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===31 January 2023===
*'''''00:00, 31 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that during the bloody [[Siege of Badajoz (1812)|siege of Badajoz]], '''[[William Nicholas (officer)|William Nicholas]]''' ''(pictured)'' was wounded by musket-ball and bayonet, but continued to give orders and was carried up the breach, only to be shot again?
* ... that [[David Bowie]] frequently updated the lyrics for his song "'''[[Young Americans (song)|Young Americans]]'''" to keep them contemporary?
* ... that in 1991, '''[[Juan López Mella]]''' was the first Spanish rider to achieve a podium place in the [[Superbike World Championship]]?
* ... that after complaints of '''''[[A Pickle for the Knowing Ones]]''''' lacking punctuation, [[Timothy Dexter|the author]] published a second edition with full pages of punctuation in the appendix?
* ... that in 1998, the '''[[Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR]]''' received the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]] for the most expensive production car?
* ... that the 1995 dedication ceremony for the '''[[Faces of War Memorial]]''' included [[Missing man formation|missing-man flyovers]]?
* ... that fossils are included in '''''[[Polystoechotites]]''''' due to being poorly fossilized, rather than due to relation?
* ... that politician '''[[Kalervo Kummola]]''' introduced karaoke to Finland?

===30 January 2023===
*'''''00:00, 30 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the release of the [[MacCharlie]] ''(pictured)''—an IBM PC that clipped onto the side of the [[Macintosh 128K|original Macintosh]]—nearly bankrupted '''[[Dayna Communications]]''' in 1985?
* ... that Indian [[Carnatic music]] vocalist '''[[R. K. Padmanabha|R.&nbsp;K. Padmanabha]]''' teaches [[Sing-along|group singing]] predominantly to women?
* ... that a [[Penalty (gridiron football)#Targeting|targeting]] penalty that caused the disqualification of an [[Arkansas Razorbacks football|Arkansas]] player during [[Overtime (sports)|overtime]] of the '''[[2022 Liberty Bowl]]''' was overturned by the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] the next day?
* ... that '''[[Fernando Cajías]]''', who belongs to the first generation of professional historians in Bolivia, composed part of history academia's "''[[Revolutionary Left Movement (Bolivia)|Mirista]]'' wing"?
* ... that a [[mercury (element)|mercury]] spill occurred at '''[[Agua Fria High School]]''' when students discovered and started playing with an unsecured supply of the element?
* ... that industrial designer '''[[Cesar Vergara]]''' started designing trains because he "thought most were awful looking"?
* ... that the '''[[Three Tuns, Alcester|Three Tuns]]''', a 17th-century pub in [[Alcester]], has been left roofless since a 2021 fire?
* ... that '''[[Solihin G. P.|Solihin G.&nbsp;P.]]''' was anecdotally asleep when he was announced as the commander of the [[Kodam XIV/Hasanuddin|Hasanuddin Military Region]]?

===29 January 2023===
*'''''00:00, 29 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Madonna]] could be the owner of '''[[Diana and Endymion (Langlois)|a French painting believed to have been destroyed in World War&nbsp;I]]''' ''(pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that the '''[[Phoenixonian Institute]]''' was the first African-American high school in California?
* ... that '''[[Oscar Ortiz (Bolivian politician)|Oscar Ortiz]]''' continued his [[2019 Bolivian general election|2019 presidential campaign]] even after his own [[running mate]] asked him to withdraw?
* ... that of up to 300 bullets fired in the '''[[Ash Street shootout]]''' between U.S. Army Rangers and alleged drug dealers, none were reported to have hit anyone?
* ... that before [[Paul Goodman]] became known for his views on education, he wrote '''[[Parents' Day (novel)|an autobiographical novel]]''' about a teacher's sexual relationship with his student?
* ... that '''[[Piotr Sierzputowski]]''' and '''[[Tomasz Wiktorowski]]''' each coached [[Iga Świątek]] to win a [[French Open]] title?
* ... that the '''[[Ðàn tre|đàn tre]]''' uses an [[olive oil]] can to make music?

===28 January 2023===
*'''''00:00, 28 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Laura Bergt]]''' was said to have gained millions of acres of land for Native Alaskans by [[Eskimo kiss|Eskimo-kissing]] Vice President [[Spiro Agnew]] ''(pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that when [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]'s '''[[Eighth Avenue South Reservoir]]''' ruptured in 1912, one family was swept away while still lying in bed?
* ... that when Brigadier '''[[Leonard Parrington]]''' ordered Sergeant [[Jack Hinton]]  to surrender, Hinton told Parrington to "go and jump in the bloody lake"?
* ... that the demolition of the '''[[Shrine of Husayn's Head]]''', probably the most important [[Shia Islam|Shi'a Muslim]] shrine in Israel, may have been related to [[1948 Palestinian exodus|efforts to transfer Palestinians out of the country]]?
* ... that as a last-minute substitute in a premiere performance at [[Oper Frankfurt]], '''[[Elena Manistina]]''' sang from the side while the assistant director mimed onstage?
* ... that the agent at '''[[14th Place station]]''' was the target of an attempted murder?
* ... that although he was a former [[Prime Minister of Indonesia|Indonesian prime minister]], '''[[Soekiman Wirjosandjojo]]''' was not arrested during a political purge as he was considered a non-threat?
* ... that the now-drained lake '''[[Tarn Wadling]]''' was famous as a liminal place where the spectre of [[Guinevere]]'s dead mother appeared to her and [[Gawain]] in ''[[The Awntyrs off Arthure]]''?

===27 January 2023===
*'''''00:00, 27 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the painting '''''[[Passing Mother's Grave]]''''' ''(pictured)'' by [[Jozef Israëls]] was his best-known work, and was made into a bronze sculpture after his death?
* ... that '''[[David Burbank]]''', a dentist, founded [[Burbank, California]]?
* ... that Arab troops under [[Faisal I of Iraq|King Faisal]] missed the 24&nbsp;January 1917 '''[[capture of Wejh]]''' by two days because they had been celebrating the capture of £20,000 in gold?<!-- Special occasion hook for January 26 -->
* ... that the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]] opposed '''[[Marjorie Lynch]]'''{{`s}} nomination to a government post due to her birth in Britain?
* ... that the '''[[New Beehive Inn]]''' in Bradford, England, was "a rare example of a public house built by a local authority"?
* ... that during '''[[Matt Lanter]]'''{{`s}} audition for ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'', he was told that he was going to play Deak Starkiller even though he was actually going to play [[Darth Vader|Anakin Skywalker]]?
* ... that the '''[[Sangage Sheikhdom]]''' was the last holdout of native [[Swahili people|Swahili]] resistance to Portuguese colonization in northern Mozambique?
* ... that author [[John Neal (writer)|John Neal]] said reading too much of '''''[[Logan (novel)|Logan]]''''' would kill you?

===26 January 2023===
*'''''00:00, 26 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Soviet-trained commissar '''[[Dumitru Petrescu]]''' supervised propaganda ''(example pictured)'' aimed at purging a "nest of reactionaries" out of the [[Romanian Land Forces|Romanian Army]]?
* ... that the case '''''[[Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc.]]''''' was considered essential to the future of [[video game modding]] in the United States in 1992? 
* ... that [[Louis Pasteur]]'s 1859 experiment is widely seen as having disproved the theory of '''[[spontaneous generation]]'''?
* ... that, before [[same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom|same-sex unions were legally recognised in the UK]], the '''[[London Partnership Register]]''' allowed nearly 1,000 couples to celebrate their relationships?
* ... that modern sources believe that the '''[[first Catilinarian conspiracy]]''' was fake?
* ... that [[Kuchipudi]] exponent '''[[Maddali Usha Gayatri]]''' choreographed a 12-hour ballet that was performed by a [[Dance troupe|troupe]] involving 12 of her disciples?
* ... that employees claimed to have temporarily shut down '''[[KLRG (North Little Rock, Arkansas)|an Arkansas radio station]]''' over not receiving paychecks?
* ... that in '''[[Medvedev–Tsitsipas rivalry|a tennis match against Stefanos Tsitsipas, Daniil Medvedev]]''' called the umpire "a small cat"?

===25 January 2023===
*'''''12:00, 25 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that although [[George Balanchine]] incorporated [[jazz dance]]-inspired choreography in his ballet '''''[[Concerto Barocco]]''''' ''(pictured)'', those elements are now gone?
* ... that '''[[Amdek|Amdek Corporation]]''', a popular manufacturer of computer monitors in the 1980s, started out as a reseller of car radio components?
* ... that before pursuing a career in music, '''[[Lauren Jenkins]]''' was the host of a wrestling television show?
* ... that the [[manga]] series '''''[[Sora ga Suki!]]''''' depicted two male characters kissing each other although it was a taboo for manga in the 1970s?
* ... that the '''[[2020 Colonial Pipeline oil spill]]''' was discovered by two teenagers?
* ... that '''[[W. A. F. J. Tumbelaka|W.&nbsp;A.&nbsp;F.&nbsp;J. Tumbelaka]]''' once expelled his children from the [[University of Indonesia]] after they failed to pass an evaluation?
* ... that three blocks near [[Calgary_Stampede#Stampede_Park|Stampede Park]] were transformed into a destroyed city for '''[[When You're Lost in the Darkness|the first episode]]''' of ''[[The Last of Us (TV series)|The Last of Us]]''{{-?}}
* ... that the wine cellar of New York City's '''[[InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel|Barclay Hotel]]''' is on the second floor?

*'''''00:00, 25 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Supermarine S.4|Supermarine&nbsp;S.4]]''' ''(pictured)'' was built to race in the 1925 [[Schneider Trophy]] but crashed during it?
* ... that '''[[Gogu Rădulescu]]''', a member of the [[Romanian Communist Party]] central committee, was allegedly spied on by his colleagues through ''[[Lăutari]]'' performers, called upon to "sing him the blues"?
* ... that although [[Andrzej Żuławski]]'s film '''''[[Possession (1981 film)|Possession]]''''' is referred to as a psychological drama and horror, its genre is still a matter of controversy?
* ... that [[Thin Lizzy]]'s '''[[The Farmer (song)|debut single]]''' only sold 283 copies?
* ... that '''[[Kakusan-ni]]''' was the founding abbess of a Buddhist convent that was a refuge for women running away from their husbands?
* ... that [[Phineas Gage]] was buried in '''[[Lone Mountain Cemetery]]''' twice, once without his head, before being relocated still without his head?
* ... that '''[[Jessica Martin]]''' has played both a punk werewolf and the voice of the Queen in ''[[Doctor Who]]''?
* ... that '''[[Union Station (Burlington, Vermont)|Burlington Union Station]]''' is home to [[winged monkeys]]?

===24 January 2023===
*'''''12:00, 24 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that when visiting Britain during World War&nbsp;II, naval officer  '''[[Kalyani Sen]]''' ''(pictured)'' reported that Indian women were breaking down prejudices against men and women working together by joining the military?
* ... that the work of Danish [[plant physiology|plant physiologist]] '''[[Peter Boysen Jensen]]''' paved the way to the discovery of the plant growth hormone, [[auxin]]?
* ... that the lobby of New York's '''[[Film Center Building|630 Ninth Avenue]]''' is decorated with stylized movie cameras, evoking the building's original purpose?
* ... that '''[[Sosates]]''' was described as the "Jewish [[Homer]]", but all of his works are lost?
* ... that health economist '''[[Selma Mushkin]]''' estimated in the early 1970s that up to 50 percent of poor children in Washington, D.C., were affected by [[lead poisoning]]?
* ... that after the release of '''''[[Enola Holmes (film)|Enola Holmes]]''''' in 2020, [[Arthur Conan Doyle|the original author]]'s estate sued Netflix, claiming that it violated copyright laws because it depicted Sherlock Holmes as having emotions?
* ... that [[Buffalo Bulls football|Buffalo]]'s band, cheerleaders, and radio crew were unable to make the trip to the '''[[2022 Camellia Bowl]]''' due to [[December 2022 North American winter storm|a winter storm]]?
* ... that a new parasite was described from '''[[Inyo shrew|a certain shrew]]'''{{`s}} feces?

*'''''00:00, 24 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX]]''' ''(pictured)'' traveled more than {{cvt|1000|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} from Sindelfingen to Cassis on a single charge with energy to spare?
* ... that '''''[[Obliskomzap]]''''' People's Commissar for Public Charity [[V. L. Mukha]] resigned in protest over the dispersing of the [[First All-Belarusian Congress]]?
* ... that [[Hinduism|Hindu]] religious leader '''[[Siddeshwar Swami]] '''declined the [[Padma Shri]], India's fourth-highest civilian honor?
* ... that the mass '''''[[Messe in A (Tambling)|Messe in A]]''''' by [[Christopher Tambling]], originally set for high voices, proved so popular that a four-part version was commissioned?
* ... that American football player '''[[Joe Hall (American football)|Joe Hall]]''', whose position was [[running back]], weighed up to {{convert|340|lb|kg}} during his career?
* ... that '''[[2006 FIFA World Cup Group A|Group A]]''' of the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] featured the highest-scoring opening game in [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] history since the competition began using a single match opening format?
* ... that [[Centre College]] president '''[[Milton C. Moreland]]''' wrote his honors thesis about the [[Nag Hammadi library]]?
* ... that Tolkien's aunt lived in '''[[Bag End]]'''?

===23 January 2023===
*'''''12:00, 23 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Tomb of Aegisthus]]''' ''(pictured)'' helped to settle the 'Helladic Heresy' over the relationship between [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] and [[Mycenaean Greece|Mycenaean civilisation]]?
* ... that '''[[Marlis Rahman]]''' was sworn in as [[List of governors of West Sumatra|Governor of West Sumatra]] in a garage?
* ... that [[John Lennon]] believed that [[the Rolling Stones]]' 1978 hit "[[Miss You (Rolling Stones song)|Miss You]]" was based on a sped-up version of his 1974 song "'''[[Scared (John Lennon song)|Scared]]'''"?
* ... that '''[[Philip Wodehouse (Royal Navy officer)|Philip Wodehouse]]''' spent four months chasing after [[HMS Peterel (1794)|HMS ''Peterel'']] across the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] before catching up with the ship and taking over command from [[Bartholomew James]]?
* ... that American first lady '''[[Lou Henry Hoover]]''' secretly sent money to families in need during the [[Great Depression]]?
* ... that the novel '''''[[Anon Pls.]]''''' is based on [[DeuxMoi|the author]]'s real-life experience going viral on Instagram?
* ... that the '''[[Iowa Colored Cowboys]]''' played softball for audiences of over a thousand people, in an atmosphere similar to a [[Harlem Globetrotters]] show?
* ... that Vice-Admiral '''[[Gerald Marescaux]]''' was reprimanded for wearing pyjamas?

*'''''00:00, 23 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the ruined stronghold of '''[[Alexandria Ariana]]''', a city founded by [[Alexander the Great]], may lie underneath the [[Herat Citadel|citadel of Herat]] ''(pictured)'' in present-day Afghanistan?
* ... that the '''[[2022 Gasparilla Bowl]]''' was the first edition of [[Gasparilla Bowl|the game]] to feature two [[Power Five conferences|Power Five]] teams?
* ... that when Australian '''[[Brihony Dawson]]''' debuted as the first non-binary host of reality TV franchise ''[[The Challenge: Australia|The Challenge]]'', they decided not to imitate the "ominous" style of the U.S. host?
* ... that the [[Yaoi|Japanese male–male romance]] magazine '''''[[June (magazine)|June]]''''' was originally pitched to its publisher as a "mildly pornographic magazine for women"?
* ... that the cremated remains of AIDS activist '''[[Ortez Alderson]]''' were thrown onto the [[South Lawn]] of the White House in the [[ACT UP]] Ashes Action of 1992?
* ... that in November&nbsp;2022 the [[Supreme Court of New Zealand]] ruled that the voting age of 18 was unjustified age discrimination in '''''[[Make It 16 Incorporated v Attorney-General]]'''''{{-?}}
* ... that [[Ted Danson]]'s role in "'''[[Somewhere Else (The Good Place)|Somewhere Else]]'''", an episode of ''[[The Good Place]]'', featured a nod to his previous role [[Sam Malone|as a bartender]]?
* ... that '''[[Isabel Cooper (artist)|Isabel Cooper]]''' painted live snakes while holding them in her hand?

===22 January 2023===
*'''''12:00, 22 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 1941 a bolt of lightning knocked off the head of '''[[Grey's Monument]]''' ''(pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that after being removed from his post as governor due to a corruption case, '''[[Djoko Munandar]]''' was later found not guilty?
* ... that in '''''[[Freedom & Civilization]]''''', an anthropological analysis of the concept of freedom, [[Bronisław Malinowski]] argues for the creation of a [[world government]]?
* ... that '''[[Sandra Dombrowski]]''' was the first female to referee an [[IIHF World Women's Championship]] gold-medal game?
* ... that a construction worker working on the '''[[Great World MRT station]]''' died after an excavator's bucket dislodged and fell on him?
* ... that [[Sears]] heiress '''[[Edith Rosenwald Stern]]''' organized a women's [[broom brigade]] against political corruption in New Orleans?
* ... that the '''[[Leedy Manufacturing Company]]''' of Indianapolis, Indiana, was at one point the largest manufacturer of [[drum]]s in the world?
* ... that [[Ming dynasty|Ming-dynasty]] physician '''[[Miao Xiyong]]''' used a virgin boy's urine to treat a stroke patient?

*'''''00:00, 22 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Mabel Freer]]''' ''(pictured)'' was deported from Australia because she could not speak Italian?
* ... that the '''[[2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election|January 2023 election]]''' of the [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] was the longest speaker election since December 1859 – February 1860?
* ... that '''[[PeopleSound]]''' was Europe's most visited [[Music streaming service|music streaming]] site in 2000, and had offered any artist £100 for each song they uploaded?
* ... that American football [[linebacker]] '''[[Segun Olubi]]''' grew up in New Jersey, Minnesota, Arizona, England, and California, and attended four different colleges in Idaho, California, and Arkansas?
* ... that according to a critic, '''''[[Odysseus, Verbrecher]]''''' portrays Odysseus with [[post-traumatic stress disorder]]?
* ... that nearby homeowners believed the tower of '''[[KRTV (Arkansas)|a TV station in Arkansas]]''' was responsible for "a bad effect on the peace and health of the citizens"?
* ... that '''[[St Mary's Anglican Church, Busselton]],''' Australia, has been a part of six [[diocese]]s, namely [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]], [[Diocese of Calcutta (Church of North India)|Calcutta]], [[Anglican Diocese of Sydney|Sydney]], [[Anglican Diocese of Adelaide|Adelaide]], [[Anglican Diocese of Perth|Perth]] and [[Anglican Diocese of Bunbury|Bunbury]]?
* ... that Scottish scientists attempted to create '''[[Curran (material)|a carrot-based substitute for carbon fibre]]'''?

===21 January 2023===
*'''''12:00, 21 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after the '''[[Forest Park Carousel]]''' ''(pictured)'' was acquired for $30,000 in 1972, one of its later operators likened the deal to "buying a [[Rembrandt]] for $25"?
* ... that '''[[Elisabeth Waterhouse]]''' founded the National Chamber Music Course summer school in 1974 and has managed it since?
* ... that '''[[Soviet cruiser Vasily Chapayev|Soviet cruiser ''Vasily Chapayev'']]''' was ordered to sail on 24 December 1976, but its crew refused to comply, causing the removal of its senior officers?
* ... that '''[[Dawid Celt]]''' was [[Agnieszka Radwańska]]'s [[Glossary_of_tennis_terms#Hitting_partner|hitting partner]] before he became her domestic partner?
* ... that [[Dustin Diamond|the actor]] who played Screech on ''[[Saved by the Bell]]'' portrayed [[Harvey Weinstein]] in a music video for the song "'''[[Kill All the Things]]'''"?
* ... that comedian [[Frankie Boyle]]'s debut novel '''''[[Meantime (book)|Meantime]]''''' is about a [[Glasgow|Glaswegian]] drug addict investigating his friend's death?
* ... that [[Jiří Kylián]] had all the dancers in his ballet '''''[[Bella Figura]]''''' appear topless to equalise men and women?
* ... that Canadian artist '''[[Tom Forrestall]]''' spent six months painting his own car?

*'''''00:00, 21 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that British [[Imperial Airways]] manager '''[[Charles Wolley-Dod]]''' ''(pictured)'' and two crew members were killed in an unexplained plane crash in Germany in 1937?
* ... that after [[Archimedes]] first defined '''[[convex curve]]s''', mathematicians lost interest in their analysis until the 19th century, more than two millennia later?
* ... that British architect '''[[Diane Haigh]]''' transformed one historic building into an art gallery and another into a hospice?
* ... that [[Dana Holgorsen]] coached [[Houston Cougars football|Houston]] in the '''[[2022 Independence Bowl]]''' while wearing a jacket that honored [[Mike Leach (American football coach)|Mike Leach]], his late coach and mentor?
* ... that '''[[Liu Ji'en]]''' was assassinated just 60 days after being crowned the emperor of the [[Northern Han]]?
* ... that the developers of [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] felt the series' linear design contained "little room for evolution" so they decided to make '''''[[Sonic Frontiers]]''''' an open world game?
* ... that Governor  '''[[Miguel Barbosa Huerta]]''' said that his predecessor's death in office was a punishment from God&nbsp;– and then died in office himself?
* ... that '''[[Bothie (dog)|Bothie]]''' was the only dog to "set paw" on both the [[North Pole|North]] and [[South Pole|South poles]]?

===20 January 2023===
*'''''12:00, 20 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ...  that a '''[[Somatochlora flavomaculata|yellow-spotted emerald]]''' ''(pictured)'' specimen was found for the first time in the United Kingdom in 2018, when a wildlife photographer used Twitter to identify it?
* ... that an [[National Football League|NFL]] scheduling decision forced [[ESPN]] to change the kickoff times and television networks of the '''[[2022 Las Vegas Bowl]]''' and the '''[[2022 New Mexico Bowl]]'''?
* ... that Nobel laureate [[Thomas Mann]] reportedly did not want his '''''[[Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man]]''''' to be translated into English during his lifetime due to its chauvinistic content?
* ... that '''[[Ariana Orrego]]''' was the first Peruvian gymnast to compete at the Olympic Games?
* ... that the '''[[cold pad batch]]''' method halves the amount of water needed to dye cotton with [[reactive dye]]s?
* ... that the '''[[Big Stan (drill rig)|Big Stan drill rig]]''' is claimed to be the largest [[Drilling rig#Mobile drilling rigs|vehicle-mounted drilling rig]] in the United States?
* ... that the wealth of [[Baking in ancient Rome|'''bakers in ancient Rome''']] may have contributed to them receiving a negative reputation?
* ... that '''[[Charles F. Barlow]]''' helped to fund his medical education with his magic act, ''The Great Barloni''{{-?}}

*'''''00:00, 20 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that civilian-operated drones twice forced aerial firefighting operations on the '''[[Goodwin Fire]]''' ''(pictured)'' to stop?
* ... that '''[[R. J. Mitchell|R.&nbsp;J. Mitchell]]''' was the lead designer of the [[Supermarine Spitfire]]?
* ... that [[Marshall Thundering Herd football|Marshall]] ended a three-game [[Bowl game|college football bowl]] losing streak with its win in the '''[[2022 Myrtle Beach Bowl]]'''?
* ... that [[Aachen thermal springs|hot springs at Aachen]] nurtured '''[[Textile industry in Aachen|its 1,000-year-old textile industry]]'''?
* ... that before '''[[Sarah Elmaleh]]''' voiced the player character in the video game ''[[Anthem (video game)|Anthem]]'', developed by [[BioWare]], she voiced characters in a mod of an earlier BioWare game?
* ... that the '''[[Loddon Bridge disaster]]''', which killed three people, led to changes in how [[falsework]] was managed on British construction sites?
* ... that because of '''[[dotation]]s''' made by Napoleon to his supporters, the [[Kingdom of Westphalia]] was never fiscally solvent under French rule?
* ... that '''[[Andrew Leake]]''' was called "Queen Anne's handsome captain"?

===19 January 2023===
*'''''12:00, 19 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after architect [[friar|Frà]] '''[[Antonio Cano]]''' died of a fall from scaffolding at his new '''[[Cathedral of Our Lady of the Snows]]''' ''(pictured)'', [[Alberto della Marmora]] accused him of destroying many former basilicas?
* ... that '''''[[The Man Without Talent]]''''' is an [[I-novel]], a genre of semi-autobiographical [[Confessional writing|confessional literature]] that has been popular in Japan since the early twentieth century?
* ... that '''[[Timo Meier]]'''  became the first player in [[San Jose Sharks]] franchise history to [[List of players with five or more goals in an NHL game|score five goals in one game]] when he was 25?
* ... that '''[[Electric organ (fish)|electric organs]]''' are composed of stacks of specialised cells that can generate electricity?
* ... that the [[Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch)|South Australian Labor]] politician '''[[Ernest Roberts (Australian politician)|Ernest Roberts]]''' served two tours in South Africa during the [[Second Boer War]]?
* ... that the founders of New York City's '''[[Circle in the Square Theatre]]''' had a total of $320 when they leased an inn in 1951?
* ... that '''[[Nina de Creeft Ward]]''' worked on art that resembles corpses of extinct and endangered species to show "how people have caused a scourge to the balance of nature"?
* ... that '''[[Yinshan zhengyao|an old cookbook]]''' recommends eating tiger meat to ward off tigers?

*'''''00:00, 19 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the title page of '''''[[Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum]]''''' shows an eagle atop a globe flanked by serpents ''(pictured)'', which symbolizes worldly triumph?
* ... that after '''[[Jim Sheddan]]''' ditched his [[Hawker Typhoon]] in the [[North Sea]] upon it being damaged by anti-aircraft fire, he spent 19 hours in an inflatable dinghy?
* ... that '''''[[Bulkboek]]en''''' ('bulk books') were cheap reprints of Dutch literary classics, published from 1971 to the late 1990s, and again from 2007?
* ... that the '''[[2022 Yangtse clash]]''' saw Chinese and Indian troops fight hand-to-hand with melee weapons on a high-elevation ridgeline that formed [[McMahon Line|their frontier in the area]]?
* ... that '''[[Elie Honig]]''' obtained the convictions of more than 100 members of the [[American Mafia]], including members of the [[Genovese crime family|Genovese]] and [[Gambino crime family|Gambino crime families]]?
* ... that the [[New Zealand Geographic Board]] initially rejected the name of the '''[[Garden of Eden Ice Plateau]]''' for being biblical in origin?
* ... that ''[[Riddiculous]]'' riddlemaster '''[[Henry Lewis (playwright)|Henry Lewis]]''' has appeared in ''[[The Play That Goes Wrong]]'', ''[[Peter Pan Goes Wrong]]'', ''[[Magic Goes Wrong]]'', and ''[[The Goes Wrong Show]]''{{-?}}
* ... that statistics for the roller coaster '''[[Steel Curtain (roller coaster)|Steel Curtain]]''' were announced through a scratch card?

===18 January 2023===
*'''''12:00, 18 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the library of '''[[Raphael de Mercatellis]]''' ''(coat of arms pictured)'' was the first library in the [[Low Countries]] to "reveal an extensive interest in what we may call [[Renaissance]] ideas"?
* ... that the ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 1|Kill Bill]]'' films inspired [[SZA]] to write '''[[Kill Bill (SZA song)|a song about murdering her ex-boyfriend]]'''?
* ... that the president of his own party criticized the speed at which members of the [[Congress of Puebla]] moved to appoint '''[[Sergio Salomón Céspedes]]''' as the substitute governor?
* ... that the luxury passenger steamer '''''[[HMS Stephen Furness|Stephen Furness]]''''' was taken into [[Royal Navy]] service during the First World War and was sunk by a U-boat, with the loss of more than 100 lives?
* ... that '''[[Pap of Armenia]]''' survived an assassination attempt by [[Late Roman army|Roman legions]] during a battle, but was later murdered by the Romans during a feast?
* ... that the '''[[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (Opposition)|Communist Opposition]]''' was the most popular slate in the 1931 Czechoslovak municipal election in [[Unhošť]]?
* ... that American professor '''[[Emerson Charles Denny]]''' co-published the [[Nelson–Denny Reading Test]] in 1930, which has parts held at the [[National Museum of Natural History|Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History]]?
* ... that according to [[Ren Xiaoping]], the first reference to a body swap occurs in the Chinese short story "'''[[Judge Lu]]'''", in which the titular character performs a [[head transplant]] on his friend's wife?

*'''''00:00, 18 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that research suggests '''[[Liminal space (aesthetic)|liminal spaces]]''' ''(example pictured)'' appear unsettling by falling in the [[uncanny valley]] of physical places? 
* ... that '''[[Robert Zollinger]]''' was a surgeon and an avid rose grower, serving as president of both the [[American Surgical Association]] and the [[American Rose Society]]?
* ... that Russian money, known as '''''[[qiang tie]]''''' by locals, was used as legal currency in some regions of China for decades?
* ... that '''[[Chekri Ganem]]'''{{`s}} play ''Antar'' was described as the most significant display of [[Arab nationalism]] organized outside the Arab world?
* ... that [[Luis Miguel]]'s chance meeting with [[Juan Luis Guerra]] led to Guerra writing the song "'''[[Hasta Que Me Olvides]]'''" on a napkin?
* ... that '''[[Innokenty Fedenev]]''', who was an [[Old Bolshevik]], inspired one of the characters in ''[[How the Steel Was Tempered]]'', a novel he helped to get published?
* ... that the '''[[Frye Fire]]''' decimated the population of the already endangered [[Mount Graham red squirrel]] in Arizona?
* ... that Romanian poet '''[[Dimitrie Stelaru]]''' said that he once traveled to Paris by truck, adding "I hardly remember anything, I was drunk the whole time"?

===17 January 2023===
*'''''12:00, 17 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Antoinette Tidjani Alou]]''' ''(pictured)'' wrote a work of [[autofiction]] that traces the journey of a Jamaican woman who moved to Niger for love?
* ... that the 1601 medical text '''''[[Zhenjiu dacheng]]''''' recommends [[acupuncture]]-based cures for mental illness?
* ... that '''[[Park Ji-hyun (politician)|Park Ji-hyun]]''' helped to expose an online sex-crime ring and later became the interim co-chair of the [[Democratic Party of Korea]] at the age of 26?
* ... that the '''[[Aesculapian Club]]''', founded in Edinburgh in 1773, still meets twice a year?
* ... that the '''[[Glock switch]]''' is a device that can turn a handgun into a [[machine gun]]?
* ... that '''[[Liz Shore]]'''{{`s}} nomination to be [[Chief Medical Officers (United Kingdom)|Chief Medical Officer]] of the United Kingdom was vetoed by [[Margaret Thatcher]] because of Shore's husband's political affiliation?
* ... that the '''[[Macromia alleghaniensis|Allegheny river cruiser]]''' can be accurately identified by holding it or by studying its genitalia?
* ... that the [[Los Angeles Rams]] roster features '''[[T. J. Carter (defensive back)|T.&nbsp;J. Carter]]''' and '''[[T. J. Carter (defensive lineman)|T.&nbsp;J. Carter]]'''?

*'''''00:00, 17 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Lone gunner of Flesquières|the story of a lone German artillery officer]]''' disabling up to 16 British tanks ''(examples pictured)'' on the first day of the 1917 [[Battle of Cambrai (1917)|Battle of Cambrai]] was encouraged by the German Nazi Party?
* ... that '''[[Sybil Thorndike]]''' was known as Britain's leading tragedienne?
* ... that '''[[1987 Forsyth County protests|a 1987 march]]''' attended by about 20,000 protestors in [[Forsyth County, Georgia]], has been called one of the largest civil rights demonstrations since the [[civil rights movement]]?
* ... that the ferry ''General Joe Potter'' at [[Walt Disney World]] is named in honor of Major General '''[[William Everett Potter]]'''?
* ... that Japanese bookstore employees recommended '''''[[Candy Color Paradox]]''''' as one of the best {{transl|ja|[[yaoi]]}} manga titles in 2016?
* ... that '''[[Will Arbery]]'''{{`s}} view that the media shallowly examined supporters of Donald Trump after the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]] crystallized Arbery's desire to write [[Heroes of the Fourth Turning|a play]]? 
* ... that the relatively low death toll of 100 of the '''[[1997 Bojnurd earthquake]]''' was attributed to a [[foreshock]] and most residents being outdoors?
* ... that the '''[[Los Angeles Salsa]]''', from the United States, attempted to join [[Ascenso MX|a Mexican soccer league]]?

===16 January 2023===
*'''''12:00, 16 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[talabaw]]''' soup ''(pictured)'', which consists primarily of [[bamboo shoot]]s, is the essential dish of Myanmar's [[Karen people]], who use it to supplement rice? 
* ... that '''[[Mark Pepys, 6th Earl of Cottenham|Lord Cottenham]]''' resigned from [[MI5]] during the Second World War, as he did not support the war with Germany?
* ... that the '''[[Van den Berg–Kesten inequality|BK inequality]]''' was used to identify implausibly lucky [[Florida Lottery]] winners, whose involvement in illegal activities was later confirmed by investigations?
* ... that after [[Deutsche Bahn]] built [[Berlin Hauptbahnhof|Berlin's central railway station]] according to plans that had been altered against the original architect '''[[Meinhard von Gerkan]]'''{{`}}s wishes, he sued them, and won?
* ... that the Argentina and Netherlands national football teams '''[[Argentina–Netherlands football rivalry|have played each other]]''' at every other FIFA World Cup since [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]?
* ... that '''[[Don Luce (activist)|Don Luce]]''' led a group of Americans to a secret part of a South Vietnamese prison where inmates were kept in squalor in what were called "tiger cages"?
* ... that the '''''[[Blemyomachia]]''''' is an epic poem describing a historical clash between the [[Roman Empire]] and the [[Blemmyes]] in the Nile valley?
* ... that the city of [[Palo Alto, California]], is named after '''[[El Palo Alto|a big tree]]'''?

*'''''00:00, 16 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Soony Saad]]''' ''(pictured)'' scored on his [[Major League Soccer]] debut on his 19th birthday?
* ... that to comply with a law that restricted liquor sales near churches, '''[[the Peninsula New York]]''' placed its cocktail lounge up a flight of stairs and down a long hallway?
* ... that '''[[Shigeru Ohmori]]''' and his team took half a year to design the grass in [[Pokémon Sword and Shield|''Pokémon Sword'' and ''Shield'']]{{-?}}
* ... that in 2019, the Canadian government's '''[[Translation Bureau]]''' began providing translation services in [[Athabaskan languages|Dene]], [[East Cree]], [[Plains Cree language|Plains Cree]], and [[Mohawk language|Mohawk]]?
* ... that '''[[Robert Rattenbury]]''' said to his student [[Geoffrey Kirk]]: "Good Heavens! Well, I don't suppose I shall be seeing ''you'' again<!--exclamation mark omitted to avoid double terminal punctuation-->"?
* ... that the construction of the '''[[Botaş Saros FSRU Terminal]]''' in the [[Gulf of Saros]], Turkey, continued despite a court-ordered [[stay of execution]]?
* ... that illustrator '''[[Rudy Nappi]]''' based his cover art for the ''[[Nancy Drew Mystery Stories]]'' on summaries provided by his wife, who actually read the books?
* ... that '''''[[Fucking Trans Women]]''''' associates [[erectile dysfunction]] with pleasure?

===15 January 2023===
*'''''12:00, 15 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that at least 78 British general officers were '''[[List of generals of the British Empire who died during the First World War|killed as a result of active service in the First World War]]''' ''(gravestone of one pictured)'', but a popular myth holds that general officers rarely visited the battlefield?
* ... that '''[[Ismail Suko]]''' was elected governor of [[Riau]] in 1985, then forced to resign before taking office?
* ... that [[Eastern Michigan Eagles football|Eastern Michigan]]'s only [[Bowl game|bowl-game]] victory before defeating [[San Jose State Spartans football|San Jose State]] in the '''[[2022 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl]]''' was against San Jose State in the [[1987 California Bowl]]?
* ... that campaigning by climate activist '''[[Kimiko Hirata]]''' halted plans to build 17 new coal-fired power plants following the [[Fukushima nuclear disaster]] in Japan?
* ... that the only known specimen of the [[Cretaceous]] lizard '''''[[Carsosaurus]]''''' contains preserved embryos?
* ... that [[Anglo-Indian people|Anglo-Indian]] sprinter '''[[Kenneth Powell (sprinter)|Kenneth Powell]]''' was the first sportsperson from [[Karnataka]] to win the [[Arjuna Award]]?
* ... that the '''[[Casablanca Protocol]]''' was the only binding instrument of the [[Arab League]] that addressed the status of [[Palestinian refugees]]?
* ... that exactly how "man of mystery" '''[[Max Wenner]]''' fell from an airliner flying over Belgium remains a mystery?

*'''''00:00, 15 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Row NYC Hotel|Royal Manhattan Hotel]]''' ''(pictured)'', sold for $10&nbsp;million in 1969, attracted no buyers when it was placed for sale at $1.8&nbsp;million just six years later?
* ... that Italian designer '''[[Livio Castiglioni]]''' was the elder brother of [[Achille Castiglioni|Achille]] and [[Pier Giacomo Castiglioni]], sons of sculptor [[Giannino Castiglioni]]?
* ... that '''[[Goncharov (meme)|an internet meme about the nonexistent film ''Goncharov'']]''' inspired more than 500 fan fiction works about the film?
* ... that the Ohio Conference of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church]] admonished pastor '''[[John Swanel Inskip]]''' for allowing men and women to sit together at church?
* ... that forest defenders sat in trees at the [[Old Atlanta Prison Farm]] to '''[[Stop Cop City]]'''?
* ... that '''[[París Galán]]''', who introduced a style of [[drag show|drag performance]] in Bolivia, became the first-ever [[transgender]] individual to win elective office in the country?
* ... that '''''[[Called Up Sent Down: The Bevin Boys' War]]''''' describes the experiences of young men conscripted to work as coal miners in Britain during World War&nbsp;II?
* ... that when asked by reporters why he was retiring, [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] justice '''[[Thurgood Marshall]]''' replied: "What's ''wrong'' with me? I'm old. I'm getting old and coming apart<!--Exclamation mark omitted to avoid double terminal punctuation (MOS:CONSECUTIVE)-->"?

===14 January 2023===
*'''''12:00, 14 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that American educator '''[[Janet Sorg Stoltzfus]]''' ''(pictured)'' established the first foreign school in northern Yemen?
* ... that the character '''[[Kurama (YuYu Hakusho)|Kurama]]''' was inspired by a friend of manga creator [[Yoshihiro Togashi]]?
* ... that there was '''[[Last universal common ancestor|an organism from which all current life on Earth is descended]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Ernest Fanelli]]'''{{`s}} composition ''Thèbes'', written in 1886, utilizes musical elements considered to precurse [[Impressionism in music|Impressionism]]?
* ... that [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]] linebacker [[Daiyan Henley]] opted out of playing in the '''[[2022 LA Bowl]]''' and served as an assistant linebackers coach during the game instead?
* ... that while '''[[Arifin Achmad]]''' was the third governor of [[Riau]], he was the first to hail from the province?
* ... that the [[Central Powers]] brought their armies under '''[[Supreme War Command|a supreme headquarters]]''' in September&nbsp;1916, 18 months before the [[Allies of World War I|Allies]] did the same?
* ... that, when discussing his music project '''''[[Love or Loved Part.1 (EP)|Love or Loved]]''''', K-pop star [[B.I (rapper)|B.I]] said that he felt the opposite of love was not "I don't like you", but rather "I loved you before"?

*'''''00:00, 14 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Detached Unit of the Polish Army]]''' ''(pictured)'' is often described as the first Allied partisan unit of World War&nbsp;II?
* ... that businessman '''[[Usman Ja'far]]''' was the first locally born governor of [[West Kalimantan]] elected in nearly 40 years?
* ... that although it was rejected by the lesbian mainstream when it was first released, '''''[[Kamikaze Hearts (film)|Kamikaze Hearts]]''''' has since been called a milestone in [[New Queer Cinema|queer cinema]]?
* ... that Paramount Chief '''[[Matilda Lansana Minah V|Matilda Lansana Minah&nbsp;V]]''' has backed a 30-percent quota for the representation of women in the parliament of Sierra Leone?
* ... that during the '''[[1930 Bago earthquake]]''', a witness observed [[Seismic wave#Surface waves|surface waves]] propagating through a tennis court?
* ... that the '''[[Seattle SeaDogs]]''' won the final [[Continental Indoor Soccer League]] championship before the league folded?
* ... that '''[[Aang Kunaefi]]''' banned the [[jaipongan]] dance from official events because some saw it as being too erotic?
* ... that both [[Toyota]] and [[Pizza Hut]] have had commercials saying '''[[Sheesh!|"Sheesh!"]]'''?

===13 January 2023===
*'''''12:00, 13 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Paul Oscar]] ''(pictured)'', Iceland's participant at the '''[[Eurovision Song Contest 1997]]''', was the contest's first openly [[LGBT]] artist to compete?
* ... that a dispute led to '''[[HMS Gloucester (1654)|HMS&nbsp;''Gloucester'']]''' taking a path that caused the ship to hit a sandbank, leading to it sinking?
* ... that '''[[Paul Joseph Cini]]''', a Canadian skyjacker, thought that he could evade justice by parachuting from the plane before landing?
* ... that the [[Second Vatican Council]] tried to undo the [[Liturgical Latinisation|latinization]] of '''[[Eastern Catholic liturgy]]'''?
* ... that writer '''[[Eliza Bland Smith Erskine Norton]]''' married two different men who both lost an arm in battle?
* ... that '''''[[Midway Manufacturing Co. v. Artic International, Inc.|Midway v. Artic]]'''''  helped establish that video games are eligible for copyright protection as [[audiovisual]] works?
* ... that the statue of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] on the premises of the [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]] was sculpted by '''[[C. S. N. Patnaik|C.&nbsp;S.&nbsp;N. Patnaik]]'''? 
* ... that the '''[[Piano Quintet (Schnittke)|Piano Quintet]]''' by [[Alfred Schnittke]] has been called one of the most depressing pieces ever written?

*'''''00:00, 13 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in the 1980s, New York City's '''[[St. Regis New York|St.&nbsp;Regis Hotel]]''' ''(pictured)'' was said to have hosted every U.S. president since its opening?
* ... that classical dances of '''[[Gaddam Padmaja Reddy]]''', recipient of [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award|India's highest award for performing arts]], explore contemporary social issues such as [[female foeticide in India|female foeticide]] and [[HIV/AIDS]]?
* ... that the '''[[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (France)|Tomb of the Unknown Soldier]]''' under the [[Arc de Triomphe]] in Paris was desecrated during riots in 1927?
* ... that '''[[John Kinch]]''' worked two jobs in the late 1970s, as a [[mail carrier]] and a [[Professional gridiron football|professional football player]]?
* ... that the '''''[[Kitab al-wadih bi-l-haqq]]''''' is a [[Criticism of Islam|critique of Islam]] written by a convert to [[Copts|Coptic Christianity]] during a period of persecution?
* ... that fighter pilot '''[[Winton W. Marshall]]''' used the jet exhaust of his [[North American F-86 Sabre|{{nowrap|F-86}} Sabre]] to extinguish the fire from a crashed [[Boeing B-47 Stratojet|{{nowrap|B-47}}]] bomber?
* ... that a man who '''[[Killing of Sara-Nicole Morales|fatally shot a Florida woman]]'''  waving a gun at him from her front yard after a [[road rage|road-rage]] incident was not charged in connection with her death?
* ... that according to Chinese physician '''[[Zhu Zhenheng]]''', apparent [[Spirit possession|possessions]] are typically no more than confusion caused by mucus?

===12 January 2023===
*'''''12:00, 12 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Spirit of the Few Monument]]''' at [[RAF Hawkinge|Hawkinge]] is based on a photograph of '''[[Alan Eckford]]''' and other pilots of [[No. 32 Squadron RAF|No.&nbsp;32 Squadron]] ''(pictured)'' during the [[Battle of Britain]]?
* ... that the '''[[geology of the Ellsworth Mountains]]''' was explored by geologists using motor toboggans in 1961?
* ... that soprano '''[[Galina Pisarenko]]''' studied economics, English, and Norwegian at the same time she was studying to become a professional opera singer?
* ... that '''[[Parasitic Engineering]]''' was named as a reference to a [[Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems|MITS]] co-founder calling third-party hardware vendors "parasite companies"?
* ... that '''[[Volodymyr Kozhukhar]]''', the chief conductor of the [[National Opera of Ukraine]] in Kyiv, led Lysenko's opera ''[[Taras Bulba (opera)|Taras Bulba]]'' and Shchedrin's ballet ''[[Carmen Suite (ballet)|Carmen Suite]]''?
* ... that so little is known about the reclusive developer of '''''[[Yume Nikki]]''''' that its publisher [[Kadokawa Corporation|Kadokawa Games]] had to debunk rumors that they had died in the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|2011 Tōhoku earthquake]]?
* ... that '''[[Jack Melchor]]''' stayed at [[Claridge's]] annually over a 40-year period?
* ... that the documentary '''''[[Railway with a Heart of Gold]]''''' has actual footage of a derailment captured whilst [[Carson Davidson|the filmmaker]] was attached to the side of the train?

*'''''00:00, 12 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a number of early medieval Irish '''[[bell shrine]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' were probably hidden in bogs or church walls to [[History of Ireland (800–1169)#First Viking age (795–902)|save them from Viking raiders]]?
* ... that after being benched at [[quarterback]], [[Jackson State Tigers football|Jackson State Tigers]] football player '''[[T. C. Taylor]]''' changed his position and became a record-setting [[wide receiver]]?
* ... that Canadian poets [[Milton Acorn]], [[Margaret Atwood]], and [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]] performed at the '''[[Bohemian Embassy]]''' on the same bill as burlesque dancer Libby Jones?
* ... that American teacher '''[[Marc Fogel]]''' was sentenced to 14 years in Russian prison for possessing a small amount of marijuana, but has gotten little public attention compared to [[Brittney Griner]]?
* ... that the dinosaur '''''[[Bashunosaurus]]''''' was first mentioned in a scientific paper in 1989, but was only formally named in 2004?
* ... that '''[[Patty Loveless]]'''{{`s}} musical career rebounded after she underwent surgery to repair a blood vessel on her vocal cords?
* ... that '''''[[Monaco GP (video game)|Monaco GP]]''''' was the most popular arcade driving game in the United States in 1981?
* ... that '''[[Walter von Pückler]]''' earned the nickname ''Dreschgraf'' ('Thrashing Count') due to his frequent use of violent, antisemitic language?

===11 January 2023===
*'''''12:00, 11 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that when baker '''[[Ruby Tandoh]]''' ''(pictured)'' publicly [[Coming out|came out]], she mocked critics who suggested that she had romanced a male contest judge?
* ... that the '''[[San Diego Trough Fault Zone]]''' can produce an earthquake that devastates the counties of [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles]], [[Orange County, California|Orange]], and [[San Diego County, California|San Diego, California]]?
* ... that '''''[[Ravenshoe (novel)|Ravenshoe]]''''' has been noted for its passages dealing with the [[Charge of the Light Brigade]], a failed military action during the [[Crimean War]]?
* ... that the note-taking software '''[[Obsidian (software)|Obsidian]]''' was created by just two developers during the [[COVID-19 pandemic|{{nowrap|COVID-19}} pandemic]]?
* ... that '''[[Willi Ritschard]]''' was not amused when he had to attend a royal banquet for [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth&nbsp;II]] on [[International Workers' Day]]?
* ... that creating '''[[Vennture Brew Company]]''' involved 18 months of construction and $22,000 in crowdsourced funds?
* ... that abused [[Overseas Filipino Worker]]s accused the former ''[[chargé d'affaires]]'' of the '''[[Embassy of the Philippines, Damascus|Philippine embassy in Damascus]]''' of neglecting them while he was regularly partying with handsome Syrians?
* ... that [[gas lighting]] inspired '''[[Stephen Gunzenhauser]]''' to start a classical music festival?

*'''''00:00, 11 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that with more than 20 species, marchflies ''(example pictured)'' are the most common insect of the '''[[Paleofauna of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands|Eocene Okanagan Highlands paleofauna]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Tibor Wlassics]]'''{{`s}} upper-class status forced him to work as a manual laborer?
* ... that '''''[[Bethune: The Making of a Hero]]''''', once Canada's most expensive film, had a documentary about its troubled production shown at the [[1988 Toronto International Film Festival]] instead of itself?
* ... that Chinese scholar '''[[Liang Tingnan]]''' suggested that China should emulate the United States to avoid the upheavals of dynastic change?
* ... that the music for the Norse Lands [[Downloadable content|DLC]] of '''''[[Kingdom Two Crowns]]''''' utilizes the [[hurdy-gurdy]] and [[moraharpa]]?
* ... that after '''[[Mary Gardiner Horsford]]''' died, her husband married her sister Phoebe?
* ... that while most [[lichen]]s that grow on plants live on the surface, the sole species in '''''[[Amazonotrema]]''''' grows partially among the cells of the tree bark on which it lives?
* ... that '''[[Adib Pishavari]]''' likened Britain to an [[old fox]]?

===10 January 2023===
*'''''12:00, 10 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that diplomat '''[[Lê Thị Tuyết Mai]]''' ''(pictured)'' studied at three different universities in three different countries? 
* ... that the feedback sounds in [[the Yardbirds]]' "'''[[Happenings Ten Years Time Ago]]'''" were later "swiped" by [[Jimi Hendrix]]?
* ... that the first day of filming of the psychological thriller '''''[[Farah (film)|Farah]]''''' coincided with the beginning of the [[17 October Revolution|2019 Lebanese protests]]?
* ... that the [[Cermak branch|Douglas branch]]'s '''[[Roosevelt station (CTA Douglas branch)|Roosevelt station]]''' went from having more than 700,000 riders in 1910 to only 50,000 in 1950?
* ... that '''[[Nasser Abu Hamid]]''' had five brothers serving life sentences in addition to him?
* ... that the '''[[2022 Quick Lane Bowl]]''' had to use a substitute [[Official (gridiron football)|referee]] after the original referee's flight was canceled?
* ... that '''[[Robert Spencer Finkbine]]''' spent 13 years as the superintendent of construction of the [[Iowa State Capitol]]?
* ... that the developers of '''''[[Among Us VR]]''''' said that the game could have been too spooky?

*'''''00:00, 10 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Kyiv]]'s '''[[Central Post Office (Kyiv)|Central Post Office]]''' was built after military forces deliberately destroyed its predecessor ''(pictured)'' less than a year after it was completed?
* ... that [[Kaiu Shirai]] said that some parts of his story '''''[[The Promised Neverland]]''''' came from nightmares?
* ... that on 9 January 1917, German Emperor Wilhelm&nbsp;II '''[[9 January 1917 German Crown Council meeting|agreed to implement]]''' unrestricted submarine warfare?
* ... that '''[[Dreamer Isioma]]''' began learning [[music theory]] at the age of three?
* ... that the [[Victoria State Government|government of Victoria]], Australia, has '''[[Level Crossing Removal Project|a program to remove]]''' 110 [[level crossing]]s by 2030, the fastest rate in the state's history?
* ... that [[witchcraft]] historian '''[[Malcolm Gaskill]]''' documented a real-life 17th-century witch hunt in Springfield, Massachusetts?
* ... that the '''[[1961 Indonesian census]]''' was the country's first since 1930 and the first since gaining [[Proclamation of Indonesian Independence|independence from the Netherlands]]?
* ... that the name '''[[Zenock]]''' is misspelled in almost every published edition of the [[Book of Mormon]]?

===9 January 2023===
*'''''12:00, 9 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Sigismund Mohr]]''' ''(pictured)'' lit the first electric street lamps in [[Quebec City]] to a crowd of 20,000 spectators?
* ... that [[Meghan Trainor]] wrote her song "'''[[Bad for Me (Meghan Trainor song)|Bad for Me]]'''" with strangers?
* ... that two railroad [[boxcar]]s were needed to ship '''[[William W. Jefferis]]'''{{`s}} vast mineral collection to the [[Carnegie Museum of Natural History]]?
* ... that according to [[Viktor Kožený]]'s lawyer, '''[[Fox Hill Prison]]''' in the Bahamas is known for "breaking even the toughest of men"?
* ... that one of the districts in the city of [[Astrakhan]] is named after Bolshevik leader '''[[Aleksandr Trusov]]'''?
* ... that [[Lady Gaga]] said she was in a dark state of mind when writing the song "'''[[Free Woman]]'''" but got over it after completing the song?
* ... that after saying that joining the [[Three-Self Patriotic Movement]] was "against the will of God", Chinese theologian '''[[Jia Yuming]]''' joined it and became its vice chairperson?
* ... that workers had to somersault to safety when the '''[[Secor, Iowa|Secor]]''' Bridge collapsed in 1911?

*'''''00:00, 9 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Mercedes-Benz CLK LM|Mercedes-Benz CLK&nbsp;LM]]''' ''(pictured)'' won every single event it entered in the [[1998 FIA GT Championship]]?
* ... that the [[neutron]] has a '''[[nucleon magnetic moment|magnetic moment]]''' even though it lacks an [[electric charge]]?
* ... that [[Croton tiglium|croton]] seeds were already being used as a laxative when Chinese physician '''[[Wang Haogu]]''' discovered that they could also be used to treat diarrhea?
* ... that the '''[[Georgia Cryptologic Center]]''' is an NSA facility that uses the code name "Sweet Tea"?
* ... that in the 1920s, Australian journalist '''[[E. George Marks|E.&nbsp;George Marks]]''' predicted military conflict in the Pacific between Japan and the United States?
* ... that the '''[[North-Western Regional Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)]]''' ran an underground network to distribute literature to German soldiers in occupied areas?
* ... that National Football League player '''[[Grant Hermanns]]''' won his state high-school wrestling championship just months after a near-fatal [[Staphylococcal infection|staph infection]]?
* ... that '''[[Kamibox]]'''{{`s}} video game ''A Joke That's Worth $0.99'' is permanently on special offer because [[Itch.io]] does not allow $0.99 as a regular price?

===8 January 2023===
*'''''12:00, 8 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Ye Olde White Harte]]''', reputed to be "one of Hull's most haunted pubs", has a skull of unknown provenance ''(pictured)'' in the bar?
* ... that the '''[[2022 Boca Raton Bowl]]''' was the first [[bowl game]] loss in [[Liberty Flames football|Liberty]] program history after three wins in their first three appearances?
* ... that after a lifetime of feeling undervalued, '''[[Nergisî]]''' gained the appreciation of the [[Murad IV|Ottoman sultan]] and was sent to the front as a chronicler, only to fall from his horse and die on his way?
* ... that '''[[KKZU (Washington)|a Washington state radio station]]''' turned to "professional bikini watchers"—military recruiters—to report on crowds at local beaches?
* ... that '''[[Ephraim E. Lisitzky]]''' wrote an [[Epic poetry|epic poem]] in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] based on [[Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American legends]]?
* ... that the '''[[Paul Delvaux Museum]]''' exhibits not only [[Paul Delvaux]]'s paintings, but also a collection of model trains?
* ... that Chinese physician '''[[Gao Ruona]]'''{{`s}} son, son-in-law, and student all served as editors at the [[Song dynasty|Song government]]'s Bureau for Editing Medical Texts?
* ... that after a CCTV system was installed at the '''[[59th Street–Columbus Circle station]]''', crime went up?

*'''''00:00, 8 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that when launched in 1896, the freighter '''''[[SS Sir William Siemens|Sir William Siemens]]''''' ''(pictured)'' and her sister ships were the longest vessels on the [[Great Lakes]]?
* ... that Anna Maria Bowes escaped from her governess '''[[Elizabeth Parish]]''' by crawling over a plank to cross a narrow street?
* ... that the general manager of '''[[WTRF-TV|a West Virginia TV station]]''' called changing its network affiliation "the hardest decision I've ever had to make"?
* ... that '''[[Akshata Murty]]''', the wife of British prime minister [[Rishi Sunak]], reportedly has more personal wealth than [[Charles III|King Charles&nbsp;III]]?
* ... that the first public usage of the term "'''[[ongoing Nakba]]'''" is widely credited to [[Hanan Ashrawi]], who referenced it in a speech at the [[World Conference against Racism 2001|2001 World Conference against Racism]]?
* ... that '''[[Michael S. Farbman]]'''{{`s}} reporting of the [[Russian Civil War]] in winter 1917–18 was described by ''[[The Observer]]'' as "one of the outstanding successes of the time in special correspondence"?
* ... that despite being in force for more than 100 years, no known prosecutions were made under the '''[[Seamen's and Soldiers' False Characters Act 1906]]'''?
* ... that U.S. first lady '''[[Bess Truman]]''' was humiliated by a champagne bottle?

===7 January 2023===
*'''''12:00, 7 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Geneva official chestnut tree|opening of the first bud of a horse chestnut tree in Geneva]]''' ''(pictured)'', as recorded by the secretary of the Parliament, announces the beginning of spring?
* ... that people are prone to such a strong '''[[Uncertainty effect|distaste for uncertainty]]''' that they might value a $50 gift card more than a lottery ticket that yields a $50 or $100 gift card with equal probability?
* ... that although the First World War ended with the [[armistice of 11&nbsp;November 1918]], '''[[List of French generals who died during the First World War|twenty-one generals are recognised as having died for France]]''' after this date, some as late as 1923?
* ... that '''''[[Concentricities]]''''', a 2019 clarinet–cello–piano trio by [[Graham Waterhouse]], musically depicts a theme of circular, spiraling, or oscillating concentric phenomena in nature and human structures?
* ... that '''[[Wan Abubakar]]''' submitted his resignation to run for reelection, but retracted it when his candidacy failed?
* ... that a kickoff temperature of 13&nbsp;°F (−11&nbsp;°C) at the '''[[2022 Armed Forces Bowl]]''' nearly made it the coldest [[bowl game]] ever?
* ... that [[Debbie Friedman]] and [[Drorah Setel]]'s '''{{transl|he|[[Mi Shebeirach]]}}''' for healing, written by the couple amidst the [[HIV/AIDS in the United States|AIDS crisis]], has become "the emotional highlight of synagogue services" for many Jews?
* ... that American '''[[Elmer Carlson]]''' brought a roller-skating mule to the [[1964 Democratic National Convention]]?

*'''''00:00, 7 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[malahai]]''' ''(example pictured)'' served as a protective helmet, even though it is a fur hat?
* ... that the show '''''[[The Thing About Pam]]''''' is based on [[Pam Hupp]]'s involvement in the murder of Betsy Faria?
* ... that [[Austin Reed (American football)|Austin Reed]]'s 497 passing yards in the '''[[2022 New Orleans Bowl]]''' set a [[New Orleans Bowl]] record?
* ... that '''[[Sarah Mardini]]''' worked as a humanitarian for refugees and now could be sentenced to 25 years in prison?
* ... that '''[[Quasar Data Products]]'''{{`}} ruggedized {{nowrap|QDP-300}} microcomputer alerts the user if it is potentially overheating by sounding an alarm?
* ... that '''[[Pro-EU leaflet|a 2016 leaflet]]''' published by the British government warned that [[Brexit]] would increase the [[cost of living]] and lead to a decade or more of uncertainty?
* ... that the '''[[Macks Creek Law]]''' originated in response to a state legislator getting a traffic ticket?
* ... that '''[[James B. Jones]]''' got his nickname, "Jawbone", from his time as a traveling soap salesman?

===6 January 2023===
*'''''12:00, 6 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[George Balanchine]] said that a solo in his ballet '''''[[Episodes (ballet)|Episodes]]''''' ''(pictured)'' should evoke the image of a fly in a glass of milk?
* ... that '''[[Leonard Potts|L.&nbsp;J. Potts]]''' translated the ''[[Poetics (Aristotle)|Poetics]]'' as ''Aristotle on the Art of Fiction'', a title accused of "[narrowing] dangerously the wide gap between [[Aristotle]] and ourselves", but later called "creative genius"?
* ... that '''[[WUPA|Atlanta's "quicker picker-upper]]'''" aired martial arts movies, professional wrestling, jazz music, and Japanese-language programming?
* ... that despite published scholarship to the contrary, '''[[Andrew Planta]]''' neither received a doctorate nor taught mathematics at [[University of Erlangen–Nuremberg|Erlangen]]?
* ... that in November&nbsp;2022, [[Leicester City Council]] used the '''[[Food Act 1984]]''' in combination with a royal charter of 1199 to levy a charge on the organisers of two Christmas light switching-on events?
* ... that after '''[[Domen Križaj]]''' from Slovenia was a prize winner in the singing competition [[Neue Stimmen]], he moved to the [[Oper Frankfurt]] where he appeared as Massenet's [[Werther|Albert]] and Mozart's [[The Magic Flute|Papageno]]?
* ... that '''[[Manny's Deli]]''' in Chicago received national recognition for its popularity among politicians, including [[Barack Obama]]?
* ... that '''[[Claude C. Robinson]]''' was supposed to pick the [[Player of the match|star-of-the-game]], but he left early when struck in the head by a [[hockey puck]]?

*'''''00:00, 6 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that artist '''[[Isaac Sailmaker]]''' ''(painting shown)'' was referred to in contemporary journals and books as "the father of British sea painting"?
* ... that the audience sometimes heckles defeated sumo wrestlers by throwing '''[[zabuton]]''' onto the stage at them?
* ... that while at high school, '''[[Johann Georg Seidenbusch]]''' declared to [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Our Lady]]: "ad carissimam Sponsam te eligo" (I choose thee as my dearest Bride)?
* ... that [[Cincinnati Bearcats football|Cincinnati]] hired [[Louisville Cardinals football|Louisville]]'s head football coach to replace their own outgoing head coach just days after the two teams were announced as opponents for the '''[[2022 Fenway Bowl]]'''?
* ... that '''[[George Jameson (RNZAF officer)|George Jameson]]''' was the highest-scoring New Zealand night fighter pilot of [[World War&nbsp;II]]?
* ... that when the former '''[[Clarence House, Brighton|Clarence Hotel]]''' in [[Brighton]] began to collapse in 1990, the resulting closure of North Street diverted 120 buses per hour in each direction for a week?
* ... that when serving as Governor of [[Riau]], '''[[Soeripto]]''' helped found the province's first daily newspaper?
* ... that Culver City's '''[[Measure VY|Measure&nbsp;VY]]''' would have allowed 16-year-olds to vote, but it fell short by 16 votes out of over 16,000?

===5 January 2023===
*'''''12:00, 5 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Sao Sanda]]''' ''(pictured)'', the last princess of [[Yawnghwe]], is one of only two living princesses to have attended the 1947 [[Panglong Conference]]?
* ... that '''[[Gene Cipriano]]''' played the saxophone part for [[Tony Curtis]]'s character in the film ''[[Some Like It Hot]]''{{-?}}
* ... that when [[Westminster City Council]] in London agreed to use "'''[[global majority]]'''" as a more inclusive term than [[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom#Collective terms for minority ethnic groups|BAME]] or "ethnic minority", a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] MP called it "deeply sinister"?
* ... that [[Rhea Seehorn]] wanted the sprinkler in the [[cold open]] to the ''[[Better Call Saul]]'' episode "'''[[Hit and Run (Better Call Saul)|Hit and Run]]'''"  to sound like a machine gun?
* ... that after leaving his job promoting Qatar ahead of the [[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022 World Cup]], Marc Bennett alleged he was tortured before '''[[Death of Marc Bennett|being found hanged in his hotel room]]'''?
* ... that at age 10, '''[[Sophia Lucia]]''' surpassed the world record for consecutive pirouettes by 19 turns?
* ... that the medieval [[baptismal font]] of '''[[Löderup Church]]''' in Sweden contains a depiction of a ship with a dragon's head at the stem, similar to a [[Viking ships|Viking ship]]?
* ... that New York mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]] said that the only calls on his '''[[bat phone]]''' were from salespeople offering magazine subscriptions or insurance policies?

*'''''00:00, 5 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after being made of reinforced concrete to conform with orders from the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]], the '''[[Monument to the Founders of Kyiv]]''' ''(depicted)'' partially collapsed?
* ... that '''''[[Fuccbois]]'''''{{'}} crew won awards, while '''''[[Fuccboi (novel)|Fuccboi]]'''''{{'s}} prose received both praise and criticism?
* ... that after fleeing the Nazis in 1938, '''[[Peter Strausfeld]]''' befriended the manager of [[Academy 1-2-3 (cinema)|London's top art house cinema]] and designed their posters until his death in 1980?
* ... that [[the Allman Brothers Band]]'s well-known 1971 interpretation of "'''[[Done Somebody Wrong]]'''" had four songwriters listed in the credits, but not [[Eddie Kirkland]], who wrote the original song?
* ... that '''[[Imam Munandar]]''' once proposed releasing prisoners to kill them?
* ... that although the '''[[third Onondaga County Courthouse]]''' was demolished in 1967, the hand-cut stones of its tower have been preserved?
* ... that '''[[King Albert Park MRT station]]''' and its adjoining stations [[Tan Kah Kee MRT station|Tan Kah Kee]] and [[Sixth Avenue MRT station|Sixth Avenue]] are intended to represent the natural elements?
* ... that '''[[Aaron Stark]]'''{{`s}} life may have been saved by a friend inviting him in for a [[blueberry pie|blueberry-peach pie]]?

===4 January 2023===
*'''''00:00, 4 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Wilhelmine Key]]''' ''(pictured)'' studied wasps as a child, and as an adult she kept them as pets?
* ... that [[C.&nbsp;J. Phipps]], the leading theatre architect of the age, was found responsible for the '''[[Exeter Theatre Royal fire|deadliest-ever UK theatre disaster]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Michelle Lyons]]''' has personally witnessed nearly 300 executions?
* ... that the 100-player board game '''''[[Cartographers (board game)|Cartographers]]''''' has a [[Crowdfunding|crowdfunded]] expansion set?
* ... that '''[[Midwest Scientific]]''' was the only maker of [[microcomputer]]s in Kansas City in the late 1970s?
* ... that Catholic [[Bishops in the Catholic Church#Bishop-elect|bishop-elect]] '''[[Philip Moger]]''' knew that he wanted to become a [[Priesthood in the Catholic Church|priest]] when he was eight years old?
* ... that the 2021 film '''''[[West Side Story (2021 film)|West Side Story]]''''' was banned in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain, likely due to the [[transgender]] character Anybodys?
* ... that according to legend, '''[[Giriyak Stupa]]''' was constructed over the body of a dead goose?

===3 January 2023===
*'''''00:00, 3 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that one threatened '''[[Myosotis pansa subsp. praeceps|species of plant]]''' ''(pictured)'' endemic to the [[North Island]] of New Zealand is colloquially known as a [[Myosotis|forget-me-not]]?
* ... that the parliamentary [[Sign language|sign-language]] interpreter could not make out what South African MP '''[[Joan Fubbs]]''' tried to say in her tribute to President [[Cyril Ramaphosa]]?
* ... that '''[[Perry County, Tennessee|Perry County]]''' is the least densely populated county in [[Tennessee]]?
* ... that '''[[Abdul Hamid al-Zahrawi]]''', a former member of the [[General Assembly of the Ottoman Empire]], was executed in 1916 for his support for Arab nationalism?
* ... that a section of '''[[Mississippi Highway 489|Mississippi Highway&nbsp;489]]''' was designated as the Jason Boyd Memorial Highway to commemorate the [[Mississippi Department of Transportation|MDOT]] superintendent who was killed while removing debris from the road?
* ... that in mediaeval England '''[[Verge (royal court)|an area of special legal jurisdiction]]''' extended around the royal court and moved with it?
* ... that '''[[Paul Dini]]''' was a writer for both the animated television series ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' and the video game series ''[[Batman: Arkham]]''?
* ... that '''''[[USS Romeo|Romeo]]''''' and ''[[USS Juliet|Juliet]]'' both served in the [[Union Navy]]?

===2 January 2023===
*'''''00:00, 2 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Union Pacific 4014|Union Pacific&nbsp;4014]]''' ''(pictured)'' has been the only [[Union Pacific Big Boy|Big Boy]] locomotive operating in the United States since 2019?
* ... that the first '''[[Mars in fiction|fictional depiction of the moons of Mars]]''' predates their discovery by a century and a half?
* ... that in '''''[[Mother and Child (Tavener)|Mother and Child]]''''', composed in 2002 by [[John Tavener]] for the vocal ensemble [[Tenebrae (choir)|Tenebrae]], [[Pipe organ|organ]] and temple [[gong]] enter for the climax?<!--Special occasion 1 January-->
* ... that the '''[[2022 Cure Bowl]]''' is the only one of the [[2022–23 NCAA football bowl games]] scheduled to be played between [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]] conference champions?
* ... that [[Burton Raffel]] called [[Arthur Cooper (translator)|Arthur Cooper]]'s translation of '''[[Chunwang (poem)|a poem]]''' by [[Du Fu]] "exceedingly lame"?
* ... that Minnesota legislator '''[[Claudia Meier Volk|Claudia Meier]]''' cosponsored a bill freeing women from having to take their husbands' last names, and then took her husband's last name?
* ... that at the height of the [[War in Iraq (2013–2017)|war between Iraq and the Islamic State]], diplomats of the '''[[Embassy of the Philippines, Baghdad|Philippine embassy in Baghdad]]''' agreed to [[suicide pact|die together]] rather than be taken hostage?
* ... that all three of playwright '''[[Oliver Hailey]]'''{{`s}} Broadway productions closed after one regular performance?

===1 January 2023===
*'''''00:00, 1 January 2023 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[British Museum]]'s 2012 exhibition '''''[[Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam]]''''' included textiles from the [[Kaaba]] ''(example pictured)'' that were described as bringing "a visceral artistic buzz to the display"?
* ... that '''[[Jack Smith (lawyer)|Jack Smith]]''', the [[Smith special counsel investigation|special counsel appointed to investigate Donald Trump]], played [[American football|football]] for [[Liverpool High School|Liverpool]]?
* ... that the parasitic fossil fungus '''''[[Paleoserenomyces|Paleoserenomyces allenbyensis]]''''' was named after a Canadian ghost town?
* ... that retired Indonesian general and politician '''[[Mochamad Hasbi]]''' fled from arrest for seven years after he was sentenced to a year in prison in relation to a corruption case?
* ... that the [[Apple II series|Apple&nbsp;II]] game '''''[[Pentapus]]''''' was developed by Jeremy Sagan, son of astronomer [[Carl Sagan]]?
* ... that the '''[[Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights]]''' has been described as "Canada's most prominent pro-gun group"?
* ... that the '''[[South Asian river dolphin]]''' is nearly blind and relies on [[Animal echolocation|echolocation]] for navigation?
* ... that '''[[Cow Hell Swamp]]''' got its name because cows would frequently wander in and get stuck?

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