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=== 31 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 31 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Urera baccifera.jpg|100x100px|''Urera baccifera'']]
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*... that extracts of '''[[Urera baccifera|pringamoza]]''' ''(pictured)'' have shown antiviral activity against [[herpes simplex]]?
*... that 57-year-old [[Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Australian]] equestrian dressage competitor '''[[Mary Hanna]]''' has qualified to compete in her [[Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage|fourth Olympics]]? 
*... that '''[[Whitley Castle]]''' is the only lozenge-shaped Roman fort?
*... that the precursor of the '''[[Dnestr radar]]''', TsSO-P, took part in the Soviet [[The K Project|Operation K]] tests to examine the effects of [[nuclear weapons|nuclear explosions]] on [[anti-ballistic missile]] hardware?
*... that [[India at the 2012 Summer Olympics|India's 2012 Olympic]] boxer '''[[Devendro Singh]]''' gets training support from his sister Sushila, a former national boxing champion? 
*... that '''[[The Teng Chun]]''' produced 31 films in a little more than a decade before becoming an English teacher?
*... that 2012 Australian Olympic [[track cycling|track cyclist]] '''[[Josie Tomic]]''' is engaged to fellow Olympic cyclist [[Jack Bobridge]]?
*... that a restaurateur purchased a [[ghost town]] so that he could re-name it to '''[[Bankersmith, Texas|Bikinis, Texas]]'''?

* '''''08:00, 31 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Justus-Jonas-14.jpg|100x100px|[[Justus Jonas]]]]
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*... that [[Justus Jonas]] ''(pictured)'' wrote [[Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält|the hymn]] on which [[Chorale cantata (Bach)|Bach's chorale cantata]] '''[[Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält, BWV 178|''Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält'', BWV&nbsp;178]]''', is based, paraphrasing [[Psalm&nbsp;124]]?
*... that [[Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Australian Olympian]] '''[[Hayley Chapman]]''' is part of her country's first father/daughter pair selected to compete at the same Olympics?
*... that in 1817 [[Bernardo O'Higgins]] established the '''[[Legion of Merit of Chile]]''' as the senior order of the new '''[[Orders, decorations, and medals of Chile|Chilean honours system]]'''?
*... that '''[[Kee Klamp]]''' [[structural pipe fitting]]s were devised in 1934 and have been used in [[Kite buggy|kite buggying]] as well as more traditional [[guard rail]] applications?
*... that [[Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympic canoeists]] '''[[Lisa Carrington]]''' and '''[[Teneale Hatton]]''' were the first New Zealanders ever to qualify for an A final at the [[ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|Sprint World Championships]]?
*... that in 1981, '''[[Mirosław Chojecki]]''' went on a hunger strike for 33 days?
*... that of the three [[hill fort|hillforts]] in [[Cambridge]]'s [[Gog Magog Downs|Gog Magog Hills]], '''[[Wandlebury Hill Fort|Wandlebury]]''' was the most important?
*... that [[Poland|Polish]] [[Model (person)|model]] '''[[Dorota Krzysztofek]]''' challenged her 2008 conviction for sunbathing [[Toplessness|topless]] and won her case in the appeals court?

* '''''00:00, 31 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Astoria Riverfront Trolley on trestle west of 2nd Street-crop.jpg|100x100px|Astoria Riverfront Trolley car crossing trestle over river inlet]]
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*... that the '''[[Astoria Riverfront Trolley]]''' ''(pictured)'', which runs along the Columbia River in [[Astoria, Oregon]], uses a 1913 trolley car acquired from an art museum in Texas?
*... that '''[[Charles Singleton (songwriter)|Charles Singleton]]''' wrote the lyrics for "[[Strangers in the Night]]", a song [[Frank Sinatra]] initially called "a piece of shit"?
*... that '''[[Birmingham bid for the 1992 Summer Olympics|Birmingham's bid for the 1992 Summer Olympics]]''' was to have had the venues centered around the [[National Exhibition Centre]]?
*... that American [[astronomer]] '''[[Mark R. Showalter]]''' has discovered five [[Natural satellite|moons]] and three [[planetary ring]]s in our solar system?
*... that the [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] village of '''[[Salhab]]''' is identified with "Bezeq" in the [[Books of Samuel|Book of Samuel]] where [[Saul]] gathered his army to defend [[Jabesh-Gilead]]?
*... that [[Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 10 metre platform|2012 Olympic diver]] '''[[Rachel Bugg]]''' quit diving in 2008 after an injury and worked on a diploma in beauty therapy?
*... that the '''[[rum ration]]''' was abolished because the [[Royal Navy]]'s leadership was concerned that it made sailors less capable?
*... that '''[[Johnny Evers]]''' alerted an [[umpire (baseball)|umpire]] to [[Merkle's Boner]]?

=== 30 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 30 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Hiroshige 53 Stations Tokaido Shōno (庄野 46) 東海道五拾三次（狂歌入東海道）.png|100x100px|Woodblock print by Hiroshige]]
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*... that '''''[[ichirizuka]]''''' ''(pictured in a [[Woodblock printing in Japan|woodblock print]] by [[Hiroshige]])'' marked the distance to [[Nihonbashi]] in [[Edo]]?
*... that projects of the '''[[Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities]]''' include the ''[[Monumenta Germaniae Historica]]'', [[Epigraphy|classical inscriptions]] ([[Inscriptiones Graecae|IG]], [[Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum|CIL]]), and dictionaries [[Altägyptisches Wörterbuch|of Ancient Egyptian]] and [[Deutsches Wörterbuch|German]]?
*... that [[Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's lightweight double sculls|2012 Olympic lightweight double sculls rower]] '''[[Bronwen Watson]]''' retired from rowing twice?
*... that the '''[[Charolais horse]]''' was one of the types used to create the [[Selle Français]], a successful [[sport horse]] breed?
*... that a [[University of Michigan]] gymnast dubbed the "'''[[Syque Caesar|Golden Syque]]'''" won the first gold medal in international competition for Bangladesh and was chosen to compete in the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London?
*... that although fishing for stocked [[trout]] is allowed in Oregon's '''[[Antelope Reservoir]]''', eating the catch is not advisable?
*... that "'''[[Survival (Muse song)|Survival]]'''", a single by the English rock band [[Muse (band)|Muse]], is the official song of the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]?
*... that '''[[Norman Sas]]''' invented [[electric football]]?

* '''''08:00, 30 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Centropus phasianinus -Queensland, Australia-8.jpg|100x100px|Pheasant Coucal, Queensland]]
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*... that the eggs and young of the '''[[Pheasant Coucal]]''' ''(pictured)'' are predominantly cared for by the male parents?
*... that Latvian-born '''[[Sanita Pušpure]]''' is the only rower to compete for [[Ireland at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]?
*... that the Norwegian politician '''[[Paul Steenstrup Koht]]''' threatened to withdraw the Skien [[Labour Party (Norway)|Labour Party]] from the central party, should the latter exclude [[universal suffrage]] from its party programme?
*... that a near mid-air collision occurred near '''[[Olympic Dam Airport]]''' in 2007?
*... that [[Turkey|Turkish]] swimmer '''[[Derya Büyükuncu]]''' is participating at the [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] for the sixth consecutive time?
*... that the ruined town of '''[[Miedzianka, Lower Silesian Voivodeship|Miedzianka]]''' in Poland was a site of a secret Soviet [[uranium]] mine?
*... that [[Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Laser Radial class|2012 Olympic sailor]] '''[[Krystal Weir]]''' sailed in the [[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Summer Olympics]] because she took the place of another sailor who got injured in a mountain biking accident?
*... that the insect '''''[[Jacobiasca formosana]]''''' helps create the unique flavor of [[dongfang meiren tea|''dongfang meiren'' tea]] by sucking the juices from the tea plant's stems and leaves?

* '''''00:00, 30 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Jean Fouquet- The Coronation of Alexander, from the book Histoire Ancienne-detail.JPG|100x100px|The coronation of Alexander, from a 15th c. MS of the ''Histoire ancienne'']]
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*... that the illuminated French 13th-century '''''[[Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César|Histoire ancienne]]''''' ''(detail of illustration pictured)'' told the history of the world in prose with moralizing verse?
*... that '''[[Dominique Allen]]''', daughter of [[Birmingham Bullets]] "legend" '''[[Clive Allen (basketball)|Clive Allen]]''', has been called up to the senior British basketball team for the first time at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]?
*... that while the '''[[Gibraltar Aerobeacon]]''' does not strictly meet its criteria for a [[lighthouse]], ''The Lighthouse Directory'' indicates that it merits an exception?
*... that in 1958, while working for a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] [[front organization]] in Taiwan, '''[[William Beale (aviator)|William Beale]]''' flew the aircraft that bombed several Indonesian cities and sank [[Indonesian Navy|KRI]] [[HMAS Ipswich (J186)|''Hang Tuah'']] off the coast of Borneo?
*... that the '''[[Union of Jewish Religious Communities in Poland]]''' recovers and restores Jewish [[synagogue]]s that had been nationalized under [[People's Republic of Poland|totalitarian rule]]?
*... that '''[[Lucinda Whitty]]''', '''[[Olivia Price]]''' and '''[[Nina Curtis]]''' became a team in 2011 when they heard the [[Elliott&nbsp;6m]] boat would be required for an [[Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m|Olympic sailing event]]?
*... that the student-led '''[[Shifang protest]]''' successfully derailed construction of a $1.7&nbsp;billion [[copper smelting]] plant in southwest China?
*... that after Irishman '''[[Con O'Kelly]]''' won a gold medal for Great Britain at the [[1908 Summer Olympics]], he was paraded through [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] on the back of a fire engine?

=== 29 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 29 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Kashiide.jpg|100x100px|Isamu Kashiide in the 1940s]]
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*... that Japanese fighter pilot '''[[Isamu Kashiide]]''' ''(pictured)'' shook the hand of a crewmember of one of the [[Boeing B-29 Superfortress]]es that he shot down?
*... that '''''[[She Has a Name]]''''' is a Canadian play about [[child prostitution in Thailand]]?
*... that after winning the silver medal at the [[1908 Summer Olympics]], Finn '''[[Yrjö Saarela]]''' won the gold medal in heavyweight wrestling at the [[1912 Summer Olympics|1912 Games]]?
*... that a '''[[Anaheim police shooting and protests|fatal shooting on July 22]]''' was the sixth shooting incident in less than a year involving [[Anaheim Police Department|Anaheim, California, police officers]]?
*... that '''[[Annie Lush]]''' and sisters '''[[Kate MacGregor|Kate]]''' and '''[[Lucy MacGregor]]''', the [[Elliott&nbsp;6m]] crew for [[Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics]], are known as the "Match Race Girls"?
*... that the BBC likened '''''[[Chasing After Ghosts]]''''', the debut album by [[The Crookes]], to [[Morrissey]], [[The Housemartins]] and [[Aztec Camera]]?
*... that [[Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg|2012 Olympic judo]] competitor '''[[Carli Renzi]]''' represented Australia in [[Wrestling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's freestyle 59 kg|wrestling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]?
*... that [[science educator]] '''[[Goéry Delacôte]]''' became interested in [[theoretical physics]] because [[grade skipping|being moved up]] two years at school meant he "wasn't mature enough to really appreciate the literature and poetry"?

* '''''08:00, 29 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Marken matthes echtpaar 1890-cropped.jpeg|100x100px|[[St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey|The Matthes couple]]]]
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*... that '''[[Agneta Matthes]]''' and her husband ''(pictured)'', who ran factories in [[Delft]] producing yeast, perfume, and margarine, developed a workers' housing area in [[Garden city movement|garden city style]], '''[[Agneta Park]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Madrid Codex (Maya)|Madrid Codex]]''', one of only three surviving pre-Columbian [[Maya codices|Maya books]], contains almanacs and horoscopes that were used to assist [[Maya priesthood|Maya priests]] in their ceremonies?
*... that [[Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's eight|2012 women's eights Olympic rowers]] '''[[Renee Chatterton]]''', '''[[Tess Gerrand]]''', '''[[Alexandra Hagan]]''', '''[[Sally Kehoe]]''', '''[[Elizabeth Patrick]]''', '''[[Phoebe Stanley]]''', and '''[[Hannah Vermeersch]]''' are part of a team nicknamed the "[[Motley crew|Motley Crew]]"?
*... that '''[[Ole Hannibal Sommerfelt]]''' succeeded his brother '''[[Christian Sommerfeldt]]''' as [[List of County Governors of Oppland|County Governor of Christians Amt]]?
*... that the director of '''''[[Pareh]]''''' engaged in a car chase with the film's star before casting him?
*... that '''[[Jade Neilsen]]''' and '''[[Brittany Elmslie]]''' were selected for [[Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics]] as members of swimming relay teams?
*... that [[Sheffield]]'s [[Supertram (Sheffield)|Supertram]] system runs on a route initially selected for the '''[[Minitram]]''' [[automated guideway transit]] system?
*... that '''[[Nicola Wilson|Nicola Wilson and Opposition Buzz]]''' were selected for [[Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics]] after [[Piggy French]] was forced to withdraw?

* '''''00:00, 29 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Drang-Drung-Glacier.jpg|100x100px|Drang-Drung Glacier]]
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*... that the '''[[Drang-Drung Glacier]]''' ''(pictured)'' in the Indian state of [[Jammu and Kashmir]] is the [[River source|source]] of the [[Stod River]] and is likely the largest glacier in [[Ladakh]] outside of the [[Karakoram Range]]?
*... that [[Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Individual eventing|2012 Australian equestrian eventing competitor]] '''[[Chris Burton (equestrian)|Chris Burton]]''' moved to England to increase his chances of making the Olympic Games?
*... that '''[[Frank Chee Willeto]]''', a [[Navajo language|Navajo]] [[code talker]] with the [[U.S. Marine Corps]] during [[World War&nbsp;II]], became the [[Vice President of the Navajo Nation|Vice President]] of the [[Navajo Nation]] in 1998?
*... that '''[[Beaminster Tunnel]]''', one of the earliest road tunnels built in the United Kingdom, partially collapsed in July 2012, killing two people?
*... that [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Yugoslav Olympic rifle shooter]] '''[[Miro Sipek]]''' is the Australian 2012 Summer Paralympic rifle coach and has coached Australian Olympic rifle teams?
*... that chemicals in '''[[Berberis koreana|Korean Barberry]]''' might have [[antibacterial]] and [[antitumor]] properties?
*... that '''[[John Garcia Thompson]]''' and '''[[Steve Grotowski]]''' are the first male [[beach volleyball]] players selected to compete for Great Britain at an [[Olympic Games]]?
*... that the independent bookstore '''[[Politics and Prose]]''' has had [[Barack Obama]], [[J. K. Rowling]], and [[Bill Clinton]] as readers at its author events?

=== 28 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 28 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Lieutenant J. D. Bulkeley k13927.jpg|100x100px|Lieutenant John D. Bulkeley]]
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*... that '''[[General MacArthur's escape from the Philippines]]''' was in a [[PT boat]] captained by Lieutenant [[John D. Bulkeley]] ''(pictured)''?
*... that [[Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard|2012 Australian Olympic synchronized diver]] '''[[Anabelle Smith]]''' became [[Sharleen Stratton]]'s partner following the retirement of [[Briony Cole]]?
*... that the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] named "'''[[Turn on the News]]'''" by [[Hüsker Dü]] one of the [[The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll|500 songs that shaped rock and roll]]?
*... that swimmer '''[[Joseph Roebuck]]''' missed out on qualification for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] by a quarter of a second, but is set to compete in three events for [[Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]?
*... that the '''[[2012 SCO summit]]''' brought Afghanistan and Turkey into the [[supranational union]] as observer and dialogue partner respectively?
*... that painter '''[[Mathias Stoltenberg]]''', who died in poverty in 1871, was rediscovered following the [[1914 Jubilee Exhibition]] in Kristiania?
*... that '''[[Jodie Schulz]]''' made her [[Australia women's national field hockey team|Hockeyroos]] debut in 2011, captained two games that year and is set to represent Australia in [[field hockey]] at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]?
*... that during [[World War&nbsp;II]], British special forces developed an '''[[explosive rat]]''' booby trap?

* '''''08:00, 28 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Bultfonteinite-229864.jpg|100x100px|Acicular crystals of bultfonteinite from South Africa]]
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*... that while '''[[bultfonteinite]]''' ''(pictured)'' was discovered as early as 1903, the mineral wasn't described until 1932?
*... that [[Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2012 Olympic beach volleyball player]] '''[[Becchara Palmer]]''' of Australia won 20 of 31 matches going into the Olympics?
*... that, in the '''[[Battle of San Juan Bautista]]''' during the [[French intervention in Mexico]], more Imperialist soldiers were wounded by machete cuts than gunshots?
*... that in 2008 '''[[Chloe Magee]]''' became the first Irish [[badminton]] player to win a match in the history of the [[Olympic Games]]?
*... that if crushed, the fruits of the wild carrot '''[[Neoparrya lithophila|Bill's neoparrya]]''' smell like fresh peaches when cured?
*... that '''[[Brittany Broben]]''' will be sixteen when she competes for Australia in [[Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform|diving at the 2012 Olympic Games]]?
*... that [[Michelin star]]red restaurant '''[[The Box Tree]]''' is part owned by [[celebrity chef]] [[Marco Pierre White]]?
*... that [[American football]] placekicker '''[[Lou Groza]]''' laid down a piece of tape to line up [[Field goal (American and Canadian football)|field goals]] before doing so was outlawed by the Lou Groza Rule in 1950?

* '''''00:00, 28 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Dan Oates.JPEG|100x100px]]
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*... that '''[[Dan Oates]]''' ''(pictured)'' served in the [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] and in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]], before serving as police chief during the [[2012 Aurora shooting]]?
*... that [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympian]] '''[[Claire Donahue]]''' set five school records in [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]] during college?
*... that the '''[[Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer|Berlin Wall Memorial]]''' in [[Bernauer Straße]] includes a [[Kapelle der Versöhnung|reconciliation chapel]] on the site of a church in '''[[Ackerstraße]]''' that was destroyed because it stood in the border strip?
*... that [[Bermuda]]'s entrants in the [[49er (dinghy)|49er]] sailing event at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] are a pair of brothers, '''[[Jesse Kirkland|Jesse]]''' and '''[[Zander Kirkland]]'''?
*... that in 1207 the [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] village '''[[Nisf Jubeil]]''' was a possession of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] called "Casale Seingebis"?
*... that '''[[Hilde Rössel-Majdan]]''', for decades a [[contralto]] with the [[Vienna State Opera]], recorded with [[Hermann Scherchen]] music by Bach including his [[Bach cantata|solo cantata]] [[Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54|''Widerstehe doch der Sünde'', BWV&nbsp;54]]?
*... that '''''[[Gnathia marleyi]]''''' was named after [[Bob Marley]]?
*... that Britain's [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympics]] women's beach volleyball team of '''[[Zara Dampney]]''' and [[Shauna Mullin]] formerly had [[QR code]]s on the back of their [[bikini]] bottoms?

=== 27 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 27 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Europa Point Lighthouse and cottages.jpg|100x100px|[[Europa Point Lighthouse]]]]
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*... that the '''[[Europa Point Lighthouse]]''' ''(pictured)'' at [[Gibraltar]] is the only lighthouse operated by [[Trinity House]] outside the [[United Kingdom]]?
*... that [[Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympic]] [[Shooting sport|shooter]] '''[[Georgina Geikie]]''' is nicknamed "Britain's [[Lara Croft]]"?
*... that the ''[[Body of Proof]]'' episode "'''[[Letting Go (Body of Proof)|Letting Go]]'''" was about the fictional murder of an interracial couple in [[Fairmount Park]], [[Philadelphia]]?
*... that [[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's road race|Olympic road cyclist]] '''[[Shara Gillow]]''' of Australia is following in the path of her father, who represented Zimbabwe in cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics?
*... that '''[[May Justus]]'''{{`}} 1963 book ''New Boy in School'', a departure from her usual thematic focus on rural [[Appalachia]], was "probably the first" book on [[racial desegregation]] for young readers?
*... that it was at '''[[Tasitolu]]''' that [[East Timor]] declared its independence in 2002?
*... that [[Dominican Republic at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympic weightlifter]] '''[[Yuderqui Contreras]]''' became [[Pan American Games|Pan American Champion]] and a [[Dominican Army]] officer in the same year?
*... that Alaskan [[Inupiat people|Inupiat]] bush pilot '''[[Ellen Paneok]]''' said an airstrip had to be cleared of [[polar bear]]s before her airplane could land?

* '''''08:00, 27 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:San Martín por Castro 2.jpg|100x100px|José Gil de Castro's portrait of José de San Martín]]
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*... that [[José Gil de Castro]] made the first '''[[Legacy of José de San Martín|portrait of José de San Martín]]''' ''(pictured)''?
*... that [[Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team|2012 Australian table tennis Olympian]] '''[[Vivian Tan]]''' quit the sport in 1997, moved from China to Australia in 2003 and took up the sport again in 2007, the year she became an [[Australian citizenship|Australian citizen]]?
*... that chemical analysis by '''[[Larry Robinson (chemist)|Larry Robinson]]''', [[Florida A&M University]]'s new interim president, helped determine that U.S. President [[Zachary Taylor]] did not die of [[arsenic]] poisoning?
*... that '''[[Domaine Ponsot]]''' produces the only [[Premier Cru#Premier cru|1<sup>er</sup> Cru]] [[Burgundy wine]] made entirely from the [[Aligoté]] grape?
*... that rower '''[[Amy Clay]]''' was born and schooled in the United States but is set to compete in the [[Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's quadruple sculls|quadruple sculls]] for [[Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]?
*... that '''[[Abdelaziz Thâalbi]]''' was one of the founding members of [[Destour]], a [[Tunisian nationalism|Tunisian nationalist]] political party?
*... that [[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's road race|2012 Olympic road cyclist]] '''[[Amanda Spratt]]''' spends eight months a year training in Italy?
*... that [[Paul Hindemith]] composed the '''''[[Overture of 'The Flying Dutchman' as played at sight by a bad spa orchestra at the well at 7 in the morning]]'''''?

* '''''00:00, 27 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Mary dyer being led.jpg|100x100px|Mary Dyer enroute to execution]]
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*... that Puritan Reverend '''[[John Wilson (Puritan)|John Wilson]]''' implored [[Mary Dyer]] ''(pictured)'' to repent and not be "carried away by deceit of the devil" before her execution in Boston as a [[Boston martyrs|Quaker martyr]]?
*... that the Olympic Stadium in '''[[Manchester bid for the 2000 Summer Olympics|Manchester's bid for the 2000 Summer Olympics]]''' was later redesigned and used for the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]]?
*... that in its first six weeks of operation, '''[[No.&nbsp;3 Aircraft Depot RAAF]]''' assembled 123 [[Bell P-39 Airacobra|P-39 Airacobra]] fighters and a dozen [[Martin B-26 Marauder|B-26 Marauder]] medium bombers?
*... that '''[[John R. Tunis]]''', who has been called the "inventor of the modern sports story", took part in the first trans-Atlantic sportscast and the first broadcast of the [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon Championship]] to the U.S.?
*... that as of 2011, '''[[Catequilla]]''' is said to be "the only important pre-Inca site in Ecuador to have been commercially exploited"?
*... that American archer '''[[Miranda Leek]]''', who is competing in the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], first learned to shoot at age five?
*... that '''[[Dock Ellis]]''' pitched a [[no-hitter]] while under the influence of [[Lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]]?

=== 26 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 26 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Laufener Huette Wasserstelle cropped.jpg|100x100px|Laufen Hut in the Tennen Mountains]]
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*... that climbers have a choice of two '''[[alpine route]]s''' to reach the '''[[Fritzerkogel]]''', a solitary mountain of the [[Tennengebirge]], from the '''[[Laufen Hut]]''' ''(pictured)''? 
*... that [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Indian Olympic archery coach]] '''[[Purnima Mahato]]''' was an Indian national champion in archery?
*... that the [[French battleship Diderot|'''French battleship ''Diderot''''']] briefly participated in the [[occupation of Constantinople]] after the end of [[World War&nbsp;I]]?
*... that [[William & Mary Tribe women's soccer|William & Mary]] women's soccer, coached by '''[[John Daly (soccer coach)|John Daly]]''', is one of two [[Division I (NCAA)|NCAA Division&nbsp;I]] women's soccer programs that have never had a losing season?
*... that the '''[[Gibraltar Museum]]''' houses the remains of a 14th-century [[Moors|Moorish]] [[Public bathing|bath house]], once the private baths of the Governor of Gibraltar during the [[Marinid dynasty]]?
*... that in 2008, '''[[Edwin Ekiring]]''' became the first [[badminton|badminton player]] to compete for [[Uganda at the Olympics]]?
*... that '''[[Oddjob's hat]]''' sold for £62,000?

* '''''08:00, 26 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:West Coast of Scotland, Barony Castle Map, Peebleshire.JPG|100x100px|The Great Map]]
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*... that the '''[[Great Polish Map of Scotland]]''' ''(portion pictured)'' was the brainchild of a Polish war veteran and is claimed to be the largest terrain relief model in the world?
*... that Australia's [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Summer Olympic]] [[Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's individual|archer]] '''[[Elisa Barnard]]''' is double majoring in [[psychology]] and [[law]]?
*... that Russian poker players '''[[Konstantin Puchkov]]''' and '''[[Viacheslav Zhukov]]''' both won [[World Series of Poker bracelet]]s in their first [[World Series of Poker]] [[in the money (poker)|in the money]] finish?
*... that [[Ellen Pompeo]] was eight and a half months pregnant while filming '''[[Give Peace a Chance (Grey's Anatomy)|"Give Peace a Chance"]]'''?
*... that [[Mali]]an archaeologist '''[[Téréba Togola]]'''{{`s}} excavation of [[Djenné-Jeno]] was documented by ''[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]''?
*... that the '''[[Netherlands Indies Civil Administration]]''' operated as a link between the [[Dutch East Indies]] Government in exile and the Allied high command in the [[South West Pacific Area (command)|Southwest Pacific Area]]?
*... that [[baseball]] player '''[[Rob Ellis (baseball)|Rob Ellis]]''' took out a newspaper advertisement apologizing to the fans for his performance?

* '''''00:00, 26 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Michaela DePrince for Teen Vogue.ogv|100x100px|Ballet dancer Michaela DePrince at a photoshoot for Teen Vogue magazine]]
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*... that [[ballet dancer]] '''[[Michaela DePrince]]''' ''(shown in the video)'' became an orphan as an infant when her father was shot and her mother starved to death?
*... that between 1591 and 1611, [[Garhwal Kingdom|Garhwal]] repelled seven incursions by '''[[Kumaon Kingdom|Kumaon]]''', eventually defeating King Laxmi Chand of Kumaon and taking his capital?
*... that French pilot '''[[Adrienne Bolland]]''' was the first woman to fly across the [[Andes]], doing so after only 40 hours of flight experience?
*... that '''[[Phaeocollybia christinae|Christina's rootshank]]''' was named by Swedish mycologist [[Elias Magnus Fries]] after his wife?
*... that '''[[Tan's Film]]''' released three films entitled ''Njai Dasima'' in four years?
*... that the [[First Liberal Government of New Zealand|government]] was unaware that stonemason '''[[John Barr (New Zealand politician)|John Barr]]''' had been in the country for only five years when they appointed him to the [[New Zealand Legislative Council]]?
*... that [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympian]] '''[[Tia Brooks]]''' was diagnosed with [[degenerative disc disease]] in 2009 and advised to give up the [[shot put]]?

=== 25 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 25 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Chace Crawford 2012 Shankbone.JPG|100x100px|Chace Crawford]]
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*... that ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' actor [[Chace Crawford]] ''(pictured)'' is [[Leona Lewis]]'s love interest in her music video for "'''[[I Will Be (song)|I Will Be]]'''"?
*... that '''[[capital punishment in Gibraltar]]''' was last enforced in 1944 when British [[executioner|hangman]] [[Albert Pierrepoint]] travelled undercover to the territory to hang two young Spanish spies?
*... that [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]] executive '''[[Ed Barrow]]''' discovered [[Honus Wagner]], converted [[Babe Ruth]] into an [[outfielder]], and pioneered the first [[Major League Baseball uniforms|uniform]] numbers?
*... that [[Mycobacterium bovis|bovine tuberculosis]] costing {{nowrap|£100 million}} per annum is leading to '''[[badger culling in the United Kingdom]]'''?
*... that in 1799, '''[[Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse]]''' became the first woman to make a parachute jump?
*... that so-called '''[[Bath salts (drug)|bath salts]]''', a class of [[designer drug]] that became popular in the last decade, often contain [[mephedrone]], which was first synthesised in the 1920s?
*... that the German architect [[Hermann Muthesius]] noted in 1904 that it was "considered downright inadmissible" for the toilet to be in a British [[bathroom]], rather than a '''[[Toilet (room)|room of its own]]'''?

* '''''08:00, 25 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Serandite-d05-45a.jpg|100x100px|Sérandite from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada]]
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*... that '''[[sérandite]]''' ''(pictured)'' was discovered in Guinea and described in a [[Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences|French journal]], and the type material resides in Washington, D.C.?
*... that the '''[[Valour Cross]]''' is the highest [[Denmark|Danish]] military decoration and is comparable to the [[Victoria Cross]] or the [[Medal of Honor]]?
*... that '''[[John Wilson Crawford]]''', a Brigadier in the [[Australian Army]], was nicknamed "cake eater" because of his strict adherence to formal protocols for official social functions?
*... that "'''[[Diwali (The Office)|Diwali]]'''", a 2006 episode of ''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'', was credited with helping introduce American audiences to [[Culture of India|Indian customs]]?
*... that the three original members of the British pop group [[Sugababes]] have reformed, and are known as '''[[Mutya Keisha Siobhan]]'''?
*... that the '''[[cream nut]]''' fruit may trap an inexperienced [[monkey]]?
*... that critics denounced Indonesian Muslim leader '''[[Fakih Usman]]''' as the "Dutchman with the black ass"?

* '''''00:00, 25 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Helio-fenceclimb-crop.jpg|100x100px|Hélio Castroneves climbs the fence to celebrate his win in 2012.]]
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*... that [[Hélio Castroneves]] first demonstrated his fence-climbing celebration ''(pictured)'' at the '''[[2000 Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit|2000 Grand Prix of Detroit]]'''?
*... that the character Slackbridge from [[Charles Dickens|Dickens]]' novel ''[[Hard Times (novel)|Hard Times]]'' was based on [[strike action|strike]] leader '''[[Mortimer Grimshaw]]'''?
*... that the '''[[Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management]]''' co-manages [[Sarstoon-Temash National Park|a national park]] with the Forest Department of [[Belize]]?
*... that '''[[ensemble recherche]]''', an ensemble of nine soloists founded in 1985 and based in [[Freiburg im Breisgau|Freiburg]], has premiered some 500 works of [[contemporary music]]?
*... that [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]'s [[Arsenal Stadium|Highbury Stadium]] in London was redeveloped into '''[[Highbury Square]]'''?
*... that the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] leased '''[[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in Australian service|McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom&nbsp;II]]''' fighter aircraft from the [[United States Air Force]] between 1970 and 1973?
*... that '''[[Rembrandt (horse)|Rembrandt]]''' was called a "living work of art"?

=== 24 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 24 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Primer Conquista del Desierto.jpg|100x100px|Portrait of Juan Manuel de Rosas during the campaign]]
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*... that [[Juan Manuel de Rosas]] killed 3,200 [[indigenous peoples in Argentina|indigenous people]] during the '''[[First Conquest of the Desert]]''' ''(pictured)''?
*... that '''[[Milo Yiannopoulos]]''' arranged a [[Moonwalk (dance)|moonwalking]] [[flash mob]] at [[Liverpool Street station]] as a tribute to [[Michael Jackson]] shortly after [[Death of Michael Jackson|his death]]?
*... that '''[[Ivan Strez Balšić]]''' was recognized by the [[Republic of Venice]] as [[Skanderbeg]]'s successor?
*... that '''[[Albert C. Baker]]''' was the only person to serve on both the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court and the [[Arizona Supreme Court]]?
*... that '''[[St Mary's Church, Gosforth]]''', [[Cumbria]], is associated with "a unique [[Viking Age|Viking-age]] assemblage" of carved stones?
*... that if [[Seattle Sounders FC]] wins the '''[[2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final|2012 U.S. Open Cup final]]''' on {{nowrap|August 8}}, 2012, they will be the first club in the tournament's [[Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup|99-year history]] to win four consecutive titles?
*... that '''[[Lengberg Castle]]''' has a vault which contained 600-year-old [[brassiere]]s described as a {{" '}}missing link' in the history of women's underwear"?

* '''''08:00, 24 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Virginia State Capitol complex - Houdon&#39;s Washington, seen from the front.jpg|100x100px|Houdon's statue of George Washington]]
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*... that when asked to ''' [[George Washington (Houdon)|sculpt George Washington]]''' from life ''(pictured)'', [[Jean-Antoine Houdon]] demanded a [[life insurance]] policy for his trip to the United States''?
*... that the '''[[Tiverton fire of 1731]]''' resulted in an increased incidence of [[smallpox]]?
*... that the '''[[Vegetarian Finch]]''' has a disproportionately large [[gizzard]] and a long [[intestine]] to help it digest the leaves and buds which it regularly eats?
*... that [[Slovenia]]n actor '''[[Polde Bibič]]''' played over 150 theatre and over 30 film roles?
*... that '''[[LaCrosse Footwear]]''' was founded in [[La Crosse, Wisconsin]], is based in [[Portland, Oregon]], and is being bought by a Tokyo-based company?
*... that '''[[Andrew Heaney]]''' led all [[college baseball]] [[pitchers]] in [[strikeout]]s during the [[2012 NCAA Division I baseball season|2012 season]]?
*... that one of the reasons the vocals in "[[Louie Louie]]" are so slurred is because singer '''[[Jack Ely]]''' wore [[dental braces|braces]]?

* '''''00:00, 24 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Phil Stacey American Idol finalist.jpg|100x100px|Curtis Dvorak in character as Jaxson de Ville]]
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*... that '''[[Curtis Dvorak]]''' has been the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] mascot, [[Jaxson de Ville]] ''(pictured)'', for over 16 years?
*... that several '''[[List of memorials and monuments at Arlington National Cemetery|memorials and monuments of Arlington National Cemetery]]''' in the U.S. have been removed or destroyed?
*... that the [[King George&nbsp;VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes]]-winning racehorse '''[[Aureole (horse)|Aureole]]''' earned £30,092 in 1954, helping its owner, [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth&nbsp;II]], become the [[British flat racing Champion Owner|leading owner in Britain]] that year?
*... that [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] activist '''[[Ali Abu Awwad]]''', who is featured in the award-winning film ''[[Encounter Point]]'', espouses [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Gandhi]]'s doctrine of [[nonviolent resistance]] called ''[[satyagraha]]''?
*... that '''[[U.S. Route 24 in Michigan|US Highway&nbsp;24]]''' in [[Michigan]] follows Telegraph Road, which is named for the mid-19th-century [[telegraph]] lines it followed?
*... that the Indonesian television series '''''[[Alang-Alang (TV series)|Alang-Alang]]''''' was sponsored in part by [[Johns Hopkins University]]?
*... that the [[Andalucia]]n based '''[[San Nicasio]]''' company caused controversy in the UK due to their [[Pound sterling|£]]4 ([[United States dollar|$]]6.24) gourmet [[potato chip]]s?


=== 23 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 23 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Vicia orobus1 eF.jpg|100x100px|Vicia orobus, "wood bitter-vetch" (Fabaceae)]]
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*... that the global stronghold of the primitive [[Vicia|vetch]] species '''''[[Vicia orobus]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is in central and northern Wales?
*... that '''[[Ludwig Hoffmann (architect)|Ludwig Hoffmann]]''' designed the '''''[[Märchenbrunnen|fountain of fairy tales]]''''' in the [[Volkspark Friedrichshain]] which features sculptures of fairy tale characters?
*... that on {{nowrap|January 15}}, 1861, Florida militia colonel '''[[William Henry Chase]]''' demanded the surrender of [[Fort Pickens]] at [[Pensacola, Florida]], which he had designed and constructed as a U.S. Army captain?
*... that the '''[[Col de la République]]''' featured in both the first and second [[Tour de France|Tours de France]] but was the scene of notorious violence in [[1904 Tour de France|1904]]?
*... that '''[[Alimuddin (cricketer)|Alimuddin]]''' was the first [[batsman]] to score an international [[Century (cricket)|century]] at [[National Stadium, Karachi]]?
*... that the '''[[Drexel Collection]]''', a collection of over 6,000 volumes of books about music and musical scores owned by [[New York Public Library|The New York Public Library]], was donated by [[Joseph William Drexel|Joseph W. Drexel]]?
*... that the [[InterContinental Hotel]]'s '''[[Shimao Wonderland Intercontinental]]''' is being built inside an abandoned, partly water-filled quarry and is mostly underground?

* '''''08:00, 23 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Egg &#38; spoon finish line.jpg|100x100px|Children competing in an egg-and-spoon race]]
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*... that [[heptathlete]] [[Denise Lewis]] attributes her gold medal-winning ambition to victory as a child in the '''[[egg-and-spoon race]]''' ''(pictured)''?
*... that the aggressive [[sponge]] '''''[[Cliona delitrix]]''''' grows on massive [[coral]]s while the encrusting coral, '''''[[Parazoanthus parasiticus]]''''', uses the sponge as a [[Host (biology)|host]]?
*... that while '''[[Vladimír Vondráček]]''' was a "legendary head physician" at the [[Psychiatric Clinic in Prague]], '''[[Antonín Heveroch]]''' left it and established a second psychiatric clinic that closed after his death?
*... that according to lawyer Asma Jahangir, up to seventy-two percent of women in police custody in Pakistan are physically or '''[[Rape in Pakistan|sexually abused]]'''?
*... that '''[[Frieder Bernius]]''' and the Kammerchor Stuttgart performed the first concert of the [[Rheingau Musik Festival]] in [[Eberbach Abbey]] in 1988, and returned in 2012?
*... that although the '''[[Castillonnais]]''' [[horse breed]] has its roots in antiquity, it wasn't officially recognized until 1996?
*... that Henry Piggott's gravestone at '''[[St Giles' Church, Horsted Keynes]]''', [[West Sussex]], states that he was born on {{nowrap|30 December}} 1715 and died on {{nowrap|7 March}} 1715?

* '''''00:00, 23 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:St. Mark&#39;s (Hastings, Nebraska) from W 1.JPG|100x100px|St. Mark's Pro-Cathedral, Hastings, Nebraska]]
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*... that construction of '''[[St. Mark's Pro-Cathedral (Hastings, Nebraska)|St. Mark's Pro-Cathedral]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Hastings, Nebraska]], was completed in 2001, 79 years after the cornerstone was laid?
*... that a '''[[Herxheim (archaeological site)|Neolithic mass grave]]''' discovered in 1996 in the German town of [[Herxheim am Berg|Herxheim]] contains many human skulls that were split into symmetrical halves, as well as evidence of [[cannibalism]]?
*... that the '''[[Ballarat Miners]]''' introduced a women's team to the club in 2000?
*... that the Spanish secretly supported the Mexican Republicans against the French at the '''[[Battle of Barranca Seca]]'''?
*... that '''[[Idaho State Highway&nbsp;50]]''' provides access to [[Twin Falls, Idaho|Twin Falls]] from [[Interstate 84 in Idaho|Interstate&nbsp;84]] over the [[Snake River]]?
*... that before award-winning author and poet '''[[Peter Spiegelman]]''' started writing, he spent 20 years on [[Wall Street]] and was a vice president of [[J.P. Morgan & Co.|J.P. Morgan]]?
*... that the '''[[Cameron Suspension Bridge]]''' nearly collapsed under the weight of a herd of [[sheep]]?


=== 22 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 22 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Lord's Pavilion.jpg|100x100px|<!--Insert caption text here-->]]
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*... that until 1999, [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth&nbsp;II]] was the only woman allowed into the '''[[Lord's Pavilion]]''' ''(pictured)''?
*... that anthropologist '''[[Alice G. Dewey]]''' was dissertation advisor for [[Barack Obama]]'s mother [[Ann Dunham]] at the [[University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa|University of Hawaiʻi]]?
*... that Serbia's first known "čelnik", '''[[Gradislav Vojšić]]''', served King Milutin in 1284 and King Uroš&nbsp;III in 1327?
*... that '''[[Helen Desha Beamer]]''' and Sam Kapu made the first commercial recording of the [[Hawaiian Wedding Song]] in 1928? 
*... that Rabbi '''[[Alexander Zusia Friedman]]''' alerted world Jewry to the start of deportations from the [[Warsaw Ghetto]] to the [[Extermination camp|death camps]] in a coded message referring to "Mr. [[Book of Amos|Amos]]"?
*... that '''[[EthicalWiki]]''' advises public relations professionals to engage with Wikipedia's editors in the same way they do with journalists?
*... that [[Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 Australian Paralympic swimmer]] '''[[Esther Overton]]''' once broke her arm trying to get into a swimsuit?

* '''''08:00, 22 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Psilocybe angulospora 14909.jpg|100x100px|Psilocybe makarorae]]
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*... that the psychedelic mushroom '''''[[Psilocybe makarorae]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was described by two New Zealand mycologists known to assist police in prosecuting those who illegally collected the species?
*... that the '''[[Vinkovci Treasure]]''', consisting of 48 items of 4th-century [[Roman Empire|Roman]] silverware found in {{nowrap|March 2012}}, has been called one of [[Croatia]]'s most important archaeological finds?
*... that on the penultimate lap of the '''[[2007 Detroit Indy Grand Prix]]''', second-placed [[Buddy Rice]] ran out of fuel, and was hit by [[Scott Dixon]]?
*... that when teenage '''[[Alberta Schenck Adams|Alberta Schenck]]''' took a stand against segregation in [[Alaska]], her actions were a full decade before either [[Rosa Parks]]'s stand or the ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' decision?
*... that '''[[The Gay Place|the book]]''' that [[Willie Morris]] called the "best novel about American politics in our time" was never a commercial success?
*... that successful 1990s video game ''[[Cannon Fodder (video game)|Cannon Fodder]]'' received a new sequel, '''''[[Cannon Fodder&nbsp;3]]''''', from an "unknown" Russian publisher in 2012?
*... that during the [[1860 Lebanon conflict|1860 clashes]], a [[Muslim]] force from '''[[Sheikh Miskin]]''' saved the [[Christian]] population of [[Daraa]] from attack by local [[Druze]]?

* '''''00:00, 22 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:G. Caillebotte - Vue de toits, effet de neige.jpg|100x100px|''Vue de toits (Effet de neige)'' by Gustave Caillebotte]]
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*... that the rooftop view in '''''[[Vue de toits (Effet de neige)]]''''' ''(pictured)'' by [[Gustave Caillebotte]] may have been inspired by the work of French photographer [[Hippolyte Bayard]]?
*... that there are [[Sumatran elephant]]s and [[Sumatran tiger]]s in '''[[Giam Siak Kecil-Bukit Batu]]''', a [[UNESCO]] [[Man and the Biosphere Programme|Man and the Biosphere Reserve]]?
*... that the '''[[List of number-one dance singles of 2010 (U.S.)|first 2010 number one song]]''' on the US [[Hot Dance Club Songs]] was [[Lady Gaga]]'s "[[Bad Romance]]", a position it held in the last week of 2009, thus spending two consecutive weeks atop the charts?
*... that the ''[[Wisconsin State Journal]]'' announced it had hired sports columnist '''[[Roundy Coughlin|Roundy]]''' with a full page of its newspaper?
*... that [[Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia|Eastern Province]] Saudi Arabians called for the downfall of the [[House of Saud]] during '''[[Timeline of the 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests (from July 2012)|July&nbsp;2012 protests]]'''?
*... that in 1965, the American Thoroughbred '''[[Roman Brother]]''', a particularly small horse that was nicknamed "Mighty Mite", became the first horse sold at a public auction to be named [[American Horse of the Year|Horse of the Year]]?
*... that Chinese artist '''[[Song Dong]]''' responded to the destruction of historic buildings in [[Beijing]] by creating an edible city?

=== 21 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 21 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:St Cuthbert&#39;s Church, Edenhall - geograph.org.uk - 225958.jpg|100x100px|St Cuthbert's Church, Edenhall, in 2006]]
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*... that '''[[St Cuthbert's Church, Edenhall|St Cuthbert's Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' near [[Edenhall]] in [[Cumbria]], England, has a [[nave]] and a [[chancel]] dated from the 12th century, a tower from the 15th, and a [[vestry]] and stained glass windows from the 19th?
*... that despite sustaining over 100 holes in his aircraft during a [[dogfight]] at Makarovo in 1942, [[Soviet Air Forces]] pilot '''[[Konstantin Krasavin]]''' survived and went on to win the title of [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]?
*... that '''''[[Clorindy: The Origin of the Cakewalk]]''''', the first Broadway musical with an all-black cast, was written in a single night?
*... that the constellation of '''[[Microscopium]]''' can't be seen from locations affected by [[light pollution]]?
*... that the 1929 film '''''[[Resia Boroboedoer|The Secret of Borobudur]]''''' featured a woman in a bikini-like costume?
*... that the 10th-century [[Hamdanid dynasty|Hamdanid]] prince '''[[Sayf al-Dawla]]''' is said to have [[Byzantine–Arab Wars|fought]] against the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] in over 40 battles? 
*... that the 300-year-old '''[[Codex of Santa Catarina Ixtepeji]]''' was recently re-discovered and identified in a collection housed at the [[University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee]]?

* '''''08:00, 21 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:William H. Thompson (MOH).jpg|100x100px|William Thompson]]
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*... that in 1951 '''[[William Thompson (Medal of Honor, 1950)|William Thompson]]''' ''(pictured)'' posthumously became the first African American to be awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] since the [[Spanish–American War]]?
*... that the melody of "'''[[Government Hooker]]'''", a song from [[Lady Gaga]]'s ''[[Born This Way (song)|Born This Way]]'', was originally an unused track created by DJ White Shadow in collaboration with DJ Snake?
*... that artists have used '''[[ballpoint pen artwork|ballpoint pens]]''' to create replicas of [[Renaissance]] masterpieces, such as [[Lennie Mace]]'s ''Mona a'la Mace''?
*... that [[Oakland Athletics]] manager '''[[Steve Boros]]''' was criticized for his pioneering use of an Apple&nbsp;II computer to guide his managerial decisions in 1983?
*... that the '''[[Maouri people]]''' resisted an attack by the French [[Voulet–Chanoine Mission]] at the [[Battle of Lougou]]?
*... that Professor '''[[Clive Finlayson]]''' has theorized that the genetic similarities between [[Neanderthal]]s and humans are not only due to interbreeding but could also originate from a common African ancestor?
*... that the Swedes withdrew from the nearly won 1627 '''[[Battle of Tczew]]''' due to the wound received by their king, [[Gustav&nbsp;II Adolf]]?

* '''''00:00, 21 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Olfactory system.svg|100x100px|1: Olfactory bulb 2: Mitral cells 3: Bone 4: Nasal epithelium 5: Glomerulus (olfaction) 6: Olfactory receptor cells]]
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*... that 67% of pregnant women have claimed to have a higher level of smell sensitivity, whereas 14% have claimed to have '''[[Phantosmia|phantom smells]]''' ''(olfactory system pictured)''?
*... that '''[[Patty Gasso]]''' has led the Oklahoma Sooners softball team to seven appearances in the Women's College World Series, including a national championship in 2000 and a second-place finish in 2012?
*... that the '''[[Onizuka Prop Wash Award]]''' is named after [[Ellison Onizuka]], a [[United States Air Force Test Pilot School|USAF TPS]] graduate who died in the [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|''Challenger'' explosion]]?
*... that for lumber production the company '''[[Goodwin Heart Pine]]''' retrieves submerged logs that were felled as long ago as the 1800s?
*... that '''[[Battle of Martynów]]''' of 1624 was one of the largest [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] victories over the [[Tatars|Tatar]] raiders?
*... that the 1929 film '''''[[Njai Dasima (1929 film)|Njai Dasima]]''''' was reportedly so successful that cinemas could make up several days' losses with a single showing?
*... that '''''[[Volcano Live]]''''' was broadcast from the [[Kīlauea]] volcano on [[Hawaii (island)|Hawaii]]?

=== 20 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 20 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Billy the trumpeter.JPG|100x100px|Billy Cooper]]
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*... that '''[[Billy Cooper (trumpeter)|Billy Cooper]]''' ''(pictured)'' was thrown out of [[The Gabba]] and arrested for playing the ''[[Neighbours]]'' theme tune?
*... that several historical items have been found in the basement of '''[[Gotham House]]''' in [[Tiverton, Devon]], including documents signed by [[Oliver Cromwell]]?
*... that [[WikiLeaks]]' '''[[Syria Files]]''' showed relations that [[Finmeccanica]] and [[Brown Lloyd James]] had with Syrian authorities during the [[Syrian uprising (2011–present)|Syrian uprising]]?
*... that while incarcerated at the [[Grini concentration camp]] during World War&nbsp;II, '''[[Erling Steen]]''' served as personnel manager of the camp?
*... that '''[[Begaljica]]''' derived its name ("fleeing town") from the constant fleeing and returning of the population amid attacks on the village by the Ottoman army?
*... that the '''[[Ganting Grand Mosque]]''' in [[Padang]] was used as a place of refuge by Indonesian President [[Sukarno]]?
*... that the [[1988 Winter Olympics]] saw the first appearance of a '''[[Jamaica at the 1988 Winter Olympics|Jamaican team]]''' at a Winter Olympics, and would go on to inspire the film ''[[Cool Runnings]]''?

* '''''08:00, 20 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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*... that internet entrepreneur '''[[Silvina Moschini]]''' ''(pictured)'' believes Wikipedia should allow advertising as a way of funding improved academic content?
*... that the ''[[Body of Proof]]'' episode "'''[[All in the Family (Body of Proof)|All in the Family]]'''" featured flashbacks to when the title character, [[Megan Hunt]] ([[Dana Delany]]), was younger?
*... that ''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]''{{'s}} casting director guest starred in "'''[[Beware of the Dog (Millennium)|Beware of the Dog]]'''"?
*... that [[Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 Australian Paralympic athletics competitor]] '''[[Lindsay Sutton]]''' set Queensland intellectual disability records in under-14 shotput, under-16 discus and under-16 javelin?
*... that '''[[The Mojo Men]]'''{{`s}} 1966 single "She's My Baby" was [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] on [[Kanye West]]'s "Hell of a Life", a song from his 2010 album ''[[My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy]]''?
*... that [[Nick Saban]] led the '''[[1990 Toledo Rockets football team]]''' to a share of the [[Mid-American Conference]] championship in his only season as head coach of the Rockets?
*... that [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] General [[John Bell Hood]] appointed Colonel '''[[Moses Wright Hannon]]''' an acting brigadier general after Hannon's men seized more than 1,000 cattle from the Union Army?

* '''''00:00, 20 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Labidiaster annulatus.JPG|100x100px|''Labidiaster annulatus'']]
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*... that the [[starfish]] '''''[[Labidiaster annulatus]]''''' ''(pictured)'' uses some of its many rays as [[fishing rod]]s?
*... that [[North Korea]]n singer '''[[Hyon Song-wol]]''', whose hit songs include "Excellent Horse-Like Lady" and "She is a Discharged Soldier", is said to have been romantically linked with leader [[Kim Jong-un]]?
*... that '''[[Glevering Hall]]''' manor once belonged to the [[Leiston Abbey|prior and convent]] of [[Leiston]], but was granted by [[Henry VIII of England|Henry&nbsp;VIII]] to [[Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk|Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk]] after the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]]?
*... that '''[[Clytus Gottwald]]''' has arranged compositions for an [[a cappella]] group of up to 16 voices, re-creating them "in a magical choral world"?
*... that the documentary '''''[[Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?|Heist]]''''' traces the origins of the [[2008–2012 global recession|Great Recession]] to [[Powell Memo|a confidential memo written in 1971]]?
*... that [[Hartlepool United F.C.|Hartlepool United]]'s fourteen successful attempts at '''[[Re-election (Football League)|re-election]]''' to the [[The Football League|Football League]] are a league record?
*... that the [[Animal Planet]] series '''''[[Call of the Wildman]]''''' documents the exploits of a [[Kentucky]] woodsman who catches and relocates [[Chelydridae|snapping turtles]] using only his bare hands?

=== 19 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 19 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Tarbuttite.JPG|100x100px|Tarbuttite from the type locality in Zambia]]
</div>
*... that '''[[tarbuttite]]''' ''(pictured)'' was named for the director of a company?
*... that '''[[Nurnaningsih]]''' was the first Indonesian actress to appear half nude in a film?
*... that '''[[Bei Bei Shuai]]''', a Chinese immigrant to the U.S., is charged with murder because the child she was pregnant with died as a result of her suicide attempt?
*... that the [[music video]] for [[Ricardo Arjona]]'s song "'''[[Te Quiero (Ricardo Arjona song)|Te Quiero]]'''" was filmed at the [[Estadio José Amalfitani|Vélez Sarsfield Stadium]] in [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina?
*... that '''[[Siderastrea siderea|massive starlet coral]]''' forms large mounds whereas '''[[Siderastrea radians|lesser starlet coral]]''' can form [[coral]] pebbles that roll around?
*... that the '''[[Battle of Ochmatów (1644)|Battle of Ochmatów]]''' in 1644 was one of the largest victories of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] over the [[Crimean Tatars]]?
*... that '''[[Yibin Wuliangye Airport]]''' is named after a [[Wuliangye|liquor brand]]?

* '''''08:00, 19 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Comparison of properly and improperly scaled picture graph.svg|100x100px|Comparison of a properly and improperly scaled pictogram bar graph.]]
</div>
*... that there are many ways to create '''[[misleading graph]]s''' ''(example pictured)''?
*... that the New Mexico authorities opposed efforts by '''[[Ramón Ortiz y Miera]]''' to repatriate Hispanic people to Mexico?
*... that a starving [[Umayyad Caliphate|Arab]] army was able to continue the '''[[Siege of Tyana]]''' by defeating a [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] relief army and capturing its supplies?
*... that Love singer [[Arthur Lee (musician)|Arthur Lee]] and guitarist [[Bryan MacLean]] were involved in a romantic triangle with the woman who inspired the band's song "'''[[Stephanie Knows Who]]'''"?
*... that before '''[[Herbert Bullmore]]''' practised medicine in Sydney, Australia, he was a [[Blue (university sport)|blue]] in football and rowing at the [[University of Edinburgh]], and represented [[Rugby union in Queensland|Queensland]] and then [[Rugby union in Scotland|Scotland]] in rugby?
*... that '''[[Lyons Demesne]]''', the estate of the late [[Ryan Air]] boss [[Tony Ryan]], has been cited as a "Georgian treasure" and "Ireland's most significant estate"?
*... that '''[[Rudy Kurniawan]]''', the alleged [[wine fraud|wine counterfeiter]], had such an affinity for expensive [[Burgundy wine|Burgundy]] that he was known as "Dr. [[Domaine de la Romanée-Conti|Conti]]"?

* '''''00:00, 19 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-D0215-0009-001, Ortrun Enderlein.jpg|100x100px|Ortrun Enderlein at the German Luge Championships, in Oberhof, 14 February 1965]]
</div>
*... that [[German Democratic Republic|East German]] '''[[Ortrun Enderlein]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first Olympic gold medalist in women's [[luge]]? 
*... that the '''[[Siege of Gibraltar (1309)|Siege of Gibraltar of 1309]]''' was a battle of the [[Reconquista]] which saw a [[Kingdom of Castile|Castilian]] victory ending almost 600 years of Muslim rule over the city of [[Gibraltar]]?
*... that Ricardo Arjona's "'''[[El Amor (Ricardo Arjona song)|El Amor]]'''" is his first single ever to top the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Tropical Songs]] chart?
*... that one of the reasons Russia stopped using the [[early warning radar|missile defence radar]] in '''[[Sevastopol Radar Station|Sevastopol]]''', Ukraine, was because it was being [[Radar jamming and deception|jammed]] by fishing boats?
*... that since the [[San Marino national football team]] played its first match in 1990, 97 players have '''[[List of San Marino international footballers|represented San Marino in international matches]]'''?
*... that '''[[Vincent de Roulet]]''', when serving as [[United States Ambassador to Jamaica]], was declared ''[[persona non grata]]'' by the [[Prime Minister of Jamaica]]?
*... that the '''[[Bosom Friends affair]]''', like the [[Teletubbies#Tinky Winky controversy|Tinky-Winky controversy]], concerned the alleged [[homosexuality]] of a children's character?

=== 18 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 18 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Berlin, Mitte, Molkenmarkt, Altes Stadthaus 01.jpg|100x100px|The Altes Stadthaus in Berlin]]
</div>
*... that a 400&nbsp;kg (880&nbsp;lb) statue of the Berlin bear was removed from the city administrative building '''[[Altes Stadthaus, Berlin|Altes Stadthaus]]''' ''(pictured)'' and given to the [[Tierpark Berlin|East Berlin zoo]] in 1959?
*... that children of '''[[maternal sensitivity|maternally sensitive]]''' mothers scored higher in math and phoneme knowledge than those who had a history of lower maternal sensitivity?
*... that the [[James Dalessandro]]'s 2004 novel '''''[[1906 (novel)|1906]]''''' was based upon the 1998 [[screenplay]] he wrote about the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]] for a film [[1906 (film)|by the same name]]?
*... that in the 18th century, the [[Ottoman army|Ottoman]] garrison at '''[[Hisyah]]''' served as the dominant military faction in the [[Homs]] region?
*... that pioneering immunologist '''[[Marian Koshland|Bunny Koshland]]''' helped develop an oral [[cholera vaccine]] before she worked on the [[Manhattan Project]]?
*... that '''''[[The Doon School Weekly]]''''', established in 1936, is the oldest publication of [[The Doon School]]?
*... that because there is no water in the '''[[Albert Goldfield]]''' in [[New South Wales]], miners relied on wind to separate gold from dirt in a "tedious and unhealthy" method called dry blowing?

* '''''08:00, 18 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Arthur Edgar Gravenor Rhodes.jpg|100x100px|Rhodes in c. 1887]]
</div>
*... that the homestead of the New Zealand politician '''[[Arthur Rhodes (politician)|Arthur Rhodes]]''' ''(pictured)'' is today the administration building of [[Rangi Ruru]] girls' school?
*... that the [[creosote]] odor of the poisonous mushroom '''''[[Agaricus hondensis]]''''' intensifies when it is cooked?
*... that paranormal claims investigators '''[[Bryan & Baxter]]''' do not investigate the paranormal, but rather the legitimacy of the paranormal claims made by others?
*... that [[Melanie Vallejo]] admitted in an interview that she had not done much preparation before auditioning for the role of '''[[Sophie Wong]]''' in the Australian television series ''[[Winners & Losers]]''? 
*... that the land under '''[[Metropolitan Park]]''' in [[Jacksonville, Florida]], was once an urban landfill?
*... that English [[cricketer]] '''[[Nigel Moore (cricketer)|Nigel Moore]]''' was a golf [[Blue (university sport)|Blue]] at Cambridge?
*... that [[The Zombies]]' song "'''[[Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)]]'''" is set in [[World War&nbsp;I]], but their record company took it for a metaphor for the [[Vietnam War]]?

* '''''00:00, 18 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Entoloma murraii 53124.jpg|100x100px|Entoloma murrayi]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Entoloma murrayi|yellow unicorn Entoloma]]''' ''(pictured)'' is so named because of the sharp [[umbo (mycology)|umbo]] on the top of its [[pileus (mycology)|cap]]?
*... that the decision in 1974 to admit women was a key event in the '''[[history of Brasenose College, Oxford]]'''?
*... that '''[[Anna Green Winslow]]''' wrote a series of letters to her mother that she combined into a diary, which provides a rare window into the life of an affluent teenage girl in colonial Boston?
*... that in the churchyard of '''[[St Mary and St Peter's Church, Wilmington|St Mary and St Peter's Church]]''' in [[Long Man#Wilmington, East Sussex|Wilmington]], [[East Sussex]], there is a 1,600-year-old, {{convert|23|ft|m|sigfig=1|adj=on}} wide [[Taxus baccata|yew tree]]?
*... that '''[[Miguel Ángel Mancera]]''' received 63% of votes in the [[Federal District of Mexico head of government election, 2012|2012 head of government election of Mexico City]], 40% more than the second place?
*... that the [[music video]] for [[Ricardo Arjona]]'s song "'''[[Fuiste Tú]]'''" was filmed at several tropical locations in [[Guatemala]]?
*... that '''[[Castello Barbarossa]]''' was named after its destroyer rather than its builder?

=== 17 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 17 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Greekfire-madridskylitzes1.jpg|130x100px|Depiction of use of Greek fire by the Byzantines]]
</div>
*... that the invention of [[Greek fire]] ''(pictured)'' was crucial in breaking the '''[[Siege of Constantinople (674–678)|First Arab Siege]]''' of [[Constantinople]]?
*... that '''[[Lorinda de Roulet]]''' is the first woman to direct the day-to-day operations of a [[Major League Baseball]] franchise?
*... that the '''[[Siljan Ring]]''', a very large [[impact crater]] in central Sweden, has been the site for two attempts at commercial exploitation of natural gas and oil based on the theory of [[abiogenic petroleum origin|abiogenic petroleum]]?
*... that [[Darin Morgan]] included a satire of [[Fox Broadcasting Company]]'s censorship in "'''[[Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me]]'''", after having difficulty with the network over the earlier "[[War of the Coprophages]]"?
*... that the [[New Zealand Army]]'s '''[[1st Division (New Zealand)|1st Division]]''' was one of three such units formed to defend the country from invasion during [[World War&nbsp;II]]?
*... that '''[[EA Sports Active NFL Training Camp]]''' was developed with the help of NFL strength and conditioning coaches?
*... that '''[[Endhita]]''' received a best supporting actress nomination for ''[[? (film)|?]]''?

* '''''08:00, 17 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Blue Hole, Tracy City, Tennessee.jpg|100x100px|Bathing at the Blue Hole on the [[Fiery Gizzard Trail]]]]
</div>
*... that you might swim with a [[American mink|mink]] on the '''[[Fiery Gizzard Trail]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Tennessee]]? 
*... that '''[[Mina Salman]]'''{{`s}} [[harbour]], in [[Bahrain]], was initially unsuitable for [[ocean liner]]s and that these ships had to [[anchor]] up to {{convert|6|km|abbr=on}} offshore until the construction of a deep-water [[wharf]] in 1962?
*... that in [[Euripides]]{{`}} play '''''[[Oedipus (Euripides)|Oedipus]]''''', King [[Oedipus]], who killed [[Laius|his father]] and married [[Jocasta|his mother]], does not blind himself but is blinded by his father's servant?
*... that at the time of his death [[crime boss]] '''[[Giosue Gallucci]]''' held US$350,000 in real estate and was considered to be a millionaire?
*... that the piano duo '''[[Anthony & Joseph Paratore]]''' played Brahms at the first [[Rheingau Musik Festival]], and entertained children with ''[[The Carnival of the Animals]]'' at the 25th?
*... that the production of '''''[[The Wolverine (film)|The Wolverine]]''''', the upcoming sequel to ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'', was delayed by the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]]?
*... that although '''''[[Echeveria runyonii]]''''' has been in cultivation since at least 1922, wild plants were unknown until 1990?

* '''''00:00, 17 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Tiffany and Company - Iris Corsage Ornament - Walters 57939 - Detail.jpg|100x100px|Sapphire iris corsage designed by Paulding Farnham, featuring 120 Yogo sapphires]]
</div>
*... that the life-size [[Tiffany & Co.|Tiffany]] iris corsage ''(pictured)'' designed by '''[[Paulding Farnham]]''' is composed of 120 [[Yogo sapphire]]s inset in [[platinum]] and was sold to [[Henry Walters]] in 1900 for [[United States dollar|$]]6,906?
*... that during the '''[[Coloured vote constitutional crisis|Coloured vote crisis]]''' of the 1950s, the [[National Party (South Africa)|Nationalist]] government of South Africa expanded the [[Senate of South Africa|Senate]] in order to pass [[Separate Representation of Voters Act|an act]] to [[disenfranchise]] [[Coloured]] voters?
*... that the '''[[Volvariella surrecta|piggyback rosegill]]''' mushroom grows parasitically on other mushrooms?
*... that '''''[[Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013|Magic 2013]]''''', the bestselling [[PlayStation Network]] video game in {{nowrap|June 2012}}, was based on a nineteen-year-old [[Magic: The Gathering|card game]]?
*... that '''[[Hameen Ali]]''' received the [[Disney's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award|Disney Sports Spirit Award]], awarded annually to the "most inspirational" college football player who overcomes adversity?
*... that [[No Doubt]] began initial work on their upcoming sixth album '''''[[Push and Shove (album)|Push and Shove]]''''' in 2006, while lead singer [[Gwen Stefani]] was promoting her second solo album ''[[The Sweet Escape]]''?
*... that the largest silver nugget ever mined had to be broken into three pieces to be removed from '''[[Smuggler Mine]]''' in [[Aspen, Colorado]]?

=== 16 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 16 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Pascoite-21719.jpg|100x100px|Pascoite from the Gypsum Valley District in Colorado]]
</div>
*... that after a mine tunnel was dug near [[Cerro de Pasco]], Peru, the first known specimen of '''[[pascoite]]''' ''(example pictured)'' formed on the walls?
*... that Mexican muralist, sculptor, and engraver '''[[Alfredo Zalce]]''' is acclaimed as the first [[modern art]]ist to use coloured [[Cement render|cement]] as his [[List of artistic media|medium]]?
*... that California's '''[[Jug Handle State Natural Reserve]]''' preserves five [[marine terrace]]s each exhibiting a different stage of [[ecological succession]] at {{nowrap|100,000-year}} intervals?
*... that [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]'s '''[[Omar Elabdellaoui]]''' did not want to go on loan to [[association football|football]] team [[Strømsgodset IF|Strømsgodset]] in 2012 because of the [[artificial turf]] at [[Marienlyst Stadion]]?
*... that "'''[[Get It Started]]'''" marks the third time [[Pitbull (entertainer)|Pitbull]] and [[Shakira]] have collaborated on a song together?
*... that '''[[Ernst Moritz Hess]]''', a [[German Jews|German of Jewish descent]], was granted protection from Nazi persecution at the wishes of [[Adolf Hitler]], who had served under his command in [[World War&nbsp;I]]?
*... that the 1939 film '''''[[Alang-Alang (film)|Alang-Alang]]''''' was inspired by the coming of a circus?

* '''''08:00, 16 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Hundreds of thousands of Bahrainis taking part in march of loyalty to martyrs.jpg|100x100px|Over 100,000 Bahrainis took part in the protest, which stretched for several miles.]]
</div>
*... that tens of thousands of [[Bahrain]]is participated in a protest dubbed "'''[[march of loyalty to martyrs]]'''" ''(pictured)'' in reference to those killed during the [[Bahraini uprising (2011–present)|uprising]]?
*... that the '''[[3rd Ranger Infantry Company (United States)|3rd Ranger Infantry Company]]''' suffered over 50&nbsp;percent casualties in its first [[Korean War]] engagement?
*... that [[Jennifer Lopez]]'s single "'''[[Let's Get Loud (Jennifer Lopez song)|Let's Get Loud]]'''", from her debut album ''[[On the&nbsp;6]]'', was originally written for [[Gloria Estefan]]?
*... that the most heavily damaged building in the '''[[1935 Helena earthquake]]''' was the [[Helena High School]], which had been completed just two months earlier?
*... that '''[[John Rolls]]''', who married heiress [[Sarah Coysh]] at [[St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey]] in [[London]], was [[High Sheriff of Monmouthshire]]?
*... that '''[[Upper Wolfsnare]]''', a colonial home built in 1759 in [[Princess Anne County, Virginia]], and home of an [[American Revolution]] [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriot]] and [[U.S. Constitution]] state convention delegate, is still lived in?
*... that when [[Japanese occupation of Indonesia|Japanese forces]] attempted to seize the '''[[Holy Rosary Cathedral (Semarang)|Holy Rosary Cathedral]]''' in 1942, [[Albertus Soegijapranata|its titular bishop]] said they would have to [[decapitation|take his head]] first?

* '''''00:00, 16 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Nik Wallenda Niagara Falls closeup.jpg|100x100px|Nik Wallenda as he begins to cross [[Niagara Falls]] on the highwire]]
</div>
*... that on an episode of '''''[[Nik Wallenda: Beyond Niagara]]''''', [[tightrope]] walker [[Nik Wallenda]] ''(pictured)'' became the first person to perform the [[Wheel of Death (Space Wheel)|Wheel of Death]] on the top of a building?
*... that '''[[red carpet fashion in 2002]]''' included transparent bodices and phlegm and dung coloured [[Tulle netting|tulle]]?
*... that the 1927 film '''''[[Eulis Atjih]]''''' advertised that Indonesians could act as well as Americans and Europeans?
*... that interments at '''[[Giri Tunggal Heroes' Cemetery]]''' in [[Semarang]] include [[Albertus Soegijapranata|a Catholic archbishop]] and a Chinese communist?
*... that '''[[Erik Waaler]]''' discovered the [[rheumatoid factor]]?
*... that [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]]'s song "'''[[Can't Stop Won't Stop (Usher song)|Can't Stop Won't Stop]]'''", from his seventh studio album ''[[Looking 4 Myself]]'', contains an interpolation of the bridge to [[Billy Joel]]'s 1983 single "[[Uptown Girl]]"?
*... that the 1961 [[Kentucky Derby]] winner '''[[Carry Back]]''' won two races after he had been retired to [[stud farm|stud]]?

=== 15 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 15 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Rihanna, LOUD Tour, Florida 7.jpg|100x100px|Rihanna performing live]]
</div>
*... that [[Rihanna]]'s ''(pictured)'' song "[[We Found Love]]", a collaboration with [[Calvin Harris]], was the only song to top the US [[Hot Dance Club Songs]] chart for more than one week in 2011, '''[[List of number-one dance singles of 2011 (U.S.)|topping the chart for two consecutive weeks]]'''?
*... that [[Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi]] is the first '''[[Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan|Deputy Prime Minister]]''' of [[Pakistan]]?
*... that Franco-Bolivian petroleum prospector and poet '''[[Adolfo Costa du Rels]]''' was the last President of the [[League of Nations]]?
*... that [[Michael R. Perry]] was inspired to write ''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]''{{'s}} "'''[[The Mikado (Millennium)|The Mikado]]'''" by the "dark side" of the internet, [[Jennifer Ringley]]'s JenniCam website and the [[Zodiac Killer]]?
*... that [[Peter the Great]] set up Russia's first [[spa]] in [[Republic of Karelia|Karelia]] based on the water-purifying qualities of '''[[shungite]]'''?
*... that from 1946 to 1952 the '''[[Silmet|Sillamäe processing plant]]''' in [[Estonia]] mined and processed [[Basidiolichen|Dictyonema]] [[argillite]] ore, a type of [[Oil shale in Estonia|oil shale]], to produce [[uranium oxide]]?
*... that despite the '''[[Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules]]''' leading to [[professional wrestling|pro-wrestling]] being relegalized, a bylaw was passed to specifically ban women wrestling in London?

* '''''08:00, 15 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Battleship saint-louis Bougault.jpg|100x100px|{{ship|French battleship|Saint Louis||2}} underway in 1903]]
</div>
*... that all three [[pre-dreadnought battleship]]s of the French [[Charlemagne class battleship|'''''Charlemagne'' class''']] ''(pictured)'' participated in the [[Gallipoli Campaign]] in 1915?
*... that [[Major League Baseball]] player '''[[Dan Coogan]]''' later coached the baseball teams at the [[University of Pennsylvania]], [[Cornell University]], [[Bowdoin College]], and [[Georgetown University]]?
*... that an '''[[List of unmade episodes of The X-Files|unmade episode]]''' of ''[[The X-Files]]'' was later made into the film ''[[Final Destination]]''?
*... that [[Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2012 Australian Olympic beach volleyball player]] '''[[Louise Bawden]]''' also represented Australia in [[volleyball|indoor volleyball]] at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]?
*... that ''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]''{{'s}} "'''[[Monster (Millennium)|Monster]]'''" features the song "Goodbye Charlie" by [[Bobby Darin]], whose music is often used by the episode's writers?
*... that mass defection of their Mexican auxiliaries led to the defeat of the French Army at the '''[[Battle of San Pedro]]'''?
*... that '''''[[Waste Not]]''''' is an exhibit by Chinese artist [[Song Dong]] that illustrates modern Chinese history and the story of his late mother's life through 10,000 of her personal possessions?

* '''''00:00, 15 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Eusmilia fastigiata large.jpg|100x100px|"Flowering" coral]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Eusmilia|smooth flower coral]]''' ''(pictured)'' only lives up to its name at night?
*... that in the seventh century, [[Constantius of Capri|Bishop Costanzo]] died near '''[[Marina Grande, Capri|Marina Grande]]''' and became [[Capri]]'s [[patron saint]], and the '''[[Chiesa di San Costanzo]]''' is named after him?
*... that [[Valon Berisha|Valon]] and '''[[Veton Berisha]]''' in 2011 became the first brothers to start a match together for [[Viking FK]] in 22&nbsp;years since '''[[Jan Fjetland|Jan]]''' and '''[[Egil Fjetland]]''' started the [[1989 Norwegian Football Cup]] final?
*... that the [[Sugababes]]' 2004 single "'''[[In the Middle (Sugababes song)|In the Middle]]'''" contains a sample of the song "U Know Y" by German DJ [[Moguai]]?
*... that award-winning Muslim poet '''[[Nirwan Dewanto]]''' was forced to play [[Albertus Soegijapranata|a Roman Catholic bishop]] in ''[[Soegija]]''?
*... that '''[[leucophoenicite]]''' is so named for its purple-red color?
*... that the Cossack '''[[Zhmaylo Uprising]]''' ended without a decisive battle having been fought?

=== 14 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 14 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Big Dorothy bathroom.jpg|100x100px|Dorothy's fully preserved bathroom, note the double-wide bathtub]]
</div>
*... that a female state legislator proposed making '''[[Dorothy Baker (madam)|Dorothy's Rooms]]''' ''(bathroom pictured)'', the last brothel in [[Helena, Montana]], a historical landmark?
*... that "Did you know that [[Big 5 Sporting Goods|Big&nbsp;5]] stopped selling handguns in March&nbsp;1986?", regarded as the '''[[Perry Mason moment]]''' of the first [[Menendez brothers]] trial, resulted from a tip phoned in by a [[Court TV]] viewer?
*... that '''[[Abraham Samad]]''' was the youngest ever head of the [[Corruption Eradication Commission]] when he was chosen in 2011?
*... that [[Gene Sharp]]'s book on the '''''[[Resistance, Politics, and the American Struggle for Independence, 1765-1775|American Struggle for Independence]]''''' supports [[John Adams|President Adams]]' claim that the [[American Revolution|revolution]] was "substantially effected before hostilities commenced"?
*... that in the 2010 season, in addition to playing [[association football|football]] for [[Ungmennafélagið Afturelding|Afturelding]], '''[[John Andrews (footballer born 1978)|John Andrews]]''' also coached the club's women's team, reserve team and [[feeder club]] at the same time?
*... that [[Love (band)|Love]]'s 1966 song "'''[[She Comes in Colors]]'''" has been cited as an influence on both [[The Rolling Stones]]' "[[She's a Rainbow]]" and [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]'s "[[Beautiful Stranger]]"?
*... that '''[[Peziza phyllogena|pig-ear cups]]''' were reported from Iceland in 2007?

* '''''08:00, 14 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Derek MacKenzie face-off.jpg|100x100px|MacKenzie playing for the [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] during the [[2011–12 NHL season]]]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Derek MacKenzie‎]]''' ''(pictured)'' set franchise records in [[Shorthanded goal#Short-handed goals|shorthanded goals]] for two [[American Hockey League]] teams?
*... that the 1981 '''[[Rover chair]]''' launched the career of designer [[Ron Arad (industrial designer)|Ron Arad]]?
*... that '''[[George von Amsberg]]''' fought in the [[Hungarian revolution of 1848|1848 Hungarian revolution]] and the [[American Civil War]]?
*... that in the '''[[2012 Sevens Grand Prix Series]]''', [[France national rugby union team (sevens)|France]] eliminated tournament favourite [[England national rugby union team (sevens)|England]] in quarter-finals?
*... that [[Faith No More]] have '''[[List of songs recorded by Faith No More|recorded songs]]''' for the soundtracks to ''[[Judgment Night (film)|Judgment Night]]'' and ''[[Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey]]''?
*... that the Restaurant Quisi of the '''[[Grand Hotel Quisisana]]''' in [[Capri]] has been cited as one of Italy's finest hotel restaurants?
*... that [[Lord Protector]] [[Oliver Cromwell]] had been more afraid of meeting '''[[John Wheelwright]]''' on the football field than of later meeting an army on the battle field?

* '''''00:00, 14 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:The National Archives UK - CO 1069-1-5.jpg|100x100px|Harold Macmillan]]
</div>
*... that fifty years ago today, [[Harold Macmillan]] ''(pictured)'' dismissed seven members of his [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet]], an event known as the '''[[Night of the Long Knives (1962)|Night of the Long Knives]]'''?
*... that composer Robert Russell Bennett's work '''''[[Symphonic Songs for Band]]''''' was premiered by the 112-member Kappa Kappa Psi-Tau Beta Sigma National Intercollegiate Band in 1957?
*... that '''[[Werner E. Ablaß]]''' played a major role in the closure of the [[Nationale Volksarmee]] during the [[German reunification]]?
*... that the performances in the ''[[Body of Proof]]'' episode "'''[[Talking Heads (Body of Proof)|Talking Heads]]'''" of Kathy Searle as the person who dismembered the murder victim and [[Kelly AuCoin]] as the murderer were both praised?
*... that the grounds of '''[[St Ceinwen's Church, Cerrigceinwen]]''', Wales, contain a spring once said to be able to "cure many diseases"?
*... that '''[[Angela Santomero]]''' created, wrote, and produced two [[children's television series|children's TV shows]], ''[[Super Why!]]'' and ''[[Blue's Clues]]''?
*... that the fruit of the rare subterranean parasitic plant '''''[[Hydnora triceps]]''''' smell and taste of coconut?

=== 13 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 13 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Old Cooney Hosp.jpg|100x100px|Old Cooney Hospital]]
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*... that there is a cemetery with over 350 graves at an unknown location on the grounds of the '''[[Lewis and Clark County Hospital Historic District]]''' ''(pictured)''?
*... that international '''[[breast cancer survivors' dragon boating]]''' had its beginnings when [[University of British Columbia]]'s Don McKenzie organized "Abreast in a Boat" as breast cancer survivor therapy?
*... that '''[[Miroslav Tyrš]]''', the founder of [[Czech National Revival|Czech]] national sport movement [[Sokol]], was born into a [[Germans|German]] family?
*... that 10 of '''[[List of Florida state parks|Florida's 161 state parks]]''' are only accessible by boat?
*... that the [[Catholic Church]] issued two '''[[Notification (Holy See)|notifications]]''' regarding the [[Divine Mercy]] devotion, the second one reversing the first?
*... that Hollywood stunt coordinator and second unit director '''[[Allan Graf]]''' played offensive guard for the undefeated NCAA national champion [[USC Trojans football under John McKay#1972|USC Trojans]] [[college football|football]] team in 1972?
*... that the '''[[Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life]]''', one of the largest museums in the [[West Country]], originally occupied two rooms in a former pub?

* '''''08:00, 13 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Bellubrunnus rothgaengeri.png|100x100px|Artist restoration of ''Bellubrunnus rothgaengeri'']]
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*... that the recently named [[rhamphorhynchid]] '''''[[Bellubrunnus]]''''' ''(restoration pictured)'' from the [[Jurassic]] of Germany is the only known [[pterosaur]] to have wing tips that curved forward?
*... that [[Hillsboro, Oregon]]'s minor league '''[[Hillsboro baseball stadium|baseball stadium]]''' is scheduled to be built in less than one year?
*... that in '''''[[The Dance Lesson (painting)|The Dance Lesson]]''''', an 1879 painting by [[Edgar Degas]], an exhausted dancer sits on a [[double bass]]?
*... that the 1899 play '''''[[Sangeet Sharada]]''''' was "a pioneer in social drama in India" and that the 1929 [[Child Marriage Restraint Act]], called the "Sarda Act" for its sponsor, was soon known as the "Sharada Act"? 
*... that former [[Pepperdine Waves men's basketball|Pepperdine]] basketball player '''[[Levy Middlebrooks]]''' was named the [[West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|West Coast Conference Player of the Year]] in 1988?
*... that the string arrangement on [[Casting Crowns]]' song "'''[[Joyful, Joyful]]'''" was compared to the string arrangement on [[Coldplay]]'s song "[[Viva la Vida]]?
*... that the '''[[Millennium (season 2)|second season]]''' of ''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]'' has been called "some sort of work of weird genius"?

* '''''00:00, 13 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Helen Barry on Broadway.jpg|100x100px|Actress [[Helen Barry]]]]
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*... that widower '''[[Alexander Rolls]]''', former [[Mayor of Monmouth]], married divorcée and actress [[Helen Barry]] ''(pictured)'', whose first marriage was at age fifteen?
*... that the remains of [[lion]]s, [[woolly mammoth]]s and [[woolly rhinoceros]] have been found in caves in the '''[[Upper Wye Gorge]]'''?
*... that [[philanthropist]] '''[[John Mackintosh (philanthropist)|John Mackintosh]]''' left a [[Will (law)|will]] allowing the provision of a public trust for the advancement of [[education in Gibraltar]]?
*... that the '''''[[Hadran (Talmud)|hadran]]''''' prayer recited after studying a tractate of the [[Talmud]] is an expression of love and friendship between the student and the tractate?
*... that among the '''[[List of William & Mary Tribe head football coaches|all-time head coaches]]''' in [[William & Mary Tribe football]]'s history, three have been inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] and one other into the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]?
*... that the drama '''''[[Zuster Theresia]]''''', written by a man known for comedy, featured a nun, attempted suicide, and polygamy?
*... that [[Confederate States Army|Confederate Army]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] '''[[Levin Major Lewis]]''' was hit by a spent musket ball that stuck in his forehead at the [[Battle of Lone Jack]] in Missouri during the [[American Civil War]]?

=== 12 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 12 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Gamos crop.jpg|100x100px|The British mare Gamos in a 1870 engraving by Edward Hacker]]
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*... that '''[[Gamos (horse)|Gamos]]''' ''(pictured)'' was called "the mare of many headaches" in the years after she won the 1870 [[Epsom Oaks]]?
*... that the '''[[Salah al-Din Road]]''' is the main highway of the [[Gaza Strip]], running the territory's entire length?
*... that '''[[Anders Christian Lunde]]''' painted King [[Frederik&nbsp;VII]] arriving by boat at the '''[[Helligdomsklipperne]]''' cliffs of [[Bornholm]] in 1851?
*... that a pretender to the French throne built the '''[[De Mores Packing Plant Ruins|De Mores Packing Plant]]''' in the [[Dakota Territory]] in 1883?
*... that the stems of '''''[[Jatropha dioica]]''''' can be tied into knots?
*... that '''[[Michael Sokolski]]''', inventor of the [[Scantron]] multiple-choice [[Optical mark recognition|optical]] answer sheet system, used to drive [[Polish Armed Forces in the West|Polish]] [[tank]]s in Italy during [[World War&nbsp;II]]?
*... that [[Jellyvision]] uses writers from Chicago [[improv troupe]]s to develop new trivia questions weekly for its '''[[You Don't Know Jack (Facebook game)|''You Don't Know Jack'' Facebook game]]'''?

* '''''08:00, 12 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:TAISUN with SCARABEO 9.JPG|100x100px|The [[Taisun]] crane at the [[Yantai Raffles Shipyard]] holds the 17,100&nbsp;metric ton deck box of ''Scarabeo 9'' in the air as the barge is moved out from underneath.]]
</div>
*... that the '''''[[Scarabeo&nbsp;9]]''''' [[semi-submersible]] [[drilling rig]] ''(pictured)'' was built to comply with the [[United States embargo against Cuba]]?
*... that Elisha Coysh, great-grandfather of '''[[Sarah Coysh]]''', was a physician renowned for his care of victims of the [[Great Plague of London]]?
*... that [[Gene Sharp]]'s '''''[[The Politics of Nonviolent Action]]''''' claims that [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Gandhi]] "made the most significant personal contribution in the history of the [[nonviolent resistance|nonviolent technique]]"?
*... that '''[[Bruce Haynam]]''' and '''[[Bill Mogk]]''' were part of the "million dollar infield" on the 1953 [[Michigan Wolverines baseball]] team that won the [[College World Series]]?
*... that 50 new '''[[E-class Melbourne tram]]s''' will be the first trams built in Australia in 12&nbsp;years, with the last locally built Melbourne tram a [[B-class Melbourne tram|B&nbsp;class]] built in 1994?
*... that '''[[Chrisye discography|a music video]]''' by [[Chrisye]] was the first by an Indonesian shown on [[MTV Southeast Asia]]?
*... that the '''[[2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix|2012 IndyCar Detroit Grand Prix]]''' was interrupted for two hours because the [[Race track|track]] broke?

* '''''00:00, 12 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:St Andrew&#39;s Church, Dacre - geograph.org.uk - 279394.jpg|100x100px|St Andrew's Church, Dacre, from the southwest]]
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*... that in the churchyard of '''[[St Andrew's Church, Dacre]]''' ''(pictured)'', in [[Cumbria]], there are four carved [[Middle Ages|medieval]] bears?
*... that '''[[Angels Camp Museum]]''' sits on land located above two veins of the California [[Mother Lode]]? 
*... that the [[Government of Hong Kong]] is giving [[HK$]]6,000 to approximately 6.1&nbsp;million people through '''[[Scheme $6,000]]''' due to record reserves from [[budget surplus]]?
*... that according to writer [[Toby Whithouse]], the '''[[Doctor Who (series 7)|seventh series]]''' of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' will mainly consist of stand-alone episodes, each with a distinct genre?
*... that '''[[Stumholmen]]''' island is part of the [[Karlskrona naval base|Naval City of Karlskrona]], which has been a [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]] since 1998?
*... that [[Franciscan]] monk '''[[Pedro de Aguado]]''' wrote a history of northern South America in the late sixteenth century, which was not published for over 300 years?
*... that in 405, during the '''[[fall of the Western Roman Empire]]''', manpower was so scarce that Roman soldiers were urged to allow their personal slaves to fight beside them?

=== 11 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 11 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:R Coronae Australis region.jpg|100x100px|Star-forming region around the star [[R Coronae Australis]]]]
</div>
*... that the constellation of '''[[Corona Australis]]''' contains one of the closest star-forming regions ''(pictured)'' to the solar system?
*... that the ''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]'' episode "'''[[The Beginning and the End (Millennium)|The Beginning and the End]]'''" features the [[Talking Heads]] song "[[Life During Wartime (song)|Life During Wartime]]"?
*... that the [[National Film Board of Canada]] documentary '''''[[My Ancestors Were Rogues and Murderers]]''''' defends the controversial Canadian [[seal hunt]]?
*... that one of the most talked-about '''[[red carpet fashion in 2000|red carpet gowns of 2000]]''' was worn by a [[Geri Halliwell|Spice Girl]], its [[Donatella Versace|designer]], and [[Matt Stone]], as well as by [[Jennifer Lopez]]?
*... that, despite spending almost their entire lives underground, '''[[Cape mole rat]]s''' nonetheless have [[circadian rhythm|activity cycles]] linked to day and night?
*... that comedian '''[[Hiroiki Ariyoshi]]''' went from earning {{nowrap|20 million}} [[yen]] a month to earning virtually nothing, only to then become Japan's top television personality?
*... that the "'''[[Eaton's catalogue|Family Bible]]'''" was used as toilet paper?

* '''''08:00, 11 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Tyler Clippard 2011.jpg|100x100px|Tyler Clippard in 2011]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Tyler Clippard]]''' ''(pictured)'' [[win (baseball)|won]] the [[2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game]] despite not retiring a [[batter (baseball)|batter]]?
*... that the original idea for the 1996 [[science fiction]] [[adventure game]] '''''[[Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages|Drowned God]]''''' was based on a forged document purported to have been written by 19th-century English poet [[Richard Henry Horne]]?
*... that '''[[Sir Walter Roper Lawrence]]''', an English [[baronet]] and author who served in the [[Indian Civil Service]], was the Settlement Commissioner of [[Kashmir]]?
*... that '''[[Bob Cortner]]''' was the fiftieth person to die at the [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]], in its first fifty years of operation?
*... that '''''[[Rhadinoceraea micans]]''''' larvae can completely defoliate waterside [[Iris (plant)|irises]]?
*... that '''''[[Dance Again... the Hits]]''''' is the first [[greatest hits album]] to be released by [[Jennifer Lopez]] in her fourteen-year music career?
*... that the historic '''[[Tivoli Building (Cheyenne, Wyoming)|Tivoli Building]]''' in [[Cheyenne, Wyoming]], has housed a [[speakeasy]], a [[brothel]], an [[higher education accreditation|unaccredited]] university, and the [[Matt Mead|current state governor]]'s campaign headquarters?

* '''''00:00, 11 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Harriet Hanson Robinson.png|100x100px|Harriet Hanson Robinson in 1843]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Harriet Hanson Robinson]]''' ''(pictured)'' went on strike from her job as a '''[[doffer|bobbin doffer]]''' at age eleven?
*... that the spurious text of {{nowrap|[[Matthew 16:2b–3]]}} is not found in the New Testament codices '''[[Minuscule 852 (Gregory-Aland)|852]]''', '''[[Minuscule 994 (Gregory-Aland)|994]]''', '''[[Minuscule 1073 (Gregory-Aland)|1073]]''', '''[[Minuscule 1074 (Gregory-Aland)|1074]]''', '''[[Minuscule 1080 (Gregory-Aland)|1080]]''', '''[[Minuscule 1093 (Gregory-Aland)|1093]]''', and '''[[Minuscule 1216 (Gregory-Aland)|1216]]''', but it is in codices '''[[Minuscule 873 (Gregory-Aland)|873]]''' and '''[[Minuscule 905 (Gregory-Aland)|905]]''', although marked as doubtful?
*... that [[plant ecology|plant ecologist]] '''[[Fakhri A. Bazzaz|Fakhri Bazzaz]]''' was ranked as one of the ten "Most Cited Scientists in Environment/Ecology, 1992–2002"?
*... that missionary William McClure Thomson documented the '''[[Galilee earthquake of 1837]]''' in the best-selling ''The Land and the Book''?
*... that American '''[[Jessie Ackermann]]''' is considered a major voice in the Australian [[women's suffrage]] movement?
*... that video game publisher '''[[Inscape (publisher)|Inscape]]'''{{`s}} founder [[Michael L. Nash|Michael Nash]] chose the company's name "to focus on multimedia's capability to transport us to compelling inner landscapes"?
*... that three aircraft belonging to '''[[Gatari Air Service]]''' were seized after its president director was implicated in a fraud case?

=== 10 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 10 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:SUK10670 Dave Shannon 1943 (cropped).jpg|100x100px|Flight Lieutenant Dave Shannon shortly before taking part in the "Dambuster" raid with No. 617 Squadron RAF, May 1943]]
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*... that at age twenty, [[Flight Lieutenant]] '''[[Dave Shannon]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the youngest pilot to take part in the [[Operation Chastise|"Dambuster" raid]] of {{nowrap|May 1943}}?
*... that a restaurant sketch by '''[[Kabaret Olgi Lipińskiej]]''' resulted in an official protest by the Soviet embassy in [[Warsaw]], followed by [[Ministry of Public Security (Poland)|secret police]] questioning?
*... that '''[[Jahlil Okafor]]''' made all of his [[field goal (basketball)|field goal]] attempts in the gold medal game of the 2011 [[FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship]], totalling 18 points?
*... that the [[sea anemone]] '''''[[Cerianthus lloydii]]''''' lives in a parchment-like tube?
*... that [[Confederate States Army|Confederate Army]] [[Colonel (USA)|Colonel]] '''[[Wilburn Hill King]]''' acted as a [[General officers in the Confederate States Army|general officer]] for more than a year but was never legally promoted?
*... that one of the '''[[List of hoards in the Channel Islands|archaeological hoards found in the Channel Islands]]''' comprised coins minted in [[Alexandria]] in Egypt?
*... that the '''[[Chrysophyllum oliviforme|satinleaf]]''' tree is endangered in its native Florida, but an [[invasive species|invasive weed]] in Hawaii?

* '''''08:00, 10 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Tesoro Carambolo.jpg|100x100px|The twenty-one pieces of the Treasure of El Carambolo]]
</div>
*... that the sixth-century BCE '''[[Treasure of El Carambolo]]''' ''(pictured)'' was found during renovations at a pigeon shooting club?
*... that '''[[Abdurahim Laajab]]''' is one of the key players at the [[Norway national futsal team]]?
*... that reviewers felt that one of the strengths of [[mobile game]] '''''[[Transformers G1: Awakening]]''''' was that it was not based on the [[Transformers (film series)|live-action film series]]?
*... that the French [[battleship]] '''[[French battleship Charlemagne|''Charlemagne'']]''' twice participated in the occupation of [[Mytilene]], then owned by the [[Ottoman Empire]], first with a French expedition and later in an international [[squadron (naval)|squadron]]?
*... that '''[[Bambang Widjojanto]]''', once often imprisoned by the government of Indonesia, now works for it?
*... that the '''[[Embassy of France, Berlin|French Embassy in Berlin]]''' opened in 2002 has struck many, including the Mayor of [[Mitte]], as resembling a barricade with gun slits?
*... that many important literary and musical works of the past likely would be deemed to infringe [[copyright]] under today's law on '''[[paraphrasing of copyrighted material]]'''?

* '''''00:00, 10 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Christ as a Javanese Prince, Ganjuran, Bantul, Java, Indonesia.jpg|100x100px|Christ as a Javanese King]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Ganjuran Church]]''' features a statue of [[Jesus]] as a [[Javanese people|Javanese]] king ''(pictured)''?
*... that '''''[[Farewell, My Queen]]''''', a 2012 film adapted from the '''[[Chantal Thomas]]''' novel, opened the [[62nd Berlin International Film Festival]]?
*... that in 2010, the filly '''[[Special Duty]]''' was awarded the victory in the [[British Classic Races|British Classic]] [[1000 Guineas]] and in [[Poule d'Essai des Pouliches|its French equivalent]] despite being the second horse to cross the finish line in both races?
*... that on [[Yes (band)|Yes]]'s '''[[Close to the Edge Tour|1972–73 tour]]''', [[Rick Wakeman]] and [[Steve Howe (guitarist)|Steve Howe]] played a rendition of "[[Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport]]" at an Australian show?
*... that a '''[[Grouville Hoard|huge hoard of Iron Age and Roman coins]]''' was found in [[Jersey]] in {{nowrap|June 2012}} after two metal detectorists spent a few hours a year for 30 years searching for a suspected hoard?
*... that the shape that encloses two given [[volume]]s and has the minimum possible [[surface area]] is the '''[[Double bubble conjecture|double bubble]]''' commonly formed by [[soap bubble]]s?
*... that there is debate as to whether '''[[Minetta Creek]]''', once the largest river in [[Manhattan]], still exists?

=== 9 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 9 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Anne Hutchinson on Trial.jpg|100x100px|[[Anne Hutchinson]] trial]]
</div>
*... that during the '''[[Antinomian Controversy]]''', [[Anne Hutchinson]] ''(pictured)'' withstood two separate trials without counsel before being banished from [[Massachusetts Bay Colony|Massachusetts]]?
*... that '''[[Argentine nationalism]]''' sees [[José de San Martín]], [[Juan Manuel de Rosas]] and [[Juan Perón]] as a line of historical continuity?
*... that one of the most popular Polish cabarets, '''[[Pod Egidą]]''', performing since 1967, has faced persecution from the communist authorities in the [[People's Republic of Poland]]?
*... that [[2012 College World Series]] [[College World Series Most Outstanding Player|Most Outstanding Player]] '''[[Robert Refsnyder]]''' was born in [[South Korea]] and adopted by a [[California]] couple when he was three months old?
*... that the print identity of UK music newspaper '''''[[The Stool Pigeon (newspaper)|The Stool Pigeon]]''''' is modelled on Victorian [[Tabloid journalism|tabloids]]?
*... that [[Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Australian Olympic canoeist]] '''[[Hannah Davis (kayaker)|Hannah Davis]]''' won a bronze medal in the sport at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]?
*... that the starfish '''''[[Anasterias rupicola]]''''' feeds on the limpet '''''[[Nacella macquariensis]]''''', sometimes hunting it in groups?

* '''''08:00, 9 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Stropharia semiglobata 38287.jpg|100x100px|Stropharia semiglobata]]
</div>
*... that the mushroom '''''[[Stropharia semiglobata]]''''' ''(pictured on llama dung)'' has been recorded growing on the feces of a wide range of herbivores, including rabbits, bears, and wallabies?
*... that the death of four students from '''[[Southway Community College|Southway Comprehensive School]]''' during a school trip in 1993 led to the establishment of the [[Adventure Activities Licensing Authority]]?
*... that the 2010 [[Grimes (musician)|Grimes]] album, '''''[[Geidi Primes]]''''', is named after the fictional planet [[Giedi Prime]] from Grimes' favourite book, [[Frank Herbert]]'s seminal novel ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]''?
*... that in the 5th-century CE the only indigenous [[Arab]] unit of the [[Byzantine army]] in [[Roman Syria|Syria]] was stationed at '''[[Furqlus]]'''?
*... that Room&nbsp;12 at '''[[The Crown (hotel)|The Crown]]''' in [[Amersham]], England, has a [[mural]] dating back to the 16th&nbsp;century?
*... that one protester was [[Death of Ali Abdulhadi Mushaima|killed]] after security forces attacked protesters in Bahrain's '''[[Day of Rage (Bahrain)|Day of Rage]]'''?
*... that '''[[Ed Carfrey]]''', who played in [[Major League Baseball]] in 1890, was mistakenly omitted from baseball records until 2005?

* '''''00:00, 9 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Apollo 15 Genesis Rock.jpg|100x100px|A grey rock with a ruler indicating that it is about 8cm across]]
</div>
*... that the '''[[Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility]]''' houses the [[Genesis Rock]] ''(pictured)'' and most of the other [[Moon rock|lunar samples]] returned by the [[Apollo program]]?
*... that '''[[al-Rastan]]''', known as "Arethusa" during the [[Roman Syria|Roman period in Syria]], served as the first capital of the [[Royal family of Emesa|Emesani dynasty]] in the mid-first-century BCE?
*... that in 1885, American neurologist '''[[James Leonard Corning]]''' became the first to perform '''[[History of neuraxial anesthesia|neuraxial anesthesia]]'''?
*... that sources give two different commanders for the Polish forces participating in the '''[[Battle of Grudziądz (1659)|Battle of Grudziądz]]'''?
*... that the [[Order of the British Empire]] was awarded [[wikt:posthumously|posthumously]] to two brothers following the '''[[Edmonton air crash]]'''?
*... that despite being one of the most common [[polypore]]s in the eastern United States, the fungus '''''[[Antrodia serialiformis]]''''' was not recognized as a distinct species until 2009?
*... that Cuban-American athlete '''[[Manuel Huerta]]''' is training for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] on the side of a live volcano?

=== 8 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 8 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Kalapuya brunnea 53866.jpg|100x100px|The truffle ''Kalapuya brunnea'']]
</div>
*... that mature specimens of the edible '''[[Kalapuya brunnea|Oregon brown truffle]]''' ''(pictured)'' have an odor similar to [[Camembert]] cheese?
*... that '''[[Malayisation]]''' has occurred in five Southeast Asian countries?
*... that baseball pitcher '''[[Pete Appleton]]''' changed his surname from Jablonowski to embark on a musical career, which he never did?
*... that '''[[Ginge Manor]]''' is currently occupied by [[William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor]] and his wife [[Annabel Astor, Viscountess Astor|Annabel]], who is the mother of [[Samantha Cameron]], the wife of Prime Minister [[David Cameron]]?
*... that there were calls for '''[[Alexander Aan]]''' to be executed for posting on [[Facebook]]?
*... that in spite of the official [[Soviet ideology]] of [[gender equality]], '''[[feminism in Russia|feminism]]''' continues to be a dirty word for women in [[Russia]]?
*... that for the 1884 hanging of five '''[[Bisbee Massacre]]''' murderers in [[Tombstone, Arizona|Tombstone]], [[Arizona]], invitations were sent out by the sheriff, and tickets were sold for [[grandstand]] seating?

* '''''08:00, 8 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Hauser Lake Moon.jpg|100x100px|Moonrise over Hauser Lake by Black Sandy]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Black Sandy State Park]]''' on [[Hauser Dam|Hauser Lake]] ''(pictured)'' was originally a recreation area operated by the [[Montana Power Company]]?
*... that the '''[[Leptogorgia hebes|regal sea fan]]''' takes part in [[Reproductive synchrony|mass spawning]] events which may be triggered by the full moon?
*... that '''''[[The Mountain Road]]''''' was the only [[war movie]] that [[Jimmy Stewart]] ever starred in?
*... that the title of Canadian artist [[Cœur de pirate]]'s 2011 album '''''[[Blonde (Cœur de pirate album)|Blonde]]''''' is a [[double entendre]] which refers to both the singer's blonde hair and the [[Quebec French]] slang word for "girlfriend"? 
*... that Japanese anesthesiologist '''[[Yoshitaka Fujii]]''' published 172 medical research papers that reported falsified data, including 126 papers described as being "totally fabricated"?
*... that the [[Maya city]] of '''[[Kinal]]''' in northern [[Guatemala]] possessed an unusually complex acropolis but is noted for its complete absence of sculpted [[Mayan stelae|stelae]] and altars?
*... that the biggest aircraft ever to be flown under the [[Sydney Harbour Bridge]] was a [[Avro Lancaster|Lancaster]] bomber piloted by [[Flight Lieutenant]] '''[[Peter Isaacson]]''' in 1943?

* '''''00:00, 8 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:The Hendre 1.JPG|100x100px|[[The Hendre]] in [[Monmouthshire]]]]
</div>
*... that architect [[Aston Webb]], who expanded [[The Hendre]] ''(pictured)'' in [[Wales]], originally a hunting lodge for '''[[John Rolls of The Hendre|John Rolls]]''', also redesigned the east facade of [[Buckingham Palace]]?
*... that in '''''[[Hoffman Estates v. The Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.|Hoffman Estates v. The Flipside]]''''', the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] considered whether the proximity of ''[[High Times]]'', ''[[National Lampoon (magazine)|National Lampoon]]'', and ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' to [[drug paraphernalia]] was marketing for illegal use?
*... that [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] performs "energetic and vengeful as ever" on her new single "'''[[Blow Me (One Last Kiss)]]'''"?
*... that during a five-year shutdown, there arose a thriving enterprise selling the buildings of [[Romania]]'s '''[[Călăraşi steel works]]''' for [[scrap]]?
*... that '''[[Peter Finn]]''' considered contesting the {{NZ electorate link|Wakatipu}} electorate in the [[New Zealand general election, 1879|1879 New Zealand general election]], but he let his brother '''[[Hugh Finn|Hugh]]''' run instead, who was successful?
*... that for her memoir '''''[[Opium Nation]]''''', [[Fariba Nawa]] placed her life in jeopardy to collect stories from women involved in [[opium production in Afghanistan]]?
*... that in the [[alternate history]] of [[Richard Schenkman]]'s 2012 [[mockbuster]] film '''''[[Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies]]''''', [[John Wilkes Booth]] is a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] agent [[Undercover|planted]] within [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]]'s [[United States Secret Service|secret service]] staff?

=== 7 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 7 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Samuel Farr, NZETC.jpg|100x100px|Samuel Charles Farr, Christchurch architect]]
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*... that [[Christchurch]] architect '''[[Samuel Farr (architect)|Samuel Farr]]''' ''(pictured)'' stocked almost every lake and river in [[Canterbury Region|Canterbury]], New Zealand, with fish?
*... that, according to the '''[[Cholodny-Went model]]''', the roots of plants grow downward and the shoots grow towards light because of the plant hormone [[auxin]]?
*... that in 683, the second [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] ruler [[Yazid&nbsp;I]] died in the [[Syrian Desert]] town of '''[[Huwwarin]]''', his favorite recreation spot?
*... that [[Jennifer Lopez]]'s first [[music video|video album]] '''''[[Jennifer Lopez: Feelin' So Good]]''''' provides a [[documentary film|documentary]]-style look at the launch of her music career?
*... that the research facilities of the '''[[University of Freiburg Faculty of Biology]]''' date back to a [[botanical garden]] founded in 1620 by the Faculty of Medicine?
*... that the dissolution of the [[Tibetan Empire]] following a [[civil war]] led to the '''[[Era of Fragmentation]]''', a period of political turmoil dominated by warlords and uprisings?
*... that people can surf in the '''[[Kampar River]]'''?

* '''''08:00, 7 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:St Mark&#39;s Church, Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells.JPG|100x100px|St. Mark's Church]]
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*... that the design of '''[[St. Mark's Church, Royal Tunbridge Wells|St. Mark's Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' was described as "acrobatic gothic" after [[Robert Lewis Roumieu|the architect]] was given free rein in his designs?
*... that according to American recording artist [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]], his song "'''[[Sins of My Father (song)|Sins of My Father]]'''" is a testament to the type of father he is?
*... that [[University of Michigan]] gymnast '''[[Sam Mikulak]]''' won the 2011 NCAA all-around championship and will represent the United States at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London?
*... that '''[[Paradox (British band)|Paradox]]''' released a combination EP and sampler album entitled '''''[[Overcome or Burn Forever in Hell/Arachnid Terror Sampler]]'''''?
*... that [[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Justin Wilson]] dedicated his win at the '''[[2008 Detroit Indy Grand Prix]]''' to dying actor [[Paul Newman]]?
*... that 1931's '''''[[Si Pitoeng (1931 film)|Si Pitoeng]]''''' was the first film based on the life of [[Si Pitung|an Indonesian Robin Hood]]?
*... that [[Sam Malone|the bartender]] and [[Frasier Crane|the psychiatrist]] were good ol' mates in [[Cheers|Boston]] and are '''[[The Show Where Sam Shows Up|still good ol' mates]]''' in [[Frasier|Seattle]]?

* '''''00:00, 7 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:St James&#39; Square, Monmouth - geograph.org.uk - 308231.jpg|100x100px|[[St James Square, Monmouth|St James Square]] in the former [[Wye Bridge Ward, Monmouth|Wye Bridge Ward]]]]
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*... that [[Whitecross Street, Monmouth|Whitecross Street]] in '''[[Wye Bridge Ward, Monmouth]]''', [[Wales]], took its name from a stone cross that stood in the future [[St James Square, Monmouth|St James Square]] ''(pictured)''?
*... that the identification of '''[[Azibiidae|azibiids]]''', a type of [[List of fossil primates|fossil primate]] including '''''[[Azibius]]''''', as either [[Strepsirrhini|strepsirrhine]] or [[Haplorhini|haplorine]] weighs heavily on the African or Asian origins of [[primate]]s?
*... that '''[[Lolab Valley]]''' in the [[Vale of Kashmir]] is an oval-shaped valley and is formed by the Lahwal River in the [[States and territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir]]?
*... that the masthead of '''''[[Sporting Life (American newspaper)|Sporting Life]]''''' displayed the motto "Devoted To Base Ball, Trap Shooting and General Sports"?
*... that '''[[Ladislav Haškovec]]''' coined the term "[[Akathisia]]"?
*... that the '''[[Bahrain pearling trail]]''' is [[Bahrain]]'s second [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]] after the [[Qal'at al-Bahrain|Bahrain Fort]]?
*... that, originally discovered in 1873, '''[[Asplenium tutwilerae|Tutwiler's spleenwort]]''' became one of the world's rarest ferns in 2007?

=== 6 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 6 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:William Fort McAfee (1930).png|100x100px|Bill McAfee in 1930]]
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*... that former [[Albany, Georgia]], mayor '''[[Bill McAfee]]''' ''(pictured)'' participated in a 13-game baseball tour of Japan in 1929 before embarking on a five-year career in Major League Baseball?
*... that three new '''[[Wildlife Protection Areas in Japan|Wildlife Protection Areas]]''' have been established in Japan prior to the 2012 [[Ramsar Convention|Ramsar wetland conference]], which started today?
*... that at the end of [[World War&nbsp;I]] the [[British Cabinet]] decided to give Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and India each 100 aircraft as an '''[[Imperial Gift]]'''?
*... that unlike its closest living relatives, [[lemur]]s and [[Lorisiformes|lorisoids]], '''''[[Djebelemur]]''''' from [[Eocene]] Africa probably lacked a [[toothcomb]]?
*... that Indonesian singer '''[[Pinkan Mambo]]''' paid for her brothers' college through her singing?
*... that on low magnification the strands of '''''[[Listerelliidae|Listerella paradoxa]]''''' look like a string of pearls?
*... that '''[[Geoff Charles]]'''{{`s}} photos of 20th-century Welsh life were published at 75&nbsp;dpi to prevent "illegal copying"?

* '''''08:00, 6 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Nationwide 39 Josh Wise 2011 Road America Bucyrus 200.jpg|100x100px|Go Green Racing's 2011 car]]
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*... that '''[[Go Green Racing]]''' ''(car pictured)'' used 14 different drivers in competition during the [[2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series]] season?
*... that '''[[Louise Cochrane]]''', creator of the 1950s BBC children's TV series ''[[Rag, Tag and Bobtail]]'', was an American?
*... that the [[slime mould]] '''''[[Prototrichia metallica]]''''' is a "nivicol", meaning that it grows on the snow line at the time of snowmelt?
*... that former basketball player '''[[Bob Harstad]]''' is just one of four players in [[Missouri Valley Conference]] history to accrue both [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 2000 points and 1000 rebounds|2,000+ points and 1,000+ rebounds]] in his career?
*... that '''''[[Emerge (magazine)|Emerge]]''''', a monthly [[news magazine]] with a focus on issues of interest to [[African American]]s, was published from 1989 to 2000?
*... that computing applications written for [[26-bit]] [[ARM architecture|ARM]] systems running {{nowrap|[[RISC OS]]}} can be run on newer 32-bit architectures by using '''[[Aemulor]]'''?
*... that '''[[Yelverton Paperweight Centre]]''', which has over 1000 paperweights, has its origins in the private collection of a Cornish postmaster?

* '''''00:00, 6 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Zeppelin Postkarte 1936 a.jpg|100x100px|LZ 129 Hindenburg in 1936]]
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*... that the airline '''[[Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei]]''', which operated [[LZ 129 Hindenburg|LZ&nbsp;129 ''Hindenburg'']] ''(pictured)'', was re-established under the same name in 2001 and today flies [[Zeppelin NT]]s in passenger service?
*... that British cyclist '''[[Liam Phillips]]''' put his selection in doubt for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] when he broke his collarbone at the 2012 [[BMX]] World Championship?
*... that the '''[[architecture of Scotland in the Middle Ages]]''' included houses made of solid clay?
*... that while attending [[Eton College]], '''[[Max Pirkis]]''' received his first professional acting role, being cast in the 2003 film ''[[Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]''?
*... that '''''[[Barbeyella minutissima]]''''' are found in areas of up to 3,500 metres above sea level?
*... that when '''[[Alfred Baldey]]''' was appointed to the [[New Zealand Legislative Council]], people wondered who he was?
*... that internees at '''[[Whitewater (POW camp)|Whitewater]]''' went on strike because they thought the guards stole their pyjamas?

=== 5 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 5 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Mamie Eisenhower color photo portrait, White House, May 1954.jpg|100x100px|Mamie Eisenhower]]
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*... that on [[Women's Equality Day]], the '''[[Iowa Women's Hall of Fame]] '''will add four names to a list that already includes [[Mamie Doud-Eisenhower|Mamie Eisenhower]] ''(pictured)'' and [[Hualing Nieh Engle]]?
*... that in 1894 '''[[Georges Lemaître (motorist)|Georges Lemaître]]''' won the world's first competitive motor race by driving from '''[[Paris–Rouen (motor race)|Paris to Rouen]]''' at {{nowrap|19 km/h}} ({{nowrap|12 mph}})?
*... that the '''[[Hubert H. Humphrey Building]]''', currently the headquarters of the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services|Department of Health and Human Services]], was the first U.S. [[Federal government of the United States|federal]] building to be named after a living person?
*... that upon his death in {{nowrap|June 2012}}, '''[[Walter J. Zable]]''' had been the world's oldest public company [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] at age 97?
*... that the [[constellation]] of '''[[Circinus]]''' depicts a pair of [[Compass (drafting)|drafting compasses]]?
*... that '''''[[The Iraq War: A Historiography of Wikipedia Changelogs]]''''' consists of 7000 pages of Wikipedia changelogs?
*... that '''[[Llanddewi Velfrey]]''' in [[Pembrokeshire]] once contained an [[Italianate architecture|Italianate]] [[stucco]]ed mansion, but it was demolished in 1957?

* '''''08:00, 5 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Photovolaic array on top of the James Forrestal Building - US Dept of Energy - 2008.jpg|100x100px|Photovoltaic array on top of the James V. Forrestal Building]]
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*... that the 891 [[Photovoltaic system|photovoltaic]] units installed on the roof of the '''[[James V. Forrestal Building]]''' ''(pictured)'' in 2008 constitute one of the largest renewable energy systems in [[Washington, D.C.]]?
*... that when [[Christopher Wren]] was appointed to rebuild [[St Paul's Cathedral]], London, he was '''[[Savilian Professor of Astronomy]]''' at the [[University of Oxford]]?
*... that '''''[[Aecidium mori]]''''' causes mulberry rust disease on the [[Morus (plant)|mulberry]] flowering plant, which decreases the quantity of leaves on the trees?
*... that claims from a tailor, a bootmaker, a farmer, a coach-driver and a [[colportage|colporteur]] were all embedded in the '''[[Convention of London (1861)|Convention of London]]''' that escalated into the [[French intervention in Mexico]]?
*... that '''[[Bandung Raya (1987-1997)|Bandung Raya]]''' [[association football|football]] club dissolved in 1997 due to financial trouble, despite reaching the [[1996-97 Liga Indonesia Premier Division|1996–97 Liga Indonesia Premier Division]] finals?
*... that the New Zealand town of [[Pahiatua]] was founded by '''[[William Wilson McCardle]]'''?
*... that in 1973 country music singer [[Willie Nelson]] formed his own band, '''[[Family (Willie Nelson's band)|Family]]''', after retiring early from a previous recording contract?

* '''''00:00, 5 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[Image:Tuning ADGBE5 ADGBE0.svg|100x100px|alt=A guitar fretboard with line-segments connecting the successive open-string notes (E-A, A-D, D-G, G-B, B-E) of the standard tuning E-A-D-G-B-E|In the standard guitar-tuning, one major-third interval is interjected amid four perfect-fourth intervals.]]
</div>
*... that while the standard guitar-tuning E-A-D-G-B-E includes one [[major&nbsp;third]] amid four [[perfect&nbsp;fourth]]s ''(illustrated)'', the '''[[augmented-fourths tuning]]''' B-F-B-F-B-F includes only [[tritone]] intervals?
*... that baseball&nbsp;[[Umpire (baseball)|umpire]] '''[[Bull&nbsp;Perrine]]''' was attacked on the field twice during minor-league games in April 1905? 
*... that [[Gene Sharp]]'s '''''[[From Dictatorship to Democracy]]''''' was described by [[CNN]] as "incendiary advice" that became a "viral pamphlet" that provided tactical guidance to the [[Arab Spring]]?
*... that '''[[Maison Alcan]]''' marked a turning point in the preservation of historic buildings in Montreal's [[Golden Square Mile]]?
*... that [[Third Day]]'s song "Cry Out to Jesus" '''[[List of 2000s Christian Songs number ones|reached number one]]''' on [[Christian Songs|''Billboard's'' Christian chart]] three distinct times?
*... that Luis Ghilardi, a former Italian officer of [[Guiseppe Garibaldi|Garibaldi]], fought alongside the Mexican Republicans to repulse the French fleet in the '''[[Battle of Acapulco]]'''?
*... that in recognition of '''[[Willie&nbsp;Nelson's Fourth&nbsp;of&nbsp;July Picnic]]''', the [[Texas&nbsp;Senate]] declared July&nbsp;4, 1975, "[[Willie&nbsp;Nelson]] Day", but he was fined $1,000 for violating the Texas Mass&nbsp;Gatherings Act?

=== 4 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 4 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:63423main wiggles wave.jpg|100x100px|Original members of [[The Wiggles]], 2004]]
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*... that many of the '''[[The Wiggles Pty Ltd|business practices]]''' of [[The Wiggles]] ''(pictured)'' were based on those of [[The Cockroaches]]?
*... that '''[[Operation Josephine B]]''' was the [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]]'s first success in [[occupied France]] and it considerably enhanced the organisation's standing?
*... that [[Casting Crowns]]' 2005 single "'''[[Lifesong (song)|Lifesong]]'''" has been musically compared to [[rock music|rock]] band [[U2]]?
*... that '''[[List of athletes who played in Major League Baseball and the National Football League|athletes who played in Major League Baseball and the National Football League]]''' include two [[Heisman Trophy]] winners and seven inductees of the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]?
*... that for the first time [[3G]] services were used in India to announce the election result for the '''[[Andhra Pradesh by-election, 2012|Andhra Pradesh by-elections]]''' in 2012?
*... that Argentine TV journalist [[Andy Kusnetzoff]] was considered a possible main actor for the comedy '''''[[Graduados]]'''''?
*... that [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] refused to present [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Bob Cain (footballer)|Bob Cain]]''' with an 1898 [[Football League First Division|First Division]] winner's medal after he agreed a transfer to [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]?

* '''''08:00, 4 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Don Eaddy.png|100x100px|Don Eaddy in 1956]]
</div>
*... that '''[[Don Eaddy]]''' ''(pictured)'' was an All-American baseball player, All-[[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] basketball player, and halfback for the football team at the [[University of Michigan]]?
*... that three members of '''[[Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena]]''' assaulted [[Prashant Bhushan]] due to his controversial statement on the [[Kashmir conflict|Kashmir issue]]?
*... that acclaimed violinist '''[[Tasmin Little]]''' released her 2008 recording ''The Naked Violin'' as a free download?
*... that '''''[[Trichia decipiens]]''''' live on deadwood of [[conifers]] and [[leaf tree]]s all year around?
*... that naval officer '''[[James Coutts Crawford]]''' served in three sieges in the [[American War of Independence]], once as part of the besieging forces ([[Siege of Charleston|Charleston]]) and twice as a defender ([[Siege of Savannah|Savannah]] and [[Great Siege of Gibraltar|Gibraltar]])?
*... that nine years after the '''[[1968 Belice earthquake]]''' sequence struck western Sicily, 60,000 refugees were still living in temporary accommodation?
*... that Greg Malcolm of [[electronic music]] duo '''[[Twine (band)|Twine]]''' described the pair as "like [[Voltron]]"?

* '''''00:00, 4 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Fort Smith Birney streetcar 224 behind Museum of History, cropped.jpg|100x100px|Fort Smith Birney streetcar 224]]
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*... that at the '''[[Fort Smith Trolley Museum]]''', in Arkansas, one can ride to the [[Fort Smith National Cemetery|National Cemetery]] in '''[[Birney Safety Streetcar No. 224]]''' ''(pictured)'', which is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]?
*... that former [[Meghalaya]] [[Chief Minister of Meghalaya|Chief Minister]] '''[[Flinder Anderson Khonglam]]''' was the first [[independent politician]] to serve as Chief Minister of any [[Indian state]]?
*... that the roof of the '''[[RAF Bomber Command Memorial]]''' in [[Green Park]] is made of aluminium from a crashed [[Handley Page Halifax]]?
*... that '''[[Wally Gilbert]]''' played baseball for the [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Brooklyn Dodgers]], [[American football|football]] in the [[National Football League|NFL]] and professional basketball for Buffalo and Denver?
*... that out of the five designated [[protected areas]] in [[Bahrain]], '''[[Al Areen Wildlife Park]]''' is the only protected area situated on land?
*... that [[André Derain]] painted '''''[[Mountains at Collioure]]''''' alongside [[Henri Matisse]] at the fishing port of [[Collioure]]?
*... that [[Yes (band)|Yes]] cancelled a show on their '''[[Fragile Tour]]''' after the van carrying their [[PA system]] broke down—as did two others sent to replace it?

=== 3 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 3 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Holme Cultram Abbey, Abbeytown (NY1750).jpg|100x100px|West front of St Mary's]]
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*... that '''[[St Mary's Church, Abbeytown]],''' in [[Cumbria]] ''(west end pictured)'' was damaged by fire in 1604, and again in 2006?
*... that '''[[C. E. Falk]]''' beat NASCAR stars [[Tony Stewart]] and [[Denny Hamlin]] to win the latter's own charity race?
*... that '''''[[Tropaeolum tricolor]]''''' can survive a drought of 10 months in summer while '''''[[Tropaeolum polyphyllum]]''''' can withstand temperatures down to {{convert|-20|°C}}?
*... that "'''[[New Day (Alicia Keys song)|New Day]]'''" by [[Alicia Keys]] has been called her most powerful number to date?
*... that '''[[Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen|Margarete Mitscherlich]]''' and her husband '''[[Alexander Mitscherlich (psychologist)|Alexander Mitscherlich]]''' co-authored ''Die Unfähigkeit zu trauern'' (''The Inability to Mourn'') in 1967, and she alone wrote ''Die Radikalität des Alters'' (''The Radicality of Age'') in 2010?
*... that the '''[[Carnegie Free Library (Petaluma, California)|Petaluma Historical Library and Museum]]''' includes [[Miwok people|Miwok]] items?
*... that [[Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Australian]] rhythmic gymnastics Olympian '''[[Janine Murray]]''' had difficulties getting to school while growing up in Zimbabwe because of petrol shortages?

* '''''08:00, 3 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Psilocybe hoogshagenii 177685.jpg|100x100px|Psilocybe hoogshagenii]]
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*... that some Mexican [[curandero]]s use the psychedelic mushroom '''''[[Psilocybe hoogshagenii]]''''' ''(pictured)'' to [[divination|divine]] the location of objects or animals that have been lost or stolen?
*... that migration of people from [[Pakistan]] after the [[partition of India]] is one of the causes of '''[[urbanisation in India]]'''?
*... that '''[[Georgina Harland]]''' suffered a [[stress fracture]] to her leg only two weeks before the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], where she won a bronze medal in [[modern pentathlon]]?
*... that [[Corin Tucker]], later of [[Sleater-Kinney]], played her first stage performance at the 1991 '''[[International Pop Underground Convention]]'''?
*... that '''[[St Michael's Church, Burgh by Sands]]''', in [[Cumbria]] is unique in having had two fortified towers?
*... that [[Tasma Walton]] was immediately interested in the part of '''[[Claudia Leigh]]''' because her occupation as a criminal profiler was not a straightforward police role?
*... that despite the 1940s exterior of '''[[The Dupont Hotel]]''' in [[Washington, D.C.]], the hotel has a modern interior after being renovated in 2009?

* '''''00:00, 3 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Stamp Moldavian Cap de bour 1858.jpg|100x100px|1858 Moldavian Bull's Head stamp marked PORTO SCRISORI; "letters to be paid for by the recipient"]]
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*... that the rare [[Moldavia]]n '''[[Moldavian Bull's Heads|Bull's Head]]''' stamp ''(pictured)'' was on sale for less than four months in 1858, and that about half of them were destroyed by fire in 1874?
*... that the term '''[[self-deportation]]''' was first popularized as a [[Political satire|satirical]] criticism of [[California Proposition 187 (1994)|California Proposition&nbsp;187]] in 1994?
*... that in 1868, British racehorse '''[[Formosa (horse)|Formosa]]''' became the first winner of the [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#United Kingdom|English Fillies Triple Crown]]?
*... that '''[[Yusmarg]]''' in the [[Kashmir Valley]] in [[India]] is translated as ''the meadow of [[Jesus]]'', and is believed to be where Jesus once visited?
*... that child actress '''[[Rachel Covey]]''' had a body double during the 2007 film ''[[Enchanted (film)|Enchanted]]'' so that she did not have to spend as much time on set?
*... that '''''[[Lindbladia tubulina]]''''' is the only species of its genus?
*... that 2012 Australian Olympic diver '''[[Jaele Patrick]]''' only took up the sport at fifteen following a gymnastics injury?

=== 2 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 2 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Sharp SponGate HAGAM.jpg|100x100px|Spon Gate on Spon Street, Coventry]]
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*... that '''[[Spon Street]]''' ''(Spon Gate pictured)'' survived the air raid that obliterated much of Coventry City Centre and is now a Conservation Area?
*... that the '''[[Jewish Military Museum]]''' was founded partly to counter the idea that British Jews have avoided serving in the armed forces?
*... that professional [[baseball]] player '''[[Bud Morse]]''' was honored for his heroism in disarming a gunman during a hospital shooting spree?
*... that '''[[Emily Smith (field hockey)|Emily Smith]]''' is the youngest [[Australia women's national field hockey team|Hockeyroo]] representing Australia at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]?
*... that a number of Ohio Republicans refused to vote for [[Mark Hanna]] for senator in 1898, and he was '''[[United States Senate elections in Ohio, 1898|elected by the legislature]]''' with only the minimum 73 votes?
*... that the [[Brown algae|brown seaweed]] '''''[[Stypopodium zonale]]''''' contains [[Secondary metabolite|substances]] that are [[Cytotoxicity|cytotoxic]] to certain human [[carcinoma]] cells?
*... that the '''[[Crimes Act of 1825]]''' is the most recent general revision of [[federal crime in the United States|U.S. federal criminal legislation]]?

* '''''08:00, 2 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Royal Oak, Monmouth - geograph.org.uk - 192413.jpg|100x100px|[[The Royal Oak, Monmouth]]]]
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*... that '''[[The Royal Oak, Monmouth|The Royal Oak]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Monmouth]], [[Wales]], hosted the survivor of a [[Dragons' Den (UK)|Dragons' Den]]?
*... that women in Kenya created the '''[[Kenya women's national football team]]''' independent of [[Football Kenya Federation]]?
*... that '''[[Carlos Correa (baseball)|Carlos Correa]]''' is the first [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]] to be selected with the [[List of first overall Major League Baseball draft picks|first overall selection]] of a [[Major League Baseball Draft]]?
*... that 168 '''[[Community Development District]]s''' in [[Florida]] created between 2003 and 2008 are presently in default with $5.1 billion in [[municipal bond]]s?
*... that [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] played their '''[[Sheffield United F.C. league record by opponent|first ever league fixture]]''' against [[Burton Wanderers F.C.|Burton Wanderers]] on 13 September 1890?
*... that the '''[[Main Centre for Missile Attack Warning]]''' reports [[ballistic missiles|ballistic missile]] attacks to the [[General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation|General Staff]], which could lead the [[President of Russia|Russian President]] to use the [[nuclear briefcase]]?
*... that '''[[The Track]]''' was dusty?

* '''''00:00, 2 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:John Herrnstein.jpg|100x100px|John Herrnstein]]
</div>
*... that '''[[John Herrnstein]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the third generation of the Herrnstein family to play for the [[Michigan Wolverines football]] team?
*... that '''[[Anthems and nationalistic songs of Canada|patriotic music in Canada]]''' dates back over 200 years as a distinct category from British patriotism, preceding the [[Constitution Act, 1867|first legal steps to independence]] by over 50 years?
*... that '''[[Henry Oxley]]''' is one of only three people from [[Prince Edward Island]] to have played in [[Major League Baseball]]?
*... that '''''[[Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention]]''''', '''''[[The Swerve: How the World Became Modern]]''''', '''''[[George F. Kennan: An American Life]]''''' and '''''[[Water by the Spoonful]]''''' won [[2012 Pulitzer Prize]]s for [[Pulitzer Prize for History|History]], [[Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction|General Non-Fiction]], [[Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography|Biography or Autobiography]] and [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama|Drama]], respectively?
*... that '''[[Cambodia women's national football team]]''' faces several challenges including women's football not being popular in [[Cambodia]] and, {{as of|2006|lc=y}}, no teams for women to play on?
*... that the [[Zambia]] village of '''[[Sioma]]''' is located on the site of an Iron Age settlement?
*... that '''[[floppy trunk syndrome]]''' mainly affects male [[elephant]]s and is a condition that results in trunk [[paralysis]]?

=== 1 July 2012 ===
* '''''16:00, 1 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Camouflage (1944).ogv|100x100px|Mr. Chameleon, the star of [[Camouflage (1944 film)|Camouflage (1944)]]]]
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*... that the creator of ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' and ''[[Merrie Melodies]]''—[[Rudolf Ising]]—served in the '''[[First Motion Picture Unit]]''', which made films like ''[[Camouflage (1944 film)|Camouflage]] (pictured)'' during World War&nbsp;II?
*... that '''[[Swakopmund tracking station]]''' is a [[ground station]] of the [[Chinese space program|Chinese manned space programme]] located in the African country of [[Namibia]]?
*... that the '''[[Jru' language]]''', an indigenous language of [[Laos]], was once written in [[Khom script|a secret script]]?
*... that [[Senegalese]] [[fashion designer]] '''[[Adama Ndiaye]]''' organized the [[Dakar]] [[Fashion Week]] exhibition, now in its 10th year?
*... that along with appearing as a young [[Peter Parker]] in ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', child actor '''[[Max Charles]]''' will be providing the voice of Sherman in ''[[Mister Peabody#Films|Mr. Peabody & Sherman]]''?
*... that the ''[[Body of Proof]]'' episode "'''[[Helping Hand (Body of Proof)|Helping Hand]]'''" was directed by [[John Terlesky]], best known for directing ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' which starred [[Tony Plana]], who also appeared in this ''Body of Proof'' episode?
*... that at [[UEFA Euro 2012|Euro 2012]], the '''[[Pukka Pies England Band]]''' was banned from playing at [[England national football team|England]]'s game against [[France national football team|France]] despite having [[UEFA]] approval?

* '''''08:00, 1 July 2012 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Photon-photon scattering.png|100x100px|Feynman diagram of photon–photon scattering]]
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*... that light can elastically [[scattering|scatter]] other light ''([[Feynman diagram]] pictured)'' if the electric field strength exceeds the '''[[Schwinger limit]]'''?
*... that more than one million comments about '''[[Forced abortion of Feng Jianmei|Feng Jianmei's forced abortion]]''' had been registered within four days of family members uploading a picture of her dead child to [[Sina Weibo]]?
*... that [[Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Australian field hockey Olympian]] '''[[Jade Close]]''' was a ball girl at the 2000 Summer Olympics during the [[Australia women's national field hockey team|Hockeyroos]]' gold medal match?
*... that [[tadpole]]s of the '''[[Scaphiophryne marmorata|green burrowing frog]]''' need to grow rapidly because the temporary pools in which they develop soon dry up?
*... that [[Rick Ross]] was to be featured on [[Jennifer Lopez]]'s song "'''[[Run the World (song)|Run the World]]'''", but his rap was removed from the song shortly before its commercial release?
*... that the sports film '''''[[Pengejar Angin|The Wind Chaser]]''''' was compared to a soap commercial?
*... that it is widely believed in [[Monmouth]], [[Wales]], that the late John "Mad Jack" Roocroft took his chain saw to the '''[[The Indian Bean Tree, St James Square, Monmouth|Indian Bean Tree]]''' in [[St James Square, Monmouth|St James Square]]?

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[[File:Lactarius quieticolor 2004-09-18.jpg|100x100px|Lactarius deterrimus]]
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*... that eating '''''[[Lactarius deterrimus]]''''' ''(pictured)'' causes red [[urine]]?
*... that '''[[Pentwyn Farm Grasslands]]''', near [[Monmouth]], hosts one of the largest populations of the [[Anacamptis morio|green-winged orchid]] in [[Gwent (county)|Gwent]]?
*... that '''[[Cotton Tierney]]'''{{`}}s great-great-nephew named a website after him that has received over {{nowrap|4 million}} page views?
*... that staff at the Indonesian film archives, '''[[Sinematek Indonesia]]''', receive less than US$120 a month?
*... that '''[[Bajan's list]]''' lists the kill scores of Polish [[fighter pilot]]s of [[World War&nbsp;II]]?
*... that [[Yes (band)|Yes]]'s '''[[The Yes Album Tour|1970–71 tour]]''' began with [[Steve Howe (guitarist)|Steve Howe]] joining the band and ended with [[Tony Kaye (musician)|Tony Kaye]] leaving?
*... that 2012 Summer Olympic cyclist '''[[Amy Cure]]''' calls [[Penguin, Tasmania|Penguin]] home?