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==Did you know...==
===28 February 2021===
*'''''00:00, 28 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the first vehicle on New York City's '''[[Washington Bridge]]''' ''(pictured)'' crossed it without permission?
* ... that '''[[Dick Callahan]]''' received his first opportunity as a PA announcer after claiming that he announced all the games at his high school, even though he had actually never announced a game before?
* ... that the '''[[GPT-2]]''' [[artificial intelligence]] can summarize, respond to, generate, and translate text, despite being trained to do nothing more than predict the next word in a sequence?
* ... that, after former president [[Abdurrahman Wahid]], '''[[Rusdy Mastura]]''' was the second Indonesian public official to apologize for the [[Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66|mass killings of 1965–66]]?
* ... that the 1928 recording by [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]] of "'''[[Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)|Blue Yodel No.&nbsp;1 (T for Texas)]]'''" influenced a line in [[Johnny Cash]]'s song "[[Folsom Prison Blues]]"?
* ... that [[Samuel Pepys]] wrote of [[Navy Board#Principal Officers and Commissioners|Royal Navy Commissioner]] '''[[Thomas Hervey (landowner)|Sir Thomas Hervey]]''': "a [[Fop|coxcombe]] he is and will never be better in the business of the Navy"?
* ... that by 2001, almost 2000 '''[[Trees For Life (Australia)|Trees For Life]]''' volunteers were growing 1.5 million plants every year?
* ... that winners of the '''[[Kings Royal]]''' at [[Eldora Speedway]], such as '''[[Shane Stewart]]''', are given a [[Sceptre|scepter]], robe, and crown, and pose on a throne in victory lane?

===27 February 2021===
*'''''00:04, 27 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Wilhelm Knabe]]''' ''(pictured)'', a co-founder of the [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Greens]] in Germany and a "green" mayor of [[Mülheim]], participated in [[School strike for climate|Fridays For Future]] with the slogan "Opa For Future"?
* ... that the 1960 film '''''[[The Purple Gang (film)|The Purple Gang]]''''' has an introduction by Congressman [[James Roosevelt]], son of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]?
* ... that the common-law wife of [[Richard Mentor Johnson|the ninth vice president]] of the United States was '''[[Julia Chinn]]''', an enslaved woman?
* ... that while [[Gerry House]] worked at Kentucky radio station '''[[WCBR]]''', the owner, a pastor, asked him whether he wanted to donate his salary?
* ... that the first cookbook edited by '''[[Maria Guarnaschelli]]''' helped introduce American cooks to Indian cuisine?
* ... that '''[[17q12 microdeletion syndrome]]''', an underdiagnosed genetic disorder, is thought to be a major genetic risk factor for autism and schizophrenia?
* ... that '''[[Lee M. Hollander]]''' pioneered the translation of the works of the Danish philosopher [[Søren Kierkegaard]] into English?
* ... that the '''[[2010 Football League Two play-off Final]]''' at [[Wembley Stadium]] was won by "[[Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.|a pub team from Essex]]"?

===26 February 2021===
*'''''00:04, 26 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the first [[telephone]] designed in Canada, [[Nortel]]'s '''[[Contempra telephone|Contempra]]''' ''(example pictured)'', became so famous it was featured on a stamp?
* ... that at the time of her death at age&nbsp;90, '''[[Lilliane Brady]]''' was the mayor of [[Cobar Shire]] and the longest-serving female mayor in [[New South Wales]]'s history?
* ... that British [[List of jazz saxophonists|jazz saxophonist]] [[Nubya Garcia]]'s debut album '''''[[Source (album)|Source]]''''', which incorporates [[reggae]], [[Cumbia (Colombia)|cumbia]], [[Calypso music|calypso]], [[Hip hop music|hip-hop]], and [[Soul music|soul]], is an ode to her musical history?
* ... that '''[[Libuše Domanínská]]''', a soprano of Prague's [[National Theatre (Prague)|National Theatre]], performed in all of [[Leoš Janáček|Janáček]]'s operas, and a recording she made as his [[Jenůfa]] made his works better known beyond their home country?
* ... that [[Roy Brown (RAF officer)|Roy Brown]], credited with downing the [[Manfred von Richthofen|Red Baron]], suffered a serious accident not long after being posted to '''[[Marske Aerodrome]]'''?
* ... that in 2019 '''[[Joel Farabee]]''' became the first player born in the 2000s to become a [[Philadelphia Flyers]] player?<!--Special occasion hook for February 25-->
* ... that '''[[black-sided flowerpecker]]s''' camouflage the outside of their [[bird nest|nest]]s with [[lichen]]s?
* ... that the '''[[Language Integrator]]''' is a peep show intended only for inhabitants of the 82nd century to use?
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===25 February 2021===
*'''''00:00, 25 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam]]''' ''(pictured)'', [[Governor of Anguilla]], attended her own swearing-in ceremony remotely due to quarantine restrictions?
* ... that [[Ismith Khan]]'s novel '''''[[The Jumbie Bird]]''''' explores the transformation of immigrants from India into [[Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian|Indo-Trinidadians]]?
* ... that translator and journalist '''[[Frederika Randall]]''', who moved from the United States to Italy, identified as a "dispatriate" to distance herself from her homeland?
* ... that New York City's '''[[Western Union Telegraph Building]]''' was built on land once owned by [[Thomas W. Evans]], dentist to French emperor [[Napoleon&nbsp;III]]?
* ... that with compositions such as ''[[Con brio (Widmann)|Con brio]]'', clarinetist '''[[Jörg Widmann]]''' was ranked the third-most-performed contemporary composer in 2018?
* ... that '''[[Tailors' Hall]]''', a surviving guildhall of Dublin, hosted fencing and dancing classes, the [[Society of United Irishmen|United Irishmen]] and a British Army garrison, Dublin Corporation and an insolvency court?
* ... that the [[University of Connecticut|UConn]] student body voted 169–7 to fire the basketball coach after he benched '''[[Harrison Fitch]]''' because a rival team refused to play against an African American?<!--Special occasion hook for Black History Month-->
* ... that '''[[Troy, Montana]]''', has [[flying squirrel]]s?

===24 February 2021===
*'''''00:00, 24 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after signing his first movie contract, [[Humphrey Bogart]] ''(pictured)'' boasted: "'''[[Humphrey Bogart on stage, screen, radio and television|I'm going to become the biggest movie star Hollywood's ever seen]]'''"?
* ... that American band [[The Body (band)|the Body]]'s album '''''[[I've Seen All I Need to See]]''''' opens with a reading of the poem "The Kaleidoscope" by Scottish poet [[Douglas Dunn]]?
* ... that [[Cajun accordion]] musician '''[[Sheryl Cormier]]''' has been named the Cajun Queen in the United States and Europe?
* ... that when the manga series '''''[[Antique Bakery]]''''' was adapted into a [[Japanese television drama|live-action television drama]] in 2001, a character who was gay in the source material was changed to having a [[Gynophobia|fear of women]]?
* ... that veterinarian '''[[Matt Brash]]''' treated some of the owls that appeared in [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|the first ''Harry Potter'' film]] and concluded that they had [[Leucocytozoon|leukocytozoonosis]]?
* ... that as part of the '''[[Israel–Morocco normalization agreement]]''', the US agreed to recognize [[Morocco]]'s claim to [[Western Sahara]]?
* ... that when '''[[Imants Lešinskis]]''' defected from the Soviet Union while working for the UN in New York, [[Kofi Annan]], future UN secretary-general, complained that he did not show up to work?
* ... that the medieval Breton '''''[[Gwerz Santes Enori]]''''' tells the story of a woman who sacrificed a breast to cure her father, and is rewarded with a golden breast?

===23 February 2021===
*'''''00:00, 23 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[John Trumbull]] finished his painting '''''[[George Washington (Trumbull)|George Washington]]''''' ''(pictured)'' before he was arrested for high treason?<!--Special occasion hook for February 22-->
* ... that the creator of a video depicting the [[2021 Myanmar coup d'état]], which featured Indonesian politically satirical song "'''[[Ampun Bang Jago]]'''", denied that it was politically motivated?
* ... that the American scholar '''[[Karen Hellekson]]''' published the first book in English devoted to analyzing the [[alternate history]] genre?
* ... that although its range is restricted to the island of [[Borneo]], the '''[[mountain blackeye]]''' has evolved into four subspecies?
* ... that the biography of Singapore's first Asian postmaster-general, '''[[M. Bala Subramanion|M.&nbsp;Bala Subramanion]]''', was released at [[The Fullerton Hotel Singapore|The Fullerton Hotel]], the site of the old General Post Office where he had worked for 35 years?
* ... that [[Dav Pilkey]] wrote the children's book '''''[[The Paperboy (children's book)|The Paperboy]]''''', which received a [[Caldecott Medal|Caldecott Honor]], in fifteen minutes?
* ... that film researcher '''[[Lillian Michelson]]''' interviewed elderly Jewish women about the appearance of [[Bloomers|the underwear]] they wore in the 1890s to develop accurate clothing for ''[[Fiddler on the Roof (film)|Fiddler On The Roof]]''{{-?}}
* ... that a commercial for the food delivery app '''[[Domino's App feat. Hatsune Miku]]''' went viral on YouTube in 2013, and was described by journalists as "bizarre"?

===22 February 2021===
*'''''00:00, 22 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the tugboat '''''[[Robert C. Pringle (tug)|Robert C. Pringle]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was discovered "remarkably intact" 86 years after it sank?
* ... that '''[[Peter Herrmann]]''' composed a Second Symphony that premiered at the Gewandhaus with [[Kurt Masur]], and a ''Kant Pop Symphony'' that premiered at the [[University of Music and Theatre Leipzig|Musikhochschule Leipzig]], where he had taught for decades?
* ... that British journalist '''[[Godfrey Hodgson]]''', who covered American politics, society, and values, showed that the first [[Thanksgiving]] did not include turkey and cranberry sauce?
* ... that the documentary '''''[[Change the Subject]]''''' is about lobbying efforts to replace the term "illegal aliens" with "undocumented immigrants" in the [[Library of Congress Subject Headings]]?
* ... that in 1897, former slave '''[[George Dinning]]''' was the first black man to successfully sue a mob of the [[Ku Klux Klan]]?
* ... that '''[[Lloyd Percival]]'''{{`s}} ''The Hockey Handbook'' was credited as being used by [[Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team|Soviet Union national ice hockey team]] coach [[Anatoly Tarasov]]?
* ... that [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]] scored three goals in 13 minutes to secure promotion in the '''[[2013 Football League Two play-off Final]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[wind phone]]''' in Japan was set up to allow people to talk to the dead?

===21 February 2021===
*'''''00:00, 21 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that access to '''[[Martin's Beach]]''' ''(pictured)'' has been the subject of a contentious battle between a Silicon Valley billionaire and the State of California?
* ... that 50 books from a total of more than 150 authored by Pakistani historian '''[[Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri]]''' are about the Indian scholar and independence activist [[Abul Kalam Azad]]?
* ... that the owner of [[Walsall F.C.]] described victory at the '''[[2001 Football League Second Division play-off Final]]''' as the greatest day in the club's history?
* ... that after finishing his term as Indonesia's minister of agriculture, '''[[Sjarifuddin Baharsjah]]''' was immediately succeeded by [[Justika Baharsjah|his wife]]?
* ... that Canada's [[Missing and murdered Indigenous women|National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls]] called for the abolition of '''[[birth alert]]s'''?
* ... that philanthropist '''[[Sidney Hill]]''' began a new life in England as a gentleman farmer, adding stables to the estate, a dairy and ''Langford Bullock Palaces'' for his prized [[shorthorn]] cattle?
* ... that the whaleback barge '''''[[115 (barge)|115]]''''' became the last [[Great Lakes]] shipwreck of the 1800s?
* ... that when women's champion '''[[Dotty Fothergill]]''' sued in 1970 for being denied the right to compete in men's tournaments, the [[Professional Bowlers Association]] countersued for "disastrous ridicule"?

===20 February 2021===
*'''''00:00, 20 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Lucy Monroe]]''' ''(pictured)'', the "star-spangled soprano", estimated that she performed "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" over 5,000 times?
* ... that the cover of '''''[[Red Meat Republic]]''''', a book on the history of [[Meat industry|beef production]] in the United States, has the look and texture of [[butcher paper]]?
* ... that the English clergyman '''[[Frank Thewlis]]''' was related to Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]] and wore a red handkerchief in his jacket pocket when preaching to show his support for Wilson's [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]?
* ... that the '''[[war in Uganda (1986–1994)]]''' involved rebel armies led by a prophetess, her father, spirits, "Hitler", ex-ministers, and [[Joseph Kony]]?
* ... that '''[[AJ Rafael]]''' started ''Crazy Talented Asians'', a live [[variety show]], after being influenced by the film ''[[Crazy Rich Asians (film)|Crazy Rich Asians]]''{{-?}}
* ... that although the 1786 '''[[tignon law]]''' in Spanish Louisiana was intended to hinder free black women, those who followed it made the [[tignon]] a "mark of distinction"?
* ... that some of the [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]] team participated in a [[conga line|conga]] on the [[M4 motorway]] after winning the '''[[2005 Football League One play-off Final]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Keith Gill (investor)|Keith Gill]]'''{{`s}} username, "DeepFuckingValue", was chosen to reflect his belief in [[value investing]]?

===19 February 2021===
*'''''00:00, 19 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Barnett Nathan]]''' ''(caricature pictured)'' was famous for dancing the [[hornpipe]], while blindfolded, on a stage covered with eggs and teaware?
* ... that '''[[Shandon Castle, Cork|Shandon Castle]]''' was destroyed in the [[Siege of Cork]] in 1690, and sandstone from its ruins used to build the [[Church of St Anne, Shandon|Church of St&nbsp;Anne]] in 1722?
* ... that baseball pitcher '''[[Dennis Rasmussen (baseball)|Dennis Rasmussen]]''' nearly had to have his foot amputated when he was 14 years old?
* ... that the '''[[Ćmielów Porcelain Works]]''' are Poland's oldest porcelain works, and Europe's largest thin-walled-china works?
* ... that '''[[Biserka Cvejić]]''', a Serbian [[mezzo-soprano]] who appeared at the [[Vienna State Opera]] in 372 performances, made her [[Metropolitan Opera]] debut in 1961 as Amneris in Verdi's ''[[Aida]]''?
* ... that the theme song for the tabletop role-playing game '''''[[F.A.T.A.L.]]''''' was described by a reviewer as "sound[ing] like the [[Cookie Monster]] chasing a drum kit being pushed down a flight of stairs"?
* ... that '''[[Francesca Coppa]]''', a professor of English, compiled "the first anthology of [[fan fiction]] for use in the classroom"?
* ... that '''[[Pliofilm]]''', a pre-war food wrap, was used to waterproof firearms during the [[Normandy landings]]?

===18 February 2021===
*'''''00:00, 18 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Arik Brauer, Vienna 2009 a.jpg|caption=Arik Brauer in front of his painting, 2009}}<!--See [[Template:Main page image/DYK]] for other parameters-->
* ... that ''Universalkünstler'' '''[[Arik Brauer]]''' ''(pictured)'' created paintings in [[Vienna School of Fantastic Realism|Fantastic Realism]], songs in [[Austropop]], stage sets for the [[Paris Opera]], and house facades in Austria and Israel?
* ... that the '''[[1888 Ritter Island tsunami|1888 eruption of Ritter Island]]''' reduced the {{convert|780|m|ft|-1|adj=mid|tall}} volcano to a height of just {{convert|140|m|ft|-1}}?
* ... that sisters Amal, Hadia, and Hayat Talsam, known as '''[[Al Balabil (musical group)|Al Balabil]]''', were referred to as "The Sudanese [[The Supremes|Supremes]]"?
* ... that academic analysis of '''''[[The Diving Pool]]''''' has interpreted the use of food as a way to poison others as a critique on Japanese femininity?
* ... that the world's richest self-made woman, '''[[Zhong Huijuan]]''', started out as a middle-school chemistry teacher?
* ... that '''[[23 Wall Street|23&nbsp;Wall Street]]''' has been called one of the "big little buildings of Wall Street"?
* ... that the 2018 comedy film '''''[[A Bread Factory]]''''', about the difficulty of producing meaningful artistic work in a [[market economy]], received acclaim from critics but earned less than $18,000 at the box office?
* ... that '''[[Gauthier Mvumbi]]''' has been called the "Shaq of handball", the "Congo Colossus", and "the most popular handball player on the Earth"?

===17 February 2021===
*'''''00:00, 17 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the newly [[Species description|described]] '''[[Rice's whale]]''' ''(example pictured)'' is one of the most endangered [[cetacea]]ns, with fewer than 50 adult individuals believed to remain?
* ... that [[British Columbia]]'s oldest practicing lawyer, Canadian '''[[Constance Isherwood]]''', who died at 101, closed her last case hours before her death?
* ... that the '''[[Babakale Castle]]''' supplied water to the [[Ottoman Navy]] before the fleet set sail on campaigns?
* ... that '''[[Dorothee Manski]]''', a soprano of the [[Berlin State Opera|Berlin Court Opera]], gave 335 performances at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] after being invited to appear there as the Witch in Humperdinck's ''[[Hansel and Gretel (opera)|Hänsel und Gretel]]'' in 1927?
* ... that [[Willa Cather]]'s final story, '''''[[The Best Years (story)|The Best Years]]''''', contains references to her previously published novels?
* ... that ballerina '''[[Merrill Ashley]]''' is one of the last dancers to have worked with choreographer [[George Balanchine]]?
* ... that due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|{{nowrap|COVID-19}} pandemic in the UK]] the entire '''[[2021 Netball Superleague season]]''' is being hosted at just two venues?
* ... that a {{convert|9|m|ft|adj=mid|tall}} '''''[[Malt Shovel (sculpture)|Malt Shovel]]''''' in Burton upon Trent might actually be a scoop?

===16 February 2021===
*'''''00:00, 16 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Micheline Legendre]]''' organized Canada's first puppetry festival ''(pictured)'' in conjunction with the [[Expo 67|1967 World Expo]] in Montreal?
* ... that London-based [[Dream pop|dream-pop]] duo [[Still Corners]]' album '''''[[The Last Exit]]''''' paints a picture of open-road [[Americana]]?
* ... that the administrator of the [[Royal Society Te Apārangi|Royal Society of New Zealand]], '''[[Mimie Wood]]''', correctly predicted that she would be replaced by five people upon retirement?
* ... that [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]] considered '''[[Proposed Soviet invasion of Hokkaido|invading the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan]]''' in the last days of World War&nbsp;II?
* ... that Utah radio stations '''[[KSUB]]''' and '''[[KXBN|{{nowrap|KSUB-FM}}]]''' both suffered tower collapses before going on air—39 years apart?
* ... that Austrian stamp collector '''[[Adolf Passer]]''' sold most of his collection to concentrate on wooing his future wife?
* ... that the [[Bedouin]] emirs of the '''[[Turabay dynasty]]''' presided over nearly a century of peace and prosperity in northern [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]?
* ... that '''[[Helen Dettweiler]]''' cofounded the [[LPGA]], was a [[Cryptography|cryptographer]] and [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|{{nowrap|B-17}}]] pilot during World War&nbsp;II, and became the first female broadcaster in baseball?

===15 February 2021===
*'''''00:00, 15 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Strängnäs stone]]''' ''(pictured)'', long considered a forgery, is probably authentic?
* ... that the silent film '''''[[The Honeymoon Express]]''''' was reported to have been withdrawn from release despite being screened later in 1926?
* ... that '''[[Elizabeth Pulane Moremi]]''' became regent of baTawana after the death of her husband '''[[Moremi III|Moremi&nbsp;III]]'''?
* ... that the picture book '''''[[Maiden & Princess]]''''', in which a maiden and princess fall in love, shares a fictional universe with ''[[Prince & Knight]]'', in which a prince and male knight do the same?
* ... that the church led by '''[[Ernest T. Campbell]]''' sponsored [[Marina Oswald Porter|Marina Oswald]], the widow of [[Lee Harvey Oswald]], to study at the [[University of Michigan]]?
* ... that the vocalist in "'''[[Erlkönig (Schubert)|Erlkönig]]'''", published as [[Franz Schubert|Schubert]]'s [[Opus number|Op.]]&nbsp;1, portrays four characters that differ in vocal register, rhythm, and harmony?
* ... that '''[[François Henri Mouton]]''' fought for the Sikhs during the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]] whilst on leave from the French Army?
* ... that a scene from the music video for "'''[[End Game (song)|End Game]]'''" features [[Taylor Swift]] playing the video game ''[[Snake (video game genre)|Snake]]'', a reference to her reputation as a "snake"?

===14 February 2021===
*'''''00:00, 14 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[Serpico]]''''' was filmed in reverse, and [[Al Pacino]] ''(pictured)'' had to be shaved as the shooting progressed?
* ... that '''[[Ekkehard von Kuenssberg]]''' turned down an invitation to join the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] and migrated to Britain, carrying a [[hockey stick]] and a [[Racket (sports equipment)#Tennis|tennis racquet]]?
* ... that '''[[High Point, Bradford|High Point]]''' has been described as "the severed head of some Japanese giant robot"?
* ... that the dance choreography for [[Babymetal]], [[Perfume (Japanese band)|Perfume]], [[Nosaj Thing]]'s "Cold Stares" music video, the [[2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony]], and the Japanese 2016 viral sensation "[[Koi (song)|Koi Dance]]" were all created by '''[[Mikiko (choreographer)|MIKIKO]]'''?
* ... that Canadian social activist and human rights pioneer '''[[Charan Gill]]''' started his career working in a sawmill?
* ... that after winning the 1814 [[Battle of Champaubert]], Napoleon instructed his representative at the '''[[Congress of Châtillon]]''' peace negotiations to "sign nothing"?
* ... that civil rights lawyer '''[[Deborah Archer]]''' is the first African-American to be president of the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] in its 101-year history?
* ... that in the 1970s a saxophonist led Major Surgery at '''[[Dog & Bull|a pub in South London]]'''?

===13 February 2021===
*'''''00:00, 13 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Eastman Johnson]]'s '''''[[A Ride for Liberty – The Fugitive Slaves]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is "virtually unique in art of the period" in depicting African-American slaves as "independent agents of their own freedom"?
* ... that music educator '''[[Siegfried Borris]]''' was dismissed from the [[Berlin University of the Arts|Musikhochschule Berlin]] by the Nazis, but after World War&nbsp;II became a professor there and president of the [[Deutscher Musikrat]]?
* ... that the [[Boeing&nbsp;247]] '''[[DZ203]]''' flew for [[United Airlines]] and the [[Royal Canadian Air Force|RCAF]] before the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] used it to perform the world's first completely automated approach and [[Instrument approach|blind landing]]?
* ... that '''[[Oya Kayacık|Mother Oya]]''', born into a wealthy family, lived and worked without salary in an orphanage for more than 60 years?
* ... that the '''[[Church of the Saintes Maries de la Mer]]''' was [[fortified church|fortified]] to protect the town [[Viking expansion|from Vikings]] and [[Saracen]]s?
* ... that fashion designer '''[[Monika Tilley]]'''{{`s}} nipple-baring white mesh swimsuit worn by [[Cheryl Tiegs]] in the 1978 [[Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue|''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit Issue]] is an exhibit at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]?
* ... that the [[Taylor Swift]] song "'''[[Gorgeous (Taylor Swift song)|Gorgeous]]'''" features an introduction voiced by James Reynolds, daughter of actress [[Blake Lively]] and actor [[Ryan Reynolds]]?
* ... that New Zealand ornithologist '''[[Arthur Pycroft]]''' ate a [[huia]] about two years before the last confirmed sighting of that bird species?

===12 February 2021===
*'''''12:00, 12 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Virol]]''' ''(jar pictured)'' was dispensed by the Virol Lady in British primary schools in the 1940s?
* ... that during his [[2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election|2020 campaign]] for the leadership of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]], '''[[Erin O'Toole]]''' made a platform catering to [[Quebec nationalism|Quebec nationalist]] voters?
* ... that the [[Knoxville Raceway]] will host '''[[Corn Belt Weekend|the first NASCAR nationally sanctioned race]]''' in its 120-year history in 2021, joining '''[[Pinty's Dirt Truck Race|a race at Bristol Motor Speedway]]''' as dirt-track races on [[2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series|the NASCAR Truck Series schedule]]?
* ... that '''[[Claude-Laurent Bourgeois de Jessaint]]''' was the [[Prefect (France)|prefect]] of [[Marne (department)|Marne]] from 1800 to 1838, surviving numerous regime changes?
* ... that after winning the '''[[2013 Football League One play-off Final]]''', [[Yeovil Town F.C.|Yeovil Town]] were promoted to the second [[English football league system|tier of English football]] just ten years after being a [[non-League football|non-League club]]?
* ... that '''[[Jackie Robinson Park]]''' was selected as the site for a pool in Harlem after [[Harlem riot of 1935|a 1935 riot]]?
* ... that a [[manga]] series by '''[[Nanae Sasaya]]''' is credited with influencing the adoption of new Japanese [[Child abuse|child-abuse]] laws?
* ... that the '''[[Bernie Sanders mittens meme]]''' has raised nearly $2&nbsp;million for Vermont charities?

*'''''00:00, 12 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that medieval '''[[Assumption of Mary in art|depictions of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary]]''' ''(example pictured)'' often show her dropping [[Girdle of Thomas|her belt]] to [[Thomas the Apostle]] as she rises?
* ... that '''[[Daryn Pittman]]''' was the first American to win the [[World Series Sprintcars]] championship and the first Oklahoman to win the [[World of Outlaws]] title?
* ... that '''[[Innisfree Garden]]''' in [[Millbrook, New York]], was developed from the 1930s by a painter fascinated with [[Wang Wei (Tang dynasty)|an 8th-century Chinese artist]], and a landscape architect from [[Harvard University|Harvard]]?
* ... that the earliest book in English of '''[[Sudanese literature]]''' is the memoir of [[Selim Aga]], who was born in 1826 and sold as a slave, but published his autobiography in "faultless idiomatic English"?
* ... that British historian and South-Asian history expert '''[[David Washbrook]]''' called the UK [[Home Office]] out on its misrepresentation of slavery and British colonization?
* ... that despite boasting it was the most powerful television station in the Midwest, Missouri's '''[[KACY (TV)|KACY]]''' left the air because it could not secure the right to carry network programs?
* ... that the original version of the First World War '''[[Garland grenade]]''' was made from a food tin packed with barbed wire and spent bullets?
* ... that if a student at [[Kemptville College|Kemptville Agricultural School]] had a problem to solve, the standard advice was to ask '''[[W. B. George|Mr.&nbsp;George]]'''?

===11 February 2021===
*'''''12:00, 11 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that unable to demolish the colonial-style '''[[Attara Kacheri]]''' ''(pictured)'', [[Kengal Hanumanthaiah]], [[List of chief ministers of Karnataka|Chief Minister of Mysore]], instead ordered that the [[Dravidian architecture|Dravidian]]-style [[Vidhana Soudha]] be built opposite it at a slight elevation?
* ... that '''[[Konrad Rupf]]''', a long-term singer of the [[Leipzig Opera]], made his stage debut in 1955 as Dulcamara in ''[[L'elisir d'amore]]'' and appeared as Tevje in ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' in 2000?
* ... that after [[Amanda Gorman]] recited the poem "'''[[The Hill We Climb]]'''" at [[Inauguration of Joe Biden|the inauguration]] of US president [[Joe Biden]], she gained [[Twitter]] followers at a faster rate than the president?
* ... that some members of [[Napoleon|Napoleon&nbsp;I]]'s '''[[Guards of Honour (France)|Guards of Honour]]''' considered themselves to be hostages of the emperor?
* ... that a seven-figure deal was made for [[Soman Chainani]]'s debut book ''[[The School for Good and Evil]]'' to make a '''[[The School for Good and Evil (film)|film adaptation]]''' less than two weeks after the book's publication?
* ... that '''[[Hilda Ellis Davidson]]''' played an important role in rescuing the field of [[folklore studies]] from its eccentric postwar image?
* ... that '''[[Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind]]''' is the first [[List of offshore wind farms in the United States|wind farm]] to be built in [[Exclusive economic zone of the United States|U.S. federal waters]]?
* ... that [[Billy Kee]] was going to include "Wembley" in the name of his child who was being born during the '''[[2014 Football League Two play-off Final]]''' if he scored?

*'''''00:00, 11 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Gwendolyn Garcia]] ''(pictured)'', the governor of the Philippine province of [[Cebu]], has '''[[Mabuhi!|a signature song]]'''?
* ... that one of Finland's [[List of unsolved murders (20th century)#1980s|longest unsolved crimes]], '''[[1987 Viking Sally murder|a 1987 murder]]''' on board the [[cruiseferry]] MS&nbsp;''Viking Sally'', is going to court after 33 years?
* ... that American Nobel Prize laureate [[Herbert A. Simon]] underwent surgery at '''[[UPMC Presbyterian]]''' to remove a cancerous tumor in his abdomen in January&nbsp;2001?
* ... that Jewish-Russian '''[[Zinaida Vengerova]]''', a pioneer in Russian [[Decadent movement|decadence]], allowed a circle of intellectuals to drink her blood in a ritual described as anti-Semitic?
* ... that members of the '''[[Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (New Zealand)|Women's Auxiliary Army Corps]]''' of New Zealand were known as Tuis, after [[Tui (bird)|a native bird]]?
* ... that '''[[Sibongile Khumalo]]''', who sang both national anthems at the [[1995 Rugby World Cup Final]], said that it was "the one and only time I've ever watched a rugby match, at any level, of any kind"?
* ... that '''[[solar radio emission]]''' was first observed in 1942 during [[World War&nbsp;II]] by British [[radar]] operators?
* ... that New Zealand geneticist '''[[Neil Gemmell]]''' hunted the [[Loch Ness Monster]] to show how science works?

===10 February 2021===
*'''''12:00, 10 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Empress Joséphine]] rejected the second '''[[Sèvres Egyptian Service]]''' ''(plate pictured)'', given as a divorce gift by [[Napoleon]]?
* ... that while held in a concentration camp, '''[[Zhu Min (Russian language professor)|Zhu Min]]''' sabotaged Nazi [[cartridge box]]es by spitting into them?
* ... that "'''[[People (The 1975 song)|People]]'''" by [[the 1975]] was written as a response to the passing of [[Alabama]]'s [[Human Life Protection Act|controversial abortion ban]]?
* ... that '''[[Philip Seymour Hoffman on stage and screen|Philip Seymour Hoffman's roles]]''' included a storm chaser, an arms dealer, and a cult leader?
* ... that surgeon '''[[Herbert Haxton]]''' proved that the [[patella|kneecap]] was not just to protect the knee but also important for straightening the leg?
* ... that the '''[[Dreikönigskirche, Dresden|Dreikönigskirche]]''' in [[Dresden]], a Baroque church completed in 1739, was bombed in 1945, not restored until 1984, and served as the seat of the state parliament from 1990?
* ... that the young of '''[[Coquerel's coua]]''' leave the nest after about nine days when still covered with down and unable to fly?

*'''''00:00, 10 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[hit-to-kill]]''' weapons ''(example pictured)'' require no warhead as their high velocity gives them many times the energy per kilogram of [[TNT]]?
* ... that '''[[Ruth Wright Hayre]]'''{{`s}} philanthropic program '''[[Tell Them We Are Rising]]''' was named after a phrase said by [[Richard R. Wright|her grandfather]], which also inspired the poem "'''[[Howard at Atlanta]]'''"?
* ... that '''[[Japan National Route 350|Japan National Route&nbsp;350]]''' serves remote [[Sado Island]] without any bridges connecting it to its termini on [[Honshu]]?
* ... that '''[[Cyclone Meena]]''' was the first of four [[Tropical cyclone scales#Australia and Fiji|severe tropical cyclones]] to impact the [[Cook Islands]] in [[2004–05 South Pacific cyclone season|February&nbsp;2005]]?
* ... that [[2021 New York City Comptroller election|2021 New York City Comptroller candidate]] '''[[Zach Iscol]]''' was awarded the [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]] for bravery during the [[Second Battle of Fallujah]] in the [[Iraq War]]?
* ... that the '''[[Croton alabamensis var. texensis|Texabama croton]]''' was nearly simultaneously discovered at [[Fort Hood]] and [[Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge]] in 1989?
* ... that '''[[Nilüfer Verdi]]''' is the first female [[Jazz piano|jazz pianist]] in Turkey?
* ... that after his side won the '''[[2008 Football League One play-off Final]]''', [[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]] manager [[Sean O'Driscoll]] said he could "murder a cup of tea"?

===9 February 2021===
*'''''12:00, 9 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the perfume '''[[Un Jardin sur le Nil]]''' ''(pictured)'' was inspired by green mangoes?
* ... that comedian '''[[Atsugiri Jason]]''' became the first non-Japanese finalist on the ''{{nowrap|R-1}} Grand Prix'' in 2014?
* ... that the '''[[Cook Islands Local Defence Force]]''' was expected to "uphold the prestige of the [[Cook Islands]]" by putting up a token resistance if the islands were invaded?
* ... that '''''[[Liolaemus sarmientoi]]''''' is one of the two southernmost species of lizard in the world?
* ... that '''[[Zeyan Shafiq]]''' developed KashBook during an Internet ban in the [[Kashmir Valley]], operating without a [[virtual private network]]? 
* ... that '''[[Sucker Punch Productions]]''' had trouble finding a [[Video game publisher|publisher]] for their debut video game, ''[[Rocket: Robot on Wheels]]''?
* ... that '''[[Anne Bierwirth]]''' has performed the [[alto]] part in Bach's ''[[Christmas Oratorio]]'', and in a recording of the first [[Passion (music)#Protestant music|Passion oratorio]] in German by [[Reinhard Keiser]]?
* ... that all dialogue in the film '''''[[Nostos: The Return]]''''' is in a made-up language based on ancient Greek, Sanskrit and Latin?

*'''''00:00, 9 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that "noted controversialist" '''[[Mary Aldis (science writer)|Mary Aldis]]''' ''(depicted)'' tried to get Auckland City Council to stop a woman being fired from a cannon in 1887?
* ... that [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]]'s appearance on '''''[[The Singing Brakeman (film)|The Singing Brakeman]]''''' made him the first [[country music]]ian to be featured in a film?
* ... that '''[[Richard Sharp (BBC chairman)|the new chairman of the BBC]]''' has [[Victoria Sharp|a twin sister]] who is a leading judge?
* ... that the 1989 book '''''[[Serendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science]]''''' examines the role of happenstance in the history of science?
* ... that the manufacturing of knife cutlery at '''[[Babakale, Ayvacık|Babakale]]''' in Turkey goes back to the 1720s, started by masters who immigrated from Kazakhstan?
* ... that gospel pianist '''[[Rudy Atwood]]''', heard on ''[[Charles E. Fuller|Old Fashioned Revival Hour]]'' radio broadcasts of the 1930s to the 1960s, attributed his hymn arrangements to the influence of [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J.&nbsp;S. Bach]]?
* ... that the Bangkok neighbourhood of '''[[Bang Rak Subdistrict|Bang Rak]]''' is home to Buddhist temples, mosques, a Chinese shrine, and [[Assumption Cathedral, Bangkok|the city's Catholic cathedral]]?
* ... that station officials climbed the {{convert|500|ft|m|adj=on}} tower of '''[[WFMZ-TV (channel 67)|the first {{nowrap|WFMZ-TV}}]]''', smashed a bottle of champagne against the top, and christened it "Miss [[Ultra high frequency|Ultra High]]"?

===8 February 2021===
*'''''12:00, 8 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Daniel Chester French]] resigned from the [[United States Commission of Fine Arts]] to create '''[[Public sculptures by Daniel Chester French|his most famous public sculpture]]''', ''[[Statue of Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln Memorial)|Abraham Lincoln]]'' ''(pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that the empty [[Shibuya Crossing]] featured on the series '''''[[Alice in Borderland (TV series)|Alice in Borderland]]''''' was filmed on a large green-screen set outside Tokyo?
* ... that '''[[Abudureheman Abulikemu]]''' was the first [[Boxing|boxer]] from [[Xinjiang]] to compete at the [[Olympic Games|Olympics]]?
* ... that '''''[[New York New York (manga)|New York New York]]''''' is noted as among the first ''[[yaoi]]'' [[manga]] series to depict social realism in its treatment of gay identity?
* ... that '''[[Gabriel Sterling]]''' has debunked [[Donald Trump]]'s allegations of voter fraud in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 U.S. presidential election]]?
* ... that [[DeepMind]]'s [[Protein structure prediction|protein-folding program]] '''[[AlphaFold|AlphaFold&nbsp;2]]''' has made significant progress towards solving [[CASP|a decades-old grand challenge]] of biology?
* ... that [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]] became the most successful club in the history of [[English Football League play-offs]] when they won the '''[[2017 EFL League Two play-off Final]]''' against [[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]]?
* ... that the '''[[1st Weather Squadron]]''', the 2016 Weather Squadron of the Year, reports on future battlefield weather conditions and assists during natural disasters?

*'''''00:00, 8 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that part of the remains of [[Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt]] rest next to his '''''[[Monumento a la Raza (Medellín)|Monumento a la Raza]]''''' ''(pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that '''[[Sayidiman Suryohadiprojo]]''', a former ambassador of Indonesia to Japan, authored the first book about Japan in the Indonesian language?
* ... that [[Mortimer Taube]] designed his '''[[Uniterm]]''' [[Subject indexing|indexing system]] for easy [[automation]], and then built a [[Punched card|punched-card]] version as the IBM&nbsp;9900?
* ... that there are other causes of '''[[climate change in Brazil]]''' besides the [[deforestation of the Amazon rainforest]]?
* ... that '''[[Ronald Graham]]''', president of the [[American Mathematical Society]] and the [[Mathematical Association of America]], also became president of the [[International Jugglers' Association]]?
* ... that [[Sarah Cooper]] and [[Helen Mirren]] lip synched the [[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|Donald Trump ''Access Hollywood'' tape]] in '''''[[Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine]]'''''{{-?}}
* ... that the music video for [[Harry Styles]]'s song "'''[[Lights Up]]'''" was interpreted as a "bisexual anthem" by critics and viewers due to it being released on [[National Coming Out Day]]?
* ... that '''[[John Atcheler]]''' claimed to be "Horse Slaughterer to Her Majesty [[Queen Victoria]]"?

===7 February 2021===
*'''''12:00, 7 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Pueblo pottery]]''' ''(example pictured)'' has been created by [[Puebloans|Pueblo people]] and their antecedents in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico for almost two thousand years?
* ... that '''[[Leon Rains]]''', a bass singer who studied in New York City and Paris, took part in the world premiere of ''[[Salome (opera)|Salome]]'' and an early recording of ''[[Tannhäuser (opera)|Tannhäuser]]''{{-?}}
* ... that the [[Australian Army]] named '''[[Project Waler|a programme to acquire new armoured vehicles]]''' after [[Waler|an Australian horse]]?
* ... that '''[[Football trafficking|thousands of football players are trafficked]]''' every year?
* ... that '''[[Bambang Suryadi]]''', a politician from the [[Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle]], was buried with the flag of the party above him?
* ... that "'''[[Me & You Together Song|Me&nbsp;& You Together Song]]'''" by [[The 1975|the 1975]] was originally intended for the soundtrack of ''German'', a film that lead singer Matthew Healy was writing?
* ... that [[Martin Luther King&nbsp;Jr.]]'s secretary '''[[Maude Ballou]]''' edited early versions of his iconic "[[I Have a Dream]]" speech?
* ... that the '''[[Anableps anableps|largescale four-eyes]]''' does not have four eyes?

*'''''00:00, 7 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the first women inducted into the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame included '''[[Patricia Kenworthy Nuckols|a WASP pilot]]''', '''[[Betty Shellenberger|a World War&nbsp;II Marine]]''', a "'''[[Chickie Geraci Poisson|Chickie]]'''", '''[[Alice Putnam Willetts|a Hall of Fame lacrosse player]]''', '''[[Joan Moser|a world-champion softball player]]''', '''[[Anne McConaghie Volp|an All-College basketball player]]''', '''[[F. Elizabeth Richey|the founder of the first collegiate squash program]]''' in the United States, '''[[Adele Boyd|a professor]]''' and '''[[Ruth Heller Aucott|a valedictorian]]''' of Ursinus College, and '''[[Phyllis Stadler Lyon|a resident of Atlantis]]''' ''(pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that "'''[[The House of Asterion]]'''" by [[Jorge Luis Borges]] was one of the first works by a major author to examine a well-known tale from the monster's perspective? 
* ... that '''''[[Driveways (film)|Driveways]]''''' director [[Andrew Ahn]] said that the experience of directing a script he did not write improved both his writing and directing? 
* ... that [[Samara (fruit)|helicopter]]s from '''''[[Acer cascadense]]''''' were found in Moose Mountain?
* ... that in the beginning of the 18th century, an estimated 2,100 Cherokee people inhabited more than sixteen '''[[Historic Cherokee settlements|Cherokee settlements]]''' in villages east of the Blue Ridge Mountains? 
* ... that '''[[Duo Yun Xuan]]''' held the first art auction on the [[Mainland China|Chinese mainland]]?
* ... that [[AFC Wimbledon]] were promoted for a sixth time since their formation in 2002 when they won the '''[[2016 Football League Two play-off Final]]'''?
* ... that rapper '''[[Zane One]]''' does not listen to much hip hop music, and her '''[[L.A. Woman (Zane One album)|debut album]]''' features samples from classic rock and folk songs?

===6 February 2021===
*'''''12:00, 6 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that artist '''[[Frances Emilia Crofton]]''' had [[Lithography|lithograph]] copies made of eight of her paintings ''(example pictured)'', and sold them for charity?
* ... that former [[List of speakers of the Oregon House of Representatives|Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives]] '''[[Frank J. Van Dyke]]''' was born in [[Penang]], [[Straits Settlements]], [[British Malaya]], in 1907?
* ... that [[Camille Saint-Saëns]] dedicated his '''''[[Caprice sur des airs danois et russes|Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs]]''''' to a Danish princess who became Empress of Russia?
* ... that stocks of [[mustard gas]], thought to have been destroyed in the 1940s, were discovered at '''[[RAF Bowes Moor]]''' in 1997?
* ... that [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]] radio station '''[[KRZY (AM)|KRZY]]''' broadcast a college football game without permission by smuggling in gear under blankets and disguising an announcer in the opposing team's student section?
* ... that in a 1982 book about the printing industry of 16th-century [[Strasbourg]], historian '''[[Miriam Usher Chrisman]]''' demonstrated the scholarly potential of the [[digital humanities|digital analysis]] of large archival datasets?
* ... that the first scene of the 2010 film '''''[[The Social Network]]''''' took 99 takes to finish?
* ... that when the [[chimpanzee]] '''[[Sami (chimpanzee)|Sami]]''' escaped from the [[Belgrade Zoo]] for the second time in less than a week, thousands of people cheered him on?

*'''''00:00, 6 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the decision not to include a duck with the '''[[statue of Sir Nigel Gresley]]''' ''(pictured)'' led to "possibly the most acrimonious argument in the long, pedantic history of the railway hobbyist"?
* ... that '''[[F. Andrieu|F.&nbsp;Andrieu]]''' was the composer of ''Armes, amours/O flour des flours'', a double [[Ballade (forme fixe)|ballade]] lamenting the death of his colleague [[Guillaume de Machaut]]?
* ... that '''[[Proton (satellite program)|Proton&nbsp;3]]''', launched on 24&nbsp;March&nbsp;1966, was one of the first satellites equipped to look for [[quark]]s?
* ... that '''[[Sarran Teelucksingh]]''' was the first [[Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian|person of Indian descent]] elected to the [[Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago]]?
* ... that [[Jerome Robbins]]'s ballet '''''[[In the Night (ballet)|In the Night]]''''' is set to four [[Nocturnes (Chopin)|nocturnes]] by [[Frédéric Chopin]]?
* ... that German [[Flying ace|fighter ace]] '''[[Kurt Wolff (aviator)|Kurt Wolff]]''' decorated his room with machine guns from planes he shot down?
* ... that it took authorities only one day to repair damage on '''[[Japan National Route 116|Japan National Route&nbsp;116]]''' following the [[2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake]]?
* ... that Barbara Danish wrote '''''[[The Dragon and the Doctor]]''''' in 20 minutes?

===5 February 2021===
*'''''12:00, 5 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Rānui Ngārimu]]''' ''(pictured)'' helped weave [[List of flag bearers for New Zealand at the Olympics#Te Māhutonga|Te Māhutonga]] (the Southern Cross), the Māori cloak worn by the flag bearer of the New Zealand Olympic team since 2004?
* ... that the '''[[Music City Grand Prix]]''' will cross the [[Cumberland River]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], making it one of the few auto races to cross a significant body of water?
* ... that after losing the '''[[Battle of Kinghorn]]''' in 1332, the Earl of Fife was "full of shame" at being defeated by such a small force?
* ... that [[2021 New York City mayoral election|2021 New York City mayoral candidate]] '''[[Kathryn Garcia]]''' resigned as Commissioner of the [[New York City Department of Sanitation|New York City Sanitation Department]] after budget cuts forced a 60-percent reduction in public trash basket pickups?
* ... that the book '''''[[Lost Feast]]''''' discusses extinct culinary foods, particularly the herb [[silphium]] that was prized by Roman and Egyptian societies?
* ... that the eagle on top of the '''''[[Monumento a la Raza (Mexico City)|Monumento a la Raza]]''''' in Mexico City was originally cast for the [[Palacio Legislativo Federal|Federal Legislative Palace]]'s dome?
* ... that lawyer and [[Freedom of the press in the United States|press freedom]] advocate '''[[Frank LoMonte]]''' helped pass legislation in 14 U.S. states outlawing censorship of [[Student publication|student media]] by school administrators?
* ... that the '''''[[Willie Nelson Statue]]''''' in [[Austin, Texas]], was unveiled on [[420 (cannabis culture)|420 day]] at 4:20&nbsp;p.m.?

*'''''00:00, 5 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that everything in '''''[[A Reading from Homer]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is classicist but not everything is ancient?
* ... that the '''[[Bangladesh women's national cricket team record by opponent|Bangladesh women's team]]''' won the first [[Women's One Day International|One Day International cricket match]] they played?
* ... that '''[[Benedict Joseph Fenwick]]''' was unable to generate interest in opening the [[College of the Holy Cross]] in the wilderness of [[Maine]] and so founded it instead in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]]?
* ... that the opposing managers watched the [[penalty shootout]] that decided the '''[[2015 Football League Two play-off Final]]''' together?
* ... that [[Radio City Music Hall]] organist '''[[Richard Leibert]]''' eloped twice with the daughter of a U.S. congressman?
* ... that the documentary '''''[[Aidan Walsh: Master of the Universe]]''''' explores the life of the musician who signed "Ireland's fastest ever record deal"?
* ... that the video game '''''[[Wild Woody]]''''' contains an [[Easter egg (media)|Easter egg]] that displays a topless [[mermaid]] if certain items are collected in order?
* ... that '''[[Joe the Pigeon]]''' was granted a [[pardon]] by the Australian government after being sentenced to [[euthanasia]]?

===4 February 2021===
*'''''12:00, 4 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Mehmet Ismet Başaran]]'''{{`s}} research into the [[Postage stamps and postal history of Turkey|first stamps of the Ottoman Empire]] ''(example pictured)'' was hampered by the loss of the official records?
* ... that after twelve years of attempts, [[Kyle Larson]] won the [[Chili Bowl Nationals]] back-to-back in the first two years when he participated under '''[[Kyle Larson Racing|his own team]]'''?
* ... that Pakistani historian '''[[Suhail Zaheer Lari]]''' and his wife, architect [[Yasmeen Lari]], threatened to elope to Scotland to get married because the legal marriageable age there was lower than in England?
* ... that the '''[[Remsen Cemetery]]''', one of the few remaining private burial grounds on Long Island, contains the remains of an American Revolutionary War colonel and his family members?
* ... that journalist '''[[Charles Mayer (journalist)|Charles Mayer]]''' proposed an election procedure change in his attempt to become president of the [[World Boxing Association|National Boxing Association]]?
* ... that '''''[[See You in the Cosmos]]''''', published as a children's book, has adult themes throughout?
* ... that '''''[[Spiel nicht mit den Schmuddelkindern]]''''', a 1965 album and song that [[Franz Josef Degenhardt]] wrote and sang to his guitar, anticipated the opposition of the [[Student activism|student movement]]?
* ... that although '''[[Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln]]''' never met, [[Walt Whitman|Whitman]] once wrote "I love the President personally"?

*'''''00:00, 4 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Schloss Freudenberg]]''' ''(pictured)'' and its park in [[Wiesbaden-Dotzheim]] offer an exhibition for the senses, with a ''Dunkelbar'' for drinking in darkness?
* ... that when New York City's '''[[Broadway Bridge (Manhattan)|Harlem Ship Canal Bridge]]''' had to be replaced, it was floated down the river to become the '''[[University Heights Bridge]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Anna Utenhoven]]''', who was [[premature burial|buried alive]] in 1597, was the last person executed for [[heresy]] in the [[Low Countries]]?
* ... that after [[NBCUniversal]] shut down '''[[KRMZ|{{nowrap|KMAS-TV}}]]''' in [[Steamboat Springs, Colorado]], its chief engineer suggested it be donated to his former employer, [[Rocky Mountain PBS]]?
* ... that the English and French agreed to '''[[Treaty of Guînes|a draft treaty]]''' in 1354 to end what was to become the Hundred Years' War, but the French reneged and the war continued for a further 101 years?
* ... that '''[[Wahsayah Whitebird]]'''{{`s}} [[Communist Party USA|Communist Party]] membership was not publicly known until after he was elected?
* ... that '''[[Valentina (singer)|Valentina]]''', with her song "'''[[J'imagine]]'''", brought France its first victory at the [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest]]?
* ... that [[Elsa Schiaparelli]] prevented [[Salvador Dalí]] from adding mayonnaise to her '''[[lobster dress]]'''?

===3 February 2021===
*'''''12:00, 3 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[Pelican Portrait]]''' of Queen [[Elizabeth&nbsp;I]] ''(pictured)'' is named for the pendant on her breast in the form of a [[Pelican#Christianity|pelican in her piety]]?
* ... that '''[[Hamilton Fish Park]]''', whose pool was used for Olympic practice, was one of the New York City Parks Department's "worst problem areas" by the 1970s?
* ... that ballerina '''[[Georgina Parkinson]]''' created several roles in ballets choreographed by [[Kenneth MacMillan]], including ''[[Romeo and Juliet (MacMillan)|Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[L'histoire de Manon|Manon]]'' and ''[[Mayerling (ballet)|Mayerling]]''{{-?}} 
* ... that the extinct mooneye fish '''''[[Hiodon woodruffi]]''''' was not described until 1978, although the earliest finds date to 1906?
* ... that in 1781, Dutch rear admiral '''[[Willem Krul (Dutch Navy officer)|Willem Krul]]''' was determined to fight a British fleet with a single warship and died?
* ... that Gore Vidal's novel '''''[[Live from Golgotha: The Gospel According to Gore Vidal|Live from Golgotha]]''''' has been called a "masterpiece of blasphemous vulgarity"?
* ... that '''''[[My Love from the Star]]'''''{{'s}} popularity led to it being discussed at China's [[National People's Congress]]?
* ... that journalist '''[[Tom Fitzgerald (journalist)|Tom Fitzgerald]]''' reportedly held the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness world record]] for "the accumulation of complimentary raincoats, [[Panasonic]] radios and [[A. T. Cross Company|Cross]] pens"?

*'''''00:00, 3 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[F.&nbsp;W. de Klerk]]'s '''[[Speech at the Opening of the Parliament of South Africa, 1990|speech announcing the end of apartheid in South Africa and the release of Nelson Mandela]]''' ''(both pictured)'' was given 31 years ago today?
* ... that the film poster for '''''[[Looking for Magical Doremi]]''''' appeared in an episode of ''[[Healin' Good Pretty Cure]]'' to promote the film?
* ... that although [[Dallas]] minister '''[[Walker Railey]]''' was acquitted of the attempted murder of his wife in a criminal court, a civil court awarded an $18&nbsp;million judgment against him?
* ... that the '''[[Regent of Thousand Islands]]''' is the only regent in Indonesia to be appointed by the governor instead of being elected by the people?
* ... that journalist '''[[Kelsey Piper]]''' sees her ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' column as a way to popularize discussion of [[global catastrophic risk]]s?
* ... that '''''[[Distichia muscoides]]''''' provides good grazing all-year-round in the High Andes for domesticated [[llama]]s and [[alpaca]]s, and non-native livestock?
* ... that '''[[Dax Reynosa]]''' began his hip-hop career as a [[battle rap]]per who would burn the rhyme books of defeated opponents, and later co-produced '''[[The Battle for L.A.: Footsoldiers, Vol. 1|a documentary]]''' depicting battle rap in [[Los Angeles]]?
* ... that a reviewer from ''[[Eurogamer]]'' considered '''''[[King of Crabs]]''''' to be the "best crab-based Battle Royale" video game he had ever reviewed?

===2 February 2021===
*'''''12:00, 2 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Canadian photographer and producer '''[[Lorraine Monk]]'''{{`s}} book ''Between Friends&nbsp;/ Entre Amis'' was Canada's gift to the United States on [[United States Bicentennial|their bicentennial]] in 1976 ''(pictured)''?
* ... that '''[[Area 51]]''' was originally called Paradise Ranch to encourage workers to move there?
* ... that the '''[[St Peter's Medal]]''' of the [[British Association of Urological Surgeons]] was first awarded for the detection of [[Bladder cancer|bladder cancers]] in the dye industry?
* ... that the music style of singer-songwriter '''[[Kui Lee]]''' featured a blend of traditional [[Music of Hawaii|Hawaiian music]], [[jazz]], [[blues]], and [[rock and roll]]?
* ... that in a rare [[leapfrog appeal]] the [[Supreme Court of the United Kingdom|UK Supreme Court]] '''[[Financial Conduct Authority v Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd & others|decided]]''' that insurance companies can be liable for business [[Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|losses]] arising due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]?
* ... that after the [[Lynching of Michael Donald|lynching of her son]], '''[[Beulah Mae Donald]]''' successfully sued the [[Ku Klux Klan]], winning a $7 million judgment?
* ... that [[Naimur Rahman]] took '''[[List of Bangladesh cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut|six wickets for 132 runs]]''' in the very first [[Test cricket|test]] [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]] played in [[Indian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2000–01#Only Test|2000]]? 
* ... that [[Twitter]] and [[Discord (software)|Discord]] use '''[[Snowflake ID|snowflakes]]''' as [[Unique identifier|unique identifiers]] for their messages and users?

*'''''00:00, 2 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the Rhodesian Light Infantry's statue '''''[[The Troopie]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was smuggled out of Rhodesia following the establishment of Zimbabwe prior to the regiment's disbanding?<!-- Special occasion hook for February 1 -->
* ... that Canadian citizen '''[[Susan Thomson]]''' had her passport confiscated and spent five weeks in "re-education" in 2006 due to her ethnographic research in Rwanda?
* ... that one student's entire semester at the [[University of Wisconsin–Green Bay]] in 1979 consisted of programming its student radio station '''[[WEMY|WGBW]]'''?
* ... that children's writer '''[[Israel Wachser]]''' died in [[Kryve Ozero]] while defending the local Jewish population from a [[pogrom]]?
* ... that the men of '''[[13th Missouri Cavalry Regiment (Confederate)|Wood's Missouri Cavalry Battalion]]''' made defenses out of cotton during the [[Battle of Pine Bluff]]?
* ... that '''[[Aicha Mekki]]''' was one of the very few crime reporters and female journalists in Morocco during the [[Years of Lead (Morocco)|Years of Lead]] in the latter half of the 20th century?
* ... that cricketer [[Hasan Ali (cricketer)|Hasan Ali]] was picked as a wildcard at the '''[[2021 Pakistan Super League players draft]]'''?
* ... that the 1.5&nbsp;million cubic yards ({{convert|1.5|e6cuyd|abbr=unit|disp=out}}) of asbestos waste at the '''[[BoRit Asbestos|BoRit Asbestos Superfund site]]''' in [[Ambler, Pennsylvania]], was known colloquially as the "White Mountains" by local residents?

===1 February 2021===
*'''''12:00, 1 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the [[List of youngest members of the United States Congress|youngest woman ever to serve in the United States Congress]]?
* ... that in '''''[[Denial of Violence]]''''', [[Fatma Müge Göçek]] argues that [[Armenian Genocide denial]] is one of the ideological foundations of the Turkish nation-state?
* ... that the '''[[Septet (Saint-Saëns)|Septet]]''' for trumpet, strings and piano was composed by [[Camille Saint-Saëns]] for a mathematician?
* ... that Senegalese turtle biologist '''[[Tomas Diagne]]''' drove {{Convert|1200|mi}} to pick up the carcass of a [[Nubian flapshell turtle]]?
* ... that despite a $34&nbsp;million advertising campaign in the United States by [[General Mills]], their breakfast cereal snack '''[[Fingos]]''' only lasted from 1993 to 1994?
* ... that the '''[[Tropicagama|northern water dragon]]''' migrated from [[New Guinea]] into [[Wallacea]] less than one million years ago?
* ... that American educator '''[[Alan T. Busby]]''' was the first [[African Americans|African-American]] student to attend the [[University of Connecticut]], graduating in 1918?
* ... that a journalist lived for a year using only goods '''[[made in Canada]]'''?

*'''''00:00, 1 February 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the sacred flame carried by the '''''[[Veiled Vestal]]''''' ''(pictured)'' in the 2005 film ''[[Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)|Pride & Prejudice]]'' has been described as representing [[Elizabeth Bennet]]'s "virginal sexual desire"?
* ... that '''[[Joseildo da Silva]]''' beat '''[[Roy Dooney]]''' at the '''[[1991 Chicago Marathon]]''' by six seconds in the slowest winning time for 10 years?
* ... that the British design historian '''[[Cheryl Buckley]]''' claimed in an influential 1986 article that women's contributions to design have been "consistently ignored"?
* ... that '''[[Astoria Park]]''' was intended to be New York City's first large park with active recreational facilities?
* ... that the '''[[The Mahdi's tomb|tomb]]''' of [[Muhammad Ahmad]] in Sudan was desecrated by British forces after the [[Battle of Omdurman]] in 1898?
* ... that "'''[[Lobpreiset all zu dieser Zeit]]'''", for New Year in the current Catholic hymnal ''[[Gotteslob]]'', takes two [[stanza]]s from a 1851 song by [[Heinrich Bone]], a third stanza and refrain from 1969, and a 1529 popular melody by [[Martin Luther|Luther]]?
* ... that the '''[[Strax affair]]''' started in the library?
* ... that the phrase "landfill indie", coined in 2008 by the English music journalist '''[[Andrew Harrison (journalist)|Andrew Harrison]]''', was intended as a pejorative term to describe the perceived bland guitar rock that dominated the UK charts in the early 2000s?
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