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31 March 2018
- 00:00, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

SSPrincess Anne
30 March 2018
- 00:00, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Da Heding
29 March 2018
- 00:00, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Jessie Ace and Margaret Wright
28 March 2018
- 00:00, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Gorteria diffusa flowerhead
27 March 2018
- 00:00, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

A photo finish captures a triple dead heat
26 March 2018
- 00:00, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
25 March 2018
- 00:00, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

"Changing Bodies" diorama
24 March 2018
- 00:00, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Near-Earth asteroid 4179 Toutatis
23 March 2018
- 00:00, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Alhambra Nievas
22 March 2018
- 00:00, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Wallachian peasant soldiers
21 March 2018
- 00:00, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Statue of Shaitan Singh
20 March 2018
- 00:00, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Bull and Mouth Inn sign
19 March 2018
- 00:00, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Bust of Pythagoras
- ... that Greek legends claimPythagoras(pictured) had a golden thigh, could fly thanks to a magic arrow, was greeted by name by a river, and when bitten by a snake, bit it back and killed it?
- ... thatColophina clematis was the first species of aphid to be identified as having a "soldier" caste?
- ... that oceanographer and formerFlorida State University deanNancy Marcus was also a magician andventriloquist?
- ... thatPinewood Hospital was located in apine wood inPinewood, as pine trees were thought to be beneficial fortuberculosis patients?
- ... that Japanese voice actressLynn was born to a Japanese-American father and a Japanese-Brazilian mother?
- ... that one of the largest volcanic eruptions on Earth, atLa Pacana in Chile, erupted 2,451–3,500 cubic kilometres of rock?
- ... thatCaptain Marvel is expected to beMarvel Studios' first female-led film?
- ... that theSutton Hoo helmet weighs 2.5 kg (5.5 lb), but theSutton Hoo Helmet weighs 900 kg (2,000 lb)?
18 March 2018
- 00:00, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Female urinals
- ... thatfemale urinals available today(example pictured) are typically used in a "skiing" position?
- ... thatfootballerPaul Giles suffered an injury during a match in March 1982 after being fouled by his brother?
- ... that theBrown County Courthouse in South Dakota is built ofBerea sandstone from Ohio?
- ... thatAli Soozandeh was inspired to filmTehran Taboo, which explores sexual double standards in Iran, by a conversation he overheard on a train?
- ... that during their winter meetings, members of medical history society theOsler Club drink apunch made of tangerine oranges,Tarragona wine, rum, brandy whisky or gin, water, spices and cream?
- ... that Arthur andMorley Cowles Ballantine, co-publishers ofThe Durango Herald, sometimes wrote opposing editorials, as when he endorsedNixon and sheHumphrey for president in 1968?
- ... thatintegral bridges do not havemovement joints?
- ... that among those rescued by theBritish Army during theattack on the United States embassy in Addis Ababa was a reporter's petcheetah?
17 March 2018
- 00:00, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Zofia Posmysz
in Auschwitz
- ... thatZofia Posmysz(pictured),Auschwitz inmate No. 7566, wrote an audio play based on her memories, which formed the basis for her 1962 novelPassenger,a 1963 film, anda 1968 opera?
- ... that the spider genusSeycellesa and thenematode genusTraklosia were both originally namedRobertia, but had to be renamed?
- ... that architectWilliam Strudwick Arrasmith designed more than 60Greyhound bus stations?
- ... that theAustralian Air Corps has been described as "Australia's first independent air force, albeit an interim one"?
- ... thatLuo Haocai, who was jailed by the British and deported from Singapore, became Vice President of China'sSupreme People's Court?
- ... thatTillie Walden'sgraphic novelSpinning, a memoir of her adolescent career as a competitivefigure skater, was originally her thesis for theCenter for Cartoon Studies?
- ... that US Court of Appeals JudgeAmy Coney Barrett taught constitutional law atBlackstone Legal Fellowship?
- ... that thesolar eclipse of May 20, 2012, began on a Monday and ended on the previous Sunday?
16 March 2018
- 00:00, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Goat Canyon Trestle
15 March 2018
- 00:00, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Camilla Nylund
14 March 2018

Rose aphids on a rose bud
13 March 2018

Droxford station
12 March 2018
- 00:00, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Catherine Lynch
11 March 2018
- 00:00, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

X-ray of Norah Schuster's hands
10 March 2018
- 00:10, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Rockefeller Center construction progress in 1933
- ... that in preparation for theconstruction of Rockefeller Center(pictured) inMidtown Manhattan, 4,000 tenants were evicted from 228 properties?
- ... that the founder ofBanks Beer,Peter D'Aguiar, was also a prominentGuyanese politician?
- ... thatChi Pu's song "Từ hôm nay (Feel Like Ooh)" received an overwhelmingly negative reception, with some reviewers calling it "disastrous"?
- ... that theMuseum of Geometric and MADI Art inDallas is the only museum in North America dedicated to theMadí art movement?
- ... thatJai Tirath Dahiya won his seat in the2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election by a margin of three votes?
- ... that between 1992 and 2016, Scottish football clubAberdeen did not win a single match atIbrox Stadium, home oftheir rivalsRangers F.C., in 41 attempts?
- ... thatHanging Sword Alley was also known as "Blood Bowl Alley" after its infamous night life?
- ... thatDavid Meade's prediction of a hidden planet namedNibiru hitting Earth on September 23, 2017, was based on what he says are coded messages hidden in theGiza Pyramids in Egypt?
9 March 2018
- 00:00, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
- ... that Britishsuffragettes(pictured) had to stand in the gutter to sell their newspaperVotes for Women, or risk being arrested for obstructing the pavement?
- ... thatKrishna Kohli is the first HinduDalit woman to be elected to the Senate of Pakistan?
- ... thatHeroin(e), an Academy Award-nominated short film, follows three women fighting theopioid epidemic inHuntington, West Virginia, where the overdose rate is ten times the US average?
- ... thatCatherine Rückwardt, who wasGeneralmusikdirektorin at theStaatstheater Mainz for a decade and one of only four women in such a position in Germany, conducted a recording of the First Symphony byHans Rott?
- ... thatEmma Jane Gay, known for her photographs of theNez Perce people in the late 19th century, is identified as the first American lesbian photographer?
- ... thatan illiterate Thai nun became a highly revered spiritual leader in her community, and more than 250,000 people attended her funeral?
- ... thatAnnalisa Crannell bringschopsticks to art galleries as a tool for findingvanishing points?
- ... thatMary Ann Kerwin, co-founder ofLa Leche League, said that whenbreastfeeding in the US in the 1950s, "we would practically smother our babies with blankets to avoid showing any breast"?
8 March 2018
- 00:00, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

USSSanta Olivia
7 March 2018
- 00:00, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Marcel Cordes
- ... thatMarcel Cordes(pictured), a German baritone known for Italian opera, appeared as the King in the first recording ofCarl Orff'sDie Kluge?
- ... thatWestJet Encore, a Canadian airline which began flights in 2013, deactivates water lines in the lavatory sinks to prevent freezing on cold nights?
- ... thatCamilla Gray's attempts to stage an exhibition ofRussian art in Britain were hindered by Soviet antipathy toabstract art?
- ... that the 2014Carlton Complex Fire was the largest wildfire inWashington state history up to that time?
- ... that when the Boy Scouts of America tried changing their name in 1977 toScouting/USA, they were accused of chauvinism for not considering the effects on the Girl Scouts?
- ... thatEastEnders filmedthree mini episodes in Paris to coincide with the1998 FIFA World Cup?
- ... thatEnlil, the chief god of the Sumerian pantheon, was regarded as so glorious that not even the other deities could look upon him?
- ... thatManhattan vegetarian restaurantDirt Candy is "waging war on the 'eat your vegetables' mind-set"?
6 March 2018
- 00:00, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Monkey beetle onRomulea monadelpha
5 March 2018
- 00:00, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Bianjing Drum Tower
4 March 2018
- 00:00, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Napue rye gin label by the Kyrö Distillery Company
3 March 2018
- 00:00, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Innocent Victims
2 March 2018
- 00:00, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Yampa in 1893
- ... thatKaiser Wilhelm II was so charmed with the American yachtYampa(pictured) that he purchased her himself and had another larger yacht built in America based on her design?
- ... that the lyric sopranoAnny Felbermayer, who performed 54 roles at theVienna State Opera, created the role of Xanthe inDie Liebe der Danae by Richard Strauss at the 1952Salzburg Festival?
- ... that hundreds of Jewish communities used to celebratemore than one Purim a year?
- ... that the 2011Löfstedt Report proposed to exempt many British self-employed people from health and safety regulations?
- ... that Polish mountain climberTomasz Mackiewicz went missing on January 27 during his seventh attempt to reach the summit of the 8,126-metre (26,660 ft) highNanga Parbat in Pakistan?
- ... that people have underestimated the role offaith in Buddhism, according to translator and monasticBhikkhu Bodhi?
- ... that theOriental Basin pocket gopher was designated a species in 1895, demoted to a subspecies ofMerriam's pocket gopher in 1968, then restored to species status in 2005?
- ... thatMichael F. Adubato tried to block a bill givingNewark, New Jersey, $18 million in added tax revenue, to protest salary increases for Newark's city council totalling $150,000?
- ... that the bassDmitry Belosselskiy appeared internationally in title roles, asBoris Godunov,Macbeth,Simon Boccanegra, andIvan Susanin?
1 March 2018
- 00:00, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

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