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30 June 2017

  • 00:47, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
Red-headed pine sawfly larvae
N. lecontei larvae

29 June 2017

  • 00:00, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
À la Carte Restaurant
À la Carte Restaurant, RMS Titanic

28 June 2017

  • 00:00, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba

27 June 2017

  • 00:00, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
Mkrtich Khrimian
Mkrtich Khrimian

26 June 2017

  • 00:00, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
Beer can chicken
Beer can chicken

25 June 2017

  • 00:10, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
Ye Olde Hob Inn, Bamber Bridge
Ye Olde Hob Inn

24 June 2017

  • 01:22, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
Fools webcap
Cortinarius orellanus

23 June 2017

  • 01:37, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
Gregorio Pietro XV Agagianian
Cardinal Agagianian
  • ... that Cardinal Agagianian (pictured), leader of a small Eastern church, was twice a serious papal candidate?
  • ... that Washington State Route 522 has been named as one of the most dangerous highways in the United States?
  • ... that a famous painting by Liu Guandao portrays Kublai Khan as an "aging and obese man"?
  • ... that Casualty producers worked with the Association of Air Ambulances for over half a year on the special episode "Too Old for This Shift"?
  • ... that Öget Öktem Tanör, Turkey's first neuropsychologist, was charged with "terrorism propaganda" in 2017 for signing a petition?
  • ... that only male Chloropicus xantholophus have golden crowns?
  • ... that a recording of Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle with Cornelia Kallisch as Judith was nominated for a Grammy Award?
  • ... that Soviet economist Dimitri Navachine, assassinated in Paris in 1937, may have been killed for possessing documents showing that certain Soviet political prisoners were innocent?
  • ... that in the Southern Hemisphere, all willow sawflies are female, while in the Northern Hemisphere both males and females occur?
  • ... that in 1980, the American Meat Institute tried to ban turkey ham products from being labeled as such?

22 June 2017

  • 01:52, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
Arm & Hammer logo
Arm & Hammer logo

21 June 2017

  • 00:00, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
Fossil Cephalotes alveolatus ant in amber
Cephalotes alveolatus

20 June 2017

  • 05:16, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
Petit Trianon, Versailles
Petit Trianon, Versailles

19 June 2017

  • 05:31, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
Seoullo 7017 Skypark
Seoullo 7017 Skypark

18 June 2017

  • 00:00, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
The town house where "Lofsöngur" was composed
The town house
where "Lofsöngur"
was composed

17 June 2017

  • 00:00, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
Abigail Franks
Abigail Franks

16 June 2017

  • 00:10, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
Oscar Wilde Memorial Sculpture
Oscar Wilde Memorial Sculpture

15 June 2017

  • 00:25, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
Double rod pendulum animation showing chaotic behavior
Double rod pendulum animation showing chaotic behavior
  • ... that Muthusamy Lakshmanan, K. Murali, and Leon O. Chua developed a non-autonomous circuit based on chaotic behavior (pictured)?
  • ... that
    Newcastle Interchange railway station
    was completely redesigned in response to criticism of the original proposal?
  • ... that a
    murder of Dee Dee Blancharde
    , discovered two years ago today, is the first instance he knows of where the abused child killed the abusive parent?
  • ... that during the Spanish conquest of El Salvador, the Spanish town of San Salvador was destroyed by natives within a year of being founded by Gonzalo de Alvarado?
  • ... that
    The Proms
    ?
  • ... that tonkotsu ramen is renowned for the significant time it can take to prepare a proper version of the dish?
  • ... that
    oppose the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands
    to the United States?
  • ... that contrary to the urban myth, dialing 999 does not charge mobile phone batteries?

14 June 2017

  • 00:40, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
Raising of Lazarus, detail
Raising of Lazarus, detail

13 June 2017

  • 00:00, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
Thai coconut soup
Tom kha kai
  • ... that several varieties of coconut soup exist, such as binignit, laksa, and tom kha kai (pictured)?
  • ... that Indian quantum physicist Shasanka Mohan Roy developed an exact integral equation, now known as "Roy's equations"?
  • ... that the Jefferson Elementary School District started with a one-room building constructed in 1856?
  • ... that
    bhikkhuni
    for several hundred years?
  • ... that 154 flights of stairs in New York City will cost $150 million to $200 million?
  • ... that in 1907, George H. Brimhall permitted Brigham Young University students to paint the letters "B", "Y", and "U" on the mountain nearest to campus, but the work was only partially completed and it became Y Mountain?
  • ... that the video game Nights: Journey of Dreams inspired an unofficial two-CD tribute album?
  • ... that when the Vikings
    occupied Seville in 844
    , they tried unsuccessfully to burn the city's great mosque?
  • ... that the red-billed quelea is the most numerous undomesticated bird species on earth, with an estimated population peaking at 1.5 billion?
  • ... that bae is a term of endearment popular on social media and in contemporary song lyrics?

12 June 2017

  • 00:00, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
Flock of red-billed queleas
Flock of red-billed queleas
  • ... that the red-billed quelea (flock pictured) is the most numerous undomesticated bird species on earth, with an estimated population sometimes peaking at 1.5 billion?
  • ... that Jon Anabo was half of the "best 1-2 quarterback punch on the West Coast"?
  • ... that the death toll in a 2016 mass methanol poisoning in Irkutsk, Russia, led the Associated Press to call it "unprecedented in its scale"?
  • ... that
    2001: A Space Odyssey
    ?
  • ... that
    Typhoon Kelly
    caused 452 landslides in Japan?
  • ... that a play by Babette Hughes was performed in 1938 by six blind actresses?
  • ... that the journalist behind the
    Mike Harari
    ?
  • ... that real-life advertising "Mad Man" "Smokey" Salmon fired the Ford Motor Company?

11 June 2017

  • 00:00, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
Detail from a 7th-century Japanese textile, depicting a turtle
7th-century Japanese textile

10 June 2017

  • 00:00, 10 June 2017 (UTC)
Josie Sadler
Josie Sadler

9 June 2017

  • 00:00, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
Kollegienkirche in 1712
Kollegienkirche in 1712

8 June 2017

  • 00:00, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
Kiełbasa szynkowa, a Polish ham sausage
Kiełbasa szynkowa, a Polish ham sausage
  • ... that ham sausage (example pictured) is a part of Polish, German, British, and American cuisine?
  • ... that Edward Dalton created New York City's first ambulance service?
  • ... that the short satirical opera Das geheime Königreich (The Secret Kingdom) by Ernst Krenek premiered in Wiesbaden in May 1928?
  • ... that Venezuelan
    Caracas FC
    ?
  • ... that unmated female Diprion similis produce only male offspring while mated females produce young of both sexes?
  • ... that Albert P. Halfhill is considered the father of the tuna packing industry and was the first to use the slogan "chicken of the sea" as a sales gimmick?
  • ... that in 1984, Tropical Storm Warren destroyed 740 homes across the Philippines?
  • ... that activist Ed Forchion tried to legally change his name to NJWeedman.com, but was denied by courts in New Jersey and California?

7 June 2017

  • 00:00, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
Jean Trogneux shop
Jean Trogneux shop

6 June 2017

  • 00:00, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
The Avenue at Middelharnis (1689)
The Avenue at Middelharnis (1689)

5 June 2017

  • 00:00, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
J. R. Watkins with horse and buggy sales wagon
J. R. Watkins with horse and buggy sales wagon

4 June 2017

  • 00:00, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
Estadio Tecnológico
Estadio Tecnológico

3 June 2017

  • 00:00, 3 June 2017 (UTC)
A ramen shop in Tokyo
A ramen shop in Tokyo

2 June 2017

  • 00:15, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
Alma L. Hayden
Alma L. Hayden

1 June 2017

  • 00:30, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
Aruncus sawfly larva
Aruncus sawfly larva