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===31 July 2022===
*'''''12:00, 31 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the blue stripe in the '''[[Flag of Azerbaijan|Azerbaijani flag]]''' ''(pictured)'' reflects the country's [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] heritage?
* ... that '''[[Vivien Lyra Blair]]'''{{`s}} performance was deemed "just absurd" in the Netflix film ''[[We Can Be Heroes (film)|We Can Be Heroes]]''{{-?}}
* ... that although '''[[Mayu Island]]''' has an area of less than one square kilometer (0.4&nbsp;sq&nbsp;mi), it has two different temples honoring the same goddess?
* ... that after '''[[Keri Blakinger]]''' left [[Cornell University]] to serve time in prison for possession of [[heroin]], she returned to finish her degree and then became a [[criminal justice]] reporter?
* ... that although [[Leah Kate]]'s single "'''[[10 Things I Hate About You (song)|10 Things I Hate About You]]'''" shares the same name as [[10 Things I Hate About You|the 1999 movie]], she said that she did not use it as inspiration for the song?
* ... that '''[[Redcliffe railway station]]''' has been renamed twice since 2016?
* ... that Royal Navy [[boy seaman]] '''[[Alf Lowe]]''' was awarded the [[Albert Medal for Lifesaving]] for his actions during a 1948 sinking that killed 29 men?
* ... that the first meeting of the '''[[New Zealand Women Writers' Society]]''' was chaired by a man?

*'''''00:00, 31 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Paul Blasingame]]''' was a member of the "inertial mafia", who advocated the use of [[inertial navigation system]]s, and he oversaw the development of the one used by the [[Apollo (spacecraft)|Apollo spacecraft]] ''(pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that music from [[Mariah Carey]], [[Sheena Easton]], and [[Whitney Houston]] was the inspiration for the concert residency '''[[Reflections (concert residency)|Reflections]]'''?
* ... that the ceramicist '''[[Sandy Brown (ceramist)|Sandy Brown]]''' wanted her sculpture ''[[Earth Goddess (sculpture)|Earth Goddess]]'' to be "female and making an impact"?
* ... that [[Phil Elverum]] recorded '''''[[Don't Wake Me Up (album)|Don't Wake Me Up]]''''' nocturnally, while "drinking pots of black tea all night"?
* ... that Argentinian '''[[Ricardo D. Eliçabe]]''' qualified as a physician, co-founded a petroleum refinery, and wrote about forgeries of Bolivia's first stamps?
* ... that the book '''''[[Love Falls On Us]]''''', about the LGBTQ movement in Africa, was praised by author [[Uzodinma Iweala]] for "elevating the extraordinary ordinariness of L.G.B.T.Q. Africans"?
* ... that [[Garretson, South Dakota]], was named after businessman '''[[Arthur Samuel Garretson]]'''?
* ... that the plot of '''''[[Fast and Feel Love]]''''' involves a character competing to become the fastest [[Sport stacking|cup-stacking]] competitor in the world?

===30 July 2022===
*'''''12:00, 30 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 1946, '''[[Margrethe Parm]]''' ''(pictured)'' was appointed the director of [[Bredtveit Prison|a women's prison]] that had been used as a [[Political prisoner|political prison]] during the German occupation of Norway?
* ... that '''[[Garsa Fwip]]'''{{`s}} portrayer, [[Jennifer Beals]], did not know [[The Book of Boba Fett|what series she was part of]] when she arrived on set?
* ... that '''''[[Portunus segnis]]''''' was one of the earliest [[Lessepsian migration|Lessepsian migrant]]s to the Mediterranean, being first recorded in 1898 at Port Said?
* ... that '''[[R. B. Schlather|R.&nbsp;B. Schlather]]''' directed the world premiere of Hertzberg's chamber opera ''[[The Rose Elf (opera)|The Rose Elf]]'' in Brooklyn, as well as Cimarosa's ''[[L'Italiana in Londra]]'' and Puccini's ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' at the [[Oper Frankfurt]]?
* ... that after Lew Dickey&nbsp;Sr. broke into the radio business by buying '''[[WBBD|a station in West Virginia]]''', his son would go on to own [[Cumulus Media]]?
* ... that Russian scientist '''[[Dmitry Kolker]]''' was arrested on charges of espionage while being treated for terminal cancer at a hospital and flown to Moscow, dying two days later?
* ... that a '''[[Space Forge]]''' satellite is scheduled to fly on the first-ever satellite launch from the United Kingdom?
* ... that mathematics professor '''[[Ari Nagel]]''' has fathered more than a hundred children?

*'''''00:00, 30 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[flag of Sint Maarten]]''' ''(pictured)'' depicts the friendship monument delineating the [[Saint Martin–Sint Maarten border|boundary between the Dutch and French sections]] of the island?
* ... that '''[[Margot Sponer]]''' used her international network of contacts to help people escape persecution in [[Nazi Germany]]?
* ... that the 37-metre-long (121&nbsp;ft) '''[[Burnham Pier]]''' is sometimes described as the United Kingdom's shortest?
* ... that '''[[Louis Weinstein]]''', a pioneer in infectious disease treatment, funded his education by working as a jazz violinist?
* ... that '''[[Rust (programming language)|Rust]]''' has been named the "most loved [[programming language]]" every year for seven years since 2016 by annual surveys conducted by [[Stack Overflow]]?
* ... that [[Heather Baron-Gracie]] of the band [[Pale Waves]] likened the music video for their song "'''[[Jealousy (Pale Waves song)|Jealousy]]'''" to a "[[Helmut Lang (fashion brand)|Helmet Lang]] or [[Calvin Klein (fashion house)|Calvin Klein]] advert"?
* ... that '''[[Matthew Tye]]''' uploaded a [[YouTube]] video about leaving China after hearing that members of the local [[public security bureau (China)|public security bureau]] had shown his photograph in bars frequented by foreigners?
* ... that the presentation of [[History of Inuit clothing#Contemporary fashion|Inuit fashion]] items made from sealskin at contemporary art exhibition '''''[[Floe Edge]]''''' was called "an upraised Inuit middle finger" to anti–[[seal hunting]] activists?

===29 July 2022===
*'''''12:00, 29 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that an inscription uncovered at the '''[[Pyramid of Khentkaus&nbsp;I]]''' ''(pictured)'', identifies Khentkaus&nbsp;I as the mother of two kings, or perhaps the mother of one and a king herself? 
* ... that Canadian paediatrician '''[[Gladys Boyd]]''' was one of the first physicians to treat diabetic children with insulin?
* ... that [[Jerome Robbins]]'s final ballet, '''''[[Brandenburg (ballet)|Brandenburg]]''''', set to excerpts from Bach's ''[[Brandenburg Concertos]]'', is likened to a [[kaleidoscope]]? <!-- Special occasion hook for July 29 -->
* ... that '''[[Athanasius Safar]]''', a [[Syriac Catholic Church|Syriac Catholic]] bishop from the [[Ottoman Empire]], left Europe for Mexico in 1689?
* ... that following the ban of its labour unions in 1934, the '''[[United Socialist Party (Romania)|Romanian United Socialist Party]]''' would rely on its youth and women's wings for political action?
* ... that the '''[[Clements twins]]''' have an estimated revenue of almost US$6000 per [[Instagram]] post?
* ... that the Japanese [[manga]] series '''''[[Heart Gear]]''''' sells three times better in France than in Japan?
* ... that the name of the Indian city '''[[Bangalore]]''' could be derived from a [[Kannada]] word meaning 'town of boiled beans'?

*'''''00:00, 29 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Alexander Caulfield Anderson]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first European to widen and use the [[Naches Pass]]?
* ... that [[Olivia Rodrigo]] and [[Dan Nigro]] wrote the song "'''[[Deja Vu (Olivia Rodrigo song)|Deja Vu]]'''" within one day?
* ... that '''[[Anita Rivas]]''', an Ecuadorian mayor, visited the United Kingdom and offered to stop oil drilling in a rainforest in [[Yasuní National Park]]?
* ... that the mission of the '''[[United Nations Special Envoy on Myanmar|United Nations special envoy on Myanmar]]''' has been called a "diplomatic graveyard"?
* ... that '''[[Robert Byron Tabor]]'''{{`s}} first major painting was put on display in the [[White House]] by [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and his wife? 
* ... that '''[[List of carillons in Belgium|there are nearly 100 carillons in Belgium]]''', two of which are in [[St. Rumbold's Cathedral|the same building]]?
* ... that the '''[[Deutsches Romantik-Museum]]''' in [[Frankfurt]], the only museum dedicated to the entire era of [[German Romanticism]], looks like three houses and features [[Blue flower|blue]] elements?
* ... that '''[[Robert M. Blizzard]]''', who pioneered [[growth hormone therapy]] in children, liked to joke that he had added 11 miles (18&nbsp;km) to the height of the U.S. population?

===28 July 2022===
*'''''12:00, 28 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the head on top of the '''[[Museo Cabeza de Juárez]]''' ''(pictured)'' inspired the pictogram of '''[[Guelatao metro station]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Isabel Darlington]]''' was the first woman lawyer in [[Chester County, Pennsylvania]], and the only woman practicing law there for 45 years?
* ... that organist [[Jehan Alain]]'s '''''[[Messe modale en septuor]]''''' was written for a [[septet]] of soprano, alto, flute and string quartet?
* ... that '''''[[Angéline de Montbrun]]''''' by '''[[Laure Conan]]''' is the first [[Psychological fiction|psychological novel]] written by a French Canadian?
* ... that while [[Marvel Comics]] originally designated the main reality depicted in the '''[[Multiverse (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|MCU multiverse]]''' as Earth-199999, ''[[Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness]]'' established it as Earth-616?
* ... that '''[[Rod Zaine]]''' scored his high school's championship-winning [[Single (football)|single]] in Canadian football before playing in the [[National Hockey League]]?
* ... that the classroom video platform '''[[Flip (software)|Flip]]''' was made free-to-use when acquired by Microsoft in 2018?
* ... that [[Martin Nievera]] said "you won't see any dancers, fire eaters and things like that" at his '''[[Martin & Regine: The World Concert Tour|2003 World Concert Tour]]''' with [[Regine Velasquez]]?

*'''''00:00, 28 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that up to 13 groups of the '''[[Cotton Blossom Singers]]''' ''(group pictured)'' toured through the United States at a time?
* ... that '''[[Ada Buisson]]''' died at the age of 27, and her short story "The Ghost's Summons" has been [[Anthology|anthologised]] several times since her death?
* ... that some members of the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]] came up with the idea to design a '''[[flag of Colorado]]''', unaware that such a flag already existed?
* ... that after '''[[Sohagpur massacre|a massacre that took place there]]''', the village of Sohagpur was renamed the "village of widows"?
* ... that '''[[Theophilus Gates]]''' started a nudist free-love Christian sect in the mid–19th century near [[Pottstown, Pennsylvania]]?
* ... that after its [[Political integration of India|merger with India]], the last [[raja]] of '''[[Jubbal State]]''' joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]]?
* ... that [[Adele]] reduced the length of "'''[[I Drink Wine]]'''" from fifteen to six minutes because her label thought that no one would play a fifteen-minute song on the radio?
* ... that '''[[Dan Jones (footballer, born 1994)|Dan Jones]]''' discovered that he was talented at taking [[throw-in]]s after having been a [[Javelin throw|javelin thrower]] at school?

===27 July 2022===
*'''''12:00, 27 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Brooklyn]]'s '''[[West Street Foundry]]''', owned by '''[[Wilson Small]]''', built the engine for '''{{ship||Daniel Webster|steamboat|6}}''' ''(pictured)'', which on debut in 1853 was the largest and fastest steamboat in [[Maine]] coastal service?
* ... that after a successful siege of [[Mogaung]], Commander '''[[Thiri Zeya Thura of Taungdwin|Thiri Zeya Thura]]''' rushed back to [[Inwa|Ava]], arriving there in time for the coronation of [[Narapati I of Ava|Narapati&nbsp;I]] to present the captured ''[[Chao Pha|sawbwa]]''?
* ... that the '''[[flag of Montserrat]]''' depicts [[Ériu|Erin]] embracing a cross, signifying the Montserratians' love of Christ?
* ... that years after he played a recurring character on ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'' during its first season, '''[[Dijon Talton]]''' reprised his role as [[List of Glee characters#Matt Rutherford|Matt Rutherford]] in the final two episodes?
* ... that "'''[[Ich lobe meinen Gott von ganzem Herzen]]'''" is a cheerful hymn based on the beginning of [[Psalm&nbsp;9]]?
* ... that the veto of an [[Indiana]] law '''[[Indiana HB 1041|that bans transgender girls from participating in school sports]]''' was overridden by the state legislature?
* ... that the son of Reverend Canon '''[[Walter William Covey-Crump|W.&nbsp;W. Covey-Crump]]''', Commander '''[[A. T. L. Covey-Crump|A.&nbsp;T.&nbsp;L. Covey-Crump]]''', compiled a list of [[Customs and traditions of the Royal Navy#Naval slang|Jack-speak]] that is still consulted by historians of the Royal Navy?
* ... that [[no wave]] band '''[[Pulsallama]]''' was described as "13 girls fighting over a cowbell"?

*'''''00:00, 27 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after the Italian soprano '''[[Fausta Labia]]''' ''(pictured)'' worked at the [[Royal Swedish Opera]], she appeared as Mascagni's [[Iris (opera)|Iris]] at [[La Fenice]] in Venice and as Wagner's [[Die Walküre|Sieglinde]] at [[La Scala]] in Milan?
* ... that '''[[Watchdog (research collective)|Watchdog]]''' created a [[fact-checking]] app within 36 hours of its founding?
* ... that '''[[Gentner Drummond]]''' flew in the first combat mission of [[Gulf War|Operation Desert Storm]]?
* ... that a hut on New Zealand's '''[[Copland Track]]''' had to be moved after being hit by a mudslide just 13 weeks after opening?
* ... that [[Ontario Hockey Association]] president '''[[Brent Ladds]]''' once agreed to let a player reduce his suspension by serving as a referee?
* ... that South Carolina's '''[[Buford High School (South Carolina)|Buford High School]]''' was named in 1925 after Continental Army Colonel [[Abraham Buford]], who fought at [[Buford's Massacre Site|a nearby battlefield]] in 1780?
* ... that the [[Treaty of Breda (1667)|Treaty of Breda]] did not establish the borders of [[Acadia]], so '''[[Hector d'Andigné de Grandfontaine]]''' established them at the [[Saint George River]]?
* ... that '''[[Chicecream]]'''{{`s}} ice cream flavours include aged cheese and [[Edible bird's nest|bird's nests]]?

===26 July 2022===
*'''''12:00, 26 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Araucaria heterophylla|pine tree]] on the '''[[flag of Norfolk Island]]''' ''(pictured)'' is native to the territory and is its official tree?
* ... that when '''[[Heather Engebretson]]''' portrayed the title role of Puccini's ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' for the first time, a reviewer said that her voice "can tremble with panic and shine with hope"?
* ... that '''''[[The Kreutzer Sonata (painting)|The Kreutzer Sonata]]''''' was reproduced to promote [[Tabu by Dana|Tabu]]?
* ... that '''[[Tashy Bohm]]''' held the American public high school 100 meter backstroke record for seven years?
* ... that [[Mabel Cheung]] won the [[5th Hong Kong Film Awards|5th]] [[Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director]] with her debut film '''''[[The Illegal Immigrant]]'''''{{-?}}
* ... that a plaza called the Channel Gardens was planted between '''[[British Empire Building|British]]''' and '''[[La Maison Francaise (Rockefeller Center)|French]]''' buildings at [[Rockefeller Center]]?
* ... that operations at '''[[Mirador mine]]''' were shut down in June 2022 by [[2022 Ecuadorian protests|protests in Ecuador]]?
* ... that [[William Forsythe (choreographer)|William Forsythe]]'s ballet '''''[[The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude]]''''' is so difficult to dance that a ballerina said she would rather give birth again?

*'''''00:00, 26 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the painted portrait series '''''[[Ishūretsuzō]]''''' features [[Ainu people|Ainu]] chieftains ''(example pictured)'' in [[Qing dynasty|Qing]] robes, Russian military coats, and as an "Ininkari bear" (white [[brown bear]])?
* ... that when '''[[Jo Ann Evansgardner]]''' ran for a position on the [[Pittsburgh City Council]], she asked voters to "put this woman in her place"?
* ... that the '''[[Enkeli-Elisa]]''' story about a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide because she had been bullied at school was investigated as a fraud by the police?
* ... that 1920s and 1930s radio show actress '''[[Artie Belle McGinty]]''' played the original radio advertisement voice for [[Aunt Jemima]]?
* ... that '''[[discrimination based on nationality]]''' is an exception to anti-discrimination laws in many countries?
* ... that artist '''[[Richard Lorenz (artist)|Richard Lorenz]]''' was nearly killed by a falling tree cut down by workers he had been sketching?
* ... that a reviewer called '''[[Black Krrsantan]]''' one of "the scariest characters in ''Star Wars'' history"?
* ... that [[Adele]] decided never to perform "'''[[To Be Loved (Adele song)|To Be Loved]]'''" live as it upset her to the point of having to leave the room?

===25 July 2022===
*'''''12:00, 25 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Tramping in New Zealand|hiking]] track through the '''[[Pororari River]]''' gorge has become part of New Zealand's newest [[New Zealand Great Walks|Great Walk]], the '''[[Paparoa Track]]''' ''(video featured)''{{-?}}
* ... that [[Bob Dylan]] poked [[Emmylou Harris]] when he wanted her to start singing during the recording of "'''[[One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)]]'''"?
* ... that two Argentine commandos were awarded [[Cross to the Heroic Valour in Combat|their nation's highest honour]] for the '''[[Skirmish at Top Malo House]]'''?
* ... that the 1923 book '''''[[Motion Pictures in Education]]''''' is among the first major works about using films to teach students?
* ... that '''[[Stanley Shaldon]]''' upset manufacturers by reusing [[kidney dialysis|dialysis]] machines?
* ... that '''[[Arrival (soundtrack)|the soundtrack]]''' for the 2016 film ''[[Arrival (film)|Arrival]]'', composed by [[Jóhann Jóhannsson]], was ruled ineligible for contention at the [[89th Academy Awards]] due to the film's prominent inclusion of a [[Max Richter]] piece?
* ... that 17th-century entomologist '''[[Eleanor Glanville]]''' raised her own moths and butterflies, and wrote some of the earliest detailed descriptions of butterfly rearing?
* ... that '''[[Park Avenue Plaza]]''' is not on [[Park Avenue]] and does not have a plaza?

*'''''00:00, 25 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''''[[Messe brève no. 7 (Gounod)|Messe brève no.&nbsp;7]]''''' by [[Charles Gounod]] ''(pictured)'' is an 1890 [[Missa brevis]] that he derived from an earlier work for only two voices and [[Pipe organ|organ]]?
* ... that deceased YouTuber '''[[Technoblade]]''' beat the video game ''[[Minecraft]]'' in [[Permadeath|hardcore mode]] using a [[Racing wheel|racing-wheel]] controller?
* ... that the '''[[paleoflora of the Messel Formation]]''' has had monographs documenting leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds and even pollen?
* ... that '''[[David Davies (test pilot)|David P. Davies]]''' was the chief test pilot for the United Kingdom's [[Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)|Civil Aviation Authority]] for 33 years?
* ... that in June&nbsp;2009, a teenage girl and her adult boyfriend '''[[Murder of Joanne Witt|stabbed her mother to death]]''' when she objected to their relationship?
* ... that the '''[[National Agrarian Union]]''' opposed the introduction of [[Women's suffrage|female suffrage]] in Sweden?
* ... that '''[[Mary Mara]]''' felt the writers of ''[[Nash Bridges]]'' "started to write for me really well about halfway through the season"?
* ... that a [[pope|pontiff]] in [[Pontifical vestments|pontificals]] may pontificate with a '''[[pontifical]]''' at a [[Pontifical High Mass|Pontifical]] during his [[pontificate]]?

===24 July 2022===
*'''''12:00, 24 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Gita Sarabhai]]''' was among the first women to play the [[pakhavaj]] ''(example pictured)'', a traditional musical instrument of India?
* ... that '''[[Erasmus Schöfer]]''' chronicled the resistance in Germany, from the [[West German student movement|protests of 1968]] to [[German reunification]], in a [[tetralogy]] of novels?
* ... that the film '''''[[Evangeline (1914 film)|Evangeline]]''''', based on [[Evangeline|a poem]] by [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]], was praised by Longfellow's daughter?
* ... that the defiant owner of '''[[WPST-TV|a Miami TV station]]''' kept its marquee lit for 18 months after losing its [[Broadcast license|license]]?
* ... that '''[[Carver Court]]''' in [[Coatesville, Pennsylvania]], was built to house African-American steelworkers during World War&nbsp;II?
* ... that the [[Saint Helena plover|wirebird]] on the '''[[flag of Saint Helena]]''' is the last species of bird that is endemic to the island?
* ... that Arizona state senator '''[[W. P. Mahoney|W.&nbsp;P. Mahoney]]''' became an acquaintance of [[Wyatt Earp]] when he was a miner?
* ... that some [[TikTok]]ers make videos about whether to '''[[Smash or pass?|smash or pass]]''' Disney characters?

*'''''00:00, 24 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that French [[soprano]] '''[[Marguerite Vaillant-Couturier]]''' created the role of Micaëla in the world premiere of Lecocq's ''[[Le coeur et la main]]'' ''(pictured)'' in Paris in 1882?
* ... that the 2022 [[United States Football League (2022)|USFL]] playoffs and '''[[2022 USFL Championship Game|championship game]]''' could not be played in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], as the rest of the season was, due to the [[2022 World Games]]?
* ... that '''[[Bruno Pereira]]''', an expert in the indigenous people of Brazil, and journalist [[Dom Phillips]] were [[Murder of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips|killed while on a trip in the Vale do Javari]]?
* ... that a founder of '''[[WMXX-FM|a Tennessee radio station]]''' bought it back from the same group he had sold it to, who in turn had bought it back themselves?
* ... that the [[2022 Marmolada serac collapse]] was caused by '''[[climate change in Italy]]'''?
* ... that doctors told '''[[Lance McCullers]]''' that he should not continue to [[Pitch (baseball)|pitch]] in 1990, but he returned to [[Major League Baseball]] in 1992?
* ... that '''[[displaced aggression]]''' is experienced by humans and animals?
* ... that a kind of '''[[deep fried egg]]''' dish might be perceived as a warning in Thai folklore?

===23 July 2022===
*'''''12:03, 23 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Julia Dawson]]'''{{`s}} first Clarion Van ''(pictured)'' was named for Scottish socialist [[Caroline Martyn]]?
* ... that '''[[KFYI|a Phoenix radio station]]''' served as the springboard for future Arizona governor [[Jack Williams (American politician)|Jack Williams]] and comedian [[Steve Allen]]?
* ... that soprano '''[[Sarah Traubel]]''' appeared as Inanna in Jörg Widmann's ''[[Babylon (opera)|Babylon]]'' for the opening of the 2022 [[Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden]]?
* ... that the engineering and architectural company '''[[Burns & McDonnell]]''' is 100% owned by its employees? 
* ... that indigenous Australian artist '''[[Daniel Boyd (artist)|Daniel Boyd]]''' has depicted colonial figures including Captain [[James Cook]] and Governor [[Arthur Phillip]] as pirates?
* ... that Matthew Healy and George Daniel of [[The 1975]] helped make [[Pale Waves]]'s debut single, "'''[[There's a Honey]]'''", "sonically bigger"?
* ... that '''[[Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone|an episode]]''' of the children's TV show ''[[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]'' featuring a same-sex wedding was not aired on [[Alabama Public Television|Alabama's PBS network]]?
* ... that '''''[[Dead Cells]]''''' was published in [[early access]] because the developers feared that there would be an "indiepocalypse"?

*'''''01:44, 23 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Amund Dietzel]]''' ''(pictured)'', sometimes called the "[[Rembrandt]] of the [[Human skin|rind]]", learned to tattoo after he went to sea at the age of 14?
* ... that the 2001 [[concert residency]] '''[[Regine at the Movies]]''' was restaged seventeen years later?
* ... that former Dutch [[rugby union]] player '''[[Sylke Haverkorn]]''' served as head coach of the [[Turkey women's national rugby union team|Turkey women's national team]] before securing the same position at her country's women's national team?
* ... that the '''[[CIA activities in Japan|CIA shipped color TV sets to Japan]]''' to broadcast propaganda for the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]]?
* ... that "'''[[Supermodel (Måneskin song)|Supermodel]]'''" is about a fictional character inspired by people [[Måneskin]] met in Los Angeles?
* ... that the original '''[[Norman Osborn (Sam Raimi film series)|Green Goblin]]''' suit, created by [[Amalgamated Dynamics]] for ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]'', was scrapped after being deemed "too creepy" by studio executives?<!--Special occasion date request-->
* ... that South African mayor '''[[Marlene van Staden]]''' was re-elected through a [[Coin flipping|coin toss]]?
* ... that the members of the band that recorded the album '''''[[Hearken to the Witches Rune]]''''' do not remember in what year it was released?

===22 July 2022===
*'''''12:13, 22 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that despite its name, the '''[[white-nosed saki]]''' ''(pictured)'' actually has a reddish-pink nose?
* ... that after finding success in Poland and South America, [[soprano]] '''[[Adalgisa Gabbi]]''' performed at [[La Scala]] as Eva in the Italian premiere of Wagner's ''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]]''{{-?}}
* ... that the perceived tameness of [[LGBT pride|LGBT Pride]] Month gave rise to '''[[Wrath Month]]'''? <!-- Special occasion hook for July -->
* ... that '''[[Kiyoe Yoshioka]]''', the vocalist of the band [[Ikimonogakari]], voiced an [[Eevee]] in the film ''[[Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened]]''{{-?}}
* ... that the beginning of '''''[[Lawyering (book)|Lawyering]]''''' was compared to a [[Cinderella]] story?
* ... that before the swearing-in of convicted murderer '''[[Kenny Motsamai]]''' as an MP, South African Chief Justice [[Mogoeng Mogoeng]] cited a constitutional requirement prohibiting felons from becoming MPs?
* ... that the '''[[Morris County Park Commission]]''' in [[New Jersey]] oversees over {{cvt|20000|acre}} of land, including a marina, an [[Mennen Arena|ice skating arena]], a horse stable, a historical farm, and a [[gristmill]]?
* ... that the first line to [[STU48]]'s "'''[[Hana wa Dare no Mono?]]'''", which imagines a world without borders, is often misheard as wishing for a world without [[Tokyo]]?

*'''''00:11, 22 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Touchscreen|touch-screen technology]], [[Pay at the pump|pay-at-the-pump]], [[car phone]]s, and [[Coca-Cola Cherry]] were shown at the '''[[1982 World's Fair]]''' ''(pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that '''[[Yosef Shenberger]]''' was inspired to add [[stained glass]] and other decorative elements to his synagogues through his study of ancient ruins?
* ... that the software-testing framework '''[[pytest]]''' has been described as a key ecosystem project for the [[Python (programming language)|Python]] programming language?
* ... that '''[[Irving L. Branch]]'''  headed the [[North American X-15|{{nowrap|X-15}}]] rocket program and the first test flight of the [[North American XB-70 Valkyrie|{{nowrap|B-70}} Valkyrie]] supersonic bomber?
* ... that the '''[[Maizbhandari]]''' order of Sufism in Bangladesh is each year host to reportedly the fifth-largest gathering of Muslims in the world?
* ... that Danish-born [[soprano]] '''[[Louise Janssen]]''' appeared at the [[Opéra National de Lyon|Grand Théâtre de Lyon]] as Eva in the French premiere of Wagner's ''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]]''? 
* ... that '''[[HMS Chichester (1785)|HMS&nbsp;''Chichester'']]''' was designed to carry 44 guns but never carried more than 22?
* ... that '''[[KTPT|a South Dakota radio station]]''' once played nothing but various recordings of "[[Amazing Grace]]"?

===21 July 2022===
*'''''12:00, 21 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Reactive Scientific Research Institute]]''' developed the [[Katyusha rocket launcher]] ''(examples pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that in an 1854 war with the [[Jicarilla Apache|Jicarilla]], '''[[William S. Messervy]]''', the acting governor of the [[New Mexico Territory]], desired either "their extinction or their settlement in pueblos"?
* ... that at the '''[[2022 British Athletics Championships]]''', [[Daryll Neita]] became the first woman since 2010 to win both the 100- and 200-metre events?
* ... that '''[[Evgenia Debryanskaya]]''', the lesbian activist who co-founded Russia's first gay-rights organization, was the first wife of [[Aleksandr Dugin]], [[Vladimir Putin]]'s "Rasputin"?
* ... that residents of '''[[the Normandy]]''' tried to block the construction of an adjacent tower by citing a covenant that the Normandy itself violated?
* ... that German SA officer '''[[Walter Heck]]''' was paid only 2.50&nbsp;[[Reichsmark|ℛℳ]] (about US$2) for designing the Nazi SS double rune symbol?
* ... that the '''[[Indy Bag Ladies]]''', one of the oldest [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] fundraising organizations, is a group of activist [[drag queen]]s in [[Indianapolis]] who have raised more than $1&nbsp;million for AIDS patients?
* ... that [[Catherine Ribeiro]]'s 1972 album '''''[[Paix]]''''' contains a 25-minute-long song about meeting a female [[Death (personification)|personification of death]]?

*'''''00:00, 21 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that when the '''[[Candler Building (New York City)|Candler Building]]''' ''(pictured)'' opened, it was the tallest building around [[Times Square]]?
* ... that '''[[Liu Zhaohua]]''' was a Chinese drug lord who produced and trafficked over 18 tonnes of [[methamphetamine]]?
* ... that the 2020 case '''''[[Henderson v. Box]]''''' held that the state of Indiana must list same-sex parents on their child's birth certificate?
* ... that the unveiling of the '''[[Statue of James Cook, Hyde Park|statue of Captain Cook]]''' in [[Hyde Park, Sydney]], in 1879 was declared a public holiday, with an estimated 60,000 people in attendance?
* ... that indie musician [[Sufjan Stevens]] composed the score for the 2014 ballet '''''[[Everywhere We Go (ballet)|Everywhere We Go]]''''', choreographed by [[Justin Peck]] for the [[New York City Ballet]]?
* ... that '''[[Hermann Gutzmann]]''' died of [[sepsis]] after suffering a stab wound from a [[Phonograph|gramophone]] needle?
* ... that a [[Federal Communications Commission]] examiner found that billing fraud at '''[[WVGB|a South Carolina radio station]]''' "merited the severest sanctions"?
* ... that '''[[Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant|Christchurch smells]]'''?

===20 July 2022===
*'''''12:00, 20 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that before his [[Major League Baseball]] career, '''[[Leo Posada]]''' ''(pictured)'' represented Cuba internationally in [[cycle sport|cycling]]?
* ... that model [[Tyra Banks]] produces '''''[[Generation Drag]]''''', a TV series which follows five children preparing for a drag show?
* ... that the arrest of American farmer '''[[Wayne Cryts]]''' for removing his soybeans from a bankrupt [[grain elevator]] led to a change in legislation by Congress?
* ... that the westernmost population of [[Washingtonia filifera|California fan palms]] is found on the slopes of '''[[Cerro Bola]]''' in Baja California, Mexico?
* ... that '''[[Rahmah el Yunusiyah]]''' founded four [[pesantren|Islamic schools]] for women in Indonesia despite being made to leave school herself at the age of 16?
* ... that in 1991 [[Mazda]] engineers created a '''[[Mazda Suitcase Car|suitcase car]]''' with lights and a 1.7 horsepower engine?
* ... that the favourite role of '''[[Wilma Schmidt]]''', who performed at the [[Staatsoper Hannover]] for more than five decades in German, Italian and Slavic operas, was the Marschallin in ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]''{{-?}}
* ... that only one boat successfully made it through the '''[[Duckport Canal]]'''?

*'''''00:00, 20 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that  '''[[Alfred Egerton Cooper]]''', a war artist who lost the use of an eye in World War&nbsp;I, painted airships ''(example pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that when [[Divine (group)|Divine]]'s song "'''[[Lately (Divine song)|Lately]]'''" topped the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard''&nbsp;Hot 100]] in 1998, it became the first number-one single for the performers, the [[songwriter]]s, the [[Record producer|producers]], and the [[record label]]s?
* ... that activist '''[[Gerlin Bean]]''' co-founded the [[Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent]] in 1978, an event described as "a watershed in the history of Black women's rights activism"?
* ... that in the 1980s, [[NBC]] was given several hundred million dollars' worth of incentives to stay at '''[[30 Rockefeller Plaza|30&nbsp;Rockefeller Plaza]]'''?
* ... that the tribune of the plebs '''[[Gaius Antius Restio]]''' passed a law in 68&nbsp;BC forbidding Roman magistrates from attending banquets?
* ... that a group of [[Scouts BSA|Boy Scouts]] provided first aid to victims of the '''[[2022 Missouri train derailment]]''' before first responders arrived?
* ... that [[2020–21 Singapore circuit breaker measures|{{nowrap|COVID-19}} lockdown restrictions]] caused a 37-percent increase in infections of [[dengue fever]] in '''[[2020 dengue outbreak in Singapore|Singapore's 2020 outbreak]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Ruth L. Trufant]]''' sued a man for not following through on a promise to marry her?

===19 July 2022===
*'''''12:00, 19 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Dee Dawkins-Haigler]]''' ''(pictured)'' ran in four elections in four months for the same seat?
* ... that an erroneous claim that the [[Language model#Neural network|neural language model]] '''[[LaMDA]]''' is sentient has generated conversations on the efficacy of the [[Turing test]]?
* ... that '''[[Assassination of Wade Perrin|South Carolina legislator Wade Perrin was assassinated]]''' by members of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] the day after being re-elected?
* ... that the '''[[Promethean gap]]''' was part of an attempt by Gunther Andres to conceptualize Hiroshima and Auschwitz?
* ... that the 1956 article "'''[[My Last Wonderful Days]]'''", about an Iowa woman accepting terminal cancer, funded an [[Iowa State University]] scholarship program?
* ... that '''[[Ernst Jacobi]]''', known for portraying Gauleiter Löbsack in [[Volker Schlöndorff]]'s film ''[[The Tin Drum (film)|The Tin Drum]]'', played more than 200 roles as a television actor?
* ... that public health authorities are still not exactly sure how '''''[[Alaskapox virus]]''''', a recently discovered relative of ''[[Monkeypox virus]]'', has spread to humans from animals? 
* ... that '''[[Mary Baines]]''', credited as one of the founders of the [[palliative care]] movement, initially thought it "very odd, this idea of caring for the dying"?

*'''''00:00, 19 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[Chrysina limbata]]''''' ''(pictured)'' has a reflective silver color because of layers of [[Chirped mirror|chirped]] chitin coating?
* ... that two slaves belonging to [[Carlos, Prince of Asturias|Don Carlos]] were trained by the Italian medallist '''[[Jacopo da Trezzo]]''' in his workshop in 1550s Madrid?
* ... that a Florida resident was arrested after posting on '''[[RateMyCop.com]]'''?
* ... that in 2007, '''[[Arthur Gray (philatelist)|Arthur Gray]]'''{{`s}} £2 [[Postage stamps and postal history of Australia#The "Roo" stamp|Kangaroo and Map stamp]] sold for a world record price for a single Australian stamp?
* ... that the '''[[MicroOffice RoadRunner|RoadRunner]]''', a laptop from 1983, loaded and stored data from cartridges?
* ... that in 2021, '''[[Death of Wishma Sandamali|Wishma Sandamali]]''', who was detained for overstaying her visa after seeking police protection for domestic abuse, became the 17th person to die in Japanese immigration detention since 2007?
* ... that roughly 15,000 copies of the anonymously published essay "'''[[Queers Read This]]'''" were distributed at the June 1990 [[NYC Pride March|New York Gay Pride Parade]]?
* ... that people with '''[[woolly hair]]''' may also have tooth decay?

===18 July 2022===
*'''''12:00, 18 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Pooja Sharma (entrepreneur)|Pooja Sharma]]''' ''(pictured)'' employs 150 women in a bakery that she started in a reputedly haunted mansion?
* ... that the American [[card game]] of '''[[Six-Bid Solo]]''' originated in southern Germany?
* ... that '''[[Ellaisa Marquis]]''' has been called the "marquis player" of women's football in Saint Lucia?
* ... that two state representatives got into a fight in the parking lot of Miami's '''[[WAQI|Radio Mambí]]''' after one's father insulted the other's on the air?
* ... that '''[[Oey Tiang Tjoei]]''' once physically assaulted the editor of a competing newspaper?
* ... that a [[guerrilla gardening|guerrilla garden]] established atop '''[[Montauk Cutoff|an abandoned railroad]]''' in [[Long Island City]] became legally recognized by the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|MTA]]?
* ... that Welsh [[shot put]]ter '''[[Adele Nicoll]]''' was approached about taking up [[bobsleigh]] based on a video on [[social media]] of her exercising?
* ... that the '''[[Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)|Broadway Theatre]]''' is one of [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]]'s few [[Broadway theatre|Broadway theaters]]?

*'''''00:00, 18 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[The Great Wave off Kanagawa]]''''' ''(pictured)'' has been described as "possibly the most reproduced image in the history of all art"?
* ... that '''[[María Chiquinquirá]]''' was allowed to remain free until a court heard her case, but since it never did she died a free woman?
* ... that under '''[[House Bill 5414|a new Connecticut law]]''', abortion providers in the state can countersue anyone who sues them under the [[Texas Heartbeat Act]]?
* ... that three men resigned from the [[Executive Council of Nova Scotia]] upon '''[[Mather Byles Almon]]'''{{`s}} appointment?
* ... that the snapping shrimp '''''[[Alpheus armatus]]''''' clears sand from a [[Bartholomea annulata|sea anemone]]'s lair?
* ... that [[counterterrorism]] expert '''[[Esperanza Casteleiro]]''' used to work in [[human resources]]?
* ... that during '''[[Orrin Hatch 2000 presidential campaign|Orrin Hatch's presidential campaign]]''' in 2000, his wife told him that his poor performance in the [[Iowa caucuses]] was a "sign from God" to end his campaign?
* ... that a statue of '''[[Serenidus of Saulges|Serenidus]]''', the brother of '''[[Serenicus]]''', is called the "little pissing saint" because a spring issues from below it in the '''[[Oratory of Saint Cénéré]]'''?

===17 July 2022===
*'''''00:00, 17 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that research on [[short-finned pilot whale]]s ''(example pictured)'' by '''[[Natacha Aguilar de Soto]]''' is leading scientists to reassess foraging models for the behavior of marine predators?
* ... that [[Charlie Young]] '''[[A Proportional Response|was introduced into ''The West Wing'']]''' over concerns of a lack of racial diversity in casting?
* ... that in 2020, Ukrainian [[association football]] referee '''[[Maryna Striletska]]''' was part of the first all-woman officiating team for a men's international football match?
* ... that the '''''[[MV Spirit of Norfolk|Spirit of Norfolk]]''''' caught fire while carrying 89 schoolchildren?
* ... that in 2021, [[Elvis Costello]] remade his 1978 album '''''[[This Year's Model]]''''' in Spanish with several [[Latin music]]al artists?
* ... that according to [[Rogers Smith]], the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]]'s decision in the '''''[[Ex parte Yarbrough|Ku Klux Cases]]''''' was its only ruling "markedly favorable to black voting rights" in the [[Nadir of American race relations|post-Reconstruction era]]?
* ... that '''[[Ursula Sillge]]'''{{`s}} attempt to organize a 1978 national lesbian gathering in [[East Germany]] led to the banning of [[Charlotte von Mahlsdorf]]'s venue for LGBT meetings?
* ... that the novel '''''[[June Rain]]''''' was described by one critic as "a 'whodunit' without a 'who{{' "}}?

===16 July 2022===
*'''''00:00, 16 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Stegodon aurorae|Akebono elephant]]''' ''(tooth pictured)'' is one of four ''[[Stegodon]]'' species that roamed [[Pliocene|Plio]]-[[Pleistocene]] Japan?
* ... that '''[[Ann Klein]]''' supported a successful bill that allowed women to register to vote in New Jersey without disclosing their marital status?
* ... that readers of '''''[[The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler]]''''' often incorrectly assume that the main character is a boy?
* ... that after '''[[LaVere Redfield]]'''{{`s}} death, 12 tons of silver dollars were found hidden in his garage and home?
* ... that a [[cheat code]] in the video game ''[[Spyro: Year of the Dragon]]'' grants access to a near-complete copy of '''''[[Crash Bash]]'''''?
* ... that [[James T. Sears]] called the novels '''''[[The White Paper (novel)|The White Paper]]''''' (1928), '''''[[Street of Stairs]]''''' (1968), and '''''[[Boychick (novel)|Boychick]]''''' (1971), three "[[pederasty|pederastic]] erotic classics"?
* ... that Australian communist '''[[Harry Stein (communist)|Harry Stein]]''' was personally invited by Prime Minister [[Nguyễn Cao Kỳ]] to tour [[South Vietnam]]?
* ... that a study published in the journal '''''[[Celebrity Studies]]''''' examined [[Pippa Middleton]]'s [[buttocks]] using [[Marxism|Marxist]] and [[Sigmund Freud|Freudian]] analyses?

===15 July 2022===
*'''''00:00, 15 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Eileen Collins]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first woman [[Space Shuttle]] pilot and the first woman to command a Space Shuttle mission?
* ... that '''''[[The Lord of the Ice Garden]]''''', a Polish novel series mixing elements of [[fantasy]] and [[science fiction]], has been compared to ''[[The Witcher]]''{{-?}}
* ... that the '''[[Fischer quintuplets]]''' had six other siblings?
* ... that '''[[Jim Pappin]]''' was credited with the [[1967 Stanley Cup Finals|1967 Stanley Cup]]-clinching goal in exchange for giving [[Pete Stemkowski]] unlimited access to his backyard pool?
* ... that '''[[William D. Leahy]]''' was the highest-ranking American military officer in World War&nbsp;II?
* ... that the prologue to '''''[[The Polymath]]''''' was written by [[Martin Kemp (art historian)|Martin Kemp]], a leading expert on [[Leonardo da Vinci]]?
* ... that food [[YouTuber]] '''[[Mike Chen]]''' also runs a channel documenting strange phenomena?
* ... that some bells are replaced by a '''[[Crotalus (liturgy)|wooden clapper]]''' for [[Paschal Triduum|three days in a year]]?

===14 July 2022===
*'''''00:00, 14 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the US Mint released the '''[[1909-S VDB Lincoln Cent|{{nowrap|1909-S}} VDB Lincoln Cent]]''' ''(pictured)'' on August&nbsp;2, 1909, and discontinued it on August&nbsp;5 because it showed the initials of engraver [[Victor David Brenner]]?
* ... that '''[[Alex Horton]]''' made his [[Twenty20]] cricket debut for [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]] despite no actual play being possible due to rain?
* ... that '''[[spiritual jazz]]''' originated in the 1960s, partially due to the [[civil rights movement]]?
* ... that dermosyphilopathologist '''[[Giuseppe Mariani (doctor)|Giuseppe Mariani]]''' received a silver medal for his bravery under fire at the Third Battle of the Isonzo?
* ... that based on the biblical principle of '''''[[omnia sunt communia]]''''', [[Thomas Aquinas]] argued that theft is not a [[sin]] if the thief genuinely needs what they are stealing?
* ... that [[jazz fusion]] and [[funk]] musician '''[[Mark Lettieri]]''' graduated with a degree in marketing?
* ... that the first time ''[[The Witcher]]'' universe was portrayed outside the novels was in the 1993–1995 Polish comic book series '''[[The Witcher (Prószyński i S-ka)|of the same name]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[Beacon Theatre (New York City)|Beacon Theatre]]''', once described as "a true bit of Bagdad on Broadway", later gained a reputation as a rock venue?

===13 July 2022===
*'''''00:00, 13 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that dozens of mammals and birds were [[Species description|first described]] from [[Type (biology)#Type specimen|specimens]] collected by "'''[[Orii Hyōjirō|Orii of the Orient]]'''" ''(pictured)''?
* ... that early [[floppy disk]]s used '''[[Frequency modulation encoding|FM encoding]]''' that took up only half the available storage?
* ... that politician '''[[John D'Orazio]]''' helped to secure a three-year trial of [[Daylight saving time in Australia|daylight saving time in Western Australia]]?
* ... that the '''[[Red Hill water crisis]]''' has caused a water shortage in [[Honolulu]]?
* ... that '''[[Ekaterina Novitskaya]]''', then aged 16, became the first female ever to win the [[Queen Elisabeth Competition]] for piano?
* ... that the 1944 {{nowrap|'''[[SCR-720|SCR-720]]'''}} [[radar]] system was used only briefly by the [[United States Army Air Forces|USAAF]], but was a primary [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] system into the late 1950s?
* ... that the Scottish medical missionary '''[[Ernest Muir (doctor)|Ernest Muir]]''' championed the use of the traditional Ayurvedic cure [[Hydnocarpus wightianus|chaulmoogra oil]] in treating [[Hansen's disease]] (leprosy)?
* ... that '''[[WITF-TV|a Pennsylvania TV station]]''' is experimenting with [[datacasting]] educational content to school students and prison inmates?

===12 July 2022===
*'''''00:00, 12 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that prior to '''[[Mary Manhein]]'''{{`s}} forensic-anthropology work in Louisiana, unidentified bones ''(examples pictured)'' "usually ended up in a box"?
* ... that [[Hans van Manen]]'s ballet '''''[[Adagio Hammerklavier]]''''' is inspired by a recording of the [[Piano Sonata No. 29 (Beethoven)|Beethoven score]] that was played at an exceptionally slow tempo?
* ... that '''[[Judith Ehrlich]]''' incorporated her [[NPR]] work on [[pacifism]] into a documentary focusing on [[Conscientious objector|conscientious objectors]] during World War&nbsp;II?
* ... that Israel's '''[[mixed cities]]''' don't have much mixing?
* ... that Greenlandic author '''[[Pipaluk Freuchen]]''' was praised for the "unrelenting realism" in her first book, where a child kills a polar bear?
* ... that it took seven years for Gwazi, a pair of dueling [[wooden roller coaster]]s, to be refurbished into the [[hybrid roller coaster]] '''[[Iron Gwazi]]'''?
* ... that ''[[The Tale of Genji]]''{{'s}} '''[[Kaoru Genji]]''' has been called literature's first [[antihero]]?
* ... that in [[Jackson, Tennessee]], there was a 50–50 chance a reference to [[Dixie]] was about '''[[WDXI|a radio station]]'''?

===11 July 2022===
*'''''00:00, 11 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Brewer Hicklen]]''' ''(pictured)'' hosts an annual youth baseball camp in Alabama?
* ... that the '''[[Irish Bee Conservation Project]]''' is helping to rewild native bees with [[Insect hotel#Solitary bees and wasps|bee lodges]] on the estate of the historic [[Dunsany Castle and Demesne|Dunsany Castle]]?
* ... that American drag queen '''[[James Herndon (drag queen)|James Herndon]]''' donated funds and resources into black and LGBTQ+ communities in [[Lexington, Kentucky]]?
* ... that '''[[Mess L|Mess&nbsp;L]]''', a multipurpose building in [[Banjarbaru]], Indonesia, was historically used to house Soviet workers?
* ... that American conservationist '''[[Paul Lester Errington]]''' reshaped perception of [[predation|predators]]?
* ... that the 1983 [[pink film]] '''''[[Beautiful Mystery]]''''' was one of the earliest commercially produced gay pornographic films in Japan?
* ... that '''[[Charles Leslie Richardson]]''' was ordered to "make science fashionable in the army"?
* ... that the '''[[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021|19th Junior Eurovision Song Contest]]''' was held on 19 December with 19 participating countries&nbsp;– but the [[European Broadcasting Union|EBU]] had to choose between three competition scenarios due to [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19]]?

===10 July 2022===
*'''''00:00, 10 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that despite having reportedly been destroyed in 1946, the 16-ton granite ball that once sat on top of the '''[[Columbia University sundial]]''' ''(pictured)'' reappeared in a Michigan field in 2001?
* ... that '''[[J. Michael Miller|J.&nbsp;Michael Miller]]''', the [[List of Roman Catholic archbishops of Vancouver|archbishop of Vancouver]], who turns 76 today, starred in a high school production of ''[[Our Town]]'' opposite [[Mary Lou Finlay]]?
* ... that '''[[KXRR|a Louisiana radio station]]''' went to a [[Satellite Music Network|satellite-fed]] music format because it had more control than with its previous "18- and 20-year-old jocks"?
* ... that '''[[Avtar Singh Jouhl]]''' took [[Malcolm&nbsp;X]] to a segregated pub in Smethwick as part of his campaign to end the [[Racial segregation|colour bar]]?
* ... that the title of the [[incel]] and [[Frogtwitter]] subculture film '''''[[TFW No GF]]''''' stands for "that feeling when [you have] no girlfriend"?
* ... that [[NCAA Season 97 seniors' basketball tournament|2021 NCAA champion]] '''[[Bonnie Tan]]''' served as the assistant to [[UAAP Season 84 men's basketball tournament|2021 UAAP champion]] '''[[Goldwin Monteverde]]''' in 1991?
* ... that the developer of '''[[15.ai]]''' claims that as little as 15 seconds of a person's voice is sufficient to clone it up to human standards using [[artificial intelligence]]?
* ... that '''[[Alfons Koziełł-Poklewski]]''', dubbed the "vodka king of Siberia", was actually Polish?

===9 July 2022===
*'''''00:00, 9 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Nero]]'s divorce of '''[[Claudia Octavia]]''' ''(pictured)'' caused public outcry&nbsp;– so he had her executed instead?
* ... that about 200 [[San Francisco Police Department|San Francisco police]] officers '''[[Castro Sweep|led a 1989 riot]]''' through [[Castro District, San Francisco|a gay neighborhood]] in reaction to a peaceful protest?
* ... that '''[[John Yelland]]''' was insulted by Admiral [[Hyde Parker (Royal Navy officer, born 1739)|Hyde Parker]]'s offer of a position aboard his flagship?
* ... that the '''''[[Enterprise (Omaha)|Enterprise]]''''', a black newspaper in [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]], supported a separate African American department at the 1898 [[Trans-Mississippi Exposition]]?
* ... that '''[[Charles Alban Buckler]]''', an artist, topographer, author, and [[officer of arms]], rebuilt [[Arundel Castle]]?
* ... that [[Ingrid Andress]] came up with "'''[[Lady Like (song)|Lady Like]]'''" after being rejected by a man when she brought politics up?
* ... that a 1955 satirical comedy play by '''[[Kasymaly Jantöshev]]''' was one of the first signs of the relaxation of [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] literary restrictions after the death of [[Joseph Stalin]]?
* ... that '''[[Science Park station (MBTA)|Science Park station]]''' was built despite the objections of the operating agency?

===8 July 2022===
*'''''00:00, 8 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Kuappi]]''' ''(pictured)'' in Iisalmi, Finland, holds the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness world record]] for the smallest restaurant?
* ... that '''[[Chris Ernst]]''' stripped naked in 1976 with her [[Yale University]] teammates to protest the lack of showers for the women's rowing crew?
* ... that '''[[Judiciary of Poland|Polish courts]]''' processed 14.38&nbsp;million cases in 2020 while having fewer than 10,000 judges?
* ... that conservationist '''[[Frank H. Wadsworth]]''' supported and worked with efforts to recover the endangered [[Puerto Rican amazon|Puerto Rican parrot]]?
* ... that Olive Llewellyn, a character in the novel '''''[[Sea of Tranquility (novel)|Sea of Tranquility]]''''', has been called a stand-in for [[Emily St.&nbsp;John Mandel]], the novel's author?
* ... that '''[[Dominic Keegan]]''' refused a position on the [[New York Yankees]] to "go back and win another championship" for his college baseball team?
* ... that the '''[[McLaren MCL35]]''' was the first McLaren race car to be [[Vehicle vinyl wrap|wrapped]]?
* ... that baseball player '''[[Nick Solak]]''' was named after the sports bar where his parents first met?

===7 July 2022===
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* ... that Filipina actress '''[[Angel Locsin]]''' ''(pictured)'' was recognized for her work in disaster relief, as well as humanitarian aid for [[internally displaced person]]s in the [[Siege of Marawi|Marawi siege]]?
* ... that according to one reviewer, the problems that may have prompted the publication of '''''[[Schooling and the Struggle for Public Life]]''''' in the 1980s had "only gotten worse" by 2005?
* ... that Norwegian footballer '''[[Tuva Hansen]]''' and her dog have received millions of views on several [[TikTok]] videos?
* ... that "'''[[Hurricane (Kanye West song)|Hurricane]]'''" was originally intended for [[Chance the Rapper]], who passed on the song to [[Kanye West]]?
* ... that '''[[Hausman Baboe]]''', a colonial district chief of [[Kapuas Regency|Kuala Kapuas]], was fired due to his anti-colonial remarks?
* ... that the motto of the '''''[[Clayton Herald]]''''' was "Independent in Everything; Neutral in Nothing"?
* ... that in the 1980s, international LGBT organizations organized protests in Europe and the Americas in support of Belgian teacher  '''[[Eliane Morissens]]'''?
* ... that local dairy farmers credit morning broadcasts of [[polka]] music from '''[[WCFW|a Wisconsin radio station]]''' for relaxing their cows?

===6 July 2022===
*'''''00:00, 6 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that one Palestinian man criticized the beauty of '''[[West Bank Wall graffiti art]]''' ''(example pictured)'', telling [[Banksy]]: "We don't want this wall to be beautiful. We hate it. Go home"?
* ... that '''[[Kelly Hecking]]''' won more [[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East Conference]] championships than any other [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish|Notre Dame]] athlete?
* ... that the three oak saplings on the '''[[flag of Prince Edward Island]]''' represent the [[List of counties of Prince Edward Island|three counties that make up the province]]?
* ... that '''[[Wilbert E. Longfellow|Bert Longfellow]]''' took on a one-man crusade which halved the drowning rate in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Holy Trinity Church, Newcastle-under-Lyme|Holy Trinity Church]]''' in [[Newcastle-under-Lyme]] was praised as the "finest modern specimen of ornamental brickwork in the kingdom"?
* ... that the Ukrainian violinist '''[[Diana Tishchenko]]''' played Skoryk's ''[[Melody (Skoryk)|Melody]]'' on a tour of the [[Kyiv Symphony Orchestra]] to Germany in April 2022?
* ... that a '''[[Pacific Cyber/Metrix]]'''{{`s}} Bubbl-Dek fits into the floppy drive bay of an IBM PC, allowing it to take a [[bubble memory]] module?
* ... that '''[[Dr. Dot|Dr.&nbsp;Dot]]''' started to give her mother "bite massages" at the age of five?

===5 July 2022===
*'''''00:00, 5 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Margaret Abbott]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first American woman to win an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] event, but never realized it?
* ... that [[Owen Jones (architect)|Owen Jones]]'s '''[[Book of Common Prayer (1845 illuminated version)|elaborately ornamented ''Book of Common Prayer'']]''' "pointed to the direction that books in general were to follow in the Victorian Age"?
* ... that '''[[George Mann Niedecken]]''' was a [[Prairie School|Prairie]]-style [[Interior architecture|interior architect]] who designed furniture for [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] and worked for [[Marion Mahony Griffin]]?
* ... that in the '''[[1917 Minsk City Duma election|1917 municipal election in Minsk]]''', Belorussian parties only won 2 out of 102 seats?
* ... that as a lawyer, '''[[Peter Dowding]]''' defended more than 100 Vietnam War [[conscientious objector]]s?
* ... that '''''[[Rafflesia lawangensis]]''''' was previously misidentified as ''[[Rafflesia arnoldii]]'', only to be identified as a new species in 2005 after photographs of it were sent to the [[National University of Malaysia]]?
* ... that '''[[Paul Chadick]]''' performed so well in the Delaware River Basketball League that a sportswriter said it would "benefit the league if he retired"?
* ... that the '''[[Dentistry in ancient Rome|ancient Romans made toothpaste]]''' with human urine?

===4 July 2022===
*'''''00:00, 4 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the first Asian-American at [[United States Military Academy|West Point]] to be named '''[[List of United States Military Academy First Captains|First Captain]]''' of the cadets was [[John Tien]] ''(pictured)'', the current [[United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security|U.S. Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security]]?
* ... that '''[[Irene Parlby]]''' was one of [[The Famous Five (Canada)|The Famous Five]], a group of women in Canada who fought for the right of women to be considered "persons"?
* ... that '''[[Mental health in United States agricultural workers|agriculture ranks as one of the most stressful occupations in the United States]]''' and one that experiences high suicide rates?
* ... that ''The Baby-Sitters Club'' actress '''[[Sophia Reid-Gantzert]]''' won an Austrian ballet competition when she was six?
* ... that when the pastor of an African-American church bought '''[[the El Dorado]]''', one newspaper wrote that "its occupants are white, and were white"?
* ... that actress '''[[Hilda Hanbury]]''' was the grandmother of actors [[James Fox|James]] and [[Edward Fox (actor)|Edward Fox]] and the great-grandmother of actress [[Emilia Fox]]?
* ... that part of West Virginia's '''[[Princeton–Deepwater District]]''' railway was so steep that only shortened coal trains could ascend it?
* ... that '''[[George Allsopp (Canadian merchant)|George Allsopp]]''' was arrested three times for not carrying a lantern?

===3 July 2022===
*'''''00:00, 3 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Rwenzori Mountains|Rwenzori]] glaciers ''(examples pictured)'' are being melted by '''[[climate change in Uganda]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Edward A. Synan]]''', a [[military chaplain]], wrote over eighty journal articles on subjects ranging from early [[patristics]] to late [[scholasticism]]?
* ... that Italian football club '''[[A.C. Monza]]''' played 40 seasons in [[Serie&nbsp;B]] before securing promotion to [[Serie&nbsp;A]]&nbsp;– more than any other club?
* ... that '''[[Red Jordan Arobateau]]''' adopted "Red" as his first name after dyeing his hair red because he thought the color represented the sensuality and eroticism of his work?
* ... that according to '''[[Gunslinger effect|Bohr's law]]''', the person who draws first in a gunfight loses?
* ... that '''[[Richmond station (California)|Richmond station]]''' includes a "rather disquieting" artwork by [[William Mitchell (sculptor)|William Mitchell]]?
* ... that '''[[Kwaku Ohene-Frempong]]''', an expert in [[sickle cell disease]], decided while still in medical school to devote his life to the study of the disease, after his newborn son was diagnosed with the condition?  
* ... that '''[[KRNV-FM|a Nevada radio station named "Sexy"]]''' blew into town with a windstorm?

===2 July 2022===
*'''''00:00, 2 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Franziska Seidl]]''', born 130 years ago today, [[Matura|finished school]] after her husband's death and then went on to research [[ultrasound]] ''(illustration pictured)'' at the [[University of Vienna]]? <!-- Special occassion hook -->
* ... that [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], the first [[president of Bangladesh]], had an appearance in the 1974 film '''''[[Sangram (1974 film)|Sangram]]'''''?
* ... that Lebanese [[LGBT movements|LGBT rights]] activist '''[[Sandra Melhem]]''', one of the foremost promoters of drag culture in Beirut, was given an award for her humanitarian relief work after the [[2020 Beirut explosion]]?
* ... that the '''[[quantum boomerang effect]]''' causes particles to turn around and return to their starting point?
* ... that '''[[Pat Gozemba]]''' married her wife while researching a book about the [[Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts|history of the struggle for equal marriage]] in Massachusetts?
* ... that '''[[red-boxing]]''' by American politicians is used to coordinate with [[Political action committee#Super PACs|Super PACs]], an activity that the [[Campaign Legal Center]] called the "primary mechanism for corruption of federal campaigns in 2022"?
* ... that a song about '''[[Ence (esports)|an esports team]]''' went viral in Finland?
* ... that King '''[[Mohnyin Thado]]''' of [[Kingdom of Ava|Ava]] responded to the troubles of his kingdom by recalibrating the [[Burmese calendar]] to year 2?

===1 July 2022===
*'''''00:00, 1 July 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a journalist dubbed '''[[Olena Shevchenko]]''' ''(pictured)'' as "probably the most famous lesbian in Ukraine"?
* ... that the '''[[Electronic Arrays 9002]]''' [[microprocessor]] was developed to get the company out of the [[calculator]] business, but instead led to their disappearance?
* ... that [[Stig Millehaugen|'''Stig Millehaugen''']], who had escaped or attempted escape from prison multiple times, was given a [[prison furlough]] in 2022 and failed to return?
* ... that posters for '''[[Mayoralty_of_John_Lindsay|John Lindsay's 1965 New York City mayoral campaign]]''' told voters that "John Lindsay Cares About You"?
* ... that an '''[[intestine-on-a-chip]]''' can model and mimic an organ?
* ... that '''[[Charlie H. Hogan]]''' was called "king of engineers" after he became the first to drive a train at over 100 miles per hour (160&nbsp;km/h)?
* ... that Internet activist '''[[Sally Burch]]''' was refused entry into Argentina because her presence was considered to be disruptive?
* ... that the name of the "'''[[Mormons vs. Mullets]]'''" game was a play on the 1988 "[[1988 Notre Dame vs. Miami football game|Catholics vs. Convicts]]" game?