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31 March 2016
- 12:00, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Imelda Marcos
- 00:00, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

A Burger King Big King sandwich
30 March 2016
- 12:00, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Wreckage of the aircraft
- 00:11, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

A sketch of Santi Sergio e Bacco in the Roman Forum
29 March 2016
- 12:26, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Amazonian streaked antwren
- 00:41, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
[[File:|120x133px|Tom Kilburn ]]
Tom Kilburn
28 March 2016
- 12:56, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

The Old Wall
- ... that theOld Wall(pictured) inSofia,Bulgaria, popularly called the "Roman Wall", is in fact anIslamic religious structure from the 16th or 17th century?
- ... thatLois Galgay Reckitt, aMaine human rights activist who has advocated againstdomestic violence and forLGBT rights, is listed inFeminists Who Changed America?
- ... that the print run ofAria was increased 1000% after it began serializing theAttack on Titan spinoffNo Regrets?
- ... that the sopranoRotraud Hansmann performed six parts in three Monteverdi operas conducted byNikolaus Harnoncourt, including Euridice inL'Orfeo?
- ... thatLady Gaga's "Til It Happens to You", which highlightssexual assault, was nominated for theGrammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media andAcademy Award for Best Original Song?
- ... that Brazilian footballerÉder Monteiro Fernandes, who plays for the Indian clubSalgaocar, has played alongsideWorld Cup winnerRomário atVasco da Gama?
- ... that despite having gills,spike caps are classified with theboletes?
- ... thatCarrie Johnson represented the United States at three consecutive Olympics after being diagnosed withCrohn's disease in 2003?
- 01:11, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Watercolor of San Caio by Achille Pinelli
- ... that the ancient church ofSan Caio(pictured) inRome was demolished in 1878 during the construction of theItalian Ministry of Defense building?
- ... thattithing in the early history ofThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could be done using property, labor, produce, livestock, or cash?
- ... that, when bad weather caused more than half of them to desert, the remaining off-and-onmutineers ofOperation Strength II were disarmed and flown to a training base at Seno?
- ... thatChristianity played a role in the founding of several British football clubs, includingCeltic,Manchester City, andEverton?
- ... that the ancientTrishikhibrahmana Upanishad text asserts the theory that living beings originate by four means, through an egg, through seeds, through a womb, or through sweat?
- ... that the composerGustav Gunsenheimer was the church musician at St. Lukas inSchweinfurt from 1969 to 2015?
- ... that after removal of the introducedEuropean rabbits, populations of thegreater burnet failed to recover in theKerguelen Islands?
- ... that costume designerSarah Nash Gates once taught at Clown College?
27 March 2016
- 13:26, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Mary Barr
- 01:41, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Huntsham Court
26 March 2016
- 13:56, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Royal antelope
- 00:31, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Detail of the Swoon of the Virgin in the Marienkirche
25 March 2016
- 12:46, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Symbol of the Lamb of God
- 01:01, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

The Colossus of Ostermunzel during its excavation
- ... that theColossus of Ostermunzel(pictured) is significantly lighter than originally estimated?
- ... that inReformed theology, thesacrament of theLord's Supper is believed to strengthen Christians'union with Christ by the spiritual eating of his true body and blood?
- ... that while still in school, Chinese social and Christian activistDeng Yuzhi decided to be an independent woman, remain unmarried, and live the life of a "new woman"?
- ... that the shell ofTrigonoolithus, a type ofdinosaur egg, is covered with triangular nodes?
- ... thatLouisa Melvin Delos Mars was one of the first black women to achieve recognition as a composer?
- ... that the first migrant worker football club in Germany,ISC Lupo, was formed in 1962 by Italians?
- ... thatJay H. Upton, a private in the2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment during theSpanish–American War, later became President of theOregon State Senate?
- ... thatRichardson's snaggletooth, a deep sea fish, is black withluminous spots?
24 March 2016
- 13:16, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Khasi women of Meghalaya
- 01:16, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Detail of an Art Nouveau building in Riga
23 March 2016
- 12:00, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
- ... thatSara W. Combs, the first woman to sit on theKentucky Supreme Court, held her seat for less than four months before losing it in aspecial election to another woman?
- ... that after the ancient Chinese state ofZhoulai was conquered in 529 BC, its territory was ruled by three different states in the ensuing decades?
- ... that whenElida Campodónico attempted to get an identity card to vote, she was told, "In Panama there are no women citizens, only male citizens"?
- ... thatantlions, which are found over most of the European continent, are extremely rare in Great Britain and only known to breed in two areas acrossEast Anglia?
- ... thatBai Jinian was China's first provincialparty chief elected by secret ballot, but was forced out of office three years later?
- ... that whileBenjamin Disraeli wrote ofCharles Auchester that "No greater book will ever be written on music", the criticHenry Chorley thought it "half-crazy"?
- ... that despite admitting tonecrophilia,Karen Greenlee only spent 11 days in jail for theft of a hearse and interfering with a funeral?
- 00:00, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Cerro Quiac
22 March 2016
- 12:00, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

A giant virus factory infected with Zamilon
- 00:00, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
[[File:|120x133px|Sue Austin's
Portal in a swimming pool ]]
Sue Austin'sPortal in a swimming pool
- ... thatSue Austin, who performed as part of theLondon 2012 Cultural Olympiad, uses an underwater wheelchair specially modified withscuba diving equipment(pictured)?
- ... thatCordón del Azufre is part of one of the largest deforming volcanic systems on Earth, comparable withYellowstone?
- ... that after killing Sultanan-Nasir Hasan in 1361,Yalbugha al-Umari and the seniorMamluk emirs hadal-Mansur Muhammad installed as theMamluk sultan?
- ... that theU.S. Supreme Court ruled inSantosky v. Kramer (1982) that before terminating parental rights, the state mustprovechild abuse orneglect byclear and convincing evidence?
- ... that the mezzo-sopranoPamela Dellal, who recorded music byHildegard von Bingen andFanny Mendelssohn, translated all texted works byBach?
- ... thatMontanoolithus, a type offossil egg fromMontana, were laid in a ring atop a mound-shaped nest?
- ... that whenChangsha was invaded in 1930,Maud Russell refused to leave the city and, after mistakenly being thought to have perished, a memorial service was held for her?
- ... thatJohannes Hevelius declared that one needed the eyes of alynx to seeLynx?
21 March 2016
- 12:00, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
- 00:00, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Coropuna
- ... thatCoropuna(pictured), the tallestvolcano in Peru, was active less than 2,000 years ago?
- ... that afterNatasha Wightman shaved her head forV for Vendetta, her neighbour assumed a man was trying to break into Wightman's home and called the police?
- ... that thehorse chestnut scale insect is primarily apest of urban trees?
- ... that French suffrage activistMarguerite de Witt-Schlumberger proposed that women's issues become part of the treaty process at theParis Peace Conference of 1919?
- ... thatTempe Streetcar will link areas of downtownTempe, Arizona, includingArizona State University'smain campus, and will provide connections toValley Metro Rail's light rail line?
- ... that a man could not be found guilty of raping his wife in English law until the judgment ofR v R?
- ... thatWie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1,Bach's chorale cantata for the feast of theAnnunciation, was first performed onPalm Sunday?
- ... that SPARK, a group co-founded byLyn Mikel Brown, started a 2012 petition againstLego Friends for introducing a line of skinny, buxom female characters?
20 March 2016
- 12:00, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Doris Stevens
- 00:00, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Runnals Union
19 March 2016
- 12:00, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Amanda Sidwall self-portrait
- 00:00, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

A BLU-82 15,000 lb bomb at moment of detonation
18 March 2016
- 12:00, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Chappel Viaduct
- ... that newly minted coins placed inside apier ofChappel Viaduct(pictured) went missing within hours, and a bricklayer who proffered a new half-sovereign in a pub was suspected?
- ... thatRobert Shope, described as a "walking encyclopaedia" ofarboviruses, discovered more novel viruses than anyone previously?
- ... that the hip-hop groupIll Harmonics was formed after the founders met at their local church choirs?
- ... that the collapse of theTête Rousse Glacier in theAlps killed over 200 people in 1892, and thousands still live under its threat?
- ... that South African suffragistJulia Solly was the sister of British suffragistNessie Stewart-Brown?
- ... that the upcomingPokémon gamesSun andMoon will feature connectivity with theVirtual Console versions ofRed,Green,Blue andYellow throughPokémon Bank?
- ... thatMaud McLure Kelly, the first woman to practice law inAlabama, was also the firstSouthern woman admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court?
- ... that unlike other members of itsgenus, including the giant "corpse flower", the newly discoveredRafflesia consueloae smells like youngcoconut meat?
- 00:00, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Hanuman showing Rama in his heart
- ... that theRama Rahasya Upanishad(Rama in the heart of Hanuman pictured) presents a goddess as the cause of creation, a god as the soul, and both together as the source of all existence?
- ... thatFinis Alonzo Crutchfield, Jr. is credited with bringing the televangelistOral Roberts into theUnited Methodist Church in 1968?
- ... thatOperation Phalat was a preventative strike into Laos by Thai forces in 1971 to contain communist influence in the region?
- ... that for his ordination,Georg Weissel wrote the text of the hymn "Such, wer da will, ein ander Ziel" tohis friend's melody for a wedding song?
- ... thatMoisés Félix Dagdug Lützow, owner ofa radio station, served as the Secretary of the Radio, Television and Film Committee of theMexican Chamber of Deputies?
- ... that theKankakee mallow isknown from a single 700 m (0.4 mi) long island in the state ofIllinois?
- ... thatFrank Sprogell said being agolf pro is not really a job?
- ... thatStrugnell's Haiku outlinecherry blossoms,hair loss, andpub opening times?
17 March 2016
- 12:00, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Holy Island War Memorial
- 00:00, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Diaphanous hatchetfish
16 March 2016
- 12:00, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Friargate Bridge
- ... that despite appearances, theFriargate Bridge(pictured) inDerby is actually two bridges?
- ... that becauseBank of America customers who invest less than $250,000 usually do not receive counsel fromMerrill Edge employees, the discount brokerage service plans to offer customersrobo-advisors?
- ... that the 1912 testimony of 14-year-oldchild laborerCarmela Teoli spurred labor reforms inMassachusetts, helped settle a strike, and raised wages for working men and women?
- ... that living inrural rather thanurban areas is afertility factor, associated with an increased number of children?
- ... that forTNGHT, his collaboration withHudson Mohawke,Lunice wanted to start producing much simpler music instead of weird tracks that were "all over the place" ?
- ... that China's Labour MinisterMa Wenrui was imprisoned for five years as a result of an interview with a book author?
- ... thatFC Barcelona andSevilla FC, who will contest this year'sCopa del Rey Final, also played in the2015 UEFA Super Cup?
- ... that duringOperation Maharat,neutralists besiegedneutralists?
- 00:00, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Bilikiss Adebiyi
- ... thatBilikiss Adebiyi(pictured) planned to collect rubbish in the streets of Nigeria while taking herMBA atMIT?
- ... that theBBC re-launched its former television channelBBC Three as anInternet television service?
- ... that the Sanskrit textManasollasa is a 12th-century encyclopedia covering topics such as garden design, cuisine recipes, veterinary medicine, jewelry, painting, music, and dance?
- ... that the species name forBurmaleon magnificus was coined for the quality of preservation in the fossils?
- ... that the documentary filmNo Land's Song spotlights women's protests against an Iranian ban on public female solo singing before male audiences?
- ... that uninjured reporters commandeered amedical evacuation helicopter duringCampaign Z?
- ... that of an estimated 100,000German Jews who served in theGerman Army inWorld War I, 12,000 were killed in action?
Correction: we erroneously claimed here that in 1964Jim Hazelton was the first Australian to fly a single-engine aircraft across the Pacific, butCharles Kingsford Smith and copilotGordon Taylor were actually the first to do so in 1934 in theirLockheed AltairLady Southern Cross.
15 March 2016
- 12:00, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
- 00:00, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Neil Druckmann
- ... thatNeil Druckmann(pictured) wroteA Second Chance at Sarah based on his own interest in traveling back in time to meet his wife at a younger age?
- ... that after thelynchings of eleven Italians 125 years ago today inNew Orleans, Italy recalled its ambassador to the U.S. in protest?
- ... thatYung Gud, producer of rapperYung Lean's Sad Boys group, first producedpsychedelic trance music as a child, before he got intohip hop?
- ... that the medieval era textNiralamba Upanishad states that happiness is realizing one's innate bliss, experiencingsatcitananda?
- ... that the fictional Shakespeareanactor-managerChuffer Dandridge, a regular onWake Up to Wogan, was the creation of twocivil servants?
- ... that thePampas, one of the mainclimatic regions of Argentina, witness some of the most intensethunderstorms in the world?
- ... that 100 years ago, the Welsh rugby playerLou Phillips was shot in the chest while out on awiring party?
- ... that aSpaceX prize movesHyperloop from hype to prototypes?
14 March 2016
- 12:00, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

Air-bicycle
- 00:00, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

York City War Memorial
13 March 2016
- 12:00, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Lady Reading Poetry
- 00:00, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Marquesa del Ter
12 March 2016
- 12:00, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Antarctic Sound
- 00:00, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

An aquatic weed harvester in action
- ... that the use of anaquatic weed harvester(pictured) was recommended by Uganda'sMinistry of Agriculture to reducewater hyacinth growth, which has caused a scarcity of fish inLake Victoria?
- ... thatAl-Hoda, established byNaoum Mokarzel in 1898, was the longest-running Arabic newspaper in the United States?
- ... that some specimens ofMicroolithus, a type ofPaleogenebird egg, preserve embryonic bones?
- ... thatCaroline D. Gentile, named "most athletic" in her high school yearbook, taught health, physical education, and recreation at theUniversity of Maine at Presque Isle for nearly 60 years?
- ... that the Sanskrit textTarasara Upanishad states that theOm mantra is aboutĀtman (soul), and meditating on Om helps one cross from the mundane into the spiritual world?
- ... thatAnnot and her husband were ordered by theNazis to close their art school after refusing to dismiss Jewish pupils?
- ... that Cerro Overo in theCordón de Puntas Negras volcanic chain is an activelydeforming volcano?
- ... that in "A Sequel to the Yellow Millet Dream", a Chinese scholar becomes prime minister, then a woman, before waking up with a monk on his bed?
11 March 2016
- 12:00, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

Chamba Rumal
- 00:00, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

Banksia sceptrum flower spikes
Correction: We stated in a previous "Did you know" that "theDevanahalli pomelo [...] is said to be the largest citrus fruit in the world". However, no good source for this claim could be found.
10 March 2016
- 12:00, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

Main building of Albany International
- 00:00, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

Eivind Astrup
- ... thatEivind Astrup(pictured) helped introduce the combination ofdog sleds andskis on polar expeditions?
- ... that theLanding at Scarlet Beach on 22 September 1943 was the first time Australian forces had made an opposed amphibious landing since theGallipoli Campaign in 1915?
- ... thatPer la ricuperata salute di Ofelia, a collaborative cantata byMozart andSalieri, was lost but found in a music museum in Prague in 2015?
- ... thatHuang An's 1993 album,New Dream of Butterfly Lovers, sold one million copies inTaiwan and six million worldwide, making it one of the country's best-selling albums?
- ... that the tower attached toAll Saints Church inHuntsham,Devon dates to the 14th century, but the rest of the church was completely rebuilt byBenjamin Ferrey in 1854–56?
- ... thatShahid Afridi's 45-ball centuryat the Green Park Stadium in 2005 is the fastest by a batsman inOne Day Internationals in India?
- ... thatGhazir was the headquarters of theAssaf dynasty, which at its peak administered the region betweenBeirut andHoms on behalf of theOttoman authorities?
- ... that manyfonts namedGaramond, such as that included withMicrosoft Office, are actually based on work byJean Jannon more than 50 years afterClaude Garamond's death?
9 March 2016
- 12:00, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Testaroli with pesto
- 00:00, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Ruth M. Gardiner
- ... that the first US Army hospital named for a woman or nurse was named afterUS Army Nurse Corps LieutenantRuth M. Gardiner(pictured)?
- ... that a Bogotan Civil Order of MeritMaría Currea de Aya is given annually onInternational Women's Day in honor of the first female president of theBogotá City Council?
- ... thatDoris Sands Johnson, who wrote a how-to book for voting, lost her initial attempt to run for office but later became the premier woman President of theBahamian Senate?
- ... thatWoman, Demon, Human, directed byHuang Shuqin, is considered to be China's first feminist film?
- ... thatHana Blažíková is a soprano with theBach Collegium Japan, conducted byMasaaki Suzuki, for the project to record the completeBach cantatas?
- ... thatDeolinda Rodríguez de Almeida became known asAngola's "Mother of the Revolution"?
- ... thatEdith Houghton Hooker claimed thatwomen's suffrage would improve water quality and reduce disease?
- ... thatSonia M. Johnny, the first woman ambassador to the United States fromSaint Lucia, has also representedCARICOM nations' interests in a trade dispute overbananas?
8 March 2016
- 12:00, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

He Xiangning in 1909
- 00:00, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Skyway Monte Bianco
- ...that a goldenice axe was presented to Italian Prime Minister,Matteo Renzi, when he officially opened theSkyway Monte Bianco(pictured), a new cable car system in theAlps?
- ... that theFantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes byGrace Williams was the first work by a Welsh female composer to be recorded?
- ... that theVerkeerder Kill inShawangunk, New York is locally known as Kaidy Kill?
- ... that during World War II,Office of Strategic Services agentI. S. Dorfman maintained liaisons with exiled socialist leaders of theStockholm-based "Little Internationale" such asWilly Brandt,Bruno Kreisky, andErnst Paul?
- ... that theDaily Mail describedThe Getaway Car as "the worst TV spin-off sinceJoey Tribbiani gothis own series"?
- ... that the textPancabrahma Upanishad, composed before 7th-century CE, discusses the symbolism behind the many faces of the Hindu godShiva?
- ... that Lt. Col.Udney Hay, although highly recommended by Gen.George Washington, was not appointedQuartermaster General by theCongress?
- ... that species of the extinct insect familyKalligrammatidae have sometimes been called "butterflies of the Jurassic"?
7 March 2016
- 12:00, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Orissa Ikat from Sambalpur
- ... that the process of creatingOrissa Ikat(pictured), a unique silk art in which the warp and weft threads are tie-dyed before weaving, has been termed "poetry on the loom"?
- ... thatCibolo Creek Ranch, whereAntonin Scalia died, was a shooting location for the filmsThe Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,There Will Be Blood, andNo Country for Old Men?
- ... that theTripura Upanishad is aHindu text notable as a complete introduction to theShakta Tantra tradition?
- ... that theRochdale Cenotaph was one of the most ambitious ofSir Edwin Lutyens' war memorials to come to fruition?
- ... thatHoward Shane and his team developed theVisual Immersion System to assist people with autism in their efforts to communicate?
- ... that theRama tapaniya Upanishad states that theHindu godRama is the same as theAtman (soul) andBrahman (ultimate reality)?
- ... that Kris Leonard, vocalist of the bandViola Beach, commented that the lyrical content of their songs was inspired by their "very grey and industrial" hometown ofWarrington,Cheshire?
- ... thatThomas Whitetaxied his aircraft some 24 kilometres (15 mi) past enemy encampments in Mesopotamia during World War I, in what was later described as a "Keystone Cops adventure"?
- 00:00, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
6 March 2016
- 12:00, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

Whoopie pie
- 00:00, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

Ivory burning in the Republic of Congo
5 March 2016
- 12:00, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

St John the Baptist Church, Rochdale
- 00:00, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Joseph Tucker
- ... that the 18th-century shipwrightJoseph Tucker(pictured) is best known for designing a 170-gunship with five tiers of guns that was never built?
- ... thatBach applied for theThomaskantor post withDu wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn, BWV 23, ending in an elaborate setting of the GermanAgnus Dei from alost Passion?
- ... thatSir Clifford Boulton, the 44thClerk of the House of Commons, was a fan of the soap operaCoronation Street?
- ... that in 2003 the women's football clubBallymena United Allstars were forced to play on a "disgraceful and embarrassing" park pitch during council renovations at their new ground?
- ... that GeneralLiu Zhenwu, the first commander of thePeople's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison, outranked his British predecessors?
- ... that theRurouni Kenshinmanga characterKamiya Kaoru was originally meant to die, but the author decided to make her survive to give young readers a happy ending?
- ... thatMark Sanders scored only onefirst-class century in hiscricket career?
- ... that whileBulgaria's most famous long-distance trail,Kom–Emine, typically takes 20 to 25 days to complete, the record stands at under 5 days?
4 March 2016
- 12:00, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Sitatunga
- 00:00, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Hurricane Danny as seen from the
ISS3 March 2016
- 12:00, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Santiniketan pencil boxes made from goat leather
- 00:00, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Portrait of Maria Portinari
2 March 2016
- 12:00, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
[[File:|120x133px|Sarasvati ]]
Sarasvati
- 00:00, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Elena Kagan
1 March 2016
- 12:00, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Le coq blanc
- 00:00, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Main pavilion of building in 2015