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	* ... that [[Seo Taiji and Boys]]'s April 11, 1992, performance of "'''[[I Know (Seo Taiji and Boys song)\|I Know]]'''" is credited as the beginning of modern [[K-pop]]?		* ... that [[Seo Taiji and Boys]]'s April 11, 1992, performance of "'''[[I Know (Seo Taiji and Boys song)\|I Know]]'''" is credited as the beginning of modern [[K-pop]]?
	* ... that actor '''[[Jonathan Roumie]]''', who plays the character of Jesus Christ in American television series ''[[The Chosen (TV series)\|The Chosen]]'', is also an [[extraordinary minister of Holy Communion]] in the [[Catholic Church]]? <!--ITEM IS UNDER DISCUSSION AT WT:DYK - MAKE SURE DISCUSSION IS RESOLVED BEFORE IT GOES LIVE-->		* ... that actor '''[[Jonathan Roumie]]''', who plays the character of Jesus Christ in American television series ''[[The Chosen (TV series)\|The Chosen]]'', is also an [[extraordinary minister of Holy Communion]] in the [[Catholic Church]]? <!--ITEM IS UNDER DISCUSSION AT BT:DYK - MAKE SURE DISCUSSION IS RESOLVED BEFORE IT GOES LIVE-->
	* ... that the '''[[Falcon Lake Incident]]''' is considered "Canada's best-documented UFO case"?		* ... that the '''[[Falcon Lake Incident]]''' is considered "Canada's best-documented UFO case"?

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==Did you know...==


===11 December 2021===
*'''''13:16, 11 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Ensifera ensifera (Pico de sable) (14369059535).jpg|caption=Sword-billed hummingbird}}
* ... that the '''[[sword-billed hummingbird]]''' ''(pictured)'' has the longest bill of any hummingbird?
* ... that '''[[Noa Denmon]]'''{{`s}} illustration for the [[Google Doodle]] on [[Martin Luther King Jr. Day]] included people painting a mural while socially distanced due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic|{{nowrap|COVID-19}} pandemic]]?
* ... that the board game '''''[[Suburbia (board game)|Suburbia]]''''' is said to be a "masterfully designed game" with "tedious bookkeeping"?
* ... that zoologist '''[[Ruth Crosby Noble]]'''{{`s}} 1945 book on animal behavior was said to have the "rare quality of combining entertainment with sound scientific value"?
* ... that [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]] "may have detested everything about Arabs and Muslims", but placed [[Saladin]], [[Avicenna]], and [[Averroes]] among the virtuous in the '''[[first circle of hell]]'''?
* ... that according to Swiss cardiologist '''[[Thomas Lüscher]]''', chocolate is good for us if it is dark and bitter, but white chocolate is "not healthy at all"?
* ... that in 2000, the [[Sacramento County, California|Sacramento County]] Policy Planning Commission decided that humans would never be allowed to live on '''[[Kimball Island]]''' again?
* ... that in ''The Arraignment of Paris'', poet [[Denis Glover]] stated '''[[Charles Allan Marris]]''' was the "arbiter of all our art and letters / presenting rotten apples to his betters"?

*'''''01:16, 11 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Da Vinci - Head of a Bear.jpg|caption=''Head of a Bear''}}
* ... that '''[[Head of a Bear|a Post-it Note–sized drawing]]''' ''(pictured)'' by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] sold for £8.8 million in 2021?
* ... that '''[[Grace Meigs Crowder]]''' found that pregnancy and childbirth were a common cause of death in the early 1900s for American women who were aged under 45?
* ... that the popularity of "'''[[10 Minutes (Lee Hyori song)|10 Minutes]]'''" by Korean singer [[Lee Hyori]] led to 2003 being dubbed the "year of Hyori" by domestic media?
* ... that some members of the '''[[Kushner family]]''' objected after [[Jared Kushner|Jared]] invoked their grandparents' resistance in [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|Nazi-occupied Poland]] to support his denial of [[Donald Trump]]'s alleged antisemitism?
* ... that '''[[David Whiting]]''' was nicknamed "Golden Boy" by [[Henry Grunwald (editor)|Henry Grunwald]], "Preppy" by [[Candice Bergen]], and "Whiz Kid" by [[Sarah Miles]]?
* ... that the title of [[Taylor Swift]]'s 2008 album '''''[[Fearless (Taylor Swift album)|Fearless]]''''' reflects Swift's attitude to embrace hardships in love and life?
* ... that '''[[Paddy Fox]]''' recruited so many people from [[County Durham]] to the British Army that they became known locally as "Pad's Army"?
* ... that '''[[super weaner]]s''' may be "milk thieves" or "double mother-sucklers"?

===10 December 2021===
*'''''12:00, 10 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=File:Flagellum from a gram-negative bacterium (unlabelled).png|caption=Rotating whip-like flagellum}}
* ... that swimming and swarming are forms of '''[[bacterial motility]]''', which some [[bacteria]] achieve by rotating a small whip-like [[flagellum]] ''(depicted)''{{-?}}
* ... that '''[[Harriet Amelia Folsom]]''' went by her middle name, so as not to be confused with her husband [[Brigham Young]]'s other wives?
* ... that the Romans won '''[[Roman campaigns in Germania (12 BC – AD 16)|a series of campaigns against Germanic tribes]]''' after the [[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest|disaster at Teutoburg]] but decided to leave Germany as the effort was out of proportion to the territory's value?
* ... that '''[[Dianxi Xiaoge]]''', who grew up in a remote [[Yunnan]] mountain village without [[tap water|running water]], is an Internet celebrity with roughly 16 million subscribers on all her platforms?
* ... that the "'''[[Parable of the drowning man|two boats and a helicopter]]'''" parable has been used to combat [[COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and hesitancy|{{nowrap|COVID-19}} vaccine hesitancy]]?
* ... that in September 2021, cricketer '''[[Andrea-Mae Zepeda]]''' became the first player to score a [[Century (cricket)|century]] for [[Austria women's national cricket team|Austria]] in a [[Women's Twenty20 International]] match?
* ... that part of '''''[[Prise d'Orange]]''''' was recently discovered in the [[Bookbinding|binding]] of another book?
* ... that '''[[George Asprey]]''' was not born with a [[silver spoon]] in his mouth – according to the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'', it was a silver shovel?

*'''''00:00, 10 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Ricosasaki.jpg|caption=Rico Sasaki}}
* ... that '''[[Rico Sasaki]]''' ''(pictured)'' beat 9,000 other auditioners to play the title role in a Japanese production of ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]'' in 2008?
* ... that [[the Beach Boys]] played a '''[[Lei'd in Hawaii|concert in Hawaii]]''' while high on [[Lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]]?
* ... that with as many as a quarter of mothers in eastern Greenland experiencing domestic violence, '''[[Laura Tàunâjik]]''' proposed a women's shelter in [[Tasiilaq]]?
* ... that [[Carl Michael Bellman|Bellman]]'s song "'''[[Ge rum i Bröllopsgåln din hund!]]'''" describes "one of the wildest weddings in Swedish literature"?
* ... that '''[[Dermot Morrah]]''', a British journalist for ''[[The Times]]'', wrote [[Elizabeth II|Princess Elizabeth]]'s 21st birthday speech?
* ... that an investigation found that most Mexican nutrition science students could not interpret a nutritional '''[[Food labeling in Mexico|front-of-package labeling system]]''' correctly?
* ... that in 1752, '''[[Samuel Kneeland (printer)|Samuel Kneeland]]''' and his partner produced the first Bible in the English language ever printed in America?
* ... that '''[[Pronunciation of GIF|it's pronounced "gif", not "gif"]]'''?

===9 December 2021===
*'''''12:00, 9 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=ROOSEVELTOVALOFFICE.jpg|caption=[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] working at his desk in the Oval Office}}
* ... that the key to '''[[Hoover desk|Franklin D. Roosevelt's Oval Office desk]]''' ''(pictured)'' is missing?
* ... that when '''[[Nadjamuddin Daeng Malewa]]''' was forming a government cabinet for the [[State of East Indonesia]], he was outside the region?
* ... that the name of '''[[Ireland's Eye]]''' off [[Howth]] northeast of [[Dublin]] has nothing to do with the organ but can actually be translated as "Ireland's island"?
* ... that '''[[Theodore Conrad (criminal)|Theodore Conrad]]''', who evaded capture for 52 years after stealing US$215,000, remained a fugitive for so long that he was finally tracked down by the son of one of the original investigators?
* ... that the [[Cho Cho|Burmese]] and [[Kim Jung-sook|South Korean first ladies]] held their first informal conversation 44 years after the establishment of '''[[Myanmar–South Korea relations|bilateral relations between the two countries]]'''?
* ... that children's author '''[[Kate DiCamillo]]''' received 473 rejection letters before her first novel was accepted for publication?
* ... that the infamous [[Nepalese royal massacre]] took place in the '''[[Tribhuvan Sadan]]'''?
* ... that the freighter '''''[[SS Manasoo|Manasoo]]''''' is believed to have been sunk by cows?

*'''''00:00, 9 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Outstanding in the Field table setting on beach.jpg|caption=Table setting at an Outstanding in the Field event}}
* ... that on an average night, between 130 and 200 people can be found '''[[Outstanding in the Field]]''' ''(example pictured)'' for about five hours?
* ... that '''[[Norman Colville]]''' renovated a manor to house his growing art collection?
* ... that the '''[[Chile Ridge]]''' has a [[slab window]]?
* ... that before starring in the [[Pedro Almodóvar]] film ''[[Parallel Mothers]]'', '''[[Milena Smit]]''' worked as a model, waitress, shop assistant, babysitter, subway information assistant, and hotel receptionist?
* ... that a "[[North Dakota]] joke of the mornin{{'"}} was a feature on Montana radio station '''[[KGRZ]]''' because the station's owner and morning show host hailed from that state?
* ... that when '''[[Margaret de Neville|Margaret de Longvillers]]''' married into the [[House of Neville]], her wealth consolidated its position in English society?
* ... that the front of the 11th-century '''[[River Laune Crozier]]''' contains a figure with oval eyes, a thin nose, spiral ears and a handlebar moustache that radiates out around him?
* ... that '''[[Louis H. Bean|Mr. Bean]]''' accurately predicted the results of many American elections?

===8 December 2021===
*'''''12:00, 8 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Otakon 100 2035 (16593003431).jpg|caption=Syaoran Li [[cosplay]]er}}
* ... that '''[[Syaoran Li]]''' ''(cosplayer pictured)'' from the manga ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' formed the basis of two characters in [[Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle|a later manga]]; [[Syaoran (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, original)|one original]] and [[Syaoran (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, clone)|one clone]]?
* ... that an all-male boating event on '''[[Tinsley Island]]''' was called the "[[Bohemian Grove]] of yachting"?
* ... that according to legend, '''[[Edigna]]''' fled an arranged marriage in 1074, leaving her royal life behind to live as a hermit in a hollowed-out tree in [[Fürstenfeldbruck]]?
* ... that the bryozoan '''''[[Walkeria tuberosa]]''''' is sometimes referred to as ''Valkeria tuberosa'' despite being named after the Scottish natural historian [[John Walker (natural historian)|John Walker]]?
* ... that '''[[Michaela Goade]]''' received the 2021 [[Caldecott Medal]] for her watercolor illustrations for '''''[[We Are Water Protectors]]''''', becoming the first Indigenous artist to win the award?
* ... that two years after the small [[Corinth|Corinthian]] navy was defeated during the '''[[Affair of Epidamnus]]''', their navy became the third largest in all of Greece?
* ... that the Panacea Society believed in God the Father, God the Mother, Jesus the Son, and '''[[Mabel Barltrop|Octavia]]'''?
* ... '''[[that]]'''?

*'''''00:00, 8 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Opal-53714.jpg|caption=Opal embedded in jasper}}
* ... that '''[[silicification]]''' can produce [[opal]] ''(example pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that '''[[Desmond Young (British Army officer)|Desmond Young]]'''{{`s}} biography of [[Erwin Rommel]] was criticised for portraying him as a "blue-eyed god who could do no wrong"?
* ... that the theme of the board game '''''[[Parks (board game)|Parks]]''''' is based on the national parks of the United States?
* ... that '''[[Sjafruddin Prawiranegara]]''' ordered Indonesians to physically cut their banknotes in half?
* ... that [[Bobby Hackett]] said that [[Jackie Gleason]]'s main contribution to the recording of '''''[[Music for Lovers Only]]''''' was that "he brought the checks"?
* ... that critics complained about the [[manga]] '''''[[Sex Ed 120%]]''''' being given a "mature" rating by [[Yen Press|its English-language publisher]]?
* ... that film producer '''[[Konstantin Kalser]]''', who won an Oscar for his 1956 short film ''[[Crashing the Water Barrier]]'', later admitted that the film was an advertisement for an oil company?
* ... that '''''[[Styx (butterfly)|Styx]]'''''{{'s}} name derives from its seeming to have "come from the underworld"?

===7 December 2021===
*'''''12:00, 7 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Wreathed hornbill1.jpg|caption=Male wreathed hornbill}}
* ... that the '''[[wreathed hornbill]]''' ''(male pictured)'' is hunted for consumption of its meat, and that its [[Casque (anatomy)|casque]] is used as headgear by local people in [[Arunachal Pradesh]]?
* ... that '''[[Norma Kuhling]]'''{{`s}} character in ''[[Fourteen (film)|Fourteen]]'' was described by a film critic as "a [[Greta Gerwig]] spin on the [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]"?
* ... that the album '''''[[Hello (Cho Yong-pil album)|Hello]]''''' by Korean singer [[Cho Yong-pil]] was the first time he had worked with international composers since his debut in 1968?
* ... that in the 1820s, the British acrobat '''[[Henry Johnson (acrobat)|Henry Johnson]]''' performed before the [[Daoguang Emperor|Chinese Emperor]]?
* ... that [[Kanye West]]'s group the [[Sunday Service Choir]] performed "'''[[No Child Left Behind (song)|No Child Left Behind]]'''" with [[Justin Bieber]] at a Halloween 2021 concert?
* ... that in [[Hokusai]]'s woodblock print series '''''[[One Hundred Ghost Stories]]''''', there are only five prints?
* ... that '''[[Elisabeth Geleerd]]''' became one of the most influential American psychoanalysts of her time while chronically ill and raising a family?
* ... that an image of '''[[MacCarthy's Bar]]''' on the front cover of [[McCarthy's Bar|a book]] featured a staff member posing as a nun drinking a pint of [[Guinness]] and the surprise appearance of a dog?

*'''''00:00, 7 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=FM-2019-1-6-4-26--Niggl-Radloff-B-John-B-Priestley-Jacquetta-Hawkes-ONLINE.jpg|caption=Jacquetta Hawkes}}
* ... that archaeologist and prehistorian '''[[Jacquetta Hawkes]]''' ''(pictured)'' co-founded the [[Homosexual Law Reform Society]] and the [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]]?
* ... that for more than a decade, '''[[WMSB (FM)|{{nowrap|WNJC-FM}}]]''' at [[Northwest Mississippi Community College|Northwest Mississippi Junior College]] was the state's only public radio station?
* ... that when [[David Bowie]] performed "'''[[Golden Years (David Bowie song)|Golden Years]]'''" on ''[[Soul Train]]'' in 1975, he was incoherent and visibly intoxicated?
* ... that gameplay in the board game '''''[[Oceans (board game)|Oceans]]''''' ends once the ocean zones are depopulated of fish?
* ... that '''[[Awet Tesfaiesus]]''' was the first [[Afro-Germans|black]] woman ever elected to the [[Bundestag]]?
* ... that [[Eric Schmidt]] developed '''[[Berknet]]''', an early [[wide area network]] system, in 1978 while he was a student at [[University of California, Berkeley|Berkeley University]]?
* ... that '''[[Zeliha Ağrıs]]''' started performing [[taekwondo]] at age ten and became a world champion when she was 19?
* ... that [[OK Kosher Certification|OK Kosher]] got the OK for '''[[.kosher]]''' in January 2014?

===6 December 2021===
*'''''12:00, 6 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Teraura - Susan Young by edward Gennys Fanshawe - 1849.jpg|caption=Drawing of Teraura aged 74}}
* ... that Pitcairn Islander '''[[Teraura]]''' ''(pictured)'' was one of "the most travelled Polynesian women" of her day?
* ... that the [[California State Assembly]] held a moment of silence over the death of fictional character '''[[Mrs. Landingham]]''' while in the midst of [[2000–01 California electricity crisis|an energy crisis]]?
* ... that '''[[Spotify Wrapped]]''' has been both praised and criticized for effectively providing Spotify with free advertising?
* ... that in 1755, colonial printer '''[[Daniel Fowle (printer)|Daniel Fowle]]''' was arrested for printing a seditious pamphlet entitled ''The Monster of Monsters'', which criticized members of the general assembly?
* ... that [[Guy Parmelin]], now [[President of the Swiss Confederation|President of Switzerland]], opened the study program of cyber security of the '''[[Lucerne School of Computer Science and Information Technology|Lucerne School of Information Technology]]''' in 2018?
* ... that before [[Foster City, California|Foster City]] was built on '''[[Brewer Island]]''', unsuccessful proposals included a hog farm, two military air bases, two civilian airports, and an entertainment complex larger than [[Disneyland]]?
* ... that Colonel '''[[H. R. C. Pettigrew|Hugh Pettigrew]]''' observed that troops who thought that the Scottish Highlands resembled [[Waziristan campaign (1936–1939)|Waziristan]] on India's North West Frontier were "of little use to anyone"?
* ... that on his podcast '''''[[The Anthropocene Reviewed]]''''', [[John Green (author)|John Green]] reviews [[velociraptor]]s, [[Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur|a hot dog stand in Iceland]], and [[bubonic plague]]?

*'''''00:00, 6 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Sidetalk NYC logo.svg|caption=Logo of ''Sidetalk''}}
* ... that the phrase "bing bong" became a rallying cry for the [[New York Knicks]] because of its appearance on '''''[[Sidetalk]]''''' ''(logo pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that '''[[Sarkis Lole]]''', the [[Armenians|Armenian]] chief architect of [[Mardin]] who constructed much of the early modern architecture of the city, never received any formal training and designed his buildings in the sand?
* ... that the '''[[Cort Theatre]]''' has hosted the Broadway debuts of actresses [[Katharine Hepburn]] and [[Grace Kelly]]?
* ... that '''[[Mimi Fawaz]]'''{{`s}} work includes a documentary on the life of South African president [[Nelson Mandela]]?
* ... that the music video to "'''[[I Bet You Think About Me]]'''" by [[Taylor Swift]] is co-written and directed by [[Blake Lively]] in her directorial debut?
* ... that when [[home computer]]s used '''[[List of cassette tape data storage formats|cassette tapes for storage]]''', the data was sometimes distributed on [[flexi disc]] records or even broadcast on radio?
* ... that non-microscopic life forms such as [[Plant microbiome|plants]] associate with '''[[microbiome]]s''' of microscopic organisms which determine their health and productivity?
* ... that [[Herbert Hoover]] once farmed sugar beets on the '''[[Empire Tract]]'''?

===5 December 2021===
*'''''12:00, 5 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Ny-marriott-marquis.jpg|caption=New York Marriott Marquis}}
* ... that while the '''[[New York Marriott Marquis]]''' hotel ''(pictured)'' was valued at $579.7 million in 2008, the site was sold five years later for just $19.9 million?
* ... that for [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin sports tournaments]], finding a [[Group tournament ranking system|ranking of the competitors]] that minimizes the number of upset games is an instance of the '''[[feedback arc set]]''' problem?
* ... that '''[[Inger K. Frith]]''', the first woman president of a major international sporting federation, played a key role in returning archery to the [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympics]]?
* ... that '''[[Glen Cove City School District]]''' closed the South School in 1966 to remedy alleged ''de facto'' [[Racial segregation|segregation]] in the district?
* ... that the novel '''''[[Dreams of Trespass]]''''', which portrays the patriarchy as un-[[Islam]]ic, was translated into more than 20 languages?
* ... that in a study for UNICEF, '''[[Reginald Green (economist)|Reginald Green]]''' found that more than two million children under the age of five had died in Angola and Mozambique due to the South African [[apartheid]] regime's economic policies?
* ... that most [[Convergent boundary|places where tectonic plates ram into each other]] involve '''[[oblique subduction]]'''?
* ... that the '''[[Atlas Tract]]''' is farmland with a population of 0, but is expected to have a population of 42,000 by 2045?

*'''''00:00, 5 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Franziska Baruch, Jerusalem 1947.jpg|caption=Franzisca Baruch}}
* ... that '''[[Franzisca Baruch]]''' ''(pictured)'' designed several Hebrew fonts, the cover of the first Israeli passport, the emblem of Jerusalem, and the logo of the ''Ha'aretz'' newspaper, all while barely knowing [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]?
* ... that the song "'''[[Come Back Home (Seo Taiji and Boys song)|Come Back Home]]'''" by [[Seo Taiji and Boys]] made teenage runaways in South Korea return home?
* ... that Italian actress '''[[Linda Albertini]]''' used her abilities as a former circus acrobat in silent films?
* ... that '''[[Joice Island]]''' was the location of a "web of intrigue" in 1890, a failed asparagus farm in 1905, a wildlife refuge in 1950, a hunting preserve in 1965, and a pig hunt in 2017?
* ... that under college president '''[[Arthur Bronwell]]''' in 1959, [[Worcester Polytechnic Institute]] built one of the first nuclear [[research reactor]]s at an American university?
* ... that a [[YouTuber]] predicted '''[[Grannies Gone Wild|the crossover between]]''' ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' and ''[[Rick and Morty]]'' long before it aired?
* ... that baseball statistician '''[[Bob Ferguson (journalist)|Bob Ferguson]]''' claimed that he became the owner of the [[London Majors]] "by accident"?
* ... that '''[[Z (joke line)|Zzzzzz]]''' had the busiest residential telephone number in the United States in the 1970s?

===4 December 2021===
*'''''00:00, 4 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
{{main page image/DYK|image=Lampetra fluviatilis.jpg|caption=European river lamprey}}
* ... that on special occasions, the city of Gloucester supplies a '''[[Lamprey pie|pie made from lampreys]]''' ''(lamprey pictured)'' to the British monarch?
* ... that in the board game '''''[[Sagrada (board game)|Sagrada]]''''', players attempt to construct a [[Stained glass|stained-glass window]] using dice?
* ... that economist '''[[Nisvan Erkal]]'''{{`s}} research showed that China's [[one-child policy]] created children who lacked qualities important for social and economic success?
* ... that all stanzas of the 1963 song "'''[[Herr, gib uns Mut zum Hören]]'''" (Lord, give us courage to listen), with text and tune by Kurt Rommel, begin with a prayer for courage?
* ... that [[College Football Hall of Fame]] quarterback '''[[Charlie Green (American football)|Charlie Green]]''' led Wittenberg to three consecutive undefeated seasons, including a national championship for the '''[[1964 Wittenberg Tigers football team]]'''?
* ... that [[Seo Taiji and Boys]]'s April 11, 1992, performance of "'''[[I Know (Seo Taiji and Boys song)|I Know]]'''" is credited as the beginning of modern [[K-pop]]?
* ... that actor '''[[Jonathan Roumie]]''', who plays the character of Jesus Christ in American television series ''[[The Chosen (TV series)|The Chosen]]'', is also an [[extraordinary minister of Holy Communion]] in the [[Catholic Church]]? 
* ... that the '''[[Falcon Lake Incident]]''' is considered "Canada's best-documented UFO case"?

===3 December 2021===
*'''''00:00, 3 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[Samuel Warren (Royal Navy officer)|Captain Warren]] of '''[[HMS Seringapatam (1819)|HMS ''Seringapatam'']]''' ''(pictured)'' saw the island of [[Chios]] in flames, but would give no help, as he had been ordered to observe strict neutrality in the [[Greek War of Independence]]?
* ... that the undefeated '''[[1955 Hillsdale Dales football team]]''' declined a [[Citrus Bowl|Tangerine Bowl]] bid because the bowl insisted that four black players—including national scoring leader '''[[Nate Clark]]'''—stay home?
* ... that until '''[[1993 reviews of the British honours system|a 1993 reform]]''', separate gallantry medals were awarded to officers and other ranks in the British armed forces?
* ... that '''[[Marsh Hen Mill]]''' in South Carolina grinds heirloom grains with a 1945 [[gristmill]] that was found in a barn in 2007?
* ... that '''[[Carmaney Wong]]''' was 25 years and 9 months old when she was crowned [[Miss Hong Kong 2019]], making her the oldest champion in 30 years?
* ... that a reviewer noted that the LCD of '''[[PB286LP|Packard Bell's first laptop]]''' suffered from "an occasional case of the shakes"?
* ... that the sea slug '''''[[Thuridilla vataae]]''''' collects and stores its worn-out teeth in a sac in its mouth?
* ... that former [[Oregon]] legislator '''[[William A. Massingill|William Massingill]]''' died while attending a [[boxing]] match?

===2 December 2021===
*'''''00:00, 2 December 2021 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the starfish '''''[[Thromidia catalai]]''''' ''(pictured)'' can weigh as much as 6 kilograms (13 lb)?
* ... that the first exhibit of the '''[[West Virginia Music Hall of Fame]]''' came from founder Michael Lipton's record collection?
* ... that the senior Burmese princes could not attend the '''[[Death and funeral of Mindon Min|funeral of King Mindon]]''' since they had all been arrested?
* ... that in 1958, [[New Jersey General Assembly|New Jersey assemblyman]] '''[[Carmine Savino]]''' proposed cutting property taxes in half by imposing a three-percent state sales tax that would be used to cover public school costs?
* ... that the Greenlandic novel '''''[[Homo Sapienne]]''''' was written in only one month?
* ... that when the '''[[Marquis Theatre]]''' was completed, some Broadway performers boycotted it because of a controversy over the construction of the hotel above it?
* ... that '''[[Volcanic and igneous plumbing systems|magma travelling through dykes]]''' usually solidifies before it gets to the Earth's surface?
* ... that [[Jonathan Weiner]] explains in his book how '''''[[Time, Love, Memory|Time, Love, [and] Memory]]''''' became associated with specific [[Drosophila|fly]] genes?

===1 December 2021===
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* ... that '''[[Marie Litta]]''' ''(pictured)'' started her own opera company in her early 20s, just a few years before her death in 1883?
* ... that the '''[[economy of Sarawak]]''' is strongly dependent on [[natural resource]] exports such as timber, oil, and gas?
* ... that not so much as a "hell" or "damn" was permitted at '''[[G. D. Sweet Famous Players|G. D. Sweet Famous Players]]'''{{`}} "Sunday school" productions?
* ... that [[Frontex]]'s role in '''[[Pushbacks in Greece|pushbacks of migrants in Greece]]''' has led to investigations by the European Parliament, EU Ombudsman, and EU anti-fraud agency?
* ... that the documentary '''''[[Nerds 2.0.1]]''''' has been criticized for racial inequality among its 50 featured pioneers of the internet?
* ... that the Franco-Belgian comic book '''''[[Hans (comic book)|Hans]]''''' had its title changed in Poland due to lingering ill-feeling toward Germany?
* ... that '''''[[Galac-Tac]]''''', launched in 1982 as a [[play-by-mail game]], is still available today for play on the web?
* ... that '''''[[The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe]]''''' isn't a book that perhaps cannot be written?

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