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===30 November 2018===
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* ... that a right-wing West German newspaper claimed that '''[[Ivanhorod Einsatzgruppen photograph|a Holocaust photograph]]''' ''(pictured)'' depicting the murder of Jews in [[Ivanhorod]], Ukraine, was a Communist forgery?
* ... that the '''[[Usnea articulata|string-of-sausage lichen]]''' is very sensitive to air pollution and has become [[Local extinction|locally extinct]] over much of its former range?
* ... that [[Bryology|bryologist]] '''[[Margaret Sibella Brown]]''' was awarded an honorary master of arts degree from [[Acadia University]] at the age of 84?
* ... that [[Cobie Smulders|Robin Sparkles]]'s "'''[[Let's Go to the Mall]]'''" was inspired by [[Alanis Morissette]]'s material from her pre-''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'' years?
* ... that neuroscientist '''[[Yang Dan (neuroscientist)|Yang Dan]]''' and her team discovered that mice either enter a dream state or eat more in response to activation of certain brain neurons?
* ... that a small group of besieged [[Nizari Ismaili state|Nizari Ismailis]] in the fortress of '''[[Shahdiz]]''' refused an offer of a safe withdrawal and fought against the [[Seljuk Empire|Seljuk]] army from tower to tower in a last stand?
* ... that the '''[[Cubbington Pear Tree]]''', voted [[Tree of the Year (United Kingdom)|England's Tree of the Year]] for 2015, is at risk of being felled during construction of [[High Speed&nbsp;2]]?
* ... that the [[Ming dynasty]] awarded the pirate '''[[Wang Zhi (pirate)|Wang Zhi]]''' 100 [[picul|shoulder-loads]] of rice, which he dumped into the sea?

===29 November 2018===
*'''''00:00, 29 November 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Lula Mysz-Gmeiner]]''' ''(pictured)'', a [[contralto]] and influential voice teacher from [[Transylvania]], performed [[lied]]er written for her by [[Max Reger]] and other prominent contemporaries?
* ... that '''[[Corps of Invalids (Great Britain)|a unit of disabled and aged veterans]]''' garrisoned key parts of Great Britain in the 18th century?
* ... that in 1923, '''[[Andrew B. Turnbull]]''' helped convert the [[Green Bay Packers]] into a [[Green Bay Packers, Inc.|publicly-held, non-profit corporation]], and then was elected as that corporation's first president?
* ... that '''[[Nanchang Laoyingfang Airport]]''', once an airbase used to attack Chinese communist rebels, is now the site of the communist provincial government?
* ... that '''[[Mary Ellen Cuper]]''' was the first postmistress at [[New Norcia, Western Australia|New Norcia]]?
* ... that the United States was '''[[Iran's 2018 lawsuit at ICJ against the United States|ordered by the World Court]]''' to lift some [[United States sanctions against Iran|sanctions against Iran]] over humanitarian concerns? 
* ... that '''[[Burhan Uray]]''' worked as a logger and [[Rubber tapping|rubber tapper]] before becoming "the timber king" of Indonesia?
* ... that after being damaged twice by Allied ships, escorting a blockade runner, and hitting two mines, the '''[[German torpedo boat T24|German torpedo boat ''T24'']]''' was sunk by air-launched rockets?

===28 November 2018===
*'''''00:00, 28 November 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that 46 Jesuits were exhumed during the relocation of the '''[[Jesuit Community Cemetery]]''' ''(pictured)'' at [[Georgetown University]] in 1854?
* ... that footballer '''[[Neil Matthews (footballer, born 1967)|Neil Matthews]]''' was the first [[Rochdale A.F.C.|Rochdale]] player to win an international cap at any level?
* ... that '''[[Solo 66]]''' is a German [[Trick-taking game|trick-taking card game]] for five players in which a soloist always plays against the other four?
* ... that following his failed rebellion in 1926, governor '''[[Xia Chao]]''' was executed and his severed head was displayed on a spike?
* ... that sites in [[Florida Bay]] with an abundance of '''[[Spheciospongia vesparium|loggerhead sponges]]''' experience few [[algal bloom|blooms]] of [[cyanobacteria]]?
* ... that in 1991, the founder of '''[[Ecclesia Athletic Association]]''' and seven other members were indicted for what a federal prosecutor termed "the largest child slavery ring in the history of the United States"?
* ... that '''[[jellyfish]]''' can disable power stations?

===27 November 2018===
*'''''00:00, 27 November 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[The Durant]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Flint, Michigan]], was opened as a hotel in 1920, vacated in 1973, acquired by the Genesee County [[land banking|Land Bank]] in 2005, and reopened as an apartment building in 2010? 
* ... that Mexican suspected hitman '''[[René Velázquez Valenzuela]]''' shaved his head and grew his beard as a sign of loyalty to [[Vicente Zambada Niebla|his boss]]?
* ... that the concept of an '''[[ethnographic group]]''' is more commonly found in Soviet and post-Soviet, rather than Western, scholarly works?
* ... that when '''[[William C. F. Robinson]]''' was sworn in as governor of [[South Australia]], the band played a song that he had composed himself?
* ... that for his role in the Holocaust, [[Adolf Eichmann]] was described as a '''[[Desk murderer|desk murderer]]''' by [[Hannah Arendt]]?
* ... that the '''[[Halecium halecinum|herring-bone hydroid]]''' has two types of feeding [[polyp]] which differ in their behaviour?
* ... that ''Close But No Cigar'', the debut album of the '''[[Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio]]''', reached number one on the U.S. Contemporary Jazz Albums chart?

===26 November 2018===
*'''''00:00, 26 November 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Ignaz Kirchner]]''' ''(pictured)'' and [[Gert Voss]] often played opposite each other at the Vienna [[Burgtheater]], in roles such as Shakespeare's [[The Merchant of Venice|Antonio and Shylock]], and Tabori's [[Goldberg Variations (play)|Goldberg and Mr. Jay]]? 
* ... that the '''''[[Colonial (Amtrak train)|Colonial]]''''' replaced a train that often could not fill a single passenger car?
* ... that [[Trail running|trail runner]] '''[[Aurélia Truel]]''' gave up on playing [[handball]] because she was too short?
* ... that the [[Wehrmacht]] and the [[Waffen-SS]] were thought to have '''[[List of Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS divisions that committed war crimes in Italy|committed war crimes against Italians]]''' during World {{nowrap|War II}} in retaliation for Italy's surrender?
* ... that '''[[Yang Dan (chemist)|Yang Dan]]''' was awarded the [[List of TWAS Prize laureates|TWAS Prize]] for synthesizing bioactive natural compounds?
* ... that during the University of London's '''[[General Examination for Women]]''' of 1869, a matron was in attendance in case the candidates became over-excited?
* ... that historical novelist '''[[Elizabeth Byrd]]''' was the editor of a salacious [[confessional writing|confession magazine]] in the 1950s? 
* ... that the 2004 '''[[Taylor oil spill]]''' in the [[Gulf of Mexico]] leaks 300 to 700 barrels of oil per day and could continue for the next 100 years if not contained?

===25 November 2018===
*'''''00:10, 25 November 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Narcissa Niblack Thorne]] commissioned approximately 100 '''[[Thorne miniature rooms|miniature rooms]]''' replicating historical interiors from Europe and North America on a [[1:12 scale]] ''(detail of chandelier pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Ratna Ani Lestari]]''' and [[I Gede Winasa|her husband]], the [[Jembrana Regency|regent of Jembrana]], were the first married couple to lead two adjacent Indonesian regencies?
* ... that the '''[[French submarine Amazone (1916)|French submarine ''Amazone'']]''' was named after [[Amazons|a mythological tribe of women warriors]]?
* ... that '''[[Ryan Kocer]]''' won the [[Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award]] in 2008 after losing his left leg the year before?
* ... that the '''[[shear vane]]''' was developed for testing soils, but has also been used on snow to determine the risk of an [[avalanche]] forming? 
* ... that political scientist '''[[Hu Fo]]''' counted among his students the [[Ma Ying-jeou|former president]], [[Annette Lu|vice president]], and [[Jiang Yi-huah|premier]] of Taiwan?
* ... that '''''[[Gorgonorhynchus repens]]''''' has an unusual sticky, branched [[proboscis]] with which it snares its prey?
* ... that in 1953, '''[[Francis D. Pastorius]]''' and '''[[Edward E. Holloway]]''' [[Philadelphia municipal election, 1953|were elected]] to local offices that the [[Philadelphia]] city government had abolished a month earlier?

===24 November 2018===
*'''''00:00, 24 November 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a famous '''[[Captured Hehalutz fighters photograph|photograph]]''' shows Małka Zdrojewicz ''(pictured)'', who smuggled weapons into the [[Warsaw Ghetto]] inside her boots? 
* ... that the many lakes in the '''[[Nancy Lake State Recreation Area]]''' were created during the retreat of glaciers 9,000 years ago?
* ... that '''[[Gilles Courteau]]''' made the switch from French to English as the official language used for coaching in the [[Quebec Major Junior Hockey League]]?
* ... that the Australian '''[[Federal Court of Bankruptcy]]''' lost its jurisdiction in 1977 but was not formally abolished until 1995?
* ... that the '''[[Abrothrix illuteus|gray grass mouse]]''' inhabits forests of '''''[[Podocarpus parlatorei]]''''' and ''[[Alnus acuminata]]'' on steep hillsides on the eastern flanks of the Andes?
* ... that '''[[Günther Morbach]]''' appeared in more than 180 [[Bass (voice type)|operatic bass]] roles, including Mozart's [[The Magic Flute|Sarastro]] in the new [[Opernhaus Dortmund]] and in a [[Harald Weiss]] world premiere at the [[Staatstheater Braunschweig]]?
* ... that until being murdered in May 2018, Mexican journalist and [[XEGMSR-AM|radio station]] founder Juan Carlos Huerta anchored the newscast on the television station '''[[XHTVL-TDT]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Bill Golden|Bill "Maverick" Golden]]''' drove the ''Little Red Wagon'', [[drag racing]]'s first [[Wheelie|wheelstander]]?

===23 November 2018===
*'''''00:00, 23 November 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Ha! Ha! Pyramid]]''''' (pictured)'', a monument commemorating a flood in [[La Baie, Quebec]], is covered in 3,000 [[yield sign]]s described by the designer as being similar to the [[Delta (letter)|Greek delta]]?
* ... that the '''[[Hyperion proto-supercluster]]''' was discovered using [[astroinformatics]]?
* ... that [[Arvo Pärt]] composed '''''[[Cecilia, vergine romana]]''''' on an Italian text about [[Saint Cecilia]] for choir and orchestra, on a commission for the [[Great Jubilee]] in Rome?
* ... that children have mistaken the poisonous fruits of '''''[[Adenia hondala]]''''' for those of the [[Passiflora|passion flower]]?
* ... that '''[[Iris Kadrić]]''' played international football for [[Sweden women's national under-17 football team|Sweden under-17s]], before switching to play for [[Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national football team|Bosnia and Herzegovina]]?
* ... that dozens of Nazi concentration camps were '''[[Luftwaffe guards at concentration camps|staffed by guards from the ''Luftwaffe'']]'''?
* ... that '''[[Haifan Lin]]'''{{`s}} discovery of [[Piwi-interacting RNA|piRNAs]] was named by ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'' as one of the top breakthroughs of 2006?
* ... that a [[Turnberry (golf course)|Trump resort]] is '''[[A719 road|directly linked]]''' to [[Moscow, East Ayrshire|Moscow]]?

===22 November 2018===
*'''''00:00, 22 November 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that when '''[[Constantin Cantacuzino (died 1877)|Constantin Cantacuzino]]''' ''(pictured)'' was made ''[[Kaymakam|Caimacam]]'' of Wallachia, [[Ion C. Cantacuzino (politician)|his own son]] reportedly shouted in protest?
* ... that the '''[[Deccan Chargers in 2009|Deccan Chargers]]''', winners of the [[2009 Indian Premier League]], finished last in the league stage in the previous season with just two wins in fourteen matches?
* ... that before becoming a [[Yad Vashem]] historian, '''[[Shmuel Krakowski]]''' worked for Polish communist intelligence and security organizations?
* ... that viewers have watched 1.5 billion minutes of [[BuzzFeed]]'s '''''[[Worth It (TV series)|Worth It]]''''' in 2018 alone?
* ... that '''[[letter of Ali ibn Abi Talib to Malik al-Ashtar|a letter authored by Ali]]''', the first Shia Imam, to [[Malik al-Ashtar]], governor of Egypt, includes a model for governing based on justice for every place and every time?
* ... that '''[[Peter Bielik]]''' was nominated for director of the [[National Memory Institute (Slovakia)|National Memory Institute]], despite having blamed Jewish Holocaust survivors for the 1945 [[Topoľčany pogrom]]? 
* ... that the '''[[Halecium muricatum|sea hedgehog hydroid]]''' is [[Predation|predated]] by the [[nudibranch]] ''[[Zelentia pustulata]]'', which feeds on it and winds egg coils around its branches? 
* ... that Lukas Radovich believed his audition for the ''[[Home and Away]]'' character '''[[Ryder Jackson]]''' went so badly that he booked a flight to [[Perth]], but was then offered the role?

===21 November 2018===
*'''''00:00, 21 November 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the UK's '''[[Violet Friend]]''' [[anti-ballistic missile]] system was designed to use [[Bloodhound (missile)|Bloodhound]] anti-aircraft missiles ''(example pictured)'' and radars to lower its cost? 
* ... that '''[[James Arnot Hamilton|Sir James Hamilton]]''' was largely responsible for the design of [[Concorde#Slender_deltas|Concorde's distinctive wings]]?
* ... that Slovak fascists and anti-fascists joined forces to intimidate returning Holocaust survivors, culminating in the '''[[Topoľčany pogrom]]'''?
* ... that when [[Football player|footballer]] '''[[Wyn Griffiths]]''' suffered an injury during a 1945 [[Exhibition game|friendly match]] for [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]], he was replaced by a player from another club who had attended the game as a spectator?
* ... that [[Antonio Vivaldi]] composed three settings of '''[[Dixit Dominus (Vivaldi)|Dixit Dominus]]''', each an extended setting of [[Psalm 110|the vespers psalm]] for five soloists, choir, and orchestra, and one even for double choir?
* ... that '''[[St. Peter's Pro-Cathedral]]''' became the first Catholic [[pro-cathedral]] in the United States in 1789?
* ... that the tombstone of Vietnamese anti-colonialist '''[[Phạm Thận Duật]]''' was buried face-down for nearly a century to conceal it from the French authorities?
* ... that former professional ''[[Overwatch (video game)|Overwatch]]'' player '''[[Seagull (gamer)|Brandon "Seagull" Larned]]''' was recruited to [[NRG Esports]] by [[Shaquille O'Neal]]?

===20 November 2018===
*'''''00:00, 20 November 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that farmers hauled {{Convert|17|e6lb|e6kg|abbr=unit}} of Kansas '''[[Fencepost limestone]]''' in horse-drawn wagons to build the [[Basilica of St. Fidelis|Cathedral of the Plains]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Udo Zimmermann]]''' composed [[Weiße Rose (opera)|two operas]] about the resistance group [[White Rose]], one while he was a student?
* ... that in 1345, the Earl of Derby '''[[Battle of Auberoche|attacked and defeated]]''' an army of 7,000 Frenchmen with a force of 1,200 Anglo-[[Gascony|Gascons]]?
* ... that in 1975, '''[[Margaret Guilfoyle]]''' became the first woman in the history of the Australian parliament to hold a cabinet-level ministerial portfolio? 
* ... that [[Derrick Barnes]] based the main character of '''''[[Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut]]''''' on his own son?
* ... that 65 percent of internees at the '''[[Topaz War Relocation Center]]''' were [[Nisei#American Nisei|American citizens of Japanese descent]]?
* ... that during its time 200 million years ago, '''''[[Ledumahadi]]'''''{{'s}} estimated weight of {{Convert|12|tonnes|lb}} made it the largest animal to have lived on Earth?
* ... that the Nazi doctor '''[[Friedrich Entress]]''' organised and administered [[phenol]] injections directly into the hearts of [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]] prisoners?
* ... that the calls of the '''[[black-collared starling]]''' include a ''kraak kraak'' sounding like a [[jay]] and a whistling ''prrü'' like a [[bee-eater]]?
* ... that the [[Twitter]] user [[dril]] published the '''''[[Dril Official "Mr. Ten Years" Anniversary Collection]]''''' to preserve his best tweets in case of a future [[societal collapse]]?

===19 November 2018===
*'''''04:20, 19 November 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[coat of arms of the Prince of Wales]]''' ''(pictured)'' features the [[Welsh Dragon|Red Dragon]], but with a white [[Cadency|label of difference]]?
* ... that '''[[Leo Holzer]]''' led a resistance group inside the [[Theresienstadt concentration camp]]? 
* ... that oppositionist delegates to the '''[[Philippine Constitutional Convention of 1971]]''' were among the first to be arrested when [[Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos|Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law]] in the Philippines?<!--Special occasion hook for November 18th-->
* ... that an obscenity conviction for screening [[Kenneth Anger]]'s '''''[[Fireworks (1947 film)|Fireworks]]''''' was reversed by the [[Supreme Court of California]]? 
* ... that [[Camille Saint-Saëns]] composed the '''''[[Requiem (Saint-Saëns)|Messe de Requiem]]''''', in memory of his patron, in just eight days, and conducted the first performance in 1878 at [[Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris|Saint-Sulpice]] in Paris? 
* ... that '''[[Hesham Ashmawy]]''' was one of Egypt's most-wanted militants prior to his arrest in Libya last month? 
* ... that the United Kingdom '''[[British nuclear testing in the United States|conducted 24 nuclear weapons tests]]''' in the United States between 1962 and 1991, and has conducted subcritical tests not involving explosions since then? 
* ... that '''[[Tommy Lockhart]]''' booked a roller-skating [[grizzly bear]] to perform as the on-ice intermission entertainment at a [[Hershey Bears]] game?

===18 November 2018===
*'''''00:00, 18 November 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Kalākaua's 1874–75 state visit to the United States|King Kalākaua's 1874–75 state visit to the United States]]''' ''(Kalākaua pictured)'' made the African-American ''[[Pacific Appeal]]'' newspaper wonder if there was "a sudden abandonment of colorphobia prejudice"?<!--Special occasion hook for November 17-->
* ... that historian '''[[Felix Römer]]''' found that 116 of 137 German World {{nowrap|War II}} combat divisions he researched implemented the [[Commissar Order]], contrary to [[Clean Wehrmacht|postwar denials]]?
* ... that  after [[Schafkopf]] and [[Watten (card game)|Watten]], '''[[Wallachen]]''' is probably the most widely-played card game in [[Old Bavaria]] and an indispensable part of Bavarian pub culture?
* ... that the back cover of [[Luis Miguel]]'s  album '''''[[México en la Piel (album)|México en la Piel]]''''' was changed in 2005 because the original had altered the colors of the [[Flag of Mexico|Mexican flag]], which is illegal in Mexico?
* ... that '''[[Chang Chun-Yen]]''', a pioneer of Taiwan's hi-tech industry, was forbidden from going abroad to study because of his father's involvement in the [[February 28 incident]]? 
* ... that neuroendocrinologist '''[[Catherine Woolley (scientist)|Catherine Woolley]]''' found evidence of [[Neuroplasticity|brain plasticity]] using [[Golgi's method|a technique]] described in 1873? 
* ... that an enclave of '''[[Edmonds, Washington]]''', was formed after several failed attempts at annexing the community of [[Esperance, Washington|Esperance]]?
* ... that '''[[Brennan's Criterion Bar]]''' in [[Bundoran]], Ireland, had no television, discouraged live music, and banned swearing? 

===17 November 2018===
*'''''00:00, 17 November 2018 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the seeds of '''''[[Acacia tenuissima]]''''' ''(pictured)'' were used by [[Indigenous Australians]] to make [[Damper (food)|damper]]?
* ... that "'''[[Love Interruption]]'''" was the first song American musician [[Jack White]] released after the breakup of rock duo [[The White Stripes]]?
* ... that according to [[Lea Hernandez]], editor of [[webcomic]] subscription service '''[[Girlamatic]]''', she originally wanted to call the website "ModernGirls" but the name was already taken by a [[porn site]]?
* ... that 17-year-old Dutch chess grandmaster '''[[Lucas van Foreest]]''' has a [[Jorden van Foreest|brother]], [[Arnold van Foreest|great-great grandfather]], and [[Dirk van Foreest|great-great granduncle]] who have all been [[Dutch Chess Championship|Dutch Chess Champions]]?
* ... that the '''[[East Side Access]]''' railroad expansion in New York City has been estimated to cost about $3.5 billion per mile of new tunnel, seven times more than similar projects in other countries?
* ... that '''[[Herman Pines]]''', who could not attend university in Poland because of [[Jewish quota]]s, worked on developing aviation fuels that helped the Royal Air Force win the [[Battle of Britain]]?
* ... that the [[Vigdís Finnbogadóttir|first woman voted in as head of state]] says she would not have got her job if '''[[women in Iceland]]''' had not walked away from theirs?
* ... that '''[[Joan L. Mitchell]]''' co-invented [[JPEG]]?

===16 November 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Zamira Hajiyeva]]''' spent £16.3 million at the London department store [[Harrods]] ''(pictured)'' over a ten-year period? 
* ... that the foliage of the '''[[Hakea corymbosa|cauliflower hakea]]''' is so prickly that gloves are recommended when collecting seed?
* ... that racist graffiti on mathematician '''[[Chawne Kimber]]'''{{`s}} college campus, along with [[George Carlin]]'s [[seven dirty words]], inspired her to politicize her [[quilting]]?
* ... that the '''[[Georgetown Car Barn]]''', opened in 1897, operated as a terminal for [[Cable car (railway)|cable cars]] for less than a year?
* ... that '''[[Marcel Comeau]]''' was a minor league [[James Gatschene Memorial Trophy|Most Valuable Player]], and a junior league [[Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award|Coach of the Year]], but never played or coached in the [[National Hockey League]]?
* ... that 694 Italians have been recognised as [[Righteous Among the Nations]] for risking their lives to save Jews during '''[[the Holocaust in Italy]]'''?
* ... that following his retirement from playing, [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Andy Kerr (footballer, born 1966)|Andy Kerr]]''' became a financial advisor in the Far East?
* ... that [[Peter Kubelka]]'s experimental film '''''[[Schwechater]]''''' was originally commissioned as a beer commercial?

===15 November 2018===
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* ... that the poet [[Edith Sitwell]] described '''[[Lady Angela Forbes]]''' ''(pictured)'' as "an elderly gorilla affected with sex appeal"?
* ... that the [[Limousine#Stretch limousines|stretch limousine]] involved in '''[[Schoharie limousine crash|the recent crash]]''' near [[Schoharie, New York]], killing 20, appeared at two [[Vehicle inspection in the United States|vehicle inspections]] earlier this year with different [[Vehicle registration plates of New York|license plates]]?
* ... that in 1800, a reviewer of '''[[Francis Hews]]'''{{`s}} writings was unsure whether he should be sent to "[[Bridewell Palace|Bridewell]] for correction, or to [[Bethlem Royal Hospital|Bedlam]] for a cure"?
* ... that '''''[[Cliona orientalis]]''''' is a [[Bioerosion|bioeroding]] sponge that tunnels into such corals as '''''[[Goniopora tenuidens]]''''', '''''[[Dipsastraea pallida]]''''', and '''''[[Astreopora listeri]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Liamani Segura]]''', who sang the [[The Star-Spangled Banner|US national anthem]] before 1,300 high school basketball fans at age six, taught herself by watching music videos on [[YouTube]]?
* ... that '''[[Tania Tetlow]]''' is the first female president of [[Loyola University New Orleans]]?
* ... that Greenwich pensioners played '''[[one-armed versus one-legged cricket]]'''?

===14 November 2018===
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* ... that a museum in the '''[[Bedford Village Historic District]]''' occupies the former courthouse ''(pictured)'', erected in 1787 and the oldest government building in [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]]?
* ... that the Dutch playwright '''[[Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken]]''' wrote very popular classicist tragedies, and sent an ode in French to [[George Washington]], for which he thanked her?
* ... that under the Byzantine Empire, the [[Arab Christians|Arab Christian]] tribe of '''[[Bahra']]''' were tasked with guarding the Syrian holy city of [[Resafa|Rusafa]]?
* ... that '''[[Puisand Lai]]''' represented the [[Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team]] in 2018, and was also rated the world's seventh overall in girls' [[wheelchair tennis]] in 2017?
* ... that [[David Benedictus]] dedicated his 1963 satirical novel '''''[[You're a Big Boy Now (novel)|You're a Big Boy Now]]''''' to "the only girl I've ever loved—wherever they may be"?
* ... that the '''[[Nucella ostrina|northern striped dogwinkle]]''' lays around 550 eggs in a capsule, most of which are eaten by the 10 to 20 juveniles that eventually hatch?
* ... that former [[First Lady]] of Slovenia '''[[Barbara Miklič Türk]]''' met her husband and former Slovenian president [[Danilo Türk]] while working as a librarian at the [[United Nations]]?
* ... that the first official '''[[Baseball in Germany|baseball game in Germany]]''' took place under the Nazi regime at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]]?

===13 November 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Ptolemy I Soter]]''' ''(bust pictured)'', a companion of [[Alexander the Great]], founded the [[Ptolemaic dynasty]] to which [[Cleopatra|Cleopatra VII]] belonged?
* ... that the novella '''''[[Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts]]''''' was translated as ''Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing'' several times, the first in 1866 by [[Charles Godfrey Leland]]?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Bob Jones (footballer, born 1902)|Bob Jones]]''' was signed by [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] as a goalkeeper, despite originally playing as a [[Midfielder#Wing half|left half]], after the original goalkeeper failed to arrive at a trial?
* ... that the attacks on civilian villages by '''[[Soviet partisans in Finland]]''' were a forbidden topic in Finland until the 1990s?
* ... that Welsh [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Stan Griffiths]]''' was given a [[Military discharge|medical discharge]] during World {{nowrap|War II}} due to injuries suffered during his playing career?
* ... that '''[[PSYCHLOPS]]''' has been adapted for children?
* ... that '''[[Barbara P. McCarthy]]''' disagreed with philologist [[Rudolf Helm]] about whether or not [[Lucian]] originated a particular form of satiric dialog?
* ... that the seed pods of '''''[[Acacia ramulosa]]''''' resemble horse tails?

===12 November 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[Purple poppy|purple remembrance poppy]]''' was created to commemorate animals that served during wartime, but is not endorsed by [[The Royal British Legion]] which sells the official red [[remembrance poppy]] ''(pictured)''?<!--Special occasion hook for November 11-->
* ... that '''[[Edward John Granet]]''' proposed a successful World {{nowrap|War I}} [[Strategic bombing|air raid]] on a German hydrogen factory and [[Zeppelin]] depot using planes shipped in crates from England to Southern France?<!--Special occasion hook for November 11-->
* ... that the First World War memorial at '''[[Woodvale Park]]''' in [[Belfast]] is cut to resemble a stone from [[Giant's Causeway]]?<!--Special occasion hook for November 11-->
* ... that after [[first-class cricket]]er '''[[Noel Phillips]]''' rejoined [[Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)|his regiment]] during the First World War, he received the [[Military Cross]] for gallantry on the battlefield?<!--Special occasion hook for November 11-->
* ... that the [[BBC]] first televised the '''[[National Service of Remembrance]]''' from [[The Cenotaph, Whitehall|The Cenotaph]] in 1937?<!--Special occasion hook for November 11-->
* ... that when the '''[[O'Byrne-class submarine|''O'Byrne''-class submarine]]s'''  were seized by France before their sale to Romania, the Romanian Navy had to wait 15 more years to get its first submarine?<!--Special occasion hook for November 11-->
* ... that '''[[Leslie Joy Whitehead]]''', a Canadian woman, enlisted in the Serbian Army as a man so that she might get closer to the front lines in World {{nowrap|War I}}?<!--Special occasion hook for November 11-->
* ... that during the First World War, the British [[Ministry of Munitions]] proposed '''[[First World War glass-rubber exchange|trading rubber for German binoculars]]'''?<!--Special occasion hook for November 11-->

===11 November 2018===
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* ... that the main statue of [[Martin Luther]] in the 1868 '''[[Luther Monument (Worms)|Luther Monument]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Worms, Germany|Worms]] appears in several copies in the United States, including [[Luther Monument (Washington)|in Washington, D.C.]]?<!--Special occasion hook for November 10-->
* ... that the lake at the bottom of '''[[Kauhakō Crater]]''' has a greater depth-to-surface-area ratio than any other lake in the world?
* ... that the [[Mexican Army]] leaked a picture of '''[[Misael Torres Urrea]]''' that ended up popularizing several [[narcocorrido|drug ballads]]?
* ... that despite the coral '''''[[Stylophora pistillata]]''''' being a common species with a wide distribution, and '''''[[Stylophora madagascarensis]]''''' being common around the coast of Madagascar, the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature |IUCN]] has assessed one as "[[Near-threatened species|near threatened]]" and the other as "[[Endangered species|endangered]]"?
* ... that '''[[Anne Ratna Mustika]]''', [[Dedi Mulyadi|her husband]], and her uncle all served as [[Purwakarta Regency|regents of Purwakarta, Indonesia]]?
* ... that despite clear orders to fire only if fired upon, the '''[[German torpedo boat Albatros|German torpedo boat ''Albatros'']]''' crippled the Norwegian ship [[HNoMS Pol III|''Pol III'']] after being rammed, thus firing the first shot of the [[Norwegian Campaign]]?
* ... that '''[[Gary Wiren]]''' is estimated to have taught golf to more than a quarter of a million people in 32 countries?
* ... that in 1976, the '''[[Gilling sword]]''' was found in a river by a nine-year old boy, and was subsequently awarded its own [[Blue Peter badge|''Blue Peter'' badge]]?

===10 November 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[Chalfont Viaduct]]''' ''(pictured in 2009)'' on the [[M25 motorway]] was famous for its graffiti slogan "Give Peas A Chance"?
* ... that '''[[Ann Thomas Callahan]]''' was one of the first [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|indigenous]] graduates of the [[Winnipeg General Hospital]]'s nursing school?
* ... that in the fairy-tale opera '''''[[Der Schuhu und die fliegende Prinzessin]]''''' by [[Udo Zimmermann]], two orchestras play on stage, representing two empires in conflict?
* ... that Brigadier '''[[Leonard Cuthbert Lucas]]''' was decorated for his part in the construction of facilities for the British [[Operation Totem]] nuclear tests at [[Emu Field, South Australia]]?
* ... that despite opposition from within [[Bratislava Working Group|his resistance group]], '''[[Andrew Steiner|Andrej Steiner]]''' orchestrated the arrest of Jewish collaborator '''[[Karol Hochberg]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Changchun Dafangshen Airport]]''' was controlled by four different armed forces between August 1945 and May 1946?
* ... that as an adult, '''[[Marcy Tigner]]''' sold more than two million albums featuring her natural child-like voice?
* ... that during '''[[July 1968 England and Wales dust fall storms|storms on 1–2 July 1968]]''', [[hail]]stones the size of [[tennis ball]]s fell in Cardiff and [[Rain dust|blood-red rain]] covered Southern England?

===9 November 2018===
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* ... that Wing Commander '''[[Alfred George Pither]]''' established a network of radar stations ''(example pictured)'' in northern Australia? 
* ... that [[Donald Trump]] "accidentally" contributed to '''[[Whose Boat Is This Boat?|a children's book]]'''?<!--Special occasion hook for November 4-->
* ... that [[Frisians|Frisian]] poet '''[[Cynthia Lenige]]''' died in 1780 at age 24, her work being published two years after her death?
* ... that '''[[Statue of Liberty (Seattle)|Seattle's replica]]''' of the [[Statue of Liberty]] stands at around five percent of the original's height?
* ... that in the [[UEFA competitions|UEFA matches]] played by '''[[Athletic Bilbao in European football]]''', the club used only one player who was a [[Cap (sport)|full international]] for a country other than [[Spain national football team|Spain]]?
* ... that activist '''[[Andy Stapp]]''' joined the U.S. Army during the [[Vietnam War]] to build an [[anti-war movement]] within the military?
* ... that one of the earliest accounts of the use of cocaine for spinal anaesthesia was given by '''[[William Keiller]]''', anatomy professor at Galveston, Texas?
* ... that the '''[[Lonely Tree]]''' was named '''[[Tree of the Year (United Kingdom)|Welsh Tree of the Year]]''' in 2014 despite having been blown over during a storm?

===8 November 2018===
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* ... that a steel sculpture ''(pictured)'' at the entrance to the [[University of Surrey]]'s '''[[Stag Hill, University of Surrey|Stag Hill Campus]]''' was strength-tested before being placed to ensure it could bear the weight of students attempting to climb it?
* ... that [[Drag racing|drag racer]] '''[[Roberta Leighton]]''' was the first woman licensed by the [[National Hot Rod Association]] to race in a [[Gasser (car)|Gas]] class?
* ... that the Sanskrit grammarian [[Pāṇini]] provided a '''[[Phonetics|phonetic]]''' theory of voicing around 350&nbsp;BCE?
* ... that '''[[Wen Fong]]''' co-founded the first Ph.D. program in Chinese art and archaeology in the United States, at [[Princeton University]]?
* ... that the crab '''''[[Zebrida adamsii]]''''' lives among the spines of a [[sea urchin]]?
* ... that '''[[Roman Twardy]]''' conducted the [[Wiesbadener Knabenchor]] in the first recording of a rediscovered [[Passion (music)|Passion oratorio]] by [[Johann Mattheson]]? 
* ... that 65 percent of internees at the '''[[Topaz War Relocation Center]]''' were [[Nisei#American Nisei|American-born citizens of Japanese descent]]?
* ... that [[Indian Medical Service]] officer '''[[Arthur Francis Hamilton]]''' was affectionately nicknamed "Alu", the Hindi word for potato?

===7 November 2018===
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* ... that historian '''[[Catherine Kerrison]]''' ''(pictured)'' thinks beauty is still important for any woman in the public eye?
* ... that the French video game developer '''[[Quantic Dream]]''' would consider moving to Canada if its [[tax break]]s were taken away?
* ... that in 1997, the annual [[Josette Frank Award|Children's Book Award]] for children's fiction was renamed in honor of '''[[Josette Frank]]'''?
* ... that the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]] overshadowed the launch of the '''[[Doctor Who (season 1)|first season]]''' of ''[[Doctor Who]]''?
* ... that '''[[Maurice Rossel]]'''{{`s}} report on [[Theresienstadt concentration camp]] has been described as emblematic of the failure of the [[Red Cross]] during the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]?
* ... that subscription-based airline '''[[Wheels Up]]''' provides a "Same Day Game Day" airline service to [[college football]] games?
* ... that the 1227 Gothic church of the [[Cistercians|Cistercian]] '''[[Marienstatt Abbey]]''' escaped demolition because it became a parish church in 1831?
* ... that the [[custom car]]s built by '''[[Dick Megugorac]]''' were described as having "bomb-proof reliability" and "could be driven anywhere, anytime"?

===6 November 2018===
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* ... that Victorian cook '''[[Avis Crocombe]]''' ''(pictured, right)'' prepared "dead man's leg" for the servants' hall at [[Audley End House]]?
* ... that despite being only {{convert|8|mi|km}} long, '''[[Washington State Route 546]]''' is considered a major freight highway due to its connections to [[Interstate 5 in Washington|Interstate 5]] and the [[Canada–United States border|Canadian border]]?
* ... that the name of the [[Theropoda|theropod]] dinosaur '''''[[Cristatusaurus]]''''' means "crested reptile", in reference to a thin [[sagittal crest]] located on top of its snout?
* ... that '''[[Greg Fitzgerald]]''', the CEO of [[Bovis Homes Group|Bovis Homes]], started his career in construction as a tea boy?
* ... that a ruling by the [[European Court of Justice]] allowing employers to ban staff from wearing the [[hijab]] has been described as a normalization of '''[[hijabophobia]]'''?
* ... that despite playing as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]], [[Ildefons Lima]] is the '''[[List of Andorra international footballers|leading goalscorer]]''' in the history of the [[Andorra national football team]]?
* ... that the complete [[Psalm 131]] and the first verse of '''[[Psalm 133]]''' in Hebrew comprise the text of the last movement of ''[[Chichester Psalms]]'' by [[Leonard Bernstein]]?
* ... that Chicago alderman '''[[Dorsey Crowe]]''' survived falling {{convert|800|ft}} from a plane and being thrown through the roof of a car?

===5 November 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Mount Judd (Nuneaton)|Mount Judd]]''' ''(pictured)'' is also known as the "[[Nuneaton]] Nipple"? 
* ... that '''[[Jobst Oetzmann]]''' directed the film ''[[Die Einsamkeit der Krokodile|The Loneliness of the Crocodiles]]'', presented at international film festivals, and the award-winning 484th episode of the police crime drama ''[[Tatort]]''?<!--special occasion hook for Nov 4-->
*... that '''[[Nanchang Qingyunpu Airport]]''', once China's largest airport, was destroyed during the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]?
* ... that in 1931, '''[[William Robins (cricketer)|William Robins]]''' carried a [[Military colours, standards and guidons|colour]] of [[King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)|Barrell's Regiment]] in a ceremony to unite it with that of [[Clan Stewart of Appin]], their adversaries at the 1746 [[Battle of Culloden]]?
* ... that [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] guitarist [[Lou Reed]] considered the guitar-playing on [[Neil Young]]'s "'''[[Danger Bird (Neil Young song)|Danger Bird]]'''" to be the best he had ever heard?
* ... that because the court described him as a "simpleton", '''[[Stefan Baretzki]]'''{{`s}} admission that he knew the Holocaust was a crime was used to convict other defendants at the [[Frankfurt Auschwitz trials]]?
* ... that during its time 200 million years ago, '''''[[Ledumahadi]]'''''{{'s}} estimated weight of {{Convert|12|tonnes|lb}} made it the largest animal to have lived on Earth?
* ... that Mexican drug lord '''[[Martín Arzola Ortega]]''' complained about the increase in price of [[potato chip]]s in prison?

===4 November 2018===
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* ... that the '''[[Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz]]''' ''(pictured)'' in Munich, a royal theatre for operettas in the 19th century, presented the German premiere of Harold Rome's musical ''[[Fanny (musical)|Fanny]]'' in 1955?
* ... that in 1958, '''[[Preben von Magnus]]''' was the first to describe [[monkeypox]] in monkeys?
* ... that the '''[[Wisconsin School (diplomatic history)|Wisconsin School]]''' is a [[school of thought]] that uses economic interpretations to explain much of [[Timeline of United States diplomatic history|American diplomatic history]]?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Óscar Sonejee]]''' scored the goal that won the [[Andorra national football team]] their first-ever point in an international fixture?
* ... that most Germans who committed war crimes in Italy during World {{nowrap|War II}} never '''[[List of Germans convicted of war crimes committed in Italy during World War II|faced justice]]'''?
* ... that on her hundredth birthday, British soprano '''[[Carrie Tubb]]''' was made a Fellow of the [[Royal College of Music]]?
* ... that the '''[[Brooklyn Naval Hospital]]''' treated almost a quarter of [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] casualties during the [[American Civil War]]?
* ... that '''[[Women in brewing|women brewsters]]''' were the primary producers of beer before commercialization of the industry?

===3 November 2018===
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* ... that the [[Day of the Dead]] was commemorated by '''[[Betsabeé Romero]]''' in Mexico City in 2016 with an installation of 103 [[wiktionary:trajinera|trajinera]]s ''(example pictured)'' decorated as [[Ofrenda|memorial offerings]]?<!--Special occasion hook for November 2-->
* ... that after the withdrawal of German forces, left-wing partisans '''[[Battle of Meligalas|defeated and summarily executed]]''' some 400 to 2,500 Nazi collaborators in [[Meligalas]], Greece?
* ... that '''[[Oded Muhammad Danial]]''', as the deputy mayor of [[Bandung]], Indonesia, established a program for [[Dawah|dakwah]] in city buses?
* ... that small female '''[[Octopus tehuelchus|Patagonian octopuses]]''' often choose an empty [[Mollusca|mollusc]] shell to lay their eggs in?
* ... that '''[[Akshay Nanavati]]''' is a [[United States Marine Corps|US Marine Corps]] veteran who overcame drug abuse and alcoholism to publish a book endorsed by the [[Dalai Lama]]?
* ... that the inter-governmental '''[[Working Definition of Antisemitism]]''' has generated controversy over its inclusion of examples of [[Criticism of the Israeli government|criticism of Israel]]?
* ... that [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]] were heckled for '''[[Apotheosis (film)|not riding in a hot air balloon]]'''?
* ... that '''''[[Praeludium (Waterhouse)|Praeludium]]''''', a 1992 composition by [[Graham Waterhouse]], has been described as a "dramatic concert piece"?

===2 November 2018===
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* ... that '''[[Warsaw Ghetto boy|this photograph]]''' ''(pictured)'' was taken to glorify the SS men who suppressed the [[Warsaw Ghetto Uprising]], but helped convict them of murder?
* ... that '''[[Mary Paton Ramsay]]''' argued for the influence of [[Mysticism#Medieval_meaning|medieval mysticism]] on the poetry of [[John Donne]]?
* ... that decorative patterns using '''[[isosceles triangle]]s''' date back to the [[Neolithic#Early Neolithic|Early Neolithic]]? 
* ... that the Indonesian actor '''[[Adipati Dolken]]''' adopted his stage name from the owner of the villa where he stayed on vacation in [[Puncak]]?
* ... that a reviewer came to like [[John Rutter]]'s anthem '''''[[O clap your hands (Rutter)|O clap your hands]]''''' better, many years after he first found the jollity of its beginning "a bit relentless"?
* ... that '''[[Carl J. Seiberlich]]''' was the first naval aviator qualified to land airships, airplanes, and helicopters on an aircraft carrier?
* ... that a '''[[Sociophonetics|sociophonetic]]''' study found that young boys lower the pitch of their voice even before puberty to seem more masculine?
* ... that by pushing a glass tube into his ear, pioneering [[Biotremology|biotremologist]] '''[[Frej Ossiannilsson]]''' discovered that the [[leafhopper]] inside the tube [[seismic communication|produced faint vibrations]]?

===1 November 2018===
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* ... that '''[[satyr]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' are male nature spirits in [[Greek mythology]] known for their mischievous and bawdy behavior?<!--Special occasion hook for [[Halloween]] October 31-->
* ... that the citizens of [[Târgoviște]], Romania, put a jinx on [[Boyars of Wallachia and Moldavia|boyar]] '''[[Emanoil Băleanu]]''', which was seen as being fulfilled when his wife died in childbirth? <!--Special occasion hook for [[Halloween]] October 31-->
* ... that '''''[[The Hexer]]''''', the first attempt to portray ''[[The Witcher]]'' universe in film, was "crushed by the reviewers and laughed out by fans", and has since been described as "the film we all want to forget"?<!--Reserved for special occasion hook for October 31: [[Template:Did you know nominations/The Hexer (film)]]-->
* ... that the sponge '''''[[Oscarella lobularis]]''''' can multiply by forming drips and bubbles?
* ... that between 1933 and 1936, '''[[Max Troll]]''' betrayed hundreds of fellow communists to the [[Bavarian Political Police]], a forerunner of the [[Gestapo]]?<!--Reserved for special occasion hook for October 31: [[Template:Did you know nominations/Max Troll]]-->
* ... that the rock band '''[[XTC]]''' were a key influence on [[Britpop]] and later [[power pop]] acts?
* ... that following the [[July Revolution]] in France, [[Heinrich Heine]] wrote '''[[Zur Geschichte der Religion und Philosophie in Deutschland|a history of emancipation in Germany]]''', beginning with Luther's [[Reformation]]?<!--Special occasion hook for October 31-->
* ... that '''[[Donald Liebenberg]]''' experienced 74 minutes of [[Solar eclipse#Terminology for central eclipse|totality]] aboard a [[Concorde]] during the [[solar eclipse of June 30, 1973]]?