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31 December 2020
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30 December 2020
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29 December 2020
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28 December 2020
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27 December 2020
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- ... that the former member of parliamentRobert Stanton took part in amock election(depicted) while in prison?
- ... thatPsalm 148, calling heaven and earth to be glad, inspired the 17th-century Christmas carol "Erfreue dich, Himmel, erfreue dich, Erde", whichMaria Luise Thurmair expanded with more details from the psalm in 1963?
- ... that the irrigationintake for which New Zealand farmerMarmaduke Dixon long campaigned is now a historic structure registered byHeritage New Zealand?
- ... thatHespress, the most popular news website in Morocco, initially relied on non-staff bloggers for its articles?
- ... thatSylvia Pengilly used anAmiga computer to integrate graphics with music and herself dancing?
- ... that although theEuclidean distance and thePythagorean theorem are both ancient concepts, the Pythagorean formula for distance was not published until 1731?
- ... thatUdyavara Madhava Acharya is credited with the modernisation of the theatre formYakshagana?
- ... that whileEbenezer Joshua joined the government after the1974 Vincentian general election, his wifeIvy became theleader of the opposition?
26 December 2020
- 00:00, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

Jesus examining
Melchior's gift in Mostaert's
Adoration25 December 2020
- 00:00, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
- ... that after a visit to aragged school, Charles Dickens wroteA Christmas Carol, in which he uses the ghost ofJacob Marley(illustrated) as a mouthpiece for his own views on social responsibility?
- ... thatJames W. Nance tested theDouglasA-3 Skywarrior aboardUSS Forrestal, which he later commanded?
- ... thatSt. Michael, a 17th-century chapel on a hill nearKaubenheim, Bavaria, which offers services in summer and for Christmas, received electricity around 1980?
- ... that afterHoukje Gerrits Bouma won one of the earliest women's speed skating competitions in 1809, women's competitions were not held anymore because women skating with bare arms was considered obscene?
- ... that a football club in Finland calledFC Santa Claus has competed as high asthe third tier?
- ... thatFriedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger wrote "Süßer die Glocken nie klingen", a popular 19th-century Christmas carol to the melody of an evening song, evoking the sound of bells as a symbol of peace and joy?
- ... that the staff of theEmbassy of the Philippines in Tokyo at one point formed the entire Philippine foreign service?
- ... thatFishbait Miller, thedoorkeeper of the U.S. House of Representatives, greetedPrincess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom in 1951 by saying, "Howdy, Ma'am"?
24 December 2020
- 00:00, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Osborne Apartments
- ... that when theOsborne Apartments building(pictured) was slated to be torn down and replaced, its residents saved it by jointly raising $500,000?
- ... thatRudolf Steglich, a musicologist who wrote his habilitation thesis onrhythm in 1930, was a co-editor of theHallische Händel-Ausgabe, the critical edition ofHandel's complete works, from 1955?
- ... that the femaleAgelenopsis aperta spider enters acataplectic state during mating, which means it loses control of its body and is unconscious?
- ... that cartoonistTrung Le Nguyen's graphic novelThe Magic Fish is inspired by his experience as a child of Vietnamese immigrants to the United States?
- ... that scholars have speculated that failure to punish the perpetrators of theArmenian Genocidecontributed to the Holocaust?
- ... thatCynthia Fierro Harvey is the first Hispanic woman to serve as the president of theUnited Methodist Council of Bishops?
- ... that the2021 Somali presidential election was originally scheduled for 2020, but was delayed by concerns offamine,war,pestilence, andcivil disorder?
- ... that despite being awarded the militaryLegion of Merit four times, as well as the civilianMedal of Freedom,Lewis Strauss is often viewed as a villain of American history?
23 December 2020
- 00:00, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Nadia Fink
22 December 2020
- 00:00, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Short-haired Segugio Italiano
21 December 2020
- 00:00, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
- ... that the only thing known about Johannete Ravenelle is that she owneda book of hours now carrying her name(detail pictured)?
- ... that the nearly identical130 and140 West 57th Street are among the few remaining artists' studio buildings in New York City constructed with distinct living and working spaces for occupants?
- ... thatYusuf Sayfa, commander of Ottoman forces in Syria against the Kurdish rebelJanbulad, became the latter's subordinate?
- ... that inNun komm, der Heiden Heiland, a cantata in eleven movements forAdvent,Georg Böhm set all eight stanzas ofLuther's hymn, and all differently?
- ... that shortly after winning a conference tournament championship withVanderbilt's soccer team,Sarah Fuller became the first woman to playfootball in aPower Five conference game?
- ... that although nothing remains of Fort La Cloche inLa Cloche Provincial Park, it was an economic hub for the area in the 19th century?
- ... thatBlack Futures, a 544-page collection of Black art and writing, was originally going to be azine?
- ... thatMatthew Cobb, winner of the 2021JBS Haldane Lecture, started his academic career by getting twins drunk?
20 December 2020
- 00:00, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

1933 Majestic Radio
19 December 2020
- 00:00, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

Nabil Ahmad
- ... thatNabil Ahmad(pictured) became a comedian after a friend signed him up for a reality show as a prank?
- ... that theIndian wax scale wasfirst described in 1798 byFabricius, but was wrongly attributed to another author for nearly two hundred years?
- ... that poetLynda Schraufnagel, little known in her lifetime, was mourned after her death at 40 for her "funkiness" and "manic glee"?
- ... that the104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot marched 1,100 kilometres (680 mi), some of it in snowshoes, during the Canadian winter to fight in theWar of 1812?
- ... thatJimmy Bonner became the first African American to play baseball professionally in Japan in 1936, eleven years beforeJackie Robinson'sMajor League Baseball debut?
- ... thata museum in Sendai was built around a 20,000-year-old campsite?
- ... that whenCotton QueenFrances Lockett was crowned in 1930, souvenir handkerchiefs made from "Queenetta" fabric were sold?
- ... that while theGateway Generating Station was completed without controversy or setbacks, it was later the subject of a lawsuit overendangered butterflies?
18 December 2020
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17 December 2020
- 00:00, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Bust of Beethoven by Franz Klein
- ... that the first of manymonuments to Ludwig van Beethoven is a bust(pictured) created in 1812 byFranz Klein during the composer's lifetime?
- ... thatGustav Classens, music director inBonn from 1933, performed Beethoven'sChoral Fantasy,Missa solemnis, andNinth Symphony during his first two seasons, offering the Ninth in both?
- ... that Finland became amember state of the International Labour Organization 100 years ago today?
- ... thatChristian Schreiber, a church administrator, philosopher and poet, wrote a German version of theLatin Mass for the publication, alongside the original, of Beethoven'sMass in C major?
- ... thatRuth Williams Cupp, the first woman admitted to the Charleston County Bar Association in 1954, was still barred by law from serving on juries, like all women in South Carolina until 1967?
- ... that theCrushed Rock quarry nearAbuja, Nigeria, is now a popular tourist destination?
- ... that whenJohannes Chum, a tenor in operatic roles fromNerone toLohengrin, performed inHarnoncourt's recording of Beethoven'sMissa solemnis, a reviewer described his singing as "seraphic"?
- ... that Beethoven'sThird Cello Sonata, first performed in 1809, has been described as the first sonata for piano and cello to treat the instruments as equal partners?
16 December 2020
- 00:00, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

Anjum Singh
- ... that the final exhibition of Indian artistAnjum Singh(pictured), titledI am still here, was an autobiographical depiction of her struggles with cancer?
- ... that 200,000 children were evacuated via thePiccadilly line during World War II?
- ... that inpositioning theory,positions are defined as a person's rights, duties, and obligations which are fluid in various social contexts, as opposed to fixed and long lastingroles?
- ... thatJulian Edelman weighed less than 100 lb (45 kg) when he played American football as a freshman in high school?
- ... that the founder of theCannabis Museum in Japan developed an interest in the subject after reading stories as a child in which ninjas trained by jumping over cannabis plants?
- ... that severalmemoirs by first ladies of the United States have outsold books written by their presidential husbands?
- ... thatOtto Jochum, the organist and later the director of theAugsburg Conservatory, received a German national composition prize for a sacred oratorio in 1932, but also composed patriotic anthems under the Nazi regime?
- ... that in 1875,streetcars in Santa Barbara, California, were drawn bymules?
15 December 2020
- 00:00, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

King Ludwig Oak
14 December 2020
- 12:00, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Advertisement forThe Green Pastures
- 00:00, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Detlev Jöcker
13 December 2020
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Poster forIt Happened One Night (1934)
- 00:00, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

Medalta Potteries kilns
12 December 2020
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Sandister Tei
- 00:00, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

Orange gumdrop sea slugs
- ... that acid secretions produced by theorange gumdrop sea slug(examples pictured) provide defence against predators such as sea anemones, fish, and crustaceans?
- ... thatsports photographerEleni Küreman was Turkey's first professional female photojournalist?
- ... thatAvengers: Endgame was untitled until December 2018, as its title was considered a spoiler for the film and its predecessor,Avengers: Infinity War?
- ... thatFactCheckArmenia.com falsely claimed that "no Armenians were harmed" during thedeportation of Armenian intellectuals on 24 April 1915?
- ... thatIvan Camilleri, the incomingauxiliary bishop of theArchdiocese of Toronto, was an associate director of finance atBell Canada Enterprises before becoming a priest?
- ... that theBrooklyn Dodgers,New York Giants, andNew York Yankees played ina three-way baseball game in 1944?
- ... thatHelmut Koch, who conducted Monteverdi'sL'Orfeo in 1949, taught at theHochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler", and continued the tradition of theBerliner Singakademie in East Berlin from 1963?
- ... thatLyndon B. Johnson usedthe same $80 desk as a senator, Vice President, and President of the United States?
11 December 2020
- 12:00, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

1959 cover ofThe Girls in3-B
- 00:00, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
10 December 2020
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Marjon Lambriks (right) with Paula Lindberg
- ... thatMarjon Lambriks, who studied voice in the Netherlands withPaula Lindberg(both pictured) and made a career in Vienna, recordedLa traviata alongsidePavarotti?
- ... thatHamro Lok Sanskriti (Our Folk Culture) was one of three books to win the firstMadan Puraskar, Nepal's highest literary honour?
- ... thatThomas Paxton helped establish a saw mill, flour mill, foundry, and railway as a founding father ofPort Perry?
- ... that 18.33 inches (46.6 cm) of rain fell within 24 hours inGuam duringTyphoon Alice, a record for the territory that was not surpassed for another 23 years?
- ... that professional footballerShaun Brisley scored forPeterborough United in the2014 Football League Trophy Final after initially turning down a move to the club due to homesickness?
- ... that a two-year Native American housing protest group called theChicago Indian Village started next to theChicago Cubs home stadium,Wrigley Field?
- ... thatmedieval murals were discovered inBrönnestad Church in 1935, but not restored until 1980?
- ... that American historianSarah Wilkerson Freeman curated a photo exhibit depicting the fluidity of race, gender, and sexuality inNew Orleans during theMcCarthy era?
9 December 2020
- 12:00, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Bronze tiles of alewives at Alewife station
- 00:00, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Krzysztof Penderecki
8 December 2020
- 12:00, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Pere Marquette 18 under tow in the 1900s
- 00:00, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

David Bowie on the Ziggy Stardust Tour
7 December 2020
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Surprise Attack title card
- 00:00, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
6 December 2020
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Neil Druckmann
- 00:00, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

Vivianne Miedema playing for Arsenal
- ... thatArsenal footballerVivianne Miedema(pictured) is the all-time leading scorer in theFA Women's Super League and has scored more goals at the international level than any other Dutch player?
- ... that in the 17th-centurycard game ofPenneech, named after its highest card, the seven of diamonds, thetrump suit changes with eachtrick?
- ... that to promote their 2011concept albumDavid Koresh Superstar, based on the 1993Waco siege, UK indie rock bandthe Indelicates created the video gameSuper David Koresh Attack?
- ... that Maine'sLewiston Daily Sun and its successor, theSun Journal, were owned by the same family—Louis B. Costello, his son, and grandson—for more than 70 years?
- ... that a petition by Canadian member of parliamentPierre Poilievre to stop theGreat Reset amassed 80,000 signatures after a conspiracy theory spread about it?
- ... thatAndrew Clyde became involved in politics after being subject to acivil asset forfeiture of nearly $1 million by theInternal Revenue Service?
- ... that thePlessey AR-3D made use of the annoying problem of "squint" to produce a simple3D radar?
- ... thatChorabari Lake no longer exists?
5 December 2020
- 12:00, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Christ Church, Marylebone, now Greenhouse Centre
- 00:00, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
4 December 2020
- 12:00, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

510 Fifth Avenue
- 00:00, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Sadko
3 December 2020
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Norma Shearer and Irving Thalberg
- 00:00, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Donat Henchy O'Brien
2 December 2020
- 00:00, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Saint Ninnoc
1 December 2020
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- ... that the architect of the Armenian genocide,Talaat Pasha, isburied under a monument(pictured) dedicated to "heroes of the fatherland"?
- ... thatMauree Turner is the first publiclynon-binary individual elected to aU.S. state legislature?
- ... that theannual Indian sports awards ceremony at thePresidential Palace includes awardsfor adventure,for the top-performing university, andfor sports promotion?
- ... that, by choosing the content included in his classic1953 introductory textbook on the subject,Charles Kittel helped define the field ofsolid-state physics?
- ... thatKwangchul Youn, abass from South Korea, appeared as Gurnemanz inParsifal at theBayreuth Festival, asMephisto at theVienna State Opera, and asKing Marke at theMetropolitan Opera?
- ... that the U.S. and Canada engaged ina fishing war in the 1990s?
- ... that a reviewer expressed doubts that the plot of24 Japan would be accepted by the viewing public since a major terror attack had not occurred in Japan for decades?
- ... that White House correspondentBryson Rash started in radio at the age of 12 by voicingBuster Brown?