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===30 November 2021===
*'''''00:00, 30 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)|Lyceum Theatre]]''' ''(pictured)'' is New York City's oldest continuously operating [[legitimate theatre| legitimate theater]]?
* ... that '''''[[Borocera cajani]]''''' produces a form of [[wild silk]] that has been harvested for hundreds of years?
* ... that after failing to establish a colony for black Americans at [[Abeokuta]], '''[[Robert Campbell (colonist)|Robert Campbell]]''' founded [[The Anglo-African (Lagos)|the first newspaper]] in [[Lagos]]?
* ... that the '''[[Central Asian Orogenic Belt]]''' is a leading laboratory of geologically recent crustal growth?
* ... that the '''[[Atari Program Recorder|Atari&nbsp;410 Program Recorder]]''' was used to store programs on the [[Atari 8-bit family]], but was also used for [[Educational technology|computer aided instruction]]?
* ... that after '''[[Jonas Rose]]''' wrecked a second ship, he never worked again?
* ... that the ring shape of the '''[[casatiello]]''' represents Christ's [[crown of thorns]]?
* ... that '''[[James van Riemsdyk]]''' once scored a goal for the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] on a puck that bounced off of his face and into the net?

===29 November 2021===
*'''''00:00, 29 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the {{convert|3.5|m|ft|adj=on}} puppet '''[[Little Amal]]''' ''(pictured)'' was met in [[Rome]] by [[Pope Francis]], who took her hand?
* ... that the '''[[Epson ActionNote]]''' was one of the first Windows laptops with a [[touchpad]]?
* ... that the subjects of the documentary '''''[[Found (2021 film)|Found]]''''' discover that they are biological cousins as teenagers?
* ... that a [[Cheating in video games#Cheat codes|cheat code]] for the 2003 video game '''''[[Hulk (video game)|Hulk]]''''' is hidden in a scene of [[Hulk (film)|the film]] it is based on?
* ... that the sewing-themed board game '''''[[Patchwork (board game)|Patchwork]]''''' has been described as "devious and cutthroat"?
* ... that the '''[[1977 Yili fire]]''', the deadliest since the founding of the People's Republic of China, was caused by a special jumping [[firecracker]]?
* ... that to print money during the [[Indonesian National Revolution]], '''[[Lukman Hakim]]''' had to lead a group to the town of [[Muara Bungo]] to find a printing machine?
* ... that one owner of Montana radio station '''[[KXGF]]''' went from owning a stake in a waterbed dealership to liquidating his assets in a span of six months?

===28 November 2021===
*'''''00:00, 28 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that contemporary correspondence contributed to the identification of [[Giorgio Vasari|Vasari]]'s '''''[[Allegory of Patience (Vasari)|Allegory of Patience]]''''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that in 2018, 41 out of 45 members of the '''[[Malang City Regional People's Representative Council|Malang city council]]''' were arrested for corruption?
* ... that [[Frederick Ashton]] choreographed the ballet '''''[[Rhapsody (Ashton)|Rhapsody]]''''' for both [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]]'s 80th birthday, and [[Mikhail Baryshnikov]]'s guest appearance with [[the Royal Ballet]]?
* ... that California radio station '''[[KNCR]]''' was fined by the [[Federal Communications Commission]] for moving its transmitter site without permission after being evicted?
* ... that the most significant '''[[Geology of New Caledonia|rock from New Caledonia]]''' is [[peridotite]], which comes from the [[Earth's mantle]]? 
* ... that [[UMass Minutemen football|UMass]] interim football coach '''[[Alex Miller (American football coach)|Alex Miller]]''' started in all fifty games of his playing career at UMass?
* ... that with the album '''''[[Speak Now]]''''', [[Taylor Swift]] became the first female musician to have 11 songs on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot&nbsp;100]] in the same week?
* ... that [[Ecosystem model|models]] couple up at '''[[Fisheries and Marine Ecosystem Model Intercomparison Project|Fish-MIP]]'''?

===27 November 2021===
*'''''00:00, 27 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the first official result for the '''[[TPC-C]]''' [[Benchmark (computing)|benchmark]] ''(testing pictured)'' in 1992 was 54, and now stands at 707 million?
* ... that in '''[[Toplak and Mrak v. Slovenia|''Toplak and Mrak'' v. ''Slovenia'']]'''—initiated by two disabled voters over polling place access in a [[Same-sex marriage|gay marriage]] referendum—the [[European Court of Human Rights]] extended its jurisdiction to referendums?
* ... that '''[[Frédéric Blanc]]''' won an international organ improvisation prize in Paris and became titular organist at [[Notre-Dame d'Auteuil]], which features a [[Aristide Cavaillé-Coll|Cavaillé-Coll]] organ?
* ... that the documentary series '''''[[Exotic and Unusual Fishes of North America]]''''' included a [[poaching]] incident with an arrest?
* ... that England's national club cricket champions, [[Tunbridge Wells Cricket Club|Tunbridge Wells]], will compete in the '''[[2022 European Cricket League]]''', which is intended to be the [[UEFA Champions League]] of European cricket?
* ... that [[Shawnee]] leader '''[[Kekewepelethy]]''' used [[Daniel Boone]] as an intermediary in a prisoner exchange?
* ... that the '''[[Maison James Norman Hall|James Norman Hall Museum]]''' is where the ''[[The Bounty Trilogy]]'' was written?
* ... that it can be hard to know which '''[[Snake (Shawnee leader)|Snake]]''' is which?

===26 November 2021===
*'''''12:00, 26 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 2009, '''[[Doreen Nabwire]]''' ''(pictured)'' became the first Kenyan woman to play professional football in Europe?
* ... that [[Charles R. Larson (scholar)|Charles Larson]]'s '''''[[The Emergence of African Fiction]]''''' was an early attempt to get to an "African aesthetic", but in the eyes of critics fell short and implicitly employed European standards?
* ... that '''''[[Alatchakra: Circle of Desire]]''''' was the first three-dimensional Bangladeshi film?
* ... that the 1856 '''[[Cello Sonata (Alkan)|Cello Sonata]]''' by [[Charles-Valentin Alkan]] has been described as "anticipating [[Gustav Mahler]]'s juxtaposition of the sublime and the trivial"?
* ... that '''[[Pamela McCorduck]]''', who chronicled the evolution of [[artificial intelligence]], regretted not recognizing the technology's [[Ethics of artificial intelligence|potential for misuse]]?
* ... that the practice of '''[[whaling in the Faroe Islands]]''' dates back to the early days of Norse settlement during the Viking Era?
* ... that with eight nominations, '''[[Peter Hylenski]]''' has been nominated for the [[Tony Award for Best Sound Design]] more often than anyone else&nbsp;– but only won once?
* ... that one critic opined that "it's hard to fall for '''''[[Falling for Figaro]]'''''"?

*'''''00:00, 26 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the keepers of '''[[Carl Griffith's sourdough starter]]''' ''(loaf pictured)'', which traveled the [[Oregon Trail]] in 1847, are sworn to keep no other sourdough starter in their homes?
* ... that there were so many facts in '''''[[The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History]]''''' that some reviewers wondered whether it was a chronicle rather than a history?
* ... that '''''[[The Occupation of the American Mind]]''''' sought to explore the United States' steadfast support for Israel in the face of the latter's controversial actions?
* ... that [[Gustav Mahler]]'s '''[[Symphony No. 4 (Mahler)|Fourth Symphony]]''' was premiered to boos, anger, and confusion in the audience?
* ... that the police officers who '''[[Murder of Jared Lakey|murdered Jared Lakey]]''' on July&nbsp;4, 2019, shocked him more than 50 times with [[taser]]s even though he was unarmed and not combative?
* ... that '''''[[My Child Lebensborn]]''''' was among the first wave of video games that were [[Strafgesetzbuch section 86a|allowed to show the swastika in Germany]]?
* ... that the '''[[1967 Fairmont State Falcons football team|1967 Fairmont State Falcons]]''' won West Virginia's first national title in [[American football|football]]?
* ... that rather than the usual supplies of ammunition, a bored British commander used a '''[[Popham panel]]''' to request the actress [[Mae West]]?

===25 November 2021===
*'''''12:00, 25 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[the Farseer Trilogy]]''''' was written under an androgynous pen name, [[Robin Hobb]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that "'''[[Wenn das Brot, das wir teilen]]'''" (When the bread that we share), a [[hymn]] written in 1981, begins with a reference to the [[Elizabeth of Hungary#Miracle of the Roses|Miracle of the Roses]]?
* ... that '''[[Jean Walton]]''' stopped the [[Pomona College]] football team from forcibly weighing and measuring the proportions of first-year women?
* ... that the 1968 '''[[Ruby Tower]]''' collapse was caused by an earthquake centered more than 200&nbsp;km (120&nbsp;mi) away?
* ... that '''[[Kobe Shoji]]''' escaped 120&nbsp;°F (49&nbsp;°C) heat at the [[Poston War Relocation Center|Poston Internment Camp]] by enlisting in the U.S. Army's [[442nd Infantry Regiment (United States)|442nd Infantry Regiment]]?
* ... that a bug in '''''[[Crab Game]]''''' caused multiple IP addresses to be leaked?
* ... that '''[[Meadow Walker]]''' was walked down the aisle by [[Vin Diesel]]?
* ... that whenever some of the people in a party shake hands, '''[[Handshaking lemma|the number of people who shake an odd number of other people's hands is even]]'''?

*'''''00:00, 25 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Witi Ihimaera]]''' ''(pictured)'' decided to become a writer after reading a short story that was "so poisonous" he threw the book out of the window?
* ... that the undefeated '''[[1963 Saint John's Johnnies football team|1963]]''' and '''[[1965 Saint John's Johnnies football team|1965 Saint John's Johnnies]]''' won NAIA Football National Championships under the leadership of a coach who won more games than any other in [[college football]] history?
* ... that an equivalence between algebraic and geometric definitions of '''[[constructible number]]s''' helps prove the impossibility of [[squaring the circle]]?
* ... that a reviewer from ''[[The Guardian]]'' noted after a concert at [[The Proms]] that '''[[Jonathon Heyward]]''' led Beethoven's [[Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven)|Third Symphony]] "from memory&nbsp;– a fast and fearless performance"?
* ... that on each turn of the board game '''''[[Broom Service (board game)|Broom Service]]''''', a player can choose to be brave or cowardly?
* ... that '''[[Valerie Broussard]]'''{{`s}} video for "[[Iris (song)|Iris]]" pays homage to the [[Goo Goo Dolls]]' original?
* ... that the '''[[London Forum (far-right group)|London Forum]]''', a [[Far-right politics in the United Kingdom|British far-right]] organization, was described by [[Searchlight (magazine)|an anti-fascist magazine]] as "[bridging] the fascist and [[Tory]] right"?
* ... that it was said that public school teacher '''[[Arthur Hathaway Hewitt]]''' {{"'}}hath-a-way' of striking terror into the hearts of all who dare oppose him"?

===24 November 2021===
*'''''12:00, 24 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Victor 3900|Victor&nbsp;3900]]''' ''(example pictured)'' was the first [[Calculator|electronic calculator]] using custom [[integrated circuit]]s, allowing it to be "smaller than a typewriter"?
* ... that after being selected at the age of five for a role in the film ''[[Soldier Boy (film)|Soldier Boy]]'', '''[[Andrey Andreev (actor)|Andrey Andreev]]''' memorized the entire 100-page script?
* ... that the '''[[1959 Texas A&I Javelinas football team]]''' won the first of the school's seven NAIA Football National Championships?
* ... that '''[[Thomas Guggeis]]''', who studied conducting and [[quantum mechanics]], began at the [[Berlin State Opera]] as an assistant of [[Daniel Barenboim]] and became the youngest ''Staatskapellmeister'' there?
* ... that the title of the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "'''[[Filli Vanilli]]'''" references the lip-syncing scandal of the German-French R&B duo [[Milli Vanilli]]?
* ... that '''[[Aline Rocha]]''', the first Brazilian woman to compete at the [[Winter Paralympic Games]], also came third in the women's wheelchair race at the [[2021 Berlin Marathon]]?
* ... that according to [[Human Rights Watch]], '''[[Maximum pressure campaign|U.S. maximum pressure against Iran]]''' has seriously threatened Iranians' right to health and access to essential medicines including those of [[cancer]] patients?
* ... that [[John Shakespeare]] wanted to impale his wife's family on '''[[Shakespeare coat of arms|his coat of arms]]'''?

*'''''00:00, 24 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the Soviet rover '''[[PrOP-M|{{nowrap|PrOP-M}}]]''' ''(pictured)'' was intended to be the first [[Mars rover|rover]] on Mars in 1971, 26 years earlier than NASA's ''[[Sojourner (rover)|Sojourner]]''{{-?}}
* ... that '''[[Ryan Grubb]]''' was on the football coaching staff at [[South Dakota State University]] while pursuing a [[master's degree]] in sports pedagogy?
* ... that '''''[[Squaring the Circle (album)|Squaring the Circle]]''''' is [[Sneaker Pimps]]' first album in almost 20 years?
* ... that [[George Balanchine]] choreographed his ballet '''''[[Scherzo à la Russe (ballet)|Scherzo à la Russe]]''''' for the [[New York City Ballet]]'s Stravinsky Festival, a tribute to the composer after his death?
* ... that '''[[Cédric Wermuth]]''', the co-president of the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Swiss Social Democrats]], was once fined for [[squatting]]?
* ... that all charges against [[John S. Marmaduke]] for killing a fellow Confederate general in '''[[Marmaduke–Walker duel|a duel]]''' were later dropped?
* ... that '''[[Jean Pierson]]''', the former CEO of [[Airbus]], once unbuckled his belt and dropped his trousers when pressed for a hard bargain while selling commercial jets?
* ... that a reviewer thought that the two-part "'''[[Friendship Is Magic (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)|Friendship Is Magic]]'''" "[flies] off the rails in an orgy of oddly [[Steven Spielberg|Spielbergian]] effects and philosophizing" during its climax?

===23 November 2021===
*'''''12:00, 23 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that photographer '''[[Whitey Schafer]]''' ''(portrait of Barbara Stanwyck pictured)'' thought canned sex was better than [[cold cream]]?
* ... that '''[[Earth 300|Earth&nbsp;300]]''' has designed a climate research vessel that would include a [[molten salt reactor]] and a [[quantum computing|quantum computer]]?
* ... that the '''[[NBA 75th Anniversary Team|NBA&nbsp;75]]''' includes the only [[NBA Most Valuable Player Award|league MVP]] who was not among the [[50 Greatest Players in NBA History]]?
* ... that '''[[Hunuki Hunukitama]]''' traveled to Baltimore to negotiate the establishment of a Korean holy city in [[Niue]]?
* ... that the audience screamed when [[Ethel Merman]] first sang "'''[[Sam and Delilah]]'''"?
* ... that the starfish '''''[[Luidia maculata]]''''' eats its prey whole, and often leaves behind inedible fragments in the hollow in which it was lying?
* ... that climatologist '''[[Geert Jan van Oldenborgh]]'''{{`s}} work was instrumental in proving that the [[2021 European floods]] were made more likely by [[climate change]]?
* ... that '''[[Carol Publishing Group]]''' distributed a [[suicide]] manual?

*'''''00:00, 23 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] ''(pictured)'' delivered the "'''[[Let Us Continue]]'''" address five days after assuming the presidency upon the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
* ... that '''[[Pushback (migration)|pushbacks of migrants]]''' in the Aegean Sea have been described as "a human rights violation that encapsulates a will to eliminate a person's presence on the face of the planet"?
* ... that when Oregon journalist '''[[Larry Smyth]]''' was asked who he thought would win presidential elections, he invariably replied "the man who gets the most votes"?<!-- Special occasion hook, November 22, 51st death anniversary, United States -->
* ... that the '''[[Central Khalsa Orphanage]]''' houses the first [[Guru Granth Sahib]] in [[braille]]?
* ... that Montana television station '''[[KOPR-TV|{{nowrap|KOPR-TV}}]]''' brought forward its start date by several months, only to last just one year?
* ... that '''[[Esther Ze Naw]]''', who appeared on the 2021 [[Time 100|''Time''&nbsp;100]], was one of the few people in Myanmar who protested against [[Aung San Suu Kyi]]'s defence of the military at the [[International Court of Justice]] in December&nbsp;2019?
* ... that '''''[[Capitalism in America]]''''' was shortlisted for the 2018 [[Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award|''Financial Times'' and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award]]?
* ... that '''[[Kitty Ponse]]''' successfully changed the sex of toads?

===22 November 2021===
*'''''12:00, 22 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[Henry Ford]] both took an interest in the folk tune and [[contra dance]] "'''[[Money Musk]]'''" ''(example pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that the classic [[board game]] '''[[Jacquet (game)|Jacquet]]''' was the benchmark for all [[tables game]]s in France during the 19th century?
* ... that '''[[Charles R. Larson (scholar)|Charles Larson]]''' became one of the first Americans to teach African literature, after working in Nigeria for the [[Peace Corps]] to avoid the Vietnam draft?
* ... that the Filipino [[fraternity]] '''[[Alpha Phi Beta]]''' has been involved in instances of violence, including getting mauled by rival fraternities, such as [[Sigma Rho]]?
* ... that after he died in September&nbsp;2021, '''[[John Boyden]]''' was revealed to have written under the pseudonym "Lunchtime O'Boulez"?
* ... that a short version of the Japanese [[stop motion]] film '''''[[Junk Head]]''''' was favorably reviewed by director [[Guillermo del Toro]]?
* ... that the sea slug '''''[[Philinopsis depicta]]''''' has no [[radula]] or jaws, and is thought to protrude its foregut and suck up its prey whole?
* ... that according to American sociologist '''[[Pauline Bart]]''', "everything is data, but data isn't everything"?

*'''''00:00, 22 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[Mutinensis gr. 122]]''''' ''(page pictured)'' is the only surviving manuscript to include portraits of all [[List of Byzantine emperors|Byzantine emperors]]?
* ... that '''[[Nicholas Hasselbach (printer)|Nicholas Hasselbach]]''' introduced the first printing press to [[Province of Maryland|colonial Maryland]] in 1765?
* ... that the [[Commission on Elections (Philippines)|Commission on Elections]] was allowed to tabulate the results of the '''[[2002 Puerto Princesa mayoral recall election]]''' but could not declare a winner right away?
* ... that '''[[Herb Plambeck]]''' was the founder of the National [[ploughing match|Plowing Match]] in [[Dexter, Iowa]]?
* ... that '''[[Cimbrian seeresses]]''' are said to have predicted the future by slitting the throats of war prisoners and studying how the blood trickled down into a cauldron?
* ... that the tributary '''[[Walnut Creek (Raccoon River tributary)|Walnut Creek]]''' in Iowa was named for the [[Juglans nigra|black walnut]] trees which once lined the creek before early settlers cleared them?
* ... that '''[[Friedrich Hefty]]''' could not become an officer in the [[Austro-Hungarian Aviation Troops]] because of his interest in aviation?
* ... that the developer of '''''[[Art Sqool]]''''' did not attend art school?

===21 November 2021===
*'''''12:00, 21 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Charles Dickens]] described the [[Long Island Sound]] steamboat '''''[[New York (1836 steamboat)|New York]]''''' ''(pictured)'' as "a sullen, cumbrous, ungraceful, unshiplike leviathan"?
* ... that the release of [[Lee Hyori]]'s album '''''[[It's Hyorish]]''''' had to be moved forward after several tracks were illegally leaked? 
* ... that [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam Gamgee]] was '''[[The Great War and Middle-earth|modelled on Great War]]''' [[Batman (military)|batmen]]?
* ... that fashion model '''[[Rebecca Leigh Longendyke]]''' was inspired by ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' to get a degree in biomedical engineering?
* ... that '''[[Miriam Soljak]]''', after fighting to recover her [[New Zealand nationality law|New Zealand nationality]] for nearly three decades, was told that the government considered she had never lost it?
* ... that men who refused, when challenged, to take an oath of loyalty to the government were not permitted to vote in the '''[[1861 Maryland gubernatorial election]]'''?
* ... that although Sultan '''[[Muhammad Kaharuddin III|Muhammad Kaharuddin&nbsp;III]]''' died in 1975, his son only succeeded him in 2011?
* ... that to make the '''[[Belasco Theatre]]''' comfortable for performers, [[David Belasco]] banned spitting onto the floor?

*'''''00:00, 21 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Trictrac]]''' ''(board pictured)'' was the classic [[tables game]] of France, just as [[backgammon]] is of the English-speaking world today?
* ... that Russel and '''[[Mary Wright (designer)|Mary Wright]]'''{{`s}} American design "manifesto" ''Guide to Easier Living'' proposed that life was "engineering problems with scientific solutions"?
* ... that the telephone exchange in '''[[Craig's Court]]''' contains one of the entrances to the secret government tunnels under London?
* ... that '''[[Bob Ferry]]''' became [[General manager (basketball)|general manager]] of the [[Washington Wizards|Washington Bullets]] by selling advertisements for its game programs, giving its upper management the impression that he "must know a lot about business"?
* ... that the tourist attraction '''[[Little Canada (attraction)|Little Canada]]''' has a "Littlization Station" used to create scale 3D replicas of visitors to be placed in the exhibit?
* ... that '''[[Revolt of the Fourteen|14 top art students in the Russian Empire revolted]]''' and quit [[Imperial Academy of Arts|their academy]] because of a competition theme?
* ... that '''[[Nancy Cappello]]''' was described as the "founder of the breast density education movement" for her campaign to inform women about the issue of [[Mammography|mammograms]] failing to detect [[breast cancer]]?
* ... that '''[[Tibetan blackbird|the biggest ''Turdus'']]''' is 23–28 centimetres (9–10 inches) in length?

===20 November 2021===
*'''''12:00, 20 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Belle Delphine]]'''{{`s}} online popularity surged after she mimicked [[ahegao|the orgasm faces]] ''(example pictured)''  featured in some Japanese [[manga]]?
* ... that '''''[[Pteronepelys]]''''' is known as the "winged stranger"?
* ... that only four [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] players have been named to all four of '''[[NBA anniversary teams|the league's anniversary teams]]'''?
* ... that staff members of the '''[[Embassy of the Philippines to the Holy See]]''' would stack [[Rosary|rosaries]] by the windows so they could be blessed by the Pope?
* ... that when the New Jersey–born military officer '''[[Samuel Gibbs French]]''' sided with the South in the U.S. Civil War, residents of [[Woodbury, New Jersey]], hanged him in effigy and stormed his summer home?
* ... that while stealing Pablo Picasso's 1939 painting '''''[[Woman's Head (Picasso)|Woman's Head]]''''', the thief cut his hand and claimed to have wiped the blood on a 16th-century sketch that he flushed down the toilet?
* ... that the first '''[[Train lights|train headlight]]''' was simply a bonfire on a train car pushed in front of a locomotive?
* ... that while '''[[The New York Times Building]]''' was designed to protect against terrorist attacks, planners did not consider that the façade could be climbed until several people scaled it?

*'''''00:00, 20 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[The Anglo-African (Lagos)|The Anglo-African]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was the first newspaper to be published in the British [[Lagos Colony|Colony of Lagos]]?
* ... that it has cost about the same to maintain '''[[Broomhead Reservoir|Broomhead]]''' and [[More Hall Reservoir]]s as it did to build them in the first place?
* ... that Brazilian [[Wheelchair racing|wheelchair racer]] '''[[Vanessa Cristina de Souza]]''' won a race despite completing the last two kilometres (1.2&nbsp;mi) with a flat tyre?
* ... that the '''[[Sky Pool, London|Sky Pool]]''' is both a swimming pool and a bridge between two apartment buildings?
* ... that [[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football|Coastal Carolina football]] coach '''[[Chad Staggs]]''' has degrees in [[Mathematics education|math education]] and [[Hospitality management studies|tourism management]]?
* ... that the dust jacket of the book '''''[[A Brightness Long Ago]]''''' contained specks of [[Gold leaf|gold foil]]?
* ... that [[Billy Strings]]'s 2019 album '''''[[Home (Billy Strings album)|Home]]''''' stayed on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'s}} Bluegrass Albums chart for 77 consecutive weeks?
* ... that despite its [[common name]] of Santa Rita Mountain aster, '''''[[Symphyotrichum potosinum]]''''' can no longer be found in the [[Santa Rita Mountains]] of Arizona?

===19 November 2021===
*'''''12:00, 19 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that about 700 airmen&nbsp;– and '''[[Ida Veldhuyzen van Zanten]]''' ''(pictured)''&nbsp;– have received the Dutch [[Airman's Cross]]?
* ... that '''[[Stembridge Gun Rentals]]''' supplied so many firearms to the film industry that when ''[[Chaplin (film)|Chaplin]]'' producers asked for a rifle similar to that in ''[[Shoulder Arms]]'', Stembridge had on hand the actual gun used? 
* ... that more than 40 percent of women have '''[[dense breast tissue]]''' that increases the risk of [[breast cancer]] and makes it difficult for [[Mammography|mammograms]] to identify tumors?
* ... that [[Metropolitan Opera]] star '''[[John Gurney (bass-baritone)|John Gurney]]''' performed "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" for sporting events in which his son, racing driver [[Dan Gurney]], competed?
* ... that '''''[[Oscarella tuberculata]]''''' can reproduce by [[budding]] in a process unique among sponges?
* ... that Canadian [[Diving (sport)|diver]] '''[[Jeff Hirst]]''' won his event at the 1988 Canadian Championships despite having fractured his thumb five weeks before?
* ... that after discovering the mass graves of the '''[[Arnsberg Forest massacre]]''', American soldiers ordered the entire local population to watch the exhumation?
* ... that the 1794 travelogue '''''[[A Journey Around My Room]]''''' contains details of the author's visits to his armchair and curtains?

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* ... that the 1514 '''[[horned helmet of Henry VIII|horned helmet of Henry&nbsp;VIII]]''' ''(pictured)'' has spectacles and a toothy grimace?
* ... that '''[[Rose Lee Maphis]]''' and her husband [[Joe Maphis]], known as Mr. and Mrs.&nbsp;Country Music, helped develop the [[Bakersfield sound]]? 
* ... that when '''[[Halimeda opuntia|watercress algae]]''' grows on degraded coral reefs, coral larvae settle on the seaweed as  readily as they do on the rubble substrate?
* ... that '''[[Elizabeth Reiter]]''' portrayed the double role of Renee, an "icy wife", and Alice, an "insatiable lover", in the German premiere of Olga Neuwirth's opera ''[[Lost Highway (opera)|Lost Highway]]''{{-?}}
* ... that [[Guy Gavriel Kay]], author of '''''[[Children of Earth and Sky]]''''', has been described as "contemporary fiction's finest fantasist"? 
* ... that in the late 2000s the [[Campbell Soup Company]] began producing a spicier canned '''[[cheese sauce]]''' in their California and Texas plants than they did elsewhere to cater for different consumer tastes?
* ... that '''[[Miray Cin]]''' played for the [[Germany women's national youth football teams|Germany women's national U15, U16 and U17 football teams]] before she became a member of the [[Turkey women's national football team]]?
* ... that [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] radio station [[KTAR (AM)|KTAR]] bought television station '''[[KPNX|{{nowrap|KTYL-TV}}]]''' to avoid a conflict with former U.S. senator [[Ernest McFarland]]?

===18 November 2021===
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* ... that the "Angel of the dump", '''[[Jane Walker (charity founder)|Jane Walker]]''', helps people in Manila create handbags ''(pictured)'' from reused [[ring-pull]]s?
* ... that the '''[[2021 Illinois vs. Penn State football game]]''' was the first in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] history to reach nine [[Overtime (sports)|overtimes]]?
* ... that racehorse '''[[Tipperary Tim]]''' won the [[1928 Grand National]] at odds of 100-1?
* ... that the notorious [[Labor spying in the United States|labor spy]] and killer '''[[Charles Lively (labor spy)|Charles Lively]]''' was so successful infiltrating the coal miners union that he once posed for a photo with the famed labor activist [[Mother Jones]]?
* ... that '''''[[Symphyotrichum molle]]''''', the soft aster, can be found only in the [[Bighorn Mountains]] of Montana and Wyoming?
* ... that the title of '''''[[Something That May Shock and Discredit You]]''''', a memoir by [[Daniel M. Lavery]] that explores themes including [[Gender transitioning|gender transition]], is taken from a scene in ''[[The Simpsons]]''?
* ... that although the fruits of '''''[[Cola verticillata]]''''' are considered inedible, they contain [[caffeine]] and are used to make a beverage?
* ... that upon hearing about a 600-worker [[walkout]] reportedly prompted by difficulties she caused, '''[[Dee Duponte]]''' responded "fiddlesticks"?

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* ... that '''[[Susan Catania]]''' ''(pictured)'' shocked male legislators by bringing her infant daughter to the floor of the [[Illinois House of Representatives]] and nursing her baby in the women's restroom? 
* ... that the '''[[Allenby Formation]]''' has been called part of a "Great Canadian [[Lagerstätte]]"? 
* ... that '''[[Satrio]]''' used [[water buffalo]]es to vaccinate 240,000 people against [[smallpox]]?
* ... that the '''[[Cello Sonata (Foulds)|Cello Sonata]]''' by [[John Foulds]] features [[quarter tone]]s in the second movement, but it is uncertain if he introduced them in the 1905 version or the 1927 revision? 
* ... that Scottish novelist '''[[Isla Dewar]]''' said "if&nbsp;... a thing is not worth doing then it's worth doing fabulously, amazingly, with grace, style and panache"?
* ... that ''The West Wing'' episode "'''[[17 People]]'''" has an entire website created by a "superfan" with the sole purpose of explaining it?
* ... that Indian cricketer '''[[B. Jayaram|Bangalore Jayaram]]'''{{`s}} English styled Mashie Lodge, was named after his favourite golf club, the [[Mashie|Mashie Niblick]]?
* ... that the developers of the video game '''''[[Golf Club: Wasteland]]''''' jokingly announced that they would only sell one copy at a price of $500 million?

===17 November 2021===
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* ... that the design and form of the late 8th- or early 9th-century Irish '''[[Kilmainham Brooch]]''' ''(pictured)'' was influenced by both earlier [[Picts#Art|Pictish]] and contemporary [[Viking art|Viking]] art?
* ... that '''[[Scott Isphording]]''' coached golf and baseball for a time while on the football coaching staff at [[Wittenberg University]]?
* ... that German fashion magazine '''''[[Der Bazar]]''''' had many spin offs, including ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]''{{-?}}
* ... that [[Ally Condie]]'s dystopian '''[[Matched trilogy|''Matched'' trilogy]]''' was inspired by a high school prom?
* ... that [[Iris Murdoch]] wrote a poem juxtaposing the outbreak of [[World War&nbsp;II]] with a seminar by '''[[Eduard Fraenkel]]'''?
* ... that, after tolerating him for years, the '''[[Ministry of Internal Affairs III]]''' expelled [[Carlos the Jackal]] from Hungary after the [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty#1981 RFE/RL Munich bombing| bombing of Radio Free Europe's headquarters in Munich]]?
* ... that the crew of '''[[L-8|a U.S. Navy blimp]]''' mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1942?
* ... that Wikipedia editors wrote over 40,000 words '''[[2013 Wikipedia Star Trek Into Darkness controversy|arguing over a single letter]]'''?

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* ... that in the early 20th century, "playing the  '''[[Palace Theatre (New York City)|Palace]]'''" ''(interior pictured)'' was said to mark the pinnacle of a [[vaudeville]] entertainer's career?
* ... that the Turkish government tried to have the German music video "'''[[Erdowie, Erdowo, Erdogan]]'''" taken down because it insulted Turkish president [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]]? 
* ... that it was British classicist '''[[Courtenay Edward Stevens]]''' who suggested that Allied radio broadcasts during the Second World War use the opening notes of [[Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Beethoven's Fifth Symphony]] as a signature theme?
* ... that students and faculty from '''[[Fuchs Mizrachi School]]''' protested at Nazi guard [[John Demjanjuk]]'s home in 1993, objecting to his release from Israeli prison and residence in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Ask la Cour]]''', who came from Denmark, only planned to perform with the [[New York City Ballet]] for a few years, but spent two decades there and became a [[principal dancer]]?
* ... that [[Wisconsin glaciation|glaciation in Wisconsin]] 17 thousand years ago helped create its unique '''[[Geography of Wisconsin|geography]]'''?
* ... that after '''[[Gaudelia Díaz]]''' won a bronze medal at the 1992 Paralympics, she was asked to join [[Televisa]] by its CEO?
* ... that the '''[[Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad]]''' never actually reached [[Boston]] or [[Barre, Massachusetts|Barre]]?

===16 November 2021===
*'''''12:00, 16 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that despite contesting the [[1924 United States presidential election|1924 presidential election]] as a third-party candidate, '''[[Robert M. La Follette]]''' ''(pictured)'' received approximately 16.6 percent of the popular vote?
* ... that the leader of the male '''[[Ustaše Youth]]''' group claimed to have placed ears of the Serbs he murdered on his necklace?
* ... that in Connecticut, there are statues of Revolutionary War hero [[Israel Putnam]] '''[[Israel Putnam Monument|in Brooklyn]]''', '''[[Statue of Israel Putnam|in Hartford]]''', and '''[[Equestrian statue of Israel Putnam|in Redding]]'''?
* ... that the [[World Bank]]'s '''[[Open Knowledge Repository]]''' was called "one of the most important hubs for economic scholarship in the world" by [[Creative Commons]]?
* ... that reporter '''[[Bobbie Wygant]]''' got her first television show after filling in while its host was sick with the flu?
* ... that the '''[[Space Launch System]]''' rocket will generate nearly nine million pounds of thrust at liftoff?
* ... that [[David Arquette]] donated his earnings from '''[[David Arquette in World Championship Wrestling|his appearances in World Championship Wrestling]]''' to the families of dead and injured wrestlers?
* ... that '''[[Didi Gregorius]]''' [[Twitter|tweets]] after every game his baseball team wins, and has dedicated [[emoji]]s for his teammates?

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* ... that in Botswana, writer '''[[Unity Dow]]''' ''(pictured)'' took legal actions as a [[Attorney General of Botswana v. Unity Dow|plaintiff]], [[LEGABIBO|legal counsellor]], and [[Ancestral land conflict in Botswana|judge]] to challenge gender discrimination and protect indigenous rights, before becoming a legislator?
* ... that the song "'''[[House Party (Super Junior song)|House Party]]'''" by [[Super Junior]] was praised by [[Tedros Adhanom]], the [[Director-General of the World Health Organization|director-general of the WHO]]?
* ... that '''[[John Carter (printer)|John Carter]]''' started his career as an early American colonial printer working as the apprentice of [[Benjamin Franklin]]?
* ... that the sea slug '''''[[Berthellina edwardsii]]''''' secretes a white acidic fluid that is distasteful to fish?
* ... that '''[[Jake Dickert|the new head coach]]''' for [[Washington State Cougars football]] once played in a football game two weeks after an [[appendectomy]]?
* ... that a wreck rediscovered in [[Nelson's Dockyard|the former Royal Navy dockyard in Antigua]] in 2021 might be that of the '''[[French ship Beaumont (1762)|French ship ''Beaumont'']]''', captured by the British in 1778?
* ... that surgeon '''[[Margaret Louden]]''' developed a treatment for people crushed by rubble during the [[The Blitz]], but her contribution was forgotten until the 1990s?
* ... that when a ban on developing the '''[[Millennium Times Square New York|Hotel Macklowe]]''' was revoked two years early, some [[New York City Council]] members said they did not realize that they had voted to rescind the ban?

===15 November 2021===
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* ... that the 115-metre-long (377-foot) '''[[Bourbaki Panorama]]''' ''(detail pictured)'' depicts the internment of 88,000 French soldiers in neutral Switzerland at the end of the [[Franco-Prussian War]]?
* ... that '''[[Ernie Ross]]''', the Member of Parliament for [[Dundee West (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee West]], was nicknamed "the MP for [[Nablus]] West" due to his support of [[Palestinian nationalism]]?
* ... that the 1979 German song "'''[[Selig seid ihr, wenn ihr einfach lebt]]'''" offers eight [[beatitudes]] which include a blessing for living simply, and another for daring to be kind?
* ... that '''[[Myrtle Edwards (politician)|Myrtle Edwards]]'''{{`s}} family objected to Seattle's [[Gas Works Park]] being named after her?
* ... that the protagonist of the novel '''''[[Long Live the Post Horn!]]''''' campaigns against a real [[Directive (European Union)|European Union Directive]]?
* ... that the paddle steamer '''''[[PS Keystone State|Keystone State]]''''' was rumored to be carrying gold when she sank?
* ... that '''[[Khin Maung Lat]]''', a servant at the king's palace in [[Ratnagiri]], India, eloped with Princess [[Myat Phaya Lat]] against the will of the king and queen?
* ... that in 2017, the '''[[Hudson Theatre]]''' was both the newest Broadway theater and one of the oldest?

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* ... that '''[[Willy von Beckerath]]''', after studying at the [[Kunstakademie Düsseldorf]], depicted [[Johannes Brahms]] at a grand piano ''(pictured)''?
* ... that the original name of the [[Paddle steamer#Side-wheeler|sidewheel steamer]] '''[[CSS Maurepas|CSS&nbsp;''Maurepas'']]''', ''Grosse Tete'', means "big head" in French?
* ... that the Russian '''[[Fort Raim]]''' was built in 1847 around the ruined mausoleum of Kazakh warrior [[Raiymbek Batyr]]?
* ... that after plans for the skyscraper '''[[Sutton 58|Sutton&nbsp;58]]''' prompted a height limit for the surrounding area, construction went ahead anyway?
* ... that '''[[Osman Çakmak]]''' won the European Amputee Football Championship as a player [[2017 European Amputee Football Championship|in 2017]] and as a manager [[2021 European Amputee Football Championship|in 2021]] with the [[Turkey national amputee football team|Turkey national team]]?
* ... that '''[[Sherita Hill Golden]]''' demonstrated that [[Diabetes|diabetics]] were more likely to develop [[Major depressive disorder|depression]] and that those with depression were more likely to become diabetic? <!-- Special occasion hook for November 14, 2021 - US - World Diabetes Day -->
* ... that the Japanese variety show '''''[[Say You to Yo Asobi]]''''' collaborated with the [[Japan Racing Association]] to create a special video about the [[Takarazuka Kinen]] horse race?
* ... that prior to entering politics, '''[[Bonifasius Belawan Geh]]''' collected [[edible bird's nest]]s from the jungle after dropping out of college?

===14 November 2021===
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* ... that the '''[[1914 Lubin vault fire]]''' ''(aftermath pictured)'' in Philadelphia destroyed several thousand unique early silent films?
* ... that '''[[Luc Tardif Sr.|Luc Tardif&nbsp;Sr.]]''' gained French citizenship in order to further his ice hockey career?
* ... that "'''[[Möge die Straße uns zusammenführen]]'''", a German song based on Irish [[Toast (honor)|toasts]], was ranked fourth in a recent survey of favourite [[hymn]]s?
* ... that '''[[Kane Ioane]]''' finished his playing career at [[Montana State Bobcats football|Montana State]] as the [[Big Sky Conference]]'s all-time [[Tackle (football move)|tackles]] leader?
* ... that [[IBM]] spent US$50&nbsp;million to develop the '''[[IBM PCradio|PCradio]]''' and expected to sell 100,000 units, but ended up selling just under 10,000?
* ... that '''[[Gerd Ruge]]''' received a twelve-year entry ban to the [[Soviet Union]] for having helped his friend [[Boris Pasternak]] financially?
* ... that the 1905 '''[[monument to the King's Liverpool Regiment]]''' is inscribed with the words ''Nec Aspera Terrent'' ("Difficulties be Damned")?<!-- special occasion hook for 14 November -->
* ... that American evangelist '''[[J. Charles Jessup|J.&nbsp;Charles Jessup]]''' was called "The Great Gaspy"?

*'''''00:00, 14 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Anne Saxelby]]''' ''(pictured)'' was a pioneer in promoting American [[Artisan cheese|artisanal cheese]]?
* ... that even though '''[[Australian nationality law|Australian citizens]]''' are no longer [[British subject]]s, they can still vote in elections and stand for parliament in the United Kingdom?
* ... that '''[[Samsi Sastrawidagda]]''', Indonesia's first finance minister, once leased the [[veranda]] of future president [[Sukarno]]'s house for his accountant's office?
* ... that the '''[[RADCAL]]''' satellite, designed to have a three-year lifespan, operated for almost twenty?
* ... that the philosopher '''[[Emil Utitz]]''', a classmate of [[Franz Kafka]], became the head librarian of [[Theresienstadt Ghetto]]?
* ... that none of the six then-living [[1949–50 CCNY Beavers men's basketball team|CCNY players]] were interviewed for the 1998 documentary film '''''[[City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal]]'''''{{-?}}
* ... that New Zealand [[association football]] coach '''[[Olli Harder]]''' has worked in the US, China, Norway and England?
* ... that '''''[[Miller's Anatomy of the Dog]]''''', a textbook dedicated to canines, was found by a specialist feline publication to be bereft of information about cats?

===13 November 2021===
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* ... that the '''[[Corsi-Rosenthal Box]]''' ''(example pictured)'' is a homemade air purifier that was designed during the [[COVID-19 pandemic|{{nowrap|COVID-19}} pandemic]] as an alternative to more expensive air purification systems?
* ... that '''[[Lars Fause]]''' is the first [[governor of Svalbard]] to use the [[Gender neutrality|gender-neutral]] title ''Sysselmester''{{-?}}
* ... that the French animated film '''''[[The Summit of the Gods (film)|The Summit of the Gods]]''''' is based on a Japanese [[The Summit of the Gods|manga series]]?
* ... that the '''[[Pixel 6|Pixel&nbsp;6]]''' is the first smartphone to be powered by the Google Tensor [[system on a chip]] (SoC)?
* ... that Broadway producer '''[[Richard Aldrich (producer)|Richard Aldrich]]''' penned a biography on his wife, the actress [[Gertrude Lawrence]],  after her death from cancer?
* ... that the 1996 song "'''[[Gott hat mir längst einen Engel gesandt]]'''", with text by [[Eugen Eckert]] and music by [[Thomas Gabriel (composer)|Thomas Gabriel]], began as part of a rock oratorio about [[Book of Daniel|Daniel]]?
* ... that '''[[Rise Bar]]'''{{`s}} management spent more than US$110,000 soundproofing the space, which holds just 74 patrons? 
* ... that despite not being an economist, '''[[Sunarjo Kolopaking]]''' became dean for the faculty of economics at the [[University of Indonesia]]?

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* ... that '''[[Micah Joseph Lebensohn]]''' ''(pictured)'' began to translate poetry into [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] at the age of twelve?
* ... that to reflect the neighbourhood's heritage as a songbird-watching community, Singapore's '''[[Mayflower MRT station]]''' is decorated with 22 bird sculptures?
* ... that '''[[Earl Old Person]]''', lifetime honorary Chief of the [[Blackfeet Nation]], inadvertently broke a 1000-year tradition in 1971 when he asked the [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|Shah of Iran]] to stand up?
* ... that the plant '''''[[Dyssodia papposa]]'''''  was given to horses for coughs by the [[Dakota people|Dakota]] and smoked for [[epilepsy]] by the [[Keres people|Keres]]?
* ... that the first [[pendulum clock]] was invented in 1657 by '''[[Christiaan Huygens]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Kursdorf]]''' is "the loudest village in Germany" and a "sound inferno"?
* ... that '''[[Ed Beauvais]]''' co-founded the "darling of [[Airline Deregulation Act|deregulation]]"?
* ... that workers have the '''[[right to sit]]''' in some jurisdictions?

===12 November 2021===
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* ... that the '''[[Engineers' Club Building]]''' ''(pictured)'' and '''[[Engineering Societies' Building]]''' in New York City were described in the mid-20th century as "the engineering crossroads of the world"?
* ... that '''[[Andreas Reize]]''' assumed the post of [[Thomaskantor]] as the first Swiss and the first Catholic since the [[Reformation]]?
* ... that [[Johann Reinhold Forster]]'s 1778 book '''''[[Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World]]''''' has been described as "the beginning of modern geography"?
* ... that '''[[Marguerite Dunlap]]''' sang in the first radio broadcast of [[WNBC (AM)|WEAF]] in New York?
* ... that the [[Streaming media|streaming]] service '''[[Alchemiya]]''' has been dubbed the "Muslim Netflix"?
* ... that '''[[David Whitaker (publisher)|David Whitaker]]''' has been called "the father of the [[International Standard Book Number|ISBN]]"?
* ... that for his appearance in '''[[Brotherhood of Man (The Drew Carey Show)|the fourth-season finale]]''' of ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'', [[Hal Linden]] spoke with a German accent because he had trouble speaking with a Dutch accent?
* ... that Indonesian historian '''[[Sartono Kartodirdjo]]'''{{`s}} father wanted him to be a doctor, but he refused as he claimed to be [[Blood phobia|afraid of blood]]?

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* ... that the  First World War '''[[Kirkcudbright war memorial]]''' depicts a sword-wielding warrior with a sleeping child on his knee ''(pictured)''?<!-- Special occasion hook for November 11 -->
* ... that a complaint over an allegedly illegal transmitter move led to Texas radio station '''[[KHXS|{{nowrap|KFQX-FM}}]]''' being forced off the air for four hours in 1988?
* ... that future rear admiral '''[[Robert Wertheim]]''' had a hand in the naming of the [[MIM-72 Chaparral|{{nowrap|MIM-72}} Chaparral]]?<!-- Special occasion hook for November 11 -->
* ... that '''[[Bagenal's Castle]]''' was originally thought to have been destroyed, but was rediscovered in 1996 in the premises of a bakery?
* ... that '''[[David Kennedy (advertising)|David Kennedy]]''', co-founder of the agency that came up with [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]'s ''[[Just Do It]]'' campaign, was once gifted 50 pairs of [[Levi Strauss & Co.|Levi's]] denims by his employees?
* ... that '''[[White Lake Provincial Park (Ontario)|White Lake Provincial Park]]''' is the only provincial park in [[Ontario]], Canada, with an exceptional provision allowing [[hydroelectricity|hydroelectric]] activity as a non-conforming use?
* ... that the painter and writer '''[[Hilda Vīka]]''' was involved in [[Baltic neopaganism|Latvian neopaganism]] and used [[Latvian mythology]] in her works?
* ... that the non-fiction book '''''[[Corvus: A Life with Birds]]''''' focuses on a [[Rook (bird)|rook]] named after a [[drag queen]] called "Madame Chickeboumskaya"?

===11 November 2021===
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* ... that '''[[Lesley Akyaa Opoku Ware]]''' ''(pictured)'', daughter of [[List of rulers of Asante|Asante ruler]] [[Opoku Ware&nbsp;II]], simultaneously served as Ghana's ambassador to six countries?
* ... that there are three [[Hydroelectricity|hydroelectric]] generating stations on the '''[[White River (Ontario)|White River]]''' in [[Northern Ontario]], Canada, all part-owned by [[First Nations]]?
* ... that Iranian-American aerospace engineer '''[[Joe Youssefi]]''' was posthumously awarded a gold medal for his collection of Persian stamps?
* ... that actor [[Frankie Muniz]] praised the '''[[Blackstarkids]]''' for their track "Frankie Muniz"? 
* ... that the English botanists '''[[Jane Ingham]]''' and Joseph Hubert Priestley were the first to separate cell walls from [[meristem]]atic tissues in [[Vicia faba|broad beans]]?
* ... that '''[[KMXO]]''' near [[Abilene, Texas]], aired the region's first Spanish-language radio program and later became its first full-time Spanish-language station?
* ... that '''[[Hinged arch bridge|hinges on arch bridges]]''' were introduced in 1858 and remain popular in modern civil engineering?
* ... that a branch line of the '''[[New Haven and Northampton Railroad]]''' was so difficult to build, the area was nicknamed "[[Satan's Kingdom State Recreation Area|Satan's Kingdom]]"?

===10 November 2021===
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* ... that '''''[[Rhyothemis fuliginosa]]''''' ''(example pictured)'' is known as the "butterfly dragonfly"?
* ... that some lawyers and privacy experts have questioned the constitutionality of '''[[reverse search warrant]]s''' in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Anne Makemie Holden]]''' bequeathed land to her male relatives so that they could vote?
* ... that [[Julius Caesar]]'s portrayal of his actions in the '''[[Gallic Wars]]''' have led historians to call him one of history's first "[[Spin (propaganda)|spin doctors]]"?
* ... that '''[[Lorenza Böttner]]''', a [[Mouth and foot painting|mouth and foot painter]], had both of her arms amputated following an electric shock?
* ... that the 1992 book '''''[[A Song for Arbonne]]''''' is set in a fantasy world loosely based on 12th-century [[Provence]]?
* ... that former judge '''[[Steve Alm]]'''{{`s}} successful campaign to be elected [[Prosecuting Attorney of Honolulu]] was endorsed by the '''[[State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers]]''' in 2019?
* ... that after starring in several '''[[Umberto Lenzi filmography|films directed by Umberto Lenzi]]''', actor [[Me Me Lai]] later worked as a police officer who confiscated them as "[[Video nasty|video nasties]]"?

===9 November 2021===
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* ... that after men took all the 2021 [[Nobel Prize]]s for science, one of the selectors, '''[[Eva Olsson (scientist)|Eva Olsson]]''' ''(pictured)'', said "we want to have more women nominated"?
* ... that the '''[[woman of the Chatti]]''' was allegedly a [[Seeress (Germanic)|Germanic prophetess]] whose advice inspired [[Roman emperor|Roman Emperor]] [[Vitellius]] to murder his own mother, [[Sextilia]]?
* ... that in October 2021, American [[Wheelchair racing|wheelchair racer]] '''[[Yen Hoang]]''' came in the top three in marathons on consecutive days?
* ... that the first [[East Germany|East German]] embassy in Africa '''[[East Germany–Zanzibar relations|opened in Zanzibar]]''' in 1964?
* ... that '''[[American Computer and Peripheral]]''' was the first company to offer a plug-in board for [[Intel]]'s [[i386|386]] processor?
* ... that thanks to the '''[[Advocate general (European Union)|advocate general]]'''{{`s}} opinion, one is likely to know the outcome of a court case before the [[European Court of Justice]] before it even starts drafting the ruling?
* ... that [[SpaceX]]'s reusable '''[[SpaceX Starship|Starship]]''' launch vehicle has twice as much thrust as the [[Apollo program]]'s [[Saturn&nbsp;V]]?
* ... that Canadian politician '''[[Above Znoneofthe]]''' chose his name so as to be placed last on alphabetical ballots?

===8 November 2021===
*'''''00:00, 8 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that according to his brother, '''[[Budge Patty]]''' ''(pictured)'' would not budge?
* ... that the original release of [[Jason Shiga]]'s comic '''''[[Demon (comics)|Demon]]''''' included a four-page issue, a sixty-page issue, and an issue in which all the panels were black?<!-- Special occasion, November 7 -->
* ... that 125 years ago today, the lifeboat ''[[Henry Ramey Upcher]]'' rescued the fourteen-man crew of the '''[[SS Commodore (collier)|SS&nbsp;''Commodore'']]''' and three fishermen who had been stranded aboard her?<!-- Special occasion, November 7 -->
* ... that the women's race at '''[[2021 New York City Marathon|today's New York City Marathon]]''' will feature two of the medalists from [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon|this year's Olympic marathon]]?<!-- Special occasion, November 7 -->
* ... that '''[[Osa Maliki]]''' opposed the introduction of the [[Guided Democracy in Indonesia|Guided Democracy]], and as a result was removed from his position?
* ... that '''[[Cwmhiraeth]]'''{{`s}} name roughly translates to "valley of longing"?
* ... that while the [[Empire of Japan]] did not '''[[Japan and the Holocaust|actively participate in the Holocaust]]''', it has been found to have committed [[Japanese war crimes|war crimes of its own]]?
* ... that '''[[Citizens Square]]''' was almost named after [[Fort Wayne, Indiana|Fort Wayne]]'s [[Harry Baals]]?

===7 November 2021===
*'''''00:00, 7 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that of the hundreds of hands stenciled at '''[[Cueva de las Manos]]''' as artwork ''(pictured)'', very few are right hands?
* ... that Colombian-born '''[[Susan Bernal]]''' is developing new cements that can reduce the substantial CO<sub>2</sub> emissions currently caused by concrete?
* ... that the '''''[[Columbus (1824 ship)|Columbus]]''''' was a [[disposable ship]], built from large quantities of North American timber and intended to be sailed to London where she would be dismantled to avoid cargo import duties?
* ... that '''[[deletion of articles on Wikipedia|deleted articles on Wikipedia]]''' may be "[[Salting the earth|salted]]" so that they cannot be recreated?
* ... that '''[[Cher Scarlett]]''' is one of the leaders of [[Apple worker organizations##AppleToo|#AppleToo]], a workers' rights movement at [[Apple Inc.]]?
* ... that flowers of the '''[[Taraxacum arcticum|arctic dandelion]]''' do not need to be pollinated in order to set seed?
* ... that [[British Turks|British Turk]] '''[[Hüseyin Er]]''' won [[World Deaf Football Championships|world]] and [[EuroDeaf|European championships]] with the Turkey national deaf football team?
* ... that '''[[Niz-Chavez v. Garland|a U.S. Supreme Court case]]''' had "odd bedfellows"?

===6 November 2021===
*'''''00:50, 6 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Frank Jeremiah Armstrong]]''' ''(pictured)'', the first African-American graduate of [[Cornell College]], became an assistant to [[Booker T. Washington]]?
* ... that the '''[[Microberlinia bisulcata|African zebrawood]]''' is in danger of becoming extinct?
* ... that landscape architect '''[[Harriet Pattison]]''' collaborated with her lover [[Louis Kahn]] on the design of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park|Four Freedoms Park]] and the grounds of the [[Kimbell Art Museum]]?
* ... that '''[[climate change in Malaysia]]''' may cause its [[mangrove]]s to be inundated by [[sea level rise]] by 2060?
* ... that '''[[Małgorzata Kalinowska-Iszkowska]]''' was awarded a Polish [[Cross of Merit (Poland)|Gold Cross of Merit]] for her work in [[information technology]]?
* ... that the '''[[Nashua, Acton and Boston Railroad]]''' was also known as the "Red Line" because it was consistently unprofitable?
* ... that the '''[[Rail transport in Lithuania|railway network in Lithuania]]''' will have its first [[high-speed rail|high-speed line]] by 2026?
* ... that a mock funeral was held outside company headquarters during the '''[[1986–1987 John Deere strike]]''' in which 700 union workers ceremoniously burned a coffin and a [[Christmas tree]] covered in company hats?

===5 November 2021===
*'''''00:00, 5 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the 1895 painting '''''[[Self-Portrait with Cigarette]]''''' ''(pictured)'' by [[Edvard Munch]] was met with criticism of his amorality and "degeneration"?
* ... that in 1776 '''[[Robert Bell (publisher)|Robert Bell]]''' was commissioned by [[Thomas Paine]] to print ''[[Common Sense]]'', considered the most inciteful work of the American Revolution?
* ... that the '''[[Raytheon 704|Raytheon&nbsp;704]]''', which cost more than $10,000 in 1970, was the first computer used for playing games by mail? 
* ... that '''[[Marie Surcouf]]''' was the president of Stella, a club for French women [[Aeronautics|aeronauts]]?
* ... that investment fund '''[[Engine No. 1|Engine No.&nbsp;1]]''' waged a successful [[Proxy fight|proxy battle]] against [[ExxonMobil]] despite owning only 0.02 percent of the oil company's shares?
* ... that '''[[Hans Haselböck]]''', later an international concert organist and professor at the [[University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna|Vienna Music Academy]], began 65 years as organist at the [[Dominican Church, Vienna]], on 4&nbsp;November 1949?<!-- Special occasion hook, October 4 -->
* ... that for more than six decades no federal supreme court existed in the German territories until the '''{{lang|de|[[Reichsoberhandelsgericht]]}}''' was formed in 1869?
* ... that a reviewer said that [[Richard Osman]]'s '''''[[The Man Who Died Twice (novel)|The Man Who Died Twice]]''''' has "more holes than a dodgy knitting pattern" but he "enjoyed every minute"?

===4 November 2021===
*'''''00:00, 4 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[belyana]]s''' ''(pictured)'' were giant [[disposable ship|disposable wooden ships]] used in the [[Volga]] region for timber rafting?
* ... that [[Arkansas Razorbacks football|Arkansas]] linebacker '''[[Grant Morgan (American football)|Grant Morgan]]''', originally a [[Walk-on (sports)|walk-on]] himself, signed a [[Personality rights#United States|personality rights]] deal with Walk-On's Bistreaux and Bar?
* ... that melodies by '''[[Guillaume Franc]]''', composed to French psalms published in [[Geneva]] in 1542, are still in use in the 21st century?
* ... that '''[[Reply Corporation]]''' went from competing against [[IBM]] with clones of the [[IBM PS/2|PS/2]] to selling upgrade motherboards for them?
* ... that a group of farmers discovered '''''[[The Young Woman of Amajac]]''''' while preparing to till a citrus field?
* ... that [[Nintendo]] constructed a special retail box for '''''[[The Incredible Hulk (2003 video game)|The Incredible Hulk]]''''' that features a comic strip built into its cover?
* ... that '''[[Grey Gowrie]]''', while holding office under [[Margaret Thatcher]], described himself as "Irishman with a Scots name and a German wife, working, somewhat to his surprise, for a very English government"?
* ... that the type specimen of the icefish ''Pagetodes'', a synonym of '''''[[Cryodraco]]''''', was stolen and eaten by a cat before it could be preserved?

===3 November 2021===
*'''''00:00, 3 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the conical-spring in '''[[Topre]]'''{{`s}} capacitive keyboard switch ''(example pictured)'' was inspired by a [[mosquito coil]]?
* ... that the '''[[1936 Northeastern United States Flood]]''' directly led to the passage of the [[Flood Control Act of 1936]] by the United States Congress?
* ... that with a force of just 3,500 men, French lieutenant colonel '''[[Natalis Constant Darche]]''' was able to hold up the advance of the German [[5th Army (German Empire)|5th Army]] for three weeks at [[Longwy]] in August&nbsp;1914?
* ... that [[List of Marvel Comics characters: P#Piecemeal|Piecemeal]], who appeared in '''''[[The Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga]]''''', was considered one of the strangest characters to appear in a [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] video game?
* ... that according to science fiction essayist [[Jacques Van Herp]], the novella '''''[[The End of Illa]]''''' caused the temporary decline of French science fiction?
* ... that [[Mother Teresa]] defended [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] priest and [[Child sexual abuse|child molester]] '''[[Donald McGuire (Jesuit)|Donald McGuire]]''' against sexual abuse allegations?
* ... that in 1987, fans of [[C.D. Guadalajara]] attempted to dress the '''[[Statue of Minerva, Guadalajara|statue of Minerva]]''' in the team's shirt?
* ... that Lieutenant Colonel '''[[Richard John Andrews]]''' survived the [[Second Boer War]], the [[World War I|First World War]], the [[Russian Civil War]] and the [[Irish War of Independence]] only to be killed by a defective tool in his garage?

===2 November 2021===
*'''''00:18, 2 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Lisa Federle]]'''{{`s}} mobile surgery service ''(pictured)'' for refugees was adapted to be a mobile test station during the [[COVID-19 pandemic|{{nowrap|COVID-19}} pandemic]]?
* ... that at one point in '''[[Political history of the Philippines|its political history]]''', the Philippines was represented in the Spanish [[Cortes Generales]]?
* ... that '''[[Johannes Schröder]]''' composed an [[oratorio]] honouring [[Maria Katharina Kasper|Katharina Kaspar]], who became a new [[saint]] in 2018?
* ... that '''[[HMS Cicala|HMS&nbsp;''Cicala'']]''' was commanded at the 1941 [[Battle of Hong Kong]] by a one-armed veteran of the 1916 [[Battle of Jutland]]?
* ... that '''[[Robert Weiner (American football)|Robert Weiner]]''' taught [[AP English Literature and Composition|AP English Literature]] while coaching football at [[Henry B. Plant High School]]?
* ... that it took five years of observations to find the planet orbiting the star '''[[HD 175167|HD&nbsp;175167]]'''?
* ... that [[illuminated manuscript|manuscript illuminator]] '''[[Gioacchino de' Gigantibus]]''' worked for six different popes during his lifetime?
* ... that '''''[[Hogwarts School of Prayer and Miracles]]''''' rewrote ''[[Harry Potter]]'' to replace magic with prayer and supernatural phenomena?

===1 November 2021===
*'''''00:00, 1 November 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[parsnip]]s serve as sawed-off [[tibia|tibiae]] in '''[[feetloaf]]''' ''(pictured)''? <!-- Special occasion hook, October 31st -->
* ... that the account of the '''[[Haliurunas]]''' in the 6th century history of the Goths, the ''[[Getica]]'', is a precursor to later Christian traditions that wise women had sex and orgies with demons and the Devil?
* ... that the '''[[New Amsterdam Theatre]]''', once described as "a vision of gorgeousness", later had dead cats in the basement and mushrooms growing through the floor?
* ... that from 1960 to 1981, executions in [[East Germany]] took place in '''[[Leipzig Prison]]''' in the middle of a residential area?
* ... that the '''[[Battle of Saint Charles]]''' featured what is known as the deadliest shot of the [[American Civil War]]?
* ... that the [[Seeress (Germanic)|Germanic seeress]] '''[[Waluburg]]''' is only known from a [[ostracon|pot shard]] found on the island [[Elephantine]] in southern Egypt?
* ... that the opera '''''[[The Devil and Daniel Webster (opera)|The Devil and Daniel Webster]]''''' features a jury of ghosts made up of famous historical American figures who are now residents of Hell; including the pirate [[Blackbeard]]?
* ... that '''''[[Florissantia (plant)|Florissantia]]''''' flowers were possibly pollinated by bats?