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28 February 2017

  • 12:00, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
The Big Horn
The Big Horn
  • 00:00, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
Curtis P. Iaukea
Curtis P. Iaukea

27 February 2017

  • 12:00, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
Moon carrot flowers
Moon carrot flowers
  • 00:00, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
Flag of Provo, Utah, 1985–2015
Flag of Provo, Utah, 1985–2015

26 February 2017

  • 12:00, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
Brigham Young readies women to fight
Brigham Young readies women to fight
  • 00:00, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
Canadian $25 commemorative banknote
Canadian $25 banknote

25 February 2017

  • 12:00, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
Coryphodon
Coryphodon
  • 00:00, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
C 6(CH 3)2+ 6, dication of hexamethylbenzene
C
6
(CH
3
)2+
6
, dication of hexamethylbenzene

24 February 2017

  • 12:00, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
Diego de Argumosa
Diego de Argumosa
  • 00:00, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
Dredge No. 4
Dredge No. 4

23 February 2017

  • 12:00, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
Thick-billed ground pigeons
Thick-billed ground pigeons
  • 00:00, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton
The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton

22 February 2017

  • 12:00, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
Mantri Manai
Mantri Manai
  • 00:00, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
Ave Maria Gracia Ple[na]
Ave Maria Gracia Ple[na]

21 February 2017

  • 12:00, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
Striated thornbill
Striated thornbill
  • 00:00, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
General George Washington at Trenton
General George Washington at Trenton

20 February 2017

  • 12:00, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
Canal Lake Arch Bridge
Canal Lake Arch Bridge
  • 00:00, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
Leslie Skinner
Leslie Skinner

19 February 2017

  • 12:00, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
St. Marien am Behnitz interior
St. Marien am Behnitz interior
  • 00:00, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
Northern needle-clawed bushbaby
Northern needle-clawed bushbaby

18 February 2017

  • 12:00, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
Britannia Mines concentrator
Britannia Mines concentrator
  • 00:00, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
Space House, One Kemble Street
Space House, One Kemble Street

17 February 2017

  • 12:00, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
Anisa Mohammed in 2014
Anisa Mohammed

16 February 2017

  • 23:15, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
Chemical structure of apparicine
Chemical structure of apparicine
  • 11:00, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
Very Large Array radio telescopes
VLA radio telescopes

15 February 2017

  • 22:45, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
Ming carved lacquer tray
Carved lacquer tray
  • 10:30, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
Labyrinth of burning tealights
Labyrinth of burning tealights

14 February 2017

  • 22:15, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
An Ordnance Factory Board Mine Protected Vehicle
An OFB MPV
  • 03:29, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
Nesting Nemegtomaia
Nesting Nemegtomaia

13 February 2017

  • 15:44, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
Drawing of a flea by Robert Hooke
Drawing of a flea by Robert Hooke
  • 00:29, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
[[File:|100px|Hrithik Roshan in 2011 ]]
Hrithik Roshan

12 February 2017

  • 12:44, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
Carmo Planetarium
Carmo Planetarium


  • 00:43, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
Weaver ants
Weaver ants


11 February 2017

  • 12:37, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
Georgia O'Keeffe's painting
The Flag
  • 00:00, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
Pompeii Lakshmi
Pompeii Lakshmi

10 February 2017

  • 12:00, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
The Indian Church
The Indian Church
  • 00:00, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
Pamela Cunningham Copeland in 1960
Pamela Cunningham Copeland at Mt. Cuba

9 February 2017

  • 12:00, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
Roosevelt dime
Roosevelt dime
  • 00:00, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
Maximilian Chapel
Maximilian Chapel

8 February 2017

  • 12:00, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
HMS Spiteful
HMS Spiteful
  • 00:00, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
Wild cucumber
Wild cucumber

7 February 2017

  • 12:00, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
Damage and debris from the Manzanita tornado
Damage and debris from the Manzanita tornado
  • 00:00, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
White-browed robin-chat
White-browed robin-chat
  • ... that the white-browed robin-chat sometimes nests on occupied buildings' walls and trellises covered with climbing plants?
  • ... that under the 1850–1903 Oudh Bequest, six million rupees were transferred from the Indian kingdom of Oudh to the Shia holy cities of Najaf and Karbala?
  • ... that Tilo Medek set Lenin's Decree on Peace for speaking voice and four percussionists, and wrote an opera based on a Böll novel?
  • ... that the Precordillera Platform in Argentina may have originally broken off from rocks that are now in the southeastern United States?
  • ... that in the late 1970s Beryl Rawson used computers to analyse the family life of Roman slaves?
  • ... that the Big Sur Land Trust pioneered the "conservation buyer" method of preserving land, saving thousands of acres in Big Sur from possible development?
  • ... that scholars have debated whether the mysterious Third Murderer in William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth was Macbeth himself?

6 February 2017

  • 12:05, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
John Henry Wise
John Henry Wise
  • 00:20, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
Venus, engraving
Venus, engraving

5 February 2017

  • 12:35, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
Train of Tomorrow
Train of Tomorrow
  • ... that the dome cars of the Train of Tomorrow (pictured) were inspired by a ride in the Rocky Mountains in either an F-unit or a caboose's cupola?
  • ... that William T. Greenough is called a "towering figure in neuroscience" for showing that the structure of the brain changes throughout one's entire life, and not just in infancy?
  • ... that a documentary on Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen's troubled 1972 concert tour was completed in 1974 but released theatrically in 2017?
  • ... that Koh-i-Sultan volcano in Pakistan last erupted approximately 90,000 years ago and still displays fumarolic activity?
  • ... that educational video game Opening Night allowed young players to direct their own plays?
  • ... that St. Peter's Church, Colombo, was previously used as a banquet hall by the Dutch?
  • ... that Amy Richlin teaches ancient sex?
  • 00:50, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
Tsukada davidiifolia leaf fossil
T. davidiifolia

4 February 2017

  • 13:05, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
Monogram of printmaker Giovanni Battista Palumba
"Master I.B. with a Bird"
  • 01:20, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
Tooley Street during the fire of 1861
1861 Tooley Street fire

3 February 2017

  • 13:35, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
Map of Hell
Map of Hell
  • 01:50, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
Mary Jackson in 1977
Mary Jackson

2 February 2017

  • 12:10, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
Timoclea takes revenge
Timoclea


  • 00:25, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
Girl with Peaches
Girl with Peaches

1 February 2017

  • 12:40, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
Blue-winged parrot
Blue-winged parrot
  • 00:12, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
Elizabeth Plankinton House in 1890
Elizabeth Plankinton House in 1890