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===31 May 2022===
*'''''00:00, 31 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[The Most Dangerous Animal in the World]]''' ''(pictured)'' was an exhibit at the [[Bronx Zoo]] in 1963?
* ... that the judging committee of the '''[[Manga Taishō]]''', an annual [[manga]] prize, is composed primarily of bookstore workers?
* ... that Indian women's hockey player '''[[Elvera Britto]]''' and her sisters would stitch their own team uniforms while playing in the 1960s?
* ... that '''''[[XO, Kitty]]''''', based on the film series ''To All the Boys I've Loved Before'', is planned to be the first Netflix series to be spun off from a Netflix original film?
* ... that Austrian doctor '''[[Paul Bargehr]]''' was decried for exposing healthy Indonesians to the leprosy bacillus in his experiments?
* ... that "'''[[Segne, Vater, diese Gaben]]'''", a [[Round (music)|round]] for [[Grace (prayer)|saying grace]] of unknown authorship, has appeared in German collections for kindergarten, schools and events for young people?
* ... that during the '''[[Qarmatian invasion of Iraq]]''', the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] raised an army of more than 40,000 men to protect [[Baghdad]], but did not engage the few thousand [[Qarmatians]] in battle?
* ... that shortly before [[Shooting sports|sports shooter]] '''[[William Riedell]]''' was to compete in the [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Olympics]], he had his pistols confiscated by the New York police because the precinct chief had decided there were "too many guns"?

===30 May 2022===
*'''''00:00, 30 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, Kurhaus Wiesbaden.jpg|caption=Kyiv Symphony Orchestra at Kurhaus Wiesbaden}}
* ... that the '''[[Kyiv Symphony Orchestra]]''' brought music by three Ukrainian composers to concert halls in Poland and Germany in April&nbsp;2022, including the [[Berliner Philharmonie|Berlin Philharmonie]] and the [[Kurhaus, Wiesbaden|Kurhaus Wiesbaden]] ''(pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that Zimbabwean cricketer '''[[Mary-Anne Musonda]]''' became the first woman to score a century on her [[Women's One Day International]] debut while also captaining her team?
* ... that due to '''[[United States support for Saudi Arabian–led operations in Yemen|U.S. support for Saudi-led operations in Yemen]]''', both Saudi Arabia and the United States may be held responsible for war crimes?
* ... that '''[[Margaret Ramsay-Hale]]''' has worked as a judge in three countries?
* ... that the stock hard drive of IBM's '''[[IBM PS/2 Model 30|Personal System/2 Model&nbsp;30]]''' was twice as slow as its predecessor?
* ... that '''[[C. N. H. Lock|C.&nbsp;N.&nbsp;H. Lock]]''' was a British aerodynamicist, after whom the [[Lock number]] is named?
* ... that the newly named '''''[[Cirsium funkiae]]''''' honors the describer's mentor, [[Vicki Funk]], and the plant's funky appearance?
* ... that the staff of '''[[WNEX-TV|a Georgia TV station]]''' thought they were "really something" for shooting the moon?

===29 May 2022===
*'''''00:00, 29 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Puente de Fierro de Gustave Eiffel.jpg|caption=Puente de Fierro}}
* ... that it is rumored that the '''[[Puente de Fierro]]''' ''(pictured)'' in Mexico was designed by [[Gustave Eiffel]]?
* ... that '''[[Thomas Seavey Hall]]'''{{`s}} banjo signals caused a judge to declare him the father of American automatic electric railroad signaling?
* ... that '''[[Brassey's]]''', "said to be the oldest established name in defence publishing", traces its history back to ''[[The Naval Annual]]'' in 1886?
* ... that [[Bea Alonzo]] '''[[Bea Alonzo filmography|had her breakout role]]''' at the age of 15 in the 2002 drama series ''[[Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay]]'', in which she played a lawyer?
* ... that after his [[Association football|soccer]] career, '''[[Steve Palacios]]''' enlisted in the [[United States Army]] and played for the [[United States Armed Forces]] soccer team?
* ... that [[Nutan]], the lead actress of the 1951 [[Motion picture content rating system#India|A-rated]] suspense thriller '''''[[Nagina (1951 film)|Nagina]]''''', was not allowed to enter the film's premiere because she was underage?
* ... that Tennessee lawyer '''[[Bolton Smith]]''' was known for his work integrating African Americans into the Boy Scouts?
* ... that a giant breast destroying a spaceship [[Mark Zuckerberg]] in the music video for "'''[[Ay mamá]]'''" is a criticism of [[Meta Platforms|Meta]]'s censorship of female nipples?

===28 May 2022===
*'''''00:00, 28 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Lunch atop a Skyscraper - Charles Clyde Ebbets.jpg|caption=''Lunch Atop a Skyscraper'' (1932)}}
* ... that the "'''[[Lunch Atop a Skyscraper|most famous picture of a lunch break in New York history]]'''" ''(pictured)'' was actually a [[publicity stunt]]?
* ... that when '''[[Nadja Stefanoff]]''' portrayed the title role of Giordano's ''[[Fedora (opera)|Fedora]]'' at the [[Oper Frankfurt]], one reviewer complimented the brilliance and agility of her voice, assertive even when singing softly?
* ... that when a fire broke out next to studios of Oklahoma radio station '''[[KVSO]]''', reporters had to rush in to report the blaze and then out to breathe fresh air?
* ... that '''[[Hein Eersel]]''' added "genuine Surinamese expressions" in his adaptation of the play ''[[The Barber of Seville (play)|The Barber of Seville]]''?
* ... that during '''[[Mayoralty of Fiorello La Guardia|his mayoralty]]''', [[Fiorello La Guardia]] appointed the first black woman judge in the United States?
* ... that railroad transportation executive '''[[William Phillips Hall]]''' was known as the "business millionaire evangelist"?
* ... that [[Kunt and the Gang|the band]] behind [[Boris Johnson Is a Fucking Cunt|two expletive-laden UK top-five singles]] about [[Boris Johnson]] released '''[[Prince Andrew Is a Sweaty Nonce|a follow-up about Prince Andrew]]'''?
* ... that we don't know if '''[[peak beard]]''' has ended?

===27 May 2022===
*'''''00:00, 27 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=File:Göğceli Camii.JPG|caption=Göğceli Mosque}}
* ... that the '''[[Göğceli Mosque]]''' ''(pictured)'' in Turkey, constructed  in 1206 with stacked [[plank (wood)|plank]]s without using nails, is still in use?
* ... that although [[George Balanchine]] set '''''[[Raymonda Variations]]''''' to musical excerpts from the ballet ''[[Raymonda]]'', his new ballet does not follow the plot of the original?
* ... that ethnic broadcasting pioneer '''[[Shushma Datt]]''' was the first Canadian woman to obtain a [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|CRTC]] broadcast licence?
* ... that the [[Catholic charismatic renewal]] movement began at '''[[Duquesne Weekend|a retreat for college students]]''' in 1967?
* ... that '''[[Moses Cohen Belinfante]]''' founded the first [[History of the Jews in the Netherlands|Dutch Jewish]] newspaper?
* ... that the '''[[Life After Life (TV series)|TV adaptation of ''Life After Life'']]''' was described as "bingeworthy", but also "practically plotless"?
* ... that '''[[Kenneth E. Fields]]''' was in command of the engineers at the [[Ludendorff Bridge]] during the [[Battle of Remagen]]?
* ... that the "favorable comparisons of [[Vladimir Lenin|Lenin]] to Confucius, Buddha, and Allah" in [[Dmitri Shostakovich]]'s '''''[[Loyalty (Shostakovich)|Loyalty]]''''' were said to have "achieved new levels of ludicrous flattery"?

===26 May 2022===
*'''''00:00, 26 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Magna Lykseth in Tristan och Isolde at Kungliga Operan 1909 - SMV - GL164.jpg|caption=Magna Lykseth as Isolde in 1909}}
* ... that '''[[Magna Lykseth-Skogman|Magna Lykseth]]''' appeared as Isolde ''(pictured)'' when Wagner's ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]'' was first performed at the [[Royal Swedish Opera]] in 1909?
* ... that Sunday-school classes were once held in the transmitter building of New Mexico radio station '''[[KCLV (AM)|KCLV]]'''?
* ... that Scottish inventor and music teacher '''[[Anne Gunn]]''' was granted the first British patent for a board game in 1801?
* ... that '''[[Concurrent Computer Corporation]]''' was consumed in a "minnow-swallows-the-whale" merger during the junk bonds era, but unusually, kept its name, CEO, and headquarters?
* ... that '''[[Joshua George Beard]]''' was a member of the first [[Toronto City Council]] and the first [[Toronto District School Board|Toronto School Board of Trustees]]?
* ... that until the 1970s, most '''[[Shōjo manga|''shōjo'' manga]]''' (Japanese girls' [[comics]]) were written by men?
* ... that '''[[Claudia Riner]]''' was falsely accused of distributing [[lesbian erotica]] in the Kentucky House of Representatives?
* ... that on the day the '''[[Conrad Bangkok]]''' hotel opened in 2003, ten people climbed up its walls dressed as [[Spider-Man]]?

===25 May 2022===
*'''''00:00, 25 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Village East Cinema (51661209790).jpg|caption=Village East by Angelika}}
* ... that '''[[Village East by Angelika]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the only remaining Yiddish theater building in what was once the center of New York City's [[Yiddish Theatre District]]?
* ... that '''[[James Edward Smith (politician)|James Edward Smith]]''' won the mayoralty of Toronto by one vote?
* ... that '''''[['Til Kingdom Come (film)|'Til Kingdom Come]]''''', a documentary film about evangelical [[Christian Zionism]] in the United States, was blocked from airing on PBS due to its editing of a speech by Donald Trump?
* ... that Nazi war criminal '''[[Kurt Weigelt]]''' could not be directly employed by [[Deutsche Bank]] after World War&nbsp;II, so he reestablished [[Lufthansa]]?
* ... that the '''[[Battle of San Buenaventura]]''' was described by the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' as a "quirky skirmish&nbsp;... that emptied the mission of wine and left its adobe walls pockmarked by cannon fire"?
* ... that the poet '''[[Habibi (poet)|Habibi]]''' was adopted by [[Aq Qoyunlu]] ruler [[Ya'qub Beg]] as a child after he was found shepherding?
* ... that after the 1918 season, some [[Major League Baseball]] owners wanted the '''[[National Baseball Commission]]''' to be replaced by former president [[William Howard Taft]]?
* ... that "it is almost impossible to find fault" with London's exclusive private dining club, '''[[Harry's Bar (London)|Harry's Bar]]'''&nbsp;– until one receives the bill?

===24 May 2022===
*'''''00:00, 24 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=David McCracken's Diminish and Ascend. (50655608122).jpg|caption=''Diminish and Ascend''}}
* ... that '''''[[Diminish and Ascend]]''''' has been called a real-life [[M.&nbsp;C. Escher]] drawing?
* ... that during the [[Great Flood of 1951]], the [[United States Air Force]] airlifted a transmitter to put Kansas radio station '''[[KTOP (AM)|KTOP]]''' back on the air within 24 hours?
* ... that Cardiff-based classicist '''[[Kathleen Freeman (classicist)|Kathleen Freeman]]''' also wrote [[detective fiction]], publishing under four separate pseudonyms?
* ... that photographer [[Greta Pratt]]'s ''Nineteen Lincolns'' exhibition featured members of the '''[[Association of Lincoln Presenters]]'''?
* ... that when public radio stations aired [[Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)|Beethoven's Ninth Symphony]] in solidarity with Ukraine on 10&nbsp;March 2022, the [[Bass (voice type)|bass voice]] of '''[[Anthony Robin Schneider]]''' was heard live [[Hessischer Rundfunk|from Frankfurt]] and recorded [[Radio New Zealand|from Auckland]]?
* ... that altered [[Certificate of deposit|certificates of deposit]] were used to fraudulently purchase the '''[[Ranchlander National Bank]]''' in Texas?
* ... that the '''[[Ottmar Hitzfeld Arena]]''' is the highest football pitch in Europe with the competing teams accessing it by [[Aerial lift|cable car]]?
* ... that '''[[Luise Duttenhofer]]''' died in 1829 after more than a thousand [[papercutting|papercuts]]?

===23 May 2022===
*'''''12:00, 23 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Otto von Friesen - Runsten Sö 113 Kolunda, Stenkvista socken - Alvin record 110815.jpg|caption=Södermanland Runic Inscription 113}}
* ... that '''[[Södermanland Runic Inscription 113|Södermanland Runic Inscription&nbsp;113]]''' ''(pictured)'' was found in 1856 when a burial mound was dug up as part of new cultivation?
* ... that '''[[Luella Costales]]''' was appointed to the [[Hawaii House of Representatives]] after [[Ty Cullen|her predecessor]] pled guilty to bribery charges?
* ... that '''''[[Erratus]] ''''' was one of the earliest-known [[arthropod]]s to show the origins of lungs and limbs?
* ... that '''[[Celia Kaye]]''' won the [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress|Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer]] in 1965 for her starring role in ''[[Island of the Blue Dolphins (film)|Island of the Blue Dolphins]]''?
* ... that '''[[Korean Workers' Party Headquarters, Cheorwon|an abandoned building]]''' in Cheorwon, South Korea, used to be the base of operations for the [[Workers' Party of North Korea]]?
* ... that '''[[Isachar Zacharie]]''', [[podiatry|podiatrist]] and confidant of [[Abraham Lincoln]], helped him accept the idea of a [[homeland for the Jewish people]]?
* ... that the [[canoe]] routes through '''[[Obabika River Provincial Park]]''' are part of [[Temagami]]'s 2,400-kilometre-long (1,500&nbsp;mi) network of [[portage]]s and waterways, many of which are traditional indigenous routes?
* ... that '''[[Craig Braun]]'''{{`s}} Grammy-nominated album packaging for ''[[School's Out (album)|School's Out]]'' had to be recalled for including underwear that constituted a fire hazard?

*'''''00:00, 23 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=1850 Thomas Hall electric locomotive.jpg|caption=1850 electric train designed by Thomas Hall}}
* ... that '''[[Thomas Hall (inventor)|Thomas Hall]]''' made an electric train ''(pictured)'' that received power from the rails on which it travelled instead of onboard batteries, a new technology at the time?
* ... that it took [[Isaac Levitan]] four years to paint '''''[[Fresh Wind. Volga]]'''''?
* ... that [[Windsurfing|windsurfer]] '''[[Penny Way]]''' won the British qualification event for the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] with two races to spare?
* ... that by winning the '''[[2022 CONCACAF Champions League Final]]''', [[Seattle Sounders FC]] became the first [[Major League Soccer]] team to win the competition?
* ... that as a child, '''[[Mitsurou Kubo]]''' read forty [[manga]] magazines per month?
* ... that Archbishop [[Justin Welby]] said that the 800th anniversary of the anti-Jewish laws of the '''[[Synod of Oxford]]''' provided a time to "remember, repent and rebuild"?
* ... that '''[[Sofia Halechko]]'''{{`s}} first language was Polish, but she fought in [[World War I|World War One]] to create a country for [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian-speaking]] people?
* ... that during the '''[[dictatorship of Primo de Rivera]]''', the singing of the [[Els Segadors|Catalan national anthem]] was banned?

===22 May 2022===
*'''''12:00, 22 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Inna Derusova]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first woman to be posthumously awarded the title of [[Hero of Ukraine]]?
* ... that [[fashion journalism|fashion journalists]] joked that it was "a miracle" that no models fell while walking the runway in the 12-inch (30&nbsp;cm) '''[[armadillo shoe]]s''' designed in 2010 by [[Alexander McQueen]]?
* ... that '''[[James Goldberg]]''' co-founded the Mormon Lit Blitz, an annual writing competition for very short works of [[Mormon fiction]]?
* ... that in 1958 the Scyla '''[[theta pinch]]''' device was the first to demonstrate controlled [[nuclear fusion]] in the laboratory?
* ... that South African physician '''[[Tlaleng Mofokeng]]''' is the [[United Nations special rapporteur]] on the right to health, and was named one of the BBC's ''[[100 Women (BBC)|100 Women]]''?
* ... that the 1988 closure of '''[[WLEE (1480 AM)|WLEE]]''', once one of the top radio stations in [[Richmond, Virginia]], also took '''[[WBBL (Virginia)|WBBL]]''', a church station in existence for nearly 65 years, off the air for good?
* ... that while he was a teacher in France, [[George Buchanan]] wrote '''[[Jephthes, sive Votum|a school play]]''' about [[Jephthah]]'s sacrifice of [[Jephthah's daughter|his daughter]]?
* ... that Associate Justice [[John McLean]] is suspected of '''[[List of United States Supreme Court leaks|leaking internal United States Supreme Court deliberations]]''' in the landmark ''[[Dred Scott v. Sandford]]'' case to the ''[[New-York Tribune]]''?

*'''''00:00, 22 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Times Square Theatre NYC 3 (cropped).jpg|caption=Times Square Theater}}
* ... that the '''[[Times Square Theater]]''' ''(pictured)'', proposed for redevelopment since 1990, remained empty three decades later?
* ... that when asked by the king to choose the weapon by which he would be executed, the outlaw '''[[Nga Tet Pya]]''' replied "I choose your most beautiful queen [[Saw Omma of Pinya|Saw Omma]]"?
* ... that '''[[Binggrae]]''', a South Korean food and beverage company, was the official ice cream supplier of the [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul Olympics]]?
* ... that '''[[AJ Glueckert]]''' appeared at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] as [[Der fliegende Holländer|Erik]] in 2017, described as a "clarion sensitive tenor", and at the [[Oper Frankfurt]] as [[Capriccio (opera)|Flamand]] in 2018, with "passionate power"?
* ... that a '''[[religious community]]''' is a group of people who practice the same religion, but do not have to live together?
* ... that '''[[Garland Boyette]]''', a two-time [[American Football League All-Star game|American Football League All-Star]] who was also a track and field [[All-America]]n, said that he "never felt safe on that [[Pole vault|aluminum pole]]"?
* ... that the '''[[Red Cross Diamond]]''' is one of the largest cut diamonds in the world; and it was donated to help the [[British Red Cross|British Red Cross Society]] during World War&nbsp;I? 
* ... that when asked about the secret to her longevity, 91-year-old '''[[Shatzi Weisberger]]''' said she smokes marijuana every night?

===21 May 2022===
*'''''12:00, 21 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Orbital resonance of Mercury horizontal.gif|caption=Actual 3:2 spin–orbit resonance of Mercury}}
* ... that many '''[[Mercury in fiction|fictional depictions of Mercury]]''' feature the now-disproven belief that it [[Tidal locking|always points the same side towards the Sun]] ''(actual orbital resonance pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Frankie Saluto]]''' was a member of the Ringling Giants, a dwarf baseball team that raised money for charity?
* ... that one music critic said that despite being "noisy, banal, fundamentally insincere", [[Dmitri Shostakovich]]'s symphonic poem '''''[[October (Shostakovich)|October]]''''' was nonetheless "enjoyable trash"?
* ... that [[Centre College]] president '''[[William C. Young]]''' awarded degrees to three of his half-sisters in 1891, as they had completed the requirements forty years earlier?
* ... that after four years in the making, the '''[[Minimal BASIC]]''' standard was described as "more a toy than an actual language"?
* ... that the captain of '''[[CSS Pontchartrain|CSS&nbsp;''Pontchartrain'']]''' was twice detached from the ship to fight in land battles?
* ... that '''[[Adolphe Jacquies]]''' was arrested for publishing a poem?
* ... that the game of '''[[slosh (cue sport)|slosh]]''' shares the name with an [[Toad in the hole|English batter and sausage dish]]?

*'''''00:00, 21 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Anne Hatchard 2019.6.jpg|caption=Anne Hatchard in 2019}}
* ... that [[Anne Hatchard]] ''(pictured)'' was voted [[Player of the match|best on ground]] at the '''[[2022 AFL Women's Grand Final]]'''?
* ... that merchant trader '''[[Constantine Zochonis]]''' expanded his company [[PZ Cussons|Paterson Zochonis]] into the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]] in the 1930s?
* ... that in 1973, [[Caroline Rose Foster]] donated her farm '''[[Fosterfields]]''' to the Parks Commission of [[Morris County, New Jersey]] to be preserved as a functioning farm from 1920?
* ... that the British film '''''[[Strippers vs Werewolves]]''''' opens with a different band playing the song "[[Hungry Like the Wolf]]" by [[Duran Duran]]?
* ... that Indian gynaecologist and reproductive medicine pioneer '''[[Baidyanath Chakrabarty]]''', who performed over 4,000 IVF procedures, was a cricket fan who thought [[Virat Kohli]] and [[Ravichandran Ashwin|Ashwin]] were "such good boys"?
* ... that Yuki Fumino's relationships with hearing-impaired friends and acquaintances inspired her to create '''''[[I Hear the Sunspot]]'''''{{-?}}
* ... that at the age of 26, '''[[Lucy Moss]]''' became the youngest female director of a Broadway musical before directing a TikTok musical that raised $2&nbsp;million?<!-- Special occasion for May 20 -->
* ... that '''''[[Aroha Bridge]]''''' changed its name from ''Hook Ups'' because fans searching for the show often found pornography instead?

===20 May 2022===
*'''''12:00, 20 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that American horticulturalist '''[[Joseph Lancaster Budd]]''' ''(pictured)'' traveled to England, France, Austria, Russia, and China in 1882 to discover fruit trees that could grow in [[Iowa]]?
* ... that the New Zealand government has officially apologised for articles published in the '''''[[New Zealand School Journal]]''''' about the [[Moriori]] people in the early 20th century?
* ... that the 48-story '''[[Paramount Plaza|Uris Building]]''' went into foreclosure just two and a half years after it was completed?
* ... that media promotions for the film ''Blood Friends'' were not allowed to mention that cast member '''[[Nina Makino]]''' is part of the girl group [[NiziU]]?
* ... that it is purportedly hard to find a more interesting [[card game]] played with [[German-suited playing cards|German-suited cards]] than Sansprendre, a variant of '''[[German Tarok]]'''?
* ... that the parents of '''[[Bob Glenalvin]]''' insisted that he play baseball under an assumed name?
* ... that the Turkish multirotor [[Unmanned combat aerial vehicle|combat drone]] '''[[Asisguard Songar|Songar]]''' was recently equipped with six 40&nbsp;mm (1.6&nbsp;in) mini missiles?
* ... that US radio regulators sought to shut down Ohio station '''[[WHIZ (AM)|WEBE]]''', which was said to operate from the owner's bedroom using "parts of a questionable nature"?

*'''''00:00, 20 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=El Paso Star at Sunset.jpg|caption=El Paso Star illuminated at sunset}}
* ... that El Paso's '''[[Star on the Mountain]]''' ''(pictured)'' is lit up every night and visible from the air up to 100 miles (160&nbsp;km) away?
* ... that mountaineer and geographer '''[[Caleb George Cash]]''' was instrumental in preserving essential documents pertaining to '''[[Blaeu Atlas of Scotland|the first known atlas of Scotland]]'''?
* ... that the short-lived English football club '''[[Dingley Dell F.C.]]''' was named after a fictitious village in ''[[The Pickwick Papers]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]]?
* ... that '''[[Josef Venantius von Wöss]]''', a church musician in Vienna, wrote a [[Reduction (music)#Piano|piano reduction]] of Mahler's ''[[Das Lied von der Erde]]'' and a thematic analysis of the work?
* ... that for '''[[Say Anything (BoJack Horseman)|an episode]]''' of ''[[BoJack Horseman]]'', the production team added a [[Standee|cardboard cutout]] of [[BoJack Horseman (character)|the title character]] after Netflix said it did not feature him enough?
* ... that in 1957, '''[[Burhanuddin Harahap]]'''{{`s}} family members travelled from Sumatra to Jakarta, believing that he had died?
* ... that '''''[[Al-Wishah fi Fawa'id al-Nikah]]''''', a 15th-century Islamic sex manual by Egyptian writer [[Al-Suyuti]], was based on both traditional hadith literature and material influenced by Indian erotology?
* ... that Ohio [[Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority|SORTA]] owns the '''[[Oasis Subdivision]]'''?

===19 May 2022===
*'''''12:00, 19 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Rōki Sasaki]]''' ''(pictured)'' recorded 13 consecutive [[strikeout]]s during '''[[Rōki Sasaki's perfect game|his April&nbsp;10 perfect game]]'''?
* ... that [[A.&nbsp;N. Wilson]] justified fictionalising the life of [[Georg Forster|George Forster]] for his novel '''''[[Resolution (Wilson novel)|Resolution]]''''' by saying that Forster "inhabit[ed] a borderline between fact and fiction"?
* ... that bucking bull '''[[Spotted Demon (bull)|Spotted Demon]]''' won the [[Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association]] Bucking Bull of the Year award at the old age of 10 years?
* ... that '''''[[Melody (Skoryk)|Melody]]''''', originally composed by [[Myroslav Skoryk]] for a 1982 Soviet film, was used in [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]]'s broadcast to the U.S. Congress in March&nbsp;2022?
* ... that '''[[Manai Sophiaan]]''' asserted in his 1994 memoir that the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] was involved in the [[30 September Movement|1965 Indonesian coup attempt]]?
* ... that half the students of [[Northern Arizona University]] left for Christmas early after campus radio station '''[[KNAU]]''' was pranked?
* ... that '''''[[Rafflesia meijeri]]''''' was named after Dutch botanist [[Willem Meijer]] for his work on the conservation and study of ''[[Rafflesia]]'' plants?
* ... that ornithologist '''[[Elaina Marie Tuttle]]''' discovered that the [[white-throated sparrow]] has four sexes?

*'''''00:00, 19 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that each '''''[[Dancing with Dandelions]]''''' sculpture ''(pictured)'' has a stone heart, some of which are engraved with messages?
* ... that the ''[[Tuca & Bertie]]'' episode "'''[[The Jelly Lakes]]'''" employs a [[papercutting|paper-cutout]] animation that helps to depict abuse in a way that centers the victim's story?
* ... that after Norwegian YouTuber '''[[Apetor]]'''{{`s}} death in 2021, Czech fans lit candles in his memory outside the Norwegian embassy in Prague?
* ... that the '''[[2021 Tennessee floods|August&nbsp;2021 Tennessee floods]]''' were caused by more than 20 inches (510&nbsp;mm) of rain falling in a 24-hour period?
* ... that '''[[Eyvindur P. Eiríksson]]''' has addressed modern alienation and man's relationship with nature through pagan poetry and a book about a [[fishing trawler]]?
* ... that decades after the [[type (biology)|type specimen]] of the lichen '''''[[Punctelia graminicola]]''''' was destroyed in World War&nbsp;II, its original name was restored after another specimen was rescued from disposal at a dump?
* ... that '''[[Angel Reese]]''' and her younger brother, Julian, both played [[college basketball]] for [[Maryland Terrapins|Maryland]] after competing at the same [[High school in the United States|high school]]?
* ... that in the 960s, the [[Brethren of Purity]] wrote an [[epistle]] where '''[[The Case of the Animals versus Man|Christians, Jews, and Muslims are sued by Quran-reading animals]]'''?

===18 May 2022===
*'''''12:00, 18 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Ilya Repin]] changed the main character in his painting '''''[[They Did Not Expect Him]]''''' ''(pictured)'' from a woman because it looked too similar to another painting?
* ... that '''[[Helena Springs]]''' is credited as co-writer with [[Bob Dylan]] on 19 songs, more than any of his other collaborators?
* ... that '''''[[The Citi Exhibition: Manga]]''''' at the [[British Museum]] was the largest exhibition of [[manga]] ever held outside Japan?
* ... that '''[[Tyler Zombro]]''' had a seizure and [[skull fracture]] after he was hit in the head by a 104-mile-per-hour (167&nbsp;km/h) [[Batted ball#Line drive|line drive]]?
* ... that the '''[[Bonin greenfinch]]''' is Japan's most endangered bird?
* ... that '''[[Olga Ehrenhaft-Steindler]]''', the first woman to earn a physics doctorate at the [[University of Vienna]], co-founded the first Viennese commercial academy for girls?
* ... that the earliest representation of the '''[[Devil in Christianity|devil]]''' might be a [[mosaic]] in [[Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo|San Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna]] from the 6th century, in the form of a blue [[angel]]? 
* ... that when planting vegetables, '''[[Richard Sharpe Mason]]''' once buried his [[glasses]] instead of [[pea]]s?

*'''''00:00, 18 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 2020 '''[[Barbora Mokošová]]''' ''(pictured)'' won Slovakia's first medal at the [[European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Artistic Gymnastics Championships]]?
* ... that '''[[Orange William]]''' was a very-long-range British [[Anti-tank guided missile|anti-tank missile]] that was cancelled as the [[Chieftain (tank)|Chieftain tank]] appeared to outperform it?
* ... that '''[[List of awards and nominations received by Judy Ann Santos|Judy Ann Santos]]''' received the [[Box Office Entertainment Award for Box Office Queen|Box Office Queen]] award for starring in ''[[Isusumbong Kita sa Tatay Ko...|Isusumbong Kita sa Tatay Ko]]'', the first Filipino film to earn 100&nbsp;million [[Philippine peso|pesos]] at the box office?
* ... that the music video for [[Matt and Kim]]'s '''''[[New Glow]]''''' song "Can You Blame Me" involves fans filming themselves with iPads near their heads playing headshots of the duo lip-syncing?
* ... that the historian and political journalist '''[[Lancelot Lawton]]''' addressed a [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] committee in London in 1935, beginning: "The chief problem in Europe to-day is the Ukrainian problem"?
* ... that '''''[[Love (Milov sculpture)|Love]]''''', a sculpture by Ukrainian artist [[Alexander Milov]], represents two wire-frame adults who appear to be alienated, but inside their bodies two children reach out to each other?
* ... that '''[[Ed Jasper]]''' started all 16 games for the [[Atlanta Falcons]] in 2002, helping the team qualify for the [[2002–03 NFL playoffs|NFL playoffs that year]]?
* ... that '''[[desert kite]]s''' in the Middle East and North Africa were used as traps for [[game (hunting)|wild game]]?

===17 May 2022===
*'''''12:00, 17 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[J. T. Blatty|J.&nbsp;T. Blatty]]''' ''(pictured)'' was a tennis star and US Army captain before photographing military volunteers in Ukraine?
* ... that '''[[Easter in Poland]]''' was considered to be an important patriotic holiday during the country's [[Partitions of Poland|period of Partitions]]?
* ... that '''[[Jane C. Beck]]''' traveled to Virginia, West Africa, and England to research the family history of [[Daisy Turner]] for her 2015 book ''Daisy Turner's Kin: An African American Family Saga''?
* ... that [[Natsuki Takaya]] created '''[[Fruits Basket Another|a sequel]]''' to ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' to promote the release of its collector's edition?
* ... that after activist '''[[Aakar Patel]]''' was prevented from travelling abroad, a court asked the director of India's [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] to apologise?
* ... that a [[Special session|special legislative session]] to deal with the '''[[Real Estate Bank of Arkansas]]''' was not called because a third of the legislature owed money to the bank?
* ... that '''[[Thihapate II of Taungdwin|Thihapate]]''' withstood the siege of [[Taungdwingyi|Taungdwin]] by King [[Thado Minbya]] of [[Kingdom of Ava|Ava]] until after his top commander was assassinated?
* ... that some barns have '''[[Hay hood|hoods]]'''?

*'''''00:00, 17 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[The Land We Love]]''''', a '''[[little magazine]]''' that merged into ''Southern Magazine'' ''(cover pictured)'', printed [[American Civil War]] recollections, poetry, agricultural material, and many works by female authors?
* ... that '''[[Serhiy Kot]]''' was the editor of ''Ukrainian Question'', a collection of articles on the status of Ukraine in the 1930s?
* ... that [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jacqueline Kennedy]] did not want to make her clothes the focus of her '''[[Jacqueline Kennedy's 1962 goodwill tour of India and Pakistan|1962 goodwill tour of India and Pakistan]]''', but still wore 22 different outfits in the first nine days?
* ... that all but one of the court [[Astrology|astrologers]] at the accession of King '''[[Minye Kyawswa I of Ava|Minye Kyawswa&nbsp;I of Ava]]''' prophesied that he would rule for three years?
* ... that the first studio of [[Indiana]] high school radio station '''[[WETL]]''' was a cedar closet that had once stored furs?
* ... that '''[[2022 British barristers' industrial action|British barristers are on strike]]''' to protest against underfunding in the criminal justice system?
* ... that both the '''[[Qurm Nature Reserve]]''' and the surrounding city of [[Qurum|Qurm]] are named for the [[Avicennia marina|grey mangroves]] protected by the reserve?
* ... that ''[[The Art of Cooking with Cannabis]]'' by '''[[Tracey Medeiros]]''' was praised by the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' for showcasing a wide range of recipes outside of the "tired pot-brownie cliché"?

===16 May 2022===
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* ... that '''''[[The Archives of the Planet]]''''' includes 72,000 color photographs ''(example pictured)''  of [[Culture|human cultures]] taken in 50 countries between 1908 and 1931?
* ... that [[Port Jefferson, New York|Port Jefferson]] village officials opposed the expansion of the '''[[Caithness Long Island Energy Center]]''' because they feared it would lead to the decommissioning of the '''[[Port Jefferson Power Station]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Jusuf Muda Dalam]]''' is the only Indonesian politician to date to be sentenced to death for corruption?
* ... that the construction of '''[[Washington State Route 512|Washington State Route&nbsp;512]]''' included a new [[high school football]] stadium to replace a demolished one?
* ... that journalist '''[[W. A. Hewitt|W.&nbsp;A. Hewitt]]''' refereed the first game played in the history of [[ice hockey at the Olympic Games]]? <!-- Special occassion hook: May 15, 2022, Canada, birth anniversary -->
* ... that the '''[[3rd Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia]]''' has suspended multiple [[Legislative session|sessions]] due to open brawls and fights between opposition and ruling party parliamentarians?
* ... that '''[[Romy Golan]]'''{{`s}} 2021 book ''Flashback, Eclipse'' is an exploration of Italian art of the 1960s that moved away from the art created under [[Italian fascism]]?
* ... that in 1999, donors to the '''[[American Airlines Theatre]]''' could pay US$75,000 for their name on a bathroom?

===15 May 2022===
*'''''00:00, 15 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that former convict '''[[William Beauchamp Nevill|Lord William Beauchamp Nevill]]''' ''(pictured)'' wrote ''Penal Servitude'', a book about his prison experiences?
* ... that during the '''[[2013 Norwegian Sámi parliamentary election]]''', the '''[[North Calotte People]]''' party advocated the transformation of the [[Sámi Parliament of Norway|Norwegian Sámi parliament]] into a joint [[Kven people|Kven]] and [[Sámi]] parliament?
* ... that professional [[steer wrestling|steer wrestler]] '''[[Ty Erickson]]''' broke the record for season earnings by $33,152?
* ... that an Israeli football club whose fans regularly shout "'''[[death to Arabs]]'''" was almost half-owned by an Arab Sheik?
* ... that [[List of Bhutan women Twenty20 International cricketers|Bhutanese cricketer]] '''[[Anju Gurung]]''', a [[fast bowling|pace bowler]], has been described as looking "...&nbsp;more like a pop star&nbsp;..."?<!-- Special occasion hook -->
* ... that even though plans to convert the studio building of station '''[[KGTK|KITN]]''' in [[Olympia, Washington]], into a courthouse were soon changed, county taxpayers still paid its moving expenses?
* ... that '''[[Ignacy Korwin-Milewski]]''' amassed a collection of more than 200 paintings by Polish artists, one of the largest private collections of contemporary Polish art at the time?
* ... that the '''[[Black Christian Siriano gown of Billy Porter|black Christian Siriano gown]]''' worn by actor [[Billy Porter (actor)|Billy Porter]] was said to have "won" the [[91st Academy Awards]]?

===14 May 2022===
*'''''00:00, 14 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that French [[Deafblindness|deafblind]] artist '''[[Arnaud Balard]]''' created the Sign Union flag ''(pictured)'' in 2013 to promote the global unity of deaf people?
* ... that after the '''[[NSA ANT catalog|ANT catalog]]''' of espionage tools by the [[National Security Agency]] was leaked to the public, the tools were implemented as [[open-source hardware]] and [[open-source software|software]]?
* ... that as a young girl, Countess '''[[Ladislaja Harnoncourt]]''' was thought to be uneducatable and was nicknamed the "wild Laja"?
* ... that during a promotional tour of [[Matt and Kim|Matt & Kim]]'s third album '''''[[Sidewalks (album)|Sidewalks]]''''', it was played on the public speaker system of the venue before each show began but none of its tracks were on the setlist?
* ... that '''[[Brian Fawcett]]''', who would have turned 78 today, taught English to inmates before becoming a full-time writer? <!-- Special occassion hook: May 13, 2022, Canada! -->
* ... that Iowa radio station '''[[KTFC (FM)|KTFC]]''' was partially powered by a wind turbine that the owner had bought from an Arizona wind farm?
* ... that '''[[Racial segregation in the United Kingdom|many places in the United Kingdom were racially segregated]]''' and non-white customers were banned from using spaces and facilities, even though the law never officially permitted such a [[Racial segregation|colour bar]]?
* ... that 19th-century Polish ethnographer '''[[Zorian Dołęga-Chodakowski]]''' travelled the countryside as a "[[wild man]]" and later appeared as a literary character?

===13 May 2022===
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* ... that an advertising campaign promoting [[Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters|an ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' film]] went wrong when signs throughout [[Boston]] displaying the [[List of Aqua Teen Hunger Force characters#Ignignokt and Err|Mooninites]] ''(example pictured)'' '''[[2007 Boston Mooninite panic|were mistaken for bombs]]'''?
* ... that [[Elizabeth Bonhôte]] wrote '''''[[Bungay Castle (novel)|Bungay Castle]]''''' after her husband bought [[Bungay Castle]]?
* ... that '''[[Mallory McMorrow]]''' won a public contest to design the [[Mazda3]] while she was a college student?
* ... that '''''[[Suluh Indonesia]]''''', once Indonesia's top newspaper by circulation, was banned after the [[30&nbsp;September Movement]] in 1965? 
* ... that ice hockey player '''[[Ilya Samsonov]]''' chose the position of goaltender because he thought that the equipment looked cool?
* ... that '''''[[Goodbye Normal Street]]''''' was named after a street in [[Oklahoma]], but also refers to the [[Turnpike Troubadours]]' new life touring on the road?
* ... that "toe-trimmed" '''[[alluvial fan]]s''' on Mars provide evidence of ancient Martian river systems?
* ... that '''[[Bret Price]]''' built a 1,500-pound (680&nbsp;kg) zipper in his backyard?

===12 May 2022===
*'''''00:00, 12 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that transgender pioneer '''[[Barbara Ann Wilcox]]''' ''(pictured)'' proposed to her husband on the day she met him?
* ... that in the 1970s, '''[[anime song]]''' lyrics which centered on the characters' thoughts and feelings became more widely known to the Japanese public?
* ... that [[Fane Lozman]] took [[Riviera Beach, Florida|Riviera Beach]] to the US Supreme Court '''[[Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach (2013)|once in 2013]]''' for seizing his [[Houseboat|floating home]] and '''[[Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach (2018)|again in 2018]]''' for arresting him, and won both times?
* ... that the "pathbreaking" book '''''[[Paradigm Lost]]''''' recommends abandoning the [[two-state solution]] in favor of equal rights for all inhabitants of Israel and Palestine?
* ... that '''[[Vanita Jagdeo Borade]]''' has been called the "Snake Woman" for having rescued more than 50,000 snakes?
* ... that more than 30,000 cars were being towed annually by the 1970s to accommodate '''[[Snow removal in Montreal|snow removal efforts in Montreal]]'''?
* ... that President '''[[Thomas A. Spragens]]''' suspended all classes at [[Centre College]] several days after the [[Kent State shootings]], and organized teaching sessions for students on the college lawn?
* ... that '''[[BeReal]]''', a social media app, purportedly makes everyone look boring?

===11 May 2022===
*'''''00:00, 11 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Kyiv's '''[[Kyiv National Academic Molodyy Theatre|Molodyy Theatre]]''' is located in the same mansion ''(pictured)'' originally occupied by [[Les Kurbas]]'s first theatre of the same name?
* ... that the form of [[benefice|ecclesiastical income]] in the Catholic Church known as the '''[[mense]]''' gets its name from the Latin word ''mensa'', meaning 'table'?
* ... that pianist '''[[Paul Pollei]]''' was a founding member of a quartet that utilized two pianos and eight hands to play complex pieces?
* ... that in 1972, '''[[Occupation of Catalina Island|Catalina Island was occupied]] ''' by the [[Brown Berets]], who claimed that the territory rightfully belonged to Mexico?
* ... that the '''[[Black Opry]]''' is a website and musical revue that helps raise awareness of Black artists in [[country music]]?
* ... that '''[[Satya Graha (journalist)|Satya Graha]]''' was briefly barred from reporting from the [[Merdeka Palace|Indonesian presidential palace]] after [[Suluh Indonesia|his newspaper]] published a piece on [[Sukarno]]'s new wife?
* ... that in 2006, when ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]'' asked "'''[[What Is the Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years?]]'''", the answer was ''[[Beloved (novel)|Beloved]]'' by [[Toni Morrison]]?
* ... that István Banó collected '''''[[Two Pieces of Nuts]]''''' in [[Baranya (region)|Baranya]]?

===10 May 2022===
*'''''00:00, 10 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Ron Miles]]''' ''(pictured)'', who would have turned 59 today, played in the same high school jazz band as [[Don Cheadle]]? <!-- Special occasion hook for May 9 -->
* ... that during the '''[[Attack on Arvind Kejriwal's residence|attack on the Delhi chief minister's residence]]''', protesters painted the gate red and tried to scale it while police officers watched? 
* ... that '''[[Francis Orray Ticknor]]''' was a country doctor whose fame as a poet relies on "Little Giffen", a poem about one of his patients who died in the [[American Civil War]]?
* ... that the 1653 hymn "'''[[Du, o schönes Weltgebäude]]'''", about renouncing the world, contains the stanza "Komm, O Tod, du Schlafes Bruder", which Bach used to conclude [[Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56|his cross-staff cantata]]?
* ... that '''[[Satyagraha Hoerip]]''' wrote a short story set during the [[Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66]] from the perspective of the killers-to-be?
* ... that the '''[[NBA Comeback Player of the Year Award]]''' was canceled, reportedly because of drugs?
* ... that a '''[[call to prayer]]''' is a common feature to Christianity, Islam and Judaism?
* ... that topics on '''''[[Recess Therapy]]''''' have included the economy, climate change, and peeing your pants?

===9 May 2022===
*'''''00:00, 9 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Binomial nomenclature|scientific name]] of the '''[[crimson-headed partridge]]''' ''(pictured)'' translates to "blood-headed blood quail"?
* ... that disability-rights activist '''[[Edith Prentiss]]''' objected to the title of a documentary about her, ''Edith Prentiss: Hell on Wheels'', for being too mild?
* ... that "'''[[Es tönen die Lieder]]'''", a German [[Round (music)|round]] about greeting spring with songs, first appeared in 1869 in a collection of works by [[Adolf Spiess|Adolf Spieß]], who developed a series of school-gymnastics steps to it?
* ... that Nigerian footballer '''[[Chibuzor Nwakanma]]''' was among the first few foreign players to play for all the "big three" [[Kolkata]]-based football clubs, [[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan]], [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]], and [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]?
* ... that '''[[Lunar Atmospheric Composition Experiment|LACE]]''' found a pre-dawn breeze on the Moon?
* ... that messianic rebel '''[[Abu al-Umaytir al-Sufyani|Abu al-Umaytir]]'''{{`s}} attempt to restore the [[Umayyad Caliphate]] in [[Damascus]] was defeated by the forces of the [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] loyalist '''[[Ibn Bayhas al-Kilabi|Ibn Bayhas]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Ukrainian science fiction and fantasy]]''' is written both in Ukrainian and Russian?
* ... that '''[[Shining Spark]]''' has sired 1,300 foals?

===8 May 2022===
*'''''00:00, 8 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that English singer [[Ella Henderson]] ''(pictured)'' almost named '''[[Everything I Didn't Say|her second studio album]]''' ''Chapter Two'', but decided instead that "this is a whole book"?
* ... that the sea squirt '''''[[Distomus variolosus]]''''' colonises both fronds of [[kelp]] and the shells of crustaceans such as the [[Majoidea|spider crab]] ''[[Maja brachydactyla]]''?
* ... that "The College Chimes" by American composer '''[[Daisy Wood Hildreth]]''' was chosen by the [[Iowa State University|Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts]] as their alumni song?
* ... that '''''[[otomechikku]]''''', a subgenre of [[Shōjo manga|Japanese girls' comics]] focusing on stories about ordinary teenaged protagonists, has been compared to ''[[monogatari]]'' and the genre of ''[[Bildungsroman]]''?
* ... that '''[[Free Comic Book Day]]''' was inspired by Free Scoop Night at an ice cream parlor? <!--Special occasion, May 7-->
* ... that although it spent only one week on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, "'''[[Visitor (song)|Visitor]]'''" was the fifth Adult Alternative Airplay number-one for [[Of Monsters and Men]]?
* ... that '''[[Vincent Munier]]'''{{`s}} quest to photograph [[snow leopard]]s became the basis for several books and a film?
* ... that '''[[Doug (tuber)|Doug]]''' was nominated to ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' as the world's largest potato before genetic testing confirmed that it was actually a [[tuber]] of a gourd?

===7 May 2022===
*'''''00:00, 7 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[algae|algal]] species '''''[[Trachelomonas cervicula]]''''' ''(pictured)'' has been observed in environments highly polluted with cadmium, lead, and zinc?
* ... that '''[[William Williams (printer and publisher)|William Williams]]''' was a newspaper publisher who volunteered for service during the [[War of 1812]] and advanced to the rank of colonel?
* ... that "'''[[Hey, Hey, Rise Up!]]'''" is the first new [[Pink Floyd]] song in more than 25 years?
* ... that '''[[Johannes zu Eltz]]''', who decided to become a [[Priesthood in the Catholic Church|Catholic priest]] after earning his doctorate in law, has advocated blessings of same-sex marriages by the Catholic Church?
* ... that the '''[[Jefferson Scholarship]]''' gives scholars more than $293,000 to attend the University of Virginia?
* ... that '''[[Carrie Jenkins Harris (Canadian novelist)|Carrie Jenkins Harris]]''', the North American writer who died in 1903, should not be confused with '''[[Carrie Jenkins Harris (American writer and editor)|Carrie Jenkins Harris]]''', the North American writer and editor who died in 1903?
* ... that '''[[Várhegy|Castle Hill]]''' in Budapest's 1st district [[Budapest Castle Hill Funicular|is easily accessible by funicular]]?
* ... that when '''[[Hasan Gayo]]''' led a group of men to seize a railway company, its Japanese guards offered no resistance?

===6 May 2022===
*'''''00:00, 6 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Duke of Alcantara Stradivarius]]''' violin ''(pictured)'' went missing for 27 years?
* ... that the [[Yiddish|Yiddish-language]] satirical newspaper '''''[[Munkatsher Humorist]]''''' frequently joked about disputes between the [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic]] courts of [[Munkacs (Hasidic dynasty)|Munkacs]] and [[Belz (Hasidic dynasty)|Belz]]?
* ... that American author '''[[Julie Jensen McDonald]]'''{{`s}} first story was sold to a [[Sunday school]] paper for US$6.50?
* ... that [[Harry Styles]]'s goddaughter voices the opening words in "'''[[As It Was]]'''"?
* ... that [[Angela Bassett]] donated a dance studio at the '''[[Royal Theater (St. Petersburg, Florida)|Royal Theater in St.&nbsp;Petersburg]]'''?
* ... that  '''[[Hokuseihō Osamu]]''' was inspired to become a sumo wrestler by a chance meeting with [[Hakuhō Shō|Hakuhō]], a ''[[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|yokozuna]]'', at an airport?
* ... that the '''[[Book of Common Prayer (1662)|1662 ''Book of Common Prayer'']]''' was approved by Parliament on 19&nbsp;May 1662, and required by law [[Great Ejection|starting on St&nbsp;Bartholomew's Day that year]]?
* ... that [[Winston Churchill]] reportedly called '''[[Sam Atyeo]]''' the world's most foul-mouthed diplomat?

===5 May 2022===
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* ... that [[NTT Docomo]] was the first cell phone service to utilize '''[[decome|deco mail]]''' ''(emoji pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that '''[[Henry Wilson Hodge]]''' served as the director of military railroads for the [[American Expeditionary Forces]] during World War&nbsp;I?
* ... that some have '''[[Holocaust uniqueness debate|considered the Holocaust a unique event]]''', external to history and beyond human understanding?
* ... that a reviewer noted that when '''[[Leo Hussain]]''' conducted Weinberg's ''[[The Passenger (opera)|Die Passagierin]]'' at the [[Oper Frankfurt]], the orchestra excelled in chamber music moments, hard beats and distorted entertainment music? 
* ... that in 1981 [[University of Southern Indiana|Indiana State University–Evansville]] received a donation valued at nearly $300,000 in the form of campus radio station '''[[WSWI]]'''?
* ... that the body of '''[[death of Hacı Lokman Birlik|Hacı Lokman Birlik]]''' was dragged behind a Turkish police vehicle, justified by the [[Ministry of Interior (Turkey)|Ministry of the Interior]] by saying that the police assumed the body had a bomb attached to it?
* ... that the '''[[2022 EuroLeague Playoffs]]''' marked the first appearance in the event for [[AS Monaco Basket|AS Monaco]]?
* ... that '''[[Hi-Tek Corporation]]'''{{`s}} 725 series keyboard switches were rated for a lifetime of 100&nbsp;million keystrokes?

===4 May 2022===
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* ... that the [[recycling symbol]] ''(pictured)'' depicts a '''[[Möbius strip]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Nick Schmaltz]]'''{{`s}} older brother and younger sister would team up against him when they played basement hockey as children?
* ... that the former German chancellor [[Bernhard von Bülow]] called [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm&nbsp;II]]'s 1900 '''[[Hun speech]]''' the "worst speech of that time and perhaps the most disgraceful speech that Wilhelm&nbsp;II [had] ever given"?
* ... that if a disaster is avoided through planning and vigilance, '''[[Preparedness paradox|people will paradoxically doubt]]''' that the preparation was necessary?
* ... that [[Port Vale F.C.]] is '''[[Port Vale F.C. league record by opponent|the only club to have beaten all 91 other clubs]]''' in the top four divisions of the current English football league system in a competitive league fixture?
* ... that '''''[[Eoseira|Eoseira wilsonii]]''''' "slime" likely helped in fossil preservation?
* ... that [[George Balanchine]]'s ballet '''''[[Who Cares? (ballet)|Who Cares?]]''''', to songs written by [[George Gershwin]],  is likened to "a tap dance on pointe"?
* ... that '''[[Klaus Wallrath]]''' composed  a [[Mass (music)|mass]] for peace for the 2018 [[Katholikentag]] in [[Münster]], performed to an audience of more than 30,000 by a choir, an orchestra, and a dance company?

===3 May 2022===
*'''''00:00, 3 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Phoenix's '''[[Chinese Cultural Center, Phoenix|Chinese Cultural Center]]''' ''(pictured)'' was remodeled into an ordinary office building despite the objections of preservationists and community groups?
* ... that [[John Spencer (snooker player)|John Spencer]] "exploded two myths" by winning the '''[[1977 World Snooker Championship]]''' with a two-piece cue that he had only been using for a couple of months?<!--special occasion 1/2 May-->
* ... that '''[[Mansiya V. P.|Mansiya V.&nbsp;P.]]''', an [[Indian classical dance|Indian classical dancer]], has experimented with choreographing a fusion of classical [[Bharatanatyam|Bharatnatyam]] and traditional [[Sufi music]]?
* ... that there are only around 30 '''[[southern corroboree frog]]s''' in the wild? 
* ... that '''[[man camp]]s''' can overwhelm local infrastructure, including emergency services, and contribute to an [[Missing and murdered Indigenous women|epidemic of violence against Indigenous women]] in North America?
* ... that in 1776 '''[[Abraham Hunt]]''' entertained [[Hessian (soldier)|Hessian]] mercenaries with food and drink to render them incapable for duty the night before [[George Washington]] defeated them [[Battle of Trenton|at Trenton]]?
* ... that visitors to [[Balmaclellan]] in Scotland can stay in '''[[Ironmacannie Mill|a historic watermill]]''' that is "remarkable" for the preservation of its internal workings? 
* ... that Japanese mixed martial artist '''[[Itsuki Hirata]]'''{{`s}} nickname is "[[Android&nbsp;18]]" due to being told she looks like the ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' character?

===2 May 2022===
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* ... that '''[[Interlingue]]''', an [[international auxiliary language]], was released 100 years ago under the name Occidental ''(advertisement pictured)'' by [[Edgar de Wahl|a Baltic German from Estonia]]?
* ... that Hungarian historian '''[[Andrea Pető]]''' believes that "[[right to be forgotten]]" policies should not be applied to the Holocaust?
* ... that '''[[NYXL (company)|NYXL]]''' was the first organization to own and operate multiple New York [[esports]] franchises?
* ... that by devising the [[Fairfield Experiment]] in industrial relations, '''[[Iain Maxwell Stewart]]''' inspired ''[[The Bowler and the Bunnet]]'', [[Sean Connery]]'s sole film as a director?
* ... that the first show at the '''[[Gershwin Theatre]]''' was also the first Broadway show to lose US$1&nbsp;million? 
* ... that Mexican [[Sinology|sinologist]] '''[[Flora Botton]]''' was rescued by an American soldier when being transported on a train from [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp|Bergen-Belsen]] in 1945?
* ... that [[Of Monsters and Men]] filmed the music video for their song "'''[[Wild Roses (song)|Wild Roses]]'''" in 12 hours, just before beginning a tour?
* ... that the village of '''[[Eziler, Güney|Eziler]]''' in Turkey has a girls' [[floor hockey]] team, but it has no gym?

===1 May 2022===
*'''''00:00, 1 May 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the French [[mezzo-soprano]] '''[[Germaine Bailac]]''' ''(pictured)'' played the title role in Bizet's ''[[Carmen]]'' at least 3,000 times?
* ... that Hollywood star [[Gary Cooper]] was baptised at the '''[[Church of All Saints, Houghton Regis]]'''?
* ... that eight of ten ministers in the '''[[Mann ministry|Bhagwant Mann ministry]]''' are first-term members of the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]?
* ... that a mobile production unit served as the first studios of [[Washington (state)|Washington state]] public TV station '''[[KTNW]]'''?
* ... that five years after '''[[Death of Ihsan Gürz|Ihsan Gürz]]''' died while in Dutch police custody, his father was convicted of swearing at a police officer who had been present at his arrest?
* ... that the '''[[Richard Dawkins Award]]''' is awarded for publicly proclaiming "the values of secularism and rationalism, upholding scientific truth wherever it may lead"?
* ... that '''[[Jumbo Brown]]''' gained 68 pounds (31&nbsp;kg) after he had his [[tonsil]]s removed?
* ... that the '''[[Guyim Vault House]]''' has been compared to a spaceship?