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==Did you know...==
===31 May 2019===
*'''''00:00, 31 May 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Dieter Mathoi]]''' and [[David Chipperfield]] designed the department store [[Kaufhaus Tyrol]] ''(pictured)'' in the historic centre of [[Innsbruck]], causing much controversy?
* ... that the '''[[murder of Santos Rodriguez]]''' galvanized the [[History of Mexican Americans in Dallas–Fort Worth|Mexican-American community in Dallas]]?
* ... that the soprano '''[[Elżbieta Szmytka]]''' recorded Chopin's [[Polish songs (Chopin)|Polish songs]] and performed in Górecki's ''[[Symphony No. 3 (Górecki)|Symphony of Sorrowful Songs]]'', celebrating a century of Polish independence? 
* ... that '''[[Green Street, Mayfair|Green Street]]''' may have been named after a man who fell down a well? 
* ... that '''[[Clark Hubbs]]''' was notorious for his collection of clothing depicting fish? 
* ... that '''[[M-343 (Michigan highway)|Michigan state highway M-343]]''' between [[Kalamazoo, Michigan|Kalamazoo]] and [[Richland, Michigan|Richland]] was part of the [[M-43 (Michigan highway)|M-43]] highway for a century until Kalamazoo wanted to assert control over several streets in the city's downtown?
* ... that although '''[[Zhou Tongqing]]''' led the development of China's first [[X-ray tube]], he was denounced as a "bourgeois intellectual" and persecuted during the [[Anti-Rightist Campaign]] and the [[Cultural Revolution]]?
* ... that [[Len Lye]]'s abstract animation '''''[[A Colour Box]]''''' was protested by [[Nazism|Nazis]] in 1936?

===30 May 2019===
*'''''00:00, 30 May 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Elisabetta Sirani]]'s 1663 painting '''''[[Virgin and Child (Sirani)|Virgin and Child]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was selected for the [[United States Postal Service]]'s Christmas holiday stamp series in 1994?
* ... that '''[[Mahendra Nath Pandey]]''', who was imprisoned during [[The Emergency (India)|the Emergency]], went on to become an Indian government minister?
* ... that Buddhists consider the precept against killing any living being the most important of the '''[[Five precepts|five basic ethical precepts]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Huang Yihe]]''' created the ''[[CCTV New Year's Gala]]'', which has become the most-watched television show in the world, with one billion viewers in 2018? 
* ... that the '''[[scaled piculet]]''' is a fairly common bird, but may be undercounted because of its unobtrusive behaviour?
* ... that when she took office, '''[[Kate Gallego]]''' was the youngest and the only woman mayor of any of the ten largest cities in the United States? 
* ... that '''[[K/DA|a virtual K-pop group composed of video game characters]]''' topped ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'s}} World Digital Song Sales chart in November 2018?
* ... that '''[[D. Geraint James]]''' was known as the "King of [[Sarcoidosis|Sarcoid]]"?

===29 May 2019===
*'''''00:00, 29 May 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the riff for "[[(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction]]", the Rolling Stones' first number-one hit, came to '''[[Keith Richards]]''' ''(pictured)'' in his sleep? 
* ... that despite previously being at war with the '''[[Kingdom of the Aurès]]''', the Byzantine Empire supported them during the [[Muslim conquest of the Maghreb]]?
* ... that when directing ''Der Ring in Minden'', Wagner's ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen|Ring Cycle]]'' at [[Stadttheater Minden|a municipal theatre]], '''[[Gerd Heinz]]''' focused on the psychology in the interactions of the characters?
* ... that '''[[Washington State Route 99]]''' passes under downtown [[Seattle]] in a tunnel that was excavated by the [[Bertha (tunnel boring machine)|world's largest tunnel boring machine]]?
* ... that many of the photographs taken by Maharaja '''[[Ram Singh&nbsp;II]]''' of [[Jaipur State]] depict the lives of women behind [[purdah]] in his harem?
* ... that the internal organs of [[Elizabeth de Burgh]], wife of [[Robert the Bruce]], were buried at '''[[Cullen Old Church]]'''? 
* ... that the English '''[[Premiership Rugby Cup]]''' was created after the Welsh regions left the [[Anglo-Welsh Cup]]?
* ... that '''[[Lawrence Minard]]''' has [[Minard Editor Award|a business journalism award]] named after him?
* ... that at the premiere of '''''[[The End (1953 film)|The End]]''''', audience members shouted at the film and threw their chairs?

===28 May 2019===
*'''''00:00, 28 May 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the traditional north German [[card game]] of '''[[Fipsen]]''' is played in the village of [[Thedinghausen]] for currant buns called ''[[Heißwecke|Hedewigs]]'' ''(example pictured)''?
* ... that while chief engineer of the [[Municipal Corporation of Delhi]], '''[[Ramesh Sumant Mehta]]''' implemented what was at the time the largest municipal drainage system in India?
* ... that during construction of the tower for [[Oklahoma City]]'s '''[[KLPR-TV]]''' station, a worker was trapped 200 feet (60 m) in the air for more than an hour?
* ... that before she became an expert on wild animals, '''[[Hope Ryden]]''' was an international flight attendant and used her long layovers to observe wildlife in Africa and Asia?
* ... that New York City's '''[[23rd Street (Manhattan)|23rd Street]]''' once contained the city's largest residential complex and the world's largest hotel? 
* ... that '''[[2019 Nepal tornado|Nepal's first officially recorded tornado]]''' occurred in March 2019?
* ... that '''[[James Wilson Robertson (educator)|James Wilson Robertson]]''' resigned as the first principal of [[Macdonald Campus|Macdonald College]] after his spending was restricted to 100 Canadian dollars?
* ... that during the [[History of the Soviet Union|Soviet period]] the '''[[Feodorovskaya Church]]''' was a factory dormitory, the '''[[Gate Church]]''' was museum office space, and the '''[[Dukhovskaya Church]]''' became a boiler room?
* ... that '''[[Kaylee Davidson-Olley]]''' survived an infant heart transplant to win gold in a [[4 × 100 metres relay|4{{nbsp}}×{{nbsp}}100 metres relay]]?

===27 May 2019===
*'''''00:00, 27 May 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the "rigidly posed" figures in English pottery '''[[pew group]]s''' of the 1740s ''(example pictured)'' may play musical instruments, or take [[Snuff (tobacco)|snuff]]?
* ... that after Chinese General '''[[Dai Anlan]]''' died in the [[Burma Campaign]], the United States awarded him the [[Legion of Merit]], which was destroyed during the [[Cultural Revolution]] and reissued by [[Ronald Reagan|President Reagan]]?<!--Special occasion hook for May 26: -->
* ... that in 2008, [[Geraldine Heaney]], [[Angela James]], and [[Cammi Granato]] became the first three women ice hockey players inducted into the '''[[IIHF Hall of Fame]]'''?<!--Special occasion hook for May 26-->
* ... that to be '''[[List of burials at Lazarevskoe Cemetery|one of those buried]]''' in the '''[[Lazarevskoe Cemetery]]''' originally required permission from [[Peter the Great]]?
* ... that hundreds of houses for artisans, built by '''[[George Worrall Counsel]]''' in the Gloucester suburb of [[Clapham, Gloucester|Clapham]] in the 1820s, were demolished a century later during [[slum clearance]]?
* ... that [[brown trout]] in the vicinity of '''[[Cline Falls]]''' can reach {{cvt|20|in|cm}} in length and weigh as much as {{cvt|8|lb}}?
* ... that '''''[[Troy (opera)|Troy]]''''' is the first Turkish opera composed by a foreigner, the Romanian conductor '''[[Bujor Hoinic]]'''?
* ... that a pink [[Molly Goddard]] dress worn in the ''[[Killing Eve]]'' episode "'''[[I'll Deal with Him Later]]'''" inspired a trend of pink dresses worn to the [[91st Academy Awards]]?

===26 May 2019===
*'''''00:00, 26 May 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 2007, a painting ''(shown)'' of British socialite and [[jeu de paume|real tennis]] player '''[[William Marshall Cazalet]]''' was sold at auction for US$1.8 million?
* ... that Greek pop band '''[[Nostradamos (band)|Nostradamos]]''' won the best new composer and performer prize at the 1972 [[Thessaloniki Song Festival]] with their song "Dos Mou to Heri Sou" ('Give Me Your Hand')?
* ... that hints of female discrimination in biblical times were discovered in an ancient Persian cemetery excavated from '''[[Tel Qiri]]''' in northern Israel?
* ... that '''[[Hannelore Elsner]]''', who first appeared in film in 1959, received international attention for her role in ''[[No Place to Go (2000 film)|No Place to Go]]'' at the [[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Festival]] in 2000?
* ... that "'''[[Afrikaners Landgenote]]'''", an Afrikaans translation of "[[Deutschlandlied|Deutschland, Deutschland über alles]]", was proposed as the co-national anthem for South Africa alongside "[[God Save the King]]"? 
* ... that '''[[Soedarpo Sastrosatomo]]''' joined the [[Socialist Party of Indonesia]], but later founded a business conglomerate?
* ... that a classic example of '''[[moral progress]]''' is the [[Abolitionism|abolition of slavery]]?
* ... that the [[tiddlywinks]] rivalry of '''[[Larry Kahn (tiddlywinks)|Larry Kahn]]''' and '''[[Dave Lockwood (tiddlywinks)|Dave Lockwood]]''' is so intense, it has been compared to that of [[Fight of the Century|Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazer]]?

===25 May 2019===
*'''''00:00, 25 May 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[C. W. Stephens]]''' was the architect of [[Claridge's]] ''(drawing pictured)'', [[Harrods]], and [[Harvey Nichols]]?
* ... that the '''[[Pagurus dalli|whiteknee hermit crab]]''' is benefitted by the presence of the '''[[Schuchertinia milleri|hedgehog hydroid]]''' but harmed by the barnacle '''''[[Clistosaccus]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Marie C. Brehm]]''' scolded an audience for spreading disease by waving handkerchiefs at a [[temperance movement|temperance]] meeting?
* ... that the 1938 book '''''[[Composite Nationalism and Islam]]''''' by [[Hussain Ahmed Madani]] argued that different religions do not constitute different nationalities?
* ... that '''[[Ruhut Sitompul]]''' landed a role in a [[telenovela]] because he was the production studio's legal adviser?
* ... that '''[[Peniscola Castle]]''', in the [[Valencian Community]], Spain, was used as a papal residence by the [[Antipope Benedict XIII]]? 
* ... that the '''[[New York City Board of Aldermen]]''' was at different times in its history an [[upper house]] and a [[lower house]]?
* ... that '''[[Celestina Casapietra]]''', an Italian soprano at the [[Berlin State Opera]], and the conductor [[Herbert Kegel]] were regarded as the glamour couple of the [[East Germany|GDR]] in the 1960s?
* ... that the '''''[[First Landing Party of the Founders of Newark]]''''' went missing for more than a decade?

===24 May 2019===
*'''''00:00, 24 May 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Amazing Grace (2018 film)|a documentary film]]''' of [[Aretha Franklin]]'s ''(pictured)'' ''[[Amazing Grace (Aretha Franklin album)|Amazing Grace]]'' concert in 1972 languished in a studio vault for decades because the director did not use a [[clapperboard]]?
* ... that when '''[[Derrick Morris]]''' received a new heart in 1980 his chances of survival were slim, but he lived another 25 years? 
* ... that newly elected Israeli [[Knesset]] member '''[[Omer Yankelevich]]''' was named for the Jewish holiday of [[Lag BaOmer]], her birthday?<!--Special occasion hook for May 23-->
* ... that [[ProRodeo Hall of Fame]] bucking horse '''[[War Paint (horse)|War Paint]]''' was insured for $10,000 with [[Lloyd's of London]]?
* ... that [[field hockey]] and [[lacrosse]] head instructor '''[[Fay Biles]]''' became the most successful coach in [[Kent State University]] history?
* ... that the 1854–55 '''[[Royal Commission on the Inns of Court]]''' recommended that the inns combine into a single [[law school|university of law]]?
* ... that during World War II, '''[[Wang Daheng]]''' quit his doctoral studies to help develop optical glass in the UK, and later became the "father of [[optical engineering]]" in China?
* ... that while a '''[[red Irish lord]]''' can change color, it is not a [[yellow Irish lord]]?

===23 May 2019===
*'''''00:00, 23 May 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that approximately 4,000 handmade personalised patchwork skirts have been registered as official '''[[national liberation skirt]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' in the Netherlands?
* ... that '''[[Alfred Kirchner]]''' directed the world premiere of [[Martin Walser]]'s play ''Ein Kinderspiel'' in 1971, and the U.S. premiere of Henze's ''[[We Come to the River]]'' at the [[Santa Fe Opera]] in 1984?<!--Special occasion hook for May 22-->
* ... that the small crustacean '''''[[Pseudamphithoides incurvaria]]''''' builds itself a home out of '''[[Dictyota bartayresiana|forded sea tumbleweed]]''', a brown seaweed that is distasteful to fish?
* ... that film pioneers [[Alice Guy-Blaché]], [[Georges Méliès]], and [[Charlie Chaplin]] all made '''[[Women's suffrage in film|films about women's suffrage]]'''?
* ... that the German architect '''[[Konrad Püschel]]''' was conscripted into the [[Wehrmacht]] during World War II, held as a prisoner of war by the Soviet Union, and returned home weighing only {{cvt|40|kg}}?
* ... that '''[[When the Moon Was Full|a 2019 Iranian drama]]''' tells the true story of [[Abdolhamid Rigi]], a member of the [[Jundallah (Iran)|Jundallah]] terrorist group who killed his wife on the orders of [[Abdolmalek Rigi|his brother]]?
* ... that according to Buddhist texts, '''[[Sumedha]]''' decided to become the Buddha while lying in the mud in front of [[Dīpankara Buddha|his teacher]]?
* ... that '''[[Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bibikov|Aleksandr Bibikov]]''' commanded his forces at the [[Battle of Berezina]] from a sleigh?
* ... that [[bailiff]]s who heard champion bubblegum-blower '''[[Susan Montgomery Williams]]''' popping gum in a courthouse hallway thought a .38 caliber pistol had been discharged?

===22 May 2019===
*'''''00:00, 22 May 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Princess '''[[Natalya Golitsyna]]''' ''(pictured)'' acquired the nicknames the "Moscow Venus" and the "Queen of Spades"?
* ... that the '''[[2019 Peterborough recall petition]]''' led to the first successful recall of a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] in the United Kingdom?
* ... that [[Massachusetts Bay Colony|Massachusetts Bay]] settler '''[[Robert Coles (settler)|Robert Coles]]''' was sentenced to wear a red letter "D" for drunkenness, which some scholars have argued later inspired [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]]'s 1850 novel ''[[The Scarlet Letter]]''{{-?}}
* ... that the '''[[Nubra River]]''' rises from the [[Siachen Glacier]], the second longest non-polar glacier in the world?
* ... that [[Fields Medal]]-winning mathematician '''[[Klaus Roth]]''' performed so poorly on the [[Mathematical Tripos]] that his tutor suggested he take "some commercial job with a statistical bias"?
* ... that '''''[[The Trials of Shazam!]]''''' was meant to update the [[Captain Marvel (DC Comics)|Captain Marvel]] character for a modern audience?
* ... that explorer '''[[Guo Kun]]''' led the construction of [[Great Wall Station (Antarctica)|China's first Antarctic research base]], parts of which have been declared [[Historic Sites and Monuments in Antarctica]]? 
* ... that the B-side to [[Chris Sievey]]'s 1983 single "'''[[Camouflage (Chris Sievey song)|Camouflage]]'''" contained code for the song's music video for the [[ZX81]] home computer?

===21 May 2019===
*'''''00:00, 21 May 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 2015, '''[[Jeff's Gourmet Sausage Factory]]''' ''([[Bratwurst|veal bratwurst]] sandwich pictured)'' opened the first [[Shechita#Glatt|''glatt'' kosher]] hot dog stand at [[Dodger Stadium]]?
* ... that '''[[John Rutherford Ryley]]''' was a surgeon in a lunatic asylum in 1869 and a patient in one in 1870?
* ... that '''[[Washington State Route 142]]''' once included the largest [[prestressed concrete]] bridges in the state?
* ... that novelist '''[[Ismith Khan]]'''{{`s}} relative obscurity may reflect the fact that he was not based in London, the "literary capital" of the English Caribbean? 
* ... that when several of the small bivalve molluscs '''''[[Lasaea rubra]]''''' occupy the same rock crevice, they are likely to be [[Cloning|clones]]?
* ... that Mongolian-Chinese actress '''[[Yong Mei]]''' won the [[Silver Bear for Best Actress|Silver Bear]] at the [[69th Berlin International Film Festival|2019 Berlin International Film Festival]] for her portrayal of a mother who lost her only son?
* ... that [[George Bernard Shaw]] wondered why [[Douglas Guthrie]] excluded osteopaths, herbalists, and homoeopaths from his '''''[[A History of Medicine|History of Medicine]]'''''? 
* ... that on the day '''[[Bill Aylett]]''' was first elected to the [[Australian Senate]], he knocked down a voter with his car?

===20 May 2019===
*'''''00:00, 20 May 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that although the '''[[Grünbaum–Rigby configuration]]''' ''(pictured)'' has been studied since 1879, it was not depicted in its realization as three overlaid [[heptagram]]s until 1990?
* ... that [[Soviet Navy|Soviet admiral]] '''[[Yuri Aleksandrovich Panteleyev|Yuri Panteleyev]]''' was appointed a [[Order of the Bath|Companion of the Bath]] by the British for his role in supporting attacks against the German battleship [[German battleship Tirpitz|''Tirpitz'']]?
* ... that more than twenty species of [[cetacea]]ns have been stranded on the mudflats of '''[[Bahía Lomas]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Mary Stuart Fisher]]''', a [[Temple University]] professor of [[radiology]] who was named Physician of the Year in 1996, was discouraged from following her chosen career path by her father, a physician himself?
* ... that [[Luciano Burti]]'s 111[[G-force|G]] crash at the '''[[2001 Belgian Grand Prix]]''' led to a ban on creating holes in racing helmets for drinking tubes and radio communication wires?
* ... that the motto of '''[[Midleton College]]''', ''Spartam nactus es, hanc exorna'', is a mistranslation of a line from a Greek play by [[Euripides]]?
* ... that '''[[George Backhouse Witts]]''' read the [[Riot Act]] on a hill in Gloucestershire?
* ... that the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island '''[[Prince Edward Island automobile ban|banned automobiles]]''' for more than a decade starting in 1908?

===19 May 2019===
*'''''00:00, 19 May 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Edwin Clarke]]''' ''(pictured)'' combined research into the structure, functions, and diseases of the [[Outline of the human nervous system|human nervous system]] with "impressive rhythm on the dance floor"? 
* ... that [[Watford F.C.|Watford]]'s appearance in '''[[2019 FA Cup Final|today's FA Cup Final]]''' is their first [[1984 FA Cup Final|since 1984]]?<!--Special occasion hook for May 18-->
* ... that Kyrgyzstani author '''[[Tugelbay Sydykbekov]]''' won the [[USSR State Prize|Stalin Prize]] in 1949 for the novel ''People of our Time'', which simultaneously embraced Soviet-style communism and traditional culture including Islam?
* ... that according to '''[[United States v. Ramsey (1977)|a US Supreme Court decision]]''', the [[Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourth Amendment]] does not always apply to [[Border search exception|searches at the border]]?
* ... that the '''[[1919 Australian federal election]]''' was the first to use [[preferential voting]]?
* ... that '''[[sturgeon]]s''' are ancient fishes, widely sought after for caviar and more critically endangered than any other group of animal species?
* ... that the [[Disher Challenge Cup]], an annual rowing race, is named after '''[[Clive Disher]]''', who rowed for the winning Australian [[Eight (rowing)|eight]] in the 1919 [[Henley Royal Regatta#1919 Peace Regatta|Henley Royal Peace Regatta]]?
* ... that although [[measles]] was declared eradicated from the United States in 2000, '''[[Measles resurgence in the United States|more than 500 people there have been diagnosed]]''' with the disease so far in 2019?
* ... that South African '''[[Willem Botha]]''' adapted the 2008 Latvian [[Eurovision]] entry as an Afrikaans song for the [[South Africa national rugby union team|Springboks]] rugby team, and helped to produce the 2013 Belarusian Eurovision entry?

===18 May 2019===
*'''''00:00, 18 May 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[2018 Memorial Cup|the 100th anniversary]]''' of the [[Memorial Cup]] ''(trophy pictured)'' was celebrated by the [[Canadian Hockey League]] with a commemorative coin, a postage stamp, and a [[Santa Claus parade]]? <!-- Special occasion for May 17 -->
* ... that '''[[Shah Jahan II]]'''{{`s}} food, clothes, and meetings were decided by the powerful [[Sayyid brothers]] who had chosen him as the [[Mughal emperors|Mughal emperor]]?
* ... that the girls of the '''[[Mädchenkantorei Limburg]]''' joined a women's choir to perform sacred choral music by contemporary composers at a 2019 concert in [[Limburg Cathedral]]?
* ... that '''[[Wenona Giles]]''' helped 59 people in the [[Dadaab]] refugee camp, Kenya, earn a Certificate of Completion in Educational Studies from Canada's [[York University]]?
* ... that the '''[[Arlington Museum of Art]]''' occupies a former [[J. C. Penney]] store in downtown Arlington, Texas? 
* ... that '''[[Xiong Zhaoren]]''', whose battle experience was adapted into two films, lived to 107, the longest among China's founding generals?
* ... that for the first six months that [[Janis Ian]] performed the song "'''[[At Seventeen]]'''", she closed her eyes because she was afraid the audience would laugh at her?
* ... that some ancient trees of the olive cultivar '''[[Bidni]]''' have been recognised as "national monuments" in [[Malta]]?

===17 May 2019===
*'''''00:00, 17 May 2019 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Hotel International Prague]]''' ''(pictured)'' was built to strengthen ties with the [[Soviet Union]]?
* ... that the earliest permanent '''[[Demographics of Filipino Americans|Filipino American residents]]''' settled in Louisiana's [[bayou]] country?<!--Special occasion hook for May-->
* ... that '''[[basic economy]]''' fares can cause airline passengers to pay more to fly? 
* ... that after Chief Justice '''[[Xiao Yang (judge)|Xiao Yang]]''' implemented reforms requiring all capital punishment cases to be reviewed by the [[Supreme People's Court|Supreme Court]], death sentences in China dropped by 30% in a year?
* ... that the journal '''''[[Minnesota History (journal)|Minnesota History]]''''' covers topics ranging from the [[Dakota War of 1862]] and [[cholera]] in the state to root beer stands of the [[Upper Midwest|Midwest]]?
* ... that [[Australian rules football]]er '''[[Haneen Zreika]]''' is the first Muslim to play in the [[AFL Women's]]?
* ... that the deepwater crinoid '''''[[Notocrinus virilis]]''''' broods its young in pouches on its arms?
* ... that '''[[Emil Spiridonov]]''', commander of the [[Pacific Fleet (Russia)|Soviet Pacific Fleet]], was among the sixteen admirals and generals killed in the [[1981 Pushkin Tu-104 crash]]?
* ... that [[Michael Jordan]] broke one of the '''[[unwritten rules of baseball]]'''?

===16 May 2019===
*'''''01:33, 16 May 2019‎ (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Giselher Klebe]]'s opera '''''[[Das Märchen von der schönen Lilie]]''''', with a libretto by his wife based on [[The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily|Goethe's fairy tale]], was premiered at the [[Schlosstheater Schwetzingen]] ''(pictured)'' 50 years ago today?<!--Special occasion hook for May 15-->
* ... that in 1987, [[Royal Society of Canada]] fellow '''[[Kathryn Brush]]''' was one of the first women to be hired for a full-time position in art history at the [[University of Western Ontario]]?
* ... that '''[[El Drago Milenario]]''', located in '''[[Parque del Drago]]''', [[Tenerife]], is the largest and oldest known specimen of ''[[Dracaena draco]]''?
* ... that the remains of missing Israeli soldier '''[[Zechariah Baumel]]''' were discovered in a cemetery in the [[Yarmouk Camp|Yarmouk refugee camp]] near [[Damascus]], Syria, nearly 37 years after he disappeared in the [[1982 Lebanon War]]?
* ... that Saint Petersburg's Red Square is now '''[[Alexander Nevsky Square]]'''?
* ... that the Roman emperor '''[[Reign of Marcus Aurelius|Marcus Aurelius co-ruled]]''' with his adoptive brother [[Lucius Verus]] in the first joint rule between Roman emperors, and later co-ruled with his own son [[Commodus]]?
* ... that the '''[[Georgetown Neighborhood Library]]''' houses the collection of its predecessor library established by [[George Peabody]] in 1872?
* ... that a nine-day-old [[Citizenship of the United States|citizen of the United States]], '''[[Archie Mountbatten-Windsor]]''', is seventh in the [[Succession to the British throne#Current line of succession|line of succession to the British throne]]?

===15 May 2019===
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* ... that from 1867 to 1869 '''[[Albert Estcourt]]''' built the "[[Hillfield House|most elaborate Victorian house in Gloucester]]" ''(pictured)''?
* ... that the premise for the comic book '''''[[Sleepless (comics)|Sleepless]]''''' came to writer Sarah Vaughn when she was trying to sleep?
* ... that Vice-Admiral '''[[Georgy Stepanov]]''' of the [[Soviet Navy]] was sentenced to ten years in prison for passing technical secrets to [[Allies of World War II|the Allies]]? 
* ... that after winning the '''[[2001 Austrian Grand Prix]]''', driver [[David Coulthard]] refrained from spraying champagne on the podium out of respect for [[Ilmor|Ilmor Engineering]]'s [[Paul Morgan (engineer)|Paul Morgan]], who had died the day before? 
* ... that the dancer and [[cabaret]] artist '''[[Hedi Schoop]]''' emigrated to California with her husband, the composer [[Friedrich Hollaender]], where she created and manufactured [[California pottery|pottery]]? 
* ... that the top [[Trump (card games)|trumps]] in '''[[Knüffeln]]''', the centuries-old national card game of [[Frisia]], are the five "Old Ones"?
* ... that [[Nawab]] '''[[Ahmad Ali Khan of Malerkotla|Ahmad Ali Khan]]''' was the only ruler of the [[Malerkotla State]] who had his name inscribed on coins?
* ... that actress [[Chloe Howman]] compared her ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' character '''[[Rita Freeman]]''' to a [[Jack Russell Terrier]]?

===14 May 2019===
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* ... that '''[[crinoid]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' are closely related to [[sea urchin]]s and [[starfish]]?
* ... that Colonel '''[[Pavlos Kouroupis]]''' was the first commanding officer defending Cyprus at the start of the [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus|Turkish invasion]] and is considered the first [[missing person]] of the conflict?
* ... that the '''[[Maybrat language]]''' of [[West Papua (province)|West Papua]] traditionally uses a [[Quinary|base-5]] counting system?
* ... that '''[[D. J. Butler]]''' worked as a corporate attorney for more than ten years before beginning his career as a [[speculative fiction]] writer?
* ... that the early study of the '''[[geology of China]]''' led to the idea of a [[Paleoclimatology|changeable climate]] and that drinking dissolved [[fossil]]s was good for your health? 
* ... that '''[[Wolfgang Meyer]]''', who recorded Mozart's [[Clarinet Concerto (Mozart)|Clarinet Concerto]] on a historical [[basset clarinet]], played his last concert with jazz saxophonist [[Peter Lehel]]?
* ... that the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] case of '''''[[Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital]]''''' held that [[List of federal agencies in the United States|federal agencies]] cannot promulgate retroactive rules without express authorization by [[United States Congress|Congress]]?
* ... that a player once danced with Canadian hockey referee '''[[Fred Page]]''' at center ice after scoring a goal?

===13 May 2019===
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* ... that '''[[Redoshi]]''' ''(pictured)'', a West African woman who lived in [[Alabama]] and died in 1937, was the last known survivor of the [[Atlantic slave trade|transatlantic slave trade]]? 
* ... that the Canadian ice hockey show '''''[[Coach's Corner]]''''' has been described by one of its hosts as "six minutes of psychotherapy for athletes"?
* ... that [[Vietnam War POW/MIA issue|POW/MIA]] activist '''[[Ted Sampley]]''', who died 10 years ago today, discovered that the [[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington)#The Unknown of Vietnam|Vietnam War Unknown Soldier]] was in fact [[Michael Blassie]]?<!--Special occasion hook for May 12-->
* ... that the {{cvt|13|km|adj=on}} '''[[Mazeno Ridge]]''' route to the summit of [[Nanga Parbat]] was first completed in 2012?
* ... that '''[[Oriana Wilson]]''' discovered [[Australasian bent-wing bat|a new species of bat]], which was then named after her? 
* ... that although '''[[KGTO-TV]]''' in [[Fayetteville, Arkansas]], signed on as an [[NBC]] affiliate, it received no network compensation for carrying its programs? 
* ... that forest ranger '''[[Nels Bruseth]]''' turned down an offer to become mayor of [[Darrington, Washington]], due to his ineligibility as a federal employee?
* ... that in '''[[Queen Elizabeth II (painting)|a 2016 portrait]]''', [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth&nbsp;II]] is depicted with [[Henry Dunant|someone else]]'s bust?

===12 May 2019===
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* ... that [[Charles Darwin]] contributed funds to the building of '''[[Christ Church, Russell|New Zealand's oldest surviving church]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that despite spending the majority of his career with the [[Northern Fleet|Russian Northern Fleet]], '''[[Aleksandr Alekseyevich Moiseyev|Aleksandr Moiseyev]]''' was appointed commander of the [[Black Sea Fleet]] in 2018? 
* ... that [[Martin Luther]] wrote "'''[[Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland]]'''" as a close paraphrase of the Latin hymn "[[Veni redemptor gentium]]", with a melody derived from the [[plainsong|plainchant]]?
* ... that, inspired at a young age by Polish [[Association football|footballer]] [[Roman Kosecki]] of [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray S.K.]] in Turkey, '''[[Nurcan Çelik]]''' became a player and later established her own football club?
* ... that the '''[[Sword of State of South Carolina]]''' is listed in the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] National Stolen Art File?
* ... that after being influenced by [[Wahhabism]], '''[[Mubarez-ud-Daulah]]''' wanted to overthrow the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] and the British in India?
* ... that the 1897 [[Supernatural fiction|supernatural novel]] '''''[[Gulabsinh]]''''' by [[Gujarati language|Gujarati-language]] writer [[Manilal Dwivedi]] is an adaptation of the mystical novel ''[[Zanoni]]'' by English writer [[Edward Bulwer-Lytton]]?
* ... that '''[[Tim Morgan]]'''{{`s}} ''Veins'' are made of steel and glass?

===11 May 2019===
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* ... that '''[[Margaret Hayden Rorke]]''' named the color of [[Mamie Eisenhower]]'s inaugural ball gown ''(pictured)'' "First Lady Pink"?
* ... that there may be an '''[[island of stability]]''' with so-called [[magic number (physics)|magic number]]s of protons and neutrons?
* ... that Ukrainian journalist '''[[Mykola Semena]]''' was found guilty of [[separatism]] by Russian courts for his coverage of the [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexation of Crimea]] for [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]?
* ... that [[Michael Osterholm]] and [[Mark Olshaker]]'s book '''''[[Deadliest Enemy]]''''' provides a nine-point plan to defeat "killer germs"?
* ... that collegiate soccer coach '''[[Pete Fewing]]''' has also officiated at the weddings of two of his former players?
* ... that naval officer '''[[Mikhail Zakharov (Soviet Navy officer)|Mikhail Zakharov]]''' is one of '''[[List of burials at Serafimovskoe Cemetery|several admirals buried]]''' in the '''[[Serafimovskoe Cemetery]]''' in Saint Petersburg?
* ... that the [[Bantva Manavadar|Khan of Manavadar]] '''[[Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji]]''' played in the [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian hockey team]] at the [[Western Asiatic Games]]?
* ... that the '''[[ASV Mark III radar]]''' was able to hunt down German [[U-boat]]s with deadly efficiency in part because of a little white lie?

===10 May 2019===
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* ... that only one of the gang that carried out '''[[Croydon Aerodrome robbery|the gold bullion robbery]]''' in 1935 at [[Croydon Aerodrome]] ''(pictured)'' was convicted, and the gold was never found?
* ... that [[Computer-generated imagery|imaging]] scientist '''[[Katie Bouman]]''' first learned of the [[Event Horizon Telescope]] in 2007, while still in high school, and joined the project six years later?
* ... that the 12th-century [[archbishop of Ohrid]] '''[[John IV of Ohrid|John IV]]''' was born as a [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] prince of the [[Komnenos]] dynasty? 
* ... that '''[[Vera Deakin White|Vera Deakin]]'''{{`s}} missing persons bureau issued 400,000 responses to enquiries from the families of Australian soldiers during World {{nowrap|War I?}}
* ... that '''''[[The Elvis Dead]]''''', a retelling of ''[[Evil Dead II]]'' in the style of [[Elvis Presley]], features songs such as "[[Jailhouse Rock (song)|Standing in a State of Shock]]", "[[All Shook Up|I've Been Possessed]]", and "[[Suspicious Minds|Wrapped Up in Vines]]"?
* ... that [[Fiji national rugby sevens team|Fiji]] won a record-breaking fifth consecutive title at the '''[[2019 Hong Kong Sevens]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Satya Rhodes-Conway]]''' is the first openly gay politician to serve as [[List of mayors of Madison, Wisconsin|Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin]]?
* ... that during the [[siege of Leningrad]], citizens were warned that "'''[[Citizens! During shelling this side of the street is the most dangerous|this side of the street is the most dangerous]]'''"?<!--Special occasion request for May 9-->
* ... that the town of '''[[Morpeth, Northumberland|Morpeth]]''' held its own professional Olympic games from 1873 to 1958?

===9 May 2019===
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* ... that '''[[King's Cross Thameslink railway station]]''', then known as King's Cross Metropolitan ''(pictured)'', was one of the initial seven stations on [[Metropolitan Railway|London's first underground line]]?
* ... that Japanese singer '''[[Alisa Takigawa]]'''{{`s}} debut song "Season" was originally a demo that was not intended to be her debut release?<!--Special occasion hook for May 8-->
* ... that 53,034 people attended the '''[[2019 AFL Women's Grand Final]]''', a record for a standalone women's sporting event in Australia?
* ... that in the first successful [[Kidney transplantation|kidney transplant]] in the UK, the surgeon '''[[James Ross (surgeon)|James Ross]]''' harvested the kidney which was transplanted into the donor's twin brother?
* ... that '''[[Columbus nightclub shooting|the murder]]''' of American musician [[Dimebag Darrell]] occurred on the 24th anniversary of the [[murder of John Lennon]]?
* ... that the [[mecha]] [[dieselpunk]] art of Polish painter '''[[Jakub Różalski]]''' has inspired a board game, a video game, a short film, and a book anthology? 
* ... that when [[Syracuse University]] outbid the [[Prussia]]n government to purchase the '''[[Ranke Library]]''' in 1887, ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the collection "probably the rarest historical one ever owned by any one"?
* ... that '''[[Noel Marshall]]''' directed and starred with his family in ''[[Roar (1981 film)|Roar]]'', promoted as "the most dangerous movie ever made" for its many on-set injuries to the cast and crew working with more than 100 big cats?

===8 May 2019===
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* ... that the '''[[Silesian Wars]]''' made [[Frederick the Great|Frederick]] ''(pictured)'' "Great"?
* ... that the '''[[Labidochirus splendescens|splendid hermit crab]]''' almost exclusively chooses to inhabit a shell on which a [[Hydroid (zoology)|colonial hydroid]] is living?
* ... that in 1990, ''[[Forbes]]'' named '''[[Carmen Thomas]]''' one of the 100 most influential women in Germany for running ''[[Hallo Ü-Wagen]]'', a weekly travelling [[talk radio]] show with audience participation?<!--Special occasion hook for May 7-->
* ... that '''[[Teide Cableway]]''' climbs more than {{convert|1000|m}} in 8 minutes to the top of [[Teide|Spain's tallest mountain]]?
* ... that '''[[Eric Milnes]]''' has conducted [[Bach cantata]]s with the [[Montreal Baroque Orchestra]], with singers performing [[OVPP|one voice per part]]? 
* ... that '''''[[Given (manga)|Given]]''''' will be the first [[yaoi]] anime series to be broadcast on [[Noitamina]], Fuji TV's anime [[Block programming|programming block]]? 
* ... that Chinese mathematician '''[[Leetsch C. Hsu]]''' and his American colleague [[Henry W. Gould]] began collaborating years before formal relations were established between their countries?
* ... that [[R. Kelly]]'s 19-minute song "'''[[I Admit (R. Kelly song)|I Admit]]'''", which contains no [[Admission (law)|criminal admissions]], was described as an act of [[Internet troll|trolling]] and compared to [[O. J. Simpson]]'s book ''[[If I Did It]]''{{-?}}

===7 May 2019===
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* ... that [[Claudio Monteverdi|Monteverdi]] set the beginning of '''[[Psalm 70]]''', traditionally opening [[vespers]] ''(pictured)'', in his ''[[Vespro della Beata Vergine]]'' as a "call to attention"?
* ... that goaltender '''[[Konstantin Mihailov]]''' played in 28 [[Ice Hockey World Championships]] with the [[Bulgaria men's national ice hockey team|Bulgarian national team]] until the age of 49? 
* ... that '''[[Shirou Emiya]]''' was initially conceived as a female character but was changed to a male in order to fit the demographic of the visual novel ''[[Fate/stay night]]''{{-?}}
* ... that according to legend, Welsh nobleman '''[[Hywel Sele]]''' was killed by [[Owain Glyndŵr]] and his body hidden in the hollow of a tree?
* ... that '''[[Fight the New Drug]]'''{{`s}} advocacy against pornography uses what ''[[The Atlantic]]'' describes as "a just-some-of-the-facts approach"?
* ... that '''[[J. H. Curle|James Curle]]''', a Scottish mining engineer in South Africa, argued that the white race was being out-bred by other races?
* ... that no '''[[Ukrainian presidential elections|Ukrainian presidential election]]''' has had a higher voter turnout than the 84% of the first election in 1991?
* ... that pianist '''[[Wu Yili]]''' made her public debut in her teens, released her first album in her 70s, and went viral in her 80s?

===6 May 2019===
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* ... that '''[[Katja Wulff]]''' ''(drawing shown)'' of Hamburg, who learned [[expressionist dance]] from [[Rudolf von Laban]], was still running her dance school in Basel at the age of 90?
* ... that '''[[Kardaki Temple]]''' is considered to be the only Greek temple of Doric architecture that does not have a [[frieze]]?
* ... that '''[[Carey Wentworth Styles]]''' founded ''[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|The Atlanta Constitution]]'', then had to surrender his interest in the newspaper when he could not pay for the purchase?
* ... that the '''[[Pan Inuit Trails Atlas]]''' database depicts traditional place names and routes in the [[Northern Canada|Canadian Arctic]] used by the [[Inuit]], showing connections between their communities from Greenland to Alaska?
* ... that newly-elected parliamentarian '''[[Gadeer Mreeh]]''' will be the first [[Druze]] woman to serve as a member of the Israeli [[Knesset]]?
* ... that [[Meghan Trainor]]'s 2014 song "'''[[I'll Be Home (Meghan Trainor song)|I'll Be Home]]'''" did not debut on the Austrian charts until January 2019?
* ... that [[Australian rules football]]er '''[[Eleanor Brown (footballer)|Eleanor Brown]]''' was also a [[netball]]er and [[Cross country running|cross country runner]] in her junior career?
* ... that [[Honey bee|honeybees]] can be [[Hymenoptera training|trained]] to '''[[demining|search for landmines]]'''?

===5 May 2019===
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* ... that of the '''[[List of arches and bridges in Central Park|thirty-six ornamental spans]]''' in New York City's [[Central Park]], only the [[Bow Bridge (Central Park)|Bow Bridge]] ''(pictured)'' was intended to stand out from the surrounding environment? 
* ... that in 2008, [[Ethnohistory|ethnohistorian]] '''[[Jennifer S. H. Brown]]''' was the first woman from the [[University of Winnipeg]] to become a [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada]]? 
* ... that the '''[[Mongol invasions of Lithuania|Mongol invasion of 1258–1259]]''' was likely the most devastating event for 13th-century Lithuania?
* ... that after '''[[Asman Jah]]''' represented [[Mahboob Ali Khan|the Nizam of Hyderabad]] at the [[Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria]], he was promoted to prime minister of the state?
* ... that the '''[[Boltenia villosa|hairy sea squirt]]''' is preyed on by the [[Fusitriton oregonensis|Oregon hairy triton]]?
* ... that the [[bass-baritone]] '''[[Hans Günter Nöcker]]''' appeared in several world premieres of operas in [[Deutsche Oper Berlin|Berlin]], [[Schwetzingen Festival|Schwetzingen]], and [[Bavarian State Opera|Munich]], where he created a stirring portrayal of Gloucester in [[Aribert Reimann|Reimann]]'s ''[[Lear (opera)|Lear]]''?
* ... that the '''[[MLS Cup 1996|inaugural MLS Cup]]''' was played in heavy rain in the aftermath of [[Hurricane Lili (1996)|Hurricane Lili]]?
* ... that [[Theresa May]] described her leadership as "'''[[strong and stable]]'''" but her critics called it "weak and wobbly"?

===4 May 2019===
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* ... that the missionary ship '''''[[Messenger of Peace (missionary ship)|Messenger of Peace]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was built in 15 weeks using scrap metal, ropes made of [[Hibiscus tiliaceus|hibiscus]], and sails made of [[mat]]ting?
* ... that before joining [[Advanced Micro Devices|AMD]] and then [[Intel]], '''[[Raja Koduri]]''' developed hardware that enabled [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] to launch its [[Retina display]]s?
* ... that the burrow of the [[Echiura|spoon worm]] '''''[[Maxmuelleria lankesteri]]''''' is sometimes modified by fish and crustaceans that take up occupancy there? 
* ... that '''[[Liselotte Hammes]]''', a soprano with the [[Cologne Opera]], appeared as Sophie in ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]'' at the [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera|Glyndebourne Festival]] alongside [[Teresa Żylis-Gara]] in the title role and [[Montserrat Caballé]] as the Marschallin? 
* ... that recent research has shown the presence of a '''[[deep water cycle]]''' all the way down through the Earth's lower mantle?
* ... that Polish nun and supercentenarian '''[[Maria Roszak]]''' was named a [[Righteous Among the Nations]] for helping shelter Jewish refugees during the Holocaust?
* ... that to emphasize the pseudo-Japanese style of '''''[[Doki Doki Literature Club!]]''''' the characters were given Japanese names, with the exception of Monika, who was given an English name to hint at her individual nature?
* ... that [[Wayne Gretzky]] offered journalist '''[[Jay Greenberg (journalist)|Jay Greenberg]]''' a private interview after the latter was unable to ask questions during a press conference following "[[Wayne Gretzky#"The Trade"|The Trade]]"?

===3 May 2019===
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* ... that '''[[Hermann Herlitz]]''' ''(pictured)'', born to Jewish parents in [[Prussia]] in 1834, was pastor of the [[Lutheran Trinity Church, East Melbourne|Lutheran Trinity Church]] in [[East Melbourne, Victoria|East Melbourne]], Australia, for 46 years?
* ... that in UK elections, it is illegal for candidates to '''[[Treating (law)|treat]]''' the voters?<!--Special occasion hook for May 2-->
* ... that [[Chicago Blackhawks]] team historian '''[[Bob Verdi]]''' was named Illinois Sportswriter of the Year 19 times?
* ... that '''[[Janaria|staghorn hydrocoral]]''' grows on a mollusc shell occupied by a [[hermit crab]]?
* ... that six years after '''[[Zhang Yiming]]''' founded [[ByteDance]], it surpassed [[Uber]] to become the most valuable startup company in the world?
* ... that '''[[Wells Gray Park Cave discovery|a newly discovered cave]]''' has been temporarily named after [[Sarlacc|a Star Wars character]]?<!--A rename proposal is not a dispute tag-->
* ... that after a spinal cord injury, '''[[Marni Abbott-Peter]]''' won three Paralympic gold medals with the [[Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team]]?
* ... that in his book '''''[[The Unending Game]]''''', Indian spymaster [[Vikram Sood]] explains that the real world of espionage is less like a [[James Bond]] movie and more like a [[George Smiley]] novel?

===2 May 2019===
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* ... that [[Christa Wolf]]'s '''''[[Der geteilte Himmel]]''''' ''(cover pictured)'', published in East Germany in 1963, was called a "socialist bestseller"?
* ... that '''[[Andrey Starovoytov]]''', the general secretary of the [[Ice Hockey Federation of Russia|Soviet Union Ice Hockey Federation]] for 17 years, negotiated Soviet participation in the [[Summit Series]]?
* ... that despite '''[[Shrub's Wood Long Barrow]]''' in Kent being nearly {{convert|30|m|ft|-1|abbr=on}} high, it was not discovered until about 1970?
* ... that '''[[Xing Shizhong]]''' was promoted for his performance in the [[Sino-Vietnamese War]] and later served as president of a university that trains China's top military officers?
* ... that [[Rosana Sullivan]], director of the animated [[short film|short]] '''''[[Kitbull]]''''', said that she identified with the kitten in the film? 
* ... that though '''[[Isaac Komnenos (son of John II)|Isaac Komnenos]]''' was his oldest surviving son, [[John&nbsp;II Komnenos]] chose Isaac's younger brother [[Manuel I Komnenos|Manuel]] to succeed him as [[List of Byzantine emperors|Byzantine emperor]]?
* ... that '''[[Dumelow's Seedling]]''' is known by more than 50 alternative names? 
* ... that '''[[Robert Nasmyth]]''' was Surgeon-Dentist to [[Queen Victoria]] in Scotland while his brother Alexander was Surgeon-Dentist to her in England?

===1 May 2019===
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* ... that the fashion designer '''[[Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the closest relative of [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth&nbsp;II]] who cannot [[succession to the British throne|succeed to the British throne]] because of [[Act of Settlement 1701#Removal from the succession due to Catholicism|conversion to Catholicism]]?
* ... that the '''[[Pacific baza]]''' has been rumoured to imitate the calls of tree frogs when hunting, inducing them to return the call?
* ... that evidence given by [[Lincolnshire County Council]] chief executive '''[[David Bowles (chief executive)|David Bowles]]''' led to [[Jim Speechley|one council leader]] being jailed and [[Ian Croft|his successor]] banned from being a county councillor, for seeking revenge against Bowles?
* ... that among the judges of the 1954 '''[[Armed Forces March Competition]]''' were the last two living [[cornet]] soloists to have performed under [[John Philip Sousa]]?
* ... that '''[[Stella Abidh]]''' is believed to be the first [[Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian|Indo-Trinidadian]] woman to become a medical doctor?
* ... that [[Western Australia]] was held scoreless in the pool A final at the '''[[2016 AFL Youth Girls National Championships]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Rosl Schwaiger]]''' appeared as Mozart's [[Die Entführung aus dem Serail|Blonde]] at the [[Salzburg Festival]] in 1945 and the [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera|Glyndebourne Festival]] in 1957?
* ... that so many people attended a 2017 '''[[Pokémon Go live events|''Pokémon Go'' live event]]''' in [[Yokohama]], Japan, that the city declined to host it the following year?