitrón]]''' is the son of a former mayor of [[Ecatepec de Morelos]], the city he represents in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]]?
* ... that the '''[[brown-headed crow]]''' is presumed to have an unknown habitat requirement that prevents it from having a continuous range in [[Indonesia]]?
* ... that Romanian poet '''[[Petre Stoica]]''', assigned to study [[German language|German]] by a dean meeting a quota, later became an accomplished translator of German-language authors?
* ... that [[Protestantism in China|Protestant]] [[Protestant missions in China|missionary]] [[Robert Morrison (missionary)|Robert Morrison]] complained that the '''[[Cai Gao|first Protestant convert in mainland China]]''' was "not so docile as I could wish?"
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* ... that Dutch [[triple jump]]er '''[[Fabian Florant]]''' ''(pictured)'' set a new personal best and national record to meet the qualifying standard for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]?<!--special occasion hook for August 15/Olympics-->
* ... that the song "'''[[Up in the Air (song)|Up in the Air]]'''" by [[Thirty Seconds to Mars]] premiered from the [[International Space Station]] in March 2013?
* ... that while he was mayor of [[Portland, Maine|Portland]], '''[[Neal Dow]]''' ordered state militia troops to fire upon people protesting his [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] law?
* ... that [[NASA]] helped in the development of '''''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]'''''?
* ... that after he was arrested and charged with '''[[Murder of Janet March|murdering his wife]]''' who disappeared 20 years ago today, Perry March tried to have his in-laws killed?<!-- special occasion hook for August 15 -->
* ... that '''[[Yona Knight-Wisdom]]''' is the first male [[Jamaica]]n diver to compete at the [[Olympic Games]]?<!--special occasion hook for August 15/Olympics-->
* ... that some '''[[long-tailed spiny rat]]s''' do not have tails at all?
===15 August 2016===
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* ... that juvenile '''[[steppe mouse|steppe mice]]''' ''(pictured)'' build mounds in autumn that may be {{convert|4|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} in diameter?
* ... that when artist '''[[Annie Poon]]''' was a child, her mother gave her a [[nickel (United States coin)|nickel]] for each artist she could identify?
* ... that [[Inca society|Inca]] figurines have been found on the '''[[Acamarachi]]''' volcano?
* ... that '''[[George Blowers]]''' presented his household pets to the [[National Zoological Park (United States)|US National Zoo]] whilst governor of the [[Central Bank of Liberia]]?
* ... that in 1797, a wealthy Irish heiress was abducted to '''[[Vernon Mount]]''' and subjected to a forced marriage ceremony?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Joe Cassidy (footballer, born 1896)|Joe Cassidy]]''' lost {{convert|22|lbs|kg|0|abbr=on}} during the 1924–25 season, due to a severe case of [[influenza]]?
* ... that the release of the 2016 video game '''''[[This Is the Police]]''''' was delayed due to a publisher error?
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* ... that the '''[[Great Turnstile]]''' ''(entrance pictured, right)'' was originally built to keep cattle out of [[Holborn]]?<!--special occasion hook for August 14 afternoon-->
* ... that baseball player '''[[Bake McBride]]''' missed most of the 1982 season due to an eye infection related to his contact lenses?
* ... that in 2011, a field of red poppies, cornflowers, and marigolds was planted alongside the '''[[M32 motorway]]''' in [[Bristol]] to improve the view?
* ... that '''[[Edgardo Melhem Salinas]]''' received the second-most votes out of all [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Mexican federal deputies]] in the [[Mexican legislative election, 2015|2015 elections]]?
* ... that the 1986 [[sex comedy]] '''''[[The Decline of the American Empire]]''''' was the first Canadian film nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]?
* ... that '''[[Elwin Cockett]]''' was chaplain to [[West Ham United F.C.]] for 20 years?
* ... that in a 1931 [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition-era]] raid on the '''[[Clicquot Club]]''' of [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], Federal agents "poured several thousand dollars worth of alleged whiskies and champagnes down a drain"?
===14 August 2016===
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* ... that in July 2016, cricketer [[Stafanie Taylor]] ''(pictured)'' won her eighth consecutive Women's Player of the Year award at the '''[[WICB/WIPA Awards]]'''?
* ... that siblings '''[[Miguel Ángel Luna Munguía|Miguel Ángel]]''' and '''[[Alma Lilia Luna Munguía]]''' were slated to compete against each other for a seat in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]] until the former was murdered in his campaign office?
* ... that the 1992 essay collection '''''[[Black Dixie]]''''' has been called "an excellent example of African-American history, of urban history, and of collaborative effort"?
* ... that [[Green Bay Packers]] rookie linebacker '''[[Kyler Fackrell]]''' took a year off after high school and painted houses for a living instead of playing college football?
* ... that the [[New York City Subway]] stations of '''[[Flushing–Main Street (IRT Flushing Line)|Flushing–Main Street]]''' and '''[[Norwood–205th Street (IND Concourse Line)|Norwood–205th Street]]''' both have provisions for unbuilt subway extensions?
* ... that '''[[Alice of Champagne]]''' claimed the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]], because its infant king, [[Conrad IV of Germany|Conrad]], had failed to take possession of it within a year and a day after the death of his mother?
* ... that '''[[Bill Palatucci]]''', the planned presidential transition head for [[Donald Trump]], does not like to be hugged?
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* ... that the female '''[[bushy-crested jay]]''' ''(illustrated)'' is assisted by many other jays in caring for her young?
* ... that '''[[Ben St Lawrence]]''' qualified for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] on the first day of the qualification window?
* ... that 36 years after taking his first job in the city government, '''[[Pablo Bedolla López]]''' was elected municipal president of [[Ecatepec de Morelos]], [[State of Mexico]]?
* ... that local aboriginal folklore claims they helped shape the current course of the [[Murray River]] after its route was modified by the uplift of the '''[[Cadell Fault]]'''?
* ... that in 2015 Swedish Olympic [[pole vault]]er '''[[Melker Svärd Jacobsson]]''' suffered an injury that doctors could not diagnose for eight months?
* ... that '''[[Peter Skewes]]''' is the nominee of the American Party of South Carolina in the [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 United States presidential election]]?
* ... that at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], '''[[Bhutan at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Bhutan]]''' was one of two nations to have only female competitors?
===13 August 2016===
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* ... that the British [[Sailing (sport)|sailor]] '''[[Luke Patience]]''' ''(pictured)'' is due to compete alongside '''[[Chris Grube]]''' in the [[470 (dinghy)|470 class]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]], after his original teammate had to withdraw to undergo treatment for bowel cancer?
* ... that '''[[Harry Diddlebock]]''' was a sportswriter for 17 years before becoming [[manager (baseball)|manager]] of baseball's [[St. Louis Cardinals|St. Louis Browns]]?
* ... that "'''[[Hari Kemenangan]]'''" is [[Siti Nurhaliza]]'s first [[Eid al-Fitr]] single in more than 10 years?
* ... that '''[[John L. Harmer]]''' was appointed by [[Ronald Reagan]] to serve as [[Lieutenant Governor of California]] for three months, after the resignation of [[Edwin Reinecke]]?
* ... that the '''[[gray tree rat]]''' is nocturnal and feeds mainly on fruit?
* ... that in June 2016, Indian [[long jump]]er '''[[Ankit Sharma (athlete)|Ankit Sharma]]''' broke the [[List of Indian records in athletics#Men|national record]] twice in one day and qualified for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]?
* ... that '''[[Noemí Guzmán Lagunes]]''' earned her undergraduate degree two years after she was elected municipal president of [[Teocelo]]?
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* ... that Swedish diplomat '''[[Einar af Wirsén]]''' ''(pictured)'' was a witness to the [[Armenian Genocide]]?
* ... that the British Olympic [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]] '''[[Stephen Milne (swimmer)|Stephen Milne]]''' studied in [[Perth, Scotland]], and trained in [[Perth|Perth, Australia]]?
* ... that '''[[Acarichthys heckelii|Heckell's thread-finned acara]]''' is a South American freshwater fish that has turned up in Singapore?
* ... that for nearly 25 years, '''[[Liborio Vidal Aguilar]]''' has donated his salary earned as a public official in [[Yucatán]] to charitable causes?
* ... that fan video blogs created by '''[[Kaitlyn Vincie]]''' on [[NASCAR]] racing attracted enough success that they were shown on stock car racing website SceneDaily?
* ... that '''[[San Blas jay]]s''' and '''[[purplish-backed jay]]s''' both form social groups which cooperate in the raising of young?
* ... that [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympian]] '''[[Rhydian Cowley]]''' was inspired when a [[Jared Tallent|rival athlete]] received an [[Olympic medal|Olympic gold medal]] four years after competing?
===12 August 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Santa Cecilia Chapel]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the only surviving medieval chapel on the [[Malta|Maltese]] island of [[Gozo]]?
* ... that fur and bone fragments from what is thought to be a '''[[Maule tuco-tuco]]''' have been found in 5,000-year-old [[Pellet (ornithology)|owl pellets]]?
* ... that the [[Sailing (sport)|sailor]] '''[[Charlotte Dobson]]''', who was first selected for the Scottish national team at the age of 14, is competing at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in the [[49er (dinghy)|49erFX]] event alongside '''[[Sophie Ainsworth]]'''?
* ... that just over four months after '''[[Pagano (wrestler)|Pagano]]''' made his in-ring debut for [[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración|AAA]], he will work the main event of '''[[Triplemanía XXIV|''Triplemanía'' XXIV]]''', the company's biggest show of the year?
* ... that '''[[María del Carmen Pinete Vargas]]''' was the first woman to head the [[Veracruz]] state organization of Movimiento Territorial, a branch of the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]]?
* ... that the British [[Long-distance running|long-distance runner]] '''[[Jess Andrews]]''' qualified for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] after beating her personal best in the 10,000 metres by 83 seconds?
* ... that [[Green Bay Packers]] rookie linebacker '''[[Blake Martinez]]''' was described as a "business-minded machine" at stopping [[Running back|running backs]]?
*'''''00:00, 12 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Theodore de Korwin Szymanowski]]''' ''(pictured)'', one of the earliest promoters of a [[Unified Europe]], proposed a customs union, a central bank, and a single currency as far back as 1885?
* ... that grapefruit juice may amplify the [[antihypertensive]] effect of '''[[lercanidipine]]'''?
* ... that in 2014, Danish Olympic [[Rowing (sport)|rower]] '''[[Jacob Barsøe]]''' was part of a crew that won gold medals at both the [[2014 European Rowing Championships|European]] and [[2014 World Rowing Championships|World championships]] and was nominated for the World Rowing Crew of the Year award? <!-- For 11th August -->
* ... that '''[[Prisma (app)|Prisma]]''' uses a [[neural network]] and [[artificial intelligence]] to edit pictures?
* ... that '''[[Julián Nazar Morales]]''' has served on ranching commissions in each of his four terms in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Mexican Chamber of Deputies]]?
* ... that South African [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]] '''[[Douglas Erasmus]]''' met the qualification standard for the 50 metre freestyle at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] by 1/100th of a second?<!-- For 11th August -->
* ... that '''[[elegant quail]]s''' make "chip-chip" calls to keep in touch as they forage on the ground?
===11 August 2016===
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* ... that a form of [[encephalitis]] that killed three people is believed to have been caused by a virus carried by their pet '''[[variegated squirrel]]s''' ''(example pictured)''?
* ... that Brazilian Olympic [[badminton]] player '''[[Lohaynny Vicente]]''' won a silver medal in the doubles at the [[2015 Pan American Games]] playing alongside her sister [[Luana Vicente|Luana]]?<!-- For 11th August -->
* ... that environmental activists might be opposed to [[economic globalization]], but advocate '''[[environmental globalization]]'''?
* ... that at the '''''[[IWRG La Isla|La Isla]]''''' [[professional wrestling|wrestling]] show, the [[International Wrestling Revolution Group]] supposedly hung a bag with 50,000 [[Mexican peso]]s ($3815) over the ring for eight wrestlers to compete for?
* ... that American Olympic [[badminton]] player '''[[Iris Wang]]''' won a silver medal in the doubles at the [[2011 Pan American Games]] playing alongside her sister [[Rena Wang|Rena]]?<!-- For 11th August -->
* ... that '''[[Bennett's chinchilla rat]]''' often shares a burrow with a [[Common degu|degu]], [[Chilean rock rat]] or [[long-tailed chinchilla]]?
* ... that in 2004, '''[[Alfredo Bejos Nicolás]]''' closed his dental practice in order to replace [[Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong]] in the Mexican [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]]?
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* ... that early [[hominin]] ''[[Zinjanthropus boisei]]'' ''(skull pictured)'' was named for mining engineer '''[[Charles Watson Boise]]'''?
* ... that '''[[İrem Karamete]]''', daughter of an Olympian [[fencing|fencer]] mother, qualified for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] as the first fencer from Turkey since 1984?<!-- Special request for 10 August -->
* ... that '''[[Jeffrey Grey]]''' was the first non-American to become the president of the [[Society for Military History]]?
* ... that the parents of Indian [[judo]]ka '''[[Avtar Singh (judoka)|Avtar Singh]]''' reportedly gave him their life savings to travel to a 2016 tournament?<!-- Special request for 10 August -->
* ... that a reviewer from ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the film '''''[[Mr. Rice's Secret]]''''' "bland and ordinary", apart from a scene where children unearth their neighbour{{'}}s coffin?
* ... that 17-year-old '''[[Georgia Coates]]''' is the youngest swimmer in [[Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Great Britain's team]] for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]?<!-- Special request for 10 August -->
* ... that the '''[[Paradise Club (Atlantic City, New Jersey)|Paradise Club]]''' of [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]] had to reinforce its wooden stage floor with metal sheeting after novelty act [[Peg Leg Bates]] got stuck in it during his "Jet Plane" finale?
===10 August 2016===
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* ... that following the speech by '''[[Khizr and Ghazala Khan]]''' ''(pictured)'' at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, sales of [[pocket Constitution]]s spiked?
* ... that '''[[Bailey's pocket mouse]]''' is the only rodent in the [[Sonoran Desert]] to eat [[jojoba]] nuts, because they are toxic to most other mammals?
* ... that the educationist '''[[Elizabeth Lachlan]]''' was purportedly asked to be [[Queen Victoria]]'s governess?
* ... that '''''[[In a Chinese Temple Garden]]''''', an ''Oriental Phantasy'' for orchestra, was conducted by the composer [[Albert Ketèlbey]] in a historic recording?
* ... that '''[[Ana María Boone Godoy]]''', a member of the Radio and Television Commission of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Mexican Chamber of Deputies]], is part-owner of [[XHWQ-FM|a radio station]] in [[Monclova, Coahuila]]?
* ... that the 2015 drama ''[[Room (2015 film)|Room]]'' won '''[[List of accolades received by Room|several awards]]''' including the [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Academy Award]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA]], and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Golden Globe]] awards for Best Actress for [[Brie Larson]], who played an abducted mother held captive for seven years?
* ... that a player challenging the '''[[New York Yankees appearance policy]]''' by citing [[Jesus]] having long hair was told to [[Jesus walking on water|walk on water]] if he wanted to be exempt from it?
===9 August 2016===
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* ... that the [[Native Hawaiians|part-Hawaiian]] '''[[William P. Ragsdale]]''' ''(pictured)'', known as the "King of the Lepers", influenced [[Mark Twain]]'s 1889 novel ''[[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]''?
* ... that '''[[David McKeon]]''' and '''[[Emma McKeon]]''' are the first brother and sister selected to swim for Australia at the same [[Olympic Games]] since 1960?<!--- For 9 August, Olympics--->
* ... that [[Bob Weir|Bob Weir's]] inspiration for his upcoming solo album, '''''[[Blue Mountain (Bob Weir album)|Blue Mountain]]''''', was the time he worked as a 15-year-old ranch hand in [[Wyoming]]?
* ... that '''[[Josiah Holbrook]]''' organized the first [[Manual labor school|industrial school]] in the United States?
* ... that [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town Football Club]] won their first major trophy in '''[[1988 Football League Cup Final|1988]]'''?
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* ... that the '''[[Sir Duncan Rice Library]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Aberdeen]] is cube-shaped, clad in glass, and built upon Scottish stone?
* ... that [[Guy Pearce]] recommended '''[[Damien Richardson (actor)|Damien Richardson]]''' for a role in ''[[The Hard Word]]'' after acting alongside him in a play two years earlier?
* ... that [[Green Bay Packers]] rookie defensive lineman '''[[Dean Lowry]]''' set a single-game school record with six tackles for loss in a game?
* ... that '''[[Óscar García Barrón]]''' founded a union of cattle ranchers in [[Durango]] that had more than 22,000 members?
* ... that the '''[[golden Oldfield mouse]]''' makes little paths among the [[moss]]es and [[Marchantiophyta|liverworts]] growing along horizontal tree branches?
* ... that film director [[Hur Jin-ho]] decided to make '''''[[The Last Princess (film)|The Last Princess]]''''' because he could not forget a scene from a documentary about [[Princess Deokhye]]?
* ... that [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] professor '''[[Gene Brown (professor)|Gene Brown]]''' taught the same [[biochemistry]] course for 50 years?
===8 August 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Centuripe ware]]''' vases ''(example pictured)'' from [[History of Sicily#Classical age|Ancient Sicily]] have been described as "smothered in ornamental colors and shaped too elaborately"?
* ... that '''[[Louis Victor Plessier]]''' is sometimes considered the first French general to be killed during [[World War I]], though four other generals predeceased him?
* ... that as a student, [[Einojuhani Rautavaara]] composed '''''[[A Requiem in Our Time]]''''', a work for brass band and percussion?
* ... that '''[[Edwin Ferdon]]''' was one of four archaeologists who traveled to [[Easter Island]] on an expedition with [[Thor Heyerdahl]]?
* ... that the terms of the 1796 '''[[Armistice of Bologna]]''' included payment in cash, goods, and works of art from the [[Papal States]] to France?
* ... that the [[Domodedovo International Airport bombing]] in 2011 has been linked to the [[Level (video gaming)|video game level]] '''[[No Russian]]'''?
* ... that Donald Trump never drank '''[[Trump Vodka]]'''?
*'''''07:41, 8 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Madeline Groves]]''' ''(pictured)'' was an inaugural recipient of the [[Gina Rinehart|Georgina Hope Rinehart]] Swimming Excellence Scholarship to study at [[Bond University]]?
* ... that in 2015, the '''[[Confederación Nacional de Organizaciones Populares|National Confederation of Popular Organizations]]''' moved to a new headquarters described as the "most sinister building" in Mexico?
* ... that when '''[[Yosef Rivlin]]''' said he would build a Jewish neighborhood outside the [[walls of Jerusalem]] and be the first to live there, his family thought he was possessed by a [[dybbuk]]?
* ... that the '''[[Twin Towers (Wembley)|Twin Towers]]''' were viewed as an iconic symbol of Wembley Stadium?
* ... that botanist '''[[Margaret Blackwood|Dame Margaret Blackwood]]''' studied pine trees and maize, and had a species of fungus named after her?
* ... that on [[Easter]] morning 1972, [[Black Mafia]] members gunned down a rival operative at [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City's]] '''[[Club Harlem]]''' in full view of a show audience of some 600 people?
* ... that Irish Olympic [[boxing|boxer]] '''[[Steven Donnelly]]''' quit the sport for two years after being sent home from the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]]?
===7 August 2016===
*'''''19:26, 7 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that at the age of 19, while composing '''[[Drei Chöre, Op. 6|''Drei Chöre'', Op. 6]]''', [[Max Reger]] ''(pictured)'' began his lifetime practice of writing dynamic markings in red?
* ... that Nigerian Olympic boxer '''[[Efe Ajagba]]''' won medals at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] and the [[2015 African Games]]?
* ... that during the '''[[Battle of Gadara]]''', the victorious [[Nabataean Kingdom|Nabataean]] force used a large number of camels in the form of a bulldozer to push the opposing [[Hasmonean dynasty|Hasmoneans]] into a deep valley?
* ... that by custom, the '''[[President of Lebanon]]''' must be a [[Maronite Christian]]?
* ... that soap opera writer [[Agnes Nixon]] cast actress [[Doris Belack]] to play '''[[Anna Wolek]]''' on the first episode of ''[[One Life to Live]]'' in [[1968 in television|1968]], a character she played until 1977?
* ... that a recent event sponsored by the '''[[Charles Koch Institute]]''' was described as more like "a left-wing anti-war rally than a gathering hosted by a longtime right-wing institution"?
* ... that '''[[Bradlee Ashby]]''', '''[[Helena Gasson]]''', '''[[Matthew Hutchins]]''', '''[[Corey Main]]''', and '''[[Emma Robinson (New Zealand swimmer)|Emma Robinson]]''' are the five Olympic debutants in a squad of eight swimmers selected to represent [[New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]?
*'''''07:11, 7 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[List of frigates of the Indian Navy|fourteen guided missile frigates]]''' ''(INS'' Shivalik ''pictured)'' are operated by the Indian Navy?
* ... that [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|federal deputy]] '''[[José Ignacio Pichardo Lechuga]]''' is the son of a former [[Governor of the State of Mexico]]?
* ... that the Olympic boxer '''[[Joseph Cordina]]''' won a bronze medal at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] and was the only British gold medallist at the [[2015 European Amateur Boxing Championships|2015 European Championships]]?
* ... that '''[[Manuel Espino Barrientos|Manuel Espino]]''' was expelled from the [[National Action Party (Mexico)|National Action Party]], even though he had previously served as its president?
* ... that the '''''[[IWRG Guerra de Campeones|Guerra de Campeones]]''''' [[professional wrestling]] show saw [[Professional wrestling championship|championships]] from four different [[professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] being defended?
* ... that '''[[Carmen Salinas]]''', a Mexican actress who has appeared in over 110 movies, now serves as a [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|federal deputy]] with the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]]?
* ... that '''[[Manika Batra]]''' started playing [[table tennis]] at the age of four, and turned down [[model (person)|modelling]] offers as a teenager?
===6 August 2016===
*'''''12:35, 6 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Victor Milner]]''' ''(pictured)'' taught U.S. President [[Calvin Coolidge]] to use a camera?
* ... that '''[[Carlos Balderas]]''', who is due to [[boxing|box]] for the [[United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics|United States at the Rio Olympics]], is the first member of his family to be born in that country?
* ... that '''[[Leonard Haigh]]'''{{'s}} mechanical knowledge kept him from the front line in the [[World War I|First World War]], but he died from [[pneumonia]] instead?
* ... that '''[[Emily Morley]]''' is the first Bahamian rower to qualify for the Olympic Games?
* ... that the '''[[Guerra del Golfo (2005)|2005 ''Guerra del Golfo'']]''', the first [[International Wrestling Revolution Group|IWRG]] [[professional wrestling]] show of that name, would later become an [[IWRG Guerra del Golfo|annual event]]?
* ... that [[Shooting sport|sports shooter]] '''[[Lenchu Kunzang]]''' was approached by the [[Bhutan Olympic Committee]] after topping her rifle shooting class during police training?
* ... that [[the Beach Boys]]' "'''[[Good Vibrations]]'''" was the most expensive single ever produced in its time, requiring over 90 hours of recorded tape?
*'''''00:50, 6 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[René Pranz]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the only Austrian [[fencing|fencer]] to have qualified for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]?
* ... that '''[[Alejandra Barrales]]''', the new president of the [[Party of the Democratic Revolution]], twice led [[Aeroméxico]] flight attendants out on strike?
*... that in '''''[[The Aachen Memorandum]]''''', [[Prince William, Duke of Cambridge|William Mountbatten-Windsor]] (son of [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Charles III]]) is king of New Zealand, and [[Michael Gove]] and [[Iain Duncan Smith]] are arrested as members of the Anti-Federalist Movement?
* ... that while top-name talent like [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Sammy Davis Jr.]], and [[Martin and Lewis]] performed at [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City's]] '''[[500 Club (Atlantic City, New Jersey)|500 Club]]''', an illegal [[casino]] operated behind the scenes?
* ...that initially no prize was offered for winning the '''[[IWRG Guerra Revolucionaria|IWRG ''Guerra Revolucionaria'']]''', so the winners in '''[[Guerra Revolucionaria (2009)|2009]]''' and '''[[Guerra Revolucionaria (2010)|2010]]''' did not win anything, but in '''[[Guerra Revolucionaria (2013)|2013]]''' the winner got a match for the [[IWRG Rey del Ring|IWRG ''Rey del Ring Championship'']]?
* ... that after '''[[Adriana Araújo]]''' won a medal at the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympics]], she said she would not compete at the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Games]], but was ultimately given one of the automatic qualification spots?
* ... that '''[[María Ávila Serna]]'''{{`s}} first two spouses were assassinated?
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===5 August 2016===
*'''''13:05, 5 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Emma Stone]] ''(pictured)'' '''[[Emma Stone on screen and stage|had her breakthrough]]''' in the 2010 teen comedy ''[[Easy A]]'', for which she was nominated for a [[BAFTA Rising Star Award]] and a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical|Golden Globe Award]]?
* ... that [[judo]]ka '''[[Popole Misenga]]''' sought [[Right of asylum|political asylum]] in Brazil following the [[2013 World Judo Championships|2013 World Championships]], and will compete for the [[Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Refugee Olympic Team]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympics]]?<!--special occasion request for August 5 (Olympic opening ceremony)-->
* ... that '''[[Inez Knight Allen|Amanda Inez Knight Allen]]''' and her mission companion were the first single woman [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS]] missionaries?
* ... that over 50 wrestlers have lost their [[wrestling mask|mask]] or had their hair shaved off at a '''[[List of major IWRG shows|major International Wrestling Revolution Group show]]'''?
* ... that the [[association football|football]] manager '''[[Isaac McDowell]]''' led [[Linfield F.C.|Linfield]] to seven trophies in the 1961–62 season?
* ... that [[mountain biking|mountain biker]] '''[[Daniela Campuzano]]''' has been selected to carry the Mexican flag in the [[2016 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations|Parade of Nations]] during the [[2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony]]?<!--Special occasion request for August 5 (Olympic opening ceremony)-->
* ... that the head of '''[[Bohemond II of Antioch]]''' was embalmed and sent to [[Al-Mustarshid]], the Abbasid caliph?
*'''''01:20, 5 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Peters's squirrel]]''', the '''[[flat-headed myotis]]''', the '''[[false canyon mouse]]''', the '''[[Chamula mountain brook frog]]''', the '''[[Sierra Juarez brook frog]]''', the '''[[Tamaulipas pygmy owl]]''', and the '''[[Oaxaca mud turtle]]''' ''(pictured)'' are all native to Mexico and found nowhere else?
* ... that a [[Europa FC|team called Europa]] has '''[[Gibraltarian football clubs in European competitions|represented Gibraltar]]''' in the [[UEFA Europa League]]?<!--For Thursday evening in Europe-->
* ... that '''[[Višeslav of Serbia|Višeslav]]''' was the first Serbian ruler known by name?
* ... that the packaging of the '''[[Alcatel Idol 4]]S''' smartphone is also a [[virtual reality]] headset?
* ... that '''[[Alberto Youssef]]''' has been called a "principal player" in the [[Operation Car Wash|Petrobras scandal]] wherein Brazil's state oil firm accepted bribes in return for overpaying construction contracts?<!--Clearing this through before the Olympics start-->
* ... that 41 U.S. states follow the [[single-subject rule]] for legislation, and a '''[[Single subject amendment|proposed constitutional amendment]]''' would extend it to the federal government as well?
* ... that [[NASCAR]] driver [[Jeff Gordon]] is a global business advisor for his longtime sponsor '''[[Axalta Coating Systems]]'''?
===4 August 2016===
*'''''13:35, 4 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[spoil tip|mining waste]] from '''[[Shotton Surface Mine]]''' was used to build [[Northumberlandia|a giant naked woman]] ''(face and breast pictured)''?
* ... that the '''[[Monterrey Spanish mackerel]]''' is no longer found off the coast of California?
* ... that the band '''[[The Quiet Jungle]]''' began as a house act before achieving commercial success with a novelty song composed for [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] player [[Eddie Shack]]?
* ... in '''''[[NHL 17]]''''', players can become the general manager of an [[National Hockey League|NHL]] team and potentially relocate them to another city?
* ... that Josef Rheinberger composed the six-voice motet '''''[[Abendlied (Rheinberger)|Abendlied]]''''' (Evening song) at age 15?
* ... that '''''[[The Question Jury]]''''' is produced by Monkey?
*'''''00:50, 4 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that at the age of 17, '''[[Dean Smith (pilot)|Dean Cullom Smith]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the youngest flight instructor in U.S. Army history?
* ... that Michael McNabb's "'''[[Dreamsong]]'''" was labeled by the British composer [[Adrian Moore (composer)|Adrian Moore]] as a pioneering work of [[electroacoustic music]]?
* ... that the male '''[[Madagascan buttonquail]]''' is largely responsible for incubating the eggs and caring for the young?
* ... that [[Lewis Hamilton]] won the '''[[2014 Japanese Grand Prix]]''', which was overshadowed by a major accident involving [[Jules Bianchi]]?
* ... that the depopulated [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] village of '''[[Abu Shusha, Haifa|Abu Shusha]]''' in [[Haifa]] has been suggested as the location of the Roman town of ''Gaba Hippeon'', founded in 61 BCE?
* ... that while working as the commercial manager at [[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield]], the footballer '''[[Jim Brown (footballer, born 1952)|Jim Brown]]''' collected financial records that were eventually used to prosecute club chairman Darren Brown for fraud?
* ... that the '''[[Shawshank tree|iconic 180-year-old tree]]''' from ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'' fell in July 2016?
===3 August 2016===
*'''''13:05, 3 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[List of destroyers of the Indian Navy|ten guided missile destroyers]]''' ''(example pictured)'' are operated by the Indian Navy?
* ... that the 2009 resignations of '''[[Yulma Rocha Aguilar]]''' and seven other female [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|deputies]] earned them the nickname "juanitas"?
* ... that before the reversal of '''''[[Times Film Corporation v. City of Chicago]]''''' in 1965, U.S. states and municipalities could legally censor films?
* ... that [[Scorpio Jr.]], winner of the '''[[Rey del Ring (2008)|2008 ''Rey del Ring'']]''', and Ricky Cruzz, winner of the '''[[Rey del Ring (2009)|2009 ''Rey del Ring'']]''', teamed up to win the [[IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship]]?
* ... that the '''[[Mobi (bike share)|Mobi]]''' [[bicycle-sharing system]] in [[Vancouver]] placed stations at least {{convert|50|m|ft}} away from existing bike shops?
* ... that in 2011, Argentinian lawyer '''[[Elsa Kelly]]''' was appointed the first woman judge on the [[International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea]]?
*'''''01:10, 3 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[scaly-foot gastropod]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the only known living animal that uses [[iron sulfide]]s in its skeleton?
* ... that '''[[Jerome Babe]]''' invented the "Yankee Baby"?
* ... that the 1956 Tamil film '''''[[Mathar Kula Manickam]]''''' was based on [[Rabindranath Tagore]]'s novel ''The Wreck''?
* ... that [[Kingdom of Hawaii|Hawaiian]] chiefess '''[[Miriam Auhea Kekāuluohi Crowningburg]]''' was buried near the '''[[Lunalilo Mausoleum]]''', the final resting place of her cousin King [[Lunalilo]]?
* ... that '''[[Neelabh Ashk]]''' translated [[Arundhati Roy]], [[Salman Rushdie]], [[William Shakespeare]], [[Bertolt Brecht]], and [[Mikhail Lermontov]] into Hindi?
* ... that [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]'s short story "'''[[Coming of Age in Karhide]]'''" depicts socially acceptable [[Promiscuity|sexual promiscuity]]?
* ... that '''[[Weaves (EP)|the self-titled extended play]]''' of [[indie pop]] group Weaves combines elements of high-quality recording common in pop music with [[lo-fi music|lo-fi]] [[noise music]] styles to create a "disgusting" yet "catchy" feel?
===2 August 2016===
*'''''13:25, 2 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the colour of the '''[[Flag of Southern Rhodesia]]''' ''(pictured)'' was chosen to match the [[Royal Air Force Ensign|RAF ensign]] to protest British treatment of [[Southern Rhodesia]]?
* ... that '''[[Henri Negresco]]''' founded the [[Hotel Negresco]], which was used to aid victims of the [[2016 Nice attack]]?
* ... that [[Frank Sinatra]] and the [[Tommy Dorsey]] Band's 1943 number one single "'''[[In the Blue of Evening]]'''", was later re-recorded as a tribute to Dorsey by Sinatra?
* ... that [[physicist]]s Justin Khoury and '''[[Amanda Weltman]]''' proposed an explanation for the existence of [[dark energy]] when the latter was 24 years old?
* ... that the [[Irish Sport Horse|Irish horse]] '''[[McKinlaigh]]''' won an Olympic silver medal while competing for the United States?
* ... that career military leader '''[[Kamal Jit Singh]]''' has commanded both an armoured brigade of [[T-90]]s in India and a [[United Nations peacekeeping]] team in [[Angola]]?
* ... that '''''[[Audition (1999 film)|Audition]]''''' has been described as an influence on "torture porn"?
*'''''01:40, 2 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that fish found in the '''[[demersal zone]]''' include the '''[[spiny-back eel]]''' ''(pictured)'', the '''[[whitesaddled catshark|whitesaddled]]''' and '''[[speckled catshark]]''', the '''[[whitenose whipray]]''', and the '''[[whitespotted grouper]]'''?
* ... that for his light music '''''[[In the Mystic Land of Egypt]]''''', [[Albert Ketèlbey]] used a recurring chromatic scale that was called "attractive ... though hardly Egyptian"?
* ... that [[Shannen Doherty]] watched ''[[Keeping Up with the Kardashians]]'' while preparing for her reality television series '''''[[Shannen Says]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Martin Bickham]]''' was trained as a merchant by [[Stephen Girard]] after his older sister became Girard's mistress?
* ... that the '''[[Yesharah Society]]''' was organized in 1928 as a society for female [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Latter-day Saint]] missionaries?
* ... that '''''[[Dog Star Adventure]]''''' was the first [[Interactive fiction|text adventure game]] to be published in [[source code]] form?
* ... that the [[International Wrestling Revolution Group]] celebrated the '''[[52nd Anniversary of Lucha Libre in Estado de México]]''' by having [[Veneno (wrestler)|Veneno]] shaved bald at the end of the show?
===1 August 2016===
*'''''13:55, 1 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[spotted wood kingfisher]]''' ''(pictured)'' may nest in termite nests in trees?
* ... that the '''[[Football (Disorder) Act 2000]]''' was pushed through [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] in the United Kingdom in a month following [[Football hooliganism|hooliganism]] during [[UEFA Euro 2000|Euro 2000]]?
* ... that '''[[Sechs Lieder, Op. 35|''Sechs Lieder'', Op. 35]]''', are six songs by Max Reger on love poems by five authors which inspired "some of Reger's most magical sonorities"?
* ... that initiation fees at '''[[Trump National Golf Club Westchester]]''' have dropped $150,000 since 2001?
* ... that the '''''[[El Gran Desafío (2009)|El Gran Desafío]]''''' show was supposed to help launch Gran Prix Championship Wrestling, but GPCW ended up holding only one show afterwards?
* ... that the male Brazilian '''''[[Leptodactylus pustulatus]]''''' frog makes 26 calls per minute?
* ... that '''[[Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital]]''' has been called the "[[Mayo Clinic]] for horses"?
*'''''02:10, 1 August 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[History of East Texas State Normal College|East Texas State Normal College]]''' president Randolph B. Binnion ''(pictured)'' asked prospective faculty members whether they danced and whether they belonged to a church?
* ... that in October 2013, '''[[The Wheel of Liverpool]]''' was struck by lightning but sustained no damage?
* ... that [[Hayao Miyazaki]]'s film '''''[[Howl's Moving Castle (film)|Howl's Moving Castle]]''''' contains anti-war imagery, influenced by the director's distaste for the [[2003 Iraq War|Iraq War]]?
* ... that at the 2000 '''''[[Prisión Fatal (2000)|Prisión Fatal]]''''' professional wrestling show, [[tag team]] partners Rody and Burley were forced to wrestle each other, with Rody losing both the match and his [[wrestling mask]]?
* ... that in '''''[[Laetatus sum (Nuffel)|Laetatus sum]]''''' for choir and organ, Jules Van Nuffel set a [[Psalms of Ascent|Psalm of Ascent]] that expresses prayer for the peace of Jerusalem?
* ... that the '''[[Dulzura kangaroo rat]]''' often blocks up the entrances to its burrow by day?
* ... that even though they are siblings and [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|deputies]], '''[[Hernán Orantes López]]''' and '''[[María Elena Orantes López]]''' do not represent the same political party?
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