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===30 April 2018===
*'''''12:00, 30 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 19th-century London, residents of the '''[[Strangers' Home for Asiatics, Africans and South Sea Islanders|Strangers' Home]]''' ''(pictured)'' were "undefiled by even the shadow of an infidel"?
* ... that '''[[Scott Foster (ice hockey)|Scott Foster]]''', a 36-year-old accountant, made his professional ice hockey debut as a goaltender for the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] in 2018 and saved every shot he faced?
* ... that a '''[[train graveyard]]''' in [[Uyuni]], Bolivia, has become a tourist attraction?
* ... that '''[[Astrid Medina]]''' farms coffee at over {{convert|1800|m}}?
* ... that public art at '''[[Convention Place station]]''' in [[Seattle]] includes neon tubes that emulate New York's [[Chrysler Building]] and the nearby [[Paramount Theatre (Seattle)|Paramount Theatre]]?
* ... that a male '''[[grey-chinned minivet]]''' was observed approaching a female while carrying a flower?
* ... that the '''[[Western Union Building (Aberdeen, South Dakota)|Western Union Building]]''' is the only surviving example of a 19th-century bank building in [[Aberdeen, South Dakota]]?
* ... that Hungarian mathematician '''[[Márta Svéd]]''' earned her Ph.D. at age 75?
*'''''00:00, 30 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo|a children's book]]''' illustrated by '''[[Gerald Kelley]]''' parodies '''[[Marlon Bundo's A Day in the Life of the Vice President|another children's book]]''' written by '''[[Charlotte Pence]]''' about her pet rabbit '''[[Marlon Bundo]]''' ''(pictured)'' by portraying him as gay?
* ... that during the [[Baltimore Orioles]]–[[Chicago White Sox]] '''[[2015 White Sox–Orioles crowdless game|crowdless game three years ago today]]''', announcer [[Gary Thorne]] called an [[Adam Jones (baseball)|Adam Jones]] [[At bat|at-bat]] in the hushed tone of golf announcers like [[Jim Nantz]]?<!--Special occasion hook for April 29 – 12:00 UTC-->
* ... that '''[[Mariya Tsukanova]]''' was the only woman in the [[Soviet–Japanese War]] to be awarded the title [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]?
* ... that the [[indie game|indie]] [[strategy video game|strategy]] [[turn-based RPG]] '''''[[Halcyon 6]]''''' was described as a game that "makes cosmic horror cute"?
* ... that '''[[Henry S. Russell]]''', commander of the [[5th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry]], later served as the first solo commissioner of the [[Boston Fire Department]]?
* ... that during the 2015 '''[[Mo Pop Festival]]''' in [[Detroit]], heavy rainfall overwhelmed the park's drainage capabilities and formed a standing body of water nicknamed "Lake Mo Pop"?
* ... that for the production of ''[[47 Ronin (2013 film)|47 Ronin]]'', costume designer '''[[Penny Rose]]''' oversaw the creation of 998 costumes and 400 suits of armour?
* ... that the [[Binomial nomenclature|binomen]] of the type species of the [[Bombyliidae|bee fly]] genus '''''[[Brachyanax]]''''' can be translated as "little chief nipple twister"?
===29 April 2018===
*'''''12:00, 29 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Franz Schubert]] dedicated compositions to '''[[Cathinka Buchwieser]]''' ''(pictured)'', a soprano who appeared in Vienna as Mozart's [[La clemenza di Tito|Sesto]] and [[Don Giovanni|Elvira]], and as [[Ferdinando Paer]]'s Achille and [[Leonora (opera)|Leonora]]?
* ... that "the errors of many generations" were said to have been "forever buried" in the footnotes of the 1841 travelogue '''''[[Biblical Researches in Palestine]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Berthe Fraser]]''', a [[French Resistance]] agent, helped more than 100 Allied airmen and other agents escape during the Second World War?
* ... that '''[[Chinko|Chinko Nature Reserve]]''' in central Africa provides a habitat with the genetic diversity needed to reestablish animal populations in neighbouring regions?
* ... that '''[[Rodney Legg]]''' called the [[National Trust]] "an elitist club for art connoisseurs"?
* ... that on the [[Ramones]]{{`}} 1987 '''''[[Halfway to Sanity]]''''' tour, the group was banned from playing at [[Boston College]] and attended a student anti-censorship protest instead?
* ... that larvae of the sea urchin '''''[[Hemicentrotus|Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus]]''''' are stimulated to settle on the seabed when they detect traces of certain algae in the water?
* ... that American baseball player '''[[Tyler Kinley]]'''{{`s}} ancestors changed their surname from "McKinley" after the [[Assassination of William McKinley|assassination of the 25th President of the United States]]?
*'''''00:00, 29 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that among American architectural artist '''[[Edwin D. Mott]]'''{{`s}} aerial depictions was the General Motors building at the [[1939 New York World's Fair]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that the [[motion sickness]] of the [[manga]] character '''[[Natsu Dragneel]]''' was based on one of ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' author [[Hiro Mashima]]'s friends?
* ... that a proposal was made that the '''''[[Cauca molly]]''''' be used in [[biological pest control]] of mosquitoes?
* ... that although New York City's [[Second Avenue Subway]] was '''[[history of the Second Avenue Subway|originally planned]]''' in 1920, the first stations did not open for another 97 years?
* ... that '''[[Elizabeth Paston]]'''{{`s}} [[Robert Poynings|first husband]] died [[Second Battle of St Albans|in battle]] fighting for the [[House of York]], and her [[George Browne (died 1483)|second husband]] was beheaded for [[Buckingham's rebellion|treason against it]]?
* ... that more than 400 [[haniwa|clay figures]] of animals, boats, dancers, houses, and warriors line the garden paths of '''[[Heiwadai Park]]'''?
* ... that at the time of his appointment at [[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]] in 1999, [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Andy Kilner]]''' was the youngest manager in the [[English Football League|Football League]]?
* ... that the '''[[Clydesdale Motor Truck Company]]''' was named, in part, after a [[Clydesdale horse|breed of horse]]?
===28 April 2018===
*'''''12:00, 28 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that President [[John F. Kennedy]] ''(pictured)'' said: "'''[[We choose to go to the Moon]]''' in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard"?
* ... that [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] poet '''[[Manilal H. Patel]]''' has written poetry touching on his experiences in and around [[Idar]], a town in the [[Gujarat]] state of India?
* ... that Spain abandoned '''[[El Piñal]]''', its trading port in China, after encountering hostilities from the Portuguese?
* ... that in 1851, the German soprano '''[[Anna Bochkoltz|Anna Bochkoltz-Falconi]]''' appeared at [[La Scala]] in Milan in Pergolesi's ''[[Lo frate 'nnamorato]]''?
* ... that the former baggage room of '''[[Edmonds station (Washington)|Edmonds station]]''' is now used by a [[model railroad]] club?
* ... that [[18S ribosomal RNA|18S rDNA]] analysis has shown that the green algae genus '''''[[Golenkinia]]''''' may belong to a previously unknown sister [[clade]] of order [[Sphaeropleales]]?
* ... that '''[[Leo Tornikios]]''', a failed claimant to the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine throne]], was publicly [[political mutilation in Byzantine culture|blinded]] at Christmas 1047?
* ... that a [[Royal Australian Air Force]] officer is the head of the '''[[United Nations Command-Rear|UN's rear]]'''?
*'''''00:00, 28 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that plants of the genus '''''[[Leucospermum]]''''' ('''''[[Leucospermum cordifolium|L. cordifolium]]''' pictured'') are known as pincushions?
* ... that when [[Ulysses S. Grant]] visited the island of '''[[Hachijō-jima]]''' in [[Post-presidency of Ulysses S. Grant|1877]], he was ceremonially adopted by the village chief and given a name meaning "courageous general" in the local dialect?
* ... that the revised edition of '''[[John Richard Clark Hall]]'''{{`s}} translation of ''[[Beowulf]]'' includes a preface by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]?
* ... that the 1964 Academy Award-nominated short film '''''[[Breaking the Habit (film)|Breaking the Habit]]''''' exposes "the danger and the essential silliness of smoking"?
* ... that '''[[Scott G. Borg]]''' is credited with helping develop the drilling technology that retrieved the first pure water samples from half a mile (0.8 km) below the surface of an ice-covered [[Antarctic]] lake?
* ... that a [[British nuclear testing in the United States|series of British nuclear tests]] was carried out in the United States to develop warheads for the '''[[Polaris (UK nuclear programme)|UK Polaris programme]]'''?
* ... that when Ukrainian pianist '''[[Milana Chernyavska]]''' recorded [[Nikolai Rakov]]'s violin sonatas with [[David Frühwirth]], a review called her "a full partner in the proceedings, delicate and brutal as required"?
* ... that the current rivalry between [[Major League Soccer]] teams in the [[Los Angeles]] area is named '''[[El Tráfico]]'''?
===27 April 2018===
*'''''12:00, 27 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 1844, the medical officer of the '''[[Surrey Dispensary]]''' ''(pictured)'' said he frequently visited places where [[excrement]] accumulated for months or remained in streets until the rain washed it away?
* ... that African singer-songwriter and rapper '''[[Sampa the Great]]''' has performed as a supporting act for [[Joey Bada$$]], as well as [[Kendrick Lamar]] and [[Thundercat (musician)|Thundercat]]?
* ... that [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]] were described as the "smallest club to reach the [[Premier League]]" after they were [[Promotion and relegation|promoted]] by virtue of winning the '''[[2010 Football League Championship play-off Final]]'''?
* ... that the wasp '''''[[Aphelinus mali]]''''' is a [[parasitoid]] of the [[Eriosoma lanigerum|woolly apple aphid]], a pest of apple trees?
* ... that in a 1974 [[bench trial]] connected to the [[Watergate scandal]], Judge '''[[John H. Pratt]]''' found [[G. Gordon Liddy]] guilty of [[contempt of Congress]]?
* ... that '''[[St. Lawrence Anglican Cathedral Ambohimanoro]]''', one of the first Anglican churches in [[Madagascar]], was designed by [[William White (architect)|William White]]?
* ... that the 2018 [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]]-winning play '''''[[Cost of Living (play)|Cost of Living]]''''' uses disabled actors to play disabled characters?
* ... that model worker '''[[Sun Jian (politician)|Sun Jian]]''' became China's vice premier during the [[Cultural Revolution]], but was later purged and returned to factory work?
*'''''00:00, 27 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[François de Vendôme, Vidame de Chartres|François de Vendôme]]''' ''(pictured)'' lost favour at court by declining to marry brides chosen for him, including a second-generation [[royal bastard]], and was eventually imprisoned in the [[Bastille]]?
* ... that in 1979, eight people '''[[East German balloon escape|escaped from East Germany]]''' to the West in a homemade [[hot air balloon]]?
* ... that '''[[Christopher Little Literary Agency|Christopher Little]]''' has been described as "the luckiest agent ever" for his association with ''[[Harry Potter]]'' author [[J. K. Rowling]]?
* ... that part of the [[University of Texas at Arlington]] campus used to be the site of a '''[[Berachah Industrial Home for the Redemption of Erring Girls|home for unwed mothers and orphans]]'''?
* ... that [[Neville Southall]] is the '''[[List of Wales international footballers|most capped Welsh footballer]]''' of all time?
* ... that the '''[[Holochilus brasiliensis|Brazilian marsh rat]]''' is often preyed on by [[barn owl]]s but is seldom caught by researchers in their live traps?
* ... that '''[[Katherine Oppenheimer]]''', the wife of physicist [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]], was a cousin of German Field Marshal [[Wilhelm Keitel]]?
* ... that it has been proposed that there are more than 1,000 examples of '''[[The Bible and humor|humor in the Bible]]'''?
===26 April 2018===
*'''''12:00, 26 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a '''[[drum major backbend]]''' ''(pictured)'', performed before many [[college football]] games, involves a [[drum major]] leaning back to touch their headgear to the ground without the knees also touching?
* ... that ''The Times'' of London described '''[[Anthony Lejeune]]''' as a man for whom the term "[[young fogey]]" could have been invented?
* ... that all '''[[cerumenolytic]]s''' are equally good at softening ear wax?
* ... that '''[[Junius George Groves]]''' was called the "Potato King of the World" in 1902 for producing more potatoes in a single year than anyone else to that point?
* ... that in the nineteenth century, relics found in India were attributed to '''[[Maudgalyayana]]''', a leading disciple of the Buddha?
* ... that when it opened, the '''[[Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel]]''' in New York City was the second-longest underwater vehicular tunnel in the world?
* ... that '''[[Godfrid Storms]]''' catalogued 86 [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] charms?
* ... that '''[[tail chasing]]''' in dogs is a compulsion similar to those seen in humans suffering from [[Obsessive–compulsive disorder|OCD]]?
*'''''00:00, 26 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the deep sea '''[[Dermechinus|cactus urchin]]''' ''(pictured)'' may be a [[filter feeder]], a very unusual method of feeding for a sea urchin?
* ... that '''[[Amanda Swimmer]]''' was one of the first individuals to propose different uses and names for traditional [[Cherokee]] pottery?
* ... that tonight's second leg of the '''[[2018 CONCACAF Champions League Finals|CONCACAF Champions League final]]''' is the second occasion on which a Canadian team has featured?<!--Special occasion hook for April 25 (12:00 UTC)-->
* ... that 98-year-old midwife '''[[Sulagitti Narasamma]]''' received the [[Padma Shri]] award for performing more than 15,000 traditional deliveries free of charge over 70 years?
* ... that the wreck of the '''[[SS Ohio (1875)|''Ohio'']]''' was discovered 122 years after her sinking?
* ... that '''[[Villa Albergoni]]''', a 16th-century Italian country mansion, was featured in the 2017 film ''[[Call Me by Your Name (film)|Call Me by Your Name]]''?
* ... that '''[[Rachel Brown (flautist)|Rachel Brown]]''', professor of baroque flute at the [[Royal College of Music]], recorded ''Private Passion''?
===25 April 2018===
*'''''12:00, 25 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Hans Klumbach]]''' connected the [[late Roman ridge helmet]]s ''(example pictured)'' to the medieval [[spangenhelm]]e?
* ... that a scale model of the [[Castle of La Mota]] in the '''[[Mudéjar theme park]]''' is built with 2,500,000 miniature bricks—approximately the same number as the original?
* ... that in 1866, the English missionary '''[[Joseph Salter (missionary)|Joseph Salter]]''' tried to help five [[Punjabis]] who were stranded in London with their performing bear?
* ... that the '''[[Irish Landmark Trust]]''' renovates historic houses, castles, and lighthouses, and then offers them as holiday rentals?
* ... that '''[[Elisabeth Speiser]]''' was the first to record Sandrina in Haydn's opera ''[[L'infedeltà delusa]]'', and recorded Debussy's ''[[Ariettes oubliées]]''?
* ... that '''[[Fresno Yosemite International Airport]]''' has a replica of a sequoia forest inside the terminal, reflecting the airport's role as a gateway to three [[List of national parks of the United States|national parks]]?
* ... that the actor [[Jamie Davis]] asked his former co-star [[Sunetra Sarker]] to reprise her role for his departure in '''[[Episode 1068]]''' of ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''?
* ... that the earliest recorded recipe for '''[[gwaha-ju|fortified rice wine]]''' appears in [[Eumsik dimibang|a 1670 Korean cookbook]]?
*'''''00:00, 25 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[Parable of the Polygons]]''''' ''(pictured)'', an interactive blog post based on [[game theory]], shows that even a slight demand for diversity can reverse [[Residential segregation in the United States|residential segregation]]?
* ... that when the first '''[[Essex County Executive]]''' was elected in [[New Jersey]] in 1978, ''The New York Times'' described the position as "considered by many to be second in power only to that of the Governor"?
* ... that former Spanish prime minister [[Manuel Azaña]] was arrested after the '''[[events of 6 October]]''' in Barcelona in 1934, despite having taken no part in them?
* ... that the Scandinavian-influenced '''[[pair-house]]''' shows that some level of ethnic diversity was accepted in early [[Mormons|Mormon]] society?
* ... that '''[[Levering Smith]]''', a U.S. Navy officer, was credited with assisting the [[Polaris (UK nuclear programme)|British Polaris programme]] to finish "on time and on budget, an unprecedented feat in British naval history"?
* ... that the [[Eritrea]]n [[Dahlak Archipelago]] once housed a thriving trading kingdom, the '''[[Sultanate of Dahlak|Dahlak sultanate]]'''?
* ... that an overloaded [[Kiribati]] ferry, said to be carrying 88 passengers and 35 tonnes of coconuts, '''[[MV Butiraoi|broke in half and sank]]''' last January?
* ... that a '''[[Maria Perkins letter|letter by Maria Perkins]]''', a literate slave, is the only record of her existence?
===24 April 2018===
*'''''12:00, 24 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Sarah Frey]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the United States' most prolific [[pumpkin]] grower?
* ... that the 2015 '''[[Ukrainian decommunization laws]]''' mandate removing communist-era monuments, and renaming places named after communist themes?
* ... that [[Georgian era]] physician '''[[Isaac Buxton]]''' was known for having "no rowdiness" in his clinics?
* ... that '''[[Greeks in Malta|Malta's Greek community]]''' once included slaves, as well as the privateers who captured them?
* ... that '''[[Glen Nelson]]''' co-founded the Mormon Arts Center Festival, which [[Terryl Givens]] called "a seminal event in [[Mormonism]]'s coming of age artistically"?
* ... that [[Washington Huskies men's basketball|Washington Huskies]] basketball player '''[[Matisse Thybulle]]''' was the first in the school's history to be named [[Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year|Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year]]?
* ... that according to '''''[[Rise and Kill First]]''''' by [[Ronen Bergman]], Israel has carried out at least 2,700 assassination operations in the 70 years since its founding?
* ... that for his role in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial '''''[[The Aztecs (Doctor Who)|The Aztecs]]''''', actor [[John Ringham]] was told to "make all the children in the country hate you"?
*'''''00:00, 24 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Patricia Lovett]]''' created a medieval-style [[book of hours]] ''(pictured)'' for the BBC production of ''[[Wolf Hall (miniseries)|Wolf Hall]]''?
* ... that '''[[Styling Garage]]''' charged luxury car customers almost the cost of the vehicle to convert it to [[gull-wing door]]s?
* ... that soprano '''[[Margarete Luise Schick]]''', who performed roles such as [[Iphigénie en Tauride|Gluck's Iphigenie]] and [[Don Giovanni|Mozart's Zerlina]] with noted diction and acting, sang for the coronation of [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold II]]?
* ... that [[Luang Pu Sodh Candasaro]] set up a "meditation workshop" to practice '''[[Dhammakaya meditation]]''' in shifts?
* ... that '''[[John A. Kenney Jr.]]''' was known as the "dean of black [[dermatology]]"?
* ... that the [[vehicle armour|armored]] wheel [[loader (equipment)|loader]] '''[[Tosun (construction equipment)|Tosun]]''' was upgraded to remote-control because militants fired on the operator during the removal of barricades in southeastern Turkey?
* ... that '''[[Gavin Lowe (computer scientist)|Gavin Lowe]]''' went from being at [[St John's College, Oxford|John's]] to being at [[St Hugh's College, Oxford|Hugh's]], but finally ended up at [[St Catherine's College, Oxford|Catherine's]]?
* ... that [[Yuta Shitara]] won 100 million yen for breaking the [[List of Japanese records in athletics|Japanese record]] at the '''[[2018 Tokyo Marathon]]'''?
===23 April 2018===
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* ... that an entire '''[[Gothic-arch barn]]''' ''(example pictured)'' could be ordered from the [[Sears|Sears & Roebuck catalog]]?
* ... that in 1952, mayor '''[[Pedro Zaragoza]]''' was threatened with [[Excommunication (Catholic Church)|excommunication]] from the Catholic Church for allowing women to wear [[bikini]]s in [[Benidorm]], Spain?
* ... that young '''''[[Parvulastra vivipara]]''''' live inside their mother and eat each other?
* ... that Princess '''[[Minkhaung Medaw]]''' of [[Prome Kingdom|Prome]] was twice married off by her brothers, becoming queen of [[Hanthawaddy Kingdom|Hanthawaddy]] and later of [[Kingdom of Mrauk U|Mrauk U]]?
* ... that '''[[George Town, Penang|George Town]]''', the capital city of the Malaysian state of [[Penang]], was the first British settlement in Southeast Asia?
* ... that according to [[Richard Hamming]], [[Nobel Prize]] winners often discover they can '''[[Nobel Prize effect|no longer work on small problems]]'''?
* ... that the inspiration for the Philippine thriller '''''[[Neomanila]]''''' came from a BBC interview with a married couple who worked as [[Contract killing|hitmen]]?
* ... that on [[New Year's Day]], tens of thousands of Americans '''[[First Day Hikes|take a hike]]'''?
*'''''00:00, 23 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Frank Fowler Loomis]]''' designed and built the world's first motorized police [[Police van|paddy wagon]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that a coat designed by '''[[Andrea Galer]]''' and worn by the character of Withnail in the British cult film ''[[Withnail and I]]'' was included in a charity auction to raise funds for a school in [[Swaziland]]?
* ... that the '''[[Samathuvapuram]]''' (Equality Village) scheme was started to reduce [[Caste system in India|caste]] discrimination in [[Tamil Nadu]]?
* ... that Polish Jewish communist activist '''[[Eliezer Gruenbaum]]''' wrote a memoir about his experiences as a [[Kapo (concentration camp)|kapo]] in the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]]?
* ... that [[J. Slauerhoff]]'s 1930 poetry collection '''''[[Serenade (poems)|Serenade]]''''' provoked critical responses ranging from "childish" to "pure lyric" with "refined technique"?
* ... that Romanian singer [[Corina (Romanian singer)|Corina]] portrays a female [[Punk fashion|punk]] burlesque character in the music video for her 2010 single "'''[[No Sleepin']]'''"?
* ... that the {{convert|650|km|abbr=on}} '''[[Jordan Trail]]''', where Moses, Jesus, and Mohammad are believed to have walked, was named one of 2018's best tourist destinations in the world by ''[[National Geographic]]''?
* ... that while '''[[Mary E. Woolley Chamberlain]]''' was mayor of [[Kanab, Utah]], she passed an ordinance prohibiting the use of slingshots in town?
===22 April 2018===
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* ... that parasitoid wasps in the genus '''''[[Trogus (wasp)|Trogus]]''''' emerge ''(pictured)'' through the side of [[Swallowtail butterfly|swallowtail]] pupae after using liquid to soften the hard casing?
* ... that in 2015, the then-20-year-old '''[[Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan|Hussein]]''', Crown Prince of [[Jordan]], became the youngest person ever to chair a [[UN Security Council]] session?
* ... that the '''[[Ayahs' Home]]''' in London provided a refuge for Indian and Chinese [[Amah (occupation)|nannies]] who had been "ill-treated, dismissed from service or simply abandoned"?
* ... that the '''[[Staten Island Ferry]]''' in New York City, used by almost 24 million passengers annually as of 2017, is free to ride?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Hugh Lester]]''' was the first non-British player to represent [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]?
* ... that part of [[Adolf Hitler]]'s '''[[Führerhauptquartier Tannenberg|Tannenberg compound]]''' was used for fertilizer storage after World War II?
* ... that journalist '''[[Joe Hung]]''' was the first to translate the works of [[Taiwan]]ese poet [[Loa Ho|Lai He]] into English?
* ... that '''[[Waterloo (blog post)|a blogpost]]''' made by [[David Frum]] predicting that [[Obamacare]] would never be repealed drew so many hits that it crashed the servers within hours?
*'''''00:00, 22 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Charles Jewtraw]] ''(pictured)'' was the first Winter Olympics gold medallist, winning the '''[[Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres|500 m speed skating event]]''' at the [[1924 Winter Olympics|1924 Games]]?
* ... that 98 percent of '''[[coffee production in China|coffee grown in China]]''' comes from [[Yunnan|one province]]?
* ... that '''[[Antonello Manacorda]]''', who made an [[Echo Klassik|award-winning]] recording of [[Schubert's symphonies]] with his Kammerakademie Potsdam, conducted Mozart operas at [[La Fenice]] and [[L'Africaine|Meyerbeer's grand opera]] at the Frankfurt Opera?
* ... that among the first papers heard at the '''[[Scottish Society of the History of Medicine]]''' was one on quarantine from [[Plague (disease)|plague]] and another on the periodic devastation of Scotland by famines and epidemics?
* ... that [[Jeb Bush]] was the campaign manager for Congresswoman [[Ileana Ros-Lehtinen]]'s '''[[Florida's 18th congressional district special election, 1989|first Congressional campaign]]'''?
* ... that before becoming director of the [[National Museum of the Royal Navy]], '''[[Dominic Tweddle]]''' helped excavate the [[Coppergate Helmet]], and published a chronology of post-[[Late Roman ridge helmet|Roman helmet types]]?
* ... that the '''[[Southern Rhodesia Act 1965]]''' was designed to affirm British rule in Southern Rhodesia after its [[Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence|Unilateral Declaration of Independence]], but it was largely ignored in Rhodesia?
* ... that Governor [[John Volpe]] sought Boston Police Commissioner '''[[Leo J. Sullivan]]'''{{`s}} removal after '''''[[Biography of a Bookie Joint]]''''' showed officers visiting an illegal gambling parlor?
===21 April 2018===
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* ... that locals claimed '''[[St. Edward's Catholic Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' to be the first church in the world to have electric lighting?
* ... that Colonel '''[[Chen Xiaolu]]''' publicly confessed and apologized for torturing and persecuting his teachers and school officials, one of whom committed suicide, during the [[Cultural Revolution]]?
* ... that archaeologists believe the [[cultural memory]] of the burial site at the '''[[Alepotrypa cave]]''' may have become associated with the mythological entrance to [[Hades]]?
* ... that [[Jos]] has been called the "home of '''[[Country music in Nigeria|country music" in Nigeria]]'''?
* ... that [[Para-alpine skiing|para-alpine skier]] '''[[Mehmet Çekiç]]''' has twice been [[List of flag bearers for Turkey at the Paralympics|flag bearer for Turkey]] at the Paralympics?
* ... that '''[[Psalm 84]]''' about God's lovely dwellings was set to music by [[Heinrich Schütz]], by [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]] in the centre of ''[[A German Requiem (Brahms)|Ein deutsches Requiem]]'', and as [[Wilhelm Kempff]]'s [[Opus number|Op]]. 1?
* ... that recording a "ghost" helped lead to '''[[Peter van Geersdaele]]'''{{`s}} appointment as an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]]?
* ... that '''[[Groom Mine]]''' has a view over [[Area 51]]?
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* ... that '''[[Central Link]]''' trains share a [[Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel|tunnel with buses]] ''(pictured)'' in [[Downtown Seattle]]?
* ... that '''[[John Fraser (surgeon)|John Fraser]]''', a young Scottish surgeon, proved Nobel Prize winner [[Robert Koch]] wrong?
* ... that Russia's '''[[Law Against Rehabilitation of Nazism]]''', compared by proponents to [[laws against Holocaust denial]], was used to prosecute a blogger discussing [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact|German–Soviet cooperation]]?
* ... that in 1844, '''[[Thomas D. Keizur]]''' was elected captain of the [[Oregon Rangers]], the first militia unit authorized and formed in the [[Oregon Country]]?
* ... that '''[[Koyunbaba Bridge]]''' is the longest stone arch bridge in [[Anatolia]] built during the [[Ottoman Empire]]?
* ... that Canadian [[association football]]er '''[[Liam Millar]]''' scored a [[Hat-trick#Association football|hat-trick]] in his debut for [[Liverpool F.C. Reserves and Academy|Liverpool U18s]] against [[Blackburn Rovers F.C. Under-23s and Academy|Blackburn Rovers U18s]]?
* ... that singer [[Rihanna]]'s '''[[Fenty Beauty]]''' cosmetics line was named one of [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] magazine's best inventions of 2017?
* ... that the archaeologist '''[[Peter Addyman]]''' was awarded the right to drive three beasts across [[Bridges of York#Ouse Bridge|a bridge in York]]?
===20 April 2018===
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* ... that before taking over [[Moldavia]] in 1561, '''[[Iacob Heraclid]]''' ''(pictured)'' had been executed in effigy and staged his own death?
* ... that the '''[[Oak at the Gate of the Dead]]''' was the first Welsh entry for the [[European Tree of the Year]] awards?
* ... that after his [[college football]] career, '''[[Psalm Wooching]]''' decided to pursue a professional career in [[rugby union]] despite receiving significant interest from [[National Football League|NFL]] teams?
* ... that the [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] poetry collection '''''[[Kusumamala]]''''' includes a translation of "[[The Cloud (poem)|The Cloud]]" by English [[romantic poetry|romantic poet]] [[Percy Bysshe Shelley|Shelley]]?
* ... that in [[South Carolina]], the '''[[Ameiurus platycephalus|flat bullhead]]''' is threatened by pollution and sedimentation, as well as by the introduction of non-native catfish?
* ... that '''''[[Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane]]''''' was praised by critics for its portrayal of strong and healthy sibling relationships?
* ... that '''[[Guido Jung]]''' was dismissed from the [[Royal Italian Army]] after the enactment of the [[Italian Racial Laws]], despite having served as [[Italian Minister of Finance|Minister of Finance]] under [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]]?
* ... that the robot '''[[CISBOT]]''' once found a baseball under [[New York City]]?
===19 April 2018===
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* ... that [[Norman Bel Geddes]] claimed that his '''[[Airliner Number 4]]''' ''(design pictured)'' would be able to fly from Chicago to London in 42 hours using [[Aerial refueling|in-air refueling]] over Newfoundland?
* ... that the Thai Buddhist temple '''[[History of Wat Phra Dhammakaya|Wat Phra Dhammakaya]]''' broke a [[Guinness World Record]] for organizing the longest journey walking over flower petals?
* ... that '''[[Nicholas Muellner]]''' was in the [[Caribbean]] when he decided to photograph acquaintances in [[Russia]]?
* ... that '''[[Anarchism in Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican anarchists]]''' opposed the consumption of alcohol and as a consequence distanced themselves from the European concept of the anarchist "beer hall"?
* ... that congressman '''[[Duan Yihe]]''' was executed for blowing up his mistress, in one of the most shocking crimes involving a Chinese official?
* ... that '''[[Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources]]''' in [[Malawi]] has a [[filling station]] to generate income and train students in business management?
* ... that '''[[Colin Robert Chase]]'''{{`s}} major work on the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] epic ''[[Beowulf]]'' was called "one of the most important inconclusions in the study of Old English"?
* ... that the former '''[[Flushing–Co-op City buses|QBx1]]''' bus route in New York City had ten route variants depending on the time of day?
===18 April 2018===
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* ... that the budget for the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial '''''[[The Daleks]]''''' allowed for only four [[Dalek]]s ''(one pictured)'' to be made?
* ... that despite its bright colouring, the '''[[Asterodiscides truncatus|firebrick starfish]]''' is inconspicuous among the sponges and other organisms in its habitat?
* ... that '''[[Saw Ganesan]]''' initiated construction of a temple to the [[Tamil language]]?
* ... that at the conclusion of the '''[[2018 AFL Women's Grand Final]]''', acting captain [[Ellie Blackburn]] called upon her suspended skipper [[Katie Brennan]] to help hoist the team's trophy?
* ... that '''[[da share z0ne]]''' is a satirical social media account supposedly run by a [[Skeleton (undead)|skeleton]] character?
* ... that in 2015, [[Kjell N. Lindgren|Kjell Lindgren]] played a plastic set of bagpipes made by '''[[McCallum Bagpipes]]''' on the [[International Space Station]]?
* ... that '''[[William Ruck-Keene|Captain Ruck-Keene]]'''{{`s}} command of [[HMS Cochrane (1905)|HMS ''Cochrane'']] ended a few days after [[John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe|Admiral Jellicoe]] wrote that he had become "lazy, lacks energy & has run to seed"?
* ... that upon hearing the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] song "'''[[I'm a Good Ol' Rebel]]'''", the future King [[Edward VII]] requested a repeat performance of "that fine American song with the cuss words in it"?
===17 April 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Hussein of Jordan|Hussein]]''' ''(pictured)'' started his 46-year reign as [[King of Jordan]] in 1952 when he was a 17-year-old schoolboy?
* ... that the [[United Nations Security Council|UN Security Council]] has banned exports of [[charcoal]] from the Somali port town of '''[[Burgabo]]'''?
* ... that '''''[[Florence (video game)|Florence]]''''' shows the awkwardness of a first date through a puzzle [[minigame]], which becomes easier as the main character becomes more comfortable?
* ... that the new '''[[Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense|Chief Management Officer of the U.S. Department of Defense]]''' position outranks the Secretaries of the [[United States Secretary of the Army|Army]], [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Navy]], and [[United States Secretary of the Air Force|Air Force]]?
* ... that '''[[Carolyn McAskie]]''' was the first Canadian to lead a [[United Nations peacekeeping]] mission, post-Cold War?
* ... that the '''[[Double Concerto (Henze)|Double Concerto]]''' for oboe and harp was composed by [[Hans Werner Henze]] for [[Heinz Holliger]] and his wife [[Ursula Holliger|Ursula]], and performed with 18 string players of [[Paul Sacher]]'s orchestra?
* ... that '''[[Brian Santos]]''' was described in 1995 as "the dominant blind skier in the world" after winning nine U.S. Championships and six Paralympic gold medals?
* ... that '''''[[Macrobiotus shonaicus]]''''', a Japanese [[Tardigrade|water bear]], was first found in the parking lot of the apartment building where one of the researchers lived?
===16 April 2018===
*'''''00:00, 16 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the construction of '''[[Rockefeller Center]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the largest private development project ever undertaken for its time?
* ... that after World War II, filmmaker '''[[Miloš Havel]]''', the uncle of [[Václav Havel]], was cleared on charges related to collaboration with [[Nazi Germany]] due to lack of evidence?
* ... that '''[[evidence for speciation by reinforcement]]''' has been found across a wide range of organisms?
* ... that the '''[[Crawford family of the White Mountains|Crawford family]]''' were pioneers of tourism in the [[White Mountains (New Hampshire)|White Mountains]] of [[New Hampshire]] and have numerous places named after them there?
* ... that 18-year-old Dominican ''[[Street Fighter V]]'' player Saul Leonardo Mena "MenaRD" Segundo is investing his winnings from the '''[[Capcom Cup 2017|2017 Capcom Cup]]''' in his local e-sports community?
* ... that the 1973 '''''[[Internationales Sachsensymposion]]''''' included the "theatrical" unveiling of the [[Sutton Hoo helmet]] replica?
* ... that '''[[Richard O. Culver, Jr.]]''', one of the founders of the U.S. Marine Corps Sniper School in Quantico, Virginia, was born on [[Alcatraz Island]]?
* ... that the figure of [[Jazz (Transformers)|Jazz]] from the ''[[Transformers]]'' toyline '''[[Power of the Primes]]''' drew controversy because the text on its sticker, when translated from Cybertronian, spelled the acronym [[Make America Great Again|MAGA]], associated with [[Donald Trump]]?
===15 April 2018===
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* ... that the hermit crab '''''[[Diogenes pugilator]]''''' ''(pictured)'' has to make do with the empty shells that '''''[[Paguristes eremita]]''''' and '''''[[Pagurus forbesii]]''''' don't want?
* ... that Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist '''[[Kevin Siers]]''' began his cartooning career while working in the iron ore mines of Minnesota?
* ... that the '''[[2010 Mount Meager landslide]]''' was one of the largest in Canadian history?
* ... that in 1963, '''[[George Dickinson Hadley]]''' introduced the [[Esophagogastroduodenoscopy|gastrocamera]] to Britain?
* ... that the islands in '''[[Great Egg Harbor Bay]]''', a habitat for migratory birds, are eroding at a rate of {{convert|7|mm|in|abbr=on|order=flip}} per year?
* ... that '''[[Iggy Brazdeikis]]''' is a right-handed athlete who shoots [[basketball (ball)|basketball]]s left-handed?<!--Special occasion hook for April 14-->
* ... that actress [[Carole Ann Ford]] described [[Susan Foreman|her character]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Serial (radio and television)|serial]] '''''[[The Keys of Marinus]]''''' as "pathetic"?
* ... that elevator operators at New York City's '''[[181st Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|181st Street]]''' station are known to play music in an attempt to cheer up commuters?
===14 April 2018===
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* ... that at the '''[[Van Horne House (Bridgewater Township, New Jersey)|Van Horne House]]''' ''(pictured)'' following the [[Battle of Bound Brook]], the owner hosted British General [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Cornwallis]] for breakfast and American Generals [[Benjamin Lincoln|Lincoln]] and [[Nathanael Greene|Greene]] for supper?<!--Special occasion hook for April 13 (anniversary of battle)-->
* ... that biathlete [[Jakov Fak]] won a silver medal for '''[[Slovenia at the 2018 Winter Olympics]]''', having previously won a bronze medal for Croatia in [[2010 Winter Olympics|Vancouver]]?
* ... that "'''[[Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig]]'''", a hymn about vanity by [[Michael Franck]], is the basis of [[Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig, BWV 26|a chorale cantata by Bach]], and quoted in [[Mauricio Kagel]]'s Passion?
* ... that British newspaper editor '''[[Ian Stephens (editor)|Ian Stephens]]''' may have saved "hundreds of thousands" of lives during the [[Bengal famine of 1943]] by publishing photographs of the victims?
* ... that some leaves of the South African plant '''''[[Romulea tortuosa]]''''' are shaped like corkscrews?
* ... that '''[[R. A. Hardie]]''', a Canadian physician and missionary to Korea, was the catalyst for the 1903 Wŏnsan Revival and also inspired the [[Pyongyang Revival|Great Pyongyang Revival]] of 1907?
* ... that ''[[SegaSonic the Hedgehog]]'' was desired for inclusion in '''''[[Sonic Gems Collection]]''''', but was left out due to difficulties [[Video game console emulator|emulating]] its [[trackball]] controls?
* ... that '''[[Peter Newton (winemaker)|Peter Newton]]''' founded [[Sterling Vineyards]] and [[Newton Vineyard]], and was very proud of his eight-year-old granddaughter, who "discovered" [[Harry Potter]]?
===13 April 2018===
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* ... that on 12 April 1945, a white flag was hung from the tower of the '''[[Große Kirche Aplerbeck]]''' ''(pictured)'', one of two churches after the same design by [[Christian Heyden]], to signal capitulation?<!--Special occasion hook for April 12-->
* ... that Indian-born physician '''[[Jainti Dass Saggar]]''' was the first non-white person to be elected a councillor in Scotland?
* ... that when dissenting from the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] decision in '''''[[Lafler v. Cooper]]''''', Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] wrote that the Court had elevated "plea bargaining from a necessary evil to a constitutional entitlement"?
* ... that war veteran '''[[Owen Pick]]''' carried the flag for [[Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Olympics|Great Britain]] at the [[2018 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony]]?
* ... that the [[African-American]] settlers at Port Cresson were pacifist [[Quakers]] who were unequipped to defend themselves when '''[[Port Cresson massacre|attacked by King Joe]]'''?
* ... that after ''[[F. W. Winterbotham#The Ultra Secret|The Ultra Secret]]'' was published, German professor '''[[Arthur Thomas Hatto]]''' feared being kidnapped by Soviets?
* ... that the '''[[Tectarius coronatus|coronate prickly-winkle]]''' is a marine mollusk but can be found on limestone cliffs well above high water mark?
* ... that '''[[Brian Wilson is a genius]]'''?
===12 April 2018===
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* ... that '''[[William Bliss Baker]]''', a promising [[Hudson River School]] landscape painter ''(work pictured)'', died a week before his twenty-seventh birthday after being injured while ice skating?
* ... that fruit flies have been used extensively in '''[[laboratory experiments of speciation]]'''?
* ... that Indian [[high jump]]er '''[[Tejaswin Shankar]]''' first broke the [[List of Indian records in athletics#Men|national record]] at the age of 17?<!--Special occasion request for April 11-->
* ... that [[NASA]]'s '''[[Planetary Missions Program Office]]''' manages three of the agency's [[Timeline of Solar System exploration|solar system exploration]] programs?
* ... that '''[[Lin Hu (general)|Lin Hu]]''', a half-Russian orphan, joined the army at age 10 and grew up to become deputy commander of the [[People's Liberation Army Air Force|Chinese Air Force]]?
* ... that the small catfish '''''[[Malapterurus beninensis]]''''' uses its [[Electric organ (biology)|electric organ]] to stun the fishes on which it feeds?
* ... that '''[[Bob Nygaard]]''', a private investigator specializing in [[psychic]] fraud, has been instrumental in the return of millions of dollars to victims of this crime?
* ... that although its discoverer committed suicide after it was declared a [[Archaeological forgery|forgery]] in 1883, the '''[[Shapira Scroll]]''' may be a [[Dead Sea Scrolls|Dead Sea Scroll]] after all?
===11 April 2018===
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* ... that Italian dictator [[Benito Mussolini]] tried to buy [[Norman Bel Geddes]]' 1932 design for a '''[[Streamlined Ocean Liner]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that [[viola|violist]] '''[[Konstantin Sellheim]]''' recorded fairy tale music with the Sellheim-Kuti Trio, and played the premiere of the piano quartet ''[[Skylla and Charybdis (Waterhouse)|Skylla and Charybdis]]'' by [[Graham Waterhouse]]?
* ... that humans and horses are '''[[Host (biology)|dead-end hosts]]''' for the [[West Nile virus]]?
* ... that '''[[Clifford E. Charlesworth]]''' was a NASA [[Flight Director]] during the [[Apollo 11]] Moon landing mission?
* ... that the upcoming film ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'' draws inspiration from the 1991 comic book '''''[[The Infinity Gauntlet]]'''''?
* ... that [[Lega Nord]] politician '''[[Toni Iwobi]]''' is the first black person elected to the [[Senate of the Republic (Italy)|Italian Senate]]?
* ... that '''[[Dai Prefecture]]''' and '''[[Dai County|County]]''' carried on the name of a '''[[Dai (Spring and Autumn period)|"barbarian" kingdom]]''' and '''[[Dai Commandery|Qin commandery]]''', despite being in a completely different part of China?
* ... that [[Liberia]]n president [[George Weah]]'s son '''[[Timothy Weah|Timothy]]''' plays for the [[United States men's national soccer team]]?
===10 April 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Laura Kamhuber]]'''{{`s}} ''(pictured)'' rendition of "[[I Will Always Love You]]" at ''[[The Voice Kids (German TV series)|The Voice Kids Germany]]'' is the most-watched YouTube video by an Austrian artist?
* ... that the [[Hennepin County Library]] has '''[[List of Hennepin County Library branches|41 branches]]''' in 24 cities and towns in [[Minnesota]], and historically had locations in a [[Glen Lake Sanatorium|sanatorium]] and a bookmobile?<!--Special occasion hook for April 8-14-->
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Alex Raisbeck]]''' joined [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] after [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke]] manager [[Horace Austerberry]] failed to arrive at an arranged meeting?
* ... that the 2012 anthology '''''[[No Straight Lines]]''''', edited by [[Justin Hall (cartoonist)|Justin Hall]], collects [[LGBT themes in comics|queer comics]] covering a 40-year period?
* ... that [[MacArthur Fellows Program|MacArthur "Genius Grant"]] winner '''[[Joaquin Avila (lawyer)|Joaquin Avila]]''' wrote the [[California Voting Rights Act]]?
* ... that the [[Barbel (anatomy)|barbels]] on the chin of the '''[[Mullus barbatus|red mullet]]''' are sensory organs and used in locating prey?
* ... that after '''[[Feng Yidai]]''' was denounced as a "rightist" during China's [[Anti-Rightist Campaign]], he was recruited by the Communist Party to spy on other "rightists"?
* ... that '''[[Tsamma juice]]''' is named after "the Mother of all [[watermelon]] varieties"?
===9 April 2018===
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* ... that [[aerial torpedo]]-carrying missiles developed for the [[United States Navy|US Navy]] under '''[[Project Kingfisher]]''' included the '''[[AUM-N-2 Petrel|Petrel]]''' ''(pictured)'', '''[[AUM-N-4 Diver|Diver]]''', '''[[SUM-N-2 Grebe|Grebe]]''', and '''[[AUM-N-6 Puffin|Puffin]]'''?
* ... that violinist '''[[David Frühwirth]]''' played music from the [[interwar period]] for violin and piano at the [[Salzburg Festival]] and on a recording titled ''Trails of Creativity''?
* ... that the passage of a bill exempting Washington [[Washington State Legislature|state legislators]] from the state's '''[[Washington Public Records Act|Public Records Act]]''' prompted ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' to publish its first front-page editorial in 110 years?
* ... that '''[[Ariel Pink]]''' is frequently cited as the "godfather" of [[chillwave]] and [[hypnagogic pop]]?
* ... that the '''[[Franco-German University]]''' facilitates the cooperation of over 180 universities and colleges across international borders?
* ... that '''[[Mike Marjama]]''' overcame an eating disorder to make it to [[Major League Baseball]]?
* ... that the '''[[Battle of Głębokie]]''' during the [[Polish–Soviet War]] was both a tactical victory and a strategic defeat for the Soviet side?
* ... that a [[person of interest]] in '''[[Disappearance of Jamie Fraley|Jamie Fraley's disappearance 10 years ago today]]''' was later found dead of [[heat stroke]] in the trunk of his ex-girlfriend's car?<!--Special occasion hook for April 8-->
===8 April 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[red-tailed tropicbird]]''' ''(pictured)'' eats mainly flying fish and squid?
* ... that at age 16, sport shooter '''[[Manu Bhaker]]''' became the youngest [[Indian people|Indian]] to win a gold medal at the [[ISSF World Cup]]?
* ... that [[Reki Kawahara]], author of '''''[[Sword Art Online]]''''', planned to submit the draft for the [[light novel]] series to a 2002 competition, but refrained because it exceeded the page limit?<!--Special occasion hook for April 7-->
* ... that '''[[Leon Tomșa]]''', who passed laws limiting Greek immigration to [[Wallachia]], was reportedly a Greek oyster-monger?
* ... that the '''[[Fulton Center]]''' transit complex is the first subway station in New York City to receive a certification for environmental sustainability?
* ... that '''[[London New Zealand RFC]]''' is the only rugby team apart from the New Zealand national teams that wears the silver fern symbol?
* ... that '''[[Christian Boros]]''' owns an art gallery in a former [[Bunker (Berlin)|bunker]] in Berlin?
* ... that the tale "[[Town Musicians of Bremen]]" by the [[Brothers Grimm]] has been connected with the Buddhist legend about '''[[four harmonious animals]]'''?
===7 April 2018===
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* ... that '''[[R. Stevie Moore]]''' ''(pictured)'' pioneered modern [[indie music]], earning him the sobriquet "the godfather of [[home recording]]"?
* ... that according to his memoirs, [[Howard Marks]] concluded a drug deal at the '''[[Warwick Castle, Maida Vale|Warwick Castle]]''' with half a consignment of [[Cannabis (drug)|Thai grass]] hidden in a car parked outside?
* ... that generals '''[[Yao Xian (general)|Yao Xian]]''' and [[Lin Hu (general)|Lin Hu]] were born in the same year, went to the same school, fought in the same war, held the same rank, and died on the same day?
* ... that a giant landslide took place on '''[[Socompa]]''' volcano some 7,000 years ago, moving approximately 19.2 cubic kilometres (4.6 cu mi) of rock?
* ... that '''[[Robin Surgeoner]]''', a multiple Paralympic gold medal-winner in swimming, performs as a poet, artist, and musician under the stage name "Angryfish"?
* ... that the new east platform of '''[[Tukwila station]]''' in [[Tukwila, Washington]], was built with additional width that was later removed for the installation of a third track?
* ... that elected at age 39, '''[[Sadiq Sanjrani]]''' is the youngest-ever Chairman of the [[Senate of Pakistan]]?
* ... that the '''[[Holothuria fuscocinerea|ashy pink sea cucumber]]''' obtains its nourishment from swallowing sand?
===6 April 2018===
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* ... that Canadian cardiologist '''[[Thomas Forrest Cotton]]''' was the first to recognise the correlation between [[Nail clubbing|finger clubbing]] ''(pictured)'' and [[infective endocarditis]]?
* ... that eight leaders of the '''[[Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth]]''' were convicted of crimes in Czechoslovakia after World War II?
* ... that '''[[Laura Barney Harding]]''' once declared she was [[Katharine Hepburn]]'s husband?
* ... that Icelandic chess grandmaster '''[[Stefán Kristjánsson]]''' was also a successful poker player?
* ... that it took almost five years to rebuild the '''[[South Ferry/Whitehall Street (New York City Subway)|South Ferry/Whitehall Street]]''' station in [[New York City]], which was completely flooded three years after it opened?
* ... that archaeologist '''[[Su Bingqi]]''' proposed a heretical multi-region model for prehistoric China which rejected the traditional view that Chinese civilization radiated from the [[Zhongyuan|Central Plain]]?
* ... that the comic book '''''[[X-Men Red]]''''' stars [[Jean Grey]], a character who had been dead for nearly fifteen years?
===5 April 2018===
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* ... that the 3,000-year-old '''[[Min fanglei|Min ''fanglei'']]''' ''(pictured)'' set a world-record auction price for a piece of Asian artwork?
* ... that '''[[George Crowninshield Jr.]]''' was the first American yachtsman and owned the '''[[Jefferson (yacht)|first American yacht]]'''?
* ... that '''[[prime number]]s''' have been studied since the time of the ancient Greeks, but had few real-world applications until the invention of [[public-key cryptography]] in the 1970s?
* ... that on 14 April 1945, the German town of [[Friesoythe]] was '''[[Razing of Friesoythe|deliberately burnt down]]''' by the [[4th Canadian Division]] and the ruins bulldozed on the orders of its commander?
* ... that in 1910, '''[[Oliver Toussaint Jackson]]''' established the agricultural settlement of [[Dearfield, Colorado]], for black Americans?
* ... that the [[mycotoxin]] '''[[phomoxanthone A]]''' causes fragmentation of [[mitochondrion|mitochondria]] within minutes?
* ... that the tenor '''[[Julian Podger]]''', who took part in the [[Bach Cantata Pilgrimage]], recorded the title role in Handel's last oratorio ''[[Jephtha (Handel)|Jephtha]]''?
* ... that [[the Beach Boys]]' 1967 album '''''[[Wild Honey (album)|Wild Honey]]''''' was made partly in response to a critical perception of the group as consisting of "ball-less choir boys"?
===4 April 2018===
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* ... that [[Franz Joseph I of Austria]] gave a portrait ''(pictured)'' by '''[[Georg Decker]]''' to his [[Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria|ten-year-old son]]?
* ... that the first issue of the comic book '''''[[Sideways (comics)|Sideways]]''''' featured a vertical [[gatefold]] cover?
* ... that in 1938, '''[[Emanuel Moravec]]''' called for Czechoslovakia to declare war against Germany?
* ... that even a "benign" '''[[superficial vein thrombosis|blood clot in a superficial vein]]''' can lead to serious complications?
* ... that '''[[Jordan Poole]]'''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> game-winning [[buzzer beater]] [[three point shot]] in the [[2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2018 NCAA Basketball Tournament]] was nearly identical to his shot in the 2017 Dick's National High School Championship Game?<!--Special occasion hook for April 3 -->
* ... that in 1969, the '''[[Military Engineering Experimental Establishment]]''' became the first British research establishment to be granted [[Freedom of the City|freedom of a borough]]?
* ... that '''''[[Tooth and Tail]]'''''{{`s}} art style was described as a modernized version of 1990s [[pixel art]]?
* ... that the Hellenized Syrian satirist '''[[Lucian]]''' wrote the novel ''[[A True Story]]'', sometimes regarded as the first work of [[science fiction]], in the second century AD?
===3 April 2018===
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* ... that [[Harry T. Moore]] and his wife [[Harriette Moore|Harriette]] were the only married couple '''[[Murder of Harry and Harriette Moore|to be assassinated]]''' ''(bombed house pictured)'' during the [[civil rights movement]] era?
* ... that '''[[Ayaka Fukuhara]]''' decided to become a [[voice acting in Japan|voice actress]] after listening to a radio drama adaptation of the [[manga]] series ''[[Hunter × Hunter]]''?
* ... that a fan sued [[Major League Baseball]] '''[[Rector v. MLB| for $10 million]]''' after he was filmed sleeping at a game and the announcers allegedly made unflattering comments about him?<!--Special occasion hook for 2 April-->
* ... that the Easter hymn "'''[[Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag]]'''" (The glorious day has appeared) by [[Nikolaus Herman]] inspired other hymns and musical settings of the 20th century?<!--Date-sensitive hook-->
* ... that although '''[[Zhang Junsheng]]''' publicly feuded with [[Chris Patten]], Hong Kong's last British governor, the latter offered his condolences when Zhang died recently?
* ... that the [[basket star]] '''''[[Astrobrachion constrictum]]''''' is always found living in association with a black coral such as '''''[[Antipathes fiordensis]]'''''?
* ... that [[Otar Taktakishvili]]'s opera '''''[[Mindia]]''''' was based on [[Vazha-Pshavela]]'s epic poem ''The Snake-eater'' and premiered in 1961, the centenary of the poet's birth?
* ... that '''[[Robert Howard Hodgkin]]''' was part of a "[[Quakers|Quaker]] dynasty" that included [[Thomas Hodgkin (historian)|a banker]], [[Thomas Lionel Hodgkin|a Marxist historian]], [[Dorothy Hodgkin|a Nobel-winning chemist]], [[Howard Hodgkin|a painter]], [[Alan Lloyd Hodgkin|another Nobel winner]], and [[Thomas Hodgkin|the namesake of Hodgkin's lymphoma]]?
===2 April 2018===
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* ... that Daisy the dinosaur ''(relative pictured)'' '''[[Woodside, Old Windsor|lives with Elton John]]'''?
* ... that the [[United States Navy]] considered calling on '''[[SAM-N-8 Zeus|Zeus]]''' to defend a battleship?
* ... that '''[[Jigsaw (ransomware)|Jigsaw wants to play a game]]''' with your computer?
* ... that '''[[Trump Street|Trump]]''' is directly connected to [[Russia Row|Russia]]?
* ... that '''[[Edmund Hillary#Public_recognition|Hillary]]'''{{`s}} portrait is now being printed on the $5 bill?
* ... that '''[[Jōkō Obama|Obama]]''' was born in Japan?
* ... that the '''[[United States v. Forty-Three Gallons of Whiskey|United States once sued 43 gallons of whiskey]]'''?
* ... that '''''[[Fly Fishing: Memories of Angling Days|Fly Fishing by J. R. Hartley]]''''', a non-existent book by a non-existent author, became a number one bestseller and had two sequels?
===1 April 2018===
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*... that '''[[Electrical disruptions caused by squirrels|squirrels may be a major cybersecurity threat]]''' ''(suspect pictured)''?
*... that '''[[Robert Bartholomew (sociologist)|Robert Bartholomew]]''' has been in [[Mass hysteria|hysterics]] for over twenty years?
*... that the '''[[R v Ingram, C., Ingram, D. and Whittock, T.|trial of the "Coughing Major"]]''' was interrupted by coughing jurors?
*... that '''[[Hitler-Ransomware#nazis|Hitler]]'''{{`s}} demands for mobile phone gift cards may have upset some Nazis?
*... that James Longstreet was mauled by '''[[Pelican (bomb)|pelican]]s'''?
*... that some people know '''[[Christ the Lord Is Risen Today|Christ the Lord is risen today]]''' from [[Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch]]?
*... that some extinct [[ant]]s were simply '''[[Zherichinius|terrible]]'''?
*... that after many years battling the forces of darkness, the '''[[Gowanus Batcave|Batcave]]''' became a popular venue for underground parties and concerts?
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* ... that the board game '''''[[Suffragetto]]''''' ''(pictured)'' featured [[suffragette]]s trying to storm the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]?<!--Special occasion hook for March [[Women's History Month]]-->
* ... that '''[[Jonah ibn Janah]]''', one of the most important medieval [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] grammarians, wrote his major works in [[Arabic]]?
* ... that '''[[100th Anniversary of the Canadian Navy|''The Homecoming'' statue]]''' depicts a Canadian sailor reuniting with his daughter and her dog?
* ... that the script of ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' originally intended '''[[Judge Doom]]''' to be the killer of [[Bambi (character)|Bambi]]'s mother?
* ... that '''[[London South Africa RFC]]''' started as a new club at the bottom of English rugby after the [[Rugby Football Union|RFU]] blocked their attempts to buy a [[National League 1]] club and [[Wimbledon RFC]]?
* ... that Canadian soprano '''[[Kirsten MacKinnon]]''', a winner of the [[Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions|Met Auditions]], appeared as [[Così fan tutte|Fiordiligi]] at the [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera|Glyndebourne Festival]], and as [[L'Africaine|Meyerbeer's Inès]] at the [[Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt|Frankfurt Opera]], staged as a space mission?<!--Special occasion hook for March [[Women's History Month]]-->
* ... that the proposed city of '''[[Greenhaven, Georgia]]''', would have a population of 300,000, making it [[Georgia (U.S. state)|the state]]'s second largest city after [[Atlanta]]?
* ... that '''[[Shalimar Sharbatly]]'''{{`s}} hand-painted [[Porsche 911]] was featured at the [[Louvre]]?<!--Special occasion hook for March [[Women's History Month]]-->
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===30 April 2018===
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* ... that in 19th-century London, residents of the '''[[Strangers' Home for Asiatics, Africans and South Sea Islanders|Strangers' Home]]''' ''(pictured)'' were "undefiled by even the shadow of an infidel"?
* ... that '''[[Scott Foster (ice hockey)|Scott Foster]]''', a 36-year-old accountant, made his professional ice hockey debut as a goaltender for the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] in 2018 and saved every shot he faced?
* ... that a '''[[train graveyard]]''' in [[Uyuni]], Bolivia, has become a tourist attraction?
* ... that '''[[Astrid Medina]]''' farms coffee at over {{convert|1800|m}}?
* ... that public art at '''[[Convention Place station]]''' in [[Seattle]] includes neon tubes that emulate New York's [[Chrysler Building]] and the nearby [[Paramount Theatre (Seattle)|Paramount Theatre]]?
* ... that a male '''[[grey-chinned minivet]]''' was observed approaching a female while carrying a flower?
* ... that the '''[[Western Union Building (Aberdeen, South Dakota)|Western Union Building]]''' is the only surviving example of a 19th-century bank building in [[Aberdeen, South Dakota]]?
* ... that Hungarian mathematician '''[[Márta Svéd]]''' earned her Ph.D. at age 75?
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* ... that '''[[A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo|a children's book]]''' illustrated by '''[[Gerald Kelley]]''' parodies '''[[Marlon Bundo's A Day in the Life of the Vice President|another children's book]]''' written by '''[[Charlotte Pence]]''' about her pet rabbit '''[[Marlon Bundo]]''' ''(pictured)'' by portraying him as gay?
* ... that during the [[Baltimore Orioles]]–[[Chicago White Sox]] '''[[2015 White Sox–Orioles crowdless game|crowdless game three years ago today]]''', announcer [[Gary Thorne]] called an [[Adam Jones (baseball)|Adam Jones]] [[At bat|at-bat]] in the hushed tone of golf announcers like [[Jim Nantz]]?<!--Special occasion hook for April 29 – 12:00 UTC-->
* ... that '''[[Mariya Tsukanova]]''' was the only woman in the [[Soviet–Japanese War]] to be awarded the title [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]?
* ... that the [[indie game|indie]] [[strategy video game|strategy]] [[turn-based RPG]] '''''[[Halcyon 6]]''''' was described as a game that "makes cosmic horror cute"?
* ... that '''[[Henry S. Russell]]''', commander of the [[5th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry]], later served as the first solo commissioner of the [[Boston Fire Department]]?
* ... that during the 2015 '''[[Mo Pop Festival]]''' in [[Detroit]], heavy rainfall overwhelmed the park's drainage capabilities and formed a standing body of water nicknamed "Lake Mo Pop"?
* ... that for the production of ''[[47 Ronin (2013 film)|47 Ronin]]'', costume designer '''[[Penny Rose]]''' oversaw the creation of 998 costumes and 400 suits of armour?
* ... that the [[Binomial nomenclature|binomen]] of the type species of the [[Bombyliidae|bee fly]] genus '''''[[Brachyanax]]''''' can be translated as "little chief nipple twister"?
===29 April 2018===
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* ... that [[Franz Schubert]] dedicated compositions to '''[[Cathinka Buchwieser]]''' ''(pictured)'', a soprano who appeared in Vienna as Mozart's [[La clemenza di Tito|Sesto]] and [[Don Giovanni|Elvira]], and as [[Ferdinando Paer]]'s Achille and [[Leonora (opera)|Leonora]]?
* ... that "the errors of many generations" were said to have been "forever buried" in the footnotes of the 1841 travelogue '''''[[Biblical Researches in Palestine]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Berthe Fraser]]''', a [[French Resistance]] agent, helped more than 100 Allied airmen and other agents escape during the Second World War?
* ... that '''[[Chinko|Chinko Nature Reserve]]''' in central Africa provides a habitat with the genetic diversity needed to reestablish animal populations in neighbouring regions?
* ... that '''[[Rodney Legg]]''' called the [[National Trust]] "an elitist club for art connoisseurs"?
* ... that on the [[Ramones]]{{`}} 1987 '''''[[Halfway to Sanity]]''''' tour, the group was banned from playing at [[Boston College]] and attended a student anti-censorship protest instead?
* ... that larvae of the sea urchin '''''[[Hemicentrotus|Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus]]''''' are stimulated to settle on the seabed when they detect traces of certain algae in the water?
* ... that American baseball player '''[[Tyler Kinley]]'''{{`s}} ancestors changed their surname from "McKinley" after the [[Assassination of William McKinley|assassination of the 25th President of the United States]]?
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* ... that among American architectural artist '''[[Edwin D. Mott]]'''{{`s}} aerial depictions was the General Motors building at the [[1939 New York World's Fair]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that the [[motion sickness]] of the [[manga]] character '''[[Natsu Dragneel]]''' was based on one of ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' author [[Hiro Mashima]]'s friends?
* ... that a proposal was made that the '''''[[Cauca molly]]''''' be used in [[biological pest control]] of mosquitoes?
* ... that although New York City's [[Second Avenue Subway]] was '''[[history of the Second Avenue Subway|originally planned]]''' in 1920, the first stations did not open for another 97 years?
* ... that '''[[Elizabeth Paston]]'''{{`s}} [[Robert Poynings|first husband]] died [[Second Battle of St Albans|in battle]] fighting for the [[House of York]], and her [[George Browne (died 1483)|second husband]] was beheaded for [[Buckingham's rebellion|treason against it]]?
* ... that more than 400 [[haniwa|clay figures]] of animals, boats, dancers, houses, and warriors line the garden paths of '''[[Heiwadai Park]]'''?
* ... that at the time of his appointment at [[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]] in 1999, [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Andy Kilner]]''' was the youngest manager in the [[English Football League|Football League]]?
* ... that the '''[[Clydesdale Motor Truck Company]]''' was named, in part, after a [[Clydesdale horse|breed of horse]]?
===28 April 2018===
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* ... that President [[John F. Kennedy]] ''(pictured)'' said: "'''[[We choose to go to the Moon]]''' in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard"?
* ... that [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] poet '''[[Manilal H. Patel]]''' has written poetry touching on his experiences in and around [[Idar]], a town in the [[Gujarat]] state of India?
* ... that Spain abandoned '''[[El Piñal]]''', its trading port in China, after encountering hostilities from the Portuguese?
* ... that in 1851, the German soprano '''[[Anna Bochkoltz|Anna Bochkoltz-Falconi]]''' appeared at [[La Scala]] in Milan in Pergolesi's ''[[Lo frate 'nnamorato]]''?
* ... that the former baggage room of '''[[Edmonds station (Washington)|Edmonds station]]''' is now used by a [[model railroad]] club?
* ... that [[18S ribosomal RNA|18S rDNA]] analysis has shown that the green algae genus '''''[[Golenkinia]]''''' may belong to a previously unknown sister [[clade]] of order [[Sphaeropleales]]?
* ... that '''[[Leo Tornikios]]''', a failed claimant to the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine throne]], was publicly [[political mutilation in Byzantine culture|blinded]] at Christmas 1047?
* ... that a [[Royal Australian Air Force]] officer is the head of the '''[[United Nations Command-Rear|UN's rear]]'''?
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* ... that plants of the genus '''''[[Leucospermum]]''''' ('''''[[Leucospermum cordifolium|L. cordifolium]]''' pictured'') are known as pincushions?
* ... that when [[Ulysses S. Grant]] visited the island of '''[[Hachijō-jima]]''' in [[Post-presidency of Ulysses S. Grant|1877]], he was ceremonially adopted by the village chief and given a name meaning "courageous general" in the local dialect?
* ... that the revised edition of '''[[John Richard Clark Hall]]'''{{`s}} translation of ''[[Beowulf]]'' includes a preface by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]?
* ... that the 1964 Academy Award-nominated short film '''''[[Breaking the Habit (film)|Breaking the Habit]]''''' exposes "the danger and the essential silliness of smoking"?
* ... that '''[[Scott G. Borg]]''' is credited with helping develop the drilling technology that retrieved the first pure water samples from half a mile (0.8 km) below the surface of an ice-covered [[Antarctic]] lake?
* ... that a [[British nuclear testing in the United States|series of British nuclear tests]] was carried out in the United States to develop warheads for the '''[[Polaris (UK nuclear programme)|UK Polaris programme]]'''?
* ... that when Ukrainian pianist '''[[Milana Chernyavska]]''' recorded [[Nikolai Rakov]]'s violin sonatas with [[David Frühwirth]], a review called her "a full partner in the proceedings, delicate and brutal as required"?
* ... that the current rivalry between [[Major League Soccer]] teams in the [[Los Angeles]] area is named '''[[El Tráfico]]'''?
===27 April 2018===
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* ... that in 1844, the medical officer of the '''[[Surrey Dispensary]]''' ''(pictured)'' said he frequently visited places where [[excrement]] accumulated for months or remained in streets until the rain washed it away?
* ... that African singer-songwriter and rapper '''[[Sampa the Great]]''' has performed as a supporting act for [[Joey Bada$$]], as well as [[Kendrick Lamar]] and [[Thundercat (musician)|Thundercat]]?
* ... that [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]] were described as the "smallest club to reach the [[Premier League]]" after they were [[Promotion and relegation|promoted]] by virtue of winning the '''[[2010 Football League Championship play-off Final]]'''?
* ... that the wasp '''''[[Aphelinus mali]]''''' is a [[parasitoid]] of the [[Eriosoma lanigerum|woolly apple aphid]], a pest of apple trees?
* ... that in a 1974 [[bench trial]] connected to the [[Watergate scandal]], Judge '''[[John H. Pratt]]''' found [[G. Gordon Liddy]] guilty of [[contempt of Congress]]?
* ... that '''[[St. Lawrence Anglican Cathedral Ambohimanoro]]''', one of the first Anglican churches in [[Madagascar]], was designed by [[William White (architect)|William White]]?
* ... that the 2018 [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]]-winning play '''''[[Cost of Living (play)|Cost of Living]]''''' uses disabled actors to play disabled characters?
* ... that model worker '''[[Sun Jian (politician)|Sun Jian]]''' became China's vice premier during the [[Cultural Revolution]], but was later purged and returned to factory work?
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* ... that '''[[François de Vendôme, Vidame de Chartres|François de Vendôme]]''' ''(pictured)'' lost favour at court by declining to marry brides chosen for him, including a second-generation [[royal bastard]], and was eventually imprisoned in the [[Bastille]]?
* ... that in 1979, eight people '''[[East German balloon escape|escaped from East Germany]]''' to the West in a homemade [[hot air balloon]]?
* ... that '''[[Christopher Little Literary Agency|Christopher Little]]''' has been described as "the luckiest agent ever" for his association with ''[[Harry Potter]]'' author [[J. K. Rowling]]?
* ... that part of the [[University of Texas at Arlington]] campus used to be the site of a '''[[Berachah Industrial Home for the Redemption of Erring Girls|home for unwed mothers and orphans]]'''?
* ... that [[Neville Southall]] is the '''[[List of Wales international footballers|most capped Welsh footballer]]''' of all time?
* ... that the '''[[Holochilus brasiliensis|Brazilian marsh rat]]''' is often preyed on by [[barn owl]]s but is seldom caught by researchers in their live traps?
* ... that '''[[Katherine Oppenheimer]]''', the wife of physicist [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]], was a cousin of German Field Marshal [[Wilhelm Keitel]]?
* ... that it has been proposed that there are more than 1,000 examples of '''[[The Bible and humor|humor in the Bible]]'''?
===26 April 2018===
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* ... that a '''[[drum major backbend]]''' ''(pictured)'', performed before many [[college football]] games, involves a [[drum major]] leaning back to touch their headgear to the ground without the knees also touching?
* ... that ''The Times'' of London described '''[[Anthony Lejeune]]''' as a man for whom the term "[[young fogey]]" could have been invented?
* ... that all '''[[cerumenolytic]]s''' are equally good at softening ear wax?
* ... that '''[[Junius George Groves]]''' was called the "Potato King of the World" in 1902 for producing more potatoes in a single year than anyone else to that point?
* ... that in the nineteenth century, relics found in India were attributed to '''[[Maudgalyayana]]''', a leading disciple of the Buddha?
* ... that when it opened, the '''[[Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel]]''' in New York City was the second-longest underwater vehicular tunnel in the world?
* ... that '''[[Godfrid Storms]]''' catalogued 86 [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] charms?
* ... that '''[[tail chasing]]''' in dogs is a compulsion similar to those seen in humans suffering from [[Obsessive–compulsive disorder|OCD]]?
*'''''00:00, 26 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the deep sea '''[[Dermechinus|cactus urchin]]''' ''(pictured)'' may be a [[filter feeder]], a very unusual method of feeding for a sea urchin?
* ... that '''[[Amanda Swimmer]]''' was one of the first individuals to propose different uses and names for traditional [[Cherokee]] pottery?
* ... that tonight's second leg of the '''[[2018 CONCACAF Champions League Finals|CONCACAF Champions League final]]''' is the second occasion on which a Canadian team has featured?<!--Special occasion hook for April 25 (12:00 UTC)-->
* ... that 98-year-old midwife '''[[Sulagitti Narasamma]]''' received the [[Padma Shri]] award for performing more than 15,000 traditional deliveries free of charge over 70 years?
* ... that the wreck of the '''[[SS Ohio (1875)|''Ohio'']]''' was discovered 122 years after her sinking?
* ... that '''[[Villa Albergoni]]''', a 16th-century Italian country mansion, was featured in the 2017 film ''[[Call Me by Your Name (film)|Call Me by Your Name]]''?
* ... that '''[[Rachel Brown (flautist)|Rachel Brown]]''', professor of baroque flute at the [[Royal College of Music]], recorded ''Private Passion''?
===25 April 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Hans Klumbach]]''' connected the [[late Roman ridge helmet]]s ''(example pictured)'' to the medieval [[spangenhelm]]e?
* ... that a scale model of the [[Castle of La Mota]] in the '''[[Mudéjar theme park]]''' is built with 2,500,000 miniature bricks—approximately the same number as the original?
* ... that in 1866, the English missionary '''[[Joseph Salter (missionary)|Joseph Salter]]''' tried to help five [[Punjabis]] who were stranded in London with their performing bear?
* ... that the '''[[Irish Landmark Trust]]''' renovates historic houses, castles, and lighthouses, and then offers them as holiday rentals?
* ... that '''[[Elisabeth Speiser]]''' was the first to record Sandrina in Haydn's opera ''[[L'infedeltà delusa]]'', and recorded Debussy's ''[[Ariettes oubliées]]''?
* ... that '''[[Fresno Yosemite International Airport]]''' has a replica of a sequoia forest inside the terminal, reflecting the airport's role as a gateway to three [[List of national parks of the United States|national parks]]?
* ... that the actor [[Jamie Davis]] asked his former co-star [[Sunetra Sarker]] to reprise her role for his departure in '''[[Episode 1068]]''' of ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''?
* ... that the earliest recorded recipe for '''[[gwaha-ju|fortified rice wine]]''' appears in [[Eumsik dimibang|a 1670 Korean cookbook]]?
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* ... that '''''[[Parable of the Polygons]]''''' ''(pictured)'', an interactive blog post based on [[game theory]], shows that even a slight demand for diversity can reverse [[Residential segregation in the United States|residential segregation]]?
* ... that when the first '''[[Essex County Executive]]''' was elected in [[New Jersey]] in 1978, ''The New York Times'' described the position as "considered by many to be second in power only to that of the Governor"?
* ... that former Spanish prime minister [[Manuel Azaña]] was arrested after the '''[[events of 6 October]]''' in Barcelona in 1934, despite having taken no part in them?
* ... that the Scandinavian-influenced '''[[pair-house]]''' shows that some level of ethnic diversity was accepted in early [[Mormons|Mormon]] society?
* ... that '''[[Levering Smith]]''', a U.S. Navy officer, was credited with assisting the [[Polaris (UK nuclear programme)|British Polaris programme]] to finish "on time and on budget, an unprecedented feat in British naval history"?
* ... that the [[Eritrea]]n [[Dahlak Archipelago]] once housed a thriving trading kingdom, the '''[[Sultanate of Dahlak|Dahlak sultanate]]'''?
* ... that an overloaded [[Kiribati]] ferry, said to be carrying 88 passengers and 35 tonnes of coconuts, '''[[MV Butiraoi|broke in half and sank]]''' last January?
* ... that a '''[[Maria Perkins letter|letter by Maria Perkins]]''', a literate slave, is the only record of her existence?
===24 April 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Sarah Frey]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the United States' most prolific [[pumpkin]] grower?
* ... that the 2015 '''[[Ukrainian decommunization laws]]''' mandate removing communist-era monuments, and renaming places named after communist themes?
* ... that [[Georgian era]] physician '''[[Isaac Buxton]]''' was known for having "no rowdiness" in his clinics?
* ... that '''[[Greeks in Malta|Malta's Greek community]]''' once included slaves, as well as the privateers who captured them?
* ... that '''[[Glen Nelson]]''' co-founded the Mormon Arts Center Festival, which [[Terryl Givens]] called "a seminal event in [[Mormonism]]'s coming of age artistically"?
* ... that [[Washington Huskies men's basketball|Washington Huskies]] basketball player '''[[Matisse Thybulle]]''' was the first in the school's history to be named [[Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year|Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year]]?
* ... that according to '''''[[Rise and Kill First]]''''' by [[Ronen Bergman]], Israel has carried out at least 2,700 assassination operations in the 70 years since its founding?
* ... that for his role in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial '''''[[The Aztecs (Doctor Who)|The Aztecs]]''''', actor [[John Ringham]] was told to "make all the children in the country hate you"?
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* ... that '''[[Patricia Lovett]]''' created a medieval-style [[book of hours]] ''(pictured)'' for the BBC production of ''[[Wolf Hall (miniseries)|Wolf Hall]]''?
* ... that '''[[Styling Garage]]''' charged luxury car customers almost the cost of the vehicle to convert it to [[gull-wing door]]s?
* ... that soprano '''[[Margarete Luise Schick]]''', who performed roles such as [[Iphigénie en Tauride|Gluck's Iphigenie]] and [[Don Giovanni|Mozart's Zerlina]] with noted diction and acting, sang for the coronation of [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold II]]?
* ... that [[Luang Pu Sodh Candasaro]] set up a "meditation workshop" to practice '''[[Dhammakaya meditation]]''' in shifts?
* ... that '''[[John A. Kenney Jr.]]''' was known as the "dean of black [[dermatology]]"?
* ... that the [[vehicle armour|armored]] wheel [[loader (equipment)|loader]] '''[[Tosun (construction equipment)|Tosun]]''' was upgraded to remote-control because militants fired on the operator during the removal of barricades in southeastern Turkey?
* ... that '''[[Gavin Lowe (computer scientist)|Gavin Lowe]]''' went from being at [[St John's College, Oxford|John's]] to being at [[St Hugh's College, Oxford|Hugh's]], but finally ended up at [[St Catherine's College, Oxford|Catherine's]]?
* ... that [[Yuta Shitara]] won 100 million yen for breaking the [[List of Japanese records in athletics|Japanese record]] at the '''[[2018 Tokyo Marathon]]'''?
===23 April 2018===
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* ... that an entire '''[[Gothic-arch barn]]''' ''(example pictured)'' could be ordered from the [[Sears|Sears & Roebuck catalog]]?
* ... that in 1952, mayor '''[[Pedro Zaragoza]]''' was threatened with [[Excommunication (Catholic Church)|excommunication]] from the Catholic Church for allowing women to wear [[bikini]]s in [[Benidorm]], Spain?
* ... that young '''''[[Parvulastra vivipara]]''''' live inside their mother and eat each other?
* ... that Princess '''[[Minkhaung Medaw]]''' of [[Prome Kingdom|Prome]] was twice married off by her brothers, becoming queen of [[Hanthawaddy Kingdom|Hanthawaddy]] and later of [[Kingdom of Mrauk U|Mrauk U]]?
* ... that '''[[George Town, Penang|George Town]]''', the capital city of the Malaysian state of [[Penang]], was the first British settlement in Southeast Asia?
* ... that according to [[Richard Hamming]], [[Nobel Prize]] winners often discover they can '''[[Nobel Prize effect|no longer work on small problems]]'''?
* ... that the inspiration for the Philippine thriller '''''[[Neomanila]]''''' came from a BBC interview with a married couple who worked as [[Contract killing|hitmen]]?
* ... that on [[New Year's Day]], tens of thousands of Americans '''[[First Day Hikes|take a hike]]'''?
*'''''00:00, 23 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Frank Fowler Loomis]]''' designed and built the world's first motorized police [[Police van|paddy wagon]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that a coat designed by '''[[Andrea Galer]]''' and worn by the character of Withnail in the British cult film ''[[Withnail and I]]'' was included in a charity auction to raise funds for a school in [[Swaziland]]?
* ... that the '''[[Samathuvapuram]]''' (Equality Village) scheme was started to reduce [[Caste system in India|caste]] discrimination in [[Tamil Nadu]]?
* ... that Polish Jewish communist activist '''[[Eliezer Gruenbaum]]''' wrote a memoir about his experiences as a [[Kapo (concentration camp)|kapo]] in the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]]?
* ... that [[J. Slauerhoff]]'s 1930 poetry collection '''''[[Serenade (poems)|Serenade]]''''' provoked critical responses ranging from "childish" to "pure lyric" with "refined technique"?
* ... that Romanian singer [[Corina (Romanian singer)|Corina]] portrays a female [[Punk fashion|punk]] burlesque character in the music video for her 2010 single "'''[[No Sleepin']]'''"?
* ... that the {{convert|650|km|abbr=on}} '''[[Jordan Trail]]''', where Moses, Jesus, and Mohammad are believed to have walked, was named one of 2018's best tourist destinations in the world by ''[[National Geographic]]''?
* ... that while '''[[Mary E. Woolley Chamberlain]]''' was mayor of [[Kanab, Utah]], she passed an ordinance prohibiting the use of slingshots in town?
===22 April 2018===
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* ... that parasitoid wasps in the genus '''''[[Trogus (wasp)|Trogus]]''''' emerge ''(pictured)'' through the side of [[Swallowtail butterfly|swallowtail]] pupae after using liquid to soften the hard casing?
* ... that in 2015, the then-20-year-old '''[[Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan|Hussein]]''', Crown Prince of [[Jordan]], became the youngest person ever to chair a [[UN Security Council]] session?
* ... that the '''[[Ayahs' Home]]''' in London provided a refuge for Indian and Chinese [[Amah (occupation)|nannies]] who had been "ill-treated, dismissed from service or simply abandoned"?
* ... that the '''[[Staten Island Ferry]]''' in New York City, used by almost 24 million passengers annually as of 2017, is free to ride?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Hugh Lester]]''' was the first non-British player to represent [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]?
* ... that part of [[Adolf Hitler]]'s '''[[Führerhauptquartier Tannenberg|Tannenberg compound]]''' was used for fertilizer storage after World War II?
* ... that journalist '''[[Joe Hung]]''' was the first to translate the works of [[Taiwan]]ese poet [[Loa Ho|Lai He]] into English?
* ... that '''[[Waterloo (blog post)|a blogpost]]''' made by [[David Frum]] predicting that [[Obamacare]] would never be repealed drew so many hits that it crashed the servers within hours?
*'''''00:00, 22 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Charles Jewtraw]] ''(pictured)'' was the first Winter Olympics gold medallist, winning the '''[[Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres|500 m speed skating event]]''' at the [[1924 Winter Olympics|1924 Games]]?
* ... that 98 percent of '''[[coffee production in China|coffee grown in China]]''' comes from [[Yunnan|one province]]?
* ... that '''[[Antonello Manacorda]]''', who made an [[Echo Klassik|award-winning]] recording of [[Schubert's symphonies]] with his Kammerakademie Potsdam, conducted Mozart operas at [[La Fenice]] and [[L'Africaine|Meyerbeer's grand opera]] at the Frankfurt Opera?
* ... that among the first papers heard at the '''[[Scottish Society of the History of Medicine]]''' was one on quarantine from [[Plague (disease)|plague]] and another on the periodic devastation of Scotland by famines and epidemics?
* ... that [[Jeb Bush]] was the campaign manager for Congresswoman [[Ileana Ros-Lehtinen]]'s '''[[Florida's 18th congressional district special election, 1989|first Congressional campaign]]'''?
* ... that before becoming director of the [[National Museum of the Royal Navy]], '''[[Dominic Tweddle]]''' helped excavate the [[Coppergate Helmet]], and published a chronology of post-[[Late Roman ridge helmet|Roman helmet types]]?
* ... that the '''[[Southern Rhodesia Act 1965]]''' was designed to affirm British rule in Southern Rhodesia after its [[Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence|Unilateral Declaration of Independence]], but it was largely ignored in Rhodesia?
* ... that Governor [[John Volpe]] sought Boston Police Commissioner '''[[Leo J. Sullivan]]'''{{`s}} removal after '''''[[Biography of a Bookie Joint]]''''' showed officers visiting an illegal gambling parlor?
===21 April 2018===
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* ... that locals claimed '''[[St. Edward's Catholic Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' to be the first church in the world to have electric lighting?
* ... that Colonel '''[[Chen Xiaolu]]''' publicly confessed and apologized for torturing and persecuting his teachers and school officials, one of whom committed suicide, during the [[Cultural Revolution]]?
* ... that archaeologists believe the [[cultural memory]] of the burial site at the '''[[Alepotrypa cave]]''' may have become associated with the mythological entrance to [[Hades]]?
* ... that [[Jos]] has been called the "home of '''[[Country music in Nigeria|country music" in Nigeria]]'''?
* ... that [[Para-alpine skiing|para-alpine skier]] '''[[Mehmet Çekiç]]''' has twice been [[List of flag bearers for Turkey at the Paralympics|flag bearer for Turkey]] at the Paralympics?
* ... that '''[[Psalm 84]]''' about God's lovely dwellings was set to music by [[Heinrich Schütz]], by [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]] in the centre of ''[[A German Requiem (Brahms)|Ein deutsches Requiem]]'', and as [[Wilhelm Kempff]]'s [[Opus number|Op]]. 1?
* ... that recording a "ghost" helped lead to '''[[Peter van Geersdaele]]'''{{`s}} appointment as an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]]?
* ... that '''[[Groom Mine]]''' has a view over [[Area 51]]?
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* ... that '''[[Central Link]]''' trains share a [[Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel|tunnel with buses]] ''(pictured)'' in [[Downtown Seattle]]?
* ... that '''[[John Fraser (surgeon)|John Fraser]]''', a young Scottish surgeon, proved Nobel Prize winner [[Robert Koch]] wrong?
* ... that Russia's '''[[Law Against Rehabilitation of Nazism]]''', compared by proponents to [[laws against Holocaust denial]], was used to prosecute a blogger discussing [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact|German–Soviet cooperation]]?
* ... that in 1844, '''[[Thomas D. Keizur]]''' was elected captain of the [[Oregon Rangers]], the first militia unit authorized and formed in the [[Oregon Country]]?
* ... that '''[[Koyunbaba Bridge]]''' is the longest stone arch bridge in [[Anatolia]] built during the [[Ottoman Empire]]?
* ... that Canadian [[association football]]er '''[[Liam Millar]]''' scored a [[Hat-trick#Association football|hat-trick]] in his debut for [[Liverpool F.C. Reserves and Academy|Liverpool U18s]] against [[Blackburn Rovers F.C. Under-23s and Academy|Blackburn Rovers U18s]]?
* ... that singer [[Rihanna]]'s '''[[Fenty Beauty]]''' cosmetics line was named one of [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] magazine's best inventions of 2017?
* ... that the archaeologist '''[[Peter Addyman]]''' was awarded the right to drive three beasts across [[Bridges of York#Ouse Bridge|a bridge in York]]?
===20 April 2018===
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* ... that before taking over [[Moldavia]] in 1561, '''[[Iacob Heraclid]]''' ''(pictured)'' had been executed in effigy and staged his own death?
* ... that the '''[[Oak at the Gate of the Dead]]''' was the first Welsh entry for the [[European Tree of the Year]] awards?
* ... that after his [[college football]] career, '''[[Psalm Wooching]]''' decided to pursue a professional career in [[rugby union]] despite receiving significant interest from [[National Football League|NFL]] teams?
* ... that the [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] poetry collection '''''[[Kusumamala]]''''' includes a translation of "[[The Cloud (poem)|The Cloud]]" by English [[romantic poetry|romantic poet]] [[Percy Bysshe Shelley|Shelley]]?
* ... that in [[South Carolina]], the '''[[Ameiurus platycephalus|flat bullhead]]''' is threatened by pollution and sedimentation, as well as by the introduction of non-native catfish?
* ... that '''''[[Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane]]''''' was praised by critics for its portrayal of strong and healthy sibling relationships?
* ... that '''[[Guido Jung]]''' was dismissed from the [[Royal Italian Army]] after the enactment of the [[Italian Racial Laws]], despite having served as [[Italian Minister of Finance|Minister of Finance]] under [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]]?
* ... that the robot '''[[CISBOT]]''' once found a baseball under [[New York City]]?
===19 April 2018===
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* ... that [[Norman Bel Geddes]] claimed that his '''[[Airliner Number 4]]''' ''(design pictured)'' would be able to fly from Chicago to London in 42 hours using [[Aerial refueling|in-air refueling]] over Newfoundland?
* ... that the Thai Buddhist temple '''[[History of Wat Phra Dhammakaya|Wat Phra Dhammakaya]]''' broke a [[Guinness World Record]] for organizing the longest journey walking over flower petals?
* ... that '''[[Nicholas Muellner]]''' was in the [[Caribbean]] when he decided to photograph acquaintances in [[Russia]]?
* ... that '''[[Anarchism in Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican anarchists]]''' opposed the consumption of alcohol and as a consequence distanced themselves from the European concept of the anarchist "beer hall"?
* ... that congressman '''[[Duan Yihe]]''' was executed for blowing up his mistress, in one of the most shocking crimes involving a Chinese official?
* ... that '''[[Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources]]''' in [[Malawi]] has a [[filling station]] to generate income and train students in business management?
* ... that '''[[Colin Robert Chase]]'''{{`s}} major work on the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] epic ''[[Beowulf]]'' was called "one of the most important inconclusions in the study of Old English"?
* ... that the former '''[[Flushing–Co-op City buses|QBx1]]''' bus route in New York City had ten route variants depending on the time of day?
===18 April 2018===
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* ... that the budget for the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial '''''[[The Daleks]]''''' allowed for only four [[Dalek]]s ''(one pictured)'' to be made?
* ... that despite its bright colouring, the '''[[Asterodiscides truncatus|firebrick starfish]]''' is inconspicuous among the sponges and other organisms in its habitat?
* ... that '''[[Saw Ganesan]]''' initiated construction of a temple to the [[Tamil language]]?
* ... that at the conclusion of the '''[[2018 AFL Women's Grand Final]]''', acting captain [[Ellie Blackburn]] called upon her suspended skipper [[Katie Brennan]] to help hoist the team's trophy?
* ... that '''[[da share z0ne]]''' is a satirical social media account supposedly run by a [[Skeleton (undead)|skeleton]] character?
* ... that in 2015, [[Kjell N. Lindgren|Kjell Lindgren]] played a plastic set of bagpipes made by '''[[McCallum Bagpipes]]''' on the [[International Space Station]]?
* ... that '''[[William Ruck-Keene|Captain Ruck-Keene]]'''{{`s}} command of [[HMS Cochrane (1905)|HMS ''Cochrane'']] ended a few days after [[John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe|Admiral Jellicoe]] wrote that he had become "lazy, lacks energy & has run to seed"?
* ... that upon hearing the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] song "'''[[I'm a Good Ol' Rebel]]'''", the future King [[Edward VII]] requested a repeat performance of "that fine American song with the cuss words in it"?
===17 April 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Hussein of Jordan|Hussein]]''' ''(pictured)'' started his 46-year reign as [[King of Jordan]] in 1952 when he was a 17-year-old schoolboy?
* ... that the [[United Nations Security Council|UN Security Council]] has banned exports of [[charcoal]] from the Somali port town of '''[[Burgabo]]'''?
* ... that '''''[[Florence (video game)|Florence]]''''' shows the awkwardness of a first date through a puzzle [[minigame]], which becomes easier as the main character becomes more comfortable?
* ... that the new '''[[Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense|Chief Management Officer of the U.S. Department of Defense]]''' position outranks the Secretaries of the [[United States Secretary of the Army|Army]], [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Navy]], and [[United States Secretary of the Air Force|Air Force]]?
* ... that '''[[Carolyn McAskie]]''' was the first Canadian to lead a [[United Nations peacekeeping]] mission, post-Cold War?
* ... that the '''[[Double Concerto (Henze)|Double Concerto]]''' for oboe and harp was composed by [[Hans Werner Henze]] for [[Heinz Holliger]] and his wife [[Ursula Holliger|Ursula]], and performed with 18 string players of [[Paul Sacher]]'s orchestra?
* ... that '''[[Brian Santos]]''' was described in 1995 as "the dominant blind skier in the world" after winning nine U.S. Championships and six Paralympic gold medals?
* ... that '''''[[Macrobiotus shonaicus]]''''', a Japanese [[Tardigrade|water bear]], was first found in the parking lot of the apartment building where one of the researchers lived?
===16 April 2018===
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* ... that the construction of '''[[Rockefeller Center]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the largest private development project ever undertaken for its time?
* ... that after World War II, filmmaker '''[[Miloš Havel]]''', the uncle of [[Václav Havel]], was cleared on charges related to collaboration with [[Nazi Germany]] due to lack of evidence?
* ... that '''[[evidence for speciation by reinforcement]]''' has been found across a wide range of organisms?
* ... that the '''[[Crawford family of the White Mountains|Crawford family]]''' were pioneers of tourism in the [[White Mountains (New Hampshire)|White Mountains]] of [[New Hampshire]] and have numerous places named after them there?
* ... that 18-year-old Dominican ''[[Street Fighter V]]'' player Saul Leonardo Mena "MenaRD" Segundo is investing his winnings from the '''[[Capcom Cup 2017|2017 Capcom Cup]]''' in his local e-sports community?
* ... that the 1973 '''''[[Internationales Sachsensymposion]]''''' included the "theatrical" unveiling of the [[Sutton Hoo helmet]] replica?
* ... that '''[[Richard O. Culver, Jr.]]''', one of the founders of the U.S. Marine Corps Sniper School in Quantico, Virginia, was born on [[Alcatraz Island]]?
* ... that the figure of [[Jazz (Transformers)|Jazz]] from the ''[[Transformers]]'' toyline '''[[Power of the Primes]]''' drew controversy because the text on its sticker, when translated from Cybertronian, spelled the acronym [[Make America Great Again|MAGA]], associated with [[Donald Trump]]?
===15 April 2018===
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* ... that the hermit crab '''''[[Diogenes pugilator]]''''' ''(pictured)'' has to make do with the empty shells that '''''[[Paguristes eremita]]''''' and '''''[[Pagurus forbesii]]''''' don't want?
* ... that Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist '''[[Kevin Siers]]''' began his cartooning career while working in the iron ore mines of Minnesota?
* ... that the '''[[2010 Mount Meager landslide]]''' was one of the largest in Canadian history?
* ... that in 1963, '''[[George Dickinson Hadley]]''' introduced the [[Esophagogastroduodenoscopy|gastrocamera]] to Britain?
* ... that the islands in '''[[Great Egg Harbor Bay]]''', a habitat for migratory birds, are eroding at a rate of {{convert|7|mm|in|abbr=on|order=flip}} per year?
* ... that '''[[Iggy Brazdeikis]]''' is a right-handed athlete who shoots [[basketball (ball)|basketball]]s left-handed?<!--Special occasion hook for April 14-->
* ... that actress [[Carole Ann Ford]] described [[Susan Foreman|her character]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Serial (radio and television)|serial]] '''''[[The Keys of Marinus]]''''' as "pathetic"?
* ... that elevator operators at New York City's '''[[181st Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|181st Street]]''' station are known to play music in an attempt to cheer up commuters?
===14 April 2018===
*'''''00:00, 14 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that at the '''[[Van Horne House (Bridgewater Township, New Jersey)|Van Horne House]]''' ''(pictured)'' following the [[Battle of Bound Brook]], the owner hosted British General [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Cornwallis]] for breakfast and American Generals [[Benjamin Lincoln|Lincoln]] and [[Nathanael Greene|Greene]] for supper?<!--Special occasion hook for April 13 (anniversary of battle)-->
* ... that biathlete [[Jakov Fak]] won a silver medal for '''[[Slovenia at the 2018 Winter Olympics]]''', having previously won a bronze medal for Croatia in [[2010 Winter Olympics|Vancouver]]?
* ... that "'''[[Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig]]'''", a hymn about vanity by [[Michael Franck]], is the basis of [[Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig, BWV 26|a chorale cantata by Bach]], and quoted in [[Mauricio Kagel]]'s Passion?
* ... that British newspaper editor '''[[Ian Stephens (editor)|Ian Stephens]]''' may have saved "hundreds of thousands" of lives during the [[Bengal famine of 1943]] by publishing photographs of the victims?
* ... that some leaves of the South African plant '''''[[Romulea tortuosa]]''''' are shaped like corkscrews?
* ... that '''[[R. A. Hardie]]''', a Canadian physician and missionary to Korea, was the catalyst for the 1903 Wŏnsan Revival and also inspired the [[Pyongyang Revival|Great Pyongyang Revival]] of 1907?
* ... that ''[[SegaSonic the Hedgehog]]'' was desired for inclusion in '''''[[Sonic Gems Collection]]''''', but was left out due to difficulties [[Video game console emulator|emulating]] its [[trackball]] controls?
* ... that '''[[Peter Newton (winemaker)|Peter Newton]]''' founded [[Sterling Vineyards]] and [[Newton Vineyard]], and was very proud of his eight-year-old granddaughter, who "discovered" [[Harry Potter]]?
===13 April 2018===
*'''''00:00, 13 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that on 12 April 1945, a white flag was hung from the tower of the '''[[Große Kirche Aplerbeck]]''' ''(pictured)'', one of two churches after the same design by [[Christian Heyden]], to signal capitulation?<!--Special occasion hook for April 12-->
* ... that Indian-born physician '''[[Jainti Dass Saggar]]''' was the first non-white person to be elected a councillor in Scotland?
* ... that when dissenting from the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] decision in '''''[[Lafler v. Cooper]]''''', Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] wrote that the Court had elevated "plea bargaining from a necessary evil to a constitutional entitlement"?
* ... that war veteran '''[[Owen Pick]]''' carried the flag for [[Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Olympics|Great Britain]] at the [[2018 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony]]?
* ... that the [[African-American]] settlers at Port Cresson were pacifist [[Quakers]] who were unequipped to defend themselves when '''[[Port Cresson massacre|attacked by King Joe]]'''?
* ... that after ''[[F. W. Winterbotham#The Ultra Secret|The Ultra Secret]]'' was published, German professor '''[[Arthur Thomas Hatto]]''' feared being kidnapped by Soviets?
* ... that the '''[[Tectarius coronatus|coronate prickly-winkle]]''' is a marine mollusk but can be found on limestone cliffs well above high water mark?
* ... that '''[[Brian Wilson is a genius]]'''?
===12 April 2018===
*'''''00:00, 12 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[William Bliss Baker]]''', a promising [[Hudson River School]] landscape painter ''(work pictured)'', died a week before his twenty-seventh birthday after being injured while ice skating?
* ... that fruit flies have been used extensively in '''[[laboratory experiments of speciation]]'''?
* ... that Indian [[high jump]]er '''[[Tejaswin Shankar]]''' first broke the [[List of Indian records in athletics#Men|national record]] at the age of 17?<!--Special occasion request for April 11-->
* ... that [[NASA]]'s '''[[Planetary Missions Program Office]]''' manages three of the agency's [[Timeline of Solar System exploration|solar system exploration]] programs?
* ... that '''[[Lin Hu (general)|Lin Hu]]''', a half-Russian orphan, joined the army at age 10 and grew up to become deputy commander of the [[People's Liberation Army Air Force|Chinese Air Force]]?
* ... that the small catfish '''''[[Malapterurus beninensis]]''''' uses its [[Electric organ (biology)|electric organ]] to stun the fishes on which it feeds?
* ... that '''[[Bob Nygaard]]''', a private investigator specializing in [[psychic]] fraud, has been instrumental in the return of millions of dollars to victims of this crime?
* ... that although its discoverer committed suicide after it was declared a [[Archaeological forgery|forgery]] in 1883, the '''[[Shapira Scroll]]''' may be a [[Dead Sea Scrolls|Dead Sea Scroll]] after all?
===11 April 2018===
*'''''00:00, 11 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Italian dictator [[Benito Mussolini]] tried to buy [[Norman Bel Geddes]]' 1932 design for a '''[[Streamlined Ocean Liner]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that [[viola|violist]] '''[[Konstantin Sellheim]]''' recorded fairy tale music with the Sellheim-Kuti Trio, and played the premiere of the piano quartet ''[[Skylla and Charybdis (Waterhouse)|Skylla and Charybdis]]'' by [[Graham Waterhouse]]?
* ... that humans and horses are '''[[Host (biology)|dead-end hosts]]''' for the [[West Nile virus]]?
* ... that '''[[Clifford E. Charlesworth]]''' was a NASA [[Flight Director]] during the [[Apollo 11]] Moon landing mission?
* ... that the upcoming film ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'' draws inspiration from the 1991 comic book '''''[[The Infinity Gauntlet]]'''''?
* ... that [[Lega Nord]] politician '''[[Toni Iwobi]]''' is the first black person elected to the [[Senate of the Republic (Italy)|Italian Senate]]?
* ... that '''[[Dai Prefecture]]''' and '''[[Dai County|County]]''' carried on the name of a '''[[Dai (Spring and Autumn period)|"barbarian" kingdom]]''' and '''[[Dai Commandery|Qin commandery]]''', despite being in a completely different part of China?
* ... that [[Liberia]]n president [[George Weah]]'s son '''[[Timothy Weah|Timothy]]''' plays for the [[United States men's national soccer team]]?
===10 April 2018===
*'''''00:00, 10 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Laura Kamhuber]]'''{{`s}} ''(pictured)'' rendition of "[[I Will Always Love You]]" at ''[[The Voice Kids (German TV series)|The Voice Kids Germany]]'' is the most-watched YouTube video by an Austrian artist?
* ... that the [[Hennepin County Library]] has '''[[List of Hennepin County Library branches|41 branches]]''' in 24 cities and towns in [[Minnesota]], and historically had locations in a [[Glen Lake Sanatorium|sanatorium]] and a bookmobile?<!--Special occasion hook for April 8-14-->
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Alex Raisbeck]]''' joined [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] after [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke]] manager [[Horace Austerberry]] failed to arrive at an arranged meeting?
* ... that the 2012 anthology '''''[[No Straight Lines]]''''', edited by [[Justin Hall (cartoonist)|Justin Hall]], collects [[LGBT themes in comics|queer comics]] covering a 40-year period?
* ... that [[MacArthur Fellows Program|MacArthur "Genius Grant"]] winner '''[[Joaquin Avila (lawyer)|Joaquin Avila]]''' wrote the [[California Voting Rights Act]]?
* ... that the [[Barbel (anatomy)|barbels]] on the chin of the '''[[Mullus barbatus|red mullet]]''' are sensory organs and used in locating prey?
* ... that after '''[[Feng Yidai]]''' was denounced as a "rightist" during China's [[Anti-Rightist Campaign]], he was recruited by the Communist Party to spy on other "rightists"?
* ... that '''[[Tsamma juice]]''' is named after "the Mother of all [[watermelon]] varieties"?
===9 April 2018===
*'''''00:00, 9 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[aerial torpedo]]-carrying missiles developed for the [[United States Navy|US Navy]] under '''[[Project Kingfisher]]''' included the '''[[AUM-N-2 Petrel|Petrel]]''' ''(pictured)'', '''[[AUM-N-4 Diver|Diver]]''', '''[[SUM-N-2 Grebe|Grebe]]''', and '''[[AUM-N-6 Puffin|Puffin]]'''?
* ... that violinist '''[[David Frühwirth]]''' played music from the [[interwar period]] for violin and piano at the [[Salzburg Festival]] and on a recording titled ''Trails of Creativity''?
* ... that the passage of a bill exempting Washington [[Washington State Legislature|state legislators]] from the state's '''[[Washington Public Records Act|Public Records Act]]''' prompted ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' to publish its first front-page editorial in 110 years?
* ... that '''[[Ariel Pink]]''' is frequently cited as the "godfather" of [[chillwave]] and [[hypnagogic pop]]?
* ... that the '''[[Franco-German University]]''' facilitates the cooperation of over 180 universities and colleges across international borders?
* ... that '''[[Mike Marjama]]''' overcame an eating disorder to make it to [[Major League Baseball]]?
* ... that the '''[[Battle of Głębokie]]''' during the [[Polish–Soviet War]] was both a tactical victory and a strategic defeat for the Soviet side?
* ... that a [[person of interest]] in '''[[Disappearance of Jamie Fraley|Jamie Fraley's disappearance 10 years ago today]]''' was later found dead of [[heat stroke]] in the trunk of his ex-girlfriend's car?<!--Special occasion hook for April 8-->
===8 April 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[red-tailed tropicbird]]''' ''(pictured)'' eats mainly flying fish and squid?
* ... that at age 16, sport shooter '''[[Manu Bhaker]]''' became the youngest [[Indian people|Indian]] to win a gold medal at the [[ISSF World Cup]]?
* ... that [[Reki Kawahara]], author of '''''[[Sword Art Online]]''''', planned to submit the draft for the [[light novel]] series to a 2002 competition, but refrained because it exceeded the page limit?<!--Special occasion hook for April 7-->
* ... that '''[[Leon Tomșa]]''', who passed laws limiting Greek immigration to [[Wallachia]], was reportedly a Greek oyster-monger?
* ... that the '''[[Fulton Center]]''' transit complex is the first subway station in New York City to receive a certification for environmental sustainability?
* ... that '''[[London New Zealand RFC]]''' is the only rugby team apart from the New Zealand national teams that wears the silver fern symbol?
* ... that '''[[Christian Boros]]''' owns an art gallery in a former [[Bunker (Berlin)|bunker]] in Berlin?
* ... that the tale "[[Town Musicians of Bremen]]" by the [[Brothers Grimm]] has been connected with the Buddhist legend about '''[[four harmonious animals]]'''?
===7 April 2018===
*'''''00:00, 7 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[R. Stevie Moore]]''' ''(pictured)'' pioneered modern [[indie music]], earning him the sobriquet "the godfather of [[home recording]]"?
* ... that according to his memoirs, [[Howard Marks]] concluded a drug deal at the '''[[Warwick Castle, Maida Vale|Warwick Castle]]''' with half a consignment of [[Cannabis (drug)|Thai grass]] hidden in a car parked outside?
* ... that generals '''[[Yao Xian (general)|Yao Xian]]''' and [[Lin Hu (general)|Lin Hu]] were born in the same year, went to the same school, fought in the same war, held the same rank, and died on the same day?
* ... that a giant landslide took place on '''[[Socompa]]''' volcano some 7,000 years ago, moving approximately 19.2 cubic kilometres (4.6 cu mi) of rock?
* ... that '''[[Robin Surgeoner]]''', a multiple Paralympic gold medal-winner in swimming, performs as a poet, artist, and musician under the stage name "Angryfish"?
* ... that the new east platform of '''[[Tukwila station]]''' in [[Tukwila, Washington]], was built with additional width that was later removed for the installation of a third track?
* ... that elected at age 39, '''[[Sadiq Sanjrani]]''' is the youngest-ever Chairman of the [[Senate of Pakistan]]?
* ... that the '''[[Holothuria fuscocinerea|ashy pink sea cucumber]]''' obtains its nourishment from swallowing sand?
===6 April 2018===
*'''''00:00, 6 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Canadian cardiologist '''[[Thomas Forrest Cotton]]''' was the first to recognise the correlation between [[Nail clubbing|finger clubbing]] ''(pictured)'' and [[infective endocarditis]]?
* ... that eight leaders of the '''[[Board of Trustees for the Education of Youth]]''' were convicted of crimes in Czechoslovakia after World War II?
* ... that '''[[Laura Barney Harding]]''' once declared she was [[Katharine Hepburn]]'s husband?
* ... that Icelandic chess grandmaster '''[[Stefán Kristjánsson]]''' was also a successful poker player?
* ... that it took almost five years to rebuild the '''[[South Ferry/Whitehall Street (New York City Subway)|South Ferry/Whitehall Street]]''' station in [[New York City]], which was completely flooded three years after it opened?
* ... that archaeologist '''[[Su Bingqi]]''' proposed a heretical multi-region model for prehistoric China which rejected the traditional view that Chinese civilization radiated from the [[Zhongyuan|Central Plain]]?
* ... that the comic book '''''[[X-Men Red]]''''' stars [[Jean Grey]], a character who had been dead for nearly fifteen years?
===5 April 2018===
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* ... that the 3,000-year-old '''[[Min fanglei|Min ''fanglei'']]''' ''(pictured)'' set a world-record auction price for a piece of Asian artwork?
* ... that '''[[George Crowninshield Jr.]]''' was the first American yachtsman and owned the '''[[Jefferson (yacht)|first American yacht]]'''?
* ... that '''[[prime number]]s''' have been studied since the time of the ancient Greeks, but had few real-world applications until the invention of [[public-key cryptography]] in the 1970s?
* ... that on 14 April 1945, the German town of [[Friesoythe]] was '''[[Razing of Friesoythe|deliberately burnt down]]''' by the [[4th Canadian Division]] and the ruins bulldozed on the orders of its commander?
* ... that in 1910, '''[[Oliver Toussaint Jackson]]''' established the agricultural settlement of [[Dearfield, Colorado]], for black Americans?
* ... that the [[mycotoxin]] '''[[phomoxanthone A]]''' causes fragmentation of [[mitochondrion|mitochondria]] within minutes?
* ... that the tenor '''[[Julian Podger]]''', who took part in the [[Bach Cantata Pilgrimage]], recorded the title role in Handel's last oratorio ''[[Jephtha (Handel)|Jephtha]]''?
* ... that [[the Beach Boys]]' 1967 album '''''[[Wild Honey (album)|Wild Honey]]''''' was made partly in response to a critical perception of the group as consisting of "ball-less choir boys"?
===4 April 2018===
*'''''00:00, 4 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Franz Joseph I of Austria]] gave a portrait ''(pictured)'' by '''[[Georg Decker]]''' to his [[Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria|ten-year-old son]]?
* ... that the first issue of the comic book '''''[[Sideways (comics)|Sideways]]''''' featured a vertical [[gatefold]] cover?
* ... that in 1938, '''[[Emanuel Moravec]]''' called for Czechoslovakia to declare war against Germany?
* ... that even a "benign" '''[[superficial vein thrombosis|blood clot in a superficial vein]]''' can lead to serious complications?
* ... that '''[[Jordan Poole]]'''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> game-winning [[buzzer beater]] [[three point shot]] in the [[2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2018 NCAA Basketball Tournament]] was nearly identical to his shot in the 2017 Dick's National High School Championship Game?<!--Special occasion hook for April 3 -->
* ... that in 1969, the '''[[Military Engineering Experimental Establishment]]''' became the first British research establishment to be granted [[Freedom of the City|freedom of a borough]]?
* ... that '''''[[Tooth and Tail]]'''''{{`s}} art style was described as a modernized version of 1990s [[pixel art]]?
* ... that the Hellenized Syrian satirist '''[[Lucian]]''' wrote the novel ''[[A True Story]]'', sometimes regarded as the first work of [[science fiction]], in the second century AD?
===3 April 2018===
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* ... that [[Harry T. Moore]] and his wife [[Harriette Moore|Harriette]] were the only married couple '''[[Murder of Harry and Harriette Moore|to be assassinated]]''' ''(bombed house pictured)'' during the [[civil rights movement]] era?
* ... that '''[[Ayaka Fukuhara]]''' decided to become a [[voice acting in Japan|voice actress]] after listening to a radio drama adaptation of the [[manga]] series ''[[Hunter × Hunter]]''?
* ... that a fan sued [[Major League Baseball]] '''[[Rector v. MLB| for $10 million]]''' after he was filmed sleeping at a game and the announcers allegedly made unflattering comments about him?<!--Special occasion hook for 2 April-->
* ... that the Easter hymn "'''[[Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag]]'''" (The glorious day has appeared) by [[Nikolaus Herman]] inspired other hymns and musical settings of the 20th century?<!--Date-sensitive hook-->
* ... that although '''[[Zhang Junsheng]]''' publicly feuded with [[Chris Patten]], Hong Kong's last British governor, the latter offered his condolences when Zhang died recently?
* ... that the [[basket star]] '''''[[Astrobrachion constrictum]]''''' is always found living in association with a black coral such as '''''[[Antipathes fiordensis]]'''''?
* ... that [[Otar Taktakishvili]]'s opera '''''[[Mindia]]''''' was based on [[Vazha-Pshavela]]'s epic poem ''The Snake-eater'' and premiered in 1961, the centenary of the poet's birth?
* ... that '''[[Robert Howard Hodgkin]]''' was part of a "[[Quakers|Quaker]] dynasty" that included [[Thomas Hodgkin (historian)|a banker]], [[Thomas Lionel Hodgkin|a Marxist historian]], [[Dorothy Hodgkin|a Nobel-winning chemist]], [[Howard Hodgkin|a painter]], [[Alan Lloyd Hodgkin|another Nobel winner]], and [[Thomas Hodgkin|the namesake of Hodgkin's lymphoma]]?
===2 April 2018===
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* ... that Daisy the dinosaur ''(relative pictured)'' '''[[Woodside, Old Windsor|lives with Elton John]]'''?
* ... that the [[United States Navy]] considered calling on '''[[SAM-N-8 Zeus|Zeus]]''' to defend a battleship?
* ... that '''[[Jigsaw (ransomware)|Jigsaw wants to play a game]]''' with your computer?
* ... that '''[[Trump Street|Trump]]''' is directly connected to [[Russia Row|Russia]]?
* ... that '''[[Edmund Hillary#Public_recognition|Hillary]]'''{{`s}} portrait is now being printed on the $5 bill?
* ... that '''[[Jōkō Obama|Obama]]''' was born in Japan?
* ... that the '''[[United States v. Forty-Three Gallons of Whiskey|United States once sued 43 gallons of whiskey]]'''?
* ... that '''''[[Fly Fishing: Memories of Angling Days|Fly Fishing by J. R. Hartley]]''''', a non-existent book by a non-existent author, became a number one bestseller and had two sequels?
===1 April 2018===
*'''''12:00, 1 April 2018 (UTC)'''''
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*... that '''[[Electrical disruptions caused by squirrels|squirrels may be a major cybersecurity threat]]''' ''(suspect pictured)''?
*... that '''[[Robert Bartholomew (sociologist)|Robert Bartholomew]]''' has been in [[Mass hysteria|hysterics]] for over twenty years?
*... that the '''[[R v Ingram, C., Ingram, D. and Whittock, T.|trial of the "Coughing Major"]]''' was interrupted by coughing jurors?
*... that '''[[Hitler-Ransomware#nazis|Hitler]]'''{{`s}} demands for mobile phone gift cards may have upset some Nazis?
*... that James Longstreet was mauled by '''[[Pelican (bomb)|pelican]]s'''?
*... that some people know '''[[Christ the Lord Is Risen Today|Christ the Lord is risen today]]''' from [[Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch]]?
*... that some extinct [[ant]]s were simply '''[[Zherichinius|terrible]]'''?
*... that after many years battling the forces of darkness, the '''[[Gowanus Batcave|Batcave]]''' became a popular venue for underground parties and concerts?
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* ... that the board game '''''[[Suffragetto]]''''' ''(pictured)'' featured [[suffragette]]s trying to storm the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]?<!--Special occasion hook for March [[Women's History Month]]-->
* ... that '''[[Jonah ibn Janah]]''', one of the most important medieval [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] grammarians, wrote his major works in [[Arabic]]?
* ... that '''[[100th Anniversary of the Canadian Navy|''The Homecoming'' statue]]''' depicts a Canadian sailor reuniting with his daughter and her dog?
* ... that the script of ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' originally intended '''[[Judge Doom]]''' to be the killer of [[Bambi (character)|Bambi]]'s mother?
* ... that '''[[London South Africa RFC]]''' started as a new club at the bottom of English rugby after the [[Rugby Football Union|RFU]] blocked their attempts to buy a [[National League 1]] club and [[Wimbledon RFC]]?
* ... that Canadian soprano '''[[Kirsten MacKinnon]]''', a winner of the [[Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions|Met Auditions]], appeared as [[Così fan tutte|Fiordiligi]] at the [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera|Glyndebourne Festival]], and as [[L'Africaine|Meyerbeer's Inès]] at the [[Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt|Frankfurt Opera]], staged as a space mission?<!--Special occasion hook for March [[Women's History Month]]-->
* ... that the proposed city of '''[[Greenhaven, Georgia]]''', would have a population of 300,000, making it [[Georgia (U.S. state)|the state]]'s second largest city after [[Atlanta]]?
* ... that '''[[Shalimar Sharbatly]]'''{{`s}} hand-painted [[Porsche 911]] was featured at the [[Louvre]]?<!--Special occasion hook for March [[Women's History Month]]-->
