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===28 February 2022===
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* ... that the ice mound ''(pictured)'' at the center of the crater '''[[Louth (crater)|Louth]]''' is the warmest permanent body of water on the [[Mars|Martian]] surface?
* ... that English [[Plant nursery|nurseryman]] '''[[Luke Pope]]''' claimed on his deathbed to have spent more than £3,000 (equivalent to over £250,000 in 2020) on tulip bulbs?
* ... that the '''[[Louis Micheels House]]''' was called a building of "great significance", but the new owners wanted it gone?
* ... that the '''[[2021 Bahamas Bowl]]''' was the first edition in which a team made a return appearance?
* ... that approximately 85 percent of [[Manhattan]] was recreated for the 2008 video game '''''[[The Incredible Hulk (2008 video game)|The Incredible Hulk]]'''''{{-?}}
* ... that despite being nicknamed a "lanternbug", '''''[[Lycorma imperialis]]''''' does not actually emit any light?
* ... that '''[[Bianca Baptiste]]''' was [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women|Tottenham Hotspur]]'s top goal scorer during their promotion—and then they dropped her from the team?
* ... that the captain of the warship '''[[CSS Baltic|CSS&nbsp;''Baltic'']]''' stated that she was "about as fit to go into action as a mud [[scow]]"?

===27 February 2022===
*'''''00:00, 27 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque]]''' ''(pictured)'' assisted in the founding of [[University of Malawi College of Medicine|Malawi's first dental school]] in 2019?<!-- spec. occ. Black History Month -->
* ... that the '''[[St. Mary and St. John of Nepomuk Monument]]''' in [[Timișoara]] commemorates the [[Great Plague of 1738]], which killed around 1,000 of the city's 6,000 inhabitants?
* ... that after [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]]'s '''[[Bastable Theatre]]''' burnt down in 1923, '''[[State Tower Building|the city's tallest building]]''' was built in its place?
* ... that '''[[O'Halloran and Francis v. United Kingdom|a 2007 European Court of Human Rights case]]''' ruled that European automobile owners do not have the [[Right to silence|right to remain silent]] when asked who was speeding in their vehicle?
* ... that '''[[Operation Ivory Soap]]''' created and operated a fleet of aircraft repair vessels to support the United States' [[Leapfrogging (strategy)|island-hopping]] strategy in the Pacific during World War&nbsp;II?
* ... that '''[[Charles William Warner]]''', the [[Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago|attorney general of Trinidad]] between 1845 and 1870, was one of the most powerful men in the colony and often considered "the real governor"?
* ... that ''[[El Capitan (operetta)|El Capitan]]'', an '''[[List of operettas by John Philip Sousa|operetta composed by John Philip Sousa]]''', was later described as likely to become "the most enduring American comic opera of the nineteenth century"? 
* ... that '''[[Cheok Hong Cheong]]''' sold bananas for a decade, after which he became superintendent of the Church of England of Melbourne?

===26 February 2022===
*'''''00:00, 26 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the facade of geometric shapes on the '''[[Milam Residence]]''' ''(pictured)'' also provides shade to the interior?
* ... that when offered, soldiers under Russian general '''[[Viktor Taranovsky|V.&nbsp;P. Taranovsky]]''' chose imprisonment in Algeria rather than continuing to fight or serving as labourers?
* ... that the tugboat '''''[[USS R. B. Forbes|R.&nbsp;B. Forbes]]''''' was the first iron mercantile vessel built in New England?<!-- spec. occ. feb 25 -->
* ... that '''[[Sukanya Ramgopal]]''' is the first woman [[Ghatam]] player in [[Carnatic music]]?
* ... that an estimated 1,050 Jews were killed in the '''[[Rakaŭ Ghetto]]''' between its creation and liquidation?
* ... that in 1749, '''[[James Davis (printer)|James Davis]]''' became the first printer to set up shop in the [[Province of North Carolina|colony of North Carolina]]?
* ... that the genus '''''[[Xochiquetzallia]]''''' was named after the [[Xōchiquetzal|Aztec goddess of flowers]]?
* ... that [[Demi Lovato]] started an Internet feud with '''[[The Bigg Chill|a frozen yogurt shop]]'''—and lost?

===25 February 2022===
*'''''00:00, 25 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that ski jumper '''[[Joséphine Pagnier]]''' ''(pictured)'', who competed at the [[2022 Winter Olympics]], won two medals at the [[Youth Olympic Games|Winter Youth Olympics]] two years ago?
* ... that a wolf and lion cub were raised together since they were five weeks old to film '''''[[The Wolf and the Lion (film)|The Wolf and the Lion]]'''''?
* ... that in their first operation, Japan's '''[[Special Security Response Team]]''' participated in humanitarian activities after the [[2021 Atami landslide]]?
* ... that playwright '''[[Deborah Zoe Laufer]]''' is said to "deal with serious, existential questions in seriously hilarious ways"?
* ... that the 1980 bibliography '''''[[The Old French Tristan Poems]]''''' was praised for indexing the fragments of ''Tristan'', a 12th-century poem?
* ... that American [[Hoodoo (spirituality)|root doctor]] '''[[Valerie Boles]]'''  was the inspiration for the character Minerva in the book ''[[Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]]'' and its film adaptation?
* ... that following its victory over [[Bologna]] in the 1229 '''[[battle of San Cesario]]''', the city of [[Modena]] returned the enemy's captured ''[[carroccio]]'' to prevent an escalation of the conflict?
* ... that '''[[LD (rapper)|LD]]''' has been called the "godfather of [[UK drill]]"?

===24 February 2022===
*'''''00:00, 24 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany]]''' ''(pictured)'' is considered to be the most severe persecution of LGBT people in history?
* ... that [[Freestyle skiing|freestyle skier]] '''[[Kirsty Muir]]''' was the youngest [[Team GB]] competitor at the [[2022 Winter Olympics]]? 
* ... that of the more than 1,000 workers who participated in the 18-month long '''[[1985–1987 Watsonville Cannery strike]]''', none of them crossed the [[Picketing|picket line]]?
* ... that '''''[[The Battle at Lake Changjin&nbsp;II]]''''' uses [[frostbite]] makeup and [[fake snow]] made from white sand?
* ... that after turning the [[History of the San Diego Chargers|San Diego Chargers]] into a [[Super Bowl]] contender, '''[[Johnny Sanders]]''' sought to bring an [[Arena Football League]] team into the city?
* ... that '''[[Time in Iceland|Iceland's time zone]]''' might have a negative health effect on citizens?
* ... that the [[Metro Orange Line (Minnesota)|Metro Orange Line]] and 80 percent of express buses in downtown [[Minneapolis]] use the '''[[Marq2 transit corridor]]'''?
* ... that the 2013 novel '''''[[Body Offering (novel)|Body Offering]]''''' was described by a critic as "more erratic than erotic"?

===23 February 2022===
*'''''00:00, 23 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''''[[Equestrian statue of George Washington (Newark)|George Washington]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was dedicated on the anniversary of his saying farewell to the troops?<!-- spec. occ. feb 22 -->
* ... that the only person killed by the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 Indian Ocean tsunami]] on the island of [[Socotra]] was a seven-year-old in '''[[Qulensya]]'''? 
* ... that '''''[[Potamophylax coronavirus]]'''''{{'s}} range has been described as a battlefield between scientists and hydropower plant management?
* ... that '''[[Avraham Tamir]]''' was the first Israeli official to hold talks with the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] leadership?
* ... that [[David Bowie]]'s "'''[[I Dig Everything]]'''" was one of his first songs to be covered by another artist?
* ... that [[Alexander Hamilton]], a future United States [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]], attended '''[[St. John's Episcopal Church (Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands)|St.&nbsp;John's Episcopal Church]]''' in his youth?
* ... that [[Australian rules football]] coach '''[[Sampson Hosking]]''' named himself in [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide's team]] at the age of 48?
* ... that at '''[[WSTA]]''', the first radio station in the [[United States Virgin Islands|U.S. Virgin Islands]], goats and chickens sometimes wandered in during broadcasts?

===22 February 2022===
*'''''00:00, 22 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[President's House (Ninth Street)|President's House]]''' ''(pictured)'' never housed a president?
* ... that '''[[Alexandra Tegleva]]''', a nursemaid to [[Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia]], helped uncover [[Anna Anderson|a woman who impersonated Anastasia]] after the royal family were executed?
* ... that '''[[Measles: A Dangerous Illness|according to Roald Dahl]]''', the [[measles vaccine]] is probably far safer than eating chocolate?
* ... that the '''[[Casa Rull Museum|Casa Rull]]''' in Andorra was said to be occupied by "fat peasants"?
* ... that in 1850, about a quarter of the post offices of the '''[[Swiss Post]]''' were located in [[tavern]]s?
* ... that '''[[zombie pornography]]''' emerged in the 1980s during a rise in the Italian [[sexploitation film]] industry?
* ... that Indian Army [[havildar]] '''[[Naren Chandra Das]]''' escorted the [[14th Dalai Lama]] to safety in India after the monk made a 13-day trek across the Himalayas dressed as a soldier to evade [[People's Liberation Army|Chinese troops]]?
* ... that a showing of the 1914 film '''''[[Lord Chumley]]''''' on the roof of a New York City theatre was canceled with an on-screen announcement due to its 40-minute runtime?

===21 February 2022===
*'''''00:00, 21 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[pie house]]''' ''(pictured)'' gained media attention from a viral [[TikTok]] that received more than one million views?
* ... that [[Henry E. Sigerist]] felt "depressed" after reading '''''[[A History of Science, Technology, and Philosophy in the 16th and 17th Centuries]]'''''{{-?}}
* ... that pioneering ''[[New York Daily News|Daily News]]'' camerawoman '''[[Evelyn Straus]]''' had her clothes custom-made to carry her film and flashbulbs?
* ... that a London shipbuilder founded '''[[Wellington Square Baptist Church, Hastings|Wellington Square Baptist Church]]''' in Hastings out of gratitude for his daughter's health improving while staying in the seaside town?
* ... that '''[[Sky Alps]]''' is the first airline to operate scheduled flights from [[Bolzano Airport]] since 2015?
* ... that '''[[siren kings]]''' use music by [[Celine Dion]] in loudspeaker battles?
* ... that in '''''[[Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Oregon]]''''', decided 110 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the [[initiative]] process?
* ... that when American-born skier '''[[Katie Vesterstein]]''' chose to compete for Estonia, she had only visited the country once, and did not speak the language?

===20 February 2022===
*'''''00:00, 20 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Anita Kiki Gbeho]]''' ''(pictured)'' is still working for the [[United Nations]] in Somalia, even though her boss was lucky to escape assassination?
* ... that [[Frank Frazetta]]'s '''''[[Egyptian Queen]]''''' is the most expensive work of comic art ever sold at auction?
* ... that [[Genghis Khan]] declared himself to be "the punishment of God" after '''[[Siege of Bukhara|capturing the city of Bukhara]]''' in 1220?
* ... that '''[[Alexander Bannwart]]''' got into a fistfight with the pro-war senator [[Henry Cabot Lodge]] over [[American entry into World War I|America's proposed entry into World War&nbsp;I]]?
* ... that "'''[[Silly Boy Blue]]'''" reflected [[David Bowie]]'s fascination with [[Tibetan Buddhism]]?
* ... that ''Encanto'' character '''[[Bruno Madrigal]]''' was originally named Oscar, but his name was changed due to the number of real-life Oscar Madrigals in Colombia?
* ... that the residents of '''[[Derasar, Rajasthan|Derasar]]''' collect rainwater in [[taanka]]s since the village experiences eleven months of drought a year?
* ... that to promote the '''[[Paramount Hotel]]''', [[Ian Schrager|its operator]] mailed out apples?

===19 February 2022===
*'''''00:00, 19 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Baha al-Din Qaraqush]]''' built the [[Cairo Citadel]] ''(pictured)'' on behalf of the sultan, [[Saladin]]?
* ... that the '''[[Canada v United States (2012 Summer Olympics)|2012 Olympic women's soccer semifinal]]''' between the [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canadian]] and the [[United States women's national soccer team|American national teams]] was called "the greatest knockout match in major-tournament football" since 1982?
* ... that after he was stripped of his Cornish landholdings, '''[[Henry Fitzcount]]''' joined the [[Fifth Crusade]], during which he died?
* ... that '''''[[Svalbard Minute by Minute]]''''', a 221-hour-long television broadcast, is credited with increasing [[Economy of Svalbard#Tourism|tourism in Svalbard]] by 25 percent?
* ... that '''''[[Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction From Africa and the African Diaspora]]''''' was partly inspired by [[The 1619 Project]]?
* ... that '''[[Balbuena metro station]]''' was flooded with sewage following a failure attributed to [[Mexico City Metro PCCI fire|an unrelated fire]]?
* ... that '''[[Nathan Safir]]''', general manager of Texas radio station [[KXTN (AM)|KCOR]] for 44 years, was credited with being a pioneer in Spanish-language broadcasting in the United States?
* ... that '''[[Squatting in Hamburg|squatters in Hamburg]]''' briefly occupied the former [[Erotic Art Museum (Hamburg)|Erotic Art Museum]]?

===18 February 2022===
*'''''00:00, 18 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Sea rewilding|seas are being rewilded]]''' with [[seagrass]] ''(example pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that [[Compaq]] placed the built-in [[trackball]] of the '''[[Compaq LTE Lite|LTE Lite]]''' on its display housing?
* ... that although Ovad Efrat was a [[Shayetet 13|commando in the Israel Defense Forces]], his son '''[[Daniel Efrat]]''' was rejected after conscription?
* ... that the joint '''[[National War Fund]]''' was created during World War&nbsp;II so that American citizens would not get annoyed by multiple donation requests for service members' support and overseas relief?
* ... that the 1986 '''[[Magic Tour (Queen)|Magic Tour]]''' was the last tour [[Freddie Mercury]] performed with [[Queen (band)|Queen]]?
* ... that even though '''[[Robert W. Brady]]''' withdrew financial support of the nascent [[Boston College]], he later became its president?
* ... that the organ in '''[[Hastings Unitarian Church]]''' had previously been in three other Unitarian churches?
* ... that '''[[Utah & Ether]]'''{{`s}} five-year, 30-country graffiti-[[Graffiti#Tagging|tagging]] tour ended when a single dad got Ether in a headlock?

===17 February 2022===
*'''''00:00, 17 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the '''[[woodland garden]]''' ''(example pictured)'', "colourfully planted with exotic shrubs and herbaceous plants, dominated English horticulture from 1910 to 1960"?
* ... that American psychoanalyst '''[[Helen Block Lewis]]''' was one of the first researchers to study the difference between shame and guilt?
* ... that although it was only formed in late 1939, the French '''[[87th African Infantry Division]]''' inflicted 6,600 casualties upon the German forces and fought until the very end of the [[Battle of France]]?
* ... that '''[[Joe Felmet]]''' was sentenced to a [[chain gang]] for his participation in the [[Journey of Reconciliation]], considered a precursor to the [[Freedom Riders]], in 1947?
* ... that in the late 1800s, '''[[History of the Jews in Hong Kong|Hong Kong's small Jewish community]]''' was divided into two groups that would not even pray together?
* ... that '''[[William Rittenhouse]]''' is noted for having established the first paper mill in North America in 1690?
* ... that after [[Chandigarh]] fell from being the second-cleanest city in India to the 66th, the residents '''[[2021 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election|voted out the incumbent party]]'''?
* ... that the attractions of '''''[[CTF 2187|CTF&nbsp;2187]]''''' included "the fog of war [and] polite insults in the newsletter"?

===16 February 2022===
*'''''00:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Nicole Kidman]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the first Australian to win the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]?
* ... that following [[Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (1940)|Soviet occupation]] in 1940, the [[Lithuanian Armed Forces]] were transformed into the '''[[Lithuanian People's Army]]''', dropped all use of [[National symbols of Lithuania|Lithuanian national symbols]] and faced repression?
* ... that '''[[Harry Steele (businessman)|Harry Steele]]''' purchased the Albatross Hotel in a bankruptcy sale and ultimately owned it for over half a century until his death?
* ... that [[David Bowie]]'s 1967 composition "'''[[Let Me Sleep Beside You]]'''" was rejected as a single due to its suggestive title?
* ... that the name of '''[[Church Street station (MBTA)|Church Street station]]''' has been changed twice since 2019?
* ... that '''[[Gheorghe Eminescu]]''', nephew of [[Mihai Eminescu|Romania's national poet]], spent time in [[Socialist Republic of Romania|communist]] prisons, including one which allocated him a 25-[[centimeter]]s-wide (10-[[inch]]) sleeping area?
* ... that at the height of their popularity, '''[[eight-ball jacket]]s''' were such a status symbol in the [[East Coast hip hop]] scene that they were frequently stolen at gunpoint?
* ... that '''''[[Skálmöld & Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands]]''''' documents a symphony orchestra playing [[heavy metal music]]?

===15 February 2022===
*'''''00:00, 15 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that a [[Eurocopter Tiger]] ''(example pictured)'' from the French Army's '''[[5th Combat Helicopter Regiment]]''' was involved in the [[2019 Ménaka helicopter crash]] that killed 13 people?
* ... that the '''[[International Vinegar Museum]]''' houses more than 350 types of vinegar from around the world?
* ... that the [[Royal Navy]] only '''[[Royal Navy cutlasses|withdrew cutlasses from combat service]]''' in 1936?
* ... that the population of [[Holmes County, Ohio]], is approximately '''[[Amish in Ohio|50 percent Amish]]'''?
* ... that Finnish linguist '''[[Eeva Leinonen]]''' was one of four women to be inaugurated as heads of Irish universities in 2021, the others being [[Maggie Cusack]], [[Linda Doyle]] and [[Kerstin Mey]]?
* ... that [[George Balanchine]] choreographed his ballet '''''[[Sonatine (ballet)|Sonatine]]''''' for [[New York City Ballet]]'s Ravel Festival, a tribute to its composer in his centenary year?
* ... that after being [[Lost television broadcast#Wiping|wiped]] by the BBC, all four episodes of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial '''''[[The Time Meddler]]''''' were discovered in Nigeria in 1984?
* ... that '''[[Habitation and Logistics Outpost|HALO]]''' will orbit the Moon?

===14 February 2022===
*'''''00:00, 14 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that an '''[[antiparallelogram]]''' ''(example pictured)'' is a [[Quadrilateral#Complex quadrilaterals|crossed quadrilateral]] with two pairs of equal-length edges?
* ... that footballer '''[[Chris Hussey]]''' studied part-time to gain a first-class honours degree after overcoming [[anxiety]] and [[obsessive–compulsive disorder|obsessive–compulsive]] disorders?
* ... that a reviewer once withheld top marks for [[play-by-mail game|play-by-mail]] game '''''[[Midgard (game)|Midgard]]''''' because of a negative experience with a [[gamemaster]]?
* ... that the [[Umayyad dynasty|Umayyad]] prince '''[[Abd al-Malik ibn Umar ibn Marwan]]''' sealed the submission of western [[al-Andalus]] to the [[Emirate of Córdoba]]?
* ... that in its final years, Mississippi radio station '''[[WKXG]]''' allegedly attempted to maintain its broadcast license by "taking turns" with another station in their transmitter facility? 
* ... that '''[[Jean-Claude Corbeil]]''' was credited with having "de-anglicized Quebec" during his time as linguistic director of the [[Office québécois de la langue française|province's language police]]?
* ... that the [[special designation]] of the '''[[623rd Field Artillery Regiment]]''' is being reviewed as it refers to Confederate general [[John Hunt Morgan]]?
* ... that the private members' club '''[[George (club)|George]]''' has a bespoke menu for pet dogs?

===13 February 2022===
*'''''00:00, 13 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Juliana Olshanskaya|Saint Juliana Olshanskaya]]''' ''(pictured)'' is said to have appeared to Archimandrite [[Peter Mogila]] to reproach him for the lack of respect paid to her relics?
* ... that '''[[1994 Dronka lightning strike|a 1994 lightning strike]]''' in Egypt led to 469 deaths after oil tanks were ignited and flooded the village of [[Durunka|Dronka]] with burning fuel?
* ... that the '''[[1971 Howard Bison men's soccer team|first Division I college sports championship]]''' won by a [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black university]] in any sport was vacated by the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]?<!-- Special occasion hook for Black History Month -->
* ... that the [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] themes of [[David Bowie]]'s 1967 composition "'''[[Karma Man]]'''" were compared to the [[Marvel Comics]] character [[Doctor Strange]]?
* ... that lawyer '''[[Francis B. Murdoch]]''' filed one-third of all [[freedom suit]]s in [[St.&nbsp;Louis]] from 1840 to 1847, representing [[Dred Scott]], [[Harriet Robinson Scott]], [[Lucy A. Delaney]] and [[Polly Berry]], among others? 
* ... that the North Branch Bridge on '''[[Ontario Highway 78|Ontario Highway&nbsp;78]]''' partially collapsed just 17 days after a temporary bridge was opened to facilitate construction of a replacement?
* ... that '''[[Barrau de Sescas]]''', a Gascon knight, was the first person appointed by an English king to a position titled [[admiral]]?
* ... that '''[[Catalena Productions]]''' had a [[Monty Hall]] problem when the host, unpaid, forced the company into bankruptcy?

===12 February 2022===
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* ... that [[Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany|Francesco de' Medici]] enjoyed sitting inside the head of the '''[[Apennine Colossus]]''' ''(pictured)'' and fishing through its eyes?
* ... that Professor of Engineering and the Arts '''[[Linda Doyle]]''' in 2021 became the first female provost (head) of [[Trinity College Dublin]] since its 1592 foundation by [[Elizabeth I]]?
* ... that  '''[[Pilate cycle|letters and reports continued to appear under Pontius Pilate's name]]''' for centuries after his death?
* ... that [[Bray Hammond]] condemned the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]]'s ruling in '''''[[Briscoe v. Bank of Kentucky]]''''', decided 185 years ago today, as "about as weak and timid as any the Court ever pronounced"?<!-- Special occasion hook for February 11 -->
* ... that a land dispute between '''[[Edward Hull (knight)|Sir Edward Hull]]''' and [[John Fastolf|Sir John Fastolf]] was only resolved after Hull's death in the 1453 [[Battle of Castillon]]?
* ... that '''[[Stahls Automotive Collection]]''' includes cars built for films such as ''[[The Great Race]],'' ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'', and ''[[The Reivers (film)|The Reivers]]''?
* ... that '''[[Lihie Raz]]''' was the first Israeli to medal at the [[European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships]]?
* ... that although the '''[[Courant–Snyder parameters]]''' in accelerator physics are often referred to as "Twiss parameters", [[Richard Q. Twiss]] had no idea how his name came to be associated with them?

===11 February 2022===
*'''''12:00, 11 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Irish '''[[crucifixion plaque]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' date from between the 9th and 12th centuries and may have once been attached to altars, [[Cumdach|book shrines]], [[Reliquary|reliquaries]] or [[high cross]]es?
* ... that '''[[Baillieu Myer]]''' and his siblings were born in California because [[Sidney Myer|their father]]'s prior divorce was not recognised under Australian law?
* ... that when [[James Cook]] came to [[Saint Helena]] in 1775, wheelbarrows were placed near his residence in response to a description in [[John Hawkesworth (book editor)|John Hawkesworth]]'s '''''[[An Account of the Voyages]]'''''{{-?}}
* ... that despite being undersized and not highly recruited, '''[[Casey Tiumalu]]''' became the [[BYU Cougars football|BYU Cougars]]' leader in both rushing and receiving, earning an honorable mention as an [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]]?
* ... that '''[[Aubin Grove railway station]]''' was built mostly off-site to minimise disruption to a nearby freeway?
* ... that while recording their tenth album, '''''[[Lucifer on the Sofa]]''''', [[Spoon (band)|Spoon]] wanted to replicate their sound as a live band in studio form?<!-- Special occasion hook for February 11 -->
* ... that journalist '''[[Jack Sullivan (journalist)|Jack Sullivan]]''' was referred to as "the newsman's newsman"?
* ... that the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' credits '''''[[JumpStart Toddlers]]''''' as the first video game targeted towards babies?

*'''''00:00, 11 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Eberhard Zeidler (architect)|Eberhard Zeidler]]''' envisaged [[Toronto Eaton Centre]] ''(pictured)'', which opened 45 years ago today, to be an "interior street" instead of simply a shopping mall? <!-- Special occasion hook for February 10 -->
* ... that New York City's '''[[Broadhurst Theatre|Broadhurst]]''', '''[[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre|Plymouth]]''', '''[[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert]]''', and '''[[Booth Theatre|Booth Theatres]]''' were all designed with curved corners facing Broadway?
* ... that '''[[Holger Mühlbauer]]''', who currently serves as the managing director of the German IT security association [[TeleTrusT]], originally trained as a metalworker?
* ... that the annual [[street painting]] festival in downtown '''[[Lake Worth Beach, Florida]]''', attracts approximately 100,000 people?
* ... that Swiss archaeologist '''[[Marguerite Gautier-van Berchem]]''' created a service for the International Committee of the Red Cross to help prisoners of war from the French colonies during World War&nbsp;II?
* ... that a 1971 format change and firing of three Black disc jockeys contributed to the Mississippi radio station '''[[WSWG (AM)|WSWG]]''' losing its [[broadcast license]]?
* ... that British barrister '''[[Jonathan Cooper (lawyer)|Jonathan Cooper]]''' was "at the forefront of efforts to decriminalise homosexuality around the world"?
* ... that the act of trying a burger at '''[[Slutty Vegan]]''' for the first time is known as being "sluttified"?

===10 February 2022===
*'''''12:00, 10 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Lowe Kong Meng]]''' ''(pictured)'' imported goods for Chinese miners during the [[Victorian gold rush]] and became one of the wealthiest men in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]?
* ... that [[Progressive Corporation]], an insurer, published 5,000 copies of a book credited to '''[[Dr. Rick|Dr.&nbsp;Rick]]''', its fictional advertising campaign character?
* ... that the flag of the French Army's '''[[92nd Infantry Regiment (France)|92nd Infantry Regiment]]''' was lost when the destroyer ''[[French destroyer Siroco (1925)|Siroco]]'' sank off Dunkirk in 1940?
* ... that at age 12, '''[[Shaylee Mansfield]]''' became the first deaf actor to be credited alongside the voice actors for a [[American Sign Language|signed]] performance in an animated production?
* ... that 250 Jews were imprisoned in a castle in [[Mladá Boleslav]] during '''[[the Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Guy Thwaites]]''' and his colleagues hypothesized that the [[1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak|1993 US hantavirus outbreak]] was similar to the mysterious medieval [[sweating sickness]]?
* ... that [[Pitcairn Islands|Pitcairn]] was named after the midshipman on '''[[HMS Swallow (1745)|HMS&nbsp;''Swallow'']]''' who first spotted the island?
* ... that the '''[[Hoosier Slide]]''' was a popular tourist attraction until it was turned into glass?

*'''''00:00, 10 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[osteogenesis imperfecta]]''' causes brittle bones and blue eyes ''(pictured)''?
* ... that [[John Hartford]] wrote "'''[[Gentle on My Mind]]'''" in about half an hour after seeing ''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)|Doctor Zhivago]]''{{-?}}
* ... that [[George Balanchine]] choreographed the ballet '''''[[La Valse (Balanchine)|La Valse]]''''' to Ravel's [[La valse|music of the same name]], which was rejected by an impresario and had been used in unsuccessful ballets before?
* ... that '''[[Frank Avery Hutchins]]''' has been called the "father of [[Wisconsin]] public libraries"?
* ... that '''[[St. Sylvester, Schwabing|St.&nbsp;Sylvester]]''' is a Catholic church that combines the old village church of [[Schwabing]], now part of Munich, and a 20th-century expansion under one roof?
* ... that just four years after starting up, the president of '''[[Satellite Television & Associated Resources]]''' commented that his entire industry had "gone down the drain"?
* ... that mining entrepreneur and former model '''[[Tigui Camara]]''' is the first woman in Guinea to own a mining company, which she partially runs as a social enterprise?
* ... that on the '''[[Jubilee coinage]]''', [[Queen Victoria]] wore a crown so small that critics said it might fall off her head?

===9 February 2022===
*'''''12:00, 9 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that researchers used [[Google Earth]] to study mysterious Neolithic structures in the volcanic fields of '''[[Harrat Khaybar]]''' ''(pictured)''{{-?}}
* ... that when she was around eight years old, '''[[Maud Holland]]''' was married to [[Hugh Courtenay (died 1374)|Hugh Courtenay]], with the approval of [[Pope Urban&nbsp;V]]?
* ... that during World War&nbsp;II, the governor of [[Portuguese Timor]] was confined to the '''[[Palácio de Lahane]]''' by the territory's Japanese occupiers?
* ... that '''[[Donald H. Elliott]]'''{{`s}} efforts as the director of [[New York City Department of City Planning|New York's planning department]] helped change the city's skyline?
* ... that the '''[[Princess of Xiaohe]]''', a 3,800-year-old mummy, was so well preserved that her eyelashes are still intact?
* ... that '''[[Lloyd Simmons]]''' wore the [[number (sports)|uniform number]] 0 because that was the number of games he expected to lose each season?
* ... that on 20&nbsp;January 2022, '''[[2022 Bogoso explosion|a mining explosives truck detonated]]''' in [[Apeatse|Apiate]], Ghana, damaging around 500 buildings and killing 13 people?
* ... that '''[[Phil Williams (Alabama senator)|Phil Williams]]''' served in the [[Alabama]] state legislature at the same time as [[Phil Williams (Alabama representative)|Phil Williams]]?

*'''''00:00, 9 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that [[John Philip Sousa]] composed '''[[Boy Scouts of America (march)|a march for the Boy Scouts of America]]''' ''(audio featured)''{{-?}}<!-- spec. occ. feb. 7 -->
* ... that '''''[[Because They Know Not]]''''' by Jamaican novelist [[Alvin Gladstone Bennett]] describes itself as a "powerful story on the colour problem"?
* ... that the '''[[illusion of explanatory depth]]''' leads people to overestimate how knowledgeable they are, but can be counteracted by asking them to explain how things work?
* ... that Bahraini businesswoman '''[[Yara Salman]]''' founded a beauty salon, a medical center, an entertainment complex, and a restaurant in the past decade?
* ... that '''[[Wallace's fruit dove]]''' has been described as being one of the most beautiful [[fruit dove]]s?
* ... that as municipal architect, '''[[Albert L. Harris]]''' led the design of all city buildings in [[Washington, D.C.]], from 1921 until his sudden death in 1934?
* ... that the 1992 documentary film '''''[[Daddy and the Muscle Academy]]''''', which focuses on the life of gay erotic artist [[Tom of Finland]], has been broadcast on Finnish television multiple times?
* ... that the '''[[Colonial Defence Committee]]''' advised British colonies not to permit more than two foreign warships into harbour at a time, in case of a surprise attack?

===8 February 2022===
*'''''12:00, 8 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in the '''[[jewellery of the Berber cultures]]''', a silver amulet of a hand ''(example pictured)'' was believed by both Muslims and Jews to protect against the [[evil eye]]?
* ... that illustrator [[Al Hirschfeld]] knew he would get '''[[Al Hirschfeld Theatre|his own Broadway theater]]''' for his 100th birthday, but he died before the renaming?
* ... that '''[[Alexander Buchan (artist)|Alexander Buchan]]''', one of the artists on the [[first voyage of James Cook]], was not mentioned in Cook's journals until he died after an epileptic fit?
* ... that Los Angeles was built with the labor of Indigenous '''[[Yaanga|Yaangavit people]]''' whose village was destroyed to make space for it?
* ... that German economist '''[[Ingo Böbel]]''' became Professor of Economics at [[International University of Monaco]] after serving a prison sentence for embezzlement and tax evasion?
* ... that the educational computer games '''''[[Designasaurus]]''''' and ''[[The Universal Military Simulator|UMS&nbsp;1]]''  together gained their publisher more than $5&nbsp;million during 18 months in the 1980s?
* ... that the ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' episode "'''[[Asuka Strikes!]]'''" includes references to the works of [[William Shakespeare]]?
* ... that the 1979 '''''[[Book of Common Prayer (1979)|Book of Common Prayer]]''''' contains a ''[[Star Wars]]'' prayer?

*'''''00:00, 8 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Isabel Leighton]]''' ''(pictured)'', an actress and writer, created a chair in [[hematology]] at Yale University in honor of her husband?
* ... that the '''[[Museum of Contemporary Art Australia]]''' is the only contemporary art museum in the country with a permanent collection?
* ... that the [[Windows&nbsp;95]] game '''''[[Banzai Bug]]''''', in which a player controls a bug that must escape from an exterminator's house and is told as a war story, was created as "The Flight-Sim with an Attitude"?
* ... that '''[[Jérôme Chappellaz]]''' wants to collect [[ice core]]s from Africa's [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] to be preserved in Antarctica?
* ... that the New Zealand [[Plecoptera|stonefly]] '''''[[Stenoperla prasina]]''''' was the five millionth specimen digitised by the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]] in London?
* ... that shortly after getting married in 1875, '''[[Robert A. Emmitt]]''' crossed the [[Cascade Range|Cascade Mountains]] driving a cattle herd while his wife led a pack horse that carried their possessions?
* ... that the '''[[Zigzag House]]''' was designed for two people who supported the [[List of circus skills|circus arts]]?
* ... that [[Mark Birley]] described the interior decor of his '''[[Bath & Racquets Club]]''' as the "post-Mussolini epic style"?

===7 February 2022===
*'''''12:00, 7 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that after a legal tussle, a mural ''(pictured)'' commemorating '''[[Killing of Halim Dener|Halim Dener]]''' was declared to be an artwork?
* ... that the headquarters of '''[[Advanced Logic Research]]''' was the subject of an attempted armed invasion in 1989 during a surge of computer-chip robberies?
* ... that '''[[Brandon Tanev]]''' said he saw a ghost while his [[head shot]] was being taken for the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]]?
* ... that '''[[Amory Street station]]''' and '''[[Babcock Street station]]''' replaced four predecessor stations?
* ... that during the [[Venezuelan general strike of 2002–2003]], all but one of Venezuelan chocolatier '''[[María Fernanda Di Giacobbe]]'''{{`s}} ten businesses went bankrupt?
* ... that '''[[Monorail Inc.|Monorail&nbsp;Inc.]]'''{{`s}} first computer, with its all-in-one design and flat-panel display, prefigured the [[iMac&nbsp;G4]] by over five years?
* ... that '''[[Saba Malaspina]]''' was "the only important Roman historiographer from the 13th century"?
* ... that '''''[[Mini ature]]''''' is the largest frog in [[Mini (frog)|its genus]]?

*'''''00:00, 7 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that Bach's cantata '''''[[Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn, BWV 157|Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn]]''''' was first performed 295 years ago today during a memorial service for [[Johann Christoph von Ponickau]] ''(pictured)''{{-?}}<!-- spec. occ. feb 6 -->
* ... that a proposed footbridge connecting the '''[[Asian Garden Mall]]''' to another [[Vietnamese Americans|Vietnamese-American]] shopping center met opposition because it was deemed "too Chinese"?
* ... that '''[[Rebeca Andrade]]''' is the first Brazilian female gymnast to win a medal [[Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics|at the Olympic Games]]?
* ... that '''''[[John Wayne Bobbitt Uncut]]''''' was the bestselling pornographic film of 1994 and had the most rentals that year in the United States?
* ... that in the 1980s, '''[[Amanda Villepastour]]''', now an [[Ethnomusicology|ethnomusicologist]] at [[Cardiff University]], was the [[electronic keyboard|keyboardist]] in Australian [[new wave music|new wave]] band [[Eurogliders]]?
* ... that observations of a car [[tire]] being repaired helped develop the '''[[epidural blood patch]]'''?
* ... that New York's '''[[Wieting Opera House]]''' burnt down and was rebuilt on three separate occasions by its proprietors, '''[[John Wieting]]''' and '''[[Mary Elizabeth Wieting Johnson|Mary Elizabeth Wieting]]'''?
* ... that '''[[Rodolphe Iddi Lala]]''' went from being a professor of sociology to organizing a bombing at a cinema?

===6 February 2022===
*'''''12:00, 6 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Midnight Sun Mosque|the {{shy|northern|most}} mosque in the Western Hemisphere]]''' ''(pictured)'' was built in [[Winnipeg]] and shipped to [[Inuvik]] by barge and truck?
* ... that '''[[Red Clay State Historic Park]]''' was the last capital of the [[Cherokee Nation]] in the eastern United States?
* ... that in 1917, [[flying ace]] '''[[Otto Jäger]]''' was wounded by a propeller?
* ... that while seeking funding for '''''[[The Clarion (Canadian newspaper)|The Clarion]]''''', [[Carrie Best]] was told by a donor: "You are just a small voice crying in the wilderness&nbsp;– but keep on crying"?
* ... that when he saw the tapestry '''''[[Les Dés Sont Jetés]]''''', [[Jørn Utzon]] exclaimed: "See that? '''[[Homage to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach|Ours]]''' will be better!"?
* ... that while many [[Premier League]] clubs were '''[[Alcohol in association football|sponsored by alcohol companies]]''', no such sponsors remained by [[2017–18 Premier League|the 2017–18 season]]?
* ... that [[plasma (physics)|plasma physicist]] '''[[Donald Gurnett]]''' was part of 41 [[NASA]] missions, including [[Voyager&nbsp;1]], for which he designed the instrument that confirmed that the craft had crossed the [[Heliosphere#heliopause|heliopause]] in 2012?
* ... that '''[[Melibe colemani|Coleman's Melibe]]''' is said to look like a "string of snot in the water"?

*'''''00:00, 6 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Magawa]]''', an [[Gambian pouched rat|African giant pouched rat]] ''(example pictured)'', sniffed out more than 70 [[land mines in Cambodia]]?
* ... that footballer '''[[Dean Whitehead]]''' was compared to [[Roy Keane]] a year before Keane was appointed as his manager? 
* ... that the '''[[McLaren MCL36]]''', McLaren's [[2022 Formula One World Championship|2022 Formula One]] car, has been in development since 2019 because of the pandemic's interruptions to the sport?
* ... that after nearly killing a man in a duel, '''[[Edgar P. Rucker]]''' went on to become the attorney general of West Virginia?
* ... that development on the video game '''''[[Expeditions: Rome]]''''' was not affected by lockdowns from the {{nowrap|COVID-19}} pandemic because the developer was already split between [[Copenhagen]] and [[Istanbul]]?
* ... that "'''[[Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (march)|Nobles of the Mystic Shrine]]'''" was first conducted with a band of around 6,200 members, the largest band [[John Philip Sousa]] ever conducted?
* ... that as part of the ongoing '''[[assisted migration of forests in North America]]''', the [[western larch]] was selected for [[reforestation]] projects nearly {{Convert|1000|km|mi}} north of its native range?
* ... that a would-be buyer of [[San Angelo, Texas]], radio station '''[[KDCD|{{nowrap|KBIL-FM}}]]''' had no knowledge of the transaction?

===5 February 2022===
*'''''12:00, 5 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Glenwood Memorial Gardens]]''' in [[Broomall, Pennsylvania]], was initially established in 1849 as Glenwood Cemetery ''(pictured)'' in North Philadelphia and contained the graves of 702 Union soldiers?
* ... that there is disagreement about whether '''''[[Lots of Mommies]]''''', in which a girl is raised by four mothers, should be considered to be an [[LGBT|LGBTQ]] picture book?
* ... that former [[Secretary of National Defense (Philippines)|Philippine secretary of national defense]] '''[[Norberto Gonzales]]''' said that a Chinese invasion was "not unthinkable"?
* ... that many participants in the [[2021 United States Capitol attack|2021 U.S. Capitol attack]] have been charged with '''[[obstructing an official proceeding]]''', a crime that was created in response to the 2001 [[Enron scandal|Enron accounting scandal]]?
* ... that '''[[Travis Ludlow]]''' broke the world record for the youngest person to fly solo around the world?
* ... that staff had to be deployed on the first day of service at '''[[Woodleigh MRT station]]''' to assist commuters who alighted there mistakenly because they did not realize it had opened?
* ... that when her local cafe was in [[lockdown]], '''[[Kate Baer]]''' wrote her bestselling poems in her van in the cafe parking lot?
* ... that the '''[[white-headed fruit dove]]''' (''Ptilinopus eugeniae'') was named after [[Eugénie de Montijo]], Empress of the French?

*'''''00:00, 5 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the naturally formed arch of '''[[Marsden Rock]]''' ''(pictured)'' collapsed in 1996 following a winter of storms?
* ... that when '''[[Maria Keller]]''' was eight years old, she founded a nonprofit that would later go on to collect and distribute more than three million books to underprivileged children?
* ... that '''''[[Fagus langevinii]]''''' is considered to be the oldest extinct species of beech tree?
* ... that child actress and singer '''[[Sylvia Froos]]''' was noted for her ability to [[Imitation|mimic]] the vocal styles of famous celebrity performers?
* ... that the 1929 '''''[[Scottish Prayer Book (1929)|Scottish Prayer Book]]''''' is the [[Scottish Episcopal Church]]'s current version of the ''[[Book of Common Prayer]]''{{-?}}
* ... that '''[[The Cutie Map|two ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' episodes]]''' are said to discuss Marxism and Stalinism?
* ... that '''[[Mount Yasumandake]]''' was considered sacred to [[Buddhism|Buddhists]], [[Shinto]]ists, and [[Christianity|Christians]]?
* ... that artist '''[[Ervin Herve Loranth]]''' refers to his sculptures as "public surprises"?

===4 February 2022===
*'''''12:00, 4 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that '''[[Mothica]]''' ''(pictured)'' credits [[TikTok]] for the success of her career as a musician?
* ... that the [[House of Commons of Canada|Canadian House of Commons]] held a '''[[take-note debate]]''' on the discovery of the graves of more than 200 Indigenous children near [[Kamloops Indian Residential School]] in 2021?
* ... that baseball umpire '''[[Cece Carlucci]]''' made the umpiring equipment used in ''[[The Natural (film)|The Natural]]''{{-?}}
* ... that [[Rudi Stephan]] was already composing the opera '''''[[Die ersten Menschen]]''''' when the 1908 drama about the first humans by Otto Borngräber, on which it is based, was banned in Bavaria?
* ... that '''[[Dave Dryburgh]]''' began a journalism career while reporting on the soccer games in which he played?
* ... that the paddle steamer '''''[[PS Lotta Bernard|Lotta Bernard]]''''' was described as "altogether unfit for the traffic she was employed in" after she sank?
* ... that the '''[[Bund für Menschenrecht|League for Human Rights]]''', established in Germany in the early 1920s, was the first mass organization for homosexuals?
* ... that [[Microsoft]] has banned all third-party tech-support advertisements on [[Microsoft Bing|Bing]] due to a rise in '''[[technical support scam]]s'''?

*'''''00:00, 4 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that all '''[[Golden Retriever]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' descend from a golden-coloured [[Flat-coated Retriever]] named Nous and a [[Tweed Water Spaniel]] named Belle?
* ... that [[Clemson Tigers football|Clemson University football]] player '''[[Jim McCanless]]''' made the 1958 varsity team despite having suffered a [[Cervical fracture|broken neck]] the year prior?
* ... that two major petrochemical explosions in the [[Greater Houston]] area, the '''[[1990 ARCO explosion]]''' and the [[Phillips disaster of 1989|Phillips disaster]], occurred within one year of each other?
* ... that the seafaring poet '''[[D. I. Antoniou|D.&nbsp;I. Antoniou]]''' worked on a single poem for more than a decade and ended up publishing it over thirty years later?
* ... that Broadway's '''[[Lyric Theatre (New York City, 1998)|Lyric Theatre]]''', once deemed a "cursed" theater, now hosts [[Harry Potter and the Cursed Child|''The Cursed Child'']]{{-?}}
* ... that Australian senator '''[[Ben Small (politician)|Ben Small]]''' had been a ship's officer, bar owner, paramedic, ambulance trainer, and logistician before entering politics?
* ... that the '''[[7th Division (Finland)|Finnish 7th Division]]''' was formed in 1940 by renumbering another unit to make it appear to the Soviets that it had been replaced with fresh troops?
* ... that the '''[[Claudia Quintet]]''' was born out of an incident at alt.coffee?

===3 February 2022===
*'''''00:00, 3 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the proposed '''[[Palestinian enclaves]]''' in the West Bank ''(map pictured)'' constitute an "archipelago" of 165 territories?
* ... that in 1995, '''[[Hurricane Flossie (1995)|Hurricane Flossie]]''' damaged many tapes of [[Jerry Lewis]] telethons belonging to the [[Muscular Dystrophy Association]]?
* ... that author '''[[Theresa Pulszky]]''' escaped from the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848]] by pretending to be the companion of a German couple?
* ... that the video game '''''[[JFK Reloaded]]''''' recreates the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]] from the perspective of the killer?
* ... that [[Mao Zedong]] initially approved the '''[[Dalai Lama's escape from China|Dalai Lama's escape]]''' into Indian exile, but later ordered that it be prevented?
* ... that '''''[[The Constitutional Courant]]''''' was a single-issue newspaper published by [[William Goddard (publisher)|William Goddard]] for the sole purpose of criticizing the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]] in 1765?
* ... that '''[[Genevieve Beacom]]''' became the first woman to pitch in the [[Australian Baseball League]] when she made her debut for the [[Melbourne Aces]] in 2022?
* ... that '''[[Interstate 229 (South Dakota)|Interstate&nbsp;229]]''' once ended at a [[gravel road]]?

===2 February 2022===
*'''''12:00, 2 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that in 2016, '''[[Luke Kunin]]''' ''(pictured)'' became the first [[sophomore]] captain of the [[Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey]] team since 1975?
* ... that despite experiencing [[midnight sun]] and [[polar night]], '''[[Time in Svalbard|Svalbard observes daylight saving time]]'''?
* ... that a work by '''[[Bettie Freshwater Pool]]''' was proposed to be the official state song of North Carolina?
* ... that after viewing the '''[[Round house (Thames and Severn Canal)|Coates round house]]''', the prospective occupant's fiancée refused to marry him unless the canal company made the property more habitable?
* ... that '''[[Qadi al-Fadil]]''' began his career under the [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimids]], became [[Saladin]]'s chief minister, and was renowned for the elegance of his [[epistle|epistolary]] writing?
* ... that [[George Balanchine]] only started working on his ballet '''''[[Mozartiana (ballet)|Mozartiana]]''''' three weeks before its premiere?
* ... that the '''[[spotted lanternfly]]''' has been used in [[traditional Chinese medicine]] to treat swelling since the 1100s?
* ... that the '''[[Connecticut Valley Railroad]]''' successfully fooled the [[New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad]] into purchasing it by pretending that it planned to expand northwards?

*'''''00:00, 2 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that the [[Philotes sonorensis|Sonoran blue]] butterfly uses '''[[Dudleya cymosa subsp. pumila|''Dudleya cymosa'' subsp. ''pumila'']]''' ''(pictured)'' as a [[Larval food plants of Lepidoptera|larval foodplant]] and hummingbirds feed on its [[nectar]]?
* ... that the '''[[Twin Parks]]''' housing project in New York City, the site of a January&nbsp;2022 fire that killed seventeen people, won architectural awards after it was constructed in the early 1970s?
* ... that Australian neurosurgeon '''[[Jeffrey Rosenfeld]]''' led the team developing a wireless device that promises to give limited vision to the totally blind?
* ... that the '''[[Hayes Theater|Little Theatre]]''', once deemed a "gem among playhouses", was later planned to be replaced by a driveway for ''The New York Times''?
* ... that the 1810s reign of '''[[Ioan Caragea]]''' introduced [[Wallachia]] to [[carom billiards]], [[sugar sculpture]]s, and [[Caragea's plague|an eponymous plague]]?
* ... that '''[[La Poutine Week]]''' is the world's largest [[poutine]] festival, with 700 restaurants serving 350,000 people?<!-- Special occasion hook, February 1, 2022, Canada (maybe) -->
* ... that while waiting for an interview, journalist '''[[Rod Beaton (USA Today)|Rod Beaton]]''' was involved in a shoving incident with baseball player [[Barry Bonds]]?
* ... that the '''[[Godzilla Megamullion]]''' is at least ten times larger than all other known megamullions?

===1 February 2022===
*'''''12:00, 1 February 2022 (UTC)'''''
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* ... that when a reporter asked for updates on '''[[Jayson Werth]]'''{{`s}} wrist injury, his manager at the time responded "Who?"
* ... that after performing as Davy Jones, [[David Bowie]]'s "'''[[Can't Help Thinking About Me]]'''" was his first single released under the name "David Bowie"?
* ... that '''[[Grant Robert Sutherland|Grant Sutherland]]''' is the geneticist who identified [[fragile&nbsp;X syndrome]],  the most common inherited genetic form of intellectual impairment?
* ... that characters from several different science fiction media appear as an [[Easter egg (media)|Easter egg]] in the episode "'''[[Babylon's Ashes (The Expanse)|Babylon's Ashes]]'''"?
* ... that '''[[Daisy Bannard Cogley|Madame "Toto" Bannard Cogley]]''' not only co-founded Dublin's [[Gate Theatre]], but also supplied most of the initial membership?
* ... that the owner of '''[[Xe Đò Hoàng|the bus service]]''' connecting the two largest [[Vietnamese Americans|Vietnamese-American]] communities in the United States was the target of an assassination plot by a competitor?
* ... that singer '''[[Henrietta Loveless]]''' performed at [[1939 New York World's Fair|the New York World's Fair]] with the Chocolate Éclair Family?
* ... that in 1354, the [[Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster|Duke of Lancaster]] '''[[Le Livre de Seyntz Medicines|compared his heart to the sea, a fox's hole, and a market-place]]'''?

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* ... that Randell Cottage ''(pictured)'', home to a '''[[Randell Cottage Writers' Residency|residency for French and New Zealand writers]]''', is a listed heritage building?
* ... that future U.S. Supreme Court justice '''[[Wiley Rutledge]]''' married his college Greek instructor—in a [[tuberculosis sanatorium]]?
* ... that guitarists playing a duet together have been shown to be in '''[[neural synchrony]]'''?
* ... that [[Strumigenys ayersthey|a new species of ant]] was named to honor artist '''[[Jeremy Ayers]]''' and the [[Non-binary gender|non-binary]] community?
* ... that '''[[2022 Ukraine cyberattack|a recent cyberattack on Ukrainian websites]]''' was disguised as ransomware?
* ... that by 1950, '''[[Abraham Wolf]]''' had amassed the largest collection of books by and about [[Baruch Spinoza|Spinoza]]?
* ... that during the '''[[Battle of the Blacks]]''' in August&nbsp;1169, [[Saladin]] ordered his forces to attack and torch his opponents' quarters, where their wives and children had been left?
* ...that '''[[Ozzie (gorilla)|Ozzie]]''' was the first gorilla to take his own [[blood pressure]] voluntarily?