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===30 November 2014===
*'''''12:25, 30 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Philharmonic Hall, Great Portland Street, London.jpg|100x100px|Philharmonic Hall in 1917]]
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* ... that London's '''[[Philharmonic Hall, London|Philharmonic Hall]]''' building ''(pictured)'' once had one of 30 car showrooms all in the same street?
* ... that during rainfall, the desert lizard '''''[[Phrynocephalus versicolor]]''''' adopts a bottom-up, head-down stance in order to trickle water towards its mouth?
* ... that Vincent Hanna, the lead character in both '''''[[L.A. Takedown]]''''' and its 1995 remake ''[[Heat (1995 film)|Heat]]'', was inspired by real-life police officer [[Chuck Adamson]]?
* ... that [[Royal Lao Army]] troops fled {{convert|150|km|abbr=on}} after their defeat at the '''[[Battle of Luang Namtha]]'''?
* ... that baseball player '''[[Jacob Hannemann]]''' is a cousin of [[Mufi Hannemann]], the former [[Mayor of Honolulu]]?
* ... that in the book '''''[[Do You Believe in Magic? The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine]]''''', pediatrician [[Paul Offit]] criticizes the use of [[vitamin C]] to treat the [[common cold]]?
* ... that '''[[Charles D'Almaine]]''' was the first person to make a [[phonograph record|record]] using the [[Stroh violin]]?

*'''''00:40, 30 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Eucera cinnamomea male 1.jpg|100x100px|''[[Eucera cinnamomea]]'' male on a capitulum of ''Carduus argentatus'']]
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* ... that the 1801 edition of ''The Encyclopaedia Londinensis volume III'' makes note of certain "remarkable" features of '''[[Carduus argentatus|plumeless silver thistle]]''' ''(pictured)''?
* ... that although Dutch Jewish siblings '''[[Eva and Abraham Beem]]''' tried to hide from the [[Nazism|Nazis]] in the home of a Christian family, Abraham's [[Brit milah|circumcision]] gave them away?
* ... that '''''[[The National (Scotland)|The National]]''''' is the first [[daily newspaper]] in [[Scotland]] to support [[Scottish independence|independence]] for that country?
* ... that [[Romanian Orthodox]] bishop '''[[Nicolae Bălan]]''' went from being an [[Iron Guard]] supporter to working with his country's new [[Communist Romania|Communist regime]] in suppressing the [[Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic|Greek-Catholic Church]]?
* ... that the wasp '''''[[Polistes erythrocephalus]]''''' acts as a natural pesticide in tobacco plantations in South America?
* ... that ''[[TV Guide (magazine)|TV Guide]]'' referred to '''[[Ezri Dax]]''' on ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' as "Ally McTrill", a reference to the television series ''[[Ally McBeal]]''?
* ... that [[Phoumi Nosavan]] launched the '''[[Battle of Lak Sao]]''' against United States advice?

===29 November 2014===
*'''''12:55, 29 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Coelioxys sodalis, F, face, Maine, Hancock County 2013-03-15-14.10.58 ZS PMax (8593901000).jpg|100x100px|Coelioxys sodalis]]
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* ... that the bee '''''[[Coelioxys sodalis]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is a [[kleptoparasite]]?
* ... that the ouster of Arthur Demoulas by Arthur Demoulas led to '''[[Market Basket protests|protests by employees and customers]]''' of [[DeMoulas Market Basket|Market Basket]]?
* ... that the only named tributary of '''[[Messers Run]]''' is called '''[[Negro Hollow]]'''?
* ... that '''''[[Dareka no Manazashi]]''''', the 6-minute 40-second Japanese [[Anime|anime film]] directed by [[Makoto Shinkai]], was screened alongside his other film, ''[[The Garden of Words]]''?
* ... that when the '''[[Manleluag Spring Protected Landscape]]''' was established in 1934, its boundaries were referenced to an [[Alibangbáng|alibanbang tree]] that was {{convert|35|cm|0|abbr=on}} in diameter at the time?
* ... that '''[[Richie Farmer]]''' holds records for most points scored in the [[Sweet Sixteen (KHSAA State Basketball Championship)|KHSAA championship game]] (51), and most ethics violations by a [[Kentucky]] executive branch officeholder (42)?
* ... that the '''[[Israel National Council for the Child]]''' says that slapping children is neither ethical nor educational, and can be destructive?

*'''''01:10, 29 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:ColleenBallinger2012.jpg|100x100px|Colleen Ballinger, 2012]]
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* ... that the character [[Miranda Sings]], played by '''[[Colleen Ballinger]]''' ''(pictured)'', is ranked No. 7 among YouTube comedy channels?
* ... that [[Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]] conducted his '''[[Magnificat (C. P. E. Bach)|Magnificat]]''' decades after he composed it, juxtaposed in the concert to his father's [[Mass in B minor structure#No. 2 Symbolum Nicenum|Credo]]?
* ... that '''[[K'inich Yo'nal Ahk I]]''', ''[[ajaw]]'' of [[Piedras Negras (Maya site)|Piedras Negras]], erected many stelae that became prototypes for monuments raised by his successors?
* ... that the protagonist of '''''[[Hatred (video game)|Hatred]]''''' is a mass-killing villain who begins a "genocide crusade" in his hatred of humanity?
* ... that the [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|Clinton administration]] abandoned plans to nominate '''[[Alicia Munnell]]''' to the [[Federal Reserve Board of Governors]] following protest by ten [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States Senate|Senators]]?
* ... that on the '''[[Church of St Teresa of Avila, Birkdale]]''', there is a [[flèche]] over the [[crossing (architecture)|crossing]], and a [[bellcote]] on the [[gable]] of the north [[transept]]?
* ... that a massive "welcoming ceremony" with fireworks and [[lion dance]]rs greeted county leader '''[[Li Lianyu]]''' upon his return from a Communist Party National Congress?

===28 November 2014===
*'''''12:00, 28 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:St James the Less exterior.jpg|100x100px|Tower of St James the Less, Pimlico]]
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* ... that '''[[St James the Less, Pimlico]]''' ''(pictured)'', designed by [[George Edmund Street]], has been called "one of the finest [[Gothic Revival]] churches anywhere"?
* ... that after being scorched by wildfires, the blackened branches of the '''[[Maytenus oleoides|mountain maytenus]]''' readily sprout?
* ... that the '''[[Diaspora Yeshiva Band]]''' infused [[Rock music|rock]] and [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] with Jewish lyrics, creating a music style it called "Hasidic rock" or "Country and Eastern"?
* ... that '''[[Fred Wesley Wentworth]]''' designed many of the buildings constructed after the devastating 1902 fire in [[Downtown Paterson|Downtown]] [[Paterson, New Jersey]]?
* ... that a [[dye]]stuff extracted from the endangered '''[[Armenian cochineal]]''' was historically used to dye rugs and paint manuscripts and frescoes?
* ... that '''[[Morden tube station|Morden station]]''' is at one end of a {{convert|27.8|km|mi|adj=on}} long tunnel, the longest on the [[London Underground]]?
* ... that [[Confucius]] said, "I used to judge a person by his appearance and erred in '''[[Tantai Mieming|Ziyu]]'''"?

*'''''00:00, 28 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:2006-10-18Cucurbita pepo06.jpg|100x100px|An assortment of fruits of Cucurbita, a genus Whitaker vastly increased the knowledge of]]
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* ... that botanist '''[[Thomas W. Whitaker]]''' was honored for his work with [[Cucurbitaceae|squashes and pumpkins]] ''(pictured)'' by having a squash variety named after him?
* ... that the English [[harvest festival|harvest]] hymn "'''[[Come, Ye Thankful People, Come]]'''" is also a popular Thanksgiving song in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Gladys Kathleen Parkin]]''' obtained a first-class commercial radio operator's license at the age of fifteen?
* ... that the '''[[Agriotes sputator|common click beetle]]''' is an agricultural pest and its larvae, known as wireworms, cause damage to crops?
* ... that '''[[Bayume Mohamed Husen]]''' served in the [[Schutztruppe|German army]] but died at [[Sachsenhausen concentration camp]]?
* ... that the '''[[John F. Adams House]]''' has been described as the "finest late Italianate dwelling still standing in [[Pawtucket, Rhode Island|Pawtucket]]"?
* ... that '''[[Halfdan Ragnarsson]]''' was one of the leaders of the [[Great Heathen Army]]?

===27 November 2014===
*'''''12:05, 27 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Mátyás Király arcmása.jpg|100x100px|Matthias Corvinus as a young monarch]]
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* ... that under the patronage of '''[[Matthias Corvinus]]''' ''(pictured)'', [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]] became the first country outside Italy to embrace [[the Renaissance]]?
* ... that the '''[[London Philharmonic Orchestra]]''' recorded all of the 205 national anthems used at the medal ceremonies of the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]?
* ... that [[Ming dynasty|Ming]] military leader '''[[Kong Youde]]''' defected to the [[Manchus]], but committed suicide after being outflanked by the Ming army?
* ... that [[Camera Obscura (band)|Camera Obscura]]'s album '''''[[Let's Get Out of This Country]]''''' was recorded in two weeks?
* ... that the historic '''[[Elk Lake Guard Station]]''' in Oregon's [[Deschutes National Forest]] was converted into a [[United States Forest Service|Forest Service]] information center in 2001?
* ... that during the beginning of the [[Italian occupation of Albania]], '''''[[Fashizmi]]''''' was the sole daily newspaper published in the country?
* ... that [[Studio pottery|studio potter]] '''[[Carol McNicoll]]''' designed costumes for [[Brian Eno]] of [[Roxy Music]]?

*'''''00:20, 27 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Govanhill Baths, Glasgow 24.JPG|100x100px|Govanhill Baths, 2014]]
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* ... that '''[[Govanhill Baths]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the last surviving [[Edwardian era|Edwardian]] public bathhouse in Glasgow?
* ... that '''[[Carl A. Wiley]]''', inventor of [[synthetic aperture radar]], published his concept of [[solar sail]]s in a [[Pulp magazine|pulp mag]] under a [[pen name]]?
* ... that endoparasites occupying up to 80% of the abdomen of the social wasp '''''[[Ropalidia romandi]]''''' may actually increase their host's life span?
* ... that '''''[[Dead Rising: Watchtower]]''''', currently in production, is the first digital film to be produced by [[Legendary Pictures]]?
* ... that '''''[[Bambolinetta]]''''' was probably the only [[duck]] species to propel itself underwater with its wings, like a [[penguin]]?
* ... that [[Christina Stead]] challenged '''[[Finola Moorhead]]''' to write a book with no male characters?
* ... that the plight of the '''[[Richmond Sixteen]]''' came to the attention of [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[H. H. Asquith|Asquith]] via a letter thrown out a train window?

===26 November 2014===
*'''''12:35, 26 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Tilia johnsoni 01.jpg|100x100px|Fossil ''T. johnsoni'']]
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* ... that at the time of description, the extinct '''''[[Tilia johnsoni]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was the oldest [[basswood]] [[macrofossil]] occurrence?
* ... that '''[[Keshavlal Dhruv]]''' compiled fifteenth century [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] poems and published them in 1927?
* ... that Chinese astronomer '''[[Qu Qinyue]]''' was sent to work at a coal mine during the [[Cultural Revolution]]?
* ... that the '''[[Eurovision Song Contest 2014]]''' won the International TV Award at the [[Premios Ondas|Ondas Awards]], in Barcelona?
* ... that '''[[Benguela Province]]''' witnessed an influx of many [[Internally displaced person|IDPs]] during the [[Angolan Civil War]]?
* ... that the [[Audenried Tunnel]], the '''[[Catawissa Tunnel]]''', the '''[[Green Mountain Tunnel]]''', the '''[[Oneida Number One Tunnel]]''', and the '''[[Oneida Number Three Tunnel]]''' were all built in the [[Catawissa Creek]] watershed in the early 1930s?
* ... that '''[[higher-speed rail]]''' is actually a lower train speed category than [[high-speed rail]]?

*'''''00:50, 26 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:17 Years of Sekar Jepun 2014-11-01 48b.jpg|100x100px|Panyembrama]]
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* ... that the [[Balinese dance]] form '''[[panyembrama]]''' ''(pictured)'' was designed as a secular welcoming dance, but is now also performed to welcome the gods?
* ... that [[Johnny Burnett (baseball)|Johnny Burnett]] once had '''[[List of Major League Baseball hitters with six hits in one game|nine hits in a Major League Baseball game]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Francis Arthur Freeth]]''' developed ways of purifying [[TNT]] during World War I, and came out of retirement to do secret research for British special forces in World War II?
* ... that '''[[Saumarez Homestead]]''' contains a thirty-room [[Edwardian era|Edwardian]] mansion, and has hosted fashion shows and a film festival?
* ... that in the wasp '''''[[Metapolybia cingulata]]''''', queens and workers look alike and can only be distinguished by dissection?
* ... that the [[Kingdom of Castile|Castilian]] '''[[Battle of Salé|raid of Salé]]''' resulted in the capture of 3,000 citizens of [[Salé]] who were taken as slaves for [[Seville]]?
* ... that food critic '''[[Phyllis Richman]]''' was once called "the most feared woman in Washington"?

===25 November 2014===
*'''''13:05, 25 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:IJVTabacoChurch5ver2.jpg|100x100px|Facade of Tabaco Church]]
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* ... that the [[National Museum of the Philippines]] declared [[Tabaco Church|'''San Juan Bautista Parish Church''']] ''(pictured)'' one of two [[List of National Cultural Treasures in the Philippines|National Cultural Treasure]]s in the [[Bicol region]]?
* ... that '''[[Eystein Olafsson]]''', [[Kingdom of Dublin|King of Dublin]], was "deceitfully" killed by [[Halfdan Ragnarsson]], [[List of monarchs of Northumbria|King of Jórvík]]?
* ... that the main star of the '''[[Theta Coronae Borealis]]''' system spins at {{convert|393|km|mi}} per second at its equator?
* ... that the concrete '''[[Robespierre Monument (Moscow)|Robespierre Monument]]''' collapsed four days after its erection in Moscow in 1918?
* ... that [[Confucius]] thought so highly of his [[disciples of Confucius|disciple]] '''[[Nangong Kuo (disciple of Confucius)|Nangong Kuo]]''' that he gave the student his niece in marriage?
* ... that [[reggaeton]] duo [[Wisin & Yandel]] won the [[Grammy Award|Grammy]], [[Latin Grammy Award|Latin Grammy]], and [[Lo Nuestro Awards|Lo Nuestro Award]] for '''[[Lo Nuestro Award for Urban Album of the Year|Urban Album of the Year]]''' for their album ''[[Wisin vs. Yandel: Los Extraterrestres|Los Extraterrestres]]''?
* ... that the vicinity of '''[[Devil Hole Run]]''' has been described as "Hell-like" and "sinister"?

*'''''00:20, 25 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Hjalmar von Sydow 1936.JPG|100x100px|Hjalmar von Sydow]]
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* ... that Swedish politician [[Hjalmar von Sydow]] ''(pictured)'' was '''[[Von Sydow murders|murdered by his own son]]''' with an iron in March 1932?
* ... that the American football players inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as "Gator Greats" include "All-American Waterboy" '''[[Tootie Perry]]''', attorney '''[[Goldy Goldstein]]''', and halfbacks '''[[Red Bethea]]''' and '''[[Larry Dupree]]'''?
* ... that '''[[acute flaccid myelitis]]''' is suspected to be caused by [[enterovirus 68]], a relative of the [[polio virus]]?
* ... that the '''[[The Boat Race 1861|1861 University Boat Race]]''' featured [[William Robertson (Australian politician)|the first non-British competitor]] in the history of the event?
* ... that '''[[Lem (satellite)|Lem]]''', Poland's first scientific artificial satellite, sees [[B-type main-sequence star|blue stars]] while '''[[Heweliusz (satellite)|Heweliusz]]''', its second, sees [[Red giant|red stars]]?
* ... that '''[[K'inich Yat Ahk II]]''', the last ruler of [[Piedras Negras (Maya site)|Piedras Negras]], defeated the rival state of [[Pomona, Tabasco|Pomona]] before his capture by K'inich Tatbu Skull IV of [[Yaxchilan]]?
* ... that during swarming, '''''[[Parachartergus fraternus]]''''' wasps spray venom to mark the new nest site?

===24 November 2014===
*'''''12:35, 24 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Bombardment of sale 26th novem hi.jpg|100x100px|Representation of the bombardment of Salé by Théodore de Gudin]]
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* ... that hundreds of people in [[Salé]] stole goods salvaged from a capsized French ship, leading to the '''[[Bombardment of Salé|city's bombardment]]''' ''(representation pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Connie Dion]]''' was the winning [[goaltender|goalie]] during the most lopsided shutout in [[National Hockey League|NHL]] history?
* ... that the reverse of the '''[[50,000 Colombian peso note]]''' features an image of writer [[Jorge Isaacs]]' house "El Paraiso"?
* ... that among [[Confucius]]' disciples, '''[[Yan Yan (disciple of Confucius)|Yan Yan]]''' was considered the most distinguished in the study of [[Chinese classics|the classics]]?
* ... that '''''[[Vespula austriaca]]''''' is an [[obligate parasite]] wasp with a large stinger and very curved sting shafts?
* ... that "the child welfare system failed '''[[Phoenix Sinclair]]'''"?
* ... that while a hypothetical coup in [[South Vietnam]] was being played in the '''[[Sigma II-64 war game]]''', a real coup was staged against General [[Nguyễn Khánh]]?

*'''''00:50, 24 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Wyangala Dam.jpg|100x100px|Original Wyangala Dam wall, completed in 1935]]
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* ... that the original pioneering settlement of '''[[Wyangala]]''', Australia, was submerged on completion of Wyangala Dam ''(pictured)'' in 1935?
* ... that Singaporean swimmer '''[[Samantha Yeo]]''' was twelve years old when she competed at the [[Swimming at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games|2009 Southeast Asian Games]]?
* ... that after 1832, John Jacob Astor's [[American Fur Company]] dominated the '''[[fur trade in Montana]]''' on the upper Missouri River by using the [[paddle steamer]] to transport goods?
* ... that '''''[[Candidula spadae]]''''', a snail native to [[Central Italy]], is at risk in part because of [[Tourism in Italy|tourist activities]]?
* ... that every member of the [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] crew that won the '''[[The Boat Race 1849 (March)|March 1849 University Boat Race]]''' came from [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity College]]?
* ... that the '''[[Sutton Heritage Mosaic]]''', one of the largest examples of wall art in Britain, consists of over 100,000 pieces?
* ... that asking prices for the poorly received video game '''''[[Cubic Ninja]]''''' jumped to as much as [[United States dollar|$]]500 after it was used for the first [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Homebrew (video games)|homebrew]] exploit?

===23 November 2014===
*'''''10:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:MAC (exterior), Belfast, April 2012 (06).JPG|100x100px|Belfast MAC]]
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* ... that [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] architecture firm '''[[Hackett Hall McKnight]]''' created the Belfast MAC ''(pictured)'', described as one of the "most stunning new British buildings of the century"?
* ... that, when complete, the '''[[PandaX]]''' [[dark matter]] detection experiment will be one hundred times as sensitive as the current most-sensitive detector?
* ... that the niece of [[Pat Chan]], Singapore's "Golden Girl", is also an '''[[Marina Chan|international competitive swimmer]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Davis Run]]''' is one of two streams in the watershed of [[Catawissa Creek]] that has a substantial population of [[brown trout]]?
* ... that the nests of the South American wasp '''''[[Protopolybia chartergoides]]''''' have transparent envelopes?
* ... that the '''[[The Boat Race 1842|1842 University Boat Race]]''' was [[University of Oxford|Oxford]]'s first victory on "London water"?
* ... that '''[[Sakakibara Kenkichi]]''' and [[Yamaoka Tesshū]] once engaged in a forty-minute sword duel without either striking a single blow?

===22 November 2014===
*'''''22:30, 22 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Mihran Mesrobian.jpg|100x100px|Mihran Mesrobian]]
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* ... that [[Armenian American|Armenian-American]] architect '''[[Mihran Mesrobian]]''' ''(pictured)'' restored palaces in the [[Ottoman Empire]] and designed hotels in [[Washington, D.C.]]?
* ... that the '''[[Nokia N1|N1]]''' is [[Nokia]]'s first new product since the sale of its [[Microsoft Mobile|mobile phone business]] to [[Microsoft]]?
* ... that Mike Conte of the [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Early Man (band)|Early Man]] put "lots of [[wikt:riffage|riffage]]" into the score of '''''[[Secret Mountain Fort Awesome]]'''''?
* ... that the '''[[Maryland Terrapins field hockey|Maryland Terrapins field hockey team]]''' has won a record 56 games in the [[NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship|NCAA tournament]]?
* ... that the extinct ants '''''[[Azteca alpha]]''''' carried larvae of the nematode '''''[[Formicodiplogaster|Formicodiplogaster myrmenema]]'''''?
* ... that during the corruption probe into '''[[Gu Junshan]]''', investigators located a gold model boat, a gold Mao statue, and crates of luxury liquor in his family compound?
* ... that although the '''[[Seeley G. Mudd Chemistry Building]]''' is [[Vassar College]]'s youngest completed academic building, it is slated for demolition in 2016?

*'''''10:15, 22 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:High Line 20th Street looking downtown.jpg|100x100px|The High Line at 20th Street]]
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* ... that the '''[[High Line (New York City)|High Line]]''' ''(pictured)'', once an abandoned elevated railway slated for demolition in [[New York City]], is now a [[linear park]] with about 5 million annual visitors?
* ... that '''''[[Jack Lumber]]''''' was the first game published by [[Sega]]'s third-party publisher Sega Alliance?
* ... that following the '''[[2014–15 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season]]''', [[CBS]] will broadcast the [[Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament]] for the 18th consecutive year?
* ... that '''[[William E. Bradley, Jr.]]''' resigned less than a year after becoming the first President of the [[Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics]]?
* ... that the '''[[Central Mental Hospital]]''' in [[Ireland]], completed in 1850, was the first secure hospital in [[Europe]]?
* ... that the '''[[The Boat Race 1856|1856 University Boat Race]]''' was [[Referee#Rowing|umpired]] by a former [[Cambridge University Boat Club]] president who had rowed in both the [[The Boat Race 1849 (March)|March]] and [[The Boat Race 1849 (December)|December races]] of 1849? 
* ... that the largest '''''[[leishu]]''''' encyclopedia ever printed contained 852,408 pages?

===21 November 2014===
*'''''22:00, 21 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:17 Years of Sekar Jepun 2014-11-01 05.jpg|100x100px|Cendrawasih dance]]
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* ... that both dancers in the '''[[cendrawasih (dance)|cendrawasih dance]]''' ''(pictured)'', depicting the mating ritual of the "[[Paradisaea|bird of the gods]]", are women?
* ... that '''[[Robert Risson|Sir Robert Risson]]''' is credited as "the man who saved [[Trams in Melbourne|Melbourne's trams]]"?
* ... that the '''[[The Boat Race 1845|1845 University Boat Race]]''' was the first time the event was contested along [[The Championship Course]]?
* ... that the completed English [[game localization|localization]] of 1989 video game '''''[[Mother (video game)|Mother]]''''' was abandoned only to be rediscovered and later uploaded to the Internet?
* ... that the literary motif of "'''[[forced seduction]]'''" was called a male rape fantasy, an attempt by the hero to get to know the heroine, a useful lesson for women to not dress sexy, and an enjoyable fantasy?
* ... that [[Shirley Clarke]] called '''''[[Goodbye in the Mirror]]''''' the first "real woman's film"?
* ... that drinking from the Hoofprint of '''[[Einion Frenin|Einion]]'''{{`s}} Horse, a [[petrosomatoglyph]] in [[Wales]], was thought to cure what ailed you?

===20 November 2014===
*'''''22:42, 20 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Carolina Noren.JPG|100x100px|Carolina Norén]]
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* ... that Swedish radio presenter '''[[Carolina Norén]]''' ''(pictured)'' took over the job of hosting the chart show ''[[Svensktoppen]]'' from [[Annika Jankell]] in 2007?
* ... that an [[eroge]] called ''Paizuri Cheerleader VS Sakunyuu Ouendan!'' allegedly ripped off one of the [[computer graphics]] samples from '''''[[Kanojo x Kanojo x Kanojo]]'''''?
* ... that '''[[Marko Happich]]''' once narrowly lost a [[downhill skiing|downhill]] race to [[Stephan Eberharter]], the former in a [[sidecarcross]] and the latter on skis?
* ... that the Somali tectonic plate is breaking into tectonic micro-plates, like the newly-formed '''[[Lwandle Plate]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Ohad Moskowitz|Ohad]]'''{{`s}} 2009 hit "''Bo'i Kala''", set to the words of the traditional song accompanying a Jewish bride to the [[chuppah]], is a remake of [[Leonard Cohen]]'s "[[Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)|Hallelujah]]"?
* ... that the color of '''''[[Lime Green Icicle Tower]]''''', a 42-foot (13{{nbsp}}m) glass sculpture at [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|Boston's Museum of Fine Arts]], has been described as [[Kermit the Frog]]?
* ... that the 2012 satirical comedy drama ''[[OMG – Oh My God!]]'' was the first film produced by '''[[Grazing Goat Pictures Pvt. Ltd]]'''?

*'''''10:27, 20 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Our Lady of the Gate Church, Daraga, Albay.jpg|100x100px|Daraga Church]]
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* ... that the façade of [[Daraga Church|'''Nuestra Señora de la Porteria Parish Church''']] ''(pictured)'' in the [[Philippines]] is made out of [[volcanic rocks]]?
* ... that U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Lyndon Johnson]] approved '''[[Operation Triangle]]''' the month before the [[Tonkin Gulf Incident]] began the [[Vietnam War]]?
* ... that '''''[[Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey]]''''' was published just before the 100th anniversary of the [[Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition]] of 1914 on which it was based?
* ... that the 1914 '''[[Battle of Kolubara]]''' ended with a [[decisive victory|decisive]] Serbian victory after a month of bloodshed?
* ... that [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] won the '''[[The Boat Race 1976|1976 University Boat Race]]''' with the then-fastest winning time of 16 minutes and 58 seconds?
* ... that although [[Guatemala]] is the world's largest '''[[Cardamom production|producer of cardamom]]''', local use is negligible?
* ... that chemistry professor '''[[W. Conway Pierce]]''' brought a shotgun to class after a colleague interrupted his lecture with a flock of birds?

===19 November 2014===
*'''''22:12, 19 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Sarre BroochDSCF9233.JPG|100x100px|Round silver brooch]]
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* ... that only about 40 objects in the fifth-century [[Anglo-Saxon art|Anglo-Saxon]] '''[[Quoit brooch|Quoit Brooch Style]]''' of metalwork ''(example pictured)'' are known?
* ... that '''[[Zhuansun Shi]]''', a disciple of [[Confucius]], started his own sect of [[Confucianism]]?
* ... that the [[Muzaffar Ali]]-directed drama '''''[[Aagaman]]''''' (1982) marked the film debut of [[Anupam Kher]]?
* ... that '''[[Peter Blondeau]]''' pioneered the technique of inscribing lettering onto the edge of coins?
* ... that the '''[[The Boat Race 1852|1852 University Boat Race]]''' saw the [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] crew coached by former [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] cox [[Thomas Selby Egan]]?
* ... that the 2014 drought in southern Brazil is believed to be due to failure of the '''[[flying river]]s'''?
* ... that the annual [[Nobel Banquet]] is held in the [[Stockholm City Hall|Stockholm ''Stadshuset's'']] red '''[[Blue Hall]]'''?

*'''''09:57, 19 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg.jpg|100x100px|Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]
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* ... that '''[[Maximilian William of Brunswick-Lüneburg|Maximilian William]]''' ''(pictured)'', brother of [[George I of Great Britain|King George I]], was exiled for plotting to regain his inheritance, and his election as [[Prince-Bishopric of Osnabruck|prince-bishop]] was invalidated because it was a Lutheran's turn?
* ... that the [[music video]] for the song "'''[[A Criminal Mind]]'''" by [[Lawrence Gowan|Gowan]] won the 1985 [[Juno Award for Video of the Year]]?
* ... that Swedish scientist '''[[Anders Bárány]]''' is the grandson of Nobel laureate [[Róbert Bárány]]?
* ... that [[Washington, D.C.]] held its '''[[Washington, D.C. Attorney General election, 2014|first Attorney General election]]''' this year?
* ... that although one of the tributaries of [[Little Catawissa Creek]] ('''[[Stony Run (Little Catawissa Creek)|Stony Run]]''') is unable to support fish life, the other tributary ('''[[Trexler Run]]''') is Class A Wild Trout Waters?
* ... that the first [[test cricket|Test match]] between '''[[Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 1982–83|Sri Lanka and India was in the 1982–83 cricket season]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Thérèse de Dillmont]]'''{{`s}} ''[[s:Encyclopedia of Needlework|Encyclopedia of Needlework]]'' included [[product placement]] for '''[[Jean Dollfus]]'''{{`s}} company in [[Mulhouse]]?

===18 November 2014===
*'''''00:25, 18 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Taguig-c5-kalayaan-2012-01.JPG|100x100px|Northern elevated U-turn slot of the C-5–Kalayaan Interchange]]
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* ... that motorists derisively refer to the elevated U-turns on [[Metro Manila]]'s '''[[Circumferential Road 5–Kalayaan Avenue Interchange|C-5–Kalayaan Interchange]]''' ''(pictured)'' as the "ninth and tenth wonders of the world"?
* ... that the only female swimmer for '''[[Benin at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]''' finished 87th out of 90?
* ... that a theoretical problem in the '''[[mobility analogy]]''' led to the [[Inerter (mechanical networks)|inerter]] being proposed as a new theoretical element of [[mechanical network]]s and later fabricated as a real component in [[Formula One]]?
* ... that the title track from the [[Dave Brubeck Quartet]]'s '''''[[Bossa Nova U.S.A.]]''''' was the last in the album to be recorded?
* ... that in 2014, ''[[Newsweek]]'' ranked '''[[Briarcliff High School]]''' 17th-best in the United States?
* ... that [[Terry Myerson]] compared the technological differences between '''[[Windows 10]]''' and [[Windows 7|7]] to the differences between a [[Tesla Motors|Tesla]] and a [[Toyota Prius (XW10)|first-generation Prius]]?
* ... that in a 2013 music video, [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic Jewish]] singing star '''[[Benny Friedman (singer)|Benny Friedman]]''' jumped into a swimming pool fully clothed, joining a three-piece band playing underwater?

===17 November 2014===
*'''''12:40, 17 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Dokusho no tsuki.jpg|100x100px|Zilu reading while carrying rice for his parents]]
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* ... that when [[Confucius]] learned that his disciple '''[[Zhong You|Zilu]]''' ''(pictured)'' had been pickled, he ordered all the pickled goods in his house to be thrown away?
* ... that '''[[Etal Castle]]''', located near the [[Anglo-Scottish border]], lost its military value after the [[Union of the Crowns]] in 1603?
* ... that [[stele]] 14, erected by '''[[Yo'nal Ahk III]]''', is considered one of the finest examples of niche stelae?
* ... that during the [[Korean War]], '''[[No. 391 Squadron RAAF]]''' ran a "Transit Hotel" that accommodated business people and entertainers, as well as military personnel?
* ... that [[Secretary of State of Rhode Island|Secretary of State-elect of Rhode Island]] '''[[Nellie Gorbea]]''' is the first Hispanic to win statewide office in [[New England]]?
* ... that [[Arvo Pärt]] began his choral composition '''''[[Da pacem Domine (Pärt)|Da pacem Domine]]''''' (Give peace, Lord) two days after the [[2004 Madrid train bombings]]?
* ... that U.S. Air Force tanker pilots were struck dumb when they radioed in to speak with a [[United Arab Emirates]] mission during [[air refueling]] and heard '''[[Mariam al-Mansouri|a female voice]]''' answer?

*'''''00:55, 17 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:William Shatner Sydney 2014.jpg|100x100px|William Shatner in 2014]]
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* ... that [[William Shatner]] ''(pictured)'' was shocked by the negative feelings of the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' cast when he interviewed them for his book, '''''[[Star Trek Memories]]'''''?
* ... that [[Thirty Seconds to Mars]] retreated to the isolation of rural Wyoming to record their '''[[30 Seconds to Mars (album)|self-titled debut album]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Brilliant Chang]]''' sold cocaine, heroin, and opium to young women in London, fueling a "white slavery" stereotype?
* ... that [[Magic Cap]]'s '''[[Telescript (programming language)|Telescript programming language]]''' included the ability to send bits of its programs to other computers to run remotely in [[Cloud computing|the cloud]]?
*... that Indian actor [[Akshay Kumar]], who began learning [[martial arts]] at age nine, hosted a '''[[Seven Deadly Arts with Akshay Kumar|2004 television mini-series]]''' demonstrating seven martial arts styles?
* ... that the '''[[Rutgers Scarlet Knights field hockey|Rutgers Scarlet Knights field hockey program]]''' has played in four different [[athletic conference|conferences]] since 1988?
* ... that '''[[parent management training]]''' is one of the most effective ways to reduce child behavior problems?

===16 November 2014===
*'''''13:10, 16 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Dark_Run_looking_upstream.JPG|100x100px|Dark Run looking upstream at Ringtown, Pennsylvania]]
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* ... that '''[[Dark Run]]''' ''(pictured)'' is one of the few fertile streams in the watershed of [[Catawissa Creek]] that supports fish life?
* ... that the [[2004 ICC Champions Trophy]] was [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]]' first major tournament win since the [[1979 Cricket World Cup]], defeating [[England cricket team|England]] in the '''[[2004 ICC Champions Trophy Final|final]]''' by two [[wicket]]s?
* ... that the band '''[[Lutefisk (band)|Lutefisk]]''' was formed to cure the "premature midlife artistic crisis" of its frontman?
* ... that female '''''[[Parascaris equorum]]''''' roundworms, an [[intestinal parasite]] of horses, can grow to be as long as {{convert|15|in|cm}}?
* ... that [[Turkey]]'s new [[presidential palace]], '''[[Ak Saray]]''', contains an office with no electrical outlets to prevent [[bugging]]?
* ... that actress '''[[Bianca Kronlöf]]''' was a travelling reporter for the [[Sveriges Radio]] and [[Sveriges Television|TV]] charity show ''[[Musikhjälpen]]'' in 2013?
* ... that the [[Devil in music|tritone]] heard at the beginning of [[Jimi Hendrix]]'s song "'''[[Purple Haze]]'''" was historically called "Devil in music" and to play it was considered comparable to ringing Satan's doorbell?

*'''''00:00, 16 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Geant des Neiges Melies.jpg|100x100px|The Conquest of the Pole]]
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* ... that for '''''[[The Conquest of the Pole]]''''', [[Georges Méliès]] built a man-eating [[marionette]] frost giant ''(pictured)'' that required twelve puppeteers to operate?
* ... that '''[[B. R. Vijayalakshmi]]''' is Asia's first woman cinematographer?
* ... that [[Sant Nirankari Mission|Sant Nirankaris]] were expelled from the [[Sikh]] community after the '''[[1978 Sikh-Nirankari clashes]]''', in which 13 Sikhs and 3 Sant Nirankaris were killed?
* ... that [[Anton Bruckner|Bruckner]] dedicated '''''[[Os justi (Bruckner)|Os justi]]''''', his motet for eight voices in strict [[Lydian mode]], to the choir master of [[St. Florian Monastery|St. Florian abbey]]?
* ... that '''[[Wolfhouse Run]]''' is named for the lair of a human Wolf?
* ... that the '''[[The Boat Race 1857|1857 University Boat Race]]''' featured the first keel-less [[Carvel (boat building)|carvel-built]] boat in the history of the race?
* ... that ''Gelae baen'', ''Gelae balae'', ''Gelae donut'', ''Gelae fish'', and ''Gelae rol'' are beetles of the genus '''''[[Gelae]]'''''?

===15 November 2014===
*'''''12:00, 15 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:StThomasChapel 4120.jpg|100x100px|St. Thomas Chapel, April 2013]]
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* ... that during the [[American Civil War]], [[Middletown, Virginia]]'s '''[[St. Thomas Chapel]]''' ''(pictured)'' was used first as a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] hospital and later as a [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] stable?
* ... that the 45,000-year-old remains of '''[[Ust'-Ishim man]]''' are the oldest [[anatomically modern human|modern human]] [[genome sequencing|genome to be fully sequenced]] to date?
* ... that [[Anton Bruckner|Bruckner]] scored his second setting of '''''[[Christus factus est, WAB 10 (Bruckner)|Christus factus est]]''''' for eight vocal parts, trombones, and strings, but added, "''Besser ohne Violinen''" (Better without violins)?
* ... that '''[[Peak Walk]]''' in the [[Swiss Alps]] is the first [[suspension bridge]] to connect two mountain peaks?
* ... that the office of [[University of Missouri]] Chancellor '''[[John W.&nbsp;Schwada]]''' was stormed by student protesters in May 1970?
* ... that a coffee extract used in [[Starbucks]]' discontinued '''[[Mazagran (coffee beverage)|Mazagran]]''' beverage was later used in the formulation of the company's line of bottled [[frappuccino]] beverages?
* ... that in his legal defence of [[Saddam Hussein]], '''[[Hussein Mjalli]]''' argued that "Iraq, Iraqi people, Iraqi law, and the Iraqi president were hijacked"?

*'''''00:00, 15 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Condong dancer DYK crop.JPG|100x100px|Condong dancer]]
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* ... that the [[Bali]]nese dance '''[[condong]]''' ''(pictured)'' is said to have come to a sick prince in a dream?
* ... that after '''[[R. H. Naylor]]''' was credited with predicting the [[R101|R101 airship crash]], he became Britain's first regular astrology columnist?
* ... that the forces of '''[[Minye Thihathu II of Toungoo]]''' and his ally [[Min Razagyi|Raza II]] of [[Mrauk-U Kingdom|Arakan]] ended the [[Toungoo Empire]] by capturing [[Bago, Burma|Pegu]] (Bago) in 1599?
* ... that '''[[Creasy Creek]]''' is the only headwater tributary of [[Nescopeck Creek]] to have alkaline waters?
* ... that [[Lou Reed]] directed '''[[Red Shirley|a short film]]'''?
* ... that the tail of '''[[Maximowicz's vole]]''' can be either dark brown or bicoloured?
* ... that '''[[Eddie Golden]]''', a [[List of family relations in professional wrestling|third-generation]] [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]], has teamed with his real-life uncle [[Jimmy Golden]] on the [[independent circuit]]?

===14 November 2014===
*'''''12:00, 14 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:AWM UK0837 (JV Newton).JPG|100x100px|J. V. (Jack) Newton, London, 1943]]
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* ... that '''[[John Verdun Newton|Jack Newton]]''' ''(pictured)'' was killed in action as a bomber pilot, 55 days after being elected to the [[Parliament of Western Australia]]?
* ... that [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] won the '''[[The Boat Race 1839|1839 University Boat Race]]''' by 35 lengths, the largest winning margin in the history of the race?
* ... that '''[[Maude Delap]]''' was the first person to breed [[jellyfish]] in captivity?
* ... that '''[[Gilindire Cave]]''' in southern [[Turkey]] is called Aynalıgöl (Mirror Lake) in common parlance, in reference to the lake inside it?
* ... that [[Selena]] was inducted into the '''[[Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame|''Billboard'' Latin Music Hall of Fame]]''' three months after [[Murder of Selena|her death]]?
* ... that newly [[Moulting|moulted]] '''[[eastern swamp crayfish]]es''' move into deeper water, presumably to avoid being cannibalized?
* ... that the title of [[Annie (Norwegian singer)|Annie]]'s '''''[[The A&R EP]]''''' refers to her and producer [[Richard X]]?

*'''''00:00, 14 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:OctopusTattooNS.png|100x100px|New school tattoo of an octopus]]
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* ... that '''[[new school (tattoo)|new school tattoos]]''' ''(example pictured)'' are not limited to [[old school (tattoo)|traditional]] subjects and have included cultural icons like the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'']]?
* ... that the "War Edition" of the sheet music for "'''[[My Belgian Rose]]'''" was physically smaller in order to conserve paper for World War I?
* ... that '''[[Gertrude Guillaume-Schack]]''' founded the German Cultural Association in 1880 to fight state-regulated prostitution?
* ... that a 2003 study reported that 87% of reservoirs supplying water to residential buildings in [[Kolkata]], India, were '''[[Environmental issues in Kolkata|contaminated]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Tim Frazier]]''' suffered a ruptured [[Achilles tendon]] during his [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|college basketball]] career, as had his older sister seven years earlier?
* ... that the '''[[red-naped snake]]''' is a small, venomous snake and is listed as threatened in Victoria?
* ... that one of the arrangements on [[Glenn Branca]]'s '''''[[Lesson No. 1]]''''' includes a sledgehammer?

===13 November 2014===
*'''''12:00, 13 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Colluricincla harmonica mortimer.jpg|100x100px|Grey shrikethrush, Mortimer Bay]]
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* ... that '''[[shrikethrush]]es''' ''([[grey shrikethrush]] pictured)'' have calls described as "strong, mellow and beautiful"?
* ... that '''[[Jeff Banister]]''' overcame [[Bone tumor|bone cancer]] in high school and [[paralysis]] in college to play in [[Major League Baseball]]?
* ... that [[Nik Wallenda]]'s '''[[Skyscraper Live|walk across Chicago]]''' was telecast with a 10-second delay in case something went wrong?
* ... that the volatile anhydrous compounds '''[[titanium nitrate]]''' and '''[[vanadyl nitrate]]''' can add nitro groups to organic compounds?
* ... that Amy Robertson is the only head coach in the 15-year history of the '''[[Indiana Hoosiers field hockey|Indiana Hoosiers field hockey program]]'''?
* ... that in the '''[[Ganga puja]]''' festival, the [[Tripuri people]] of India build a temporary bamboo temple in a river stream and pray to be saved from epidemic diseases?
* ... that the 1967 horror film '''''[[The Blood Demon]]''''' was advertised in Rhode Island newspapers as ''Crimson Demon'' to remove the word "blood" from the title?

*'''''00:00, 13 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Guatemalan Revolution]]''' ''(celebratory mural pictured)'', which lasted from 1944 to 1954, included an agrarian reform program that granted land to half a million landless peasants?
* ... that "'''[[Cowpuncher's Cantata]]'''" was the only record by a British male artist to appear in the first [[UK Singles Chart]]?
* ... that '''''[[Protonectarina|Protonectarina sylveirae]]''''' can increase the yield of coffee crops?
* ... that three different bridges were built across '''[[Logan Run]]''' in 1934 and 1935?
* ... that while on the faculty of [[Arizona State University]], '''[[Harry K.&nbsp;Newburn]]''' served as the acting president of [[Cleveland State University]]?
* ... that following criticism, the UK suicide prevention charity [[Samaritans (charity)|Samaritans]] discontinued their [[Twitter]]-based '''[[Samaritans Radar]]''' service nine days after launch?
* ... that under '''[[Hector Bell]]''', the [[Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board]] displeased the religious community by introducing Sunday-morning tram services?

===12 November 2014===
*'''''12:00, 12 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Anna Karoline cropped.jpg|100x100px|Anna Karoline as a museum ship in [[Bodø]]]]
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* ... that the museum [[Nordland fylkesmuseum]] bought the Nordlandsjekt '''''[[Anna Karoline]]''''' ''(pictured)'' after their first choice, ''Brødrene'', was shipwrecked?
* ... that CIA case officer '''[[James William Lair]]''' recruited [[Vang Pao]], and they founded a covert 30,000-man guerrilla army?
* ... that the wasp '''''[[Blastophaga psenes]]''''' has a symbiotic relationship with figs?
* ... that '''[[John Lewger]]''', Maryland's first practicing attorney and its first [[Attorney General of Maryland|Attorney General]], is considered the father of the Maryland Bar?
* ... that although '''[[Ran Qiu]]''' was severely criticized by [[Confucius]], he is still considered one of the Master's top ten disciples?
* ... that several reviewers consider '''''[[Master of Puppets]]''''' the best [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] album of all time?
* ... that engineer '''[[Benjamin Bevan]]''' had a heart attack while watching an [[lunar eclipse|eclipse]]?

*'''''00:00, 12 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:William McLeroy.jpg|100x100px|McLeroy in 2004]]
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* ... that Command Sergeant Major '''[[William McLeroy]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first amputee to serve in [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]]?
* ... that the $10 banknote of the '''[[Canadian Journey Series]]''' includes an excerpt from the iconic [[Remembrance Day]] war poem "[[In Flanders Fields]]"?
* ... that '''[[Neil Douglas Findlay]]''' was the first British general to be killed during the [[First World War]]?
* ... that '''[[George Bacon (CIA officer)|George Bacon]]''' fought as a [[Special Forces (United States Army)|Green Beret]] during the [[Vietnam War]], a CIA paramilitary in the [[Laotian Civil War]], and a [[mercenary]] in [[Angola]], all by age 30?
* ... that '''[[No. 91 Wing RAAF|No. 91 (Composite) Wing]]''' was responsible for administering all [[Royal Australian Air Force]] units deployed in the [[Korean War]]?
* ... that Major '''[[Arthur Moon]]''' enlisted four prisoners of war who were artists to create a unique record of camp conditions during construction of the [[Thailand-Burma Railway]], then buried those works?
* ... that in his 1989 book '''''[[Homecoming: When the Soldiers Returned from Vietnam|Homecoming]]''''', [[Bob Greene]] reprinted scores of letters from [[Vietnam veteran]]s who claimed they were spat upon when they returned from the war zone?

===11 November 2014===
*'''''12:00, 11 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Hanna Stjärne i sept 2014-4.jpg|100x100px|Hanna Stjärne 2014]]
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* ... that journalist '''[[Hanna Stjärne]]''' ''(pictured)'' was announced as the new CEO of [[Sveriges Television]] in September 2014 and will take the post within six months?
* ... that hundreds of Colorado high school students '''[[2014 Jefferson County Public Schools protests|protested]]''' a proposed curriculum change?
* ... that drummer '''[[Shannon Leto]]''' co-founded [[Thirty Seconds to Mars]] in 1998 with his younger brother [[Jared Leto]]?
* ... that no athlete for '''[[Cape Verde at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]''' progressed beyond the first round, replicating the country's performance at every other Olympic Games?
* ... that '''[[Florence Nagle]]''' and '''[[Norah Wilmot]]''' were among the first women licensed as [[horse trainer|racehorse trainer]]s in Britain, after Nagle won a [[Court of Appeal of England and Wales|Court of Appeal]] ruling in 1966?
* ... that the '''[[white-rumped falcon]]''' has been known to nest in [[woodpecker]] holes?
* ... that former speaker of the [[House of Representatives of Liberia]] '''[[William Spencer Anderson]]''' was originally a barber from Delaware?

*'''''00:00, 11 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Mabitac,LagunaChurchjf1194 03.JPG|100x100px|Mabitac Church]]
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* ... that the '''[[Nuestra Señora de Candelaria Parish Church|Mabitac Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' is known for its panoramic view, but you have to climb 126 steps to see it?
* ... that [[Eddie Einhorn]] organized the '''[[International Wrestling Association (1970s)|International Wrestling Association]]''' in 1975 with the goal of building the first nationwide business [[professional wrestling promotion|promoting wrestling]]?
* ... that the '''[[Battle of Baguio (1945)|Battle of Baguio]]''' involved the U.S. [[33rd Infantry Division (United States)|33rd]] and [[37th Infantry Division (United States)|37th Infantry Divisions]], and the [[Philippine resistance against Japan|guerrilla organization]] [[United States Army Forces in the Philippines - Northern Luzon|USAFIP–NL]]?
* ... that '''[[Dirk Mudge]]''' was minister before and after [[Namibia]]n independence, following the '''[[South-West African legislative election, 1978|1978 elections]]''', in the '''[[Transitional Government of National Unity (Namibia)|Transitional Government of National Unity]]''', and in Namibia's [[Members of the 1st National Assembly of Namibia|first National Assembly]]?
* ... that although '''[[Klingermans Run]]''' and the nearby '''[[Cranberry Run]]''' have similar geology, the former is Class A Wild Trout Waters and the latter is incapable of supporting fish life?
* ... that general [[Cristóbal de Mondragón]] was over eighty when he commanded the Spanish troops in the '''[[Battle of the Lippe]]''' in 1595?
* ... that in '''''[[Menace from the Moon (1925 novel)|Menace from the Moon]]''''', a lunar colony{{mdashb}}founded in 1654 by a Dutchman, an Englishman, an Italian, and "their women"{{mdashb}}promises Earth heat-ray doom unless it helps them escape their dying world?

===10 November 2014===
*'''''12:00, 10 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Martinus Rørbye - View from the Artist&#39;s Window - Google Art Project.jpg|100x100px|View from the Artist's Window by Martinus Rørbye, 1825]]
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* ... that [[Martinus Rørbye]]'s painting '''''[[View from the Artist's Window]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is considered one of the highlights of the Danish Golden Age of painting?
* ... that '''''[[Titanica]]''''' was the second feature-length [[IMAX]] film released, and included footage of the [[wreck of the RMS Titanic|wreck of the RMS ''Titanic'']] taken using two [[Mir (submersible)|Mir]] submersibles?
* ... that [[Confucius]] compared his disciple '''[[Zai Yu]]''' to rotten wood because he slept during the day?
* ... that large holes on the side of a [[Cumbria]]n mountain show where 18th-century mine workings in '''[[Greenside Mine]]''' have collapsed? 
* ... that '''[[Matilda Cullen Knowles]]''' is considered the founder of modern studies of Irish [[lichen]]s?
* ... that with a width of {{convert|4.6|ft|m}}, '''[[Little Tomhicken Creek]]''' is the narrowest named stream in the [[Catawissa Creek]] watershed?
* ... that physicists Wallace Leland and [[Harold Agnew]] put a shark in the bed of '''[[Marshall Holloway]]''', director of the [[Ivy Mike]] thermonuclear test?

*'''''00:00, 10 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Petersettman.JPG|100x100px|Peter Settman]]
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* ... that [[Ronny and Ragge]], a popular TV duo created by Swedish comedian '''[[Peter Settman]]''' ''(pictured)'', put out their own album with musician [[Christer Sandelin]]?
* ... that the development team for '''''[[Cities: Skylines]]''''', which has been called more ambitious than ''[[SimCity (2013)|SimCity]]'', consists of only nine people?
* ... that twenty-five years ago tonight, [[Stasi]] officer '''[[Harald Jäger]]''' gave the order to open the gate at [[Bornholmer Straße border crossing|his border crossing]] on the [[Berlin Wall]]? <!-- special occasion hook for 9 November -->
* ... that [[Anton Bruckner|Bruckner]]'s third setting of the gradual '''''[[Christus factus est, WAB 11 (Bruckner)|Christus factus est]]''''', composed 40 years after the first, reaches a dramatic climax and ends [[Dynamics (music)|pianissimo]]? <!-- special occasion hook for 9 November -->
* ... that '''[[Barney Burman]]''', '''[[Joel Harlow]]''' and '''[[Mindy Hall]]''' won an [[Academy Award]] for makeup in 2009 for ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'', the first Oscar in the history of the franchise?
* ... that of the provinces (now abolished) of [[Madagascar]], '''[[Fianarantsoa Province|Fianarantsoa]]''' had the highest fertility rate?
* ... that [[Kim Kyu-jong]] was disappointed that he didn't look like a woman on the cover of his EP '''''[[Turn Me On (Kim Kyu-jong EP)|Turn Me On]]'''''?

===9 November 2014===
*'''''12:00, 9 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Sand diver (Synodus intermedius).jpg|100x100px|Sand diver ''(Synodus intermedius)'']]
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* ... that the eyes of the '''[[Synodus intermedius|sand diver]]''' ''(pictured)'' have an iridescent surface layer?
* ... that to further his career, [[New Zealand]] architect '''[[Reginald Uren]]''' worked his passage to England as a [[Oiler (occupation)|greaser]] on a steamer?
* ... that '''''[[Welcome to the Jungle (Neon Jungle album)|Welcome to the Jungle]]''''' contains a cover of a [[Banks (singer)|Banks]] song not officially sanctioned by her?
* ... that "The Flame", the first published short story by '''[[Bertie Louis Coombes]]''', concerned a miner in imminent danger of being blown up?
* ... that although the ranges of the '''[[Mexican spiny pocket mouse]]''' and the '''[[painted spiny pocket mouse]]''' overlap, the latter tends to be found in moister, lower habitats?
* ... that model and former wife of [[Yannick Noah]] '''[[Heather Stewart-Whyte]]''' appeared on back-to-back September ''[[Vogue Paris]]'' covers?
* ... that [[Basement Jaxx]] feature a [[twerking]] robot in their "'''[[Never Say Never (Basement Jaxx song)|Never Say Never]]'''" music video?

*'''''00:00, 9 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Utsikt mot Spinnhuset.jpg|100x100px|Långholmens spinnhus in the 1850s]]
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* ... that '''[[Långholmens spinnhus]]''' ''(pictured)'' was a women's prison located on the island of [[Långholmen]] in Stockholm, Sweden?
* ... that the discoveries of '''[[nobelium]]''' and '''[[lawrencium]]''' were disputed between Soviet and American scientists for decades?
* ... that [[dragon]]s, [[octopus]]es, [[swimfin|diver flippers]] and flowers have been washing up on the beaches of [[Cornwall]] after they fell off the '''''[[Tokio Express]]''''' in 1997?
* ... that '''[[Elsie Dalyell]]''' was made an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] after travelling across Europe with the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] to provide aid during World War&nbsp;I?
* ... that part of '''[[Little Pine Creek (Luzerne and Columbia Counties, Pennsylvania)|Little Pine Creek]]''' was designated a public highway in 1837?
* ... that the [[libretto]] '''''[[Adriano in Siria]]''''' by [[Metastasio]] was the basis for more than 60 operas?
* ... that '''[[Aaron Guzikowski]]'''{{`s}} first film, ''[[Prisoners (2013 film)|Prisoners]]'', was released almost six years after he completed the script?

===8 November 2014===
*'''''12:00, 8 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Oliver Evans (Engraving by W.G.Jackman, cropped).jpg|100x100px|Oliver Evans (Engraving)]]
</div>
* ... that other millers viewing the fully-automated flour mill designed by '''[[Oliver Evans]]''' ''(pictured)'' could not appreciate its advantages?
* ... that South Africa has a hotline to report illegal parking in '''[[Disability in South Africa|bays designated for disabled drivers]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Mumba Cave]]''' contains a large assemblage of archaeological evidence for the transition between the [[Middle Stone Age]] and [[Late Stone Age]] in [[East Africa]]?
* ... that ''[[Orange Is the New Black]]'' character '''[[Lorna Morello]]''' has been said to have "the most amazing accent on television"?
* ... that Italian artist '''[[Trento Longaretti]]''' was named after his dead sibling?
* ... that '''''[[Big Girls Don't Cry (book)|Big Girls Don't Cry]]''''' is a nonfiction book that argues that "the women's liberation movement found thrilling new life" as a result of the [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008 U.S. presidential election]]?
* ... that there are '''[[Rubber room (bunker)|rubber rooms]]''' below the launch pads at [[Kennedy Space Center]]?

*'''''00:00, 8 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:St. Paul the First Hermit Cathedral in San Pablo, Laguna.jpg|100x100px|San Pablo Cathedral]]
</div>
* ... that '''[[Saint Paul the First Hermit Cathedral|San Pablo Cathedral]]''' ''(pictured)'' was a parish church prior to a new [[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pablo|diocese]] being established in 1966?
* ... that Swami '''[[Bodhamayananda]]''', director of the [[Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence, Hyderabad|Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence]], teaches a "philosophy of strength and fearlessness"?
* ... that '''[[Deborah Luster]]''' produced more than 25,000 images, many of them using [[tintype]], focusing on crime?
* ... that victory celebrations for the '''[[2004 Subway 500]]''' were canceled due to the [[2004 Hendrick Motorsports aircraft crash|Hendrick Motorsports aircraft crash]]?
* ... that ''[[Winners & Losers]]'' producer Maryanne Carroll helped actor [[Damien Bodie]] secure the role of '''[[Jonathan Kurtiss]]'''?
* ... that it is not known why [[river chub]]s have disappeared from '''[[Little Catawissa Creek]]'''?

===7 November 2014===
*'''''12:00, 7 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Piatto ciceri e tria.jpg|100x100px|Ciceri e Tria]]
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* ... that '''[[Ciceri e Tria]]''' ''(pictured)'' is an [[Apulia]]n pasta dish that originated from Arabs who at one time ruled the region?
* ... that the '''''[[Dispatch (sternwheeler)|Dispatch]]''''' sternwheeler carried as many as 400 passengers over two hours downriver from [[Coquille, Oregon|Coquille]] to [[Bandon, Oregon]], to attend baseball games there?
* ... that [[twin cities|twin settlements]] of '''[[Mikuszowice]]''' and '''[[Komorowice, Bielsko-Biała|Komorowice]]''' were divided by a state border for hundreds of years, but are now unified in one country, separated only by a [[Biała (Vistula)|river]]?
* ... that '''[[William Gill (sea captain)|William Gill]]''' charted the first entrance to the [[port of Liverpool]] that could be navigated in all tides?
* ... that the film '''''[[St. James Place]]''''' depicts [[James B. Donovan]]'s negotiations for release of American [[Francis Gary Powers]], shot down over the Soviet Union in the [[1960 U-2 incident|1960 U-2 spyplane incident]]?
* ... that '''[[Betty May]]''' testified under oath that her husband ritually sacrificed a cat and drank its blood?

*'''''00:00, 7 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Agricultural Dean&#39;s House Madison.jpg|100x100px|The former dean's house at the University of Wisconsin]]
</div>
* ... that the [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne]] house ''(pictured)'' at the '''[[Allen Centennial Gardens]]''' was home to four deans of the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences]]?
* ... that [[Green Bay Packers]] offensive lineman '''[[David Bakhtiari]]''' was the first rookie in Packers history to start every game at [[left tackle]] in a season since the start of the 16-game season?
* ... that '''''[[rhapsodomancy]]''''' was so vague, [[Virgil]] wrote against it in ''[[Aeneid|The Aeneid]]''?
* ... that in the [[Byzantine Empire]], the office of '''''[[orphanotrophos]]''''', head of the imperial orphanage, ranked among the higher offices of state?
* ... that Australian physician '''[[Claudia Burton Bradley]]''' was one of the first diabetics to be treated with [[insulin]]?
* ... that the stream '''[[Shingle Run (West Branch Run)|Shingle Run]]''' is actually named after sawmills?
* ... that while testifying in a 2004 lawsuit involving the meaning of the word '''''[[Steak burger|steakburger]]''''', a corporate CEO was grilled on the witness stand?<!-- ADMINS: Please don't remove this; there's nothing wrong with a little light-heartedness. Thanks. -->

===6 November 2014===
*'''''12:00, 6 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
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[[File:Robert J. Healey.jpg|100x100px|Robert J. Healey]]
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* ... that '''[[Robert J. Healey|Bob Healey]]''' ''(pictured)'', founder of the Cool Moose Party, ran for Lieutenant Governor of [[Rhode Island]] in 2010 in order to abolish the office?
* ... that in 1914, a disgruntled worker killed seven people at '''[[Taliesin (studio)|Taliesin]]''', [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]'s home and studio, and set it on fire?
* ... that '''[[Roger Wilbraham (MP)|Roger Wilbraham]]''' probably admired the [[Venus de' Medici]] statue in the 1770s?
* ... that the identity of '''[[Vernon County Jane Doe]]''' has remained a mystery since 1984?
* ... that the '''[[Sikkimese general election, 1974|1974 general election]]''' was the last to be held in [[Sikkim]] as an independent country before its [[Political integration of India#Sikkim|merger]] with India in 1975?
* ... that London's '''[[Henrietta Street, London|Henrietta Street]]''' once had five [[pub]]s, but by 1970 had none?
* ... that '''[[Lord Zoltan]]''' was one of the first American pro wrestlers to start wearing [[facepaint]]?

*'''''00:00, 6 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Smilet SQ DYK.jpg|100x100px|Smiley as a cast (in 2011)]]
</div>
* ... that '''[[Smiley (alligator)|Smiley]]''' ''(pictured)'', an American alligator (''Alligator mississippiensis'') living at [[Gothenburg]]'s Maritime Museum, died after the heat was turned down in her pond to save money?
* ... that [[White supremacy|white supremacist]] '''[[Earnest Sevier Cox]]''' referred to his long friendship with [[Black separatism|black separatist]] [[Marcus Garvey]] as "a spiritual understanding"?
* ... that news of the gutting of '''[[Albion Mills, Southwark|Albion Mills]]''' in 1791 was warmly received by some London rivals?
* ... that ''[[The Voice Kids (Philippines season 1)|The Voice Kids]]'' contestant '''[[Juan Karlos Labajo]]''' was described by his coach as "the funniest kid I have ever met"?
* ... that the '''''[[Princeton Lectures in Analysis]]''''' are based on [[Elias M. Stein]]'s [[Princeton University|Princeton]] lectures in analysis?
* ... that before he was [[Illinois Secretary of State]], '''[[George H. Harlow]]''' was personal secretary to [[Governor of Illinois|Governor]] [[Richard J. Oglesby]]?
* ... that the '''[[Crab Tree Club]]''' fined anyone who arrived in evening dress one shilling?

===5 November 2014===
*'''''12:00, 5 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Linz 2011 11.jpg|100x100px|Old Linz Cathedral]]
</div>
* ... that Anton Bruckner's '''''[[ Ave Maria (Bruckner)|Ave Maria]]''''' for seven voices, the first [[Motets (Bruckner)|motet]] composed after his studies, was sung by his choir in the [[Old Cathedral, Linz|Linz Cathedral]] ''(pictured)''?
* ... that the '''[[Sardinian long-eared bat]]''' is the only remaining mammal [[Endemism|endemic]] to Sardinia after others, such as '''[[Rhagamys|Hensel's field mouse]]''', became extinct after the arrival of humans on the island?
* ... that '''[[Phuti Mahanyele]]''' was chosen as [[Forbes]]Woman Africa Business Woman of the Year in 2014?
* ... that Argentine thrash metal band '''[[Hermética]]''' was part of the 1994 edition of the [[Monsters of Rock]] festival in Argentina, alongside [[Black Sabbath]], [[Slayer]], and [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]?
* ... that a factory established by '''[[Ole Gabriel Kverneland]]''' in 1879 became the largest manufacturer of [[plough]]s in Norway in the 1920s?
* ... that the '''[[Tijuana Cross-border Terminal]]''' will let passengers check in while in the U.S., walk across a bridge over the [[U.S.–Mexico border|border]], and catch a flight at [[Tijuana International Airport|Tijuana Airport]] in Mexico?
* ... that '''[[Grace Boelke]]''', a physician, was employed by the lingerie manufacturer [[Berlei]] to ensure their garments were anatomically correct?

*'''''00:00, 5 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Hamming.jpg|100x100px|The color of each [[pixel]] is the [[Hamming distance]] between the [[binary representation]]s of its x and y coordinates, [[modulo operation|modulo]] 16, in the 16-color system.]]
</div>
* ... that '''[[Richard Hamming]]''' introduced what is now called the [[Hamming distance]] ''(illustrated)'', the number of positions in which two [[code word]]s differ?
* ... that in the game '''''[[Saints Row: Gat out of Hell]]''''', players progress by increasing Satan's wrath?
* ... that members of the House of Borgia call '''[[Pedro de Atarés]]''' their ancestor, even though he had no children?
* ... that '''[[Anatolian rock lizard]]s''' on the island of [[Icaria]] have bolder, higher-contrast markings than those from elsewhere in its range?
* ... that the '''[[Charles Cryer Theatre]]''', opened by [[Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex|Prince Edward]] in 1991 in [[Carshalton]], was given the name of a man who campaigned for creation of the local [[Secombe Theatre]]? 
* ... that '''[[Tafelberg School]]''' for children with special learning needs is one of over 250 schools in the United Kingdom and South Africa linked for mutual benefit via '''[[Afri Twin]]'''?
* ... that "Father of [[Logology]]" '''[[Dmitri Borgmann]]''' earned $10,000 for coining the name ''[[Exxon]]'', making him (at $2000 per letter) the world's highest-paid writer?

===4 November 2014===
*'''''12:00, 4 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Arthur James Iles - Tuterei Karewa of the Ngatimaru tribe, North Island, New Zealand - Google Art Project.jpg|100x100px|Tuterei Karewa of the Ngatimaru tribe, North Island, New Zealand. Photograph by James Arthur Iles.]]
</div>
* ... that the [[ta moko|facial markings]] in this photo of [[Māori people|Māori]] chief '''[[Tuterei Karewa]]''' ''(pictured)'' may have been enhanced by the photographer using black paint?
* ... that two [[Red hair|redheaded]] sisters are behind the '''[[How to be a Redhead]]''' website and the "Rock it Like a Redhead" beauty and fashion event?
* ... that physician '''[[Newton Adams]]''' was known as "the teacher with three coats" by the [[Zulu people|Zulu]]?
* ... that '''[[Gun politics in the Czech Republic|firearms laws in the Czech Republic]]''' allow people to [[concealed carry|carry concealed]] firearms for self defense?
* ... that '''[[Cengiz Aktar]]''' was part of a campaign calling for an apology from the Turks to Armenians for the [[Armenian Genocide]]?
* ... that the male '''[[alligator pipefish]]''' keeps developing eggs in a brood pouch on his abdomen?
* ... that '''[[Packers Run]]''' flows near Devils Feather Bed?

*'''''00:00, 4 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Australianraven.jpg|100x100px|Australian raven, Perth]]
</div>
* ... that the '''[[Australian raven]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the commonest [[corvid|crow-like bird]] in urban Canberra, Sydney, and Perth?
* ... that the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|Los Angeles Angels]], a '''[[1961 Major League Baseball expansion]]''' team, played their first season at [[Wrigley Field (Los Angeles)|Wrigley Field]]?
* ... that [[Henry Blundell (art collector)|Henry Blundell]] built two substantial buildings to house his art collection on the grounds of '''[[Ince Blundell Hall]]'''?
* ... that although a battle near [[Mérida, Yucatán|Mérida]] in 1546 established Spanish control in the north of the [[Yucatán Peninsula]] during the '''[[Spanish conquest of Yucatán|Spanish conquest]]''', the last Maya kingdom in the south did not fall until 1697?
* ... that '''[[Murata Jukō]]''' created the [[Japanese tea ceremony]]?
* ... that India is raising the '''[[Sikkim Scouts]]''' to defend its {{convert|222|km|mi|abbr=on}} border with China in [[Sikkim]]?
* ... that [[frontier west]] physician '''[[William Goforth (doctor)|William Goforth]]''' had quite winning manners and excavated megafauna at Big Bone Lick in Kentucky?

===3 November 2014===
*'''''12:00, 3 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:A21-49 YMAV 20130227 8642 (13102507125).jpg|100x100px|F/A-18 Hornet of No. 77 Squadron in 70th anniversary livery at the Australian International Airshow, Avalon, Victoria, 2013]]
</div>
* ... that the crest of '''[[No. 77 Squadron RAAF]]''' ''([[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet|F/A-18 Hornet]] pictured)'' features an oriental temple lion nicknamed the "grumpy monkey"?
* ... that [[BlackBerry Limited|BlackBerry]] CEO [[John S. Chen|John Chen]] joked about the [[iPhone 6]] "[[bendgate]]" incident while introducing the '''[[BlackBerry Passport|Passport]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[Rechthuis]]''' in the Dutch village of [[Bellingwolde]] was used as a [[courthouse]] from 1643 to 1811?
* ... that the 2014 [[romantic comedy]] film '''''[[Anjada Gandu (2014 film)|Anjada Gandu]]''''' represents actor [[Sathish Ninasam|Sathish Neenasam]]'s first commercial film role as a solo hero?
* ... that '''[[Antananarivo Province]]''' was excluded from the republic proposed by the other five of [[Madagascar]]'s provinces in 2002?
* ... that '''[[Barton Currie]]''' edited the ''[[Country Gentleman]]'' and the ''[[Ladies' Home Journal]]'', and hired [[Zane Grey]] to write for both?
* ... that some kinds of [[supernova]] may create '''[[zombie star|zombies in space]]'''?

*'''''00:00, 3 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Dobbeltportræt af Marie og P.S. Krøyer.jpg|100x100px|Double self-portrait of Marie and P.S. Krøyer]]
</div>
* ... that among '''[[P. S. Krøyer's paintings of Marie|P. S. Krøyer's paintings of his wife Marie]]''' is a double portrait ''(pictured)'' in which they painted each other?
* ... that the '''[[Iowa Hawkeyes field hockey|Iowa Hawkeyes field hockey team]]''' was the first from a [[Midwestern United States|Midwestern]] university to win the [[NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship|NCAA Championship]]?
* ... that '''[[Momoko Kuroda]]''' is known for her "[[haiku]] pilgrimages", some of which spanned decades?
* ... that the Holmes family of the early Colorado '''[[HOP Ranch]]''' befriended Southern [[Ute people|Ute]] Native Americans, fed them biscuits and lent them field glasses and rifles for hunting expeditions?
* ... that in 1806 [[Franciscans|Franciscan]] friar '''[[Paškal Jukić]]''' was an editor of '''''[[Il Regio Dalmata – Kraglski Dalmatin]]''''', the first [[Croatian language|Croatian-language]] newspaper?
* ... that composer [[Dennis McCarthy (composer)|Dennis McCarthy]] called the '''[[Enterprise (soundtrack)|soundtrack album for ''Enterprise'']]''' "the hardest recording session of my entire career" because of the [[September 11 attacks]]?
* ... that when '''[[Walter Zinn]]''' attempted to demonstrate the safety of the [[boiling water reactor]] in the [[BORAX Experiments]], things did not go according to plan?

===2 November 2014===
*'''''12:00, 2 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Flag of Eritrea.svg|100x100px|Flag of Eritrea]]
</div>
* ... that the '''[[flag of Eritrea]]''' ''(pictured)'' bears a resemblance to the [[Eritrean People's Liberation Front]]'s flag?
* ... that in a reign of ten years, '''[[Stephen III of Hungary]]''' had his throne usurped twice and fought a series of wars with the [[Byzantine Empire]], before dying at the age of 25?
* ... that '''[[Fort Nikolaevskaia]]''' was the first European settlement on the [[Alaska]]n mainland?
* ... that the '''[[Arabian partridge]]''' sometimes hybridises with [[Philby's partridge]] or the [[rock partridge]]?
* ... that '''[[Robert Young (musician)|Robert "Throb" Young]]''' met [[Primal Scream]] vocalist [[Bobby Gillespie]] at school, and was the band's guitarist for two decades?
* ... that according to the '''[[impedance analogy]]''', a [[spring (device)|spring]] is analogous to an electrical [[capacitor]]?
* ... that [[Green Bay Packers]] rookie defensive lineman '''[[Khyri Thornton]]''' was so big that he had to cut a slit in his shirt to get it over his head?

*'''''00:00, 2 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Jeremi Wiśniowiecki.jpg|100x100px|Jeremi Wiśniowiecki]]
</div>
* ... that '''[[Jeremi Wiśniowiecki]]''' ''(pictured)'' was one of the wealthiest [[magnates of Poland and Lithuania]], ruling over 200,000 subjects living on estates in what is today [[Ukraine]]?
* ... that at the '''[[Chad at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Summer Olympics, Chad]]''' had only two athletes competing, both finishing seventh in their heat?
* ... that [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]], the [[King of Thailand]], once stood on his head for '''[[Martin Gilliat|Sir Martin Gilliat]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[Province of Perugia]]''' once supplied almost half of the butcher's meat consumed in the city of Rome?
* ... that '''[[Capital Beltway (Amtrak station)|Capital Beltway]]''' was one of two [[Park and ride|park and ride stations]] built specifically for the high-speed ''[[Metroliner (train)|Metroliner]]'' passenger train?
* ... that in 1130 during the [[Jin-Song Wars]], [[Wanyan Wuzhu]]'s troops were '''[[Battle of Huangtiandang|trapped at Huangtiandang]]''' for 48 days?
* ... that while serving as chair of the [[United States Atomic Energy Commission|US Atomic Energy Commission]], '''[[Dixy Lee Ray]]''' was chauffeured to and from her office along with her [[Scottish deerhound]] and [[miniature poodle]]?

===1 November 2014===
*'''''12:00, 1 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Neuquen Cipolletti bridge under construction 1901 - 1.jpg|100x100px|Construction of the Neuquén-Cipolletti railway bridge in 1901]]
</div>
* ... that the '''[[Neuquén-Cipolletti bridges|Neuquén-Cipolletti railway bridge]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first construction project in Argentina to use [[compressed air]]?
* ... that Swiss feminist '''[[Meta von Salis]]''' was horrified when someone suggested she marry her friend [[Friedrich Nietzsche]]?
* ... that '''[[Operation All Clear]]''' was the first operation conducted by the [[Royal Bhutan Army]]?
* ... that a law professor and a journalist are among those arrested in the '''[[2014 Malaysian sedition dragnet]]'''?
* ... that baseball player '''[[Tony Boeckel]]''' was overcome by heat during his Major League debut, and struck in the head with a ball two days later?
* ... that '''''[[tiella]]''''' refers to several dishes in [[Italian cuisine]], including one prepared with potato, rice, onion, and mussels?
* ... that Japanese politician '''[[Sahashi Shigeru]]''' is the hero of three contemporary novels?

*'''''00:00, 1 November 2014 (UTC)'''''
<div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;">
[[File:Caitlin Doughty in red evergreen background.jpg|100x100px|Caitlin Doughty]]
</div>
* ... that '''[[Caitlin Doughty]]''' ''(pictured)'', whose [[web series]] ''Ask a Mortician'' humorously explores death, wrote the 2014 bestseller ''Smoke Gets in Your Eyes{{nbsp}}& Other Lessons from the Crematory''?
* ... that during the [[Cultural Revolution]], the [[Red Guards (China)|Red Guards]] reputedly moved out of '''[[Chaonei No. 81]]''', "Beijing's most celebrated haunted house", because they were scared?
* ... that '''[[Belinda Nash]]''' researched the history of the [[Grace Sherwood|Witch of Pungo]] for decades?
* ... that '''[[Bacarra Church]]''' is known for its "beheaded" belfry?
* ... that the extinct [[witch-hazel]] '''''[[Langeria]]''''' is named for American philosopher [[Susanne Langer]]?
* ... that [[Starfucker]]'s third studio album, '''''[[Reptilians (Starfucker album)|Reptilians]]''''' (2011), includes snippets in which British-American philosopher [[Alan Watts]] discusses his beliefs about death?
* ... that '''[[Idstein Castle]]''' has a witches' tower?