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30 September 2015

  • 20:07, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
Ernest Deane
Ernest Deane
  • 07:52, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
Hercules
Hercules

29 September 2015

  • 19:37, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
Kuala Terengganu
Kuala Terengganu
  • 07:22, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar

28 September 2015

  • 19:07, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
P. eocenica fossil
P. eocenica fossil
  • 06:52, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
Onion powder
Onion powder

27 September 2015

Mammillaria spinosissima var. 'rubrispina'
Mammillaria spinosissima var. 'rubrispina'

26 September 2015

  • 17:47, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
Engraved portrait of Joseph Sprigg, 1890
Engraved portrait of Joseph Sprigg, 1890
  • 01:52, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
Mongols pursuing Hungarians
Mongols pursuing Hungarians

25 September 2015

  • 14:07, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
Giant basket star
Giant basket star
  • 02:22, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
Palazzo Alicorni seen from Borgo Santo Spirito
Palazzo Alicorni seen from Borgo Santo Spirito

24 September 2015

  • 14:37, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
Graphocephala coccinea
Graphocephala coccinea
  • 02:52, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
Train arrives at Yawkey station
Train arrives at Yawkey station

23 September 2015

  • 14:50, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
Jacqueline Fernandez
Jacqueline Fernandez
  • 00:00, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
Landscape by Sesshū (detail)
Landscape by Sesshū (detail)

22 September 2015

  • 12:00, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
Emha Ainun Nadjib
Emha Ainun Nadjib
  • 00:00, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
Hawaii Sesqui­centennial half dollar
Hawaii Sesqui­centennial half dollar

21 September 2015

  • 12:00, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
Haggis pakora at a restaurant
Haggis pakora at a restaurant
  • 00:00, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
Reshid Akif Pasha
Reshid Akif Pasha

20 September 2015

  • 12:00, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
Silver reliquary at Saint Bartholomew's Church
Silver reliquary at Saint Bartholomew's Church


  • 00:05, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
Trinity Chain Pier
Trinity Chain Pier

19 September 2015

  • 12:20, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou
Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou
  • 00:35, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
Belle of Temagami at Bear Island in 1926
Belle of Temagami at Bear Island in 1926

18 September 2015

  • 12:50, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
Band-tailed fruiteater
Band-tailed fruiteater
  • 01:05, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
Owen Swift
Owen Swift

17 September 2015

  • 13:20, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
Mohale Dam
Mohale Dam
  • ... that the Mohale Dam (pictured) won South Africa's 2005 Fulton Award for "Best Construction Engineering Project and Best Construction Technique"?
  • ... that actress Lo Kauppi was a singer and guitar player in the feminist punk band Vagina Grande?
  • ... that the bentfin devil ray is threatened by overfishing, both as a targeted species but also as bycatch?
  • ... that after the theatrical release of
    hacked
    , it earned over $40 million from an online release?
  • ... that
    Sprint Cup Series
    history?
  • ... that Chinese general Li Zuocheng was named a "war hero" during the Sino-Vietnamese War?
  • ... that the Huguenot-Walloon half dollar was controversial for being sponsored by a religious group?


  • 01:35, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
Horse-fly
Horse-fly
  • ... that the
    horse-fly
    (pictured) can transfer blood-borne diseases from one animal to another while feeding?
  • ... that when the cargo ship
    Italian prisoners
    on board when they tried to escape the sinking vessel?
  • ... that Somalatha Subasinghe was only 24 when she debuted in the role of an old woman in Ediriweera Sarachchandra's Raththaran?
  • ... that a statue of Amy Winehouse was designed to convey her "attitude and strength, but also give subtle hints of insecurity"?
  • ... that Dianna Agron made her first appearance on Veronica Mars in "President Evil"?
  • ... that former
    hydridic
    hydrogen?
  • ... that the fossil ant species Casaleia longiventris was described in 1849, but the genus Casaleia was not named until 1990?
  • ... that
    Rachel Berry
    could not prove when she moved to Oregon?

16 September 2015

  • 13:50, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
A cross-section of shark meat
A cross-section of shark meat
  • ... that in Eastern Africa and islands in the Indian Ocean, shark meat (pictured) has been a significant source of protein for centuries?
  • ... that
    obstetrician
    ?
  • ... that
    in 2009
    ?
  • ... that
    Shahid Thani
    ?
  • ... that opinion turned so sharply against the Sentinel ABM system during the 1968 elections, that incoming President Nixon was forced to cancel the program?
  • ... that Martin Allwood translated Gunvor Hofmo's "Alt jeg bad om, det er også skjedd, / og hjertet—men jeg er bare redd!" as "All I asked for has been granted me—Yet I am scared, although my heart is free."?
  • ... that if the United States Congress is late in passing
    as in 2013
    ?
  • ... that Abbas Ali Baig was the first Indian cricketer to be kissed on the field?
  • 02:05, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Center and Museum
Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Center and Museum

15 September 2015

  • 14:20, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
Portrait of William Hood Dunwoody by Julian Russell Story (cropped)
William Hood Dunwoody


  • 02:35, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
Wharf terminal at Sibu
Wharf terminal at Sibu

14 September 2015

  • 14:50, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
Reverse of Cleveland Centennial half dollar
Reverse of Cleveland Centennial half dollar
  • 03:05, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
Portrait of Kyra Vassiliki
Portrait of Kyra Vassiliki

13 September 2015

  • 15:20, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata
St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata
  • 03:35, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
Slippery jack
Slippery jack

12 September 2015

  • 15:50, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
HMS Rattlesnake
HMS Rattlesnake
  • 00:00, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
Ken Giles
Ken Giles

11 September 2015

  • 12:00, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
Utica, New York
Utica, New York
  • 00:00, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
Ecstasy tablets
Ecstasy tablets

10 September 2015

  • 12:00, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
Anthony Anderson
Anthony Anderson
  • 00:00, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
Black siskin
Black siskin

9 September 2015

  • 12:00, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
A "4-way Cincinnati chili" is spaghetti topped with a Greek-inspired meat sauce, chopped onions, and shredded cheddar.
Cincinnati chili
  • 00:00, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
Argentine actress Amelia Bence in the 1940s
Amelia Bence

8 September 2015

  • 12:00, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
Shamokin Creek in Shamokin, Pennsylvania
Shamokin Creek in Shamokin, Pennsylvania
  • 00:00, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
Rear Admiral Hoskins
Rear Admiral Hoskins

7 September 2015

  • 12:00, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
Bull-leaping scene
Bull-leaping scene
  • 00:00, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
Banded butterflyfish
Banded butterflyfish

6 September 2015

  • 12:00, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
The Dawn of Love
The Dawn of Love
  • 00:00, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
Lucille Farrier Stickel
Lucille Farrier Stickel
  • ... that Lucille Farrier Stickel (pictured) was the first woman to become director of a United States national research laboratory?
  • ... that the long-clawed mole mouse leaves its burrow briefly to forage at night?
  • ... that when Romanian headmaster Alexandru Lambrior was fired for political reasons, all but two of the teachers at his school resigned in protest within two days?
  • ... that only the government of Tunisia is allowed to own the country's mines?
  • ... that Ralph Townsend was described as "the most adamant and extreme of the voices in America defending Japanese policy"?
  • ... that students at the University of San Diego created a law journal to encourage scholarship about "the world's transition to a climate-safe economy"?
  • ... that plains in the Italian provinces of Pordenone and Udine have water rising through the ground in a zone of springs?
  • ... that at different times in its history, West Chester, Pennsylvania, led the U.S. in production of peach trees and penicillin?

5 September 2015

  • 12:00, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
Panther Run
Panther Run
  • 00:00, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
Schloss Haimhausen
Schloss Haimhausen

4 September 2015

  • 12:00, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
Trees in Malaysia displaying crown shyness
Trees in Malaysia displaying crown shyness
  • ... that crown shyness (pictured) may occur between trees of different species?
  • ... that General Song Puxuan commanded the elite 54th Group Army during the relief efforts of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake?
  • ... that "Tracy's Theme" was written for The Philadelphia Story and released under a fictitious name?
  • ... that Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim founded the new capital of Samarra to avoid clashes between his foreign troops and the populace of Baghdad?
  • ... that a species of praying mantis broods its eggs, while another even cares for its young?
  • ... that the
    Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award
    is given out every year on India's Independence Day in honour of the 11th President of India?
  • ... that during the history of the Province of Savona, the capital city and shipping in the port were destroyed several times by Genoa?
  • ... that Bill Sweek had expected to be kicked off the UCLA basketball team, but Coach John Wooden played him days later when they won their record-setting third straight national championship?
  • 00:00, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
Vahida Maglajlić
Vahida Maglajlić

3 September 2015

  • 12:00, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
Cliff Palace
Cliff Palace
  • 00:00, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
Perijá tapaculo
Perijá tapaculo

2 September 2015

  • 12:00, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
Wollaton Hall, Nottingham
Wollaton Hall, Nottingham
  • 00:00, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
Kozarčanka
Kozarčanka

1 September 2015

  • 12:00, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
Close-up of the Birmingham Quran manuscript
Close-up of the Birmingham Quran manuscript
  • ... that the newly discovered Birmingham Quran manuscript (pictured) comprises fragments of an ancient Quran that may date to near Muhammad's lifetime?
  • ... that Paul Bujor rose from modest beginnings to become a zoology professor, a published fiction author, a member of the Romanian Academy, and president of his country's Senate?
  • ... that Thomson Plaza is one of the first public buildings in Singapore to be designed with barrier-free features?
  • ... that at age 59, Miao Hua is the youngest full general in the Chinese military?
  • ... that Ed Sheeran composed "One" on a guitar made of a whiskey barrel?
  • ... that the
    blackbirds
    are all found in marshy areas of South America?
  • ... that
    Rasputin
    in December 1916 when most people were against him?
  • ... that in one
    Lady's Magazine
    article printed in June 1775, a male doctor writes that women with red hair have "generally become the best breeders of the nation"?