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===30 September 2022===
*'''''02:36, 30 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=USMC-11798.jpg|caption=Danny Kaleikini in a publicity photo for a 2005 concert}}
* ... that '''[[Danny Kaleikini]]''' ''(pictured)'' once worked as a singing hotel busboy in [[Waikiki]] before becoming the headline entertainer at the '''[[The Kahala Hotel & Resort|Kahala Hilton]]''' for 28 years?
* ... that the '''[[Curriculum for Wales (2022–present)|new curriculum in Wales]]''' allows schools to set their own [[Curriculum|curricula]]?
* ... that '''[[Frank Goadby]]''' said that he served on 44 [[Committee|committees]] after his retirement from the British Army?
* ... that '''[[supply-side progressivism]]''' is a response to rising costs of housing, healthcare, and other essential goods in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Vikki Blanche]]''' did not take her ''[[Neighbours]]'' audition seriously, thinking that she would not be cast so soon after graduating from school?
* ... that an attempt to [[jazz]] up '''[[WAZS (AM)|a South Carolina radio station]]''' did not get much response from listeners?
* ... that '''[[Sarah Ashton-Cirillo]]''', covering the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]], said that Ukrainians care less about her being [[transgender]] than Americans do?
* ... that '''''[[shoshin]]''''' is a [[Zen|Zen Buddhist]] term that means having a "beginner's mind"?

===29 September 2022===
*'''''04:36, 29 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Tulainyo Lake from Mount Russell.jpg|caption=Tulainyo Lake}}
* ... that in 1937, water from '''[[Tulainyo Lake]]''' ''(pictured)'' was carried by runner, horseback, donkey, covered wagon, twenty-mule team, stagecoach, train, car, and plane to [[Death Valley]] to mark a highway opening?
* ... that '''''[[The Last of Us Part I|The Last of Us Part&nbsp;I]]''''' features three accessibility presets for those requiring hearing, motor, or visual aids?
* ... that '''[[Earle M. Chiles]]''', a businessman and philanthropist from [[Portland, Oregon]], was also a senator of the board of [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich|Ludwig Maximilian University]] in [[Munich]], Germany?
* ... that  [[China Miéville]]'s novella '''''[[This Census-Taker]]''''' fluctuates between the first and third person to convey the trauma felt by the protagonist?
* ... that the development of the '''[[Port of Tanjung Api-Api]]''' resulted in a bribery scandal implicating '''[[Syahrial Oesman|the incumbent governor]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Open Philanthropy (organization)|Open Philanthropy]]''' has made grants to causes ranging from recession prevention to cancer vaccines for dogs?
* ... that Ukrainian baritone '''[[Danylo Matviienko]]''', who holds a master's degree in mathematics, appeared as Demetrius in [[Benjamin Britten|Britten]]'s opera ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' at the [[Oper Frankfurt]]?
* ... that '''[[Univel]]''' was an early-1990s attempt to compete with [[Microsoft]] on the desktop, but one industry consultant said of the company's goal, "they're dreaming"?

===28 September 2022===
*'''''00:00, 28 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=383 Madison Ave Bear Stearns C R Flickr 1.jpg|caption=383 Madison Avenue}}
* ... that at one point in 2008, the '''[[383 Madison Avenue|Bear Stearns Building]]''' ''(pictured)'' was worth approximately five times the price offered for the acquisition of [[Bear Stearns]]?
* ... that '''[[Langley Hawkins murder case|a European settler in Kenya who tortured a black employee to death]]''' in 1920 was sentenced to just two years' imprisonment?
* ... that the [[California Golden Bears men's basketball|California Golden Bears men's basketball team]] won the '''[[1959 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game]]''' by a single point over West Virginia?
* ... that Saudi Arabian poet '''[[Hamad al-Hajji]]'''  lost three members of his family during his childhood and later suffered from [[schizophrenia]] until he died at the age of 49 after a lung disease?
* ... that riders on the '''[[Jolly Rancher Remix]]''' can smell one of five randomly chosen [[Jolly Rancher]] flavors?
* ... that television production companies working in '''[[Bhadun]]''', Bangladesh, can hire a local woman as an [[Extra (acting)|extra]] for ৳500 (US$5.30) per day?
* ... that [[Bob Dylan]]'s "'''[[Absolutely Sweet Marie]]'''" was misspelled on several international releases of ''Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits&nbsp;2''{{-?}}
* ... that '''[[Ned Dobbs|a civil servant]]''' sued [[Phil Amos|his own minister]] for libel?

===27 September 2022===
*'''''00:00, 27 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Marysia Nikitiuk Toronto.jpg|caption=Marysia Nikitiuk}}
* ... that the first film written and directed by '''[[Marysia Nikitiuk]]''' ''(pictured)'' has been called one of the "most iconic" works of modern Ukrainian cinema?
* ... that '''[[Subgroup distortion|subgroup distortion theory]]''', introduced by [[Mikhael Gromov (mathematician)|Misha Gromov]] in 1993, can help encode text?
* ... that according to climate scientist '''[[Chip Fletcher]]''', "our communities are scaled and built for a climate that no longer exists"?
* ... that '''[[Cowbridge Girls School]]''', built in 1896, was unusual for its time in providing a science laboratory for the students?
* ... that '''[[Jim Nettles]]''' followed [[Graig Nettles|his older brother]] to [[San Diego State University]] and the [[Minnesota Twins]], but preceded him in being diagnosed with prostate cancer?
* ... that the current lighthouse at the '''[[Port of Tanjung Kalian]]''' was built by a Dutch company in 1862 based on a British design?
* ... that '''[[Rakhel Feygenberg]]''' wrote her first novel at age 13, but was forced by her relatives to burn it?
* ... that Microsoft made a '''[[MacEnhancer|Mac enhancer]]'''?

===26 September 2022===
*'''''00:00, 26 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=고창갯벌.jpg|caption=Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats}}
* ... that '''[[Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats]]''' ''(pictured)'', a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an important migration stopover for the critically endangered [[spoon-billed sandpiper]]?
* ... that '''[[Eddie Keenan]]''' was once the largest American football player?
* ... that physical applications of '''[[Euclidean minimum spanning tree]]s''' range in scale from the particles in [[bubble chamber]]s to the [[dark matter halo]]s of galaxies?
* ... that the '''[[court-martial of William T. Colman]]''', the commander of a U.S. air base, created a storm of protest when he was merely reduced in rank after shooting a black soldier?
* ... that [[lemur]] health is threatened by '''[[climate change in Madagascar]]''' due to the spread of parasites with warmer temperatures?
* ... that the '''[[KUGS|radio station at Western Washington University]]''' interfered with telephone and television services in a campus dormitory?
* ... that Kannada-language author '''[[M. V. Seetharamiah|M.&nbsp;V. Seetharamiah]]''' established that the [[Rashtrakuta dynasty|Rashtrakuta]] emperor [[Amoghavarsha|Nrupatunga]] did not write the classic ''[[Kavirajamarga]]''{{-?}}
* ... that [[Union Carbide]] bought '''[[270 Park Avenue (1960–2021)|270&nbsp;Park Avenue]]''' in 1976 while moving out of the building?

===25 September 2022===
*'''''00:00, 25 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after the '''[[Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption (Lancaster, Ohio)|Basilica of St.&nbsp;Mary of the Assumption]]''' ''(pictured)'' was named a minor basilica by [[Pope Francis]] in 2022, this was announced on the vigil of the [[Assumption of Mary]]?
* ... that '''[[Epistola consolatoria ad pergentes in bellum|a Carolingian military sermon]]''' promises soldiers victory, provided they do not engage in [[Human sexual activity|sexual activity]] or [[looting]]?
* ... that the slopes near '''[[Bass Lake (Watauga County, North Carolina)|Bass Lake]]''' at [[Flat Top Manor]] in North Carolina were covered with hundreds of apple trees?
* ... that '''[[Rockstar Vancouver]]''' developed most of the "Beta&nbsp;5" update for ''[[Counter-Strike (video game)|Counter-Strike]]''{{-?}}
* ... that Iraqi psychologist '''[[Nuri Ja'far]]''', in his youth, was denied admission to the [[College of Medicine University of Baghdad]] by [[Harry Sinderson]]?
* ... that [[Billie Eilish]] and [[Finneas O'Connell]] wrote the melody for their four-time Grammy-nominated song "'''[[Happier Than Ever (song)|Happier Than Ever]]'''" on an $80 guitar?
* ... that South African politician '''[[Speedy Mashilo]]''' was kidnapped for seven hours?
* ... that '''''[[The Random Years]]''''' includes a version of [[Strip game#Poker|strip poker]] played to ''[[Antiques Roadshow (American TV program)|Antiques Roadshow]]''{{-?}}

===24 September 2022===
*'''''00:00, 24 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Adriana Salvatierra]]''' ''(pictured)'', the youngest legislator to preside over the Bolivian Senate, accompanied her father to trade-union meetings while still a child?
* ... that the design of the ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' expansion set '''''[[Streets of New Capenna]]''''' is inspired by the [[Five Families]] of organized crime?
* ... that protesters demanded the closure of the '''[[Embassy of the Philippines, Lisbon|embassy of the Philippines in Lisbon]]'''?
* ... that the [[Suquamish]] tribe opened their community house, the '''[[House of Awakened Culture]]''', in 2009?
* ... that '''''[[The Maiden in the Tower]]''''', the only opera by [[Jean Sibelius]], was withdrawn after only three performances with the intention to revise it, which never happened?
* ... that '''[[Wes Freed]]''' was the secretary of [[National FFA Organization|Future Farmers of America]] before becoming the album cover artist for the [[Drive-By Truckers]]?
* ... that '''''[[Die Brennessel]]''''' was a satirical magazine devised by the [[Nazi Party]] as a propaganda tool?
* ... that when a computer journalist saw the '''[[IBM PS/2 Model 25|IBM PS/2 Model&nbsp;25]]''' for the first time, he thought that he "was looking at a deformed [[Compact Macintosh|Macintosh]]"?

===23 September 2022===
*'''''00:00, 23 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=San Remo apartments from Central Park, NYC.jpg|caption=The San Remo}}
* ... that '''[[the San Remo]]''' ''(pictured)'' was once described as an "ATM for Democratic presidential campaigns" in the United States?
* ... that the shop in Cairo designed by '''[[Robert Williams (architect)|Robert Williams]]''' for the '''[[John Davies Bryan|Davies Bryan Company]]''' became a site of "pilgrimage for all Welsh travellers" to Egypt?
* ... that [[Pedro&nbsp;II of Brazil]] examined the signal system on the '''[[Fitchburg Cutoff]]'''?
* ... that when '''[[Francesco Lanzillotta]]''' conducted Dallapiccola's ''[[Ulisse]]'' at [[Oper Frankfurt]] in 2022, a reviewer noted that he "does not shy away from agglomerations of sound"?
* ... that in 2009, residents of Maine '''[[2009 Maine Question 1|voted to repeal a law]]''' that would have legalized same-sex marriage?
* ... that yachting photographer '''[[Eileen Ramsay (photographer)|Eileen Ramsay]]''' damaged many [[Rolleiflex]] cameras by attempting to take photos at water level?
* ... that "'''[[illegal operation]]'''" was a common euphemism for [[abortion]] in early-20th-century North American newspapers?
* ... that Ekuikui&nbsp;V was deposed as the king of '''[[Bailundo (kingdom)|Bailundo]]''' in 2021 and sentenced to six years in prison?

===22 September 2022===
*'''''00:00, 22 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Comet Kohoutek (S74-17688).jpg|caption=Comet Kohoutek}}
* ... that '''[[Comet Kohoutek|Kohoutek]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first comet to be proven a [[Comet nucleus|dirty snowball]]?
* ... that according to one sociologist, '''[[Franklin Flores]]'''{{`s}} landslide victory demonstrated [[Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)|his party]]'s ability to win the rural vote "regardless of the candidates nominated"?
* ... that Northwest High School required transgender staff members of the student newspaper to '''[[Viking Saga censorship incident|use deadnames in bylines]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Drummie Zeb]]''' was one of the last two original members of [[Aswad]] still playing with the reggae group by 2006?
* ... that following the introduction of the [[round goby]] to Lake Erie, the '''[[Lake Erie watersnake]]'''{{`s}} population recovered enough to be removed from the U.S. [[threatened species]] list?
* ... that in the lead-up to the '''[[1919 Copa del Rey Final]]''' between [[FC Barcelona]] and [[Arenas Club de Getxo]], fans broke the fencing twice to watch the sold-out match?
* ... that former [[Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)|Lincoln University]] president '''[[Armstead Otey Grubb]]''' was robbed and murdered outside his home on campus in 1968?
* ... that concerts of the '''[[Spannungen]]''' festival of chamber music, founded by pianist [[Lars Vogt]] in 1998, are played in a power plant?

===21 September 2022===
*'''''00:00, 21 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Shah Abbas II, 1663, Aga Khan trust of culture.PNG|caption=Abbas&nbsp;II of Persia}}
* ... that the reign of '''[[Abbas II of Persia|Abbas&nbsp;II of Persia]]''' ''(pictured)'' was marked by peace with neighbouring nations, except for [[Mughal–Safavid War (1649–1653)|a war]] with the [[Mughal Empire]] in 1649 to recover the city of [[Kandahar]]?
* ... that '''[[Green Valley State Park]]''' in Iowa, which was dedicated exactly 69 years ago, had multiple species of fish added to its [[Reservoir|artificial lake]] in 1974?
* ... that according to Modern Times, a San Francisco–based bookstore collective, if there was only one book that you read in 1975 it had to be Canadian author and activist '''[[Helen Potrebenko]]'''{{`s}} ''Taxi!''{{-?}}
* ... that a '''[[Duesenberg]]''' car was the first American car to win a [[French Grand Prix]], doing so in 1921?
* ... that besides [[Rashtrapati Nilayam|official retreats in Hyderabad]] and [[The Retreat Building|in Shimla]], the [[president of India]] also has '''[[Rashtrapati Ashiana|one in Dehradun]]'''?
* ... that actress '''[[Zita Moulton]]''' first starred in theatre performances after a bet with her fiancé that she would be able to get a stage job within 24 hours?
* ... that 48 of the 55 British participants in the August&nbsp;1919 '''[[raid on Kronstadt]]''' received gallantry medals or were [[Mentioned in dispatches|mentioned in despatches]]?
* ... that Malaysian businessman '''[[Lim Kok Wing]]''' was depicted as "King of Africa"?

===20 September 2022===
*'''''00:00, 20 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=File:Funeral of Edward VII -1910 -cropped.JPG|caption=Carriage at the 1910 funeral of Edward&nbsp;VII}}
* ... that '''[[Royal Navy State Funeral Gun Carriage|a coffin carriage used in British state funerals]]''' ''(pictured)'' has been pulled by sailors since an incident at [[State funeral of Queen Victoria|Queen Victoria's funeral]] in 1901?
* ... that [[Westminster Abbey]]'s director of music '''[[James O'Donnell (organist)|James O'Donnell]]''', who is responsible for the singing at the [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|state funeral of Queen Elizabeth&nbsp;II]], is scheduled to become a professor at Yale University in 2023?
* ... that in 1988, Elizabeth&nbsp;II became the '''[[State visit by Elizabeth II to Spain|first British monarch to make an official visit to Spain]]'''?
* ... that in 1952, '''[[Douglas Chandor]]''' painted the first portrait of Elizabeth&nbsp;II that she posed for following her accession?
* ... that Elizabeth&nbsp;II approved the design of the '''[[state hearse]]''' used in her funeral?
* ... that '''[[Leverton & Sons]]''' were given the coffin of Elizabeth&nbsp;II when they were appointed [[funeral directors to the Royal Household]] in 1991?
* ... that today's funeral procession of Elizabeth II to [[Windsor Castle]] started at the gate to '''[[Shaw Farm, Windsor|Shaw Farm]]'''?
* ... that the 1991 song "'''[[Queen's Road East (song)|Queen's Road East]]'''" by [[Lo Ta-yu]] describes Elizabeth&nbsp;II as "beautiful even when saying goodbye"?

===19 September 2022===
*'''''00:00, 19 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Vecihi K-VI.png|caption=The Vecihi K-VI}}
* ... that after building '''[[Vecihi K-VI|Turkey's first airplane]]''' ''(pictured)'', [[Vecihi Hürkuş|its builder]] was sentenced to jail for flying it without a permit?
* ... that '''[[Abraham Lincoln Davis]]''' cofounded the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]] with [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], serving as his vice president?
* ... that the '''[[Communist Party of Lithuania and Belorussia]]''' organized [[partisan (military)|partisan units]] behind the front lines during the [[Polish–Soviet War]]?
* ... that '''[[George F. Kosco]]''' filmed the signing of the [[Surrender of Japan|Japanese surrender]] in [[Color motion picture film|color]]?
* ... that evidence of the '''[[battle of Benfleet]]''' was found in the 19th century in the form of charred timbers and human bones?
* ... that '''[[James W. Lugenbeel]]'''{{`s}} journal became the only known record of the proceedings of the [[Liberian Constitution of 1847|1847 Liberian Constitutional Convention]]?
* ... that because of the increasing prevalence of '''[[sesame allergy]]''', the U.S. will join the EU and Canada in 2023 in instituting mandatory food labeling?
* ... that baseball player '''[[Mark Littell]]''' developed an anatomically correct [[Jockstrap#Protective cup|athletic cup]] called the "Nutty Buddy"?

===18 September 2022===
*'''''00:00, 18 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Thomas Moran - Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.jpg|caption=''The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone'' (1872)}}
* ... that Thomas Moran's 1872 painting '''''[[The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (1872)|The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone]]''''' ''(pictured)'' influenced the decision to preserve [[Yellowstone National Park]] for future generations?
* ... that '''[[Tala Bashmi]]''' played on the [[Bahrain women's national football team]] for seven years before opening a restaurant in a [[Manama]] hotel?
* ... that when '''''[[The Papers of Benjamin Franklin|The Papers of Benjamin Franklin]]''''' is completed, it is expected to contain approximately 30,000 writings in 47 volumes?
* ... that '''[[Liu Yunbin]]''', the son of [[Liu Shaoqi|the second president of the People's Republic of China]], was a graduate in radiochemistry and contributed to the development of [[Project 596|China's first atomic bomb]]?
* ... that [[Taylor Swift]] announced her upcoming album, '''''[[Midnights]]''''', while accepting the 2022 [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]] award?
* ... that when '''[[Bill Renwick]]''' was asked to review a neo-Nazi case at the [[University of Waikato]] it was meant to take three weeks, but instead took nearly two years?
* ... that women- and minority-owned businesses built the '''[[Frequent Express]]''' high-capacity bus line in [[Portland, Oregon]]?
* ... that during the 1970s, future Indonesian president [[B. J. Habibie|Habibie]] would go to a '''[[Bakmi GM|specific noodle shop]]''' every lunchtime?

===17 September 2022===
*'''''00:00, 17 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Gaylord Perry]] ''(pictured)'' admitted that he had [[cheating in baseball|cheated in baseball]] in his autobiography '''''[[Me and the Spitter]]'''''{{-?}}
* ... that '''[[Jewish Indian theory]]''', the erroneous idea that some [[Ten Lost Tribes|lost tribes of Israel]] became ancestors to [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]], influenced the [[Book of Mormon]]?
* ... that [[Billie Eilish]] released '''[[Guitar Songs|two songs]]''' in July 2022, '''[[The 30th|one of which]]''' was about a loved one's car accident?
* ... that a job offer from the '''[[Empire Cinema, Blackpool|Empire Cinema]]''' saved science fiction writer [[John Russell Fearn]] from factory-based war work that "damned near killed [him]"?
* ... that upon its completion, the '''[[Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center]]''' had the largest sloped [[green roof]] in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Rockstar Dundee|Ruffian Games]]''' co-developed [[Kinect]] games to stay in business after the release of ''[[Crackdown&nbsp;2]]''{{-?}}
* ... that the '''[[List of National Football League career punting yards leaders|National Football League record for career punting yards]]''' is more than 40 miles (65&nbsp;km)?
* ... that "gambling lord" '''[[Hong Taechawanit]]'''{{`s}} mansion in Thailand became a police station?

===16 September 2022===
*'''''00:00, 16 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Bhicoo (Bee) Batlivala (1935).png|caption=Bhicoo Batlivala (1935)}}
* ... that in 1943, '''[[Bhicoo Batlivala]]''' ''(pictured)'' led a group of Indian women to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] to request the release of [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhi]] from prison?
* ... that [[WNYW|WNEW-TV Channel 5]] used its early-morning '''''[[Columbia Lectures in International Studies]]''''' to offset criticism of its prime-time schedule of crime show reruns?
* ... that '''[[Moses Judah Hays]]''' leased a block of buildings to the [[Parliament of the Province of Canada|Canadian Parliament]] after its seat was [[Burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal|burned down in 1849]]?
* ... that though Haiti did not compete at the 1936 Summer Olympics, '''[[Haiti at the 1936 Summer Olympics|its presence there]]''' made Liechtenstein change its flag?
* ... that [[Robert Downey Jr.]] declared [[Elvis Costello]]'s '''''[[Imperial Bedroom]]''''' his favorite album in a 2005 article for ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' magazine?
* ... that [[datacasting]] tests by '''[[WMYD|a Detroit TV station]]''' included a ceremonial broadcast of an early automobile patent from 1886?
* ... that '''[[Madeleine Swann]]'''{{`s}} name is a tribute to [[Marcel Proust]]?
* ... that according to [[Ruth Marcus (journalist)|Ruth Marcus]], the facts of '''''[[Michael H. v. Gerald D.]]''''' "more closely resembled a soap opera synopsis than a typical Supreme Court case"?

===15 September 2022===
*'''''00:00, 15 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Mick Moloney]]''' ''(pictured)'' was a social worker in London before establishing the Green Fields of America, an Irish traditional music ensemble?
* ... that the working title of '''''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'''''  was ''Star Beast''{{-?}}
* ... that '''[[Linus Roth]]''', who plays the 1703 [[Dancla Stradivarius (1703)|Dancla Stradivarius]] violin, recorded all compositions by [[Mieczysław Weinberg]] which feature a solo violin?
* ... that a bystander's video of the '''[[arrest of Randal Worcester]]''' in [[Mulberry, Arkansas]], showed one law enforcement officer holding Worcester on the ground while two other officers beat him?
* ... that the '''[[Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra]]''' was founded in 1969 for members from all four [[Languages of Switzerland|Swiss language]] regions, and meets twice a year for rehearsals and a tour program?
* ... that the video game '''''[[Serious Sam: Tormental]]''''' was originally inspired by ''[[Geometry Wars]]''?
* ... that [[Robert Redford]] helped the '''[[KRCL|Lion of Zion]]''' receive a federal grant?

===14 September 2022===
*'''''12:00, 14 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that for fifteen years '''[[Joseph Henry Gest]]''' ''(pictured)'' was both the director of the [[Cincinnati Art Museum]] and the president of the [[Rookwood Pottery Company]], spending mornings at one and afternoons at the other?
* ... that '''[[Zack Kelly]]''' received a $500 [[signing bonus]], lost money in his first professional seasons, and was released by two organizations before he made his [[Major League Baseball]] debut?
* ... that '''''[[Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt, SWV 36|Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt]]''''' by [[Heinrich Schütz]], a 1619 setting of [[Psalm&nbsp;100]] for [[Venetian polychoral style|double choir]], was performed at the [[BBC Proms|Proms]] at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in 1972?
* ... that '''[[Samuel Fyzee-Rahamin]]''' was born a [[Jews|Jew]], became a [[Muslims|Muslim]], moved to Pakistan and died in poverty?
* ... that in the '''[[Troy axe murders]]''' a former fireman killed his wife, five-year-old daughter, and five stepchildren and left love notes on their bodies?
* ... that whilst serving in the [[Royal Navy]] during World War&nbsp;II, '''[[Tom Dorrien-Smith]]''', a former leaseholder of [[Tresco, Isles of Scilly|Tresco]], was involved in the [[Last battle of Bismarck|sinking of the ''Bismarck'']]{{-?}}
* ... that construction of '''[[Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit]]''' uncovered tracks from the [[California Street Cable Railroad]]?
* ... that in Norse mythology, the sun and moon are each chased by a '''[[warg]]'''?

*'''''00:00, 14 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in the legend of [[John Faa]], styled [[King of the Gypsies]], the Countess of Cassilis was imprisoned for life in '''[[Maybole Castle]]''' ''(pictured)'' by her husband after he killed Faa for attempting to elope with her?
* ... that [[Adele]] moans in "'''[[Can I Get It]]'''", a song about desire for a real relationship instead of casual sex?
* ... that '''[[George Eisenbarth]]''' conducted [[Twin study|twin studies]] showing that if one twin had [[type&nbsp;1 diabetes]], the other was also at risk of the disease?
* ... that the Romans enjoyed [[balneotherapy]] from  '''[[geothermal energy in Turkey]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Dorli Rainey]]''', at the age of 84, was pepper-sprayed by police at a 2011 [[Occupy Seattle]] protest, making her a symbol of the [[Occupy Wall Street]] movement?
* ... that '''[[Hartington Road Halt railway station|Hartington Road Halt]]''' in Brighton, which closed after five years, was accidentally opened illegally?
* ... that audience members interrogated suspects in an '''[[Cluedo (Australian game show)|Australian ''Cluedo'' game show]]''' based on [[Cluedo|the board game]]?
* ... that when asked who let '''[[NJGov|New Jersey have a Twitter account]]''', '''[[Megan Coyne|its manager]]''' simply replied, "your mom"?

===13 September 2022===
*'''''12:00, 13 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Maj Gen Osmond J. Ritland.jpg|caption=Osmond J. Ritland}}
* ... that '''[[Osmond J. Ritland]]''' ''(pictured)'' was one of four men who selected [[Area&nbsp;51]] as the site for their [[Lockheed U-2]] spy plane project?
* ... that the 8.2&nbsp;M<sub>w</sub> '''[[1996 Biak earthquake|Biak earthquake of 1996]]''' triggered disproportionately large tsunamis relative to its magnitude?
* ... that American psychologist '''[[Mildred Newman]]''' and her husband treated so many celebrities that the two were known as "therapists of the stars"?
* ... that [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] proclaimed the [[Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence|independence of Bangladesh]] from '''[[Bangabandhu Memorial Museum|his residence in Dhaka]]''' before his arrest by the [[Pakistan Army]]?
* ... that '''[[Charley Frazier]]''' played in the [[American Football League]] even though he did not play [[college football]]?
* ... that despite two 16th-century books often being referred to as the '''[[Edwardine Ordinals]]''',  the word "'''[[ordinal (liturgy)|ordinal]]'''" was not applied to them until the 17th century?
* ... that '''[[Public services in Brighton and Hove|local regulation and law enforcement in Brighton's early history]]''' was carried out by the Society of Twelve, a beadle "in cocked hat and full regalia", and two "Old Charlies"?
* ... that a lion's head was preserved during construction of '''[[Gilman Square station]]'''?

*'''''00:00, 13 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that when construction began on the '''[[Kauai Plantation Railway]]''' ''(pictured)'', "nobody in the crew knew how to build a train track"?
* ... that Saudi Arabian historian '''[[Sa'd ibn Junaydil]]''' took high school graduation exams with his students, as he had yet to obtain a high school diploma?
* ... that [[Chloe Bailey]] dances next to a leopard in the music video for her song "'''[[Treat Me]]'''"?
* ... that [[Twyla Tharp]]'s ballet '''''[[Nine Sinatra Songs]]''''', to songs sung by [[Frank Sinatra]], features [[ballroom dance]]-inspired choreography?
* ... that the illustrations in the 1992 video game '''''[[Tetris Classic]]''''' are based on scenes from [[Alexander Pushkin]]'s poem ''[[Ruslan and Ludmila]]''{{-?}}
* ...  that '''[[Riddick Parker]]''' increased his weight by 26 pounds (12&nbsp;kg) because he was regarded as "small" for a [[defensive end]], at 274 pounds (124&nbsp;kg)?
* ... that [[Roman temple|temples]] served as '''[[Banking in ancient Rome|banks in ancient Rome]]'''?
* ... that artist [[Thomas Eakins]] remarked "I think you've got a heap of impudence" upon receiving the [[Temple Gold Medal]] for his portrait '''''[[Archbishop William Henry Elder]]'''''{{-?}}

===12 September 2022===
*'''''12:00, 12 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Louise McKinney]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first woman in the British Empire to be sworn in as an elected legislator?
* ... that a television station spent so little on programming that a media columnist called it the "'''[[WSTR-TV|IOUs of Cincinnati]]'''"?
* ... that '''[[Sheila Egoff]]''', Canada's first professor of [[children's literature]], returned to her library work immediately after retirement?
* ... that the '''[[Indie sleaze]]''' era, from approximately 2006 to 2012, was described by singer [[Gwenno Saunders|Gwenno]] as "very debauched, and probably the last moment where kids had been able to do whatever they want"?
* ... that [[Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church]] bishop '''[[Yuhanon Meletius]]''' said that Christian [[Sangh Parivar]] sympathizers are "moving on a suicidal path"?
* ... that [[Ding Roman]] defeated his cousin [[Tet Garcia]] in the '''[[1993 Bataan gubernatorial recall election]]'''?
* ... that after depopulating the island of [[Samson, Isles of Scilly|Samson]], '''[[Augustus Smith (politician)|Augustus Smith]]''' established a deer park there, only for the deer to escape to the neighbouring island of [[Tresco, Isles of Scilly|Tresco]]?
* ... that the man who built '''[[Cauley Square]]''' originally used the village to ship his tomatoes?

*'''''00:00, 12 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Günbatımında Polente Feneri̇ ve Rüzgargülü 2008 - panoramio.jpg|caption=Wind turbine on [[Tenedos|Bozcaada]], Turkey}}
* ... that '''[[wind power in Turkey]]''' ''(turbine pictured)'' is so profitable that companies pay the government for licences?
* ... that '''[[E. Virgil Neal|E.&nbsp;Virgil Neal]]''' was a teacher, stage hypnotist, fraudster and finally a wealthy cosmetics manufacturer?
* ... that the first known publication of the phrase "'''[[any port in a storm]]'''" was in [[Fanny Hill|a 1749 erotic novel]]?
* ... that '''[[Benny Lefebvre]]''' had three sons who signed professional [[baseball]] contracts and four brothers who played [[American football|football]]?
* ... that '''[[Vegeta (software)|Vegeta]]''' is used to attack HTTP-based applications?
* ... that [[The Home Depot|Home Depot]] CEO '''[[Ted Decker]]''' ran his own landscaping business in high school?
* ... that in Ireland, selling unauthorized '''[[Mass card]]s''' could lead to 10 years in jail or a €300,000 fine?
* ... that someone once paid $750 to enjoy a '''[[Dania Beach Hurricane|hurricane]]'''?

===11 September 2022===
*'''''12:00, 11 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[City Hall station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)|City Hall station]]''' ''(pictured)'', intended to be the showpiece of New York City's subway system, has been closed since 1945?
* ... that endocrinologist '''[[Reginald Hall (endocrinologist)|Reginald Hall]]''', who studied the [[thyroid|thyroid gland]] and its diseases, received a heart transplant in 1984?
* ... that "'''[[Slapshot (song)|Slapshot]]'''", a 1995 rock song commissioned by the [[New York Rangers]], is widely considered to be the best [[goal celebration#Goal song|goal song]] in the [[National Hockey League]]?
* ... that '''[[Eva Duldig]]''', who was interned by Australia during the Second World War, later represented the country at the [[Wimbledon Championships]]?
* ... that in '''''[[Arnett v. Kennedy]]''''', U.S. Supreme Court justice [[William Rehnquist]] said public employees must accept "the bitter with the sweet" in their [[Due Process Clause|due-process]] rights when contesting dismissal?
* ... that the [[Indian independence movement]]'s underground '''[[Congress Radio]]''' once submerged their equipment in the [[Godavari River]]?
* ... that '''[[Larry Herndon]]''' hit a game-winning home run in the [[1984 World Series]] and a playoff-clinching home run on the last day of the [[1987 Detroit Tigers season|1987 season]]?
* ... that the 1987 video game '''''[[Oriental Hero]]''''' was panned as "so incredibly bad it's almost worth a look"?

*'''''00:00, 11 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Philippe I, Duke of Orléans|Philippe&nbsp;I, Duke of Orléans]]''', ''(pictured)'' was the father of two queens and [[Philippe II, Duke of Orléans|a French regent]], despite preferring his male lovers to his wives?
* ... that '''[[Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles|a 65-minute concert film]]''' starring [[Billie Eilish]] was filmed all in one week?
* ... that Seattle-based '''[[Tom Alberg]]''', one of the earliest investors in [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], was convinced of the company's promise when he could not find a book by [[Peter Drucker]] in his local bookstore?
* ... that [[Manfred Mann]]'s 1966 single "'''[[Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr. James|Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr.&nbsp;James]]'''" was amongst the first songs to utilize the [[Mellotron]]?
* ... that a New York [[pop-up restaurant]] opened by '''[[Louisa Shafia]]''' served stews and rice dishes described in a review as a "Persian-tapas gateway into the ancient cuisine"?
* ... that the '''[[Operation Tariq al-Qods|Iranian operation to liberate the town of Bostan]]''' during the [[Iran–Iraq War]] was described by [[Ruhollah Khomeini]], then Supreme Leader of Iran, as "the victory of victories"?
* ... that '''[[Aaron S. Watkin]]''' is scheduled to become the artistic director of the [[English National Ballet]] three decades after he first danced there?
* ... that one DJ of '''[[KOLE|a Texas radio station]]''' challenged another to a cow-milking contest on the streets of the city?

===10 September 2022===
*'''''12:00, 10 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''''[[Assumption of the Virgin (Palma Vecchio)|Assumption of the Virgin]]''''' ''(pictured)'' by [[Palma Vecchio]] depicts the legend of the [[Girdle of Thomas]] as part of the [[Assumption of Mary]]?
* ... that Saudi Arabian broadcaster '''[[beoutQ]]''' [[Pirate decryption|pirated]] and resold [[beIN Sports (Middle East TV channel)|beIN Sports]] programmes during the [[Qatar diplomatic crisis]]?
* ... that '''[[Corky Palmer]]''' coached the [[Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball|Southern Miss Golden Eagles]] to their only [[College World Series]] appearance in 2009?
* ... that more than 1000 tons of paper were used every year printing car literature for the [[British Motor Corporation]] by the in-house '''[[Nuffield Press]]'''?
* ... that, before there was a '''[[Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Factory Building]]''', [[William S. Harley]] and [[Arthur Davidson (motorcycling)|Arthur Davidson]] built motorcycles in a shed?
* ... that '''[[Alexander Marble]]''', an expert in diabetes, was described as one of "the giant trees among the diabetes [[Sequoia sempervirens|sequoias]]"?
* ... that the developer of '''''[[Citizen Sleeper]]''''' was inspired by the feeling of people coming together and their own experiences as a [[Non-binary gender|non-binary]] person struggling to make ends meet through the [[Gig worker|gig economy]]?
* ... that '''[[Milt Wilcox]]''', winning [[pitcher]] of Game&nbsp;3 of the [[1984 World Series]], credited "throwing [[bowling ball]]s" with rescuing his [[Major League Baseball]] career?

*'''''00:00, 10 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Fernbrook Farms]]''' ''(pictured)'' was once a model breeding farm named New Warlaby?
* ... that '''[[Pier Giorgio Morandi]]''' first played as the principal [[Oboe|oboist]] at [[La Scala]] in Milan, and conducted a 2019 recorded production of Verdi's ''[[Il trovatore]]'' at the [[Verona Arena]], directed by [[Franco Zeffirelli]]?
* ... that Alexis Sharkey's last [[Instagram]] post before '''[[Murder of Alexis Sharkey|her murder]]''' documented her travels to [[Tulum]], Mexico?
* ... that politician [[William Madocks]] built a privy in the shape of "an old broken tower" on his '''[[Dolmelynllyn Estate]]''' in Wales?
* ... that the choral music of '''[[Artemy Vedel]]''', who is regarded as one of the Golden Three composers of 18th-century Ukrainian classical music, was censored but performed from handwritten copies?
* ... that '''[[Prabhudas Gandhi]]''' invented an innovative foot-driven [[spinning wheel#Charkha|spinning wheel]] and named it "Magan Charkha" in memory of his uncle [[Maganlal Gandhi]]?
* ... that Donald Trump and his attorneys John Eastman and Rudy Giuliani spoke to some 300 Republican state legislators '''[[Trump fake electors plot|in an effort to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election]]'''?
* ... that "'''[[Surprise (song)|Surprise]]'''" by [[Chloe Bailey]] was hand-picked by [[Beyoncé]]?

===9 September 2022===
*'''''12:00, 9 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Buford Dam]]''' ''(pictured)'' is maintained in part by a "Chew Crew" of sixteen goats?
* ... that '''[[Joseph-Alexandre Baile]]''' argued against the separation of the parish of Notre-Dame in Montreal, declaring it to be against civil law?
* ... that by switching to the smaller typeface '''[[Retina (typeface)|Retina]]''' in the stock listings of their newspaper, ''The Wall Street Journal'' was able to save $6 to 7&nbsp;million annually?
* ... that there were two failed attempts to '''[[Sailor Moon (North American live-action adaptation)|adapt ''Sailor Moon'' into a Western live-action series]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Brizlincote]]''' in [[Burton upon Trent]], England, was formerly known as "Little Switzerland" for its charm and recreational use by locals?
* ... that Captain '''[[Archie C. Kuntze]]''', known as the "American Mayor of Saigon", was court-martialled for living "openly and notoriously in his official quarters" with his Taiwanese girlfriend?
* ... that despite a truce, the '''[[Siege of Wark (1138)|siege of Wark]]''' continued?
* ... that a conversion plan led to the "Battle of '''[[the Century (apartment building)|the Century]]'''"?

*'''''00:00, 9 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Susan Silk developed '''[[Ring theory (psychology)|ring theory]]''' ''(pictured)'' when a colleague said that Silk's breast cancer wasn't just about her?
* ... that in 2016, '''[[Lukáš Vondráček]]''' became the first Czech pianist to win the [[Queen Elisabeth Competition]]?
* ... that according to [[Jimmy Carter]], "more of [Georgia's] business was probably conducted in '''[[Henry Grady Hotel|the Henry Grady]]''' than in the [[Georgia State Capitol|state capitol]]"?
* ... that '''[[Freddy Mamani]]''' was motivated to become a teacher in part to help his parents overcome their illiteracy?
* ... that '''[[WECT (New York)|a TV station in New York state]]''' signed on just to carry the [[1953 World Series]], then went off the air and did not start scheduled programming for several weeks?
* ... that journalist '''[[Isabel Fernández]]''' likened her experience as a correspondent during periods of intense civil unrest to "[being in] a lion's cage"?
* ... that the '''[[LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility]]''' is the second-largest concrete building in the U.S.&nbsp;– behind only the Pentagon?
* ... that educationalist '''[[Keith Sheen]]''' learned how to kill rats with a frying pan at his first job?

===8 September 2022===
*'''''12:00, 8 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that according to art historian [[Margaretta M. Lovell]], '''''[[Captain John Purves and His Wife]]''''' ''(pictured)'' reflects the late eighteenth century's turn toward companionate marriage?
* ... that "'''[[Spotlight (Xiao Zhan song)|Spotlight]]'''", the best-selling digital single in Chinese music history, saw its [[Douban]] rating drop from 10.0 to 3.2 less than two days after its release?
* ... that the melting of the '''[[Platigliole Glacier]]''' in Italy has revealed artefacts of the [[White War]], including clothing and hay more than 100 years old?
* ... that eleven years after serving as a [[Super Bowl]] [[Usher (occupation)|usher]], '''[[Rodney Parker]]''' came back to the game as a player?
* ... that [[Shenseea]] almost named '''''[[Alpha (Shenseea album)|Alpha]]''''' after her dead mother?
* ... that '''[[Eli N. Evans]]''' authored three books about the culture and history of Jews in the [[Southern United States|American South]]?
* ... that the selection of '''[[Palu]]''' as capital of Palu Regency led to protests from the nearby town of [[Donggala Regency|Donggala]], concerned they would lose out on economic development?
* ... that elderly showman '''[[Bronco Charlie Miller]]''' would light matches, held in the mouths of Boy Scouts, using a 20-ft bull whip?

*'''''00:00, 8 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Lài dog]]s''' ''(pictured)'' were instrumental in the Vietnamese [[Lam Sơn uprising]] against Ming China in 1418–1428?
* ... that American racing driver '''[[Emory Collins]]''' won the [[International Motor Contest Association]] sprint car national championship in 1938, 1946, 1947, and 1948?
* ... that the Polish science fiction novel '''''[[Extensa]]''''' marked the growing recognition of its writer, [[Jacek Dukaj]], in Poland?
* ... that '''[[Constance Fozzard]]''' was told during her surgical training that women with children could not become [[consultant (medicine)|consultant]]s?
* ... that the '''[[LARIAT (platform)|LARIAT]]''' platform simulates users on computer networks to be targeted for staged cyber attacks?
* ... that '''[[Melissa Clark-Reynolds]]''', who was awarded the Insignia of an Officer of the [[New Zealand Order of Merit]], developed the now-defunct virtual world [[MiniMonos]]?
* ... that guests to the Delmonico's restaurant at '''[[56 Beaver Street]]''' touched a pair of columns at the entrance for good luck?
* ... that '''[[Matti Lehtinen]]''', a [[baritone]] of the [[Finnish National Opera and Ballet|Finnish National Opera]] and professor of singing at the [[Sibelius Academy]], was the voice of God at age 93?

===7 September 2022===
*'''''12:00, 7 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Shady Rest Golf and Country Club]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the home of [[John Shippen]], the first [[African Americans|African American]] to compete in the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]?
* ... that after '''[[Mehmet Şerif Fırat]]''' helped the Turkish military defeat the [[Sheikh Said rebellion]], he was internally exiled with relatives of the leaders of the rebellion?
* ... that a report commissioned by the Jews of Color Initiative described "'''[[Jew of color|Jews of color]]'''" as "an imperfect, but useful umbrella term"?
* ... that the [[Iowa Auditor of State|Iowa state auditor]] '''[[Rob Sand]]''' modeled in Milan and Paris while he was in college?
* ... that the word "'''[[dirge]]'''" for funeral hymns can be traced to '''[[primer (prayer book)|primer prayer books]]'''?
* ... that [[Washington College]] is investigating the possibility of turning the '''[[Chestertown Armory]]''' into a [[bed and breakfast]]?
* ... that papyrologist '''[[Walter E. H. Cockle|Walter Cockle]]''' produced a new edition of a tragedy by Euripides based on fragments found in the [[Oxyrhynchus Papyri]]?
* ... that '''[[WSNS-TV|a Chicago TV station]]''' was expelled from the [[National Association of Broadcasters]] by mistake?

*'''''00:00, 7 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Fannie Salter at Bell.png|caption=Fannie Salter tending the bell at Turkey Point Light}}
* ... that '''[[Fannie Salter]]''' ''(pictured)'' was personally appointed keeper of Turkey Point Light by U.S. president Calvin Coolidge?
* ... that '''[[Jupiter in fiction|fictional depictions of Jupiter]]''' have portrayed human habitation on the planet and its moons both by [[terraforming|altering the environment to suit humans]] and [[pantropy|altering humans to be suited to the environment]]?
* ... that '''[[Parker Goins]]''' and '''[[Taylor Malham]]''' have played high school, club, college, and professional soccer together?
* ... that a scene from the television adaptation of the manga '''''[[It's All About the Looks]]''''' was filmed at the [[Tokyo Girls Collection]] fashion show?
* ... that '''[[Peachtree Arcade]]''', a [[Shopping center|shopping arcade]] in the U.S. state of Georgia, was conceived after a local businessman visited the [[Cleveland Arcade]]?
* ... that '''[[Henry Baylis]]''' kept the bullet that wounded him, as a good-luck charm?
* ... that '''[[East Somerville station]]''' is planned to open more than 95 years after its predecessor closed?
* ... that customers at '''[[Karen's Diner]]''' pay to be insulted?

===6 September 2022===
*'''''12:00, 6 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that no elvers ''(examples pictured)'' are eaten during the '''[[Elver Eating World Championships]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Reina Scully]]''' has worked with [[Crunchyroll]] because of her skill in translating Japanese anime for English dubs?
* ... that the player of '''[[Rorke's Drift (video game)|a 1990 video game]]''' can recreate the 14.5-hour-long [[Battle of Rorke's Drift]] in real time, controlling each of the 137 British defenders?
* ... that [[Rhythmic gymnastics|rhythmic gymnast]] '''[[Gemma Frizelle]]''' won a gold medal at the [[2022 Commonwealth Games]] performing to her mother's favourite song?
* ... that U.S. regulators determined that '''[[WLMA (South Carolina)|a South Carolina radio station]]''' broadcast from unauthorized facilities for more than 15 years?
* ... that 11th-century French peasant '''[[Leutard of Vertus]]''' is said to have preached heresy against the Catholic Church after dreaming his body had been invaded by bees that entered through his genitals?
* ... that nine songs from [[Mary Lou Williams]]'s '''''[[Zodiac Suite]]''''' were composed during a live radio improvisation?
* ... that [[chief of the Serbian General Staff|Chief of the General Staff]] '''[[Zdravko Ponoš]]''' began military cooperation between Serbia and [[Ohio]]?

*'''''00:00, 6 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the design of '''[[Cheetah Hunt]]''' ''(pictured)'' was inspired by a ''[[Star Wars]]'' film?
* ... that while experimenting for the [[Music of Red Dead Redemption|music of ''Red Dead Redemption'']], '''[[Woody Jackson]]''' recorded the heartbeat of his unborn daughter on his [[iPhone]]?
* ... that '''[[Chicago Radio]]''' public address systems were used extensively by the pro-independence [[Indian National Congress]] during the British Raj?
* ... that the first woman mayor in [[Metropolitan Toronto]], '''[[Beth Nealson]]''', ran against [[True Davidson]] in a 1966 mayoral race called the "Battle of the Belles"?
* ... that the founder of '''[[WEIB|a Massachusetts radio station]]''' credited [[Gayle King]], then a local news anchor, for mentoring her to pursue a [[broadcast license]]?
* ... that rugby union [[flanker (rugby union)|flanker]] '''[[Gavin Thomas]]''' had his contract cancelled by the [[Scarlets]] after he missed more than 26 weeks of the 2008–09 season due to a [[Achilles tendon rupture|ruptured Achilles tendon]]?
* ... that overcrowding at the '''[[Marine Air Terminal]]''' prompted one airline owner to buy a boat?
* ... that one witness claimed that not even God could have prevented the '''[[Battle of Omagh]]'''?

===5 September 2022===
*'''''12:00, 5 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in the history of '''[[opera in Ukraine]]''', [[Mykola Lysenko]]'s historical ''[[Taras Bulba (opera)|Taras Bulba]]'' ''(title character pictured)'' was the first [[grand opera]], but not performed during his lifetime because he refused a performance in Russian?
* ... that before he made his [[Major League Baseball]] debut, '''[[Nate Fisher]]''' worked as a commercial lending analyst for the [[First National Bank of Omaha]]?
* ... that a '''[[Midwest Food Bank|two-year-old food bank]]''' contributed 150 semi-trucks of supplies to relief efforts for [[Hurricane Katrina]]?
* ... that '''[[Michelle O'Bonsawin]]''' is the first [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous person]] appointed to the [[Supreme Court of Canada]]?
* ... that [[Bob Dylan]]'s "'''[[4th Time Around]]'''" has been interpreted as a parody of [[the Beatles]]' song "[[Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)]]"?
* ... that the Romans would advertise their goods with a type of inscription known as '''''[[Titulus pictus]]'''''?
* ... that [[Univision]] bought '''[[WGBO-DT|a Chicago TV station]]''' that wasn't for sale?
* ... that prolific Italian forger '''[[Tobia Nicotra]]''' once toured the United States impersonating conductor [[Riccardo Drigo]], who had died two years earlier?

*'''''00:00, 5 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Willie Hernandez Oklahoma City.jpg|caption=Hernández in 1976}}
* ... that [[Puerto Rico]]'s '''[[Willie Hernández]]''' ''(pictured)'' became the highest paid player in [[Detroit Tigers]] history after winning [[Cy Young Award|Cy Young]] and [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player]] awards and a [[World Series]]?
* ... that '''''[[The Story of Mr Sommer]]''''', a 1991 novella by [[Patrick Süskind]] with illustrations by [[Jean-Jacques Sempé|Sempé]], has been described as "a children's tale for adults"?
* ... that '''[[KPXG-TV|KECH 22]]''' was associated with two simultaneous bankruptcy proceedings?
* ... that medical doctor '''[[Brian McMahon (New Zealand Army officer)|Brian McMahon]]''' was named "[[ANZAC (acronym)|ANZAC]] of the Year" in 2011?
* ... that '''''[[Sofia the First]]''''' was deemed "risky" but subsequently became the most-viewed program in its category?
* ... that '''[[Yesenia Yarhui]]''', the youngest parliamentarian in Bolivian history, was sworn into the [[Chamber of Deputies (Bolivia)|Chamber of Deputies]] at just 19 years old?
* ... that the soldier guarding the '''[[West Farms Soldiers Cemetery]]''' went missing for six years?
* ... that players of the fantasy [[play-by-mail game]] '''''[[Quest (game)|Quest]]''''' once voted on the game's "most useless item"?

===4 September 2022===
*'''''12:00, 4 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Alnus parvifolia 03.jpg|caption=''Alnus parvifolia'' fossil leaf}}
* ... that damage patterns on '''''[[Alnus parvifolia]]''''' fossil leaves ''(example pictured)'' were initially misidentified as flea beetle eggs?
* ... that '''[[David Dexter]]''', who wrote the New Guinea volume in the series ''[[Australia in the War of 1939–1945]]'', was a [[Australian commandos|commando]] who served in East Timor and New Guinea?
* ... that a pending case at the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]], '''''[[Haaland v. Brackeen]]''''', "could completely erase [[Tribal sovereignty in the United States|tribal sovereignty]]"?
* ... that after the Swiss federal councilor '''[[Josef Martin Knüsel]]''' lost a '''[[complimentary election]]''' to the National Council in 1875, he resigned?
* ... that '''[[KCTY (Kansas City)|a Kansas City TV station]]''' sold for $1 in 1953?
* ... that Indian footballer '''[[Narender Thapa]]''' played for both of Calcutta's football clubs [[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan]] and [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]] at different times in his career?
* ... that during meetings at the United Nations headquarters, the '''[[Millennium Hilton New York One UN Plaza|United Nations Plaza Hotel]]''' was said to have more security than guests?
* ... that '''[[Antony Hodgkinson]]''' danced so vigorously onstage with [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] at the 1992 [[Reading and Leeds Festivals|Reading Festival]] that he gave himself whiplash?

*'''''00:00, 4 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=TC-JAO.jpg|caption=Aircraft involved in Turkish Airlines Flight&nbsp;301}}
* ... that Turkish prime minister [[Bülent Ecevit]]'s first order in office was to send [[Ferda Güley|the minister of transport]] to the crash site of '''[[Turkish Airlines Flight 301|Turkish Airlines Flight&nbsp;301]]''' ''(aircraft pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that the '''[[Assembly Rooms, Belfast|Assembly Rooms]]''' in Belfast, which housed a branch of the '''[[Belfast Banking Company]]''' for more than 100 years, were the venue for the court-martial of leaders of the [[Irish Rebellion of 1798]]?
* ... that '''[[Emma Dean Powell]]''' received a pass from General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] to accompany [[John Wesley Powell|her husband]] to battlefield camps during the [[American Civil War]] after he lost his arm?
* ... that the '''[[Eocene Okanagan Highlands]]''' span approximately {{convert|1,000|km|mi|abbr=on}} through British Columbia and Washington?
* ... that '''[[Mihi Edwards]]''' did not use her own name as a young woman because of discrimination against [[Māori people]] in New Zealand?
* ... that in 1933, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Italian wing of Rockefeller Center's '''[[International Building (Rockefeller Center)|International Building]]''' was interrupted by a fascist chant led by an unemployed bricklayer?
* ... that Sacco Saito, who arranged and performed the theme song for '''''[[Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation]]''''', was not told the content of the game until after the song had been recorded?
* ... that '''[[Bumper Pool (American football)|Bumper Pool]]''' legally changed his name to Bumper when he was 16 because of his father's childhood love for [[bumper pool]]?

===3 September 2022===
*'''''12:00, 3 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[280 Broadway]]''' ''(pictured)'', once called the "cradle of the department store", later hosted ''[[The Sun (New York City)|The Sun]]'' newspaper and then the [[New York City Department of Buildings]]?  
* ... that [[Aymara people|Aymara]] legislator '''[[Rafael Quispe]]'''{{`s}} humorous style of political [[activism]] led one Bolivian parliamentarian to describe him as the "[[El Chapulín Colorado|Chapulín Colorado]]" of the [[Plurinational Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]]?
* ... that Russia launched an '''[[Khayyam satellite|Iranian satellite]]''' into orbit just three weeks after Putin and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei vowed to cooperate against the West?
* ... that medieval literature scholar '''[[Theodore Silverstein]]'''{{`s}} unit in World War&nbsp;II took over the [[Eiffel Tower]] to intercept communications of German aircraft?
* ... that the [[Office for National Statistics]] defines a '''[[golden logistics triangle]]''' in the English Midlands that lies within four hours driving distance of 90% of the British population?
* ... that "King of Torts" '''[[Harry Lipsig]]''' persuaded a jury that a man had been scared to death by a car?
* ... that the '''[[Chengalloor Ranganathan|tallest captive elephant in Asia]]''' has been commemorated in [[poetry|verse]], [[sculpture]] and [[documentary film|film]]?
* ... that the pediatrician '''[[Daniel C. Darrow]]''' "was tolerant of students, but they were rather terrified of him"?

*'''''00:00, 3 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that an auction of the art collection of '''[[Welbore Ellis Agar]]''' was abandoned when all of it, including works by [[Diego Velázquez|Velazquez]], [[Nicolas Poussin|Poussin]], [[Claude Lorrain|Lorrain]], [[Bartolomé Esteban Murillo|Murillo]], and  [[Peter Paul Rubens|Rubens]] ''(example pictured)'' was bought by [[Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster|Earl Grosvenor]]?
* ... that '''[[Naikilah Perusahaan Minang]]''' is the oldest operating [[Bus|autobus]] company in Indonesia?
* ... that an article by '''[[Dave Wasserman]]''' two months before the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 U.S. presidential election]] correctly predicted that [[Donald Trump]] would win despite losing the popular vote?
* ... that '''[[CLODO]]'''{{`s}} initialism is also a French slang term for 'bum' or 'homeless'?
* ... that while '''[[Joseph Longworth]]''' thought that he would be remembered only as "the son of [[Nicholas Longworth (winemaker)|his father]] and the father of [[Nicholas Longworth II|his son]]", there is today a wing of the [[Cincinnati Art Museum]] named for him? 
* ... that Professor of History [[Lorenzo Kamel]] deems '''[[Umma–Lagash war|Umma–Lagash]]''' the first recorded war in human history?
* ... that after playing professional football, '''[[Furlong Flynn]]''' became an aviation pioneer? 
* ... that before [[Godley & Creme]] were one half of [[10cc]], they were '''[[Frabjous Days: The Secret World of Godley & Creme 1967–1969|Frabjoy & the Runcible Spoon]]'''?

===2 September 2022===
*'''''12:00, 2 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Launch and commissioning of the James Webb Space Telescope|getting the James Webb Space Telescope into orbit]]''' ''(launch pictured)'' consumed far less fuel than was planned, effectively doubling its expected operational life?
* ... that [[2022 Commonwealth Games]] women's [[Squash (sport)|squash]] gold medallist '''[[Georgina Kennedy]]''' was once a promising runner, ranked number one in England at the [[1500 metres]], before focusing on squash?
* ... that a [[Chinatown]] in the logging community of [[Sugar Pine, California|Sugar Pine]] was intentionally burned down by the '''[[Madera Sugar Pine Company]]''' in 1922?
* ... that hedge fund manager '''[[Patrick Degorce]]''' was an early investor in [[Moderna]], with the hope that they could find a cure for his wife's stage-IV lung cancer?
* ... that [[Ingrid Andress]] said that she wished she had included a parrot which startled her in the music video for her single "'''[[The Stranger (Ingrid Andress song)|The Stranger]]'''"?
* ... that the writer of '''''[[Elden Ring]]''''' compared the game's mythology to using a [[Dungeon Master|dungeon master]]'s handbook in a [[Tabletop role-playing game|tabletop RPG]]?
* ... that the Romanian soprano '''[[Iulia Maria Dan]]''' was Hamlet's Ophelia in the [[Bregenzer Festspiele|Bregenz Festival]]'s revival of Franco Faccio's revived opera ''[[Amleto]]''?
* ... that [[James E. Rogers (attorney)|the owner]] of '''[[KTVH-DT|a Montana TV station]]''' changed the name of his company because he was asked why his license plate read "[[Intermountain West Communications Company|SUNBELT]]"?

*'''''00:00, 2 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that according to one account, planners put a dome above the '''[[United Nations General Assembly Building]]''' ''(interior pictured)'' so the UN headquarters could be funded more quickly?
* ... that the German conductor '''[[Kai Bumann]]''' was the music director of the [[Warsaw Chamber Opera]], and toured Japan with the company twice?
* ... that the genetic deletion of the protein '''[[Rubicon (protein)|Rubicon]]''' increases the lifespan of roundworms and female fruit flies?
* ... that '''''[[Creekfinding]]''''' was inspired by epidemiologist [[Michael Osterholm]]'s efforts to restore a creek that had been diverted decades earlier?
* ... that when the British government discovered that '''[[John Jarvis-Smith]]''' was not dead, they gave him a medal?
* ... that the [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama Crimson Tide]]'s loss to the [[LSU Tigers football|LSU Tigers]] in '''[[2019 LSU vs. Alabama football game|their 2019 football game]]''' broke a 31-game home winning streak?
* ... that the woodcarver Violet Pinwill of the '''[[Pinwill sisters]]''' was still working on a life-size figure of Saint Peter days before her death in 1957, aged 82?
* ... that some regular users of the '''[[Schiller Woods magic water pump]]''' near Chicago believe that it was covertly blessed by [[Pope John Paul&nbsp;II]] in 1979?

===1 September 2022===
*'''''12:00, 1 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the founder of the magazine '''''[[Shōjo Club]]''''' ''(issue pictured)'' hoped that the publication would instill in its readership the "inner modesty and fortitude of samurai women"?
* ... that [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]]'s '''[[E. J. Smith (American football)|E. J. Smith]]''', son of [[Emmitt Smith]], the [[National Football League]]'s [[List of National Football League career rushing yards leaders|all-time rushing leader]], was named a 2022 breakout candidate at [[Running back|his father's position]]?
* ... that members of a 250,000-strong crowd sang the refrain of the Christian hymn "'''[[Ich lobe meinen Gott, der aus der Tiefe mich holt]]'''" during the 2015 [[German Evangelical Church Assembly|Kirchentag]]?
* ... that '''[[Judith Schiff]]''', as chief research archivist at the [[Yale University Library]], helped determine that skeletons exposed by a tree uprooted by [[Hurricane Sandy]] dated to the 18th century?
* ... that neighboring British Sierra Leone and Liberia disputed their border, and the '''[[Liberia–United Kingdom relations|British Empire seized the disputed territory]]''' in 1885?
* ... that '''[[William Heath Byford]]''' performed the first [[Oophorectomy|ovariotomy]] in [[Chicago]] in 1860?
* ... that  '''[[Barclays House]]''' in Poole, England, has been sinking since its construction in 1975?
* ... that getting bitten by an eel led '''[[Sean Barber]]''' to become an [[umpire (baseball)|umpire]]?

*'''''00:00, 1 September 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that there is an annual holiday for '''[[Dance in Suriname|dancing pallbearers in Suriname]]''' ''(examples pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that the '''[[Eyes of Buddha]]''' is a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] symbol commonly painted on [[stupa]]s in Nepal?
* ... that '''[[Herb Roedel]]''' retired from [[Professional gridiron football|professional football]] after only one season to become an [[engineer]]?
* ... that [[Oskar Kokoschka]]'s painting '''''[[The Duchess of Montesquiou-Fezensac]]''''' was confiscated by the [[Nazi Germany|Nazis]] after his work was labelled "[[Degenerate art|degenerate]]"?
* ... that Canadian architect '''[[Barry Downs (architect)|Barry Downs]]''' contributed to the redevelopment of the [[Expo 86]] site in [[Vancouver]], the largest private development in North America at the time?
* ... that Chancellor [[Olaf Scholz]] has '''[[Zeitenwende speech|announced a €100-billion investment]]''' in the German armed forces?
* ... that when the sale of '''[[KUSI-TV|its San Diego TV station]]''' failed, [[Alliant International University|United States International University]] asked some of its employees to wait to pick up their paychecks?
* ... that '''''[[Cursed to Golf]]'''''  has been referred to as the "''[[Dark Souls]]'' of golf" due to its difficulty?
* ... that '''[[Lee Wachtstetter|Mama Lee]]''' lived for more than a decade on [[Crystal Serenity|a cruise ship]]?

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