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30 November 2017
00:00, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
Elephants in Liwonde National Park
... that Liwonde National Park has a population of approximately 12,000 large mammals (elephants pictured) and more than 380 recorded bird species?
... that Gillian Hanson was a world expert on treating the condition that ultimately killed her?
29 November 2017
00:00, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
Fatou Kiné Camara
... that Fatou Kiné Camara(pictured) campaigns for wider access to
abortions in
Senegal, which has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Africa?
... that Moroccan women's rights activist Fedwa Misk(pictured) named her online magazine Qandisha after a mythical
jinn famous for her seductive powers?
... that in 1975,
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn visited the Paris office of the YMCA Press and presented an inscribed book thanking the publisher for all his work for Russian culture with them?
... that Helicopter 66, which recovered astronauts from five different
Apollo missions, has been called "one of the most famous, or at least most iconic, helicopters in history"?
... that Lillian Bilocca threatened to picket British Prime Minister
Harold Wilson's house if he did not impose stronger safety regulations on the fishing industry?
23 November 2017
00:00, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
SS Andaste fully laden
... that the SS Andaste(pictured) – a hybrid
whaleback Great Lakes cargo vessel – disappeared with all hands on Lake Michigan in 1929 and is still listed as unfound?
... that Ethiopian
women's rights activist Nahu Senay Girma's given name means "something good is happening now" and is traditionally a masculine name?
... that on his first commission from the US,
John Rutter composed Gloria as a concert piece for choir, brass, percussion, and organ?
... that Philip Caves' influence on attitudes at
Glasgow's Children's Hospital in the 1970s was described as "whirlwind" as he operated on
newborns previously considered unfit for surgery?
... that Amy H. Herring led a study whose data showed some American women were reportedly
virgins at the birth of their first child?
20 November 2017
00:00, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
Isaac T. Stoddard
... that acting Arizona territorial governor Isaac T. Stoddard(pictured) ordered the entire Arizona Territorial Militia sent to control striking miners?
... that the Transylvanian peasant revolt of 1437 broke out after the
local bishop, having suspended the collection of the
tithe for years, demanded the arrears in a single payment?
... that Irish rugby referee Joy Neville was the first woman to be an assistant referee in a men's European Challenge Cup match?
... that the tidepool sculpin can leave the rock pool in which it lives, and breathe air?
... that after being injured, Annabelle Lindsay relinquished a scholarship to play college basketball in the United States but has since been awarded another to play
wheelchair basketball?
... that Rudolf Geigy established health institutes on two continents and started a foundation that awards scholars who combine field and laboratory work in novel ways?
... that Rodinná pouta, the first original series broadcast by the Czech
Prima televize, attracted over one million viewers per episode?
... that when Whitefoord Russell Cole threatened striking workers with dismissal and pension loss in 1921, his house was "bombarded with bottles until its concrete porch was littered with glass"?
... that the slipper sea cucumber is avoided by most predatory fish, crabs, and gastropod molluscs, but is preyed on by starfish, especially the
leather star?
... that it took authorities at
Kansas City International Airport eight months to find Randy Potter's body in his parked truck, despite recording all license plate numbers nightly?
... that animal behavior scientist Chris Sherwin wrote that insects can experience "negative mental states"?
10 November 2017
00:00, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
Orange cup coral
... that the orange cup coral(pictured) obtains part of its nutritional needs from carbon compounds dissolved in sea water?
... that folklorist William A. Wilson wrote that stories from
Mormon folklore are "psychologically true" even if they never actually happened?
... that "
Crazy Sally", an 18th-century bonesetter, successfully treated dislocated shoulders and knees in a London coffee house despite having no medical training?
... that Manami Numakura cites becoming a fan of the Gundam franchise as a reason behind her becoming a voice actress?
... that power stations in Megawatt Valley were once responsible for up to a quarter of all electricity generated in England and Wales?
... that facing the rise of Nazi ideology,
Otto Riethmüller compiled the song "Sonne der Gerechtigkeit" for young people from hymns by three authors of two earlier centuries?
... that Anthony Franchini, who served in the U.S. Army for both
World Wars prior to obtaining U.S. citizenship, recorded more than 3,500 phonograph record sides with
Frank Ferera in the 1920s?
... that the
Malaysian High Court sentenced 22-year-old Frenchwoman Béatrice Saubin to death by
hanging for smuggling 534 grams (1.177 lb) of pure grade
heroin?
... that two-thirds of the priests in the
Diocese of Ruteng signed a 2015 letter of "no confidence" in Bishop Hubertus Leteng, and this year, 69 priests resigned in protest?
... that Patricia Moberly was once arrested for attacking Prime Minister
Ted Heath's car with a placard?
5 November 2017
00:00, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
St. Johns Common School
... that a one-room schoolhouse (pictured) established in St. Johns, Ontario, in 1804 is the oldest extant public school in the province, and is still sometimes used as a classroom?
... that the actress
Claire Goose began research for her character Tina Seabrook's rape storyline, before the writers scripted it?
... that the 1973 Belmont Stakes was won by
Secretariat, whose 31-length lead was the largest margin of victory in the history of the race?
... that Kimmie Taylor of the Kurdish
YPJ is the first British woman to travel to Syria to fight
ISIS?
... that the adult Madagascan sandgrouse may soak its breast feathers in water to carry moisture to its young?
... that Otto Riethmüller was director of the
Confessing Church's youth organisations and created their logo, the Cross on the Globe, in 1935?
... that Grupo Garza Ponce, now one of the largest construction firms in Mexico, had to change its business model every month during the
1982 debt crisis?
... that the lyrics of "Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht" ("I do not let go of my Jesus") are based on memorial sermons for Elector
Johann Georg of Saxony, who reflected the ideas on his deathbed?
... that Rudyerd Boulton and his wife,
Laura, made the first-ever recordings of the calls of African tropical birds?
... that Eleanor Nathan was a member of the
London County Council representing two different parties and two different districts for a total of 16 years?
... that a political scandal erupted in 2014 after operatives of the
Liberian National Security Agency illegally seized US$247,500 from a group of South Korean businessmen in a hotel room in
Monrovia?
... that the communion song "Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet" ("God be praised and blessed"), which
Martin Luther(pictured) derived from an older model, entered Catholic hymnals in the 20th century?