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31 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
 
Vivian Smith

30 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
 
French war graves near Chemin des Dames

29 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
 
Coccinella magnifica

28 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
 
Tracks leading from the Franklin Street Terminal

27 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
 
Talia Or

26 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
 
Horses in Luca Signorelli's Adoration of the Magi

25 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
 
Shahid Afridi

24 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
 
Bank of China head office, Beijing

23 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
 
Kim de l'Horizon

22 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
 
Diagram of Earth's axial parallelism

21 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
 
The Maria Advocata

20 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 
New Yorker Hotel

19 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
 
OneLove logo

18 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
Contemporary depiction of Fort Pearson
Contemporary depiction of Fort Pearson

17 December 2022

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Robert Palmer
Robert Palmer

16 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 
Strawberry pie
  • ... that strawberry pie (example pictured) is one of the "red foods" traditionally served at Juneteenth celebrations?
  • ... that T. E. Lawrence travelled 1,000 miles (1,600 km) on foot alone during a three-month tour of crusader castles while writing his thesis about the Crusades and European military architecture?
  • ... that although the provincial park surrounding the Kopka River had not been thoroughly investigated, the potential for archaeological sites was considered to be high?
  • ... that despite his distinguished family history, musicologist Yuri Shcherbinin told friends that "what matters most is what you are, not who your ancestors were"?
  • ... that the serial arsonist who started the fatal Nihon Shōgakkō fire confessed to starting at least 25 other California fires in the early 1920s?
  • ... that Wilhelm Werner fled to Brazil to avoid prosecution for the 1917 murders of the crew of the SS Torrington but returned to Germany and became an SS officer on Heinrich Himmler's staff?
  • ... that in 1981, TriGem introduced the first microcomputer built in South Korea?
  • ... that in Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, Benjamin Britten assigned the tenor of Peter Pears to Abraham and the alto of Kathleen Ferrier to Isaac, with both singing in homophony as the voice of God?

15 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
 
María Elva Pinckert

14 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
 
Sabrina Thompson

13 December 2022

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Olive MacLeod

12 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
 
St. Bernward, Döhren

11 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 
Buckeye chicken

10 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 
Symphyotrichum kentuckiense

9 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
 
Aristide Briand

8 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
 
Raorchestes chalazodes

7 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
 
Zenith SupersPort laptop, 8088 model

6 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
Bernard Pitt
Bernard Pitt

5 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
 
A Streichmelodion at the Met Museum
  • ... that the Streichmelodion (pictured) was once described as being "more like a frying pan than a musical instrument"?
  • ... that Stanley J. Korsmeyer published over 250 scientific papers, 23 of which were cited over 500 times?
  • ... that a 1902 plan called for a town to be built in Dukes Meadows that would have been known as Burlingwick?
  • ... that Bernardo Adam Ferrero wrote compositions such as Danzas alicantinas for Spanish civil and military bands that he conducted?
  • ... that the Chicago Bears media guide had an asterisk next to the result of the Instant Replay Game for 10 years, noting the team's belief that the game was decided incorrectly?
  • ... that Cheng Dan'an is "widely considered the father of modern acupuncture"?
  • ... that in one experiment in which moor frogs were frozen solid to −16 °C (3 °F) and then thawed, a small percentage survived?
  • ... that several murals from New York City's Hotel McAlpin were reinstalled in the subway after being found in a dumpster?

4 December 2022

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"Open tube" event at Waterlooplein metro station

3 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
 
Ida Hunt Udall

2 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
 
Dendropsophus branneri

1 December 2022

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  • 00:00, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
 
William Miller Beardshear