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31 July 2015
- 15:05, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
Grain Tower at low tide
- 00:40, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
Wendiceratops
30 July 2015
- 12:55, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
Frans Goedhart
- 01:10, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
Suna Besha
29 July 2015
- 12:45, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
Ramagiri Fort
- ... that it is believed that Ramagiri Fort (pictured) inspired the Sanskrit poet Kālidāsa to write his lyric poem, Meghadūta?
- ... that although Mathilde Wurm's death was ruled a suicide, some believed she was killed by the Gestapo?
- ... that at 10,400 feet (3,200 m), the Staten Island Tunnel would have been the world's longest tunnel, but it was abandoned after only 150 feet (46 m) of it had been built?
- ... that Rodger Dudding got his start as the largest owner of self-storage garages in the United Kingdom by buying ten units from his landlord?
- ... that the fossil crane fly Elephantomyia baltica is known from a single male in amber?
- ... that Fanling Lodge, the summer residence for the then Governor of Hong Kong, served as a venue for secret discussions between China and the United Kingdom in the years preceding the 1997 handover?
- ... that the film Miracles from Heaven is based on a memoir by Christy Beam about her sick daughter, who was miraculously cured after surviving a near-death experience?
- ... that former John Bartram High School basketball player Tyrone Garland scored the third-most points in Philadelphia Public League history, being surpassed only by Maureece Rice and Wilt Chamberlain?
- 01:00, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
Crested quetzal
28 July 2015
- 13:15, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
Lieutenant General Reg Pollard
- ... that when Lieutenant (later Lieutenant General Sir) Reg Pollard got married, his wife cut the cake with the Sword of Honour he had been awarded at the Royal Military College, Duntroon?
- ... that the ghost jellyfish may have a goose barnacle hanging from its bell and little fish swimming among its tentacles?
- ... that in the Paramahamsa Upanishad, Brahma explains that by discerning the staff of knowledge, one may become a paramahamsa?
- ... that Danielle Wineman, Miss Montana 2015, is the older sister of Alexis Wineman, Miss Montana 2012?
- ... that Australian power pop group Sunnyboys issued their nation's first cassette single, "Happy Man", in June 1981?
- ... that the Koma Kulshan Project was built on Mount Baker, a volcano called Koma Kulshan by the Lummi people?
- ... that Hong Kong Free Press was established in response to concerns of declining press freedom?
- ... that in the early 1970s, a flooded strip pit near Powderly Creek made national news when a UFO supposedly crashed into it?
- 01:30, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
Paul Gauguin's self‑portrait
27 July 2015
- 12:35, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
Rikitea
- 00:50, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
Doncaster Round Barn
26 July 2015
- 13:05, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
Franklin with Loxley's house key
- 01:20, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
25 July 2015
- 13:35, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
A view from Dilek Peninsula
- ... that six of the species native to Dilek Peninsula-Büyük Menderes Delta National Park are not found anywhere else in the world?
- ... that finds of the Neolithic period from the archaeological excavations at Zhejiang and Jiangxi have led to a claim in China that the groundnut is an indigenous crop?
- ... that I Am Jazz, the first reality show about a transgender teen, debuted on TLC at the same time Caitlyn Jenner was receiving the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs?
- ... that after signing a professional contract with Italian club Palermo, Norwegian footballer Arne Kotte injured his knee five minutes into his first training match, and was out of action for six months?
- ... that during the O.J. Simpson murder trial, judge Lance Ito applied a legal rule that has been described as a "discredited doctrine"?
- ... that Miss Indiana 2015 Morgan Jackson is the daughter of Trina Collins, Miss New Mexico 1984?
- ... that Ray Holley, who installed air conditioners until April 2015, became a starting running back in the Canadian Football League in June?
- ... that Peg Plunkett, brothel keeper, had the leader of the Pinking Dindies gang sent to jail after she lost her baby?
- 01:50, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
Maluti temples
24 July 2015
- 13:35, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
- 01:50, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
23 July 2015
- 14:05, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
USS Colorado (BB-45)
- 02:20, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
22 July 2015
- 12:00, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
- 00:05, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
21 July 2015
- 12:20, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
- 00:35, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
20 July 2015
- 12:50, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
- 00:00, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
- ... that Edinburgh's "forgotten heroines", Eliza Wigham, Jane Smeal, Priscilla Bright McLaren, and Elizabeth Pease, were associated with the Edinburgh Ladies' Emancipation Society (logo pictured)?
- ... that an icon of Saint Nicholas was installed on the new lighthouse at Zourafa, a Natura 2000-designated Greek rock in the northeastern Aegean Sea?
- ... that biological anthropologist David Tab Rasmussen enjoyed working in the Neotropics because it allowed him to study both primates and birds, his two favorite subjects?
- ... that after Roberto Orci exited the movie Star Trek Beyond, Edgar Wright was rumoured to direct it, but Justin Lin got the job?
- ... that a year after the successful British invasion of the Cape Colony in 1795, a Dutch reinforcement convoy was forced to surrender at the Capitulation of Saldanha Bay?
- ... that the flashes of folk humour in I. I. Mironescu's published stories reflect his reported talent as a raconteur?
- ... that the lyrics of "The Art of Seduction", the lead track on the album Life by Heo Young-saeng, tell a story that is the complete opposite of its music video's plot?
- ... that each of the top five highest-earning American game show contestants of all time have played on Jeopardy!?
19 July 2015
- 12:00, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
- 00:00, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
18 July 2015
- 12:00, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
- 00:00, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
17 July 2015
- 12:15, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
- 00:30, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
16 July 2015
- 12:00, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
- 00:00, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
15 July 2015
- 12:00, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
- 00:10, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
14 July 2015
- 12:25, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
- 00:40, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
13 July 2015
- 12:00, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
- 00:00, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
- ... that the fruit bodies (mushrooms) of Rubroboletus rubrosanguineus (pictured) smell like hay?
- ... that Christian Kracht's novel Imperium was debated in German newspapers in 2012 when it was accused of signaling a "racist worldview"?
- ... that the West Branch Lackawanna River was referred to as Ball Creek on a 1944 USGS map, but locals later denied knowledge of the name?
- ... that although it is generally used as a racist slur, some British Pakistanis are attempting to reclaim the word "Paki"?
- ... that the right foot of the female figure in The Combat: Woman Pleading for the Vanquished "seems actually to glow with the rich juice of life"?
- ... that, after H2O.ai's open-source machine-learning software H2O was ranked best in its class, Fortune profiled H2O programmer Arno Candel as a Big-Data All-Star?
- ... that Miss Florida 2015, Mary Katherine Fechtel, won her first pageant title, Junior Miss Leesburg 2007, at age 12?
- ... that architectural historians have commented that the battlements of St John the Evangelist's Church, Yealand Conyers, are clumsy and the hood moulds lumpy?
12 July 2015
- 12:00, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
11 July 2015
- 23:46, 11 July 2015 (UTC)
- 11:31, 11 July 2015 (UTC)
10 July 2015
- 23:16, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
- 11:01, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
9 July 2015
8 July 2015
7 July 2015
6 July 2015
5 July 2015
4 July 2015
3 July 2015
2 July 2015
- ... that the "P"-badge (pictured) for Polish forced laborers was the first official, public badge introduced by Nazi Germany, preceding the "Jewish yellow star" by over a year?
- ... that Lixia Zhang coined the term "middlebox"?
- ... that Canadian artist Jillian Tamaki, of This One Summer fame, wrote the Adventure Time episodes "Astral Plane" and "The Diary"?
- ... that Bach's cantata Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21, probably served for both a memorial service and for job applications, and certainly for the Third Sunday after Trinity in 1714 and 1723?
- ... that the golfer Bertie Snowball was a professional in all four Home Nations before being killed in action during World War I, aged just 28?
- ... that most of the flow that Wilson Creek contributes to the Lackawanna River comes from one acid mine drainage discharge?
- ... that the #NiUnaMenos demonstration against femicide in Argentina was attended by nearly 200,000 people?
- ... that in 1681, a white woman married an African slave in colonial Maryland, even though she knew that doing so would condemn her to a life of slavery?
1 July 2015
- ... that the future Marshal of the Royal Air Force John Slessor (pictured) was lame as a result of polio and only gained his commission as a second lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps in 1915 with the help of family connections?
- ... that the small trees and shrubs Myrcianthes coquimbensis, Myrceugenia rufa, Myrceugenia colchaguensis, and Myrceugenia leptospermoides are endemic to the coastal region of Chile and are all endangered?
- ... that Tyus Battle won a gold medal in the final of the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship?
- ... that Ivory Coast is one of the largest producers of robusta in the world?
- ... that the Saverne Tunnel beneath Mont Saint-Michel will allow trains on a new high-speed rail line in France to operate at a maximum speed of 350 km/h (220 mph)?
- ... that Kyle Gallner did not know that his character in Veronica Mars, Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas, would be revealed as a murderer in the second season finale, "Not Pictured", until a costumer told him?
- ... that at Bobby Chinn's self-titled restaurant in Hanoi, dishes are influenced by his time in France, including filet mignon in spring rolls?
- ... that oncologist Alan Coates was once lowered through the ceiling of St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney?