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===30 June 2018===
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* ... that the founder of '''[[Falcon Records (Texas)|Falcon Records]]''' ''(label pictured)'' chose the name in part because it sounded the same in English and Spanish?
* ... that '''[[Li Qiang (minister)|Li Qiang]]''', the communications head of the Chinese Communist Party's intelligence agency, was forced to take refuge in the Soviet Union after the defection of his friend, the head of the assassination team?
* ... that "'''[[Nun jauchzt dem Herren, alle Welt]]'''", a 1646 paraphrase of [[Psalm 100]] by [[David Denicke]], appears in current Protestant and Catholic hymnals?
* ... that '''[[Jesse Gabriel]]''' has sued the [[Presidency of Donald Trump|Trump Administration]] on behalf of young immigrants previously protected by the [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]] policy?
* ... that the first humorous novel in Gujarati literature was '''''[[Bhadrambhadra]]''''' by [[Ramanbhai Neelkanth]]?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Hossam Ashour]]''' is the most decorated [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]] player in the club's history?
* ... that one of '''[[Domino Park|New York City's newest parks]]''' was partially built using industrial materials from an [[Domino Sugar Refinery|abandoned sugar factory]]?
* ... that actor Tony Clay was asked "Dude, what have you done?" on Twitter when his ''[[EastEnders]]'' character, '''[[Halfway (EastEnders)|Halfway]]''', shot a popular character?
===29 June 2018===
*'''''00:00, 29 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[soprano]] '''[[Maria Bengtsson (soprano)|Maria Bengtsson]]''' ''(pictured)'' was described as the quintessential [[Richard Strauss|Strauss]] interpreter following her recent debut in the title role of ''[[Arabella]]''? <!--Special occasion hook for June – Women in Red Singers and Songwriters editathon-->
* ... that the '''[[2018 Osaka earthquake]]''' disrupted train services during the morning [[rush hour]], forcing passengers to walk between the tracks?
* ... that funding for '''[[Celia Brackenridge]]'''{{`s}} research into child protection in football was ended because the sport "was not ready for a gay former lacrosse international rummaging through its dirty linen"?<!--Special occasion hook for June [[Gay pride#LGBT Pride Month|LGBT Pride Month]]-->
* ... that the multi-armed '''''[[Heliaster helianthus]]''''' sheds several of its arms when attacked by the six-armed predatory starfish '''''[[Meyenaster|Meyenaster gelatinosus]]'''''?
* ... that if elected, Democratic candidate '''[[Deb Haaland]]''' would be the first Native American woman to become a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]]?
* ... that Thuy Bo village memorializes 145 Vietnamese civilians who were killed during the 1967 '''[[Thuy Bo massacre]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Velvl Greene]]''', a [[University of Minnesota]] professor of [[public health]], taught more than 30,000 students?
* ... that a group of [[Fiji]]ans placed a newspaper advertisement to recruit skiers for the '''[[Fiji at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Fijian team at the 2002 Olympic Games]]''' after discussing it at a New Year's Eve party?
===28 June 2018===
*'''''00:00, 28 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the barque '''[[City of New York (1885 ship)|''City of New York'']]''' ''(pictured)'' was [[Richard E. Byrd]]'s flagship on his [[Richard E. Byrd#First Antarctic expedition (1928–1930)|first Antarctic expedition]]?
* ... that the '''[[Megachile centuncularis|patchwork leafcutter bee]]''' makes use of the leaves of roses, lilac, and honeysuckle?
* ... that after '''[[Petronius Maximus]]''' angered [[Genseric|their king]], the Vandals [[Sack of Rome (455)|sacked Rome]] so thoroughly that their name is still a synonym for [[Vandalism|wanton destruction]]?
* ... that the '''[[Quincy Smelter]]''' was part of a [[Superfund]] site when it was incorporated into a [[National Historic Landmark District]]?
* ... that '''[[Li Zaiping]]''' and his research group were the first to sequence a [[Virus#Genome|viral genome]] in China?
* ... that in his 2002 book '''''[[Secret City (book)|Secret City: The Hidden Jews of Warsaw 1940–1945]]''''', [[Gunnar S. Paulsson]] estimated that nearly a tenth of [[Warsaw]]'s population were [[Rescue of Jews by Poles during the Holocaust|helping Jews]] during the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]?
* ... that '''[[W. Barklie Henry]]''', [[Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt]]'s stepfather, won many yachting races held off the coast of [[Long Island]]?
* ... that '''''[[Three Dancing Maidens]]''''' can be found in Germany, Belgium, and the United States?
===27 June 2018===
*'''''00:00, 27 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the Icelandic word for "'''[[drift whale]]'''" translates as "windfall", since the washed-up carcass provides meat, blubber, fat, and other benefits to the finders ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Cao Tianqin]]''', the discoverer of the [[myosin light chain]], was persecuted during the [[Cultural Revolution]] because of his association with [[Joseph Needham]], who was accused of being a spy?
* ... that a [[phallic]] sculpture at '''[[Lakewood station]]''' attracted controversy because the area around the station had once been home to sex businesses?
* ... that [[Gujarati theatre]] actor '''[[Bapulal Nayak]]''' started his stage career at the age of eleven for a salary of three rupees per month?
* ... that "starfish soup" made from '''''[[Stichaster striatus]]''''' is said to have been fed to workers in South America to discourage alcohol consumption?
* ... that 19 years after '''[[Will P. Brady]]''' prosecuted the "legal lynching" of a 15-year-old murder suspect, [[John W. Brady|Brady's brother]], a judge, himself became the defendant in a [[Capital punishment in Texas|death penalty]] trial?
* ... that in 1966, [[John Steinbeck]] visited the remnants of '''[[Mount Hope, Jaffa|Mount Hope]]''', a farm near [[Jaffa]] that had been founded by his grandparents?
* ... that '''[[Marye (horse)|Marye]]''' fought for both the [[United States Army]] and the [[Confederate States]] during the [[American Civil War]]?
===26 June 2018===
*'''''00:00, 26 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the extinct [[sawfish]] '''''[[Atlanticopristis]]''''' ''(artist's impression pictured)'' had multiple barbs on both sides of its teeth?
* ... that '''[[Volker David Kirchner]]''', who composed operas for the [[Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden|Wiesbaden State Theatre]] and a mass for the [[Mainz Cathedral]], was the first recipient of the [[Rheingau Musikpreis]]?
* ... that the [[A483 road|A483 Newtown bypass]] was diverted after a campaign to save the '''[[Brimmon Oak]]''', which is thought to be more than 500 years old?
* ... that Croatian theater director '''[[Saša Broz]]''' trademarked the name and signatures of her grandfather, Yugoslav president [[Josip Broz Tito]]?
* ... that '''[[Ideal Records]]''' was the predominant [[Tejano music]] label of the 1940s and 1950s?
* ... that Roman general '''[[Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 10)|Publius Cornelius Dolabella]]''' was denied a [[Roman triumph|triumph]] for defeating [[Tacfarinas]]{{`}} 10-year insurgency partly because Emperor [[Tiberius]] had already declared victory?
* ... that in Buddhism, '''[[transfer of merit]]''' to deceased loved ones is seen as a better alternative than mourning?
* ... that the title of '''''[[There There (novel)|There There]]''''', a 2018 novel about [[urban Indian]]s in [[Oakland, California]], mirrors [[Gertrude Stein]]'s quip about the city that "There is no there there"?
===25 June 2018===
*'''''00:00, 25 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Leiden Law School]]''' ''(pictured)'' is housed in the former laboratory of [[Heike Kamerlingh Onnes]], a [[physicist]] and [[List of Nobel laureates in Physics|Nobel laureate]]?
* ... that after winning a [[United States dollar|USD$]]266 million [[Mega Millions]] jackpot, '''[[Gil Cisneros]]''' became a philanthropist?
* ... that the deepwater sea urchin '''''[[Cidaris blakei]]''''' is named after a ship?
* ... that [[Pope Martin I]] was abducted and tried for high treason because of his opposition to the '''[[Type of Constans|''Type'' of Constans]]'''?
* ... that a theory that English nursery rhymes such as "'''[[Hark, Hark! The Dogs Do Bark]]'''" could be understood by translating sound-alike [[Dutch language|Dutch]] words back into English was called "ingenious if somewhat addlepated"?
* ... that '''[[flumezapine]]''' was at the center of a lawsuit filed by [[Eli Lilly and Company]] against generic manufacturers who sought to void its patent on the antipsychotic [[Zyprexa]]?
* ... that former Indian Prime Minister [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] called the '''[[Parkala Massacre]]''' the "[[Jallianwala Bagh massacre|Jallianwala Bagh]] of the south", referring to the 1919 British slaughter of hundreds of people at a peaceful protest?
* ... that the Thai monk '''[[Luang Por Dattajivo]]''' writes about [[Buddhist economics|economics from a Buddhist perspective]]?
===24 June 2018===
*'''''00:00, 24 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[caldera]] of the volcano '''[[Sollipulli]]''' is filled with [[ice]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Giulia Bongiorno]]''', a defense lawyer in both the [[Giulio Andreotti]] trials and the [[Murder of Meredith Kercher#Knox and Sollecito trials|Amanda Knox trial]], is now the [[Italian Minister of Public Administration]]?
* ... that the composer of ''[[Rocket League]]'' used his old music to create the game's '''[[Music of Rocket League|original soundtrack]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Shmerke Kaczerginski]]''' saved over 250 Jewish songs about the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] from destruction?
* ... that '''[[Klinger (horse)|Klinger]]''', a [[United States Army]] horse serving with the [[3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)|3rd Infantry Regiment]], has participated in more than 5,000 full-honor military funerals?
* ... that the London firm of '''[[Mary Hayley]]''' arranged the shipment of tea involved in the [[Boston Tea Party]]?
* ... that the 1876 hymn "'''[[Ein Haus voll Glorie schauet]]'''" is used for festive occasions such as the millennium of the [[Bamberg Cathedral]], but with drastically changed text?
* ... that after a '''[[1995 Williamsburg Bridge collision|1995 subway collision]]''', speed limits were lowered across the [[New York City Subway]] system, contributing to widespread train delays?
===23 June 2018===
*'''''00:00, 23 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a decade after suggesting that opera houses should all be "blown up", the French composer '''[[Pierre Boulez]]''' ''(pictured)'' conducted the [[Jahrhundertring|centenary production of Wagner's Ring cycle]] at the [[Bayreuth Festival]]?
* ... that the flightless weevil '''''[[Lyperobius huttoni]]''''' may have rafted between the North and South Islands of [[New Zealand]]?
* ... that '''[[Moritz Wagner (basketball)|Moritz Wagner]]''' was the first player to post 20 [[point (basketball)|points]] and 15 [[rebound (basketball)|rebounds]] in a [[NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament]] semifinal in over 30 years?<!--Special occasion hook for June 22-->
* ... that it was claimed that "'''[[Day Trip to Bangor (Didn't We Have a Lovely Time)]]'''" was originally about a trip to [[Rhyl]]?
* ... that '''[[Eunice Lam]]''', called the "prodigal daughter" of Hong Kong, was the sister-in-law of [[Bruce Lee]]?
* ... that the indigenous people of northern Australia ate the flowers of the '''[[Cochlospermum fraseri|kapok bush]]'''?
* ... that a candidate in '''[[Mississippi's 4th congressional district special election, 1981|a 1981 congressional special election in Mississippi]]''' was kicked out of his leadership position with the [[Ku Klux Klan]] after going to a house party attended by [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazis]]?
* ... that Irish author '''[[Sally Rooney]]''' has been described as "[[J. D. Salinger|Salinger]] for the [[Snapchat]] generation"?
===22 June 2018===
*'''''00:00, 22 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[low-key photography]]''' ''(example pictured)'' consists of shooting dark-colored scenes while emphasizing light only on specific areas in the frame?
* ... that after she was fired by fascists for being a Jew, agronomist '''[[Elza Polak]]''' ran a network of gardens to feed the [[Yugoslav Partisans|Yugoslav Partisan]] resistance movement during World War II?
* ... that the [[KABR (defunct)|first radio station]] in [[Aberdeen, South Dakota]], operated from the sixth floor of the '''[[Alonzo Ward Hotel]]'''?
* ... that pianist '''[[David Garvey]]''' accompanied [[Leontyne Price]] in the White House, on tours abroad, and in her "exceptional" first recital in [[Carnegie Hall]] in "a true musical partnership"?
* ... that a passage in '''[[Al-Ahqaf]]''' is used by some [[Faqīh|Islamic jurists]] to argue that the lower limit of [[fetal viability]] in [[Islamic law]] is 25 weeks?
* ... that [[Mormons|Mormon]] novelist '''[[Mette Ivie Harrison]]''' attributes part of her success in writing to her [[autism]], which forces her to closely analyze human behavior?
* ... that bakers of '''[[sfenj]]''', a [[Maghreb]]i doughnut, are often nicknamed "Hitler"?
* ... that actress '''[[Edna Loftus]]''' freed her fiancé from an [[History of psychiatric institutions|asylum]] after his mother had him committed?
===21 June 2018===
*'''''00:00, 21 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Rio Grande]] sometimes runs dry ''(pictured)'' and has been labelled an '''[[endangered river]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Hedgewar Smruti Mandir]]''' is a memorial to [[K. B. Hedgewar]], the founder of the [[Hindutva]] organization [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]]?
* ... that injuries and documentation issues delayed '''[[Issuf Sanon]]''' from joining the Ukrainian junior national basketball team?
* ... that '''[[Flame Con]]''', the first LGBTQ [[Comic book convention|comic convention]] in New York City, kicks off its annual event with a dance party and [[Drag show|drag performances]]?
* ... that '''[[Jill S. Tietjen]]''' tries to supply more role models for [[Women in engineering in the United States|women in engineering]] and [[Women in STEM fields|technology]] by regularly nominating candidates for awards and halls of fame?
* ... that the first research center for '''[[Potato production in Cambodia|potatoes in Cambodia]]''' was opened in the country in 2016?
* ... that the marine biologist '''[[Walter Kenrick Fisher]]''' illustrated the book ''The Salinas: Upside Down River'' written by his wife [[Anne B. Fisher]]?
* ... that the [[Esther Rantzen|winner]] in '''''[[Rantzen v Mirror Group Newspapers (1986) Ltd and others|Rantzen v Mirror Group Newspapers]]''''' was awarded "Mickey Mouse money" by the jury, which was reduced on appeal for being disproportionate?
===20 June 2018===
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* ... that U.S. Navy Rear Admiral '''[[Alma M. Grocki]]''' ''(pictured)'' played a key role in the creation of [[Badges of the United States Navy|breast insignia]] for the [[engineering duty officer]] role?
* ... that [[China]] is the '''[[potato production in China|world's largest producer of potatoes]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Franz Seraph von Kohlbrenner]]''', a civil servant at the [[Kingdom of Bavaria|Bavarian court]], published a hymnal that contained the [[Deutsches Hochamt|mass ordinary in German]]?
* ... that construction of the '''[[Penn South]]''' housing cooperative in [[New York City]] was initially met with resistance because 7,500 residents would have been displaced?
* ... that the '''[[Death of Alloura Wells|deaths of Alloura Wells]]''' and '''[[Murder of Tess Richey|Tess Richey]]''', reported one day apart, renewed fears of '''[[2010–2017 Toronto serial homicides|a serial killer in Toronto's gay village]]'''?
* ... that the Icelandic [[lava tube]] '''[[Raufarhólshellir]]''' was temporarily closed in 2016 to remove several [[Tonne|tonnes]] of garbage left by visitors?
* ... that [[Oregon]] rancher '''[[Bill Brown (rancher)|Bill Brown]]''', known as the "Horse King of the West", often wrote [[Cheque|checks]] on newspaper margins and soup can labels—which bankers would cash without question?
* ... that '''[[sea urchin]]s''' can [[bald sea urchin disease|go bald]]?
===19 June 2018===
*'''''00:00, 19 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[bar-bellied cuckooshrike]]''' ''(pictured)'' was initially thought to be a [[crow]]?
* ... that the '''[[Washington State Convention Center]]''', which opened 30 years ago today, was built over a section of [[Interstate 5 in Washington|Interstate 5]] in [[Seattle]]?<!--special occasion hook for June 18-->
* ... that junior Turkish [[aerobic gymnast]] '''[[Ayşe Begüm Onbaşı]]''' is nicknamed "Medal Monster" due to the many medals she has won?
* ... that after Cuba '''[[Leyla Express and Johnny Express incidents|seized the freighter ''Johnny Express'']]''', [[Manuel Noriega]] helped negotiate the release of the captain?
* ... that [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] folk singer '''[[Diwaliben Bhil]]''' was awarded the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award in India?
* ... that actress [[Jan Pearson]]'s favourite storyline as ''[[Holby City]]'' character '''[[Kath Fox]]''' was a love affair with a priest?
* ... that [[Tony Christie]] '''[[(Is This the Way to) The World Cup|asked whether this was the way to The World Cup]]''' and then declared it "crap"?<!--special occasion hook for June 18-->
* ... that '''''[[9:05]]''''' takes only five minutes to finish?
===18 June 2018===
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* ... that '''''[[The Nun Jerónima de la Fuente]]''''' ''(pictured)'', one of [[Diego Velázquez]]{{`s}} earliest portraits, was mistakenly attributed to [[Luis Tristán]]?
* ... that '''[[Virginia Fraser]]''', the [[Ombudsmen in the United States#State Long Term Care Ombudsmen|Long-Term Care Ombudsman]] for the state of [[Colorado]], created a [[Bingo (U.S.)|bingo]] game that teaches nursing home residents about their rights?
* ... that the '''[[Organ Grinder Restaurant]]'''{{`s}} Wurlitzer pipe organ included such effects as a submarine dive alarm?<!--Special occasion hook for 17 June-->
* ... that Dutch [[Arabist]] '''[[Petra Stienen]]''' was awarded the [[Aletta Jacobs]] Prize by the [[University of Groningen]] for "using her work to represent and transmit the voices of women who would otherwise not be heard"?
* ... that the '''[[Royal Game of Ur]]''' is a board game that was first played in ancient [[Mesopotamia]] over 4,500 years ago?
* ... that '''[[Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa]]'''{{`s}} feminist group New Wave Feminists was removed as a partner of the [[2017 Women's March]] after organizers discovered the group was [[United States anti-abortion movement|pro-life]]?
* ... that the '''[[tennis ball theorem]]''' concerns curves that, like the seam of a [[tennis ball]], cut the surface of a sphere into two equal areas?
* ... that in 1869, '''[[Alfred Eteson]]''' of the [[Bengal Medical Service]] attributed an epidemic of [[Relapsing fever|ague]] to the effect of winds laden with a "pestiferous miasma"?
===17 June 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Vickers Valiant]]''' XD818 ''(pictured)'' dropped the first British hydrogen bomb as part of [[Operation Grapple]]?
* ... that Japanese [[voice acting in Japan|voice actress]] '''[[Hikaru Akao]]''' initially did not wish to pursue that career as she "hated her voice"?<!--Special occasion hook for June 16-->
* ... that despite having a wide distribution in shallow seas, the pufferfish '''''[[Arothron multilineatus]]''''' was not described until 2016?
* ... that hailing its "pioneering" approach, Professor '''[[John G. Hawthorne]]''' lauded the [[University of Chicago]] for ending a student [[sit-in]] "without bloodshed, beatings, or other violent acts"?
* ... that a former streetcar powerhouse in New York City is now a '''[[William and Anita Newman Library|library building]]''' for [[Baruch College]]?
* ... that '''[[Roza Papo]]''', who nearly lost an eye in an air raid in 1942 after refusing to take shelter, later became the [[women in the military|first woman general]] in the Balkans?
* ... that the '''[[Phipps Bridge]]''' housing estate has been described as "one of south London's most notorious crime vortexes"?
* ... that '''[[WSFN (programming language)|WSFN]]''', "Which Stands for Nothing", was created to control robots?
===16 June 2018===
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* ... that an experiment ''(pictured)'' by '''[[Harry Buckwalter]]''' led to a landmark decision allowing the first admission of X‑ray evidence into a court of law?
* ... that the [[shoot 'em up]] video game '''''[[Star Goose]]''''' was originally envisioned as a [[First-person (video games)|first-person]] [[racing video game|racing game]]?
* ... that the Scottish surgeon '''[[John Spencer Login]]''' was entrusted with the protection of the [[Koh-i-Noor diamond]]?
* ... that the song "'''[[Nun, Brüder, sind wir frohgemut]]'''" was written by [[Georg Thurmair]] in 1935 for processions to Mary in the [[Altenberger Dom]], in subtle opposition to the Nazi regime?
* ... that the animation team of the film ''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]'' tried to model the movements of character '''[[Sven (Frozen)|Sven]]''' on a real-life reindeer, but due to its relative immobility, used the behavior of a dog instead?
* ... that the motto of the [[Supreme Court of India]] is '''[[Yato Dharma Tato Jaya]]''' – "There is no victory without justice"?
* ... that '''[[Ryan Watts (politician)|Ryan Watts]]''', whose parents were split on political ideology, does not state his party affiliation in a campaign video for the [[United States House of Representatives|US House of Representatives]]?
* ... that the leech '''''[[Erpobdella punctata]]''''' sometimes hitches a ride on a [[salamander]]?
===15 June 2018===
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* ... the colleagues of surgeon '''[[Robert Proust]]''' ''(caricature pictured)'' nicknamed his [[prostate]] procedure the "proustatectomie"?
* ... that the design of [[Cincinnati]]'s '''[[FC Cincinnati stadium|new soccer stadium]]''' features homages to [[Allianz Arena]] in [[Munich]]?<!--Special occasion hook for June 14-->
* ... that '''[[Arthur Menachem Hantke]]''' sought support from [[Austria-Hungary]] during the First World War for the [[Zionism|Zionist]] cause?
* ... that two weeks before its release, retailers had already reportedly bought more than half a million copies of '''[[Action Comics 1000|''Action Comics'' #1000]]'''?
* ... that mezzo-soprano '''[[Hedwig Fassbender]]''', who also appeared in soprano roles such as Wagner's [[Tristan und Isolde|Isolde]], has been an influential voice teacher in [[Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts|Frankfurt]]?
* ... that '''[[Gilmore the lion|Gilmore, the flying lion]]''', was named after the '''[[Gilmore Oil Company]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Elias Polk]]''', one of U.S. President [[James K. Polk]]'s slaves, became a conservative political activist after the Civil War?
* ... that the '''[[2018–19 EFL Cup]]''' will not feature [[Penalty_shoot-out (association football)#Advantage to team kicking first?|ABBA]] and will have no extra time to ensure the winner takes it all?<!--Special occasion hook for June 14-->
===14 June 2018===
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* ... that historians generally agree that '''[[Gilgamesh]]''' ''(pictured)'' was a historical king of the Sumerian city-state of [[Uruk]]?
* ... that US President [[Jimmy Carter]] spent the majority of his childhood on a farm in '''[[Archery, Georgia]]'''?
* ... that [[Robert Mugabe]] said that hunger in Zimbabwe might occur because Zimbabweans are "'''[[Potato production in Zimbabwe|not potato eaters]]'''"?
* ... that the adult tapeworm '''''[[Australamphilina elongata]]''''' is found in freshwater turtles, but how its eggs emerge from the host's body cavity is unknown?
* ... that soprano '''[[Christina Gerstberger]]''' recorded the role of Lisida in [[E. T. A. Hoffmann]]'s ''Liebe und Eifersucht'' in a performance at the [[Ludwigsburg Festival]]?
* ... that the '''[[Rood Building]]''' is the only remaining [[High Victorian Gothic]] commercial building in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]]?
* ... that the little-known 1758 [[Methodism|Methodist]] hymn "'''[[Sun of Unclouded Righteousness]]'''" asks God to send the doctrine of the "Unitarian fiend ... back to hell", referring to both [[Islam]] and [[Unitarianism]]?
* ... that '''[[Deborah Bial]]''' uses [[Lego]] to test whether students are ready for college?
===13 June 2018===
*'''''00:00, 13 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Peter Paul Rubens|Rubens]]' painting '''''[[Hercules' Dog Discovers Purple Dye]]''''' ''(detail pictured)'' depicts the wrong kind of snail?
* ... that 10th-century monk '''[[Adso of Montier-en-Der]]''' wrote a biography of the [[Antichrist]]?
* ... that the 1565 [[motet]] "'''[[If Ye Love Me]]'''" by [[Thomas Tallis]] was performed at the [[wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle]]?
* ... that the French political party '''[[Nous Citoyens]]''' seeks to present an "alternative offer" to the [[National Rally (France)|National Front]] by creating a program through "participatory democracy"?
* ... that the '''[[Indonesia at the 1952 Summer Olympics|first ever Indonesian Olympic team]]''' included a '''[[Maram Sudarmodjo|high jump athlete]]''' who later became a lieutenant colonel?
* ... that on retiring to England in 1845, surgeon '''[[Henry Goodeve]]''' brought four [[Brahmin]]s with him to complete their medical training?
* ... that the platform shelters at the modern '''[[Puyallup station|Puyallup train station]]''' were built to resemble the city's former train depot?
* ... that '''[[Iva Despić-Simonović]]''', court sculptor to [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia|King Alexander]] and [[Queen Maria of Yugoslavia]], had to buy a cow to support her family during the Second World War and hid it in her [[atelier]]?
===12 June 2018===
*'''''00:00, 12 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Orgelbau Mebold]]''' built a new organ ''(pictured)'' in the [[St. Martin, Idstein|church of St. Martin]] in [[Idstein]] in 2006, which has attracted organists such as [[Kalevi Kiviniemi]] and [[Matthias Eisenberg]] to perform there?
* ... that Russian journalist '''[[Arkady Babchenko]]''' and the [[Security Service of Ukraine]] faked Babchenko's murder in order to arrest assassins who were actually planning to kill him?
* ... that ''[[Bulgosuchus|Bulgosuchus gargantua]]'', a giant early [[temnospondyli|temnospondyl]] from the [[Triassic]], is known only from '''[[Long Reef (New South Wales)|Long Reef]]''', [[New South Wales]]?
* ... that '''[[Sir Gustavus Hume|Captain Hume]]''' was present at the Battle of Alma, the Battle of Inkerman, and the Siege of Sebastopol during the [[Crimean War]], before serving during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]?
* ... that '''[[P. K. Sen (surgeon)|P. K. Sen]]''' led the first human [[Heart transplantation|heart transplant]] in India?
* ... that despite being a Serb, '''[[Tatjana Ljujić-Mijatović]]''' stayed in [[siege of Sarajevo|Serb-besieged Sarajevo]] and became the only woman member of the wartime [[Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]?
* ... that over a million cockroaches escaped when an unregulated '''[[Cockroach farming|cockroach farm]]''' building was bulldozed while the owner was out to lunch?
===11 June 2018===
*'''''06:00, 11 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the engine of the '''[[Buick XP-300]]''' [[concept car]] ''(pictured)'' could run on either [[gasoline]] or [[methanol fuel|methanol]]?
* ... that '''[[Hanns-Martin Schneidt]]''' became head of [[Spandauer Kirchenmusikschule|an academy of church music]] in 1955 at age 25, of the [[Münchener Bach-Chor]] in 1984, and of a [[Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra|symphony orchestra in Japan]] in 2007?<!--Special occasion hook for June 10-->
* ... that at [[oral argument]] in '''''[[National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra|NIFLA v. Becerra]]''''', [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court Justice]] [[Elena Kagan]] questioned whether a California law was "gerrymandered" in order to discriminate against [[crisis pregnancy center]]s?
* ... that contemporary artist '''[[Vladimir Kokolia]]''' has his own [[wiki]], called Kokopedia?
* ... that '''[[Sabhyata Dwar]]''', an arch monument, bears inscriptions of [[Megasthenes]], [[Ashoka]], [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]], and [[Mahavira]]?
* ... that [[eccentric dance]]r '''[[Betty Knox]]''', of [[Wilson, Keppel and Betty]], later became a war correspondent and reported on the [[Nuremberg trials]]?
* ... that the [[Socialist Party (France)|French Socialist Party]] unsuccessfully called on its own candidate to step down in order to stop the [[National Rally (France)|National Front]] from winning the '''[[regional council of Grand Est]]'''?
* ... that at the age of 52, Englishman [[Wilfred Rhodes]] is '''[[List of England Test cricket records|the oldest cricketer ever to play in a Test match]]'''?
===10 June 2018===
*'''''11:11, 10 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Benjamin Franklin]] was one of the first five historical figures to appear on a '''[[Postage stamps and postal history of the Canal Zone|Panama Canal Zone postage stamp]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that Japanese [[Voice acting in Japan|voice actress]] '''[[Haruka Tomatsu]]''' appeared as herself in the television series '''''[[Koe Girl!]]'''''?<!--Special occasion hook for June 9-->
* ... that the term ''[[sharia]]'' is mentioned only once in the [[Quran]], in a verse in '''[[Al-Jathiya|its 45th chapter]]'''?
* ... that in less than eight months, '''[[Changpeng Zhao]]''' grew [[Binance]] into the world's largest [[cryptocurrency exchange]] by traded volume?
* ... that the '''[[UBAKUSAT]]''' satellite was built by Turkish students and will orbit the earth for six to twelve months?
* ... that '''[[Dirom Grey Crawford]]'''{{`s}} roll of the [[Indian Medical Service]] includes the biographies of 6,156 officers?
* ... that the upcoming [[Gorillaz]] album '''''[[The Now Now]]''''' was produced quickly so the band would have new material to play at upcoming festivals?
* ... that professional baseball player '''[[Ronny Rodríguez]]''' is also a [[rapping|rapper]]?
===9 June 2018===
*'''''11:26, 9 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that according to [[Philippine mythology|legend]], '''[[Hinulugang Taktak]]''' ''(pictured)'', a national park and protected landscape in [[Rizal]], Philippines, gets its name from a bell thrown in the waterfall?
* ... that during '''[[Bob Nicholson (ice hockey)|Bob Nicholson]]'''{{`s}} tenure as president of [[Hockey Canada]], national teams won 44 gold medals in international ice hockey competition?
* ... that '''[[Ojos Locos]]''' has waitresses called "chicas" and has been described as a "Mexican [[Hooters]]"?
* ... that African-American civil rights activist '''[[Pauline Short Robinson]]''' broke the color barrier at the [[Denver Public Library]]?
* ... that '''[[Novell BrainShare]]''' moved from the [[University of Utah]] to the [[Salt Palace]]?
* ... that despite writing extensively about [[women's rights]] and being the first Croatian author to feature a [[feminist]] character, '''[[Jagoda Truhelka]]''' remains best known for her [[children's literature]]?
* ... that the '''[[Clypeaster rosaceus|fat sea biscuit]]''' covers its [[test (biology)|test]] during the day with pieces of plant and fragments of shell, holding them in place with its tube feet?
* ... that '''[[Alfred Zech]]''' received the [[Iron Cross]] when he was 12 years old?
===8 June 2018===
*'''''05:50, 8 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that despite having no official role, the British [[town crier]] '''[[Tony Appleton]]''' ''(pictured)'' is internationally famous for his announcements of royal events such as the birth of '''[[Prince Louis of Cambridge]]'''?
* ... that members of the '''[[Yellow Sand Society]]''' believed that "magic and incantations" would make them immune to bullets?
* ... that Indian actor '''[[Ranbir Kapoor filmography|Ranbir Kapoor played a character]]''' based on [[Arjuna]] and [[Michael Corleone]] in the 2010 political thriller ''[[Raajneeti]]''?
* ... that despite gathering an emperor, six kings, and numerous princes at the '''[[Conference of Dresden (1812)|Conference of Dresden]]''', Napoleon was largely preoccupied with planning his [[French invasion of Russia|invasion of Russia]]?
* ... that '''[[Juliet Appiah]]''' is the first Ghanaian police officer to be awarded a [[FIFA]] refereeing badge?
* ... that according to the book '''''[[Passing on the Right]]''''', [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] professors in the U.S. often have to employ "coping strategies that gays and lesbians have used in the military and other inhospitable work environments"?
* ... that '''[[Tom Hom]]''' was the first non-Caucasian elected to the [[San Diego City Council]]?
* ... that in [[Philippine mythology]], '''''[[anito]]''''' spirits can harm human beings by "greeting" them?
===7 June 2018===
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* ... that about half of '''[[knee dislocation]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' spontaneously relocate before the person arrives at hospital?
* ... that [[Microsoft]]'s '''[[Brad Smith (American lawyer)|Brad Smith]]''' has filed multiple data privacy lawsuits against the Federal government of the United States?
* ... that '''[[body horror]]''', originally a subgenre of horror films and literature, now appears in video games, comics, [[anime]], and [[manga]]?
* ... that sewage from '''[[Goat Canyon (Tijuana River Valley)|Canon de los Laureles]]''' flows into the United States?
* ... that '''[[Güzide Alçu]]''' and her two teammates were referred to the disciplinary board for displaying [[V sign]]s that were interpreted by the [[Turkish Football Federation]] as insulting?
* ... that '''''[[Fleurs de Marécage]]''''' by the Dutch poet [[J. Slauerhoff]], containing French poems and a translation of a poem by the Irish poet [[W. B. Yeats]], was published in Belgium?
* ... that '''[[Wolfgang Straßmann]]''' hid in the bed of a servant girl in [[Meno Burg]]'s house in Berlin while his comrades were executed by Prussian troops?
* ... that the '''[[Northwest Cannabis Solutions Satsop facility]]''' is operated by the largest grower of [[Washington Initiative 502|legal cannabis in the U.S. state of Washington]] at the site of a [[WNP-3 and WNP-5|canceled nuclear power plant]]?
===6 June 2018===
*'''''03:45, 6 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that several different versions of the '''[[flag of the British South Africa Company]]''' ''(example pictured)'' were used in [[Company rule in Rhodesia|Rhodesia under Company rule]]?
* ... that '''[[Charlie Lee (computer scientist)|Charlie Lee]]''' created [[Litecoin]] in his spare time while working at [[Google]]?
* ... that '''[[Aldus Manutius]]''' commissioned typefaces resembling the handwriting of famous [[Humanism|humanists]] of his day, one of which became the first known model of italic type?
* ... that though in a romantic relationship since the 1990s, the titular characters of the 2018 [[X-Men]] miniseries '''''[[Rogue & Gambit]]''''' had never previously headlined a comic book together?
* ... that '''[[Titus Awotwi Pratt]]''', Presiding Bishop of the [[Methodist Church Ghana]], was commissioned as a minister by [[Charles Awotwi Pratt|his father]], who at that time headed the church in Ghana?
* ... that some parts of the '''[[Signaling of the New York City Subway|New York City Subway's signaling system]]''' have not been replaced in 80 years, causing over 11,000 train delays in the span of two months?
* ... that '''[[Sơn Tùng M-TP]]'''{{`s}} misspelling of the word "tattoo" inspired a hit song?
* ... that '''[[Kynance Mews]]''' has been the home to [[Crooks Anonymous|anonymous crooks]], [[Scandalous (film)|scandalous characters]], a [[Who Dares Wins (film)|hostage taking]], and [[Star! (film)|Julie Andrews]]?
===5 June 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Milena Mrazović]]''' ''(pictured)'', Bosnia-Herzegovina's first journalist, was branded an "unbearable, quarrelsome, scheming woman" for refusing to do the government's bidding in her newspaper?
* ... that at the '''[[Reading Railroad Massacre]]''' in July 1877, rioters burnt two [[caboose]]s, seven [[Goods wagon|freight cars]], a watch house, and a bridge?
* ... that having won a world title in 2016 at the age of 68, professional [[Barrel racing|barrel racer]] '''[[Mary Burger]]''' became the oldest rodeo world champion?
* ... that [[Paul Gerhardt]]'s song of thanks and praise "'''[[Nun danket all und bringet Ehr]]'''" was first published along with 17 of his other hymns in 1647, during the [[Thirty Years' War]]?
* ... that '''[[Ryan Bollinger]]''' played professionally in Germany and Australia before his first promotion to [[Major League Baseball]]?
* ... that after being excluded from the [[National Front (France)|National Front]] by his daughter [[Marine Le Pen]] in 2015, [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]] created the '''[[Comités Jeanne]]''', named after [[Joan of Arc]]?
* ... that '''''[[Tetragonoporus|Tetragonoporus calyptocephalus]]''''', a tapeworm that parasitizes whales, can grow to almost {{convert|40|m|ft|-1|abbr=on}} in length and produce billions of eggs during its lifetime?
* ... that the first name of '''[[Lucy Heartfilia]]''', the ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' manga and anime series' main female protagonist, was inspired by the [[The Beatles|Beatles]]' song "[[Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds]]"?
===4 June 2018===
*'''''04:15, 4 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the Quranic chapter '''[[Al-Mumtahanah]]''' ''(manuscript pictured)'' declares that marriages between Muslims and [[Polytheism|polytheists]] are invalid according to [[Sharia|Islamic law]]?
* ... that U.S. Justice Department attorney '''[[Thomas Puccio]]''' was the inspiration for characters in the films ''[[Prince of the City (film)|Prince of the City]]'' and ''[[American Hustle]]''?
* ... that [[Lee Felsenstein]] originally developed the '''[[VDM-1]]''' [[Video card|graphics card]] as a low-cost video terminal for the Community Memory [[bulletin board system]]?
* ... that at the time of his death, '''[[John Onesimus Foster]]''' was believed to be the oldest active professor in the United States?
* ... that the '''[[Hawaiian cleaner wrasse]]''' could be eaten by its clients, but is not?
* ... that actor [[Art Malik]] wanted viewers of ''[[Holby City]]'' to perceive his character '''[[Zubin Khan]]''' as an "educated Muslim man"?
* ... that '''[[Maribel Parra de Mestre]]''' is the first female vice admiral of Venezuela?
* ... that the early 20th-century American rodeo event of '''[[potato race|mounted potato racing]]''' could become violent, with biting being almost the only tactic that was prohibited?
===3 June 2018===
*'''''04:30, 3 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Gaspar Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 9th Duke of Medina Sidonia|Gaspar Alfonso, Duke of Medina Sidonia]], was imprisoned in '''[[Castillo de Coca]]''' ''(pictured)'' for leading the [[Andalusian independentist conspiracy (1641)|Andalusian independentist conspiracy]] of 1641?
* ... that in 1957, violinist [[Wanda Wiłkomirska]] and pianist '''[[Jadwiga Szamotulska]]''' recorded classical music for children, including concertos by [[Giovanni Battista Viotti|Viotti]] and [[Jean-Baptiste Accolay|Accolay]]?
* ... that '''[[1KUNS-PF]]''', the first Kenyan-built satellite, is to be used to monitor the country's coastline, and to help combat illegal logging?
* ... that '''[[Stanley Woodward (editor)|Stanley Woodward]]''' was the first known writer to use the phrase "ivy" in relation to future [[Ivy League]] universities?
* ... that the '''[[House of Bishops (Church of England)|House of Bishops]]''', the '''[[House of Clergy]]''', and the '''[[House of Laity]]''' each hold veto power over proposed [[List of Church of England Measures|Measures]] of the [[General Synod of the Church of England]]?
* ... that Croatian [[Oceanography|oceanographer]] '''[[Mira Zore-Armanda]]''' had difficulty gaining passage on research vessels because she was a woman?
* ... that '''[[List of Mexican–American War monuments and memorials|monuments and memorials to the fallen]]''' in the [[Mexican–American War]] include a [[Mexico City National Cemetery|US national cemetery in Mexico City]]?
* ... that the '''[[Microchirus azevia|bastard sole]]''' is a worm-eating bottom dweller?
===2 June 2018===
*'''''05:16, 2 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the slender button daisy '''''[[Leptinella filiformis]]''''' ''(pictured)'', thought by botanists to be extinct, was rediscovered in 1998 growing on a hotel lawn?
* ... that 23-year-old Japanese [[voice acting in Japan|voice actress]] and singer '''[[Yurika Endō]]''' is retiring for health reasons after her solo concert today?<!--Special occasion hook for 1st June-->
* ... that the '''[[United States Semiquincentennial]]''' will be celebrated in [[2026]]?
* ... that '''[[Ian Meadows (archaeologist)|Ian Meadows]]''' discovered both the Anglo-Saxon [[Pioneer Helmet|Pioneer helmet]] and the first conclusive evidence for [[viticulture]] in Roman Britain?<!--Special occasion hook for 1st June to coincide with TFA-->
* ... that [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]] women are organising an '''[[Saudi anti male-guardianship campaign|anti male-guardianship campaign]]'''?
* ... that according to legend, the governor who ordered the execution of 17th-century Thai poet '''[[Si Prat]]''' was later executed with the same sword, fulfilling the poet{{'}}s curse?
* ... that within a year of its inception, members of '''[[Operation Vanguard]]''' arrested more than 1,000 [[galamsey|illegal miners]]?
* ... that after winning the lottery, '''[[Jay Sommers (racing driver)|Jay Sommers]]''' used the money to fund a career in [[NASCAR]]?
===1 June 2018===
*'''''05:31, 1 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Vivian Bartley Green-Armytage]]''' ''(pictured)'' was an advocate of [[vaginal hysterectomy]]?
* ... that a '''''[[Deutsches Hochamt (Michael Haydn)|Deutsches Hochamt]]''''' (German High Mass) by [[Michael Haydn]] has been described as "musically the epitome of south-German/Austrian Catholicism"?<!--Special occasion request for May 31-->
* ... that before becoming a successful writer, '''[[James Francis Dwyer]]''' was sentenced to seven years in prison for forgery and [[uttering]]?
* ... that [[Félicette]], France's first cat to successfully travel into space, was launched from the '''[[Centre interarmées d'essais d'engins spéciaux]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Maurine Whipple]]'''{{`s}} Mormon epic ''[[The Giant Joshua]]'' was the most-borrowed book in the Salt Lake City Public Library in 1989?
* ... that in May 1917, German general [[Otto Liman von Sanders|Liman von Sanders]] organized the '''[[Evacuation of Ayvalik|expulsion of the Greek population of Ayvalık]]''', Turkey, to inner [[Anatolia]]?
* ... that '''[[Madeleine Moreau]]''' is the only French athlete to win an Olympic medal in [[diving]]?
* ... that '''[[Duck Donuts]]''' was named after [[Duck, North Carolina|Duck]]?
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===30 June 2018===
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* ... that the founder of '''[[Falcon Records (Texas)|Falcon Records]]''' ''(label pictured)'' chose the name in part because it sounded the same in English and Spanish?
* ... that '''[[Li Qiang (minister)|Li Qiang]]''', the communications head of the Chinese Communist Party's intelligence agency, was forced to take refuge in the Soviet Union after the defection of his friend, the head of the assassination team?
* ... that "'''[[Nun jauchzt dem Herren, alle Welt]]'''", a 1646 paraphrase of [[Psalm 100]] by [[David Denicke]], appears in current Protestant and Catholic hymnals?
* ... that '''[[Jesse Gabriel]]''' has sued the [[Presidency of Donald Trump|Trump Administration]] on behalf of young immigrants previously protected by the [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]] policy?
* ... that the first humorous novel in Gujarati literature was '''''[[Bhadrambhadra]]''''' by [[Ramanbhai Neelkanth]]?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Hossam Ashour]]''' is the most decorated [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]] player in the club's history?
* ... that one of '''[[Domino Park|New York City's newest parks]]''' was partially built using industrial materials from an [[Domino Sugar Refinery|abandoned sugar factory]]?
* ... that actor Tony Clay was asked "Dude, what have you done?" on Twitter when his ''[[EastEnders]]'' character, '''[[Halfway (EastEnders)|Halfway]]''', shot a popular character?
===29 June 2018===
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* ... that [[soprano]] '''[[Maria Bengtsson (soprano)|Maria Bengtsson]]''' ''(pictured)'' was described as the quintessential [[Richard Strauss|Strauss]] interpreter following her recent debut in the title role of ''[[Arabella]]''? <!--Special occasion hook for June – Women in Red Singers and Songwriters editathon-->
* ... that the '''[[2018 Osaka earthquake]]''' disrupted train services during the morning [[rush hour]], forcing passengers to walk between the tracks?
* ... that funding for '''[[Celia Brackenridge]]'''{{`s}} research into child protection in football was ended because the sport "was not ready for a gay former lacrosse international rummaging through its dirty linen"?<!--Special occasion hook for June [[Gay pride#LGBT Pride Month|LGBT Pride Month]]-->
* ... that the multi-armed '''''[[Heliaster helianthus]]''''' sheds several of its arms when attacked by the six-armed predatory starfish '''''[[Meyenaster|Meyenaster gelatinosus]]'''''?
* ... that if elected, Democratic candidate '''[[Deb Haaland]]''' would be the first Native American woman to become a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]]?
* ... that Thuy Bo village memorializes 145 Vietnamese civilians who were killed during the 1967 '''[[Thuy Bo massacre]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Velvl Greene]]''', a [[University of Minnesota]] professor of [[public health]], taught more than 30,000 students?
* ... that a group of [[Fiji]]ans placed a newspaper advertisement to recruit skiers for the '''[[Fiji at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Fijian team at the 2002 Olympic Games]]''' after discussing it at a New Year's Eve party?
===28 June 2018===
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* ... that the barque '''[[City of New York (1885 ship)|''City of New York'']]''' ''(pictured)'' was [[Richard E. Byrd]]'s flagship on his [[Richard E. Byrd#First Antarctic expedition (1928–1930)|first Antarctic expedition]]?
* ... that the '''[[Megachile centuncularis|patchwork leafcutter bee]]''' makes use of the leaves of roses, lilac, and honeysuckle?
* ... that after '''[[Petronius Maximus]]''' angered [[Genseric|their king]], the Vandals [[Sack of Rome (455)|sacked Rome]] so thoroughly that their name is still a synonym for [[Vandalism|wanton destruction]]?
* ... that the '''[[Quincy Smelter]]''' was part of a [[Superfund]] site when it was incorporated into a [[National Historic Landmark District]]?
* ... that '''[[Li Zaiping]]''' and his research group were the first to sequence a [[Virus#Genome|viral genome]] in China?
* ... that in his 2002 book '''''[[Secret City (book)|Secret City: The Hidden Jews of Warsaw 1940–1945]]''''', [[Gunnar S. Paulsson]] estimated that nearly a tenth of [[Warsaw]]'s population were [[Rescue of Jews by Poles during the Holocaust|helping Jews]] during the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]?
* ... that '''[[W. Barklie Henry]]''', [[Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt]]'s stepfather, won many yachting races held off the coast of [[Long Island]]?
* ... that '''''[[Three Dancing Maidens]]''''' can be found in Germany, Belgium, and the United States?
===27 June 2018===
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* ... that the Icelandic word for "'''[[drift whale]]'''" translates as "windfall", since the washed-up carcass provides meat, blubber, fat, and other benefits to the finders ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Cao Tianqin]]''', the discoverer of the [[myosin light chain]], was persecuted during the [[Cultural Revolution]] because of his association with [[Joseph Needham]], who was accused of being a spy?
* ... that a [[phallic]] sculpture at '''[[Lakewood station]]''' attracted controversy because the area around the station had once been home to sex businesses?
* ... that [[Gujarati theatre]] actor '''[[Bapulal Nayak]]''' started his stage career at the age of eleven for a salary of three rupees per month?
* ... that "starfish soup" made from '''''[[Stichaster striatus]]''''' is said to have been fed to workers in South America to discourage alcohol consumption?
* ... that 19 years after '''[[Will P. Brady]]''' prosecuted the "legal lynching" of a 15-year-old murder suspect, [[John W. Brady|Brady's brother]], a judge, himself became the defendant in a [[Capital punishment in Texas|death penalty]] trial?
* ... that in 1966, [[John Steinbeck]] visited the remnants of '''[[Mount Hope, Jaffa|Mount Hope]]''', a farm near [[Jaffa]] that had been founded by his grandparents?
* ... that '''[[Marye (horse)|Marye]]''' fought for both the [[United States Army]] and the [[Confederate States]] during the [[American Civil War]]?
===26 June 2018===
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* ... that the extinct [[sawfish]] '''''[[Atlanticopristis]]''''' ''(artist's impression pictured)'' had multiple barbs on both sides of its teeth?
* ... that '''[[Volker David Kirchner]]''', who composed operas for the [[Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden|Wiesbaden State Theatre]] and a mass for the [[Mainz Cathedral]], was the first recipient of the [[Rheingau Musikpreis]]?
* ... that the [[A483 road|A483 Newtown bypass]] was diverted after a campaign to save the '''[[Brimmon Oak]]''', which is thought to be more than 500 years old?
* ... that Croatian theater director '''[[Saša Broz]]''' trademarked the name and signatures of her grandfather, Yugoslav president [[Josip Broz Tito]]?
* ... that '''[[Ideal Records]]''' was the predominant [[Tejano music]] label of the 1940s and 1950s?
* ... that Roman general '''[[Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 10)|Publius Cornelius Dolabella]]''' was denied a [[Roman triumph|triumph]] for defeating [[Tacfarinas]]{{`}} 10-year insurgency partly because Emperor [[Tiberius]] had already declared victory?
* ... that in Buddhism, '''[[transfer of merit]]''' to deceased loved ones is seen as a better alternative than mourning?
* ... that the title of '''''[[There There (novel)|There There]]''''', a 2018 novel about [[urban Indian]]s in [[Oakland, California]], mirrors [[Gertrude Stein]]'s quip about the city that "There is no there there"?
===25 June 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Leiden Law School]]''' ''(pictured)'' is housed in the former laboratory of [[Heike Kamerlingh Onnes]], a [[physicist]] and [[List of Nobel laureates in Physics|Nobel laureate]]?
* ... that after winning a [[United States dollar|USD$]]266 million [[Mega Millions]] jackpot, '''[[Gil Cisneros]]''' became a philanthropist?
* ... that the deepwater sea urchin '''''[[Cidaris blakei]]''''' is named after a ship?
* ... that [[Pope Martin I]] was abducted and tried for high treason because of his opposition to the '''[[Type of Constans|''Type'' of Constans]]'''?
* ... that a theory that English nursery rhymes such as "'''[[Hark, Hark! The Dogs Do Bark]]'''" could be understood by translating sound-alike [[Dutch language|Dutch]] words back into English was called "ingenious if somewhat addlepated"?
* ... that '''[[flumezapine]]''' was at the center of a lawsuit filed by [[Eli Lilly and Company]] against generic manufacturers who sought to void its patent on the antipsychotic [[Zyprexa]]?
* ... that former Indian Prime Minister [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] called the '''[[Parkala Massacre]]''' the "[[Jallianwala Bagh massacre|Jallianwala Bagh]] of the south", referring to the 1919 British slaughter of hundreds of people at a peaceful protest?
* ... that the Thai monk '''[[Luang Por Dattajivo]]''' writes about [[Buddhist economics|economics from a Buddhist perspective]]?
===24 June 2018===
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* ... that the [[caldera]] of the volcano '''[[Sollipulli]]''' is filled with [[ice]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Giulia Bongiorno]]''', a defense lawyer in both the [[Giulio Andreotti]] trials and the [[Murder of Meredith Kercher#Knox and Sollecito trials|Amanda Knox trial]], is now the [[Italian Minister of Public Administration]]?
* ... that the composer of ''[[Rocket League]]'' used his old music to create the game's '''[[Music of Rocket League|original soundtrack]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Shmerke Kaczerginski]]''' saved over 250 Jewish songs about the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] from destruction?
* ... that '''[[Klinger (horse)|Klinger]]''', a [[United States Army]] horse serving with the [[3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)|3rd Infantry Regiment]], has participated in more than 5,000 full-honor military funerals?
* ... that the London firm of '''[[Mary Hayley]]''' arranged the shipment of tea involved in the [[Boston Tea Party]]?
* ... that the 1876 hymn "'''[[Ein Haus voll Glorie schauet]]'''" is used for festive occasions such as the millennium of the [[Bamberg Cathedral]], but with drastically changed text?
* ... that after a '''[[1995 Williamsburg Bridge collision|1995 subway collision]]''', speed limits were lowered across the [[New York City Subway]] system, contributing to widespread train delays?
===23 June 2018===
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* ... that a decade after suggesting that opera houses should all be "blown up", the French composer '''[[Pierre Boulez]]''' ''(pictured)'' conducted the [[Jahrhundertring|centenary production of Wagner's Ring cycle]] at the [[Bayreuth Festival]]?
* ... that the flightless weevil '''''[[Lyperobius huttoni]]''''' may have rafted between the North and South Islands of [[New Zealand]]?
* ... that '''[[Moritz Wagner (basketball)|Moritz Wagner]]''' was the first player to post 20 [[point (basketball)|points]] and 15 [[rebound (basketball)|rebounds]] in a [[NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament]] semifinal in over 30 years?<!--Special occasion hook for June 22-->
* ... that it was claimed that "'''[[Day Trip to Bangor (Didn't We Have a Lovely Time)]]'''" was originally about a trip to [[Rhyl]]?
* ... that '''[[Eunice Lam]]''', called the "prodigal daughter" of Hong Kong, was the sister-in-law of [[Bruce Lee]]?
* ... that the indigenous people of northern Australia ate the flowers of the '''[[Cochlospermum fraseri|kapok bush]]'''?
* ... that a candidate in '''[[Mississippi's 4th congressional district special election, 1981|a 1981 congressional special election in Mississippi]]''' was kicked out of his leadership position with the [[Ku Klux Klan]] after going to a house party attended by [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazis]]?
* ... that Irish author '''[[Sally Rooney]]''' has been described as "[[J. D. Salinger|Salinger]] for the [[Snapchat]] generation"?
===22 June 2018===
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* ... that '''[[low-key photography]]''' ''(example pictured)'' consists of shooting dark-colored scenes while emphasizing light only on specific areas in the frame?
* ... that after she was fired by fascists for being a Jew, agronomist '''[[Elza Polak]]''' ran a network of gardens to feed the [[Yugoslav Partisans|Yugoslav Partisan]] resistance movement during World War II?
* ... that the [[KABR (defunct)|first radio station]] in [[Aberdeen, South Dakota]], operated from the sixth floor of the '''[[Alonzo Ward Hotel]]'''?
* ... that pianist '''[[David Garvey]]''' accompanied [[Leontyne Price]] in the White House, on tours abroad, and in her "exceptional" first recital in [[Carnegie Hall]] in "a true musical partnership"?
* ... that a passage in '''[[Al-Ahqaf]]''' is used by some [[Faqīh|Islamic jurists]] to argue that the lower limit of [[fetal viability]] in [[Islamic law]] is 25 weeks?
* ... that [[Mormons|Mormon]] novelist '''[[Mette Ivie Harrison]]''' attributes part of her success in writing to her [[autism]], which forces her to closely analyze human behavior?
* ... that bakers of '''[[sfenj]]''', a [[Maghreb]]i doughnut, are often nicknamed "Hitler"?
* ... that actress '''[[Edna Loftus]]''' freed her fiancé from an [[History of psychiatric institutions|asylum]] after his mother had him committed?
===21 June 2018===
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* ... that the [[Rio Grande]] sometimes runs dry ''(pictured)'' and has been labelled an '''[[endangered river]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Hedgewar Smruti Mandir]]''' is a memorial to [[K. B. Hedgewar]], the founder of the [[Hindutva]] organization [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]]?
* ... that injuries and documentation issues delayed '''[[Issuf Sanon]]''' from joining the Ukrainian junior national basketball team?
* ... that '''[[Flame Con]]''', the first LGBTQ [[Comic book convention|comic convention]] in New York City, kicks off its annual event with a dance party and [[Drag show|drag performances]]?
* ... that '''[[Jill S. Tietjen]]''' tries to supply more role models for [[Women in engineering in the United States|women in engineering]] and [[Women in STEM fields|technology]] by regularly nominating candidates for awards and halls of fame?
* ... that the first research center for '''[[Potato production in Cambodia|potatoes in Cambodia]]''' was opened in the country in 2016?
* ... that the marine biologist '''[[Walter Kenrick Fisher]]''' illustrated the book ''The Salinas: Upside Down River'' written by his wife [[Anne B. Fisher]]?
* ... that the [[Esther Rantzen|winner]] in '''''[[Rantzen v Mirror Group Newspapers (1986) Ltd and others|Rantzen v Mirror Group Newspapers]]''''' was awarded "Mickey Mouse money" by the jury, which was reduced on appeal for being disproportionate?
===20 June 2018===
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* ... that U.S. Navy Rear Admiral '''[[Alma M. Grocki]]''' ''(pictured)'' played a key role in the creation of [[Badges of the United States Navy|breast insignia]] for the [[engineering duty officer]] role?
* ... that [[China]] is the '''[[potato production in China|world's largest producer of potatoes]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Franz Seraph von Kohlbrenner]]''', a civil servant at the [[Kingdom of Bavaria|Bavarian court]], published a hymnal that contained the [[Deutsches Hochamt|mass ordinary in German]]?
* ... that construction of the '''[[Penn South]]''' housing cooperative in [[New York City]] was initially met with resistance because 7,500 residents would have been displaced?
* ... that the '''[[Death of Alloura Wells|deaths of Alloura Wells]]''' and '''[[Murder of Tess Richey|Tess Richey]]''', reported one day apart, renewed fears of '''[[2010–2017 Toronto serial homicides|a serial killer in Toronto's gay village]]'''?
* ... that the Icelandic [[lava tube]] '''[[Raufarhólshellir]]''' was temporarily closed in 2016 to remove several [[Tonne|tonnes]] of garbage left by visitors?
* ... that [[Oregon]] rancher '''[[Bill Brown (rancher)|Bill Brown]]''', known as the "Horse King of the West", often wrote [[Cheque|checks]] on newspaper margins and soup can labels—which bankers would cash without question?
* ... that '''[[sea urchin]]s''' can [[bald sea urchin disease|go bald]]?
===19 June 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[bar-bellied cuckooshrike]]''' ''(pictured)'' was initially thought to be a [[crow]]?
* ... that the '''[[Washington State Convention Center]]''', which opened 30 years ago today, was built over a section of [[Interstate 5 in Washington|Interstate 5]] in [[Seattle]]?<!--special occasion hook for June 18-->
* ... that junior Turkish [[aerobic gymnast]] '''[[Ayşe Begüm Onbaşı]]''' is nicknamed "Medal Monster" due to the many medals she has won?
* ... that after Cuba '''[[Leyla Express and Johnny Express incidents|seized the freighter ''Johnny Express'']]''', [[Manuel Noriega]] helped negotiate the release of the captain?
* ... that [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] folk singer '''[[Diwaliben Bhil]]''' was awarded the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award in India?
* ... that actress [[Jan Pearson]]'s favourite storyline as ''[[Holby City]]'' character '''[[Kath Fox]]''' was a love affair with a priest?
* ... that [[Tony Christie]] '''[[(Is This the Way to) The World Cup|asked whether this was the way to The World Cup]]''' and then declared it "crap"?<!--special occasion hook for June 18-->
* ... that '''''[[9:05]]''''' takes only five minutes to finish?
===18 June 2018===
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* ... that '''''[[The Nun Jerónima de la Fuente]]''''' ''(pictured)'', one of [[Diego Velázquez]]{{`s}} earliest portraits, was mistakenly attributed to [[Luis Tristán]]?
* ... that '''[[Virginia Fraser]]''', the [[Ombudsmen in the United States#State Long Term Care Ombudsmen|Long-Term Care Ombudsman]] for the state of [[Colorado]], created a [[Bingo (U.S.)|bingo]] game that teaches nursing home residents about their rights?
* ... that the '''[[Organ Grinder Restaurant]]'''{{`s}} Wurlitzer pipe organ included such effects as a submarine dive alarm?<!--Special occasion hook for 17 June-->
* ... that Dutch [[Arabist]] '''[[Petra Stienen]]''' was awarded the [[Aletta Jacobs]] Prize by the [[University of Groningen]] for "using her work to represent and transmit the voices of women who would otherwise not be heard"?
* ... that the '''[[Royal Game of Ur]]''' is a board game that was first played in ancient [[Mesopotamia]] over 4,500 years ago?
* ... that '''[[Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa]]'''{{`s}} feminist group New Wave Feminists was removed as a partner of the [[2017 Women's March]] after organizers discovered the group was [[United States anti-abortion movement|pro-life]]?
* ... that the '''[[tennis ball theorem]]''' concerns curves that, like the seam of a [[tennis ball]], cut the surface of a sphere into two equal areas?
* ... that in 1869, '''[[Alfred Eteson]]''' of the [[Bengal Medical Service]] attributed an epidemic of [[Relapsing fever|ague]] to the effect of winds laden with a "pestiferous miasma"?
===17 June 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Vickers Valiant]]''' XD818 ''(pictured)'' dropped the first British hydrogen bomb as part of [[Operation Grapple]]?
* ... that Japanese [[voice acting in Japan|voice actress]] '''[[Hikaru Akao]]''' initially did not wish to pursue that career as she "hated her voice"?<!--Special occasion hook for June 16-->
* ... that despite having a wide distribution in shallow seas, the pufferfish '''''[[Arothron multilineatus]]''''' was not described until 2016?
* ... that hailing its "pioneering" approach, Professor '''[[John G. Hawthorne]]''' lauded the [[University of Chicago]] for ending a student [[sit-in]] "without bloodshed, beatings, or other violent acts"?
* ... that a former streetcar powerhouse in New York City is now a '''[[William and Anita Newman Library|library building]]''' for [[Baruch College]]?
* ... that '''[[Roza Papo]]''', who nearly lost an eye in an air raid in 1942 after refusing to take shelter, later became the [[women in the military|first woman general]] in the Balkans?
* ... that the '''[[Phipps Bridge]]''' housing estate has been described as "one of south London's most notorious crime vortexes"?
* ... that '''[[WSFN (programming language)|WSFN]]''', "Which Stands for Nothing", was created to control robots?
===16 June 2018===
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* ... that an experiment ''(pictured)'' by '''[[Harry Buckwalter]]''' led to a landmark decision allowing the first admission of X‑ray evidence into a court of law?
* ... that the [[shoot 'em up]] video game '''''[[Star Goose]]''''' was originally envisioned as a [[First-person (video games)|first-person]] [[racing video game|racing game]]?
* ... that the Scottish surgeon '''[[John Spencer Login]]''' was entrusted with the protection of the [[Koh-i-Noor diamond]]?
* ... that the song "'''[[Nun, Brüder, sind wir frohgemut]]'''" was written by [[Georg Thurmair]] in 1935 for processions to Mary in the [[Altenberger Dom]], in subtle opposition to the Nazi regime?
* ... that the animation team of the film ''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]'' tried to model the movements of character '''[[Sven (Frozen)|Sven]]''' on a real-life reindeer, but due to its relative immobility, used the behavior of a dog instead?
* ... that the motto of the [[Supreme Court of India]] is '''[[Yato Dharma Tato Jaya]]''' – "There is no victory without justice"?
* ... that '''[[Ryan Watts (politician)|Ryan Watts]]''', whose parents were split on political ideology, does not state his party affiliation in a campaign video for the [[United States House of Representatives|US House of Representatives]]?
* ... that the leech '''''[[Erpobdella punctata]]''''' sometimes hitches a ride on a [[salamander]]?
===15 June 2018===
*'''''00:00, 15 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... the colleagues of surgeon '''[[Robert Proust]]''' ''(caricature pictured)'' nicknamed his [[prostate]] procedure the "proustatectomie"?
* ... that the design of [[Cincinnati]]'s '''[[FC Cincinnati stadium|new soccer stadium]]''' features homages to [[Allianz Arena]] in [[Munich]]?<!--Special occasion hook for June 14-->
* ... that '''[[Arthur Menachem Hantke]]''' sought support from [[Austria-Hungary]] during the First World War for the [[Zionism|Zionist]] cause?
* ... that two weeks before its release, retailers had already reportedly bought more than half a million copies of '''[[Action Comics 1000|''Action Comics'' #1000]]'''?
* ... that mezzo-soprano '''[[Hedwig Fassbender]]''', who also appeared in soprano roles such as Wagner's [[Tristan und Isolde|Isolde]], has been an influential voice teacher in [[Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts|Frankfurt]]?
* ... that '''[[Gilmore the lion|Gilmore, the flying lion]]''', was named after the '''[[Gilmore Oil Company]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Elias Polk]]''', one of U.S. President [[James K. Polk]]'s slaves, became a conservative political activist after the Civil War?
* ... that the '''[[2018–19 EFL Cup]]''' will not feature [[Penalty_shoot-out (association football)#Advantage to team kicking first?|ABBA]] and will have no extra time to ensure the winner takes it all?<!--Special occasion hook for June 14-->
===14 June 2018===
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* ... that historians generally agree that '''[[Gilgamesh]]''' ''(pictured)'' was a historical king of the Sumerian city-state of [[Uruk]]?
* ... that US President [[Jimmy Carter]] spent the majority of his childhood on a farm in '''[[Archery, Georgia]]'''?
* ... that [[Robert Mugabe]] said that hunger in Zimbabwe might occur because Zimbabweans are "'''[[Potato production in Zimbabwe|not potato eaters]]'''"?
* ... that the adult tapeworm '''''[[Australamphilina elongata]]''''' is found in freshwater turtles, but how its eggs emerge from the host's body cavity is unknown?
* ... that soprano '''[[Christina Gerstberger]]''' recorded the role of Lisida in [[E. T. A. Hoffmann]]'s ''Liebe und Eifersucht'' in a performance at the [[Ludwigsburg Festival]]?
* ... that the '''[[Rood Building]]''' is the only remaining [[High Victorian Gothic]] commercial building in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]]?
* ... that the little-known 1758 [[Methodism|Methodist]] hymn "'''[[Sun of Unclouded Righteousness]]'''" asks God to send the doctrine of the "Unitarian fiend ... back to hell", referring to both [[Islam]] and [[Unitarianism]]?
* ... that '''[[Deborah Bial]]''' uses [[Lego]] to test whether students are ready for college?
===13 June 2018===
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* ... that [[Peter Paul Rubens|Rubens]]' painting '''''[[Hercules' Dog Discovers Purple Dye]]''''' ''(detail pictured)'' depicts the wrong kind of snail?
* ... that 10th-century monk '''[[Adso of Montier-en-Der]]''' wrote a biography of the [[Antichrist]]?
* ... that the 1565 [[motet]] "'''[[If Ye Love Me]]'''" by [[Thomas Tallis]] was performed at the [[wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle]]?
* ... that the French political party '''[[Nous Citoyens]]''' seeks to present an "alternative offer" to the [[National Rally (France)|National Front]] by creating a program through "participatory democracy"?
* ... that the '''[[Indonesia at the 1952 Summer Olympics|first ever Indonesian Olympic team]]''' included a '''[[Maram Sudarmodjo|high jump athlete]]''' who later became a lieutenant colonel?
* ... that on retiring to England in 1845, surgeon '''[[Henry Goodeve]]''' brought four [[Brahmin]]s with him to complete their medical training?
* ... that the platform shelters at the modern '''[[Puyallup station|Puyallup train station]]''' were built to resemble the city's former train depot?
* ... that '''[[Iva Despić-Simonović]]''', court sculptor to [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia|King Alexander]] and [[Queen Maria of Yugoslavia]], had to buy a cow to support her family during the Second World War and hid it in her [[atelier]]?
===12 June 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Orgelbau Mebold]]''' built a new organ ''(pictured)'' in the [[St. Martin, Idstein|church of St. Martin]] in [[Idstein]] in 2006, which has attracted organists such as [[Kalevi Kiviniemi]] and [[Matthias Eisenberg]] to perform there?
* ... that Russian journalist '''[[Arkady Babchenko]]''' and the [[Security Service of Ukraine]] faked Babchenko's murder in order to arrest assassins who were actually planning to kill him?
* ... that ''[[Bulgosuchus|Bulgosuchus gargantua]]'', a giant early [[temnospondyli|temnospondyl]] from the [[Triassic]], is known only from '''[[Long Reef (New South Wales)|Long Reef]]''', [[New South Wales]]?
* ... that '''[[Sir Gustavus Hume|Captain Hume]]''' was present at the Battle of Alma, the Battle of Inkerman, and the Siege of Sebastopol during the [[Crimean War]], before serving during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]?
* ... that '''[[P. K. Sen (surgeon)|P. K. Sen]]''' led the first human [[Heart transplantation|heart transplant]] in India?
* ... that despite being a Serb, '''[[Tatjana Ljujić-Mijatović]]''' stayed in [[siege of Sarajevo|Serb-besieged Sarajevo]] and became the only woman member of the wartime [[Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]?
* ... that over a million cockroaches escaped when an unregulated '''[[Cockroach farming|cockroach farm]]''' building was bulldozed while the owner was out to lunch?
===11 June 2018===
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* ... that the engine of the '''[[Buick XP-300]]''' [[concept car]] ''(pictured)'' could run on either [[gasoline]] or [[methanol fuel|methanol]]?
* ... that '''[[Hanns-Martin Schneidt]]''' became head of [[Spandauer Kirchenmusikschule|an academy of church music]] in 1955 at age 25, of the [[Münchener Bach-Chor]] in 1984, and of a [[Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra|symphony orchestra in Japan]] in 2007?<!--Special occasion hook for June 10-->
* ... that at [[oral argument]] in '''''[[National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra|NIFLA v. Becerra]]''''', [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court Justice]] [[Elena Kagan]] questioned whether a California law was "gerrymandered" in order to discriminate against [[crisis pregnancy center]]s?
* ... that contemporary artist '''[[Vladimir Kokolia]]''' has his own [[wiki]], called Kokopedia?
* ... that '''[[Sabhyata Dwar]]''', an arch monument, bears inscriptions of [[Megasthenes]], [[Ashoka]], [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]], and [[Mahavira]]?
* ... that [[eccentric dance]]r '''[[Betty Knox]]''', of [[Wilson, Keppel and Betty]], later became a war correspondent and reported on the [[Nuremberg trials]]?
* ... that the [[Socialist Party (France)|French Socialist Party]] unsuccessfully called on its own candidate to step down in order to stop the [[National Rally (France)|National Front]] from winning the '''[[regional council of Grand Est]]'''?
* ... that at the age of 52, Englishman [[Wilfred Rhodes]] is '''[[List of England Test cricket records|the oldest cricketer ever to play in a Test match]]'''?
===10 June 2018===
*'''''11:11, 10 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Benjamin Franklin]] was one of the first five historical figures to appear on a '''[[Postage stamps and postal history of the Canal Zone|Panama Canal Zone postage stamp]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that Japanese [[Voice acting in Japan|voice actress]] '''[[Haruka Tomatsu]]''' appeared as herself in the television series '''''[[Koe Girl!]]'''''?<!--Special occasion hook for June 9-->
* ... that the term ''[[sharia]]'' is mentioned only once in the [[Quran]], in a verse in '''[[Al-Jathiya|its 45th chapter]]'''?
* ... that in less than eight months, '''[[Changpeng Zhao]]''' grew [[Binance]] into the world's largest [[cryptocurrency exchange]] by traded volume?
* ... that the '''[[UBAKUSAT]]''' satellite was built by Turkish students and will orbit the earth for six to twelve months?
* ... that '''[[Dirom Grey Crawford]]'''{{`s}} roll of the [[Indian Medical Service]] includes the biographies of 6,156 officers?
* ... that the upcoming [[Gorillaz]] album '''''[[The Now Now]]''''' was produced quickly so the band would have new material to play at upcoming festivals?
* ... that professional baseball player '''[[Ronny Rodríguez]]''' is also a [[rapping|rapper]]?
===9 June 2018===
*'''''11:26, 9 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that according to [[Philippine mythology|legend]], '''[[Hinulugang Taktak]]''' ''(pictured)'', a national park and protected landscape in [[Rizal]], Philippines, gets its name from a bell thrown in the waterfall?
* ... that during '''[[Bob Nicholson (ice hockey)|Bob Nicholson]]'''{{`s}} tenure as president of [[Hockey Canada]], national teams won 44 gold medals in international ice hockey competition?
* ... that '''[[Ojos Locos]]''' has waitresses called "chicas" and has been described as a "Mexican [[Hooters]]"?
* ... that African-American civil rights activist '''[[Pauline Short Robinson]]''' broke the color barrier at the [[Denver Public Library]]?
* ... that '''[[Novell BrainShare]]''' moved from the [[University of Utah]] to the [[Salt Palace]]?
* ... that despite writing extensively about [[women's rights]] and being the first Croatian author to feature a [[feminist]] character, '''[[Jagoda Truhelka]]''' remains best known for her [[children's literature]]?
* ... that the '''[[Clypeaster rosaceus|fat sea biscuit]]''' covers its [[test (biology)|test]] during the day with pieces of plant and fragments of shell, holding them in place with its tube feet?
* ... that '''[[Alfred Zech]]''' received the [[Iron Cross]] when he was 12 years old?
===8 June 2018===
*'''''05:50, 8 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that despite having no official role, the British [[town crier]] '''[[Tony Appleton]]''' ''(pictured)'' is internationally famous for his announcements of royal events such as the birth of '''[[Prince Louis of Cambridge]]'''?
* ... that members of the '''[[Yellow Sand Society]]''' believed that "magic and incantations" would make them immune to bullets?
* ... that Indian actor '''[[Ranbir Kapoor filmography|Ranbir Kapoor played a character]]''' based on [[Arjuna]] and [[Michael Corleone]] in the 2010 political thriller ''[[Raajneeti]]''?
* ... that despite gathering an emperor, six kings, and numerous princes at the '''[[Conference of Dresden (1812)|Conference of Dresden]]''', Napoleon was largely preoccupied with planning his [[French invasion of Russia|invasion of Russia]]?
* ... that '''[[Juliet Appiah]]''' is the first Ghanaian police officer to be awarded a [[FIFA]] refereeing badge?
* ... that according to the book '''''[[Passing on the Right]]''''', [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] professors in the U.S. often have to employ "coping strategies that gays and lesbians have used in the military and other inhospitable work environments"?
* ... that '''[[Tom Hom]]''' was the first non-Caucasian elected to the [[San Diego City Council]]?
* ... that in [[Philippine mythology]], '''''[[anito]]''''' spirits can harm human beings by "greeting" them?
===7 June 2018===
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* ... that about half of '''[[knee dislocation]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' spontaneously relocate before the person arrives at hospital?
* ... that [[Microsoft]]'s '''[[Brad Smith (American lawyer)|Brad Smith]]''' has filed multiple data privacy lawsuits against the Federal government of the United States?
* ... that '''[[body horror]]''', originally a subgenre of horror films and literature, now appears in video games, comics, [[anime]], and [[manga]]?
* ... that sewage from '''[[Goat Canyon (Tijuana River Valley)|Canon de los Laureles]]''' flows into the United States?
* ... that '''[[Güzide Alçu]]''' and her two teammates were referred to the disciplinary board for displaying [[V sign]]s that were interpreted by the [[Turkish Football Federation]] as insulting?
* ... that '''''[[Fleurs de Marécage]]''''' by the Dutch poet [[J. Slauerhoff]], containing French poems and a translation of a poem by the Irish poet [[W. B. Yeats]], was published in Belgium?
* ... that '''[[Wolfgang Straßmann]]''' hid in the bed of a servant girl in [[Meno Burg]]'s house in Berlin while his comrades were executed by Prussian troops?
* ... that the '''[[Northwest Cannabis Solutions Satsop facility]]''' is operated by the largest grower of [[Washington Initiative 502|legal cannabis in the U.S. state of Washington]] at the site of a [[WNP-3 and WNP-5|canceled nuclear power plant]]?
===6 June 2018===
*'''''03:45, 6 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that several different versions of the '''[[flag of the British South Africa Company]]''' ''(example pictured)'' were used in [[Company rule in Rhodesia|Rhodesia under Company rule]]?
* ... that '''[[Charlie Lee (computer scientist)|Charlie Lee]]''' created [[Litecoin]] in his spare time while working at [[Google]]?
* ... that '''[[Aldus Manutius]]''' commissioned typefaces resembling the handwriting of famous [[Humanism|humanists]] of his day, one of which became the first known model of italic type?
* ... that though in a romantic relationship since the 1990s, the titular characters of the 2018 [[X-Men]] miniseries '''''[[Rogue & Gambit]]''''' had never previously headlined a comic book together?
* ... that '''[[Titus Awotwi Pratt]]''', Presiding Bishop of the [[Methodist Church Ghana]], was commissioned as a minister by [[Charles Awotwi Pratt|his father]], who at that time headed the church in Ghana?
* ... that some parts of the '''[[Signaling of the New York City Subway|New York City Subway's signaling system]]''' have not been replaced in 80 years, causing over 11,000 train delays in the span of two months?
* ... that '''[[Sơn Tùng M-TP]]'''{{`s}} misspelling of the word "tattoo" inspired a hit song?
* ... that '''[[Kynance Mews]]''' has been the home to [[Crooks Anonymous|anonymous crooks]], [[Scandalous (film)|scandalous characters]], a [[Who Dares Wins (film)|hostage taking]], and [[Star! (film)|Julie Andrews]]?
===5 June 2018===
*'''''04:00, 5 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Milena Mrazović]]''' ''(pictured)'', Bosnia-Herzegovina's first journalist, was branded an "unbearable, quarrelsome, scheming woman" for refusing to do the government's bidding in her newspaper?
* ... that at the '''[[Reading Railroad Massacre]]''' in July 1877, rioters burnt two [[caboose]]s, seven [[Goods wagon|freight cars]], a watch house, and a bridge?
* ... that having won a world title in 2016 at the age of 68, professional [[Barrel racing|barrel racer]] '''[[Mary Burger]]''' became the oldest rodeo world champion?
* ... that [[Paul Gerhardt]]'s song of thanks and praise "'''[[Nun danket all und bringet Ehr]]'''" was first published along with 17 of his other hymns in 1647, during the [[Thirty Years' War]]?
* ... that '''[[Ryan Bollinger]]''' played professionally in Germany and Australia before his first promotion to [[Major League Baseball]]?
* ... that after being excluded from the [[National Front (France)|National Front]] by his daughter [[Marine Le Pen]] in 2015, [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]] created the '''[[Comités Jeanne]]''', named after [[Joan of Arc]]?
* ... that '''''[[Tetragonoporus|Tetragonoporus calyptocephalus]]''''', a tapeworm that parasitizes whales, can grow to almost {{convert|40|m|ft|-1|abbr=on}} in length and produce billions of eggs during its lifetime?
* ... that the first name of '''[[Lucy Heartfilia]]''', the ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' manga and anime series' main female protagonist, was inspired by the [[The Beatles|Beatles]]' song "[[Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds]]"?
===4 June 2018===
*'''''04:15, 4 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the Quranic chapter '''[[Al-Mumtahanah]]''' ''(manuscript pictured)'' declares that marriages between Muslims and [[Polytheism|polytheists]] are invalid according to [[Sharia|Islamic law]]?
* ... that U.S. Justice Department attorney '''[[Thomas Puccio]]''' was the inspiration for characters in the films ''[[Prince of the City (film)|Prince of the City]]'' and ''[[American Hustle]]''?
* ... that [[Lee Felsenstein]] originally developed the '''[[VDM-1]]''' [[Video card|graphics card]] as a low-cost video terminal for the Community Memory [[bulletin board system]]?
* ... that at the time of his death, '''[[John Onesimus Foster]]''' was believed to be the oldest active professor in the United States?
* ... that the '''[[Hawaiian cleaner wrasse]]''' could be eaten by its clients, but is not?
* ... that actor [[Art Malik]] wanted viewers of ''[[Holby City]]'' to perceive his character '''[[Zubin Khan]]''' as an "educated Muslim man"?
* ... that '''[[Maribel Parra de Mestre]]''' is the first female vice admiral of Venezuela?
* ... that the early 20th-century American rodeo event of '''[[potato race|mounted potato racing]]''' could become violent, with biting being almost the only tactic that was prohibited?
===3 June 2018===
*'''''04:30, 3 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Gaspar Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 9th Duke of Medina Sidonia|Gaspar Alfonso, Duke of Medina Sidonia]], was imprisoned in '''[[Castillo de Coca]]''' ''(pictured)'' for leading the [[Andalusian independentist conspiracy (1641)|Andalusian independentist conspiracy]] of 1641?
* ... that in 1957, violinist [[Wanda Wiłkomirska]] and pianist '''[[Jadwiga Szamotulska]]''' recorded classical music for children, including concertos by [[Giovanni Battista Viotti|Viotti]] and [[Jean-Baptiste Accolay|Accolay]]?
* ... that '''[[1KUNS-PF]]''', the first Kenyan-built satellite, is to be used to monitor the country's coastline, and to help combat illegal logging?
* ... that '''[[Stanley Woodward (editor)|Stanley Woodward]]''' was the first known writer to use the phrase "ivy" in relation to future [[Ivy League]] universities?
* ... that the '''[[House of Bishops (Church of England)|House of Bishops]]''', the '''[[House of Clergy]]''', and the '''[[House of Laity]]''' each hold veto power over proposed [[List of Church of England Measures|Measures]] of the [[General Synod of the Church of England]]?
* ... that Croatian [[Oceanography|oceanographer]] '''[[Mira Zore-Armanda]]''' had difficulty gaining passage on research vessels because she was a woman?
* ... that '''[[List of Mexican–American War monuments and memorials|monuments and memorials to the fallen]]''' in the [[Mexican–American War]] include a [[Mexico City National Cemetery|US national cemetery in Mexico City]]?
* ... that the '''[[Microchirus azevia|bastard sole]]''' is a worm-eating bottom dweller?
===2 June 2018===
*'''''05:16, 2 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the slender button daisy '''''[[Leptinella filiformis]]''''' ''(pictured)'', thought by botanists to be extinct, was rediscovered in 1998 growing on a hotel lawn?
* ... that 23-year-old Japanese [[voice acting in Japan|voice actress]] and singer '''[[Yurika Endō]]''' is retiring for health reasons after her solo concert today?<!--Special occasion hook for 1st June-->
* ... that the '''[[United States Semiquincentennial]]''' will be celebrated in [[2026]]?
* ... that '''[[Ian Meadows (archaeologist)|Ian Meadows]]''' discovered both the Anglo-Saxon [[Pioneer Helmet|Pioneer helmet]] and the first conclusive evidence for [[viticulture]] in Roman Britain?<!--Special occasion hook for 1st June to coincide with TFA-->
* ... that [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]] women are organising an '''[[Saudi anti male-guardianship campaign|anti male-guardianship campaign]]'''?
* ... that according to legend, the governor who ordered the execution of 17th-century Thai poet '''[[Si Prat]]''' was later executed with the same sword, fulfilling the poet{{'}}s curse?
* ... that within a year of its inception, members of '''[[Operation Vanguard]]''' arrested more than 1,000 [[galamsey|illegal miners]]?
* ... that after winning the lottery, '''[[Jay Sommers (racing driver)|Jay Sommers]]''' used the money to fund a career in [[NASCAR]]?
===1 June 2018===
*'''''05:31, 1 June 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Vivian Bartley Green-Armytage]]''' ''(pictured)'' was an advocate of [[vaginal hysterectomy]]?
* ... that a '''''[[Deutsches Hochamt (Michael Haydn)|Deutsches Hochamt]]''''' (German High Mass) by [[Michael Haydn]] has been described as "musically the epitome of south-German/Austrian Catholicism"?<!--Special occasion request for May 31-->
* ... that before becoming a successful writer, '''[[James Francis Dwyer]]''' was sentenced to seven years in prison for forgery and [[uttering]]?
* ... that [[Félicette]], France's first cat to successfully travel into space, was launched from the '''[[Centre interarmées d'essais d'engins spéciaux]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Maurine Whipple]]'''{{`s}} Mormon epic ''[[The Giant Joshua]]'' was the most-borrowed book in the Salt Lake City Public Library in 1989?
* ... that in May 1917, German general [[Otto Liman von Sanders|Liman von Sanders]] organized the '''[[Evacuation of Ayvalik|expulsion of the Greek population of Ayvalık]]''', Turkey, to inner [[Anatolia]]?
* ... that '''[[Madeleine Moreau]]''' is the only French athlete to win an Olympic medal in [[diving]]?
* ... that '''[[Duck Donuts]]''' was named after [[Duck, North Carolina|Duck]]?
