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30 September 2018
- 00:00, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Bavarian-pattern playing cards used in Grasobern
29 September 2018
- 00:00, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

Olivia Giacobetti at her lab bench
28 September 2018
- 00:00, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Abbess house of Kloster Gnadenthal
27 September 2018
- 00:00, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
26 September 2018
- 00:00, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

The acoustic panels of the Aula Magna
25 September 2018
- 00:00, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Old Harbor U.S. Life Saving Station
- ... that theOld Harbor U.S. Life Saving Station(pictured), built in 1897 to rescue shipwrecked mariners, was itself rescued from the sea and given a new lease of life?
- ... thatArthur Rook andIan Whimster wrote important articles onkeratoacanthoma and blistering skin diseases?
- ... that during theQuasi-War, theInspector General of the United States Army,Alexander Hamilton, acted as thede facto head of the United States Army?
- ... that sociologistAshley Mears conducted anethnography of the fashion industry while working as a model in New York and London?
- ... that the name ofMelimoyu, a volcano in Chile, means "four breasts"?
- ... thatManuel Torres was the first foreign diplomat to die in the United States?
- ... that theStratford Dialectical and Radical Club, formed in 1880, was one of the first openlysocialist societies in London?
- ... that the Israeli actorTopol, who won aGolden Globe for his performance asTevye in the 1971 filmFiddler on the Roof, played the role in shows and revivals about 3,500 times?
24 September 2018
- 00:00, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Bazoline Usher in 1982
23 September 2018
- 00:00, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

General Frisbie
22 September 2018
- 00:00, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Long-stalk spiderhead
21 September 2018
- 00:00, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Helen Woodrow Bones
20 September 2018
- 00:00, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

The Windscale Piles (centre and right) in 1985
19 September 2018
- 00:00, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Romelu Lukaku
18 September 2018
- 00:00, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Brown-hooded kingfisher
- ... that thebrown-hooded kingfisher(pictured), about 22 centimetres (8.7 in) long, has been recorded eating reptiles as long as 25 centimetres (9.8 in)?
- ... that basketball playerTrey Kell signed with the Bosnian teamIgokea over nine other European offers?
- ... that "Wenn ich, o Schöpfer, deine Macht", part of German Protestant and Catholichymnals, began as a poem byChristian Fürchtegott Gellert from theAge of Enlightenment?
- ... thatKaʻiminaʻauao, a younger sibling of Hawaii's QueenLiliʻuokalani, died in an epidemic that killed more than 10,000 people, mostlyNative Hawaiians?
- ... thatNiel Gow, a Scottishfiddler, is said to have composed many of his best-known tunes undera tree on the banks of the River Tay?
- ... that in 1381, during thePeasants' Revolt,John Fresshe—later to beLord Mayor of London—was widely suspected of encouraging the mob to burn down theMarshalsea Prison?
- ... that the United States government purchasedJohn Lennon's boyhood stamp album for theNational Philatelic Collection?
- ... thatBob Wood, co-creator of the comicCrime Does Not Pay, served three years in prison for manslaughter, and was murdered a year after his release?
17 September 2018
- 00:00, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Dancers, c. 1763
16 September 2018
- 00:00, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

All-black crew of theYarmouth
- ... that on arriving in Cuba in 1920, theSS Yarmouth(crew pictured), flagship ofMarcus Garvey'sBlack Star Line, was hailed as the "Ark of the Covenant of the colored people"?
- ... that "Love Men Holic" byShiena Nishizawa is a love song that usesramen-related puns in its lyrics?
- ... that theÜberwasserkirche, a Gothichall church inMünster, was the location of the second of three sermons held in 1941 by BishopClemens August Graf von Galen in defiance of the Nazi regime?
- ... that common names forEucalyptus exserta include Queensland peppermint, bendo, and messmate?
- ... that thePrincipal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India has sometimes been more influential than seniorgovernment ministers?
- ... thatUnited States Route 66, decommissioned in 1985, was recently designated asa bicycle route?
- ... that in 1855,Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chuckerbutty became the first Indian to pass theIndian Medical Service examination?
- ... that perfumerAlberto Morillas has created nearly 7,000 fragrances?
15 September 2018
- 00:00, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Ignaz Brüll
14 September 2018
- 00:00, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Male Luna moth
13 September 2018
- 00:00, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Mount Cayley massif
12 September 2018
- 00:00, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau,
c. 1870
11 September 2018
- 00:00, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
10 September 2018
- 00:00, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

IranPride Day logo
9 September 2018
- 00:00, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Leleiohoku in uniform
8 September 2018
- 00:00, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
7 September 2018
- 00:00, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Paper car wheels
6 September 2018
- 00:00, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Raindrop cake
5 September 2018
- 00:00, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Nell Gwyn
4 September 2018
- 00:00, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Cocoi heron
3 September 2018
- 00:00, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

1790s Vienna porcelain
2 September 2018
- 00:00, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Wieluń town center after German Luftwaffe bombing on 1 September 1939
1 September 2018
- 00:00, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Two sprat eye-maggots on a sprat