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===31 July 2016===
*'''''12:00, 31 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that 14-year-old Leon Śliwiński saved the life of 12-year-old David Friedman in the '''[[Kielce Ghetto]]''' ''(ghetto liquidation pictured)'' during the [[Holocaust in occupied Poland]]?
* ... that '''[[Esthela Ponce Beltrán]]''' was the first [[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]] municipal president of [[La Paz, Baja California Sur]], elected in 12 years?
* ... that the '''[[Arauco Basin]]''' is an uplifted part of the [[continental shelf]] of Chile?
* ... that Rajendra Singh is the first [[Indian Coast Guard]] officer to be appointed '''[[Director General of the Indian Coast Guard]]'''?
* ... that at '''''[[IWRG Junior de Juniors]]''''', ten second-generation [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestlers]] competed for the newly-created [[IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship|eponymous championship]]?
* ... that groups of '''[[silvery-throated jay]]''' [[Bird#Resting and roosting |roost]] communally at night, settling down with much chatter?
* ... that '''''[[Love, Inc. (TV series)|Love, Inc.]]''''' was originally designed as a [[star vehicle]] for [[Shannen Doherty]], before she was removed from the series at the request of [[UPN|United Paramount Network]]?
*'''''00:00, 31 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that although the '''[[Church of the Jacobins]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Toulouse]], France, was founded by the future [[Saint Dominic]], the [[relic]]s housed there are those of [[Thomas Aquinas|Saint Thomas Aquinas]]?
* ... that '''[[Emory Alvord]]''' is credited with revolutionising African agriculture?
* ... that the '''[[long-billed crow]]''', found only in the [[Maluku Islands]], is dwindling in numbers and is considered to be a "[[near-threatened species]]"?
* ... that after Seleucid king [[Antiochus XII Dionysus|Antiochus XII]] was slain by the [[Nabataean Kingdom|Nabataeans]] during the '''[[Battle of Cana]]''', his demoralized army fled and died from starvation in the desert?
* ... that '''[[Klein's line]]''', the first tool to diagnose [[slipped capital femoral epiphysis| slipping of the ball-joint-like end of the femur]] in adolescents early to prevent destruction of the hip joint, is still used today?
* ... that '''[[Adolfo Mota Hernández]]''' said a statue of [[Vicente Fox]] in Boca del Río would "[[Firdos Square statue destruction|fall just like Saddam Hussein]]"?
* ... that in 2013, a Russian man who had edited his credit card agreement with '''[[Tinkoff Bank]]''' attempted to sue the bank for 24 million rubles?
===30 July 2016===
*'''''12:00, 30 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that singer [[Marina and the Diamonds]] ''(pictured)'' said she made her producer go through 486 vocal takes for one song on her album '''''[[The Family Jewels (Marina and the Diamonds album)|The Family Jewels]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Marriage of Billie Ert and Antonio Molina|Billie Ert and Antonio Molina]]''', a drag queen and former football star, respectively, in 1972 became the first same-sex couple to be married in Texas?
* ... that '''[[Mac n' Cheetos]]''' is a [[Burger King]] product that is a combination of macaroni and cheese and the Frito-Lay snack [[Cheetos]]?
* ... that the '''[[Mexican blind brotula]]''', the '''[[blind swamp eel]]''', and the '''[[juil ciego]]''', all cave-dwelling fish in Mexico, are threatened by water pollution?
* ... that a 1923 book by [[Progressive Era]] activist '''[[Kate Claghorn]]''' has been called "the one significant contemporary study of the immigrant and the American legal system"?
* ... that African [[CITES]] delegates sang the former Zimbabwe national anthem "'''[[Ishe Komborera Africa]]'''" after winning a vote to export African elephant ivory, while conservationists cried?
* ... that race car driver '''[[J. R. Heffner]]''' is his sponsor's vice president of operations?
*'''''00:00, 30 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in his ''Intermezzo Scene'', '''''[[In a Persian Market]]''''' ''(cover pictured)'', [[Albert Ketèlbey]] evokes exotic images of camel-drivers, jugglers, and snake-charmers?
* ... that [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|federal deputy]] '''[[Adriana Terrazas Porras]]''' served as coordinator of [[Enrique Serrano Escobar]]'s campaign for [[Governor of Chihuahua]]?
* ... that the novel '''''[[Sweetbitter]]''''' has been called a "love letter" to [[Union Square Cafe]]?
* ... that Nigerian singer '''[[Humblesmith]]''' started as an actor?
* ... that [[HMS Doterel (1808)|'''HMS ''Doterel''''']] created a diversion while a fireship attack was carried out during the [[Battle of the Basque Roads]]?
* ... that '''[[Margaret Jarman Hagood]]''', a [[Sociology|sociologist]] who wrote a book on ''Mothers of the South'', became a mother herself before completing her bachelor's degree?
* ... that while the '''[[Fresno kangaroo rat]]''' is considered [[Vulnerable species|vulnerable]], the '''[[San Quintin kangaroo rat]]''' may already be extinct?
===29 July 2016===
*'''''12:00, 29 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that female '''[[red-backed buttonquail]]s''' and '''[[yellow-legged buttonquail]]s''' ''(illustrated, left)'' rely on their mates to incubate the eggs and raise the young, and start breeding afresh with different males?
* ... that '''[[Leonid Solodkov]]''' was the last recipient of the title [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]?
* ... that the value of '''[[skin gambling|gambling using virtual cosmetic weapon skins]]''' for the video game ''[[Counter-Strike: Global Offensive]]'' was estimated at $2.3 billion in 2015?
* ... that '''[[María Isabel Maya Pineda]]''' won two elections in under 120 days, and three over a three-year period?
* ... that the [[cinema organ]] in '''[[Kino Babylon]]''' is the only one in Germany played at its original location?
* ... that [[Green Bay Packers]] rookie offensive lineman '''[[Kyle Murphy (American football)|Kyle Murphy]]''' wore two jerseys in the same game in college?
* ... that '''''[[Samiun dan Dasima]]''''' (1971), which featured explicit sexuality, garnered an award for best child actor?
*'''''00:00, 29 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Palais de la Méditerranée]]''' ''(pictured)'' was originally built for American millionaire [[Frank Jay Gould]]?
* ... that the '''[[Abrothrix longipilis|long-haired grass mouse]]''' is an important [[Natural reservoir|reservoir species]] for the [[Andes virus]]?
* ... that '''[[Disappearance of Robert Hoagland|Robert Hoagland]]''' left both pairs of the [[Slip-on shoe|loafers]] he always wore in his [[Newtown, Connecticut]], house when he disappeared three years ago today?<!--Special request for July 28-->
* ... that the winner of the '''''[[IWRG La Gran Cruzada|La Gran Cruzada]]''''' [[professional wrestling tournament]] became the number-one contender for the [[IWRG Rey del Ring Championship]] or the [[IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship]]?
* ... that '''[[cheese soup]]''', referred to as ''Kassuppe'', is a [[Regional cuisine|specialty dish]] in [[Central Switzerland]]?
* ... that while prospecting for minerals in the [[Belgian Congo]], '''[[Sydney Hobart Ball]]'''{{'s}} party came under attack and the resulting clash, which claimed 130 lives, became known as "The Battle of Ball's Run"?
* ... that '''[[Tapestry Folkdance Center]]'''{{'s}} permanent home was discovered on a bike ride?
===28 July 2016===
*'''''12:15, 28 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Voltaire P. Twombly]]''' ''(pictured)'' continued to carry his company’s flag after being knocked to the ground by cannon fire during the [[Battle of Fort Donelson]]?
* ... that the remix record for [[Disclosure (band)|Disclosure]]'s second extended play '''''[[The Face (EP)|The Face]]''''' features a re-cut from [[Hot Chip]]'s Joe Goddard?
* ... that '''[[Marco Antonio Mena Rodríguez|Marco Mena]]''' was the first Mexican to pursue a master's degree in public policy from the [[University of Chicago]]?
* ... that the '''[[Tokushima-Kōchi at-large district]]''' elected its first representative to the [[House of Councillors (Japan)|House of Councillors]] this month?<!--This needs to be promoted to the front page during July.-->
* ... that the priest '''[[Nicolae Cristea (priest)|Nicolae Cristea]]''' was a newspaper editor for eighteen years, until his bishop fired him for writing an article sharply critical of [[Prime Minister of Hungary|Hungarian Prime Minister]] [[Kálmán Tisza]]?
* ... that tonnes of [[Nabataean Kingdom|Nabataean]] spices and silver were looted by the [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Greeks]] during one of the '''[[Antigonid–Nabataean confrontations]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling]]''' contributed to closing [[slot machine]]s in [[South Carolina]]?
*'''''00:30, 28 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[PSLV-C2]]''' ''(artist's rendering pictured)'' was the first Indian [[expendable launch vehicle]] to carry more than one satellite on a mission, and the first commercial [[spaceflight]] by [[Indian Space Research Organisation|ISRO]]?
* ... that in 1596, half of the revenues from the [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] town of '''[[Qabatiya]]''' went to the Tarabay [[Bey]] of [[Lajjun#Early rule and the Tarabay family|Lajjun]]?
* ... that '''[[Raúl Domínguez Rex]]''' maintained an unusually low profile as president of the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party]] in the [[State of Mexico]]?
* ... that the '''[[Goodwillie–Allen House]]''', an [[American Craftsman]]-style bungalow, is the oldest building in [[Bend, Oregon|Bend]], [[Oregon]]?
* ... that [[Adam Foulds]]' novel '''''[[The Quickening Maze]]''''', about poets [[John Clare|Clare]] and [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson|Tennyson]], was nominated for the [[Man Booker Prize|Man Booker]] and [[Walter Scott Prize|Walter Scott]] prizes but lost both to [[Hilary Mantel]]'s ''[[Wolf Hall]]''?
* ... that '''[[Remi Sonaiya]]''' is Nigeria's first female presidential candidate?
* ... that the '''[[konye]]''', a [[critically endangered]] fish, is threatened by "burps"?
===27 July 2016===
*'''''12:45, 27 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit]]'s '''[[K.R.T. Girls|anime mascots]]''' ''(pictured)'' have been featured in games, songs, and posters, bringing in revenue of [[New Taiwan dollar|NT]]$2 million?
* ... that in October 2015, '''[[Arturo Santana Alfaro]]''' and other [[Party of the Democratic Revolution|PRD]] [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|deputies]] proposed raising Mexico's daily [[minimum wage]] from 70 [[Mexican peso|pesos]] to 95?
* ... that an indiscriminate massacre by the [[Ottoman Empire]] ended the 1910 '''[[Karak Revolt]]'''?
* ... that '''[[James Nguyen]]''' directed ''[[Birdemic: Shock and Terror]]'', considered [[list of films considered the worst|one of the worst films of all time]], and financed its $10,000 budget with his own money?
* ... that despite [[Peerage of Ireland|Lords of Ireland]] being ineligible for election, '''[[John Boyle, 15th Earl of Cork|the Earl of Cork]]''' was elected to the British House of Lords?
* ... that [[Lothar Zenetti]]'s poem "'''[[Segne dieses Kind]]'''" became a song of blessing for a child, often sung at [[Baptism (Christian)|baptism]]?
* ... that [[Brad Kern]] created the character '''[[Billie Jenkins]]''' to "lighten the load, screen-time wise" for ''[[Charmed]]''{{sp}}'s three principal actors?
*'''''01:00, 27 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Tongan King [[George Tupou I]] ''(pictured)'' outlived his heirs, [[Vuna Takitakimālohi]]; [[Tēvita ʻUnga]]; '''[[ʻUelingatoni Ngū]]'''; '''[[Nalesoni Laifone]]'''; and [[ʻElisiva Fusipala Taukiʻonetuku|Fusipala]], and was succeeded by his great-grandson, [[George Tupou II]]?
* ... that after being portrayed by four different wrestlers since 1999, the masked Multifacético character was finally unmasked at the '''[[El Gran Desafío (2011)|2011 ''El Gran Desafío'']]''' [[professional wrestling]] show?
* ... that Max Reger's '''''[[Eine romantische Suite]]''''' for orchestra, inspired by three poems by [[Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff|Joseph von Eichendorff]], was arranged for chamber ensemble by Arnold Schönberg?
* ... that [[Indiana University]] professor '''[[Edward Buehrig]]''' served as secretary-general of the Italo-Yugoslav Boundary Commission?
* ... that the first transcontinental night airmail service was established at '''[[Hadley Field]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Francisco Saracho Navarro]]''' proposed the creation of a special commission on the [[Mexican wine]] industry in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]]?
* ... that an officer appointed by [[North-Eastern Area Command (RAAF)|North-Eastern Area Command]] to investigate [[Vultee Vengeance]] aircraft accidents at '''[[No. 75 Wing RAAF]]''', crash-landed in a Vengeance on his return?
===26 July 2016===
*'''''13:15, 26 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[bluebuck]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first large African mammal historically recorded to have become extinct?
* ... that as acting commissioner of the [[Bureau of Labor Statistics]], '''[[Aryness Joy Wickens]]''' was the highest-paid woman in the [[United States federal civil service|U.S. civil service]] in 1954?
* ... that [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] MP [[Hukum Singh]] claimed that '''[[Kairana and Kandhla migration row|Kairana had become a "new Kashmir"]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Celestia Taylor]]''' sang at as many as four funerals a day during the [[1918 flu pandemic]]?
* ... that the annual '''''[[IWRG Festival de las Máscaras|Festival de las Máscaras]]''''', which includes events in '''[[Festival de las Máscaras (2008)|2008]]''', '''[[Festival de las Máscaras (2009)|2009]]''', '''[[Festival de las Máscaras (2010)|2010]]''', and '''[[Festival de las Máscaras (2013)|2013]]''', is the one night each year that wrestlers are allowed to compete wearing a mask they had previously lost, though '''[[Festival de las Máscaras (2016)|this year's loser was shaved bald]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Jericó Abramo Masso]]''' headed a special commission in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]] to investigate the [[Pasta de Conchos mine disaster]]?
* ... that [[Guangzhou]]'s '''[[Hoi Tong Monastery]]''' once housed sacred pigs so fat they could barely walk?
*'''''01:30, 26 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Max Reger]] based four [[Symphonic poem|tone poems]], '''''[[Vier Tondichtungen nach A. Böcklin]]''''', on four paintings by Arnold Böcklin, including ''[[Isle of the Dead (painting)|Isle of the Dead]]'' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that the [[association football|footballer]] '''[[Frédéric Gounongbe]]''' originally regarded tennis as his preferred sport?
* ... that '''[[Tower Branch]]''' runs near a tract of land home to nine Species of Special Concern in [[Pennsylvania]]?
* ... that '''[[Jorge Triana Tena]]''' oversaw a program that built "beacons of learning" in [[Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City]]?
* ... that the reproductive rate of '''[[Tome's spiny rat]]''' seems to depend on the local abundance of fruit?
* ... that a proposed '''[[sixth borough]]''' in [[New York City]] has been referred to as "LoLo" and "Frankenborough"?
* ... that the ''Black Series'' by Argentinian art collective '''[[Mondongo (collective)|Mondongo]]''' used [[cookie]]s and [[cracker (food)|cracker]]s to recreate pornographic images from the internet?
===25 July 2016===
*'''''13:45, 25 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Châteauesque]] design of the '''[[North Philadelphia station]]''' ''(pictured)'' ushered in the use of [[Beaux-Arts architecture]] in railway stations in the United States?
* ... that [[soybean]]s helped Argentine president '''[[Eduardo Duhalde]]''' resolve an [[1998–2002 Argentine great depression|economic crisis]]?
* ... that in part of their range, male '''''[[Leptodactylus podicipinus]]''''' frogs have been observed to make foam nests in water-filled depressions they may have dug beside ponds?
* ... that '''[[Harold D. Richardson]]''' is still recognized as the tenth president of [[Arizona State University]], though he served in an acting capacity?
* ... that the [[Romani people|Roma]] fairy tale "'''[[The Creation of the Violin]]'''" features a fairy queen who uses the power of music to make people happy or sad?
* ... that '''[[Manuel Clouthier Carrillo]]''' was the only [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|deputy]] elected as an independent to the [[LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress]]?
* ... that '''[[Smart Connect Interchange]]''' is the largest [[cloverleaf interchange]] in the Philippines?
*'''''02:00, 25 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Elmer McCollum]]''' ''(pictured)'' and [[Marguerite Davis]] discovered [[vitamin A]] three weeks before [[Thomas Burr Osborne (chemist)|Osborne]] and [[Lafayette Mendel|Mendel]]?
* ... that the '''[[Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine]]''' differs from '''[[Rothschild's porcupine]]''' in concealing its spines with long black hair?
* ... that between 2005 and 2014 the '''[[Qhubeka Foundation]]''' provided more than 45,000 bicycles in South Africa?
* ... that '''[[Jorge Ramos Hernández]]''' became [[Municipal President of Tijuana]] in 2007, three years after losing the election to [[Jorge Hank Rhon]]?
* ... that [[GFriend]]'s album '''''[[LOL (GFriend album)|LOL]]''''' has more diversity of genre compared to their past releases, in order to appeal to a wider audience?
* ... that '''[[Barak Mizrachi]]''' represented Australia at the [[Maccabiah Games]] four times before being selected for the [[2016 Summer Paralympics]]?
* ... that multiple screenings of [[Jack Smith (film director)|Jack Smith]]'s film '''''[[Flaming Creatures]]''''' were raided by police?
===24 July 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Beatus vir]]''' ("Blessed is the man") ''(B pictured)'' begins the [[Vulgate|Latin text]] of two [[book of Psalms|psalms]], one notable in art and the other in music?
* ... that the childless Queen [[Liliuokalani|Liliʻuokalani]] adopted '''[[Lydia Kaʻonohiponiponiokalani Aholo]]''', '''[[Joseph Kaiponohea ʻAeʻa]]''', and '''[[John ʻAimoku Dominis]]''' in the Hawaiian tradition of ''[[hānai]]''?
* ... that the '''[[Australian College of Educators]]'''{{`}} '''[[Buntine Oration]]''' has been given by a [[Governor-General of Australia|governor-general]], a [[Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea|prime minister]], and a [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]]?
* ... that at the '''[[IWRG 20th Anniversary Show]]''', Danny Casas defeated [[Toscano (wrestler)|Toscano]] to force him to be shaved bald, but the results were reversed at the ''[[Festival de las Máscaras (2016)|Festival de las Máscaras]]'' and Casas was left bald?
* ... that '''[[Irene Barnes Taeuber]]'''{{`s}} scholarly work is credited with helping to establish the science of [[demography]]?
* ... that the deepwater '''[[Boa catshark|boa]]''' and '''[[Dwarf catshark|dwarf catsharks]]''' are seldom caught by trawlers in the Caribbean Sea and the western Atlantic?
* ... that '''[[Josi S. Kilpack]]''' wrote a 12-book culinary mystery series, in which the title of each book is a kind of dessert?
*'''''02:30, 24 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Stanhope Medal]]''' ''(pictured)'' for each year's most gallant rescue honours '''[[Chandos Scudamore Scudamore Stanhope]]'''?
* ... that in his 2012 [[Senate of the Republic (Mexico)|Senate]] campaign, '''[[Alejandro Tello Cristerna]]''' received the most votes ever of any statewide candidate in [[Zacatecas]]?
* ... that "'''[[Why So Lonely]]'''" is the first [[Wonder Girls]] single written by the members of the band?
* ... that American sculptor '''[[Dennis Byng]]''' worked in [[plexiglas]] and [[lucite]]?
* ... that at the '''[[Arena Naucalpan 22nd Anniversary Show]]''', [[El Hijo del Santo]] defeated [[Scorpio Jr.]] in the main event, and three years later at the '''[[Arena Naucalpan 25th Anniversary Show|25th Anniversary Show]]''', he did it again?
* ... that the British Prime Minister [[Theresa May]] was introduced to her future husband '''[[Philip May|Philip]]''' by [[Benazir Bhutto]]?
* ... that the shoots and leaves of '''[[Honckenya|sea sandwort]]''' are rich in Vitamins A and C, and can be fermented to prepare a [[sauerkraut]]-like preserve?
===23 July 2016===
*'''''14:45, 23 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a {{convert|205|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} gust of wind in [[Taitung County]], Taiwan, during '''[[Typhoon Nepartak (2016)|Typhoon Nepartak]]''' ''(pictured)'' on July 8, 2016, is the highest recorded in the county?
* ... that '''[[Priscilla Nzimiro]]''' was the first woman from [[Igboland]], Nigeria, to qualify as a medical doctor?
* ... that '''[[Anautogeny|anautogenous]]''' [[insect]]s must eat blood in order to lay eggs?
* ... that [[Governor of Sinaloa|Governor-elect of Sinaloa]] '''[[Quirino Ordaz Coppel]]''', owner of two hotels in [[Mazatlán]], sat on the Tourism Commission in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]]?
* ... that the video for [[Katy Perry]]'s song "'''[[Rise (Katy Perry song)|Rise]]'''" features clips of athletes from various Olympic Games?
* ... that mathematician '''[[Sergei Nikolaevich Chernikov]]''' already had the first of his five department chairs before defending his [[Doktor nauk|DSc]] in 1940?
* ... that Stassybot's 2016 video game '''''[[Fragments of Him]]''''' was compared to ''[[That Dragon, Cancer]]'' due to the "emotional" settings and "gloomy visual tones"?
*'''''03:00, 23 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Berger Kirche]]''' ''(pictured)'', more than a thousand years old, is now used as a cemetery chapel and concert venue?
* ... that '''[[Alan Collins (diplomat)|Sir Alan Collins]]''' was the director-general of the [[British Office Taipei|British Trade and Cultural Office in Taipei]] from 1995 to 1998?
* ... that although [[Montesquieu]] had only intended to write a few pages about the '''[[Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline|decline of the Roman Empire]]''', he eventually produced 277 pages in 23 chapters?
* ... that '''[[Jane Hamilton Hall]]''' oversaw the construction of the [[Clementine (nuclear reactor)|Clementine]], the world's first [[fast reactor]], the first to be fueled by plutonium and the first to use a liquid metal coolant?
* ... that at the '''[[Arena Naucalpan 36th Anniversary Show]]''', [[Oficial 911]] was unmasked while [[X-Fly]] was shaved bald, leading to 911 taking revenge on X-Fly a year later at the '''[[Arena Naucalpan 37th Anniversary Show|37th Anniversary Show]]''', when X-Fly lost his hair again?
* ... that species of the fossil ant '''''[[Bradoponera]]''''' are suggested to have nested around [[epiphyte]]s?
* ... that '''[[Tiffany Trump]]''' has been called part of the "Snap Pack" for her voluminous postings to [[Instagram]]?
===22 July 2016===
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* ... that [[Quentin Tarantino]] ''(pictured)'' '''[[Quentin Tarantino filmography|wrote and directed]]''' the 1992 film ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'', which ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' named the "greatest independent film of all time"?
* ... that [[Max Reger]]'s three sacred motets for up to eight voices, '''[[Geistliche Gesänge, Op. 110|''Geistliche Gesänge'', Op. 110]]''', were composed in different years at different places for different choirs?
* ... that all the current chiefs of staff ([[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|COAS]], [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|CNS]], [[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|CAS]]) of the [[Indian Armed Forces]] are '''[[List of National Defence Academy alumni|National Defence Academy alumni]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Adele C. Howells]]''' commissioned [[Arnold Friberg]] to paint scenes from the [[Book of Mormon]] for ''[[The Children's Friend (LDS magazine)|The Children's Friend]]'' magazine?
* ... that '''[[Wolkentanz]]''', a leading [[Hanoverian horse|Hanoverian]] stallion at the [[Celle State Stud]], sired 21 licensed stallions?
* ... that '''[[José Antonio Gali Fayad|Antonio Gali]]'''{{`s}} candidacy for [[Governor of Puebla]] was supported by the [[National Action Party (Mexico)|PAN]], [[Labor Party (Mexico)|PT]], [[New Alliance Party (Mexico)|PANAL]], and two state parties?
* ... that 16-year-old [[hurdling|hurdler]] '''[[Sydney McLaughlin]]''' is the youngest athlete to qualify for the [[United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics#Athletics (track and field)|United States Olympic track and field team]] since 1980?<!--Nominator was not bothered about keeping this hook for the Olympics--->
*'''''03:30, 22 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the racehorse '''[[Speightstown (horse)|Speightstown]]''' ''(pictured)'' sold for US$2 million as a [[yearling (horse)|yearling]]?
* ... that Indian filmmaker [[Mohan Krishna Indraganti]] dedicated the second half of his [[Telugu language|Telugu-language]] film '''''[[Gentleman (2016 film)|Gentleman]]''''' to [[Alfred Hitchcock]] as a tribute?
* ... that '''[[narrowmouthed catshark]]s''' are unusual in displaying [[Heterodont|heterodont dentition]], with males and females having differently shaped mouths and teeth?
* ... that the [[video game]] '''''[[Spider-Man Unlimited (video game)|Spider-Man Unlimited]]''''' was frequently updated to synchronize with events in the broader [[Marvel Universe]]?
* ... that '''[[Arena Naucalpan]]''', currently the home of the [[International Wrestling Revolution Group]], started out as a [[roller rink]] in the 1950s?
* ... that the '''[[34th Street – Hudson Yards (IRT Flushing Line)|34th Street – Hudson Yards]]''' station is New York City's first new subway station in a quarter-century?
* ... that the first '''[[Sirloin Stockade]]''' restaurant featured a giant {{convert|1800|lb|adj=on}} plastic ornamental cow?
===21 July 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Daisy Earles]]''' ''(pictured)'' of [[the Doll Family]] was known as a "miniature [[Mae West]]"?
* ... that '''[[Sankō Shrine]]''' may not be the location of the 17th-century [[Sanada Maru]]?
* ... that '''[[Elsa Reger]]''', who had first rejected [[Max Reger]]'s courting, titled her autobiography ''{{lang|de|Mein Leben mit und für Max Reger}}'' (My life with and for Max Reger)?
* ... that fashion designer [[Perry Ellis]] served in the '''[[United States Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard|U.S. Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Jeanne Burbank]]''' designed batteries for the first nuclear submarine, the [[USS Nautilus (SSN-571)|USS ''Nautilus'' (SSN-571)]]?
* ... that Marli van Breda '''[[Van Breda murders|survived being struck in the head by an axe]]''', but has no memory of the event?
* ... that '''[[Francisco Javier Sánchez Campuzano]]''' got into the broadcasting business by buying a [[daytimer]] [[AM broadcasting|AM station]] in [[Coahuila]]?
*'''''00:15, 21 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that "'''[[God Save the South]]'''" ''(sheet music cover pictured)'' is considered by some to have been the unofficial national anthem of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]]?
* ... that the botanist '''[[Ethel Thomas]]''' designed the [[University of London]]'s botany garden in [[Regent's Park]]?
* ... that '''[[Operation Quartz]]''' was a plan by the Rhodesian military to kill [[Robert Mugabe]], should he lose the [[Southern Rhodesian general election, 1980|1980 Southern Rhodesian general election]]?
* ... that in an '''''[[IWRG Ruleta de la Muerte]]''''' tournament the losers advance, not the winners, and the ultimate loser is shaved bald – which happened to Chico Che in '''[[IWRG Ruleta de la Muerte (2009)|2009]]''', Bugambilia in '''[[IWRG Ruleta de la Muerte (2013)|2013]]''', and [[X-Fly]] in '''[[IWRG Ruleta de la Muerte (November 2015)|November 2015]]'''?
* ... that the Indonesian film actor '''[[Farouk Afero]]''' shaved his head in protest at how cinemas treated domestic productions?
* ... that most of the '''[[Fenugreek production in India|fenugreek produced in India]]''' is grown in [[Rajasthan]]?
* ... that '''[[Helen Copenhaver Hanes]]''' helped raise over $850,000 to guarantee the [[University of North Carolina School of the Arts]] would be based in [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina|Winston-Salem]]?
===20 July 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Flag of Tanganyika Territory]]''' ''(pictured)'' features a giraffe, chosen because it was common within the territory?
* ... that '''[[S. N. Haleʻole]]''' wrote ''The Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai'', the first book-length work of fiction by a [[Native Hawaiians|Native Hawaiian]]?
* ... that the '''[[Children's Museum, Siri Fort]]''', has a sandstone sculpture of a woman [[buff (colour)|in the buff]]?
* ... that '''[[Newell Weight]]''' received over 500 applicants to the Brigham Young University [[a cappella]] choir, which he founded?
* ... that [[Abdullah Yusuf Azzam]], the co-founder of [[Al-Qaeda]], came from the Palestinian village of '''[[Silat al-Harithiya]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Miku Sawai]]''' transferred to a high school in Tokyo due to her work as a singer?
* ... that due to the '''[[French football bribery scandal]]''', no team is classed as winning the [[1992–93 French Division 1]] title?
*'''''00:45, 20 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the historic '''[[I.O.O.F. Centennial Building]]''' ''(pictured)'' is a three-story commercial building with an exterior decoration of raised brickwork spelling out "Centennial 4 July 1876"?
* ... that '''[[Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo]]''' won a 1984 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his [[Odia language]] short-story collection ''Abhisapta Gandharba''?
* ... that nests of the '''[[marbled wood quail]]''' and the '''[[spot-winged wood quail]]''' have roofs made of dead leaves?
* ... that '''[[Romesh Chandra]]''', former leader of the [[Communist Party of India]], was the president of the [[World Peace Council]]?
* ... that '''[[Biketown]]''', the new [[bicycle-sharing system]] for [[Portland, Oregon]], was named by its corporate sponsor, [[Nike, Inc.]]?<!-- Biketown service starts today, July 19th.--->
* ... that on his first visit to his native [[Transylvania]] a quarter-century after fleeing to escape imprisonment, '''[[Septimiu Albini]]''' caught pneumonia and died?
* ... that '''[[Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike (IND Queens Boulevard Line)|Kew Gardens]]''' made [[Queens]] grow?
===19 July 2016===
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* ... that after painting [[Hawaii]]an King [[Kamehameha I]] ''(pictured)'' in 1818, Russian artist '''[[Mikhail Tikhanov]]''' suffered a mental breakdown?
* ... that ships were moored between two jetties of the '''[[Holy Island Waggonway]]''' for unloading coal and loading lime?
* ...that the '''[[IWRG Guerra de Empresas|IWRG ''Guerra de Empresas'']]''' [[professional wrestling]] tournament pitted representatives from various Mexican [[professional wrestling promotions]] against each other?
* ... that Pop Momand's [[comic strip]] '''''[[Keeping Up with the Joneses (comics)|Keeping Up with the Joneses]]''''' popularized the common English catchphrase "[[keeping up with the Joneses]]"?
* ... that the '''[[Korea Music Copyright Association]]'''{{'s}} deal with [[JASRAC]] was called a "milestone in Japan-Korean musical relations" because Japanese music had been previously [[Censorship of Japanese media in South Korea|banned in South Korea]]?
* ... that [[Henry Ford]]'s personal secretary, '''[[Ernest G. Liebold]]''', was investigated by the [[United States Department of War]] as a suspected German spy during World War I?
* ... that '''[[High Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|High Street]]''' is actually {{convert|70|ft|m}} below ground?
*'''''01:15, 19 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canadian international soccer]] goalkeeper '''[[Erin McLeod]]''' ''(pictured)'' held her first solo art exhibit, entitled "Limitless", in 2013?
* ... that in 2016, '''[[Edition Güntersberg]]''' published twelve Fantasias for solo [[viol|viola da gamba]] by [[Georg Philipp Telemann|Telemann]] that had been lost?
* ... that after '''[[Eric Milroy]]''' died in the [[Battle of the Somme]], his mother kept a light on at night to help him find his way home?<!-- Special request for July 18th -->
* ... that the '''[[Tibetan eared pheasant]]''' may be declining in number because there are insufficient places for it to roost?
* ... that '''[[Thomas Dubay]]''', a [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|Catholic priest]] and prolific spiritual writer, read the monthly [[National Geographic (magazine)|''National Geographic'']] from cover to cover?
* ... that the '''[[George Washington Air Junction]]''' was designed to be the world's largest airport, larger than the New York, London, Berlin, Paris, Chicago, and Philadelphia airports combined?
* ... that ''[[Falstaff (opera)|Falstaff]]'' provoked in '''[[Ferruccio Busoni]]''' a "revolution of spirit"?
===18 July 2016===
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* ... that the Eurasian '''[[Geranium lucidum|shining cranesbill]]''' ''(pictured)'' is regarded as a [[noxious weed]] in the [[Pacific Northwest]] of the United States?
* ... that '''[[Kyle Holbrook]]''' has painted more than two hundred public [[mural]]s in the [[City of Pittsburgh]]?
* ... that Antonio Cesti's opera '''''[[La Dori]]''''' premiered at [[Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria|Archduke Ferdinand]]'s court in Innsbruck and was later performed in Florence for the wedding of [[Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany|Cosimo III de' Medici]]?
* ... that '''[[Georg Bätzing]]''' is the appointed bishop of the [[Diocese of Limburg]]?
* ... that following the release of '''''[[Pokémon Go]]''''', [[Nintendo]]'s share price rose by 50%?
* ... that as executive director of the [[Maine Women's Lobby]] from 1993 to 2003, '''[[Laura Fortman]]''' successfully lobbied for laws benefiting [[reproductive rights]], [[victims' rights]], and [[equal pay for equal work]]?
* ... that in the main event of the '''[[Guerra del Golfo (2008)|2008 ''Guerra del Golfo'']]''' [[professional wrestling]] show, [[Oficial Fierro]] unmasked a Ninja Turtle?
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* ... that '''[[José Plácido de Castro]]''' ''(pictured)'' revolted against the governments of Brazil and Bolivia and became president of [[Republic of Acre|Acre]]?
* ... that the '''[[Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion]]''' was Finland's worst industrial disaster?
* ... that '''[[Roxana Cannon Arsht]]''' was the first woman appointed judge in [[Delaware]]?
* ... that [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]] member [[Paul Banks (musician, born 1978)|Paul Banks]] and [[Wu-Tang Clan]] member [[RZA]] are releasing [[Anything But Words|an album]] together under the name '''[[Banks & Steelz]]'''?
* ... that [[Mormons|Mormon]] author '''[[Gale Sears]]''' has been the recipient of several [[Whitney Awards]] and nominations?
* ... that in 1915, the '''[[HMS Revenge (1892)|HMS ''Revenge'']]''', the ninth ship of the [[Royal Navy]] with that name, became the first ship to be fitted operationally with [[anti-torpedo bulge]]s?
* ... that '''[[Baby Huwae]]''' went from model and actress to fortune teller?
===17 July 2016===
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* ... that '''[[tamale pie]]''' ''(pictured)'' was invented in the United States, and has been described as a [[comfort food]]?
* ... that '''[[Jean Maxwell-Scott]]''' was the last direct descendant of the novelist [[Walter Scott|Sir Walter Scott]]?
* ... that the documentary film '''''[[Highway of Tears (film)|Highway of Tears]]''''' was created to draw attention to Canada's unsolved [[Highway of Tears murders]], and won an award at the [[Malibu Film Festival]]?
* ... that '''[[John Clement Fitzpatrick]]''' died before some of the 39 volumes of his ''The Writings of George Washington'' were published?
* ... that [[John Rutter]]'s choral composition '''''[[A Gaelic Blessing]]''''' associates "deep peace" with elements of nature?
* ... that '''[[Frederick William Kahapula Beckley Sr.|Frederick William Kahapula Beckley]]''' served as [[Governors of Kauai|Governor of Kauaʻi]] from 1880 to 1881?
* ... that at the '''[[Guerra de Familias (2012)|2012 ''Guerra de Familias'']]''', Silver King Jr. was not actually the son of [[Silver King (wrestler)|Silver King]], despite the family theme being the focal point of the show?
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* ... that the '''[[Flag of Nigeria (1914–1960)|former flag of Nigeria]]''' ''(pictured)'' features the [[Star of David]]?
* ... that the '''''[[Antidotarium Nicolai]]''''' has been called "the bible of medieval practical pharmacy"?
* ... that '''[[Frederick William Kahapula Beckley Jr.|Frederick William Kahapula Beckley]]''' was the last official interpreter of the [[Supreme Court of Hawaii|Hawaii Supreme Court]] during the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]]?
* ... that according to [[Michael Bay]], '''''[[Transformers: The Last Knight]]''''' will be his last ''[[Transformers (film series)|Transformers]]'' film?
* ... that '''[[Annie Rowan Forney Daugette]]''', the designer of the [[Seal of Alabama]], was described as the "[[Betsy Ross]] of Alabama"?
* ... that [[International Wrestling Revolution Group]]'s '''[[El Castillo del Terror (2000)|2000 ''El Castillo del Terror'']]''' show became an annual event when IWRG held another one '''[[El Castillo del Terror (2002)|in 2002]]'''?
* ... that on his 100th birthday, Ontario [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|MPP]] '''[[Thomas Patrick Murray]]''' received a personalized card from [[Wayne Gretzky]]?
===16 July 2016===
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* ... that in 2008, the '''[[Max-Reger-Institute]]''' in [[Karlsruhe]] began publishing [[List of works by Max Reger|the complete works]] by [[Max Reger]] ''(pictured)''?<!---Special request for July 16th--->
* ... that '''[[Paul Kanoa]]''', [[Governors of Kauai|Governor of Kauaʻi]] from 1847 to 1877, died after falling from the second-story room of his [[Honolulu]] residence?
* ... that the '''[[Divisional Cavalry Regiment (New Zealand)|Divisional Cavalry Regiment]]''' was New Zealand's first armored unit?
* ... that '''[[Karen Heck]]''', a women's rights activist and former mayor of [[Waterville, Maine]], co-owns a winery that is the sole distiller of [[absinthe]] in New England?
* ...that the '''''[[El Gran Desafío Femenil – Sin Empate, Sin Indulto]]''''' [[professional wrestling]] show was the first [[International Wrestling Revolution Group|IWRG]] show to feature a [[Women's professional wrestling|women's wrestling]] match as the main event?
* ... that the Indonesian actor '''[[A. Hamid Arief]]''' often took roles playing Europeans?
* ... that "pregnant" ballot boxes prompted the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]] to challenge an election in which its candidate, '''[[Maurilio Ochoa]]''', lost?
*'''''02:45, 16 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a "historic" handshake between [[Raúl Castro]] and [[Barack Obama]] took place at '''[[Atlapa Convention Centre]]''' ''(pictured)'' in Panama?
* ... that '''[[Heather Blitz]]''' has owned and trained her Grand Prix [[dressage]] horse, Paragon, all his life?
* ... that '''[[PSLV-C34]]''', India's [[expendable launch system]], deployed 20 [[satellite]]s in [[Low Earth orbit]] in a single mission on 22 June 2016?
* ... that songs by '''[[Lothar Zenetti]]''' appear in current Protestant and Catholic hymnals, and are performed by singer-songwriters such as [[Konstantin Wecker]]?
* ... that reproductive adult '''[[Erythemis simplicicollis|eastern pondhawks]]''' have a lifespan of about ten days but are to be seen most of the summer in Florida?
* ... that '''[[Billie Nipper]]'''{{`s}} art was owned by [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Shania Twain]], and [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]]?
* ... that the song "'''[[Black Strap Molasses (song)|Black Strap Molasses]]'''"{{snd}}sung by [[Groucho Marx]], [[Jimmy Durante]], [[Jane Wyman]], and [[Danny Kaye]]{{snd}}was banned by [[CBS Radio]] on the grounds that it contained medical advice?
===15 July 2016===
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* ... that '''[[No. 37 Squadron RAAF]]''' ''([[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|C-130 Hercules]] pictured)'' transported the [[popemobile]]s on [[John Paul II|John Paul II]]'s 1986 tour of Australia?
* ... that '''[[Toby Moll]]''' met an old friend from [[Cape Town]] in the French village of [[Bazentin le Petit]] just after his regiment captured it from the Germans?<!--- special request for 15 July --->
* ... that in [[iOS]] and [[Android OS|Android]] platformer '''''[[Platform Panic]]''''', many of the available skins are references to characters from retro games, such as [[Mario]] and [[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]?
* ... that in marking the centenary of the [[Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan|Horea, Cloșca and Crișan revolt]], Transylvanian lawyer '''[[Rubin Patiția]]''' clashed with both the Hungarian authorities and his own [[Romanian Orthodox Church]]?
* ... that for the '''[[49th Anniversary of Lucha Libre in Estadio de Mexico|49th Anniversary of ''Lucha Libre'' in ''Estadio de Mexico'']]''' show, the [[International Wrestling Revolution Group|IWRG]] had a main event where the two teams represented their former [[professional wrestling promotion|wrestling promotions]]?
* ... that the Scottish composer '''[[Martyn Bennett]]''', who was influential in the evolution of modern [[Celtic fusion]], was sometimes called the "techno piper"?
* ... that historian [[Romila Thapar]] refused to accept the [[Padma Bhushan]], India's third-highest civilian award, but was still listed among '''[[List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2000–09)|the recipients of the 2000s]]'''?
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* ... that despite travelling to five continents as a musician, '''[[Gordon Tobing]]''' ''(pictured)'' continued to live with his in-laws?
* ... that the '''[[Indian Institute of Information Technology, Nagpur]]''', will start functioning in a temporary campus at [[Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited]]'s Regional Telecom Training Centre?
* ... that on September 2, 2008, Somali pirates '''[[Carré d'As IV incident|seized the yacht ''Carré d'As IV'']]''', prompting a French commando operation?
* ... that the '''[[Hybla Valley Airport]]''' was the first licensed airport in [[Virginia]]?
* ... that '''[[Ai Aoki (politician)|Ai Aoki]]''' was a singer-songwriter and kindergarten teacher before becoming a politician in Japan's [[national Diet]]?
* ... that the '''[[Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations]]''' was responsible for the bombing of [[Cubana Flight 455]], the worst incident of aviation terrorism in the western hemisphere before [[September 11 attacks|9/11]]?
* ... that '''[[Makila James]]''' wrote, "Africa is no easy place to love or know. But if you love her, you will come to know her"?
===14 July 2016===
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* ... that '''''[[Scolopendra cataracta]]''''' ''(pictured)'', the world's only known amphibious centipede, was discovered by an entomologist on his honeymoon?
* ... that '''[[Cynthia Cooke]]''' nursed [[Far East prisoners of war]] before becoming head of the [[Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service]]?
* ... that the 1982 Dutch film '''''[[Het Beest]]''''', featuring [[Willem Ruis]] in his first and last cinema role, was a "legendary flop"?
* ... that in 1984 [[Maine]] lawyer '''[[Linda Smith Dyer]]''' rebutted opponents' claims that passage of the [[Equal Rights Amendment]] would legalize [[same-sex marriage]] in the state?
*... that the perpetrators of [[Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary|a major burglary]] were caught after discussing it in a '''[[Pentonville Road]]''' pub?
* ... that '''[[G. T. Bynum]]''', the mayor-elect of [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], is related to three former Tulsa mayors?
* ... that the '''[[War of the Antiochene Succession]]''' "came to a rather unspectacular end" in 1219?
*'''''00:00, 14 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[White-footed climbing mouse|white-footed]]''' ''(pictured)'', '''[[Coues's climbing mouse|Coues's]]''', '''[[Gardner's climbing mouse|Gardner's]]''', '''[[Peruvian climbing mouse|Peruvian]]''', and '''[[southern climbing mouse]]''' are all forest-dwellers from South America?
* ... that the British art dealer '''[[Jack Baer (art dealer)|Sir Jack Baer]]''' saved £150 million of art for the nation?
* ... that '''[[Prince Romerson]]''', a [[Hawaii and the American Civil War|Hawaiian who fought in the American Civil War]], served in the [[Union Navy]] and [[Union Army|Army]] and later became a [[Buffalo Soldier]]?
* ... that [[Landon Donovan]] '''[[List of international goals scored by Landon Donovan|scored 57 goals]]''' in 157 appearances for the [[United States men's national soccer team]] from 2000 to 2014, becoming the team's all-time top goalscorer?
* ... that in 1937 '''[[Ingrid Christensen]]''' became the first woman to indisputably set foot on mainland [[Antarctica]]?
* ... that the members of [[alt-country]] [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]] '''[[case/lang/veirs]]''' have collectively made more than 30 studio albums?
===13 July 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Shore Line East]]''' service ''(train pictured)'' began in 1990, using equipment from the recently discontinued [[PATrain]]?
* ... that in December 2015, [[Trinidadians|Trinidadian]] commentator '''[[Fazeer Mohammed]]''' was banned from speaking to players in the [[West Indies cricket team]] before the [[Boxing Day Test]] match?
* ... that Hawaiian writer '''[[Kepelino]]''' was charged with treason after a failed attempt to overthrow King [[Kalākaua]] in favor of his opponent, [[Queen Emma of Hawaii|Queen Emma]], in 1874?
* ... that according to the [[State of Origin series|State of Origin]] viral video, '''[[That's In Queensland|Queensland's everywhere]]'''?<!--special occasion hook for July 13 in Australia-->
* ... that the ''[[Hollyoaks]]'' actor [[James Sutton (actor)|James Sutton]] has described '''[[James Nightingale (Hollyoaks)|James Nightingale]]''' as a strong and powerful character?
* ... that six years after the '''[[Siege of Al-Karak (1834)|siege and looting]]''' of their city by [[Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt|Ibrahim Pasha]], the people of [[Al-Karak]] exacted revenge on his forces while they were withdrawing from Syria?
* ... that at the '''[[Arena Naucalpan 29th Anniversary Show]]''', a clown beat a doctor?
*'''''00:00, 13 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Rima Melati]]''' ''(pictured)'' took part of her stage name from [[Audrey Hepburn]]'s character in ''[[Green Mansions (film)|Green Mansions]]''?
* ... that '''[[Dyke Action Machine!]]''' created [[public art]] that used commercial photography styling to present lesbian images that resisted [[sexism]] and [[consumerism]]?
* ... that [[Governor of Tamaulipas|Governor-elect of Tamaulipas, Mexico]], '''[[Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca]]''' was born in [[McAllen, Texas]], and played soccer at [[Houston Baptist University]]?
* ... that [[Mark Rylance]]'s portrayal of [[KGB]] spy [[Rudolf Abel]] in '''''[[List of accolades received by Bridge of Spies (film)|Bridge of Spies]]''''' (2015) won him the Best Supporting Actor award at the [[Academy Awards|Oscars]] and the [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTAs]]?
* ... that South Korean animator '''[[Mari Kim]]''' produced the music video for [[2NE1]]'s "[[Hate You (2NE1 song)|Hate You]]", which depicts the group as "eyedoll" action heroines?
* ... that [[Patrick Vieira]] won the '''[[2005 FA Cup Final]]''' for [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] with his last kick in his final appearance?
* ... that right-wing writer and activist '''[[Elizabeth Dilling]]''' claimed that [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]] was a Communist and [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] was a Jew?
===12 July 2016===
*'''''12:04, 12 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the orchard at '''[[Grönsö Manor]]''' ''(pictured)'' in Sweden, established in 1623, is still producing apples?
* ... that '''[[Johnny Williams (rugby player 1882–1916)|Johnny Williams]]''' scored two [[try|tries]] in [[Cardiff RFC|Cardiff]]'s 24–8 rout of {{nrut|Australia}} in 1908?<!--special occasion hook for July 12-->
* ... that the '''[[speckled mourner]]''' can be confused with the '''[[rufous piha]]'''?
* ... that North Korean poet '''[[Cho Ki-chon]]''' offered some of the earliest contributions to the [[North Korean cult of personality]]?
* ... that a total of 11 different [[professional wrestling championship]]s have been defended at the recurring '''''[[IWRG Caravana de Campeones|Caravana de Campeones]]''''', spread out between shows in '''[[Caravana de Campeones (2008)|2008]]''', '''[[Caravana de Campeones (2009)|2009]]''', '''[[Caravana de Campeones (2011)|2011]]''', '''[[Caravana de Campeones (May 2012)|May]]''' and '''[[Caravana de Campeones (August 2012)|August 2012]]''', '''[[Caravana de Campeones (August 2013)|August]]''' and '''[[Caravana de Campeones (November 2013)|November 2013]]''', '''[[Caravana de Campeones (2014)|2014]]''', and '''[[Caravana de Campeones (2015)|2015]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Green Flake]]''' was one of the first African-Americans to enter the [[Salt Lake Valley]]?
* ... that '''[[Alfred Lionel Rose|Lionel Rose]]''' silenced the crowd at an event honouring [[Queen Elizabeth II]] by yelling "shut up"?
*'''''00:19, 12 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that groups of '''[[starred wood quail]]''' ''(illustrated)'' move across open ground in single file?
* ... that in 1897, [[Northern Territory]] nurse '''[[Hannah Wood (nurse)|Hannah Wood]]''' was trapped when her house collapsed during a [[tropical cyclone]]?
* ... that '''[[S-type star]]s''' have bands of [[Zirconium monoxide|zirconium monoxide]] in their spectrum?
* ... that [[Wikipedian of the Year]] '''[[Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight]]''' has cited cultural anthropologist [[Margaret Mead]] as an influence on her writing?
* ... that the EP '''''[[Mr.Mr. (EP)|Mr.Mr.]]''''' by [[Girls' Generation]] was described as "expand[ing] their musical reach" and "experimenting into new sonic territory"?
* ... that "Nixon's Rabbi", '''[[Baruch Korff]]''', was part of an unbroken line of [[rabbi]]s going back 73 generations?
* ... that '''[[Tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate|BARF]]''' does [[Non-coordinating anion|not coordinate]]?
===11 July 2016===
*'''''12:34, 11 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 1899, after hiking for four days with almost no food, entrepreneur [[Duncan Hines]] ordered $5 worth of '''[[ham and eggs]]''' ''(pictured)'' at a restaurant in [[Cheyenne, Wyoming]]?
* ... that '''[[Kari Løvaas|Kari Lövaas]]''' appeared in the premiere of Orff's ''[[De temporum fine comoedia]]'' at the [[Salzburg Festival]]?
* ... that in May 1762, the crew of '''[[HMS Active (1758)|HMS ''Active'']]''' earned more than 33 years of wages from the capture of a single Spanish vessel?
* ... that the '''[[Quintinia verdonii|grey possumwood]]''' can be a desirable garden plant on account of its flowers?
* ... that film producer and director '''[[Henry S. Kesler]]''' was the grandson of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS]] [[President of the Church (LDS Church)|prophet]] [[Joseph F. Smith]]?
* ... that '''[[gender inequality in South Korea]]''' is illustrated by a [[Global Gender Gap Report]] indicator which shows that [[women in South Korea|South Korean women]] earn on average about 55% [[gender pay gap|of what men earn]]?
* ... that '''[[Teresa Feoderovna Ries]]'''{{`}} first exhibition at the [[Vienna Künstlerhaus]] included a sculpture of a nude [[Witchcraft|witch]] snipping her toenails, making Ries an overnight sensation?
*'''''00:49, 11 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Varvakeion Athena]]''' ''(pictured)'' is considered the most faithful reproduction of the [[Chryselephantine sculpture|chryselephantine]] statue of [[Athena Parthenos]] which stood in the [[Parthenon]]?
* ... that '''[[Thomas Draper]]''', who introduced the legislation to allow women to stand for parliament in [[Western Australia]], became the first Australian parliamentarian to lose his seat to a woman?
* ... that '''[[Roya Sadat]]''' and her sister '''[[Alka Sadat]]''', directors of feature films and documentaries in the post [[Taliban regime]] in [[Afghanistan]], established the Roya Film House?
* ... that '''[[Chi Cygni]]''' is a [[variable star]] that is over 10,000 times brighter at its maximum than at its minimum?
* ... that '''[[James Laurie]]''' proposed an [[elevated railroad]] over [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] in 1853, fifteen years before [[IRT Ninth Avenue Line|New York City's first such line]] was built?
* ... that the film '''''[[Neerja]]''''' is about [[Neerja Bhanot]], who gave her life to help save 359 of the 379 passengers and crew on board [[Pan Am Flight 73]] on 5 September 1986?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Mark Bonner]]''' was forced to retire after suffering a broken arm during a league match against [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]] in September 2005?
===10 July 2016===
*'''''13:03, 10 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Aminah Cendrakasih]]''' ''(pictured)'' has acted in over a hundred films?
* ... that '''[[Tingey House]]''' is the [[official residence]] of the [[Chief of Naval Operations]] of the [[United States Navy]]?
* ... that '''[[Esna (singer)|Esna]]''' was one of the songwriters of "[[Some (song)|Some]]", which topped the ''Billboard'' [[Korea K-Pop Hot 100]] for six weeks?
* ... that the 1909 [[The Varsity Match|Varsity Match]] came to be known as '''[[Poulton's Match]]''' after [[Ronald Poulton|Ronnie Poulton]] scored a record five [[try|tries]]?
* ... that Argentine president '''[[Fernando de la Rúa]]''' served for just two years, half of his [[term of office]]?
* ... that there is a '''[[Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration|Celebration]]''' for the [[Tennessee Walking Horse]] every year?
* ... that in 1866 the eccentric legislator '''[[George Belly Ukeke|George Belly ʻŪkēkē]]''' suggested dog's and pig's teeth be reintroduced as currency in the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]]?
*'''''01:18, 10 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that an eruption of '''[[Taryatu-Chulutu]]''' in the [[Holocene]] formed the [[Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Indriati Iskak]]''' went from film star to psychologist to marketer?
* ... that both the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] and the [[Australian Army]] have '''[[Boeing CH-47 Chinook in Australian service|operated Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters]]'''?
* ... that after leading [[Komeito]] to a large defeat in 2009, including losing his own seat, '''[[Akihiro Ota]]''' returned to the [[National Diet]] in 2012 and became a cabinet minister for the first time?
* ... that one sportswriter called the '''[[1906 Vanderbilt Commodores football team]]''' "the first great Southern team"?
* ... that '''[[Gerd Neggo]]''' trained with [[Rudolf von Laban]] in [[Hamburg]], Germany, established her dance studio at [[Tallinn]], Estonia, and promoted [[modern dance]] and [[mime]] based on [[classical ballet]]?
* ... that the '''[[serval]]''' has the longest legs of any cat relative to its body size?
===9 July 2016===
*'''''13:33, 9 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that during the construction of the '''[[Wignacourt Aqueduct]]''' ''(pictured)'', '''[[Bontadino de Bontadini]]''' introduced [[Baroque architecture]] in [[Malta]]?
* ... that '''[[Margaret Gowing]]''' became the [[University of Oxford]]'s first professor of the history of science, despite not having a degree in history or science?
* ... that though once thought to be sterile, the '''[[uterine microbiome]]''' contains at least 14 [[Commensalism|commensal]] microorganisms in healthy women?
* ... that [[Tandra Paparayudu]], who had rushed to the demolished '''[[Bobbili Fort]]''' to help his sister's family, killed the Raja of Vizianagaram and then committed suicide along with his accomplices?
* ... that '''''[[4 Walls]]''''' was the first release by girl group [[f(x) (band)|f(x)]] since member [[Sulli]] left the group?
* ... that '''[[Jane Little (musician)|Jane Little]]''' was short in stature, played a [[Double bass|large instrument]], and was longest in tenure, setting a [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]] at the [[Atlanta Symphony Orchestra|Atlanta Symphony]]?
* ... that [[Brock Lesnar]] was used as a model for the appearance of the Armored Titan in '''''[[Attack on Titan]]'''''?
*'''''01:48, 9 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Carlos Menem]]''' ''(pictured)'', elected in 1989, was the first Argentine president to succeed a democratically elected president from another party since 1916?<!--special occasion hook for July 8-->
* ... that the '''[[tawny-breasted myiobius]]''', the '''[[whiskered myiobius]]''', and the '''[[black-tailed myiobius]]''' are all found in South American rainforests but tend to occupy different habitats?
* ... that '''[[Daredevil (season 2)|the second season of ''Daredevil'']]''' was referred to internally as "[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics character)|Daredevil]] vs. the [[Punisher]]"?
* ... that [[My Chemical Romance]] drummer '''[[Bob Bryar]]''' suffered third-degree burns on his arms and legs during the filming of the music video for "[[Famous Last Words (My Chemical Romance song)|Famous Last Words]]"?
* ... that '''''[[Moog for Love]]''''' was the first record by [[Disclosure (band)|Disclosure]] not to feature writing contributions from [[Jimmy Napes]]?
* ... that cricket journalist '''[[Tony Munro]]''' was born with [[dwarfism]]?
* ... that a man received a warranty guaranteeing him Beauty on '''[[Little Mahantango Creek]]''' in 1793?
===8 July 2016===
*'''''14:03, 8 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Prusa i3|the most used 3D printer in the world]]''' ''(pictured)'' can partially [[Self-replication|self-replicate]]?
* ... that the professional golfer '''[[Walter Toogood]]''' died in a [[History of psychiatric institutions|lunatic asylum]]?
* ... that the '''[[wildlife of South Korea]]''' includes [[wild boar]] which come into cities to look for food, and can potentially kill people?
* ... that in January 2016, '''[[Héctor Armando Cabada Alvídrez|Armando Cabada]]''' resigned as news director of [[XHIJ-TDT]] in order to run for [[municipal president of Ciudad Juárez]]?
* ... that the '''[[SS Jacona (1918)|SS ''Jacona'']]''' was the world's first seagoing electric generator [[powership]]?
* ... that '''[[Farida Arriany]]''' won a [[Citra Award for Best Leading Actress|Best Leading Actress]] at the [[Indonesian Film Festival|1960 Indonesian Film Week]]?
* ... that [[Julian Lage]], a jazz guitarist, recorded his album '''''[[ARCLIGHT]]''''' on a [[Fender Telecaster]]?
*'''''02:18, 8 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the male '''[[Salvadori's pheasant]]''' ''(pictured)'' is very similar in appearance to the female '''[[crestless fireback]]'''?
* ... that the poet and playwright '''[[Ferdinand Dugué]]''' saw the tradition of [[Theatre of France|French theatre]] endangered by "pornography, music hall and cinema"?
* ... that a one megaton [[nuclear weapon]] can create a [[radar]]-opaque '''[[nuclear blackout]]''' disk hundreds of kilometers across?
* ... that singer-songwriter '''[[Whang Bo-ryung]]'''{{'}}s third album was written in a calming acoustic style as a response to chaotic world events such as the [[Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster]]?
* ... that the fossil ant '''''[[Ceratomyrmex]]''''' has modified jaws, possibly for catching large prey?
* ... that '''[[Yukiko Sakamoto]]''' was the first woman vice-governor of [[Shizuoka Prefecture]]?
* ... that '''[[Tiny Town (miniature park)|Tiny Town]]''' was the first complete modern city built in miniature?
===7 July 2016===
*'''''14:33, 7 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 1941 '''[[Michelle Tisseyre]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first woman to present a 15-minute newsletter broadcast in the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]'s French services?
* ... that the '''[[Stonewall National Monument]]''' in New York City is the first [[National Monument (United States)|U.S. National Monument]] dedicated to [[LGBT]] [[LGBT history in the United States|history]]?
* ... that the '''[[asparagusic acid|odour of urine after eating asparagus]]''', which was described by [[John Arbuthnot|Arbuthnot]] as "foetid" and by [[Benjamin Franklin]] as "disagreeable", was compared to "a flask of perfume" by [[Marcel Proust]]?
* ... that '''[[E. Keith Eddington]]''' was commissioned to design the current [[Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 book)|hymn book]] for [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]?
* ... that although the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature|IUCN]] at one time considered '''[[Macleay's dorcopsis]]''' to be a [[vulnerable species]], it is now rated as "[[Least-concern species|least concern]]"?
* ... that the '''[[Medical Women's Federation]]''' was formed in the UK in 1917 and has acted to address workplace and educational grievances of female [[Physician|doctors]]?
* ... that '''[[Qriously]]''' was voted "worst name in ad-tech" in an ''[[Advertising Age|Ad Age]]'' poll, beating Vungle, Nanigans, AdsWizz, and Burt?
*'''''02:48, 7 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[W. G. Grace]] ''(pictured)'' seriously contemplated retirement before the '''[[W. G. Grace in the 1878 English cricket season|1878 English cricket season]]''' after a shooting accident?
* ... that the 12th-century prince '''[[Fadl ibn Rabi'ah]]''' was the ancestor of the [[Al Fadl|Al Fadl dynasty]], which dominated the [[Bedouin]] tribes of the [[Syrian Desert]]?
* ... that [[Felix Mendelssohn]] encouraged '''[[Die Zerstörung Jerusalems (oratorio)|The Destruction of Jerusalem]]''' in Leipzig in 1840?
* ... that '''[[Thomas J. Yates]]''' was the first [[Released time|released-time]] [[Seminary (LDS)|seminary]] teacher for [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]?
* ... that '''''[[Brexit: The Movie]]''''', a [[documentary film]] advocating that the United Kingdom [[United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union|withdraw]] from the European Union, was crowdfunded by 1,800 contributors?
* ... that '''[[Jennifer d'Abo]]''' was once described as a "serial female entrepreneur"?
* ... that an actress and crew traveled 27,977 miles in 13 days to film the music video for [[Death Cab for Cutie]]'s "'''[[I Will Possess Your Heart]]'''"?
===6 July 2016===
*'''''15:03, 6 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the "[[Minneapolis|City of Lakes]]" has a [[ship's wheel]] on [[flag of Minneapolis|its flag]], a sailboat in its logo, and '''[[List of lakes in Minneapolis|13 lakes]]''' of at least {{convert|5|acre|km2|2}} ''([[Lake Nokomis]] pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Baba Sidhaye]]''' is regarded as the "first deaf and mute [[cricket]]er to have taken the field"?
* ... that London's '''[[Pall Mall, London|Pall Mall]]''' owes its name to a 17th-century ball game similar to [[croquet]]?
* ... that being a thrifty man, bibliographer '''[[Ioan Bianu]]''' raised cows on [[Romanian Academy]] grounds in downtown [[Bucharest]]?
* ... that '''[[Lois Jones (scientist)|Lois Jones]]''' led the first all-woman science team to [[Antarctica]] in 1969?
* ... that when Glasgow Records could not find a suitable singer to perform their dance tunes, they decided instead to '''[[T-Babe|create one]]'''?
*'''''03:18, 6 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that prior to undergoing an historic renovation, the '''[[Mayer Red Brick Schoolhouse]]''' ''(pictured)'' was condemned by the [[fire marshal]]?
* ... that '''[[Agustín Basave Benítez]]''' was a [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|federal deputy]] for just 69 days prior to becoming president of the Mexican [[Party of the Democratic Revolution]]?
* ... that '''[[Ein as-Sahla]]''' was established as a daughter village of [[Barta'a]] in the 19th century?
* ... that according to her daughter [[Ali Wentworth]], '''[[Muffie Cabot]]''', a former social secretary to [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Nancy Reagan]], "will choose a bath over a shower, a play over a movie, and the ocean over a pool"?
* ... that in 1300, the Bulgarian Patriarch '''[[Joachim III of Bulgaria|Joachim III]]''' was charged with treason and executed by the newly crowned Emperor [[Theodore Svetoslav of Bulgaria|Theodore Svetoslav]]?
* ... that [[Senator]] [[Chris Murphy (Connecticut politician)|Chris Murphy]] launched '''[[Chris Murphy gun control filibuster|a filibuster]]''' in the [[United States Senate]] promising to hold the floor "for as long as I can", or until Congress acted on [[gun control|gun control legislation]]?
* ... that an early predecessor of the '''[[pop out cake]]''' was a pie from which a dwarf emerged for [[Charles I of England]] in 1626?
===5 July 2016===
*'''''15:33, 5 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Elizabeth Truswell]]''' used ancient [[pollen]] to show that plants existed in [[Antarctica]] before the ice cap formed?
* ... that it took '''[[Setting Sun (horse)|Setting Sun]]''' three attempts to win a [[Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration#World Grand Championship|World Grand Championship]]?
* ... that '''[[Henry King (musician)|Henry King]]''', the bandleader of the [[Burns and Allen]] radio program, received special dispensation for his marriage?
* ... that the '''[[Segovia prison break|escape of 29 political prisoners]]''' in Segovia in 1976 was Spain's largest prison break since [[Spanish Civil War|its civil war]]?
* ... that in 2004 '''[[Ellen F. Golden]]''' queried [[United States presidential election, 2004|U.S. presidential candidate]] [[John Kerry]] on the subject of [[women in business]] during a national [[conference call]] heard by 2,000 female entrepreneurs?
* ... that the musical style of South Korean band '''[[Smacksoft]]''' was described as "a fantastic, densely-layered hybrid sound of [[post-punk]], rock and [[electronica]]"?
===4 July 2016===
*'''''22:17, 4 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that from 1815, the '''[[flag of the United States of the Ionian Islands]]''' ''(pictured)'' featured the [[Lion of Saint Mark]] and the [[Blue Ensign]]?
* ... that '''[[Bungy Watson|James "Bungy" Watson's]]''' nickname was the word used at [[The King's School, Canterbury]], for a [[eraser|rubber]]?
* ... that the lyrics of [[Girls' Generation]]'s song "'''[[Party (Girls' Generation song)|Party]]'''" mention drinking lemon [[soju]], [[mojito]] and [[tequila]]?
* ... that ''[[The Imitation Game]]'' producer '''[[Nora Grossman]]''' persuaded [[Andrew Hodges]] to let her turn his book into a film even though she had no producing experience?
* ... that 2016 has seen widespread '''[[2016 Sweden riots and unrest|rioting and unrest across Sweden]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Tropical Storm Colin (2016)|Tropical Storm Colin]]''' was the [[List of Atlantic hurricane records#Earliest formation records by storm number|earliest third]] [[Tropical storm|tropical storm]] ever recorded in an [[Atlantic hurricane season]]?
* ... that starting in 1991, [[Neil Armstrong]] hosted an aviation television series, '''''[[First Flights with Neil Armstrong]]'''''?
*'''''10:02, 4 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Peter Taylor (footballer, born 1928)|Peter Taylor]]''' and [[Brian Clough]] ''(statue pictured)'' once sacked a tea lady because she "laughed after a bad defeat"?
* ... that most [[red algae]] store [[carbon fixation|energy from the sun]] as '''[[Floridean starch]]'''?
* ... that '''[[John of Brienne]]''', who lost the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]] to his son-in-law in 1225, won the [[Latin Empire of Constantinople]] as his other son-in-law's co-ruler in 1229?
* ... that the [[food fight]] scene from ''[[Cheers]]''{{`}} '''[[Thanksgiving Orphans|Thanksgiving episode]]''' was shot twice, resulting in a strong odor around the set?
* ... that '''[[Javier Corral Jurado|Javier Corral]]''', the [[Governor of Chihuahua|Governor-elect of Chihuahua]], is named for the singer [[Javier Solís]], who died several months before his birth?
* ... that radio station '''[[WRGG-LP]]''' uses the same format and broadcast tower as the now-defunct [[WQCM|WKSL]], which was created by the father of one of WRGG's co-founders?
* ... that production designer '''[[Hannah Beachler]]''' based some outdoor scenes in the [[Miles Davis]] biopic ''[[Miles Ahead (film)|Miles Ahead]]'' on old silent footage somebody had posted on [[YouTube]]?
===3 July 2016===
*'''''21:47, 3 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the last [[Ilkhanate|Mongol]] invasion of [[Bilad al-Sham|Syria]] ended with a failed siege against '''[[al-Rahba]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that Japan's [[National Basketball League (Japan)|National Basketball League]] and [[bj league]] have merged to create the '''[[B.League]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Mitt Romney's March 3 speech]]''' represented an unprecedented attack by a major U.S. party's most recent presidential nominee against the party's current front-runner for the nomination?
* ... that [[Ed Brubaker]] and [[Sean Phillips]] turned down offers for the film rights to their comic '''''[[The Fade Out]]''''' because they were afraid accepting them would affect the way the book was written?
* ... that '''[[Jack Polito]],''' brother of actor [[Jon Polito]], was inspired to become an [[animator]] after seeing the 1933 film ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]''?
* ... that three Iranian diplomats and a journalist were '''[[Iranian diplomats kidnapping (1982)|kidnapped in Lebanon]]''' by [[Kataeb Party|Phalange forces]] almost 34 years ago, and their fate remains unknown?
* ... that in February 2016, fake documents were sent to [[Companies House]] claiming that '''[[Katrien Meire]]''' had resigned as chief executive of [[Charlton Athletic F.C.]]?
*'''''09:32, 3 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Raynald of Châtillon]]''' ''(execution pictured)'' was described as a "monstrous infidel and terrible oppressor" by [[Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad]] in his biography of [[Saladin]]?
* ... that between 1889 and 1917, the campus of '''[[History of East Texas Normal College|East Texas Normal College]]''' burned on three separate occasions?
* ... that changes to [[T'Pol]]'s costume in the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' episode "'''[[The Xindi]]'''" were made to appeal to the 18–49 male demographic?
* ... that '''[[Constance of Antioch]]''' was kidnapped to be married at the age of nine?
* ... that [[Brad Kern]] cited the [[nature versus nurture]] debate as one of the issues related to '''[[Christy Jenkins]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[Ferrari 330 TRI/LM]]''', the last front engined racecar to win the [[1962 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans]], was driven regularly in New York City after the end of its racing career?
* ... that in 1880, the sixteen-year-old composer [[Richard Strauss]] wrote his '''[[Symphony No. 1 (Strauss)|First Symphony]]''' in just three months, whilst still at school?
===2 July 2016===
*'''''21:17, 2 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[César Camacho Quiroz]]''' ''(pictured)'' was selected to become [[Governor of the State of Mexico]] and president of the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]], both times to replace newly designated cabinet members?
* ... that '''[[Porth Wen Brickworks]]''' on the north coast of Anglesey made [[fire brick]]s from locally quarried [[quartzite]]?
* ... that actors [[Peter Mullan]] and [[Jack Lowden]], who portray pioneering golfing legends [[Old Tom Morris]] and [[Young Tom Morris]] in the 2016 film '''''[[Tommy's Honour]]''''', had no prior experience with golf?
* ... that the [[Padma Bhushan]], along with other [[Indian honours system|Indian civilian awards]], was briefly suspended in '''[[List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1990–99)|the 1990s]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Hamza Ali]]''' died at age 20, having already played [[first-class cricket]] for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club]] and [[List A cricket]] for [[Rawalpindi Rams]]?
* ... that [[Bothrops|pit vipers]] eat '''[[Amazonian hocicudo]]s'''?
* ... that Dutch Nazi, actor, and theater critic '''[[Adriaan van Hees]]''' became depressed when he discovered he was part Jewish, but still volunteered for the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]]—and was denied?
*'''''09:02, 2 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that since its replacement on 1 July 1997, '''[[Flag of Hong Kong (1959–1997)|the former flag of Hong Kong]]''' ''(pictured)'' is used as a symbol of protest against perceived Chinese interference in Hong Kong?<!--Special occasion request for July 1-->
* ... that '''[[Helen Fricker]]''' was a member of the first group to drill into an Antarctic [[subglacial lake]]?
* ... that on Christian rock band [[MercyMe]]'s 2009 album '''''[[10 (MercyMe album)|10]]''''', they re-recorded their song "[[I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)|I Can Only Imagine]]" at [[Abbey Road Studios]] with the London Session Orchestra?
* ... that a fort was built at '''[[al-Ukhaydir, Tabuk Province|al-Ukhaydir]]''' in reaction to the poisoning of its well by the [[Bedouin]]?
* ... that the {{nrut|Scotland}} [[rugby union|rugby]] international '''[[Rowland Fraser]]''' was killed on the first day of the [[Battle of the Somme]], 10 days after getting married?<!--Special occasion request for July 1-->
* ... that '''''[[Coralloidoolithus]]''''', a type of [[dinosaur egg]] from Asia, was originally thought to be a type of ''[[Paraspheroolithus]]''?
* ... that '''[[Bernie Sanders' Dank Meme Stash]]''', a Facebook group with over 400,000 members, inspired the creation of [[Bernie Singles]], a [[Online dating service|dating website]] for supporters of US presidential candidate [[Bernie Sanders]]?
===1 July 2016===
*'''''12:00, 1 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Sultan [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] had a fort built at '''[[Dhat al-Hajj]]''' ''(pictured)'', a rest stop on the [[Hajj]] caravan road?
* ... that '''[[Omar Mateen]]''', who in June 2016 committed the [[2016 Orlando nightclub shooting|deadliest mass shooting]] in the United States by a single gunman, previously appeared in the documentary film ''[[The Big Fix (2012 film)|The Big Fix]]''?
* ... that [[Portadown F.C.]] will start the '''[[2016–17 NIFL Premiership]]''' on −12 points for paying an amateur player?
* ... that '''[[Ruthie Tompson]]''' was offered a job by [[Walt Disney]] while working at the riding club where he played [[polo]]?
* ... that [[Bikini Kill]] recorded three different versions of their song "'''[[Rebel Girl (song)|Rebel Girl]]'''"?
* ... that [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] requested '''[[Dean Fausett]]'s''' ''Derby View'' painting hang in his office in the [[White House]] during his administration?
* ... that fans of ''[[Overwatch (video game)|Overwatch]]'' have turned one of its characters, '''[[D.Va]]''', into an internet meme, often featuring her eating Doritos and drinking Mountain Dew?
*'''''00:00, 1 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Sabrina Sidney]]''' ''(pictured)'' was groomed to be the perfect wife, using techniques such as pouring hot wax on her arms?
* ... that the '''[[2016 OFC Nations Cup Final]]''' was the first such final to be decided on penalties?
* ... that the '''[[student movements in Korea|South Korean student movement]]''' of the 1980s played a key role in the [[Democratization of South Korea|democratization of their country]]?
* ... that '''[[Mary Farrar]]''', a victims' advocate for over 20 years, had an older brother who was shot and killed during a robbery at their family's scrap metal business?
* ... that the '''[[Laguna Amarga]]''' [[caldera]] in Argentina is associated with an [[ignimbrite]] of 630 cubic kilometres (150 cu mi)?
* ... that '''[[Lewis Robertson]]''' offered to give up the captaincy of the Army rugby team because he felt he was out of form?
* ... that '''''[[Fallout 4: Far Harbor]]''''' had to be re-released in order to fix performance issues with the [[PlayStation 4]] version?
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===31 July 2016===
*'''''12:00, 31 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that 14-year-old Leon Śliwiński saved the life of 12-year-old David Friedman in the '''[[Kielce Ghetto]]''' ''(ghetto liquidation pictured)'' during the [[Holocaust in occupied Poland]]?
* ... that '''[[Esthela Ponce Beltrán]]''' was the first [[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]] municipal president of [[La Paz, Baja California Sur]], elected in 12 years?
* ... that the '''[[Arauco Basin]]''' is an uplifted part of the [[continental shelf]] of Chile?
* ... that Rajendra Singh is the first [[Indian Coast Guard]] officer to be appointed '''[[Director General of the Indian Coast Guard]]'''?
* ... that at '''''[[IWRG Junior de Juniors]]''''', ten second-generation [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestlers]] competed for the newly-created [[IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship|eponymous championship]]?
* ... that groups of '''[[silvery-throated jay]]''' [[Bird#Resting and roosting |roost]] communally at night, settling down with much chatter?
* ... that '''''[[Love, Inc. (TV series)|Love, Inc.]]''''' was originally designed as a [[star vehicle]] for [[Shannen Doherty]], before she was removed from the series at the request of [[UPN|United Paramount Network]]?
*'''''00:00, 31 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that although the '''[[Church of the Jacobins]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Toulouse]], France, was founded by the future [[Saint Dominic]], the [[relic]]s housed there are those of [[Thomas Aquinas|Saint Thomas Aquinas]]?
* ... that '''[[Emory Alvord]]''' is credited with revolutionising African agriculture?
* ... that the '''[[long-billed crow]]''', found only in the [[Maluku Islands]], is dwindling in numbers and is considered to be a "[[near-threatened species]]"?
* ... that after Seleucid king [[Antiochus XII Dionysus|Antiochus XII]] was slain by the [[Nabataean Kingdom|Nabataeans]] during the '''[[Battle of Cana]]''', his demoralized army fled and died from starvation in the desert?
* ... that '''[[Klein's line]]''', the first tool to diagnose [[slipped capital femoral epiphysis| slipping of the ball-joint-like end of the femur]] in adolescents early to prevent destruction of the hip joint, is still used today?
* ... that '''[[Adolfo Mota Hernández]]''' said a statue of [[Vicente Fox]] in Boca del Río would "[[Firdos Square statue destruction|fall just like Saddam Hussein]]"?
* ... that in 2013, a Russian man who had edited his credit card agreement with '''[[Tinkoff Bank]]''' attempted to sue the bank for 24 million rubles?
===30 July 2016===
*'''''12:00, 30 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that singer [[Marina and the Diamonds]] ''(pictured)'' said she made her producer go through 486 vocal takes for one song on her album '''''[[The Family Jewels (Marina and the Diamonds album)|The Family Jewels]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Marriage of Billie Ert and Antonio Molina|Billie Ert and Antonio Molina]]''', a drag queen and former football star, respectively, in 1972 became the first same-sex couple to be married in Texas?
* ... that '''[[Mac n' Cheetos]]''' is a [[Burger King]] product that is a combination of macaroni and cheese and the Frito-Lay snack [[Cheetos]]?
* ... that the '''[[Mexican blind brotula]]''', the '''[[blind swamp eel]]''', and the '''[[juil ciego]]''', all cave-dwelling fish in Mexico, are threatened by water pollution?
* ... that a 1923 book by [[Progressive Era]] activist '''[[Kate Claghorn]]''' has been called "the one significant contemporary study of the immigrant and the American legal system"?
* ... that African [[CITES]] delegates sang the former Zimbabwe national anthem "'''[[Ishe Komborera Africa]]'''" after winning a vote to export African elephant ivory, while conservationists cried?
* ... that race car driver '''[[J. R. Heffner]]''' is his sponsor's vice president of operations?
*'''''00:00, 30 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in his ''Intermezzo Scene'', '''''[[In a Persian Market]]''''' ''(cover pictured)'', [[Albert Ketèlbey]] evokes exotic images of camel-drivers, jugglers, and snake-charmers?
* ... that [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|federal deputy]] '''[[Adriana Terrazas Porras]]''' served as coordinator of [[Enrique Serrano Escobar]]'s campaign for [[Governor of Chihuahua]]?
* ... that the novel '''''[[Sweetbitter]]''''' has been called a "love letter" to [[Union Square Cafe]]?
* ... that Nigerian singer '''[[Humblesmith]]''' started as an actor?
* ... that [[HMS Doterel (1808)|'''HMS ''Doterel''''']] created a diversion while a fireship attack was carried out during the [[Battle of the Basque Roads]]?
* ... that '''[[Margaret Jarman Hagood]]''', a [[Sociology|sociologist]] who wrote a book on ''Mothers of the South'', became a mother herself before completing her bachelor's degree?
* ... that while the '''[[Fresno kangaroo rat]]''' is considered [[Vulnerable species|vulnerable]], the '''[[San Quintin kangaroo rat]]''' may already be extinct?
===29 July 2016===
*'''''12:00, 29 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that female '''[[red-backed buttonquail]]s''' and '''[[yellow-legged buttonquail]]s''' ''(illustrated, left)'' rely on their mates to incubate the eggs and raise the young, and start breeding afresh with different males?
* ... that '''[[Leonid Solodkov]]''' was the last recipient of the title [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]?
* ... that the value of '''[[skin gambling|gambling using virtual cosmetic weapon skins]]''' for the video game ''[[Counter-Strike: Global Offensive]]'' was estimated at $2.3 billion in 2015?
* ... that '''[[María Isabel Maya Pineda]]''' won two elections in under 120 days, and three over a three-year period?
* ... that the [[cinema organ]] in '''[[Kino Babylon]]''' is the only one in Germany played at its original location?
* ... that [[Green Bay Packers]] rookie offensive lineman '''[[Kyle Murphy (American football)|Kyle Murphy]]''' wore two jerseys in the same game in college?
* ... that '''''[[Samiun dan Dasima]]''''' (1971), which featured explicit sexuality, garnered an award for best child actor?
*'''''00:00, 29 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Palais de la Méditerranée]]''' ''(pictured)'' was originally built for American millionaire [[Frank Jay Gould]]?
* ... that the '''[[Abrothrix longipilis|long-haired grass mouse]]''' is an important [[Natural reservoir|reservoir species]] for the [[Andes virus]]?
* ... that '''[[Disappearance of Robert Hoagland|Robert Hoagland]]''' left both pairs of the [[Slip-on shoe|loafers]] he always wore in his [[Newtown, Connecticut]], house when he disappeared three years ago today?<!--Special request for July 28-->
* ... that the winner of the '''''[[IWRG La Gran Cruzada|La Gran Cruzada]]''''' [[professional wrestling tournament]] became the number-one contender for the [[IWRG Rey del Ring Championship]] or the [[IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship]]?
* ... that '''[[cheese soup]]''', referred to as ''Kassuppe'', is a [[Regional cuisine|specialty dish]] in [[Central Switzerland]]?
* ... that while prospecting for minerals in the [[Belgian Congo]], '''[[Sydney Hobart Ball]]'''{{'s}} party came under attack and the resulting clash, which claimed 130 lives, became known as "The Battle of Ball's Run"?
* ... that '''[[Tapestry Folkdance Center]]'''{{'s}} permanent home was discovered on a bike ride?
===28 July 2016===
*'''''12:15, 28 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Voltaire P. Twombly]]''' ''(pictured)'' continued to carry his company’s flag after being knocked to the ground by cannon fire during the [[Battle of Fort Donelson]]?
* ... that the remix record for [[Disclosure (band)|Disclosure]]'s second extended play '''''[[The Face (EP)|The Face]]''''' features a re-cut from [[Hot Chip]]'s Joe Goddard?
* ... that '''[[Marco Antonio Mena Rodríguez|Marco Mena]]''' was the first Mexican to pursue a master's degree in public policy from the [[University of Chicago]]?
* ... that the '''[[Tokushima-Kōchi at-large district]]''' elected its first representative to the [[House of Councillors (Japan)|House of Councillors]] this month?<!--This needs to be promoted to the front page during July.-->
* ... that the priest '''[[Nicolae Cristea (priest)|Nicolae Cristea]]''' was a newspaper editor for eighteen years, until his bishop fired him for writing an article sharply critical of [[Prime Minister of Hungary|Hungarian Prime Minister]] [[Kálmán Tisza]]?
* ... that tonnes of [[Nabataean Kingdom|Nabataean]] spices and silver were looted by the [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Greeks]] during one of the '''[[Antigonid–Nabataean confrontations]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling]]''' contributed to closing [[slot machine]]s in [[South Carolina]]?
*'''''00:30, 28 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[PSLV-C2]]''' ''(artist's rendering pictured)'' was the first Indian [[expendable launch vehicle]] to carry more than one satellite on a mission, and the first commercial [[spaceflight]] by [[Indian Space Research Organisation|ISRO]]?
* ... that in 1596, half of the revenues from the [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] town of '''[[Qabatiya]]''' went to the Tarabay [[Bey]] of [[Lajjun#Early rule and the Tarabay family|Lajjun]]?
* ... that '''[[Raúl Domínguez Rex]]''' maintained an unusually low profile as president of the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party]] in the [[State of Mexico]]?
* ... that the '''[[Goodwillie–Allen House]]''', an [[American Craftsman]]-style bungalow, is the oldest building in [[Bend, Oregon|Bend]], [[Oregon]]?
* ... that [[Adam Foulds]]' novel '''''[[The Quickening Maze]]''''', about poets [[John Clare|Clare]] and [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson|Tennyson]], was nominated for the [[Man Booker Prize|Man Booker]] and [[Walter Scott Prize|Walter Scott]] prizes but lost both to [[Hilary Mantel]]'s ''[[Wolf Hall]]''?
* ... that '''[[Remi Sonaiya]]''' is Nigeria's first female presidential candidate?
* ... that the '''[[konye]]''', a [[critically endangered]] fish, is threatened by "burps"?
===27 July 2016===
*'''''12:45, 27 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit]]'s '''[[K.R.T. Girls|anime mascots]]''' ''(pictured)'' have been featured in games, songs, and posters, bringing in revenue of [[New Taiwan dollar|NT]]$2 million?
* ... that in October 2015, '''[[Arturo Santana Alfaro]]''' and other [[Party of the Democratic Revolution|PRD]] [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|deputies]] proposed raising Mexico's daily [[minimum wage]] from 70 [[Mexican peso|pesos]] to 95?
* ... that an indiscriminate massacre by the [[Ottoman Empire]] ended the 1910 '''[[Karak Revolt]]'''?
* ... that '''[[James Nguyen]]''' directed ''[[Birdemic: Shock and Terror]]'', considered [[list of films considered the worst|one of the worst films of all time]], and financed its $10,000 budget with his own money?
* ... that despite [[Peerage of Ireland|Lords of Ireland]] being ineligible for election, '''[[John Boyle, 15th Earl of Cork|the Earl of Cork]]''' was elected to the British House of Lords?
* ... that [[Lothar Zenetti]]'s poem "'''[[Segne dieses Kind]]'''" became a song of blessing for a child, often sung at [[Baptism (Christian)|baptism]]?
* ... that [[Brad Kern]] created the character '''[[Billie Jenkins]]''' to "lighten the load, screen-time wise" for ''[[Charmed]]''{{sp}}'s three principal actors?
*'''''01:00, 27 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Tongan King [[George Tupou I]] ''(pictured)'' outlived his heirs, [[Vuna Takitakimālohi]]; [[Tēvita ʻUnga]]; '''[[ʻUelingatoni Ngū]]'''; '''[[Nalesoni Laifone]]'''; and [[ʻElisiva Fusipala Taukiʻonetuku|Fusipala]], and was succeeded by his great-grandson, [[George Tupou II]]?
* ... that after being portrayed by four different wrestlers since 1999, the masked Multifacético character was finally unmasked at the '''[[El Gran Desafío (2011)|2011 ''El Gran Desafío'']]''' [[professional wrestling]] show?
* ... that Max Reger's '''''[[Eine romantische Suite]]''''' for orchestra, inspired by three poems by [[Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff|Joseph von Eichendorff]], was arranged for chamber ensemble by Arnold Schönberg?
* ... that [[Indiana University]] professor '''[[Edward Buehrig]]''' served as secretary-general of the Italo-Yugoslav Boundary Commission?
* ... that the first transcontinental night airmail service was established at '''[[Hadley Field]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Francisco Saracho Navarro]]''' proposed the creation of a special commission on the [[Mexican wine]] industry in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]]?
* ... that an officer appointed by [[North-Eastern Area Command (RAAF)|North-Eastern Area Command]] to investigate [[Vultee Vengeance]] aircraft accidents at '''[[No. 75 Wing RAAF]]''', crash-landed in a Vengeance on his return?
===26 July 2016===
*'''''13:15, 26 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[bluebuck]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first large African mammal historically recorded to have become extinct?
* ... that as acting commissioner of the [[Bureau of Labor Statistics]], '''[[Aryness Joy Wickens]]''' was the highest-paid woman in the [[United States federal civil service|U.S. civil service]] in 1954?
* ... that [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] MP [[Hukum Singh]] claimed that '''[[Kairana and Kandhla migration row|Kairana had become a "new Kashmir"]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Celestia Taylor]]''' sang at as many as four funerals a day during the [[1918 flu pandemic]]?
* ... that the annual '''''[[IWRG Festival de las Máscaras|Festival de las Máscaras]]''''', which includes events in '''[[Festival de las Máscaras (2008)|2008]]''', '''[[Festival de las Máscaras (2009)|2009]]''', '''[[Festival de las Máscaras (2010)|2010]]''', and '''[[Festival de las Máscaras (2013)|2013]]''', is the one night each year that wrestlers are allowed to compete wearing a mask they had previously lost, though '''[[Festival de las Máscaras (2016)|this year's loser was shaved bald]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Jericó Abramo Masso]]''' headed a special commission in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]] to investigate the [[Pasta de Conchos mine disaster]]?
* ... that [[Guangzhou]]'s '''[[Hoi Tong Monastery]]''' once housed sacred pigs so fat they could barely walk?
*'''''01:30, 26 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Max Reger]] based four [[Symphonic poem|tone poems]], '''''[[Vier Tondichtungen nach A. Böcklin]]''''', on four paintings by Arnold Böcklin, including ''[[Isle of the Dead (painting)|Isle of the Dead]]'' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that the [[association football|footballer]] '''[[Frédéric Gounongbe]]''' originally regarded tennis as his preferred sport?
* ... that '''[[Tower Branch]]''' runs near a tract of land home to nine Species of Special Concern in [[Pennsylvania]]?
* ... that '''[[Jorge Triana Tena]]''' oversaw a program that built "beacons of learning" in [[Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City]]?
* ... that the reproductive rate of '''[[Tome's spiny rat]]''' seems to depend on the local abundance of fruit?
* ... that a proposed '''[[sixth borough]]''' in [[New York City]] has been referred to as "LoLo" and "Frankenborough"?
* ... that the ''Black Series'' by Argentinian art collective '''[[Mondongo (collective)|Mondongo]]''' used [[cookie]]s and [[cracker (food)|cracker]]s to recreate pornographic images from the internet?
===25 July 2016===
*'''''13:45, 25 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Châteauesque]] design of the '''[[North Philadelphia station]]''' ''(pictured)'' ushered in the use of [[Beaux-Arts architecture]] in railway stations in the United States?
* ... that [[soybean]]s helped Argentine president '''[[Eduardo Duhalde]]''' resolve an [[1998–2002 Argentine great depression|economic crisis]]?
* ... that in part of their range, male '''''[[Leptodactylus podicipinus]]''''' frogs have been observed to make foam nests in water-filled depressions they may have dug beside ponds?
* ... that '''[[Harold D. Richardson]]''' is still recognized as the tenth president of [[Arizona State University]], though he served in an acting capacity?
* ... that the [[Romani people|Roma]] fairy tale "'''[[The Creation of the Violin]]'''" features a fairy queen who uses the power of music to make people happy or sad?
* ... that '''[[Manuel Clouthier Carrillo]]''' was the only [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|deputy]] elected as an independent to the [[LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress]]?
* ... that '''[[Smart Connect Interchange]]''' is the largest [[cloverleaf interchange]] in the Philippines?
*'''''02:00, 25 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Elmer McCollum]]''' ''(pictured)'' and [[Marguerite Davis]] discovered [[vitamin A]] three weeks before [[Thomas Burr Osborne (chemist)|Osborne]] and [[Lafayette Mendel|Mendel]]?
* ... that the '''[[Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine]]''' differs from '''[[Rothschild's porcupine]]''' in concealing its spines with long black hair?
* ... that between 2005 and 2014 the '''[[Qhubeka Foundation]]''' provided more than 45,000 bicycles in South Africa?
* ... that '''[[Jorge Ramos Hernández]]''' became [[Municipal President of Tijuana]] in 2007, three years after losing the election to [[Jorge Hank Rhon]]?
* ... that [[GFriend]]'s album '''''[[LOL (GFriend album)|LOL]]''''' has more diversity of genre compared to their past releases, in order to appeal to a wider audience?
* ... that '''[[Barak Mizrachi]]''' represented Australia at the [[Maccabiah Games]] four times before being selected for the [[2016 Summer Paralympics]]?
* ... that multiple screenings of [[Jack Smith (film director)|Jack Smith]]'s film '''''[[Flaming Creatures]]''''' were raided by police?
===24 July 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Beatus vir]]''' ("Blessed is the man") ''(B pictured)'' begins the [[Vulgate|Latin text]] of two [[book of Psalms|psalms]], one notable in art and the other in music?
* ... that the childless Queen [[Liliuokalani|Liliʻuokalani]] adopted '''[[Lydia Kaʻonohiponiponiokalani Aholo]]''', '''[[Joseph Kaiponohea ʻAeʻa]]''', and '''[[John ʻAimoku Dominis]]''' in the Hawaiian tradition of ''[[hānai]]''?
* ... that the '''[[Australian College of Educators]]'''{{`}} '''[[Buntine Oration]]''' has been given by a [[Governor-General of Australia|governor-general]], a [[Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea|prime minister]], and a [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]]?
* ... that at the '''[[IWRG 20th Anniversary Show]]''', Danny Casas defeated [[Toscano (wrestler)|Toscano]] to force him to be shaved bald, but the results were reversed at the ''[[Festival de las Máscaras (2016)|Festival de las Máscaras]]'' and Casas was left bald?
* ... that '''[[Irene Barnes Taeuber]]'''{{`s}} scholarly work is credited with helping to establish the science of [[demography]]?
* ... that the deepwater '''[[Boa catshark|boa]]''' and '''[[Dwarf catshark|dwarf catsharks]]''' are seldom caught by trawlers in the Caribbean Sea and the western Atlantic?
* ... that '''[[Josi S. Kilpack]]''' wrote a 12-book culinary mystery series, in which the title of each book is a kind of dessert?
*'''''02:30, 24 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Stanhope Medal]]''' ''(pictured)'' for each year's most gallant rescue honours '''[[Chandos Scudamore Scudamore Stanhope]]'''?
* ... that in his 2012 [[Senate of the Republic (Mexico)|Senate]] campaign, '''[[Alejandro Tello Cristerna]]''' received the most votes ever of any statewide candidate in [[Zacatecas]]?
* ... that "'''[[Why So Lonely]]'''" is the first [[Wonder Girls]] single written by the members of the band?
* ... that American sculptor '''[[Dennis Byng]]''' worked in [[plexiglas]] and [[lucite]]?
* ... that at the '''[[Arena Naucalpan 22nd Anniversary Show]]''', [[El Hijo del Santo]] defeated [[Scorpio Jr.]] in the main event, and three years later at the '''[[Arena Naucalpan 25th Anniversary Show|25th Anniversary Show]]''', he did it again?
* ... that the British Prime Minister [[Theresa May]] was introduced to her future husband '''[[Philip May|Philip]]''' by [[Benazir Bhutto]]?
* ... that the shoots and leaves of '''[[Honckenya|sea sandwort]]''' are rich in Vitamins A and C, and can be fermented to prepare a [[sauerkraut]]-like preserve?
===23 July 2016===
*'''''14:45, 23 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a {{convert|205|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} gust of wind in [[Taitung County]], Taiwan, during '''[[Typhoon Nepartak (2016)|Typhoon Nepartak]]''' ''(pictured)'' on July 8, 2016, is the highest recorded in the county?
* ... that '''[[Priscilla Nzimiro]]''' was the first woman from [[Igboland]], Nigeria, to qualify as a medical doctor?
* ... that '''[[Anautogeny|anautogenous]]''' [[insect]]s must eat blood in order to lay eggs?
* ... that [[Governor of Sinaloa|Governor-elect of Sinaloa]] '''[[Quirino Ordaz Coppel]]''', owner of two hotels in [[Mazatlán]], sat on the Tourism Commission in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]]?
* ... that the video for [[Katy Perry]]'s song "'''[[Rise (Katy Perry song)|Rise]]'''" features clips of athletes from various Olympic Games?
* ... that mathematician '''[[Sergei Nikolaevich Chernikov]]''' already had the first of his five department chairs before defending his [[Doktor nauk|DSc]] in 1940?
* ... that Stassybot's 2016 video game '''''[[Fragments of Him]]''''' was compared to ''[[That Dragon, Cancer]]'' due to the "emotional" settings and "gloomy visual tones"?
*'''''03:00, 23 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Berger Kirche]]''' ''(pictured)'', more than a thousand years old, is now used as a cemetery chapel and concert venue?
* ... that '''[[Alan Collins (diplomat)|Sir Alan Collins]]''' was the director-general of the [[British Office Taipei|British Trade and Cultural Office in Taipei]] from 1995 to 1998?
* ... that although [[Montesquieu]] had only intended to write a few pages about the '''[[Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline|decline of the Roman Empire]]''', he eventually produced 277 pages in 23 chapters?
* ... that '''[[Jane Hamilton Hall]]''' oversaw the construction of the [[Clementine (nuclear reactor)|Clementine]], the world's first [[fast reactor]], the first to be fueled by plutonium and the first to use a liquid metal coolant?
* ... that at the '''[[Arena Naucalpan 36th Anniversary Show]]''', [[Oficial 911]] was unmasked while [[X-Fly]] was shaved bald, leading to 911 taking revenge on X-Fly a year later at the '''[[Arena Naucalpan 37th Anniversary Show|37th Anniversary Show]]''', when X-Fly lost his hair again?
* ... that species of the fossil ant '''''[[Bradoponera]]''''' are suggested to have nested around [[epiphyte]]s?
* ... that '''[[Tiffany Trump]]''' has been called part of the "Snap Pack" for her voluminous postings to [[Instagram]]?
===22 July 2016===
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* ... that [[Quentin Tarantino]] ''(pictured)'' '''[[Quentin Tarantino filmography|wrote and directed]]''' the 1992 film ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'', which ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' named the "greatest independent film of all time"?
* ... that [[Max Reger]]'s three sacred motets for up to eight voices, '''[[Geistliche Gesänge, Op. 110|''Geistliche Gesänge'', Op. 110]]''', were composed in different years at different places for different choirs?
* ... that all the current chiefs of staff ([[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|COAS]], [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|CNS]], [[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|CAS]]) of the [[Indian Armed Forces]] are '''[[List of National Defence Academy alumni|National Defence Academy alumni]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Adele C. Howells]]''' commissioned [[Arnold Friberg]] to paint scenes from the [[Book of Mormon]] for ''[[The Children's Friend (LDS magazine)|The Children's Friend]]'' magazine?
* ... that '''[[Wolkentanz]]''', a leading [[Hanoverian horse|Hanoverian]] stallion at the [[Celle State Stud]], sired 21 licensed stallions?
* ... that '''[[José Antonio Gali Fayad|Antonio Gali]]'''{{`s}} candidacy for [[Governor of Puebla]] was supported by the [[National Action Party (Mexico)|PAN]], [[Labor Party (Mexico)|PT]], [[New Alliance Party (Mexico)|PANAL]], and two state parties?
* ... that 16-year-old [[hurdling|hurdler]] '''[[Sydney McLaughlin]]''' is the youngest athlete to qualify for the [[United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics#Athletics (track and field)|United States Olympic track and field team]] since 1980?<!--Nominator was not bothered about keeping this hook for the Olympics--->
*'''''03:30, 22 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the racehorse '''[[Speightstown (horse)|Speightstown]]''' ''(pictured)'' sold for US$2 million as a [[yearling (horse)|yearling]]?
* ... that Indian filmmaker [[Mohan Krishna Indraganti]] dedicated the second half of his [[Telugu language|Telugu-language]] film '''''[[Gentleman (2016 film)|Gentleman]]''''' to [[Alfred Hitchcock]] as a tribute?
* ... that '''[[narrowmouthed catshark]]s''' are unusual in displaying [[Heterodont|heterodont dentition]], with males and females having differently shaped mouths and teeth?
* ... that the [[video game]] '''''[[Spider-Man Unlimited (video game)|Spider-Man Unlimited]]''''' was frequently updated to synchronize with events in the broader [[Marvel Universe]]?
* ... that '''[[Arena Naucalpan]]''', currently the home of the [[International Wrestling Revolution Group]], started out as a [[roller rink]] in the 1950s?
* ... that the '''[[34th Street – Hudson Yards (IRT Flushing Line)|34th Street – Hudson Yards]]''' station is New York City's first new subway station in a quarter-century?
* ... that the first '''[[Sirloin Stockade]]''' restaurant featured a giant {{convert|1800|lb|adj=on}} plastic ornamental cow?
===21 July 2016===
*'''''12:00, 21 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Daisy Earles]]''' ''(pictured)'' of [[the Doll Family]] was known as a "miniature [[Mae West]]"?
* ... that '''[[Sankō Shrine]]''' may not be the location of the 17th-century [[Sanada Maru]]?
* ... that '''[[Elsa Reger]]''', who had first rejected [[Max Reger]]'s courting, titled her autobiography ''{{lang|de|Mein Leben mit und für Max Reger}}'' (My life with and for Max Reger)?
* ... that fashion designer [[Perry Ellis]] served in the '''[[United States Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard|U.S. Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Jeanne Burbank]]''' designed batteries for the first nuclear submarine, the [[USS Nautilus (SSN-571)|USS ''Nautilus'' (SSN-571)]]?
* ... that Marli van Breda '''[[Van Breda murders|survived being struck in the head by an axe]]''', but has no memory of the event?
* ... that '''[[Francisco Javier Sánchez Campuzano]]''' got into the broadcasting business by buying a [[daytimer]] [[AM broadcasting|AM station]] in [[Coahuila]]?
*'''''00:15, 21 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that "'''[[God Save the South]]'''" ''(sheet music cover pictured)'' is considered by some to have been the unofficial national anthem of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]]?
* ... that the botanist '''[[Ethel Thomas]]''' designed the [[University of London]]'s botany garden in [[Regent's Park]]?
* ... that '''[[Operation Quartz]]''' was a plan by the Rhodesian military to kill [[Robert Mugabe]], should he lose the [[Southern Rhodesian general election, 1980|1980 Southern Rhodesian general election]]?
* ... that in an '''''[[IWRG Ruleta de la Muerte]]''''' tournament the losers advance, not the winners, and the ultimate loser is shaved bald – which happened to Chico Che in '''[[IWRG Ruleta de la Muerte (2009)|2009]]''', Bugambilia in '''[[IWRG Ruleta de la Muerte (2013)|2013]]''', and [[X-Fly]] in '''[[IWRG Ruleta de la Muerte (November 2015)|November 2015]]'''?
* ... that the Indonesian film actor '''[[Farouk Afero]]''' shaved his head in protest at how cinemas treated domestic productions?
* ... that most of the '''[[Fenugreek production in India|fenugreek produced in India]]''' is grown in [[Rajasthan]]?
* ... that '''[[Helen Copenhaver Hanes]]''' helped raise over $850,000 to guarantee the [[University of North Carolina School of the Arts]] would be based in [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina|Winston-Salem]]?
===20 July 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Flag of Tanganyika Territory]]''' ''(pictured)'' features a giraffe, chosen because it was common within the territory?
* ... that '''[[S. N. Haleʻole]]''' wrote ''The Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai'', the first book-length work of fiction by a [[Native Hawaiians|Native Hawaiian]]?
* ... that the '''[[Children's Museum, Siri Fort]]''', has a sandstone sculpture of a woman [[buff (colour)|in the buff]]?
* ... that '''[[Newell Weight]]''' received over 500 applicants to the Brigham Young University [[a cappella]] choir, which he founded?
* ... that [[Abdullah Yusuf Azzam]], the co-founder of [[Al-Qaeda]], came from the Palestinian village of '''[[Silat al-Harithiya]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Miku Sawai]]''' transferred to a high school in Tokyo due to her work as a singer?
* ... that due to the '''[[French football bribery scandal]]''', no team is classed as winning the [[1992–93 French Division 1]] title?
*'''''00:45, 20 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the historic '''[[I.O.O.F. Centennial Building]]''' ''(pictured)'' is a three-story commercial building with an exterior decoration of raised brickwork spelling out "Centennial 4 July 1876"?
* ... that '''[[Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo]]''' won a 1984 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his [[Odia language]] short-story collection ''Abhisapta Gandharba''?
* ... that nests of the '''[[marbled wood quail]]''' and the '''[[spot-winged wood quail]]''' have roofs made of dead leaves?
* ... that '''[[Romesh Chandra]]''', former leader of the [[Communist Party of India]], was the president of the [[World Peace Council]]?
* ... that '''[[Biketown]]''', the new [[bicycle-sharing system]] for [[Portland, Oregon]], was named by its corporate sponsor, [[Nike, Inc.]]?<!-- Biketown service starts today, July 19th.--->
* ... that on his first visit to his native [[Transylvania]] a quarter-century after fleeing to escape imprisonment, '''[[Septimiu Albini]]''' caught pneumonia and died?
* ... that '''[[Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike (IND Queens Boulevard Line)|Kew Gardens]]''' made [[Queens]] grow?
===19 July 2016===
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* ... that after painting [[Hawaii]]an King [[Kamehameha I]] ''(pictured)'' in 1818, Russian artist '''[[Mikhail Tikhanov]]''' suffered a mental breakdown?
* ... that ships were moored between two jetties of the '''[[Holy Island Waggonway]]''' for unloading coal and loading lime?
* ...that the '''[[IWRG Guerra de Empresas|IWRG ''Guerra de Empresas'']]''' [[professional wrestling]] tournament pitted representatives from various Mexican [[professional wrestling promotions]] against each other?
* ... that Pop Momand's [[comic strip]] '''''[[Keeping Up with the Joneses (comics)|Keeping Up with the Joneses]]''''' popularized the common English catchphrase "[[keeping up with the Joneses]]"?
* ... that the '''[[Korea Music Copyright Association]]'''{{'s}} deal with [[JASRAC]] was called a "milestone in Japan-Korean musical relations" because Japanese music had been previously [[Censorship of Japanese media in South Korea|banned in South Korea]]?
* ... that [[Henry Ford]]'s personal secretary, '''[[Ernest G. Liebold]]''', was investigated by the [[United States Department of War]] as a suspected German spy during World War I?
* ... that '''[[High Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|High Street]]''' is actually {{convert|70|ft|m}} below ground?
*'''''01:15, 19 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canadian international soccer]] goalkeeper '''[[Erin McLeod]]''' ''(pictured)'' held her first solo art exhibit, entitled "Limitless", in 2013?
* ... that in 2016, '''[[Edition Güntersberg]]''' published twelve Fantasias for solo [[viol|viola da gamba]] by [[Georg Philipp Telemann|Telemann]] that had been lost?
* ... that after '''[[Eric Milroy]]''' died in the [[Battle of the Somme]], his mother kept a light on at night to help him find his way home?<!-- Special request for July 18th -->
* ... that the '''[[Tibetan eared pheasant]]''' may be declining in number because there are insufficient places for it to roost?
* ... that '''[[Thomas Dubay]]''', a [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|Catholic priest]] and prolific spiritual writer, read the monthly [[National Geographic (magazine)|''National Geographic'']] from cover to cover?
* ... that the '''[[George Washington Air Junction]]''' was designed to be the world's largest airport, larger than the New York, London, Berlin, Paris, Chicago, and Philadelphia airports combined?
* ... that ''[[Falstaff (opera)|Falstaff]]'' provoked in '''[[Ferruccio Busoni]]''' a "revolution of spirit"?
===18 July 2016===
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* ... that the Eurasian '''[[Geranium lucidum|shining cranesbill]]''' ''(pictured)'' is regarded as a [[noxious weed]] in the [[Pacific Northwest]] of the United States?
* ... that '''[[Kyle Holbrook]]''' has painted more than two hundred public [[mural]]s in the [[City of Pittsburgh]]?
* ... that Antonio Cesti's opera '''''[[La Dori]]''''' premiered at [[Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria|Archduke Ferdinand]]'s court in Innsbruck and was later performed in Florence for the wedding of [[Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany|Cosimo III de' Medici]]?
* ... that '''[[Georg Bätzing]]''' is the appointed bishop of the [[Diocese of Limburg]]?
* ... that following the release of '''''[[Pokémon Go]]''''', [[Nintendo]]'s share price rose by 50%?
* ... that as executive director of the [[Maine Women's Lobby]] from 1993 to 2003, '''[[Laura Fortman]]''' successfully lobbied for laws benefiting [[reproductive rights]], [[victims' rights]], and [[equal pay for equal work]]?
* ... that in the main event of the '''[[Guerra del Golfo (2008)|2008 ''Guerra del Golfo'']]''' [[professional wrestling]] show, [[Oficial Fierro]] unmasked a Ninja Turtle?
*'''''01:45, 18 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[José Plácido de Castro]]''' ''(pictured)'' revolted against the governments of Brazil and Bolivia and became president of [[Republic of Acre|Acre]]?
* ... that the '''[[Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion]]''' was Finland's worst industrial disaster?
* ... that '''[[Roxana Cannon Arsht]]''' was the first woman appointed judge in [[Delaware]]?
* ... that [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]] member [[Paul Banks (musician, born 1978)|Paul Banks]] and [[Wu-Tang Clan]] member [[RZA]] are releasing [[Anything But Words|an album]] together under the name '''[[Banks & Steelz]]'''?
* ... that [[Mormons|Mormon]] author '''[[Gale Sears]]''' has been the recipient of several [[Whitney Awards]] and nominations?
* ... that in 1915, the '''[[HMS Revenge (1892)|HMS ''Revenge'']]''', the ninth ship of the [[Royal Navy]] with that name, became the first ship to be fitted operationally with [[anti-torpedo bulge]]s?
* ... that '''[[Baby Huwae]]''' went from model and actress to fortune teller?
===17 July 2016===
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* ... that '''[[tamale pie]]''' ''(pictured)'' was invented in the United States, and has been described as a [[comfort food]]?
* ... that '''[[Jean Maxwell-Scott]]''' was the last direct descendant of the novelist [[Walter Scott|Sir Walter Scott]]?
* ... that the documentary film '''''[[Highway of Tears (film)|Highway of Tears]]''''' was created to draw attention to Canada's unsolved [[Highway of Tears murders]], and won an award at the [[Malibu Film Festival]]?
* ... that '''[[John Clement Fitzpatrick]]''' died before some of the 39 volumes of his ''The Writings of George Washington'' were published?
* ... that [[John Rutter]]'s choral composition '''''[[A Gaelic Blessing]]''''' associates "deep peace" with elements of nature?
* ... that '''[[Frederick William Kahapula Beckley Sr.|Frederick William Kahapula Beckley]]''' served as [[Governors of Kauai|Governor of Kauaʻi]] from 1880 to 1881?
* ... that at the '''[[Guerra de Familias (2012)|2012 ''Guerra de Familias'']]''', Silver King Jr. was not actually the son of [[Silver King (wrestler)|Silver King]], despite the family theme being the focal point of the show?
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* ... that the '''[[Flag of Nigeria (1914–1960)|former flag of Nigeria]]''' ''(pictured)'' features the [[Star of David]]?
* ... that the '''''[[Antidotarium Nicolai]]''''' has been called "the bible of medieval practical pharmacy"?
* ... that '''[[Frederick William Kahapula Beckley Jr.|Frederick William Kahapula Beckley]]''' was the last official interpreter of the [[Supreme Court of Hawaii|Hawaii Supreme Court]] during the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]]?
* ... that according to [[Michael Bay]], '''''[[Transformers: The Last Knight]]''''' will be his last ''[[Transformers (film series)|Transformers]]'' film?
* ... that '''[[Annie Rowan Forney Daugette]]''', the designer of the [[Seal of Alabama]], was described as the "[[Betsy Ross]] of Alabama"?
* ... that [[International Wrestling Revolution Group]]'s '''[[El Castillo del Terror (2000)|2000 ''El Castillo del Terror'']]''' show became an annual event when IWRG held another one '''[[El Castillo del Terror (2002)|in 2002]]'''?
* ... that on his 100th birthday, Ontario [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|MPP]] '''[[Thomas Patrick Murray]]''' received a personalized card from [[Wayne Gretzky]]?
===16 July 2016===
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* ... that in 2008, the '''[[Max-Reger-Institute]]''' in [[Karlsruhe]] began publishing [[List of works by Max Reger|the complete works]] by [[Max Reger]] ''(pictured)''?<!---Special request for July 16th--->
* ... that '''[[Paul Kanoa]]''', [[Governors of Kauai|Governor of Kauaʻi]] from 1847 to 1877, died after falling from the second-story room of his [[Honolulu]] residence?
* ... that the '''[[Divisional Cavalry Regiment (New Zealand)|Divisional Cavalry Regiment]]''' was New Zealand's first armored unit?
* ... that '''[[Karen Heck]]''', a women's rights activist and former mayor of [[Waterville, Maine]], co-owns a winery that is the sole distiller of [[absinthe]] in New England?
* ...that the '''''[[El Gran Desafío Femenil – Sin Empate, Sin Indulto]]''''' [[professional wrestling]] show was the first [[International Wrestling Revolution Group|IWRG]] show to feature a [[Women's professional wrestling|women's wrestling]] match as the main event?
* ... that the Indonesian actor '''[[A. Hamid Arief]]''' often took roles playing Europeans?
* ... that "pregnant" ballot boxes prompted the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]] to challenge an election in which its candidate, '''[[Maurilio Ochoa]]''', lost?
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* ... that a "historic" handshake between [[Raúl Castro]] and [[Barack Obama]] took place at '''[[Atlapa Convention Centre]]''' ''(pictured)'' in Panama?
* ... that '''[[Heather Blitz]]''' has owned and trained her Grand Prix [[dressage]] horse, Paragon, all his life?
* ... that '''[[PSLV-C34]]''', India's [[expendable launch system]], deployed 20 [[satellite]]s in [[Low Earth orbit]] in a single mission on 22 June 2016?
* ... that songs by '''[[Lothar Zenetti]]''' appear in current Protestant and Catholic hymnals, and are performed by singer-songwriters such as [[Konstantin Wecker]]?
* ... that reproductive adult '''[[Erythemis simplicicollis|eastern pondhawks]]''' have a lifespan of about ten days but are to be seen most of the summer in Florida?
* ... that '''[[Billie Nipper]]'''{{`s}} art was owned by [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Shania Twain]], and [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]]?
* ... that the song "'''[[Black Strap Molasses (song)|Black Strap Molasses]]'''"{{snd}}sung by [[Groucho Marx]], [[Jimmy Durante]], [[Jane Wyman]], and [[Danny Kaye]]{{snd}}was banned by [[CBS Radio]] on the grounds that it contained medical advice?
===15 July 2016===
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* ... that '''[[No. 37 Squadron RAAF]]''' ''([[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|C-130 Hercules]] pictured)'' transported the [[popemobile]]s on [[John Paul II|John Paul II]]'s 1986 tour of Australia?
* ... that '''[[Toby Moll]]''' met an old friend from [[Cape Town]] in the French village of [[Bazentin le Petit]] just after his regiment captured it from the Germans?<!--- special request for 15 July --->
* ... that in [[iOS]] and [[Android OS|Android]] platformer '''''[[Platform Panic]]''''', many of the available skins are references to characters from retro games, such as [[Mario]] and [[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]?
* ... that in marking the centenary of the [[Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan|Horea, Cloșca and Crișan revolt]], Transylvanian lawyer '''[[Rubin Patiția]]''' clashed with both the Hungarian authorities and his own [[Romanian Orthodox Church]]?
* ... that for the '''[[49th Anniversary of Lucha Libre in Estadio de Mexico|49th Anniversary of ''Lucha Libre'' in ''Estadio de Mexico'']]''' show, the [[International Wrestling Revolution Group|IWRG]] had a main event where the two teams represented their former [[professional wrestling promotion|wrestling promotions]]?
* ... that the Scottish composer '''[[Martyn Bennett]]''', who was influential in the evolution of modern [[Celtic fusion]], was sometimes called the "techno piper"?
* ... that historian [[Romila Thapar]] refused to accept the [[Padma Bhushan]], India's third-highest civilian award, but was still listed among '''[[List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2000–09)|the recipients of the 2000s]]'''?
*'''''03:10, 15 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that despite travelling to five continents as a musician, '''[[Gordon Tobing]]''' ''(pictured)'' continued to live with his in-laws?
* ... that the '''[[Indian Institute of Information Technology, Nagpur]]''', will start functioning in a temporary campus at [[Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited]]'s Regional Telecom Training Centre?
* ... that on September 2, 2008, Somali pirates '''[[Carré d'As IV incident|seized the yacht ''Carré d'As IV'']]''', prompting a French commando operation?
* ... that the '''[[Hybla Valley Airport]]''' was the first licensed airport in [[Virginia]]?
* ... that '''[[Ai Aoki (politician)|Ai Aoki]]''' was a singer-songwriter and kindergarten teacher before becoming a politician in Japan's [[national Diet]]?
* ... that the '''[[Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations]]''' was responsible for the bombing of [[Cubana Flight 455]], the worst incident of aviation terrorism in the western hemisphere before [[September 11 attacks|9/11]]?
* ... that '''[[Makila James]]''' wrote, "Africa is no easy place to love or know. But if you love her, you will come to know her"?
===14 July 2016===
*'''''14:20, 14 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[Scolopendra cataracta]]''''' ''(pictured)'', the world's only known amphibious centipede, was discovered by an entomologist on his honeymoon?
* ... that '''[[Cynthia Cooke]]''' nursed [[Far East prisoners of war]] before becoming head of the [[Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service]]?
* ... that the 1982 Dutch film '''''[[Het Beest]]''''', featuring [[Willem Ruis]] in his first and last cinema role, was a "legendary flop"?
* ... that in 1984 [[Maine]] lawyer '''[[Linda Smith Dyer]]''' rebutted opponents' claims that passage of the [[Equal Rights Amendment]] would legalize [[same-sex marriage]] in the state?
*... that the perpetrators of [[Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary|a major burglary]] were caught after discussing it in a '''[[Pentonville Road]]''' pub?
* ... that '''[[G. T. Bynum]]''', the mayor-elect of [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], is related to three former Tulsa mayors?
* ... that the '''[[War of the Antiochene Succession]]''' "came to a rather unspectacular end" in 1219?
*'''''00:00, 14 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[White-footed climbing mouse|white-footed]]''' ''(pictured)'', '''[[Coues's climbing mouse|Coues's]]''', '''[[Gardner's climbing mouse|Gardner's]]''', '''[[Peruvian climbing mouse|Peruvian]]''', and '''[[southern climbing mouse]]''' are all forest-dwellers from South America?
* ... that the British art dealer '''[[Jack Baer (art dealer)|Sir Jack Baer]]''' saved £150 million of art for the nation?
* ... that '''[[Prince Romerson]]''', a [[Hawaii and the American Civil War|Hawaiian who fought in the American Civil War]], served in the [[Union Navy]] and [[Union Army|Army]] and later became a [[Buffalo Soldier]]?
* ... that [[Landon Donovan]] '''[[List of international goals scored by Landon Donovan|scored 57 goals]]''' in 157 appearances for the [[United States men's national soccer team]] from 2000 to 2014, becoming the team's all-time top goalscorer?
* ... that in 1937 '''[[Ingrid Christensen]]''' became the first woman to indisputably set foot on mainland [[Antarctica]]?
* ... that the members of [[alt-country]] [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]] '''[[case/lang/veirs]]''' have collectively made more than 30 studio albums?
===13 July 2016===
*'''''12:00, 13 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Shore Line East]]''' service ''(train pictured)'' began in 1990, using equipment from the recently discontinued [[PATrain]]?
* ... that in December 2015, [[Trinidadians|Trinidadian]] commentator '''[[Fazeer Mohammed]]''' was banned from speaking to players in the [[West Indies cricket team]] before the [[Boxing Day Test]] match?
* ... that Hawaiian writer '''[[Kepelino]]''' was charged with treason after a failed attempt to overthrow King [[Kalākaua]] in favor of his opponent, [[Queen Emma of Hawaii|Queen Emma]], in 1874?
* ... that according to the [[State of Origin series|State of Origin]] viral video, '''[[That's In Queensland|Queensland's everywhere]]'''?<!--special occasion hook for July 13 in Australia-->
* ... that the ''[[Hollyoaks]]'' actor [[James Sutton (actor)|James Sutton]] has described '''[[James Nightingale (Hollyoaks)|James Nightingale]]''' as a strong and powerful character?
* ... that six years after the '''[[Siege of Al-Karak (1834)|siege and looting]]''' of their city by [[Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt|Ibrahim Pasha]], the people of [[Al-Karak]] exacted revenge on his forces while they were withdrawing from Syria?
* ... that at the '''[[Arena Naucalpan 29th Anniversary Show]]''', a clown beat a doctor?
*'''''00:00, 13 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Rima Melati]]''' ''(pictured)'' took part of her stage name from [[Audrey Hepburn]]'s character in ''[[Green Mansions (film)|Green Mansions]]''?
* ... that '''[[Dyke Action Machine!]]''' created [[public art]] that used commercial photography styling to present lesbian images that resisted [[sexism]] and [[consumerism]]?
* ... that [[Governor of Tamaulipas|Governor-elect of Tamaulipas, Mexico]], '''[[Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca]]''' was born in [[McAllen, Texas]], and played soccer at [[Houston Baptist University]]?
* ... that [[Mark Rylance]]'s portrayal of [[KGB]] spy [[Rudolf Abel]] in '''''[[List of accolades received by Bridge of Spies (film)|Bridge of Spies]]''''' (2015) won him the Best Supporting Actor award at the [[Academy Awards|Oscars]] and the [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTAs]]?
* ... that South Korean animator '''[[Mari Kim]]''' produced the music video for [[2NE1]]'s "[[Hate You (2NE1 song)|Hate You]]", which depicts the group as "eyedoll" action heroines?
* ... that [[Patrick Vieira]] won the '''[[2005 FA Cup Final]]''' for [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] with his last kick in his final appearance?
* ... that right-wing writer and activist '''[[Elizabeth Dilling]]''' claimed that [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]] was a Communist and [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] was a Jew?
===12 July 2016===
*'''''12:04, 12 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the orchard at '''[[Grönsö Manor]]''' ''(pictured)'' in Sweden, established in 1623, is still producing apples?
* ... that '''[[Johnny Williams (rugby player 1882–1916)|Johnny Williams]]''' scored two [[try|tries]] in [[Cardiff RFC|Cardiff]]'s 24–8 rout of {{nrut|Australia}} in 1908?<!--special occasion hook for July 12-->
* ... that the '''[[speckled mourner]]''' can be confused with the '''[[rufous piha]]'''?
* ... that North Korean poet '''[[Cho Ki-chon]]''' offered some of the earliest contributions to the [[North Korean cult of personality]]?
* ... that a total of 11 different [[professional wrestling championship]]s have been defended at the recurring '''''[[IWRG Caravana de Campeones|Caravana de Campeones]]''''', spread out between shows in '''[[Caravana de Campeones (2008)|2008]]''', '''[[Caravana de Campeones (2009)|2009]]''', '''[[Caravana de Campeones (2011)|2011]]''', '''[[Caravana de Campeones (May 2012)|May]]''' and '''[[Caravana de Campeones (August 2012)|August 2012]]''', '''[[Caravana de Campeones (August 2013)|August]]''' and '''[[Caravana de Campeones (November 2013)|November 2013]]''', '''[[Caravana de Campeones (2014)|2014]]''', and '''[[Caravana de Campeones (2015)|2015]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Green Flake]]''' was one of the first African-Americans to enter the [[Salt Lake Valley]]?
* ... that '''[[Alfred Lionel Rose|Lionel Rose]]''' silenced the crowd at an event honouring [[Queen Elizabeth II]] by yelling "shut up"?
*'''''00:19, 12 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that groups of '''[[starred wood quail]]''' ''(illustrated)'' move across open ground in single file?
* ... that in 1897, [[Northern Territory]] nurse '''[[Hannah Wood (nurse)|Hannah Wood]]''' was trapped when her house collapsed during a [[tropical cyclone]]?
* ... that '''[[S-type star]]s''' have bands of [[Zirconium monoxide|zirconium monoxide]] in their spectrum?
* ... that [[Wikipedian of the Year]] '''[[Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight]]''' has cited cultural anthropologist [[Margaret Mead]] as an influence on her writing?
* ... that the EP '''''[[Mr.Mr. (EP)|Mr.Mr.]]''''' by [[Girls' Generation]] was described as "expand[ing] their musical reach" and "experimenting into new sonic territory"?
* ... that "Nixon's Rabbi", '''[[Baruch Korff]]''', was part of an unbroken line of [[rabbi]]s going back 73 generations?
* ... that '''[[Tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate|BARF]]''' does [[Non-coordinating anion|not coordinate]]?
===11 July 2016===
*'''''12:34, 11 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 1899, after hiking for four days with almost no food, entrepreneur [[Duncan Hines]] ordered $5 worth of '''[[ham and eggs]]''' ''(pictured)'' at a restaurant in [[Cheyenne, Wyoming]]?
* ... that '''[[Kari Løvaas|Kari Lövaas]]''' appeared in the premiere of Orff's ''[[De temporum fine comoedia]]'' at the [[Salzburg Festival]]?
* ... that in May 1762, the crew of '''[[HMS Active (1758)|HMS ''Active'']]''' earned more than 33 years of wages from the capture of a single Spanish vessel?
* ... that the '''[[Quintinia verdonii|grey possumwood]]''' can be a desirable garden plant on account of its flowers?
* ... that film producer and director '''[[Henry S. Kesler]]''' was the grandson of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS]] [[President of the Church (LDS Church)|prophet]] [[Joseph F. Smith]]?
* ... that '''[[gender inequality in South Korea]]''' is illustrated by a [[Global Gender Gap Report]] indicator which shows that [[women in South Korea|South Korean women]] earn on average about 55% [[gender pay gap|of what men earn]]?
* ... that '''[[Teresa Feoderovna Ries]]'''{{`}} first exhibition at the [[Vienna Künstlerhaus]] included a sculpture of a nude [[Witchcraft|witch]] snipping her toenails, making Ries an overnight sensation?
*'''''00:49, 11 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Varvakeion Athena]]''' ''(pictured)'' is considered the most faithful reproduction of the [[Chryselephantine sculpture|chryselephantine]] statue of [[Athena Parthenos]] which stood in the [[Parthenon]]?
* ... that '''[[Thomas Draper]]''', who introduced the legislation to allow women to stand for parliament in [[Western Australia]], became the first Australian parliamentarian to lose his seat to a woman?
* ... that '''[[Roya Sadat]]''' and her sister '''[[Alka Sadat]]''', directors of feature films and documentaries in the post [[Taliban regime]] in [[Afghanistan]], established the Roya Film House?
* ... that '''[[Chi Cygni]]''' is a [[variable star]] that is over 10,000 times brighter at its maximum than at its minimum?
* ... that '''[[James Laurie]]''' proposed an [[elevated railroad]] over [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] in 1853, fifteen years before [[IRT Ninth Avenue Line|New York City's first such line]] was built?
* ... that the film '''''[[Neerja]]''''' is about [[Neerja Bhanot]], who gave her life to help save 359 of the 379 passengers and crew on board [[Pan Am Flight 73]] on 5 September 1986?
* ... that the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Mark Bonner]]''' was forced to retire after suffering a broken arm during a league match against [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]] in September 2005?
===10 July 2016===
*'''''13:03, 10 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Aminah Cendrakasih]]''' ''(pictured)'' has acted in over a hundred films?
* ... that '''[[Tingey House]]''' is the [[official residence]] of the [[Chief of Naval Operations]] of the [[United States Navy]]?
* ... that '''[[Esna (singer)|Esna]]''' was one of the songwriters of "[[Some (song)|Some]]", which topped the ''Billboard'' [[Korea K-Pop Hot 100]] for six weeks?
* ... that the 1909 [[The Varsity Match|Varsity Match]] came to be known as '''[[Poulton's Match]]''' after [[Ronald Poulton|Ronnie Poulton]] scored a record five [[try|tries]]?
* ... that Argentine president '''[[Fernando de la Rúa]]''' served for just two years, half of his [[term of office]]?
* ... that there is a '''[[Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration|Celebration]]''' for the [[Tennessee Walking Horse]] every year?
* ... that in 1866 the eccentric legislator '''[[George Belly Ukeke|George Belly ʻŪkēkē]]''' suggested dog's and pig's teeth be reintroduced as currency in the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]]?
*'''''01:18, 10 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that an eruption of '''[[Taryatu-Chulutu]]''' in the [[Holocene]] formed the [[Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Indriati Iskak]]''' went from film star to psychologist to marketer?
* ... that both the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] and the [[Australian Army]] have '''[[Boeing CH-47 Chinook in Australian service|operated Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters]]'''?
* ... that after leading [[Komeito]] to a large defeat in 2009, including losing his own seat, '''[[Akihiro Ota]]''' returned to the [[National Diet]] in 2012 and became a cabinet minister for the first time?
* ... that one sportswriter called the '''[[1906 Vanderbilt Commodores football team]]''' "the first great Southern team"?
* ... that '''[[Gerd Neggo]]''' trained with [[Rudolf von Laban]] in [[Hamburg]], Germany, established her dance studio at [[Tallinn]], Estonia, and promoted [[modern dance]] and [[mime]] based on [[classical ballet]]?
* ... that the '''[[serval]]''' has the longest legs of any cat relative to its body size?
===9 July 2016===
*'''''13:33, 9 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that during the construction of the '''[[Wignacourt Aqueduct]]''' ''(pictured)'', '''[[Bontadino de Bontadini]]''' introduced [[Baroque architecture]] in [[Malta]]?
* ... that '''[[Margaret Gowing]]''' became the [[University of Oxford]]'s first professor of the history of science, despite not having a degree in history or science?
* ... that though once thought to be sterile, the '''[[uterine microbiome]]''' contains at least 14 [[Commensalism|commensal]] microorganisms in healthy women?
* ... that [[Tandra Paparayudu]], who had rushed to the demolished '''[[Bobbili Fort]]''' to help his sister's family, killed the Raja of Vizianagaram and then committed suicide along with his accomplices?
* ... that '''''[[4 Walls]]''''' was the first release by girl group [[f(x) (band)|f(x)]] since member [[Sulli]] left the group?
* ... that '''[[Jane Little (musician)|Jane Little]]''' was short in stature, played a [[Double bass|large instrument]], and was longest in tenure, setting a [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]] at the [[Atlanta Symphony Orchestra|Atlanta Symphony]]?
* ... that [[Brock Lesnar]] was used as a model for the appearance of the Armored Titan in '''''[[Attack on Titan]]'''''?
*'''''01:48, 9 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Carlos Menem]]''' ''(pictured)'', elected in 1989, was the first Argentine president to succeed a democratically elected president from another party since 1916?<!--special occasion hook for July 8-->
* ... that the '''[[tawny-breasted myiobius]]''', the '''[[whiskered myiobius]]''', and the '''[[black-tailed myiobius]]''' are all found in South American rainforests but tend to occupy different habitats?
* ... that '''[[Daredevil (season 2)|the second season of ''Daredevil'']]''' was referred to internally as "[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics character)|Daredevil]] vs. the [[Punisher]]"?
* ... that [[My Chemical Romance]] drummer '''[[Bob Bryar]]''' suffered third-degree burns on his arms and legs during the filming of the music video for "[[Famous Last Words (My Chemical Romance song)|Famous Last Words]]"?
* ... that '''''[[Moog for Love]]''''' was the first record by [[Disclosure (band)|Disclosure]] not to feature writing contributions from [[Jimmy Napes]]?
* ... that cricket journalist '''[[Tony Munro]]''' was born with [[dwarfism]]?
* ... that a man received a warranty guaranteeing him Beauty on '''[[Little Mahantango Creek]]''' in 1793?
===8 July 2016===
*'''''14:03, 8 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Prusa i3|the most used 3D printer in the world]]''' ''(pictured)'' can partially [[Self-replication|self-replicate]]?
* ... that the professional golfer '''[[Walter Toogood]]''' died in a [[History of psychiatric institutions|lunatic asylum]]?
* ... that the '''[[wildlife of South Korea]]''' includes [[wild boar]] which come into cities to look for food, and can potentially kill people?
* ... that in January 2016, '''[[Héctor Armando Cabada Alvídrez|Armando Cabada]]''' resigned as news director of [[XHIJ-TDT]] in order to run for [[municipal president of Ciudad Juárez]]?
* ... that the '''[[SS Jacona (1918)|SS ''Jacona'']]''' was the world's first seagoing electric generator [[powership]]?
* ... that '''[[Farida Arriany]]''' won a [[Citra Award for Best Leading Actress|Best Leading Actress]] at the [[Indonesian Film Festival|1960 Indonesian Film Week]]?
* ... that [[Julian Lage]], a jazz guitarist, recorded his album '''''[[ARCLIGHT]]''''' on a [[Fender Telecaster]]?
*'''''02:18, 8 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the male '''[[Salvadori's pheasant]]''' ''(pictured)'' is very similar in appearance to the female '''[[crestless fireback]]'''?
* ... that the poet and playwright '''[[Ferdinand Dugué]]''' saw the tradition of [[Theatre of France|French theatre]] endangered by "pornography, music hall and cinema"?
* ... that a one megaton [[nuclear weapon]] can create a [[radar]]-opaque '''[[nuclear blackout]]''' disk hundreds of kilometers across?
* ... that singer-songwriter '''[[Whang Bo-ryung]]'''{{'}}s third album was written in a calming acoustic style as a response to chaotic world events such as the [[Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster]]?
* ... that the fossil ant '''''[[Ceratomyrmex]]''''' has modified jaws, possibly for catching large prey?
* ... that '''[[Yukiko Sakamoto]]''' was the first woman vice-governor of [[Shizuoka Prefecture]]?
* ... that '''[[Tiny Town (miniature park)|Tiny Town]]''' was the first complete modern city built in miniature?
===7 July 2016===
*'''''14:33, 7 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 1941 '''[[Michelle Tisseyre]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first woman to present a 15-minute newsletter broadcast in the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]'s French services?
* ... that the '''[[Stonewall National Monument]]''' in New York City is the first [[National Monument (United States)|U.S. National Monument]] dedicated to [[LGBT]] [[LGBT history in the United States|history]]?
* ... that the '''[[asparagusic acid|odour of urine after eating asparagus]]''', which was described by [[John Arbuthnot|Arbuthnot]] as "foetid" and by [[Benjamin Franklin]] as "disagreeable", was compared to "a flask of perfume" by [[Marcel Proust]]?
* ... that '''[[E. Keith Eddington]]''' was commissioned to design the current [[Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 book)|hymn book]] for [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]?
* ... that although the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature|IUCN]] at one time considered '''[[Macleay's dorcopsis]]''' to be a [[vulnerable species]], it is now rated as "[[Least-concern species|least concern]]"?
* ... that the '''[[Medical Women's Federation]]''' was formed in the UK in 1917 and has acted to address workplace and educational grievances of female [[Physician|doctors]]?
* ... that '''[[Qriously]]''' was voted "worst name in ad-tech" in an ''[[Advertising Age|Ad Age]]'' poll, beating Vungle, Nanigans, AdsWizz, and Burt?
*'''''02:48, 7 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[W. G. Grace]] ''(pictured)'' seriously contemplated retirement before the '''[[W. G. Grace in the 1878 English cricket season|1878 English cricket season]]''' after a shooting accident?
* ... that the 12th-century prince '''[[Fadl ibn Rabi'ah]]''' was the ancestor of the [[Al Fadl|Al Fadl dynasty]], which dominated the [[Bedouin]] tribes of the [[Syrian Desert]]?
* ... that [[Felix Mendelssohn]] encouraged '''[[Die Zerstörung Jerusalems (oratorio)|The Destruction of Jerusalem]]''' in Leipzig in 1840?
* ... that '''[[Thomas J. Yates]]''' was the first [[Released time|released-time]] [[Seminary (LDS)|seminary]] teacher for [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]?
* ... that '''''[[Brexit: The Movie]]''''', a [[documentary film]] advocating that the United Kingdom [[United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union|withdraw]] from the European Union, was crowdfunded by 1,800 contributors?
* ... that '''[[Jennifer d'Abo]]''' was once described as a "serial female entrepreneur"?
* ... that an actress and crew traveled 27,977 miles in 13 days to film the music video for [[Death Cab for Cutie]]'s "'''[[I Will Possess Your Heart]]'''"?
===6 July 2016===
*'''''15:03, 6 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the "[[Minneapolis|City of Lakes]]" has a [[ship's wheel]] on [[flag of Minneapolis|its flag]], a sailboat in its logo, and '''[[List of lakes in Minneapolis|13 lakes]]''' of at least {{convert|5|acre|km2|2}} ''([[Lake Nokomis]] pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Baba Sidhaye]]''' is regarded as the "first deaf and mute [[cricket]]er to have taken the field"?
* ... that London's '''[[Pall Mall, London|Pall Mall]]''' owes its name to a 17th-century ball game similar to [[croquet]]?
* ... that being a thrifty man, bibliographer '''[[Ioan Bianu]]''' raised cows on [[Romanian Academy]] grounds in downtown [[Bucharest]]?
* ... that '''[[Lois Jones (scientist)|Lois Jones]]''' led the first all-woman science team to [[Antarctica]] in 1969?
* ... that when Glasgow Records could not find a suitable singer to perform their dance tunes, they decided instead to '''[[T-Babe|create one]]'''?
*'''''03:18, 6 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that prior to undergoing an historic renovation, the '''[[Mayer Red Brick Schoolhouse]]''' ''(pictured)'' was condemned by the [[fire marshal]]?
* ... that '''[[Agustín Basave Benítez]]''' was a [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|federal deputy]] for just 69 days prior to becoming president of the Mexican [[Party of the Democratic Revolution]]?
* ... that '''[[Ein as-Sahla]]''' was established as a daughter village of [[Barta'a]] in the 19th century?
* ... that according to her daughter [[Ali Wentworth]], '''[[Muffie Cabot]]''', a former social secretary to [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Nancy Reagan]], "will choose a bath over a shower, a play over a movie, and the ocean over a pool"?
* ... that in 1300, the Bulgarian Patriarch '''[[Joachim III of Bulgaria|Joachim III]]''' was charged with treason and executed by the newly crowned Emperor [[Theodore Svetoslav of Bulgaria|Theodore Svetoslav]]?
* ... that [[Senator]] [[Chris Murphy (Connecticut politician)|Chris Murphy]] launched '''[[Chris Murphy gun control filibuster|a filibuster]]''' in the [[United States Senate]] promising to hold the floor "for as long as I can", or until Congress acted on [[gun control|gun control legislation]]?
* ... that an early predecessor of the '''[[pop out cake]]''' was a pie from which a dwarf emerged for [[Charles I of England]] in 1626?
===5 July 2016===
*'''''15:33, 5 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Elizabeth Truswell]]''' used ancient [[pollen]] to show that plants existed in [[Antarctica]] before the ice cap formed?
* ... that it took '''[[Setting Sun (horse)|Setting Sun]]''' three attempts to win a [[Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration#World Grand Championship|World Grand Championship]]?
* ... that '''[[Henry King (musician)|Henry King]]''', the bandleader of the [[Burns and Allen]] radio program, received special dispensation for his marriage?
* ... that the '''[[Segovia prison break|escape of 29 political prisoners]]''' in Segovia in 1976 was Spain's largest prison break since [[Spanish Civil War|its civil war]]?
* ... that in 2004 '''[[Ellen F. Golden]]''' queried [[United States presidential election, 2004|U.S. presidential candidate]] [[John Kerry]] on the subject of [[women in business]] during a national [[conference call]] heard by 2,000 female entrepreneurs?
* ... that the musical style of South Korean band '''[[Smacksoft]]''' was described as "a fantastic, densely-layered hybrid sound of [[post-punk]], rock and [[electronica]]"?
===4 July 2016===
*'''''22:17, 4 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that from 1815, the '''[[flag of the United States of the Ionian Islands]]''' ''(pictured)'' featured the [[Lion of Saint Mark]] and the [[Blue Ensign]]?
* ... that '''[[Bungy Watson|James "Bungy" Watson's]]''' nickname was the word used at [[The King's School, Canterbury]], for a [[eraser|rubber]]?
* ... that the lyrics of [[Girls' Generation]]'s song "'''[[Party (Girls' Generation song)|Party]]'''" mention drinking lemon [[soju]], [[mojito]] and [[tequila]]?
* ... that ''[[The Imitation Game]]'' producer '''[[Nora Grossman]]''' persuaded [[Andrew Hodges]] to let her turn his book into a film even though she had no producing experience?
* ... that 2016 has seen widespread '''[[2016 Sweden riots and unrest|rioting and unrest across Sweden]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Tropical Storm Colin (2016)|Tropical Storm Colin]]''' was the [[List of Atlantic hurricane records#Earliest formation records by storm number|earliest third]] [[Tropical storm|tropical storm]] ever recorded in an [[Atlantic hurricane season]]?
* ... that starting in 1991, [[Neil Armstrong]] hosted an aviation television series, '''''[[First Flights with Neil Armstrong]]'''''?
*'''''10:02, 4 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Peter Taylor (footballer, born 1928)|Peter Taylor]]''' and [[Brian Clough]] ''(statue pictured)'' once sacked a tea lady because she "laughed after a bad defeat"?
* ... that most [[red algae]] store [[carbon fixation|energy from the sun]] as '''[[Floridean starch]]'''?
* ... that '''[[John of Brienne]]''', who lost the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]] to his son-in-law in 1225, won the [[Latin Empire of Constantinople]] as his other son-in-law's co-ruler in 1229?
* ... that the [[food fight]] scene from ''[[Cheers]]''{{`}} '''[[Thanksgiving Orphans|Thanksgiving episode]]''' was shot twice, resulting in a strong odor around the set?
* ... that '''[[Javier Corral Jurado|Javier Corral]]''', the [[Governor of Chihuahua|Governor-elect of Chihuahua]], is named for the singer [[Javier Solís]], who died several months before his birth?
* ... that radio station '''[[WRGG-LP]]''' uses the same format and broadcast tower as the now-defunct [[WQCM|WKSL]], which was created by the father of one of WRGG's co-founders?
* ... that production designer '''[[Hannah Beachler]]''' based some outdoor scenes in the [[Miles Davis]] biopic ''[[Miles Ahead (film)|Miles Ahead]]'' on old silent footage somebody had posted on [[YouTube]]?
===3 July 2016===
*'''''21:47, 3 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the last [[Ilkhanate|Mongol]] invasion of [[Bilad al-Sham|Syria]] ended with a failed siege against '''[[al-Rahba]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that Japan's [[National Basketball League (Japan)|National Basketball League]] and [[bj league]] have merged to create the '''[[B.League]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Mitt Romney's March 3 speech]]''' represented an unprecedented attack by a major U.S. party's most recent presidential nominee against the party's current front-runner for the nomination?
* ... that [[Ed Brubaker]] and [[Sean Phillips]] turned down offers for the film rights to their comic '''''[[The Fade Out]]''''' because they were afraid accepting them would affect the way the book was written?
* ... that '''[[Jack Polito]],''' brother of actor [[Jon Polito]], was inspired to become an [[animator]] after seeing the 1933 film ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]''?
* ... that three Iranian diplomats and a journalist were '''[[Iranian diplomats kidnapping (1982)|kidnapped in Lebanon]]''' by [[Kataeb Party|Phalange forces]] almost 34 years ago, and their fate remains unknown?
* ... that in February 2016, fake documents were sent to [[Companies House]] claiming that '''[[Katrien Meire]]''' had resigned as chief executive of [[Charlton Athletic F.C.]]?
*'''''09:32, 3 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Raynald of Châtillon]]''' ''(execution pictured)'' was described as a "monstrous infidel and terrible oppressor" by [[Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad]] in his biography of [[Saladin]]?
* ... that between 1889 and 1917, the campus of '''[[History of East Texas Normal College|East Texas Normal College]]''' burned on three separate occasions?
* ... that changes to [[T'Pol]]'s costume in the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' episode "'''[[The Xindi]]'''" were made to appeal to the 18–49 male demographic?
* ... that '''[[Constance of Antioch]]''' was kidnapped to be married at the age of nine?
* ... that [[Brad Kern]] cited the [[nature versus nurture]] debate as one of the issues related to '''[[Christy Jenkins]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[Ferrari 330 TRI/LM]]''', the last front engined racecar to win the [[1962 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans]], was driven regularly in New York City after the end of its racing career?
* ... that in 1880, the sixteen-year-old composer [[Richard Strauss]] wrote his '''[[Symphony No. 1 (Strauss)|First Symphony]]''' in just three months, whilst still at school?
===2 July 2016===
*'''''21:17, 2 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[César Camacho Quiroz]]''' ''(pictured)'' was selected to become [[Governor of the State of Mexico]] and president of the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]], both times to replace newly designated cabinet members?
* ... that '''[[Porth Wen Brickworks]]''' on the north coast of Anglesey made [[fire brick]]s from locally quarried [[quartzite]]?
* ... that actors [[Peter Mullan]] and [[Jack Lowden]], who portray pioneering golfing legends [[Old Tom Morris]] and [[Young Tom Morris]] in the 2016 film '''''[[Tommy's Honour]]''''', had no prior experience with golf?
* ... that the [[Padma Bhushan]], along with other [[Indian honours system|Indian civilian awards]], was briefly suspended in '''[[List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1990–99)|the 1990s]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Hamza Ali]]''' died at age 20, having already played [[first-class cricket]] for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club]] and [[List A cricket]] for [[Rawalpindi Rams]]?
* ... that [[Bothrops|pit vipers]] eat '''[[Amazonian hocicudo]]s'''?
* ... that Dutch Nazi, actor, and theater critic '''[[Adriaan van Hees]]''' became depressed when he discovered he was part Jewish, but still volunteered for the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]]—and was denied?
*'''''09:02, 2 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that since its replacement on 1 July 1997, '''[[Flag of Hong Kong (1959–1997)|the former flag of Hong Kong]]''' ''(pictured)'' is used as a symbol of protest against perceived Chinese interference in Hong Kong?<!--Special occasion request for July 1-->
* ... that '''[[Helen Fricker]]''' was a member of the first group to drill into an Antarctic [[subglacial lake]]?
* ... that on Christian rock band [[MercyMe]]'s 2009 album '''''[[10 (MercyMe album)|10]]''''', they re-recorded their song "[[I Can Only Imagine (MercyMe song)|I Can Only Imagine]]" at [[Abbey Road Studios]] with the London Session Orchestra?
* ... that a fort was built at '''[[al-Ukhaydir, Tabuk Province|al-Ukhaydir]]''' in reaction to the poisoning of its well by the [[Bedouin]]?
* ... that the {{nrut|Scotland}} [[rugby union|rugby]] international '''[[Rowland Fraser]]''' was killed on the first day of the [[Battle of the Somme]], 10 days after getting married?<!--Special occasion request for July 1-->
* ... that '''''[[Coralloidoolithus]]''''', a type of [[dinosaur egg]] from Asia, was originally thought to be a type of ''[[Paraspheroolithus]]''?
* ... that '''[[Bernie Sanders' Dank Meme Stash]]''', a Facebook group with over 400,000 members, inspired the creation of [[Bernie Singles]], a [[Online dating service|dating website]] for supporters of US presidential candidate [[Bernie Sanders]]?
===1 July 2016===
*'''''12:00, 1 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Sultan [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] had a fort built at '''[[Dhat al-Hajj]]''' ''(pictured)'', a rest stop on the [[Hajj]] caravan road?
* ... that '''[[Omar Mateen]]''', who in June 2016 committed the [[2016 Orlando nightclub shooting|deadliest mass shooting]] in the United States by a single gunman, previously appeared in the documentary film ''[[The Big Fix (2012 film)|The Big Fix]]''?
* ... that [[Portadown F.C.]] will start the '''[[2016–17 NIFL Premiership]]''' on −12 points for paying an amateur player?
* ... that '''[[Ruthie Tompson]]''' was offered a job by [[Walt Disney]] while working at the riding club where he played [[polo]]?
* ... that [[Bikini Kill]] recorded three different versions of their song "'''[[Rebel Girl (song)|Rebel Girl]]'''"?
* ... that [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] requested '''[[Dean Fausett]]'s''' ''Derby View'' painting hang in his office in the [[White House]] during his administration?
* ... that fans of ''[[Overwatch (video game)|Overwatch]]'' have turned one of its characters, '''[[D.Va]]''', into an internet meme, often featuring her eating Doritos and drinking Mountain Dew?
*'''''00:00, 1 July 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Sabrina Sidney]]''' ''(pictured)'' was groomed to be the perfect wife, using techniques such as pouring hot wax on her arms?
* ... that the '''[[2016 OFC Nations Cup Final]]''' was the first such final to be decided on penalties?
* ... that the '''[[student movements in Korea|South Korean student movement]]''' of the 1980s played a key role in the [[Democratization of South Korea|democratization of their country]]?
* ... that '''[[Mary Farrar]]''', a victims' advocate for over 20 years, had an older brother who was shot and killed during a robbery at their family's scrap metal business?
* ... that the '''[[Laguna Amarga]]''' [[caldera]] in Argentina is associated with an [[ignimbrite]] of 630 cubic kilometres (150 cu mi)?
* ... that '''[[Lewis Robertson]]''' offered to give up the captaincy of the Army rugby team because he felt he was out of form?
* ... that '''''[[Fallout 4: Far Harbor]]''''' had to be re-released in order to fix performance issues with the [[PlayStation 4]] version?
