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30 June 2022

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Ezo flying squirrel

29 June 2022

  • 00:00, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Paola Cabezas

28 June 2022

  • 00:00, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Regine Velasquez in R2K: The Concert

27 June 2022

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Ernest Lawrence's 27-inch (690 mm) cyclotron

26 June 2022

  • 00:00, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Wilhelmine Holmboe-Schenström

25 June 2022

  • 00:00, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Summit Hotel (now DoubleTree Metropolitan Hotel)

24 June 2022

  • 00:00, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
[[File:|140px|Kyla ]]
Kyla

23 June 2022

  • 00:00, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
 
One of the Stations of the Cross, Donnerskirchen

22 June 2022

  • 00:00, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Victoria Desintonio

21 June 2022

  • 00:00, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Stadthalle Hannover

20 June 2022

  • 00:00, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
 
The nova on the Juneteenth flag

19 June 2022

  • 00:00, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
 
15 Central Park West

18 June 2022

  • 00:00, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Mechanitis polymnia chrysalis

17 June 2022

  • 00:00, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Pipe Shed in Methven, designed by Thomas Beck
  • ... that Thomas Beck designed a syphon for the Rangitata Diversion Race made of 723 concrete pipes each weighing 28 tons, with another pipe section used as an explosives store (pictured)?
  • ... that the Stony Brook Railroad was in business from 1845 to 2022, but never owned a single locomotive or ran a single train?
  • ... that British oceanographer Sonya Legg has studied the South China Sea, where internal waves can be taller than 200 metres (660 ft)?
  • ... that the Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, the concert hall of Bielefeld, remains mostly unchanged from its completion in 1930?
  • ... that food psychology research has found that the COVID-19 pandemic led to both reduced and increased consumption of junk food among different geographical populations and educational backgrounds?
  • ... that the first tequila distillery in the United States was opened in 1936 in Nogales, Arizona, by Harry J. Karns, former Arizona state senator and Nogales mayor?
  • ... that 40 countries constitutionally recognize a right to resist the government under certain circumstances?
  • ... that six-time American national archery champion Russ Hoogerhyde performed trick shots including shooting a cigarette from the lips of a spectator?

16 June 2022

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"Dirty Angel" by T. E. Macklin
  • 00:00, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Moshassuck Valley Railroad

15 June 2022

  • 12:00, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Electric egg
  • 00:00, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Sofía Sanchez in the National Assembly

14 June 2022

  • 12:00, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Dinoša mulberry tree
  • 00:00, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Amangiri spa pool

13 June 2022

  • 12:00, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Orange petunias
  • 00:00, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Evening Bells by Isaac Levitan

12 June 2022

  • 12:00, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Madhulika Ramteke receives the Nari Shakti Puraskar.
  • 00:00, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Pintilie's official portrait

11 June 2022

  • 12:00, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
 
The "Durable Dodger Infield"
  • 00:00, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Susanna and the Elders by Artemisia Gentileschi

10 June 2022

  • 12:00, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Bare formula shelves with purchase limit notice, January 2022
  • 00:00, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Höchst Castle, Frankfurt

9 June 2022

  • 12:00, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Yosef Avidar
  • 00:00, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Garden Gate, Bulandshahr

8 June 2022

  • 12:00, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
 
2 Park Avenue
  • 00:00, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Liva Järnefelt as Ortrud

7 June 2022

  • 12:00, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Ahichchhatra Jain temple
  • 00:00, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Synapturanus danta

6 June 2022

  • 12:00, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Italian Renaissance relief by Leon Battista Alberti
  • 00:00, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Diamond Miller

5 June 2022

  • 12:00, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
 
4 Park Avenue
  • 00:00, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Celmisia major var. major

4 June 2022

  • 12:00, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Maloja Snake
  • 00:00, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Piper's Hole, Tresco

3 June 2022

  • 12:00, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Living room of the Underground World Home
  • 00:00, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Hanna Dmyterko

2 June 2022

  • 00:00, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
 
"Deliberation", from Charles Turzak's Abraham Lincoln: A Biography in Woodcuts

1 June 2022

  • 00:00, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
 
Blind cave eel