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30 November 2021

  • 00:00, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
Lyceum Theatre
Lyceum Theatre

29 November 2021

  • 00:00, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
Little Amal
Little Amal
  • ... that the 3.5-metre (11 ft) puppet Little Amal (pictured) was met in Rome by Pope Francis, who took her hand?
  • ... that the Epson ActionNote was one of the first Windows laptops with a touchpad?
  • ... that the subjects of the documentary Found discover that they are biological cousins as teenagers?
  • ... that a cheat code for the 2003 video game Hulk is hidden in a scene of the film it is based on?
  • ... that the sewing-themed board game Patchwork has been described as "devious and cutthroat"?
  • ... that the 1977 Yili fire, the deadliest since the founding of the People's Republic of China, was caused by a special jumping firecracker?
  • ... that to print money during the Indonesian National Revolution, Lukman Hakim had to lead a group to the town of Muara Bungo to find a printing machine?
  • ... that one owner of Montana radio station KXGF went from owning a stake in a waterbed dealership to liquidating his assets in a span of six months?

28 November 2021

  • 00:00, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
Vasari's Allegory of Patience
Vasari's Allegory of Patience

27 November 2021

  • 00:00, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
Running a TPC-C test
Running a TPC-C test

26 November 2021

  • 12:00, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
Doreen Nabwire
Doreen Nabwire
  • 00:00, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
Loaf of bread baked with Carl Griffith's sourdough starter
Loaf of bread baked with Carl Griffith's sourdough starter

25 November 2021

  • 12:00, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
Robin Hobb
Robin Hobb
  • 00:00, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
Witi Ihimaera
Witi Ihimaera

24 November 2021

  • 12:00, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
Victor 3900
Victor 3900
  • 00:00, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
PrOP-M on top of the Mars 3 lander
PrOP-M on top of the Mars 3 lander

23 November 2021

  • 12:00, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
Portrait of Barbara Stanwyck by Whitey Schafer
Portrait of Barbara Stanwyck by Whitey Schafer
  • 00:00, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office aboard Air Force One
Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office aboard Air Force One

22 November 2021

  • 12:00, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
Money Musk
  • 00:00, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
A page of Mutinensis gr. 122
A page of Mutinensis gr. 122

21 November 2021

  • 12:00, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
The steamboat New York
The steamboat New York
  • 00:00, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
Original Trictrac board and equipment
Original Trictrac board and equipment
  • ... that Trictrac (board pictured) was the classic tables game of France, just as backgammon is of the English-speaking world today?
  • ... that Russel and Mary Wright's American design "manifesto" Guide to Easier Living proposed that life was "engineering problems with scientific solutions"?
  • ... that the telephone exchange in Craig's Court contains one of the entrances to the secret government tunnels under London?
  • ... that Bob Ferry became general manager of the Washington Bullets by selling advertisements for its game programs, giving its upper management the impression that he "must know a lot about business"?
  • ... that the tourist attraction Little Canada has a "Littlization Station" used to create scale 3D replicas of visitors to be placed in the exhibit?
  • ... that 14 top art students in the Russian Empire revolted and quit their academy because of a competition theme?
  • ... that Nancy Cappello was described as the "founder of the breast density education movement" for her campaign to inform women about the issue of mammograms failing to detect breast cancer?
  • ... that the biggest Turdus is 23–28 centimetres (9–10 inches) in length?

20 November 2021

  • 12:00, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
Belle Delphine demonstrating her ahegao face
Belle Delphine demonstrating her ahegao face
  • 00:00, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
Front page of The Anglo-African
Front page of The Anglo-African

19 November 2021

  • 12:00, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
NOT Ida Veldhuyzen van Zanten
NOT Ida Veldhuyzen van Zanten
  • 00:00, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
Detail of Henry VIII's horned helmet
Detail of Henry VIII's horned helmet

18 November 2021

  • 12:00, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
Handbags made from ring-pulls
Handbags made from ring-pulls
  • 00:00, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
Susan Catania
Susan Catania
  • ... that Susan Catania (pictured) shocked male legislators by bringing her infant daughter to the floor of the Illinois House of Representatives and nursing her baby in the women's restroom?
  • ... that the Allenby Formation has been called part of a "Great Canadian Lagerstätte"?
  • ... that Satrio used water buffaloes to vaccinate 240,000 people against smallpox?
  • ... that the Cello Sonata by John Foulds features quarter tones in the second movement, but it is uncertain if he introduced them in the 1905 version or the 1927 revision?
  • ... that Scottish novelist Isla Dewar said "if ... a thing is not worth doing then it's worth doing fabulously, amazingly, with grace, style and panache"?
  • ... that The West Wing episode "17 People" has an entire website created by a "superfan" with the sole purpose of explaining it?
  • ... that Indian cricketer Bangalore Jayaram's English styled Mashie Lodge, was named after his favourite golf club, the Mashie Niblick?
  • ... that the developers of the video game Golf Club: Wasteland jokingly announced that they would only sell one copy at a price of $500 million?

17 November 2021

  • 12:00, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
The Kilmainham Brooch, late 8th or early 9th century
The Kilmainham Brooch, late 8th or early 9th century
  • 00:00, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
Interior of the Palace Theatre
Interior of the Palace Theatre

16 November 2021

  • 12:00, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
Robert M. La Follette
Robert M. La Follette
  • 00:00, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
Unity Dow
Unity Dow

15 November 2021

  • 12:00, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
Detail from the Bourbaki Panorama showing French soldiers piling arms
Detail from the Bourbaki Panorama showing French soldiers piling arms
  • 00:00, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
Brahms am Flügel, 1896
Brahms am Flügel, 1896

14 November 2021

  • 12:00, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
Lubin employees survey the vault fire's devastation
Lubin employees survey the vault fire's devastation
  • 00:00, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
Anne Saxelby
Anne Saxelby

13 November 2021

  • 12:00, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
Corsi-Rosenthal Box
Corsi-Rosenthal Box
  • 00:00, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
Micah Joseph Lebensohn
Micah Joseph Lebensohn

12 November 2021

  • 12:00, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
Engineers' Club Building
Engineers' Club Building
  • 00:00, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
Detail from the memorial
Detail from the memorial

11 November 2021

  • 00:00, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
Lesley Akyaa Opoku Ware
Lesley Akyaa Opoku Ware

10 November 2021

  • 00:00, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
R. fuliginosa resting on a lotus flower
R. fuliginosa resting on a lotus flower

9 November 2021

  • 00:00, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
Eva Olsson
Eva Olsson

8 November 2021

  • 00:00, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
Budge Patty
Budge Patty

7 November 2021

  • 00:00, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
Hands stenciled at Cueva de las Manos
Hands stenciled at Cueva de las Manos

6 November 2021

  • 00:50, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
Frank Jeremiah Armstrong
Frank Jeremiah Armstrong

5 November 2021

  • 00:00, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
Self-Portrait with Cigarette
Self-Portrait with Cigarette

4 November 2021

  • 00:00, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
Decorated belyana
Decorated belyana

3 November 2021

  • 00:00, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
Topre conical keyboard switch spring
Topre conical keyboard switch spring

2 November 2021

  • 00:18, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
Lisa Federle with her mobile surgery service
Lisa Federle with her mobile surgery service

1 November 2021

  • 00:00, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
Feetloaf
Feetloaf