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31 January 2017

12:27, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

[[File:|120x133px|Deseret alphabet cursive ]]

Deseret alphabet cursive

... that at one point, some street signs inSalt Lake City were written in theDeseret alphabet(pictured)?
... thatJean Davies, then a junior officer in theWomen's Royal Naval Service, attended Winston Churchill's 69th birthday party along with President Franklin Roosevelt and Soviet Marshal Josef Stalin?
... thatMax Reger composed hisfirst cello sonata as a student and had it published in London?
... that during the 1873 mutiny of theRoyal Guards of Hawaii, the Hungarian drillmaster Captain Joseph Jajczay and the adjutant generalCharles Hastings Judd were attacked?
... that bothMadame de Pompadour andCoco Chanel lovedCoromandel lacquer?
... thatAl-Jahith's Treasury, anAmman bookstore chain, may have been named for theologianal-Jahiz, who was supposedly crushed by a stack of books?
... that Maryland state legislatorWilliam Daniel was aWhig, aKnow Nothing, and aRepublican before finally joining theProhibition Party in 1884?

00:26, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

A woman with bare shoulders rests her chin on her hands.

Risqué stereoview of writerElla Wheeler Wilcox

... that Mormon photographerCharles Ellis Johnson madeartistic nudes and risquéstereoviews(example pictured)?
... thatFrancis Poulenc placedan ode to liberty at the end of hisFigure humaine, a cantata for a twelve-part choir, composed inoccupied France and premiered by theBBC?
... that Dwain Worrell's debut screenplayThe Wall is also Amazon Studios' first originalspec script?
... that after theBugis princeArung Palakka supported theDutch East India Company in theMakassar War, he became the most powerful man inSouth Sulawesi?
... that in 2015, theIrish Guards GAA became the first British ArmyGaelic games club to join the Gaelic Athletic Association?
... that theContingency Fund for Foreign Intercourse, a U.S. government program established in 1790 to finance foreign covert operations, had by 1793 grown to consume 12 percent of the government's budget?
... that in 2015,Alison Hughes was part of the first all-female officiating team in aFed Cup final?
... thatEmany Mata Likambe, Zaire's former ambassador to Poland, was discovered homeless and living on the streets ofWarsaw in 1994 after his government had failed to pay him for over two years?

30 January 2017

09:52, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Pioneer Cabin Tree

... that cars once drove through thePioneer Cabin Tree(pictured), which drew thousands of visitors annually?
... that as CEO ofIntel Israel,Maxine Fassberg encouraged women, Arabs,Druze, andHaredi Jews to enter the high-tech sector?
... that theNanjing Metro system in Nanjing, China, has a total of139 stations, with transfer stations counted once for every line they serve?
... that during the1952 steel strike,Clarence B. Randall criticized PresidentHarry S. Truman for what he considered "shocking distortions of fact"?
... thatChloë Sevigny portrays the accused ax-murdererLizzie Borden in the upcoming filmLizzie?
... thatMount Berlin, a volcano in Antarctica, has had largePlinian eruptions in the past and is stillfumarolically active through towers of ice?
... that KingRazadarit's decision to keep the one-time flower sellerPiya Yaza Dewi as hischief queen consort led to the suicide of his first wife, QueenTalamidaw?

29 January 2017

21:37, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Capture ofFort Fautaua

... that theFranco-Tahitian War (1844–1847) culminated in the defeat of theTahitians at Fort Fautaua(pictured)?
... thatElizabeth Plankinton, known as the "municipal patroness" for her philanthropy, gifted a 9-foot (2.7 m) highbronze George Washington sculpture to the citizens of Milwaukee?
... that in November 2016Peter Reulein conducted the premiere of his oratorioLaudato si', described as a FranciscanMagnificat, with more than 250 performers at theLimburg Cathedral?
... that theHongwu Emperor copied the text ofZhen Dexiu's workThe Expanded Meaning of the Great Learning onto the walls of his palace?
... that theClemson Tigers defeated theAlabama Crimson Tide in the2017 College Football Playoff National Championship on a game-winning touchdown with one second left?
... that theIndian Government Mint in Hyderabad was established in 1803 by theNizam of Hyderabad,Asaf Jah III, and was taken over by the Government of India in 1950?
... thatSheikh Morteza Ansari'sMakasib, authored more than 150 years ago, is still taught inShia seminaries?
... that according to family tradition,George Charles Beckley designed theFlag of Hawaii, which was passed down as an heirloom in the form of a child's frock?

09:22, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Timex Expedition WS4

... that the face of theTimex Expedition WS4(pictured) resembles the shape of the rear window of aLand Rover?
... that before starting her pioneering genetic studies of complex human diseases such asatherosclerosis,Nobuyo Maeda researchedsea snake venoms?
... thatFei Xiaotong's bookFrom the Soil was banned in China for being "rightist", and in Taiwan for the author's perceived support for Communism?
... thatpacerAlways B Miki set a world record of 1 minute 46 seconds, the fastest mile inStandardbred history?
... that anenvironmental assessment for the futureGrimsby train station included review of an 1876 historical atlas of Ontario, Canada, to find features of historic value?
... that whenSarah Bavly arrived in Jerusalem to open a nutrition department in a new health center, she was forced to hide in the building for a week due to the outbreak of the1929 Palestine riots?
... that a politician implicated inItaly's largest corruption scandal was permitted to claim his time in the parliament constituted his community service?

28 January 2017

21:07, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Sri Lankan Christmas tree

... that theSri Lankan Christmas tree(pictured) is claimed to be the world’s tallestartificial Christmas tree?
... thatPulitzer Prize-winning sportswriterArthur Daley wrote more than 10,000 columns forThe New York Times?
... that atick finds a potential host by detecting its breath and body odors, or by sensing its vibrations or changes in temperature?
... thatHeinrich Parler and his sonPeter Parler were among the most influentialGothic architects of the Middle Ages?
... thatLifeRing Secular Recovery provides support and assistance to people trying to beat alcohol and drug addiction without religion?
... that on May 24, 1985, over 100 villagers inOliveto Citra claimed to have seen anapparition of theVirgin Mary?
... that to prepare for his role as surgeonRaf di Lucca inHolby City, actorJoe McFadden watched open-heart surgery?

00:30, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Walt Disney World Railroad

... that theWalt Disney World Railroad(pictured), with 3.7 million passengers each year, is one of the most popular railroads in the world powered bysteam locomotives?
... that German architectAugust Soller died during construction ofhis greatest work, and was buried there before it was finished?
... thatCatananche lutea produces five types of seed that correspond to a range of different survival and dispersal strategies?
... thatWilliam Hoapili Kaʻauwai traveled to Europe withQueen Emma, but made an unauthorized side trip to New Zealand to recruitMāori immigrants for theKingdom of Hawaii?
... that Bach composed five organ settings of the hymn "Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend", which was translated byCatherine Winkworth forcommunion as "Lord Jesus Christ, be present now!"?
... thatCarolyn B. Shelton became the first female governor in the United States when she spent a weekend as acting governor of Oregon in 1909?
... that theElsevier publicationExplore: The Journal of Science & Healing has been described as a "sham masquerading as a real scientific journal" that publishes "truly ridiculous studies"?

27 January 2017

12:45, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Sun helmet

... that during World War II,International Hat Company was one of the two main manufacturers of thesun helmet(pictured), one of the longest-used helmets of the United States military?
... that the part-HawaiianCarlos A. Long was unanimously elected captain of the 1899Georgetown Hoyas football team atGeorgetown University?
... thatGufran-Ullah Beig is the first Indian scientist to receive the Norbert Gerbier-Mumm International Award of theWorld Meteorological Organization?
... thatFrancis Poulenc composed the four motetsQuatre motets pour un temps de pénitence at different times, three of them onresponsories for the Holy Week?
... that when the theologianPatrick Dehm was suspended by theBishop of Limburg, he founded an ecumenical association to continue the work for contemporary church music?
... that there areeight churches on Antarctica?

01:00, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Grace Bochenek

... thatGrace Bochenek(pictured), an engineer and director of the U.S.National Energy Technology Laboratory, is the actingSecretary of Energy?
... thatLvinaya Past was the site of the largestHolocene volcanic eruption in the SouthernKurils?
... thatSheikh Morteza Ansari'sMakasib, authored more than 150 years ago, is still taught inShia seminaries?
... that the first adult femalePterinoxylus spinulosus wasdescribed in 1957, some fifty years after the first male?
... that zoological gardens were added toSudhir Chandra Das's ministerial portfolio in 1971?
... that theMexican Southern Railroad was originally run by executives from the United States, including former PresidentUlysses S. Grant?
... that Turkish novelist and journalistSuat Derviş was the granddaughter of a slave?

26 January 2017

13:40, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

Sundial cannon

... thatsundial cannons(example pictured) were triggered by the sun to fire at noon?
... thatGeorge W. Macfarlane andRobert Hoapili Baker accompanied Hawaiian KingKalākaua on his final trip to California where the king died in 1891?
... that during thebombing of Nagaoka in World War II, 80% of the urban area of the city burned down?
... that the501(h) election allows manyU.S. non-profit organizations to engage in unlimitedlobbying as long as they do it cheaply?
... thatBill Roe made the highest score in cricket at the time when he scored 415 runs during an inter-college match atCambridge University?
... that the fossil leaves of the maple speciesAcer whitebirdense had earlier been misattributed to the generaViburnum,Platanus, andRubus?
... thatGiovanni Ambrogio Migliavacca wrote the libretto forSolimano, first set byHasse and produced in Dresden with live elephants and camels?

00:00, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

Neon triplefin on diploastrea brain coral

... that small gobies are often associated withdiploastrea brain coral(pictured)?
... thatHerschel K. Mitchell,Roger J. Williams, andEsmond E. Snell isolatedfolic acid from four tons of processed spinach?
... that the science fiction novellaParadises Lost was adapted as an opera?
... that a Chinese acting troupe was flogged for slander in the 13th century after they portrayed the scholarWei Liaoweng as a drunkard?
... that writerEd Brubaker created the murdering vigilante in his comic bookKill or Be Killed because recent news events made him feel there was no justice?
... that the historian who researched early Canadian baseball figureWilliam Shuttleworth believed that "at first people thought I made him up"?
... that theMazu Temple inLugang, Taiwan, includes wood carvings of the "Four Best Things in Life": stretching, ear-cleaning, nose-picking, and scratching?

25 January 2017

12:00, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Naomi Frankel

... that after six decades subscribing toleft-wing ideology, German-Israeli novelistNaomi Frankel(pictured) adoptedright-wing ideology and moved to theWest Bank?
... that in Mongolia, theTolai hare is hunted for use in traditional medicine?
... thatEJay Day, the first finalist ever eliminated fromAmerican Idol, also placed in the top 20 onPopstars: USA?
... that large concavecavetto mouldings feature strongly ascornices in Ancient Egyptian architecture?
... that theOregon Cultural Heritage Commission selectedListening for Coyote byWilliam L. Sullivan as one of the 100 most significant books in Oregon history?
... that for security purposes,Gaelic games clubPSNI GAA players do not have their names published?
... that although the medievalLord High TreasurerJohn Crakehall was a clergyman sworn to celibacy, he had a daughter to whom he left part of his estate?

00:00, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Mangal Shobhajatra

... that theMangal Shobhajatra(pictured) has been declared anintangible cultural heritage byUNESCO?
... thatAlice Brown, a professor of politics who advised the new Scottish Parliament on governance, went on to become the firstScottish Public Services Ombudsman?
... that themontane wood mouse is widespread and common in tropical Central Africa, but the closely relatedMount Oku hylomyscus is found on a single mountainside and is critically endangered?
... that the painterCaspar Isenmann left a detailed contract signed on 21 June 1462?
... that India'sSangeet Natak Akademi fellowship for the performing arts is usually not conferred on anyone under the age of 50?
... thatTukwila International Boulevard station near Seattle'sinternational airport features an angular roof shaped like the wings of an airplane?
... thatRandy Edsall,UConn football's all-time leader in games coached and wins as ahead coach, was re-hired for 2017 after an absence of six seasons?

24 January 2017

12:00, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Sonja Vectomov

... that "lamprophrenia", aportmanteau of the Greek wordslampron (bright) andphrenia (mind), was coined by Czech–Finnish musical artistSonja Vectomov(pictured) as the title of her debut album?
... that scholars have been puzzled by a motif in ChineseSwatow ware, where apagoda is split "almost like a volcanic eruption"?
... thatLady Canning, India's firstvicereine, has been described as one of the country's most memorable women botanical illustrators?
... that during 1968 revisions to theUnited States Army Field Manuals, there was an attempt to eliminate theuse of bayonets for crowd control?
... that Spanishassociation footballerXiker joinedAthletic Bilbao's academy when he was just ten years old?
... that in 1968, Indian philosopher and statesmanSarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the first recipient of theSahitya Akademi fellowship?
... that the walls of theWoodhaven Boulevard subway station in New York City still prominently display the name of a plaza that was demolished in the 1950s?

00:00, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Rabbit stew

... thatrabbit stew(pictured) sometimes includes rabbit blood as an ingredient to thicken and enrich it?
... thatFranklin Seaver Pratt was removed from his post as diplomatic agent for defending the claim of his royal wifeElizabeth Kekaʻaniau Laʻanui to theCrown Lands of Hawaii?
... that in 1603, more than 1,000rōninsrebelled at Rokugō in a "final suicidal gesture" for their former lord,Onodera Yoshimichi?
... that the British neuroscientistJohn Hughes shared the 1978Lasker Award for co-discoveringopioid peptides in the brain?
... that inThe Field of Fight, new US National Security AdvisorMichael T. Flynn argues that Bolivia, China, Cuba, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela are allied withAl-Qaeda andISIS?
... that in 1088 the Anglo-Norman noblemanRobert Pantulf was accused of stealing 6 pounds (2.7 kg) of silver from the nuns ofHoly Trinity Abbey, Caen?
... that the Swedish release ofM2M's debut albumShades of Purple was delayed by a legal dispute with another band named M2M?

23 January 2017

12:00, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

The Bears Ears

... that the newly designatedBears Ears National Monument(pictured) in southeastern Utah protects 100,000 archaeological sites, includingAncestral Puebloan cliff dwellings more than 3,500 years old?
... that theChurch of England Marriage Measure 2008 gave couples the legal right to get married in anyparish where their parents or grandparents were married, but not in anycathedral?
... that thePhiladelphia Phillies hadfour players record a batting average over .400 during the 1894 season?
... that at the end of theTrunajaya rebellion, KingAmangkurat II stabbed the defeated rebel leaderTrunajaya to death?
... thatEdward C. Macfarlane worked forThe Wasp and later married its owner's sister?
... that sea slugChelidonura fulvipunctata is likely ananti-Lessepsian migrant?
... that "When This Cruel War Is Over" was one of the most popular sentimental ballads of theAmerican Civil War, sung by bothUnion andConfederate troops?

00:00, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

King Kalākaua

... that one of the goals ofKing Kalākaua's world tour(Kalākaua pictured) was to save the declining population ofNative Hawaiians?
... that monasteries and public buildings are illuminated during theGaldan Namchot festival marking the beginning ofnew year celebrations inLadakh, India?
... that forGivat Brenner's 25th anniversary, kibbutz theatre directorShulamit Bat-Dori staged an open-air play with a cast and crew of 1,000, before an audience of 10,000?
... that business historianRobert Sobel has described theNew York Gold Exchange as "the most informal and certainly the wildest market in American history"?
... that a study by child psychiatristStella Chess and her husband, Alexander Thomas, found that children could be divided into three different categories: "easy", "difficult", and "slow to warm up"?
... thatGirls' Generation was among the five South Korean acts that best representK-pop during the past two decades, according to a 2015 poll by Korea Creative Content Agency?
... that thelemon-bellied flyrobin occasionally catches and eats insects that are one-sixth of its length?

22 January 2017

12:00, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Excavateddragon kiln

... that Chinesedragon kilns for pottery(excavated kiln pictured) ran up hillsides, could be 135 metres (443 ft) long, and could fire tens of thousands of pieces at a time?
... that Chinese Communist leaderMao Zedong divulged the Communist party's previously unknown history to American journalistHelen Foster Snow in 1937 for widespread publication?
... thatSir William Napier wrote part of hisHistory of thePeninsular War sitting at a stone table in the grounds ofFreshford Manor?
... thatCaspar Ziegler, who wrote a hymn on whichBach baseda Christmas cantata, was professor of law andRektor of theUniversity of Wittenberg?
... that "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" helped popularize Indian instrumentation in rock music?
... thatClarence W. Macfarlane initiated theTranspacific Yacht Race in 1906, sailing fromHonolulu to the California coast around the time of the1906 San Francisco earthquake?
... thatDerry City Ladies F.C. play football in the Northern Irish leagues while their men's team play in the Republic of Ireland's?

00:00, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Levee break atMound Landing

... that a levee break atMound Landing, Mississippi(pictured) – now an isolated ghost town on the banks of the Mississippi River – began one of the worst floods in American history?
... that in 2015,Alison Hughes was part of the first ever all-female officiating team in aFed Cup final?
... that the South KoreaImproper Solicitation and Graft Act counts private teachers and journalists among the ranks of public officials?
... thatChinese-Hawaiian lawyer and politicianJoseph Apukai Akina became the first Speaker of the House of Representatives in theTerritory of Hawaii?
... that thebuffy pipit is often confused with theplain-backed pipit because both birds have plain upperparts?
... that the 14th-century Moroccan scholarIbn Marzuq wrote ahagiography of theMarinid sultanAbu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman?
... thatDavid distributedraisin cake?

21 January 2017

12:00, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

N. donaldtrumpi

... that a newly described moth species,Neopalpa donaldtrumpi(pictured), was so named because its yellowish head scales reminded a scientist ofDonald Trump's hair?
... that the British scientistJohn Challens received the AmericanMedal of Freedom for his work on theV-1 flying bomb and theV-2 rocket?
... that "Im April" fromMax Reger'sSechs Lieder, Op. 4, has been called "one of Reger's sunniest songs"?
... thatGeorge Panila Kamauoha served in the legislatures of three Hawaiian regimes?
... thatPinchinthorpe railway station closed 13 years before the rest of theMiddlesbrough and Guisborough Railway fell victim to theBeeching Axe?
... that acorns of the fossil oakQuercus hiholensis have possible insect damage preserved in them?
... that afterAgnes Fay Morgan conducted a nutritional study with foxes, she presented her data wearing astole made from the fur of her subjects?

00:00, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Bernardo Putairi

... thatBernardo Putairi(pictured) succeeded as the final Prince Regent ofMangareva after his predecessorArone Teikatoara kissed a girl on the street?
... that up to 50% of a U.S.Federal Protective Forces detachment could be killed while defending aU.S. Department of Energy facility?
... that the British member of parliamentJacob Rees-Mogg lives atGournay Court where his great aunt had been a nurse during World War I?
... that Workers Party of India leaderJyotibhushan Bhattacharya was jailed during theSino-Indian War of 1962?
... that as its natural habitat is converted to cropland,Goldman's pocket mouse is threatened by the increased use ofrodenticides?
... that the100th Brigade of the United Kingdom attackedHigh Wood during theBattle of the Somme?
... that theNew Zealand eagle ray can detect prey completely submerged in sand and create a jet of water to expose it?

20 January 2017

12:00, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Fissure atÞingvellir

... that thegeological deformation of Iceland is resulting in cracks opening up in the surface(example pictured)?
... that quarterbackSam Darnold's high school footage submitted to college football coaches consisted of his basketball highlights?
... thatRadio Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero has broadcast since 1982 but has never been recognized at the federal level?
... thatKamran Aziz is the firstTurkish Cypriot female composer, as well as one of the first Turkish Cypriot female pharmacists?
... that arecent United States Supreme Court case began when insurance adjusters claimed they were instructed to falsely categorize damages afterHurricane Katrina?
... that in 1999,Rajeev Nayyar set the record for the longestfirst-class cricket innings, batting for almost 17 hours?
... thatGiant Days was published by BOOM! Box after writerJohn Allison saved a BOOM! editor from falling?

00:00, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Soup and sandwich

... that thesoup and sandwich combination(example pictured) has been a popular lunch dish in the United States since the 1920s?
... thatDavid William Pua submitted petitions from the people of theKingdom of Hawaii asking for the abrogation of theBayonet Constitution, which had allowed him to be elected to the House of Nobles?
... that thebroad-tailed paradise whydah parasitises theorange-winged pytilia and mimics its call?
... thatJohn Dwyer chaired a government "Quackwatch Committee" whose objective was to tighten controls on wonder drugs and miracle cures?
... that alarge lake once occupied theCentral Valley ofCalifornia?
... that theOVC project supports the education of disadvantaged young people inAdigrat, Ethiopia?
... that anArgentine politician was detained while allegedly trying to hide currency worth around US$7 million inside a convent?

19 January 2017

12:00, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Killenworth in 1915

... that the city ofGlen Cove, New York, once tried to foreclose on the Soviet diplomatic retreat atKillenworth(pictured), and later denied its residents beach permits?
... thatAugustus Constantine Sinclair conceived the idea for theJamaica International Exhibition of 1891 but died on the day it opened?
... that the classical pianistYara Bernette was praised for her interpretation ofVariations on a Theme from the Northeast of Brazil by the composer,Camargo Guarnieri?
... thatdetrital zircon geochronology useszirconium silicate to determine theage of sedimentary rock?
... thatAkakio Tematereikura succeeded as regent ofMangareva after Queen DowagerMaria Eutokia Toaputeitou retired to the Rouru Convent on Mount Duff?
... that Mercedes-Benz intends to release ten models in theEQ family of battery electric vehicles by 2025?
... thatKjell Eriksson stated he was terrified to answer his telephone for fear that singerCarola would yell at him after an incident atMelodifestivalen 2008?

00:00, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Northern bald ibis

... thatendemics among thewildlife of Morocco include more than six hundred species of vascular plants and a single species of bird(pictured)?
... thatKim Seong-il believed theJapanese invasions of Korea would not take place?
... thatAmerica's 60 Families was said to be comparable toKarl Marx'sCapital?
... that theSalīhids, an Arab Christian tribe, preceded theGhassanids as the main Arab federates of the Byzantine Empire?
... that test pilot Major GeneralClarence A. Shoop wascourt-martialed as a cadet?
... that "The Student", one ofAnton Chekhov's shortest stories, was also his favorite?
... thatSamuel K. Pua, assistant editor of an anti-annexationist Hawaiian newspaper, was severely injured when a goat attacked him atWaikiki?

18 January 2017

12:00, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Ernst Keil

... that 19th-century German publisherErnst Keil(pictured) conceived the idea, while in prison, of what was to become one of themost widely read magazines?
... thatGwen Stefani's unreleased song "Start a War" was compared toSia Furler's solo work?
... that there weretwo special elections forManila's first district seat to the Philippine Assembly in 1908?
... that Germany'sKlein Heidelberg used Great Britain's ownChain Home radar transmitters as the source for their passive radar?

... thatpyrithione is used to prepare medicated shampoos to treat dandruff andseborrhoeic dermatitis?
... that Australian cricketerIan Moran took unpaid leave from his teaching job to play in the2012 Champions League Twenty20?
... that the name of the musical unitMyth & Roid comes from words representing the past and the future?

00:00, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

A jumbo slice

... that a singlejumbo slice(pictured) may contain over 1,000 calories?
... that on January 13, 1893, QueenLiliuokalani of theKingdom of Hawaii appointed four new cabinet ministers –Samuel Parker,William Cornwell,John Colburn, andArthur Peterson – whose opposition to anew constitution led to her overthrow on January 17?
... that in a 1955 protest, nearly 1000 protesters from theLok Sewak Sangh marched more than 300 mi (480 km) over 16 days to demand the incorporation of Bengali-speaking areas ofBihar intoWest Bengal?
... thatJesé won the Golden Boot Award at the2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship?
... that theCrocker Fan in Borneo has the largest volume of anyPaleogene deep marine sediment in a single basin in southeast Asia?
... that afterKarl G. Maeser tutoredBrigham Young's 56 children, he went on to help found Brigham Young University?
... thatThe Red Shoes dance in part to the strains ofCitizen Kane?

17 January 2017

12:00, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Clidastes propython

... that over thehistory of mosasaur paleontology(example pictured), clams, fish,toothed birds,plesiosaurs, sharks, turtles, and evenother mosasaurs have been discovered preserved in the bellies of these marine lizards?
... thatGuendolen Plestcheeff was known as "Seattle's Grand, Grand Lady" and "the most elegant woman in Seattle"?
... thatAlibabavum 40 Thirudargalum (1956) was the first full-length colour film inTamil cinema?
... thatM2M appeared on an episode ofDawson's Creek to promote their albumThe Big Room?
... thatErnest Ambler, a British-born, Oxford-educated physicist, became the director of theNational Bureau of Standards in the United States?
... that theIslamic State claimed responsibility for the2016 Al-Karak attack against the "apostate Jordanian security forces"?
... thatJ. J. Abrams consultedPablo Hidalgo up to three times a day while filmingStar Wars: The Force Awakens?

00:00, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Chrysler Building

... that the 90% purchase of New York'sChrysler Building(pictured) by theAbu Dhabi Investment Council was a prominent example ofpetrodollar recycling?
... that during World War I,HMSNegro sank after two depth charges fromHMSHoste tore open its hull?
... thatMildred Albert, nicknamed the "Mighty Atom", produced thousands offashion shows during her career?
... that theRifa-e-Aam Club inLucknow was open to everybody at a time when British clubs excluded Indians?
... thatDavid Kahalekula Kaʻauwai, his father and brother served in theKingdom of Hawaii legislature, whilehis niece became a princess?
... that following the success of the albumBarney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts, the eponymous Canadian band received the1989 Juno Award for Most Promising Group of the Year?
... thatBuzzFeed describedPat Loika as "the closest thing comics has to anOprah"?

16 January 2017

12:00, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Comet Hale–Bopp

... that when amateur astronomerThomas Bopp co-discoveredcomet Hale–Bopp(pictured), he had never seen a comet before and was using a borrowed telescope?
... thatNkosi's Haven is a South African care centre created to address HIV-related discrimination, including the separation of infected mothers from their children?
... that creatorTerry Moore told writerJoe Hill on Twitter thatRachel Rising might be cancelled if sales continued to fall, prompting a fan campaign to save the comic?
... that aRoman hoard of 11,000 silver pieces was found in the village ofOakhanger inHampshire?
... that India's firstfully indigenous anti-airfield weapon was tested in 2016?
... thatKim Chŏn-il raised acivilian militia to fight the Japanese invasion during theImjin War?
... that theopening number for the 2016 musical filmLa La Land was shot in a six-minutesingle take on a 130-foot (40 m)-high freeway ramp inSouth Los Angeles?

00:00, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Organ in Neanderkirche

... that the organ(pictured) of theNeanderkirche has served summer concerts for more than 50 years?
... that when first established, the architectural firmLiebenberg and Kaplan was met withantisemitism in theMinneapolis business community?
... that, in 1993, one of the firstrave parties in Croatia was held ina pedestrian tunnel underneath thehistoric core ofZagreb?
... thatFaith Spotted Eagle became the first Native American to receive a presidential electoral vote afterRobert Satiacum Jr. cast afaithless vote for her during the2016 United States election?
... that Kaohsiung'sChi Jin Mazu Temple was first opened in 1673, when Taiwan was still ruled by Ming loyalists at war with mainland China?
... thatUlulani Lewai Baker andLanihau were the last female governors of theKingdom of Hawaii?
... thatSalinee Tavaranan and her Border Green Energy Team installedsolar panels andmicro-hydro turbines at theMae La refugee camp?

15 January 2017

12:00, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Martin Luther

... thatMartin Luther(pictured) paraphrased in his hymn "Mitten wir im Leben sind mit dem Tod umfangen" the Latin "Media vita in morte sumus" (In the midst of life we are in death), including itsTrisagion?
... thatIbrahim ibn al-Ashtar killedUmayyad commanderUbayd Allah ibn Ziyad at theBattle of Khazir?
... that after theBolshevik Party of India leaderBarada Mukutmoni was named Tourism Minister in theSecond United Front Cabinet of West Bengal, there was a split in his party?
... that drag queenViolet Chachki's EPGagged was inspired by her time working as an assistant to adominatrix?
... thatGui Minhai, whose four bookseller colleaguesalso disappeared in mysterious circumstances, reappeared three months later on Chinese television confessing to killing a girl in a 2003DUI accident?
... that the titular character fromBug! was one of three candidates to be the mascot for theSega Saturn console, due to the lack of aSonic the Hedgehog video game?
... thatepidemiologistYasmin Altwaijri encourages other Saudi Arabian women to become scientists, arguing that this need not "cross the boundaries of our societal norms and customs"?

00:00, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

William Pūnohu White

... that on January 14, 1893,William Pūnohu White(pictured) andJoseph Nāwahī were made Knight Commanders of theRoyal Order of Kalākaua for their patriotism and loyalty to theKingdom of Hawaii?
... that a cave in theCliff Cave County Park has been used as atavern and awine cellar?
... that the opium merchantEzekiel Saleh Manasseh, who died inChangi Prison during the Japanese occupation of Singapore, builtEden Hall and co-owned theGoodwood Park Hotel with his brothers?
... thatsubduction polarity reversal on either side of Taiwan causes differences in topography?
... that in 1988, judgeGary Little committed suicide in theKing County Courthouse some 40 years after his father had killed himself in the same building?
... that an extract ofAlchemilla diademata, a plant endemic toLebanon, shows antimicrobial activity againstStaphylococcus aureus?
... that it was not illegal to possess or usecannabis in Poland until 1997?

14 January 2017

12:00, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Artist's depiction of an asteroid impact

... that over thehistory of Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction research, scientists have attributed the demise of thedinosaurs to their large size, small brains, or, more likely, an asteroid impact(pictured)?
... that while competing forTanzania at the 2016 Summer Olympics, swimmerHilal Hemed Hilal set a national record winning his50 m freestyle heat, but did not advance?
... that in June 1940 theSS Broompark brought French scientists,heavy water, and diamonds to Britain?
... thatJose Esteves, the Filipino American mayor ofMilpitas, California, was succeeded by the city's first Vietnamese American mayor, Richard Tran?
... that thewhite-plumed honeyeater has become more common in urban Sydney and Newcastle?
... that Czech actressSimona Stašová was named Best Actress at the 2015Seoul International Drama Awards?
... that theAlliance Building Society's sports club was established in 1935 with "a second-hand table tennis table and dartboard" in the basement ofPrinces House inBrighton?

00:00, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Wild sweet potato

... that the root of thewild sweet potato(pictured) can weigh 10 kilograms (22 lb) or more?
... that US President-electDonald Trump referred to theRalph Deleon case in a speech about immigration?
... thatLasith Malinga is the only bowler to take asix-wicket haul in the Big Bash League?
... thatNils Mönkemeyer was the first to record aviola concerto byAntonio Rosetti, and played Schubert songs and Bach arias on the viola?
... that theOkavango Dyke Swarm formed 180 million years ago during the opening of the Indian Ocean?
... that writerJohn Dominis Holt inspired theHawaiian Renaissance cultural revival with his essay "On Being Hawaiian"?
... thatBloomberg Businessweek asked, "Is Wikipediawoke?"

13 January 2017

12:00, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Female hen flea

... that more than 5,000hen fleas(specimen pictured) were recorded from the nest of acoal tit?
... thatElisheva Barak-Ussoskin's rulings onlabor law andlabor relations were said to have furthered the rights of workers more than those of any other Israeli judge?
... that under the terms of a 1931 bequest to theUniversity of Washington, if the university president does not live atHill-Crest, the property must be sold?
... that Swedish radio presenterRoger Nordin revealed during a live broadcast in 2005 that he was gay?
... that the idea for Disney'sMagicBands came from amagnetic therapy bracelet found inSkyMall?
... that the constellationCorvus was depicted as araven as early as 1100 BCE in Babylonia?
... thatFred Pfeffer,Tom Burns, andNed Williamson each had threehits in the same inning of an 1883 major-league baseball game, and no other player had a three-hit inning until 1953?

00:00, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Amy Satterthwaite

... thatAmy Satterthwaite(pictured) is the only bowler to take asix-wicket haul in a women's Twenty20 International cricket match?
... that the semi-aquatic grasshopperCornops aquaticum is being trialled in South Africa as a biological control agent for the invasivewater hyacinth?
... that Indian peasant movement leaderM.A. Rasul was sent toEast Pakistan to build theCommunist Party there?
... that in theEutaw riot in Alabama, several black citizens were killed by theKu Klux Klan during a campaign of terror that led to the election of Democratic governorRobert B. Lindsay?
... that naval officer and MPOlav Bergersen wrote several books on the 18th-century vice admiralTordenskiold?
... that the video gameReCore can be played on bothMicrosoft Windows andXbox One, regardless of which platform it was initially purchased for?
... that during her2016 concert,Siti Nurhaliza performed "Memories", a tribute duet with vocals byWhitney Houston which had been recorded when she was 19?

12 January 2017

12:00, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

European Hansemuseum

... that theEuropean Hansemuseum(pictured) is the largest museum in the world dedicated to the history of theHanseatic League?
... thatWilliam V. Thompson preferred the title "Dean of Bowling" over "Father of Bowling" in recognition of his work promoting and standardizingten-pin bowling?
... that the Cold War-eraAmerican Committee for East-West Accord was reestablished in 2015?
... that Polish Jewish writerRokhl Auerbakh worked overtly as the director of a soup kitchen and covertly as a member of a secret group that chronicled daily life in theWarsaw Ghetto?
... that mesoporous silicananoparticles are prepared by theStöber process and are used in preparingbiosensors and delivering medications to within cellular structures?
... thatMildred Barker was awarded the National Heritage Fellowship in 1983 for her work in preservingShaker music?
... that rapperYG claimed his recent song "FDT" prompted calls from theSecret Service?

00:00, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Bisaldeo temple

... that the courtyard of theBisaldeo temple(pictured) is now partially submerged by the waters of theBisalpur Dam reservoir?
... that Australian World War IIfighter aceAlan Rawlinson had "Sweet FA" in theMiddle East before he got "up you" in theSouth West Pacific?
... that theFurstenberg–Sárközy theorem shows that the first player in the game ofsubtract a square can win from most positions?
... that the casket of volunteerAmerican Civil War nurseMary Lucy Dosh was escorted by bothUnion andConfederate troops?
... thatPel's flying squirrel drives off potential predators by hissing and gnashing its teeth?
... that theLeft Front governed the Indian state ofWest Bengal for 34 years, winning the elections of1977,1982,1987,1991,1996,2001, and2006?
... that in 1429,John Beaumont, 1st Viscount Beaumont, wasknighted by aseven-year-old king?

11 January 2017

12:00, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Lady Henrietta Cavendish

... thatHenrietta Place inMarylebone, London, was named afterLady Henrietta Cavendish(depicted)?
... that thefootballerBilly James was forced to retire after playing just six league games due to the physical effects of his time in a Japaneseprisoner-of-war camp?
... that theOld Depot Museum has an immersive audio exhibit about thePottawatomie massacre?
... that cancer biologistLubna Tahtamouni earned her PhD abroad and encouraged students from underprivileged regions of her nativeJordan to do the same?
... that on two occasions, aircraft carrying explosives from theSalt Wells Pilot Plant were struck by lightning?
... thatPiru Singh threw a grenade at the enemy even after he was shot in the head, and was awarded theParam Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration?
... thatTroublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology byLeah Remini was noted byThe Huffington Post as the first book by a celebrity to cover their perspective ofScientology as a former member?
... that U.S. RepresentativeClay Higgins has been dubbed the "CajunJohn Wayne"?

00:00, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Jingdezhen porcelain

... thatJingdezhen ware(example pictured) has dominatedChinese porcelain for over 600 years?
... that mathematicianMoon Duchin was inspired to breakgender barriers in mathematics by a book on baseball playerJackie Robinson's struggles against racism?
... that 71 years after theLyngiades massacre in Greece, PresidentJoachim Gauck was Germany's first official representative to visit the site and express his apologies for theWehrmacht's atrocities?
... thatSeattle will begin issuing "democracy vouchers" in 2017?
... that Mexican performersMarco Pérez,Sofía Espinosa,Noé Hernández, andAdriana Paz received theAriel Award forBest Actor,Best Actress,Best Supporting Actor, andBest Supporting Actress, respectively, at the2016 ceremony?
... thatBronx High School of Science graduateNaomi Amir is credited as "the founder of modern child neurology in Israel"?
... that AdmiralElmo Zumwalt's 1976 bookOn Watch: A Memoir was called a "terrifying tale" of theNixon administration?

10 January 2017

12:00, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Ruins of the Üçayak Byzantine Church

... that theÜçayak Byzantine Church(ruins pictured) was adouble church?
... that the 1967 bookFilipson byFrida Alexandr is the only first-hand description of life in that early 20th-centuryBrazilian Jewish farming colony written by a woman who lived there?
... that with more than 14,000 airings over 60 years,Minuto de Dios is the longest-running program on Colombian television?
... that the estate ofBernice Pauahi Bishop, which includes 9,557 acres (3,868 ha) inherited from her auntʻAkahi, funds theKamehameha Schools?
... that the video gameIdol Death Game TV is aboutJapanese starlets who battle to the death?
... that a crude oil tanker was named afterRama Raghoba Rane, aParam Vir Chakra recipient?
... thatMadonna secured the lead inEvita after writing a four-page letter to directorAlan Parker stating that she would be fully committed to the role?
... that theEthiopian music groupFendika was started by a formerly homelessrefugee?

00:00, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Lee Chong Wei

... that at the2016 Summer Olympics, badminton playerLee Chong Wei(pictured) was the Malaysian flag bearer?
... thatLucy Finch founded the only remaining hospice inMalawi, a country where about a million people are living with HIV/AIDS?
... that the mayor ofNice implored cooks to "never, never, I beg you, include boiled potato or any other boiled vegetable in yoursalade niçoise"?
... thatTiripone Mama Taira Putairi was the first indigenous Catholic priest ordained in Eastern Polynesia?
... thatPaul von Groth editedZeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie for 44 years and used it to catalog the properties of more than 9,000 crystalline substances?
... thatSolicitor GeneralWarren Allmand introduced legislation that abolished the use ofcapital punishment in Canada?
... that theManhattan Project'sliquid thermal diffusion plant was the only production-scale plant of its kind ever built?
... that the artist and authorMarion Coutts created a dogmaticCult of cats?

9 January 2017

00:00, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

P19protein dimer

... that thep19 protein(dimer pictured) evolved in anarms race between plants and viruses?
... that British and Chinese officials inBeijing cooperated in trying to solve themurder of Pamela Werner, which happened 80 years ago today?
... that the directors forThe Chemical Brothers' music video "The Boxer" disliked the track itself?
... thatHenry Ford consideredRalph Waldo Trine an old friend and had several conversations with him concerning success in life?
... thatdikes in theHuangling Complex show that Australia was adjacent to theSouth China Craton prior to 825 million years ago?
... that theNational Composite Adversary Force conducts "simulated but realistic attacks" on U.S.nuclear power plants?
... that in July 2016,Michel Vlap became the first-ever fourth substitute in aUEFA match?
... thatStar Wars: Jedi Arena is the firstStar Wars video game to featurelightsaber combat?

8 January 2017

00:00, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Sutton Hoo helmet

... that the 7th-century royal Anglo-SaxonSutton Hoo helmet(pictured) was excavated in more than 500 pieces?
... that the art historianRosemary Barrow specialised in the work of the once-neglected Victorian painterLawrence Alma-Tadema?
... thatFrancis Poulenc'sL'Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant for narrator and piano was inspired by children requesting him to play from the bookHistoire de Babar?
... thatJennifer Lawrence was reported to be the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016?
... that the suspect in theshooting of Detective Benjamin Marconi got married the following morning and was arrested later that day?
... thatFourier transform infrared spectroscopy can be used to find how much water and carbon dioxide are inmelt inclusions in mineral grains?
... thatCaleb Orozco, who successfully challenged the Belize Criminal Code for violations to his privacy and freedom of expression, won the 2016David Kato Vision and Voice award?
... thatWilliam Lister was listed as competing inwater polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics, despite having died before the Games began?

7 January 2017

00:00, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

The Biblical Magi visiting Jesus

... that theEpiphany anthem "The Three Kings" describes the visit of theBiblical Magi to thebaby Jesus(pictured)?
... that "mend it, don't end it" was advice given by the president of theNehemiah Corporation of America to the U.S. Congress at a hearing on down payment assistance?
... thatGeorge S. Zimbel'swhite dress shoot ofMarilyn Monroe remained unpublished for 20 years after he took the photos?
... that rocks from theLesser Himalayan Strata show that the northern part of the Indian plate submerged in the lateCretaceous period?
... that Raón Street inManila was named after former Governor-GeneralJosé Antonio Raón y Gutiérrez?
... that the $2.3 billionSpring District inBellevue, Washington, is the second largest construction project in thePuget Sound region?
... thatBetty Campbell was the first black head teacher in Wales?
... that the stage of theTianhou Palace inNingbo was positioned for the gods to watch Chinese opera?

6 January 2017

00:00, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Peter Prevc

... that Slovenianski jumperPeter Prevc(pictured) became the first athlete to land a jump of 250 metres (820 ft)?
... that in the United States,nuclear weapons are moved by trucks calledSafeguards Transporters which were designed by theSandia National Laboratories?
... thatC. Washington Eves was the honorary commissioner for Jamaica at theColonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886?
... that when the condensate ofboron monofluoride monoxide is reheated, it forms a glassy, popcorn-like froth?
... that on her appointment in February 2016, 22-year-oldShamma Al Mazrui became the youngest government minister in the world?
... that thePakistan Communist Party ceased to exist just three weeks after it had been founded?
... that Irish immigrant, anarchist, strike organiser, and New York surgeonGertrude Kelly is commemorated by a children's park inChelsea, Manhattan?
... that theCafe Royal Cocktail Book contains one of the first recorded recipes for the20th Century?

5 January 2017

00:00, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Ashurbanipal kills a lion

... that theLion Hunt of Ashurbanipalreliefs(pictured) from c. 640 BC showthe king killing lions with swords, spears, and arrows?
... thatZorobabela Kaʻauwai accompanied his patronHoapili into battle in the suppression ofHumehume's rebellion?
... that although only a single example of theEriksen M/25 machine gun was built, it saw service in the 1940Norwegian Campaign?
... that the United States Senaterejected Caleb Cushing's nomination to beSecretary of the Treasury three times in one day?
... that the 1936 Korean novelSangnoksu has been made into two films?
... that the 10-gunsloop-of-warHMSStork was originally designed to resemble King George II's yachtRoyal Caroline?
... that rapper Liv released the song "Sorry Mrs. Carter" as an "open letter" toBeyoncé?
... that almost nothing is quite certain about the "multifaceted" and "very productive"Master of the Drapery Studies?

4 January 2017

00:00, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

Oskar Gottlieb Blarr

... thatOskar Gottlieb Blarr(pictured), "the composer with the hat", visited Israel to experience where Jesus lived as a Jew?
... that whenSeymour Cray designed theCray-3 supercomputer, he insisted that the processor fit into a 1-cubic-foot (0.028 m³) block?
... that in 1969, theWest Bengal Sports MinisterRam Chatterjee invaded the exclusiveCalcutta Swimming Club along with a group ofSanthal tribals?
... that 14Muslim female athletes won medals at the 2016 Olympic Games?
... that the philosopherMichael Fox became highly critical ofanimal testing following the publication of hisThe Case for Animal Experimentation, later writing a book in support ofvegetarianism?
... that theY Sap mine was an explosive planted under German trenches before theBattle of the Somme in World War I?
... that the first full-circle Arctic panorama created in the United States since the 19th century appeared at theVelaslavasay Panorama in Los Angeles in 2007?
... thatJ. W. Lonoaea died because he voted fora king instead ofa queen?

3 January 2017

00:10, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

INSVikrant

... thatINSVikrant(pictured) was India's first aircraft carrier?
... that governorSaw Shwe Khet ofProme sent awhite elephant to KingThihathu of Ava but was still demoted by the new king?
... thatHBO's new daily news seriesVice News Tonight was intended byVice News to have "no ads, no anchors and no censors?"
... that althoughSusan Reeve Lyon could not own property while a married woman, she was able to run her ownapothecary shop as a widow?
... that the self-criticalH. Balfour Gardiner may have destroyed his symphonies, but preserved hiscompline anthemTe lucis ante terminum for choir and organ?
... thatJessamyn Rodriguez founded a social enterprise teachingbread-making and job skills to low-income minority women and immigrants?
... that in order to disguise theV-2 missile launch site in Blizna, theNazis created an artificial village with plywood cottages and barns, and plaster people and animals?
... that the Welsh singer-songwriterCharlotte Church criticised directorDiane Martel's music video for the song "Lolita", calling it "an objectionable little number"?

2 January 2017

00:00, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Jōmon Venus

... that theJōmon Venus(pictured) was the firstJōmon period artifact to be designated aNational Treasure of Japan?
... thatAlphonse Areola saved twopenalties during a penalty shoot-out in the2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup final, to help France win their first title in the competition?
... thatJollees was the UK's largest cabaret venue in the 1970s and hosted theWorld Professional Darts Championship?
... thatNancy Sottos helped create the first polymericself-healing material, announced inNature in 2001?
... that when it leased the planes of a failed Venezuelan airline, a Bolivian company retained the nameLaMia to avoid the cost of repainting the aircraft?
... thatProtiva Mukherjee was the only female minister in the1969 United Front government ofWest Bengal?
... thatThe Shaker Quarterly, which began publication in 1961, helped revive interest in theShakers?
... thatJohn Green Hoapili stated to theLegislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii that he would "rather have corruption and scandal than annexation"?

1 January 2017

00:00, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Decembercalendar page

... that the namePseudo-Jacquemart was assigned to theanonymous master illuminator(work pictured) for his collaboration withJacquemart de Hesdin?
... thatDarwin introduced the theory of evolution bynatural selection, but was not the first to use the term "survival of the fittest"?
... that at the age of 16 years and 308 days,Idris Kanu became the youngest ever player forAldershot Town F.C. in a league match?
... thatJoan Acker andMiriam Johnson of theCenter for the Study of Women in Society found that "Do you shave your legs?" was the question most strongly correlated to identifying with feminism?
... that facing an arrest warrant in India and pressure from within his party, Indian communist politicianZ.A. Ahmed sought refuge in Pakistan?
... that the diet of thedwarf scaly-tailed squirrel includes bark and fruit, including thefleshy fruits of theumbrella tree?
... thatQueen Emma of Hawaii and her lady-in-waitingKiliwehi were received by Queen Victoria and spent a night atWindsor Castle?
... thatMomoiro Clover Z did not know they were making their music video for "The Golden History" until filming started?

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