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===31 March 2016===
*'''''12:00, 31 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Imelda Marcos]]''' ''(pictured)'' spent [[United States dollar|US$]]2,000 on [[chewing gum]] in an [[San Francisco International Airport|airport]] stop?
* ... that '''[[Umaswati]]''', a 1st-millennium Indian scholar, wrote the earliest extant text in Sanskrit that completely summarizes [[Jainism|Jainist]] philosophy?
* ... that [[Raziel (wrestler)|Raziel]] was billed as a rookie for the 2012 '''''[[Gran Alternativa 2012|Gran Alternativa]]''''' tournament despite having wrestled for 16 years prior to the tournament?
* ... that the upcoming film '''''[[Hidden Figures]]''''' reveals the three [[African Americans|African-American]] female mathematicians who helped [[NASA]] win the [[Space Race]]?
* ... that '''[[Karel Dufek]]''', Czechoslovak ambassador to Turkey and Brazil, served in the [[International Brigades]] in the [[Spanish Civil War]]?
* ... that the [[United States]]' [[official journal]], ''[[Federal Register|The Federal Register]]'', may be suspended and replaced with the '''''[[Emergency Federal Register]]''''' in the event of an attack against the country?
* ... that the '''[[2016 Milan–San Remo|2016 edition of Milan–San Remo]]''' needed to take a {{convert|9|km|mi|abbr=on}} detour due to a [[landslide]] blocking the original route?
* ... that [[PlatinumGames]] and [[Activision]] held an "official leak" to announce '''''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan]]'''''?

*'''''00:00, 31 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Big King]]''' sandwich ''(pictured)'', [[Burger King]]'s take on the [[Big Mac]], underwent five reformulations and four name changes before settling on its current recipe and name?
* ... that after '''[[Janet Stumbo]]''' defeated [[Sara W. Combs]] for her seat on the [[Kentucky Supreme Court]], Combs was appointed to Stumbo's vacated seat on the [[Kentucky Court of Appeals]]?
* ... that the '''[[Watersipora subtorquata|red-rust bryozoan]]'''{{'s}} tolerance of copper may enable other [[Biofouling|fouling organisms]] to grow on the hulls of ships?
* ... that [[University of Iowa]] basketball player '''[[Peter Jok]]''' received offers from colleges while in eighth grade?
* ... that [[Kieran Hebden]] released '''''[[Morning/Evening]]''''' on the [[June solstice|summer solstice]] because he thought it was "a lovely day"?
* ... that underground courier '''[[Frumka Płotnicka]]''', who delivered weapons and instructions for making [[Molotov cocktail]]s and [[hand grenade]]s to Jews in [[General Government|Nazi-occupied Poland]], died in the [[Będzin Ghetto]] uprising?
* ... that stand-up comic [[Jeff Ross]] helped write the lines for [[Robert De Niro]] '''[[The Comedian (2017 film)|playing a stand-up comic]]'''?
* ... that [[professional wrestler]] '''[[Ray Candy]]''' once used the name "Super Mario Man", despite being a large African American and not a [[Mario|short Italian plumber]]?

===30 March 2016===
*'''''12:00, 30 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that two surviving passengers of '''[[Avianca Flight 52]]''' ''(aircraft pictured)'', which crashed in 1990, were discovered to have [[Mule (smuggling)#Swallowing|swallowed condoms filled with cocaine]]?
* ... that '''[[Yue Qi]]''' was a winner of the [[Foresight Institute Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology|Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology]] as a graduate student, and then went on to do research for [[General Motors]]?
* ... that the '''[[Jokhang]]''' temple, at the center of an ancient network of [[Buddhist]] temples in [[Lhasa]], is considered the "spiritual heart of the city" and the most sacred in Tibet?
* ... that '''[[Cecil Brown (Hawaii politician)|Cecil Brown]]''', a politician and president of '''[[U.S. national banks of Hawaii|Hawaii's largest National Bank]]''', occasionally served as an [[Acting (law)|acting]] [[Judge|Justice]] on the [[Supreme Court of Hawaii]]?
* ... that '''''[[Adventures of Mana]]''''' is a remake of the 1991 Game Boy game ''[[Final Fantasy Adventure]]'', which was the first entry in the [[Mana (series)|''Mana'' series]]?
* ... that the '''[[DU spectrophotometer]]''' was used for secret World War II research on the development of [[penicillin]]?
* ... that '''[[Daisy Rossi]]''' gave up her painting career after her studio was destroyed by fire?
* ... that '''[[Flim Flam (horse)|Flim Flam]]''' was originally supposed to be a breeding [[stallion]], but was [[gelding|gelded]] so he could excel in Olympic [[dressage]]?

*'''''00:11, 30 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that contrary to popular belief, '''[[Santi Sergio e Bacco al Foro Romano|Ss. Sergio e Bacco al Foro Romano]]''' ''(pictured)'' may not have been destroyed so that [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] could pass through the [[Arch of Septimius Severus]]?
* ... that "'''[[Long Way to Go (Gwen Stefani and André 3000 song)|Long Way to Go]]'''" received criticism for its sample of "[[I Have a Dream]]"?
* ... that '''[[Keenu Gill]]''' became [[Captain (cricket)|vice-captain]] of the [[Hong Kong women's national cricket team]] at the age of 17?
* ... that the obsolete constellation '''[[Telescopium Herschelii]]''' commemorated [[William Herschel|Herschel's]] discovery of [[Uranus]]?
* ... that '''''[[Speak Life]]''''' is considered the debut album of '''[[Sev Statik]]''', even though he had previously released '''[[Altered State (Stu Dent album)|another studio album]]'''?
* ... that during construction, the hull of '''[[HMCS Integrity (1804)|HMCS ''Integrity'']]''' was filled with water to see if any leaked through the sides?
* ... that '''[[LaVerne Krause]]''', who started the [[printmaking]] program at the [[University of Oregon]], had previously exhibited her paintings for sale in a beauty parlor and a tavern?
* ... that '''[[Rolling stock of Network SouthEast|Network SouthEast{{'}}s rolling stock]]''' included Bubble Cars, Dusty Bins, Thumpers, and Tadpoles, all with a [[toothpaste]] colour scheme?

===29 March 2016===
*'''''12:26, 29 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Amazonian streaked antwren]]''' ''(pictured)'', '''[[Guianan streaked antwren]]''', and '''[[Pacific antwren]]''', despite being similar in appearance, can be distinguished by their songs?
* ... that the largest single collection of one woman's clothes owned by a UK museum came from '''[[Emily Tinne]]'''?
* ... that [[Michael Finnissy]] has '''[[Verdi Transcriptions (Finnissy)|reimagined parts of every opera]]''' of [[Giuseppe Verdi]]?
* ... that Canadian civil servant '''[[Wilfrid Eggleston]]''' rejected Prime Minister [[Mackenzie King]]'s request to censor the [[Conscription Crisis of 1944]]?
* ... that [[Garth Davis]]' directorial debut, '''''[[Lion (2016 film)|Lion]]''''', recounts the true story of a lost [[Saroo Brierley|Indian boy]] who found his birth parents using [[Google Earth]]?
* ... that '''[[List of Lady Gaga live performances|Lady Gaga's performance]]''' at the [[87th Academy Awards]] triggered 214,000 interactions per minute on Facebook?
* ... that some recipients of the '''[[Padma Vibhushan]]''', India's second highest civilian award, have refused or even returned their medals?
* ... that a fellow [[LPGA|LPGA Tour]] golfer said '''[[Alice Bauer]]'''{{`s}} [[back swing]] "made [[John Daly (golfer)|John Daly]]'s look short"?

*'''''00:41, 29 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Tom Kilburn]]''' ''(pictured)'', the co-creator of the the [[Small-Scale Experimental Machine|world's first stored-program computer]], did not own a personal computer?
* ... that "'''[[I Know What You'll Do Next Summer]]'''", an episode of ''[[Veronica Mars]]'', includes a public service announcement for [[Invisible Children, Inc.]] after the installment's conclusion?
* ... that in 1945 '''[[Philip Jaffe]]''' was charged with espionage and fined US$2,500?
* ... that [[Luis Walter Alvarez|Luis Alvarez]] initially called the '''[[AN/APQ-7|APQ-7 radar]]''' the "EHIB", short for "Every House in Berlin", referring to its planned mission?
* ... that '''[[Black Allan (horse)|Black Allan]]'''{{`s}} [[ambling gait|running walk]] made him unfit for [[harness racing]], yet he became the [[foundation bloodstock|foundation sire]] of the [[Tennessee Walking Horse]]?
* ... that the luminous [[barred spiral galaxy]] '''[[NGC 1614]]''' is undergoing a [[Galaxy merger|minor merger]] event which has triggered a [[starburst region]] around the galactic core?
* ... that '''[[Cicely Corbett Fisher]]''' co-founded a society for women's suffrage when she was fifteen years old?
* ... that [[Lady Gaga]]'s "'''[[Teeth (song)|Teeth]]'''" has been described as a "perverse march" and a "gospel ode" to [[sadomasochism]]?

===28 March 2016===
*'''''12:56, 28 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Old Wall (Sofia)|Old Wall]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]], popularly called the "Roman Wall", is in fact an [[Islam]]ic religious structure from the 16th or 17th century?
* ... that '''[[Lois Galgay Reckitt]]''', a [[Maine]] human rights activist who has advocated against [[domestic violence]] and for [[LGBT rights in the United States|LGBT rights]], is listed in ''[[Barbara Love#Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975|Feminists Who Changed America]]''?
* ... that the print run of ''[[Aria (magazine)|Aria]]'' was increased 1000% after it began serializing the ''[[Attack on Titan]]'' spinoff '''''[[Attack on Titan: No Regrets|No Regrets]]'''''?
* ... that the soprano '''[[Rotraud Hansmann]]''' performed six parts in three Monteverdi operas conducted by [[Nikolaus Harnoncourt]], including Euridice in ''[[L'Orfeo]]''?
* ... that [[Lady Gaga]]'s "'''[[Til It Happens to You]]'''", which highlights [[sexual assault]], was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media]] and [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]]?
* ... that Brazilian footballer '''[[Éder Monteiro Fernandes]]''', who plays for the Indian club [[Salgaocar S.C.|Salgaocar]], has played alongside [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] winner [[Romário]] at [[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]?
* ... that despite having gills, '''[[Gomphidius|spike caps]]''' are classified with the [[boletales|boletes]]?
* ... that '''[[Carrie Johnson]]''' represented the United States at three consecutive Olympics after being diagnosed with [[Crohn's disease]] in 2003?

*'''''01:11, 28 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the ancient church of '''[[San Caio]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Rome]] was demolished in 1878 during the construction of the [[Ministry of Defence (Italy)|Italian Ministry of Defense]] building?
* ... that '''[[Tithe (Latter Day Saints)|tithing]]''' in the early history of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] could be done using property, labor, produce, livestock, or cash?
* ... that, when bad weather caused more than half of them to desert, the remaining off-and-on [[Mutiny|mutineers]] of '''[[Operation Strength II]]''' were disarmed and flown to a training base at Seno?
* ... that '''[[Christianity and association football|Christianity played a role]]''' in the founding of several British football clubs, including [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]], [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], and [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]?
* ... that the ancient '''''[[Trishikhibrahmana Upanishad]]''''' text asserts the theory that living beings originate by four means, through an egg, through seeds, through a womb, or through sweat?
* ... that the composer '''[[Gustav Gunsenheimer]]''' was the church musician at St. Lukas in [[Schweinfurt]] from 1969 to 2015?
* ... that after removal of the introduced [[European rabbit]]s, populations of the '''[[Acaena magellanica|greater burnet]]''' failed to recover in the [[Kerguelen Islands]]?
* ... that costume designer '''[[Sarah Nash Gates]]''' once taught at Clown College?

===27 March 2016===
*'''''13:26, 27 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Mary Barr]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first [[Women in aviation|female aviator]] to join the [[US Forest Service]] and was among the first four women to fly in the [[Reno Air Races]]?
* ... that during '''[[Operation Maharat II]]''', a [[sonic boom]] scared the [[Pathet Lao]] into retreat?
* ... that [[Morisco]] crypto-Muslim author '''[[Young Man of Arévalo]]''' adapted passages from ''[[The Imitation of Christ]]'' in his [[Islam]]ic devotional works?
* ... that the '''[[Tuck rule (ice hockey)|tuck rule]]''' prevents [[National Hockey League]] players from tucking in their jerseys during games, although it took almost fifty years to enforce it?
* ... that the [[Easter]] hymn "'''[[Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing]]'''" was renamed to avoid confusion with the Christmas carol "[[In dulci jubilo|Good Christians All, Rejoice]]"?
* ... that '''[[Josiah Ransome-Kuti]]''' was the first Nigerian to release a record album?
* ... that '''''[[List of accolades received by Mad Max: Fury Road|Mad Max: Fury Road]]''''' won awards for its editing, costume design, and production design at the [[88th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]], and [[69th British Academy Film Awards|BAFTAs]]?
* ... that '''[[Zhu Shaowen|Fear No Poverty]]''', the "father of [[Crosstalk (comedy)|crosstalk]]", performed alongside a man who could make music with his nose?

*'''''01:41, 27 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that during his stay at '''[[Huntsham Court]]''' ''(pictured)'', [[Douglas Adams]] failed to make progress in writing ''[[So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish]]'', but enjoyed "sipping expensive wines"?
* ... that [[Metropolitan Opera]] tenor '''[[Andrea Velis]]''' starred in the United States premieres of four different operas by [[Benjamin Britten]]?
* ... that the '''[[Heilongjiang hand cannon]]''' is the oldest surviving firearm in the world?
* ... that the British trade union organiser '''[[Jeannie Mole]]''', an early follower of [[Victorian dress reform|dress reform]], liked to wear an outfit reminiscent of [[Clothing in ancient Greece|Greek robes]]?
* ... that the fungus '''''[[Cryptostroma corticale]]''''' can kill trees and cause disease in humans?
* ... that the original tracklist of [[Meghan Trainor]]'s album '''''[[Thank You (Meghan Trainor album)|Thank You]]''''' was revamped after the creation of its lead single "[[No (Meghan Trainor song)|No]]"?
* ... that the '''[[Liverpool Women's Suffrage Society]]''' encouraged membership by holding meetings at cafes with poetry, singing, and dance performances?
* ... that the rapper '''[[Sintax the Terrific]]''' is also a practicing [[licensed federal attorney]]?

===26 March 2016===
*'''''13:56, 26 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[royal antelope]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the smallest [[antelope]] in the world?
* ... that '''[[José Antonio Gallardo]]''' was a posthumous winner of the [[Ricardo Zamora Trophy]] for best [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] in Spain's [[Segunda División]]?
* ... that the album '''''[[Back to Dust]]''''' was selected as one of the [[Rawkus Records]]' "Rawkus 50" campaign?
* ... that despite the immensity of the [[Syrian refugee crisis]], the '''[[Azraq refugee camp]]''' in Jordan that is meant to house them has remained well below capacity since its opening in 2014?
* ... that '''[[Ann T. Bowling|Ann Bowling]]''' studied [[hereditary disease]]s in animals that were genetically linked to their coat color?
* ... that in 1942, the [[Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food]] ordered that part of the '''[[Abergele Golf Club]]''' be ploughed as part of the [[Victory garden|Dig for Victory]] campaign?
* ... that Turkish sportswoman '''[[Yasemin Adar]]''' was a [[shot put]]ter before she became her country's first [[2016 European Wrestling Championships#Women's freestyle|European champion in women's wrestling]]?
* ... that Japan's surrender in 1945 led to a surge of black-market '''''[[yatai (food cart)|yatai]]''''' (food carts)?

*'''''00:31, 26 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Swoon of the Virgin]] ''(detail pictured)'' is depicted in Dortmund's '''[[Marienkirche, Dortmund|Marienkirche]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Meira Paibi]]''' ("Women Torchbearers") is a women's [[social movement]] in [[Manipur]] known as the "guardians of civil society"?
* ... that the Dutch village of '''[[Zoeterwoude-Dorp]]''' was built in the 13th century around a church dedicated to the English missionary [[Lebuinus|Saint Lebuinus]]?
* ... that Czech [[association football|footballer]] '''[[Alois Grussmann]]''' played more than 300 times in the top football leagues of his country?
* ... that '''[[Recorded In Hollywood Records|Recorded In Hollywood]]''' was an extension of [[John Dolphin (music producer)|John Dolphin]]'s South Central Los Angeles record store?
* ... that '''[[Plagiotriptus pinivorus|African pine-feeding grasshoppers]]''' have defoliated plantation [[Pinus patula|pines]] in East Africa?
* ... that '''[[Marta Vergara]]''' believed that the family, rather than the individual, was the fundamental unit of [[Individual and group rights|political identity]]?
* ... that "'''[[All for Jesus, All for Jesus]]'''" was the closing hymn of ''[[The Crucifixion (Stainer)|The Crucifixion]]'' and set aside for congregational singing?

===25 March 2016===
*'''''12:46, 25 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Martin Luther|Luther]] adapted "'''[[Christe, du Lamm Gottes]]'''" ''(symbol pictured)'' as a Protestant communion song from the Latin "Agnus Dei" (Lamb of God) of the [[Mass (music)|mass]]?
* ... that [[spoken word]] artist '''[[Yolanda Wisher]]''', whose writing focuses on the urban African-American experience, became the third poet laureate of [[Philadelphia]] in 2016?
* ... that the church of '''[[Santa Lucia in Septisolio]]''' derived its name from a nearby [[Septizodium|ancient Roman ruin]]?
* ... that '''[[Dewey L. Fleming]]''' was one of nine newspaper reporters who were secretly invited to cover the first [[Quebec Conference, 1943|Quebec Conference]] between [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[Winston Churchill]]?
* ... that according to analysts, '''[[Montanile v. Board of Trustees of Nat. Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan|a recent United States Supreme Court decision]]''' could "greatly affect the funding of [[Social programs in the United States|welfare]] benefits plans"?
* ... that the soprano '''[[Emily Van Evera]]''' appeared with the [[Taverner Consort]] at [[The Proms]] in Bach's ''{{nowrap|[[St Matthew Passion structure|St Matthew Passion]]}}''?
* ... that the [[fossil egg]] '''''[[Hemifaveoloolithus]]''''' has a shell made up of four to five superimposed layers of eggshell units?
* ... that '''[[Maud Carpenter]]''' scolded [[Anthony Hopkins]] when he turned up at the [[Liverpool Playhouse]] wearing jeans and an open-neck shirt, instead of a sports jacket and tie?

*'''''01:01, 25 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Colossus of Ostermunzel]]''' ''(pictured)'' is significantly lighter than originally estimated?
* ... that in [[Reformed theology]], the [[sacrament]] of the '''[[Lord's Supper in Reformed theology|Lord's Supper]]''' is believed to strengthen Christians' [[union with Christ]] by the spiritual eating of his true body and blood?
* ... that while still in school, Chinese social and Christian activist '''[[Deng Yuzhi]]''' decided to be an independent woman, remain unmarried, and live the life of a "new woman"?
* ... that the shell of '''''[[Trigonoolithus]]''''', a type of [[dinosaur egg]], is covered with triangular nodes?
* ... that '''[[Louisa Melvin Delos Mars]]''' was one of the first black women to achieve recognition as a composer?
* ... that the first migrant worker football club in Germany, '''[[Lupo Martini Wolfsburg|ISC Lupo]]''', was formed in 1962 by Italians?
* ... that '''[[Jay H. Upton]]''', a private in the [[2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment]] during the [[Spanish–American War]], later became President of the [[Oregon State Senate]]?
* ... that '''[[Astronesthes richardsoni|Richardson's snaggletooth]]''', a deep sea fish, is black with [[Photophore|luminous spots]]?

===24 March 2016===
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* ... that [[Meghalaya]] has one of the largest surviving '''[[Matrilineal society of Meghalaya|matrilineal societies]]''' ''([[Khasi people|Khasi]] women pictured)''?
* ... that the [[viol|viola da gamba]] player '''[[Philippe Pierlot]]''' co-founded the [[Ricercar Consort]], which plays little-known 17th-century music?
* ... that '''[[Swift Bus Rapid Transit]]''' began operations in 2009 as the first [[bus rapid transit]] system in the U.S. state of [[Washington (state)|Washington]]?
* ... that '''[[Ethel Wilson Gammon]]''', founder and executive director of the [[The Norlands|Washburn-Norlands Living History Center]], also enjoyed role-playing historical characters for her visitors?
* ... that "'''[[Kau Ilhamku]]'''", a promotional song that is only available for streaming on [[Yonder Music]], saw the collaboration of Malaysian and Indonesian artists?
* ... that the crew of ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' had wanted [[Paul Rudd]] to guest star on the show for several years before his eventual appearance in the episode "'''[[Debasement Tapes]]'''"?
* ... that '''[[Dona Nelson]]''', known for her two-sided paintings, was called "one of the best artists working today" by ''[[New York Times]]'' art critic [[Roberta Smith]]?
* ... that '''[[Operation Fa Ngum]]''' ended on the verge of [[mutiny]]?

*'''''01:16, 24 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Riga]] contains the '''[[Art Nouveau architecture in Riga|highest concentration of Art Nouveau architecture in the world]]''' ''(building detail pictured)''?
* ... that students at the [[Royal College of Surgeons]] protested at being asked questions on [[midwifery]] by a woman – even though '''[[Emily Winifred Dickson]]''' was a Fellow of the College?
* ... that '''[[baleen whale]]s''', although carnivorous, have [[gut flora]] similar to that of herbivores?
* ... that U.S. President [[Harry S. Truman]] referred to Pulitzer Prize winner '''[[Louis Stark]]''' as the "dean of all reporters on the labor scene"?
* ... that '''''[[Ping Pong (1987 film)|Ping Pong]]''''' was the first film to be shot in [[Chinatown, London|London's Chinatown]]?
* ... that [[Pope Gregory I|Gregory the Great]] wrote that '''[[Theodore the Sacristan]]''' was bedridden for days after experiencing a vision of [[Saint Peter]]?
* ... that '''''[[The New Day (newspaper)|The New Day]]''''', launched on 29 February, was the first new national British newspaper to appear since the ''[[i (newspaper)|i]]'' in 2010?
* ... that a video of police officer '''[[Bobby White]]''' playing basketball with a group of boys received over 17 million views on Facebook?

===23 March 2016===
*'''''12:00, 23 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Sara W. Combs]]''', the first woman to sit on the [[Kentucky Supreme Court]], held her seat for less than four months before losing it in a [[By-election|special election]] to another woman?
* ... that after the ancient Chinese state of '''[[Zhoulai]]''' was conquered in 529 BC, its territory was ruled by three different states in the ensuing decades?
* ... that when '''[[Elida Campodónico]]''' attempted to get an identity card to vote, she was told, "In Panama there are no women citizens, only male citizens"?
* ... that '''[[Euroleon nostras|antlions]]''', which are found over most of the European continent, are extremely rare in Great Britain and only known to breed in two areas across [[East Anglia]]?
* ... that '''[[Bai Jinian]]''' was China's first provincial [[Party Committee Secretary|party chief]] elected by secret ballot, but was forced out of office three years later?
* ... that while [[Benjamin Disraeli]] wrote of '''''[[Charles Auchester]]''''' that "No greater book will ever be written on music", the critic [[Henry Chorley]] thought it "half-crazy"?
* ... that despite admitting to [[necrophilia]], '''[[Karen Greenlee]]''' only spent 11 days in jail for theft of a hearse and interfering with a funeral?

*'''''00:00, 23 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the small [[Maya civilization|Maya]] archaeological site of '''[[Cerro Quiac]]''' ''(pictured)'', the most important Maya ceremonial site in the [[Guatemala]]n municipality of [[Cantel, Guatemala|Cantel]], was once used as an artillery emplacement?
* ... that '''[[Willie Ogg]]''' patented the forerunner to the modern [[Iron (golf)#Cavity_back|cavity back iron]]?
* ... that '''[[agliata]]''' sauce originated from the times of [[Ancient Rome]], at which time it was a [[Peasant foods|peasant food]] that was also used by the upper classes?
* ... that the philosopher '''[[Tatjana Višak]]''' argues that [[utilitarianism|utilitarians]] should oppose the killing of animals in agriculture, even if they have lived happy lives?
* ... that '''[[Air India]]''' entered the [[Guinness Book of World Records]] for carrying out the largest evacuation by a civil airliner, during the [[Gulf War]]?
* ... that '''[[Olga Rapay-Markish]]''' is known for designing and decorating building interiors and façades in [[Kiev]] with massive [[ceramic]] works?
* ... that with an estimated weight of only {{convert|100|g|oz}}, '''''[[Nipponoolithus]]''''' is among the smallest fossil dinosaur eggs ever discovered?
* ... that former [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]], mayor '''[[Eileen Foley]]''' cut the ribbon to open both the original [[Memorial Bridge (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)|Memorial Bridge]] in 1923 and its replacement in 2013?

===22 March 2016===
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* ... that the recently discovered '''[[Zamilon virophage]]''' ''(pictured)'' casts doubt on the concept of [[virophage]]s?
* ... that in May 2005, [[Rapzilla]] called '''''[[Slow Burn (album)|Slow Burn]]''''' one of the best albums so far that year?
* ... that '''[[Eleni Glouftsis]]''' is the first female [[Umpire (Australian rules football)|field umpire]] to be appointed to an [[Australian Football League]] sanctioned match?
* ... that the [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbrian]] '''[[styca]]''' was first minted in the 790s, replacing the silver [[sceat]]?
* ... that '''[[Simon of Athens]]''' is the earliest [[ancient Greek]] writer known to have written on horses and [[Equitation|horsemanship]]?
* ... that '''''[[Parasite Rex]]''''' discusses the various parasites that use humans as their host, such as the [[tsetse fly]]'s [[African trypanosomiasis|trypanosomes]] and [[filarial worms]]?
* ... that in the 1920s, '''[[Karl Čermak]]''', deputy from the '''[[Česká Lípa 5th electoral district (Czechoslovakia)|Česká Lípa 5th electoral district]]''', was the sole member of the [[German Social Democratic Workers Party in the Czechoslovak Republic|German Social Democracy in Czechoslovakia]] leadership who hailed from a major city?
* ... that in London's '''[[Africa Centre, London|Africa Centre]]''', [[Desmond Tutu]] and [[Thabo Mbeki]] used to meet at the bar?

*'''''00:00, 22 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Sue Austin]]''', who performed as part of the [[2012 Cultural Olympiad|London 2012 Cultural Olympiad]], uses an underwater wheelchair specially modified with [[scuba diving]] equipment ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Cordón del Azufre]]''' is part of one of the largest deforming volcanic systems on Earth, comparable with [[Yellowstone Caldera|Yellowstone]]?
* ... that after killing Sultan [[an-Nasir Hasan]] in 1361, '''[[Yalbugha al-Umari]]''' and the senior [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk]] emirs had '''[[al-Mansur Muhammad, Sultan of Egypt|al-Mansur Muhammad]]''' installed as the [[List of Mamluk sultans|Mamluk sultan]]?
* ... that the [[United States Supreme Court|U.S. Supreme Court]] ruled in '''''[[Santosky v. Kramer]]''''' (1982) that before terminating parental rights, the state must [[Legal burden of proof|prove]] [[child abuse]] or [[child neglect|neglect]] by [[clear and convincing evidence]]?
* ... that the mezzo-soprano '''[[Pamela Dellal]]''', who recorded music by [[Hildegard von Bingen]] and [[Fanny Mendelssohn]], translated all texted works by [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]?
* ... that '''''[[Montanoolithus]]''''', a type of [[fossil egg]] from [[Montana]], were laid in a ring atop a mound-shaped nest?
* ... that when [[Changsha]] was invaded in 1930, '''[[Maud Russell]]''' refused to leave the city and, after mistakenly being thought to have perished, a memorial service was held for her?
* ... that [[Johannes Hevelius]] declared that one needed the eyes of a [[lynx]] to see '''[[Lynx (constellation)|Lynx]]'''?

===21 March 2016===
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* ... that during the '''[[Battle of Karameh]]''', the [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli Army]] aborted a plan to retrieve two of its tanks ''(pictured)'' that were left behind in [[Jordan]]?
* ... that the '''[[STELLA (programming language)|STELLA]]''' programming language has been used to model [[Prince Hamlet]]'s thirst for revenge in Shakespeare's ''[[Hamlet]]''?
* ... that '''[[Phebe Hemphill]]'''{{`s}} sculptures, including the one of [[Gettysburg National Military Park|Gettysburg]], appear on several [[United States Mint]] [[50 State Quarters|state quarters]]?
* ... that the '''[[blue duiker]]''' marks its [[territory (animal)|territory]] by the secretions of [[gland]]s near its eyes?
* ... that '''[[Františka Plamínková]]'''{{`s}} activism started when she spoke out about an [[Austro-Hungarian]] law that forbade female teachers from marrying and required them to be celibate?
* ... that the '''''[[Annapurna Upanishad]]''''' states a [[Yogi]] with self-knowledge beholds all living beings as his own self, fears no one, and treats people's possessions as meaningless?
* ... that in addition to collecting and curating thousands of volumes for the Maine Women Writers Collection, '''[[Dorothy M. Healy]]''' raised thousands of [[turkey]]s on her farm?
* ... that the best-selling flavor of '''[[Kit Kats in Japan|Japanese Kit Kats]]''' in 2010 was [[soy sauce]]?

*'''''00:00, 21 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Coropuna]]''' ''(pictured)'', the tallest [[volcano]] in Peru, was active less than 2,000 years ago?
* ... that after '''[[Natasha Wightman]]''' shaved her head for ''[[V for Vendetta (film)|V for Vendetta]]'', her neighbour assumed a man was trying to break into Wightman's home and called the police?
* ... that the '''[[Pulvinaria regalis|horse chestnut scale insect]]''' is primarily a [[Pest (organism)|pest]] of urban trees?
* ... that French suffrage activist '''[[Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger]]''' proposed that women's issues become part of the treaty process at the [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919|Paris Peace Conference of 1919]]?
* ... that '''[[Tempe Streetcar]]''' will link areas of downtown [[Tempe, Arizona]], including [[Arizona State University]]'s [[Arizona State University Tempe campus|main campus]], and will provide connections to [[Valley Metro Rail]]'s light rail line?
* ... that a man could not be found guilty of raping his wife in English law until the judgment of '''''[[R v R]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1|''Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern'', BWV 1]]''', [[Chorale cantata (Bach)|Bach's chorale cantata]] for the feast of the [[Annunciation]], was first performed on [[Palm Sunday]]?
* ... that SPARK, a group co-founded by '''[[Lyn Mikel Brown]]''', started a 2012 petition against [[Lego Friends]] for introducing a line of skinny, buxom female characters?

===20 March 2016===
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* ... that as chair of the [[Inter-American Commission of Women]], '''[[Doris Stevens]]''' ''(pictured)'' presented data on laws affecting women, resulting in the passage of the first international [[Convention on the Nationality of Women|agreement on women's rights]]?
* ... that the '''[[Reich Harvest Thanksgiving Festival]]''' was attended by more people than any other Nazi ceremony, including the [[Nuremberg Rally|Nazi party rally at Nuremberg]]?
* ... that '''[[Tessa Hadley]]'''{{`s}} second novel has been described as "mysteriously, bewitchingly compelling" despite being a "virtually plotless portrait ... of breathtakingly ordinary mortals"?
* ... that the format of the '''[[PiliPinas Debates 2016 – Mindanao leg|Mindanao leg]]''' of '''''[[PiliPinas Debates 2016]]''''' was modeled after the [[Republican Party presidential debates and forums, 2016|Republican presidential debates in the United States]]?
* ... that a [[Turonian|94-million-year-old]] [[fossil egg]] from Zhejiang Province, eastern China, was named '''''[[Paraelongatoolithus]]''''' by paleontologists in [[2010 in paleontology|2010]]?
* ... that "'''[[This Transformation]]'''" decries the societal discrimination against beggars?
* ... that in a 1994–97 study, 769 species of plant were identified in the '''[[Hatila Valley National Park]]''' in northeastern Turkey?
* ... that '''[[Theodosia Bartow Prevost]]''' used [[The Hermitage (Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey)|her home]] as [[George Washington]]'s headquarters during the [[American Revolutionary War]], despite being married to a British Army officer?

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* ... that in 1959 the Women's Union at [[Colby College]] was renamed Runnals Union ''(pictured)'' in honor of '''[[Ninetta May Runnals]]''', the college's first Dean of Women?
* ... that believers of '''[[Rulaizong]]''' use the phrase "Thanking Master, Praising Master" to praise the founder of the religion?
* ... that during the Nazi era, World War I flying ace '''[[Edmund Nathanael]]''' was deleted from the list of [[House Order of Hohenzollern|Hohenzollern]] honorees?
* ... that the church of '''[[San Sebastiano de Via Papae]]''' was reputed to mark the site where [[Saint Sebastian]]'s body was pulled out of a sewer?
* ... that Filipina feminist '''[[Concepción Felix]]''' founded [[Gota de Leche|A Drop of Milk]] to train maternity nurses and provide sterile milk to malnourished infants?
* ... that the South African [[Die Stem van Suid-Afrika|national anthem]] was played before '''[[1992 South Africa vs New Zealand rugby union match|their first rugby test match]]''' since being banned for apartheid, despite an agreement with Nelson Mandela's [[African National Congress|ANC]] that it would not be?
* ... that '''[[Erica Deichmann Gregg|Erica Deichmann]]''' created over 5,000 [[ceramic glaze|glazes]] for [[Deichmann pottery]]?
* ... that during rehearsals of the 1982 album '''''[[Forever Now (The Psychedelic Furs album)|Forever Now]]''''', producer [[Todd Rundgren]] tried to energise [[The Psychedelic Furs]] with exploding firecrackers?

===19 March 2016===
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* ... that '''[[Amanda Sidwall]]''' ''(self-portait pictured)'' was one of the first women to study at the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Arts]]?
* ... that the light, crisp, smoky, and highly carbonated '''[[Grodziskie]]''' beer was once nicknamed "Polish Champagne"?
* ... that the soprano '''[[Greta De Reyghere]]''' recorded [[List of motets by Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach's motets]], [[Vesperae solennes de confessore (Mozart)|Mozart's vespers]], and music by the Belgian composers [[Joseph Ryelandt]] and [[Joseph-Hector Fiocco]]?
* ... that '''[[Aquaveo]]''' software was used to simulate a terrorist attack on the [[Jordanelle Reservoir]] during the [[2002 Winter Olympics]]?
* ... that '''[[Leroy Brown (wrestler)|Leroy Brown]]''' was repeatedly struck by a bottle during a match in Japan, much to the amusement of other wrestlers on the tour?
* ... that the '''[[Echeneis neucratoides|whitefin sharksucker]]''' often attaches itself to a large fish or turtle?
* ... that at the age of 18, '''[[Sheldon Creed]]''' became the youngest driver to compete in the [[Dakar Rally]]?
* ... that ''[[Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio|Liaozhai]]'' author [[Pu Songling]] '''[[The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal|was critical]]''' of people who worshipped mythical characters like the [[Sun Wukong|Monkey King]]?

*'''''00:00, 19 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that during '''[[Operation Strength]]''', a [[BLU-82|15,000 lb (6,800 kg) bomb]] ''(example of detonation pictured)'' served as a diversion to a diversion?
* ... that when Japanese law changed and barred women from [[Freedom of assembly|political assembly]], '''[[Shimizu Shikin]]''' quit [[public speaking]] and became one of the country's first professional women journalists?
* ... that [[Josh Homme]] credited his work with Iggy Pop on '''''[[Post Pop Depression]]''''' with helping him through the aftermath of the [[November 2015 Paris attacks]]?
* ... that the Danish painter and [[Pottery|ceramicist]] '''[[Suzette Holten]]''' was part of the avant-garde [[Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler]] movement?
* ... that in the '''[[FBI–Apple encryption dispute]]''', a federal judge in [[Brooklyn]] has ruled that the 1789 [[All Writs Act]] cannot be used to [[motion to compel|compel]] [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] to unlock a drug dealer’s [[iPhone]]?
* ... that in 1940, professional wrestler '''[[Murciélago Velázquez]]''' was the first Mexican to lose his [[wrestling mask|mask]] in a match, creating the ''[[Luchas de Apuestas]]'' concept that headlines shows all over Mexico to this day?
* ... that the young of '''''[[Nomorhamphus ebrardtii]]''''' develop in the mother fish's oviduct, feeding on unfertilised eggs and their smaller siblings?
* ... that "'''[[Ground-Mobile Command Center|doomsday trucks]]'''" may hit the road following a catastrophic nuclear attack against the United States?

===18 March 2016===
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* ... that newly minted coins placed inside a [[Pier (architecture)|pier]] of '''[[Chappel Viaduct]]''' ''(pictured)'' went missing within hours, and a bricklayer who proffered a new half-sovereign in a pub was suspected?
* ... that '''[[Robert Shope]]''', described as a "walking encyclopaedia" of [[arbovirus]]es, discovered more novel viruses than anyone previously?
* ... that the hip-hop group '''[[Ill Harmonics]]''' was formed after the founders met at their local church choirs?
* ... that the collapse of the '''[[Tête Rousse Glacier]]''' in the [[Alps]] killed over 200 people in 1892, and thousands still live under its threat?
* ... that South African suffragist '''[[Julia Solly]]''' was the sister of British suffragist [[Nessie Stewart-Brown]]?
* ... that the upcoming [[Pokémon]] games '''[[Pokémon Sun and Moon|''Sun'' and ''Moon'']]''' will feature connectivity with the [[Virtual Console]] versions of [[Pokémon Red and Blue|''Red'', ''Green'', ''Blue'']] and [[Pokémon Yellow|''Yellow'']] through [[Gameplay_of_Pokémon#Pokémon_Bank|''Pokémon Bank'']]?
* ... that '''[[Maud McLure Kelly]]''', the first woman to practice law in [[Alabama]], was also the first [[Southern United States|Southern]] woman admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court?
* ... that unlike other members of its [[Rafflesia|genus]], including the giant "[[Rafflesia arnoldii|corpse flower]]", the newly discovered '''''[[Rafflesia consueloae]]''''' smells like young [[coconut|coconut meat]]?

*'''''00:00, 18 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''''[[Rama Rahasya Upanishad]]''''' ''(Rama in the heart of Hanuman pictured)'' presents a goddess as the cause of creation, a god as the soul, and both together as the source of all existence?
* ... that '''[[Finis Alonzo Crutchfield, Jr.]]''' is credited with bringing the televangelist [[Oral Roberts]] into the [[United Methodist Church]] in 1968?
* ... that '''[[Operation Phalat]]''' was a preventative strike into Laos by Thai forces in 1971 to contain communist influence in the region?
* ... that for his ordination, [[Georg Weissel]] wrote the text of the hymn "'''[[Such, wer da will, ein ander Ziel]]'''" to [[Johann Stobäus|his friend's]] melody for a wedding song?
* ... that '''[[Moisés Dagdug Lutzow|Moisés Félix Dagdug Lützow]]''', owner of [[XHVX-FM|a radio station]], served as the Secretary of the Radio, Television and Film Committee of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Mexican Chamber of Deputies]]?
* ... that the '''[[Iliamna remota|Kankakee mallow]]''' is [[Endemism|known from]] a single {{convert|700|m|mi|1|abbr=on}} long island in the state of [[Illinois]]?
* ... that '''[[Frank Sprogell]]''' said being a [[Professional golfer|golf pro]] is not really a job?
* ... that '''''[[Strugnell's Haiku]]''''' outline [[cherry blossom]]s, [[hair loss]], and [[pub]] opening times?

===17 March 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Holy Island War Memorial]]''' ''(pictured)'' snapped in two as a result of exceptional winds during the winter of 1983–4?
* ... that '''[[Charles Wollaston]]''' was the first person to win five [[FA Cup]] winners medals?
* ... that in 2013 and 2014, the Mexican '''[[Dirección General de Radio, Televisión y Cinematografía|RTC]]''' issued 50 times as many [[religious broadcasting]] permits as it did in 2000 and 2001?
* ... that '''[[Eugenia de Reuss Ianculescu]]''' included men on the board of the Romanian [[women's suffrage]] association that she founded because she believed their skills would help the cause?
* ... that in '''''[[Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes]]''''', [[Maria Konnikova]] combines Holmes's habits of mind with modern-day research to help people learn to be more rational thinkers?
* ... that Swedish doctor '''[[Clara Emilia Smitt]]''' ran the sanatorium in [[Saltsjöbaden]] between 1896 and 1902?
* ... that the '''[[Clathria prolifera|red beard sponge]]''' may have travelled to the west coast of North America on the hull of a ship?
* ... that the premiere of Arthur Honegger's first opera, '''''[[Antigone (Honegger)|Antigone]]''''', was staged in sets by [[Pablo Picasso|Picasso]] and costumes by [[Coco Chanel]]?

*'''''00:00, 17 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Sternoptyx diaphana|diaphanous hatchetfish]]''' ''(diagram pictured)'' is not fussy about what prey it eats?
* ... that "'''[[Alexander Hamilton (song)|Alexander Hamilton]]'''", "'''[[Satisfied (Hamilton song)|Satisfied]]'''", "'''[[Wait for It (song)|Wait for It]]'''", "'''[[The Room Where It Happens]]'''", and "'''[[It's Quiet Uptown]]'''" are songs from the [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album|Grammy-winning]] 2015 Broadway musical ''[[Hamilton (musical)|Hamilton]]''?
* ... that in 1997 the '''[[Linguistic Society of America]]''' passed a resolution supporting the [[Oakland Ebonics resolution|Oakland Unified School District board's decision]] to teach some students using [[African American Vernacular English]]?
* ... that a plaque on the '''[[Nene Viaduct]]''', built in 1850, claims that it is the last surviving cast-iron structure on a main-line railway in Britain?
* ... that '''[[The Signpost (Wikipedia)|''The Signpost'']]''' publishes stories related to the [[Wikipedia community]], the [[Wikimedia Foundation]], and other [[Outline of Wikipedia#Wikipedia-related projects|Wikipedia-related projects]]?
* ... that baseball's [[Frank Lane|Frank "The Trader" Lane]] said that trading away '''[[Bill Virdon]]''' was the "worst trade [he] ever made"?
* ... that as the colonial bryozoan '''''[[Cryptosula pallasiana]]''''' travels to new places, it takes its [[Okenia eolida|sea slugs]] with it?
* ... that [[free love]] activist '''[[Helga Goetze]]''' advertised her cause with the slogan "Fucking is peace"?

===16 March 2016===
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* ... that despite appearances, the '''[[Friargate Bridge]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Derby]] is actually two bridges?
* ... that because [[Bank of America]] customers who invest less than $250,000 usually do not receive counsel from '''[[Merrill Edge]]''' employees, the discount brokerage service plans to offer customers [[robo-advisor]]s?
* ... that the 1912 testimony of 14-year-old [[child labor]]er '''[[Carmela Teoli]]''' spurred labor reforms in [[Massachusetts]], helped settle a strike, and raised wages for working men and women?
* ... that living in [[rural area|rural]] rather than [[urban area]]s is a '''[[fertility factor (demography)|fertility factor]]''', associated with an increased number of children?
* ... that for '''''[[TNGHT (EP)|TNGHT]]''''', his collaboration with [[Hudson Mohawke]], [[Lunice]] wanted to start producing much simpler music instead of weird tracks that were "all over the place" ?
* ... that China's Labour Minister '''[[Ma Wenrui]]''' was imprisoned for five years as a result of an interview with a book author?
* ... that [[FC Barcelona]] and [[Sevilla FC]], who will contest this year's '''[[2016 Copa del Rey Final|Copa del Rey Final]]''', also played in the [[2015 UEFA Super Cup]]?
* ... that during '''[[Operation Maharat]]''', [[Patriotic Neutralists|neutralists]] besieged [[Forces Armées Neutralistes|neutralists]]?

*'''''00:00, 16 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Bilikiss Adebiyi Abiola|Bilikiss Adebiyi]]''' ''(pictured)'' planned to collect rubbish in the streets of Nigeria while taking her [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]?
* ... that the [[BBC]] re-launched its former television channel [[BBC Three (former)|BBC Three]] as an '''[[BBC Three (Internet television)|Internet television service]]'''?
* ... that the Sanskrit text '''[[Manasollasa]]''' is a 12th-century encyclopedia covering topics such as garden design, cuisine recipes, veterinary medicine, jewelry, painting, music, and dance?
* ... that the species name for '''''[[Burmaleon|Burmaleon magnificus]]''''' was coined for the quality of preservation in the fossils?
* ... that the documentary film '''''[[No Land's Song]]''''' spotlights women's protests against an Iranian ban on public female solo singing before male audiences?
* ... that uninjured reporters commandeered a [[medical evacuation]] helicopter during '''[[Campaign Z]]'''?
* ... that of an estimated 100,000 '''[[German Jewish military personnel of World War I|German Jews]]''' who served in the [[German Army (German Empire)|German Army]] in [[World War I]], 12,000 were killed in action?

'''Correction''': we erroneously claimed here that in 1964 [[Jim Hazelton]] was the first Australian to fly a single-engine aircraft across the Pacific, but [[Charles Kingsford Smith]] and copilot [[Gordon Taylor (aviator)|Gordon Taylor]] were actually the first to do so in 1934 in their [[Lockheed Altair]] ''[[Lady Southern Cross]]''.

===15 March 2016===
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* ... that [[Kagiso Rabada]] has taken the best [[bowling figures]] on [[One Day International|ODI]] debut '''[[List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium|at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that the 18th-century organist '''[[Richard Langdon]]''' held the positions of master of the [[choir|choristers]] and [[organist]] at [[Exeter Cathedral]], positions that had not been combined for more than 100 years?
* ... that during '''[[Campaign 74B]]''' in the [[Laotian Civil War]], smog from [[Slash-and-burn|swidden farming]] clogged the air?
* ... that the '''[[WCW Light Heavyweight Championship]]''' was "ignored" by promoter [[Bill Watts]] after it was vacated in 1992, before being replaced by the [[WCW Cruiserweight Championship]] in 1996?
* ... that as boys, '''[[David Hamilton (businessman)|David Zwingerman]]''' and Horst Löwenstein rescued 12 [[Sefer Torah|Torah scrolls]] from a Berlin synagogue after it was burned by the Nazis?
* ... that during protests in February 2016 against the construction of a mine in the forested hill of '''[[Cerattepe]]''' in Turkey, entry to and exit from the town of [[Artvin]] was banned?
* ... that '''[[Wan Shaofen]]''', China's first female provincial [[Party Committee Secretary|party chief]], did not complete her term because of the downfall of [[Hu Yaobang]]?
* ... that the [[John George Haigh|Acid Bath Murderer]] met his first victim in '''[[The Goat, Kensington|The Goat]]'''?

*'''''00:00, 15 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Neil Druckmann]] ''(pictured)'' wrote '''''[[A Second Chance at Sarah]]''''' based on his own interest in traveling back in time to meet his wife at a younger age?
* ... that after the '''[[March 14, 1891 lynchings|lynchings of eleven Italians]]''' 125 years ago today in [[New Orleans]], Italy recalled its ambassador to the U.S. in protest?
* ... that '''[[Yung Gud]]''', producer of rapper [[Yung Lean]]'s Sad Boys group, first produced [[psychedelic trance]] music as a child, before he got into [[hip hop]]?
* ... that the medieval era text '''''[[Niralamba Upanishad]]''''' states that happiness is realizing one's innate bliss, experiencing ''[[satcitananda]]''?
* ... that the fictional Shakespearean [[actor-manager]] '''[[Chuffer Dandridge]]''', a regular on ''[[Wake Up to Wogan]]'', was the creation of two [[civil servant]]s?
* ... that the [[Pampas]], one of the main '''[[climatic regions of Argentina]]''', witness some of the most intense [[thunderstorm]]s in the world?
* ... that 100 years ago, the Welsh rugby player '''[[Lou Phillips]]''' was shot in the chest while out on a [[wiring party]]?
* ... that a '''[[Hyperloop pod competition|SpaceX prize]]''' moves [[Hyperloop]] from hype to prototypes?

===14 March 2016===
*'''''12:00, 14 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Carl Edgar Myers]]''' invented an air-bicycle ''(illustrated)'' that navigated through the air like a bicycle?
* ... that in "'''[[The Bookworm (short story)|The Bookworm]]'''", a Chinese scholar fathers a child with a character in his books?
* ... that the mother of women's advocate '''[[Gilda E. Nardone]]''' was a displaced homemaker?
* ... that seeds of the grass '''''[[Aeluropus lagopoides]]''''' can germinate at concentrations of salt roughly equivalent to that of [[seawater]]?
* ... that '''[[Mabel Sine Wadsworth]]''' sent teams of outreach workers door to door in rural [[Maine]] in the 1950s and 1960s to teach women about [[birth control]]?
* ... that '''[[Jake Doran]]''' is the youngest player to have signed for a [[Big Bash League]] team?
* ... that the British [[plant pathologist]] '''[[Mary Dilys Glynne|Mary Glynne]]''' climbed [[Mount Fuji]] when she was 68?
* ... that '''[[penile injury|penile injuries]]''' can be caused by dogs, metal rings, zippers, and more?

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* ... that the '''[[York City War Memorial]]''' ''(pictured)'' was built on land donated by the [[North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom)|North Eastern Railway]], who also built '''[[North Eastern Railway War Memorial|their own war memorial]]''' in York?
* ... that the second movement of [[Louis Moreau Gottschalk]]'s '''[[Symphony No. 1 (Gottschalk)|first Symphony]]''' is probably the first orchestral setting of a [[samba]]?
* ... that '''[[Thelma C. Swain]]''' endowed a scholarship at each of the seven colleges of the [[Maine Community College System]]?
* ... that the village of '''[[Petite Savanne]]''', [[Dominica]], was destroyed by [[Tropical Storm Erika]] in August 2015, forcing the permanent relocation of all its residents?
* ... that '''[[Suzanne Duigan]]''' was a botanist who specialised in [[palynology]], particularly the study of fossil [[pollen]]?
* ... that the luggage and money of Romanian Latinist '''[[N. I. Herescu]]''' burned at [[Stuttgart Airport]] while he was emigrating in 1944?
* ... that the Laotian military's '''[[Operation Thao La]]''' failed to find the crucial [[People's Army of Vietnam|NVA]] transshipment point ''Binh Tram 37''?
* ... that the wrestlers '''[[Yohei Komatsu]]''' and '''[[Sho Tanaka]]''' work in Mexico using the [[ring name]]s [[Fūjin]] and [[Raijin]], the Japanese gods of wind and thunder?

===13 March 2016===
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* ... that ''Lady Reading Poetry'' ''(pictured)'' by '''[[Ishibashi Kazunori]]''' has been designated one of the [[Cultural Properties of Japan|Prefectural Cultural Properties]] of [[Shimane Prefecture|Shimane]], Japan?
* ... that '''[[Cottalango Leon]]''', an Indian-American computer graphics technician, jointly won the [[Academy Award]] in 2016 for [[Academy Scientific and Technical Award|scientific and technical achievement]]?
* ... that although '''''[[Masterpiece (game show)|Masterpiece]]''''' makes contestants pick items worth £10,000 or more, the prize money offered is just £1,000?
* ... that the lower portion of the '''[[LG G5]]''' serves as a tray that can be detached to replace the battery?
* ... that '''''[[The Red and the Green]]''''' is the only historical novel by [[Iris Murdoch]]?
* ... that [[Ibn Muljam]] '''[[Assassination of Ali|assassinated]]''' the fourth caliph [[Ali]] at the request of his lover whose father and brother were killed by Ali's forces at the [[Battle of Nahrawan]]?
* ... that possible color patterning is preserved on the wings of the extinct neuropteran '''''[[Rafaelnymphes]]'''''?
* ... that a fan-animated video for the [[Mystery Skulls]] song "'''[[Ghost (Mystery Skulls song)|Ghost]]'''" received more than two million views on [[YouTube]] in under a month?

*'''''00:00, 13 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that pianist '''[[Marquesa del Ter]]''' ''(pictured)'' founded one of the first feminist organizations in Spain and received the [[Medal of French Gratitude]] for her aid to hospitals during World War I?
* ... that '''[[Argyropelecus sladeni|Sladen's hatchetfish]]''' makes [[Diel vertical migration|daily vertical migrations]] in the ocean?
* ... that the '''[[China Artists Association]]''' organizes China's biggest art exhibition once every five years?
* ... that '''''[[Stranger Things (Yuck album)|Stranger Things]]''''' by [[Yuck (band)|Yuck]] was recorded in lead singer Max Bloom's parents' house?
* ... that the [[hip hop music|hip hop]] album '''''[[Nephilim: Act of God 1]]''''' is titled after the [[Nephilim]] mentioned in the [[Bible]]?
* ... that Colonel '''[[Ann Hawkes Hay]]''', born in Jamaica, lost his [[Haverstraw (village), New York|Haverstraw, New York]] house to British raiders?
* ... that the '''[[Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo National Park|Jaramillo Petrified Forest National Park]]''' contains trees that were buried in volcanic ash in the [[Cretaceous]] period and turned to stone?
* ... that '''[[Lucinda Lee Dalton]]''', an early [[Mormon]] feminist, argued that [[Mormonism and polygamy|polygamy]] allowed many women to marry the few good men?

===12 March 2016===
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* ... that the '''[[Antarctic Sound]]''' ''(pictured)'' was named after the first vessel to navigate it, which was later crushed by ice?
* ... that the 1915 [[British Cabinet]] memorandum '''''[[The Future of Palestine]]''''' was possibly the first time that enlisting the wartime support of Jews was proposed in an official record?
* ... that '''[[S. M. Holden]]''', the only candidate ever to stand for the [[National Prohibition Party (UK)|National Prohibition Party]] in England, had previously campaigned for a [[minimum wage]] and [[old age pension]]s?
* ... that the [[Texas and Pacific Railway|Texas and Pacific]]'s '''''[[Silver Slipper (train)|Silver Slipper]]''''' two-car train had rubber-tired wheels and was prone to [[derailment|derailing]]?
* ... that '''''[[Phaceloolithus]]''''' is a type of [[fossil egg]] known to be from the [[Cretaceous]] period because of the kinds of [[Ostracod|shrimp]] found at the same site?
* ... that the engineer behind the '''[[Spit Bank Lighthouse]]''' was blind, and yet personally directed its construction?
* ... that [[Nashik]] is known as the "Wine Capital of India" due to the '''[[Nashik valley wine]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Ren Zhiqiang]]''', a property tycoon and outspoken critic of the government, has been called "China's [[Donald Trump]]"?

*'''''00:00, 12 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the use of an '''[[aquatic weed harvester]]''' ''(pictured)'' was recommended by Uganda's [[Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (Uganda)|Ministry of Agriculture]] to reduce [[Eichhornia crassipes|water hyacinth]] growth, which has caused a scarcity of fish in [[Lake Victoria]]?
* ... that ''[[Al-Hoda]]'', established by '''[[Naoum Mokarzel]]''' in 1898, was the longest-running Arabic newspaper in the United States?
* ... that some specimens of '''''[[Microolithus]]''''', a type of [[Paleogene]] [[bird egg]], preserve embryonic bones?
* ... that '''[[Caroline D. Gentile]]''', named "most athletic" in her high school yearbook, taught health, physical education, and recreation at the [[University of Maine at Presque Isle]] for nearly 60 years?
* ... that the Sanskrit text '''''[[Tarasara Upanishad]]''''' states that the [[Om]] mantra is about [[Ātman (Hinduism)|Ātman]] (soul), and meditating on Om helps one cross from the mundane into the spiritual world?
* ... that '''[[Annot (artist)|Annot]]''' and her husband were ordered by the [[Nazism|Nazis]] to close their art school after refusing to dismiss Jewish pupils?
* ... that Cerro Overo in the '''[[Cordón de Puntas Negras]]''' volcanic chain is an actively [[bradyseism|deforming]] volcano?
* ... that in "'''[[A Sequel to the Yellow Millet Dream]]'''", a Chinese scholar becomes prime minister, then a woman, before waking up with a monk on his bed?

===11 March 2016===
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* ... that the brightly coloured '''[[Chamba Rumal]]''' ''(pictured)'' or "Chamba handkerchiefs", promoted by the former rulers of the [[Chamba State|Chamba kingdom]], are a common gift in marriages?
* ... that '''[[Olga Tufnell]]''' assisted in unearthing the biblical city of [[Tel Lachish|Lachish]]?
* ... that [[Enzo Ferrari]] ordered the removal of prancing horse badges from [[Ferrari]]s modified by '''[[Koenig Specials]]'''?
* ... that the tubular eyes of the '''[[Argyropelecus affinis|deepsea hatchetfish]]''' have lenses containing yellow pigment?
* ... that when '''[[Sarah Platt-Decker]]''' died, she was described as "Colorado's foremost woman citizen"?
* ... that [[Edwin Lutyens|Sir Edwin Lutyens]] designed four memorials in the same Surrey churchyard, including the '''[[Busbridge War Memorial]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Red Reese]]''', long-time coach and athletic director at [[Eastern Washington University]], coached the [[Second Air Force]] American football team to a victory in the [[1943 Sun Bowl]]?
* ... that the '''[[Warwickslade Cutting Railway]]''' was assembled from prefabricated rail sections with pin to tube joints, like those of a toy railway?

*'''''00:00, 11 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[inflorescence|flower spike]]s of '''''[[Banksia sceptrum]]''''' ''(pictured)'' take six to seven months to develop?
* ... that during the mid-1850s '''[[Harriet Windsor-Clive, 13th Baroness Windsor]]''', paid for the construction of [[St Fagan's Church|the same church]] twice?
* ... that the medieval era '''''[[Varaha Upanishad]]''''' describes ''[[moksha]]'' as the state when a man does not shrink from fear of the world, nor the world shrink from fear of the man?
* ... that [[Bruce Woolley]]'s version of "[[Video Killed the Radio Star]]" recorded for '''''[[English Garden (album)|English Garden]]''''' was considered by many writers to be much better than [[the Buggles]]' rendition?
* ... that the '''[[Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea]]''' found that [[crimes against humanity]] are being committed in North Korea?
* ... that agencies of the U.S. Federal government are investigating [[Artificial turf–cancer hypothesis|'''a possible link''']] between [[artificial turf]] and cancer?
* ... that [[Gustav Gunsenheimer|the composer]] of '''''{{lang|de|[[Die Versuchung Jesu]]}}''''', a [[Evangelienmotetten|Gospel motet]] on the [[temptation of Christ]], has the devil speak, not sing, at times in [[Canon (music)|canon]]?
* ... that '''[[Dapeng (state)|Dapeng]]''', a second-millennium BC Chinese state, probably practised [[human sacrifice]]?

'''Correction''': We stated in a previous "Did you know" that "the '''[[Devanahalli pomelo]]''' [...] is said to be the largest citrus fruit in the world". However, no good source for this claim could be found.

===10 March 2016===
*'''''12:00, 10 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the ponds in the '''[[Albany Felt Company Complex|former headquarters]]''' of '''[[Albany International]]''' ''(main building pictured)'' were originally built as [[reservoir]]s for firefighting?
* ... that '''[[Ayers Rock (band)|Ayers Rock]]''' were the first [[Mushroom Records]] artists to sign with an international label, enabling their tour of US stadiums and recording an album in Los Angeles?
* ... that '''[[Janet McNeill]]''', a prolific [[Irish people|Irish]] writer of adult and children's fiction, peopled her adult novels with "menopausal, middle-aged, middle-class Protestants"?
* ... that the Canadian '''[[Commander-in-Chief Unit Commendation]]''' has been awarded to seven military units, including one in the [[U.S. Army]]?
* ... that World War II [[Junkers Ju 87|Stuka]] pilot '''[[Hans-Ulrich Rudel]]''' helped protect the identity of former SS-doctor [[Josef Mengele]]?
* ... that '''[[Delores Ziegler]]''', who teaches voice at the [[University of Maryland]], appeared as Dorabella in Mozart's ''[[Così fan tutte]]'' for her debut at [[La Scala]], and in the film by [[Jean-Pierre Ponnelle|Ponnelle]] and [[Nikolaus Harnoncourt|Harnoncourt]]?
* ... that the '''[[Vinciguerria lucetia|Panama lightfish]]''' and the '''[[Vinciguerria attenuata|slender lightfish]]''' make large [[Diel vertical migration|vertical migrations]] each day?

*'''''00:00, 10 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Eivind Astrup]]''' ''(pictured)'' helped introduce the combination of [[dog sled]]s and [[ski]]s on polar expeditions?
* ... that the '''[[Landing at Scarlet Beach]]''' on 22 September 1943 was the first time Australian forces had made an opposed amphibious landing since the [[Gallipoli Campaign]] in 1915?
* ... that '''''[[Per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia]]''''', a collaborative cantata by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] and [[Antonio Salieri|Salieri]], was lost but found in a music museum in Prague in 2015?
* ... that '''[[Huang An (singer)|Huang An]]'''{{'s}} 1993 album, ''New Dream of Butterfly Lovers'', sold one million copies in [[Taiwan]] and six million worldwide, making it one of the country's best-selling albums?
* ... that the tower attached to '''[[All Saints Church, Huntsham|All Saints Church]]''' in [[Huntsham]], [[Devon]] dates to the 14th century, but the rest of the church was completely rebuilt by [[Benjamin Ferrey]] in 1854–56?
* ... that [[Shahid Afridi]]'s 45-ball century '''[[List of international cricket centuries at the Green Park Stadium|at the Green Park Stadium in 2005]]''' is the fastest by a batsman in [[One Day International]]s in India?
* ... that '''[[Ghazir]]''' was the headquarters of the '''[[Assaf dynasty]]''', which at its peak administered the region between [[Beirut]] and [[Homs]] on behalf of the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] authorities?
* ... that many [[font]]s named '''[[Garamond]]''', such as that included with [[Microsoft Office]], are actually based on work by [[Jean Jannon]] more than 50 years after [[Claude Garamond]]'s death?

===9 March 2016===
*'''''12:00, 9 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Testaroli|testaroli pasta]]''' ''(pictured)'' dates back to [[ancient history]], originating from the [[Etruscan civilization]] of Italy?
* ... that [[women's rights]] advocate '''[[Patricia E. Ryan]]''' thought she would head the [[Maine]] Human Rights Commission for five years, but ended up serving for over three decades?
* ... that '''''[[Parsonsia straminea]]''''' was initially named to honour mathematician and botanist [[Israel Lyons]]?
* ...that [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] is presenting a U.S. adaptation of the Dutch television special '''''[[The Passion (U.S.)|The Passion]]''''' in [[New Orleans]]?
* ... that the medieval era text '''''[[Subala Upanishad]]''''' influenced the development of the qualified monism school of [[Hindu philosophy]] called [[Vishishtadvaita]]?
* ... that the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk]] emir '''[[Qawsun]]''' had Sultan '''[[al-Mansur Abu Bakr]]''' deposed, executed and replaced by the latter's five-year-old half-brother '''[[al-Ashraf Kujuk]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment]]''' was founded by [[Billy Graham]]'s grandson to help evangelical groups prevent and deal with [[sexual abuse]] in their midst?
* ... that in September 2003, the [[Zoological Society of London]] released [[crickets]] of the endangered species ''[[Gryllus campestris]]'' into the wild at the '''[[Arundel Castle Cricket Ground]]'''?

*'''''00:00, 9 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the first US Army hospital named for a woman or nurse was named after [[United States Army Nurse Corps|US Army Nurse Corps]] Lieutenant '''[[Ruth M. Gardiner]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that a Bogotan Civil Order of Merit '''[[María Currea Manrique|María Currea de Aya]]''' is given annually on [[International Women's Day]] in honor of the first female president of the [[Bogotá City Council]]?
* ... that '''[[Doris Sands Johnson]]''', who wrote a how-to book for voting, lost her initial attempt to run for office but later became the premier woman President of the [[Parliament of the Bahamas#Senate|Bahamian Senate]]?
* ... that ''Woman, Demon, Human'', directed by '''[[Huang Shuqin]]''', is considered to be China's first feminist film?
* ... that '''[[Hana Blažíková]]''' is a soprano with the [[Bach Collegium Japan]], conducted by [[Masaaki Suzuki]], for the project to record the complete [[List of Bach cantatas|Bach cantatas]]?
* ... that '''[[Deolinda Rodríguez de Almeida]]''' became known as [[Angola]]'s "Mother of the Revolution"?
* ... that '''[[Edith Houghton Hooker]]''' claimed that [[women's suffrage]] would improve water quality and reduce disease?
* ... that '''[[Sonia M. Johnny]]''', the first woman ambassador to the United States from [[Saint Lucia]], has also represented [[CARICOM]] nations' interests in a trade dispute over [[banana]]s?

===8 March 2016===
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* ... that '''[[He Xiangning]]''' ''(pictured)'', a feminist and revolutionary who refused to have her [[Foot binding|feet bound]], organized China's first [[International Women's Day]] rally 92 years ago today?
* ... that the '''[[Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor Center|Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum]]''' features [[Babe Didrikson Zaharias|Zaharias]]'s three [[1932 Summer Olympics]] medals and a set of her [[golf club]]s?
* ... that women's rights activist '''[[Meaza Ashenafi]]''' noted that [[Amharic]] proverbs that place women only in domestic roles are to blame for the degrading of women in [[Ethiopia]]?
* ... that '''[[Christiane Floyd]]''' was the first female professor of computer science in Germany?
* ... that [[Afro-Dominicans (Dominican Republic)|Afro-Dominican]] [[Lesbian feminism|lesbian feminist]] scholar '''[[Ochy Curiel]]''' was a featured musician at the 2004 [[Teddy Award]]s in Berlin?
* .. that '''[[Edith Ellen Greenwood]]''' was the first woman and first nurse to receive the [[Soldier's Medal]] after she rescued 15 patients from a burning hospital ward?
* ... that [[Afro-Curaçaoan]] writer and educator '''[[Joceline Clemencia]]''' advocated for [[Papiamento]] to become an official language of [[Curaçao]]?
* ... that [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|President Eisenhower]] praised '''[[Mary F. Hoyt]]''', the first woman appointed to the [[United States federal civil service|US federal civil service]] in 1883, as a leader for the hundreds of thousands of women who followed her?

*'''''00:00, 8 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ...that a golden [[ice axe]] was presented to Italian Prime Minister, [[Matteo Renzi]], when he officially opened the '''[[Skyway Monte Bianco]]''' ''(pictured)'', a new cable car system in the [[Alps]]?
* ... that the '''''[[Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes]]''''' by [[Grace Williams]] was the first work by a Welsh female composer to be recorded?
* ... that the '''[[Verkeerder Kill]]''' in [[Shawangunk, New York]] is locally known as Kaidy Kill?
* ... that during World War II, [[Office of Strategic Services]] agent '''[[Isaiah Sol Dorfman|I. S. Dorfman]]''' maintained liaisons with exiled socialist leaders of the '''[[International Group of Democratic Socialists|Stockholm-based "Little Internationale"]]''' such as [[Willy Brandt]], [[Bruno Kreisky]], and '''[[Ernst Paul]]'''?
* ... that the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' described '''''[[The Getaway Car]]''''' as "the worst TV spin-off since [[Joey Tribbiani]] got [[Joey (TV series)|his own series]]"?
* ... that the text '''''[[Pancabrahma Upanishad]]''''', composed before 7th-century CE, discusses the symbolism behind the many faces of the Hindu god [[Shiva]]?
* ... that Lt. Col. '''[[Udney Hay]]''', although highly recommended by Gen. [[George Washington]], was not appointed [[Quartermaster General of the United States Army|Quartermaster General]] by the [[Second Continental Congress|Congress]]?
* ... that species of the extinct insect family '''[[Kalligrammatidae]]''' have sometimes been called "butterflies of the Jurassic"?

===7 March 2016===
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* ... that the process of creating '''[[Orissa Ikat]]''' ''(pictured)'', a unique silk art in which the warp and weft threads are tie-dyed before weaving, has been termed "poetry on the loom"?
* ... that '''[[Cibolo Creek Ranch]]''', where [[Antonin Scalia]] died, was a shooting location for the films ''[[The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada]]'', ''[[There Will Be Blood]]'', and ''[[No Country for Old Men (film)|No Country for Old Men]]''?
* ... that the '''''[[Tripura Upanishad]]''''' is a [[Hindu text]] notable as a complete introduction to the [[Shaktism|Shakta]] Tantra tradition?
* ... that the '''[[Rochdale Cenotaph]]''' was one of the most ambitious of [[Sir Edwin Lutyens]]' war memorials to come to fruition?
* ... that '''[[Howard Shane]]''' and his team developed the ''Visual Immersion System'' to assist people with autism in their efforts to communicate?
* ... that the '''''[[Rama tapaniya Upanishad]]''''' states that the [[Hindu]] god [[Rama]] is the same as the [[Atman (Hinduism)|Atman]] (soul) and [[Brahman]] (ultimate reality)?
* ... that Kris Leonard, vocalist of the band '''[[Viola Beach]]''', commented that the lyrical content of their songs was inspired by their "very grey and industrial" hometown of [[Warrington]], [[Cheshire]]?
* ... that '''[[Thomas White (Australian politician)|Thomas White]]''' [[taxiing|taxied]] his aircraft some {{convert|24|km|mi}} past enemy encampments in Mesopotamia during World War I, in what was later described as a "[[Keystone Cops]] adventure"?

*'''''00:00, 7 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Margaret Forster]]'s '''[[Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Biography|biography]]''' of [[Elizabeth Barrett Browning]] ''(pictured)'' rewrites the myth of the invalid poet guarded by an ogre-like father?
* ... that four men involved in the '''[[1877 Louisville Grays scandal]]''' were banned from [[professional baseball]] for life?
* ... that Jewish lecturer '''[[Joseph Yasser]]''' was interested in Chinese organs?
* ... that the '''[[Southend-on-Sea War Memorial]]''' was originally designed as a [[cenotaph]] but was changed to an [[obelisk]]?
* ... that the '''[[Lena Lovato Archuleta|first Hispanic woman principal]]''' in the [[Denver Public Schools]] system was also the first [[Latino (demonym)|Latina]] to have a Denver public school named in her honor?
* ... that '''[[Neosilurus hyrtlii|Hyrtl's catfish]]''' has been found in waters as warm as {{convert|38|C|F}}?
* ... that as a child, transplant physician '''[[Fritz Bach]]''' escaped Nazi Germany in the ''[[Kindertransport]]''?
* ... that after the highwayman [[Jerry Abershawe]] was hanged, his body was [[gibbeting|gibbeted]] outside '''[[Green Man, Putney|The Green Man]]''' in London?

===6 March 2016===
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* ... that while [[Maine]] nutrition educator '''[[Katherine O. Musgrave]]''' criticized the ''[[Fit for Life]]'' diet plan, she praised the nutritional benefits of the [[whoopie pie]] ''(pictured)'', Maine's official state treat?
* ... that [[Royal Lao Government]] casualties outnumbered the [[People's Army of Vietnam]] defenders in '''[[Operation Sayasila]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Ali Brownlee]]''' covered over 1,000 [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough Football Club]] matches for [[BBC Tees]] and [[Heart North East|Century FM]]?
* ... that '''[[Toda Embroidery]]''', made exclusively by women of the [[Toda people|Toda pastoral community]] in the [[Nilgiri mountains]], appears like a woven cloth?
* ... that '''[[Rachel Browne]]''' established '''[[Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers]]''', Canada's longest-running [[modern dance]] company?
* ... that '''[[Northampton War Memorial]]''' was designed in 1920 but was not installed until six years later?
* ... that '''[[Min Huifen]]''', called the "Queen of [[Erhu]]", performed in support of the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|student protesters of Tiananmen Square]]?
* ... that the Hindu text '''''[[Vajrasuchi Upanishad]]''''' questions [[Varna (Hinduism)|social classes]], and asserts that any human being can achieve the highest spiritual state of existence?

*'''''00:00, 6 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[destruction of ivory]]''' ''(pictured)'' has been called "indispensable in the fight against trafficking of threatened species"?
* ... that '''[[Adam Frazier]]''' has set [[baseball]] records for the [[Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball|Mississippi State Bulldogs]]?
* ... that "'''[[Un-American Graffiti]]'''" is the first episode of ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' not to feature a mystery that takes place over several episodes?
* ... that the '''[[Persicaria decipiens|slender knotweed]]''' is eaten by people in Africa in times of famine?
* ... that Canada's status as a bilingual country inspired '''[[Janet Werker]]''' to study [[language acquisition]]?
* ... that, as well as shooting at [[Pinewood Studios]] and on [[Skellig Michael]], additional filming for '''''[[Star Wars: Episode VIII]]''''' will take place in Mexico?
* ... that the contralto '''[[Elisabeth Schärtel]]''', known for performing many Wagner parts at the [[Bayreuth Festival]], sang Verdi's [[Falstaff (opera)|Meg Page]] alongside [[Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau]] as Falstaff?
* ... that when '''[[Naborr]]''', an [[Arabian horse|Arabian]] [[stallion]], was imported to America via ship in 1963, the ship ran low on hay and the horse lost {{convert|50|lb}}?

===5 March 2016===
*'''''12:00, 5 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[St John the Baptist Church, Rochdale|St John the Baptist Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Rochdale]] was designed by a dead architect?
* ... that '''[[Debopriya Chatterjee and Suchismita Chatterjee|Debopriya and Suchismita Chatterjee]]''', the "[[Bansuri|flute]] sisters", are Indian instrumentalists trained by [[Hariprasad Chaurasia]]?
* ... that the '''[[yellow-eyed pigeon]]''' is rated as a [[vulnerable species]] because it is hunted in both its breeding and overwintering range?
* ... that '''[[Laurie G. Lachance]]''' is the first alumna to serve as president of [[Thomas College]] of [[Waterville, Maine]], in the school's 118-year history?
* ... that the medieval era Hindu text '''''[[Bahvricha Upanishad]]''''' states that the material cause of the universe is a Goddess?
* ... that [[Texas A&M University–Commerce]] organized a special commencement ceremony for '''[[Charles Tuaau]]''' when his [[Kansas City Chiefs]] minicamp obligations conflicted with his graduation?
* ... that the '''[[Inauguration of Mauricio Macri|inauguration]]''' of Argentine president [[Mauricio Macri]] was completed by the acting president [[Federico Pinedo]], and not by outgoing president [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner]]?
* ... that the 17th-century Chinese poet and government official '''[[Song Wan (poet)|Song Wan]]''' was so scared of rebels that he died of fright?

*'''''00:00, 5 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the 18th-century shipwright '''[[Joseph Tucker (Royal Navy official)|Joseph Tucker]]''' ''(pictured)'' is best known for designing a 170-gun [[ship of the line|ship]] with five tiers of guns that was never built?
* ... that [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] applied for the ''[[Thomaskantor]]'' post with '''[[Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn, BWV 23|''Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn'', BWV 23]]''', ending in an elaborate setting of the German [[Agnus Dei]] from a [[Weimarer Passion|lost Passion]]?
* ... that '''[[Clifford Boulton|Sir Clifford Boulton]]''', the 44th [[Clerk of the House of Commons]], was a fan of the soap opera ''[[Coronation Street]]''?
* ... that in 2003 the women's football club '''[[Ballymena United Allstars F.C.|Ballymena United Allstars]]''' were forced to play on a "disgraceful and embarrassing" park pitch during council renovations at their new ground?
* ... that General '''[[Liu Zhenwu]]''', the first commander of the [[People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison]], outranked his British predecessors?
* ... that the ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' [[manga]] character '''[[Kamiya Kaoru]]''' was originally meant to die, but the author decided to make her survive to give young readers a happy ending?
* ... that '''[[Mark Sanders]]''' scored only one [[first-class cricket|first-class]] century in his [[cricket]] career?
* ... that while [[Bulgaria]]'s most famous long-distance trail, '''[[Kom–Emine]]''', typically takes 20 to 25 days to complete, the record stands at under 5 days?

===4 March 2016===
*'''''12:00, 4 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the ears of the '''[[sitatunga]]''' ''(pictured)'' are so specialized that they can pinpoint the direction of the origin of a sound?
* ... that '''[[Bas van Bavel]]''' has linked Dutch cleanliness to the production of cheese?
* ... that the family-run '''[[New Cheshire Salt Works]]''' was said to have had a "magnificent" [[Art Deco]] vacuum evaporator, decorated with stripes of different-coloured woods?
* ... that '''[[Laxman Gole]]''', a contemporary Indian [[Gandhian]] described as a real-life [[Munna Bhai|Munnabhai]], won the ''Zindagi Live National Award'' given by [[IBN-7]]?
* ... that the video game '''''[[Her Story (video game)|Her Story]]''''' features entirely live-action footage?
* ... that though Thailand was not at war with [[People's Republic of China|Communist China]], it still fought '''[[Operation Sourisak Montry VIII]]''' in 1972?
* ... that when '''[[Jessie Jack Hooper]]''' ran for the [[United States Senate]] in 1922 against [[Robert M. La Follette Sr.]], her husband was one of only two men who donated to her campaign?
* ... that a [[catchphrase]] for '''[[Mr. T Cereal]]''' was "I pity the fool who don't eat my cereal"?

*'''''00:00, 4 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Hurricane Danny (2015)|Hurricane Danny]]''' in 2015 ''(pictured)'' was the first [[major hurricane]] to develop between the [[Lesser Antilles]] and [[West Africa]] since [[Hurricane Julia (2010)|Hurricane Julia]] in 2010?
* ... that the first female chief servant in the history of the [[White House]], '''[[Elizabeth Jaffray]]''', was hired in 1909?
* ... that the [[web series]] '''''[[Go Princess Go]]''''' has been cut by about a third by [[censorship in China|Chinese censors]] concerned about its themes of sex and [[time travel]]?
* ... that the [[gospel music]] duo [[Mary Mary]]'s two sister songstresses' '''[[Erica Campbell (musician)|Erica Campbell]]''' and '''[[Tina Campbell (musician)|Tina Campbell]]''' have released solo albums that have charted on [[Billboard 200|The ''Billboard'' 200]]?
* ... that '''[[Children's Village (New York)|The Children's Village]]''' was the first residential treatment center in the United States to have an on-site psychiatric clinic and a social work training school?
* ... that [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], the last monarch of the [[Pahlavi dynasty]], left Iran for exile nine days after it was suggested at the '''[[Guadeloupe Conference]]'''?
* ... that 96% of '''[[Dodge Cove]]''' residents surveyed opposed construction of a proposed [[liquefied natural gas]] facility there?
* ... that the stretchiness and melting characteristics of '''[[pizza cheese]]''' can be improved using a blend of [[Vicia|vetch]] milk and cow's milk in its preparation?

===3 March 2016===
*'''''12:00, 3 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Santiniketan Leather Goods]]''' ''(pencil boxes pictured)'' are generally made of [[E. I. Leather|East India Leather]] from sheepskin and goatskin?
* ... that '''[[Jennifer Childs-Roshak]]''' is the first person with a medical degree to become the chief executive of a [[Planned Parenthood]] affiliate?
* ... that the extinct lacewing '''''[[Araripenymphes]]''''' shows sexual dimorphism in the two described fossils?
* ... that '''[[Ragnall ua Ímair]]''' established himself as [[List of monarchs of Northumbria|king of Northumbria]] following the indecisive [[Battle of Corbridge]] in 918?
* ... that within a month of the release of '''''[[Rise of Mana]]''''', the game had over one million registered players?
* ... that '''[[Rashan Gary]]''', the first player to be unanimously rated as the top [[American football]] prospect, committed in February 2016 to play for the [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan Wolverines]]?
* ... that in India, '''[[plum cake]]''' is served around the time of the [[Christmas and holiday season|Christmas holiday season]], and may have additional ingredients such as rum or brandy?
* ... that '''[[Benoit & Sergio]]''' describe their sound as "an [[alloy]] of copper and silk"?

*'''''00:00, 3 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Hans Memling]]'s '''''[[Portrait of Maria Portinari]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was probably commissioned as a [[triptych]] wing by her politically ambitious Italian husband so he could gain favour with [[Lorenzo de' Medici]]?
* ... that the '''[[1917 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team|1917 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado American football team]]''' outscored opponents 491 to 17, and was for many years considered the greatest the [[Southern United States|South]] ever produced?
* ... that the '''[[Great Famine of Mount Lebanon]]''' led to the highest death toll by population of the First World War?
* ... that '''''[[Zorns Lemma (film)|Zorns Lemma]]''''' by [[Hollis Frampton]] was the first experimental feature film screened at the [[New York Film Festival]]?
* ... that [[Wellesley College]] president '''[[Ellen Fitz Pendleton]]''' supported academic freedom for [[pacifists]] during World War I and later opposed the 1935 [[loyalty oath]] required of teachers in Massachusetts?
* ... that [[Commensurate line circuit|'''commensurate line theory''']] is able to convert [[series connection]]s into [[parallel connection]]s without changing the circuit [[frequency response|response]] as would normally be expected for such a change?
* ... that '''[[Elizabeth Rebecca Ward]]''' was known as "The Poet Laureate of the Home"?
* ... that the band [[OK Go]] filmed their music video for "'''[[Upside Down & Inside Out]]'''" in [[weightlessness|zero gravity]] using a [[reduced gravity aircraft]]?

===2 March 2016===
*'''''12:00, 2 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the medieval era text '''''[[Sarasvati-rahasya Upanishad]]''''' calls [[Saraswati|Sarasvati]] ''(pictured)'' the goddess of wisdom who manifests as syllables, words, sentences, and understanding?
* ... that '''[[Antonia Fahberg]]''', a lyric soprano of the [[Bavarian State Opera]] for 25 years, recorded Bach with [[Karl Richter (conductor)|Karl Richter]], including [[Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott, BWV 127#3|an aria]] described as "a beguiling and beautifully restrained performance"?
* ... that ''[[The Times]]''{{'}} suggestion that '''''[[Insert Name Here]]''''' made [[Sue Perkins]] the first woman to host a UK mainstream comedy TV panel show was refuted by [[UKGameshows.com|Weaver's Week]]?
* ... that Chinese medical pioneer '''[[Zhang Xichun]]''' was "very good" at curing vomiting?
* ... that composer and critic [[Florent Schmitt]] criticized the '''''[[Sextet (Poulenc)|Sextet]]''''' of [[Francis Poulenc]] after its premiere for being vulgar?
* ... that several journalists regarded the low-budget '''''[[Ace (video game)|ACE]]''''' (1985) as one of the best [[combat flight simulator|flight simulator]]s of the time?
* ... that French-Moroccan photographer '''[[Leila Alaoui]]''' used to set up a portable studio in a public place, such as a market square, and invite interested passers-by to be photographed?
* ... that the '''[[Hygrophorus russula|pinkmottle woodwax]]''' can grow in [[fairy ring]]s?

*'''''00:00, 2 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in the patent case '''''[[Bowman v. Monsanto Co.]]''''', [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Justice]] [[Elena Kagan]] ''(pictured)'' delivered the unanimous decision against Bowman's "blame-the-bean defense"?
* ... that people in Syria are using small, portable [[transmitter|radio transmitters]] to create '''[[Syrnet]]''', a network of pirate radio broadcasts committed to oppose the [[Bashar al-Assad|Assad]] regime?
* ... that [[Maine]] food educator and columnist '''[[Mildred Brown Schrumpf|Mildred Schrumpf]]''' claimed that the [[Chocolate brownie|brownie]] was invented in [[Bangor, Maine|Bangor]]?
* ... that the 1835 opera '''''[[La casa disabitata]]''''', composed by [[Princess Amalie of Saxony]], received its first modern performance in 2012 after its previously lost score was discovered in a library in Moscow?
* ... that '''[[Dorothy Galton]]''', a [[beekeeper]], was suspected by [[MI5]] of being a Russian spy?
* ... that for '''''[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2]]''''', use of the alien race [[List of alien races in Marvel Comics#S|Sneepers]] was initially rejected by [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]'s legal department because it sounded too similar to [[wikt:snípur|snípur]], the [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] word for [[clitoris]]?
* ... that the [[Little Mix]] song "'''[[Love Me like You]]'''" garnered comparisons to [[The Ronettes]] and [[The Supremes]] for its retro [[doo-wop]] style?
* ... that German [[association football|footballer]] '''[[Antoine Raab]]''' was imprisoned for refusing to give the [[Nazi salute]] at a football game?

===1 March 2016===
*'''''12:00, 1 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[Founding of the Nation|Le coq blanc]]''''' ''(detail pictured)'' at the [[Musée Guimet]] draws on the myth of the [[Amaterasu|Japanese sun goddess]]?
* ... that '''[[Juma Namangani]]''' fought in Afghanistan for the [[Soviet Army]] in the late 1980s and alongside the [[Taliban]] in the early 2000s?
* ... that '''[[Khmer language|Khmer]]''', the language of Cambodia and the [[Khmer Empire]], has a 1400-year written history?
* ... that '''[[Hao Jianxiu]]''', an illiterate teenage textile worker, became a [[model worker]] and a high-ranking politician after inventing a work method named after her?
* ... that cobblers known as [[Mochi (Hindu)|Mochis]] were trained in the art form of '''[[Kutch Embroidery]]''' by the Muslim [[Sufi]] saints of [[Sindh]]?
* ... that '''''[[Ficus neriifolia]]''''' is an important food item of the [[black crested gibbon]] and [[eastern hoolock gibbon]], and is used in [[bonsai]]?
* ... that '''[[Xu You (Southern Tang)|Xu You]]''' foiled Li Congshan's attempt to seize the crown from his [[Li Yu (Southern Tang)|older brother]] by informing on him to the crown prince himself?
* ... that '''''[[Hello From the Magic Tavern]]''''' {{ndash}} hosted by a [[magician (fantasy)|wizard]] and [[shapeshifting]] badger {{ndash}} was named one of [[iTunes]]' best podcasts of 2015?

*'''''00:00, 1 March 2016 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 1947, police stood by to ensure that [[Paul Robeson]] did not make a speech while giving a concert at '''[[Philip Livingston Magnet Academy|Philip Livingston Junior High School]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Albany, New York]]?
* ... that '''[[Hetty Reckless]]''' was born in 1776, escaped from [[Salem, NJ|Salem]], and boasted of seeing [[George Washington]]?
* ... that the '''[[Peterhouse partbooks]]''' and '''[[Forrest-Heyther partbooks]]''' both contain music by the English composer [[Robert Fayrfax]]?
* ... that '''[[Minecraft mods|mods]]''' are credited as one of the main reasons behind ''[[Minecraft|Minecraft's]]'' success?
* ... that in 2013, ''[[Forbes]]'' listed '''[[Vera Songwe]]''' as one of the "20 Young Power Women in Africa"?
* ... that '''[[Roman Kukleta]]''' was top scorer of the [[1990–91 Czechoslovak First League]]?
* ... that [[Macklemore]]'s controversial critiques of [[Iggy Azalea]] in '''''[[White Privilege II]]''''' are actually criticisms of his own [[white privilege]]?

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