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=31 July 2020=

  • 12:00, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

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  • 00:00, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

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=30 July 2020=

  • 12:00, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

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  • ... that on National Paddy Day in Nepal, people splash each other and play in the mud (pictured), plant rice seedlings, eat curd and beaten rice, and sing folk songs?
  • ... that during the Congo Crisis, American Methodist bishop Newell Snow Booth was threatened at gunpoint by a soldier before being released by an officer who recognized him?
  • ... that in 1960, British AI researcher Donald Michie made a noughts-and-crosses-playing algorithm out of matchboxes?
  • ... that the English philanthropist Miss James has both a footpath and a footbridge named after her?
  • ... that the old church of St Sebastian in Qormi, Malta, was completed in 1890 but was not formally consecrated until 2019?
  • ... that Ty Dolla Sign's song "Ego Death" is a "first-ever of its kind" 9D listening experience?
  • ... that Ba Than, a school teacher, wrote the Burmese history textbook used in many Burma high schools from the 1930s to 1950s?
  • ... that to demonstrate elevator safety in the Empire Building, eggs and light bulbs were loaded in a cab that was dropped past the third floor at {{convert|82|mph}}, emerging undamaged?
  • 00:02, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

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=29 July 2020=

  • 12:00, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

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  • 00:00, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

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=28 July 2020=

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  • 00:00, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

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=27 July 2020=

  • 12:00, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

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  • 00:00, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

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=26 July 2020=

  • 12:00, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

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  • 00:00, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

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=25 July 2020=

  • 12:00, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

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  • 00:00, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

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=24 July 2020=

  • 12:00, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

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  • 00:00, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

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=23 July 2020=

  • 12:00, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

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  • ... that the genus Pterodactylus (species depicted), the scientific name for a pterodactyl, had been considered a "wastebasket taxon" as many species were assigned to it and later reassigned?
  • ... that Nyma Tang sheds light on colourism in the beauty industry through her YouTube series The Darkest Shade?
  • ... that the Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones, the communications and media regulator of Argentina, was created despite a court ruling blocking the act?
  • ... that Turkish soldier Abdur Rahman Peshawari was appointed as Turkey's ambassador to Afghanistan in part due to his knowledge of Pashto and Persian?
  • ... that in 1548, the parish of Egginton sold two church bells to fund repairs to the Monks Bridge?
  • ... that Edmund Kurtz{{`s}} edition of Bach's cello suites, published in 1983, is recognized as one of his greatest achievements?
  • ... that in a new book, Wolf Gruner argues that the collaborationist Czech government played a significant role in the persecution of Jews in Bohemia and Moravia?
  • ... that American space rock band Hum released Inlet, their first album in 22 years, as a surprise on June 23?
  • 00:00, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

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=22 July 2020=

  • 12:00, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

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  • 00:00, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

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=21 July 2020=

  • 12:00, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

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  • 00:00, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

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=20 July 2020=

  • 12:00, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

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  • 00:00, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

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=19 July 2020=

  • 12:00, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

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  • 00:00, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

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=18 July 2020=

  • 12:00, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

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  • 00:00, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

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=17 July 2020=

  • 12:00, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

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  • 00:00, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

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=16 July 2020=

  • 12:00, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

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  • 00:00, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

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=15 July 2020=

  • 12:00, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

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  • 00:00, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

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  • ... that the German police were called to investigate Deutsches Reichsbräu beer because of the Nazi-style imagery on its logo (pictured){{-?}}
  • ... that Kessler R. Cannon, who later became an Oregon state representative, interviewed Oregon pioneers for his popular 15 Minute Histories radio program broadcast on KBND in the 1950s?
  • ... that the card game of Husarln ("Hussar") is dominated by the distribution of tarot cards, giving it "that brisk and energetic feel" which is reflected in its name?
  • ... that A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip, the new album by rock group Sparks, contains lyrics that appear to foreshadow COVID-19, even though it was recorded before the onset of the pandemic?
  • ... that a report by Chinese journalist Chen Jieren on university students turning to prostitution to pay for their tuition fees sparked a major debate about prostitution in China?
  • ... that a life-size cast-iron rhinoceros sculpture was created for the 1878 Exposition Universelle in Paris?
  • ... that in a survey, a Pakistani stated that a visit to one of the American Spaces under increased security conditions was "like going to jail or getting into Fort Knox"?
  • ... that Charles Kingston O'Mahony{{`s}} selection of murderers in his 1927 book Enemies of Society includes five doctors?

=14 July 2020=

  • 12:00, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

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  • 00:00, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

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=13 July 2020=

  • 12:00, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

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  • 00:00, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

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=12 July 2020=

  • 12:00, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

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  • 00:00, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

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=11 July 2020=

  • 12:00, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

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  • 00:00, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

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=10 July 2020=

  • 00:00, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

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=9 July 2020=

  • 00:00, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

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=8 July 2020=

  • 00:00, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

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=7 July 2020=

  • 00:00, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

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=6 July 2020=

  • 00:00, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

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=5 July 2020=

  • 00:00, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

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=4 July 2020=

  • 00:00, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

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=3 July 2020=

  • 00:00, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

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=2 July 2020=

  • 00:00, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

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=1 July 2020=

  • 00:00, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

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