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===30 June 2013===
*'''''17:50, 30 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Paynter.jpg|100x100px|Paynter at the [[2012 Belmont Stakes]]]]
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*... that the race horse '''[[Paynter (horse)|Paynter]]''' ''(pictured)'' survived a near-fatal case of [[Colitis-X|colitis]], [[laminitis]] and abdominal surgery, then won the first race of his 2013 comeback by {{frac|4|1|2}} [[horse length|lengths]]?
*... that despite writing moderate columns and playing the role of mediator, '''[[Mansoor al-Jamri]]''' was not spared from the effects of the [[Bahraini uprising (2011–present)|Bahraini uprising]]?
*... that it took seven years after the '''[[French destroyer Espingole|French destroyer ''Espingole'']]''' [[Ship grounding|ran aground]] for her [[captain (nautical)|captain]] to be [[court-martial]]led and acquitted? 
*... that baritone '''[[Gerhard Faulstich]]''' takes an "unpretentious, conversational approach" to the [[Vox Christi|part of Jesus]] in his recording of Bach's ''[[St Matthew Passion]]''? 
*... that when '''[[Garendon Hall]]''' was demolished in 1964, the building's rubble was used in the construction of the [[M1 motorway]]?
*... that ChinaAid, '''[[Bob Fu]]'''{{`s}} [[legal aid]] organization for [[Christianity in China|Christians in China]], is largely funded by wealthy oil magnates from [[Midland, Texas]]? 
*... that '''[[IDT Megabite Cafe]]''' is considered to be the world's first [[kosher]] [[cybercafe]]?


*'''''10:05, 30 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:CourtofAppealsPano.jpg|100x100px|Front facade of building]]
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* ... that the [[Rotunda (architecture)|rotunda]] of the '''[[New York Court of Appeals Building]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Albany, New York|Albany]] uses all three [[classical order]]s? 
*... that the 25-year-old law student '''[[Vardan Stepanyan]]''' fought in two wars?
*... that in 2009 the '''[[Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia]]''' defended a 12-year-old boy who was arrested after being given a stolen chocolate [[Freddo Frog]]? 
*... that after losing three fingers and an arm in World War II and being pronounced dead during one of his 33 surgical operations, '''[[Sam K. Harrison]]''' went on to head two successful corporations?
*... that [[beef cattle|beef calves]] born in the spring may have their diets supplemented with '''[[creep feeding]]''' to encourage weight gain? 
*... that German [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] '''[[Jürgen Rynio]]''' is the only player to have been relegated from the [[Bundesliga]] with five different clubs?
*... that 13th-Century [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] nuns of '''[[Langley Priory]]''' claimed to belong to the [[Cistercians|Order of Cistercians]] as a means of avoiding land [[tithe|tax]]?


*'''''02:20, 30 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Elgin (Illinois) Centennial half dollar obverse.jpg|100x100px|Elgin, Illinois, Centennial half dollar]]
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*... that although the '''[[Elgin, Illinois, Centennial half dollar|Elgin half dollar]]''' ''(pictured)'' was struck to celebrate the centennial of [[Elgin, Illinois]] (1835&ndash;1935), neither date appears on the coin? 
*... that blind singer '''[[Annie Landouw]]''' may have inspired a main character in [[Armijn Pane]]'s ''[[Belenggu]]''? 
*... that the '''[[Sadler effect]]''' explains why more ancient geological [[period (geology)|periods]] are longer than more recent ones? 
*... that according to Larry Loh of ''[[CNNGo]]'', '''[[Milo Dinosaur]]s''' are a reason why [[Singapore]] is the best country in the world?
*... that in the upcoming [[video game]] '''''[[The Crew (video game)|The Crew]]''''', players can drive coast-to-coast across the [[United States]] in 90 minutes?
*... that '''[[William M. Brish]]''' was instrumental in developing the '''[[Washington County Closed-Circuit Educational Television Project|first closed circuit television network]]''' for public elementary schools?
*... that [[Singapore]]an businessperson '''[[Zeng Guo Yuan]]''' spent three weeks in jail for placing sunshades at his two stores without permission?

===29 June 2013===
*'''''18:35, 29 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Sarah Harrison, 2013.jpg|100x100px|Photograph of Sarah Harrison]]
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*... that [[WikiLeaks]]'s '''[[Sarah Harrison (journalist)|Sarah Harrison]]''' ''(pictured)'' accompanied [[Edward Snowden]] on his flight from Hong Kong to Moscow en route to [[political asylum]]? 
*... that the court of requests instituted by '''[[John Shaa|Sir John Shaa]]''' while he was [[Lord Mayor of London]] proved unpopular because it favoured the poor more than "Justyce & good lawe Requyrid"? 
*... that '''''[[Crak!]]''''' is a [[Roy Lichtenstein]] [[lithograph]] used in marketing posters for Lichtenstein's 1963 exhibition at the [[Leo Castelli Gallery]] that included ''[[Whaam!]]'', ''[[Drowning Girl]]'', ''[[Torpedo...Los!]]'' and ''[[In the Car]]''? 
*... that the '''[[King's Lines]]''', '''[[Queen's Lines]]''' and '''[[Prince's Lines]]''' in [[Gibraltar]] were part of a British defensive system that the Spanish called the "Mouth of Fire"? 
*... that German biochemistry student '''[[Magnus Manske]]''' wrote an early version of the Wikipedia platform, and [[Jimmy Wales]] declared January 25 to be Magnus Manske day in his honor? 
*... that the [[olive ridley sea turtle]] nests on the beach in '''[[Carazo Department]]''', Nicaragua?
*... that [[National Hero of Indonesia]] '''[[Iwa Koesoemasoemantri]]''' was jailed by both the Dutch and Indonesians?


*'''''10:50, 29 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;"> [[File:Virtuix Omni Skyrim (cropped).jpg|100x100px|Player running on Virtuix Omni omnidirectional treadmill]]</div>
*... that the '''[[Virtuix Omni]]''' [[omnidirectional treadmill]] [[game controller|video game controller]] ''(pictured)'' lets [[virtual reality]] gamers physically walk within virtual game environments?
*... that '''[[Henri de Kérillis]]''' supported [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]], opposed [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]], supported [[Charles de Gaulle|de Gaulle]], then opposed de Gaulle?
*... that in the poem '''''[[The Hymn of Samadhi]]''''', [[Swami Vivekananda]] explained experiences of ''[[Nirvikalpa|Nirvikalpa Samadhi]]''?
*... that the [[Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute]] predicts that by the year 2100, '''[[tropical cyclone effects in Europe]]''' will greatly increase, including storms similar to 2012 [[Hurricane Sandy]]?
*... that [[Andjar Asmara|Andjar]] and [[Ratna Asmara]] each earned 1,000&nbsp;gulden for their roles in '''''[[Noesa Penida]]'''''?
*... that although the 1822 '''[[Battle of Nauplia (1822)|Battle of Nauplia]]''' ended without any major losses on either side, it is considered a victory for the Greek admiral [[Andreas Vokos Miaoulis]]?
*... that Frederick Ashton's first ballet, '''''[[A Tragedy of Fashion]]''''', was inspired by a chef who killed himself when his fish delivery was late?


*'''''03:05, 29 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Düsseldorf St Andreas n O.jpg|100x100px|Interior of St. Andreas Düsseldorf with stucco]]
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*... that Johannes Kuhn from Strassburg did the stucco work ''(pictured)'' in '''''[[St. Andreas, Düsseldorf|St.&nbsp;Andreas]]''''', the court church in [[Düsseldorf]]?
*... that over half the inhabitants of '''[[Cabañas Department]]''' of [[El Salvador]] are impoverished?
*... that according to [[Electronic Arts|EA Sports]], its '''[[Ignite (game engine)|Ignite game engine]]''' for [[Next generation (video game consoles)|next-gen]] [[video game consoles|consoles]] allows players to act more like real athletes in having to make snap judgements and brace for impacts? 
*... that the '''[[blackspot shark]]''' feeds on small fish, crustaceans and squid and is not dangerous to man?
*... that '''[[David Berg (pitcher)|David Berg]]''' broke the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] record for [[save (baseball)|saves]] in a single [[college baseball]] season?
*... that [[Santana (band)|Santana]]'s ''[[Supernatural (Santana album)|Supernatural]]'' won the [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year]] and the '''[[Premio Lo Nuestro 2000|Lo Nuestro Award]]''' for Pop Album of the Year in 2000?
*... that '''[[Bibi Amtus Salam]]''', an associate of [[MK Gandhi|Gandhi]]'s, played a role in popularising Jinnah's title of [[Quaid-e-Azam]]?

===28 June 2013===
*'''''19:20, 28 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Bikinis Bar and Grill exterior cropped.jpg|100x100px|Exterior view of Austin, Texas Bikinis location]]

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*... that Texas-based '''[[Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill]]''' ''(Austin location pictured)'' has trademarked the term "breastaurant"?
*... that '''[[Prince Leopold Clement of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Prince Leopold Clement]]'''{{'s}} failure to marry his girlfriend led her to [[Acid throwing|burn his face with acid]] and commit [[murder-suicide|suicide after fatally wounding him]]?
*... that the poems in [[Maya Angelou]]'s '''''[[Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well]]''''' are best if read aloud?
*... that the '''[[Battle of Kozludzha]]''' on 20 June 1774 was a decisive Ottoman defeat in the [[Russo-Turkish War (1768–74)|four year Russo-Turkish War]] that ended a month later?
*... that [[Inoe Perbatasari]]'s first films were '''''[[Elang Darat]]''''' (''Land Hawk'') and '''''[[Poetri Rimba]]''''' (''Jungle Princess'')?
*... that highly skilled fielder '''[[Jim Eaglestone]]''' had the distinction of being featured in two successive [[County Championship]]–winning [[county cricket|cricket]] teams?
*...that nearly 8,000 birds per hour can be gathered up with the '''[[chicken harvester]]'''?


*'''''11:35, 28 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:London England Temple 008.jpg|100x100px|The London England Temple at Newchapel in the Surrey district of Tandridge]]
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*... that '''[[List of places of worship in Tandridge (district)|places of worship in the Surrey district of Tandridge]]''' include a [[London England Temple|Latter-day Saints' Temple]] ''(pictured)'', a [[Byzantine Revival architecture|Neo-Byzantine]] United Reformed church and a converted school building?
*... that medical doctor '''[[Moewardi]]''' organised security for both [[Sukarno]] and [[Mohammad Hatta]]?
*... that [[John Donne]]'s '''''[[Devotions upon Emergent Occasions]]''''' is one of only seven printed works he acknowledged authorship of?
*... that '''[[Bill Orr (Nebraska first gentleman)|Bill Orr]]''', the only First Gentleman of Nebraska, wrote a cookbook, with recipes by [[Johnny Carson]] and [[Warren Buffet]], to raise money to refurbish the [[Nebraska Governor's Mansion|state governor's mansion]]?
*... that [[EA Sports]] put its ''[[Fight Night (EA video game series)|Fight Night]]'' boxing video game series on hiatus to develop their upcoming [[mixed martial arts]] game, '''''[[EA Sports UFC]]'''''?
*... that the '''''[[Catholic Press]]''''' and the [[Australian Workers' Union]] periodical the ''Worker'' were the only two Australian newspapers opposing conscription in 1916–17?
*... that West Indies cricket star [[Garfield Sobers]] outraged supporters in 1970 by '''[[Garfield Sobers Rhodesia affair|playing in Rhodesia]]'''?


*'''''03:50, 28 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:USS Arctic (1873).jpg|100x100px|USS Arctic]]
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*... that the second '''[[Ice Boat No. 3|USS ''Arctic'']]''' ''(pictured)'' received her [[Ship commissioning|commission]] in spite of being described as slow, unwieldy and vulnerable to shellfire?
*... that '''[[Operation Claw]]''' was a Swedish-American operation to transfer 35 German [[signals intelligence]] experts from Norway to a U.S. base in Germany?
*... that [[Corn production in the United States|'''US corn production''']] is ranked first in the world, and 20% of its annual yield is exported?
*... that '''[[Rii Sen]]''' won a best actress award at [[Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema|Osian's Cinefan Film Festival]] for the movie ''Cosmic Sex''?
*... that [[Bruce Springsteen]] praised the lyrics of [[Chuck Berry]]'s "'''[[Nadine (song)|Nadine]]'''" by saying, "I've never seen a coffee-colored Cadillac, but I know exactly what one looks like"?
*... that '''''[[Bunostegos]]''''' was named for its unusually knobbly head?
*... that a pizza party resulted in no one receiving the [[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|DFL]] endorsement for '''[[Minneapolis mayoral election, 2013|mayor of Minneapolis this year]]'''?

===27 June 2013===
*'''''16:00, 27 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Grays Almshouses plate.jpg|100x100px|Gray's Almhouses]]
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*... that '''[[Gray's Almshouses, Taunton|Gray's Almshouses]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Taunton]] are probably the oldest brick buildings in [[Somerset]]?
*... that upcoming video game '''''[[Just Dance 2014]]''''' features a competitive [[massively multiplayer online]] mode where all players worldwide dance to the same [[playlist]]?
*... that in 1996, the Abu Dhabi Seaports Authority announced a Dh2.4 billion development plan of '''[[Mussafah]]''' and a new port?
*... that '''[[Mary Anne Whitby]]''', who had reintroduced [[sericulture]] to England in the 1830s, carried out selective breeding experiments on her silkworms which were published by [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]]?
*... that a shortage of firearms caused the World War II '''[[1st Czechoslovak Partisan Brigade of Jan Žižka]]''' to have to turn away new recruits?
*... that '''[[Thomas Woodbine Hinchliff|T. W. Hinchliff]]''' has been called "one of the first to penetrate the higher solitudes of the world of ice and snow"?
*... that the '''[[National Council on Teacher Quality]]'''{{`}}s first report and rankings of U.S. teacher preparation programs refer to the field as "an industry of mediocrity"?


*'''''08:00, 27 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Tjerita Si Tjonat cover.jpg|100x100px|Cover]]
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*... that although the protagonist of '''[[F.D.J. Pangemanann]]'''{{`s}} novel '''''[[Tjerita Si Tjonat]]''''' ''(cover pictured)'' is evil without a single redeeming feature, he was portrayed as a popular hero in wartime Indonesia? 
*... that '''[[John Young (baseball)|John Young]]''' founded '''[[Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities]]''' in 1989 as a response to declining African-American participation in baseball?
*... that '''[[Maach]]''', the folk theatre from [[Madhya Pradesh]], derives its name from ''manch'', the Hindi word for "stage"?
*... that the servers of cloud storage company '''[[Tresorit]]''' have yet to be hacked, despite its offer of $10,000 to anyone who can do this?
*... that [[Justin Timberlake]] wrote "'''[[The Only Promise That Remains]]'''", a duet with country-music singer [[Reba McEntire]], the day after the two met at the [[2007 Grammy Awards]]?
*... that '''[[Bob Richards (Canadian rower)|Bob Richards]]''' was Canadian national champion in the double sculls six times between 1928 and 1950?
*... that the '''[[Spring House Gazebo]]''' in Cincinnati, Ohio, is said to be haunted?


*'''''00:00, 27 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Dinkey Creek Bridge.jpg|100x100px|Dinkey Creek Bridge in 2008]]
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*... that the '''[[Dinkey Creek Bridge]]''' ''(pictured)'' is named after a dog?
*... that '''[[North Antelope Rochelle Mine]]''' is the largest coal mine in the United States?
*... that [[Amir Hamzah]] left '''[[List of works by Amir Hamzah|one of his fifty poems]]''' in his prison cell before being executed?
*... that '''''[[Takka Takka (Roy Lichtenstein)|Takka Takka]]''''' is a [[Roy Lichtenstein]] painting that depicts combat at the [[Battle of Guadalcanal]]?
*... that child actor '''[[Gus Lewis]]''' is said to have portrayed the only sympathetic character in the 2005 film ''[[Asylum (2005 film)|Asylum]]''? 
*... that '''[[Arena Corinthians]]''' will have the largest video screen in the world?
*... that Chinese courtesan '''[[Liu Rushi]]''' dressed up as a man in order to woo her husband [[Qian Qianyi]]?

===26 June 2013===
*'''''16:00, 26 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Golden Lion.JPG|100x100px|Golden Lion, Fulham]]
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*... that the old Tudor house of what is now the '''[[Golden Lion (Fulham public house)|Golden Lion pub]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the oldest house in [[Fulham]] before demolition in April 1836?
*... that ''[[Whaam!]]'', '''''[[Bratatat!]]''''' and '''''[[Varoom!]]''''' are among [[Roy Lichtenstein]]'s most well-known [[onomatopoeic]] works?
*... that inmates at the '''[[Gorgona Agricultural Penal Colony]]''' have partnered with the [[Frescobaldi]] family to produce high-end [[Italian wine]]?
*... that filming for '''''[[Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret]]''''' began as the related [[Murder of Travis Alexander|trial]] was underway, with the film's courtroom scenes being shot two days after the trial's conclusion? 
*... that [[Ernest Hemingway]] rewrote "'''[[The Revolutionist]]'''", first published as a [[Vignette (literature)|vignette]], for the 1925 American edition of ''[[In Our Time (short story collection)|In Our Time]]''?
*... that the scholar and mountaineer '''[[Arthur John Butler|A.&nbsp;J. Butler]]''' disparaged "the fuss made about [[Peak bagging|peak-climbing]]"?
*... that '''[[Auguste Dreyfus]]''' took over Peru's foreign debt in exchange for a [[guano]] monopoly?


*'''''08:10, 26 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Jacobo Timerman.JPG|100x100px|Timerman in 1977]]
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*... that lifetime Zionist '''[[Jacobo Timerman]]''' ''(pictured)'' survived arrest and torture in Argentina's [[Dirty War]] and reached Israel in 1979, only to return to Argentina five years later?
*... that some versions of the ''[[Ramayana]]'' narrate that the demon [[Ravana]] abducts an '''[[Maya Sita|illusionary double]]''' of [[Sita]], rather than the real one?
*... that "'''[[White Foxes]]'''", a 2012 single by singer-songwriter [[Susanne Sundfør]], quickly grew to be the most downloaded song on iTunes in Norway?
*... that '''[[Steven Balbus]]''' and '''[[John F. Hawley]]''' shared a US$1,000,000 prize for their astronomical discovery?
*... that the Georgian '''[[Oakley Hall, Hampshire|Oakley Hall]]''' in [[Hampshire]] is now a hotel and conference centre?
*... that the military doctrine of '''[[command by negation]]''', developed by the United States Navy in the 1980s, is similar to the ''[[Auftragstaktik]]'' doctrine used by German armed forces in the Second World War?
*... that one '''[[Belén López (actress)|Belén López]]''' was nominated for the Newcomer Award for her role in ''The Distance'' (2006), while another '''[[Belén López (flamenco dancer)|Belén López]]''' was the inspiration of film director [[Franco Zeffirelli]]?


*'''''00:00, 26 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Invasion Defences in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H7019.jpg|100x100px|FIDO landing system]]
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*... that in World War&nbsp;II, Britain's '''[[Petroleum Warfare Department]]''' threatened to set the sea on fire ''(demonstration pictured)''?
*... that with '''[[James Ince]]''', [[Larry Phillips (racing driver)|Larry Phillips]] won two consecutive [[Whelen All-American Series|Winston Racing Series]] championships?
*... that '''''[[The Company of Heaven]]''''', [[Benjamin Britten]]'s 1937 composition for speakers, soloists, choir and orchestra, contains "metrical spoken (shouted) male chorus"?
*... that [[Bahrain]]i former parliamentarian '''[[Abduljalil Khalil]]''' resigned his position in February 2011 in protest against government crackdown on [[Bahraini uprising (2011–present)|anti-government demonstrations]]?
*... that when the [[Merchandise Mart]] opened in '''[[Chicago in the 1930s|Chicago in 1930]]''', the $32 million, 4.2 million square foot (390,000 m²) building was the world's largest commercial building?
*... that the Pacific Ocean crash of '''[[Transocean Air Lines Flight&nbsp;512]]''' mobilized 19 [[United States Navy]] ships from [[Naval Station Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]], as well as 12 US Navy [[P2V Neptune]] aircraft?
*... that as of 2012, China is the '''[[Garlic production in China|largest producer of garlic]]''' in the world, producing 59 million metric tons annually, about 66 percent of total world production?

===25 June 2013===
*'''''16:00, 25 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Inside the rock a gallery.jpg|100x100px|View of one of the galleries excavated by Henry Ince]]
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*... that when [[Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, duc de Mahon|a French general]] saw the [[tunnels of Gibraltar|tunnels]] ''(pictured)'' excavated by British Army Sergeant-Major '''[[Henry Ince]]''', he is said to have exclaimed, "These works are worthy of the Romans"?
*... that the baronies of '''[[Barony of Akova|Akova]]''' and '''[[Barony of Patras|Patras]]''' were the two largest in the [[Principality of Achaea]]?
*... that '''[[Costanzo Antegnati]]''' published his most famous work, ''L'arte organica'', after suffering a [[stroke]]?
*... that the '''[[Swiss Informatics Society|largest Swiss organization of IT academics and professionals]]''' celebrates its 30th anniversary today? <!--Special occasion request for June 25-->
*... that ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s Jody Rosen described [[Maroon 5]]{{'}}s "'''[[Hands All Over (Maroon 5 song)|Hands All Over]]'''" as a "big, silly arena-rock song reminiscent of [[Def Leppard]]"? 
*... that '''[[argillipedoturbation]]''' is a process of soil-mixing in [[vertisol]] soils that results from large cracks in the soil's surface?
*... that the US government turned '''[[Two-cent piece (United States coin)|two cents]]''' into one?


*'''''08:00, 25 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Orval Overall circa 1910.jpg|100x100px|Orval Overall circa 1910]]
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*... that [[Orval Overall]] ''(pictured)'' is the only '''[[List of Major League Baseball pitchers who have struck out four batters in one inning|Major League Baseball player to strike out four batters in one inning]]''' in the [[World Series]]?
*... that the three cities of the '''[[West Triangle Economic Zone]]''' contribute 40% of Western China's GDP?
*... that ''[[Kismet (1943 film)|Kismet]]'', directed by '''[[Gyan Mukherjee]]''', ran at the [[Roxy Cinema (Kolkata)|Roxy, Kolkata]], for 3 years and 8 months? 
*... that [[Vauix Carter]] both coached and played for the '''[[1882 Navy Midshipmen football team]]'''? 
*... that [[Zhu Chenhao]] was sentenced to [[slow slicing]] for leading the '''[[Prince of Ning rebellion]]''' against the [[Ming Dynasty|Ming Dynasty]] [[Zhengde Emperor|emperor Zhengde]]? 
*... that '''[[Mirza Adeeb]]''' was a prominent modern Pakistani [[Urdu]] playwright whose later work focuses on social problems and daily life? 
*... that in '''''[[Laßt uns sorgen, laßt uns wachen, BWV 213|Die Wahl des Herkules]]''''', Hercules must choose between the good cop and the bad cop?


*'''''00:00, 25 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Blason ville fr Milizac (Finistère).svg|100x100px|Coat of arms of Milizac]]
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*... that in the Municipal Coat of Arms of '''[[Milizac]]''' ''(pictured)'' a black lion with a golden crown adorns one half of the coat of arms?
*... that in 1925 '''[[Prince Christian of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld|Prince Christian of Hesse]]''' became the first person of German origin post-World War I to dine with [[King George V]] and [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]] at [[Buckingham Palace]]?
*... that '''[[Alien Voices]]''' was a project founded by ''[[Star Trek]]'' actors [[John de Lancie]] and [[Leonard Nimoy]] to record science fiction radio plays?
*... that '''[[Louis Duret]]''' was the chief physician to King [[Charles IX of France|Charles IX]] and his brother King [[Henry III of France|Henry III]]?
*... that on the upcoming studio album '''''[[Age Against the Machine]]''''', the [[Goodie Mob]] sings about [[White nationalism|White Power]] from a Black perspective?
*... that '''[[Garendon Abbey]]''' was already partially ruinous when it was [[Dissolution of the monasteries|dissolved]] in 1536?
*... that '''[[Wesley Warren Jr.|a man with a scrotum estimated to weigh over {{convert|160|lb}}]]''' is the subject of a [[Channel 4]] documentary titled ''The Man with the 10-Stone Testicles''?

===24 June 2013===
*'''''16:00, 24 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:明武宗.jpg|100x100px|Zhengde Emperor]]
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*... that actor [[John Wayne]] was the recipient of '''[[John Wayne#Awards and nominations|The Brass Balls Award]]''' from [[The Harvard Lampoon]]  for his "outstanding machismo and penchant for punching people" in 1974?
*... that the '''[[Prince of Anhua rebellion]]''' began when [[Zhu Zhifan]] massacred the officials invited to his banquet during the [[Ming Dynasty]] under the reign of the [[Zhengde Emperor]] ''(pictured)''?
*... that Kuwaiti electrochemist '''[[Faiza Al-Kharafi]]''' was the first woman to head a major university in the [[Middle East]]?
*... that the animated film '''''[[God's Faithful Servant: Barla]]''''' was the [[List of Turkish films of 2011|fourth highest-grossing Turkish film]] in 2011?
*... that '''[[Armenian presidential election, 1996|anti-government protesters in 1996]]''' beat up the Armenian parliament speaker [[Babken Ararktsyan]]?
*... that '''[[Donald N. Bersoff]]''' is the first lawyer practitioner to serve as president of the [[American Psychological Association]]?
*... that '''''[[The Long Short Cut]]''''' is the first book printed completely by electronically controlled [[typesetting]]?
*... that the grandfather of [[Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet|"Bobby" Peel]] was famous for his '''[[Parsley Peel|Parsley]]'''?
*... that the [[starfish]] '''''[[Nepanthia belcheri]]''''' can [[Fragmentation (reproduction)|split itself in half]] and grow new arms on each section?


*'''''08:00, 24 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Hollywood Bowl in 1922.jpg|100x100px|Hollywood Bowl (1922)]]
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*... that in the [[1920s in Los Angeles|'''1920s''']], the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]] began its summer series at the [[Hollywood Bowl]] ''(pictured)''?
*... that ''New York Times'' photographer '''[[Du Bin]]''' was detained in China after releasing a documentary on the [[Masanjia Labor Camp]]?
*... that '''[[Lucius Minicius Natalis Quadronius Verus]]''' was the first known [[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympic champion]] to have been born in the [[Iberian Peninsula]]?
*... that in '''[[San Francisco in the 1970s|August 1975]]''', almost the entire [[San Francisco Police Department]] staged a strike as the city refused a pay increase for them?
*... that many family members and friends of [[Milorg]] member '''[[Kai Holst]]''', who officially committed suicide, believed he was murdered?
*... that [[justiciability]] is a '''[[threshold issues in Singapore administrative law|threshold issue]]''' in [[Singapore]] [[administrative law in Singapore|administrative law]], and the [[Court of Appeal of Singapore|Court of Appeal]] has held that exercises of [[prosecutor|prosecutorial discretion]] and the [[pardon|clemency power]] are justiciable?
*... that although the protagonist of '''[[F.D.J. Pangemanann]]'''{{`s}} novel '''''[[Tjerita Si Tjonat]]''''' is evil without a single redeeming feature, modern takes on the character portray him as [[Robin Hood]]?


*'''''00:00, 24 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:RussellWatson-Broadlands-2007.jpg|100x100px|Russell Watson, pictured in 2007]]
</div>
*... that the recording of "'''[[Faith of the Heart]]'''" by tenor [[Russell Watson]] ''(pictured)'' was played four times on Space Shuttle missions?
*... that '''[[Gavin Arthur]]''', grandson of United States President [[Chester A. Arthur]], worked as an [[Astrology|astrologer]] and [[Sexology|sexologist]] in [[San Francisco]] in the 1960s?
*... that [[Roy Lichtenstein]]'s '''''[[Masterpiece (Roy Lichtenstein)|Masterpiece]]''''' is regarded as an ironic jest that accurately forecast Lichtenstein's career?
*... that the '''[[Keith Car & Manufacturing Company]]''' built coffins for bodies exhumed during the building of the [[Cape Cod Canal]], which was also responsible for the demolition of the plant when it was widened?
*... that '''[[Johann Hugo von Wilderer]]'''{{'}}s ''Missa in G minor'' was copied out and performed by [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]? 
*... that '''[[Jack Torrance (athlete)|Jack Torrance]]''' held the [[List of world records in athletics|world record]] in [[shot put]] for almost fourteen years?
*... that '''[[garlic ice cream]]''', according to garlic restaurant [[The Stinking Rose]]'s recipe, is basically vanilla ice cream with garlic?

===23 June 2013===
*'''''16:00, 23 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Eva Brunne-2.jpg|100x100px|Bishop Brunne in Stockholm]]
</div>
*... that Sweden's '''[[Eva Brunne]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the first openly [[ordination of LGBT Christian clergy|lesbian bishop]] in the world?  
*... that a five-year investigation by [[Ben Radford]] into the [[chupacabra]], detailed in '''''[[Tracking the Chupacabra]]''''', revealed that the creature may have been inspired by the movie ''[[Species (film)|Species]]''?
*... that at least five of the '''[[Lieutenant of the Tower of London|Lieutenants of the Tower of London]]''' were later prisoners in the Tower themselves?
*... that '''''[[Khrushchev: The Man and His Era]]''''' was based on over 70 personal interviews with members of [[Nikita Khrushchev]]'s family and won the 2004 [[Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography]]?
*... that banker '''[[Hilton Clarke (banker)|Hilton Clarke]]''' thought sitting at one's desk was "idling", and was considered a "master of the calculated indiscretion"?
*... that British passengers of '''[[British Airways Flight 2069]]''' were offered £2,000 and a free ticket as compensation for the attempted hijacking of the flight?
*... that '''[[Das_neugeborne_Kindelein,_BWV_122|''Das neugeborne Kindelein'', BWV 122]]''', has been described as providing a "moral hangover" for listeners after Christmas overindulgence?


*'''''08:00, 23 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:McIntosh with sticker by Lars Zapf 2006-03-30 cropped.jpg|100x100px|The McIntosh apple]]
</div>
*... that the [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] [[Macintosh]] was named after the '''[[McIntosh (apple)|McIntosh apple]]''' ''(pictured)'', until recently the most popular variety of apple in northeastern North America?
*... that '''[[Amrit Nahata]]''' was an Indian politician who published twelve books translated from [[English language|English]] to [[Hindi]], including works of [[Maxim Gorky]], [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Vladimir Lenin]], [[Mao Zedong]] and [[Liu Shaoqi]]?
*... that the '''[[St. John's Episcopal Church (Jersey City, New Jersey)|Millionaire's Church]]''' is a [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] landmark?
*... that drug lord '''[[Héctor Manuel Sauceda Gamboa]]''' intimidated journalists who dared to write about [[Gulf Cartel|his criminal organization]]?
*... that [[Alicia Keys]] is '''[[List of songs written by Alicia Keys|credited as the sole writer]]''' of "[[Fallin' (Alicia Keys song)|Fallin]]{{' "}}?
*... that '''''[[The Insider (Rao novel)|The Insider]]''''', a ''[[roman à clef]]'', was [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[P. V. Narasimha Rao|P&nbsp;V Narasimha Rao]]'s first novel?
*... that [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]] [[Bolles School]] football coach '''[[Corky Rogers]]''' was drafted in 1966 by the [[History of the Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]] and the [[United States Army]]?


*'''''00:00, 23 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Google Loon - Launch Event.jpg|100x100px|Google Loon - Launch Event]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Project Loon]]''' ''(research balloon pictured)'' is a project by Google to send thousands of high-altitude balloons into the stratosphere to beam wireless Internet to remote locations worldwide?
*... that '''[[Günter Pröpper]]''' scored a total of 52 goals in 34 league games&nbsp;– a record in German professional [[association football|football]] for most goals in one season?
*... that the '''[[scaly dragonfish]]''' is [[bioluminescence|bioluminescent]] and has light-emitting [[photophore]]s which can be turned on and off?
*... that Egyptian actress '''[[Naglaa Fathi]]''', who started her career at age 16, has acted in over 80 films?
*... that high-traffic areas on the playing fields in the video game '''''[[Madden NFL 25]]''''' deteriorate during the course of a game?
*... that the 2012 [[World Economic Forum]]'s [[Gender Gap Index]] found '''[[gender inequality in the United States|the United States to have achieved gender equality]]''' in education, but ranked it only 55th for [[political empowerment]]?
*... that it was to '''[[Edmund Walsingham|Sir Edmund Walsingham]]''' that [[Thomas More|Sir Thomas More]] made his final ironic jest while ascending the scaffold?

===22 June 2013===
*'''''16:00, 22 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Turks &#38; Caicos National Museum.jpg|100x100px|Turks and Caicos National Museum]]
</div>
*... that the original lens of the '''[[Grand Turk Lighthouse]]''', dated to 1852, is on display in the '''[[Turks and Caicos National Museum]]''' ''(pictured)''?
*... that '''[[Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy]]''' and '''[[Melanie Domaschenz]]''' were part of the [[Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team|Gliders]] team that won the Osaka Cup for the fifth time in 2013?
*... that the Russian newspaper '''''[[Moskovsky Korrespondent]]''''' was shut down after running a story that President [[Vladimir Putin]] was to divorce his [[Lyudmila Putina|wife]] and marry gymnast [[Alina Kabaeva]]?
*... that '''[[Jirayr Ohanyan Çakır]]''', a former president of the [[Turkish Chess Federation]], was of Armenian descent?
*... that '''[[Wikipediocracy]]''', a weblog and forum dedicated to criticizing Wikipedia, has assisted journalists reporting on [[List of Wikipedia controversies|controversies]] involving the online encyclopedia?
*... that Spanish singer-songwriter [[Enrique Iglesias]] was awarded the '''[[Premio Lo Nuestro 1997|Lo Nuestro Award]]''' for Pop Song of the Year two years in a row?
*... that '''[[Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark]]'''{{`s}} incestuous feelings for [[Princess Marie Bonaparte|his mother]] may have sparked his interest in [[polyandry|marriages between one woman and several men]]?


*'''''08:00, 22 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Ton ngo khong.jpg|100x100px|The Monkey God]]
</div>
*... that Singaporeans commemorate the '''[[Birthday of the Monkey God]]''' ''([[Sun Wukong|Monkey God]] pictured)'' by writing in blood?
*... that the '''[[Satish Dhawan Space Centre Third Launch Pad|Third Launch Pad]]''' at the [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre]] will be used to launch missions of the [[Indian human spaceflight programme]]?
*... that the albums that shared the 1999 '''[[Premio Lo Nuestro 1999|Lo Nuestro Award]]''' for Pop Album of the Year were nominated against each other at the [[1999 Grammy Awards|41st Grammy Awards]]?
*... that '''[[Simon Achikgyozyan]]''', a geologist for 30 years, is considered a hero for his activities in the [[Nagorno-Karabakh War]]?
*... that [[Day 1 Studios|Wargaming West]], developer of '''''[[World of Tanks Xbox 360 Edition]]''''', was acquired by [[Wargaming.net]] after creating a prototype of their ''[[World of Tanks]]'' game "in mere days"?
*... that '''[[Pargev Martirosyan|Archbishop Pargev]]''' has been the primate of the [[Diocese of Artsakh]] since 1989?
*... that a lottery winner paid some of his prize money to prevent the Norwegian [[association football|football]] club [[Odds BK|Odd]] from selling '''[[Fredrik Semb Berge]]'''?


*'''''00:00, 22 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:William Lord North and Grey crop.jpg|100x100px|Lord North and Grey, mezzotint after Godfrey Kneller]]
</div>
*... that '''[[William North, 6th Baron North|Lord North and Grey]]''' ''(pictured)'' was implicated in the '''[[Atterbury Plot]]''', but no one would give evidence against him?
*... that a '''[[Texas gubernatorial election, 1998|1998 election]]''' made [[George W. Bush]] the first person to be elected to two consecutive four-year terms as Governor of Texas?
*... that the 1934 [[Jeanne Galzy]] novel '''''[[Jeunes filles en serre chaude]]''''', with its seductive title, was deemed to contain "dangerous aberrations" and "strong emotional reaction[s] of an undesirable nature"?
*... that a one-armed Russian military officer became a monk in '''[[Praskvica Monastery]]''' and built a {{convert|3|km|adj=on}} stone road from [[Sveti Stefan]] to the monastery?
*... that in 1991 there were 34,633 births and 44,886 '''[[Abortion in Latvia|abortions in Latvia]]'''?
*... that '''[[Arkansas Post]]''' was relocated at least three times during its existence because of both war and flooding?
*... that '''[[Howard Lindzon]]''' once passed on the opportunity to invest in [[Twitter]] but went on to found '''[[StockTwits]]'''?

===21 June 2013===
*'''''16:00, 21 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:HMS Aldenham 1942 IWM FL 412.jpg|100x100px|HMS Aldenham in 1942]]
</div>
*... that '''[[HMS Aldenham (L22)|HMS ''Aldenham'']]''' ''(pictured)'', which struck a mine near the island of [[Pag (island)|Pag]], was the final destroyer lost by the [[History_of_the_Royal_Navy#Second_World_War|Royal Navy in World War&nbsp;II]]?
*... that [[Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark|Prince Peter of Greece]] lost his dynastic rights by marrying a '''[[Irina Aleksandrovna Ovtchinnikova|twice-divorced Russian commoner]]''' soon after [[Edward VIII]] abdicated the British throne to marry a [[Wallis Simpson|twice-divorced U.S. commoner]]?
*... that the [[House of Plantagenet]] derives its name from a '''[[Royal Badges of England|royal heraldic badge]]''' used by [[Geoffrey of Anjou]] and his descendants, in the shape of a [[Cytisus scoparius|common broom plant]] (''planta genista'')?
*... that '''[[Paul Ireland]]''' was a fishmonger before acting in ''[[Neighbours]]''?
*... that '''[[Heather Preceptory]]''' was founded around the turn of the 13th century by the [[Knights Hospitaller]]?
*... that '''[[Joe Murray (soldier)|Joe Murray]]''' became better known as "Corporal Murray", despite being a Sergeant Major, due to his work in [[Lads' Army|Bad Lads' Army]]?
*... that '''''[[GeoGuessr]]''''' was criticized for having too much Australia?


*'''''08:00, 21 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Terry Farrell by Tim Drury (2009).jpg|100x100px|Terry Farrell, photographed in 2009]]
</div>
*... that the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "'''[[Tears of the Prophets]]'''" was the final episode to feature actress [[Terry Farrell (actress)|Terry Farrell]] ''(pictured)'', whose [[Jadzia Dax|character]] was killed off?
*... that the '''[[Hispaniolan greater funnel-eared bat]]''' is so similar to the [[Mexican funnel-eared bat]] that "no detailed description" was required for its formal [[species description]]?
*... that although '''[[Lindsay Doran]]''' did not want to enter the profession of her father, the [[film industry]], she eventually became the president of film studio [[United Artists]]?
*... that during the [[French and Indian War]], Major Robert White '''[[White's Fort (Hayfield, Virginia)|fortified his residence]]''' with a stone addition and [[stockade]] to shelter neighboring settlers from [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] attacks?
*... that '''[[Robert Žák]]''' was the first [[Manager (association football)|manager]] to lose his job in the [[2009–10 Gambrinus liga]]?
*... that '''[[Petroglyph Canyon]]''' is one of [[Montana]]{{`}}s most important [[petroglyph]] sites?
*... that songwriter and lyricist '''[[Elaine Laron]]''' once wrote a [[Kool-Aid]] [[jingle]] that was recorded by [[The Monkees]]?


*'''''00:00, 21 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Cross dykes on Pen Hill - geograph.org.uk - 684174.jpg|100x100px|Cross dyke on the South Downs]]
</div>
*... that [[English Heritage]] considers '''[[cross dyke]]s''' ''(example pictured)'', [[Earthwork (archaeology)|earthwork]] [[Border|barriers]] built throughout upland Britain, to be [[Bronze Age Britain|Bronze Age]] territorial boundaries of national importance?
*... that '''[[iTunes Radio]]''' includes an automatic playlist of [[Twitter]]'s [[Twitter#Trending_topics|trending]] songs?
*... that '''[[Francis White (Virginia)|Francis White]]''' served as a U.S. Congressman, member of the [[Virginia House of Delegates]], [[Senate of Virginia|Virginia State Senator]], and county sheriff? 
*... that the crash of '''[[Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 410]]''' led the [[Civil Aeronautics_Board#Civil Aeronautics Authority|Civil Aeronautics Board]] to establish national [[Minimum en route altitude|minimum flight altitudes]]?
*... that the '''[[Battle of Arkansas Post (1783)|Battle of Arkansas Post]]''' was the only battle of the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1778–83)|Anglo-Spanish War]] fought in what is now the state of [[Arkansas]]?
*... that upcoming [[indie video game]] ''''' [[Hohokum]] ''''' features licensed and original music from [[indie record label]] [[Ghostly International]]?
*... that a scene in the ''[[Psych]]'' episode "'''[[Woman Seeking Dead Husband: Smokers Okay, No Pets]]'''" was criticized due to its inclusion of pine trees in the background?

===20 June 2013===
*'''''16:00, 20 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Coburg-St.Augustin.jpg|100x100px|St. Augustine's Church in 2006]]
</div>
*... that the vault of '''[[St. Augustin, Coburg|St. Augustin]]''' ''(pictured)'' holds the remains of a [[Princess Leopoldina of Brazil|Brazilian princess]], a [[Ferdinand I of Bulgaria|Bulgarian tsar]], a [[Princess Clémentine of Orléans|French princess]] and twelve more [[House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|royal Coburgers]]?
*... that Virginia judge '''[[Robert White (judge)|Robert White]]''' studied law under his uncle [[Alexander White (Virginia)|Alexander White]] while recovering from injuries received in the [[American Revolutionary War]]?
*... that while most wine grapes belong only to the ''[[Vitis vinifera]]'' species, the hybrid [[Canadian wine]] grape '''[[L'Acadie blanc]]''' has members of eight different ''[[Vitis]]'' species in its family tree?
*... that [[Roy Lichtenstein]]'s '''''[[Hopeless (Roy Lichtenstein)|Hopeless]]''''' and both versions of '''''[[Crying Girl]]''''' were mid-1960s romance comic-based works that may have been inspired by his marital difficulties or [[Pablo Picasso]]'s weeping women?
*... that '''[[Günter Bittengel]]''' was named as the new manager of [[FK Chmel Blšany]] after the club had lost seven games in a row?
*... that the [[Wong brothers]]' film '''''[[Sorga Ka Toedjoe]]''''' was the first in which [[Roekiah]] did not act alongside [[Rd Mochtar|Rd. Mochtar]]?
*... that within '''[[Sydney Gardens]]''' in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] even the [[Public toilet|public conveniences]] are [[listed building]]s?


*'''''08:00, 20 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:CarlGenian.jpg|100x100px|Carl Genian in military uniform]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Carl Genian]]''' ''(pictured)'', who flew 66 missions during World War II, wrote to his mother, "We're all sick and tired of killing one another"?
*... that '''[[crab ice cream]]''' is sweet in taste and has been compared to "frozen crab [[Bisque (food)|bisque]]"?
*... that Russian tennis champion and Olympian '''[[Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston]]''' was right-handed, but had to adopt a left-handed playing style after surgery? 
*... that the daughter of New Zealander actress '''[[Sarah McLeod]]''' played her character's infant son in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''?
*... that the '''[[1965 Alabama Crimson Tide football team]]''' was recognized as [[college football]] [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|national champions]] by the [[AP National Championship Trophy|Associated Press]] after they defeated [[1965 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]] in the [[1966 Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]]?
*...that '''[[Darrell Tryon]]''', who completed the first systematic survey of the [[languages of Vanuatu]], identified more than 100 languages as part of the [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian language family]]?
*... that '''[[Miami Valley Hospital South]]''' was constructed with architecture intended to evoke a feeling of calm?


*'''''00:00, 20 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Jean Metzinger, 1913, Le Canot, En Canot, Femme au Canot et a l&#39;Ombrelle, Im Boot, approximate dimensions 150 x 116.5 cm.jpg|100x100px|Black and white reproduction of En Canot by Jean Metzinger]]
</div>
*... that [[Jean Metzinger]]'s painting '''''[[En Canot, Im Boot (Metzinger)|En Canot]]''''' ''(pictured in black and white)'' appeared in the Nazi ''Degenerate Art'' catalogue with the notation "Even this was once taken seriously and bought for good money!"?
*... that on June 19, 1963, [[White American]] business leaders and philanthropists raised $800,000 over breakfast in support of the [[African American|Black]] '''[[Council for United Civil Rights Leadership]]'''? <!--special occasion hook for June 19 (US daytime)-->
*... that '''[[Vazgen Sargsyan]]''' is the founder of the [[Armenian army]]?
*... that '''[[Longleat Priory]]''' was suppressed in 1529, seven years before [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] started his [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]]?
*... that the 16-day April 1988 hijacking of '''[[Kuwait Airways Flight 422]]''' was one of the world's longest [[Aircraft hijacking|skyjacking]] incidents?
*... that '''[[Hans Mauch]]''' worked on early [[jet engine]] development in Germany, but was better known as the inventor of the S-N-S [[Prosthesis|artificial leg]]?
*... that '''[[St Mihangel's Church, Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn]]''', Wales, was extended in 1988 by demolishing and reassembling '''[[St Enghenedl's Church, Llanynghenedl]]'''?

===19 June 2013===
*'''''16:00, 19 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Sobibor-2.JPG|100x100px|Sobibór Museum. Woman and child martyrology, iron]]
</div>
*... that archaeological excavations conducted in May 2013 at the '''[[Sobibór Museum]]''' ''(monument pictured)'' unearthed an escape tunnel made by [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] victims in the [[Sobibor extermination camp|Sobibór extermination camp]]?
*... that the [[Indian Navy]]'s '''''[[INS Chennai|Chennai]]''''' is a [[Kolkata-class destroyer|Kolkata class]] [[Destroyer|destroyer]] being built in [[Mumbai]]?
*... that World War&nbsp;II [[Luftwaffe]] ace '''[[Ulrich Steinhilper]]''' was credited by later employer [[IBM]] with the concept of [[word processing]]?
*... that '''[[Norton Juxta Twycross]]'''{{`s}} former rectory has been a [[Twycross Zoo|zoo]] since the 1960s?
*... that '''[[Scipione Cobelluzzi]]''' was chief archivist of the [[Vatican Secret Archives]] from 17&nbsp;February 1618 until his death on 29&nbsp;June 1626?
*... that passages of [[Bach]]'s '''''[[Nur jedem das Seine, BWV 163|Nur jedem das Seine]]''''' have been compared to the descent into earth in ''[[Das Rheingold]]'' and the love duet of ''[[L'incoronazione di Poppea]]''?


*'''''08:00, 19 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:5.25-inch BL Dual Purpose Gun.jpg|100x100px|5.25-inch dual purpose gun at Princess Anne's Battery, Gibraltar]]
</div> 
*... that the '''[[fortifications of Gibraltar]]''' ''([[Princess Anne's Battery]] pictured)'' have made it probably the most densely fortified place in Europe and possibly the world? 
*... that '''[[Jack Carroll (comedian)|Jack Carroll]]''', the recent runner-up in ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]'', performed with comedian [[Jason Manford]] as part of his live show at the age of 12?
*... that a '''[[Chief Minister (Pakistan)|Chief Minister]]''' is the elected [[head of government]] of a [[Administrative units of Pakistan|province]] in [[Pakistan]]?
*... that baritone '''[[Robert Leonhardt]]''' was released from the [[Metropolitan Opera]] when it was determined he was an [[enemy alien]]?
*... that '''[[Maganlal Dresswala|Maganlal Dresswala & Co]]''', a costume designer for [[Bollywood]], has supplied costumes for films such as ''[[Ram Rajya]]'', ''[[Mughal-e-Azam]]'', ''[[Anarkali]]'' and for TV series including ''[[Ramayan (TV series)|Ramayan]]'' and ''[[Mahabharat (1988 TV series)|Mahabharat]]''? 
*... that Countess '''[[Noemi Marone Cinzano]]''' once owned one of the top ten largest producers of [[Brunello di Montalcino]]?
*... that [[Tio Ie Soei]]'s novel '''''[[Sie Po Giok]]''''' has been called the only work of Chinese Malay literature fit for children to read?


*'''''00:00, 19 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Hôtel du Palais. Bearritz, France.(2).JPG|100x100px|Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz, France]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Hôtel du Palais]]''' ''(pictured)'' made [[Biarritz]], France, the "queen of resorts and resort of Kings"?
*... that the tiny '''[[Petrolisthes armatus|green porcelain crab]]''' has been recorded at densities of up to 30,000 per square metre (11 square feet) of seabed?
*... that [[television production|production]] on ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' was shut down for a day to mourn the death of [[assistant director]] '''[[Jerry Fleck]]'''?
*... that much of the success of the '''[[Christianization of Moravia]]''' is attributed to the work of [[Saints Cyril and Methodius]]?
*... that in the 1970 Cold War spy film '''''[[The Executioner (1970 film)|The Executioner]]''''', [[George Peppard]] plays the role of a secret agent who kills his colleague and assumes his identity?
*... that '''[[Kabang]]''', who was hailed as "hero dog" for saving two girls from a traffic accident, received donations from 47 countries to repair her badly injured face?
*... that [[British Army]] soldiers traditionally drink '''[[Gunfire (drink)|Gunfire]]''' in their beds on Christmas?

===18 June 2013===
*'''''16:00, 18 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Christopher O'Neill.jpg|100x100px|O'Neill and Princess Madeleine at their wedding.]]
</div>
*... that [[Christopher O'Neill]] ''(pictured)'' declined a royal title upon '''[[Wedding of Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill|marrying]]''' [[Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland|Princess Madeleine of Sweden]]?
*... that British Air Chief Marshall [[Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding|Hugh Dowding]] initially instructed his [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfire]] and [[Hawker Hurricane|Hurricane]] groups to use a '''[[gun harmonisation]]''' scheme that aimed eight guns at a {{convert|12|ft|m|adj=mid|-wide}} rectangle?
*... that '''''[[Oxyrrhis marina]]''''' is a [[model organism]] in the study of [[protist]] biology?
*... that in 1930, Hungarian Olympic tennis player '''[[Aurél von Kelemen]]''' was arrested for [[embezzlement]] but acquitted by a military tribunal? 
*... that [[West Virginia]]'s '''[[Daniel Vineyards]]'''{{`}} best-selling style of wine is made from [[blackberries]], not the normal [[grapes]]?
*... that the design of the '''[[Wangjing SOHO]]''' towers in Beijing has been pirated?


*'''''08:00, 18 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Leonard Nimoy William Shatner Star Trek 1968.JPG|100x100px|Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner as Spock and Kirk, respectively]]
</div>
*... that the first edition of the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' novel '''''[[Killing Time (Star Trek novel)|Killing Time]]''''' included overtones of [[Kirk/Spock]] ''(Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner pictured)'' [[slash fiction]]?
*... that the '''[[1899 Carrabelle hurricane]]''' was said at the time to be "the most disastrous cyclone that ever visited this section of Florida"? 
*... that '''''[[Kissa Kursi Ka]]''''', a satirical film on the politics of [[Indira Gandhi]] and [[Sanjay Gandhi]], was banned by the Indian Government during [[The Emergency (India)|The Emergency period]] and all prints confiscated?
*... that '''[[Alasdair Cochrane]]''' was one of the first writers to consider the relationship between [[animal ethics]] and [[political theory]]?
*... that the '''[[Agiorgitiko]]''' wine of [[Nemea]] is nicknamed the "Blood of [[Hercules]]" after the legend of the Greek hero slaying the [[Nemean lion]]?
*... that former [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine]] '''[[Armando Torres III]]''' was recently kidnapped by gunmen in [[Mexico]]? 
*... that [[Minneapolis]] politician '''[[Mark Andrew (politician)|Mark Andrew]]''' owns stands that sell [[French fry|french fries]] and [[s'more]]s at the [[Minnesota State Fair]]?


*'''''00:00, 18 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Mickiewicz - rekopis Ody do mlodosci.jpg|100x100px|Manuscript of the poem]]
</div>
*... that publication of one of [[Adam Mickiewicz]]'s first poems, "'''[[Ode to Youth]]'''" ''(manuscript pictured)'', was delayed due to [[censorship]]?
*... that the team developing the '''[[USHUS (sonar)|USHUS]]''' [[sonar]] was awarded the Agni Award for self-reliance by the [[Indian Prime Minister]] [[Manmohan Singh]] in May 2007?
*... that the printing presses of the daily newspaper '''''[[El Pueblo (Nicaraguan newspaper)|El Pueblo]]''''' were confiscated by the [[Sandinista People's Army]] in January 1980?
*... that [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[writer]] '''[[Károly Pap]]''' lived in desperate poverty?
*... that despite not charting in ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine, the music video for "'''[[Chika Ideal]]'''" reached the Top 10 on [[Terra Networks]]{{'}} Top Music Video countdown?
*... that all the nominees for Pop Song of the Year at the '''[[Premio Lo Nuestro 1998|Lo Nuestro Awards of 1998]]''' reached number-one on the [[Latin Songs|''Billboard'' Latin Songs chart]]?
*... that at the time of his death in 1960, [[Kentucky]] [[judge]] '''[[Robert Alexander Early]]''' was 111 years old?

===17 June 2013===
*'''''16:00, 17 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Field of opium.jpg|100x100px|Opium field in Burma (Myanmar)]]
</div>
*... that despite a crackdown on illegal narcotics, as of 2012, some 300,000 households are still involved in '''[[Opium production in Burma|opium production]]''' ''(opium field pictured)'' in [[Burma]]?
*... that the '''[[2005 Dickies 500]]''' was run after the [[Ferko lawsuit]] created the race?
*... that Barbadian singer [[Rihanna]] admitted that "'''[[Cold Case Love]]'''" was inspired by her hard relationship with ex-boyfriend [[Chris Brown (American entertainer)|Chris Brown]]?
*... that current ''[[Nashville (2012 TV series)|Nashville]]'' actress '''[[Kourtney Hansen]]''' has appeared in music videos for [[Keith Urban]], [[Luke Bryan]] as well as her new husband [[Jeremy McComb]]?
*... that '''[[Reuben T. Durrett]]''' was a founder of the [[Louisville Free Public Library]]?
*... that '''[[Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kolkata|Mahatma Gandhi Road]]''', previously known as ''Harrison Road'', was the first street in [[Kolkata]] to be lit by electricity?
*... that '''[[Phoa Keng Hek]]''' promoted the use of English to help [[Chinese Indonesians]] "move freely"?


*'''''08:00, 17 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Nevada-California-Oregon Railway Co. General Office Building.jpg|100x100px|N.C.O. Building in 2003]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Nevada-California-Oregon Railway Co. General Office Building|N.C.O. Building]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Alturas, California]], has a single metal bell in its [[Belfry (architecture)|belfry]] and several wooden ones?
*... that in the '''[[1919 English cricket season]]''', two-day [[County Championship]] matches were played, but they were not popular? 
*... that [[Karen Finney]], host of [[MSNBC]]'s '''''[[Disrupt with Karen Finney]]''''', started her career in politics by volunteering at the [[1992 Democratic National Convention]]?
*... that '''''[[Titanfall]]''''' is the first game created by [[Respawn Entertainment]], the studio founded by ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''{{'}}s creators and [[Infinity Ward]]'s co-founders?
*... that '''[[Jugatram Dave]]''', along with [[Jayaprakash Narayan]] and [[Vinoba Bhave]], set up the [[Shanti Sena]], which worked in war-affected [[North-East Frontier Agency|NEFA]] and among Bengali refugees from [[East Pakistan]]?
*... that German-born [[Israel]]i [[Holocaust]] historian '''[[Leni Yahil]]''', member of the editorial board of the ''[[Yad Vashem|Yad Vashem Studies]]'' journal, advocated an approach to [[Holocaust research]] relying on both Jewish and non-Jewish sources? 
*... that [[Flight Lieutenant]] '''[[William Hely|Bill Hely]]''' crash landed a [[de Havilland Dragon Rapide|Dragon Rapide]] in the [[Northern Territory]] in 1936, and later used the same aircraft to locate missing [[Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia|flying doctor]] [[Clyde Fenton]]?


*'''''00:15, 17 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Homer Lafian1.JPG|100x100px|Homer Lafian in 1943]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Homer Lafian]]''' ''(pictured)'' single-handedly destroyed six [[German tanks in World War II|German tanks during World War II]]?
*... that [[Jeanne Galzy]]'s novel '''''[[Burnt Offering (Galzy novel)|Burnt Offering]]''''', winner of the 1930 [[Prix Brentano]], explores a love between a teacher and a 12-year-old female student?
*... that '''[[christianization of Bohemia]]''' in late 9th century was one of the factors leading to the [[christianization of Poland]] a century later?
*... that [[John Traicos]] played cricket for '''[[List of cricketers who have played for more than one international team|two different international teams]]''' over 22 years apart?
*... that the Spanish town of [[La Línea de la Concepción]] was built on top of the ruins of '''[[Lines of Contravallation of Gibraltar|an 18th century fortification built to stop Britain invading Spain]]'''?
*... that '''[[Falcon's Fury]]''' at [[Busch Gardens Tampa Bay]] will be the tallest freestanding [[drop tower]] in North America and the first to tilt riders face down when it opens in spring 2014?
*... that '''[[Eucalyptus albens|white box]]''' are used for railway sleepers and fences in Australia?

===16 June 2013===
*'''''16:30, 16 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:LingFistBumpArtificialArm.jpg|100x100px|Dr. Ling with an artificial arm patient]]
</div>
*... that U.S. Army neurologist Dr. '''[[Geoffrey Ling]]''' ''(pictured)'' described the problem of developing quality artificial arms, which include a proper sense of touch, as "doggone hard"?
*... that the central event of the ''[[Game of Thrones (TV series)|Game of Thrones]]'' episode "'''[[The Rains of Castamere]]'''" was the initial inspiration for the producers to adapt [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] for television?
*... that Spanish opera singer [[Montserrat Caballe]] was '''[[List of people declared persona non grata in Azerbaijan|declared ''persona non grata'' in Azerbaijan]]'''?
*... that [[paleobotanist]] '''[[Shya Chitaley]]''' named an extinct plant species for [[Cleveland]]{{'}}s bicentennial and also had an extinct plant species named for her?
*... that the '''[[Iris hut]]''', used by the British in the [[Second World War]] alongside the better-known [[Nissen hut]], had a major design flaw that caused it to collapse after snowfalls?
*... that Singaporean theatre director '''[[Natalie Hennedige]]'''{{`s}} production company produced ''Nothing'' in 2007?
*... that approaching the '''[[24th anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|24th anniversary]]''' of the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]], Chinese internet censors blocked the term "[[Rubber Duck (sculpture)|big yellow duck]]"?


*'''''08:45, 16 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:RAAF C-17 at USAF Base Yokota.JPG|100x100px|Boeing C-7 Globemaster heavy airlifter of No. 36 Squadron RAAF in Japan, 2011]]
</div>
*... that '''[[No. 36 Squadron RAAF|No. 36 Squadron]]''' ''([[Boeing C-17 Globemaster III|C-17 Globemaster]] pictured)'' became the first [[Royal Australian Air Force|RAAF]] flying unit to be led by a woman when [[Wing commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] [[Linda Corbould]] was appointed commanding officer in 2006?
*... that [[Cary Grant]] cited [[Grace Kelly]] as his all-time favorite '''[[Film career of Grace Kelly|film actress]]''' co-star?
*... that [[Norway national under-21 football team|Norway under-21 international]] footballer '''[[Anders Konradsen]]''' is the most expensive player ever sold by [[Strømsgodset IF]]?
*... that director [[Balu Mahendra]] claimed that he made '''''[[Neengal Kettavai]]''''' to prove that he could direct commercially successful films? 
*... that '''[[Kristin Beck]]''' served as a [[United States Navy SEALs|Navy SEAL]] for 20 years before revealing her [[gender identity]] as [[Trans woman|a woman]]?
*... that '''[[Cygne blanc]]''', a white-berried seedling of [[Cabernet Sauvignon]], has been touted as the "first truly Australian [[List of grape varieties|grape variety]]"?
*... that the '''[[Pindad Komodo]]''' was named after the Indonesian [[Komodo dragon]] so that the vehicle can "bring glory" to Indonesia?


*'''''01:00, 16 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Tower Theatre Fresno detail (crop).jpg|100x100px|Detail of the spire of the Tower Theatre]]
</div>
*... that the spire of [[Fresno, California]]'s '''[[Tower Theatre (Fresno, California)|Tower Theatre]]''' ''(pictured)'' was inspired by the "Star Pylon" at the [[1939 New York World's Fair]]?
*... that '''[[María Gómez Carbonell]]''', a Cuban stateswoman, was one of the first women to earn a Ph.D. from the [[University of Havana]]?
*... that [[Tan Tjoei Hock]] finished his commercial failure '''''[[Sorga Palsoe]]''''' in a month?
*... that Rear Admiral '''[[William R. Purnell]]''', Brigadier General [[Thomas F. Farrell]] and Captain [[Deak Parsons]] were the "Tinian Joint Chiefs" who coordinated the [[atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]]?
*... that spines of the '''[[Diadema paucispinum|long-spined sea urchin]]''' can break off in the skin and cause a painful sting?
*... that after retiring from government service, Canadian diplomat '''[[Morley Byron Bursey]]''' was "heavily involved" in developing the automotive portion of [[North American Free Trade Agreement|NAFTA]]?
*... that after dying in the [[indie game|indie]] [[shooter video game]] '''''[[Super Time Force]]''''', the [[Gamer|player]] fights [[Cooperative gameplay|alongside]] [[Ghost (video gaming)|ghost]] replicas of their previous runs through the [[Level (video gaming)|level]]?

===15 June 2013===
*'''''17:15, 15 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Palacio Legislativo - Ciudad Autónoma de Bs. As..jpg|100x100px|Palacio de la Legislatura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires]]
</div>
*... that [[Eva Perón]] established the Salon Rosado in the '''[[Palacio de la Legislatura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires|Palace of the Buenos Aires City Legislature]]''' ''(pictured)'' as an exclusive space for women politicians, where they could discuss issues without men being present? 
*... that Singaporean entertainer and singer '''[[Anna Belle Francis]]''' produced [[Dick Lee]]'s ''Euranasia''?
*... that '''[[Transdev Melbourne]]''' will take over operation of 30% of Melbourne, Australia's bus network in August 2013?
*... that '''[[Julia Sand]]''', a [[pen pal]] of U.S. President [[Chester A. Arthur]], might have had significant impact on his presidency?
*... that Burma ranked as '''[[Crime in Burma|one of the most corrupt countries in the world]]''' in the 2012 [[Transparency International]] [[Corruption Perceptions Index]] ?
*... that although [[mile run|miler]] '''[[Gene Venzke]]''' ran three [[List of world records in athletics|world record]]s during the 1932 indoor season, he failed to qualify for the [[1932 Summer Olympics|Olympics]] that year and only made the team [[1936 Summer Olympics|four years later]]?
*... that three [[Royal Australian Air Force]] aircraft '''[[Operation Pig Bristle|flew 25 tonnes of pig bristles]]''' from [[Chongqing]] in China to [[Hong Kong]] in May 1946?


*'''''09:30, 15 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Giancarlo Passeroni.JPG|100x100px|Gian Carlo Passeroni]]
</div>
*... that Italian priest-poet '''[[Gian Carlo Passeroni]]''' ''(pictured)'' lived in a cellar with threadbare clothing, minimal furniture and only a [[rooster]] as a companion? 
*... that Montana television hall of fame inductee '''[[Norma Ashby]]''' was kissed by [[Robert Goulet]] during an interview, and once featured a rancher on her local [[KRTV]] show who gutted a [[rattlesnake]] on live television? 
*... that '''[[Beatriz Ferrer-Salat]]''' is the "most successful [[dressage]] rider" in Spanish history?
*... that Lieutenant '''[[Henry Curling]]''' of the [[Royal Artillery]] was one of only five British officers to survive the massacre of the [[Battle of Isandlwana]] during the [[Anglo-Zulu War]]?
*... that the '''[[2013 dengue outbreak in Singapore|2013 dengue outbreak]]''' is one of the worst outbreaks of [[Dengue fever|the disease]] in [[Singapore]] to date?
*... that at its peak in the mid-1950s, [[Ecuador]] was the '''[[Banana production in Ecuador|largest banana-producing nation]]''' in the world?
*... that an [[Pandora Radio|internet radio service]] is buying a '''[[KXMZ|South Dakota radio station]]''' to dodge high [[Royalties#Music royalties|music royalties]]?


*'''''01:45, 15 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Nichelle Nichols, NASA Recruiter - GPN-2004-00017.jpg|100x100px|Nichelle Nichols as Uhura]]
</div>
*... that both the ''[[Star Trek]]'' novels '''''[[The Tears of the Singers]]''''' and '''''[[Uhura's Song]]''''' included [[Uhura]] ''(Nichelle Nichols as Uhura pictured)'' as a main character as the authors thought she was underdeveloped in the [[Star Trek: The Original Series|show]]?
*... that at age 19, '''[[Ron Franklin (jockey)|Ron Franklin]]''' rode [[Spectacular Bid]] to wins in the [[Kentucky Derby]] and the [[Belmont Stakes]]?
*... that in his late twenties, '''[[Phani Bora]]''' was appointed secretary of the [[Communist Party of India]] in [[Assam]]?
*... that [[Tejano]] singer [[Pete Astudillo]] won a '''[[Premio Lo Nuestro 1996|Lo Nuestro Award]]''' with a song written as a tribute to late performer [[Selena]]?
*... that [[Wong brothers|Nelson Wong]]'s '''''[[Si Tjonat]]''''' sparked a wave of bandit films in the [[Dutch East Indies]]?
*... that [[Shia]] cleric '''[[Abdul Amir al-Jamri]]''' succeeded in uniting Shia, secular and liberal forces during the [[1990s uprising in Bahrain]]?
*... that Dutch "TV economist" '''[[Mathijs Bouman]]''' is known for such one-liners as "if women pay fewer taxes, men will vacuum more often"?

===14 June 2013===
*'''''18:00, 14 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Sue Sarafian Jehl.jpg|100x100px|Sue Sarafian Jehl was a personal secretary to General Dwight David Eisenhower]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Sue Sarafian Jehl]]''' ''(pictured)'', who served as [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Dwight Eisenhower]]'s personal assistant, said the famous general believed women made efficient officers?
*... that the region of '''[[Kastrati (tribe)|Kastrati]]''' was awarded to [[Principality of Montenegro|Montenegro]] in 1878 under the [[Treaty of San Stefano]], but the subsequent [[Treaty of Berlin (1878)|Treaty of Berlin]] restored it to the [[Ottoman Empire]]?
*... that '''[[Hollis Dow Hedberg]]''' led the [[Gulf Oil|Gulf Oil Corporation]]'s geological operations in '''[[San Tomé, Venezuela|San Tomé]]''' and eastern [[Venezuela]]?
*... that Czech manager '''[[Leoš Kalvoda]]''' led Slovak [[association football|football]] club [[MŠK Žilina]] to their first ever league title in 2002?
*... that in 1912 '''[[Taraknath Palit]]''' donated money and property worth {{INRConvert|15|l}} to [[Calcutta University]] for the establishment of [[Rajabazar Science College|University College of Science and Technology]]?
*... that Japanese tennis player '''[[Fumiteru Nakano]]''' reached the fourth round of the men's singles at the [[1938 French Championships (tennis)|1938 French Championships]], a result that was not achieved again by a Japanese man until 2013?
*... that author [[Colum McCann]] described the subject of his 2003 novel '''''[[Dancer (novel)|Dancer]]''''', [[Rudolf Nureyev]], as "a monster"?


*'''''10:15, 14 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:2009-0725-CA-FresnoWaterTower-F.jpg|100x100px|Water tower in 2009]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Old Fresno Water Tower]]''' ''(pictured)'' was originally designed to house a library?
*... that seismologist '''[[Harry O. Wood]]''' was employed by the [[Carnegie Institution for Science]] to establish a small seismic network that eventually grew into the [[Caltech Seismological Laboratory]]?
*... that the [[Swiss National Bank]] engaged in '''[[gold laundering]]''' during World War II, transferring [[Nazi gold]] through a network of central banks?
*... that midwife '''[[Ruby Thoma|Ruby Dediya]]''', the first woman elected to the [[Parliament of Nauru]], was its only female member in history of the country until 2013?
*... that '''[[Edward John Thompson]]'''{{`s}} critical biography of [[Rabindranath Tagore]] earned him a PhD from the University of London and displeasure from his subject?
*... that the '''[[Pilot (Grimm)|pilot episode]]''' of the TV series ''Grimm'' earned higher ratings than any American TV show on a Friday since New Year's Eve of 2010?
*... that [[Grover Cleveland]]'s [[United States presidential election, 1888|1888]] running mate collapsed twice during '''[[Grover Cleveland Presidential campaign, 1888|the presidential campaign]]'''?


*'''''02:30, 14 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Potato Mound near Nampo North Korea.jpg|100x100px|Potato mound near Nampo, North Korea]]
</div>
*... that after the [[North Korean famine|famine in North Korea]], a '''[[Potato production in North Korea|potato revolution]]''' ''(potato mound pictured)'' began?
*... that '''[[Eugene Chelyshev]]''' was the first Russian to be awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Fellowship]] by the [[Government of India]] in 2004?
*... that after shooting a few scenes in '''''[[Meendum Kokila]]''''', [[Rekha]] pulled out of the film citing no reason?
*... that Sir '''[[Robert Broughton (died 1506)|Robert Broughton]]''' was made a [[Order of the Bath|Knight of the Bath]] in 1478 at the marriage of the four-year-old [[Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York|Richard, Duke of York]], one of the two princes later said to have been murdered in the [[Tower of London]]?
*... that Singaporean businesswoman '''[[Margaret Heng]]''' is the CEO of Shatec, a hospitality-training school where she was initially an administrator?
*... that '''[[Penelope Lyttelton, Viscountess Cobham|Penelope, Viscountess Cobham]]''', is known as the "Quango Queen" due to her involvement in many [[quango|quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations]]?
*... that '''[[Plaza Rajah Sulayman]]''' in [[Manila]], which was once a bathing area, is now considered the city's [[lovers' lane]]?

===13 June 2013===
*'''''18:45, 13 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Old Albany Academy 2.jpg|100x100px|Front facade of building, with statue]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Joseph Henry Memorial|the old school building]]''' in [[Albany, New York]] ''(pictured)'' where [[Joseph Henry]] co-discovered electrical [[inductance]] is now named after him?
*... that '''[[Lina Ron]]''' was very aggressive and volatile in her radical political life when [[Hugo Chávez|Chávez]] called her "uncontrollable", and she even called herself an "ugly part" of the revolution?
*... that the [[Refrain (song)|chorus]] of [[Rihanna]]'s song "'''[[What Now (Rihanna song)|What Now]]'''" contains background sounds that resemble "sonic bombs"?
*... that '''[[Myles Landick]]''' is [[St. Peter (rugby ground)|St. Peter]]'s groundsman?
*... that black [[coral]] has been depleted in the shallower waters of the '''[[Gulf of Cazones]]''' as its use for ornamental jewellery has increased since the 1960s?
*... that '''[[Hansi Brand]]''' was involved in rescue efforts during the Holocaust?
*... that the '''[[McAfrika]]''' burger was sold by [[McDonald's]] in [[Norway]] for a limited time, just as a major famine was happening in [[Africa]], creating a public relations disaster?


*'''''11:00, 13 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor.jpg|100x100px|Baby Doe Tabor]]
</div>
*... that Colorado mining magnate [[Horace Tabor]]'s wife, '''[[Baby Doe Tabor]]''' ''(pictured)'', went from being one of the best dressed women in the West to freezing to death in a [[Matchless Mine|mining shack]]?
*... that the '''[[Palacio Haedo]]''' in [[Buenos Aires]] was once occupied by the Banco Popular Argentino?
*... that the talk show ''Ra'is el-Tahrir'' ("Editor in Chief") hosted by '''[[Hamdi Qandil]]''' was one of the most popular and respected television [[Television in Egypt|programs]] in [[Egypt]] before it was discontinued in 2003?
*... that with the [[Tropical cyclogenesis|development]] of '''[[Tropical Storm Andrea (2013)|Tropical Storm Andrea]]''' on June 5, the [[2013 Atlantic hurricane season]] became the fourth consecutive [[Atlantic hurricane season|season]] with a [[Tropical cyclone naming|named storm]] in the month of June?
*... that in October 1518 '''[[Richard Jerningham]]''' was one of the "sad and ancient knights" appointed to [[Henry VIII of England|King Henry VIII]]'s reorganized [[Privy chamber|Privy Chamber]]?
*... that the '''[[Mathura rape case]]''', an incident of [[custodial rape]] in India on March 26, 1972, eventually led to amendments in [[Indian law]]?
*... that the '''[[coat of arms of Pichilemu|official coat of arms]]''' of [[Pichilemu]], [[Chile]], was created by a [[graphic design]] student?


*'''''03:15, 13 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg|100x100px|Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
</div>
*... that the two stars on the '''[[Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis]]''' ''(pictured)'' represent the two islands that make up [[Saint Kitts and Nevis|the federation]]?
*... that '''[[Haoui Montaug]]''' celebrated killing himself with twenty guests and [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] on the phone from Los Angeles?
*... that '''[[Repton Abbey]]''' is traditionally thought to have been founded by [[Saint David]], and is the burial place of two [[Kingdom of Mercia|Mercian Kings]]?
*... that during the [[Bengal famine of 1943|famine of 1943]], the '''[[Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti|Women's Self-Defense Association]]''' organised hunger marches across [[Bengal]]?
*... that [[Jennifer Lopez]] teamed up with [[Verizon Wireless]] to launch her retail service '''[[Viva Móvil]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Cynarina|solitary cup coral]]''' can double its diameter by drawing water into its mantle?
*... that whilst in his 70s, entrepreneur '''[[Eugene Tonkonogy]]''' fulfilled a lifelong ambition of marching in the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]] as a clown, and continued to do so every year for twenty years?

===12 June 2013===
*'''''19:30, 12 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Fish soup bee hoon at Food Junction, May 26, 2013.jpg|100x100px|A bowl of fish soup bee hoon, photograph taken 27 May 2013]]
</div>
*... that [[fish head]]s '''[[Fish soup bee hoon|are eaten]]''' ''(dish pictured)'' in [[Singapore]] with a range of ingredients including [[milk]], [[brandy]], and fried [[noodle]]s?
*... that the acting [[Governor of Curaçao]], '''[[Adèle van der Pluijm-Vrede]]''', signed the Act of Abdication of Queen [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix]]?
*... that '''[[Devereux Emmet]]''', a pioneering [[golf course architect]], won the Bahama Open when he was 66 years old?
*... that '''[[INS Aridhaman|Aridhaman]]''' is the second [[Nuclear submarine|nuclear-powered]] [[Ballistic missile submarine|Ballistic Missile submarine]] being built by India?
*... that '''[[St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch]]''', Wales, contains a reading desk made out of 15th-century bench ends, one of which is decorated with a carving of a mermaid?
*... that small, [[low-cost]] '''[[microconsole]]s''' like [[Ouya]], [[GameStick]], and [[GamePop]] comprise a new field of [[video game console]] alternatives?
*... that the '''[[Surfers Paradise Meter Maids|meter maids in Surfers Paradise]]''' top up the parking meter rather than issuing fines?


*'''''11:00, 12 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:JohnnyDeppApr2011.jpg|100x100px|Johnny Depp]]
</div>
*... that in the 2010 film ''[[The Tourist (2010 film)|The Tourist]]'', [[Johnny Depp]] ''(pictured)'' walked across the roof of '''[[Hotel Danieli]]''' in [[Venice]] in his [[pajamas]]?
*... that the [[tadpole]] [[larva]] of the sea grape '''''[[Molgula oculata]]''''' can swim but the larva of '''''[[Molgula occulta]]''''' has no tail and cannot?
*... that [[association football|footballer]] '''[[John Mitchell (footballer born 1800s)|John Mitchell]]''' not only played in [[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers']] first match in 1879, but also played for [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] on the first day of the inaugural [[The Football League|Football League]] season in 1888?
*... that '''[[Cotton production in the United States|American cotton exports]]''' to China grew from a value of $46 million in 2000 to more than $2 billion in 2010?
*... that the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" scene from ''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]'', which fused [[wizardry]] with [[conducting]], is the central concept of [[Disney Interactive Studios|Disney Interactive]] and [[Harmonix]]'s 2014 video game, '''''[[Fantasia: Music Evolved]]'''''?
*... that '''[[Orlando Cornejo|Orlando Cornejo Bustamante]]''' was the first [[Mayor of Pichilemu|Mayor]] of [[Pichilemu]], [[Chile]] to be elected in [[Chilean transition to democracy|democracy]] after [[Augusto Pinochet]]'s [[military government of Chile (1973&ndash;90)|regime]] ended?
*... that the symbolism behind the red in the '''[[Flag of the Republic of the Congo]]''' was left unexplained?


*'''''00:00, 12 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:2011_11_26_Toyota_HQ-20-37_-_Flickr_-_Moto@Club4AG.jpg|100x100px|A Toyota Eagle MkIII at the Toyota USA Automotive Museum]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Eagle MkIII]]''' ''(pictured)'' was so dominant in [[IMSA Camel GT]] racing that it has been blamed for causing the demise of the series?
*... that '''[[Little Nescopeck Creek]]'''{{`s}} width has more than tripled since 1894, partially due to the construction of the [[Jeddo Tunnel]]?
*... that '''[[Johan Ankerstjerne]]''', a Danish cinematographer, founded a firm which became the leading film laboratory in Denmark for 16 mm and 35 mm films?
*... that the '''[[Nagato-class battleship|''Nagato''-class battleship]]s''' were the first [[dreadnought]]s to be [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] with guns larger than {{convert|15|in|0}} even though they were not the first to be [[Keel laying|laid down]]?
*... that the 2012 film '''''[[Knuckleball!]]''''' followed the [[2011 Major League Baseball season]] of [[Tim Wakefield]] and [[R.&nbsp;A. Dickey]], the only [[Major League Baseball]] [[knuckleball]] [[pitcher]]s that season?
*... that an increase in the [[blackbuck]] population at the '''[[Rollapadu Wildlife Sanctuary]]''' is one of the reasons for the fall in numbers of the [[Great Indian Bustard]] and the [[Lesser Florican]] there?
*... that '''[[Oia, Greece|Oia]]''' in Greece is pronounced "EE-ah" and not "OY-ah"?

===11 June 2013===
*'''''16:00, 11 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:William Hussey&#39;s business card.PNG|100x100px|The business card of chinaman William Hussey.]]
</div>
*... that '''[[chinaman (porcelain)|chinamen]]''' ''(card pictured)'' formed a [[auction ring|ring]] at the auctions of the [[East India Company]]?
*... that having paid a large fine, '''[[Repton Priory]]''' was reestablished after the first [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]], only to be dissolved again the following year?
*... that '''[[Herbert Schmertz]]''', former vice president of [[Public relations|public affairs]] for [[Mobil Corporation]], was appointed to the [[United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy]] by [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1983?
*... that the endangered '''''[[Hygrocybe lanecovensis]]''''' is only known from [[Lane Cove Bushland Park]] in suburban [[Sydney]]?
*... that '''[[Rob McClure]]''' earned a [[Tony Award]] nomination for the [[67th Tony Awards|2013 Tony Awards ceremony]] for a role he premiered in 2010? 
*... that in 1989 the [[Singapore]] [[Parliament of Singapore|Parliament]] reversed the effect of a 1988 [[Court of Appeal of Singapore|Court of Appeal]] case holding that the [[Internal Security Act (Singapore)|Internal Security Act]] did not '''[[exclusion of judicial review in Singapore law|exclude judicial review]]''' of decisions to [[preventive detention|detain without trial]]?
*... that '''[[Vano Siradeghyan]]''', one of Armenia's most influential politicians, is wanted by [[Interpol]]?


*'''''08:00, 11 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Bomb wreckage near Gaston Motel (14 May 1963).JPG|100x100px|Wreckage near the bombed Gaston Motel]]
</div>
*... that two 1963 bombings in [[Birmingham, Alabama]] ''(effects pictured)'', caused a '''[[Birmingham crisis|crisis]]''' that eventually involved 18,000 federal troops? 
*... that '''[[Husn Camp]]''' was established in [[Jordan]] in 1968 as an emergency camp to house 12,500 refugees who were displaced from the [[West Bank]] and the [[Gaza Strip]] during the [[Six-Day War|1967 Arab-Israeli War]]? 
*... that award-winning set designer '''[[Rob Howell]]''' is also a nominee for [[Tony Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]] at the [[67th Tony Awards]]? 
*... that Saint Illtyd Church on '''[[Caldey Island]]''', established in the 6th century, is reputedly the oldest Celtic church in Wales? 
*... that the [[Sugababes]] '''[[List of awards and nominations received by Sugababes|won their first Brit Award]]''' in 2003 for Best British Dance Act? 
*... that sequences in the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' episode "'''[[Bound (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Bound]]'''" were choreographed by [[Travis Payne]], who had previously worked with [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Britney Spears]]?
*... that in the [[Roman Empire]], the '''[[Rosalia (festival)|Rosalia]]''' was a floral commemoration of the dead observed by pagans, Jews, and Christians?


*'''''00:00, 11 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Koehler&#39;s Depressing Carriage.jpg|100x100px|Koehler's Depressing Carriage]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Koehler Depressing Carriage]]''' ''(pictured)'', which allowed [[cannon]] to be fired downwards, included a forerunner of the recoil systems that are standard features of modern [[artillery]] pieces? 
*... that '''[[Steffen Peters]]''' is the first person to be awarded the [[United States Equestrian Federation]]'s Equestrian of the Year Award three times?
*... that of the five '''[[early grounds of Manchester City F.C.]]''', four were originally unused wasteland, most had no stands or facilities, and none served for more than two seasons?
*... that [[storm chasing|storm chaser]] '''[[Tim Samaras]]''' recorded the lowest [[atmospheric pressure|pressure]] ever observed on [[Earth's surface]] when adjusted for [[altitude]]?
*... that [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s ''[[Cinderella (musical)|Cinderella]]'', which premiered on television in 1957, never played on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] until its '''[[Cinderella (2013 Broadway production)|2013 production]]'''?
*... that '''[[Song Hoot Kiam]]''' is credited as the "first local Christian pioneer in [[Singapore]]"?
*... that '''''[[Triboniophorus aff. graeffei]]''''', a giant, [[hot pink]] [[slug]], is specific to [[Mount Kaputar|a single mountaintop]] in southeast [[Australia]]?

===10 June 2013===
*'''''16:00, 10 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Bad Bevensen Medingen - Klosterweg - Kloster 11 ies.jpg|100x100px]]
</div>
*... that the [[nun]]s of '''[[Medingen Abbey]]''' ''(pictured)'' produced a wealth of illuminated [[manuscript]]s in which they expanded Latin [[Christian liturgy|liturgy]] with vernacular [[Prayer in Christianity|prayers]], lay-songs and [[Christian meditation|meditations]]?
*... that '''[[Lauren Ward]]''' and '''[[Keala Settle]]''' are nominees for [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Featured Actress in a Musical]] at the [[67th Tony Awards]] for performances in ''[[Matilda the Musical]]'' and '''''[[Hands on a Hardbody (musical)|Hands on a Hardbody]]''''', respectively?
*... that the '''[[Whipple Cast and Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge|iron bridge]]''' to Normanskill Farm in [[Albany, New York]], built in 1867, is one of only a few in the United States to use both [[cast iron|cast]] and [[wrought iron]]?
*... that '''[[Dejan (magnate)|Dejan]]''' was one of the prominent figures of the [[Serbian Empire]]?
*... that [[Roy Lichtenstein]]'s '''''[[Woman with Flowered Hat]]''''' established a new auction record for the artist when it sold for over $56&nbsp;million in May 2013?
*... that adventurer '''[[Theodore Morde]]''' claimed to find the legendary "[[Lost City of the Monkey God]]" in 1940 and presented thousands of [[Artifact (archaeology)|artifacts]] to support his claim?


*'''''08:00, 10 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Tom_Hanks_2012.jpg|100x100px|Tom Hanks]]
</div>
*... that recently deceased [[Nora Ephron]]'s last play and [[Tom Hanks]]' ''(pictured)'' [[Broadway theatre]] debut, '''''[[Lucky Guy (play)|Lucky Guy]]''''', is, along with '''''[[The Assembled Parties]]''''', '''''[[The Testament of Mary (play)|The Testament of Mary]]''''' and '''''[[Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike]]''''', a [[67th Tony Awards]] [[Tony Award for Best Play|Best Play]] nominee?
*... that with their combined [[wealth]] estimated at $1.6 billion, Singaporean couple '''[[Ong Beng Seng]]''' and '''[[Christina Ong]]''' are among the richest people in [[Singapore]]?
*... that '''[[No. 41 Squadron RNZAF|No. 41 Squadron]]''' of the [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]] operated the "slowest military aircraft in South-east Asia" during the early 1960s?
*... that 18-year-old '''[[Hussein bin Abdullah, Crown Prince of Jordan|Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan]]''', son of [[Abdullah II of Jordan|King Abdullah II]] and [[Queen Rania of Jordan|Queen Rania]], has served as [[regent]] several times since reaching the [[age of majority]]?
*... that the '''[[flag of American Samoa]]''' features a [[Bald Eagle]], even though the bird does not live in [[American Samoa|the territory]]?
*... that '''[[Gustavo Parraguez|Gustavo Parraguez Galarce]]''' has been the interim [[mayor of Pichilemu|mayor]] of [[Pichilemu]] three times?


*'''''00:00, 10 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Umami Burger hamburger.jpg|100x100px|Hamburger from Umami Burger]]
</div>
*... that the [[hamburger]]s at '''[[Umami Burger]]''' ''(product pictured)'' earned the [[restaurant chain]] Burger of the Year honors from [[Alan Richman]] of ''[[GQ]]''? 
*... that '''[[Operation Peppermint]]''' was the World War II codename for preparations to counter the danger that the Germans might disrupt [[Normandy landings|D-Day]] with [[dirty bomb|radioactive poisons]]?
*... that [[67th Tony Awards]] [[Tony Award for Best Musical|Best Musical]] nominee '''''[[A Christmas Story: The Musical]]''''' was adapted from a [[A Christmas Story|1980s film]] and [[Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play|Best Revival of a Play]] nominee '''''[[The Trip to Bountiful (play)|The Trip to Bountiful]]''''' had been adapted into a [[The Trip to Bountiful|1980s film]]? 
*... that non-Muslims are not allowed to enter the '''[[Grand Mosque (Dubai)|Grand Mosque]]''' of [[Dubai]], except the minaret from where photography is permitted? 
*... that Singaporean [[make-up artist]] '''[[Clarence Lee]]''' has done [[make-up]] for [[Zhang Ziyi]], [[Stefanie Sun]], [[The Spice Girls]], and [[Chris Isaak]]?
*... that '''[[Kothandaramaswamy Temple]]''', believed to be the place where [[Vibhishana]] asked [[Rama]] for refuge, was the only structure in [[Dhanushkodi]] to survive the [[1964 Rameswaram cyclone]]?
*... that according to the [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]], '''[[Eddie Dee]]''' is "your rapper's favorite rapper"?

===9 June 2013===
*'''''16:00, 9 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Giotto di Bondone - Navicella - WGA09363.jpg|100x100px|1628 full-size copy in oil in the Vatican]]
</div>
*... that only two small fragments remain from {{convert|1333|sqft}} of [[Giotto]]'s '''''[[Navicella (mosaic)|Navicella]]''''' mosaic ''(copy illustrated)'' in [[Old St. Peter's Basilica]]?
*... that British poet [[Tony Harrison]] created the [[film-poem]] '''''[[The Blasphemers' Banquet]]''''' partially in response to the [[Salman Rushdie]] [[The Satanic Verses controversy|controversy]] surrounding his publication of ''[[The Satanic Verses]]''?
*... that '''[[Nick Ciuffo]]''' received a scholarship to play [[college baseball]] before appearing in a single high school baseball game?
*... that critics claimed '''''[[Tarmina]]''''' only won its [[Citra Award]]s because of influence from [[Djamaluddin Malik]]?
*... that [[Tommy Kendall]] suffered critical injuries at [[Watkins Glen International|Watkins Glen]] in 1991 when the left rear wheel of his '''[[Intrepid RM-1]]''' flew off, pitching him into the guardrail at 140 mph (230 km/h)?
*... that '''[[Jeffrey Dampier]]''' won US$20 million in the [[Illinois Lottery]] and was subsequently murdered by his sister-in-law and her boyfriend?
*... that '''[[Tryella|bullets]]''' are found in central and northern Australia after monsoonal rains?


*'''''08:00, 9 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:St. Michael and All, Angels, Salwarpe - geograph.org.uk - 120690.jpg|100x100px|Parish church of St Michael and All Angels, Salwarpe]]
</div>
*... that after [[Worcester Cathedral#Worcester Priory|Worcester Priory]] lost [[Coenwulf of Mercia|Coenwulf]]'s gift of '''[[Salwarpe]]''' ''(church pictured)'', [[Wulfstan (died 1095)|St Wulfstan]] failed to recover it?
*... that the '''[[Jeddo Tunnel]]''' contributes {{convert|90000|lb}} of acid per day to the Susquehanna River via the Little Nescopeck and Nescopeck Creeks?
*... that '''[[Hardy Town, Gibraltar|Hardy Town]]''', an encampment established by the civilians of [[Gibraltar]] to escape the Spanish bombardment of the [[Great Siege of Gibraltar|Great Siege of 1779–83]], was called the "Cowards' Retreat" by the British garrison?
*... that [[Kentuckian]] journalist '''[[Ewing Galloway]]''' owned what was once the biggest [[stock photography]] company in the United States?
*... that in the UK, [[social worker]]s do not have the power to remove children without a [[court order]], yet '''[[Police child protection powers in the United Kingdom|police do]]'''?
*... that '''[[R. Nataraja Mudaliar]]''', acknowledged as the father of [[Tamil cinema]], was the first Indian to sell automobiles?
*... that in the UK a total '''[[ouster clause]]''' in a statute generally does not prevent a person from applying for [[judicial review]] of a public authority's decision, but a partial ouster clause does?


*'''''00:05, 9 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Pearsons Lookout Cropped.png|100x100px|alt=A view from Pearson's Lookout over the Wollemi National Park]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Gardens of Stone National Park]]''' ''(pictured)'' is so named for the natural stone pagodas within its boundaries?
*... that Indian classical singer '''[[Shanno Khurana]]''' was awarded [[Padma Shri]] in 1991, followed by the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2006?
*... that in the United States, landowners control subsurface oil and gas resources, while in most of the rest of the world, the '''[[petroleum fiscal regime]]''' is government-managed?
*... that '''[[Muthu Alagappan]]'''{{`}}s [[big data]]-driven [[basketball]] [[statistical analysis]] identifies 13 distinct [[Basketball positions|player positions]] as opposed to the traditional five?
*... that the black and white bands on the '''[[Flag of Botswana]]''' represent the stripes of the [[zebra]], the [[Botswana|country]]'s [[List of national animals|national animal]]?
*... that '''[[Marco Gonzales]]''' [[games started|started]] and [[Win–loss record (pitching)#Winning pitcher|won]] the [[Colorado]] state championship game in all four years on his [[high school]] [[baseball]] team?
*... that Ashvin Sivakumar won the '''[[2nd RHB-The Straits Times National Spelling Championship|Big Spell 2013]]''' by correctly spelling ''pulchritudinous''?

===8 June 2013===
*'''''16:20, 8 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Rehoboth, Chappaqua, NY.jpg|100x100px|Barn, now a house, in 2009]]
</div>
*... that after building '''[[Rehoboth (Chappaqua, New York)|the first concrete barn in the United States]]''' ''(pictured)'' on his farm in [[Chappaqua, New York]], [[Horace Greeley]] said it would be "abidingly useful long after I shall have been utterly forgotten"?
*... that '''[[Abujmarh]]''', a hilly forest area in India, was proposed as a [[Biosphere_reserves_of_India#Potential_sites_for_Biosphere_Reserves|biosphere reserve]] by the country's [[Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)|Ministry of Environment and Forests]] in 2008?
*... that the '''[[oil industry in Singapore]]''' generates five percent of the country's [[gross domestic product]]?
*... that '''[[Said Amirov]]''', the mayor of [[Makhachkala]], has survived fifteen assassination attempts, including one that left him wheelchair-bound?
*... that the 1970 edition of the '''[[National Atlas of the United States]]''' was too expensive for most Americans?
*... that '''[[Knuthenborg]]''' was once Denmark's largest private estate?
*... that the [[Bach cantata]] '''[[Süßer_Trost,_mein_Jesus_kömmt,_BWV_151|''Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt'', BWV 151]]''', opens in a "mood of iridescent transparency"?


*'''''08:00, 8 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Austropaxillus infundibuliformis 226027.jpg|100x100px|Austropaxillus infundibuliformis, Bunyip State Forest, Victoria]]
</div>
*... that fungi of the [[mycorrhiza]]l genus '''''[[Austropaxillus]]''''' ''('''[[Austropaxillus infundibuliformis|A.&nbsp;infundibuliformis]]''' pictured)'' are closely related to the [[wood-decay fungus|brown rot]] genus '''''[[Serpula (fungus)|Serpula]]'''''?
*... that '''[[Kerala Seaplane]]''' is the first and the only seaplane service in mainland India?
*... that '''[[Francisco Esteban Gómez]]''' is honored in [[Venezuela]] as a hero of the '''[[Battle of Matasiete]]'''?
*... that '''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 2)|season two]]''' of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' featured the first appearance of [[Whoopi Goldberg]], after she requested to appear on the show?
*... that Wan Long, chairman of '''[[Shuanghui]]''', is known as China's "number one butcher" due to the number of pigs his company slaughters?
*... that in the '''[[wildlife of Nepal]]''', [[Rhododendron]] is the most widely found national flower of the country and its red flower, known locally as Lal Guran, forms the wreath round the national symbol?
*... that '''[[Willie Stokes]]''' buried his murdered son in a Cadillac-styled coffin, prompting [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] to record the song "Willie the Wimp"?


*'''''00:00, 8 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Tomb of King Tongmyong, Pyongyang, North Korea-1.jpg|100x100px|Tomb of King Tongmyong]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Tomb of King Tongmyong]]''' ''(pictured)'' is one of 63 individual tombs believed to belong to the ancient [[Goguryeo]] kingdom of [[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Korea]] that were given [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site|World Heritage]] status in 2004?
*... that '''[[infobox]]es''' on [[Wikipedia]] are used to extract [[structured content]] using [[machine learning]] algorithms?
*... that '''[[Alfred Beckley]]''', the founder of [[Beckley, West Virginia]], found the townsite a "perfect wilderness"?
*... that the '''[[2013 Bilderberg Conference]]''' is the first [[Bilderberg Group]] meeting to be held in the United Kingdom since 1998?
*... that ''Hauptsturmführer'' '''[[Karl Streibel]]''', who took part in the Nazi extermination of Jews as storm leader of ''[[SS]] [[Trawniki concentration camp#Key role of Trawniki men in the Final Solution|Battalion Streibel]]'', was acquitted of any wrongdoing in 1976?
*... that the '''[[bamboo network]]''' of [[overseas Chinese]] businesses links the economies of [[Southeast Asia]] with the economy of China?
*... that [[Debby Applegate]] studied pornographic writing techniques for her [[Pulitzer Prize for History|Pulitzer]]-winning '''''[[The Most Famous Man in America]]'''''?

===7 June 2013===
*'''''16:00, 7 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:SevenMileBeach(Forster)NSW20100911-1.JPG|100x100px|Seven Mile Beach, Booti Booti National Park]]
</div>
*... that two of the three hill complexes of '''[[Booti Booti National Park]]''' ''(pictured)'' were islands during the [[Pleistocene]]?
*... that [[Ravi Shankar]], the world-renowned Indian [[sitar]] player, was a '''[[Music in Varanasi|musician from Varanasi]]?
*... that Tom Collins resigned the presidency of '''[[RCSI-Bahrain]]''' over the alleged government cancellation of an ethics conference?
*... that the '''[[Hollywood Anti-Nazi League]]''', a [[communist front]] co-chaired by [[Dorothy Parker]], boycotted [[Nazi]] film-maker [[Leni Riefenstahl]]'s visit to Los Angeles to meet [[Walt Disney]]?
*... that '''[[Bigbury Camp]]''', the only confirmed Iron Age [[hill fort]] in east [[Kent]], is thought to be a fortress that [[Julius Caesar]]'s [[Legio VII Claudia|Seventh Legion]] stormed in 54 BC?
*... that '''[[Zainal Abidin (actor)|Zainal Abidin]]''' acted in over 150&nbsp;films but won only two [[Citra Award]]s?
*... that other fish pose as the '''''[[Haemulon]]''''' and get in their school to protect themselves from predators?


*'''''08:00, 7 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Bukit timah quarry may.jpg|100x100px|Quarry visible from Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore, photographed in June 2013]]
</div>
*... that the [[Bukit Timah Nature Reserve]] ''(pictured)'' is the first '''[[biosphere reserves in Singapore|biosphere reserve in Singapore]]'''?
*... that '''[[Lotika Sarkar]]''' was the first Indian woman to graduate and to receive a Ph. D. degree in law from the [[University of Cambridge]]?
*... that '''[[face-to-face interaction]]''' has been steadily supplemented by '''[[Mediated communication|mediated interaction]]''' since the invention of the [[printing press]] in 15th century Europe?
*... that in 1976, '''[[Jack McAuliffe (brewer)|Jack McAuliffe]]''' founded the [[New Albion Brewing Company]], considered the first modern American [[microbrewery]]?
*... that '''[[Mughalsarai–Kanpur section|Mughalsarai marshalling yard]]''' is the largest in Asia?
*... that '''[[Tio Pakusadewo]]''' won his [[Citra Award for Best Leading Actor|Citra Awards for Best Leading Actor]] eighteen years apart?
*... that the Idaho-[[endemism|endemic]] sedge '''''[[Carex aboriginum]]''''' was not seen again for nearly 90 years after its initial discovery?


*'''''00:00, 7 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Albert Swinden, Untitled, From the Williamsburg Housing Project Murals.jpg|100x100px|Untitled, from the Williamsburg Housing Project Murals]]
</div>
*... that an '''[[Albert Swinden]]''' mural ''(pictured)'', one of very few of his early paintings not destroyed in a studio fire, was painted over and thought lost, before being rediscovered and restored?
*... that [[Singapore]] has '''[[Environmental issues in Singapore|lost 90% of its natural forests]]'''?
*... that '''[[Sharmila Biswas]]''', an Indian [[Odissi]] dancer, was awarded the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]], conferred by the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] in 2012?
*... that Arvind Mahankali won the '''[[86th Scripps National Spelling Bee|2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee]]''' by correctly spelling ''knaidel''?
*... that Australian Prime Minister [[Robert Menzies|Sir Robert Menzies]] said journalist '''[[Randal Heymanson|Sir Randal Heymanson]]''' was "the best informed Australian living in America"?
*... that a team of filmmakers and scientists searching for the legendary "lost city of gold," '''[[la Ciudad Blanca]]''', found multiple large-scale [[archeological site]]s?
*... that the '''[[Zamorano Eighty]]''' list contains a book so rare, only two copies are known to exist, and one collector planned a burglary to obtain it?

===6 June 2013===
*'''''16:00, 6 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Port Malmesbury, Kuiu Wilderness, Alaska.jpg|100x100px|Overlooking Port Malmesbury in the Kuiu Wilderness on Kuiu Island, Alaska]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Kuiu Wilderness and Tebenkof Bay Wilderness]]''' ''(pictured)'' are accessible only by boat or floatplane?
*... that the [[starfish]] '''''[[Cryptasterina pentagona]]''''' and '''''[[Cryptasterina hystera]]''''' are believed to have diverged from a common ancestral line a few thousand years ago?
*... that [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher '''[[Preston Claiborne]]''' is a major contributor to a website that gives tips on surviving the rigors of [[minor league baseball]]?
*... that Museum Maribo-Bandholm near '''[[Bandholm]]''' has the oldest running steam locomotive and the oldest private railway track in Denmark, dated to 1869?
*... that the [[Royal Australian Air Force]]'s '''[[No. 38 Squadron RAAF|No. 38 Squadron]]''' was equipped with [[de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou|DHC-4 Caribou]] transport aircraft for 45 years?
*... that '''[[Sarla Behn]]'''{{`s}} and [[Mirabehn]]'s work in [[Kumaon division|Kumaon]] and [[Garhwal division|Garhwal]], respectively, played a key role in bringing focus on issues of environmental degradation and conservation in [[History of the Republic of India|independent India]]?
*... that plans for an elephant to appear in the [[Guano Apes]]' circus-themed music video "'''[[You Can't Stop Me]]'''" were cancelled after the elephant's owner threatened a rival circus family?


*'''''08:00, 6 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Crossing of Blue Mountains, 1880.jpg|100x100px|The exploration party at the summit of their expedition]]
</div>
*... that on this day 200 years ago, Australian explorers returned from the first successful colonial '''[[1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains|expedition to cross the Blue Mountains]]''' ''(pictured)''? 
*... that '''[[Michelle Nunn]]''', CEO of [[Points of Light]], the largest organization in the U.S. devoted to volunteer service, is considering running for the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]], where [[Sam Nunn|her father]] once served?
*... that '''''[[Cathreim Thoirdhealbhaigh]]''''', an account of the wars of [[Thomond]] in 13th-century Ireland, is noted for both historical accuracy and vivid descriptions of [[banshee]]s?
*... that leading 1950s New York [[Model (profession)#Fashion models|model]] '''[[Mary Jane Russell]]''' won [[damages]] after an [[Photo manipulation|altered photograph]] of her reading in bed was used to advertise [[bed sheet]]s? ...
*... that upon relegation to the '''[[2013–14 RFU Championship]]''', [[London Welsh RFC|London Welsh]] looked to groundshare with [[Oxford University RFC|Oxford University]] instead of returning to their [[Old Deer Park|home ground]]?
*... that '''[[Stefan Strandberg]]''' was the captain of the [[Norway national under-21 football team|Norwegian team]] that qualified for the [[2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship]]?
*... that the [[Batmobile]] was the [[pace car]] at a '''[[2005 Batman Begins 400|NASCAR race]]'''?


*'''''00:00, 6 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Palaciodelasacademiascaracas.jpg|100x100px|Palacio de las Academias]]
</div>
*... that the [[Neo-Gothic]] renovation of Venezuela's '''[[Palacio de las Academias]]''' ''(pictured)'' gave the façade forty bays containing windows or doors? 
*... that '''[[Karera Wildlife Sanctuary]]''', established to conserve the [[Great Indian Bustard]], is being denotified due to opposition by the local people and the disappearance of the bird locally?
*... that after Governor '''[[Liu Zihou]]''' was captured by the [[Red Guards (China)|Red Guards]] and rescued by the army in 1967, rival army factions armed his supporters and opponents, who fought and killed each other for years?
*... that the '''[[Golden Eagle Regional Park]]''' in [[Sparks, Nevada]], is the [[sports complex]] with the most [[artificial turf]] space in [[North America]], at {{convert|1,400,000|sqft|km2|lk=on|abbr=on}}?
*... that the '''[[geology of North America]]''' includes the core of the supercontinent [[Laurentia]]?
*... that the '''[[laryngeal tube]]''' is a rescue device used for [[airway management]] in difficult situations to enable [[Mechanical ventilation|ventilation]] of the [[lungs]]?
*... that baseball pitcher '''[[Ramón Arano]]''' is one of only two players ever to pitch professionally in six different decades, and is the only pitcher to win at least 300 career games in a single [[minor league baseball|minor league]]?

===5 June 2013===
*'''''16:00, 5 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Soterius von Sachsenheim coat-of-arms.jpg|100x100px|Coat of arms of the House of Soterius von Sachsenheim]]
</div>
*... that the [[Transylvanian Saxons|Transylvanian Saxon]] noble family '''[[House of Soterius von Sachsenheim|Soterius von Sachsenheim]]''' ''(coat of arms pictured)'' has its origins in the village [[Dacia, Brașov|Stein]] (part of [[Jibert]] commune, [[Romania]])?
*... that '''[[Clara Leach Adams-Ender]]''' was the first woman to receive her master's degree in [[military science|military arts and sciences]] from the [[U.S. Army Command and General Staff College]]?
*... that the Indian animation film '''''[[Chhota Bheem and the Throne of Bali]]''''' (2013) was released in three different languages&nbsp;– [[Hindi]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], and [[Telugu language|Telugu]]?
*... that the [[tunicate]] '''''[[Ascidia mentula]]''''' may have a [[pea crab]], [[Bivalvia|bivalve mollusc]] or [[copepod]] living in its body cavity?
*... that the [[Bach cantata]] '''[[Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut, BWV 117|''Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut'', BWV 117]]''', includes "the palpitations of an excited heartbeat"?
*... that [[World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Gene Tunney]] was a member of the '''[[Committee of Catholics to Fight Anti-Semitism]]''', co-founded in 1939 by [[Catholic Worker]] leader [[Dorothy Day]]?
*... that Malaysian chef '''[[Kwan Swee Lian]]'''{{`s}} youngest son is the head of Madam Kwan's restaurant?


*'''''08:00, 5 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Sockl & Nathan Birthday Card c1895.jpg|100x100px|Sockl and Nathan greeting card]]
</div>
*... that, fearing [[persecution of Jews|persecution]], the 19th-century [[greeting card]] company '''[[Sockl and Nathan]]''' often excluded its name from its cards ''(sample pictured)''?
*... that American singer [[Romeo Santos]] '''[[List of awards and nominations received by Romeo Santos|received an award]]''' for [[Frankie J]]'s cover of "[[Obsesión]]"?
*... that, despite running back '''[[Matt Brown (American football)|Matt Brown]]''' being only {{convert|5|ft|5|in}} tall, the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] just signed him to a three-year [[National Football League|NFL]] contract?
*... that the '''[[great northern tilefish]]''' digs burrows and tunnels in clay sediment on the [[outer continental shelf]] and on flanks of submarine canyons?
*... that the '''[[Palacio de Justicia de Caracas]]''' in Venezuela straddles an access highway to the city centre?
*... that '''''[[Dabba (film)|Dabba]]''''' won the Critics Week Viewers Choice Award, also known as Grand Rail d'Or, at the [[2013 Cannes Film Festival]]?
*... that '''[[Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church]]''' was founded by a woman who was wagered by her husband in a card game?


*'''''00:00, 5 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:USS Maine Mast.jpg|100x100px|The recovered mast of the USS ''Maine'', placed as an Arlington National Cemetery memorial to those who died during the 1898 sinking]]
</div>
*... that [[Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian|a British ambassador]], [[Ignacy Jan Paderewski|a Polish pianist]] and [[Manuel L. Quezon|a Filipino president]] were once entombed at the [[USS Maine (ACR-1)|USS ''Maine'']] '''[[USS Maine Mast Memorial|Mast Memorial]]''' ''(pictured)'', though none of them died when the ship exploded and sank?
*... that the '''[[National Art Gallery (Caracas)|National Art Gallery]]''' in Caracas has a wall with sculptural reliefs by [[Francisco Narvaez]], Venezuela's first modernist sculptor?
*... that a '''[[slotted line]]''' for [[microwave]] measurement can be made for roughly one ten-thousandth of the cost of a [[Network analyzer (electrical)|network analyzer]]?
*... that '''[[Ranjit Sinha]]''', director of India's [[Central Bureau of Investigation]], unearthed a major [[Railway bribery scam|cash-for-posts scam]] by tapping the phone of a colleague he reportedly had a grudge against?
*... that '''[[Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV_143|''Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele'', BWV 143]]''', may be too unpretentious to be a [[Bach]] work?
*... that '''[[C. Daniel Clemente|Dan Clemente]]''' developed and built the first residential condo complex in Virginia, which sold out before construction finished?
*... that '''[[Bancroft Shed]]''' gave up [[kissing the shuttle]] for health reasons?

===4 June 2013===
*'''''16:00, 4 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Upshot-Knothole Encore 001.jpg|100x100px|Operation Upshot-Knot, Encore shot]]
</div>
*... that for the '''[[Upshot-Knothole Encore|Encore shot]]''', 145 [[Pinus ponderosa|ponderosa pines]] were transported to the [[Nevada Test Site]], set in [[concrete]], and subjected to an [[Nuclear weapons testing|atomic blast]] ''(pictured)''?
*... that Singaporean businessman '''[[Lien Ying Chow]]''' was the first non-American recipient of the [[American Academy of Achievement]]'s Golden Plate Award?
*... that the '''[[Bliss-Leavitt torpedo]]''' remained in service for 41 years, until the end of [[World War II]]?
*... that, in 1973, '''[[Washington Saldías Fuentealba]]''' was expelled from the [[Mayor of Pichilemu|mayorship]] of [[Pichilemu]], Chile, by the [[Government Junta of Chile (1973)|military junta]] of [[Augusto Pinochet]]? 
* ... that [[Swami Vivekananda]] said it would not have been possible for him to do anything for India without the help of '''[[Ajit Singh of Khetri|Ajit Singh]]''', eighth king of Shekhawat dynasty of [[Khetri]], [[Rajasthan]]?
*... that ''SS-Hauptsturmführer'' '''[[Hans Bothmann]]''' was one of at least a dozen high-ranking Nazi functionaries and [[List of major perpetrators of the Holocaust|Holocaust perpetrators]] who committed suicide?
*... that [[Charlotte Bobcats]] head coach '''[[Steve Clifford]]''' was an assistant to [[Jeff Van Gundy|Jeff]] and [[Stan Van Gundy]], and regards both brothers as mentors?


*'''''08:00, 4 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Anzob mountains.jpg|100x100px|Zarafshan Range near Anzob Pass, Tajikistan]]
</div>
*... that the name of the '''[[Zarafshan Range]]''' ''(pictured)'' is believed to refer to [[gold]] deposits found in the [[Zarafshan River|river of the same name]] that flows through it?
*... that the [[Hongwu Emperor]] was so fond of '''[[Gao Ming (writer)|Gao Ming]]'''{{`s}} play ''The Lute'' that he ordered it to be performed every day at court?
*... that the historic '''[[Siskiyou Pass]]''' is within a mile of '''[[Siskiyou Summit]]''', the highest elevation on [[Interstate 5]]?
*... that '''[[Eduardo Parraguez|Eduardo Parraguez Galarce]]''' recalled that he "fought against" the mayors of [[Marchigüe]] and [[Santa Cruz, Chile|Santa Cruz]] for [[Pichilemu]] to become capital of the [[Chile]]an [[Provinces of Chile|province]] of [[Cardenal Caro Province|Cardenal Caro]]?
*... that the only landward road to [[Gibraltar]] formerly ran along a narrow causeway next to an artificial lake called '''[[Inundation, Gibraltar|the Inundation]]'''?
*... that '''[[agriculture in Singapore]]''' accounted for only 0.5% of the country's [[gross domestic product|GDP]] in 2010?
*... that the recently assassinated [[Curaçao]]an politician '''[[Helmin Wiels]]''' once said, "Dutch is a dead language, the same as Greek or Latin"?


*'''''00:00, 4 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Hu Zhengyan - Three Oranges on Knotted Stand, ca. 1633.jpg|100x100px|''Three Oranges on Knotted Stand'', from the ''Shizhuzhai Shuhuapu'']]
</div>
*... that '''[[Hu Zhengyan]]'''{{`s}} ''Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy'' ''(excerpt pictured)'' remained in print for around 200 years?
*... that [[Tan Tjoei Hock]]'s '''''[[Srigala Item|Black Wolf]]''''' was inspired by [[Zorro]]?
*... that as [[British people|British]] [[poet]] [[Tony Harrison]] finished his speech as the Spirit of [[Phrynichus (tragic poet)|Phrynichos]] in his play '''''[[The Labourers of Herakles]]''''', one of the labourers exclaimed: "Who the fuck was that?"?
*... that the facade of the '''[[Jean Cocteau Museum]]''' has been likened to a "string of alabaster forearms holding up the sky"?
*... that porn star '''[[Danny Wylde]]''' and his girlfriend contributed a film of themselves having sex to a website that aims to provide more realistic representations of sex than are found in [[hardcore pornography]]?
*... that while American "Cabernet blanc" is made from [[Cabernet Sauvignon]] in a style similar to [[White Zinfandel]], an actual '''[[Cabernet blanc]]''' grape does exist?
*... that the design of the church of '''[[St. James on-the-Lines]]''' did not look enough like an English church for the Bishop of Toronto?

===3 June 2013===
*'''''16:00, 3 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Fredrikke Marie Qvam.jpg|100x100px|Fredrikke Marie Qvam]]
</div>
*... that in 1905, '''[[Fredrikke Marie Qvam]]''' ''(pictured)'' as head of a women's voting rights organization gathered about 300,000 signatures from women in support of the [[dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden]]?
*... that there were two '''[[Citra Award for Best Leading Actor|Citra Awards for Best Leading Actor]]''' given in 1955, but none in 1980?
*... that [[Ming Dynasty]] [[Yiji|courtesan]] '''[[Xue Susu]]''' was an accomplished archer who gave public performances?
*... that many species of [[fungi]] involved in '''[[ectomycorrhiza]]s''' are capable of degrading and [[mineralization (soil science)|mineralizing]] a variety of [[persistent organic pollutant]]s found in the soil?
*... that English botanist '''[[Richard Eric Holttum]]''' wrote the first book on gardening in [[Singapore]]?
*... that the [[Bach cantata]] '''[[Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 100|''Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan'', BWV 100]]''', includes up to 24 [[demisemiquaver]]s per bar?
*... that '''''[[Athous haemorrhoidalis]]''''' can click and flick itself high into the air?


*'''''08:05, 3 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Thonningia sanguinea.jpg|100x100px|Thonningia sanguinea from west-central Nigeria]]
</div>
*... that in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, pointy flower heads of the herb '''''[[Thonningia|Thonningia sanguinea]]''' (pictured)'' are often tied to the ankles of young children to help them learn to walk?
*... that the story '''''[[Janko Muzykant]]''''' was one of [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]]'s works mentioned in a speech during his 1905 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] ceremony?
*... that '''[[fauna of Bangladesh]]''' includes ''Trigona fuscobaltiata'', the only species of [[stingless bee]]s found in the country?
*... that the '''[[Chopo University Museum]]''' building in [[Mexico City]] was designed by [[Bruno Möhring]] as a [[pavilion]] for a 1902 art and textile exhibition in [[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]?
*... that the '''[[Dhambalin]]''' archaeological site, discovered in 2007 by Somali archaeologist '''[[Sada Mire]]''', has the earliest known rock art pictures of sheep in [[Somalia]]?
*... that the '''[[USS Ferret (1822)|USS ''Ferret'']]''' was part of a naval fleet that sailed to the [[Caribbean]] to subdue the occurrence of [[Piracy in the Caribbean|pirate raids]] on [[merchant ships]] that had increased to almost 3,000 by the early 1820s?
*... that '''[[Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch|Cardinal Kollonitsch]]''' said he would "first render [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]] obedient, then destitute, and finally Catholic"?


*'''''00:20, 3 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Dronning victoria.jpg|100x100px|Coronation portrait by [[George Hayter]] (detail)]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Coronation of Queen Victoria]]''' ''(illustrated)'' in 1838 was described by the writer [[Harriet Martineau]], who was present, as "highly barbaric"?
*... that the US Army's '''[[MIM-4 Nike Ajax|Nike Ajax]]''' was the world's first operational [[surface-to-air missile]]?
*... that '''''[[Up the Women]]''''' was the last sitcom to be filmed before an audience at [[BBC Television Centre]]?
*... that [[New York City Police Department|New York City police officer]] '''[[Adrian Schoolcraft]]''' was confined involuntarily to a psychiatric ward after criticizing the city's "[[New York City stop-and-frisk program|stop and frisk]]" policy?
*... that '''[[Amanda Vaill]]''' was an editor at [[Viking Press]] alongside [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]]?
*... that the [[Tsaobis Leopard Park]] is the only nature reserve among the '''[[protected areas of Namibia]]''' to conserve [[leopard]]s in particular?
*... that [[Minneapolis]]'s only dedicated long form [[improvisational theatre|improv]] theater is '''[[HUGE Improv Theater|HUGE]]'''?

===2 June 2013===
*'''''16:35, 2 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:John Eliot Gardiner at rehearsal in Wroclaw cropped portrait.jpeg|100x100px|John Eliot Gardiner at rehearsal in Wroclaw, 2007]]
</div>
*... that [[John Eliot Gardiner]] ''(pictured)'', conductor of the [[Bach Cantata Pilgrimage]], noted the "immensity, vigour, flexibility and imagination of the opening chorus" of '''[[Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39|''Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot'', BWV 39]]'''?
*... that photographer '''[[Chua Soo Bin]]''' has been called "one of the most sought-after commercial photographers" in Singapore?
*... that [[Lockheed Corporation|Lockheed]] made '''[[Lockheed MAC-16|microcomputers]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Bogibeel Bridge]]''' being built across the [[Brahmaputra River|Brahmaputra]] is expected to become India's longest combined road and rail bridge?
*... that [[IronE Singleton]]'s stint as '''[[T-Dog (The Walking Dead)|T-Dog]]''' in ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'' was only supposed to last a few episodes, but ended up spanning three seasons?
*... that '''[[Black Mesa (Oklahoma)|Black Mesa]]''' is the highest point of [[Oklahoma]]?
*... that the '''[[velvet roll-rim]]''', '''[[Lactarius porninsis|larch milkcap]]''', and '''[[Lactarius fuliginosus|sooty milkcap]]''' use a wound-activated [[Plant defense against herbivory|defense system]] to deter predation?


*'''''08:50, 2 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Casa natal del Libertador.JPG|100x100px|The house where Simón Bolívar was born]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Birthplace of Simón Bolívar|the house where Simón Bolívar was born]]''' ''(pictured)'' is now a national monument in Venezuela? 
*... that '''[[David Jay Brown]]''' wrote about the possible use of [[MDMA]] ("ecstasy") to treat [[post-traumatic stress disorder]]?
*... that the '''[[Wibault 9|Wib 9]]''' fighter aircraft never went into production, although testing suggested it was faster than the model that preceded it?
*... that the lyrics of [[Kelly Rowland]]'s song "'''[[Dirty Laundry (Kelly Rowland song)|Dirty Laundry]]'''" speak candidly about her envy of [[Beyoncé Knowles]]?
*... that Venezuela formerly produced almost as much coffee as Colombia, but by 2001 '''[[Coffee production in Venezuela|its coffee production]]''' was only about one percent of world production?
*... that '''[[Larry Itliong]]'''{{`s}} [[Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee]] began the [[Delano grape strike]] before [[Cesar Chavez]]'s [[National Farm Workers Association]] joined the picket lines?
*... that [[Princeton University]]'s [[Alma mater (song)|alma mater]] "'''[[Old Nassau]]'''" was originally sung to the melody of "[[Auld Lang Syne]]"?


*'''''00:00, 2 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Arshavir Shirakian.jpg|100x100px|Arshavir Shirakian]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Arshavir Shirakian]]''' ''(pictured)'' assassinated two Turkish officials for their role in the [[Armenian Genocide]]?
*... that the success of [[DavisWiki]], which is used by at least half of [[Davis, California]], residents, led to the creation of '''[[LocalWiki]]'''?
*... that '''[[Theodore Garman]]''' was painted, but not acknowledged, by his father?
*... that the release of '''''[[Bachata Romántica: 1's]]''''' two weeks before [[Valentine's Day]] was used as a promotional tactic to generate a holiday sales boost?
*... that China is the world's leader of '''[[Lettuce production in China|lettuce production]]''', producing approximately half of the world's [[lettuce]]?
*... that although the first overall selection in the '''[[1987 Major League Baseball Draft|1987 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft]]''' became a 13-time [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]], the second overall selection never played in an MLB game?
*... that '''[[Despot Badžović]]''' wrote an [[alphabet book]] for schools in [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]]?

===1 June 2013===
*'''''16:00, 1 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Cicindela albissima.jpg|100x100px|Adult Cicindela albissima]]
</div>
*... that '''''[[Cicindela albissima]]''' (pictured)'' is a beetle found only in the [[Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park|Coral Pink Sand Dunes]] of southern [[Utah]] and has a population of less than 1800?
*... that 18th-century [[Virginia]] [[wikt:pioneer|pioneer]] and physician '''[[Robert White (Virginia physician)|Robert White]]''' previously served as a surgeon in the [[Royal Navy]] and was the father of [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House Representative]] [[Alexander White (Virginia)|Alexander White]]?
*... that an 11th-century pagoda was demolished in order to construct [[Hanoi]]'s '''[[St. Joseph's Cathedral, Hanoi|St. Joseph's Cathedral]]''' in 1886?
*... that Singaporean politician '''[[Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat]]''' was "Singapore{{'s}} first [[Malay people|Malay]] minister"?
*... that the [[List of Bach cantatas|Bach cantata]] '''[[Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 74|''Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten'', BWV 74]]''', includes both "childlike openness" and "manic chortling"?
*... that '''[[Lilian Faithfull]]''', the first women's hockey captain at [[Oxford University]], was the first to suggest the [[Blue (university sport)|Lady Blue]] for women competing in a game between [[Oxford and Cambridge rivalry|Oxford and Cambridge]]?
*... that there is an '''[[Indian Salt Service]]'''?


*'''''08:00, 1 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Wayang Kulit of Semar crop.jpg|100x100px|Semar]]
</div>
*... that in [[Nano Riantiarno]]'s '''''[[Semar Gugat]]''''' the main character [[Semar]] ''(pictured)'', traditionally a symbol of [[wong cilik|the people]], uses a magic fart? 
*... that '''[[Frank J. Lowry]]''' was awarded the [[Navy Cross]] for his service as captain of the cruiser {{USS|Minneapolis|CA-36|6}} at the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]]? 
*... that '''[[Knuthenborg Safaripark]]''', a major tourist attraction of [[Lolland]], is the largest safari park in northern [[Europe]] and the largest natural playground in [[Denmark]]? 
*... that two years after the mission that killed [[Osama bin Laden]], [[HBO]] aired a '''[[Manhunt: The Search for Bin Laden|documentary on the decade-long hunt]]''', narrated by the [[CIA]] agents involved? 
*... that businessman '''[[Hoo Ah Kay]]''' is considered "one of the most influential Chinese (Cantonese) tycoons in [[Singapore]]"? 
*... that "'''[[In the Hands of the Prophets]]'''" was the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek]]'' debut of [[Louise Fletcher]], who won several major acting awards for her role as [[Nurse Ratched]] in ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''?
*... that '''[[Ruut Veenhoven]]''' knows a lot about happiness?


*'''''00:00, 1 June 2013 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:ConsejoMunicipalCaracasPlazaBolivar IMG2168.JPG|100x100px|Lighted night view of Palacio Municipal de Caracas]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Palacio Municipal de Caracas| edifice ]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the focal point for the Constitutional Convention and signing of the Declaration of Independence of [[Venezuela]] in the nineteenth century, hence known as the "cradle of independence”?
*... that '''[[José Lino Vargas]]''' was taken as a hostage by an [[extremist]] that hijacked a [[Boeing 727]] plane?
*... that [[music criticism|music critics]] have compared [[Justin Timberlake]]'s 2013 song "'''[[Let the Groove Get In]]'''" to [[Michael Jackson]]'s 1983 single "[[Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'|Wanna Be Startin' Somethin{{'-}}]]"?
*... that the story of '''[[Khachadour Paul Garabedian|Khachadour Garabedian]]''', the only known [[Armenians|Armenian]] to have fought during the [[American Civil War]], started at a flea market?
*... that on the [[Great Barrier Reef]], the [[Scleractinia|coral]] '''''[[Acropora loripes]]''''' breeds synchronously five or six days after the [[full moon]] in November and December?
*... that the aim of the computer game '''''[[Kaboom: The Suicide Bombing Game]]''''' is to kill and injure as many men, women and children as possible?
*... that Singaporean politician '''[[Chew Swee Kee]]''' got robbed of his [[trousers]] while on a family holiday?