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==Did you know...==

===31 March 2019===
*'''''00:00, 31 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that jams made by French [[chocolatier]] '''[[Christine Ferber]]''' ''(pictured)'' are sold in Tokyo [[Isetan]] department stores, each wrapped in red cloth with a white bow?
* ... that '''''[[The Marriage (video game)|The Marriage]]''''' is a video game that tries to convey meaning through its [[game mechanics|mechanics]] rather than through audio or visuals?
* ... that '''[[Ursula K. Le Guin]]''' once rejected an offer from [[Hayao Miyazaki]] to adapt her [[Earthsea]] series for the screen, but changed her mind after watching Miyazaki's film ''[[My Neighbor Totoro]]''?
* ... that the 1923 film '''''[[The Shepherd King]]''''' about the Biblical [[David]] has an opening scene in Egypt because of [[Tutankhamun|King Tut]]?
* ... that the soprano '''[[Melitta Muszely]]''' appeared as the four women [[The Tales of Hoffmann|Hoffmann]] loves in [[Walter Felsenstein|Felsenstein]]'s production at the [[Komische Oper Berlin]] in 1958, and still sang recitals at age 80?
* ... that the '''[[Ussuri shrew]]''' feeds largely on earthworms and needs to eat more than twice its bodyweight each day? 
* ... that Hungarian ice hockey referee '''[[László Schell]]''' set an unofficial record of 22 [[Ice Hockey World Championships|Ice Hockey World Championship]] matches officiated in a year?
* ... that [[Stackpole Books]] sold 12,000 copies of '''[[Mein Kampf in English|''Mein Kampf'' in English]]''' before being ordered to stop?

===30 March 2019===
*'''''00:00, 30 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[pink-necked green pigeon]]''' ''(male pictured)'' was one of the first species of bird recorded on [[Krakatoa]] after the main island [[1883 eruption of Krakatoa|erupted in 1883]]? 
* ... that Toronto treasure and antique dealer '''[[Billy Jamieson]]''' discovered the lost mummy of pharaoh [[Ramesses&nbsp;I]] when he purchased the [[Niagara Falls Museum]]? 
* ... that despite having large molecular gas reservoirs, '''[[NGC 3665]]''' has a less than expected [[star formation]] rate?
* ... that when '''[[Riko Azuna]]''' auditioned to perform the opening theme to the [[anime]] series ''[[Bloom Into You]]'', all she knew about the series was that it focuses on [[yuri (genre)|love between two girls]]? 
* ... that in 1674, the [[Dutch East India Company|Dutch East India]] ship ''Wapen van Rotterdam'' was '''[[Battle of Ronas Voe|captured in Ronas Voe, Shetland]]''', by three English [[Man-of-war|men-of-war]]?
* ... that '''[[Mark Angel (producer)|Mark Angel]]''' produced the first African YouTube comedy channel to reach one million subscribers?
* ... that Malaysia was stripped of its right to host the '''[[2019 World Para Swimming Championships]]''' after refusing to allow Israeli athletes to enter the country to compete?
* ... that '''[[Jane Somerville]]''' has "Unicorns" all around the world?

===29 March 2019===
*'''''00:00, 29 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that when '''[[Elly Mayday]]''' ''(pictured)'' was diagnosed with [[ovarian cancer]], she not only continued to [[model (person)|model]], but appeared in pictorials with a bald head from chemotherapy and surgery scars?
* ... that the '''[[Lutheran Trinity Church, East Melbourne|Lutheran Trinity Church]]''' in [[East Melbourne, Victoria|East Melbourne]] has occupied its site continuously since 1854, with services conducted in German?
* ... that '''[[Sumiko Hennessy]]''', a co-founder of the '''[[Asian Pacific Development Center]]''' in [[Denver]], Colorado, has taught courses for corporate executives about Asian cultures and "stress management Asian-style"?
* ... that the [[Sasanian Empire|Persian]] city of '''[[Arrajan]]''', built using the labour of [[Roman Empire|Roman]] prisoners of war in the early 6th century, later flourished as a large settlement by the 11th century? 
* ... that when '''[[Barbara Low (biochemist)|Barbara Low]]''' and [[Dorothy Hodgkin]] determined the structure of [[penicillin]] in 1945, it was the largest molecule ever to be successfully investigated by [[X-ray crystallography]]?
* ... that a colony of '''[[Aposthonia ceylonica|webspinners]]''' recently discovered in [[Surrey]] was the first new [[Order (biology)|order]] of insects found in Britain for over a century?  
* ... that after the [[2008 Sichuan earthquake|Great Sichuan earthquake]], '''[[Ding Yi (businessman)|Ding Yi]]''' donated more than 200,000 [[renminbi|yuan]] to his former company to help with reconstruction? 
* ... that the '''[[Baseball Rule]]''' in [[United States tort law|American tort law]] holds that as long as a baseball team has protected seats available, fans injured by [[foul ball]]s generally cannot hold the team [[legal liability|liable]]?

===28 March 2019===
*'''''01:48, 28 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Portugal's '''[[Monastery of Serra do Pilar]]''' ''(church pictured)'' was designated a [[World Heritage Site]] in 1996?
* ... that '''[[Abby Cubillo]]''' is the first woman born and raised in the [[Northern Territory]] to play in the [[Women's National Basketball League]]? 
* ... that a Republican candidate has not won a [[Mayoral elections in Chicago|Chicago mayoral election]] since '''[[1927 Chicago mayoral election|1927]]'''?
* ... that, in rejecting so-called "[[New Criticism]]", '''[[Robert Kaske]]''' argued that [[medieval poetry]] needs to be read in context?
* ... that the '''[[Engenho dos Erasmos]]''', built in [[Colonial Brazil]] around 1534 to produce sugar cane, was attacked by the English in 1591 and the Dutch in 1615?
* ... that in 2018 '''[[Lydia Steier]]''', born in [[Hartford, Connecticut]], became the first woman to stage Mozart's ''[[The Magic Flute|Die Zauberflöte]]'' at the [[Salzburg Festival]]? 
* ... that '''[[large mole]]s''' can live for four years but may fall prey to owls, snakes, or weasels?
* ... that after China's "tobacco king" '''[[Chu Shijian]]''' was sentenced to life imprisonment, he became the "king of oranges"? 

===27 March 2019===
*'''''00:00, 27 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that modern [[cue sports]] games such as [[snooker]] and [[nine-ball]] can be traced back to the game of '''[[ground billiards]]''', played with hoops and mallets ''(illustration shown)''?
* ... that Brazilian-born '''[[Catarina Macario]]''' won three American [[college soccer]] awards in the same year?
* ... that the giant spoon worm '''''[[Ikeda taenioides]]''''' survived a [[tsunami]] that devastated other members of the seabed community?
* ... that physician '''[[Sumant Mehta]]''' spent five years in jails for his participation in the [[Indian independence movement]]?
* ... that a visit to [[The Farm (Tennessee)|The Farm]] by [[UNICEF]] resulted in the development of '''''[[The Farm Vegetarian Cookbook]]'''''?
* ... that horror author '''[[Michaelbrent Collings]]''' used the pen name "Angelica Hart" for his western romance series?
* ... that the sheriffs of more than a dozen of the 39 counties of [[Washington (state)|Washington state]] have announced they will not enforce '''[[Washington Initiative 1639|recently enacted gun-control legislation]]'''?
* ... that Swedish singer '''[[Sophia Somajo]]''' released her second album via [[The Pirate Bay]]?

===26 March 2019===
*'''''00:00, 26 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after her son, [[United States Coast Guard|U.S. Coast Guard]] signalman [[Douglas Albert Munro]], was killed in battle, 48-year-old '''[[Edith Munro]]''' ''(pictured)'' joined the Coast Guard herself?
* ... that '''[[hearing protection fit-testing]]''' is used to determine if devices like [[earplug]]s or [[earmuffs]] are providing the right amount of sound reduction? 
* ... that '''[[Hu Peiquan]]''' founded the journal of [[Northwestern Polytechnical University]] and served as its chief editor for more than 60 years?
* ... that the start of the '''[[Celebration of the Greek Revolution|Greek Revolution of 1821 is celebrated]]''' today?<!--Special occasion hook for March 25-->
* ... that '''[[Bekah Brunstetter]]'''{{`s}} play ''The Cake'', about a baker refusing to serve gay customers, was partly inspired by her father [[Peter S. Brunstetter]]'s opposition to [[same-sex marriage]]?
* ... that the peanut worm '''''[[Themiste hennahi]]''''' is a "tentacle breather"?
* ... that '''[[Alfred Westou]]''' is said to have combed the hair and cut the nails of [[Cuthbert|St Cuthbert]], even though the saint had been dead for more than three centuries? 
* ... that '''[[Karta (orangutan)|Karta]]''', an orangutan at the [[Adelaide Zoo]], escaped from her enclosure by short-circuiting an electrical fence using a stick?

===25 March 2019===
*'''''00:00, 25 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the 2019 '''[[IndyCar Classic]]''' at [[Circuit of the Americas]] ''(pictured)'' will be the first time that [[American open-wheel car racing|American open-wheel cars]] and [[Formula One]] have raced at the same track during their respective seasons since 2006?
* ... that actor '''[[Jude Akuwudike]]''' originated the part of "the Queen" in the first British production of ''[[Not About Nightingales]]''? 
* ... that the '''[[fiery-browed starling]]''', found only on [[Sulawesi]] in Indonesia, forms mixed flocks with the [[Sulawesi myna]] and [[grosbeak starling]]?
* ... that while on hiatus from her [[beach volleyball]] career, '''[[Sanne Keizer]]''' completed a master's degree in [[criminal investigation]] and worked as a police detective? 
* ... that the [["Weird Al" Yankovic|"Weird Al"]] parody song "'''[[Chicken Pot Pie]]'''" was not released at the request of vegetarian [[Paul McCartney]], who felt it endorsed eating meat?
* ... that '''[[Walter Wasservogel]]''' was the first full-time general secretary of the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]]? 
* ... that in 1980, a '''[[Carcinonemertes errans|ribbon worm]]''' was implicated in the collapse of the [[Dungeness crab]] fishery in central California? 
* ... that '''[[Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons|an award for women journalists in India]]''' is named after a [[Jainism|Jain]] freedom fighter?
* ... that as he was a teacher by day and bandleader at night, those who knew '''[[Bob Bachelder]]''' in one role likely were unaware of the other?

===24 March 2019===
*'''''00:00, 24 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that architect '''[[Jörg Streli]]''' and his two colleagues designed the Sankt-Margarethen-Kapelle ''(pictured)'' in [[Tyrol]], which rises like a tower on a circular floor?
* ... that Rosie Bernard's bar in [[Monte Carlo]], '''[[The Chatham]]''', was "one of the temples of grand prix racing"?
* ... that '''[[Wu Dechang]]''' managed the emergency response to large-scale [[plutonium]] contamination caused by a failed Chinese nuclear test?
* ... that the range of '''[[Laxmann's shrew]]''' extends from Norway to [[Sakhalin|Sakhalin Island]] in eastern Asia?
* ... that among the live venues Japanese singer and voice actress '''[[Aimi (actress)|Aimi]]''' performed at prior to her major debut was a [[steakhouse]]? 
* ... that the '''[[Amphiodia urtica|burrowing brittle star]]''' submerges itself in mud and raises its arms to feed? 
* ... that [[Washington (state)|Washington]] lands commissioner '''[[Hilary Franz]]''' was a competitive [[ice skating|ice skater]] as a teenager?
* ... that [[Tuvalu]] could only afford to '''[[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1290|become a member of the United Nations]]''' after selling [[.tv|its Internet country code top-level domain]]?

===23 March 2019===
*'''''00:00, 23 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the soprano '''[[Margit Bokor]]''' ''(pictured)'' created the role of Zdenka in ''[[Arabella]]'' by Richard Strauss at the [[Semperoper]] in Dresden in 1933, and performed the role in the UK premiere at the [[Royal Opera House]]?
* ... that the '''[[wildlife of Sweden]]''' is likely to be affected by climate change, with the [[tree line]] moving further north and to higher altitudes, and forests replacing [[tundra]]? 
* ... that '''[[Yury Karandin]]''' was the first Soviet [[Official (ice hockey)|referee]] to officiate matches involving [[National Hockey League]] players?<!--Special occasion hook for March 22-->
* ... that [[Sharlene San Pedro]] and [[Nash Aguas]], the lead actors of the 2018 thriller '''''[[Class of 2018]]''''', worked together on a [[Goin' Bulilit|sketch comedy show]] when they were children?
* ... that according to historian '''[[An Zuozhang]]''', the governing principle of the [[Han dynasty#Western Han|Western Han]] dynasty of ancient China was "doing nothing against nature"?
* ... that the children's poetry book '''''[[The Great Migration: Journey to the North]]''''' reflects author Eloise Greenfield's own childhood experiences?
* ... that '''[[Percy Furnivall]]''', Britain's first heart surgeon, was also a champion amateur bicyclist, tricyclist, and tandemist?
* ... that the University of Mississippi band was asked to stop playing "'''[[From Dixie with Love]]'''" because fans kept chanting, "The South will rise again"?

===22 March 2019===
*'''''00:00, 22 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that American [[philatelist]] '''[[William Thorne (philatelist)|William Thorne]]''' owned a unique block of four United States 1869 24-cent stamps with an inverted center ''(pictured)'' showing the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence?
* ... that [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]] won the '''[[2017 Masters (snooker)|2017 Masters]]''' snooker event, despite breaking his {{cuegloss|cue tip}} in his semifinal match?
* ... that '''[[Boro Maa]]''' created a refugee colony at [[Thakurnagar]] for the [[Matua Mahasangha|Matuas]], who were displaced due to the [[Partition of Bengal (1947)|1947 Partition of Bengal]]?
* ... that '''[[Artur Schnabel's recordings of Beethoven's piano sonatas]]''' were the first complete recordings ever made of all of the composer's [[Piano sonatas (Beethoven)|32 piano sonatas]]?
* ... that '''[[Jon Teske]]''' posted a [[Double (basketball)|double-double]] in his first collegiate start and the first collegiate basketball game played at [[Little Caesars Arena]]?<!-- special occasion hook for March Madness, which starts March 19-->
* ... that [[Tobago]]'s '''[[Main Ridge, Tobago|Main Ridge]]''' is one of the oldest protected areas in the world set aside for conservation, having been created by the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|British Parliament]] in 1776?
* ... that a '''[[Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (pilot)|gay former British prince]]''' died fighting on the side of [[Nazi Germany]] despite loathing Hitler and the Nazi Party?
* ... that '''[[Nickey Barclay]]''' played with [[Fanny (band)|Fanny]], [[Joe Cocker|Cocker]], and [[Dave Ball (guitarist)|Ball]]?

===21 March 2019===
*'''''00:00, 21 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Scythian archers]]''' ''(pictured)'' may have functioned as a police force in ancient Athens?
* ... that '''[[Jonas Noreika]]''' is commemorated on plaques and street signs in Lithuania, despite his active participation in the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]?
* ... that the 23-storey '''[[Dusit Thani Bangkok|Dusit Thani Hotel]]''', with its distinctive golden spire, was the tallest building in [[Bangkok]] when it opened in 1970?
* ... that the soprano and voice teacher '''[[Ria Ginster]]''' sang recitals at [[Wigmore Hall]] and [[Carnegie Hall]], and recorded Rossini's ''[[Petite messe solennelle]]'' conducted by [[John Barbirolli|Sir John Barbirolli]]? 
* ... that '''[[2019 North Carolina's 9th congressional district special election|the special election]]''' in {{ushr|NC|9}} is the first "do-over" of an election to the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] since 1974? 
* ... that '''[[He Yousheng]]''' studied the high-speed hydrodynamics of [[torpedo]]es? 
* ... that an image of '''[[Instagram egg|an egg]]''' posted on the social media service [[Instagram]] became the most liked online post of all time?
* ... that the marine worm '''''[[Echiurus echiurus]]''''' uses its spoon-shaped proboscis to feed but not to dig its burrow?
* ... that in 1878, Liverpool stamp dealer '''[[Thomas Ridpath]]''' bought a collection of [[British Guiana]] stamps for £120 that included the unique [[British Guiana 1c magenta|1-cent magenta]], which sold in 2014 for US$9,480,000?

===20 March 2019===
*'''''00:00, 20 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a series of articles by investigative journalist '''[[Ida Tarbell]]''' ''(pictured)'' in 1902 led to the dissolution of [[Standard Oil]] as a monopoly?
* ... that as '''''[[The Big Elk]]''''' is now the world's tallest statue of a moose, it has been proposed that ''[[Mac the Moose]]'' be given [[Stiletto heel|stiletto]]s so as to reclaim its previous record?
* ... that [[aeroelasticity]] engineer '''[[Guan De]]''' worked on the development of the [[Shenyang_J-8#J-8|Shenyang J-8]] and [[Shenyang_J-8#J-8II|J-8II]] fighter jets?
* ... that an image of '''[[Instagram egg|an egg]]''' posted on the social media service [[Instagram]] became the most liked online post of all time?
* ... that U.S. citizens are prohibited from engaging in business activities with '''[[Víctor Manuel Vázquez Mireles]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[Pugettia gracilis|graceful kelp crab]]''' tends to inhabit the understory rather than the canopy of the [[kelp forest]]?
* ... that the reversal of post-World {{nowrap|War II}} '''[[nationalization in Poland]]''' resulted in considerable amounts of chaos and fraud? 
* ... that '''[[Soediro]]''' stole a [[limousine]] to be used as [[Sukarno]]'s presidential car, despite not knowing how to drive?

===19 March 2019===
*'''''00:00, 19 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Josiah Wedgwood]] "was very unwilling to disfigure" his '''[[Frog Service]]''' with "this reptile" ''(pictured)'', but [[Catherine the Great]] insisted it appear on all 944 pieces?
* ... that the Dutch musicologist '''[[Leo Riemens]]''' and the German physician '''[[Karl-Josef Kutsch]]''' wrote ''[[Großes Sängerlexikon]]'', a biographical dictionary of opera singers, with 18,760 entries in 2012? 
* ... that '''[[Indo-Russia Rifles]]''' is a joint venture licensed to produce 750,000 AK-203 rifles, the latest and most advanced version of the [[AK-47]] firearm?
* ... that in 1994, '''[[Karen (orangutan)|Karen]]''' became the first [[orangutan]] to have open heart surgery?
* ... that after '''[[Tu Jida]]''' experienced Japanese aerial bombing at the age of ten, he studied aircraft design and came to be known as the "father of the [[Chengdu J-7|J-7 fighters]]"?
* ... that the entire town of '''[[Agats]]''' is elevated above ground level, including the roads?
* ... that '''[[Danielle Ponter]]''' is the first member of the [[Rioli|Rioli–Long]] family – described as one of "[[Australian rules football|footy]]'s most famous [[List of Australian rules football families|dynasties]]" – to play top-level [[women's Australian rules football]]?
* ... that after the editor of '''[[The Democrat-Reporter|an Alabama newspaper]]''' called for the return of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], he was initially replaced by an African-American woman?

===18 March 2019===
*'''''00:32, 18 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that mountaineer '''[[Andy Nisbet]]''' ''(pictured)'' created more than 1,000 new winter climbing routes in Scotland?
* ... that [[Arvo Pärt]] composed the [[motet]] '''''[[The Deer's Cry (Pärt)|The Deer's Cry]]''''' on a commission from [[Louth, County Louth|Louth]], Ireland, setting the conclusion of ''[[Saint Patrick's Breastplate]]'', "Christ with me"?<!--Special occasion hook for March 17-->
* ... that Indian activist '''[[S. Dharmambal]]''' was honoured as a Heroic Tamil Mother for her contributions to the [[Tamil language]]?
* ... that the upcoming [[Dr. Seuss]] book '''''[[Horse Museum]]''''' features horse-themed artwork by [[Pablo Picasso]], [[Jackson Pollock]], and other artists? 
* ... that '''[[Xu Shunshou]]''', chief designer of China's first jet aircraft, died after being tortured during the [[Cultural Revolution]]?
* ... that 3,000-year-old [[Ancient Egypt]]ian '''[[Ramesses III prisoner tiles|pictures of foreign prisoners]]''' were found by [[Sebakh|fertilizer-diggers]] in 1903? 
* ... that the '''[[Rhycherus filamentosus|tasselled anglerfish]]''' is an ambush predator, attracting its prey with a worm-like lure?
* ... that after switching from black-and-white to color film in 1977, '''[[John Harding (photographer)|John Harding]]''' was out on the street taking pictures almost every day for more than three decades?

===17 March 2019===
*'''''12:00, 17 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that although the '''[[yacare caiman]]''' ''(pictured)'' was "heading for oblivion" in the 1980s due to hunting, its current population in the [[Pantanal]] wetlands alone is about 10 million?
* ... that '''[[Marcello Costa]]''' spent his career researching the links between the [[nervous system]] and the [[Gastrointestinal tract|gut]]?
* ... that the British submarine '''[[HMS Stratagem|HMS ''Stratagem'']]''' sank only one ship in its 13-month-long career&mdash;only three days before it was itself sunk?
* ... that Venezuelan journalist '''[[Luz Mely Reyes]]''' was one of the "Guardians" spotlighted for the 2018 [[Time Person of the Year|''Time'' Person of the Year]]?
* ... that leading black and white artists responded to the 1926 symposium '''''[[The Negro in Art|The Negro in Art: How Shall He Be Portrayed?]]''''' with their views on the extent to which black artists could avoid racial stereotypes?
* ... that '''[[Ian Eaves]]''' has catalogued the arms and armour of Queen [[Elizabeth&nbsp;II]], and written about those of King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry&nbsp;VIII]]?
* ... that a U.S. presidential candidate making '''[[Presidential campaign announcements in the United States|a campaign announcement]]''' is said to "throw one's hat in the ring", after a [[boxing]] metaphor popularized by the [[Theodore Roosevelt#Election of 1912|Theodore Roosevelt 1912 presidential campaign]]?
* ... that in India, a postal officer became '''[[Vikram Sood|a spymaster]]'''?

*'''''01:50, 17 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[boarding net]]''' of the ''[[Mary Rose]]'' ''(pictured)'' trapped her crew aboard the ship as she was sinking?
* ... that preceding a 1948 [[Operation Kraai|Dutch attack]], '''[[Daan Jahja]]''' recommended the creation of a contingent government in exile, which later became the [[Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia]]?
* ... that [[Jules Van Nuffel]], founder and conductor of the choir at the [[St. Rumbold's Cathedral|Mechelen Cathedral]], set '''[[Psalm 93]]''', ''Dominus regnavit'', for choir and organ – but it was Psalm 92 for him?
* ... that '''[[E Dongchen]]''' participated in eleven polar expeditions, including China's first expeditions to [[Antarctica]] and the [[North Pole]]?
* ... that the peanut worm '''''[[Themiste cymodoceae]]''''' can survive without oxygen for several days?
* ... that '''[[Anatoli Khorozov]]''' is referred to as the father of ice hockey in [[Ukraine]]?
* ... that in 1870, inspectors found that most of the workers at the '''[[Plantation Peter's Hall|Peter's Hall]]''' sugar plantation in [[British Guiana]] were from India and China?
* ... that despite killing every dog that he had tried the procedure on, '''[[Francis Fontan]]''' successfully [[Fontan procedure|operated]] on a young woman's heart in 1968?

===16 March 2019===
*'''''15:50, 16 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the 2019 book '''''[[We Are Displaced]]''''' by Nobel laureate [[Malala Yousafzai]] ''(pictured)'' tells the stories of ten displaced girls, including herself?
* ... that '''[[Raymond Butt]]''' compiled a directory of "every station, [[Train station#Halt|halt]], platform and stopping place on the British railway passenger network"?
* ... that the '''[[Guianan squirrel monkey]]''' has a varied diet that includes seeds, eggs, nectar, gum, insects, flowers, lizards, and occasionally bats?
* ... that ''[[Roma (2018 film)|Roma]]'' producer '''[[Gabriela Rodríguez]]''' is the first [[Latin Americans|Latin American]] woman to be nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Picture]]?
* ... that if [[Julius Caesar|Caesar]] had successfully carried out his '''[[Caesar's planned invasion of the Parthian Empire|planned invasions]]''', he would, according to [[Plutarch]], have ensured that his empire "would then be bounded on all sides by the ocean"?
* ... that '''[[Frant Gwo]]'''{{`s}} science fiction film ''[[The Wandering Earth]]'' is the world's highest-grossing film of 2019 so far and the second highest-grossing film of all time in China? 
* ... that the '''[[Arianna String Quartet]]''' was praised by the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' as making music "with the tonal warmth, fastidious balance, and heightened communication skills of groups many years its senior"?
* ... that Team Canada threatened to pull out of the 1972 [[Summit Series]] against the Soviet Union unless '''[[Ove Dahlberg]]''' officiated?

*'''''00:00, 16 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that shortly after purchasing the '''[[coffin of Nedjemankh]]''' ''(pictured)'' for $4 million, the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] decided to return it to Egypt?
* ... that the career of pioneering scholar of public administration '''[[William A. Robson]]''' was made possible because playwright [[George Bernard Shaw]] wanted to experience an aeroplane flight?
* ... that "'''[[Das Weizenkorn muss sterben]]'''" (The grain of wheat must die), the signature song written by [[Lothar Zenetti]], deals with [[the mystery of faith]] that in death there is life?
* ... that [[Nepal]] declared a national day of mourning after the '''[[2019 Taplejung helicopter crash]]'''? 
* ... that '''[[Wayne Messam]]''', mayor of [[Miramar, Florida]], won [[1993 Florida State Seminoles football team|a national championship]] in American football with the [[Florida State Seminoles football|Florida State Seminoles]]?
* ... that '''[[party piece]]s''' may include reciting a poem, performing a dance, singing a song, or performing a trick?
* ... that '''[[Lu Xiaopeng]]''' designed [[Nanchang J-12|a supersonic fighter]] said to be the lightest in the world, but it never entered service?
* ... that the '''[[Lottia asmi|black limpet]]''' feeds on the [[Tegula funebralis |black turban snail]] without harming it?

===15 March 2019===
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* ... that until 2002, researchers thought that the two species of '''[[Cuban warbler]]s''' ''([[Oriente warbler]] pictured)'' belonged in the [[New World warbler|New World warbler family]]? 
* ... that future [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] mayor '''[[James D. Monihon]]'''{{`s}} regiment was attacked by an estimated 450 [[Apache]]s led by chief [[Cochise]] during the [[American Civil War]]? 
* ... that '''[[Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon|a 2016 Japanese light novel series]]''' received praise for its unique protagonist, who is a [[vending machine]]?
* ... that the conductor '''[[Marc Piollet]]''' recorded rarely performed symphonies by [[Norbert Burgmüller]] and [[Hugo Staehle]], and a DVD of ''[[Carmen]]'' staged by [[Calixto Bieito]]? 
* ... that the [[United States Public Health Service|U.S. Public Health Service]] can hire – but not fire – scientists "without regard to the civil-service laws" using a '''[[Title 42 appointment]]'''?
* ... that Swiss businessman '''[[Cesar Lüthi]]''' pioneered the use of revolving [[billboard]]s in [[sports marketing]]?
* ... that fossils found at '''[[Granton Shrimp Bed]]''' provided evidence of the structure of [[conodont]]s?
* ... that researchers '''[[Eileen Shore]]''' and '''[[Frederick Kaplan]]''' discovered the mutation responsible for [[Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva|a disease that turns muscle into bone]]?

*'''''00:00, 15 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Amina Gerba]]'''{{`s}} ''(pictured)'' beauty-care companies hire and give a portion of profits to the 2,000 women of the Songtaaba Cooperative in [[Burkina Faso]]?<!--Special occasion hook for March 14-->
* ... that despite being a co-author of '''''[[The Spy Chronicles]]''''', [[Asad Durrani]] was not allowed to attend the launch of the book? 
* ... that '''[[Heinz Henschel]]''' negotiated the return of Germany into the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] in 1947?
* ... that '''[[HMS Stonehenge (P232)|HMS ''Stonehenge'']]''' disappeared with all hands in the [[Indian Ocean]] in 1944, and her exact location is still unknown?
* ... that after Argentine politician '''[[Eduardo Bauzá]]''' retired from politics he produced noodles in his family business?
* ... that before [[Tanzania People's Defence Force|Tanzanian soldiers]] could '''[[Battle of Lira|attack Lira]]''' in 1979, their commander gifted food and cooking oil to a ferry pilot so that he would ship them across a lake?
* ... that in 1895, '''[[Edward Chauncey Luard]]''', a planter in [[British Guiana]], led a campaign to amend the colony's constitution?
* ... that the '''[[Stigmatoteuthis arcturi|jewelled squid]]''' has two unequal-sized eyes which look in different directions?

===14 March 2019===
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* ... that [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] composed two symphonies during the eight years he lived in the '''[[Pasqualati House]]''' ''(pictured)'' in Vienna?
* ... that '''[[Douglas Albert Munro]]''' is the only member of the [[United States Coast Guard|U.S. Coast Guard]] to receive the [[Medal of Honor]]?
* ... that the New Zealand beetle '''''[[Oemona hirta]]''''' is called the "lemon tree borer", even though lemon trees are not native to New Zealand?
* ... that after '''[[Huang Zhiqian]]''', chief designer of the Chinese fighter jet [[Shenyang J-8]], died in a plane crash in Egypt, his deputy '''[[Gu Songfen]]''' and other colleagues completed the project?
* ... that '''[[Ram Nath Chawla]]''' and [[Aspy Engineer]] were the first Indians to pilot an aircraft from India to England?
* ... that '''''[[Amur senza fin]]''''' is the first-ever [[Romansh language]] television film?
* ... that [[Association football|footballer]] '''[[Pádraig Amond]]''' represented [[Carlow GAA|Carlow]] at [[hurling]] under a false name to avoid being discovered by his club?

*'''''00:00, 14 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Véronique Aka]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first woman to be elected president of an [[Ivory Coast|Ivorian]] regional council? 
* ... that the [[binomial nomenclature|binomial name]] of the '''[[coconut lorikeet]]''' translates as "bloody hair-tongue"?
* ... that '''[[Byron A. Stover]]''' was an American football [[Letterman (sports)|letterman]] and forestry major at [[Ohio State University]] before moving to [[Oregon]] to become a successful businessman and state legislator?
* ... that [[André Previn]] composed his '''[[Violin Concerto (Previn)|Violin Concerto]]''' for [[Anne-Sophie Mutter]], his future wife?
* ... that '''[[Alfred Clayton Cole]]''', a director of the [[Bank of England]], said: "during any time of crisis{{nbsp}}... all that the Bank is called upon to do is to take care of itself"?
* ... that the [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] tale "'''[[The Jew Among Thorns]]'''" was used to indoctrinate children in Nazi Germany?
* ... that the [[Royal Navy]] damaged Samuel Travis' house in 1775, then returned 38 years later and attacked '''[[USRC Surveyor|his ship]]'''?
* ... that '''[[John Leak]]''' was convicted of [[desertion]] by a [[court-martial]], even though he had previously been awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for most conspicuous bravery?

===13 March 2019===
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*... that all 15 torpedoes fired by '''[[HMS Simoom (P225)|HMS ''Simoom'']]''' ''(pictured)'' during her career missed their targets, but 3 hit and sank a destroyer instead? 
* ... that the soprano '''[[Ursula Wendt-Walther]]''' appeared in more than 60 operatic roles at the [[Staatstheater Nürnberg]], including Marei in the world premiere of Zemlinsky's ''[[Der Traumgörge]]''?<!--Special occasion hook for March 13-->
* ... that [[Stephen Hendry]] compiled his 700th career [[century break]] during the first round of the '''[[2007 Malta Cup|2007 Malta Cup snooker tournament]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Faiz Shakir]]''' is the first Muslim and first [[Pakistani Americans|American of Pakistani descent]] to manage a United States presidential campaign?
* ... that [[spiral galaxy]] '''[[NGC 765]]''' features a [[hydrogen]] disk that at 240,000 [[parsec]]s diameter is the largest in the local universe?
* ... that '''''[[Spinophorosaurus]]''''' had spikes on its tail, unlike most other [[Sauropoda|sauropod]] [[dinosaur]]s?
* ... that the treatment of '''[[Lorenzo Gamboa]]''' under the [[White Australia policy]] led the Philippine House of Representatives to pass a bill which would have banned Australians from the country?
* ... that Hulk Hogan '''[[Belzer v. Bollea|was sued for $5 million]]''' by [[Richard Belzer]] for choking Belzer unconscious with a [[Guillotine choke|sleeper hold]] and dropping him on live TV?

*'''''00:00, 13 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Monumento Rodoviário da Rodovia Presidente Dutra]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro state]] opened in 1938 as a tourist observation point and [[Aerial lighthouse|lighthouse]], but it was abandoned in 1978?
* ... that [[Pool (cue sports)|pool]] manager and coach '''[[Johan Ruijsink]]''' has won the [[Mosconi Cup]] as part of both the European and United States teams?
* ... that if children are not exposed to sounds and language during their first years of life, they will have difficulty in [[Language acquisition by deaf children|developing language]]—which can be prevented through '''[[Universal neonatal hearing screening|hearing screening for infants]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Tara Sweeney]]''' is the first [[Alaska Native]] to oversee the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]]? 
* ... that at the start of the '''[[Battle of Orange Walk]]''' the British commanders ran almost naked from their bathtubs?
* ... that [[Yasumi Matsuno]] was an avid player of ''[[Final Fantasy XIV]]'' before being hired to write a scenario based on his [[Ivalice]] setting for the game's expansion, '''''[[Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood|Stormblood]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Sam Bass (artist)|Sam Bass]]''' was [[NASCAR]]'s first officially licensed artist?
* ... that there were no roads leading to '''[[Becontree tube station]]''' when it first opened?

===12 March 2019===
*'''''12:00, 12 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Scottish sculptor '''[[John Hutchison (sculptor)|John Hutchison]]''' was commissioned by [[Queen Victoria]] to create her portrait [[bust (sculpture)|bust]] ''(sketch shown)''?
* ... that the opening of the '''[[Senegambia bridge]]''' has eliminated the need for a {{convert|400|km|mi|adj=on}} diversion to cross the [[Gambia River]] when the ferry is out of use?
* ... that after scientist '''[[Qian Lingxi]]''' was denounced during the [[Cultural Revolution]], China's [[nuclear submarine]] project sought the help of Premier [[Zhou Enlai]] to make him available for this strategic program?
* ... that the solitary coral '''''[[Heterocyathus aequicostatus]]''''' often lives in [[symbiosis]] with a '''[[Aspidosiphon muelleri|small worm]]''' that moves it around?
* ... that '''[[Spas Wenkoff]]''', first a tenor at a Bulgarian amateur theatre, appeared as [[Tristan und Isolde|Tristan]] at the Staatsoper Dresden, and was then invited to sing the role at the centenary [[Bayreuth Festival]]?
* ... that the '''[[Battle of Cape Ecnomus]]''' in 256 BC was possibly the largest naval battle ever?
* ... that the '''[[Eiss Archive]]''' is composed of materials that document [[Rescue of Jews by Poles during the Holocaust|the rescue of Jews]] threatened by [[the Holocaust]] through the efforts of Polish diplomats?
* ... that major general [[John K. Singlaub]] said that '''[[Frank Dux]]'''{{`s}} book ''[[The Secret Man (book)|The Secret Man]]'', which states Dux was recruited in a urinal to work for the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], was "an insult" to the reader's intelligence?

*'''''00:00, 12 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[cactus wren]]''' ''(pictured)'' builds nests shaped like American footballs in spiny [[Cylindropuntia|cholla]] and [[saguaro]] cactus but, despite this protection, the [[Masticophis flagellum|coachwhip snake]] still preys on chicks?
* ... that '''[[Alma Webster Hall Powell|Alma Webster Powell]]''' earned a law degree from [[New York University]] while on a break from her operatic career?
* ... that [[Curb|kerbs]] in [[Northern Ireland]] are '''[[Kerb painting|sometimes painted]]''' to denote the political views of local residents?
* ... that actor '''[[Tom O'Sullivan (actor)|Tom O'Sullivan]]'''{{`s}} first television role was on ''[[Home and Away]]'' as a journalist who got into a fight with [[Alf Stewart]] ([[Ray Meagher]])?
* ... that six-time world snooker champion [[Steve Davis]] reached his 100th career final in the '''[[2005 UK Championship]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Amy Shuler Goodwin]]''' is the first woman to serve as mayor of [[Charleston, West Virginia]]?
* ... that [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]] was requested to compose [[Psalm 100]] for the new [[Hamburg Temple]], but probably set it as '''''[[Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt (Mendelssohn)|Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt]]''''' for the [[Berlin Cathedral]]?
* ... that after stimulating them with electricity, '''[[Hans Gustav Wilhelm Steinert|Hans Steinert]]''' described the worm-like twitching of his patients' muscles?

===11 March 2019===
*'''''12:00, 11 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Nao Tōyama]]''' ''(pictured)'', whose solo singles have been used as theme songs for [[anime]] series on television and in film, was [[Amusia|tone-deaf]] as a girl?
* ... that '''[[Eco-Link@BKE]]''', the first [[Wildlife corridor|ecological corridor]] of its kind in Southeast Asia, is intended to help conserve animals such as the [[Banded surili|banded leaf monkey]] and [[Sunda pangolin]] in Singapore?
* ... that '''[[Zuzana Marková (soprano)|Zuzana Marková]]'''{{`s}} last-minute performance as [[Lucia di Lammermoor]] at [[Opéra de Marseille]] in 2014 was described as "dazzling" and praised for its depth of understanding?
* ... that '''[[Queens Botanical Garden]]''' in New York City was built on top of landfill atop [[Kissena Creek|a creek]]?
* ... that '''[[Qiu Dahong]]''' studied the force of sea waves?
* ... that the Indian organisation '''[[Poovulagin Nanbargal]]''' filed a case to prevent the commissioning of the [[Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant]]?
* ... that '''[[Nakam|a small group of Holocaust survivors]]''' tried to kill six million Germans?
* ... that the burrow of the spoon worm '''''[[Ochetostoma erythrogrammon]]''''' may be shared by flatworms, scale worms, molluscs, pea crabs, snapping shrimps, and copepods?
* ... that for [[Pacific Islander]]s, the '''[[Pacific Islands home front during World War II|sudden arrival of a mass of men and machines during World War&nbsp;II]]''' resulted in lasting religious effects, such as [[cargo cult]]s?
* ... that '''[[Mary Margaret Francis]]''' told [[Graham Lord]] that her husband, [[Dick Francis]], "would like me to have all the credit" for his novels?

*'''''00:00, 11 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''''[[Chandos Anthems]]''''', psalm settings by [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]] ''(pictured)'' as composer in residence at [[Cannons (house)|Cannons]], were described as a "panorama of the composer's creative output"?
* ... that from age nine, [[college basketball]] player '''[[Zion Williamson]]''' began waking up at 5{{nbsp}}a.m. every morning to train?
* ... that the '''[[Invereshie and Inshriach National Nature Reserve]]''' forms part of the largest remaining expanse of [[Caledonian Forest|Caledonian pinewood]] in Scotland?
* ... that '''[[Chiu Hsien-chih]]''' was one of the first two legislative candidates supported by the newly established [[New Power Party]]?
* ... that radiation from '''[[radon-222]]''' and its [[Decay chain#Uranium series|decay products]] is the second-leading cause of lung cancer in the United States after cigarette smoking?
* ... that '''[[Ruthilde Boesch]]''', who performed as Mozart's [[The Marriage of Figaro|Susanna]] and in 37 other roles at the [[Vienna State Opera]], made five world tours of recitals with her second husband as her accompanist?
* ... that in the '''[[2006 UK Championship|2006 UK Championship snooker tournament]]''', [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]] conceded his quarter-final match against [[Stephen Hendry]] while 4–1 [[Glossary of cue sports terms#frame|frames]] behind in a best of 17 frames match?
* ... that wildlife photographer '''[[Thomas D. Mangelsen]]''' referred to '''[[Grizzly 399]]''' as "An Icon of Motherhood", and  ''[[60 Minutes]]'' claimed she is "the most famous mother grizzly in the world"?

===10 March 2019===
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* ... that laboratory experiments suggest that the free-swimming larva of the [[whale barnacle]] '''''[[Coronula diadema]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is induced to settle on a host whale in response to chemical cues from its skin?
* ... that sexual-health doctor '''[[Mags Portman]]''' and activist '''[[Greg Owen (activist)|Greg Owen]]''' worked together to provide accessible [[HIV]] medication, preventing thousands of new HIV infections in the United Kingdom?
* ... that the first airborne radar system, '''[[ASV Mk. II radar|ASV Mk.&nbsp;II]]''', led to the sinking of the [[German battleship Bismarck|German battleship ''Bismarck'']]?
* ... that [[Tucson, Arizona]], school board president '''[[George J. Roskruge]]''' demanded the resignation or suspension of five female teachers after they were caught smoking and drinking with men?
* ... that the '''[[Anasterias antarctica|Cinderella starfish]]''' normally fasts while brooding its young?
* ... that the first telephone booth in [[British Ceylon|Ceylon]] was installed at the '''[[Former General Post Office, Colombo|Colombo General Post Office]]''' on 16 August 1909?
* ... that '''[[Robert Schunk]]''', who performed minor roles at the [[Bayreuth Festival]], stepped in successfully for [[Peter Hofmann]] as Siegmund in ''[[Die Walküre]]'' there?
* ... that for '''''[[NHL 96]]''''', the [[National Hockey League]] changed its stance on fighting in licensed hockey video games and allowed the feature as long as it occurred only once or twice per game?

*'''''00:00, 10 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after astronaut '''[[Gordon Cooper]]''' ''(pictured)'' died, his ashes were launched into space three times? 
* ... that Irish actor [[Emmet Kirwan]] hopes that the film version of the play '''''[[Dublin Oldschool]]''''' will foster awareness of the homeless and drug addicts?
* ... that [[Mormonism|Mormon]] composer '''[[Merrill Bradshaw]]''' wrote an oratorio in 1974 that used elements of jazz and popular hymns?
* ... that the British submarine '''[[HMS Syrtis|HMS ''Syrtis'']]''' twice towed [[X-class submarine|X-class]] [[midget submarine]]s, and on both occasions the submarines sank while under tow?
* ... that '''[[Alice de Rivera]]''' sued the New York City Board of Education after she was barred from a specialized high school due to her gender?
* ... that [[Henry Ward (artist)|Henry Ward]]'s painting '''''[[The 'Finger-Assisted' Nephrectomy of Professor Nadey Hakim]]''''' is based upon ''[[The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp]]'' by Rembrandt? 
* ... that Dutch [[association football|footballer]] '''[[Leon de Kogel]]'''{{`s}} playing career ended following a car accident in which he had to be cut out of his vehicle by the fire service?
* ... that '''[[red-collared lorikeet]]s''' sometimes appear drunk at the end of the dry season in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]]?

===9 March 2019===
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* ... that of the three main types of helmets that proliferated in [[Early Middle Ages|early medieval Europe]], the '''''[[Lamellenhelm]]''''' ''(example pictured)'' was the only one derived from eastern, rather than Roman, examples?
* ... that "Old Woden" '''[[Frederick Hackwood]]''' founded the [[Wednesbury Strollers F.C.|Wednesbury Strollers]] football club? 
* ... that the [[motet]] '''''[[Lord, have mercy upon us (Mendelssohn)|Lord, have mercy upon us]]''''' was composed by [[Felix Mendelssohn]] in 1833, setting responses from the [[Book of Common Prayer]]?
* ... that [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]] architect '''[[Elizabeth Wright Ingraham]]''' incorporated natural light into her designs, outfitting one home with a {{convert|100|ft|adj=on}} high [[skylight]]?
* ... that one of the two hosts of '''''[[Dopey (podcast)|Dopey]]''''', a podcast about addiction, died of a drug overdose?
* ... that Austrian-born '''[[Malcolm Mencer Martin]]''' was [[List of concentration and internment camps#Isle of Man|interned by the British]] at the beginning of World {{nowrap|War II}}, and graduated from [[Colleges of Durham University|King's College, Newcastle]], at war's end?
* ... that during a grand jury investigation into land-sale fraud at New York City's '''[[Kissena Park]]''', Queens borough president [[Joseph Bermel]] resigned and fled the U.S. the day before he was scheduled to testify?
* ... that '''[[Yarmouth suspension bridge]]''' collapsed under a crowd that had gathered to watch a circus clown in a wash tub being pulled along the [[River Bure]] by four geese?

*'''''00:00, 9 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Caroline Katzenstein]]''' ''(pictured)'' began campaigning for [[women's suffrage]] in 1910 and, once the [[Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|vote was granted]], focused on supporting the [[Equal Rights Amendment]]&nbsp;– which is still not ratified today?<!-- Special occasion hook for International Women's Day, March 8 -->
* ... that 18-year-old '''[[Ashwathi Pillai]]''' is the youngest-ever winner of the Swedish Senior National Championship in [[badminton]]?
* ... that for {{lang|es|[[Vida (TV series)|Vida]]|italic=yes}}, '''[[Tanya Saracho]]''' assembled an all-[[Latinx]], "heavily [[queer]]" writers' room and a directorial team who are all Latinx or [[women of color]]?
* ... that [[Janell Cannon]]'s children's book '''''[[Stellaluna]]''''' won a [[Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children|Grammy Award for best spoken word album]]?
* ... that '''[[Elizabeth Webber Harris]]''' is the only woman to receive a [[Victoria Cross]], though hers was a replica given by permission of [[Queen Victoria]]?
* ... that '''''[[Ten Talents (cookbook)|Ten Talents]]''''', a 50-year-old [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]] and [[Veganism|vegan]] cookbook that is still in print, was the first to feature recipes for [[soy milk]] ice cream shakes? 
* ... that Australian actress [[April Rose Pengilly]] had not yet appeared on-screen as her ''Neighbours'' character '''[[Chloe Brennan (Neighbours)|Chloe Brennan]]''' when she was longlisted for [[Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent|a Logie Award]]? 
* ... that at the height of her opera career '''[[Marlise Wendels]]''' sometimes sang in up to 300 performances in a single season?

===8 March 2019===
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* ... that '''[[Gun Runner (horse)|Gun Runner]]''' ''(pictured)'' won the 2017 [[Whitney Handicap|Whitney Stakes]] with another horse's shoe caught in his tail?<!--Special occasion hook for March 8-->
* ... that '''[[Tessa Ganserer]]''' is the first openly transgender person to serve in a German parliament? 
* ... that a '''[[Keldholme Priory election dispute|disputed Priory election]]''' in early 14th-century [[Yorkshire]] led to nuns being placed under [[interdict]] and later being accused of being "daughters of perdition" by [[William Greenfield|their own Archbishop]]?
* ... that '''[[Soham El Wardini]]''' is the first female mayor of post-independence [[Dakar]], Senegal?
* ... that when arrested for performing illegal abortions, members of the '''[[Jane Collective]]''' protected their clients' identities by swallowing their names and contact information?
* ... that '''[[Peggy Goodin]]''' wrote her [[Hopwood Award]]-winning novel ''Clementine'' in the basement of the [[Chi Omega]] sorority house at the [[University of Michigan]]? 
* ... that '''[[Wang Yening]]''' helped establish China's first specialization in X-ray metal physics?
* ... that 1920s Broadway star '''[[Adele Astaire]]''' taught dance steps to the [[Edward VIII|Prince of Wales]], played backgammon with [[Winston Churchill]], and proposed to [[Lord Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish|an English nobleman]] in an American [[speakeasy]]?

*'''''00:00, 8 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ...that '''[[Ida Dorsey]]''' built the last standing [[brothel|bordello]] ''(pictured)'' from Minneapolis' three [[red-light district]]s?<!--Special occasion hook for March 7-->
* ... that the '''[[2019 Khash–Zahedan suicide bombing]]''', which killed 27 of the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps|Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps]], has been reported as one of the deadliest attacks in Iran in years?
* ... that '''[[Heiko Steuer]]''' studied mathematics and physics before turning to history and archaeology?
* ... that the English settlement of [[Southwark]] was '''[[Burning of Southwark|burned by the Normans]]''' in 1066?
* ... that Mount Ferguson in [[Nevada]] was named after geologist '''[[Henry G. Ferguson]]'''?
* ... that a '''[[crisper drawer]]''' can help protect fruits and vegetables from [[ethylene]] gas?
* ... that '''[[Stephen Twinoburyo]]''', a Ugandan expatriate in South Africa, said that Ugandans were unhappy about the ticket prices for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] that took place in his new country?
* ... that while the Irish horror film '''''[[The Green Marker Scare]]''''' was animated by children, it is not made for them and may even unsettle some adults?
* ... that the staged version of Henze's [[radio opera]] '''''[[Ein Landarzt (opera)|Ein Landarzt]]''''', closely based on [[A Country Doctor (short story)|a short story]] by Kafka, premiered at the [[Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt|Frankfurt Opera]]?
* ... that '''''[[Jankaea|Jankaea heldreichii]]''''' is a [[Relict (biology)|relict species]] that now grows on and around [[Mount Olympus]] in Greece and nowhere else?

===7 March 2019===
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* ... that the 16 plaques called the '''[[Magdeburg Ivories]]''' ''(one pictured)'' were probably made around 968 to decorate an unknown cathedral fixture destroyed in the next century? 
* ... that Saudi prince '''[[Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal]]''' is a [[Veganism|vegan]]?
* ... that the '''[[1994 Gambian coup d'état]]''' began as a mutiny that was only planned the night before its execution?
* ... that '''[[Yan Luguang]]''' and his colleagues built China's first [[tokamak]]? 
* ... that the '''[[Central Committee on Women's Employment]]''' was founded to help British women who were out of work due to the First World War?
* ... that the tenor '''[[Ewandro Stenzowski]]''' went from early competition successes in Brazil to leading roles such as Rodolfo in ''[[La bohème]]'' at the [[Landestheater Detmold]]? 
* ... that the '''[[OK gesture]]''' can stand for the [[evil eye]], the letter F, the number 9, the rising and setting of the sun, or to signal that a [[scuba diving|scuba diver]] is safe?
* ... that merchant '''[[George Meade (merchant)|George Meade]]''' was once considered a patriot of the [[American Revolution]], but his firm actually profited from both sides during the war?
* ... that the '''[[Lottia instabilis|unstable limpet]]''' is essentially a parasite of the kelp '''''[[Saccharina dentigera]]'''''? 
* ... that '''[[Philip Hugh-Jones]]''' coined the term [[History of diabetes#Classification|type J diabetes]], where J stands for [[Jamaica]]?

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* ... that the 1961 book '''''[[Ishi in Two Worlds]]''''' by '''[[Theodora Kroeber]]''' told the story of [[Ishi]] ''(pictured)'', the last known member of the [[Yana people#Yahi|Yahi people]]?
* ... that the main building in the '''[[Konya Tropical Butterfly Garden]]''' has the form of a butterfly?
* ... that convicted assassin '''[[Anastasia Bitsenko]]''' was one of the seven Soviet delegates to the [[Treaty of Brest-Litovsk|German-Soviet peace negotiations]] in World {{nowrap|War I}}?
* ... that four '''[[Apollo 11 Fiftieth Anniversary commemorative coins]]''' were issued in 2019 to commemorate the [[Apollo 11|first landing on the Moon]]?
* ... that [[first-person shooter]] '''''[[Bright Memory]]''''' was described by critics as having the look and feel of a high-budget game, despite being developed by a single person in his spare time?
* ... that [[Egyptology|Egyptologist]] '''[[Wafaa El Saddik]]''' has provided historical tours to [[Margaret Thatcher]], [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Helmut Schmidt]], and [[Anwar Sadat]]?
* ... that Canada's first female surgeon '''[[Jennie Smillie Robertson]]''' [[oophorectomy|removed a patient's ovary]] on the kitchen table in their own home?
* ... that '''''[[The Princess Saves Herself in This One]]'''''?

===6 March 2019===
*'''''12:00, 6 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that slave labor at '''[[Flossenbürg concentration camp]]''' ''(pictured)'' was essential to restoring the production of the [[Messerschmitt Bf 109]] fighter plane after [[Big Week]]?
* ... that in 2017, Polish [[pool (cue sports)|pool]] player '''[[Wiktor Zieliński]]''' became the youngest-ever winner of a [[Euro Tour]] event, winning the Treviso Open at age 16?
* ... that the '''[[Greater London Group]]''', a research centre at the [[London School of Economics]], played a major role in the reformation of the structure of [[Local government in London|London government]] in the 1960s?
* ... that when the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]] broke out, '''[[Gong Zutong]]''' abandoned his Ph.D. thesis defence in Germany and returned to China to join the war effort?
* ... that [[Dua Lipa]]'s character transforms into [[List of Battle Angel Alita characters#Gally/Alita|Alita]] at the end of her "'''[[Swan Song (song)|Swan Song]]'''" music video?
* ... that '''[[Eli Grba]]''' was the first player chosen by the [[Los Angeles Angels]] in the [[1960 Major League Baseball expansion draft|1960 MLB expansion draft]] and their first [[starting pitcher]]?
* ... that according to the theory of '''[[mineral evolution]]''', the number of mineral species on Earth has increased from about 250 to over 5400?
* ... that '''[[Yvonne Blenkinsop]]''', '''[[Mary Denness]]''', '''[[Christine Jensen (campaigner)|Christine Jensen]]''' and [[Lillian Bilocca]] became known as "headscarf revolutionaries" for their attempts to improve safety in the [[Fishing industry in England|English fishing industry]]?

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* ... that 18th-century British actress '''[[Mary Bulkley]]''' ''(pictured)'' was once hissed by her audience because she had "taken the son of her long-term lover to her bed"?
* ... that [[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]] won the '''[[2003 Budweiser Shootout]]''' stock car race despite starting from the back of the [[Glossary of motorsport terms#G|grid]]?
* ... that '''[[Hou Xun]]''' was the chief scientist of a major research project on [[ultrafast phenomena]]?
* ... that '''''[[Adipicola pelagica]]''''' was first discovered living on floating whale [[blubber]]? 
* ... that Italian beach volleyball player '''[[Viktoria Orsi Toth]]''' did not like her sport at first, describing it as "some kind of a daily torture"?
* ... that the '''[[Limburger Domsingknaben]]''', a boys' choir founded in 1967 by [[Wilhelm Kempf]] to sing at the [[Limburg Cathedral]], took part in the premiere of Kagel's ''[[Sankt-Bach-Passion]]''?
* ... that real-life [[radiographer|X-ray technician]] '''[[Paul Bateson]]''', convicted of murder 40 years ago today, played the X-ray technician in ''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]''{{'s}} [[Cerebral angiography|cerebral angiogram]] scene?<!--Special occasion hook for March 5-->
* ... that over 200,000 people applied to be part of '''[[Oriental Wrestling Entertainment]]'''?

===5 March 2019===
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* ... that in the '''[[Shepard tables|Shepard tabletop illusion]]''' ''(pictured)'', identical [[parallelogram]]s look very different?
* ... that '''[[Lulu Grace Graves]]''' was co-founder and first president of the [[Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics|American Dietetic Association]] when it formed in 1917?
* ... that the modern separation between [[West Timor]] and [[East Timor]] resulted from '''[[Battle of Penfui|a battle in 1749]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Ralf Otto]]''', director of the Bachchor Mainz from 1986, conducted world premiere recordings of cantatas by Bach's son [[Wilhelm Friedemann Bach]]?
* ... that the '''[[Electric Telegraph Company]]''' operated the ''Monarch'', the first dedicated [[cable layer|cable-laying ship]]?
* ... that '''[[Zhong Wanxie]]''' pioneered [[computational mechanics]] in China?
* ... that the '''[[Galápagos ghostshark]]''' was scientifically named after [[John E. McCosker]], who had discovered the species on his 50th birthday?
* ... that in 1318 an English nun, '''[[Joan of Leeds]]''', faked her own death and fled her priory, leaving a dummy in her place to be buried instead of her?

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* ... that when a massive rockfall in 1920 covered part of the '''[[Brenva Glacier]]''' ''(pictured)'', it caused it to lengthen considerably, at a time when nearby [[glacier]]s were retreating?
* ... that '''[[Jørgen Hviid]]''' is referred to as the "father of Danish ice hockey"?
* ... that Texas politician [[Beto O'Rourke]] was in a punk band called '''[[Foss (band)|Foss]]''' with [[Cedric Bixler-Zavala]], who went on to become the singer of [[At the Drive-In]] and [[the Mars Volta]]?
* ... that an adult [[gray whale]] may be infested by several hundred pounds of '''[[Cryptolepas rhachianecti|barnacles]]''' and [[Whale louse|whale lice]]? 
* ... that '''[[Qian Linzhao]]'''{{`s}} research on the ''[[Mozi (book)|Mohist Canon]]'' influenced [[Joseph Needham]]'s treatment of physics in his ''[[Science and Civilisation in China]]''?
* ... that '''[[Gatwick Airport drone incident|reports of drones]]''' at [[Gatwick Airport]] led to the disruption of over 1,000 flights and delays for about 140,000 passengers?
* ... that the soprano '''[[Claire Born]]''' appeared in [[Bayreuth Festival|Bayreuth]] as Wagner's [[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg|Eva]] and [[Götterdämmerung|Gutrune]], and in [[Salzburg Festival|Salzburg]] as Mozart's [[The Marriage of Figaro|Countess]] and [[Don Giovanni|Donna Elvira]]?
* ... that although '''''[[Durham (poem)|Durham]]''''' is considered a rare [[Old English]] example of a [[List of literary descriptions of cities (before 1550)|work in praise of a city]], the poem never names [[Durham, England|the city]] it is said to praise?

===4 March 2019===
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* ... that [[K2]], the world's second highest mountain, was first climbed by [[Achille Compagnoni]] and [[Lino Lacedelli]] ''(pictured)'' on the '''[[1954 Italian Karakoram expedition to K2|1954 Italian Karakoram expedition]]'''?
* ... that '''[[John W. Kirklin|John Kirklin]]'''{{`s}} modifications to Gibbon's [[Cardiopulmonary bypass|heart–lung machine]] allowed blood-free surgery on the human heart?
* ... that '''''[[Bajadasaurus]]''''' had elongated neural spines on its neck, thought to have been used to deter predators?
* ... that '''[[Isaac Thomas Shutt|Shutt]]''' and '''[[Alfred Hill Thompson|Thompson]]''' designed '''[[Church of All Saints, Harlow Hill|All Saints, Harlow Hill]]''', with a "circular [[bell tower]] reminiscent of [[Irish round tower|Irish bell-houses]]"? 
* ... that the [[San Jose Earthquakes]] won '''[[MLS Cup 2001]]''' only one season after finishing at the bottom of the league table?
* ... that '''[[Penny Rafferty Hamilton]]''' proposed 101 strategies to increase the participation of women in aviation?
* ... that at the '''[[1176 Cardigan eisteddfod]]''' in [[Deheubarth]], Wales, [[Rhys ap Gruffydd|The Lord Rhys]] awarded chairs as prizes to the winners of the poetry and music competitions?
* ... that Indian theatre actor '''[[Jahangir Pestonji Khambhata]]''' wanted to see [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s plays in England, but the ship he boarded went in the other direction?

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* ... that '''[[The Tempestry Project]]''' presents [[Climate change|climate change]] data in [[Knitting|knitted]] form ''(pictured)''?
* ... that self-taught archaeologist '''[[Zhao Kangmin]]''' was officially recognized as the discoverer of the [[Terracotta Army|Terracotta Warriors]], even though others found them first?
* ... that the peanut worm '''''[[Aspidosiphon elegans]]''''' reproduces by [[Fission (biology)|transverse fission]]?
* ... that '''[[Sophie Van De Heuvel]]''' competed at the national level in both [[cricket]] and [[Australian rules football]] during her junior career?
* ... that ice from the '''[[Park Crescent West ice well]]''' may have been used to numb dental patients undergoing procedures? 
* ... that the walls of '''[[Balboa Park station]]''' have "an apparently infinite variety" of patterns?
* ... that U.S. citizens are prohibited from engaging in business activities with '''[[Chhota Shakeel]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[2017 UK Championship|2017 UK Snooker Championship]]''' saw a member of the audience removed for snoring?

===3 March 2019===
*'''''12:00, 3 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that singer '''[[Bracha Zefira]]''' ''(pictured)'' is credited with bringing [[Yemenite Jews|Yemenite]] and other [[Mizrahi Jews|Oriental Jewish]] folk songs into the mix of ethnic music in [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]] to create a new "Israeli style"?
* ... that '''[[MLS Cup 2007]]''' was the first [[Major League Soccer]] championship rematch to be played in consecutive years?<!--Special occasion hook for March 3 (00:00 UTC)-->
* ... that '''[[Yan Jici]]''', a founder of modern physics in China, has [[10611 Yanjici|a minor planet]] named after him?
* ... that '''[[St Peter's Bridge, Burton upon Trent|St Peter's Bridge]]''' in [[Burton upon Trent]], opened in 1985, is the newest road crossing of the [[River Trent]]? 
* ... that cricketer '''[[Lionel Collins]]''' scored six [[Century (cricket)|centuries]] in ten days in a feat described as "quite without parallel in the history of the game"?
* ... that the [[glaucoma medication]] '''[[levobunolol]]''' is more than 60 times as active as its [[enantiomer|mirror image]]?
* ... that '''[[Lynnwood Farnam]]''' was the first North American organist to play the entire repertoire of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]'s organ works?
* ... that the '''[[2003 Melbourne runaway train]]''' avoided a disastrous collision by less than a second?

*'''''00:00, 3 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Elena Ivanovna Barulina]]'''{{`s}} 1930 paper became a standard guide to [[lentil]]s ''(seeds pictured)''?<!--Special occasion hook for March [[Women's History Month]]--> 
* ... that '''''[[Idas simpsoni]]''''' lives on weathered whale skulls?
* ... that '''[[György Pásztor]]''' is referred to as "Mr. Hockey" in his native Hungary?<!--Special occasion hook for March 2 (12:00 UTC)-->
* ... that '''[[Fatimid invasion of Egypt (914–915)|in 914–915]]''' and '''[[Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921)|in 919–921]]''', just a few years after its founding, the [[Fatimid Caliphate]] launched two unsuccessful invasions of [[Egypt in the Middle Ages|Egypt]]?
* ... that actress '''[[Georgina Naidu]]''' premiered her one-woman show ''Yellowfeather'' in 2005 at the [[Sydney Opera House]]?<!--Special occasion hook for March [[Women's History Month]]-->
* ... that '''[[HMS Saracen (P247)|HMS ''Saracen'']]''' was sunk during her 13th patrol shortly after midnight of a [[Friday the 13th]]?
* ... that [[Green Bay Packers]] president '''[[Russ Bogda]]''' advocated for a public referendum in the 1950s to finance the construction of [[Lambeau Field]]?
* ... that in 2019, millions of women came together to form a {{convert|620|km|mi|adj=mid|abbr=on|-long}} '''[[Vanitha Mathil|women's wall]]''' in the Indian state of [[Kerala]]?

===2 March 2019===
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* ... that the '''[[Ta'er Temple (Suoyang City)|Ta'er Temple]]''' ''(ruined pagoda pictured)'' is believed to be where the 7th-century Chinese monk [[Xuanzang]] preached before he left for India?
* ... that the [[Crowdfunding|crowd-funded]] '''[[Curious Brewery]]''' has the names of the most significant funders engraved on one of the fermentation tanks?
* ... that journalist '''[[Dorothy Misener Jurney|Dorothy Jurney]]''' was called "the godmother of [[Society reporting|women's pages]]"?<!--Special occasion hook for March [[Women's History Month]]-->
* ... that the [[Italian Communist Party]] blamed [[Trotskyism|Trotskyite]] agents for carrying out the '''[[Schio massacre]]''', which led to an Allied military court trial?
* ... that bass-baritone '''[[Alfred Jerger]]''', who appeared at the [[Salzburg Festival]] between 1922 and 1959, created the leading role of Mandryka in ''[[Arabella]]'', an opera composed by [[Richard Strauss]]?
* ... that in 1905, '''[[Montclair Heights station]]''' was the site of an outbreak of [[glanders]] that led to the [[Animal euthanasia|euthanizing]] of seven horses?
* ... that 17-year-old '''[[Robbie Capito]]''' defeated the [[Pool (cue sports)|pool]] world number one [[Eklent Kaçi]] at the [[2018 WPA World Nine-ball Championship|2018 WPA World 9-Ball Championship]]? 
* ... that up to [[Canadian dollar|C$]]250 million in [[Cryptocurrency|cryptocurrencies]] owed to 115,000 customers cannot be accessed due to the unexpected death of the founder of '''[[Quadriga Fintech Solutions|Quadriga]]''', who was the only person who knew the password?

*'''''00:00, 2 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[University of Farmington]]''' ''(logo pictured)'' was a fake university set up by the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] as a part of an undercover operation to expose immigration fraud?
* ... that '''[[Rich Sauveur]]''' pitched for six [[Major League Baseball]] teams across three decades without earning a [[Win–loss record (pitching)#Winning pitcher|win]]? 
* ... that '''[[Storybook Dads]]''' helps prisoners in the UK read bedtime stories to their children from behind bars?
* ... that the rapid-fire rifle training implemented in the [[British Army]] by '''[[Norman McMahon]]''' in 1909 proved effective in the opening stages of the First World War?
* ... that a specimen of the '''[[ornate wobbegong]]''' was observed to have its full set of teeth and be able to defend itself at one day old?
* ... that '''[[Mausam Noor]]''' was the youngest Muslim woman member of parliament to be elected to the [[15th Lok Sabha]]?
* ... that the [[Assured shorthold tenancy|default tenancy]] in England and Wales allows landlords to '''[[Section 21 notice|evict tenants]]''' without giving a reason?
* ... that '''[[Agnes Buntine]]''', Australia's first female [[bullocky]], survived a large bush fire only because of her thick clothing and boots, at a time when most women wore "crinolines, bonnets, and shawls"?<!--Special occasion hook for March [[Women's History Month]]-->

===1 March 2019===
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* ... that 19th-century actress '''[[Alice Marriott (actress)|Alice Marriott]]''' ''(pictured)'' played [[Hamlet]] in [[doublet (clothing)|doublet]] and [[Hose (clothing)|hose]] in British and American theatre, and "made the female Hamlet respectable in England"?<!--Special occasion hook for March [[Women's History Month]]--> 
* ... that the '''''[[Dicta Boelcke]]''''', written by [[Oswald Boelcke]] in 1916, was the world's first manual of aerial combat tactics? 
* ... that '''[[Juan Carlos de la Cruz Reyna]]''' tried to bribe an undercover agent to ensure he was released from prison to members of a [[drug cartel]]? 
* ... that the '''[[Uroteuthis noctiluca|luminous bay squid]]''' can use its light organ to imitate starlight or moonlight?
* ... that '''[[R. Hari Kumar]]''' took a staff course at the [[Naval War College|US Naval War College]] while serving in the Indian Navy?
* ... that '''[[Rediffusion House]]''' in [[Malta]] cannot be used for immoral activities?
* ... that a cardiovascular fitness suite at the [[Army School of Physical Training|UK Army School of Physical Training]] is named after '''[[Edward Henslow]]'''?
* ... that a landowner buried the transmitter building for [[Greenfield, Missouri|Missouri]] radio station '''[[KXBR (defunct)|KXBR]]''' under {{convert|6|ft|sigfig=3}} of dirt as part of a rent dispute?

*'''''00:00, 1 March 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the main award of the [[Danish Animation Society]] is named after '''[[Børge Ring]]''' ''(pictured)'', who directed the [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]-winning animated short film ''[[Anna & Bella]]''?
* ... that '''[[Green Jacket Shoal]]''' is [[Rhode Island]]'s largest [[ship graveyard]]?
* ... that the Austrian actor and [[Libretto|librettist]] '''[[Karl Lindau]]''' co-wrote ''The Nazi'', a comedy, in 1895?
* ... that the '''[[Pioneer Square pergola]]''' in Seattle has been damaged by [[Semi-trailer truck|semi-trucks]] and [[Seattle Seahawks|Seahawks]] fans? 
* ... that because of the difficulty of transporting art from [[Angola]], '''[[Hildebrando de Melo]]''' created multiple paintings in the United States so they could be exhibited there?
* ... that before becoming a [[Association football|football]] coach, '''[[Neil Dewsnip]]''' worked as a teacher and taught future professional players and managers including [[Karl Robinson]], [[Jim Bentley]], and [[Steven Gerrard]]?
* ... that the '''[[Teratoscincus scincus|frog-eyed gecko]]''' is adapted to the desert conditions experienced by the '''[[wildlife of Kuwait]]'''?
* ... that [[Beverly Gray]] was able to survive three plane crashes thanks to '''[[A. L. Burt]]'''?