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31 July 2022

  • 12:00, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
Flag of Azerbaijan
Flag of Azerbaijan
  • 00:00, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
Apollo spacecraft inertial measurement unit
Apollo spacecraft inertial measurement unit

30 July 2022

  • 12:00, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
Margrethe Parm
Margrethe Parm
  • 00:00, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
Flag of Sint Maarten
Flag of Sint Maarten

29 July 2022

  • 12:00, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
Pyramid of Khentkaus I
Pyramid of Khentkaus I
  • 00:00, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
Alexander Caulfield Anderson
Alexander Caulfield Anderson

28 July 2022

  • 12:00, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Cabeza de Juárez
Cabeza de Juárez
  • 00:00, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
A 1920s group of the Cotton Blossom Singers
A 1920s group of the Cotton Blossom Singers

27 July 2022

  • 12:00, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster
  • 00:00, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
Fausta Labia
Fausta Labia

26 July 2022

  • 12:00, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
Flag of Norfolk Island
Flag of Norfolk Island
  • 00:00, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
Ikotoi, chieftain of Akkeshi, by Kakizaki Hakyō (1790)
Ikotoi, chieftain of Akkeshi, by Kakizaki Hakyō (1790)
  • ... that the painted portrait series Ishūretsuzō features Ainu chieftains (example pictured) in Qing robes, Russian military coats, and as an "Ininkari bear" (white brown bear)?
  • ... that when Jo Ann Evansgardner ran for a position on the Pittsburgh City Council, she asked voters to "put this woman in her place"?
  • ... that the Enkeli-Elisa story about a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide because she had been bullied at school was investigated as a fraud by the police?
  • ... that 1920s and 1930s radio show actress Artie Belle McGinty played the original radio advertisement voice for Aunt Jemima?
  • ... that discrimination based on nationality is an exception to anti-discrimination laws in many countries?
  • ... that artist Richard Lorenz was nearly killed by a falling tree cut down by workers he had been sketching?
  • ... that a reviewer called Black Krrsantan one of "the scariest characters in Star Wars history"?
  • ... that Adele decided never to perform "To Be Loved" live as it upset her to the point of having to leave the room?

25 July 2022

  • 12:00, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Department of Conservation video about the Paparoa Track
  • 00:00, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Charles Gounod
Charles Gounod

24 July 2022

  • 12:00, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
The pakhavaj, a traditional barrel-shaped, two-headed drum
The pakhavaj, a traditional barrel-shaped, two-headed drum
  • 00:00, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
Vaillant-Couturier as Micaëla
Vaillant-Couturier as Micaëla

23 July 2022

  • 12:03, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
Clarion Van No. 1
Clarion Van No. 1
  • 01:44, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
Amund Dietzel
Amund Dietzel

22 July 2022

  • 12:13, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
White-nosed saki
White-nosed saki
  • 00:11, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Sunsphere at the 1982 World's Fair
Sunsphere at the 1982 World's Fair

21 July 2022

  • 12:00, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Katyusha rocket launchers in World War II
Katyusha rocket launchers in World War II
  • 00:00, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Candler Building
Candler Building

20 July 2022

  • 12:00, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Leo Posada
Leo Posada
  • 00:00, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Airship, painted by Alfred Egerton Cooper
Airship, painted by Alfred Egerton Cooper

19 July 2022

  • 12:00, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
[[File:|140px|Dee Dawkins-Haigler ]]
Dee Dawkins-Haigler
  • 00:00, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
Chrysina limbata
Chrysina limbata
  • ... that Chrysina limbata (pictured) has a reflective silver color because of layers of chirped chitin coating?
  • ... that two slaves belonging to Don Carlos were trained by the Italian medallist Jacopo da Trezzo in his workshop in 1550s Madrid?
  • ... that a Florida resident was arrested after posting on RateMyCop.com?
  • ... that in 2007, Arthur Gray's £2 Kangaroo and Map stamp sold for a world record price for a single Australian stamp?
  • ... that the RoadRunner, a laptop from 1983, loaded and stored data from cartridges?
  • ... that in 2021, Wishma Sandamali, who was detained for overstaying her visa after seeking police protection for domestic abuse, became the 17th person to die in Japanese immigration detention since 2007?
  • ... that roughly 15,000 copies of the anonymously published essay "Queers Read This" were distributed at the June 1990 New York Gay Pride Parade?
  • ... that people with woolly hair may also have tooth decay?

18 July 2022

  • 12:00, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
Pooja Sharma
Pooja Sharma
  • 00:00, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai
The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai

17 July 2022

  • 00:00, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
Short-finned pilot whale
Short-finned pilot whale

16 July 2022

  • 00:00, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
Stegodon aurorae cheek tooth
Stegodon aurorae cheek tooth

15 July 2022

  • 00:00, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
Eileen Collins
Eileen Collins

14 July 2022

  • 00:00, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
Reverse of the 1909-S VDB cent; "VDB" visible at bottom
Reverse of the 1909-S VDB cent; "VDB" visible at bottom

13 July 2022

  • 00:00, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Orii Hyōjirō
Orii Hyōjirō

12 July 2022

  • 00:00, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
Skeletal remains
Skeletal remains

11 July 2022

  • 00:00, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
Brewer Hicklen in 2022
Brewer Hicklen in 2022

10 July 2022

  • 00:00, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
Columbia University sundial
Columbia University sundial

9 July 2022

  • 00:00, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
Portrait head of Claudia Octavia
Portrait head of Claudia Octavia

8 July 2022

  • 00:00, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
Kuappi
Kuappi

7 July 2022

  • 00:00, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
Angel Locsin
Angel Locsin

6 July 2022

  • 00:00, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

5 July 2022

  • 00:00, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
Margaret Abbott by Charles Dana Gibson
Margaret Abbott by Charles Dana Gibson

4 July 2022

  • 00:00, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
John Tien official image
John Tien

3 July 2022

  • 00:00, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
Glaciers on Mount Speke in the Rwenzori Mountains
Glaciers on Mount Speke in the Rwenzori Mountains

2 July 2022

  • 00:00, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
Ultrasound waves imaged by Franziska Seidl's apparatus
Ultrasound waves imaged by Franziska Seidl's apparatus

1 July 2022

  • 00:00, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
Olena Shevchenko
Olena Shevchenko