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===31 October 2018===
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* ... that in 1934, the Austrian biochemist '''[[Regina Kapeller-Adler]]''' ''(pictured)'' developed an innovative [[Pregnancy test|test for early pregnancy]] based on the presence of [[histidine]] in urine?
* ... that '''[[Hunter Island (Bronx)|an island in New York City]]''' used to be a summer campsite, with up to half a million visitors by 1917?
* ... that at the age of 23, '''[[Adam Holland (runner)|Adam Holland]]''' became the youngest person to run 100 marathons?
* ... that the French town of '''[[Battle of Bergerac|Bergerac was captured]]''' after a [[portcullis]] jammed on a wounded horse?
* ... that '''[[Victoria Lederberg]]''' was a ''[[SimCity]]'' mayor of [[Providence, Rhode Island]], before becoming a state supreme court justice?
* ... that [[Heinrich Himmler]] may have given permission for the Red Cross to visit the '''[[Theresienstadt family camp|family camp]]''' at [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz II-Birkenau]], just a few hundred meters from the gas chambers?
* ... that in 2018, storyboard artist '''[[Domee Shi]]''' became the first woman to direct a [[Pixar]] short film?
* ... that [[Charles XI of Sweden]] tried '''[[Moose cavalry|mounting his cavalry on moose]]'''?
===30 October 2018===
*'''''00:00, 30 October 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the volcanic '''[[Waw an Namus|Oasis of Mosquitoes]]''' in the Sahara has multicoloured lakes ''(example pictured)'' and can be seen from space?
* ... that '''[[Anne Patzwald]]''' works as an occupational therapist at a clinic that employs three other current or former members of the German women's [[wheelchair basketball]] national team?
* ... that the Austro-Hungarian cruiser '''{{SMS|Kaiser Franz Joseph I||2}}''' sank during a gale in October 1919?
* ... that military officer '''[[Francisco Javier Arana]]''', who briefly ruled [[Guatemala]] as part of a three-person [[Junta (governing body)|junta]], was subsequently killed in a shootout after threatening a coup?
* ... that [[Max Reger]] composed 20 '''[[Responsories (Reger)|Responsories]]''' in English [[Responsory|for use]] in the American Lutheran church, although he did not speak English?
* ... that when suspected Mexican drug lord '''[[Raúl Meza Ontiveros]]''' was arrested, police found he was storing {{convert|348|kg}} of [[cocaine]]?
* ... that the '''[[Oregon Military Museum]]''' has more than 14,000 artifacts in its collection, including 50 vehicles, 750 weapons, and 5 military aircraft?
* ... that '''[[Renee Powell]]''' was the first female golfer to compete in a British men's tournament?
===29 October 2018===
*'''''00:00, 29 October 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that having located a beetle larva in dead timber, the female parasitic wasp '''''[[Stephanus serrator]]''''' ''(pictured)'' may take several hours to drill a hole towards it in which to lay its egg?
* ... that [[Green Bay Packers]] defensive tackle '''[[Dave Roller]]''', who weighed {{convert|270|lbs|kg}} at the time, was carried off [[Lambeau Field]] by fans after a victory against the [[Detroit Lions]]?<!--Special occasion hook for October 28-->
* ... that the 2013 '''[[Professor John Perkins' Review of Engineering Skills|Perkins Review]]''' found that only 24% of British parents considered engineering a suitable career for their daughters?
* ... that the Georgian [[Household deity|hearth goddess]] '''[[Lamaria]]''' was venerated exclusively by women, either in private rituals within the home or in private shrines outside the boundaries of villages?
* ... that '''''[[Saturday Zoo]]''''' host [[Jonathan Ross]] was described as "humour-resistant [[Polytetrafluoroethylene|Teflon]]"?
* ... that '''[[Robert of Nantes]]''' was "an old and venerable man aged eighty years" when he was imprisoned along with [[Louis IX of France]] during the [[Seventh Crusade]]?
* ... that in his opera '''''[[Tri sestry (opera)|Tri sestry]]''''' (''Three Sisters''), composer [[Péter Eötvös]] wants the three sisters from [[Three Sisters (play)|Chekhov's play]] to be sung by [[countertenor]]s?
* ... that basketball player '''[[Donte Ingram]]''' owns at least 50 pairs of [[sneakers]]?
===28 October 2018===
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* ... that the designs for the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial '''''[[The Sensorites]]''''' were inspired by [[Antoni Gaudí]]'s design of the [[Sagrada Família]] ''(pictured)'' in [[Barcelona]], which has no right angles?
* ... that [[Untersturmführer|SS-Untersturmführer]] '''[[Karl Friedrich Titho]]''' was dubbed the "Executioner of Fossoli" by the Italian media for his role in the execution of 67 prisoners at [[Fossoli camp|Fossoli di Carpi]]?
* ... that "'''[[The Witch's Promise]]'''" is the only [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] single to feature a [[Mellotron]]?
* ... that '''[[Jos Canale]]''' won the [[Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award|CHL Coach of the Year Award]] and led [[Canada men's national junior ice hockey team|Team Canada]] to a gold medal at the [[IIHF World U20 Championship|World Juniors]]?
* ... that a section of '''[[U.S. Route 97 Alternate]]''' in central Washington state was rebuilt on higher ground in the 1950s to prevent inundation from a [[Rocky Reach Dam|new hydroelectric dam]]?
* ... that the '''[[Soviet-German Syphilis Expedition]]''' of 1928 sought to explain the endemic [[syphilis]] among the "primitive" [[Buryats|Buryat]] people?
* ... that Israeli songwriter '''[[Rachel Shapira]]'''{{`s}} first hit song was set to music without her knowledge?
* ... that '''[[Neatsville, Kentucky]]''', has been relocated twice?
===27 October 2018===
*'''''00:00, 27 October 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Minneapolis]] surgeon '''[[George G. Eitel]]''' ''(pictured)'' was falsely rumored to have been shot at sunrise at [[Fort Snelling]]?
* ... that '''''[[Benedicite (Carter)|Benedicite]]''''', composed by [[Andrew Carter (composer)|Andrew Carter]] for choir, children's choir, and orchestra, was inspired by restored ceiling [[Boss (architecture)|bosses]] in [[York Minster]]?
* ... that several [[Major League Baseball]] teams adopted the "'''[[Opener (baseball)|opener]]'''" strategy during the [[2018 Major League Baseball season|2018 season]]?<!--Special occasion hook for October 26-->
* ... that in 2017, [[Willem de Kooning]]'s '''''[[Woman-Ochre]]''''' was found for sale in a [[New Mexico]] antique store, 32 years after it was stolen from the [[University of Arizona Museum of Art]]?
* ... that despite being the son of a professional basketball player, '''[[Luka Šamanić]]''' did not begin playing the game until the age of 11?
* ... that the flatworm '''''[[Microplana terrestris]]''''' can use a trail of mucus as a "suspension bridge" to pass from one leaf to another?
* ... that '''[[John "Jabo" Starks]]''' was one of the originators of [[funk]] drumming?<!--Special occasion hook for October 26-->
* ... that '''[[Doom Island|Doom]]''' was Dutch?
===26 October 2018===
*'''''00:00, 26 October 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Kaiser Franz Joseph I-class cruiser|''Kaiser Franz Joseph I''-class cruiser]]''' {{SMS|Kaiserin Elisabeth||2}} ''(pictured)'' accompanied [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria|Archduke Franz Ferdinand]] on his circumnavigation of the world between 1892 and 1893?
* ... that '''[[Michael Frenzel]]''', the former CEO of European tourism group [[TUI Group|TUI]], escaped from [[East Germany]] with his father when he was nine years old?
* ... that '''''[[Masters of the Sun Vol. 1]]''''' is the first album by the [[The Black Eyed Peas|Black Eyed Peas]] in eight years?
* ... that the [[England national amateur football team|English amateur footballer]] '''[[Reg Anderson (footballer)|Reg Anderson]]''' was killed during World {{nowrap|War II}} when his aircraft was shot down?
* ... that '''[[Hurricane response|hurricane responders]]''' face hazards from floodwater such as chemical and biological contaminants, and electrocution?
* ... that '''[[Jean Yancey]]''' was known in [[Denver]] as "the mother of all businesswomen", having helped more than 1,000 women launch their own [[Startup company|startups]]?
* ... that the '''[[Padule di Fucecchio massacre]]''', in which at least 174 Italian civilians were murdered, has been described as "one of the worst [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] atrocities in Italy"?
* ... that Canadian national basketball player '''[[Élodie Tessier]]''' is {{convert|3|ft|11|in}} tall?
===25 October 2018===
*'''''00:00, 25 October 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Bockenheimer Depot]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Frankfurt]], built to house trams, is now a theatre which staged the German premiere of Olga Neuwirth's ''[[Lost Highway (opera)|Lost Highway]]''?
* ... that photographs of the [[Valle de Guadalupe]] and [[Bahía de los Ángeles]] by '''[[Julio Rodríguez (photographer)|Julio Rodríguez]]''' appeared in ''[[National Geographic]]'' magazine?
* ... that more than 20 million people watched '''''[[Chronicle (UK TV programme)|Chronicle]]''''' during its three-day live coverage of the raising of the ''[[Mary Rose]]'' in 1982?
* ... that '''[[Denise Mueller-Korenek]]''' is the only woman to hold the world record for [[List of cycling records#History of motor-paced records|paced bicycle land speed]] since its establishment in 1899?
* ... that despite being structurally weakened, it may be beneficial to the '''[[Astreopora myriophthalma|porous star coral]]''' when the bivalve '''''[[Lithophaga simplex]]''''' bores into it?
* ... that the procession after the 1920 funeral of '''[[William G. Blakely]]''' reportedly included the longest line of automobiles ever seen at a funeral in [[Kingman, Arizona]]?
* ... that as the [[Salton Sea]] dries up, the '''[[Salton Buttes|gryphons are multiplying]]'''?
===24 October 2018===
*'''''00:00, 24 October 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Mary Pitman Ailau]]''' and her brother [[Henry Hoʻolulu Pitman]] ''(pictured)'' were educated at a [[Hilo, Hawaii|Hilo]] school with other biracial students of Hawaiian descent?
* ... that in 2004, the Israel Antitrust Authority declared that '''[[Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel|a copyright collective for authors and musicians]]''' was essentially a [[monopoly]]?
* ... that [[Office of Strategic Services|OSS]] agent '''[[Roderick Stephen Hall]]''' was betrayed and captured during a one-man mission in northern Italy in January 1945, and murdered by the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]]?
* ... that most '''[[Red porgy|red porgies]]''' change sex from female to male at some point during their lives?
* ... that top [[NBA draft]] prospect '''[[Sekou Doumbouya]]''' signed his first professional basketball contract at age 15?
* ... that Julia Yates, head of the New Zealand fashion label '''[[Trilby Yates]]''', was once spat at in the street for wearing trousers?
* ... that in 2018, '''[[Notebook scandal|police raided the house]]''' of former Argentine president [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner]], and confiscated a letter written by the 19th-century national hero [[José de San Martín]]?
* ... that Reverend '''[[James Abercrombie (Episcopal priest)|James Abercrombie]]''' once admonished President [[George Washington]] during his sermon for not setting an example in church by receiving [[Eucharist|communion]]?
===23 October 2018===
*'''''00:00, 23 October 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Albugo candida|white rust]]''' ''(pictured)'', a plant pathogen affecting the [[Brassicaceae|cabbage family]], predisposes its host to develop [[downy mildew]]?
* ... that pictures of suspected 18-year-old assassin '''[[Raúl Meza Torres]]''' inspired other teenagers in Mexico to join organized crime?
* ... that aggregations of '''[[Lytechinus pictus|painted urchin]]''' have been recorded with a density of 80 individuals per square metre?
* ... that college basketball player '''[[Johnny Dee (basketball)|Johnny Dee]]''' played through a knee injury for most of a season while leading the [[NCAA Division I]] in [[free throw]] shooting percentage?
* ... that [[Orlande de Lassus]] set '''[[Psalm 134]]''', one of the [[Song of Ascents|Songs of Ascents]], in Latin for seven voices [[a cappella]], using a wide range from low bass to very high soprano?
* ... that during World {{nowrap|War II}}, '''[[Huang Qingyun]]''' published the only Chinese children's magazine in Hong Kong and China, and corresponded with her readers to help them cope with life in wartime?
* ... that at over fourteen hours in duration, '''''[[La Flor]]''''' is the longest film in [[Cinema of Argentina|Argentine cinema]]?
* ... that in 2017, '''[[Sofía Gómez]]''' broke the [[Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques|CMAS]] Constant Weight Bi-Fins [[freediving]] world record, and then broke her own record two days later?
===22 October 2018===
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* ... that Japanese musician '''[[May'n]]''' ''(pictured)'' adopted her stage name because she wanted her fans to consider her their "main" singer?<!--Special occasion hook for October 21-->
* ... that '''[[Vesteris Seamount|an underwater mountain]]''' between Greenland and Norway has been compared to a [[coral reef]]?
* ... that German [[wheelchair basketball]] player '''[[Barbara Gross]]''' plays for the [[University of Alabama]] team, which includes two other Germans?
* ... that when [[Neil Gaiman]] and [[Dave McKean]] pitched [[DC Comics]] on reintroducing '''''[[Black Orchid (comic book)|Black Orchid]]''''' in 1988, editor [[Karen Berger]] had never heard of [[Black Orchid (comics)|the main character]]?
* ... that the company set up by [[Horticulture|horticulturist]] '''[[Theodosia Burr Shepherd]]''' is considered the foundation of the California seed industry?
* ... that '''[[Theater Bremen]]''', the state theatre in [[Bremen]] for operas, plays, dance, and student programs, was selected as opera house of the year by ''[[Opernwelt]]'' in 2007?
* ... that '''[[Adam Marshall (priest)|Adam Marshall]]''' was the first Catholic chaplain in the [[United States Navy]], albeit unofficially?
* ... that the entire '''[[Marco Polo (Doctor Who)|fourth serial of ''Doctor Who'']]''' is [[Doctor Who missing episodes|missing]] after being erased by the [[BBC]] in 1967?
===21 October 2018===
*'''''00:00, 21 October 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Valentin Peter Feuerstein]]''' created a cycle of seven stained-glass windows ''(three pictured)'' for the [[Überwasserkirche]] in [[Münster]]?
* ... that in 1906, Russian-Jewish immigrant Abe Spring first proposed '''[[History of the Jews in Alaska|Alaska]]''' as a [[Proposals for a Jewish state#Modern times|refuge for Jews]], but the suggestion was rejected by the US Congress?
* ... that '''[[Karolin Margret Natasa]]''' is the first [[Dayak people|Dayak]] woman to serve as a regional head in Indonesia?
* ... that on May 14, 1980, Salvadoran forces '''[[Sumpul River massacre|massacred more than 300 civilians]]''' while Honduran soldiers prevented them from escaping across the border?
* ... that '''[[E. C. Stoner]]''' was one of the first black [[American comic book]] artists?
* ... that the '''[[Barbantus curvifrons|palebelly searsid]]''' undertakes daily vertical migrations in the deep sea?
* ... that British pathologist '''[[Ian Whimster]]''' was part of the medical team that entered the [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]] after the Germans had left?
* ... that the name of the undersea volcano '''[[Ita Mai Tai]]''' (No Damn Good) was given by a scientist presumably upset by unsuccessful attempts to drill into it?
===20 October 2018===
*'''''00:00, 20 October 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that wild '''[[Selangor silvered langur]]''' monkeys ''(pictured)'' at [[Bukit Melawati]] in Malaysia sometimes touch or even climb onto human visitors?
* ... that the Israeli team at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] attended the German production of ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' as guests of its star, Israeli actor '''[[Shmuel Rodensky]]''', the night before the [[Munich massacre]]?
* ... that '''[[Nanchang Xiangtang Airport]]''' served 102 passengers in its first full year of operation, and more than 800,000 four decades later?
* ... that sugar refiner '''[[William Camden (merchant)|William Camden]]''' was also a partner in a business shipping slaves to the Caribbean?
* ... that the 2011 horror [[webtoon]] "'''[[Bongcheon-Dong Ghost]]'''" was released with a warning for "pregnant women, the elderly, and those suffering from serious medical conditions"?
* ... that '''[[Abhilasha Kumari]]''', the first female Chief Justice of the [[Manipur High Court]] in India, served for only 13 days?
* ... that the [[shooting of Oscar Grant]] motivated [[Angie Thomas]] to write a short story that became the basis for her debut novel, '''''[[The Hate U Give]]'''''?<!--Special occasion hook for 19 October-->
* ... that Canadian wheelchair basketball player '''[[Sandrine Bérubé]]''' is a brown belt in karate?
===19 October 2018===
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* ... that passersby in Munich's '''[[Luitpoldpark]]''' may get soaked when a figure on the Pumuckl fountain ''(pictured)'' spits intermittently?
* ... that during a 15-year period researching [[George Washington]]'s correspondence, '''[[William Wright Abbot]]''' read or edited more than 135,000 documents?
* ... that [[Filipinos]] became the first Asians to have a documented presence in the Americas when they '''[[Landing of the first Filipinos in America|landed in what is now California on 18 October 1587]]'''?<!--Special occasion hook for October 18-->
* ... that basketball player '''[[Bol Bol]]''' received his first [[NCAA Division I]] offer at the age of 15?
* ... that the slots in the [[Test (biology)|test]] of the '''[[Leodia sexiesperforata|six-holed keyhole urchin]]''' may help prevent it from being washed away by the current?
* ... that in 2017, '''[[Renee Rabinowitz]]''' successfully sued [[El Al]] after the airline forced her to move at the request of a [[Haredi Judaism|Haredi Jewish]] man who refused to sit beside her?
* ... that there is in excess of 150 million tons of [[phosphorite]] ore on '''[[Ioah Guyot]]''', a [[seamount]] in the Pacific Ocean?
* ... that professional ''[[League of Legends]]'' player '''[[Imaqtpie]]''' was married in a T-shirt and shorts?
===18 October 2018===
*'''''00:00, 18 October 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Ana María Campos]]''', who died 190 years ago today, is celebrated ''(monument pictured)'' as a heroine of the [[Venezuelan War of Independence]]?
* ... that '''[[Floyd Bennett Field]]''', New York City's first municipal airport, was not commercially successful due to its remoteness from [[Manhattan]]?
* ... that [[John Lennon]] was inspired to write the song "'''[[Sunday Bloody Sunday (John Lennon and Yoko Ono song)|Sunday Bloody Sunday]]'''" by his anger over the [[Bloody Sunday (1972)|1972 Bloody Sunday massacre]]?
* ... that in 1981, '''[[Elnora M. Gilfoyle]]''' became the first [[Occupational therapy|occupational therapist]] to receive an honorary [[Doctor of Science]] degree?
* ... that the full implementation of the '''[[Calais Conference|Calais Conference proposals]]''' was thwarted by the threatened resignations of Field Marshal [[Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig|Douglas Haig]] and General [[Sir William Robertson, 1st Baronet|Sir William Robertson]]?
* ... that '''[[Cellica Nurrachadiana|the regent]]''' of [[Karawang Regency|Karawang]], Indonesia, claims to have been named after [[Toyota Celica|a car]]?
* ... that during the American Revolution, the British stronghold of '''[[Granby, South Carolina|Fort Granby]]''' in the South Carolina colony was attacked with a [[Quaker gun]]?
* ... that while in prison, '''[[Richard Worsam Meade I|Richard W. Meade]]''' wrote a political pamphlet about rotten cheese?
===17 October 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Schloss Weilburg]]''', a Baroque garden palace, contains a Renaissance palace ''(engraving pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Reggie Upshaw]]''' was considered one of [[Tennessee]]'s best high school athletes in American football, basketball, and the high jump?
* ... that [[Pope Pius XII]] did not condemn the '''[[Raid of the Ghetto of Rome|roundup and deportation of more than a thousand Jews]]''' "[[Under His Very Windows|under his very windows]]" 75 years ago today?<!--Special occasion hook for October 16-->
* ... that former ballerina '''[[Miranda Esmonde-White]]''' claims that people can practice "aging backwards" through [[Eccentric training|eccentric exercise]]?
* ... that the [[German language newspapers in the United States|German-language weekly]] '''''[[Der Nordstern]]''''' (''The North Star'') was founded in 1874 to serve the Minnesota area's large [[German Americans|German immigrant]] community?
* ... that '''[[Tan Tjoen Tiat]]''', the second [[List of Kapitan Cina#Hoofden der Chinezen of Batavia (present day Jakarta)|''Majoor der Chinezen'' of Batavia]], advised the colonial government in 1870 that women should not act as guardians for minors?
* ... that the adventure video game '''''[[Unavowed]]''''' uses [[pixel art]] because the development studio lacked the resources to create a 3D video game?
* ... that '''[[Mary Jane Reoch]]''' rode {{convert|12|mi}} to the hospital on her racing bike to give birth to her daughter?
===16 October 2018===
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* ... that Greek [[Water carrier|water-carrier]] '''[[Spyridon Louis]]''' ''(pictured)'' became a national hero as a result of winning the inaugural modern [[Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|Olympic men's marathon]]?
* ... that Venezuelan political activist '''[[Rafaela Requesens]]''' was a [[flamenco]] dancer for fifteen years from the age of six?
* ... that the '''[[Harvard Graduate Students Union]]''', a labor union representing 5,000 student workers at [[Harvard University]], is affiliated with the [[United Automobile Workers]]?
* ... that the fee in excess of £2,000 paid by [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] in 1921 for the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Fergie Aitken]]''' was the record that [[Bury F.C.|Bury]] had received for a player?
* ... that '''''[[Wandersong]]''''' was one of the first [[GameMaker Studio]] titles to be released on the [[Nintendo Switch]], along with ''[[Hyper Light Drifter]]'' and ''[[Undertale]]''?
* ... that basketball player '''[[Trey Lewis (basketball)|Trey Lewis]]''' transferred to [[Louisville Cardinals men's basketball|Louisville]] with hopes of reaching the [[NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|NCAA Tournament]], but the team declared itself ineligible for the tournament after he joined?
* ... that Don [[Raimondo Viale]] was honoured as [[Righteous Among the Nations]] for assisting Jews who had escaped from the '''[[Borgo San Dalmazzo concentration camp]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Henry Garber Hanks|Henry G. Hanks]]''' left Cleveland to join the [[California Gold Rush]], only to end up selling paint and studying [[mineralogy]]?
===15 October 2018===
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* ... that in the mid-18th century, small "Toys" inscribed with "amorous suggestions" ''(example pictured)'' were '''[[Chelsea porcelain factory|made in Chelsea]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Matt Mobley]]''' set an [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10 basketball tournament]] record with nine [[Three-point field goal|3-pointers]] in a victory over [[Richmond Spiders men's basketball|Richmond]]?
* ... that the contents of the '''[[Biblioteca della Comunità Israelitica]]''' in Rome, with volumes dating back to the 16th century, were looted by [[Nazi Germany]] 75 years ago today, and never recovered?<!--Special occasion hook for October 14-->
* ... that '''[[Max Jessner]]''' travelled to [[Buryatia|Buriat-Mongolia]] as part of the [[Soviet-German Syphilis Expedition]]?
* ... that '''[[Bontecou Lake]]''', near [[Millbrook, New York]], is divided between two [[drainage basin]]s, making it a [[bifurcation lake]]?
* ... that in 1903, the '''[[Selina Siggins|25-year-old daughter of an illiterate Irish immigrant]]''' became the first woman to stand for the [[Australian House of Representatives]]?
* ... that the hymn "'''[[Mein ganzes Herz erhebet dich]]'''", a paraphrase of [[Psalm 138]] based on the Protestant [[Genevan Psalter]], is also sung by German-speaking Catholics?
* ... that businessman '''[[Jose Yao Campos]]''' admitted in 1986 to having organized 40 different [[Shell corporation|shell companies]] through which Philippine dictator [[Ferdinand Marcos]] could hide his wealth?
===14 October 2018===
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* ... that humans carved [[petroglyph]]s into the cooled lava flows of the '''[[Cima volcanic field]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that today is '''[[No Bra Day]]''', on which women are encouraged to go braless to promote [[breast cancer]] awareness and [[gender equality]]?<!--Special occasion hook for October 13-->
* ... that footballer '''[[Sandy Allan]]''' was the first player to score a headed [[Hat-trick#Association_football|hat-trick]] in a [[UEFA competitions|European club competition]]?
* ... that in his '''''[[Berceuse (Chopin)|Berceuse]]''''', [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]] created a [[lullaby]] for piano in 16 continuous variations on an [[ostinato]] ground bass?
* ... that '''[[Giovanni Fornasini]]''', an Italian priest murdered by the Nazis in 1944, was posthumously awarded Italy's [[Gold Medal of Military Valour]] and is a candidate for sainthood?<!--Special occasion hook for October 13-->
* ... that the '''[[Pantala hymenaea|spot-winged glider]]''' is a [[Migration (ecology)|migratory]] dragonfly?
* ... that after his ban on playing ''[[League of Legends]]'' was lifted, '''[[Loltyler1]]'''{{`s}} return set a new record for viewership on [[Twitch.tv]]?
* ... that the leader of the '''[[Caiazzo massacre]]''' on 13 October 1943 eluded arrest for nearly 50 years because authorities were searching for him under the wrong name?<!--Special occasion hook for October 13-->
===13 October 2018===
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* ... that at the age of 13, '''[[Madeleine Thompson]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the youngest [[wheelchair basketball]] player ever to represent Great Britain?
* ... that '''[[Galán]]''', one of the largest exposed [[caldera]]s in the world, contains the Laguna Diamante lake, where life has to tolerate extreme environmental conditions?
* ... that '''[[Emil Mattiesen]]''', a composer of [[lied]]er, chamber and organ music, also wrote books on [[parapsychology]]?
* ... that [[Miami University]]'s '''[[Herron Gymnasium]]''', listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], was demolished and replaced with a parking lot?
* ... that American missionary '''[[Clarissa Chapman Armstrong]]''' led Bible study meetings for Queen [[Kalama]] in Hawaii while her husband served as Minister of Public Instruction under King [[Kamehameha III]]?
* ... that '''[[Großtarock]]''', a [[card game]] played with a 78-card [[Tarot]] pack that originated in Germany and spread to the Netherlands and Scandinavia, has survived only in the Danish variant known as ''Tarok''?
* ... that '''[[Henry Weston Farnsworth]]''' served in the [[French Foreign Legion]] and was one of the first American soldiers killed in World {{nowrap|War I?}}
* ... that '''[[East Sutherland Gaelic]]''' has just one remaining native speaker?
===12 October 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Frogmore Paper Mill]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the oldest surviving mechanical [[paper mill]] in the world?
* ... that '''[[Beerbohm (cat)|Beerbohm]]''', a cat owned by the [[Gielgud Theatre]], became famous for entering actors' dressing rooms, attacking props, and wandering across the stage during performances?
* ... that photographer '''[[Evgenia Arbugaeva]]''' won the trust of a Siberian mammoth-tusk hunter by stitching up his injured hand?
* ... that [[Sam Hornish Jr.]] of [[Panther Racing]] won the '''[[2002 Delphi Indy 300]]''' by 0.0024 seconds, the closest margin of victory in [[IndyCar Series|Indy Racing League]] history?
* ... that '''[[Türkan Rado]]''' was the first female professor of law in Turkey?
* ... that despite [[John Fogerty]]'s agreement with [[Flower power|hippie generation]] political concerns, his lyrics for [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]'s "'''[[Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me)]]'''" were critical of hippie attitudes?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Willie Anderson (footballer)|Willie Anderson]]''' agreed to join the [[Portland Timbers (1975–82)|Portland Timbers]] despite not knowing where the team was based?
===11 October 2018===
*'''''00:00, 11 October 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Claude Debussy]] dedicated a piano piece to Yvonne Lerolle ''(pictured)'' in 1894, and included it in his suite '''''[[Pour le piano]]''''' in 1901?
* ... that according to family lore, '''[[George FitzGeorge Hamilton]]''', a godson of [[George V]], was killed in a World {{nowrap|War I}} bombing raid while retrieving his [[Leave (military)|leave]] pass?
* ... that pieces of the original '''[[Pennsylvania Station (1910–1963)|New York Penn Station]]''' have been found at a recycling center in [[the Bronx]], underneath the [[New Jersey Meadowlands]], and in other U.S. states?
* ... that '''[[Baby Rani Maurya]]''', who in August 2018 was sworn in as the seventh [[List of governors of Uttarakhand|governor of Uttarakhand]], India, is the second woman to hold that post?
* ... that the '''[[Bishan tunnel flooding|flooding of a tunnel]]''' on the [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Singapore MRT]], causing more than [[Singapore dollar|S$]]2 million in damages, was blamed on falsified maintenance records?
* ... that '''[[Pietro Bandini]]''', a Catholic priest, established [[Tontitown, Arkansas]], as a colony of Italian immigrants in 1898?
* ... that the wasp '''''[[Nealiolus curculionis]]''''' is a [[parasitoid]] of the '''[[Cylindrocopturus adspersus|sunflower stem weevil]]'''?
* ... that at age 14, '''[[Luc Van Slooten]]''' was the youngest player at the [[2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship]]?
===10 October 2018===
*'''''00:00, 10 October 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that despite the party's [[Anti-tobacco movement in Nazi Germany|anti-smoking faction]], the ''[[Sturmabteilung]]'' was funded by a '''[[Sturm Cigarette Company|Nazi cigarette company]]''' ''(advertisement pictured)''?
* ... that to receive a work permit to play in [[Luxembourg]], Bosnian [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Sanel Ibrahimović]]''' had to pretend to be a specialist in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina cuisine|his country's cuisine]]?
* ... that in his 1994 opera '''''[[La Belle et la Bête (opera)|La Belle et la Bête]]''''', [[Philip Glass]] wrote dialogue and music for soloists and ensemble to match [[Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)|the 1946 film]] by [[Jean Cocteau]]?
* ... that architect '''[[Rose Connor]]''' found in 1958 that only one percent of registered architects in the U.S. were female, and seven states had no [[Women in architecture|female architects]] at all?
* ... that the [[mitochondrial DNA]] molecules of '''[[Medusozoa]]''' are linear rather than circular as in almost all other animals?
* ... that in 2015, '''[[Maya Krishna Rao]]''' became the first artist to return the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]?
* ... that '''[[Soulard Farmers Market]]''' is reputed to be the oldest [[Marketplace|public market]] in the US west of the [[Mississippi River]]?
* ... that "Beatles-ologist" '''[[Kolya Vasin]]''' proposed a {{convert|210|ft|adj=on}} tall "temple" be constructed in [[Saint Petersburg]] in honour of [[John Lennon]]?
===9 October 2018===
*'''''00:00, 9 October 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Chaophraya Phrasadet Surentharathibodi|Chao­phraya Phra­sadet Suren­thara­thibodi]]''' ''(pictured)'' wrote a manual on etiquette in order to teach proper manners to [[Thailand|Siam]]'s newly educated class?
* ... that the unsolved '''[[Chen family homicides|killing of a Chinese immigrant family]]''' in [[Guilderland, New York]], four years ago today was the first quadruple homicide in the state's [[Capital District, New York|Capital District]]?<!--Special occasion hook for October 8-->
* ... that '''[[Eleonore Trefftz]]''' was the second woman to become a scientific member of the [[Max Planck Society]]?
* ... that in "'''[[Mein Gott, wie schön ist deine Welt]]'''", a 1936 hymn by [[Georg Thurmair]], every stanza declares three times, "How beautiful is Your world"?
* ... that '''[[Zena Edosomwan]]''' was the first top-100 high school basketball recruit to commit to [[Harvard Crimson men's basketball|Harvard]]?
* ... that '''[[Project Harvest Moon]]''' intended to commercialize space by selling [[moon rock]]s to pay for further lunar experiments?
* ... that ships of '''[[Thomas King (slave trader)|Thomas King]]'''{{`s}} firm [[Camden, Calvert and King]] carried more than 20,000 slaves from West Africa to the Caribbean?
* ... that '''[[Working with Lemons]]''' participated in an event in [[Provo, Utah]], that broke the world record for most people participating in a live [[nativity scene]] re-enactment?
===8 October 2018===
*'''''00:00, 8 October 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Transport of Białystok children|children from the Białystok Ghetto]]''' ''(pictured)'' panicked when their hair was cut and they were told to undress and shower upon arriving at the [[Theresienstadt concentration camp]], because they knew about [[gas chamber]]s?<!--Special occasion hook for Oct 7-->
* ... that most of [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Laurence Abrams]]'''{{`s}} [[Transfer (association football)|transfer]] fee for his move from [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]] was never paid, after [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] claimed it would force them to fold?
* ... that a section of '''[[Washington State Route 24]]''' through [[Hanford Site|Hanford]] was closed to traffic during World {{nowrap|War II}}, and never reopened?
* ... that in 1833, '''[[Ursula Newell Emerson]]''' drew some of the earliest surviving manuscript maps of Hawaii for instructional use?
* ... that [[Cristin Milioti]] describes her character Nanette Cole from the ''[[Black Mirror]]'' episode "'''[[USS Callister|USS ''Callister'']]'''{{-"}} as "a woman in charge [fighting] against a small-minded, misogynist bully"?
* ... that '''[[Emilio Álvarez Icaza]]''' will enter the [[Senate of the Republic (Mexico)|Mexican Senate]] as an independent, refusing to affiliate with any of the [[Por México al Frente|three parties]] that supported his candidacy?
* ... that [[Willem Adriaan van der Stel]] introduced the '''[[Pelargonium peltatum|ivy-leaved pelargonium]]''' to the Netherlands from South Africa in 1700?
* ... that the Hindu goddess [[Matangi]] is worshipped with the taboo offering of '''[[Uchchhishta|leftovers]]'''?
===7 October 2018===
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* ... that American surgeon '''[[Dallas B. Phemister]]''' created a [[bone grafting]] technique which now '''[[Phemister graft|bears his name]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Velters Cornewall Berkeley]]''' infuriated some of his fellow British officers by failing to engage the 130-gun ''[[Spanish ship Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad|Santisima Trinidad]]''?
* ... that the release of '''''[[Led Zeppelin III]]''''' was held up for two months because of its [[volvelle]]-based sleeve design?
* ... that '''[[Michael Bambang Hartono|a Chinese Indonesian billionaire]]''' became the oldest medal winner for that country at the [[2018 Asian Games]]?
* ... that '''[[Cruz Pérez Cuéllar]]''' ran for [[Governor of Chihuahua]], Mexico, in 2016 on a platform that called for voters to decide if the governor should be removed midway through his term?
* ... that the '''[[Actinothoe sphyrodeta|sandalled anemone]]''' reproduces by [[Fission (biology)#Types of binary fission|longitudinal fission]]?
* ... that two years after winning the throne of the [[Byzantine Empire]] in battle, '''[[Isaac I Komnenos|Isaac I]]''' voluntarily abdicated and retired to a monastery?
* ... that the No. 19 [[pastrami on rye]] at '''[[Langer's Deli]]''' ''(pictured)'' in Los Angeles has been called "the [[Marilyn Monroe]] of pastrami sandwiches"?
===6 October 2018===
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* ... that overfishing of '''[[European pilchard]]''' ''(pictured)'' and [[European anchovy|anchovy]] in the [[Adriatic Sea]] can cause dramatic changes in the ecosystem?
* ... that tenor '''[[Daniel Behle]]''' had a single day to learn rarely performed [[Romantic music|romantic]] duets when he stepped in at short notice for a 2018 [[Rheingau Musik Festival]] concert with [[Annette Dasch]]?
* ... that '''[[Our Lady of Pompeii Church (Manhattan)|Our Lady of Pompeii]]''' in New York City was founded in 1892 as a church for [[Italian Americans|Italian immigrants]]?
* ... that during his time in Slovakia to play professional basketball, '''[[J. R. Cadot]]''' was assaulted and followed to the hospital by a racist mob?
* ... that the 1980s-themed cover for [[Muse (band)|Muse's]] album '''[[Simulation Theory (album)|''Simulation Theory'']]''' was made by ''[[Stranger Things]]'' artist [[Kyle Lambert]]?
* ... that '''[[Lucius Neratius Marcellus]]''' was involved in the establishment of the defensive line that later became [[Hadrian's Wall]]?
* ... that during World War II, the '''[[United States Lake Survey]]''' published 370 tons of maps including 8,109 different charts and maps, distributing over 9 million items to the armed forces?
* ... that [[Sam Frost (actress)|Sam Frost]] received death threats after her ''[[Home and Away]]'' character '''[[Jasmine Delaney]]'''{{`s}} first scenes were aired?
===5 October 2018===
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* ... that the palace theatre '''[[Schlosstheater Schönbrunn]]''' ''(hall pictured)'', commissioned by [[Maria Theresa]], opened on 4 October 1747, her husband's [[name day]]?<!--Special occasion hook for October 4-->
* ... that '''[[Bob Lowes]]''' is a two-time winner of the [[Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award|Coach of the Year Award]] in the [[Canadian Hockey League]]?
* ... that the '''[[Furgate]]''' scandal in the late 1990s, described as one of the largest in South Korea, involved [[influence peddling]] through the giving of luxury items?
* ... that upon its completion in 2016 at SeaWorld Orlando, '''[[Mako (roller coaster)|Mako]]''' became the tallest, longest, and fastest [[roller coaster]] in the [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] area of [[Florida]]?
* ... that French poet '''[[René Ghil]]''' worked towards developing an ideal poetic language that would "subsume and supersede all the other arts" by establishing his own system of verbal instrumentation?
* ... that to create the fireball effect in '''[[episode 1094]]''' of ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', the show's production team packed ten different explosions into one blast?
* ... that '''[[Almeda Eliza Hitchcock]]''' became the first female lawyer in the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]] in 1888?
* ... that '''[[Pets of Imran Khan|one of the dogs belonging to Imran Khan]]''', the Pakistani prime minister, accompanies him on his daily helicopter ride to the office and in official meetings at his home?
===4 October 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[Hungry Tree]]''' in Dublin is "eating" a park bench ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Wally Schirra]]''', one of the [[Mercury Seven|original seven astronauts]] in NASA's [[Project Mercury|first manned spaceflight program]], was [[Walter Cronkite]]'s co-anchor during the seven Moon landing missions?<!--Special occasion hook for October 3-->
* ... that in 1889, the '''[[Edinburgh College of Medicine for Women]]''' was established in direct competition with [[Sophia Jex-Blake]]'s [[Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women|School of Medicine for Women]]?
* ... that '''[[Harry Kupfer]]''', the stage director at the [[Komische Oper Berlin]] for decades, presented Wagner's ''[[The Flying Dutchman (opera)|Der fliegende Holländer]]'' at the 1978 [[Bayreuth Festival]] as a psychological drama?
* ... that when the '''[[Colonial Plaza]]''' shopping center opened in 1956 in [[Orlando, Florida]], its sidewalks were tinted green to reduce glare?
* ... that '''[[Wilma Mankiller]]''' faced sexism during her campaign for [[List of Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee|Deputy Chief of the Cherokee Nation]], despite [[Cherokee society]] being traditionally [[Matrilineality|matrilineal]]?
* ... that '''[[Quodlibet (card game)|Quodlibet]]''' is a card game played by student fraternities with [[German playing cards#William Tell|William Tell cards]], where the dealer is known as the "beer king"?
* ... that despite '''[[List of international goals scored by Alexis Sánchez|Alexis Sánchez's seven goals in qualification]]''', [[Chile national football team|Chile]] failed to qualify for the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]]?
===3 October 2018===
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* ... that '''''[[Aglantha digitale]]''''' ''(pictured)'' has a slow swimming action but a rapid escape response?
* ... that one of the two temples visited most often by [[Gautama Buddha|the Buddha]] was built by '''[[Visakha]]''', a wealthy aristocratic woman who was considered his chief female lay disciple?
* ... that the [[Scottish Gaelic]] poet [[Sorley MacLean]] asked [[Douglas Young (classicist)|Douglas Young]] to destroy some of the poems in '''''[[Dàin do Eimhir]]''''', now regarded as MacLean's masterpiece?
* ... that professional basketball player '''[[Daniel Dixon (basketball)|Daniel Dixon]]''' enrolled in military school after drawing interest from only one college during high school?
* ... that a scandal at the [[Postos of Mozambique|administrative post]] of '''[[Lioma]]''' led to a landmark decision that provided better legal protection for all students in Mozambique?
* ... that '''[[Jake (video game player)|Jake]]''' was one of two [[Overwatch League]] players invited to a summit between the International Olympic Committee and the [[eSports]] community?
* ... that the designs for the 170-gun '''[[HMS Duke of Kent|HMS ''Duke of Kent'']]''' may have been fabricated in an attempt to claim credit for several ship-building innovations?
* ... that '''[[Justin I]]''' arrived at Constantinople as an illiterate teenage peasant and died as [[List of Byzantine emperors|Emperor of Byzantium]]?
===2 October 2018===
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* ... that US Army combat medic '''[[Ronald J. Shurer]]'''{{`s}} ''(pictured)'' [[Silver Star]] commendation for service in Afghanistan is being upgraded to a [[Medal of Honor]] today?<!--Special occasion hook for October 1-->
* ... that upon their return to the Philippines after attending college in the United States, '''[[Pensionado Act|pensionados]]''' were referred to as "American boys" and faced discrimination?<!--Special occasion hook for October 1-->
* ... that heavy metal vocalist '''[[Jill Janus]]''' performed at the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] the night before the [[September 11 attacks]]?
* ... that when the designer [[Mariano Fortuny (designer)|Mariano Fortuny]] established his studio in the '''[[Palazzo Pesaro Orfei]]''' in Venice, he was one of about 350 people using the building?
* ... that '''[[Neeru Chadha]]''' is the first Indian woman to be elected as a judge to the [[International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea]]?
* ... that the boys choir '''[[Wiesbadener Knabenchor]]''' has performed as an "ambassador" of [[Wiesbaden]], Germany, including in Bulgaria and Australia?
* ... that in 1887, eleven ''[[Lepidodendron]]'' stump fossils were discovered in the '''[[Fossil Grove]]''' in [[Glasgow]], Scotland, during excavation work?
* ... that after the arrest of suspected drug lord '''[[Érick Valencia Salazar|El 85]]''', shootouts, burning vehicles, and roadblocks were staged in [[Guadalajara]], Mexico, possibly to allow his allies to escape undetected?
===1 October 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Boelcke-Kaserne concentration camp|Nordhausen concentration camp]]''' ''(survivors pictured)'', where more than a thousand corpses were found, was described as "the most horrifying example of Nazi terrorism imaginable"?
* ... that ''[[Home and Away]]'' actress [[Sarah Roberts (actress)|Sarah Roberts]] met with gambling addicts as research for '''[[Willow Harris]]'''{{`s}} storylines?
* ... that '''[[Ubehebe Craters|a volcanic field]]''' in [[Death Valley]] formed only about 2,100 years ago?
* ... that [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] sports agent '''[[Marc Kligman]]''' organizes [[Menorah (Hanukkah)|Hanukkah candle-lighting]] for Jewish attendees at the baseball [[Winter Meetings]]?
* ... that the '''''[[Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada]]''''' was created as a result of [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Canada)|a commission]] calling for "culturally appropriate curricula" for Aboriginal Canadian students?
* ... that Afro-Cuban poetry reciter '''[[Eusebia Cosme]]''' performed only in Spanish, but packed American venues such as [[Carnegie Hall]]?
* ... that the '''[[2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship]]''' saw the best-ever performance by Team Great Britain, which won the men's competition and was runner-up in the women's?
* ... that '''[[Adrienne Maree Brown]]''' writes for ''[[Bitch (magazine)|Bitch]]''?
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===31 October 2018===
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* ... that in 1934, the Austrian biochemist '''[[Regina Kapeller-Adler]]''' ''(pictured)'' developed an innovative [[Pregnancy test|test for early pregnancy]] based on the presence of [[histidine]] in urine?
* ... that '''[[Hunter Island (Bronx)|an island in New York City]]''' used to be a summer campsite, with up to half a million visitors by 1917?
* ... that at the age of 23, '''[[Adam Holland (runner)|Adam Holland]]''' became the youngest person to run 100 marathons?
* ... that the French town of '''[[Battle of Bergerac|Bergerac was captured]]''' after a [[portcullis]] jammed on a wounded horse?
* ... that '''[[Victoria Lederberg]]''' was a ''[[SimCity]]'' mayor of [[Providence, Rhode Island]], before becoming a state supreme court justice?
* ... that [[Heinrich Himmler]] may have given permission for the Red Cross to visit the '''[[Theresienstadt family camp|family camp]]''' at [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz II-Birkenau]], just a few hundred meters from the gas chambers?
* ... that in 2018, storyboard artist '''[[Domee Shi]]''' became the first woman to direct a [[Pixar]] short film?
* ... that [[Charles XI of Sweden]] tried '''[[Moose cavalry|mounting his cavalry on moose]]'''?
===30 October 2018===
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* ... that the volcanic '''[[Waw an Namus|Oasis of Mosquitoes]]''' in the Sahara has multicoloured lakes ''(example pictured)'' and can be seen from space?
* ... that '''[[Anne Patzwald]]''' works as an occupational therapist at a clinic that employs three other current or former members of the German women's [[wheelchair basketball]] national team?
* ... that the Austro-Hungarian cruiser '''{{SMS|Kaiser Franz Joseph I||2}}''' sank during a gale in October 1919?
* ... that military officer '''[[Francisco Javier Arana]]''', who briefly ruled [[Guatemala]] as part of a three-person [[Junta (governing body)|junta]], was subsequently killed in a shootout after threatening a coup?
* ... that [[Max Reger]] composed 20 '''[[Responsories (Reger)|Responsories]]''' in English [[Responsory|for use]] in the American Lutheran church, although he did not speak English?
* ... that when suspected Mexican drug lord '''[[Raúl Meza Ontiveros]]''' was arrested, police found he was storing {{convert|348|kg}} of [[cocaine]]?
* ... that the '''[[Oregon Military Museum]]''' has more than 14,000 artifacts in its collection, including 50 vehicles, 750 weapons, and 5 military aircraft?
* ... that '''[[Renee Powell]]''' was the first female golfer to compete in a British men's tournament?
===29 October 2018===
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* ... that having located a beetle larva in dead timber, the female parasitic wasp '''''[[Stephanus serrator]]''''' ''(pictured)'' may take several hours to drill a hole towards it in which to lay its egg?
* ... that [[Green Bay Packers]] defensive tackle '''[[Dave Roller]]''', who weighed {{convert|270|lbs|kg}} at the time, was carried off [[Lambeau Field]] by fans after a victory against the [[Detroit Lions]]?<!--Special occasion hook for October 28-->
* ... that the 2013 '''[[Professor John Perkins' Review of Engineering Skills|Perkins Review]]''' found that only 24% of British parents considered engineering a suitable career for their daughters?
* ... that the Georgian [[Household deity|hearth goddess]] '''[[Lamaria]]''' was venerated exclusively by women, either in private rituals within the home or in private shrines outside the boundaries of villages?
* ... that '''''[[Saturday Zoo]]''''' host [[Jonathan Ross]] was described as "humour-resistant [[Polytetrafluoroethylene|Teflon]]"?
* ... that '''[[Robert of Nantes]]''' was "an old and venerable man aged eighty years" when he was imprisoned along with [[Louis IX of France]] during the [[Seventh Crusade]]?
* ... that in his opera '''''[[Tri sestry (opera)|Tri sestry]]''''' (''Three Sisters''), composer [[Péter Eötvös]] wants the three sisters from [[Three Sisters (play)|Chekhov's play]] to be sung by [[countertenor]]s?
* ... that basketball player '''[[Donte Ingram]]''' owns at least 50 pairs of [[sneakers]]?
===28 October 2018===
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* ... that the designs for the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial '''''[[The Sensorites]]''''' were inspired by [[Antoni Gaudí]]'s design of the [[Sagrada Família]] ''(pictured)'' in [[Barcelona]], which has no right angles?
* ... that [[Untersturmführer|SS-Untersturmführer]] '''[[Karl Friedrich Titho]]''' was dubbed the "Executioner of Fossoli" by the Italian media for his role in the execution of 67 prisoners at [[Fossoli camp|Fossoli di Carpi]]?
* ... that "'''[[The Witch's Promise]]'''" is the only [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] single to feature a [[Mellotron]]?
* ... that '''[[Jos Canale]]''' won the [[Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award|CHL Coach of the Year Award]] and led [[Canada men's national junior ice hockey team|Team Canada]] to a gold medal at the [[IIHF World U20 Championship|World Juniors]]?
* ... that a section of '''[[U.S. Route 97 Alternate]]''' in central Washington state was rebuilt on higher ground in the 1950s to prevent inundation from a [[Rocky Reach Dam|new hydroelectric dam]]?
* ... that the '''[[Soviet-German Syphilis Expedition]]''' of 1928 sought to explain the endemic [[syphilis]] among the "primitive" [[Buryats|Buryat]] people?
* ... that Israeli songwriter '''[[Rachel Shapira]]'''{{`s}} first hit song was set to music without her knowledge?
* ... that '''[[Neatsville, Kentucky]]''', has been relocated twice?
===27 October 2018===
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* ... that [[Minneapolis]] surgeon '''[[George G. Eitel]]''' ''(pictured)'' was falsely rumored to have been shot at sunrise at [[Fort Snelling]]?
* ... that '''''[[Benedicite (Carter)|Benedicite]]''''', composed by [[Andrew Carter (composer)|Andrew Carter]] for choir, children's choir, and orchestra, was inspired by restored ceiling [[Boss (architecture)|bosses]] in [[York Minster]]?
* ... that several [[Major League Baseball]] teams adopted the "'''[[Opener (baseball)|opener]]'''" strategy during the [[2018 Major League Baseball season|2018 season]]?<!--Special occasion hook for October 26-->
* ... that in 2017, [[Willem de Kooning]]'s '''''[[Woman-Ochre]]''''' was found for sale in a [[New Mexico]] antique store, 32 years after it was stolen from the [[University of Arizona Museum of Art]]?
* ... that despite being the son of a professional basketball player, '''[[Luka Šamanić]]''' did not begin playing the game until the age of 11?
* ... that the flatworm '''''[[Microplana terrestris]]''''' can use a trail of mucus as a "suspension bridge" to pass from one leaf to another?
* ... that '''[[John "Jabo" Starks]]''' was one of the originators of [[funk]] drumming?<!--Special occasion hook for October 26-->
* ... that '''[[Doom Island|Doom]]''' was Dutch?
===26 October 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[Kaiser Franz Joseph I-class cruiser|''Kaiser Franz Joseph I''-class cruiser]]''' {{SMS|Kaiserin Elisabeth||2}} ''(pictured)'' accompanied [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria|Archduke Franz Ferdinand]] on his circumnavigation of the world between 1892 and 1893?
* ... that '''[[Michael Frenzel]]''', the former CEO of European tourism group [[TUI Group|TUI]], escaped from [[East Germany]] with his father when he was nine years old?
* ... that '''''[[Masters of the Sun Vol. 1]]''''' is the first album by the [[The Black Eyed Peas|Black Eyed Peas]] in eight years?
* ... that the [[England national amateur football team|English amateur footballer]] '''[[Reg Anderson (footballer)|Reg Anderson]]''' was killed during World {{nowrap|War II}} when his aircraft was shot down?
* ... that '''[[Hurricane response|hurricane responders]]''' face hazards from floodwater such as chemical and biological contaminants, and electrocution?
* ... that '''[[Jean Yancey]]''' was known in [[Denver]] as "the mother of all businesswomen", having helped more than 1,000 women launch their own [[Startup company|startups]]?
* ... that the '''[[Padule di Fucecchio massacre]]''', in which at least 174 Italian civilians were murdered, has been described as "one of the worst [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] atrocities in Italy"?
* ... that Canadian national basketball player '''[[Élodie Tessier]]''' is {{convert|3|ft|11|in}} tall?
===25 October 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[Bockenheimer Depot]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Frankfurt]], built to house trams, is now a theatre which staged the German premiere of Olga Neuwirth's ''[[Lost Highway (opera)|Lost Highway]]''?
* ... that photographs of the [[Valle de Guadalupe]] and [[Bahía de los Ángeles]] by '''[[Julio Rodríguez (photographer)|Julio Rodríguez]]''' appeared in ''[[National Geographic]]'' magazine?
* ... that more than 20 million people watched '''''[[Chronicle (UK TV programme)|Chronicle]]''''' during its three-day live coverage of the raising of the ''[[Mary Rose]]'' in 1982?
* ... that '''[[Denise Mueller-Korenek]]''' is the only woman to hold the world record for [[List of cycling records#History of motor-paced records|paced bicycle land speed]] since its establishment in 1899?
* ... that despite being structurally weakened, it may be beneficial to the '''[[Astreopora myriophthalma|porous star coral]]''' when the bivalve '''''[[Lithophaga simplex]]''''' bores into it?
* ... that the procession after the 1920 funeral of '''[[William G. Blakely]]''' reportedly included the longest line of automobiles ever seen at a funeral in [[Kingman, Arizona]]?
* ... that as the [[Salton Sea]] dries up, the '''[[Salton Buttes|gryphons are multiplying]]'''?
===24 October 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Mary Pitman Ailau]]''' and her brother [[Henry Hoʻolulu Pitman]] ''(pictured)'' were educated at a [[Hilo, Hawaii|Hilo]] school with other biracial students of Hawaiian descent?
* ... that in 2004, the Israel Antitrust Authority declared that '''[[Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel|a copyright collective for authors and musicians]]''' was essentially a [[monopoly]]?
* ... that [[Office of Strategic Services|OSS]] agent '''[[Roderick Stephen Hall]]''' was betrayed and captured during a one-man mission in northern Italy in January 1945, and murdered by the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]]?
* ... that most '''[[Red porgy|red porgies]]''' change sex from female to male at some point during their lives?
* ... that top [[NBA draft]] prospect '''[[Sekou Doumbouya]]''' signed his first professional basketball contract at age 15?
* ... that Julia Yates, head of the New Zealand fashion label '''[[Trilby Yates]]''', was once spat at in the street for wearing trousers?
* ... that in 2018, '''[[Notebook scandal|police raided the house]]''' of former Argentine president [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner]], and confiscated a letter written by the 19th-century national hero [[José de San Martín]]?
* ... that Reverend '''[[James Abercrombie (Episcopal priest)|James Abercrombie]]''' once admonished President [[George Washington]] during his sermon for not setting an example in church by receiving [[Eucharist|communion]]?
===23 October 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Albugo candida|white rust]]''' ''(pictured)'', a plant pathogen affecting the [[Brassicaceae|cabbage family]], predisposes its host to develop [[downy mildew]]?
* ... that pictures of suspected 18-year-old assassin '''[[Raúl Meza Torres]]''' inspired other teenagers in Mexico to join organized crime?
* ... that aggregations of '''[[Lytechinus pictus|painted urchin]]''' have been recorded with a density of 80 individuals per square metre?
* ... that college basketball player '''[[Johnny Dee (basketball)|Johnny Dee]]''' played through a knee injury for most of a season while leading the [[NCAA Division I]] in [[free throw]] shooting percentage?
* ... that [[Orlande de Lassus]] set '''[[Psalm 134]]''', one of the [[Song of Ascents|Songs of Ascents]], in Latin for seven voices [[a cappella]], using a wide range from low bass to very high soprano?
* ... that during World {{nowrap|War II}}, '''[[Huang Qingyun]]''' published the only Chinese children's magazine in Hong Kong and China, and corresponded with her readers to help them cope with life in wartime?
* ... that at over fourteen hours in duration, '''''[[La Flor]]''''' is the longest film in [[Cinema of Argentina|Argentine cinema]]?
* ... that in 2017, '''[[Sofía Gómez]]''' broke the [[Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques|CMAS]] Constant Weight Bi-Fins [[freediving]] world record, and then broke her own record two days later?
===22 October 2018===
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* ... that Japanese musician '''[[May'n]]''' ''(pictured)'' adopted her stage name because she wanted her fans to consider her their "main" singer?<!--Special occasion hook for October 21-->
* ... that '''[[Vesteris Seamount|an underwater mountain]]''' between Greenland and Norway has been compared to a [[coral reef]]?
* ... that German [[wheelchair basketball]] player '''[[Barbara Gross]]''' plays for the [[University of Alabama]] team, which includes two other Germans?
* ... that when [[Neil Gaiman]] and [[Dave McKean]] pitched [[DC Comics]] on reintroducing '''''[[Black Orchid (comic book)|Black Orchid]]''''' in 1988, editor [[Karen Berger]] had never heard of [[Black Orchid (comics)|the main character]]?
* ... that the company set up by [[Horticulture|horticulturist]] '''[[Theodosia Burr Shepherd]]''' is considered the foundation of the California seed industry?
* ... that '''[[Theater Bremen]]''', the state theatre in [[Bremen]] for operas, plays, dance, and student programs, was selected as opera house of the year by ''[[Opernwelt]]'' in 2007?
* ... that '''[[Adam Marshall (priest)|Adam Marshall]]''' was the first Catholic chaplain in the [[United States Navy]], albeit unofficially?
* ... that the entire '''[[Marco Polo (Doctor Who)|fourth serial of ''Doctor Who'']]''' is [[Doctor Who missing episodes|missing]] after being erased by the [[BBC]] in 1967?
===21 October 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Valentin Peter Feuerstein]]''' created a cycle of seven stained-glass windows ''(three pictured)'' for the [[Überwasserkirche]] in [[Münster]]?
* ... that in 1906, Russian-Jewish immigrant Abe Spring first proposed '''[[History of the Jews in Alaska|Alaska]]''' as a [[Proposals for a Jewish state#Modern times|refuge for Jews]], but the suggestion was rejected by the US Congress?
* ... that '''[[Karolin Margret Natasa]]''' is the first [[Dayak people|Dayak]] woman to serve as a regional head in Indonesia?
* ... that on May 14, 1980, Salvadoran forces '''[[Sumpul River massacre|massacred more than 300 civilians]]''' while Honduran soldiers prevented them from escaping across the border?
* ... that '''[[E. C. Stoner]]''' was one of the first black [[American comic book]] artists?
* ... that the '''[[Barbantus curvifrons|palebelly searsid]]''' undertakes daily vertical migrations in the deep sea?
* ... that British pathologist '''[[Ian Whimster]]''' was part of the medical team that entered the [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]] after the Germans had left?
* ... that the name of the undersea volcano '''[[Ita Mai Tai]]''' (No Damn Good) was given by a scientist presumably upset by unsuccessful attempts to drill into it?
===20 October 2018===
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* ... that wild '''[[Selangor silvered langur]]''' monkeys ''(pictured)'' at [[Bukit Melawati]] in Malaysia sometimes touch or even climb onto human visitors?
* ... that the Israeli team at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] attended the German production of ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' as guests of its star, Israeli actor '''[[Shmuel Rodensky]]''', the night before the [[Munich massacre]]?
* ... that '''[[Nanchang Xiangtang Airport]]''' served 102 passengers in its first full year of operation, and more than 800,000 four decades later?
* ... that sugar refiner '''[[William Camden (merchant)|William Camden]]''' was also a partner in a business shipping slaves to the Caribbean?
* ... that the 2011 horror [[webtoon]] "'''[[Bongcheon-Dong Ghost]]'''" was released with a warning for "pregnant women, the elderly, and those suffering from serious medical conditions"?
* ... that '''[[Abhilasha Kumari]]''', the first female Chief Justice of the [[Manipur High Court]] in India, served for only 13 days?
* ... that the [[shooting of Oscar Grant]] motivated [[Angie Thomas]] to write a short story that became the basis for her debut novel, '''''[[The Hate U Give]]'''''?<!--Special occasion hook for 19 October-->
* ... that Canadian wheelchair basketball player '''[[Sandrine Bérubé]]''' is a brown belt in karate?
===19 October 2018===
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* ... that passersby in Munich's '''[[Luitpoldpark]]''' may get soaked when a figure on the Pumuckl fountain ''(pictured)'' spits intermittently?
* ... that during a 15-year period researching [[George Washington]]'s correspondence, '''[[William Wright Abbot]]''' read or edited more than 135,000 documents?
* ... that [[Filipinos]] became the first Asians to have a documented presence in the Americas when they '''[[Landing of the first Filipinos in America|landed in what is now California on 18 October 1587]]'''?<!--Special occasion hook for October 18-->
* ... that basketball player '''[[Bol Bol]]''' received his first [[NCAA Division I]] offer at the age of 15?
* ... that the slots in the [[Test (biology)|test]] of the '''[[Leodia sexiesperforata|six-holed keyhole urchin]]''' may help prevent it from being washed away by the current?
* ... that in 2017, '''[[Renee Rabinowitz]]''' successfully sued [[El Al]] after the airline forced her to move at the request of a [[Haredi Judaism|Haredi Jewish]] man who refused to sit beside her?
* ... that there is in excess of 150 million tons of [[phosphorite]] ore on '''[[Ioah Guyot]]''', a [[seamount]] in the Pacific Ocean?
* ... that professional ''[[League of Legends]]'' player '''[[Imaqtpie]]''' was married in a T-shirt and shorts?
===18 October 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Ana María Campos]]''', who died 190 years ago today, is celebrated ''(monument pictured)'' as a heroine of the [[Venezuelan War of Independence]]?
* ... that '''[[Floyd Bennett Field]]''', New York City's first municipal airport, was not commercially successful due to its remoteness from [[Manhattan]]?
* ... that [[John Lennon]] was inspired to write the song "'''[[Sunday Bloody Sunday (John Lennon and Yoko Ono song)|Sunday Bloody Sunday]]'''" by his anger over the [[Bloody Sunday (1972)|1972 Bloody Sunday massacre]]?
* ... that in 1981, '''[[Elnora M. Gilfoyle]]''' became the first [[Occupational therapy|occupational therapist]] to receive an honorary [[Doctor of Science]] degree?
* ... that the full implementation of the '''[[Calais Conference|Calais Conference proposals]]''' was thwarted by the threatened resignations of Field Marshal [[Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig|Douglas Haig]] and General [[Sir William Robertson, 1st Baronet|Sir William Robertson]]?
* ... that '''[[Cellica Nurrachadiana|the regent]]''' of [[Karawang Regency|Karawang]], Indonesia, claims to have been named after [[Toyota Celica|a car]]?
* ... that during the American Revolution, the British stronghold of '''[[Granby, South Carolina|Fort Granby]]''' in the South Carolina colony was attacked with a [[Quaker gun]]?
* ... that while in prison, '''[[Richard Worsam Meade I|Richard W. Meade]]''' wrote a political pamphlet about rotten cheese?
===17 October 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Schloss Weilburg]]''', a Baroque garden palace, contains a Renaissance palace ''(engraving pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Reggie Upshaw]]''' was considered one of [[Tennessee]]'s best high school athletes in American football, basketball, and the high jump?
* ... that [[Pope Pius XII]] did not condemn the '''[[Raid of the Ghetto of Rome|roundup and deportation of more than a thousand Jews]]''' "[[Under His Very Windows|under his very windows]]" 75 years ago today?<!--Special occasion hook for October 16-->
* ... that former ballerina '''[[Miranda Esmonde-White]]''' claims that people can practice "aging backwards" through [[Eccentric training|eccentric exercise]]?
* ... that the [[German language newspapers in the United States|German-language weekly]] '''''[[Der Nordstern]]''''' (''The North Star'') was founded in 1874 to serve the Minnesota area's large [[German Americans|German immigrant]] community?
* ... that '''[[Tan Tjoen Tiat]]''', the second [[List of Kapitan Cina#Hoofden der Chinezen of Batavia (present day Jakarta)|''Majoor der Chinezen'' of Batavia]], advised the colonial government in 1870 that women should not act as guardians for minors?
* ... that the adventure video game '''''[[Unavowed]]''''' uses [[pixel art]] because the development studio lacked the resources to create a 3D video game?
* ... that '''[[Mary Jane Reoch]]''' rode {{convert|12|mi}} to the hospital on her racing bike to give birth to her daughter?
===16 October 2018===
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* ... that Greek [[Water carrier|water-carrier]] '''[[Spyridon Louis]]''' ''(pictured)'' became a national hero as a result of winning the inaugural modern [[Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|Olympic men's marathon]]?
* ... that Venezuelan political activist '''[[Rafaela Requesens]]''' was a [[flamenco]] dancer for fifteen years from the age of six?
* ... that the '''[[Harvard Graduate Students Union]]''', a labor union representing 5,000 student workers at [[Harvard University]], is affiliated with the [[United Automobile Workers]]?
* ... that the fee in excess of £2,000 paid by [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] in 1921 for the [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Fergie Aitken]]''' was the record that [[Bury F.C.|Bury]] had received for a player?
* ... that '''''[[Wandersong]]''''' was one of the first [[GameMaker Studio]] titles to be released on the [[Nintendo Switch]], along with ''[[Hyper Light Drifter]]'' and ''[[Undertale]]''?
* ... that basketball player '''[[Trey Lewis (basketball)|Trey Lewis]]''' transferred to [[Louisville Cardinals men's basketball|Louisville]] with hopes of reaching the [[NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|NCAA Tournament]], but the team declared itself ineligible for the tournament after he joined?
* ... that Don [[Raimondo Viale]] was honoured as [[Righteous Among the Nations]] for assisting Jews who had escaped from the '''[[Borgo San Dalmazzo concentration camp]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Henry Garber Hanks|Henry G. Hanks]]''' left Cleveland to join the [[California Gold Rush]], only to end up selling paint and studying [[mineralogy]]?
===15 October 2018===
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* ... that in the mid-18th century, small "Toys" inscribed with "amorous suggestions" ''(example pictured)'' were '''[[Chelsea porcelain factory|made in Chelsea]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Matt Mobley]]''' set an [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10 basketball tournament]] record with nine [[Three-point field goal|3-pointers]] in a victory over [[Richmond Spiders men's basketball|Richmond]]?
* ... that the contents of the '''[[Biblioteca della Comunità Israelitica]]''' in Rome, with volumes dating back to the 16th century, were looted by [[Nazi Germany]] 75 years ago today, and never recovered?<!--Special occasion hook for October 14-->
* ... that '''[[Max Jessner]]''' travelled to [[Buryatia|Buriat-Mongolia]] as part of the [[Soviet-German Syphilis Expedition]]?
* ... that '''[[Bontecou Lake]]''', near [[Millbrook, New York]], is divided between two [[drainage basin]]s, making it a [[bifurcation lake]]?
* ... that in 1903, the '''[[Selina Siggins|25-year-old daughter of an illiterate Irish immigrant]]''' became the first woman to stand for the [[Australian House of Representatives]]?
* ... that the hymn "'''[[Mein ganzes Herz erhebet dich]]'''", a paraphrase of [[Psalm 138]] based on the Protestant [[Genevan Psalter]], is also sung by German-speaking Catholics?
* ... that businessman '''[[Jose Yao Campos]]''' admitted in 1986 to having organized 40 different [[Shell corporation|shell companies]] through which Philippine dictator [[Ferdinand Marcos]] could hide his wealth?
===14 October 2018===
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* ... that humans carved [[petroglyph]]s into the cooled lava flows of the '''[[Cima volcanic field]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that today is '''[[No Bra Day]]''', on which women are encouraged to go braless to promote [[breast cancer]] awareness and [[gender equality]]?<!--Special occasion hook for October 13-->
* ... that footballer '''[[Sandy Allan]]''' was the first player to score a headed [[Hat-trick#Association_football|hat-trick]] in a [[UEFA competitions|European club competition]]?
* ... that in his '''''[[Berceuse (Chopin)|Berceuse]]''''', [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]] created a [[lullaby]] for piano in 16 continuous variations on an [[ostinato]] ground bass?
* ... that '''[[Giovanni Fornasini]]''', an Italian priest murdered by the Nazis in 1944, was posthumously awarded Italy's [[Gold Medal of Military Valour]] and is a candidate for sainthood?<!--Special occasion hook for October 13-->
* ... that the '''[[Pantala hymenaea|spot-winged glider]]''' is a [[Migration (ecology)|migratory]] dragonfly?
* ... that after his ban on playing ''[[League of Legends]]'' was lifted, '''[[Loltyler1]]'''{{`s}} return set a new record for viewership on [[Twitch.tv]]?
* ... that the leader of the '''[[Caiazzo massacre]]''' on 13 October 1943 eluded arrest for nearly 50 years because authorities were searching for him under the wrong name?<!--Special occasion hook for October 13-->
===13 October 2018===
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* ... that at the age of 13, '''[[Madeleine Thompson]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the youngest [[wheelchair basketball]] player ever to represent Great Britain?
* ... that '''[[Galán]]''', one of the largest exposed [[caldera]]s in the world, contains the Laguna Diamante lake, where life has to tolerate extreme environmental conditions?
* ... that '''[[Emil Mattiesen]]''', a composer of [[lied]]er, chamber and organ music, also wrote books on [[parapsychology]]?
* ... that [[Miami University]]'s '''[[Herron Gymnasium]]''', listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], was demolished and replaced with a parking lot?
* ... that American missionary '''[[Clarissa Chapman Armstrong]]''' led Bible study meetings for Queen [[Kalama]] in Hawaii while her husband served as Minister of Public Instruction under King [[Kamehameha III]]?
* ... that '''[[Großtarock]]''', a [[card game]] played with a 78-card [[Tarot]] pack that originated in Germany and spread to the Netherlands and Scandinavia, has survived only in the Danish variant known as ''Tarok''?
* ... that '''[[Henry Weston Farnsworth]]''' served in the [[French Foreign Legion]] and was one of the first American soldiers killed in World {{nowrap|War I?}}
* ... that '''[[East Sutherland Gaelic]]''' has just one remaining native speaker?
===12 October 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Frogmore Paper Mill]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the oldest surviving mechanical [[paper mill]] in the world?
* ... that '''[[Beerbohm (cat)|Beerbohm]]''', a cat owned by the [[Gielgud Theatre]], became famous for entering actors' dressing rooms, attacking props, and wandering across the stage during performances?
* ... that photographer '''[[Evgenia Arbugaeva]]''' won the trust of a Siberian mammoth-tusk hunter by stitching up his injured hand?
* ... that [[Sam Hornish Jr.]] of [[Panther Racing]] won the '''[[2002 Delphi Indy 300]]''' by 0.0024 seconds, the closest margin of victory in [[IndyCar Series|Indy Racing League]] history?
* ... that '''[[Türkan Rado]]''' was the first female professor of law in Turkey?
* ... that despite [[John Fogerty]]'s agreement with [[Flower power|hippie generation]] political concerns, his lyrics for [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]'s "'''[[Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me)]]'''" were critical of hippie attitudes?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Willie Anderson (footballer)|Willie Anderson]]''' agreed to join the [[Portland Timbers (1975–82)|Portland Timbers]] despite not knowing where the team was based?
===11 October 2018===
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* ... that [[Claude Debussy]] dedicated a piano piece to Yvonne Lerolle ''(pictured)'' in 1894, and included it in his suite '''''[[Pour le piano]]''''' in 1901?
* ... that according to family lore, '''[[George FitzGeorge Hamilton]]''', a godson of [[George V]], was killed in a World {{nowrap|War I}} bombing raid while retrieving his [[Leave (military)|leave]] pass?
* ... that pieces of the original '''[[Pennsylvania Station (1910–1963)|New York Penn Station]]''' have been found at a recycling center in [[the Bronx]], underneath the [[New Jersey Meadowlands]], and in other U.S. states?
* ... that '''[[Baby Rani Maurya]]''', who in August 2018 was sworn in as the seventh [[List of governors of Uttarakhand|governor of Uttarakhand]], India, is the second woman to hold that post?
* ... that the '''[[Bishan tunnel flooding|flooding of a tunnel]]''' on the [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Singapore MRT]], causing more than [[Singapore dollar|S$]]2 million in damages, was blamed on falsified maintenance records?
* ... that '''[[Pietro Bandini]]''', a Catholic priest, established [[Tontitown, Arkansas]], as a colony of Italian immigrants in 1898?
* ... that the wasp '''''[[Nealiolus curculionis]]''''' is a [[parasitoid]] of the '''[[Cylindrocopturus adspersus|sunflower stem weevil]]'''?
* ... that at age 14, '''[[Luc Van Slooten]]''' was the youngest player at the [[2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship]]?
===10 October 2018===
*'''''00:00, 10 October 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that despite the party's [[Anti-tobacco movement in Nazi Germany|anti-smoking faction]], the ''[[Sturmabteilung]]'' was funded by a '''[[Sturm Cigarette Company|Nazi cigarette company]]''' ''(advertisement pictured)''?
* ... that to receive a work permit to play in [[Luxembourg]], Bosnian [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Sanel Ibrahimović]]''' had to pretend to be a specialist in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina cuisine|his country's cuisine]]?
* ... that in his 1994 opera '''''[[La Belle et la Bête (opera)|La Belle et la Bête]]''''', [[Philip Glass]] wrote dialogue and music for soloists and ensemble to match [[Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)|the 1946 film]] by [[Jean Cocteau]]?
* ... that architect '''[[Rose Connor]]''' found in 1958 that only one percent of registered architects in the U.S. were female, and seven states had no [[Women in architecture|female architects]] at all?
* ... that the [[mitochondrial DNA]] molecules of '''[[Medusozoa]]''' are linear rather than circular as in almost all other animals?
* ... that in 2015, '''[[Maya Krishna Rao]]''' became the first artist to return the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]?
* ... that '''[[Soulard Farmers Market]]''' is reputed to be the oldest [[Marketplace|public market]] in the US west of the [[Mississippi River]]?
* ... that "Beatles-ologist" '''[[Kolya Vasin]]''' proposed a {{convert|210|ft|adj=on}} tall "temple" be constructed in [[Saint Petersburg]] in honour of [[John Lennon]]?
===9 October 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Chaophraya Phrasadet Surentharathibodi|Chao­phraya Phra­sadet Suren­thara­thibodi]]''' ''(pictured)'' wrote a manual on etiquette in order to teach proper manners to [[Thailand|Siam]]'s newly educated class?
* ... that the unsolved '''[[Chen family homicides|killing of a Chinese immigrant family]]''' in [[Guilderland, New York]], four years ago today was the first quadruple homicide in the state's [[Capital District, New York|Capital District]]?<!--Special occasion hook for October 8-->
* ... that '''[[Eleonore Trefftz]]''' was the second woman to become a scientific member of the [[Max Planck Society]]?
* ... that in "'''[[Mein Gott, wie schön ist deine Welt]]'''", a 1936 hymn by [[Georg Thurmair]], every stanza declares three times, "How beautiful is Your world"?
* ... that '''[[Zena Edosomwan]]''' was the first top-100 high school basketball recruit to commit to [[Harvard Crimson men's basketball|Harvard]]?
* ... that '''[[Project Harvest Moon]]''' intended to commercialize space by selling [[moon rock]]s to pay for further lunar experiments?
* ... that ships of '''[[Thomas King (slave trader)|Thomas King]]'''{{`s}} firm [[Camden, Calvert and King]] carried more than 20,000 slaves from West Africa to the Caribbean?
* ... that '''[[Working with Lemons]]''' participated in an event in [[Provo, Utah]], that broke the world record for most people participating in a live [[nativity scene]] re-enactment?
===8 October 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Transport of Białystok children|children from the Białystok Ghetto]]''' ''(pictured)'' panicked when their hair was cut and they were told to undress and shower upon arriving at the [[Theresienstadt concentration camp]], because they knew about [[gas chamber]]s?<!--Special occasion hook for Oct 7-->
* ... that most of [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Laurence Abrams]]'''{{`s}} [[Transfer (association football)|transfer]] fee for his move from [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]] was never paid, after [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] claimed it would force them to fold?
* ... that a section of '''[[Washington State Route 24]]''' through [[Hanford Site|Hanford]] was closed to traffic during World {{nowrap|War II}}, and never reopened?
* ... that in 1833, '''[[Ursula Newell Emerson]]''' drew some of the earliest surviving manuscript maps of Hawaii for instructional use?
* ... that [[Cristin Milioti]] describes her character Nanette Cole from the ''[[Black Mirror]]'' episode "'''[[USS Callister|USS ''Callister'']]'''{{-"}} as "a woman in charge [fighting] against a small-minded, misogynist bully"?
* ... that '''[[Emilio Álvarez Icaza]]''' will enter the [[Senate of the Republic (Mexico)|Mexican Senate]] as an independent, refusing to affiliate with any of the [[Por México al Frente|three parties]] that supported his candidacy?
* ... that [[Willem Adriaan van der Stel]] introduced the '''[[Pelargonium peltatum|ivy-leaved pelargonium]]''' to the Netherlands from South Africa in 1700?
* ... that the Hindu goddess [[Matangi]] is worshipped with the taboo offering of '''[[Uchchhishta|leftovers]]'''?
===7 October 2018===
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* ... that American surgeon '''[[Dallas B. Phemister]]''' created a [[bone grafting]] technique which now '''[[Phemister graft|bears his name]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Velters Cornewall Berkeley]]''' infuriated some of his fellow British officers by failing to engage the 130-gun ''[[Spanish ship Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad|Santisima Trinidad]]''?
* ... that the release of '''''[[Led Zeppelin III]]''''' was held up for two months because of its [[volvelle]]-based sleeve design?
* ... that '''[[Michael Bambang Hartono|a Chinese Indonesian billionaire]]''' became the oldest medal winner for that country at the [[2018 Asian Games]]?
* ... that '''[[Cruz Pérez Cuéllar]]''' ran for [[Governor of Chihuahua]], Mexico, in 2016 on a platform that called for voters to decide if the governor should be removed midway through his term?
* ... that the '''[[Actinothoe sphyrodeta|sandalled anemone]]''' reproduces by [[Fission (biology)#Types of binary fission|longitudinal fission]]?
* ... that two years after winning the throne of the [[Byzantine Empire]] in battle, '''[[Isaac I Komnenos|Isaac I]]''' voluntarily abdicated and retired to a monastery?
* ... that the No. 19 [[pastrami on rye]] at '''[[Langer's Deli]]''' ''(pictured)'' in Los Angeles has been called "the [[Marilyn Monroe]] of pastrami sandwiches"?
===6 October 2018===
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* ... that overfishing of '''[[European pilchard]]''' ''(pictured)'' and [[European anchovy|anchovy]] in the [[Adriatic Sea]] can cause dramatic changes in the ecosystem?
* ... that tenor '''[[Daniel Behle]]''' had a single day to learn rarely performed [[Romantic music|romantic]] duets when he stepped in at short notice for a 2018 [[Rheingau Musik Festival]] concert with [[Annette Dasch]]?
* ... that '''[[Our Lady of Pompeii Church (Manhattan)|Our Lady of Pompeii]]''' in New York City was founded in 1892 as a church for [[Italian Americans|Italian immigrants]]?
* ... that during his time in Slovakia to play professional basketball, '''[[J. R. Cadot]]''' was assaulted and followed to the hospital by a racist mob?
* ... that the 1980s-themed cover for [[Muse (band)|Muse's]] album '''[[Simulation Theory (album)|''Simulation Theory'']]''' was made by ''[[Stranger Things]]'' artist [[Kyle Lambert]]?
* ... that '''[[Lucius Neratius Marcellus]]''' was involved in the establishment of the defensive line that later became [[Hadrian's Wall]]?
* ... that during World War II, the '''[[United States Lake Survey]]''' published 370 tons of maps including 8,109 different charts and maps, distributing over 9 million items to the armed forces?
* ... that [[Sam Frost (actress)|Sam Frost]] received death threats after her ''[[Home and Away]]'' character '''[[Jasmine Delaney]]'''{{`s}} first scenes were aired?
===5 October 2018===
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* ... that the palace theatre '''[[Schlosstheater Schönbrunn]]''' ''(hall pictured)'', commissioned by [[Maria Theresa]], opened on 4 October 1747, her husband's [[name day]]?<!--Special occasion hook for October 4-->
* ... that '''[[Bob Lowes]]''' is a two-time winner of the [[Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award|Coach of the Year Award]] in the [[Canadian Hockey League]]?
* ... that the '''[[Furgate]]''' scandal in the late 1990s, described as one of the largest in South Korea, involved [[influence peddling]] through the giving of luxury items?
* ... that upon its completion in 2016 at SeaWorld Orlando, '''[[Mako (roller coaster)|Mako]]''' became the tallest, longest, and fastest [[roller coaster]] in the [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] area of [[Florida]]?
* ... that French poet '''[[René Ghil]]''' worked towards developing an ideal poetic language that would "subsume and supersede all the other arts" by establishing his own system of verbal instrumentation?
* ... that to create the fireball effect in '''[[episode 1094]]''' of ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', the show's production team packed ten different explosions into one blast?
* ... that '''[[Almeda Eliza Hitchcock]]''' became the first female lawyer in the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]] in 1888?
* ... that '''[[Pets of Imran Khan|one of the dogs belonging to Imran Khan]]''', the Pakistani prime minister, accompanies him on his daily helicopter ride to the office and in official meetings at his home?
===4 October 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[Hungry Tree]]''' in Dublin is "eating" a park bench ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Wally Schirra]]''', one of the [[Mercury Seven|original seven astronauts]] in NASA's [[Project Mercury|first manned spaceflight program]], was [[Walter Cronkite]]'s co-anchor during the seven Moon landing missions?<!--Special occasion hook for October 3-->
* ... that in 1889, the '''[[Edinburgh College of Medicine for Women]]''' was established in direct competition with [[Sophia Jex-Blake]]'s [[Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women|School of Medicine for Women]]?
* ... that '''[[Harry Kupfer]]''', the stage director at the [[Komische Oper Berlin]] for decades, presented Wagner's ''[[The Flying Dutchman (opera)|Der fliegende Holländer]]'' at the 1978 [[Bayreuth Festival]] as a psychological drama?
* ... that when the '''[[Colonial Plaza]]''' shopping center opened in 1956 in [[Orlando, Florida]], its sidewalks were tinted green to reduce glare?
* ... that '''[[Wilma Mankiller]]''' faced sexism during her campaign for [[List of Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee|Deputy Chief of the Cherokee Nation]], despite [[Cherokee society]] being traditionally [[Matrilineality|matrilineal]]?
* ... that '''[[Quodlibet (card game)|Quodlibet]]''' is a card game played by student fraternities with [[German playing cards#William Tell|William Tell cards]], where the dealer is known as the "beer king"?
* ... that despite '''[[List of international goals scored by Alexis Sánchez|Alexis Sánchez's seven goals in qualification]]''', [[Chile national football team|Chile]] failed to qualify for the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]]?
===3 October 2018===
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* ... that '''''[[Aglantha digitale]]''''' ''(pictured)'' has a slow swimming action but a rapid escape response?
* ... that one of the two temples visited most often by [[Gautama Buddha|the Buddha]] was built by '''[[Visakha]]''', a wealthy aristocratic woman who was considered his chief female lay disciple?
* ... that the [[Scottish Gaelic]] poet [[Sorley MacLean]] asked [[Douglas Young (classicist)|Douglas Young]] to destroy some of the poems in '''''[[Dàin do Eimhir]]''''', now regarded as MacLean's masterpiece?
* ... that professional basketball player '''[[Daniel Dixon (basketball)|Daniel Dixon]]''' enrolled in military school after drawing interest from only one college during high school?
* ... that a scandal at the [[Postos of Mozambique|administrative post]] of '''[[Lioma]]''' led to a landmark decision that provided better legal protection for all students in Mozambique?
* ... that '''[[Jake (video game player)|Jake]]''' was one of two [[Overwatch League]] players invited to a summit between the International Olympic Committee and the [[eSports]] community?
* ... that the designs for the 170-gun '''[[HMS Duke of Kent|HMS ''Duke of Kent'']]''' may have been fabricated in an attempt to claim credit for several ship-building innovations?
* ... that '''[[Justin I]]''' arrived at Constantinople as an illiterate teenage peasant and died as [[List of Byzantine emperors|Emperor of Byzantium]]?
===2 October 2018===
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* ... that US Army combat medic '''[[Ronald J. Shurer]]'''{{`s}} ''(pictured)'' [[Silver Star]] commendation for service in Afghanistan is being upgraded to a [[Medal of Honor]] today?<!--Special occasion hook for October 1-->
* ... that upon their return to the Philippines after attending college in the United States, '''[[Pensionado Act|pensionados]]''' were referred to as "American boys" and faced discrimination?<!--Special occasion hook for October 1-->
* ... that heavy metal vocalist '''[[Jill Janus]]''' performed at the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] the night before the [[September 11 attacks]]?
* ... that when the designer [[Mariano Fortuny (designer)|Mariano Fortuny]] established his studio in the '''[[Palazzo Pesaro Orfei]]''' in Venice, he was one of about 350 people using the building?
* ... that '''[[Neeru Chadha]]''' is the first Indian woman to be elected as a judge to the [[International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea]]?
* ... that the boys choir '''[[Wiesbadener Knabenchor]]''' has performed as an "ambassador" of [[Wiesbaden]], Germany, including in Bulgaria and Australia?
* ... that in 1887, eleven ''[[Lepidodendron]]'' stump fossils were discovered in the '''[[Fossil Grove]]''' in [[Glasgow]], Scotland, during excavation work?
* ... that after the arrest of suspected drug lord '''[[Érick Valencia Salazar|El 85]]''', shootouts, burning vehicles, and roadblocks were staged in [[Guadalajara]], Mexico, possibly to allow his allies to escape undetected?
===1 October 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Boelcke-Kaserne concentration camp|Nordhausen concentration camp]]''' ''(survivors pictured)'', where more than a thousand corpses were found, was described as "the most horrifying example of Nazi terrorism imaginable"?
* ... that ''[[Home and Away]]'' actress [[Sarah Roberts (actress)|Sarah Roberts]] met with gambling addicts as research for '''[[Willow Harris]]'''{{`s}} storylines?
* ... that '''[[Ubehebe Craters|a volcanic field]]''' in [[Death Valley]] formed only about 2,100 years ago?
* ... that [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] sports agent '''[[Marc Kligman]]''' organizes [[Menorah (Hanukkah)|Hanukkah candle-lighting]] for Jewish attendees at the baseball [[Winter Meetings]]?
* ... that the '''''[[Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada]]''''' was created as a result of [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Canada)|a commission]] calling for "culturally appropriate curricula" for Aboriginal Canadian students?
* ... that Afro-Cuban poetry reciter '''[[Eusebia Cosme]]''' performed only in Spanish, but packed American venues such as [[Carnegie Hall]]?
* ... that the '''[[2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship]]''' saw the best-ever performance by Team Great Britain, which won the men's competition and was runner-up in the women's?
* ... that '''[[Adrienne Maree Brown]]''' writes for ''[[Bitch (magazine)|Bitch]]''?
