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30 November 2018
- 00:00, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
29 November 2018
- 00:00, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
![Lula Mysz-Gmeiner](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Lula_Gmeiner.jpg/98px-Lula_Gmeiner.jpg)
Lula Mysz-Gmeiner
- ... that Lula Mysz-Gmeiner (pictured), a contralto and influential voice teacher from Transylvania, performed lieder written for her by Max Reger and other prominent contemporaries?
- ... that a unit of disabled and aged veterans garrisoned key parts of Great Britain in the 18th century?
- ... that in 1923, Andrew B. Turnbull helped convert the Green Bay Packers into a publicly-held, non-profit corporation, and then was elected as that corporation's first president?
- ... that Nanchang Laoyingfang Airport, once an airbase used to attack Chinese communist rebels, is now the site of the communist provincial government?
- ... that Mary Ellen Cuper was the first postmistress at New Norcia?
- ... that the United States was ordered by the World Court to lift some sanctions against Iran over humanitarian concerns?
- ... that Burhan Uray worked as a logger and rubber tapper before becoming "the timber king" of Indonesia?
- ... that after being damaged twice by Allied ships, escorting a blockade runner, and hitting two mines, the German torpedo boat T24 was sunk by air-launched rockets?
28 November 2018
- 00:00, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
![Relocated cemetery at Georgetown University](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Georgetown_University_Jesuit_Cemetery.jpg/150px-Georgetown_University_Jesuit_Cemetery.jpg)
Relocated cemetery at Georgetown University
27 November 2018
- 00:00, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
![The Durant](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flint_July_2018_01_%28The_Durant_-_Hotel_Durant%29.jpg/120px-Flint_July_2018_01_%28The_Durant_-_Hotel_Durant%29.jpg)
The Durant
- ... that The Durant (pictured) in Flint, Michigan, was opened as a hotel in 1920, vacated in 1973, acquired by the Genesee County Land Bank in 2005, and reopened as an apartment building in 2010?
- ... that Mexican suspected hitman René Velázquez Valenzuela shaved his head and grew his beard as a sign of loyalty to his boss?
- ... that the concept of an ethnographic group is more commonly found in Soviet and post-Soviet, rather than Western, scholarly works?
- ... that when William C. F. Robinson was sworn in as governor of South Australia, the band played a song that he had composed himself?
- ... that for his role in the Holocaust, Adolf Eichmann was described as a desk murderer by Hannah Arendt?
- ... that the herring-bone hydroid has two types of feeding polyp which differ in their behaviour?
- ... that Close But No Cigar, the debut album of the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, reached number one on the U.S. Contemporary Jazz Albums chart?
26 November 2018
- 00:00, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
![Kirchner acting in 2015](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Die_Macht_der_Finsternis_5798-Michelides.jpg/120px-Die_Macht_der_Finsternis_5798-Michelides.jpg)
Kirchner acting in 2015
25 November 2018
- 00:10, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
![Detail of chandelier in Thorne miniature room](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/12-1257-miniatures-chandelier-chicago-museum-art.jpg/100px-12-1257-miniatures-chandelier-chicago-museum-art.jpg)
Detail of chandelier in Thorne miniature room
24 November 2018
- 00:00, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
23 November 2018
- 00:00, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
![Ha! Ha! Pyramid](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Pyramide_des_Ha%21_Ha%21_2018.jpg/100px-Pyramide_des_Ha%21_Ha%21_2018.jpg)
Ha! Ha! Pyramid
22 November 2018
- 00:00, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
![Constantin Cantacuzino around 1820](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Pavel_%C4%90urkovi%C4%87_%28attrib.%29_-_Constantin_Cantacuzino.png/108px-Pavel_%C4%90urkovi%C4%87_%28attrib.%29_-_Constantin_Cantacuzino.png)
Constantin Cantacuzino around 1820
- ... that when Constantin Cantacuzino (pictured) was made Caimacam of Wallachia, his own son reportedly shouted in protest?
- ... that the Deccan Chargers, winners of the 2009 Indian Premier League, finished last in the league stage in the previous season with just two wins in fourteen matches?
- ... that before becoming a Yad Vashem historian, Shmuel Krakowski worked for Polish communist intelligence and security organizations?
- ... that viewers have watched 1.5 billion minutes of BuzzFeed's Worth It in 2018 alone?
- ... that a letter authored by Ali, the first Shia Imam, to Malik al-Ashtar, governor of Egypt, includes a model for governing based on justice for every place and every time?
- ... that Peter Bielik was nominated for director of the National Memory Institute, despite having blamed Jewish Holocaust survivors for the 1945 Topoľčany pogrom?
- ... that the sea hedgehog hydroid is predated by the nudibranch Zelentia pustulata, which feeds on it and winds egg coils around its branches?
- ... that Lukas Radovich believed his audition for the Home and Away character Ryder Jackson went so badly that he booked a flight to Perth, but was then offered the role?
21 November 2018
- 00:00, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
![Bloodhound missile](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bloodhound_SAM_at_the_RAF_Museum.jpg/120px-Bloodhound_SAM_at_the_RAF_Museum.jpg)
Bloodhound missile
20 November 2018
- 00:00, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
![Cathedral of the Plains](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/VictoriaKansasCathedralOfThePlainsFront.jpg/100px-VictoriaKansasCathedralOfThePlainsFront.jpg)
Cathedral of the Plains
19 November 2018
- 04:20, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
![Coat of arms of the Prince of Wales](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Prince_of_Wales.svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Prince_of_Wales.svg.png)
Coat of arms of the Prince of Wales
18 November 2018
- 00:00, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
![King Kalākaua during his state visit](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Kalakaua_state_visit_to_Washington%2C_colored_engraving_%28cropped%29.jpg/67px-Kalakaua_state_visit_to_Washington%2C_colored_engraving_%28cropped%29.jpg)
King Kalākaua during his state visit
- ... that King Kalākaua's 1874–75 state visit to the United States (Kalākaua pictured) made the African-American Pacific Appeal newspaper wonder if there was "a sudden abandonment of colorphobia prejudice"?
- ... that historian Felix Römer found that 116 of 137 German World War II combat divisions he researched implemented the Commissar Order, contrary to postwar denials?
- ... that after Schafkopf and Watten, Wallachen is probably the most widely-played card game in Old Bavaria and an indispensable part of Bavarian pub culture?
- ... that the back cover of Luis Miguel's album México en la Piel was changed in 2005 because the original had altered the colors of the Mexican flag, which is illegal in Mexico?
- ... that Chang Chun-Yen, a pioneer of Taiwan's hi-tech industry, was forbidden from going abroad to study because of his father's involvement in the February 28 incident?
- ... that neuroendocrinologist Catherine Woolley found evidence of brain plasticity using a technique described in 1873?
- ... that an enclave of Edmonds, Washington, was formed after several failed attempts at annexing the community of Esperance?
- ... that Brennan's Criterion Bar in Bundoran, Ireland, had no television, discouraged live music, and banned swearing?
17 November 2018
- 00:00, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
![A. tenuissima](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Acacia_tenuissima_2.jpg/120px-Acacia_tenuissima_2.jpg)
A. tenuissima
16 November 2018
- 00:00, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
![Harrods at night](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Harrods_at_Night%2C_London_-_Nov_2012.jpg/112px-Harrods_at_Night%2C_London_-_Nov_2012.jpg)
Harrods at night
15 November 2018
- 00:00, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
![Lady Angela in 1921](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Lady_Angela_Forbes%2C_by_Dorothy_Wilding_%281921%29.jpg/95px-Lady_Angela_Forbes%2C_by_Dorothy_Wilding_%281921%29.jpg)
Lady Angela in 1921
- ... that the poet Edith Sitwell described Lady Angela Forbes (pictured) as "an elderly gorilla affected with sex appeal"?
- ... that the stretch limousine involved in the recent crash near Schoharie, New York, killing 20, appeared at two vehicle inspections earlier this year with different license plates?
- ... that in 1800, a reviewer of Francis Hews's writings was unsure whether he should be sent to "Bridewell for correction, or to Bedlam for a cure"?
- ... that Cliona orientalis is a bioeroding sponge that tunnels into such corals as Goniopora tenuidens, Dipsastraea pallida, and Astreopora listeri?
- ... that Liamani Segura, who sang the US national anthem before 1,300 high school basketball fans at age six, taught herself by watching music videos on YouTube?
- ... that Tania Tetlow is the first female president of Loyola University New Orleans?
- ... that Greenwich pensioners played one-armed versus one-legged cricket?
14 November 2018
- 00:00, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
13 November 2018
- 00:00, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
![Bust of Ptolemy I in the Louvre](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Ptolemy_I_Soter_Louvre_Ma849.jpg/100px-Ptolemy_I_Soter_Louvre_Ma849.jpg)
Bust of
Ptolemy I in
the Louvre
12 November 2018
- 00:00, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
![Red remembrance poppy](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Royal_British_Legion%27s_Paper_Poppy.jpg/120px-Royal_British_Legion%27s_Paper_Poppy.jpg)
Red remembrance poppy
11 November 2018
- 00:00, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
![Luther Monument on a 1902 postcard](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Lutherdenkmal1.jpg/120px-Lutherdenkmal1.jpg)
Luther Monument on a 1902 postcard
- ... that the main statue of Martin Luther in the 1868 Luther Monument (pictured) in Worms appears in several copies in the United States, including in Washington, D.C.?
- ... that the lake at the bottom of Kauhakō Crater has a greater depth-to-surface-area ratio than any other lake in the world?
- ... that the Mexican Army leaked a picture of Misael Torres Urrea that ended up popularizing several drug ballads?
- ... that despite the coral Stylophora pistillata being a common species with a wide distribution, and Stylophora madagascarensis being common around the coast of Madagascar, the IUCN has assessed one as "near threatened" and the other as "endangered"?
- ... that Anne Ratna Mustika, her husband, and her uncle all served as regents of Purwakarta, Indonesia?
- ... that despite clear orders to fire only if fired upon, the German torpedo boat Albatros crippled the Norwegian ship Pol III after being rammed, thus firing the first shot of the Norwegian Campaign?
- ... that Gary Wiren is estimated to have taught golf to more than a quarter of a million people in 32 countries?
- ... that in 1976, the Gilling sword was found in a river by a nine-year old boy, and was subsequently awarded its own Blue Peter badge?
10 November 2018
- 00:00, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
![Chalfont Viaduct in 2009](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Give_Peas_A_Chance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1723109.jpg/120px-Give_Peas_A_Chance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1723109.jpg)
Chalfont Viaduct in 2009
9 November 2018
- 00:00, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
![Mark 1A Light Weight Air Warning Radar](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Mark_1A_Light_Weight_Air_Warning_Radar._6091121.jpg/92px-Mark_1A_Light_Weight_Air_Warning_Radar._6091121.jpg)
Mark 1A Light Weight Air Warning Radar
8 November 2018
- 00:00, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
![The Surrey Stag](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Surrey_University_Geograph-1215999-by-Colin-Smith.jpg/100px-Surrey_University_Geograph-1215999-by-Colin-Smith.jpg)
The Surrey Stag
7 November 2018
- 00:00, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
![Catherine Kerrison](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/2018-us-nationalbookfestival-catherine-kerrison.jpg/88px-2018-us-nationalbookfestival-catherine-kerrison.jpg)
Catherine Kerrison
6 November 2018
- 00:00, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
![Avis Crocombe and husband, 1886](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Avis_Crocombe_and_Benjamin_Stride_1886.jpg/87px-Avis_Crocombe_and_Benjamin_Stride_1886.jpg)
Avis Crocombe and husband, 1886
5 November 2018
- 00:00, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
![Mount Judd](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/View_towards_Mount_Judd_%28geograph_4214268%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-View_towards_Mount_Judd_%28geograph_4214268%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Mount Judd
4 November 2018
- 00:00, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
![Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in 2018](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Das_Staatstheater_am_G%C3%A4rtnerplatz_04.jpg/120px-Das_Staatstheater_am_G%C3%A4rtnerplatz_04.jpg)
Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in 2018
3 November 2018
- 00:00, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
![A decorated trajinera by Romero](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Milton_Mart%C3%ADnez%2C_Secretar%C3%ADa_de_Cultura_CDMX_trajinera_crop_2016_CC2.0.jpg/94px-Milton_Mart%C3%ADnez%2C_Secretar%C3%ADa_de_Cultura_CDMX_trajinera_crop_2016_CC2.0.jpg)
A decorated trajinera by Romero
2 November 2018
- 00:00, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
![Warsaw Ghetto boy](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Stroop_Report_-_Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising_BW.jpg/120px-Stroop_Report_-_Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising_BW.jpg)
Warsaw Ghetto boy
1 November 2018
- 00:00, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
- ... that satyrs (example pictured) are male nature spirits in Greek mythology known for their mischievous and bawdy behavior?
- ... that the citizens of Târgoviște, Romania, put a jinx on boyar Emanoil Băleanu, which was seen as being fulfilled when his wife died in childbirth?
- ... that The Hexer, the first attempt to portray The Witcher universe in film, was "crushed by the reviewers and laughed out by fans", and has since been described as "the film we all want to forget"?
- ... that the sponge Oscarella lobularis can multiply by forming drips and bubbles?
- ... that between 1933 and 1936, Max Troll betrayed hundreds of fellow communists to the Bavarian Political Police, a forerunner of the Gestapo?
- ... that the rock band XTC were a key influence on Britpop and later power pop acts?
- ... that following the July Revolution in France, Heinrich Heine wrote a history of emancipation in Germany, beginning with Luther's Reformation?
- ... that Donald Liebenberg experienced 74 minutes of totality aboard a Concorde during the solar eclipse of June 30, 1973?