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==Did you know...==
===31 July 2019===
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* ... that '''[[Bill Kibby]]''' ''(pictured)'' was posthumously awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for his actions during the [[Second Battle of El Alamein]]? 
* ... that '''[[polonium-210]]''' is 250,000 times more toxic by weight than [[hydrogen cyanide]]?
* ... that [[Oglala|Oglala Lakota]] chef '''[[Sean Sherman]]''' rejects [[frybread]], seen as a symbol of colonial oppression, but also considers it a symbol of resilience?
* ... that in '''[[What Is Democracy?|a 2019 documentary]]''', [[Astra Taylor]] interviews trauma surgeons, refugees, and a barber about the meaning of democracy?
* ... that 19 years after '''[[Mrinalini Devi]]''' married [[Rabindranath Tagore]], many of her wedding jewels were sold to fund Brahmacharya Ashram, a school he founded?
* ... that nearly 80,000 black Mississippians cast a vote in the '''[[1963 Freedom Ballot]]''' mock election, four times more than the number of black registered voters?
* ... that the 1990 [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] video game '''''[[Solstice (1990 video game)|Solstice]]''''' was originally planned and developed as a computer title?
* ... that '''[[Susan Beschta]]''' was a punk rocker and federal judge?

===30 July 2019===
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* ... that despite a ban on the '''[[National Peasants' Party]]''' ''(logo shown)'' taking effect on this day in 1947, the party still organized in the [[Romanian anti-communist resistance movement|Romanian underground]], attempting to field a candidate in the [[1985 Romanian legislative election|1985 election]]?<!--Special occasion hook for July 29-->
* ... that '''[[Justin James (basketball)|Justin James]]''' was selected by the [[Sacramento Kings]] in the [[2019 NBA draft]], despite most mock drafts predicting he would not be picked by any team?
* ... that part of the Malaysian tropical forest reserve '''[[Bukit Gasing]]''' has been protected from development, while another part has been sold to building contractors?
* ... that '''[[Chitpas Kridakorn]]''', whose family owns Thailand's [[Singha]] brewery, had to change her last name due to her political activism? 
* ... that [[Waylon Jennings]] and [[Johnny Dollar (musician)|Johnny Dollar]] were guest disc jockeys for country music station '''[[KOYL]]''' in [[Odessa, Texas]]?
* ... that after the US banned Chinese students from returning to China, '''[[Li Hengde]]''' organized a student network which petitioned the Chinese premier, the US president, and the [[United Nations|UN]] for their right to go home? 
* ... that the '''[[yellow-footed honeyguide]]''' probably includes beeswax in its diet?
* ... that a lack of help from [[W.&nbsp;B. Yeats]] caused one of the founders of the '''[[Ulster Literary Theatre]]''' to say, "Damn Yeats! We'll write our own plays!"?

===29 July 2019===
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* ... that the '''[[Madrasa and tomb of Alauddin Khalji|tomb of Sultan Alauddin Khalji]]''' ''(pictured)'' was built inside an [[madrasa|Islamic school]] in [[Delhi]], India?
* ... that South African [[test pilot]] '''[[Desmond Barker]]''' has accumulated 7,200 flying hours and flown 58 different types of aircraft? 
* ... that some LGBTQ activists have opposed the use of the term "'''[[lesbian erasure]]'''", because it has sometimes been used in opposition to [[transgender rights]]?
* ... that '''[[Thomas Cheney (folklorist)|Thomas Cheney]]'''{{`s}} biography of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS Church]] leader [[J. Golden Kimball]] was withdrawn by [[Brigham Young University Press]] for containing explicit language?
* ... that '''''[[Phyllariopsis brevipes]]''''' is a deep-water constituent of the [[kelp forest]]s in the Mediterranean Sea?
* ... that '''[[Saumitra Khan]]''' was elected in the [[2019 Indian general election]] by a margin of more than 78,000 votes without participating in any political rally in his constituency?
* ... that the announcement of a delay in the release of '''''[[Animal Crossing: New Horizons]]''''' caused [[Nintendo]]'s stock market valuation to fall by over US$1&nbsp;billion?
* ... that [[List of mayors of Birmingham|Lord Mayor of Birmingham]] '''[[Yvonne Mosquito]]''' opened comedian [[Joe Lycett]]'s kitchen extension?

===28 July 2019===
*'''''00:00, 28 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[Hallo Ü-Wagen]]''''' ''(Hello Radio Van, pictured)'' was a long-running weekly German radio talk show on wheels?
* ... that Ugandan chief of staff '''[[Yusuf Gowon]]''' quarrelled with another officer over a looted tractor during the [[Uganda–Tanzania War|invasion of a foreign country]]? 
* ... that the process of connecting the scattered fragments surviving from the '''[[Hours of Louis&nbsp;XII]]''' (begun {{circa|1498}}) only started in 1973? 
* ... that '''[[Ye Peida]]''', the president of [[Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications|a university]] controlled by the Ministry of Posts and Communications, successfully argued for the breakup of the ministry's monopoly of China's telecom industry?
* ... that '''[[Stony coral tissue loss disease|a new disease which is deadly to corals]]''' is spreading from the [[Florida Keys]] to other parts of the Caribbean?
* ... that '''[[Clemantine Wamariya]]''' was reunited with her parents on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'', twelve years after being separated from them during the [[Rwandan genocide]]?
* ... that [[George Szirtes]]'s '''''[[Reel (poetry collection)|Reel]]''''', winner of the 2004 [[T.&nbsp;S. Eliot Prize]], contains poems in ''[[terza rima]]'' and relies heavily on [[ekphrasis]], using references to film and photography to aid memory? 
* ... that Canadian [[auto racing]] driver '''[[Kat Teasdale]]''' reportedly once asked the starter to wait while she applied lipstick?

===27 July 2019===
*'''''00:00, 27 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Gerres nigri|Guinean striped mojarra]]''' is one of the fish caught in the less polluted part of the '''[[Ébrié Lagoon]]''' ''(pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that Canadian businessman '''[[Lloyd Pollock]]''' brought Junior A-level hockey to [[Windsor, Ontario]]?<!--Special occasion hook for 26 July-->
* ... that in 2004 the [[British Rail]] '''[[British Rail Class 458|Class&nbsp;458]]''' trains were so unreliable that [[South West Trains|their operator]] considered replacing them all, but by 2012 they had become the most reliable fleet in Britain?
* ... that the [[Emirate of Granada|Granadan]] princess '''[[Fatima bint al-Ahmar]]''' was described as "surpassing the women of her time like the [[Laylat al-Qadr|Night of Power]] surpasses all the other nights" by the historian [[Ibn al-Khatib]]?
* ... that the final owners of Connecticut's '''[[WQQW (Connecticut)|WQQW]]''' radio station were involved in a fraudulent banking ring that toppled the [[Waterbury, Connecticut|town]]'s mayor?
* ... that '''[[Lilian Benningsen]]''', a singer at the [[Bavarian State Opera]] for decades, appeared as Carolina in the world premiere of Henze's ''[[Elegy for Young Lovers|Elegie für junge Liebende]]'' (''Elegy for Young Lovers'')?
* ... that the verses of the inscription on the funerary '''[[Stele of Arniadas]]''' are said to be "extraordinarily similar" to the words of [[Hector]] in the ''[[Iliad]]''{{-?}}
* ... that [[Joe Biden]] prefers the Chevrolet Corvette, but '''[[Joe Biden (The Onion)|Joe Biden]]''' prefers the Pontiac Trans Am?

===26 July 2019===
*'''''00:00, 26 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that NASA test pilots '''[[Charles Bassett]]''' and '''[[Elliot See]]''' ''(pictured)'' are among the [[Fallen Astronaut#Placement on the Moon|fallen astronauts]] whose names are etched on a plaque on the Moon, placed by the crew of [[Apollo&nbsp;15]]?<!--Special occasion hook for July 25-->
* ... that '''''[[The Unsafe Asylum]]''''', a book of short stories by [[Anirudh Kala]], explores the psychological effects of the [[Partition of India]]?
* ... that Australian theatre director and former chemistry demonstrator '''[[May Hollinworth]]''' was described as "a wizard with lighting effects"?
* ... that while [[California Institute of Technology|Caltech]]'s '''[[History of the Caltech House System|historic South Houses]]''' were renovated, its North Houses were recommended for demolition for lack of architectural appeal?
* ... that '''[[Samuel Adalberg]]''', pioneer of Polish [[paremiology]], committed suicide upon learning of the Germans' plans to construct the [[Warsaw Ghetto]]?
* ... that after a 2002 study inaccurately claimed a [[measles]] and [[autism]] link due to improper [[Real-time polymerase chain reaction|qPCR]] data, scientists developed the '''[[MIQE|MIQE guidelines]]''' to show the minimum level of reported data required for qPCR?
* ... that the [[Melkite|Melkite Christian]] '''[[Sarjun ibn Mansur]]''', who headed the fiscal administration of Syria under the first five [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad caliphs]], was the father of [[John of Damascus|Saint John of Damascus]]?
* ... that the '''[[JFK Express]]''' subway service in New York City never actually went to [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|JFK Airport]]?

===25 July 2019===
*'''''00:00, 25 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[seal of Somerset County, Maryland]]''' ''(pictured)'', is based on the [[Royal_Arms_of_England#Development|Royal Arms of England]]?
* ... that [[German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame]] inductee '''[[Roman Neumayer]]''' assisted in founding the first ice hockey team in Namibia?
* ... that the destruction by [[range safety]] officers of the satellite '''[[SOLRAD&nbsp;2]]''' over Cuba in 1960 sparked international protest and compromised American missile security?<!--Special occasion hook for July 24-->
* ... that [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] academic '''[[Daksha Pattani]]''' published her doctoral thesis on [[Mahatma Gandhi]] in six volumes?
* ... that a colony of fruit bats in '''[[Îles Ehotilés National Park]]''' in Ivory Coast is considered by the local people to be a sign of the presence of their ancestors?
* ... that Canadian photographic artist '''[[JJ Levine]]''' is known for portraits in which the same model depicts both the male and female members of a couple?
* ... that at the time of '''[[Abdullah's entry into Transjordan|Abdullah's entry]]''' into what was to become the modern country of [[Jordan]] during the '''[[Interregnum (Transjordan)|interregnum period]]''', the region was extremely poor, sparsely populated and widely considered ungovernable?
* ... that a jury once rushed out of the courtroom of '''[[William F. Turner]]''', first Chief Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court, to attend to a [[native Americans in the United States|Native American]] attack?

===24 July 2019===
*'''''00:00, 24 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[T-7 (rocket)|China's first sounding rocket]]''' ''(monument pictured)'' was fueled using a [[bicycle pump]]?
* ... that '''[[Mandy Moore (choreographer)|Mandy Moore]]''' choreographed ''[[La La Land (film)|La La Land]]''{{'s}} opening number using 30 dancers, 100 extras, and 60 cars stuck in traffic on a [[Southern California freeways|Los Angeles freeway]]?
* ... that at the '''[[2019 Austria Open]]''', a {{nowrap|[[Nine-ball|9-ball]]}} pool tournament, [[Diana Khodjaeva|Kamila Khodjaeva]] reached the quarter-finals despite not playing a competitive match since 2016?
* ... that '''[[Summer Rayne Oakes]]''' has been called "the world's first [[Environmental movement|eco]]-model" because she only models clothes made from organic or recycled materials?
* ... that '''[[Rook (bird)|rooks]]''' are intelligent birds and can rival or even beat chimpanzees in puzzle-solving tests?
* ... that '''[[George Ali Murad Khan]]''', ruler of the [[princely state]] of [[Khairpur (princely state)|Khairpur]] in Pakistan, survived an accidental shooting by his father when he was nine months old?
* ... that per '''[[Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt|a recent Supreme Court ruling]]''', U.S. states are [[Sovereign immunity in the United States|immune]] from [[Lawsuit|private suits]] against them in courts of other states without their consent? 
* ... that [[Bank of England £100,000,000 note|'''£100,000,000 notes''']] known as "Titans" are locked away in the [[Bank of England]]?

===23 July 2019===
*'''''00:00, 23 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that while collecting the banknotes of Africa ''(Cameroon note pictured)'', '''[[Ibrahim Salem]]''' found that "the Dark Continent had some of the most colorful ones"?
* ... that at the unveiling of [[Alexander Phimister Proctor]]'s '''[[Robert E. Lee on Traveller|statue of Robert E. Lee]]''' in 1936, President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] called Lee "one of our greatest American gentlemen"?
* ... that '''[[Nozomi Nishida]]''' is a member of Walküre, a music group which exists both in real life and in the anime ''[[Macross Delta]]''?<!--Special occasion hook for July 22-->
* ... that army general [[Abdul Haris Nasution]] considered the 1945 '''[[Battle of Semarang]]''' the first major battle for the Indonesian nation?
* ... that '''[[Paula R. Pietromonaco]]''' found that [[Attachment theory|attachment styles]] affect how people think and behave during conflict?
* ... that [[satellite]]s in a '''[[Tundra orbit]]''' trace a figure-eight across the sky?<!--Special occasion hook for July 22-->
* ... that '''[[Felipe Reinoso]]''' served in the [[Connecticut House of Representatives]] prior to contesting an open seat in the [[Congress of the Republic of Peru]]?
* ... that the fly '''''[[Phytobia betulae]]''''' is just {{convert|5|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} long but the tunnel made by its larva inside a birch tree may reach {{convert|17|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}?

===22 July 2019===
*'''''00:00, 22 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Michael Collins (astronaut)|Michael Collins]]''' ''(pictured)'', the [[Apollo command and service module|command module]] pilot for [[Apollo&nbsp;11]], was the first person to perform two spacewalks in [[Gemini 10|a single mission]]?<!--Special occasion hook for July 21-->
* ... that the 1957 launch of '''[[Sputnik&nbsp;1]]''', the first artificial satellite, led to [[Sputnik crisis|a period of public anxiety]] in the United States and accelerated the [[Space Race]]?<!--Special occasion hook for July 21-->
* ... that [[Astronaut#Russian|pilot-cosmonaut]] '''[[Yuri Gagarin]]''', the first human in space and first to orbit the Earth, ejected from [[Vostok 1|his descending spacecraft]] at an altitude of about {{convert|23,000|ft|m|disp=flip}}?<!--Special occasion hook for July 21-->
* ... that two [[Russian tortoise]]s were aboard the '''[[Zond 5|first spacecraft to return safely]]''' from a trip around the Moon?<!--Special occasion hook for July 21-->
* ... that '''[[Mae Jemison]]''', the first black woman in space, worked at a Cambodian [[refugee camp]] in Thailand and was a medical officer for the [[Peace Corps]] before becoming an astronaut?<!--Special occasion hook for July 21-->
* ... that the Soviet probe '''''[[Luna&nbsp;2]]''''', the first human-made object to make contact with the Moon, began a trend of [[Lander (spacecraft)#Impactors|crash landing]] missions that continued even after [[Soft landing (aeronautics)|soft landings]] were mastered?<!--Special occasion hook for July 21-->
* ... that '''[[David Scott]]'''{{`s}} performance under pressure during [[Gemini&nbsp;8]], the first mission to achieve a [[Docking and berthing of spacecraft|docking in space]], led to his selection for the [[Apollo program]]?<!--Special occasion hook for July 21-->
* ... that cosmonaut '''[[Valentina Tereshkova]]''' made 42 trips outside the Soviet Union between 1963 and 1970 in response to invitations she received after becoming the first woman in space?<!--Special occasion hook for July 21-->
* ... that '''[[Félicette]]''', the first cat in space, was subjected to 9.5&nbsp;[[g-force|g]] of acceleration and five minutes of weightlessness?<!--Special occasion hook for July 21-->

===21 July 2019===
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* ... that a swan sculpture ''(pictured)'' in '''[[Stapenhill Gardens]]''', described by the park superintendent as a "monstrosity" after its construction in 1953, is now a town landmark?
* ... that '''[[Binod Chaudhary]]''' is the first Nepali to be listed on ''[[Forbes]]''{{'s}} billionaire list?
* ... that four of the fourteen astronauts in '''[[NASA Astronaut Group&nbsp;3]]''' were killed in training accidents before they had a chance to fly in space?<!--Special occasion hook for July 20-->
* ... that the [[Oboe|oboist]] and composer '''[[Rolf Riehm]]''' taught music theory [[Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts|in Frankfurt]] from 1974 to 2000 and wrote an opera, ''[[Sirenen]]'', for a 2014 premiere at the [[Oper Frankfurt]]?
* ... that during the '''[[1924–25 Cardiff City F.C. season|1924–25 season]]''', [[Cardiff City F.C.]] became the first Welsh team to reach an [[FA Cup]] final?
* ... that Captain '''[[Henry Meintjes]]''', a South African World War&nbsp;I flying ace, was shot in the wrist when far over enemy lines but still managed to bring his airplane back and land it safely?
* ... that the extinction of the '''[[Bramble Cay melomys]]''' was described as the first for a mammal species due to [[Global warming|anthropogenic climate change]]?
* ... that when he graduated in medicine at the age of 24, '''[[James Fraser (surgeon)|James Fraser]]''' was already [[Sir]] James Fraser?

===20 July 2019===
*'''''00:00, 20 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[XIX Army Corps]]''' represented Germany as it ceded [[Brest, Belarus|Brest-Litovsk]] to the Soviet Union in the [[German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk|German–Soviet military parade]] ''(commanders pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Maria Magnani Noya]]''' was the first woman mayor of [[Turin]] and the second woman mayor in Italy?
* ... that [[David Cage]] started writing the video game '''''[[The Nomad Soul]]''''' because he had grown tired of being a composer?
* ... that '''[[Wu Ziliang]]''' developed the technology to separate [[uranium-235]] for China's first [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear bomb]]?
* ... that '''[[Sommen charr]]s''' are a [[glacial relict|relict]] population that has survived because of [[Sommen|Lake Sommen's]] great depth, and its cold and oxygen-rich waters?
* ... that sculptor '''[[Alice King Chatham]]''' used plaster casts to design custom-fitted oxygen masks and helmets for [[Project Mercury]] astronauts?
* ... that [[Rhys Griffiths (footballer)|Rhys Griffiths]] has won the '''[[Welsh Premier League Golden Boot]]''' more times than any other player, winning for seven consecutive seasons between 2006 and 2012? 
* ... that [[Stephen King]] killed off '''[[WNSW (Maine)|a radio station]]''' in the [[Bangor, Maine|Bangor]] area?

===19 July 2019===
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* ... that while the leaf shape varies among [[hybrid (biology)|hybrids]] of '''''[[Episcia cupreata]]''''' ''(pictured)'', the flowers always have the same form? 
* ... that the scenic design for Wagner's ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]'' by '''[[Günther Schneider-Siemssen]]''' was shown at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] from 1986 to 2009? 
* ... that [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]]'s '''[[NS Line]]''' opened in 2001 as the first newly built [[Tram|streetcar]] line in the United States in 50 years to use modern vehicles?
* ... that according to a study conducted by epidemiologist '''[[Xifeng Wu]]''' and her colleagues, fifteen minutes of moderate exercise per day can increase lifespan by an average of three years?
* ... that the '''[[Gloucester tabula set]]''' includes gaming pieces depicting a copulating couple, a hanging man, and a [[manticore]]?
* ... that '''[[Robyn Benincasa]]''' ran a marathon four months after having surgery for [[osteoarthritis]] and being told she might never run again?
* ... that '''[[George Gosse]]''' was awarded the [[George Cross]] for disarming three German [[naval mine]]s under exceptionally hazardous conditions? 
* ... that six of the '''[[NASA Astronaut Group 2|Next Nine]]''' astronauts flew to the Moon, and three walked on it?<!--Special occasion hook for July 18-->

===18 July 2019===
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* ... that when '''[[Roger B. Chaffee]]''' ''(pictured)'' was selected for [[Apollo&nbsp;1]], he was the youngest American astronaut to earn a [[NASA]] mission assignment?<!--Special occasion hook for July 17-->
* ... that as the film negatives used for the '''[[Raja Harishchandra|first Indian feature film]]''' were of limited [[spectral sensitivity]], the colour red was avoided in sets, costumes, and make-up?
* ... that '''[[Eleanor C. Pressly]]''' helped develop and launch a series of [[Aerobee]] rockets during the 1957–1958 [[International Geophysical Year]]?
* ... that in South Africa, the mosquito '''''[[Anopheles funestus]]''''' used to breed in fast-moving streams but now prefers swamps? 
* ... that '''[[HMS Lavinia|HMS&nbsp;''Lavinia'']]''' was saved from being broken up, only to be sunk in a collision with another ship? 
* ... that '''[[Isabel Martin (wheelchair basketball)|Isabel Martin]]''' was one of the Australian Devils who won silver at the '''[[2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship]]''' in [[Suphan Buri]], Thailand? 
* ... that it took [[Rowman & Littlefield#Imprints|Scarecrow Press]] 25 years to complete its series of '''[[Historical Dictionaries series|historical dictionaries of African countries]]'''?
* ... that the idea for the song "'''[[Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)]]'''" came to [[Jeannie Seely]] at the age of 23, and she was still earning royalties for it at age 78?

===17 July 2019===
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* ... that '''[[Tiny the Wonder]]''' ''(pictured)'' could kill 200 rats per hour in London's [[rat-baiting]] pits?
* ... that '''[[Patrick Francheterre]]''' played for, coached and managed the [[France men's national ice hockey team]], and helped cover expenses when the [[French Ice Hockey Federation]] went bankrupt?
* ... that 50&nbsp;years ago today, '''[[Maspalomas Station]]''' in the Canary Islands was the first ground station to make contact with the [[Apollo&nbsp;11]] astronauts in Earth orbit, about 16&nbsp;minutes into the flight?<!--Special occasion hook for July 16-->
* ... that Sir '''[[Lancelot Barrington-Ward]]''' performed surgery on Prince Albert, who later became [[George VI|King George&nbsp;VI]]?
* ... that during its [[2019 Indian general election|2019 election campaign]], the [[Indian National Congress]] promised to abolish the '''[[Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code|sedition law]]''', although the government had arrested 9,000 people for sedition alone in 2012–2013?
* ... that '''[[Gao Xiaoxia]]''' abandoned her PhD studies to leave America in 1951, just before the US government banned Chinese students from returning home?
* ... that the [[Gobiesocidae|clingfish]] '''''[[Diplecogaster bimaculata]]''''' has been photographed cleaning a [[Mediterranean moray|moray eel]]?
* ... that in 2001, '''[[Bury F.C.|Bury Football Club]]'''{{`s}} first [[mascot]], "Robbie the Bobby", was sent off three times by referees for bad behaviour?

===16 July 2019===
*'''''00:00, 16 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the new '''[[Djamaa el Djazaïr]]''' mosque ''(pictured)'' is the tallest building in Africa?
* ... that the Irish musician '''[[Gregory Gray]]''', who started his career in a [[boy band]], became the cult indie musician Mary Cigarettes?
* ... that in 1974, a United States Army [[private first class]] '''[[1974 White House helicopter incident|stole a helicopter]]''' and landed it on the [[White House]] lawn?
* ... that '''[[Catherine Despard]]''' helped compose the speech that [[Edward Despard|her husband]], the ringleader of the [[Despard Plot]], gave at the gallows?
* ... that American pool player '''[[John Schmidt (pool player)|John Schmidt]]''' holds the record for the longest [[straight pool]] run at 626?
* ... that '''''[[Strombosia pustulata]]''''' is one of over two hundred species of tree growing in the '''[[Omo Forest Reserve]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Damiano Michieletto]]''', known for directing [[List of operas by Gioachino Rossini|Rossini's operas]], recently staged Schreker's ''[[Der ferne Klang]]'' at the [[Oper Frankfurt]], where the world premiere had been performed in 1912?
* ... that '''[[J. Schmuck Block|a three-story structure]]''' in [[Beatrice, Nebraska]], was built for a Schmuck?

===15 July 2019===
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* ... that the samples of '''[[Le Nove porcelain]]''' ''(example pictured)'', sent to the [[Republic of Venice|Venetian government]] in 1762 to support a licence application, may actually have been made by another factory? 
* ... that Palestinians in the [[Shatila refugee camp|Sabra and Shatila refugee camps]] in Beirut called American journalist '''[[Janet Lee Stevens]]''' "the little drummer girl" because of her staunch support for their cause?
* ... that '''''[[Back to Black]]''''', the final studio album by [[Amy Winehouse]], topped the [[European Top 100 Albums]] chart for 13 non-consecutive weeks?
* ... that [[Australian rules football]]er '''[[Emerson Woods]]''' was a premiership player in the [[Victorian Football League|VFL Women's]] while still in secondary school?
* ... that the cave-nesting '''[[rockwarbler]]''' has also been called the "hanging dick" because of its nest? 
* ... that lieutenant commander '''[[James J. Connell]]'''{{`s}} [[Navy Cross]] was the highest award for valor bestowed on a [[Delaware]]an during the Vietnam War?
* ... that [[César Franck]] composed '''[[Psalm 150 (Franck)|Psalm&nbsp;150]]''', a setting of "[[Psalm 150|the musicians' psalm]]", for choir, orchestra, and organ, for a [[Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles|school for the blind]] in Paris?
* ... that '''[[Charles Stapley]]''' played 26 different roles in ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]''{{-?}}

===14 July 2019===
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* ... that as a condition of a bequest from '''[[James Cowan Smith]]''', the [[Scottish National Gallery]] must permanently display a portrait of his dog Callum ''(pictured)''?
* ... that after the crash of '''[[Paradise Airlines Flight&nbsp;901A]]''', the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] permanently grounded the airline's operations?
* ... that in 1953, '''[[Satyawati Suleiman]]''' became the first woman to receive a degree in archaeology from the [[University of Indonesia]]?
* ... that Armenian pianist [[Tigran Hamasyan]] believes that God intervened in the recording of his album '''''[[Luys i Luso]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Abby Dunkin]]''' was one of three [[University of Texas at Arlington]] players selected as members of the All Star Five at the [[2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship]]?
* ... that the '''[[2003 24 Hours of Le Mans|2003 edition of the 24&nbsp;Hours of Le Mans]]''' featured the first [[Renewable fuels|renewable-fuelled]] sports prototype racing car to be entered in a Le Mans event?
* ... that English librarian '''[[Frank Cundall]]''' created the West India Reference Library in 1894, which later became the nucleus of the [[National Library of Jamaica]]?
* ... that some supporters of US president [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin Roosevelt]] '''[[Roosevelt dictatorship|called for him to assume dictatorial powers]]''' in 1933?

===13 July 2019===
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* ... that '''[[Elizabeth L. Gardner]]''' served as a [[Women Airforce Service Pilots|WASP]] during World War&nbsp;II and was the subject of a well-known photo ''(pictured)''?
* ... that the '''[[Arab Serai]]''', a 16th-century roadside inn in [[Delhi]], may have been built to shelter 300 Arab mullahs who accompanied the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor's widow on her [[Hajj]] to Mecca?
* ... that '''[[Isao Kataoka]]''' is the only Japanese recipient of the [[Paul Loicq Award]] for contributions to international ice hockey?<!--Special occasion hook for 12 July-->
* ... that '''[[De novo gene birth|''de novo'' gene birth]]''' was once thought to be impossible but has now been observed in every species that has been systematically examined?
* ... that '''[[Maria Howard Weeden]]''' painted many portraits of African-American [[Freedman|freedmen and freedwomen]]?
* ... that the '''[[Suvorov Monument (Saint Petersburg)|Suvorov Monument]]''', now on '''[[Suvorov Square (Saint Petersburg)|Suvorov Square]]''', depicts its subject as the god [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]]?
* ... that '''[[Bohumil Herlischka]]''' staged Schoenberg's ''[[Moses und Aron]]'' at the [[Hamburg State Opera]], including a tour to Israel? 
* ... that in two species of '''[[megabat]]''', males have been observed to produce milk?

===12 July 2019===
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* ... that Portland's '''[[MAX Blue Line]]''' ''(train pictured)'' was built as a result of [[Highway revolts in the United States|freeway revolt]]s in the 1970s? 
* ... that '''[[Pema Dhondup]]''' studied filmmaking at the [[University of Southern California]] so he could use the medium to tell the story of his "lost generation" of Tibetan youth?
* ... that [[endometriosis]], a condition in which tissue from the womb occurs in unusual locations, can cause [[Hemothorax|'''bleeding into the chest''']] during menstrual periods?
* ... that '''[[Liu Housheng]]''' co-founded the [[Plum Blossom Award]], the highest award for [[Chinese opera]]?
* ... that [[IM 67118|'''a clay tablet''']] at the [[National Museum of Iraq]], dated to {{circa|1770&nbsp;BCE}}, shows a calculation that uses the [[Pythagorean theorem]]—twelve centuries prior to the birth of Pythagoras?
* ... that '''[[Gustave A. Mueller]]''' of the Homeopathic Hospital of [[Pittsburgh]] was described in his 1912 obituary as a leading specialist in the treatment of the eye, ear, nose, and throat?
* ... that [[Flyway|'''flyways''']] used by migrating wetland birds have traditional staging points where they can rebuild their energy reserves?
* ... that French-born '''[[Joe Bertony]]''', who twice escaped from Nazi concentration camps, played a key part in the construction of the [[Sydney Opera House]]?

===11 July 2019===
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* ... that New Zealand-born singer '''[[Rosé (singer)|Rosé]]''' ''(pictured)'' initially thought her father's suggestion that she audition to become a [[Korean idol|K-pop star]] was a joke, as the family lived in Australia?
* ... that the '''[[West Indian Incumbered Estates Acts]]''' were modelled on legislation introduced after the [[Great Famine (Ireland)|Irish Great Famine]]?
* ... that '''[[Tatsuo Nomura]]'''{{`s}} "Pokémon Challenge" for [[Google Maps]], created as an [[April Fools' Day]] prank for mobile phone users, led to the development of ''[[Pokémon Go]]''?
* ... that although living on the same mountain, the '''[[Mount Oku rat]]''' is [[Endangered species|endangered]] by habitat destruction, while the '''[[Mittendorf's striped grass mouse]]''' is not?
* ... that the ''Kinetest'', a women's ski trail at the Grovatesten ski field in [[Meråker]], is named after the Norwegian [[Cross-country skiing|cross-country skier]] '''[[Kine Beate Bjørnås]]'''?
* ... that the editing style of '''''[[Every Frame a Painting]]''''' was formulated to avoid copyright claims from YouTube's [[Content ID (algorithm)|Content ID]] system?
* ... that researcher '''[[Leslie Leve]]''' has found that parents' depression is associated with an increased likelihood of behavioral problems in their children?
* ... that the '''[[Brahma Temple, Khajuraho|Brahma Temple]]''' of [[Khajuraho Group of Monuments|Khajuraho]] is actually dedicated to [[Shiva]]?

===10 July 2019===
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* ... that '''''[[Hypericum olympicum]]''''' ''(pictured)'', an [[Award of Garden Merit]] winner, is toxic to dogs, cats, and horses? 
* ... that '''[[Isabelle Story]]''', a member of [[Eleanor Roosevelt]]'s press corps, published a weekly column called "Chatting With The First Lady"?
* ... that [[Newcastle Falcons]] were relegated to play in the '''[[2019–20 RFU Championship]]''' after the [[Rugby Football Union|RFU]] rejected a plan to expand [[Premiership Rugby]]? 
* ... that '''[[Wang Xiji]]''', chief designer of China's first [[Launch vehicle|space launch vehicle]] and recoverable satellites, advocated the construction of a solar power station {{Convert|36000|km|abbr=on}} above Earth?
* ... that abnormal structures inside [[white blood cell]]s called '''[[critical green inclusion]]s''' can indicate impending death?
* ... that after leaving [[Nauvoo, Illinois]], '''[[John Lyman Smith]]''' traveled with the [[Mormon pioneers]] in 1847 to the [[Salt Lake Valley]], where he became a [[Utah Territory]] politician? 
* ... that the '''[[Occupation of Ma'an]]''' has been called "one of the most confused chapters" of [[Jordan]]'s history?
* ... that [[pool (cue sports)|pool]] player '''[[David Alcaide]]''' became the Spanish national [[eight-ball]] champion at age 14?

===9 July 2019===
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* ... that Australian Army major '''[[Peter Badcoe]]''' ''(pictured)'' was posthumously awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for displaying "conspicuous gallantry and leadership" on three occasions? 
* ... that the earliest evidence of [[shepherd|sheep herding]] has been found in northern [[Iraq]], dated '''[[10th millennium BC|before 9000 BC]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Tang Dingyuan]]''' co-invented the "split-diamond bomb"?
* ... that [[Bolivia]] sued [[Chile]] in 2013 to regain land lost in 1884, claiming it had an '''''[[Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Joanne Berger-Sweeney]]''' is the first African-American and first woman to serve as president of [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]], Connecticut?
* ... that the [[Benedictines]] of [[Murbach Abbey]] built the monumental '''[[Notre-Dame de Guebwiller]]''' in order to relocate from their remote valley?
* ... that operatic bass '''[[Kieth Engen]]''', who got his first role, [[Bluebeard's Castle|Bluebeard]], at the [[Bavarian State Opera]] because he was tall, also had a pop career under a pseudonym? 
* ... that '''''[[The California Field Atlas]]''''' by '''[[Obi Kaufmann]]''' is neither a [[field guide]] nor a conventional [[atlas]]?

===8 July 2019===
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* ... that Germany defeated Sweden in the '''[[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Final]]''' ''(pictured)'' with a [[golden goal]], the last time this method of deciding the final was approved?<!--Special occasion hook for 7 July-->
* ... that '''[[Liu Xianjue]]''' spent three years researching the book ''The Architectural Heritage in Macau'', which was submitted in the city's successful application for [[World Heritage Site|World Heritage]] status?
* ... that the '''[[Missa brevis (Nystedt)|Missa brevis]]''' for choir [[a cappella]] is one of about 300 choral compositions by [[Knut Nystedt]]? 
* ... that '''[[Florrie Redford]]''' played [[association football|football]] with other women during her lunch break at a World War I munitions factory prior to becoming a leading goal scorer for [[Dick, Kerr Ladies F.C.]]? 
* ... that the '''[[WTC Cortlandt station|WTC Cortlandt]]''' subway station in New York City, closed for 17&nbsp;years after the [[September&nbsp;11 attacks]], cost $181&nbsp;million to rebuild?
* ... that '''[[Im Eun-ju]]''' was the first South Korean woman to referee at the international level of [[association football]]?<!--Special occasion hook for 7 July-->
* ... that among the wetland animals in '''[[Kainji National Park]]''' are two species of crocodile, four of turtle, the [[African manatee]], the hippopotamus, and the [[African clawless otter|clawless otter]]?
* ... that '''[[William Feiner]]''' became the [[President of Georgetown University|president of Georgetown College]] in 1826 despite having never mastered [[English language|English]]?

===7 July 2019===
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* ... that '''[[James H. Stark]]''', author of six guidebooks to the [[British West Indies]] and [[Bermuda]] ''(pictured)'', was described as a "modern [[Richard Hakluyt|Hakluyt]]"?
* ... that the dome of [[Santa Maria di Collemaggio]] collapsed in the '''[[1461 L'Aquila earthquake]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Tsunekazu Ishihara]]''' was nicknamed "The King of Portable Toys" by coworkers during the development of [[Pokémon Red and Blue|''Pokémon Red'' and ''Green'']]?
* ... that the repeated question "Warum?" ('Why?') from the [[Book of Job]] structures the first of '''[[Two Motets, Op. 74 (Brahms)|Two Motets, Op.&nbsp;74]]''', by [[Johannes Brahms]]?
* ... that wheelchair basketball player '''[[Teisha Shadwell]]''' raised money for a custom-built chair on [[GoFundMe]]?
* ... that [[HMS Imperieuse (1805)|'''HMS&nbsp;''Imperieuse''''']] once sailed under an American flag?
* ... that '''[[Aziz Abu Sarah]]''', a peace activist from [[East Jerusalem]] and promoter of [[Arab–Israeli peace projects]], neither understood Hebrew nor knew any Israeli Jews until after leaving high school? 
* ... that an [[artificial intelligence]] wrote '''[[1 the Road|a novel]]''' in the spirit of [[Jack Kerouac]]'s ''[[On the Road]]''{{-?}}

===6 July 2019===
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* ... that '''[[Ali Eisami]]''' ''(pictured)'', a [[Kanuri people|Kanuri]] man, dictated his [[Slave narrative|memoirs of his captivity]] to German missionary and linguist [[Sigismund Koelle]], and helped him produce a [[Kanuri language|Kanuri grammar]]?
* ... that the '''[[wildlife of Nigeria]]''' includes 940 species of bird and all eight known species of West African [[mangrove]]?
* ... that '''[[Stepan Pimenov]]'''{{`s}} sculptures for the [[Admiralty building, Saint Petersburg|Admiralty building]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]] were removed and destroyed by order of [[Alexander II of Russia|Emperor Alexander{{nbsp;}}II]]?
* ... that [[Werner Egk]] wrote the libretto for '''''[[Irische Legende]]''''', his first opera after World {{nowrap|War II}}, based on ''[[The Countess Cathleen]]'' by W. B. Yeats?
* ... that the designs on '''[[opon Ifá]]''' divination trays praise and acknowledge the work of the [[babalawo]]?
* ... that the '''[[Leagues Cup]]''', an upcoming four-team soccer competition between [[Major League Soccer|MLS]] and [[Liga MX]] clubs, was panned by critics as soon as it was announced?
* ... that '''[[Maria Hueber]]''' founded the first school for girls in the [[Tyrol]] region?
* ... that a five-star [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] review of '''[[Facebook Portal]]''' by a writer, who claimed not to be a "big" [[Facebook]] user before buying the device, was traced to a Facebook employee?

===5 July 2019===
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* ... that '''[[Tito's Tacos]]''' of [[Culver City, California]], has sold the same [[Taco#Hard-shell tacos|hard-shell tacos]] ''(pictured)'' filled with shredded beef, iceberg lettuce, and grated cheddar cheese for 60 years? 
* ... that the '''[[Tarzan of Manisa]]''' planted thousands of trees on [[Mount Sipylus]] in [[Turkey]]?
* ... that the creation of the '''[[Swedish Levant Company]]''' in 1738 was controversial because of a disagreement between several Swedish merchants and the [[Hats (party)|Hat Party]]?
* ... that '''[[Eddie Gallagher (Navy SEAL)|Eddie Gallagher]]''', a [[United States Navy SEALs|Navy SEAL]] who had been accused of murder, was transferred to "less restrictive confinement" by direct presidential intervention, the first such transfer since [[William Calley]]'s in 1971?
* ... that the historic French [[Trick-taking game|trick-taking card game]] of '''[[Bête|la Bête]]''' has its origins in 16th-century Spanish [[Ombre]], and was created by introducing the concept of bidding into [[Triomphe]]? 
* ... that '''[[Maddie Shevlin]]''' dislocated her thumb on debut in her first season of [[Australian rules football]] and missed the next ten weeks? 
* ... that the United States embassy in [[Nicosia]], [[Cyprus]], was bombed while '''[[Fraser Wilkins]]''' was serving as the first [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Cyprus|US ambassador to Cyprus]]? 
* ... that '''[[A load of old cobblers|this article]]''' is a load of old cobblers?

===4 July 2019===
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* ... that the free-living, solitary coral '''''[[Cycloseris distorta]]''''' ''(pictured)'' can subdivide its stony skeleton and form two new individuals?
* ... that when '''[[Joseph Wood (schoolmaster)|Joseph Wood]]''' was appointed as head master of [[Harrow School]], he was by far the oldest to be appointed since the retirement of '''[[Thomas Thackeray|Thomas Thackeray]]''' in 1760?
* ... that composers [[Alexander Borodin]], [[Mikhail Glinka]], [[Modest Mussorgsky]], [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]] and [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] are '''[[List of burials at Tikhvin Cemetery|all buried]]''' in the '''[[Tikhvin Cemetery]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[Touristic Eastern Express]]''' makes two-hour-long stops between [[Ankara]] and [[Kars]] to allow passengers to visit historic and natural attractions?
* ... that the German soprano '''[[Melanie Diener]]''' began her stage career in Mozart roles in 1996, and appeared as [[Tristan und Isolde|Isolde]] with the [[Canadian Opera Company]] and the [[Opéra national du Rhin]] in 2013? 
* ... that after discontinuing normal programming, '''[[KPPC (AM)|KPPC]]''' radio signed on once a week for six months to fulfill a contract to broadcast church services?
* ... that '''[[Qian Ji]]''' helped design China's first satellite and was the lead designer for its first three-in-one satellite launch?
* ... that the [[Special Counsel investigation (2017–2019)|Mueller probe]] was born in a '''[[Crossfire Hurricane (FBI investigation)|crossfire hurricane]]'''?

===3 July 2019===
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* ... that a new '''[[personification]]''' was developed '''[[Personification of the Americas|for the Americas]]''' ''(example pictured)'' after their discovery by Europeans? 
* ... that in 2018, '''[[Lorraine Janzen Kooistra]]''' was elected a fellow of the [[Royal Society of Canada]] for her work in 19th-century literature?
* ... that the weight of the volcanoes of [[Hawaii]] is causing Earth's crust to buckle, generating '''[[South Arch volcanic field|volcanoes under the sea]]'''?
* ... that Turkish women's footballer '''[[Aslı Canan Sabırlı]]''' was appointed [[manager (association football)|technical director]] of her team while she was still a member of the squad?
* ... that the 1929 [[Hugh Ferriss]] book '''''[[The Metropolis of Tomorrow]]''''' featured "projected trends" including skyscraper churches and [[suspension bridge]]s with apartments built into them?
* ... that '''[[Charles S. Bryan]]''' and [[Bill Stone (nephrologist)|Bill Stone]] worked out how to avoid toxic doses of penicillin in people with kidney failure?
* ... that the bodies of 499 [[Gold mining|gold miners]] bound for China were lost when the '''[[SS Ventnor|SS ''Ventnor'']]''' sank in 1902?
* ... that '''[[Alexandra Phillips (Green politician)|Alexandra Phillips]]''' and '''[[Alexandra Phillips (Brexit Party politician)|Alexandra Phillips]]''' stood against each other [[2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|for election]] in [[South East England (European Parliament constituency)|South East England]], and both were elected?

===2 July 2019===
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* ... that '''[[poutine]]''' ''(example pictured)'' and '''[[peameal bacon|back bacon on a bun]]''' were served while '''[[Canadian Comedy Awards|the Beaver]]''' was awarded to '''''[[Made in Canada (TV series)|Made in Canada]]''''' at the '''[[1st Canadian Comedy Awards|inaugural Canadian Comedy Awards]]'''?<!--Special occasion hook for July 1 (Canada Day)-->
* ... that the '''[[FM Non-Duplication Rule]]''' adopted by the [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] 55 years ago today led to the creation of the [[album-oriented rock|album-oriented]] and [[classic rock]] [[radio format]]s?<!--Special occasion hook for July 1-->
* ... that 11th-century scholar '''[[Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Naysaburi]]''', an authority on the early history of [[Isma'ilism]], composed the first official genealogy of the [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]] dynasty?
* ... that the '''[[WWE 24/7 Championship]]''', a [[professional wrestling championship]], can be defended anytime, anywhere, as long as a [[WWE]] referee is present?
* ... that ''Women and Politics in Canada'' by '''[[Janine Brodie]]''' was the first book to study Canadian women in political campaigns between 1945 and 1975?
* ... that [[John Casken]]'s opera '''''[[Golem (Casken opera)|Golem]]''''' won the 1991 [[Gramophone Classical Music Awards|Gramophone Classical Music Award]] for Best Contemporary Recording?
* ... that before his accession to the [[Scottish Parliament]] in 2016, '''[[Bill Bowman (Scottish politician)|Bill Bowman]]''' lived and worked for more than a decade in [[Bucharest]]? 
* ... that the '''[[Loveday, 1458|1458 Loveday]]''', which was intended to unite [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]]'s nobility, only resulted in uniting his enemies?

===1 July 2019===
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* ... that after retirement from [[NASA]], astronaut '''[[Frank Borman]]''' ''(pictured)'' became a special advisor to [[Eastern Air Lines]], and helped rescue survivors of the [[Eastern Air Lines Flight 401]] crash near Florida's [[Everglades]]?
* ... that for his opera '''''[[Stephen Climax]]''''', composer [[Hans Zender]] wrote a [[libretto]] which juxtaposes the life of [[Simeon Stylites]] with scenes from ''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]'' by James Joyce?
* ... that Dutch pool player '''[[Nick van den Berg]]''' has competed in the [[Mosconi Cup]] eight times and lost only once, in [[2003 Mosconi Cup|the 2003 event]]?
* ... that according to '''[[motivation crowding theory]]''', adding incentives for some behavior can sometimes backfire and actually result in less of that behavior?
* ... that '''[[Wei Shoukun]]''', the longest-lived academician of the [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]], taught at 10 universities over his 80-year career? <!--Special occasion hook for June 30-->
* ... that the '''[[wildlife of Senegal]]''' includes a critically endangered subspecies of the [[giant eland]] and the common '''[[Senegal one-striped grass mouse]]'''?
* ... that despite being parodied on [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] TV as "'''[[Billionaire Ted]]'''", [[World Championship Wrestling]] owner [[Ted Turner]] reportedly found the sketches funny?
* ... that '''[[Edward McGeachy]]''' took a butler with him when he surveyed Fort Stewart Estate in colonial Jamaica?