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30 November 2022

  • 00:00, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
Coat of arms of Curaçao
Coat of arms of Curaçao

29 November 2022

  • 00:00, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
Giant bucket hat in Cardiff
Giant bucket hat in Cardiff

28 November 2022

  • 00:00, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
Karl Liebknecht
Karl Liebknecht

27 November 2022

  • 00:00, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Exchange Hotel, Montgomery
Exchange Hotel, Montgomery

26 November 2022

  • 00:00, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg in 2019
Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg in 2019

25 November 2022

  • 00:00, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
Holotype of Eatoniella mortoni
Holotype of Eatoniella mortoni

24 November 2022

  • 00:00, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
Suzanna Randall
Suzanna Randall

23 November 2022

  • 00:00, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Supermarine Stranraer
Supermarine Stranraer

22 November 2022

  • 00:00, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Brogan Rafferty
Brogan Rafferty

21 November 2022

  • 00:00, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Replica of Nelson's chelengk
Replica of Nelson's chelengk

20 November 2022

  • 00:00, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
Tove Birkelund
Tove Birkelund

19 November 2022

  • 00:00, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
Flags in the Nordic cross family
Flags in the Nordic cross family

18 November 2022

  • 00:00, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Enriqueta Legorreta
Enriqueta Legorreta
  • ... that Enriqueta Legorreta (pictured), who was the first Mexican woman to appear as Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walküre, became an award-winning environmental activist?
  • ... that the only known copy of People, Places and Things, co-authored by Stephen King, is owned by King?
  • ... that singer Mohinder Kaur Bhamra encouraged British Indian women to join in party celebrations at a time when they were typically excluded?
  • ... that the Tellico Dam project was controversial for its acquisition of farmland for real estate development, loss of Native American sites, and damaging an endangered fish habitat?
  • ... that Katie Leung was told to deny witnessing any racism from fans while filming the Harry Potter movies?
  • ... that politics in The Simpsons have caused controversy in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, and Japan?
  • ... that a version of the video game Rhino Rumble was not released due to the creators not wanting to add licensed characters?
  • ... that Carson Steele, known as the "Man of Steele", has a pet alligator named Crocky-J and has been called "the most interesting man" in college football?

17 November 2022

  • 00:00, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
Disc depicting Cybele being pulled by two lions through a mountainous landscape
Disc depicting Cybele being pulled by two lions through a mountainous landscape

16 November 2022

  • 00:00, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

15 November 2022

  • 00:00, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
Richard Mather, engraved by John Foster
Richard Mather, engraved by John Foster

14 November 2022

  • 00:00, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
Burton upon Trent war memorial
Burton upon Trent war memorial

13 November 2022

  • 00:00, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
Choe Han-gi
Choe Han-gi

12 November 2022

  • 00:00, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
[[File:|140px|Vientiane railway station |alt=Facade of Vientiane railway station ]]
Vientiane railway station

11 November 2022

  • 12:00, 11 November 2022 (UTC)
Stele depicting Meni
Stele depicting Meni
  • ... that the tomb of the overseer of every cultivated place and every desert place (stele pictured) threatens grave robbers with crocodiles and snakes?
  • ... that Terra Invicta's development company is a group of former volunteer video game modders that decided to release their own game after the success of their mod?
  • ... that Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher Li Yong was falsely accused and executed for attempted treason in 747, but had actually committed treason 37 years earlier?
  • ... that Meteor Studios created "realistic CG on TV budgets", but went bankrupt after completing visual effects work for Journey to the Center of the Earth?
  • ... that Nicole Lloyd-Ronning returned to astrophysics research after a ten-year hiatus, aided by an American Physical Society award for women with interrupted careers?
  • ... that when built in the 1880s, London's Hesper Mews was home to servants, stables, and horses, but within a century it was populated by artists, military officers, and an Astronomer Royal?
  • ... that after being considered too lean for his position, college football player Jalen Dalton gained 40 pounds (18 kg) for his sophomore season, describing his diet as "eat whatever"?
  • ... that the song "Phenomenal Cat" was misspelt as "Phenominal Cat" on the original album sleeve?
  • 00:00, 11 November 2022 (UTC)
Charles and Camilla in 2019
Charles and Camilla in 2019

10 November 2022

  • 12:00, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
2022 French protests on 16 October
2022 French protests on 16 October
  • 00:40, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

9 November 2022

  • 12:00, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
Making a sand mandala
Making a sand mandala
  • 00:00, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
Portrait of Gowan Pamphlet
Portrait of Gowan Pamphlet

8 November 2022

  • 12:00, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
Borys Lyatoshynsky
Borys Lyatoshynsky
  • 00:00, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
Letters on the platform walls
Letters on the platform walls

7 November 2022

  • 12:00, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
Westland Explorers' Monument
Westland Explorers' Monument
  • 00:00, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
Orange chocolate chip lichen
Orange chocolate chip lichen

6 November 2022

  • 12:00, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
Walton and Mouvet, pictured in 1913
Walton and Mouvet, pictured in 1913
  • 00:00, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
Jubilee Memorial by Arthur Bown, 1887
Jubilee Memorial by Arthur Bown, 1887

5 November 2022

  • 12:00, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
Edward Mosberg
Edward Mosberg
  • ... that Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg (pictured in his concentration camp uniform) was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for his efforts recognizing the Polish war-time rescue of Jews?
  • ... that "
    CPRE
    "on the theme of the environment and our responsibility towards it"?
  • ... that although Austrian model Greta Hofer was only discovered in 2020, she was chosen to work exclusively for Prada that year?
  • ... that a "frustration walk" connected Chicago Union Station with the rapid transit Canal station?
  • ... that during the Avar Wars, disease killed 90 per cent of Charlemagne's horses?
  • ... that in 1919
    Ethel Hampson Brewster
    compared dropping ancient history from school curricula to "knock[ing] out the first two stories of a skyscraper"?
  • ... that the United States severed diplomatic ties with Finland in 1944 because of a personal letter sent to Hitler?
  • ... that Rockstar Lincoln used to keep live tarantulas at its offices?
  • 00:00, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
Ten-sided dice
Ten-sided dice
  • ... that ten-sided gaming dice (examples pictured) have kite-shaped faces?
  • ... that physician and scientist F. William Sunderman continued working until shortly before his death at the age of 104?
  • ... that Daruma-ji was razed in the early 14th century by Buddhists who opposed the spread of Zen Buddhism in Japan?
  • ... that
    Juventus U16
    's most prolific player of the 2018–19 season, with 16 goals?
  • ... that The Essex Gazette was established in 1768, becoming Salem's first newspaper, and was used as a voice against British rule just before the American Revolution?
  • ... that Şebnem Korur Fincancı, a drafter of a United Nations guideline on the documentation of torture, was arrested after she suggested an investigation into the use of chemical weapons?
  • ... that City Pier A's clock tower was the first memorial to World War I casualties in the United States, according to a New York City government spokesperson?
  • ... that the three lines of the traditional German round "Lobet und preiset, ihr Völker, den Herrn" are based on verses from three psalms?

4 November 2022

  • 12:00, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
Meadow knapweed
Meadow knapweed
  • 00:00, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
Rosalía Abreu
Rosalía Abreu
  • ... that there was an initial agreement for chimpanzees from the private zoo of Rosalía Abreu (pictured) to be part of an experiment to breed a humanzee?
  • ... that the cover art for "True Love" features handwritten notes by XXXTentacion?
  • ... that the Paradise of Wisdom, an early Islamic medical encyclopedia, describes an abortion-causing stone?
  • ... that Jon Brittenum managed an investment banking firm after his fourteen-game-long NFL career?
  • ... that accessible yoga was formed as a way for people with disabilities to be able to perform yoga?
  • ... that the screenwriter for Corianton: A Story of Unholy Love went to jail for telling a judge to "shut up"?
  • ... that Elcho Castle never saw combat, but was nearly burned down by a mob in 1773?
  • ... that Jordan Gray added the technical name for spider silk to her name due to the UK not having a process to change honorific from Mr to Miss?

3 November 2022

  • 12:00, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
Castle Clinton
Castle Clinton
  • 00:00, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

2 November 2022

  • 12:00, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
The elephant depicted in the contemporary Liber Additamentorum
The elephant depicted in the contemporary Liber Additamentorum
  • 00:00, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
Smilisca sila, the Panama cross-banded tree frog
Smilisca sila, the Panama cross-banded tree frog

1 November 2022

  • 12:00, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
Hasanpaşa Gasworks
Hasanpaşa Gasworks
  • 00:00, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
Regent Cinema
Regent Cinema