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===31 December 2021===
*'''''00:00, 31 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]] used the '''[[third circle of hell]]''' ''(illustrated)'' to discuss contemporary Florentine politics rather than the sin of [[gluttony]]?
* ... that '''[[Re'quan Boyette]]''' was named to the [[American Football Coaches Association]] (AFCA) Good Works Team in 2008, making him the second [[Duke Blue Devils football|Duke player]] to receive the honor?
* ... that a group of self-employed women on the island of '''[[Cikobia-i-Ra]]''' donate 10 percent of their earnings to combat climate change?
* ... that '''[[George Mackaness]]''' showed that by infecting mice with intracellular bacteria, [[macrophage]]s could be activated to attack other bacteria?
* ... that the [[Binomial nomenclature|specific]] and [[common name]]s of the '''[[Argentine seabass]]''' refer to different countries?
* ... that '''[[Ingeborg Beugel]]''' left Greece following death threats and reported attacks after she questioned [[Kyriakos Mitsotakis|the prime minister]] about [[pushbacks in Greece|pushbacks]]?
* ... that '''''[[Chninkel]]''''', a Franco-Belgian comic mixing Tolkien-like fantasy with Biblical themes, has been translated into several languages?
* ... that trade negotiator '''[[Michael Smith (diplomat)|Michael Smith]]'''{{`s}} negotiating style was summarized by a sign at his office door that read "This is not [[Burger King]]"?

===30 December 2021===
*'''''00:00, 30 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that ''[[Kristallnacht]]'' prompted '''[[Elisabeth Schmitz]]''' ''(pictured)'' to leave her teaching job, unwilling to work for "a government that permitted the synagogues to be set afire"?
* ... that among the traditions of the '''[[History of the University of Texas at Arlington (1965–present)|University of Texas at Arlington]]''' are bed racing and [[oozeball]]?
* ... that '''[[Disappearance of Bruno Borges|Brazilian student Bruno Borges disappeared]]''', leaving fourteen handwritten encrypted books and a statue over two metres (6.6&nbsp;ft) tall in his bedroom?
* ... that the Austro-Hungarian yacht '''''[[Dalmat (yacht)|Dalmat]]''''' carried [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria|Archduke Franz Ferdinand]] on his journey to Sarajevo in 1914 and returned with his body?
* ... that in the 1880s '''[[Joseph T. Wilson]]''' wrote the "most comprehensive study of African American military service" of the era?
* ... that consuming the vitamin '''[[riboflavin]]''' in large amounts will cause [[urine]] to have a bright yellow color?
* ... that the leaders of Nazi Germany believed that Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin were puppets of an '''[[international Jewish conspiracy]]'''?
* ... that Indonesian politician '''[[Iskandar Ramis]]''' had to be hospitalized after attempting to make juice?

===29 December 2021===
*'''''00:00, 29 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a pair of [[sealskin]]-covered [[High-heeled shoe|high heels]] ''(example pictured)'' by [[Inuit|Inuk]] designer '''[[Nicole Camphaug]]''' are held in the [[Bata Shoe Museum]] of Toronto?
* ... that an incident at '''[[Bridle Trails State Park]]''' resulted in a horse being euthanized?
* ... that cricketer '''[[Kekhashru Mistry]]''', an [[all-rounder]] in the [[Indian cricket team in England in 1911|first all-Indian cricket team that toured England in 1911]], had to return after three games because he was also the [[aide-de-camp]] to the [[maharaja of Patiala]]?
* ... that contestants in the '''[[Financial Modeling World Cup]]''' solve problems in [[Microsoft Excel]]?
* ... that '''[[Nicholas Horsfall]]''' published five commentaries on [[Virgil|Vergil]]'s ''[[Aeneid]]'' after being diagnosed with [[multiple sclerosis]]?
* ... that '''[[1974 Elliot Lake miners strike|a strike by uranium miners in 1974]]''' in Ontario led to the creation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act?
* ... that impressionist '''[[Paul Boland]]''' has imitated over 100 voices during his performances including [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Elvis Presley]], and [[the Beatles]]?
* ... that '''[[Gallos sculpture|a ghostly figure]]''' can be seen at the legendary home of [[King Arthur]]?

===28 December 2021===
*'''''00:00, 28 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[William Rounseville Alger]]'''{{`s}} ''(pictured)'' 1857 [[Independence Day (United States)|Fourth of July]] speech was so controversial that the city of Boston refused to print it for seven years?
* ... that '''[[Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen, BWV 248 III|''Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen'']]''', a [[List of church cantatas by liturgical occasion#Third Day of Christmas (27 December: Christmas 3)|Bach cantata for the Third Day of Christmas]], contains the only aria that he newly composed for [[Christmas Oratorio|the oratorio]]? <!-- s.o. hook, Dec. 27 or 25 (or 24) -->
* ... that '''[[Ponte Madonna della Stella|the bridge]]''' from which [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] leapt in ''[[No Time to Die]]'' is actually an [[Aqueduct (bridge)|aqueduct]]?
* ... that despite the support of the British authorities, the multi-racial '''[[United Tanganyika Party]]'''  was unsuccessful, with the African-nationalist [[Tanganyika African National Union|TANU]] winning a majority in the [[1958–59 Tanganyikan general election|1958–59 election]]?
* ... that Maine state legislator '''[[Tracy Quint]]''' introduced a bill that would have banned all [[COVID-19 vaccine|{{nowrap|COVID-19}} vaccination]] mandates in Maine until 2024?
* ... that in 1874, thousands of [[Narodniks|Russian students]] "'''[[Going to the People|[went] to the people]]'''" to agitate the peasantry towards [[socialism]]?
* ... that a 1939 thesis by '''[[Nathaniel Fadipe]]''', ''The Sociology of the Yoruba'', was the first sociological study by a black African?
* ...  that the original author of '''''[[Half-Life: Full Life Consequences]]''''' wanted it to be so bad that "it stands the test of time as one of the worst things ever written"?

===27 December 2021===
*'''''00:00, 27 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the peak period in England for formal closed '''[[Garden canal|canals in gardens]]'''  ''(example pictured)'' was from about the 1690s to 1720s?
* ... that theatre critic '''[[Günther Rühle]]'''{{`s}} books cover the history of theatre in Germany, its events and its people, from 1887 to 1966?
* ... that '''''[[Hypericum aegypticum]]''''' exhibits a rare form of [[heterostyly]]?
* ... that the home of civil rights activist '''[[Lottie B. Scott]]''' is a stop on [[Norwich, Connecticut|Norwich]]'s Freedom Trail?
* ... that the software vulnerability '''[[Log4Shell]]''' affects hundreds of millions of devices worldwide?
* ... that despite [[Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff|the governor-general]] being advised not to employ him, '''[[Darmawan Mangunkusumo]]''' kept his colonial government job?
* ... that three unsuccessful attempts were made to destroy the offices of '''''[[The Union Flag]]'''''?
* ... that mountaineer [[Edmund Hillary]] asked Canadian doctor '''[[Joan Ford]]''' to take her "Adidas runners, a stethoscope and an umbrella" and get to the [[Himalayas]]?

===26 December 2021===
*'''''00:00, 26 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that there is some uncertainty as to which figures in [[Bramantino]]'s '''''[[Adoration of the Kings (Bramantino)|Adoration of the Kings]]''''' represent the [[Biblical Magi|Three Kings]]?
* ... that the '''[[Honda Z50RD|Christmas Special Honda minibike]]''', which struggled to sell upon release in 1986, is now worth nearly $10,000 as a collector's item?
* ... that the song "'''[[Meri Kuri]]'''" by [[BoA]] has been dubbed Japan's "[[All I Want for Christmas Is You]]"?
* ... that in 1897, '''[[Francis Pharcellus Church]]''' wrote "[[Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus]]"?
* ... that "'''[[Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist|Brich an, du schönes Morgenlicht]]'''" (Break, you beautiful morning light) [[Annunciation to the shepherds|tells the shepherds]] in Bach's ''[[Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend, BWV 248 II#12|Christmas Oratorio]]'' not to be afraid?
* ... that a Christmas gift on ''The West Wing''{{`s}} "'''[[Bartlet for America]]'''", a napkin bearing the episode's slogan, was replicated for [[Jacky Rosen]]'s U.S. Senate campaign?
* ... that the creation of the traditional [[Valtellina]] Christmas sweet bread '''[[bisciola]]''' is credited to Napoleon, even though he was never in the region?
* ... that New Yorkers could at one time rely on thrice-weekly visits from '''[[Santa Claus (steamboat)|Santa Claus]]'''&mdash;though not over Christmas?

===25 December 2021===
*'''''00:00, 25 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that artist '''[[Bernard Walter Evans]]'''{{`}} ''Bolton Abbey in the Snow'' ''(pictured)'' was painted outdoors in "something like [[Arctic]] conditions"?
* ... that the 2018 soundtrack album '''''[[It's Christmas, Eve]]''''' by [[LeAnn Rimes]] originated from a film in which Rimes played the main character?<!-- s.o., christmas eve -->
* ... that the Florida beach festival '''[[Surfing Santas]]''', held regularly on Christmas Eve, was inspired by a Honda commercial?<!-- this one can also go in the Dec. 24 set if needed -->
* ... that when [[Josef Rheinberger]] conducted the first performance of his '''[[Mass in A major, Op. 126 (Rheinberger)|Mass in A&nbsp;major]]''' for three women's voices on Christmas Eve 1881, he added a flute and a [[string quintet]] to the organ accompaniment?<!-- s.o., christmas eve -->
* ... that '''''[[The Jew's Christmas]]''''' was the first American film to have a [[rabbi]] as one of its characters?
* ... that besides their usual pop fare, the ''Glee'' cast sang hymns in traditional arrangements on '''''[[Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album]]'''''?
* ... that throughout the [[Cold War]], "subversive" persons at the [[BBC]] had their '''[["Christmas tree" files|files marked with a "Christmas tree"]]'''?
* ... that the album series '''[[Jingle Cats]]''' spawned Jingle Dogs, Jingle Babies, and a Japanese video game in which "the object is to breed and care for cats, which begin to sing when they're done copulating"?

===24 December 2021===
*'''''00:00, 24 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Aerobatics|aerobatic]] demonstration aircraft ''(pictured)'' used by '''[[SoloTürk]]''' is also used in military operations of the [[Turkish Air Force]]?
* ... that when a batch of the peppermint liqueur '''[[Minttu]]''' turned yellow because of iron contamination, Americans just marketed it as an "older vintage"?
*  ... that '''[[Elisabeth Dmitrieff]]''', daughter of a Russian noble, was sent by [[Karl Marx]] to the [[Paris Commune]] and fought in its defense before falling into obscurity?
* ... that [[Irving Berlin]], who co-owned the '''[[Music Box Theatre]]''' from its opening in 1921, still checked the theater's receipts before his death in 1989?
* ... that English women's footballer '''[[Shameeka Fishley]]''' scored a [[hat-trick]] in her newly-established Turkish team's first match?
* ... that '''''[[Elcysma westwoodi]]''''' is considered "the most damaging [[lepidoptera]]n pest of ''[[Prunus ×&nbsp;yedoensis]]''"?
* ... that '''[[Suresh Jadhav (biotechnology executive)|Suresh Jadhav]]''' led the development of the [[COVID-19 vaccine]] marketed as [[Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine|Covishield]]?
* ... that the 2020 song "'''[[Boris Johnson Is a Fucking Cunt]]'''" spawned a sequel in 2021: "Boris Johnson Is Still a Fucking Cunt"?

===23 December 2021===
*'''''00:00, 23 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the discovery of '''[[Phoenician metal bowls]]''' ''(example pictured)'' in 1849 created the entire concept of Phoenician art?
* ... that the tiny fossil turtle '''''[[Amabilis uchoensis]]''''' was given the Latin name ''amabilis'' for being "lovable", but the large evergreen tree ''[[Abies amabilis]]'' is called ''amabilis'' because it is "lovely"?
* ... that '''[[Bilingirl]]''' ran a nail salon before she started posting on [[YouTube]]?
* ... that the '''[[1970 Westminster Titans football team|1970]]''', '''[[1976 Westminster Titans football team|1976]]''', '''[[1977 Westminster Titans football team|1977]]''', '''[[1988 Westminster Titans football team|1988]]''', '''[[1989 Westminster Titans football team|1989]]''', and '''[[1994 Westminster Titans football team]]s''' all won national championships?
* ... that '''[[Chris Schulenburg]]''' was one of only two recipients of the [[Grand Cross of Valour]], Rhodesia's highest gallantry award?
* ... that despite its name, the '''[[Branford Steam Railroad]]''' has not used [[steam locomotive]]s since 1960?
* ... that '''[[Kurt Rommel]]''', a German Protestant pastor, wrote the texts and tunes for hundreds of hymns with young people in mind?
* ... that '''''[[Ixodes tasmani]]''''' makes a type of cement to help it to suck blood?

===22 December 2021===
*'''''00:00, 22 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[Caloian]]''''', a ritual once practiced in southern and eastern Romania, involved the burial of a figurine ''(example pictured)'' by young girls, one of whom acted as a priest?

* ... that '''[[Tom Eastick]]''' was the first Australian artillery officer to use survey procedures to accurately engage targets without [[Length measurement#Ranging|ranging]]?
* ... that an '''[[Mountain Dew goat commercials|advertisement for Mountain Dew starring Tyler, the Creator, as a talking goat]]''' was criticized by social commentator [[Boyce Watkins]] as "arguably the most racist commercial in history"?
* ... that 1964 Olympic field hockey player '''[[John Land (field hockey)|John Land]]''' played for England into his late 70s?
* ... that ice hockey film '''''[[Chicks with Sticks]]''''' received its title and funding following the success of ''[[Men with Brooms]]''?
* ... that before '''[[Arthur Phillip]]''' commanded the [[First Fleet|first fleet of convicts to settle Australia]], he was employed to spy on France?
* ... that after [[Kellogg's]] announced plans to replace [[2021 Kellogg's strike|striking workers in 2021]], members of '''[[r/antiwork]]''' organized to submit fake applications to the company's hiring system?
* ... that '''[[Cibo (artist)|Cibo]]''' paints Italian food over neo-fascist graffiti?

===21 December 2021===
*'''''12:00, 21 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Inuit|Inuk]] designer '''[[Victoria Kakuktinniq]]''' incorporates design elements from the traditional ''[[amauti]]'' parka into [[History of Inuit clothing#Contemporary fashion|contemporary Inuit clothing]] ''(example pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that the '''[[Decision of 1789]]''' was the first significant construction on the meaning of the United States Constitution in the U.S. Congress?
* ... that '''[[3-Hydroxyisonicotinaldehyde|3-hydroxyisonicotinaldehyde]]''' has the lowest [[Molecular mass|molecular weight]] of any [[dye]] which exhibits green [[fluorescence]]?
* ... that '''[[I Putu Sukreta Suranta]]''' refused to pursue an academic degree, despite repeatedly being given the opportunity to do so?
* ... that '''[[Canon Computer Systems]]'''{{`s}} [[Canon NoteJet|NoteJet]] laptop came with a built-in printer?
* ... that '''[[Kirsten Warner]]''', whose father was a [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] survivor, wrote a novel from the perspective of the child of a Holocaust survivor?
* ... that one journalist said that the proportions of the limbs of the statues at the '''''[[Monumento a los Indios Verdes]]''''' are a "sin against anatomical laws"?
* ... that the '''[[Tetracanthagyna plagiata|giant hawker]]''', the largest living [[dragonfly]], with a wingspan of 163 millimetres (6.4&nbsp;in), has larvae that exhibit "ballistic defecation"?

*'''''00:00, 21 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that it is impossible to '''[[Three utilities problem|draw non-crossing lines from three houses to three utilities]]''' ''(pictured)'' in a plane?
* ... that the only remaining artifact in the [[ghost town]] of '''[[Fremont, Oregon]]''', is a [[Juniperus occidentalis|juniper]] stump notched with steps that women travelers used to mount horses in a modest fashion?
* ... that '''[[Semuel Jusof Warouw]]''' advocated [[Minahasan people|Minahasan]] independence to gain leverage in [[Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference|Dutch–Indonesian negotiations]]?
* ... that 80 per cent of the Royalist garrison were killed in the 1645 '''[[storming of Shelford House]]'''?
* ... that the [[Cultural studies|cultural scholar]] '''[[Hermann Bausinger]]''' wrote a book about the history of literature from [[Swabia]] from the 18th century to the present, published for his 90th birthday?
* ... that in December&nbsp;1876, '''[[Hungerford police murders|two police officers were murdered]]''' by brothers who had [[poaching|poached]] just two [[pheasant]]s and a [[jay]]?
* ... that according to a review from the ''[[The New Yorker]]'', '''''[[The French Suicide]]''''' largely overstates France's decline?
* ... that [[marine engineering|marine engineer]] '''[[Elmer P. Wheaton]]''' made his employees learn to scuba dive so that they would have respect for the sea?

===20 December 2021===
*'''''12:00, 20 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Kilvidi Seshachari]]''' ''(pictured)'', the [[wicket-keeper]] for the [[Indian cricket team in England in 1911|first all-Indian cricket team to tour England]], was recruited by the [[Jagadindra Nath Roy|Maharaja of Natore]] to defeat the all-European [[Calcutta Cricket and Football Club|Calcutta Cricket Club]]?
* ... that '''[[Hyun Ji Shin]]''' was photographed by [[Karl Lagerfeld]] in his Chanel campaign before his death?
* ... that [[Raoul Servais]] invented a new technique for combining animation and live action for his short film '''''[[Harpya]]'''''{{-?}}
* ... that '''[[Banjaratma Heritage Rest Area|a formerly abandoned sugar mill]]''' is now a [[rest area]] on the [[Trans-Java Toll Road]]?
* ... that the [[Heathenry (new religious movement)|Germanic neopagan]] group '''[[Verein für germanisches Heidentum]]''' dismisses ''[[Völkisch movement|völkisch]]'' religiosity by associating it with monotheism and dualism?
* ... that '''[[Daniel Barclay Williams]]''', Virginia's first Black teacher of classics, was described as "a one man department"? 
* ... that the '''[[Istanbul Waste Power Plant]]''', opened last month, is Turkey's first [[waste-to-energy plant|waste-to-energy facility]]?
* ... that a strip club manager in Toronto '''[[Downtown Eatery (1993) v. Ontario|sued a company that did not employ him]]''' for [[wrongful dismissal]]?

*'''''00:00, 20 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[Hebetica sylviae]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was discovered after a two-year-old named Sylvie [[Houseplant care#Water requirement|overwatered]] her backyard?
* ... that [[Felix Mendelssohn]], inspired by the singing of nuns at the [[Trinità dei Monti]] in Rome, composed the motet '''''[[Drei Motetten, Op. 39 (Mendelssohn)|Veni Domine]]''''' for [[Advent]]? <!-- special occasion, Dec. 19 -->
* ... that the [[NAIA Football National Championship|national-champion]] '''[[1973 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team]]''' featured a freshman running back who broke [[college football]]'s single-season scoring record?
* ... that the lobby of '''[[Wenzhou Museum]]''' includes [[Kuafu]] chasing the sun and [[Chang'e]] flying to the moon?
* ... that [[Roger Waters]] thought ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''{{'s}} main theme was ripped off from [[Pink Floyd]]'s "'''[[Echoes (Pink Floyd song)|Echoes]]'''"?
* ... that after [[1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak#Wichita Falls, Texas|a tornado]] devastated [[Wichita Falls, Texas]], in 1979, radio station '''[[KWFS (AM)|KTRN]]''' was just one of two on the air? 
* ... that '''[[Jusuf Wibisono]]''', chairman of a labor union, wanted an eight-hour work day&nbsp;– up from seven?
* ... that '''[[Black Oxygen Organics]]''' sold packs of [[dirt]] to customers for US$110 each?

===19 December 2021===
*'''''12:00, 19 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[United States Marine Corps|United States Marines]] have repainted the '''[[Mombasa tusks]]''' ''(pictured)'' several times?
* ... that more than 170 children showed signs of [[tuberculosis]] and more than 70 died in the 1929–1933 '''[[Lübeck disaster]]''' after being given [[BCG vaccine]]s contaminated with [[Mycobacterium tuberculosis|the bacteria responsible]]?
* ... that the 1896 novel '''''[[Tom Grogan]]''''' by [[Francis Hopkinson Smith]] was adapted into a play the same year?
* ... that the '''[[Kisrawan campaigns (1292–1305)|punitive Mamluk campaigns]]''' against the non-[[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslim]] mountaineers of the '''[[Kisrawan]]''' from 1292 to 1305 helped pave the way for the region's [[Maronites|Maronite Christian]] majority?
* ... that [[placekicker]] '''[[Lonny Calicchio]]''' was signed by the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] to the practice squad, promoted to the active roster, named starter, and released all within eight days?
* ... that the historical English [[tables game]] of '''[[Doublets (tables game)|Doublets]]''' was mentioned in 1549 in a sermon by [[Hugh Latimer|Latimer]] to King [[Edward&nbsp;VI]]?
* ... that '''[[Poedjono Pranyoto]]''' instructed his subordinates to burn around a thousand houses to make way for a protected forest area?
* ... that the conservative organization '''[[Moms for Liberty]]''' wants a book about [[Galileo Galilei]] to be taught in a way that is more positive towards the Catholic Church, for balance?

*'''''00:00, 19 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that English-born actress '''[[Frances Brett Hodgkinson]]''' ''(pictured)'' became the highest-paid theater actress in the United States in 1800?
* ... that '''[[Niall Sheridan]]''' was the model for the "intellectual [[County Meath|Meath]]-man" Brinsley in [[Flann O'Brien]]'s novel ''[[At Swim-Two-Birds]]''?
*  ... that the "English Game", '''[[Ludus Anglicorum]]''', was the most popular [[tables game]] in the [[Middle Ages|mediaeval]] England of [[Geoffrey Chaucer|Chaucer]]'s time?
* ... that '''[[WNJU]]''', a Spanish-language television station serving [[New York City]], was the first in the United States to air a hard-liquor advertisement?
* ... that '''[[Harry Tombs]]''' established the first New Zealand fine-arts press?
* ... that "'''[[NDA (song)|NDA]]'''" transitions into "[[Therefore I Am (song)|Therefore I Am]]"?
* ... that [[flying ace]] '''[[Károly Kaszala]]''' refused to fly the airplane he was assigned?
* ... that according to critics, '''''[[Fortune-499]]''''' is "an effective story of capitalist humdrum" that involves "witchcraft, mid-20s malaise, and puns"?

===18 December 2021===
*'''''12:00, 18 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[chili crisp]]''', a hot sauce with a "cult-like" fandom, is used to top everything from eggs to ice cream ''(pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that '''[[Tatyana Mezhentseva]]''' is the first person in ten years to participate in the [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest]] twice?
* ... that 1.8 percent of '''[[cannabis in Japan|people in Japan have used cannabis]]''', compared to 44.2 percent of Americans and 41.5 percent of Canadians?
* ... that '''[[Walter Bassett]]''' arranged for the construction of the first [[wind tunnel]] in Australia?
* ... that General [[George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle|George Monck]] accepted that 500 Scots, including women and children, were killed when his army '''[[Siege of Dundee|stormed Dundee]]''' in 1651?
* ... that '''[[Lew Nichols III|Lew Nichols&nbsp;III]]''' led the nation during the 2021 regular season with 1,710 rushing yards?
* ... that the designers of '''''[[Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King]]''''' also created ''[[Broom Service (board game)|Broom Service]]'', winning the [[Spiel des Jahres|Kennerspiel des Jahres]] two years in a row?
* ... that as [[List of Ministers of Finance (Indonesia)|finance minister]], '''[[Surachman Tjokroadisurjo]]''' often stored government funds inside suitcases in his home?

*'''''00:00, 18 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ...  that '''[[Roland Böer]]''' ''(pictured)'', who made his debut at [[La Scala]] in Milan with Mozart's ''[[The Magic Flute|Die Zauberflöte]]'', was the artistic director of the [[Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte]] in Montepulciano?
* ... that [[Dan Finnerty]] was cast in '''''[[Single All the Way]]''''' so that he could cross the Canada–U.S. border and join his wife, [[Kathy Najimy]], on the set of the film?
* ... that the [[Binomial nomenclature|specific epithet]] of '''''[[Platycephalus endrachtensis]]'''''  is from an old word for Australia?
* ... that '''[[Nandivada Rathnasree]]''', who ran Delhi's planetarium, proposed that astronomers could be taught using India's stone-built observatories?
* ... that the documentary film '''''[[Boycott (2021 film)|Boycott]]''''' includes the stories of three Americans who sued their state governments after being affected by [[anti-BDS laws]]?
* ... that the mediaeval English [[tables game]] of '''[[Ticktack]]''' has several ways of winning, including ''Toots'' and ''Rovers''?
* ... that '''[[William Hunter Dammond]]''' became the first African-American graduate of the [[University of Pittsburgh]] in 1893, but was not recognised as such until 2000?
* ... that there are more than 200 '''[[Pokéfuta|manhole covers featuring Pokémon]]''' in Japan?

===17 December 2021===
*'''''12:00, 17 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[St Collen's Church, Llangollen|St&nbsp;Collen's Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' in Wales has a memorial to one of the 19th century's [[Ladies of Llangollen|most famous same-sex partnerships]]?
* ... that '''[[Fabian Kelly]]''', a [[tenor]] focused on [[historically informed performance]], was a soloist in Monteverdi's ''[[Vespro della Beata Vergine]]'' and Handel's ''[[Messiah (Handel)|Messiah]]''?
* ... that after [[Superior Coach Company]] closed in 1981, '''[[Superior Credit Union|its employees' credit union]]''' absorbed 15 other credit unions to become the fourth-largest in [[Ohio]]?
* ... that '''[[William Thomas Sugg]]'''{{`s}} firm installed the gas lights on [[Tower Bridge]]?
* ... that '''''[[The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes]]''''' discusses the history of transgender man [[Sir Ewan Forbes, 11th Baronet|Ewan Forbes]] and his 1968 legal case to inherit his family's [[baronet]]cy that was silenced from public records?
* ... that [[Digital Eclipse]] expressed interest in rereleasing ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes|Marvel vs. Capcom&nbsp;2]]'' after '''[[Maximilian Dood]]'''{{`s}} social media campaign [[Viral phenomenon|went viral]]?
* ... that the medieval '''[[John Halle's Hall]]'''  is the foyer of a cinema?
* ... that to celebrate the '''[[1501 Broadway|Paramount Building]]'''{{`s}} construction, oxen and lamb were roasted over the ruins of the previous building on the site?

*'''''00:00, 17 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Mo Drake]]''' came up with the slogan "Beanz Meanz Heinz" for [[Heinz Baked Beans]] ''(pictured)'' in 1967? <!--ott: 10.63-->
* ... that in 1908, '''[[Island No. 2|Island No.&nbsp;2]]''' in California was simultaneously deeded to two different people?
* ... that '''[[Soetardjo Kartohadikusumo]]''' had to be "made younger" to be eligible for elementary school?
* ... that the music video for [[Chris Hadfield]]'s version of [[David Bowie]]'s "'''[[Space Oddity]]'''" was the first music video recorded in space?
* ... that Google searches for the term "'''[[dumpster fire]]'''" spiked after [[Donald Trump]] announced [[Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign|his presidential candidacy]] in October 2015?
* ... that efforts by '''[[Shyam Sunder Jyani]]''' have led to the planting of 2.5&nbsp;million saplings in the Indian state of [[Rajasthan]]?
* ... that "[[leek]] rust", caused by '''''[[Puccinia porri|Puccinia allii]]''''', has also caused significant losses for garlic farmers?
* ... that it is said of the board game '''''[[Photosynthesis (board game)|Photosynthesis]]''''' that "you can always count on someone else screwing it all up"?

===16 December 2021===
*'''''12:00, 16 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the runway at the '''[[Winter Garden Theatre]]''' ''(interior pictured)'' was nicknamed the "bridge of thighs" after lightly clothed showgirls paraded down it?
* ... that '''[[Belinda Archer]]''' won Australia's first [[World Artistic Gymnastics Championships]] team medal [[2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|in 2003]]?
* ... that even though it was "the best thing to happen to the Atari", the '''[[Atari XF551|XF551]]''' [[Floppy disk|floppy disk drive]] was only released after [[Nintendo]] sued them?
* ... that after [[Sydney Parkinson]] died on the return leg of the [[first voyage of James Cook]], some of his drawings were engraved for publication in his '''''[[A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas|Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas]]'''''?
* ... that three schools in Virginia were named after '''[[Daniel Webster Davis]]'''?
* ... that 92 percent of complaint calls about the '''[[Scanner Price Accuracy Code]]''' are not legitimate complaints?
* ... that after getting drunk and verbally abusing [[Cap Anson]] at a baseball game during his off day, '''[[Charlie Bartson]]''' was released from the [[Chicago Pirates]]?
* ... that '''[[Birds Aren't Real]]'''?

*'''''00:00, 16 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Mary Earle]]''' ''(pictured)'' was born near [[Ben Nevis]], and although she became a professor of food technology in New Zealand, she never forgot her Scottish roots?
* ... that the electropop rock band '''[[Siamés]]''' created "[[Argentina]]'s first [[anime]] music video"?
* ... that the book '''''[[The Icepick Surgeon]]''''' discusses research by [[Henry Murray]] in which he verbally abused volunteers, one of whom went on to become the [[Ted Kaczynski|Unabomber]]?
* ... that the Polish [[mezzo-soprano]] '''[[Agnieszka Rehlis]]''', who sang on the [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]–winning album ''Penderecki conducts Penderecki'', was Verdi's [[Il trovatore|Azucena]] in [[Zürich Opera House|Zürich]] in 2021?
* ... that species in the dinosaur group '''[[Parankylosauria]]''' have tail weaponry termed a "macuahuitl", in reference to the [[Macuahuitl|Mesoamerican weapons of the same name]]?
* ... that '''[[Pat Studstill]]''' led the [[National Football League]] in punt return yards in 1962, receiving yards in 1966, and punting yards in 1969?
* ... that the first landing during the '''[[Dutch invasion of Saint Helena]]''' was defeated by English settlers throwing rocks?
* ... that when the founder of New Mexico television station '''[[KBIM-TV|{{nowrap|KBIM-TV}}]]''' was told on the morning of [[April Fools' Day]] that his station's tower had collapsed, he initially wrote it off as a joke?

===15 December 2021===
*'''''12:00, 15 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the first drive available for the [[Atari 8-bit family]], the '''[[Atari 810|Atari&nbsp;810]]''' [[Floppy disk|floppy disk drive]] ''(pictured)'', was described as "noisy, slow and inefficient", with "notoriously poor speed regulation"?
* ... that one can place 16 pawns on a chessboard such that '''[[No-three-in-line problem|no three pawns lie on the same line]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Mauatua]]''' married the [[Mutiny on the Bounty|''Bounty'' mutineer]] Fletcher Christian and ensured women on [[Pitcairn Islands|Pitcairn]] were given the vote?
* ... that the board game '''''[[Cytosis (board game)|Cytosis]]''''' was endorsed by the ''[[Journal of Cell Science]]''?
* ... that '''[[Óscar Catacora]]''' directed ''[[Eternity (2018 film)|Wiñaypacha]]'' (''Eternity''), the first Peruvian film in the [[Aymara language]]?
* ... that [[Asa Taccone]] was paid just $60 for co-editing and co-writing [[the Lonely Island]]'s  "'''[[Dick in a Box]]'''"?
* ... that filmmaker '''[[Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany]]''', has seen the return of many species of bird and plant, as well as [[European pine marten|pine martens]], [[stoat]]s and [[otter]]s, to his ancestral lands with [[rewilding (conservation biology)|rewilding]]?
* ... that the black swamp in '''[[Claremont Park]]''' was believed to be inhabited by evil spirits and was known to have consumed cattle?

*'''''00:00, 15 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Schlosspark Türnich]]''', the park of [[Schloss Türnich|a moated palace]] ''(pictured)'', is managed with a focus on [[biodiversity]]?
* ... that '''[[Bull Island (California)|Bull Island]]''' was farmed by the Money family for over 100 years before being turned into a wildlife preserve?
* ... that Indian cricketer '''[[Mukundrao Pai]]'''{{`s}} altercation with a British army major, [[J.&nbsp;G. Greig]], resulted in the [[Bombay Quadrangular]] introducing neutral umpires in 1916?
* ... that [[Kanye West]] recorded "'''[[Hey Mama (Kanye West song)|Hey Mama]]'''" five years before its release on his 2005 album ''[[Late Registration]]''?
* ... that the game '''''[[MicroMacro: Crime City]]''''' was so popular after its release that print runs repeatedly sold out for eight months?
* ... that Chinese-Canadian '''[[Zhuo Qun Song]]''' is currently the most decorated [[International Mathematical Olympiad]] contestant?
* ... that the village of '''[[Bidar Alam]]''' was the seat of the [[Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia|Indonesian government]] for three and a half months?
* ... that the '''[[Global Methodist Church]]''' is part of a proposed [[schism|divorce]] over [[Christianity and homosexuality|marriage]]?

===14 December 2021===
*'''''12:00, 14 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the punishment of sinners in the '''[[second circle of hell]]''' ''(pictured)'' is an example of ''[[contrapasso]]''{{-?}}
* ... that '''[[Louis W. Roberts]]''' was among the highest ranking African-American space program staff at [[NASA]] while the [[Apollo program]] was underway?
* ... that before the Second World War, Australian army officers used the pages of Britain's '''''[[The Army Quarterly and Defence Journal|Army Quarterly and Defence Journal]]''''' to argue for greater self-reliance in defence matters?
* ... that '''[[2000 Alabama Amendment 2|2000 Alabama Amendment&nbsp;2]]''', which repealed the state's [[Anti-miscegenation laws in the United States|anti-miscegenation laws]], was carefully written to avoid legalizing [[same-sex marriage]]?
* ... that '''[[Ben Comeau]]''' invented a fictitious student of [[Franz Liszt]] so he could write a 45-minute piano sonata?
* ... that in '''''[[Olaf Presents]]''''', the line where [[Olaf (Frozen)|Olaf]] points out [[List of The Lion King (franchise) characters#Mufasa|Mufasa]] eats some of his subjects was praised by ''[[Screen Rant]]''?
* ... that on a [[Myrica cerifera|wax-myrtle plant]], 42 mature '''[[Paratachardina lobata|lobate lac scales]]''' were recorded on a 1 cm (0.4 in) section of twig?
* ... that the [[Batman]] supervillain '''[[Mr. Bloom|Mr.&nbsp;Bloom]]''' was created to be the "anti-[[Joker (character)|Joker]]"?

*'''''00:00, 14 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that while his brother carried on the family photography business, '''[[Thomas Holroyd]]''' went into painting and later created ''The Dyeworks'' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that in 2021, the [[European Court of Justice]] ruled that the '''[[C-821/19|criminalization of assistance to asylum seekers violated EU law]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Interstate 182|Interstate&nbsp;182]]''' was created as a compromise for the states of [[Washington (state)|Washington]] and [[Oregon]]?
* ... that [[Salvatorians|Salvatorian]] priest '''[[Pankratius Pfeiffer]]''' saved hundreds of Jews in Rome during the Second World War?
* ... that you could buy ten '''[[Montgomery Ward Records]]''' for $1.79?
* ... that the fossil love bug '''''[[Plecia canadensis]]''''' changed genus based on a single vein?
* ... that two [[Voyageurs|voyageur]] canoes capsized off of '''[[Hog Island (Wisconsin)|Hog Island]]''' in 1976?
* ... that the '''[[first Wikipedia edit]]''' was made on 15&nbsp;January 2001?

===13 December 2021===
*'''''12:10, 13 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Tina Stege]]''' ''(pictured)'', who led the [[High Ambition Coalition]] at [[2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference|COP26]], is from [[Marshall Islands|a country]] that may cease to exist with projected rises in sea level?
* ... that the '''[[Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre]]''' was known as the John Golden Theatre before the '''[[John Golden Theatre]]''' was?
* ... that [[Pulmonology|pulmonologist]] '''[[Sze-Piao Yang]]''' was referred to as the "father of thoracic X-ray interpretation in Taiwan", and conducted the first ever [[occupational disease]] study done in Taiwan?
* ... that the board game '''''[[Dragomino]]''''' features "adorable" dragons?
* ... that violinist '''[[Nikolai Sachenko]]''' performs rarely-played [[piano trio]]s by Russian composers as a member of the [[Brahms Trio]]?
* ... that '''''[[The Undercommons]]''''', an essay collection that criticizes [[academy|academia]], was written by two alumni of [[Harvard University]]?
* ... that '''[[Jonathan Strong (slave)|Jonathan Strong]]''', an early enslaved West Indian in Britain, was abused by his master so badly that he could barely walk or see?
* ... that '''[[The Pooh Perplex|a 1963 book]]''' offers Marxist and Freudian interpretations of Pooh?

*'''''00:00, 13 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the 4.5-ton marble statue of [[Queen Victoria]] ''(pictured)'' in [[Harrogate]]'s Jubilee Memorial was carved by the British sculptor '''[[William John Seward Webber]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[Majestic Theatre (Broadway)|Majestic Theatre]]''', designed for "revues and light operas", has hosted the same musical for the past three decades?
* ... that '''[[Albruna]]''' may have been the woman of "superhuman size" who stopped Roman general [[Nero Claudius Drusus|Drusus]]'s campaign in [[Germania]] by prophesying his death?
* ... that the second edition of the Wild West–themed board game '''''[[Great Western Trail (board game)|Great Western Trail]]''''' eliminated "the notion of Native Americans as the invisible enemy"?
* ... that '''[[Damon Severson]]''' scored a goal with 0.4 seconds left in [[Ice hockey#Periods and overtime|regulation time]] to help lead [[Canada men's national ice hockey team]] to a silver medal?
* ... that the construction of '''[[Interstate H-2|Interstate {{nowrap|H-2}}]]''' in Hawaii unearthed a chapel built by Italian [[prisoner of war|prisoners of war]] in the 1940s?
* ... that during the '''[[West Nile campaign (October 1980)|October&nbsp;1980 West Nile campaign]]''', rebels were initially hailed as "liberators", only for them to start looting coffee?
* ... that '''[[William Goebel]]''' was sworn in as Governor of Kentucky a day after being shot?

===12 December 2021===
*'''''12:00, 12 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Sigismund Danielewicz]]'''{{`s}} ''(pictured)'' career in the California [[labour movement|labor movement]] ended after he delivered an 1885 speech advocating against the persecution of Chinese people?
* ... that unkept promises made in the 1915 '''[[Treaty of London (1915)|Treaty of London]]''' created the sense of [[mutilated victory]] in Italy after World War&nbsp;I?
* ... that '''[[Bruce Schroeder]]''', who presided over the [[Kenosha unrest shooting|trial of Kyle Rittenhouse]], is the longest-serving state court judge in [[Wisconsin]]?
* ... that the colonial bryozoan '''''[[Walkeria uva]]''''' is sometimes only detectable by accident?
* ... that the children's book '''''[[A Place Inside of Me]]''''' is dedicated to the nephew of [[Shooting of Atatiana Jefferson|Atatiana Jefferson]], a Black woman who was shot to death in her home by a policeman in 2019?
* ... that New Zealand health executive '''[[Sharon Shea]]''' points to distrust in authority caused by "post-colonisation trauma" for [[COVID-19 vaccination in New Zealand|low {{nowrap|COVID-19}} vaccination rates]] of [[Māori people|Māori]]?
* ... that [[Major League Baseball]] set a single-day record with $1.4 billion in new player contracts the day before the '''[[2021 Major League Baseball lockout|2021 lockout]]''' was set to begin?
* ... that "'''[[Ememem|the surgeon of the sidewalks]]'''" is anonymous?

*'''''00:00, 12 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the Ukrainian '''[[Holodomor Memorial Day]]''' ''(commemoration pictured)'', commemorating the victims of [[Holodomor|the {{nowrap|1932–33}} famine]], is also observed in Canada?
* ... that today's '''[[MLS Cup 2021]]''' will mark the seventh consecutive final to feature either the [[Portland Timbers]] or [[Seattle Sounders FC]]?<!--date sensitive hook-->
* ... that Italian radio presenter '''[[Aldo Forbice]]''' was a long-time supporter of local social issues, including helping to promote an exhibition on the [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] epidemic?
* ... that when the U.S. government wanted to remove '''[[Chain Island]]''', a group of "California capitalists" offered to do it for free, recouping expenses by mining it for gold?
* ... that [[backgammon]] was derived from the esteemed 16th-century Scottish and English [[tables game]] of '''[[Irish (game)|Irish]]''' and eventually surpassed it in popularity?
* ... that during '''[[W. Sterling Cary|W.&nbsp;Sterling Cary]]'''{{`s}} presidency of the [[National Council of Churches]] in the 1970s, the council voted to support gay rights for the first time in its history?
* ... that the 13th-century '''[[Iplikçi Mosque]]''' in Konya, Turkey, contains a [[mihrab]] with traces of mosaic tiling which is the oldest extant example of Anatolian Seljuk art?
* ... that Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] stated that he '''[[Broccoli mandate|did not want the U.S. Congress to make him buy broccoli]]'''?

===11 December 2021===
*'''''13:16, 11 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[sword-billed hummingbird]]''' ''(pictured)'' has the longest bill of any hummingbird?
* ... that '''[[Noa Denmon]]'''{{`s}} illustration for the [[Google Doodle]] on [[Martin Luther King&nbsp;Jr. Day]] included people painting a mural while socially distanced due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic|{{nowrap|COVID-19}} pandemic]]?
* ... that the board game '''''[[Suburbia (board game)|Suburbia]]''''' is said to be a "masterfully designed game" with "tedious bookkeeping"?
* ... that zoologist '''[[Ruth Crosby Noble]]'''{{`s}} 1945 book on animal behavior was said to have the "rare quality of combining entertainment with sound scientific value"?
* ... that [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]] "may have detested everything about Arabs and Muslims", but placed [[Saladin]], [[Avicenna]], and [[Averroes]] among the virtuous in the '''[[first circle of hell]]'''?
* ... that according to Swiss cardiologist '''[[Thomas Lüscher]]''', chocolate is good for us if it is dark and bitter, but white chocolate is "not healthy at all"?
* ... that in 2000, the [[Sacramento County, California|Sacramento County]] Policy Planning Commission decided that humans would never be allowed to live on '''[[Kimball Island]]''' again?
* ... that in ''The Arraignment of Paris'', poet [[Denis Glover]] stated '''[[Charles Allan Marris]]''' was the "arbiter of all our art and letters / presenting rotten apples to his betters"?

*'''''01:16, 11 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Head of a Bear|a Post-it Note–sized drawing]]''' ''(pictured)'' by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] sold for £8.8&nbsp;million in 2021?
* ... that '''[[Grace Meigs Crowder]]''' found that pregnancy and childbirth were a common cause of death in the early 1900s for American women who were aged under 45?
* ... that the popularity of "'''[[10 Minutes (Lee Hyori song)|10 Minutes]]'''" by Korean singer [[Lee Hyori]] led to 2003 being dubbed the "year of Hyori" by domestic media?
* ... that some members of the '''[[Kushner family]]''' objected after [[Jared Kushner|Jared]] invoked their grandparents' resistance in [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|Nazi-occupied Poland]] to support his denial of [[Donald Trump]]'s alleged antisemitism?
* ... that '''[[David Whiting]]''' was nicknamed "Golden Boy" by [[Henry Grunwald (editor)|Henry Grunwald]], "Preppy" by [[Candice Bergen]], and "Whiz Kid" by [[Sarah Miles]]?
* ... that the title of [[Taylor Swift]]'s 2008 album '''''[[Fearless (Taylor Swift album)|Fearless]]''''' reflects Swift's attitude to embrace hardships in love and life?
* ... that '''[[Paddy Fox]]''' recruited so many people from [[County Durham]] to the British Army that they became known locally as "Pad's Army"?
* ... that '''[[super weaner]]s''' may be "milk thieves" or "double mother-sucklers"?

===10 December 2021===
*'''''12:00, 10 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that swimming and swarming are forms of '''[[bacterial motility]]''', which some [[bacteria]] achieve by rotating a small whip-like [[flagellum]] ''(depicted)''{{-?}}
* ... that '''[[Harriet Amelia Folsom]]''' went by her middle name, so as not to be confused with her husband [[Brigham Young]]'s other wives?
* ... that the Romans won '''[[Roman campaigns in Germania (12 BC – AD 16)|a series of campaigns against Germanic tribes]]''' after the [[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest|disaster at Teutoburg]] but decided to leave Germany as the effort was out of proportion to the territory's value?
* ... that '''[[Dianxi Xiaoge]]''', who grew up in a remote [[Yunnan]] mountain village without [[tap water|running water]], is an Internet celebrity with roughly 16&nbsp;million subscribers on all her platforms?
* ... that the "'''[[Parable of the drowning man|two boats and a helicopter]]'''" parable has been used to combat [[COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and hesitancy|{{nowrap|COVID-19}} vaccine hesitancy]]?
* ... that in September&nbsp;2021, cricketer '''[[Andrea-Mae Zepeda]]''' became the first player to score a [[Century (cricket)|century]] for [[Austria women's national cricket team|Austria]] in a [[Women's Twenty20 International]] match?
* ... that part of '''''[[Prise d'Orange]]''''' was recently discovered in the [[Bookbinding|binding]] of another book?
* ... that '''[[George Asprey]]''' was not born with a [[silver spoon]] in his mouth&nbsp;– according to the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'', it was a silver shovel?

*'''''00:00, 10 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Rico Sasaki]]''' ''(pictured)'' beat 9,000 other auditioners to play the title role in a Japanese production of ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]'' in 2008?
* ... that [[the Beach Boys]] played a '''[[Lei'd in Hawaii|concert in Hawaii]]''' while high on [[Lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]]?
* ... that with as many as a quarter of mothers in eastern Greenland experiencing domestic violence, '''[[Laura Tàunâjik]]''' proposed a women's shelter in [[Tasiilaq]]?
* ... that [[Carl Michael Bellman|Bellman]]'s song "'''[[Ge rum i Bröllopsgåln din hund!]]'''" describes "one of the wildest weddings in Swedish literature"?
* ... that '''[[Dermot Morrah]]''', a British journalist for ''[[The Times]]'', wrote [[Elizabeth II|Princess Elizabeth]]'s 21st birthday speech?
* ... that an investigation found that most Mexican nutrition science students could not interpret a nutritional '''[[Food labeling in Mexico|front-of-package labeling system]]''' correctly?
* ... that in 1752, '''[[Samuel Kneeland (printer)|Samuel Kneeland]]''' and his partner produced the first Bible in the English language ever printed in America?
* ... that '''[[Pronunciation of GIF|it's pronounced "gif", not "gif"]]'''?

===9 December 2021===
*'''''12:00, 9 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the key to '''[[Hoover desk|Franklin D. Roosevelt's Oval Office desk]]''' ''(pictured)'' is missing?
* ... that when '''[[Nadjamuddin Daeng Malewa]]''' was forming a government cabinet for the [[State of East Indonesia]], he was outside the region?
* ... that the name of '''[[Ireland's Eye]]''' off [[Howth]] northeast of [[Dublin]] has nothing to do with the organ but can actually be translated as "Ireland's island"?
* ... that '''[[Theodore Conrad (criminal)|Theodore Conrad]]''', who evaded capture for 52 years after stealing US$215,000, remained a fugitive for so long that he was finally tracked down by the son of one of the original investigators?
* ... that the [[Cho Cho|Burmese]] and [[Kim Jung-sook|South Korean first ladies]] held their first informal conversation 44 years after the establishment of '''[[Myanmar–South Korea relations|bilateral relations between the two countries]]'''?
* ... that children's author '''[[Kate DiCamillo]]''' received 473 rejection letters before her first novel was accepted for publication?
* ... that the infamous [[Nepalese royal massacre]] took place in the '''[[Tribhuvan Sadan]]'''?
* ... that the freighter '''''[[SS Manasoo|Manasoo]]''''' is believed to have been sunk by cows?

*'''''00:00, 9 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that on an average night, between 130 and 200 people can be found '''[[Outstanding in the Field]]''' ''(example pictured)'' for about five hours?
* ... that '''[[Norman Colville]]''' renovated a manor to house his growing art collection?
* ... that the '''[[Chile Ridge]]''' has a [[slab window]]?
* ... that before starring in the [[Pedro Almodóvar]] film ''[[Parallel Mothers]]'', '''[[Milena Smit]]''' worked as a model, waitress, shop assistant, babysitter, subway information assistant, and hotel receptionist?
* ... that a "[[North Dakota]] joke of the mornin{{'"}} was a feature on Montana radio station '''[[KGRZ]]''' because the station's owner and morning show host hailed from that state?
* ... that when '''[[Margaret de Neville|Margaret de Longvillers]]''' married into the [[House of Neville]], her wealth consolidated its position in English society?
* ... that the front of the 11th-century '''[[River Laune Crozier]]''' contains a figure with oval eyes, a thin nose, spiral ears and a handlebar moustache that radiates out around him?
* ... that '''[[Louis H. Bean|Mr.&nbsp;Bean]]''' accurately predicted the results of many American elections?

===8 December 2021===
*'''''12:00, 8 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Syaoran Li]]''' ''(cosplayer pictured)'' from the manga ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' formed the basis of two characters in [[Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle|a later manga]]; [[Syaoran (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, original)|one original]] and [[Syaoran (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, clone)|one clone]]?
* ... that an all-male boating event on '''[[Tinsley Island]]''' was called the "[[Bohemian Grove]] of yachting"?
* ... that according to legend, '''[[Edigna]]''' fled an arranged marriage in 1074, leaving her royal life behind to live as a hermit in a hollowed-out tree in [[Fürstenfeldbruck]]?
* ... that the bryozoan '''''[[Walkeria tuberosa]]''''' is sometimes referred to as ''Valkeria tuberosa'' despite being named after the Scottish natural historian [[John Walker (natural historian)|John Walker]]?
* ... that '''[[Michaela Goade]]''' received the 2021 [[Caldecott Medal]] for her watercolor illustrations for '''''[[We Are Water Protectors]]''''', becoming the first Indigenous artist to win the award?
* ... that two years after the small [[Corinth|Corinthian]] navy was defeated during the '''[[Affair of Epidamnus]]''', their navy became the third largest in all of Greece?
* ... that the Panacea Society believed in God the Father, God the Mother, Jesus the Son, and '''[[Mabel Barltrop|Octavia]]'''?
* ... '''[[that]]'''?

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* ... that '''[[silicification]]''' can produce [[opal]] ''(example pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that '''[[Desmond Young (British Army officer)|Desmond Young]]'''{{`s}} biography of [[Erwin Rommel]] was criticised for portraying him as a "blue-eyed god who could do no wrong"?
* ... that the theme of the board game '''''[[Parks (board game)|Parks]]''''' is based on the national parks of the United States?
* ... that '''[[Sjafruddin Prawiranegara]]''' ordered Indonesians to physically cut their banknotes in half?
* ... that [[Bobby Hackett]] said that [[Jackie Gleason]]'s main contribution to the recording of '''''[[Music for Lovers Only]]''''' was that "he brought the checks"?
* ... that critics complained about the [[manga]] '''''[[Sex Ed 120%]]''''' being given a "mature" rating by [[Yen Press|its English-language publisher]]?
* ... that film producer '''[[Konstantin Kalser]]''', who won an Oscar for his 1956 short film ''[[Crashing the Water Barrier]]'', later admitted that the film was an advertisement for an oil company?
* ... that '''''[[Styx (butterfly)|Styx]]'''''{{'s}} name derives from its seeming to have "come from the underworld"?

===7 December 2021===
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* ... that the '''[[wreathed hornbill]]''' ''(male pictured)'' is hunted for consumption of its meat, and that its [[Casque (anatomy)|casque]] is used as headgear by local people in [[Arunachal Pradesh]]?
* ... that '''[[Norma Kuhling]]'''{{`s}} character in ''[[Fourteen (film)|Fourteen]]'' was described by a film critic as "a [[Greta Gerwig]] spin on the [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]"?
* ... that the album '''''[[Hello (Cho Yong-pil album)|Hello]]''''' by Korean singer [[Cho Yong-pil]] was the first time he had worked with international composers since his debut in 1968?
* ... that in the 1820s, the British acrobat '''[[Henry Johnson (acrobat)|Henry Johnson]]''' performed before the [[Daoguang Emperor|Chinese Emperor]]?
* ... that [[Kanye West]]'s group the [[Sunday Service Choir]] performed "'''[[No Child Left Behind (song)|No Child Left Behind]]'''" with [[Justin Bieber]] at a Halloween 2021 concert?
* ... that in [[Hokusai]]'s woodblock print series '''''[[One Hundred Ghost Stories]]''''', there are only five prints?
* ... that '''[[Elisabeth Geleerd]]''' became one of the most influential American psychoanalysts of her time while chronically ill and raising a family?
* ... that an image of '''[[MacCarthy's Bar]]''' on the front cover of [[McCarthy's Bar|a book]] featured a staff member posing as a nun drinking a pint of [[Guinness]] and the surprise appearance of a dog?

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* ... that archaeologist and prehistorian '''[[Jacquetta Hawkes]]''' ''(pictured)'' co-founded the [[Homosexual Law Reform Society]] and the [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]]?
* ... that for more than a decade, '''[[WMSB (FM)|{{nowrap|WNJC-FM}}]]''' at [[Northwest Mississippi Community College|Northwest Mississippi Junior College]] was the state's only public radio station?
* ... that when [[David Bowie]] performed "'''[[Golden Years (David Bowie song)|Golden Years]]'''" on ''[[Soul Train]]'' in 1975, he was incoherent and visibly intoxicated?
* ... that gameplay in the board game '''''[[Oceans (board game)|Oceans]]''''' ends once the ocean zones are depopulated of fish?
* ... that '''[[Awet Tesfaiesus]]''' was the first [[Afro-Germans|black]] woman ever elected to the [[Bundestag]]?
* ... that [[Eric Schmidt]] developed '''[[Berknet]]''', an early [[wide area network]] system, in 1978 while he was a student at [[University of California, Berkeley|Berkeley University]]?
* ... that  '''[[Zeliha Ağrıs]]''' started performing [[taekwondo]] at age ten and became a world champion when she was 19?
* ... that [[OK Kosher Certification|OK Kosher]] got the OK for '''[[.kosher]]''' in January&nbsp;2014?

===6 December 2021===
*'''''12:00, 6 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Pitcairn Islander '''[[Teraura]]''' ''(pictured)'' was one of "the most travelled Polynesian women" of her day?
* ... that the [[California State Assembly]] held a moment of silence over the death of fictional character '''[[Mrs. Landingham]]''' while in the midst of [[2000–01 California electricity crisis|an energy crisis]]?
* ... that '''[[Spotify Wrapped]]''' has been both praised and criticized for effectively providing Spotify with free advertising?
* ... that in 1755, colonial printer '''[[Daniel Fowle (printer)|Daniel Fowle]]''' was arrested for printing a seditious pamphlet entitled ''The Monster of Monsters'', which criticized members of the general assembly?
* ... that [[Guy Parmelin]], now [[President of the Swiss Confederation|President of Switzerland]], opened the study program of cyber security of the '''[[Lucerne School of Computer Science and Information Technology|Lucerne School of Information Technology]]''' in 2018?
* ... that before [[Foster City, California|Foster City]] was built on '''[[Brewer Island]]''', unsuccessful proposals included a hog farm, two military air bases, two civilian airports, and an entertainment complex larger than [[Disneyland]]?
* ... that Colonel '''[[H. R. C. Pettigrew|Hugh Pettigrew]]''' observed that troops who thought that the Scottish Highlands resembled [[Waziristan campaign (1936–1939)|Waziristan]] on India's North West Frontier were "of little use to anyone"?
* ... that on his podcast '''''[[The Anthropocene Reviewed]]''''', [[John Green (author)|John Green]] reviews [[velociraptor]]s, [[Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur|a hot dog stand in Iceland]], and [[bubonic plague]]?

*'''''00:00, 6 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the phrase "bing bong" became a rallying cry for the [[New York Knicks]] because of its appearance on '''''[[Sidetalk]]''''' ''(logo pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that '''[[Sarkis Lole]]''', the [[Armenians|Armenian]] chief architect of [[Mardin]] who constructed much of the early modern architecture of the city, never received any formal training and designed his buildings in the sand?
* ... that the '''[[Cort Theatre]]''' has hosted the Broadway debuts of actresses [[Katharine Hepburn]] and [[Grace Kelly]]?
* ... that '''[[Mimi Fawaz]]'''{{`s}} work includes a documentary on the life of South African president [[Nelson Mandela]]?
* ... that the music video to "'''[[I Bet You Think About Me]]'''" by [[Taylor Swift]] is co-written and directed by [[Blake Lively]] in her directorial debut?
* ... that when [[home computer]]s used '''[[List of cassette tape data storage formats|cassette tapes for storage]]''', the data was sometimes distributed on [[flexi disc]] records or even broadcast on radio?
* ... that non-microscopic life forms such as [[Plant microbiome|plants]] associate with '''[[microbiome]]s''' of microscopic organisms which determine their health and productivity?
* ... that [[Herbert Hoover]] once farmed sugar beets on the '''[[Empire Tract]]'''?

===5 December 2021===
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* ... that while the '''[[New York Marriott Marquis]]''' hotel ''(pictured)'' was valued at $579.7&nbsp;million in 2008, the site was sold five years later for just $19.9&nbsp;million?
* ... that for [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin sports tournaments]], finding a [[Group tournament ranking system|ranking of the competitors]] that minimizes the number of upset games is an instance of the '''[[feedback arc set]]''' problem?
* ... that '''[[Inger K. Frith]]''', the first woman president of a major international sporting federation, played a key role in returning archery to the [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympics]]?
* ... that '''[[Glen Cove City School District]]''' closed the South School in 1966 to remedy alleged ''de facto'' [[Racial segregation|segregation]] in the district?
* ... that the novel '''''[[Dreams of Trespass]]''''', which portrays the patriarchy as un-[[Islam]]ic, was translated into more than 20 languages?
* ... that in a study for UNICEF, '''[[Reginald Green (economist)|Reginald Green]]''' found that more than two million children under the age of five had died in Angola and Mozambique due to the South African [[apartheid]] regime's economic policies?
* ... that most [[Convergent boundary|places where tectonic plates ram into each other]] involve '''[[oblique subduction]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[Atlas Tract]]''' is farmland with a population of 0, but is expected to have a population of 42,000 by 2045?

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* ... that '''[[Franzisca Baruch]]''' ''(pictured)'' designed several Hebrew fonts, the cover of the first Israeli passport, the emblem of Jerusalem, and the logo of the ''Ha'aretz'' newspaper, all while barely knowing [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]?
* ... that the song "'''[[Come Back Home (Seo Taiji and Boys song)|Come Back Home]]'''" by [[Seo Taiji and Boys]] made teenage runaways in South Korea return home?
* ... that Italian actress '''[[Linda Albertini]]''' used her abilities as a former circus acrobat in silent films?
* ... that '''[[Joice Island]]''' was the location of a "web of intrigue" in 1890, a failed asparagus farm in 1905, a wildlife refuge in 1950, a hunting preserve in 1965, and a pig hunt in 2017?
* ... that under college president '''[[Arthur Bronwell]]''' in 1959, [[Worcester Polytechnic Institute]] built one of the first nuclear [[research reactor]]s at an American university?
* ... that a [[YouTuber]] predicted '''[[Grannies Gone Wild|the crossover between]]''' ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' and ''[[Rick and Morty]]'' long before it aired?
* ... that baseball statistician '''[[Bob Ferguson (journalist)|Bob Ferguson]]''' claimed that he became the owner of the [[London Majors]] "by accident"?
* ... that '''[[Z (joke line)|Zzzzzz]]''' had the busiest residential telephone number in the United States in the 1970s?

===4 December 2021===
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* ... that on special occasions, the city of Gloucester supplies a '''[[Lamprey pie|pie made from lampreys]]''' ''(lamprey pictured)'' to the British monarch?
* ... that in the board game '''''[[Sagrada (board game)|Sagrada]]''''', players attempt to construct a [[Stained glass|stained-glass window]] using dice?
* ... that economist '''[[Nisvan Erkal]]'''{{`s}} research showed that China's [[one-child policy]] created children who lacked qualities important for social and economic success?
* ... that all stanzas of the 1963 song "'''[[Herr, gib uns Mut zum Hören]]'''" (Lord, give us courage to listen), with text and tune by Kurt Rommel, begin with a prayer for courage?
*  ... that [[College Football Hall of Fame]] quarterback '''[[Charlie Green (American football)|Charlie Green]]''' led Wittenberg to three consecutive undefeated seasons, including a national championship for the '''[[1964 Wittenberg Tigers football team]]'''?
* ... that [[Seo Taiji and Boys]]'s April 11, 1992, performance of "'''[[I Know (Seo Taiji and Boys song)|I Know]]'''" is credited as the beginning of modern [[K-pop]]?
* ... that actor '''[[Jonathan Roumie]]''', who plays the character of Jesus Christ in American television series ''[[The Chosen (TV series)|The Chosen]]'', is also an [[extraordinary minister of Holy Communion]] in the [[Catholic Church]]? <!--ITEM IS UNDER DISCUSSION AT WT:DYK - MAKE SURE DISCUSSION IS RESOLVED BEFORE IT GOES LIVE-->
* ... that the '''[[Falcon Lake Incident]]''' is considered "Canada's best-documented UFO case"?

===3 December 2021===
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* ... that [[Samuel Warren (Royal Navy officer)|Captain Warren]] of '''[[HMS Seringapatam (1819)|HMS&nbsp;''Seringapatam'']]''' ''(pictured)'' saw the island of [[Chios]] in flames, but would give no help, as he had been ordered to observe strict neutrality in the [[Greek War of Independence]]?
* ... that the undefeated '''[[1955 Hillsdale Dales football team]]''' declined a [[Citrus Bowl|Tangerine Bowl]] bid because the bowl insisted that four black players—including national scoring leader '''[[Nate Clark]]'''—stay home?
* ... that until '''[[1993 reviews of the British honours system|a 1993 reform]]''', separate gallantry medals were awarded to officers and other ranks in the British armed forces?
* ... that '''[[Marsh Hen Mill]]''' in South Carolina grinds heirloom grains with a 1945 [[gristmill]] that was found in a barn in 2007?
* ... that '''[[Carmaney Wong]]''' was 25 years and 9 months old when she was crowned [[Miss Hong Kong 2019]], making her the oldest champion in 30 years?
* ... that a reviewer noted that the LCD of '''[[PB286LP|Packard Bell's first laptop]]''' suffered from "an occasional case of the shakes"?
* ... that the sea slug '''''[[Thuridilla vataae]]''''' collects and stores its worn-out teeth in a sac in its mouth?
* ... that former [[Oregon]] legislator '''[[William A. Massingill|William Massingill]]''' died while attending a [[boxing]] match?

===2 December 2021===
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* ... that the starfish '''''[[Thromidia catalai]]''''' ''(pictured)'' can weigh as much as 6 kilograms (13&nbsp;lb)?
* ... that the first exhibit of the '''[[West Virginia Music Hall of Fame]]''' came from founder Michael Lipton's record collection?
* ... that the senior Burmese princes could not attend the '''[[Death and funeral of Mindon Min|funeral of King Mindon]]''' since they had all been arrested?
* ... that in 1958, [[New Jersey General Assembly|New Jersey assemblyman]] '''[[Carmine Savino]]''' proposed cutting property taxes in half by imposing a three-percent state sales tax that would be used to cover public school costs?
* ... that the Greenlandic novel '''''[[Homo Sapienne]]''''' was written in only one month?
* ... that when the '''[[Marquis Theatre]]''' was completed, some Broadway performers boycotted it because of a controversy over the construction of the hotel above it?
* ... that '''[[Volcanic and igneous plumbing systems|magma travelling through dykes]]''' usually solidifies before it gets to the Earth's surface?
* ... that [[Jonathan Weiner]] explains in his book how '''''[[Time, Love, Memory|Time, Love, [and] Memory]]''''' became associated with specific [[Drosophila|fly]] genes?

===1 December 2021===
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* ... that '''[[Marie Litta]]''' ''(pictured)'' started her own opera company in her early 20s, just a few years before her death in 1883?
* ... that the '''[[economy of Sarawak]]''' is strongly dependent on [[natural resource]] exports such as timber, oil, and gas?
* ... that not so much as a "hell" or "damn" was permitted at '''[[G. D. Sweet Famous Players|G.&nbsp;D. Sweet Famous Players]]'''{{`}} "Sunday school" productions?
* ... that [[Frontex]]'s role in '''[[Pushbacks in Greece|pushbacks of migrants in Greece]]''' has led to investigations by the European Parliament, EU Ombudsman, and EU anti-fraud agency?
* ... that the documentary '''''[[Nerds 2.0.1]]''''' has been criticized for racial inequality among its 50 featured pioneers of the internet?
* ... that the Franco-Belgian comic book '''''[[Hans (comic book)|Hans]]''''' had its title changed in Poland due to lingering ill-feeling toward Germany?
* ... that '''''[[Galac-Tac]]''''', launched in 1982 as a [[play-by-mail game]], is still available today for play on the web?
* ... that '''''[[The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe]]''''' isn't a book that perhaps cannot be written?