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30 September 2014[edit]

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Peruvian thick-knee

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Gabriela Eibenová, 2013

29 September 2014[edit]

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Knockeen Dolmen

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Megachile campanulae, male, Allegany Count, MD, May 2012

28 September 2014[edit]

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The Maupoleum (1971-1994) in Amsterdam

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Warren Spector at GDC 2010

27 September 2014[edit]

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Flag of Gabon

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Martina Montelius photo

26 September 2014[edit]

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Houses in Port Sunlight

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The Neorion harbour (second inlet from bottom along the left side of Golden Horn), from Byzantium nunc Constantinopolis by Braun and Hogenberg, 1572

25 September 2014[edit]

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Joss Whedon

  • ... that when asked why he writes such strong female characters, Joss Whedon (pictured) replied, "Because you're still asking me that question"?
  • ... that the most stable known isotope of ununpentium, 289Uup, has a half-life of only 220 milliseconds?
  • ... that Hovdala Castle in Sweden belonged to the same family from 1651 to 1944?
  • ... that the Memel communist labour leader Hermann Suhrau later became a Nazi Party member?
  • ... that according to a tradition a passage under Constantinople linked the Byzantine Cistern of Aspar with the Hagia Sophia?
  • ... that the fossil ant genus Archiponera is known from a single pair of fossils described in 1930?
  • ... that the Swiss politician Josi Meier once declared, "Women belong in the house ... in the House of Representatives!"?
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The original Monsieur Léonard

24 September 2014[edit]

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Golden wattle

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Örbyhus Castle

23 September 2014[edit]

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Miss Major at San Francisco Pride Celebration in 2014

  • 00:00, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Haüy construction of an octahedron by 129 cubes

22 September 2014[edit]

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Venetia James

  • 00:00, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

A swimming baby

21 September 2014[edit]

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X1.2 class solar flare on May 14, 2013

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Southern toad

20 September 2014[edit]

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West end of St Mary's Church, Billinge

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Vince Banonis, All-American football center

19 September 2014[edit]

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Fire Department engine

  • 01:15, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Irene Morales in 1881

18 September 2014[edit]

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An example of a databent image, showing colorful tiled patterns and visual tearing as a result of corruption

  • 01:45, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

O'Connell in 2014

17 September 2014[edit]

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Group of women just before entering the gas chamber

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16 September 2014[edit]

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Self-portrait

  • 02:45, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Ford World Headquarters

  • ... that on the evening of September 15, 2008, the pattern of lights in the windows of the Ford World Headquarters (building pictured) spelled out "Happy 100 GM", in honor of Ford's chief rival?
  • ... that the red-tailed chipmunk feeds mainly on seeds and berries but has been caught in traps baited with meat?
  • ... that civil engineer Mike Cottell was an early contributor to computer-aided design, and software he developed in 1970 was still in use thirty years later?
  • ... that mushroom ketchup dates back to the 18th century in the United Kingdom and United States?
  • ... that Craig Borten first sold a script for Dallas Buyers Club in 1996, but the film was not released until 2013?
  • ... that Jaggermeryx naida was named in honor of Mick Jagger due to its large, sensitive lips?

15 September 2014[edit]

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A stone sculpture at the Chokkanathaswamy temple

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Broadway Hollywood Building sign

14 September 2014[edit]

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Black catbird

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The Artist's Wife and Dog by the Shore

13 September 2014[edit]

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Edgewood Avenue at Boulevard, with Sister Louisa's Church of the Living Room and Ping Pong Emporium

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Pygmy saxifrage

12 September 2014[edit]

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Jan Matejko, Self-portrait, 1892

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Marie Krøyer and Rap the dog in the garden, framed by a rosebush

11 September 2014[edit]

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Flying Maynard

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Rheingauer Dom towers

10 September 2014[edit]

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A seafood pizza with clams, shrimp and octopus

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Asymphylomyrmex balticus fossil

9 September 2014[edit]

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Benjamin Franklin statue by Ernst Plassmann (1872)

  • 00:00, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

The Goldfinch (1654) by Carel Fabritius

8 September 2014[edit]

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Shah Rukh Khan

  • 00:00, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Will He Round the Point?

7 September 2014[edit]

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Male and female Afghan snowfinch

  • 00:00, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

ITC #300, one of the three streamliners

6 September 2014[edit]

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SS Badger

  • 00:00, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Modesta Avila

5 September 2014[edit]

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Photo of National Scientist Gavino Trono

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Harold Cressy with mortar board hat

4 September 2014[edit]

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View of Rage and North Sea coast at Adventure Island

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Pope Clement IX, painted by Carlo Maratta

3 September 2014[edit]

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Déri-Bláthy-Zipernovski transformer

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Tynnelsö Castle

2 September 2014[edit]

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Doing the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

  • 00:00, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Apple store, Zorlu Center

  • ... that the Zorlu Center (pictured) contains Istanbul's largest performing arts center and Turkey's first Apple Store?
  • ... that a 1959 hazing death from choking on a quarter-pound piece of raw liver was the inspiration for the 1977 film Fraternity Row?
  • ... that Aleksander Lesser was one of the first artists to paint scenes from modern Polish Jewish history?
  • ... that the Paete Church was established as an independent parish in 1580 by Franciscan priest Juan Plasencia?
  • ... that Justin Holland was an American classical guitarist, music pedagogue, community leader, and equal-rights activist for African-Americans?
  • ... that on a sunny day, one can tell the time on Sutton High Street in London despite not having a watch?
  • ... that the recycling of nutrients in the ocean due to whale poop is referred to as the "whale pump"?

1 September 2014[edit]

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South African Air Force Memorial

  • 00:00, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Captain Gilbert Heathcote