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31 May 2020

  • 12:00, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
Orlando Julius
Orlando Julius
  • 00:00, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
Sun bear
Sun bear

30 May 2020

  • 12:00, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
Hilarimorphites burmanica
Hilarimorphites burmanica
  • 00:00, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
"Never again" memorial at Treblinka
"Never again" memorial at Treblinka

29 May 2020

  • 12:00, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
DV4 electric dustcart
DV4 electric dustcart
  • 00:00, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
[[File:|120px|Doja Cat ]]
Doja Cat

28 May 2020

  • 12:00, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
Japanese incense burner in the Khalili Collection
Japanese incense burner in the Khalili Collection
  • 00:00, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
Detroit-style pizza in a traditional pan
Detroit-style pizza in a traditional pan

27 May 2020

  • 12:00, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
Meerkats
Meerkats
  • 00:00, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
Dmitri Smirnov in 2006
Dmitri Smirnov

26 May 2020

  • 12:00, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
Likelike
Likelike
  • 00:00, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
Potpourri jar from Rouen
Potpourri jar from Rouen

25 May 2020

  • 12:00, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Hudson Yards
Hudson Yards
  • 00:00, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Canada lynx
Canada lynx

24 May 2020

  • 12:00, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
Mustafa Wahbi Tal, late 1920s, colorized
Mustafa Wahbi Tal, late 1920s, colorized
  • 00:00, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
HMS Venomous
HMS Venomous

23 May 2020

  • 12:00, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Michael Boddenberg
Michael Boddenberg
  • 00:00, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Christ Appointing Saint Roch as Patron Saint of Plague Victims (1626)
Christ Appointing Saint Roch as Patron Saint of Plague Victims (1626)


22 May 2020

  • 12:00, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Diamond Head, Honolulu
Diamond Head, Honolulu
  • 00:00, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Hynson–Ringgold House
Hynson–Ringgold House

21 May 2020

  • 12:01, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Rainbow plaque outside Charlie's Nightclub
Rainbow plaque outside Charlie's Nightclub
  • 00:00, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Eric Thorne as Baron Popoff
Eric Thorne as Baron Popoff


20 May 2020

  • 12:00, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Wreck of the MV Coelleira
Wreck of the MV Coelleira
  • 00:00, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hellmut Stern pointing to Harbin on a map
Hellmut Stern pointing to Harbin on a map

19 May 2020

  • 12:00, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Male vermilion flycatcher
Male vermilion flycatcher
  • ... that Pyrocephalus, the genus name of the vermilion flycatcher (example pictured), literally means 'fire head'?
  • ... that unlike most U.S. custom houses, which face the waterfront, the Alexander Hamilton Custom House in Manhattan faces inland?
  • ... that every sixth person in the world who has diabetes is from India?
  • ... that New Mexico radio station KARA was sued by a competitor who claimed that the station was impeding delivery of its mail?
  • ... that according to numerous Sanskrit, Chinese, and Southeast Asian texts, Mahākāśyapa left his body in suspended animation to see the future Buddha?
  • ... that shortly after the
    Battle of Cape Hermaeum
    , most of the victorious Roman fleet was destroyed in a storm, with the loss of over 100,000 lives?
  • ... that
    World of Dance
    ?
  • ... that in some situations, saying "please" may yield worse outcomes?
  • 00:00, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Carrauntoohil
Carrauntoohil

18 May 2020

  • 12:00, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Hurricane
Hurricane
  • 00:00, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Ernst Lauda's heraldic achievement
Ernst Lauda's heraldic achievement

17 May 2020

  • 12:00, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Hunting lodge in Jaktstuguskogen
Hunting lodge in Jaktstuguskogen
  • 00:00, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Tatiana Calderón in 2017
Tatiana Calderón

16 May 2020

  • 12:00, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
Wigwag flags and torches
Wigwag flags and torches
  • ... that an officer continued to send wigwag flag signals (example flags pictured) with a bedsheet after the flagman retreated during Pickett's Charge in 1863?
  • ... that Richard Grenfell Thomas and Isabel Bear scientifically described the smell of rain, for which Thomas coined the term "petrichor"?
  • ... that Taunton bus station, built in the 1950s, was described as "a rare survivor" just five years before it was closed?
  • ... that German war criminal Hans Walter Zech-Nenntwich gave a television interview after escaping from prison?
  • ... that
    The Blinding
    " has been described as "a cynical attempt to attract younger listeners"?
  • ... that Miller's langur, one of the rarest primates in Borneo, was feared to be extinct until a 2012 study rediscovered it in an area where it was previously unknown?
  • ... that feminist Mary Stuart Smith publicly admonished the aristocracy of Virginia in 1893 for their failure to recognize the talent of native artists?
  • ... that the State Emblem of India was embossed on the wheels of the Chandrayaan-2 mission's lunar rover to leave behind patterned tracks on the lunar surface?
  • 00:00, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
Leal Douglas
Leal Douglas

15 May 2020

  • 12:00, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
Mandarake store in Fukuoka, Japan
Mandarake store in Fukuoka, Japan
  • 00:00, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
Tombstones in the churchyard of St Thomas à Becket, Box
Tombstones in the churchyard
of St Thomas à Becket, Box

14 May 2020

  • 12:00, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
Whitefish Maar
Whitefish Maar
  • 00:00, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
Turkish-inspired Nevers designs
Turkish-inspired Nevers designs

13 May 2020

  • 12:00, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
Underwater volcanic eruption at NW Rota-1 in 2006
Underwater volcanic eruption at NW Rota-1 in 2006
  • 00:00, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
Flag of Manitoba
Flag of Manitoba

12 May 2020

  • 12:00, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
Rip Rapson
Rip Rapson
  • 00:00, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
Northern plains gray langur
Northern plains gray langur
  • ... that the northern plains gray langur monkey (example pictured) is killed in India for food and to prevent crop raiding, despite being considered sacred by Hindus?
  • ... that
    South Africa national football team after it was discovered that he had passed off the playing career of another Geoff Butler
    as his own?
  • ... that jue were small bronze vessels used for serving wine in ancestor-worship ceremonies in Bronze Age China?
  • ... that
    Lewis Grant-Ogilvy had the entire village of Cullen demolished and rebuilt so that he could improve his garden at Cullen House
    ?
  • ... that Jerry Givens served as Virginia's chief executioner for 17 years before becoming a campaigner against the death penalty?
  • ... that
    non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
    , the most common liver disorder worldwide, is present in approximately 25 percent of the world's population?
  • ... that entomologist Frederick Vincent Theobald wrote a five-volume monograph and sixty scientific papers on mosquitoes?
  • ... that the 1977 Golden Dragon massacre in San Francisco was the result of a gang feud originating in a dispute over fireworks sales?

11 May 2020

  • 12:00, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
Kalavati Devi
Kalavati Devi
  • 00:00, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
Columbia University campus
Columbia University campus

10 May 2020

  • 12:00, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
Queen Kapiʻolani wearing her peacock feathered dress
Queen Kapiʻolani wearing her peacock feathered dress
  • 00:00, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
Stone in Stuivekenskerke, Belgium
Stone in Stuivekenskerke, Belgium

9 May 2020

  • 12:00, 9 May 2020 (UTC)



  • 00:00, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
Venezuelan patrol boat Naiguatá
Venezuelan patrol boat Naiguatá

8 May 2020

  • 12:00, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
Hunter/killer team of AH-1 and OH-58 helicopters as tested at Ansbach
Hunter/killer team of AH-1 and OH-58 helicopters as tested at Ansbach
  • 00:00, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
Photograph of a man sneezing, with droplets dispersing widely
Respiratory droplets from a sneeze

7 May 2020

  • 12:00, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
Depiction of the Umm al-Amad ruins in 1839
Depiction of the Umm al-Amad ruins in 1839
  • 00:00, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
Patsy Mink
Patsy Mink

6 May 2020

  • 12:00, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
Christopher Dresser jug by William Ault
Christopher Dresser jug by William Ault


  • 00:00, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
Slender Scotch burnet moth on a flower
Slender Scotch burnet moth on a flower

5 May 2020

  • 12:00, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in 1951
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in 1951


  • 00:00, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
Photograph of a round brick tower with a ramp spiralling from the ground to the roof, with several goats standing on the ramp
Goat tower in Illinois

4 May 2020

  • 12:00, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
Renate Brümmer
Renate Brümmer
  • 00:00, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
Potter Building
Potter Building

3 May 2020

  • 12:00, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
Feed sack dress in the Smithsonian collection
Feed sack dress in the Smithsonian collection
  • 00:00, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
Illustration of a man in a train carriage sneezing without covering his face, and other riders reacting with anger and disgust
Poster by H. M. Bateman

2 May 2020

  • 12:00, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
Drum majors of the Jackson State University marching band
Drum majors of the Jackson State University marching band
  • 00:00, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
ʻIoane ʻŪkēkē dressed in his finest
ʻIoane ʻŪkēkē dressed in his finest

1 May 2020

  • 12:00, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
432 Park Avenue
432 Park Avenue
  • 00:00, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
Bowl with two panthers, glazed with "Rouge Dalpayrat"
Bowl with two panthers, glazed with "Rouge Dalpayrat"