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28 February 2022

  • 00:00, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
Simulated surface-level view of Louth's ice mound
Simulated surface-level view of Louth's ice mound
  • ... that the ice mound (pictured) at the center of the crater Louth is the warmest permanent body of water on the Martian surface?
  • ... that English 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?
  • ... that despite being nicknamed a "lanternbug", Lycorma imperialis does not actually emit any light?
  • ... that Bianca Baptiste was 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 stated that she was "about as fit to go into action as a mud scow"?

27 February 2022

  • 00:00, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque
Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque

26 February 2022

  • 00:00, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
Milam Residence
Milam Residence

25 February 2022

  • 00:00, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
Joséphine Pagnier
Joséphine Pagnier

24 February 2022

  • 00:00, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
Homosexual prisoners at Buchenwald
Homosexual prisoners at Buchenwald

23 February 2022

  • 00:00, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
George Washington by J. Massey Rhind
George Washington by J. Massey Rhind

22 February 2022

  • 00:00, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
President's House
President's House

21 February 2022

  • 00:00, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
Narrow end of the pie house
Narrow end of the pie house

20 February 2022

  • 00:00, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
Anita Kiki Gbeho
Anita Kiki Gbeho

19 February 2022

  • 00:00, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
Cairo Citadel
Cairo Citadel

18 February 2022

  • 00:00, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
Seagrass in La Ciotat, France
Seagrass in La Ciotat, France

17 February 2022

  • 00:00, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

16 February 2022

  • 00:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
Kidman at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con
Kidman at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con

15 February 2022

  • 00:00, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
Tiger of the 5th Combat Helicopter Regiment
Tiger of the 5th Combat Helicopter Regiment

14 February 2022

  • 00:00, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
Antiparallelogram
Antiparallelogram

13 February 2022

  • 00:00, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
Juliana Olshanskaya
Juliana Olshanskaya

12 February 2022

  • 00:00, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
Apennine Colossus
Apennine Colossus

11 February 2022

  • 12:00, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
Killaloe Crucifixion Plaque
Killaloe Crucifixion Plaque
  • 00:00, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
Toronto Eaton Centre
Toronto Eaton Centre
  • ... that Eberhard Zeidler envisaged Toronto Eaton Centre (pictured), which opened 45 years ago today, to be an "interior street" instead of simply a shopping mall?
  • ... that New York City's Broadhurst, Plymouth, Shubert, and 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 II?
  • ... that a 1971 format change and firing of three Black disc jockeys contributed to the Mississippi radio station WSWG losing its broadcast license?
  • ... that British barrister 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)
Lowe Kong Meng
Lowe Kong Meng
  • 00:00, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
Blue sclerae of a patient with osteogenesis imperfecta
Blue sclerae of a patient with osteogenesis imperfecta

9 February 2022

  • 12:00, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Satellite image of Harrat Khaybar
Satellite image of Harrat Khaybar
  • 00:00, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
"Boy Scouts of America"

8 February 2022

  • 12:00, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
North African amulet in the shape of a hand
North African amulet in the shape of a hand
  • 00:00, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Isabel Leighton
Isabel Leighton

7 February 2022

  • 12:00, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Mural commemorating Halim Dener
Mural commemorating Halim Dener
  • 00:00, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Johann Christoph von Ponickau
Johann Christoph von Ponickau

6 February 2022

  • 12:00, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
Midnight Sun Mosque, in the midnight sun
Midnight Sun Mosque, in the midnight sun
  • 00:00, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
Rat being trained to sniff out land mines
Rat being trained to sniff out land mines

5 February 2022

  • 12:00, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
Orphans decorating their fathers' graves in Glenwood Cemetery
Orphans decorating their fathers' graves in Glenwood Cemetery
  • 00:00, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
Marsden Rock
Marsden Rock

4 February 2022

  • 12:00, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Mothica
Mothica
  • 00:00, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
A Golden Retriever retrieving a shot game bird
A Golden Retriever retrieving a shot game bird

3 February 2022

  • 00:00, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Palestinian-controlled West Bank
Palestinian-controlled West Bank

2 February 2022

  • 12:00, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Luke Kunin
Luke Kunin
  • 00:00, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Dudleya cymosa subsp. pumila
Dudleya cymosa subsp. pumila

1 February 2022

  • 12:00, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
Jayson Werth
Jayson Werth
  • 00:00, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
Randell Cottage
Randell Cottage