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{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/tabs}} {{User:JL-Bot/Project content |type=the <includeonly>most recent</includeonly> [[WP:DYK|DYK]] blurbs for articles created through the [[WP:AFC|Articles for Creation]] process |WoRC-cat=yes |template = WikiProject Articles for creation |content-did-you-know-articles |dyk-blurb=25 |sorting=date-default |date-order=decreasing |dates |icons |noheading }} The following articles appeared on the [[main page]] as part of the ''[[Template:Did you know|Did you know?]]'' section. The 25 most recent entries will be displayed on [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Showcase]]. <onlyinclude> <!-- Start of content generated by JL-Bot --> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that, although [[Self (band)|Self]]'s '''[[Ornament & Crime|fifth studio album]]''' was cancelled, its songs were still used in television commercials? <small>(2026-03-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Savannah Bond]]''' ''(pictured)'' sold cosmetics before entering the adult film industry? <small>(2026-03-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the first female president of Ireland helped unveil '''[[Auckland Women's Suffrage Memorial|one of New Zealand's first women's suffrage memorials]]'''? <small>(2026-03-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Yemeni president [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]] may have facilitated the killing of a political rival through '''[[2010 Wadi Abidah airstrike|a United States airstrike]]'''? <small>(2026-03-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Meiō incident]]''' deposed a shogun? <small>(2026-03-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that pages of '''[[Lewis Hancox]]'''{{`s}} graphic novel were displayed in [[The Cartoon Museum|The Cartoon Museum of London]]? <small>(2026-03-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Uruguayan perennial candidate '''[[Domingo Tortorelli]]''' campaigned on promises such as a 15-minute workday and installing free milk taps on every street corner? <small>(2026-03-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the design of the '''[[Moffat distillery]]''' building reflects the style of the surrounding farm buildings? <small>(2026-03-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad 8419]]''' was one of the first Chinese steam locomotives to be exported to the United States? <small>(2026-03-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Strand Arcade, Auckland|Strand Arcade]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the "most important commercial centre in New Zealand in the early 1900s and beyond", according to [[Heritage New Zealand]]? <small>(2026-03-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the video game '''''[[Digital Dance Mix Vol. 1 Namie Amuro]]''''' was sold exclusively at convenience stores? <small>(2026-02-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that some video game stores removed their adult content under '''[[Financial censorship|pressure from credit card companies]]'''? <small>(2026-02-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the "nonproductivity" office software '''''[[The Laffer Utilities]]''''' was created as a spin-off of the adult-themed franchise ''[[Leisure Suit Larry]]''{{-?}} <small>(2026-02-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[New York Stock Exchange Safe Deposit Company]]''' conducted its business in a basement? <small>(2026-02-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that an Ohio state judge's donation of land for '''[[Findley State Park]]''' was described as his "personal weapon in a long fight against juvenile delinquency"? <small>(2026-02-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that seed fossils ''(example pictured)'' from western North America, despite being first reported in 1906, were not fully described and named '''''[[Pteroheterochrosperma]]''''' until 2023? <small>(2026-02-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Group Architects, New Zealand|Group Architects]]''' led strikes against traditional teaching styles at the Auckland School of Architecture in 1948, which were attended by 142 of 160 students? <small>(2026-02-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the fossil maple '''''[[Acer wehri]]''''' is named for a composer, artist, and amateur paleontologist? <small>(2026-02-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that one writer claimed that '''''[[Quizone]]''''' would "forever outrank" ''[[The Cube (British game show)|The Cube]]'', ''[[The Crystal Maze]]'' and ''[[Jungle Run]]''{{-?}} <small>(2026-02-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that when '''[[Old Spaghetti Factory Cafe|a nightclub located in an old spaghetti factory]]''' was shut down for fire code violations, a troupe of flamenco dancers collected signatures in protest? <small>(2026-02-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops 6|Call of Duty: Black Ops 6]]'''''{{'s}} four-year development cycle was the longest in ''Call of Duty''{{'s}} history? <small>(2026-02-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the TV series '''''[[Beartown (TV series)|Beartown]]''''' cast real junior hockey players rather than relying on stunt doubles? <small>(2026-02-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that most individuals with '''[[O'Donnell-Luria–Rodan syndrome]]''' have a larger than average head size, unless they have a more severe form of the condition in which case it might be smaller than average? <small>(2026-02-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Anno 117|Anno 117]]''''' received around €5.7 million from the federal government of Germany, its largest grant for a single video-game project to date? <small>(2026-02-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that at the time of its construction, the '''[[MLC Building, Auckland|MLC Building]]''' was the tallest building in Auckland? <small>(2026-02-18)</small> <noinclude> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[William Bloomfield (architect)|William Bloomfield]]''' ''(pictured)'' is recognized as the first known Māori architect? <small>(2026-02-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[FEVE 1900 series|a dual-mode locomotive in Spain]]''' ''(pictured)'' was intended to be used on a tourist train? <small>(2026-02-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that after pollination '''''[[Koelreuteria dilcheri]]''''' fruits ''(fossil pictured)'' likely inflated like a balloon to drift on the wind for dispersal? <small>(2026-02-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the writer of the visual novel '''''[[SeaBed]]''''' based it on a comic that he drew in his spare time at work? <small>(2026-02-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that an unlockable vehicle in '''''[[Kururin Squash!]]''''' contains a reference to ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' by honking the horn? <small>(2026-01-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that former academic '''[[William Riches]]''' declared his home an independent nation in 2017, in protest against [[Brexit]]? <small>(2026-01-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that remains from the largest rodent in history ''(pictured)'' '''[[Paleontology in Uruguay|were found in Uruguay]]'''? <small>(2026-01-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the board game '''''[[Dorfromantik (board game)|Dorfromantik]]''''' was inspired by [[Dorfromantik|a video game]] that was inspired by board games? <small>(2026-01-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that tens of thousands of students '''[[Night ride to Kaifeng|biked to Kaifeng in one night]]'''? <small>(2026-01-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that ''[[The Economist]]'' said in 2025 that '''[[Dwarkesh Patel]]''' "rose from nowhere to become [[Silicon Valley]]'s favourite podcaster"? <small>(2026-01-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Christl-Marie Schultes]]''' resumed flying six months after losing her left leg in a plane crash? <small>(2026-01-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that plans for Myanmar's space programme began under an elected civilian government in 2017, but the '''[[Myanmar Space Agency]]''' was ultimately formed in 2025 under military rule? <small>(2026-01-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Bouchra|a re-edit of an animated film]]''' produced for '''[[For My Best Family|a 2024 Milan exhibition]]''' became popular among one site's furry userbase? <small>(2026-01-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the extinct oak relative '''''[[Fagopsis]]''''' had wind-carried fruit wedges ''(fossil pictured)''{{-?}} <small>(2026-01-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the film '''''[[Wicked (2024 film)|Wicked]]''''' was dubbed by actresses who were part of the stage show in various countries returning to voice their characters? <small>(2026-01-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that six people were killed and more than 100 others injured during the '''[[Trieste riots]]''' in 1953 following the announcement of the city being transferred to Italy? <small>(2026-01-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Oregon lumberjack '''[[Clarence Boggie]]''' had been convicted and pardoned twice for robbery before being charged with murder in 1935? <small>(2026-01-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that "'''[[Guest Starring John Noble]]'''" guest stars [[John Noble]] as Australian actor John Noble? <small>(2026-01-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Wanderer (Genshin Impact)|a ''Genshin Impact'' character]]''' was inspired by the Queen song ''Bohemian Rhapsody''{{-?}} <small>(2026-01-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Spencer Cobb]]''' was a Kentucky senator for three and a half hours? <small>(2026-01-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a committee rejected six designs for the '''[[National Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coins]]''' before approving a seventh, which was sketched during the meeting? <small>(2026-01-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[fashion of Catherine, Princess of Wales]]''', reportedly boosted the British fashion industry by up to £1 billion within a year in 2021? <small>(2026-01-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Skip Thomas|an NFL player who played strip poker with nurses]]''', '''[[Ludwig Minelli|a human rights lawyer who founded a Swiss assisted suicide clinic]]''', and '''[[Oscar Edwards|a businessman who denounced his old football playing style]]''' all had the nickname "Dr. Death"? <small>(2026-01-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Eric Gilbertson (climber)|Eric Gilbertson]]'''{{`s}} goal is to climb the [[List of elevation extremes by country|high point of every country in the world]]? <small>(2026-01-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the use of '''[[Low emission buses in New York City|low- and zero-emission buses in New York City]]''' has led to improvements in air pollution across the city? <small>(2025-12-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that several Internet memes, including "is this ''Battletoads''{{-?}}" and the [[NPC (meme)|NPC Wojak]], originated from the 4chan imageboard '''[[:/v/ (imageboard)|/v/]]'''? <small>(2025-12-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Nazi officer '''[[Reinhard Höhn]]''' founded a business school after the Second World War? <small>(2025-12-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the 2001 Biggin Hill Airshow featured '''[[2001 Biggin Hill Airshow disasters|two separate fatal aircraft crashes]]'''? <small>(2025-12-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Bea Sprung]]''' credits her competitive swimming background with aiding her development as a footballer? <small>(2025-12-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme]]''' has been criticised for placing workers at risk of modern slavery? <small>(2025-12-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the majority of candidates in the '''[[2024 Delaware elections]]''' ran unopposed? <small>(2025-12-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Grateful Med|an American government database]]''' was named after a rock band? <small>(2025-12-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Kenneth D. McCullar]]''' was killed when a [[wallaby]] crashed his bomber on takeoff? <small>(2025-11-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Three Dances (Górecki)|Three Dances]]''''' has been described as both characteristic and uncharacteristic of composer Henryk Górecki's work? <small>(2025-11-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Lubricating tram 5572|a maintenance tram in Prague]]''' has a Facebook group? <small>(2025-11-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Strike 3|the owner of more than 2,000 pornographic films]]''' is the most prolific filer of copyright lawsuits in the US? <small>(2025-11-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Tropical Storm Pabuk (2024)|Tropical Storm Pabuk]]''' forced [[PAGASA]] to issue cyclone advisory bulletins outside the [[Philippine Area of Responsibility]] in December 2024, for the first time since 1963? <small>(2025-11-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[dinosaur emojis]]''' have been used by transgender groups to represent themselves? <small>(2025-11-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that some people '''[[Agender|identify with no gender]]'''? <small>(2025-11-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Cherry Lane Cemetery|a cemetery for formerly enslaved people]]''' in New York City is buried under a strip mall? <small>(2025-11-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Arceuthobium laricis|larch dwarf mistletoe]]''' spreads through forests by ejecting its seeds explosively at a speed of almost 100 km/h? <small>(2025-11-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that ''The London Standard'' described the lyrics in '''[[Cancelled!|a Taylor Swift song]]''' as "a car crash of outdated millennial cringe"? <small>(2025-11-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Sound recording copyright|sound recordings were not copyrighted]]''' under United States law until 1972? <small>(2025-11-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Caribou Legs]]''' once ran more than 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) to raise awareness for [[Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women]]? <small>(2025-11-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that, in a civil case between '''[[Mark Aldridge]]''' and a shop owner, [[District Court of South Australia|South Australia's district court]] found that a person can be liable for the defamatory comments of others on their social media posts? <small>(2025-11-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Japanese businessman '''[[Yasuyoshi Kato]]''' used embezzled funds to support his wife, who bought twenty Arabian horses, several emus, llamas, potbellied pigs, miniature cattle, and nurse sharks? <small>(2025-11-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the song "'''[[Seasons of Change]]'''" featured future AC/DC lead vocalist Bon Scott on the recorder? <small>(2025-11-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that when a prospective funder called the script for his horror film '''''[[All You Need Is Death]]''''' "weird and confusing", [[Paul Duane]] got the phrase tattooed on his arm and funded the film himself? <small>(2025-10-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Leo McLaughlin]]'''{{`s}} government in [[Hot Springs, Arkansas]], provided protection to [[Al Capone]] and [[Lucky Luciano]]? <small>(2025-10-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Ana Roš]], head chef at '''[[Hiša Franko|the first Slovenian restaurant to earn three Michelin stars]]''', has no formal culinary training? <small>(2025-10-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[intersex healthcare|the healthcare needs of intersex people]]''' depend on what physical characteristics they have? <small>(2025-10-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the music of '''[[Fontaine (Genshin Impact)|Fontaine]]''' in ''[[Genshin Impact]]'' was performed by the [[London Symphony Orchestra]]? <small>(2025-10-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} [[File:Mecodema howittii - William Harland - 476623137.jpeg|right|60px]] ... that the ground beetle '''''[[Mecodema howittii]]''''' ''(pictured)'', only known to be found on [[Banks Peninsula]] in New Zealand, is in decline? <small>(2025-10-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Byrnihat]]''' was ranked by an air technology company as the world's most polluted city in 2024? <small>(2025-10-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[2025 United States naval deployment in the Caribbean|an ongoing U.S. naval buildup in the Caribbean]]''', ostensibly intended to combat drug trafficking, may be actually intended to intimidate Venezuela? <small>(2025-10-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Kōsaku Yamada]]'s '''[[Overture in D major (Yamada)|Overture in D major]]''' has been described as "a kind of challenge by the composer to Japanese traditional music"? <small>(2025-10-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Brunei Shell Petroleum]]''', a joint-venture company, provided insights into oil discoveries that may have influenced Sultan [[Omar Ali Saifuddien III|Omar Ali Saifuddien III]]'s stance on Malaysia? <small>(2025-10-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that one issue with understanding the '''[[culture of Champa]]''' is that surviving inscriptions are concerned almost exclusively with the elite? <small>(2025-10-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Sarah Kraning]]''' perceives sound as color, texture, and movement? <small>(2025-10-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that people used '''''[[Toontown Rewritten]]''''' for virtual [[Black Lives Matter]] protests in 2020? <small>(2025-10-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the American electronic artist '''[[Ships in the Night (musician)|Ships In The Night]]''' ''(pictured)'' makes [[synthwave]] music with melodies inspired by bird songs, church bells, and trains? <small>(2025-09-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[O'Bajan]]''' ''(pictured)'' sired 312 foals over 25 years? <small>(2025-09-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Sanok Construction Company]]''' operated its own medical clinic and had sports teams for shooting and volleyball? <small>(2025-09-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Mainz Rose Monday parade]]''' includes more than 9,000 participants from Germany and abroad? <small>(2025-09-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Tobias Rahim]]''' sold a nude photo of himself to challenge his fears? <small>(2025-09-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that it only took 13 minutes to sell out the second season of '''''[[Crypto: The Game]]'''''{{-?}} <small>(2025-09-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that singer '''[[Shiyui]]''' got her stage name from a Buddhist statue in Kyoto? <small>(2025-09-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that "'''[[Good Old Neon]]'''" uses mathematical logic as a metaphor for what dying feels like? <small>(2025-09-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Bhutanese name|most Bhutanese people have no surname]]'''? <small>(2025-09-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Little Valley Fire]]''' prompted the evacuation of 101 horses and one parrot? <small>(2025-09-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Murder of Claire Broadbridge|the murder of the former director of Trinidad and Tobago's national museum]]''' in 2017 brought attention to crime in the country? <small>(2025-09-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[zebro]]s''' were not [[zebra]]s? <small>(2025-09-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Spotify Pakistan's most streamed [[Talha Anjum|artist of 2024]] made his '''[[Kattar Karachi|cinematic debut]]''' the same year to present his album? <small>(2025-09-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Andrea Enisuoh]]''' campaigned to retain the name of her local library, honouring Trinidadian writer [[C. L. R. James]]? <small>(2025-09-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Jordan Howlett]]''' went from sleeping in his car to amassing millions of followers on TikTok? <small>(2025-09-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Hollywood makeup artist '''[[Bernadine Anderson]]''' supported herself in college by doing makeup on corpses? <small>(2025-08-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the creator of Reddit's '''[[cringe culture]]''' community originally intended it to foster empathy for awkward people, not to mock them? <small>(2025-08-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Marc Mac]]''' made his early projects deliberately "faceless" to sidestep racism? <small>(2025-08-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Taylor Swift wrote '''[[Starlight (Taylor Swift song)|a song]]''' that a critic considered to be a "piece of [[Ethel Kennedy]] fanfiction"? <small>(2025-08-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[American MILF]]''''' porn star '''[[Serenity Cox]]''' was a nurse for fifteen years? <small>(2025-08-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the song "'''[[Bésame (Alejandro Sanz and Shakira song)|Bésame]]'''" blends [[afrobeat]] and [[flamenco]]? <small>(2025-08-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Plotkin's Vaccines]]''''' was written by the inventor of the rubella vaccine because he felt that vaccinology had become a distinct field of medicine? <small>(2025-08-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that police investigated the '''[[European Australian Movement]]''' after it distributed letters carrying [[Blut und Ehre|a slogan from Nazi Germany]]? <small>(2025-07-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Kamla Jaan]]''', a [[Hijra (South Asia)|hijra]] and mayor, was removed from office because the electoral rolls listed her as male? <small>(2025-07-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Fishing industry in Peru|Peru's fishing industry]]''' is the world's largest producer of fishmeal and fish oil? <small>(2025-07-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Attempt (German penal code)|attempted crimes with no chance of success]]''' are still punishable by law in Germany? <small>(2025-07-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Shakira's ''[[Oral Fixation, Vol. 2]]'' was only released in some Middle Eastern countries, and even then without the song "'''[[How Do You Do (Shakira song)|How Do You Do]]'''", which was deemed blasphemous? <small>(2025-07-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Huw Ware|an openly gay referee]]''' officiated the [[2025 PDC World Darts Championship]] final? <small>(2025-07-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Cova de les Dones]]''' contains prehistoric art and ancient Roman inscriptions? <small>(2025-07-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Albanian investment in the AI startup '''[[Thinking Machines Lab]]''' required an amendment to the country's 2025 budget? <small>(2025-07-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Cybersocket, Inc.]]''', started by repackaging public domain information into a niche paperback guide to gay pornographic sites? <small>(2025-07-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a single [[horsehair]] helped solve the '''[[murder of Nancy Titterton]]'''? <small>(2025-07-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Hanahaki disease]]''', a fictional illness in which a person coughs up flowers due to [[unrequited love]], is often used in queer [[fan fiction]] to symbolize repressed desire? <small>(2025-07-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that artist '''[[Agnes Gallus]]''' fled Hungary for Canada during [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|the 1956 revolution]]? <small>(2025-07-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the killer of '''[[Murders of Anne Castle and William Bryan|Anne Castle and William Bryan]]''' was convicted nearly 30 years after the murders? <small>(2025-06-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that actor '''[[Ben Ahlers]]''' learned watchmaking from the [[Horological Society of New York]] for his role in ''[[The Gilded Age (TV series)|The Gilded Age]]''{{-?}} <small>(2025-06-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Camille Saint-Saëns|Saint-Saëns]]'s '''''[[Phaéton (Saint-Saëns)|Phaéton]]''''' was described by a critic after its premiere as "the noise of a [[Hack (horse)|hack]] coming down from [[Montmartre]]"? <small>(2025-06-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Sae Kitamura]]''' ''(pictured)'' has had her university students contribute to the Japanese Wikipedia as part of their coursework? <small>(2025-06-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'' reported that "half of the residents of [[Mount Desert Island|Mount Desert Island, Maine]], are convinced they are millionaires since the body of '''[[Karl Negley Mellon|Karl N. Mellon]]'''" was discovered? <small>(2025-06-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that ''[[Perceval, the Story of the Grail]]'' by [[Chrétien de Troyes]] is considered by literary historians to be the earliest example of the narrative technique of '''[[entrelacement]]'''? <small>(2025-06-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the Brazilian government advocated the use of '''[[COVID kit]]s''', which contained a drug used to treat head lice? <small>(2025-06-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Warren Truitt]]''' ''(pictured)'' served as a legislator in Oregon and a judge in Alaska in the 19th century, and as both a legislator and a judge in Idaho in the 20th? <small>(2025-06-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Rephaim text]]''', a 14th-century BCE Ugaritic poem, tells of mysterious warrior beings who ride for three days to a threshing floor – only to spend the next seven days eating there? <small>(2025-06-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Arizona State Sun Devils|Arizona State]] athletic director '''[[Graham Rossini]]''' got his start as a student assistant, with duties including washing baseball uniforms? <small>(2025-06-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Olive Garden]] and [[Chili's]] got in a [[Shipping discourse|ship war]] over '''[[Destiel]]'''? <small>(2025-06-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Rued Langgaard]] said that his '''[[Symphony No. 6 (Langgaard)|Symphony No. 6]]''' depicts the struggle between Jesus and "spiritual wickedness in high places"? <small>(2025-06-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a diner who was denied a table caused '''[[Máximo Bistrot]]''' to temporarily close by raising concerns about the reservation system? <small>(2025-06-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that almost no fuel was found at the crash site of '''[[2024 Alaska Air Fuel Douglas C-54 crash|a fuel transport aircraft]]'''? <small>(2025-06-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Kōsaku Yamada|Yamada]]'s '''[[Symphony in F major (Yamada)|Symphony in F major]]''' had to be reconstructed after a maritime accident and after the [[bombing of Tokyo]] during WWII? <small>(2025-06-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the 2004–2005 trial of the '''[[Chohan family murders]]''' was the longest in the history of the London [[Metropolitan Police]]? <small>(2025-06-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[FlexiRide]]''' bus services have no fixed route, operating only when passengers book a trip? <small>(2025-06-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Rae Lil Black]]''', who was at one point one of the 20 most popular models on [[Pornhub]], left the adult industry and converted to Islam after visiting Malaysia? <small>(2025-06-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Mike Estep (American football)|Mike Estep]]''' was nicknamed "The Terminator"? <small>(2025-06-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Cave Johnson Couts]]''' was separately acquitted for shooting his foreman, firing on funeral mourners, and whipping a native laborer to death? <small>(2025-05-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a 15-second '''[[Interface Interruption|commercial for a streaming service]]''' has been blamed for causing arguments and domestic violence? <small>(2025-05-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the chimney in '''[[I and My Chimney|a work by Herman Melville]]''' has been described as a "a bastion of phallic, assertive, and aggressive masculinity"? <small>(2025-05-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that an Antiguan man who escaped from custody in Canada is suspected of stealing a yacht and sailing it directly into '''[[Hurricane Larry]]'''? <small>(2025-05-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a stray dog named '''[[Argo (dog)|Argo]]''' visited the ruins of [[Pompeii]] daily for 15 years and was considered its "guardian"? <small>(2025-05-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Vincent de Groof]]''' successfully tested his bat-like flying machine ''(pictured)'' in 1874, only to die after crashing it 10 days later? <small>(2025-05-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a liquor-drinking celebrity goat named '''[[Bode Ioiô|Ioiô]]''' ''(pictured)'' won an election for city councilman in [[Fortaleza]]? <small>(2025-05-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Japanese electronic musician '''[[Camellia (musician)|Camellia]]''' began producing music at the age of ten using his mother's computer? <small>(2025-05-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Cory Booker]] '''[[Cory Booker's marathon speech|delivered the longest recorded individual speech]]''' in [[United States Senate]] history while protesting the [[second presidency of Donald Trump]]? <small>(2025-05-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[murder of Patricia Jeschke]]''' resulted in the longest prison tenure for a [[Miscarriage of justice|wrongfully convicted]] American woman? <small>(2025-05-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Avi Yemini]]''' is one of seventeen children who were raised in an [[Haredi Judaism|ultra-Orthodox]] [[Chabad]] family? <small>(2025-05-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that British composer [[Havergal Brian]] described his '''[[Symphony No. 2 (Brian)|Symphony No. 2]]''' as "Man in his cosmic loneliness: ambition, loves, battles, death"? <small>(2025-04-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Lady Gaga's Living Dress was designed by '''[[Vin Burnham|the creator of the Batsuit]]'''? <small>(2025-04-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the Scottish painter '''[[Carole Gibbons]]''' had her first US exhibition in her eighties? <small>(2025-04-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Mitsubishi G6M]]''' was intended to be a [[Gunship#Bomber escort|escort gunship]], but is best known as one of the transport aircraft that carried the Japanese surrender delegation to [[Iejima]]? <small>(2025-04-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that during a [[Game Developers Conference]] showcase of '''''[[IDARB|#IDARB]]''''', people were "blown away by how stupid it was"? <small>(2025-04-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Prunus cathybrownae]]''''', an extinct relative of plums, was named after three different Catherines? <small>(2025-04-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that singer '''[[Ano (singer)|Ano]]''' joined [[You'll Melt More!]] without an interview at the invitation of the group's producer? <small>(2025-04-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Gil Hovav]]''' ''(pictured)'' reads announcements at [[Ben Gurion Airport]] for free because he was annoyed by previous small grammatical errors? <small>(2025-04-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Senator [[James A. Reed (politician)|James A. Reed]] asked "Who the hell is '''[[Frank Elbridge Webb|Webb]]'''?" when he was nominated to be Webb's vice-presidential nominee? <small>(2025-04-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Betsy Arakawa]]'''{{`s}} house was once featured in ''[[Architectural Digest]]''{{-?}} <small>(2025-04-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Juan Soto, before '''[[Juan Soto trade|his blockbuster trade]]''', rejected a 15-year, $440 million contract extension, which would have been the largest deal in Major League Baseball history at the time? <small>(2025-04-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Oris Aigbokhaevbolo]]''' was included on ''[[YNaija]]''{{'s}} 2024 list of influential people in the Nigerian film industry? <small>(2025-04-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Na drugą planetę]]''''' ''(cover pictured)'', published in 1895 as one of the earliest Polish science-fiction novels, was later criticized by communist-era censors for its perceived "adoration for America"? <small>(2025-04-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that while filming a music video for her '''[[Fishmonger (album)|debut album]]''' at a motel, [[Underscores (musician)|Underscores]] had the police called on her by the motel staff because they thought she was shooting a pornographic film? <small>(2025-03-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Daniel A. Gilbert]]''' was referred to as the world's richest police officer? <small>(2025-03-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Raymond C. and Mildred Kramer House]]''' was one of fewer than half a dozen houses built in Manhattan during 1934? <small>(2025-03-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Noriko Takaya|a character]]''' from ''[[Gunbuster]]'' popularized an arm fold commonly seen in anime? <small>(2025-03-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Andrzej Sapkowski]], the creator of ''[[The Witcher]]'', described his short story '''''[[W leju po bombie]]''''' as the only one of his works that can be classified as science fiction? <small>(2025-03-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Jarrad Searby]]''' left the [[Proud Boys]] after he became angry with their disavowal of [[neo-Nazism]]? <small>(2025-03-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Battle of Chunj]]''' is the only battle in which a British soldier died in action for Pakistan? <small>(2025-03-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the earliest of the authentic '''[[portraits of Mozart]]''' shows the prodigy wearing the clothes of [[Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria]], given as a gift by Empress [[Maria Theresa]]? <small>(2025-03-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that tobacco brands like [[Marlboro]], led by '''[[John Hogan (motorsport executive)|John Hogan]]''' ''(pictured)'', turned [[Formula One]] into a global sport because F1 cars evaded European [[Regulation of nicotine marketing|tobacco advertising restrictions]]? <small>(2025-03-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that censorship in communist Poland delayed the publication of the novel '''''[[Zaziemskie światy]]''''' for nearly a decade due to its "inappropriate ideological basis" and positive portrayal of the United States? <small>(2025-03-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the publication of '''''[[Ten no Hate Made – Poland Hishi|Ten no Hate Made – Poland Hishi]]''''', the first legally published manga in Poland, has been described as the event that created the [[Anime and manga fandom in Poland|manga fandom in the country]]? <small>(2025-03-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Jason Kelce|a former professional football player]] stated his intention to buy the rights to '''[[Backyard Football (video game)|a 25-year-old children's sports game]]''' in [[New Heights|his podcast]]? <small>(2025-03-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that US congressman [[Mike Collins (politician)|Mike Collins]] called for Bishop '''[[Mariann Budde]]''' ''(pictured)'' to be "added to the deportation list" after she urged President [[Donald Trump]] to "have mercy"? <small>(2025-02-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[UserBenchmark]]''' unlocks free testing only if users can shoot down 13 ships? <small>(2025-02-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Kaiapoi Pā]]''' has been incorrectly called {{lang|mi|Kaiapohia}}, a [[pun]] that can be translated as 'piling up of bodies for eating'? <small>(2025-02-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that from 1853 to 1855 the '''[[State Emigrant Refuge and Hospital]]''' on [[Randalls and Wards Islands|Wards Island]] in New York City was the largest hospital complex in the world? <small>(2025-02-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that botanists at [[Kew Gardens]] suggested in 2018 that there were only three '''[[Ensete perrieri|Madagascar banana trees]]''' left? <small>(2025-02-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the communist-era science-fiction novel '''''[[Małe zielone ludziki]]''''' presents a futuristic depiction of Africa that reflects Polish perceptions of the continent during the Cold War? <small>(2025-02-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[La Querida (mansion)|La Querida]]''' in [[Palm Beach, Florida]], served as the [[List of residences of presidents of the United States#Winter White House|Winter White House]] for President [[John F. Kennedy]]? <small>(2025-02-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Polish 1960 sci-fi novel '''''[[Wielka, większa i największa]]''''' was very influential for Polish young-adult literature? <small>(2025-02-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the deaths of five teenagers in Poland in the '''[[ToNiePokój escape room fire]]''' led to inspections of escape rooms in Lithuania and Czechia? <small>(2025-02-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Dez Caught It|Dez did not actually catch it]]'''? <small>(2025-02-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Demi Lovato]] changed a lyric from "[[Cool for the Summer]]" for '''''[[Revamped]]''''' to reflect pride in her sexuality? <small>(2025-02-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the Polish subgenre of speculative fiction known as '''[[klerykal fiction]]''' emerged in the 1990s as a response to societal fears of church influence in politics? <small>(2025-02-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the parked vehicle of '''[[Alessandra Rojo de la Vega|one candidate in a 2024 Mexico City borough election]]''' was shot five times to "give her a scare"? <small>(2025-01-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Prison healthcare in Australia|health of prisoners in Australia]]''' is impacted by their lack of access to [[Medicare (Australia)|Medicare]], the country's otherwise-[[universal health care]] system? <small>(2025-01-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Jeanne Trevor]]'''{{`s}} name was misspelled on the cover of her first album? <small>(2025-01-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Soda Kaichi|a Japanese man]]''' raised more than 1,000 Korean orphans during the [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japanese occupation of Korea]]? <small>(2025-01-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that for cultural reasons the '''''[[jijin]]''''' was permitted to be worn by Catholic priests in China even while celebrating Mass? <small>(2025-01-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a PhD student discovered a lost manuscript of [[Galen]]'s '''''[[Peri Alypias]]''''' in 2005, in "one of the most spectacular finds ever of ancient literature"? <small>(2025-01-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Goro Takahashi]]''', a silversmith adopted by a [[Lakota people|Lakota]] family, was the first Japanese person allowed to attend a [[Sun Dance]]? <small>(2025-01-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Singapore's '''[[Details Cannot Body Wants|first R-rated play]]''' was performed despite the police finding parts of it "offensive"? <small>(2025-01-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Monica Smit]]''' was ordered to pay [[Victoria Police]]'s legal bill of about [[Australian dollar|A$]]250,000, despite winning a lawsuit against them? <small>(2025-01-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that YouTuber '''[[Tyler Oliveira]]''' apologized after trying to drain a pool with paper towels? <small>(2025-01-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that jazz dancer '''[[LaTasha Barnes]]''' used to be a sergeant in the U.S. Army? <small>(2025-01-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that newspaper publisher '''[[Jacob Frolich]]''' built trapdoors and hiding places in his house in case it was raided by [[Radical Republicans]]? <small>(2024-12-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that nearly 300 construction workers showed up at 8 am to continue building '''[[Chernobyl Reactors 5 and 6|Chernobyl Reactors 5 and 6]]''', unaware of the Chernobyl disaster earlier that day? <small>(2024-12-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 1967 two mathematicians published PhD dissertations independently disproving '''[[Common fixed point problem|the same thirteen-year-old conjecture]]'''? <small>(2024-12-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[IMAX Melbourne|the largest IMAX cinema in the Southern Hemisphere]]''' is in Melbourne? <small>(2024-12-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Ian Holm]], who died in 2020, was "resurrected" to appear in '''''[[Alien: Romulus]]''''' through a combination of animatronics, computer-generated imagery, and artificial intelligence? <small>(2024-12-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Everett Railroad 11|Everett Railroad 11]]''' ''(pictured)'' had to be modified after it met a sharp curve on its first trip? <small>(2024-12-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Arne Slettebak]]''' revitalised interest in the field of [[stellar rotation]] after it had been abandoned for nearly 15 years? <small>(2024-12-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that "'''[[Trevor (duck)|the world's loneliest duck]]'''" arrived on the remote Pacific island country of [[Niue]] in 2018? <small>(2024-12-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Thomas Sewell (neo-Nazi)|Thomas Sewell]]''' attempted to recruit Brenton Tarrant, the perpetrator of the 2019 [[Christchurch mosque shootings]], into the [[Lads Society]]? <small>(2024-12-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Manga and anime fandom in Poland|Polish manga and anime fandom]]''' arose in the 1990s and now numbers over 100,000 people? <small>(2024-12-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that according to ''[[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]]'', the 1913 Polish novel '''''[[Krzyż i półksiężyc|The Cross and the Crescent]]''''' is "perhaps the first example" of the genre of [[military science fiction]] in Polish literature? <small>(2024-12-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the opening of '''[[The Empire Brunei]]''' ''(pictured)'' was timed to help create hotel capacity in Brunei for an [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation|APEC]] summit? <small>(2024-11-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Symonds St Public Conveniences and Former Tram Shelter|the first standalone street toilets to cater to both men and women]]''' in [[Auckland]] were converted into a male-only facility during the Second World War? <small>(2024-11-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that two best-seller lists initially classified '''''[[The Children's Book of Virtues]]''''' as non-fiction, but later moved it to their fiction charts? <small>(2024-11-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Miracle in Motown]]''' was the first of three successful [[Hail Mary pass]]es thrown by [[Aaron Rodgers]] in a span of 13 months? <small>(2024-11-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Soviet academic '''[[Lily Golden]]''' researched "[[Censorship in the Soviet Union|officially disapproved]]" genres of contemporary Black music? <small>(2024-11-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Władysław Umiński]]'s 1914 novel '''''[[Czarodziejski okręt]]''''' was described as being a "grotesque" treatment of the [[robinsonade]]? <small>(2024-11-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the novel '''''[[Krwawy chleb|Bloody Bread]]''''', about the struggles of Polish immigrants in the US, was briefly criticized by communist censors for "glorifying the United States"? <small>(2024-11-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Korzeniacy, czyli Jesień wsamrazków|a modern Polish fairy tale]]''', written during the period of [[martial law in Poland]] in the 1980s, mixes the themes of real-world environmental protection and fantasy-like gnomes? <small>(2024-11-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the choreography of "'''[[How You Get the Girl]]'''" during [[the 1989 World Tour]] ''(pictured)'' resembled that of the musical ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]''{{-?}} <small>(2024-11-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Kichuś majstra Lepigliny|a book]]''' known as the "Polish ''[[Pinocchio]]''" was published a hundred years ago? <small>(2024-11-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the cast of ''[[The Perfect Couple (TV series)|The Perfect Couple]]'' created a WhatsApp group to avoid filming a dance sequence to '''[[Criminals (Meghan Trainor song)|the theme song]]'''? <small>(2024-11-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that at the [[2024 Democratic National Convention]], vice presidential nominee [[Tim Walz]] was booed for visiting the '''[[Sheetz–Wawa rivalry|"wrong" Pennsylvanian gas station chain]]'''? <small>(2024-11-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Alan Rosen (restaurant owner)|Alan Rosen]]''' once sold 2,400 [[cheesecake]]s in four minutes to television shoppers? <small>(2024-11-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Wilf Perreault]]'''{{`s}} artwork of landscapes and alleyways was influenced by artists such as [[Reta Cowley]] and [[Dorothy Knowles]]? <small>(2024-11-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District]]''' has 102 properties within 12 blocks and contains "excellent examples of the predominant architecture styles of the 1920s and 1930s"? <small>(2024-11-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Michael S. Harrison|a superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department]]''' posed as a corrupt officer during covert operations? <small>(2024-11-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that several major U.S. politicians have spread '''[[conspiracy theories about the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season]]'''? <small>(2024-11-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Od Warszawy do Ojcowa|From Warsaw to Ojców]]''''', an 1897 Polish adventure and travel novel for young readers, was inspired by [[Jules Verne]]'s works but reflects Polish patriotic and educational values? <small>(2024-11-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a [[rainbow plaque]] marks the site of Peckham's '''[[Black Lesbian and Gay Centre]]'''? <small>(2024-11-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Come In (Weatherday album)|Come In]]''''' was recorded on a hands-free microphone attached to a pair of headphones? <small>(2024-11-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that after Liam and Noel Gallagher's band Oasis announced "'''[[Oasis Live '25 Tour|the most controversial band reunion]]''' since the Sex Pistols' 1996 '''[[Filthy Lucre Tour]]'''", Noel's daughter '''[[Anaïs Gallagher]]''' criticised some fans for ageism and sexism? <small>(2024-11-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Stadium ban decision|a German court's decision]]''' involving football stadiums may preclude Facebook from arbitrarily banning users? <small>(2024-11-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Ready Set Learn!]]''''' was [[TLC (TV network)|TLC]]'s answer to the [[PBS Kids|PBS children's lineup]]? <small>(2024-10-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that one 1886 night 150 people '''[[Lac qui Parle County seat controversy|broke into a courthouse and began moving it]]''' {{convert|15|miles}}, before getting stuck in a blizzard? <small>(2024-10-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the only two Venezuelans ever to make the NFL, '''[[Pat Ragusa]]''' and '''[[Alan Pringle]]''', played a combined total of four games? <small>(2024-10-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a 1920s reviewer considered '''''[[Hammond's Hard Lines]]''''' "dangerously experimental ground for boys' fiction"? <small>(2024-10-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[De Munck (Stradivarius cello)|a Stradivarius cello]] once owned by '''[[Ernest de Munck]]''' is now named after him? <small>(2024-10-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Veto (card game)|Veto]]''', inspired by the history of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]], is considered to be the first Polish [[collectible card game]]? <small>(2024-10-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Oxford suffragist '''[[Myvanwy Rhys]]''' earned first-class honours from [[Newnham College, Cambridge]], but was denied a degree? <small>(2024-10-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that novelist [[Sue Monk Kidd]] spent fourteen months researching New Testament–era Egypt and the Levant for '''''[[The Book of Longings]]'''''{{-?}} <small>(2024-10-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a sensational story in 1888 claimed that James Wickham, a British scientist, introduced '''[[Great Salt Lake whale hoax|two whales to the Great Salt Lake]]''' in an attempt to start a whale oil industry? <small>(2024-10-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Maystorm, a character from '''''[[Ultimate X-Men (2024)|Ultimate X-Men]]''''', was initially created for a [[variant cover]] for the comic ''[[X-Men (comic book)|X-Men]]''{{-?}} <small>(2024-10-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Actinote zikani]]''''' ''(specimen pictured)'' is one of only two butterflies on the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature|IUCN's]] [[The world's 100 most threatened species|list of the 100 most threatened species]]? <small>(2024-10-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Uwe Holmer|a German pastor]]''' let [[Erich Honecker|a deposed East German head of state]] stay in his house? <small>(2024-10-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[The Right and the Wrong]]''''' was the first feature film produced natively in Trinidad and Tobago? <small>(2024-10-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the lyric video for '''[[Making the Bed|an Olivia Rodrigo song]]''' included a teaser that she would [[Guts World Tour|tour in support of her album ''Guts'']]? <small>(2024-10-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that both scholars and activists believe that '''[[diet culture]]''' is often intertwined with racism and other forms of prejudice? <small>(2024-10-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[William, Prince of Wales]], '''[[William, Prince of Wales, in film and television|inspired the character of Prince Wheeliam]]''' in ''[[Cars 2]]''{{-?}} <small>(2024-10-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that at least 69 countries have "'''[[no net loss]]'''" environmental policies? <small>(2024-10-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that after supervising construction of London's [[Tower Bridge]] in the 1890s, engineer '''[[Edward Cruttwell]]''' was retained as consulting engineer to the bridge until his death in 1933? <small>(2024-09-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Afonso Henriques Theatre]]''' in [[Guimarães]], Portugal, regularly performed shows and plays to aid the construction of the nearby [[Santos Passos Church]]? <small>(2024-09-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[PGA Tour]] golfer '''[[Max Greyserman]]''' and his brother Reed are the first brothers to win the New Jersey Amateur Championship? <small>(2024-09-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that one commentator interpreted a kiss between two women in "'''[[Fedora (short story)|Fedora]]'''" as possibly following the "[[Heteronormativity|heteronormative]] script"? <small>(2024-09-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Singaporean former lawyer '''[[David Yong]]''' learned Korean and moved to South Korea to become a [[K-pop]] singer? <small>(2024-09-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that although the '''[[Midland Main Line upgrade|electrification of the Midland Main Line]]''' was designated as a high priority in 1981, work to electrify the northern part of the line did not begin until more than 30 years later? <small>(2024-09-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Queer advocacy in the Israel–Hamas war|queer pro-Palestinian protesters]]''' faced off against the 2024 Philadelphia Pride drumline? <small>(2024-09-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Austin J. Tobin Plaza]]''' ''(pictured)'' was destroyed in the [[September 11 attacks]], but [[The Sphere|one of the sculptures]] on it survived? <small>(2024-09-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the surviving copies of the '''''[[Kitab-ı Bahriye]]''''' contain a total of more than 5,700 maps? <small>(2024-09-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that 30 royal portraits of Korean kings were completely destroyed in '''[[1954 Busan Yongdusan fire|a 1954 fire in Busan, South Korea]]'''? <small>(2024-09-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Tropical Storm Chris (2024)|Tropical Storm Chris]]''' ''(pictured)'' in July 2024 overflowed bodies of water in [[Ciudad Madero]], Mexico, resulting in a crocodile sighting at a beach? <small>(2024-09-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Hadriana in All My Dreams]]''''', published in 1988, was the first novel by a Haitian author to win a major French literary award? <small>(2024-08-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Santos Passos Church]]''' in [[Guimarães]], Portugal, was declared a [[royal chapel]] by [[Luís I of Portugal|King Luís I]] in 1878? <small>(2024-08-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that some LGBT people '''[[Queer manicure|wear shorter nails on their middle and index fingers]]''' to allow for easier [[Non-penetrative sex#Manual sex|manual sex]] and to express a [[queer]] identity? <small>(2024-08-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that more than 90 world leaders have made a pledge to achieve '''[[nature-positive]]''' goals? <small>(2024-08-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Joni (song)|a scrapped song]]''' from [[SZA]]'s second album was supposed to be on her next one, but when the song was leaked she had to scrap it again? <small>(2024-08-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Japanese surgeon '''[[Hayari Miyake]]''' ''(pictured)'' cured Albert Einstein of a [[Tropical disease|tropical fever]]? <small>(2024-08-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[New York Mets]] executive '''[[Jay Horwitz]]''' did not publicly reveal that he had a glass eye until he was in his 70s? <small>(2024-08-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Olympic sport shooter '''[[Ada Korkhin]]''' practiced in her family's apartment, shooting from the kitchen through the living and dining rooms? <small>(2024-08-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that workers building '''[[Mercy Gilbert Medical Center]]''' plowed over alfalfa fields and chased off sheep during construction? <small>(2024-08-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Israeli archer '''[[Mikaella Moshe]]''' [[Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's individual|competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics]] after having spent less than two years in the sport? <small>(2024-08-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Roscoe Jackson|Roscoe "Red" Jackson]]''' was the last person to be publicly executed in the United States? <small>(2024-07-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny|the first lady of the Ivory Coast]] created '''[[Kimboo|an animated kids show]]''' in 1989? <small>(2024-07-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Adam Maraana]]''' ''(pictured)'', an [[Arab citizens of Israel|Arab-Israeli]], is competing in swimming for [[Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics]]? <small>(2024-07-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Goodboy Galaxy]]''''' was the first commercially released video game for the [[Game Boy Advance]] in more than 13 years? <small>(2024-07-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Jewish [[video essay]]ist '''[[Jacob Geller]]''' cited Jewish traditions of study and scholarship as an inspiration behind his analysis of popular culture? <small>(2024-07-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the newly discovered and critically imperiled '''[[Helianthus devernii|Red Rock sunflower]]''' (''Helianthus devernii'') has only been found around two desert springs located in the [[Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area]]? <small>(2024-07-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the satellite '''[[Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial and Helio Studies|TRUTHS]]''' is planned to enable the precise calibration of [[Earth observation]] data from other satellites? <small>(2024-07-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Pharos (crater)|Pharos]]''', the largest [[impact crater]] on Neptune's moon [[Proteus (moon)|Proteus]], is more than half the diameter of Proteus itself? <small>(2024-07-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in '''[[Ludwig Krug]]'''{{`s}} rendition of Adam and Eve ''(pictured)'', an ape mimics Adam eating the apple? <small>(2024-07-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that South Korean actress '''[[Na O-mi]]'''{{`s}} stage name was inspired by the song "[[Hedva and David|I Dream of Naomi]]"? <small>(2024-07-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the Japanese boy band '''[[Nexz]]''' was created through the program [[Nizi Project season 2|''Nizi Project'' season 2]]? <small>(2024-07-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[LACE (satellite)|LACE satellite]]''' tracked rocket plumes from space for the United States's [[Strategic Defense Initiative|Star Wars program]]? <small>(2024-07-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that on American band [[the Linda Lindas]]' first album, '''''[[Growing Up (The Linda Lindas album)|Growing Up]]''''', a cat named Lil' Dude is featured playing the piano? <small>(2024-07-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Ban This Book|a book about book banning]]''' was banned? <small>(2024-06-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[the Cat Empire]]'s 2023 album '''''[[Where the Angels Fall]]''''' features contributions from 75 musicians and 49 instruments? <small>(2024-06-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Hindu Temple of Wisconsin|the first Hindu temple in Wisconsin]]''' was built "in the middle of nowhere"? <small>(2024-06-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Clark House (New Zealand)|Clark House]]''' ''(pictured)'' hosted Cold War meetings? <small>(2024-06-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that because '''[[Larrabee County, Iowa|Larrabee County]]''' was not established, Iowa remains a state with 99 counties? <small>(2024-06-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the efforts of '''[[Cora Babbitt Johnson]]''' helped delay the construction of [[Mount Rushmore]] until 1927? <small>(2024-06-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Abolitionism in the United States|American abolitionists]] co-opted the concept of '''[[Southern chivalry]]''' ''(caricature pictured)'' as an insult against pro-slavery [[white Southerners]]? <small>(2024-06-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Louisa May Alcott]] wrote '''''[[A Modern Mephistopheles]]''''' as part of an anonymous series in which readers were meant to guess the author? <small>(2024-06-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Barron Trump]]''' signed for [[D.C. United Academy]] as a midfielder? <small>(2024-06-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the ''[[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Estado Novo]]'' deprived '''[[Aurora Rodrigues]]''' of sleep for more than two weeks to induce hallucinations? <small>(2024-06-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Riley Testut developed [[AltStore]] because he wanted to publish his emulator '''[[Delta (emulator)|Delta]]'''? <small>(2024-06-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark|King Christian IX and Queen Louise of Denmark were the parents]]''' of [[Frederick VIII of Denmark|a Danish king]], [[Alexandra of Denmark|a British queen]], [[George I of Greece|a Greek king]], and [[Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)|a Russian empress]]? <small>(2024-05-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the ''[[Bluey (2018 TV series)|Bluey]]'' special "'''[[The Sign (Bluey)|The Sign]]'''" reminded a ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald|Sydney Morning Herald]]'' reporter of Australia's housing crisis? <small>(2024-05-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the Beatles secretly called the host of '''[[Pop Go the Beatles|their radio show]]''' "Pee Litres"? <small>(2024-05-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Plato]] and [[Aristotle]] both '''[[History of the extraterrestrial life debate|opposed the idea of extraterrestrial life]]'''? <small>(2024-05-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Amie Parnes]]''' allegedly first heard about her employer, ''[[The Messenger (website)|The Messenger]]'', ceasing operations from a ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' article? <small>(2024-05-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that before becoming a voice actor, '''[[Kikunosuke Toya]]''' was the keyboardist of an all-male [[Princess Princess (band)|Princess Princess]] cover band in high school? <small>(2024-05-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[2024 opening of regular sessions of the National Congress of Argentina]]''' took place at 21:00 instead of 12:00? <small>(2024-05-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that when offered a chance to repent before being burnt at the stake, '''[[Tomás Treviño de Sobremonte|one crypto-Jew]]''' allegedly told his tormentors to "throw more wood on the fire"? <small>(2024-05-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Sans (Undertale)|Sans]]'''{{`s}} boss theme, "[[Megalovania]]", was played at the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] as part of a circus act during an audience with [[Pope Francis]]? <small>(2024-04-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Biodiversity Impact Credit]]s''' seek to stop species [[extinction]]? <small>(2024-04-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that before becoming a voice actress, '''[[Miyuki Ichijo]]''' left the [[NHK]] music variety show ''Stage 101'' in protest over the removal of its director? <small>(2024-04-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that there is an '''[[Head Harbour Lighthouse|East Quoddy Head Lighthouse]]''' ''(pictured)'' and a [[West Quoddy Head Light]]house on opposite sides of a bay, but one is in Canada and the other is in the United States? <small>(2024-04-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the Japanese version of '''''[[Pokémon Crystal]]''''' allowed players to trade and battle over mobile networks using an adapter ''(pictured)''{{-?}} <small>(2024-04-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Will Tschetter]]''' had the highest [[Basketball scorekeeping|scoring]] average in Minnesota in [[basketball]] and won the state [[discus throw]] championship? <small>(2024-04-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that during the [[1984 Democratic Party presidential primaries|1984 Democratic presidential primaries]], [[Alan Cranston]] scheduled his advertisements '''[[1984 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses|in Iowa]]''' around airings of ''[[The Day After]]''{{-?}} <small>(2024-04-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[So It Goes...|a Taylor Swift song]]''' shares its name with a recurring refrain from ''[[Slaughterhouse-Five]]''{{-?}} <small>(2024-04-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Hibiscus Rising]]''''' ''(pictured)'', a 9-metre-tall (30 ft) artwork in [[Leeds]], commemorates [[Death of David Oluwale|David Oluwale]], a Nigerian man who drowned in 1969 after police harassment? <small>(2024-04-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 2006, half a million people used a temporary '''[[Toilets in New York City|New York City public toilet]]''' sponsored by a toilet paper brand? <small>(2024-04-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Alison Frantz]]'''{{`s}} photographs played a crucial role in the [[Linear B#Discovery and decipherment|decipherment of Linear B]]? <small>(2024-04-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Scott Tower]]''' was built in 1940 as part of a project to create [[Holyoke, Massachusetts]]' "own version of New York City's [[Central Park]]"? <small>(2024-04-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[Chevalier d'Éon|Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont]] inspired the name of the transgender rights organisation the '''[[Beaumont Society]]'''? <small>(2024-03-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that one [[Baltimore Orioles]] player compared the '''[[2024 Major League Baseball uniform controversy|2024 Major League Baseball jerseys]]''' to knockoffs from [[TJ Maxx]]? <small>(2024-03-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Paul Nunn]]''' worked as a climbing double for [[Sean Connery]] on the film ''[[Five Days One Summer]]''{{-?}} <small>(2024-03-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that only approximately 50 individuals have been diagnosed with '''[[Beck–Fahrner syndrome]]'''? <small>(2024-03-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a seven-metre-tall (23 ft) "sculptural forest" ''(pictured)'' was created during '''[[Leeds 2023]]''', inspired by the region's ancient woodland? <small>(2024-03-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Charles Knight (artist)|Charles Knight]]'''{{`s}} wartime painting activities led to him being mistaken for a German spy? <small>(2024-03-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that as a result of the '''[[medicalisation of sexuality]]''', sexual disorders like erectile dysfunction have been used as a "penile health gauge" to measure general wellbeing? <small>(2024-03-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[music video]] for [[SB19]]'s "'''[[I Want You (SB19 song)|I Want You]]'''" showed scenes of the boy band shot underwater? <small>(2024-03-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a reviewer thought that the video game '''''[[Robbery Bob]]''''' contained cringeworthy dialogue? <small>(2024-03-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Muhsin Hendricks]]''' of South Africa has been described as "the world's first openly gay [[imam]]"? <small>(2024-03-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Sarah McCreanor]]''' imitates objects under [[hydraulic press]]es through dance? <small>(2024-02-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in December 2022 '''[[Panos Katseris]]''' scored his first goal for the Italian club [[US Catanzaro 1929|Catanzaro]] less than a minute after [[Kick-off (association football)|kick-off]]? <small>(2024-02-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that despite knowing of '''[[Geno (Super Mario RPG)|Geno]]'''{{`s}} popularity, [[Super Mario RPG]]'s [[Chihiro Fujioka|co-director]] wasn't sure why the character was popular? <small>(2024-02-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Ireland's [[Eurovision Song Contest 2024|2024 Eurovision]] entrant '''[[Bambie Thug]]''' describes their musical genre as "ouija pop"? <small>(2024-02-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Monique Ryan]]''' ran for election to the [[Parliament of Australia]] after seeing an advertisement in the newspaper calling for an independent candidate? <small>(2024-02-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Bdóte]]''', an area of sacred significance to the [[Dakota people]], centered on the confluence of the [[Minnesota River|Minnesota]] and [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] rivers, was also the site of their forced exile from [[Minnesota]]? <small>(2024-02-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the design of the '''[[Baldwin–Reynolds House]]''', a mansion built for U.S. Supreme Court justice [[Henry Baldwin (judge)|Henry Baldwin]], may have been inspired by [[Andrew Jackson]]'s home? <small>(2024-02-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Harley Poe]]'''{{`s}} folk punk lyrics have been described as "some of the most deranged in the genre"? <small>(2024-02-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Storm Poly]]''' caused hundreds to be stranded at Amsterdam's central station as it passed the nation? <small>(2024-02-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Women in prehistory|prehistoric women]]''' may have had unique advantages over men in [[persistence hunting|endurance hunting]] due to the positive effects of [[estrogen]] on muscle development? <small>(2024-01-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Ken Moore (American football)|"Cave Man Kenny"]]''' was a "fast-charging, hard-hitting" "ubiquitous" "obstreperous iron man" with "dependable shoulders"? <small>(2024-01-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Nelson Santana]]''' supposedly predicted the date of his death? <small>(2024-01-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that stagecoaches on the '''[[Humboldt Wagon Road]]''' could make a 400-mile trip in under four days? <small>(2024-01-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Forest Van Hook]]''' was so large that he always bought two tickets when attending sports events? <small>(2024-01-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that being in the '''[[chain-melted state]]''' makes some metals behave as a liquid and solid at the same time? <small>(2024-01-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[languages of Lebanon|code-switching in Lebanon]]''' is so common that "hi, {{lang|apc|كيفك؟}} {{lang|fr|Ça va ?}}{{-"}}, which combines [[English language|English]], [[Levantine Arabic]] and [[French language|French]], is a typical greeting? <small>(2024-01-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that during the '''[[January 1982 California floods|January 1982 California floods]]''', more than 18,000 [[landslide]]s swept through the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] with little warning? <small>(2024-01-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Nancy Nash (actress)|Nancy Nash]]''' ''(pictured)'' had to convince her parents to let her not attend the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]] to instead become an actress in 1926? <small>(2024-01-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''{{lang|la|[[curator aedium sacrarum et operum locorumque publicorum]]}}''' was responsible for the upkeep of public works and buildings in [[ancient Rome]]? <small>(2024-01-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[wood-pasture hypothesis]]''' posits that semi-open wood pastures and not primeval forests are the natural vegetation of temperate Europe? <small>(2024-01-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that archaeologists found that '''[[Updown Girl]]''', who was buried in England in the 7th century, had a mixture of West African and European DNA? <small>(2024-01-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that until April 2023, when the [[genus]] '''''[[Triassosculda]]''''' was discovered, the [[mantis shrimp]] fossil record contained a gap of more than a hundred million years? <small>(2024-01-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[murder of Jiang Ge]]''' led to public debate in China over the actions of Jiang's roommate during her murder? <small>(2024-01-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the owner of '''[[130 West 30th Street|130 West 30th Street]]''' would have renamed the structure the "Beaver Pelt Building" if it could not be named after its architect? <small>(2024-01-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that nobody knows what the song "'''[[Luochahai City]]'''", which has been streamed 10 billion times, is about? <small>(2023-12-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that rubber barons like '''[[Carlos Scharff]]''' enslaved [[Indigenous peoples of South America|indigenous populations]] in the Upper Amazon region during the [[Amazon rubber cycle|rubber boom]] as a workforce for [[Natural rubber|latex]] collection? <small>(2023-12-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[PragerU]]'s hashtag #DETRANS, originally meant to promote '''[[Detrans (short film)|their short film]]''', was hijacked by [[Twitter]] users? <small>(2023-12-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Kamala (wrestler)|Kamala]] ''(pictured)'', [[Paul Bearer|Percy Pringle]] and the [[Fabulous Freebirds]] got their first "big break" in '''[[International Championship Wrestling (Mississippi)|International Championship Wrestling]]'''? <small>(2023-12-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in Icelandic folklore, the '''[[Yule cat]]''' eats people who do not receive new clothing for Christmas? <small>(2023-12-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the restaurant '''[[CosMc's]]''' is named after a character from [[McDonaldland]]? <small>(2023-12-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Geoffrey Holt (philanthropist)|Geoffrey Holt]]''', an unassuming New Hampshire man who worked as a groundskeeper in a mobile home park where he resided, left $3.8 million to [[Hinsdale, New Hampshire|his small town]] after his death? <small>(2023-12-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the contestants on '''''[[Jet Lag: The Game]]''''' played a game of [[capture the flag]] that spanned the entirety of Japan? <small>(2023-12-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that graffiti artist '''[[Al Diaz (artist)|Al Diaz]]''' cuts up [[New York City Subway|New York metro]] signs and reconfigures the letters into his own text? <small>(2023-12-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that at the end of her '''[[Weekends with Adele]]''' shows, [[Adele]] vanishes? <small>(2023-12-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that tennis player [[Arthur Ashe]] only realized that his doubles partner '''[[Larry Nagler]]''' was Jewish when he was invited to Nagler's home for lox and bagels? <small>(2023-12-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Erin Swenson]]''' was the first mainstream Protestant minister known to have undergone [[gender transition]] while in ordained office? <small>(2023-11-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Manaka Matsukubo]]''', the youngest player to start in the [[NWSL Challenge Cup]], was named [[most valuable player]] of this year's final? <small>(2023-11-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Lebanese economic crisis bank robberies and sit-ins|people are robbing Lebanese banks]]''' to get their own money back? <small>(2023-11-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the newly opened shopping mall '''[[The Wai]]''' has Hong Kong's largest indoor bicycle parking lot ''(pictured)''{{-?}} <small>(2023-11-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the site of '''[[Hirbemerdon Tepe]]''' was initially inhabited in the [[Chalcolithic]] and continued to be populated until the [[Ottoman Empire]]? <small>(2023-11-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Fyodor Basmanov|a favorite]]''' of Tsar [[Ivan the Terrible]] may have killed his own father to prove his loyalty to the tsar? <small>(2023-11-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the ancient Roman poem '''''[[In Eutropium]]''''' criticized the politician [[Eutropius (consul 399)|Eutropius]] for holding a "feminine" [[Roman triumph|triumph]]? <small>(2023-11-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Decarbonization of shipping|maritime shipping is making the ocean more acidic]]'''? <small>(2023-11-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that several dozen families who were deported to Siberia, spread across two thousand kilometers (1,200 mi) from the swamps of Western Siberia to the rivers of Eastern Siberia, created '''[[Siberian Ingrian Finnish|a new language]]'''? <small>(2023-11-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that The '''[[Berkeley Faculty Club|Faculty Club at UC Berkeley]]''', built in 1902, has been reported to be a hotspot for paranormal activity? <small>(2023-10-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Benin Moat]]''' was built by the [[Edo people]] over several centuries, starting from around AD 800 and continuing until 1460? <small>(2023-10-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Red Hill Band]]''' was commended by the United States Senate in 1965 for its "excellence and its state and community contributions"? <small>(2023-10-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that ''[[All Things Considered]]'' host '''[[Juana Summers]]''' is a competitive [[pinball]] player? <small>(2023-10-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that ancient Greek philosopher [[Xenophon]] thought the '''[[alopekis]]''' was part dog, part fox? <small>(2023-10-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Death Valley Girls]]''' have been described as "doom-boogie psych-pop"? <small>(2023-10-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Ni'isjoohl totem pole]]''' was once fed a diet of [[vacuum packing|vacuum-packed food]]? <small>(2023-10-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Arthur Yorinks]]'''{{`s}} children's book ''Louis the Fish'' was inspired by Franz Kafka's ''[[The Metamorphosis]]''? <small>(2023-10-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Jonathan Allen (journalist)|Jonathan Allen]]''' ''(pictured)'' left journalism for politics before quitting 40 days later? <small>(2023-09-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[Military dictatorship in Brazil|Brazilian military government]] changed the [[ochre]] on the proposed '''[[flag of Mato Grosso do Sul]]''' to blue so as to match the colors of [[Flag of Brazil|the national flag]]? <small>(2023-09-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that artist '''[[Joan Brigham]]''' is best known for her work with steam? <small>(2023-09-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Luis de Carvajal the Younger|earliest-known Jewish writer in the Americas]]''' was the nephew of [[Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva|a conquistador]]? <small>(2023-09-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] owners won a [[Arbitration|binding arbitration]] that blocked a third '''[[NBA–ABA All-Star Game|NBA–ABA all-star game]]''' between the rival basketball leagues? <small>(2023-09-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Hotel Brexton]]''' in Baltimore was once home to [[Wallis Simpson]], the American divorcee who married Edward VIII? <small>(2023-09-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[José Cobo Cano]]''' compared officiating same-sex marriages to celebrating the [[Eucharist]] with [[Coca-Cola]]? <small>(2023-09-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Parimal Garden]]''' in [[Ahmedabad]] has scrap-metal monkeys? <small>(2023-09-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that despite being the first women's football team in [[Northern Ireland]] to sign players on professional contracts, '''[[Cliftonville Ladies F.C.]]''' were not the first club to register them? <small>(2023-09-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Ain't Burned All the Bright]]''''' ''(author pictured)'' consists of only three sentences across 384 mostly illustrated pages? <small>(2023-08-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that when '''[[Oakdale Golf & Country Club]]''' was founded, the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' ran a story with the headline "Hebrews buy farm; build golf course"? <small>(2023-08-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that part of the legislative building of [[Jujuy Province]] in Argentina was burned during the '''[[2023 Jujuy protests]]'''? <small>(2023-08-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[Paramore]] song "'''[[Running Out of Time (song)|Running Out of Time]]'''" is based on singer [[Hayley Williams]]'s friendship with [[Taylor Swift]]? <small>(2023-08-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that according to the '''[[Source–Message–Channel–Receiver model of communication|Source–Message–Channel–Receiver model]]''', all forms of [[communication]] are attempts to influence the behavior of the audience? <small>(2023-08-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] suspended all [[Yale University]] athletes for two years after basketball player '''[[Jack Langer]]''' played in the [[1969 Maccabiah Games]]? <small>(2023-08-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Daniels Park]]''', a [[Denver Mountain Parks|Denver Mountain Park]], is neither in [[Denver]] nor the mountains? <small>(2023-08-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[SB19]] became the first Filipino group to appear on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'s}} [[World Digital Song Sales]] chart, with "'''[[Gento (song)|Gento]]'''"? <small>(2023-08-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Save America|a political action committee]]''' paid $132,000 to former First Lady [[Melania Trump]]'s [[wardrobe stylist|fashion stylist]] for strategy consulting? <small>(2023-07-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that despite [[Peter (chief mouser)|Peter]] and [[Peter III (cat)|Peter III]] serving for 17 years each, [[Peter II (cat)|'''Peter II''']]{{'s}} tenure only lasted six months? <small>(2023-07-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Shanghai Trolleybus Route 20|Shanghai Trolleybus Route 20]]''' was so popular in the 1980s that it required 65 buses to run as little as 30 seconds apart? <small>(2023-07-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Michele Beevors]]''' explores the complicated relationships between humans and the natural world through [[hand knitting|hand-knitted]] skeletons? <small>(2023-07-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Masliah ben Solomon ha-Cohen|an Egyptian rabbi]]'''{{`s}} authority was invoked in a deed freeing a woman from slavery in 1132 in [[Mangalore]], India? <small>(2023-07-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that "'''[[Obviously 5 Believers]]'''" (1966), which featured one of [[Ronnie Hawkins#Career|the Hawks]], later known as [[the Band]], inspired the name of a band, later known as the Hawks, that was featured on ''Obviously 5 Believers'' (2021)? <small>(2023-07-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that prior to attorney '''[[Stanley Woodward (attorney)|Stanley Woodward]]''' representing Donald Trump aide [[Walt Nauta]] and [[Oath Keepers|Oath Keeper]] [[Kelly Meggs]], he represented tenants in D.C. who were facing eviction? <small>(2023-06-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that one critic called '''''[[Little Witch Nobeta]]''''' a "Baby's First ''[[Dark Souls]]''"? <small>(2023-06-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in February 2023, Ecuadorian entrepreneur '''[[Assassination of Omar Menéndez|Omar Menéndez]]''' was elected the mayor of [[Puerto López Canton|his canton]] the day after his assassination? <small>(2023-06-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that when [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] was founded in 1919, '''[[Associated Students of the University of California, Los Angeles|the university's students]]''' provided numerous services, including athletics, housing, and parking? <small>(2023-06-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Oscar James Campbell Jr.|Oscar James Campbell Jr.]]''', an American scholar of Shakespeare, complained in 1926 that PhD students of English had to read "masses of stupid and essentially insignificant material"? <small>(2023-06-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Lonzo Anderson]]''' "grew up rather like a rabbit" while unsupervised outdoors, anticipating his work on '''''[[Two Hundred Rabbits]]'''''{{-?}} <small>(2023-06-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Fred Rogers]] created and hosted a television documentary series titled '''''[[Old Friends ... New Friends|Old Friends ... New Friends]]''''' due to his concern that older generations were getting more isolated from younger generations? <small>(2023-05-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that tyrant [[Thrasybulus of Miletus]] ended the 12-year '''[[Lydian–Milesian War]]''' with a fake party? <small>(2023-05-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Green Day]] wrote '''[[Amy (Green Day song)|a tribute song]]''' for singer [[Amy Winehouse]] following her death, despite never having met her? <small>(2023-05-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Episode 847 (Sesame Street)|an episode of ''Sesame Street'']]''' featuring the [[Wicked Witch of the West]] only aired once because it terrified children? <small>(2023-05-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in [[Resident Evil 2 (2019 video game)|the remake of ''Resident Evil 2'']], '''[[Mr. X (Resident Evil)|Mr. X]]''' walks at four times his normal speed when the player cannot see him? <small>(2023-05-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that 1924 Gold Medal Olympian [[Henri Deglane]] ''(pictured)'' co-founded '''[[Fédération Française de Catch Professionnel|a professional wrestling promotion in France]]''' which featured [[catch wrestling]]? <small>(2023-04-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Devin Futrell]]''' used a [[Twitter#Tweets|post]] to dodge [[2021 Major League Baseball draft|a draft]]? <small>(2023-04-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Rosa Smester Marrero]]''' said that without women, men would live the life of a [[turnip]]? <small>(2023-04-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that there was '''[[American Song Contest|an American version]]''' of the [[Eurovision Song Contest]], but it was not renewed for a 2023 season? <small>(2023-04-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Swedish footballer '''[[Taha Ayari]]''' made his [[Allsvenskan]] debut by coming on as a substitute for [[Yasin Ayari|his older brother]]? <small>(2023-04-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the court case '''''[[Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Blockbuster Entertainment Corp.]]''''' helped allow the game rental market to thrive for the years that followed the case? <small>(2023-04-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that comedian '''[[Kemah Bob]]''' maintains a [[drag king]] persona, Lil' Test Ease? <small>(2023-04-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[LAPD Special Investigation Section]]''' trains military [[special forces]] in surveillance? <small>(2023-04-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that after [[Sea Girt, New Jersey]], passed a law that banned live rock and disco music at the '''[[Parker House (Sea Girt, New Jersey)|Parker House]]''' ''(pictured)'', a state judge overturned the ban as being "silly"? <small>(2023-04-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a woman who died from [[Alzheimer's disease|Alzheimer's]] was memorialized by [[SZA|her granddaughter]] through '''[[Open Arms (SZA song)|posthumous vocals in a song]]'''? <small>(2023-03-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Hugo Krabbe]]''' stirred up much controversy in the [[interwar period]] by arguing that the law, not the state, is the true sovereign? <small>(2023-03-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Malinau Kota]]''', Indonesia, with 31 percent of the population of [[Malinau Regency]], is home to more than 70 percent of its registered restaurants? <small>(2023-03-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Unitized Group Ration|Unitized Group Ration – Express]]''' is designed to [[Self-heating food packaging|heat food itself]] without the need of a [[field kitchen]]? <small>(2023-03-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Walter White (Tennessee politician)|Walter White]]''' was a member of the prosecution for the [[Scopes trial]] in 1925 despite not passing the [[Bar (law)|bar]] until 1944? <small>(2023-03-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[Ancient synagogue (Barcelona)|Ancient Synagogue]] in the '''[[Jewish quarter (Barcelona)|Jewish quarter of Barcelona]]''' is one of the oldest synagogues in Europe? <small>(2023-03-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the 2022 essay and short story collection '''''[[Kilometer 101]]''''' was published shortly after [[Maxim Osipov (writer)|the author]] fled Russia due to the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–present)|Russian invasion of Ukraine]]? <small>(2023-03-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Sanaullah Bhat]]''' is considered the father of journalism in [[Kashmir]]? <small>(2023-03-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the artist and designer '''[[Yinka Ilori]]''' once made a collection of chairs that were inspired by a Nigerian parable about a giraffe? <small>(2023-03-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Hammersmith (Holst)|Hammersmith]]''''' by [[Gustav Holst]] was acclaimed by [[Frederick Fennell]] for having "some of the most treacherous stretches of music making" in [[concert band|band]] literature? <small>(2023-03-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[trams in Olsztyn|tram service in Olsztyn]]''' ''(pictured)'' restarted after no trams had operated in the city for more than fifty years? <small>(2023-03-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Florida Criminal Justice Standards & Training Commission]]''' reviewed a case in which a deputy sent a woman a photograph of a cake with the words "Sorry I Tased You" in blue frosting? <small>(2023-03-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[BBC]] documentary '''''[[India: The Modi Question]]''''', which examines the career of Indian prime minister [[Narendra Modi]], was banned in India? <small>(2023-02-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that before becoming a successful children's author, '''[[Myron Levoy]]''' was an engineer doing research on [[Nuclear thermal rocket|nuclear-powered spaceships]] for a mission to Mars? <small>(2023-02-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a 15-year-old swim team member is credited with saving several lives in the crash of '''[[Alitalia Flight 1553|Alitalia Flight 1553]]'''? <small>(2023-02-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[zinc white]]''' was found in several versions of ''[[The Scream]]''{{-?}} <small>(2023-02-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Bothie (dog)|Bothie]]''' was the only dog to "set paw" on both the [[North Pole|North]] and [[South Pole|South poles]]? <small>(2023-01-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the wealth of [[Baking in ancient Rome|'''bakers in ancient Rome''']] may have contributed to them receiving a negative reputation? <small>(2023-01-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Italian designer '''[[Livio Castiglioni]]''' was the elder brother of [[Achille Castiglioni|Achille]] and [[Pier Giacomo Castiglioni]], sons of sculptor [[Giannino Castiglioni]]? <small>(2023-01-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in November 1960, Canadian poets [[Milton Acorn]], [[Margaret Atwood]], and [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]] performed at the '''[[Bohemian Embassy]]''' on the same bill as burlesque dancer Libby Jones? <small>(2023-01-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the developers of '''''[[Among Us VR]]''''' said that the game could have been too spooky? <small>(2023-01-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Aaron Stark]]'''{{`s}} life may have been saved by a friend inviting him in for a [[blueberry pie|blueberry-peach pie]]? <small>(2023-01-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Michelle Lyons]]''' has personally witnessed nearly 300 executions? <small>(2023-01-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that musician [[John Mayer]] dismissed [[Taylor Swift]]'s "'''[[Dear John (Taylor Swift song)|Dear John]]'''" as "cheap songwriting"? <small>(2022-12-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that mathematician '''[[Daniel Larsen (mathematician)|Daniel Larsen]]''' was the youngest contributor to the [[The New York Times crossword puzzle|''New York Times'' crossword puzzle]]? <small>(2022-11-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that some believe that reading '''[[Roko's basilisk|this article]]''' may cause a superintelligence from the future to torture you for eternity? <small>(2022-11-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[penetration enhancers]]''' can open [[tight junction]]s to allow entry of drugs? <small>(2022-11-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the Roman emperors [[Augustus]] and [[Claudius]] may have had '''[[Toys and games in ancient Rome|an affinity for gambling]]'''? <small>(2022-11-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Jason Moore (Wikipedia editor)|Jason Moore]]''' and other [[English Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] editors curated the entry about the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]] in real time? <small>(2022-11-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Jim Londos]] was one of four wrestlers recognized by ''[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]]'' as professional wrestling's "true world champion", for holding both '''[[World Heavyweight Championship (Los Angeles version)|the Los Angeles]]''' and [[New York State Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Championship|New York versions]] of the world title? <small>(2022-11-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Tourism in ancient Rome|ancient Roman tourist destination]]''' of [[Baiae]] was infamous for its hedonism? <small>(2022-11-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 1772, '''[[Gowan Pamphlet]]''' ''(pictured)'' was ordained while still a slave? <small>(2022-11-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that holocaust survivor '''[[Edward Mosberg]]''' ''(pictured in his concentration camp uniform)'' was awarded the [[Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland|Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit]] of the Republic of Poland for his efforts recognizing the Polish war-time rescue of Jews?" <small>(2022-11-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Irreligion in Malaysia|atheists in Malaysia]]''' are often threatened with rape and murder? <small>(2022-11-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the sculpture '''''[[Guns into Plowshares]]''''' was built from 3,000 disabled handguns? <small>(2022-11-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 1993, the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] '''[[TXO Production Corp. v. Alliance Resources Corp.|upheld West Virginia's largest punitive damages award in history]]''', awarding $10 million – 526 times larger than the compensatory damages? <small>(2022-10-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the title for '''''[[Need for Speed Unbound]]''''' was accidentally revealed early on [[Electronic Arts]]' website? <small>(2022-10-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[board game café]]s''' can be found across the world? <small>(2022-10-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that couples can marry 'over the anvil' at '''[[Patterson's Spade Mill]]'''? <small>(2022-10-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Kline's Mill, Virginia|Kline's Mill]]''' is a rare surviving example of an [[Oliver Evans]] milling system from 1794? <small>(2022-10-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that "perhaps the most notable wedding gown in existence" within the United States was once worn in '''[[St. Mary's-in-Tuxedo Episcopal Church|St. Mary's-in-Tuxedo]]'''? <small>(2022-10-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Plutarch]] believed that '''[[Animals in ancient Greece and Rome|animals were more virtuous]]''' than humans? <small>(2022-10-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that two days after it had ignited, the '''[[Tiger Fire]]''' (pictured) had already burned 5,567 acres (2,253 ha) of land near [[Black Canyon City, Arizona]]? <small>(2022-10-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that fighting video game '''''[[Panza Kick Boxing]]''''' was endorsed by a French kickboxing champion who also supplied technical advice? <small>(2022-10-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the dining room at '''[[Ardress House]]''' has no internal doors and can only be reached using an external entrance? <small>(2022-10-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Soccer Mommy]] hosted a virtual concert through '''''[[Club Penguin Rewritten]]'''''? <small>(2022-10-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[The Last of Us Part I|The Last of Us Part I]]''''' features three accessibility presets for those requiring hearing, motor, or visual aids? <small>(2022-09-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption (Lancaster, Ohio)|Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption]]''' ''(pictured)'', a church in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus|Diocese of Columbus]], was named a minor basilica by [[Pope Francis]] on the vigil of the [[Assumption of Mary]]? <small>(2022-09-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that because of the increasing prevalence of '''[[sesame allergy]]''', the U.S. will join the EU and Canada in 2023 in instituting mandatory food labeling? <small>(2022-09-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Roman temple|temples]] served as '''[[Banking in ancient Rome|banks in ancient Rome]]'''? <small>(2022-09-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Eva Duldig]]''', who was interned by Australia during the Second World War, later represented the country at the [[Wimbledon Championships]]? <small>(2022-09-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Prabhudas Gandhi]]''' invented an innovative foot-driven [[spinning wheel#Charkha|spinning wheel]] and named it "Magan Charkha" in memory of his uncle [[Maganlal Gandhi]]? <small>(2022-09-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that politician [[William Madocks]] built a privy in the shape of "an old broken tower" on his '''[[Dolmelynllyn Estate]]''' in Wales? <small>(2022-09-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the first woman mayor in [[Metropolitan Toronto]], '''[[Beth Nealson]]''', ran against [[True Davidson]] in a 1966 mayoral race called the "Battle of the Belles"? <small>(2022-09-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the genetic deletion of the protein '''[[Rubicon (protein)|Rubicon]]''' increases the lifespan of roundworms and female fruit flies? <small>(2022-09-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]] used the term ''insania'' to describe a '''[[Art collection in ancient Rome|Roman art collector]]'''{{`s}} love of citron tables? <small>(2022-08-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the 1948 novel '''''[[The Corner That Held Them]]''''' uses [[subversion]] of history that includes a nun who enjoyed the [[Black Death]]? <small>(2022-08-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Poverty in ancient Rome|poor of ancient Rome]]''' were compared to dogs by the Roman writer [[Martial]]? <small>(2022-08-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Scilly Boys]]'''{{`}} idea to try and beat the transatlantic rowing record was started while they were at the [[pub]]? <small>(2022-08-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that it was [[California Institute of Technology|Caltech]] experimental physicist '''[[Rana X. Adhikari]]'''{{`s}} idea to [[Indian Initiative in Gravitational-wave Observations|build a gravitational-wave observatory in India]]? <small>(2022-08-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that since 2018, [[IKEA]]'s stuffed toy shark '''[[Blåhaj]]''' ''(pictured)'' has become a popular [[Internet meme]] and an icon of the online [[transgender]] community? <small>(2022-08-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that as part of its '''[[BlossomWatch|#BlossomWatch]]''' campaign, the [[National Trust]] plans to plant trees along a circular bus route in Birmingham? <small>(2022-08-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[PJ and Thomas]]''' were the first gay couple to host an [[HGTV]] show? <small>(2022-08-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Fateh Muhammad Panipati]]''' has been called the [[Ibn al-Jazari|al-Jazari]] of contemporary times? <small>(2022-08-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Taxation in ancient Rome|taxation may have played a part]]''' in the [[Fall of the Western Roman Empire|fall of the Roman Empire]]? <small>(2022-08-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a reviewer said that playing as a cat "is at least 50% of the appeal" of '''''[[Stray (video game)|Stray]]'''''{{-?}} <small>(2022-08-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 2010, a blue poison bottle inscribed "not to be taken" was excavated from the wheel pit of '''[[Knowles Mill]]'''? <small>(2022-08-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that although some casting directors found '''[[Jack Ferver]]''' difficult to believe as an 18-year-old, Ferver would later portray Little Lad in a [[Starburst (candy)|Starburst]] advertisement? <small>(2022-08-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 2022, '''[[Michael Phillips (historian)|Michael Phillips]]''' became the third professor in a year to sue [[Collin College]] for retaliating against [[Freedom of speech in the United States|protected speech]]? <small>(2022-08-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Suleman Raza]]''' was coincidently awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] and the [[Queen's Award for Voluntary Service]]—which is equivalent to an MBE—at the [[2022 Birthday Honours]]? <small>(2022-08-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the indie band [[Crumb (band)|Crumb]] wrote '''''[[Jinx (Crumb album)|Jinx]]''''' after a near-fatal car accident? <small>(2022-08-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Mining in ancient Rome|Roman slave miners]]''' would rather die than work in the horrible [[Happiness at work|working conditions]] of the mines? <small>(2022-08-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Gyarah Murti]]''' statue is featured on the [[Indian 500-rupee note]] ''(depicted)''{{-?}} <small>(2022-08-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that when expanding '''[[Turkish Airlines fleet|the airline's fleet]]''' in 1989, the directors of [[Turkish Airlines]] did not fulfil the request of [[Turgut Özal|Turkey's president]] to buy the [[Boeing 747]], and ordered the [[Airbus A340]] ''(example pictured)'' instead? <small>(2022-07-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a reviewer called '''[[Black Krrsantan]]''' one of "the scariest characters in ''Star Wars'' history"? <small>(2022-07-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in June 2009, a teenage girl and her adult boyfriend '''[[Murder of Joanne Witt|stabbed her mother to death]]''' when she objected to their relationship? <small>(2022-07-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[CIA activities in Japan|CIA shipped color TV sets to Japan]]''' to broadcast propaganda for the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]]? <small>(2022-07-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the software-testing framework '''[[pytest]]''' has been described as a key ecosystem project for the [[Python (programming language)|Python]] programming language? <small>(2022-07-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[2020–21 Singapore circuit breaker measures|{{nowrap|COVID-19}} lockdown restrictions]] caused a 37-percent increase in infections of [[dengue fever]] in '''[[2020 dengue outbreak in Singapore|Singapore's 2020 outbreak]]'''? <small>(2022-07-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the prologue to '''''[[The Polymath]]''''' was written by [[Martin Kemp (art historian)|Martin Kemp]], a leading expert on [[Leonardo da Vinci]]? <small>(2022-07-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that American drag queen '''[[James Herndon (drag queen)|James Herndon]]''' donated funds and resources into black and LGBTQ+ communities in [[Lexington, Kentucky]]? <small>(2022-07-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Irish Bee Conservation Project]]''' is helping to rewild native bees with [[Insect hotel#Solitary bees and wasps|bee lodges]] on the estate of the historic [[Dunsany Castle and Demesne|Dunsany Castle]]? <small>(2022-07-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Avtar Singh Jouhl]]''' took [[Malcolm X]] to a segregated pub in Smethwick as part of his campaign to end the [[Racial segregation|colour bar]]? <small>(2022-07-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the developer of '''[[15.ai]]''' claims that as little as 15 seconds of a person's voice is sufficient to clone it up to human standards using [[artificial intelligence]]? <small>(2022-07-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Dominic Keegan]]''' refused a position on the [[New York Yankees]] to "go back and win another championship" for his college baseball team? <small>(2022-07-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Dentistry in ancient Rome|ancient Romans made toothpaste]]''' with human urine? <small>(2022-07-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Red Jordan Arobateau]]''' adopted "Red" as his first name after dyeing his hair red because he thought the color represented sensuality and eroticism of his work? <small>(2022-07-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that according to '''[[Gunslinger effect|Bohr's law]]''', the person who draws first in a gunfight loses? <small>(2022-07-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that an '''[[intestine-on-a-chip]]''' can model and mimic an organ? <small>(2022-06-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that singer '''[[Patsy Torres]]''' was referred to as the "princess of Tejano music"? <small>(2022-06-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Vito Trause]]''', who dropped out of high school during his junior year to join the [[United States Army]] in 1943, received his [[high school diploma]] at the age of 92? <small>(2022-06-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Gynecology in ancient Rome|ancient Roman gynecologists]]''' believed that [[Menstruation|menstrual blood]] could be used to drive dogs insane? <small>(2022-06-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Surgery in ancient Rome|ancient Roman surgeons]]''' used materials such as [[bran]] and [[ash]]es to heal [[burn]]s? <small>(2022-06-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Arno Lücker]]''' ran a series of concerts titled ''2 x hören'' (listen twice) at the [[Konzerthaus Berlin]] in which performers were interviewed between two renditions of the same piece of [[chamber music]]? <small>(2022-06-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[food psychology]]''' research has found that the [[COVID-19 pandemic|{{nowrap|COVID-19}} pandemic]] led to both reduced and increased consumption of junk food among different geographical populations and educational backgrounds? <small>(2022-06-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Hanning Schröder]]''', who played with his wife in the Harlan Trio in the 1930s on historical instruments, was recognised as [[Righteous Among the Nations]]? <small>(2022-06-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that one of the tracks on the deluxe version of '''''[[Frayed at Both Ends]]''''' by country musician [[Aaron Lewis]] was originally a poem by [[Johnny Cash]]? <small>(2022-06-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that neuroscientist '''[[Beatriz Rico (neuroscientist)|Beatriz Rico]]''' and her team discovered a link between a protein called [[Brevican]] and short-term spatial memory? <small>(2022-06-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Synapturanus danta]]''''' has been described as a "smooth lil fella"? <small>(2022-06-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that actress '''[[Dorothy Van Engle]]''' starred in the 1935 movie ''[[Murder in Harlem]]'' with a "proto-feminist role" that was then a primary source of positive representation for [[African Americans]] in film? <small>(2022-06-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that an Alabama mayoral candidate received "his head on a platter", according to winning candidate '''[[Dave Thomas (politician)|Dave Thomas]]'''? <small>(2022-06-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Friedrich Oberschelp]]''' founded and conducted for five decades the '''[[Bielefelder Kinderchor]]''', a children's choir that filled the [[Rudolf-Oetker-Halle]] in [[Bielefeld]] for Christmas concerts several times each season? <small>(2022-06-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Carib Theatre]]''' in [[Kingston, Jamaica]], was the British West Indies' first building to offer air conditioning upon its opening? <small>(2022-06-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[XO, Kitty]]''''', based on the film series ''To All the Boys I've Loved Before'', is planned to be the first Netflix series to be spun off from a Netflix original film? <small>(2022-05-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that during '''[[Mayoralty of Fiorello La Guardia|his mayoralty]]''', [[Fiorello La Guardia]] appointed the first black woman judge in the United States? <small>(2022-05-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Scottish inventor and music teacher '''[[Anne Gunn]]''' was granted the first British patent for a board game in 1801? <small>(2022-05-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that after activist '''[[Aakar Patel]]''' was prevented from travelling abroad, a court asked the director of India's [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] to apologise? <small>(2022-05-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that more than 30,000 cars were being towed annually by the 1970s to accommodate '''[[Snow removal in Montreal|snow removal efforts in Montreal]]'''? <small>(2022-05-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that István Banó collected '''''[[Two Pieces of Nuts]]''''' in [[Baranya (region)|Baranya]]? <small>(2022-05-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Doug (tuber)|Doug]]''' was nominated to ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' as the world's largest potato before genetic testing confirmed that it was actually a [[tuber]] of a gourd? <small>(2022-05-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Hans Robertson]]''' ran a studio in 1920s Berlin where he photographed celebrities such as artist [[Käthe Kollwitz]], boxer [[Max Schmeling]] and dancer [[Gret Palucca]] ''(pictured)''{{-?}} <small>(2022-04-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that butterflies of the genus '''''[[Anaea (butterfly)|Anaea]]''''' ''(example pictured)'' are said to have "commanded the admiration of even the most gold-mad ''[[conquistador]]es''"? <small>(2022-04-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Zebedee Nungak]]''', taken as a child for an experiment by the Canadian government, went on to "cross antlers with prime ministers, premiers and Québec separatists"? <small>(2022-04-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Lisa Winter]]''' ''(pictured)'' took part in robot battles at 10 years old? <small>(2022-04-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that "'''[[Chinese dama|big mamas]]'''" caused China to become the biggest [[gold as an investment|purchaser of gold]]? <small>(2022-04-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory|Carbon Neutral Laboratory]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the first of its kind in the United Kingdom? <small>(2022-04-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that crane driver '''[[Bob Sredersas]]'''{{`s}} donation of over 100 pieces of art led to the establishment of Wollongong Art Gallery? <small>(2022-04-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Hong Kong native '''[[Grace Ho]]''' gave birth to her fourth child, [[Bruce Lee]], while on a one-year tour through the United States with the Mandarin Theatre? <small>(2022-04-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Inuit]] traditional belief holds that women without '''[[Kakiniit|facial tattoos]]''' would be sent to the land of the crestfallen to spend eternity with smoke coming from their throats and their heads hanging down? <small>(2022-04-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a Ukrainian soldier has written '''[[Bayraktar (song)|a song]]''' dedicated to the Turkish combat drone [[Baykar Bayraktar TB2|Bayraktar TB2]]? <small>(2022-04-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that during the '''[[Napoleonic looting of art]]''', French soldiers destroyed the Venetian state ship, the ''[[Bucentaur]]'', and melted down its gold decorations? <small>(2022-04-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the satirical study of "Qallunology", the study of [[white people]], in the film '''''[[Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny]]''''', is meant as a critique of the treatment of [[Inuit culture]] by [[anthropology|anthropologists]]? <small>(2022-04-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[7th Macho de Monte Infantry Company]]''' of the [[Panama Defense Forces]] was named after a [[Baird's tapir|tapir]]? <small>(2022-03-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that an [[Rendering (animal products)|animal rendering and recycling]] plant dumped illegal amounts of [[ammonia]], [[phosphorus]], and fecal bacteria into the '''[[Transquaking River]]'''? <small>(2022-03-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that historians do not agree on whether the '''[[Battle on the Irghiz River]]''' took place in 1209 or 1219? <small>(2022-03-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Lillian Eichler Watson]]''' created "[[Again She Orders – "A Chicken Salad, Please"|Again She Orders – 'A Chicken Salad, Please']]{{-"}} ''(pictured)'' to advertise her 1921 ''Book of Etiquette''? <small>(2022-03-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that legal activist '''[[Carrie Campbell Severino]]''', who co-authored a book about [[Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination|Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination]], was once a law clerk for Justice [[Clarence Thomas]]? <small>(2022-03-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that bartender [[Gary Regan]] said '''[[Takumi's Aviation]]''' was the best he had ever encountered? <small>(2022-03-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[Miao people|Miao]] art of '''[[Single-bamboo drifting|balancing on a bamboo log]]''' has been described as "water ballet"? <small>(2022-03-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives|Pennsylvania state representative]] '''[[Marty Flynn]]''' engaged in a shootout with attempted burglars near [[Pennsylvania State Capitol|the state capitol]]? <small>(2022-03-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Argentine sculptor '''[[Alberto Heredia (sculptor)|Alberto Heredia]]''' protested censorship through his art and was forced into exile by [[Argentine Anticommunist Alliance|a right-wing death squad]]? <small>(2022-03-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the colour of the markings on '''''[[Nesticus cellulanus]]''''' can vary depending on the light level of the habitat, with darker habitats causing lighter markings? <small>(2022-03-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Loski]]'''{{`s}} mixtape ''Call Me Loose'' was named as an inspiration for ''[[Scorpion (Drake album)|Scorpion]]'' by [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]? <small>(2022-03-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[David Attenborough]]–narrated nature documentary '''''[[The Green Planet (TV series)|The Green Planet]]''''' has been compared to both horror films and a "plant porno"? <small>(2022-03-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Hi Jolly Monument]]''' in [[Quartzsite, Arizona]], marks the grave of [[Hi Jolly|Haiji Ali]], recruited to the United States to drive and tend camels for the [[United States Camel Corps]]? <small>(2022-03-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Ciudad Juárez cobalt-60 contamination incident]]''' was caused when radioactive material ended up in a junkyard and was smelted to produce [[rebar]]? <small>(2022-03-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Seal Rescue Ireland]]''' comforts orphaned [[Pinniped#Birth and parenting|seal pups]] with fake mothers made of [[wetsuit]]s? <small>(2022-03-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the ice mound ''(pictured)'' at the center of the crater '''[[Louth (crater)|Louth]]''' is the warmest permanent body of water on the [[Mars|Martian]] surface? <small>(2022-02-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[John Philip Sousa]] composed '''[[Boy Scouts of America (march)|a march for the Boy Scouts of America]]''' ''(audio featured)''{{-?}} <small>(2022-02-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Jérôme Chappellaz]]''' wants to collect [[ice core]]s from Africa's [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] to be preserved in Antarctica? <small>(2022-02-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Melibe colemani|Coleman's Melibe]]''' is said to look like a "string of snot in the water"? <small>(2022-02-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that child actress and singer '''[[Sylvia Froos]]''' was noted for her ability to [[Imitation|mimic]] the vocal styles of famous celebrity performers? <small>(2022-02-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that author '''[[Theresa Pulszky]]''' escaped from the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848]] by pretending to be the companion of a German couple? <small>(2022-02-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[spotted lanternfly]]''' has been used in [[traditional Chinese medicine]] to treat swelling since the 1100s? <small>(2022-02-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that singer '''[[Henrietta Loveless]]''' performed at [[1939 New York World's Fair|the New York World's Fair]] with the Chocolate Éclair Family? <small>(2022-02-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Corynaea crassa|Peruvian Viagra]]''' grows on the roots of plants? <small>(2022-01-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that although the '''[[House Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight]]''' tried to end [[payola]], it just became more sophisticated? <small>(2022-01-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the lead role in the 2021 film '''''[[Cry Macho (film)|Cry Macho]]''''' was first offered to Clint Eastwood in 1988? <small>(2022-01-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the surname '''[[Waering]]''' is Anglo-Saxon, but [[Waring]] may be Norman? <small>(2022-01-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the 1912 production of '''''[[Man's Genesis]]''''' was the first "[[Caveman|primitive man]]" film ever made and created a [[prehistory]] film boom in the years following its release? <small>(2022-01-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Canadian doctor James Maskalyk's book '''''[[Six Months in Sudan]]''''' was based on his blog? <small>(2022-01-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Jeffrey Paparoa Holman]]''' gave himself his middle name, after the [[Paparoa Range]]? <small>(2022-01-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that 1920s actress '''[[Susie Sutton]]''' created her own [[vaudeville]] troupe and toured her company throughout the [[Theatre Owners Booking Association|TOBA circuit]]? <small>(2022-01-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that despite '''[[Grand_Bargain_(humanitarian_reform)|a 2016 commitment]]''' to channel a quarter of humanitarian aid through local aid organizations, only 2.1 percent of 2020 funding went to them? <small>(2022-01-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that entry to the British Royal Military Academy required the use of a '''[[Marquois scales|drawing triangle]]''' ''(examples pictured)'' with a completely different purpose from those used today? <small>(2022-01-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[2021 Seattle City Council 3rd district recall election]]''' was the first recall held in the city since 1975? <small>(2022-01-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Uranium mining in the Bancroft area|Bancroft region]]''' is the only place in Canada and one of very few places in the world where uranium has been mined from [[pegmatite]] rock? <small>(2022-01-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the director of the 1936 film '''''[[Ouanga (film)|The Love Wanga]]''''' was threatened by having a ''[[Obeah and wanga|wanga]]'' placed in his car? <small>(2022-01-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Glen Rock (boulder)|Glen Rock]]''' is very [[gneiss]]? <small>(2022-01-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Robert D. Bullard]] has emerged as the "father of environmental justice" since the publication of his 1990 book, '''''[[Dumping in Dixie]]'''''? <small>(2022-01-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Juan Juárez]]''' may have been the first bishop-elect within the territory of the United States? <small>(2022-01-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[1974 Elliot Lake miners strike|a strike by uranium miners in 1974]]''' in Ontario led to the creation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act? <small>(2021-12-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Elcysma westwoodi]]''''' is considered "the most damaging [[lepidoptera]]n pest of ''[[Prunus × yedoensis]]''"? <small>(2021-12-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Ixodes tasmani]]''''' makes a type of cement to help it to suck blood? <small>(2021-12-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Tetracanthagyna plagiata|giant hawker]]''', the largest living [[dragonfly]], with a wingspan of 163 millimetres (6.4 in), has larvae that exhibit "ballistic defecation"? <small>(2021-12-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Hebetica sylviae]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was discovered after a two-year-old named Sylvie [[Houseplant care#Water requirement|overwatered]] her backyard? <small>(2021-12-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[chili crisp]]''', a hot sauce with a "cult-like" fandom, is used to top everything from eggs to ice cream ''(pictured)''{{-?}} <small>(2021-12-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Chinese-Canadian '''[[Zhuo Qun Song]]''' is currently the most decorated [[International Mathematical Olympiad]] contestant? <small>(2021-12-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that zoologist '''[[Ruth Crosby Noble]]'''{{`s}} 1945 book on animal behavior was said to have the "rare quality of combining entertainment with sound scientific value"? <small>(2021-12-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that an investigation found that most Mexican nutrition science students could not interpret a nutritional '''[[Food labeling in Mexico|front-of-package labeling system]]''' correctly? <small>(2021-12-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that two years after the small [[Corinth|Corinthian]] navy was defeated during the '''[[Affair of Epidamnus]]''', their navy became the third largest in all of Greece? <small>(2021-12-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Styx (butterfly)|Styx]]'''''{{'s}} name derives from its seeming to have "come from the underworld"? <small>(2021-12-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that actor '''[[Jonathan Roumie]]''', who plays the character of Jesus Christ in American television series ''[[The Chosen (TV series)|The Chosen]]'', is also an [[extraordinary minister of Holy Communion]] in the [[Catholic Church]]? <small>(2021-12-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Falcon Lake Incident]]''' is considered "Canada's best-documented UFO case"? <small>(2021-12-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Borocera cajani]]''''' produces a form of [[wild silk]] that has been harvested for hundreds of years? <small>(2021-11-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Ecosystem model|models]] couple up at '''[[Fisheries and Marine Ecosystem Model Intercomparison Project|Fish-MIP]]'''? <small>(2021-11-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a bug in '''''[[Crab Game]]''''' caused multiple IP addresses to be leaked? <small>(2021-11-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Squaring the Circle (album)|Squaring the Circle]]''''' is [[Sneaker Pimps]]' first album in almost 20 years? <small>(2021-11-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the Filipino [[fraternity]] '''[[Alpha Phi Beta]]''' has been involved in instances of violence, including getting mauled by rival fraternities, such as [[Sigma Rho]]? <small>(2021-11-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the developer of '''''[[Art Sqool]]''''' did not attend art school? <small>(2021-11-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Belle Delphine]]'''{{`s}} online popularity surged after she mimicked [[ahegao|the orgasm faces]] ''(example pictured)'' featured in Japanese manga? <small>(2021-11-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Billy Strings]]'s 2019 album '''''[[Home (Billy Strings album)|Home]]''''' stayed on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'s}} Bluegrass Albums chart for 77 consecutive weeks? <small>(2021-11-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that surgeon '''[[Margaret Louden]]''' developed a treatment for people crushed by rubble during the [[The Blitz]], but her contribution was forgotten until the 1990s? <small>(2021-11-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the plant '''''[[Dyssodia papposa]]''''' was given to horses for coughs by the [[Dakota people|Dakota]] and smoked for [[epilepsy]] by the [[Keres people|Keres]]? <small>(2021-11-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Rhyothemis fuliginosa]]''''' ''(example pictured)'' is known as the "butterfly dragonfly"? <small>(2021-11-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a mock funeral was held outside company headquarters during the '''[[1986–1987 John Deere strike]]''' in which 700 union workers ceremoniously burnt a coffin and a [[Christmas tree]] covered in company hats? <small>(2021-11-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that after watching ''[[Matilda the Musical]]'', '''[[Mattea Conforti]]''' complained that she could have starred in the title role? <small>(2021-10-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a 1999 self-portrait made by '''[[William Utermohlen]]''' while suffering from [[Alzheimer's disease]] took nearly two years to complete? <small>(2021-10-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a newly opened ferry in 1968 '''[[Tourism in Estonia|attracted "vodka tourists" to Estonia]]'''? <small>(2021-10-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Peter Macari '''[[1971 Qantas bomb hoax|extorted $500,000 from Qantas Airways]]''', and that more than $200,000 remains unaccounted for? <small>(2021-10-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Laura Jean McKay]]'''{{`s}} 2020 novel about a fictional global pandemic was first written in 2013? <small>(2021-10-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[body image disturbance]]''' is a common symptom in patients with [[eating disorder]]s? <small>(2021-10-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that following the '''''[[Report on the restitution of African cultural heritage|Report on the Restitution of African Cultural Heritage]]''''', the President of France promised to return African artworks ''(example pictured)'' looted during colonial times? <small>(2021-09-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[National Transportation Safety Board]] concluded that the probable cause of the '''[[2014 Bedford Gulfstream IV crash|2014 Bedford Gulfstream IV crash]]''' was the flight crew's failure to perform the flight-control check before takeoff? <small>(2021-09-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the now-closed '''[[Dinosaur Wildlife]]''' museum exhibited three [[fox squirrel]]s posed to fight in a boxing ring? <small>(2021-09-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the director of the horror film '''''[[Camera Obscura (2017 film)|Camera Obscura]]''''' was inspired to write the screenplay after one of his co-workers was not allowed to take pictures in South America due to locals believing "it would steal their souls"? <small>(2021-09-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that IMF economist '''[[Tobias Adrian]]''' helped devise CoVaR, a method used to [[Stress test (financial)|stress-test]] banks after the [[Great Recession]]? <small>(2021-09-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Ric Throssell]] tried unsuccessfully to recruit '''[[Coral Bell]]''' as a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] spy in [[Canberra]]? <small>(2021-08-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that it took more than a decade for '''[[Michael M. Thomas]]''' to secure a publisher for his eighth novel, which was rejected by approximately 25 publishing houses? <small>(2021-08-26)</small><br>... that it took over a decade for '''[[Michael M. Thomas]]''' to secure a publisher for his eighth novel, which was rejected by approximately 25 publishing houses? <small>(2021-08-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that reproductive success in the '''[[Stylocheilus striatus|lined sea hare]]''' can be reduced by noise pollution? <small>(2021-08-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that it was said that BBC scriptwriter '''[[Iain Pattinson]]'''{{`s}} "unique brilliance was his ability to combine the absurd with the plausible"? <small>(2021-08-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that while convicted fraudster '''[[Anna Sorokin]]''' was in jail, one of her visitors was [[Julia Garner]], who will play Sorokin in [[Inventing Anna|the Netflix miniseries about her]]? <small>(2021-08-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the equipment situation for the '''[[National Pacification Army]]''' was so poor that some soldiers were armed with spears instead of guns? <small>(2021-08-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that architect '''[[Van Dorn Hooker]]''', who served in the [[United States Army Air Forces|USAAF]], was a cartoonist for Army news publications, and painted aircraft [[nose art]]? <small>(2021-08-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that CEO '''[[Marla Messing]]''' submitted the business plan for the [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup]] two days before the birth of her first child? <small>(2021-08-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Tropical Storm Eliakim]]''' enhanced rainfall and brought flooding to Kenya despite the storm making landfall on Madagascar? <small>(2021-07-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that author '''[[Eldred Kurtz Means]]''' originated the refrain: "if it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all"? <small>(2021-07-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Polymateria|a British company]]''' is developing [[plastic]]s that are vulnerable to sunlight, air and water? <small>(2021-07-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Big Time Wrestling (Boston)|Big Time Wrestling]]''' featured a wrestling bear that escaped and was subdued after a police hunt by putting sugar in its mouth? <small>(2021-07-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Lee Tze Chung]]''', in a pro-China paper, criticized the government's response to the [[1989 Tiananmen Square protests|Tiananmen protests]]? <small>(2021-07-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Kate Baker]]''' arranged to republish the Australian novel ''[[Such Is Life (novel)|Such Is Life]]'' by [[Joseph Furphy]] after locating half of the original manuscript under some lumber in the offices of ''[[The Bulletin (Australian periodical)|The Bulletin]]''? <small>(2021-07-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Society of Catholic Scientists]]''' sponsors [[Mass in the Catholic Church#Gold Mass|Gold Masses]], following the tradition of [[Red Mass]]es for lawyers, [[Mass in the Catholic Church#White Mass|White Masses]] for those in healthcare, and [[Blue Mass]]es for public-safety professionals? <small>(2021-07-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that German art historian '''[[Birgit Dahlenburg]]''' was instrumental in the recognition of the 16th-century Croy Tapestry as a cultural asset of national value? <small>(2021-07-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in her debut novel, ''The Paper Magician'', fantasy author '''[[Charlie N. Holmberg]]''' ''(pictured)'' followed [[Brandon Sanderson]]'s advice to limit her characters' magical powers? <small>(2021-07-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that some species of bacteria in the genus ''[[Alkalihalobacillus]]'' live in [[hypersaline lake]]s while others are added to [[laundry detergent]]? <small>(2021-07-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that German-Chilean research psychologist '''[[Susana Bloch]]''' created a technique actors have been using to access their basic emotions? <small>(2021-06-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[open ocean convection]]''', the mixing of deep and surface waters, plays a crucial role in the global climate? <small>(2021-06-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that architect [[Paul Rudolph (architect)|Paul Rudolph]]'s residence at '''[[23 Beekman Place|23 Beekman Place]]''' has a penthouse terrace overhanging the nearby street, which even Rudolph was afraid to use? <small>(2021-06-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the rock band [[Blur (band)|Blur]] were the wedding band for the reception of journalists '''[[Jane Suiter]]''' and Leo Finlay in Dublin in 1990? <small>(2021-06-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Sharon Choi]]''' ''(pictured)'', the Korean–English interpreter for film director [[Bong Joon-ho]], is herself a director? <small>(2021-06-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that avant-garde artist '''[[Hu Zhiying]]'''{{'s}} master's degree was denied after his thesis was labeled as "not in line with [[Marxism|Marxist]] principles"? <small>(2021-06-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that grass was planted on top of the '''[[Tala tank]]''' to protect it from the Japanese bombing of Calcutta during World War II? <small>(2021-06-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[2 Cheap Cars|2 Cheap Cars]]''' withdrew a television advertisement in New Zealand because children were copying the main character's catchphrase, "Ah so", which they sometimes pronounced "asshole"? <small>(2021-06-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Khalili Collection of Islamic Art]]''' includes an exceptionally large 17th-century [[astrolabe]] ''(pictured)'' commissioned by the Mughal emperor [[Shah Jahan]]? <small>(2021-06-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a chemical known as '''[[5-Methyl-2-((2-nitrophenyl)amino)-3-thiophenecarbonitrile|ROY]]''' has eleven crystalline forms, including red, orange and yellow examples? <small>(2021-05-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Chinese activist '''[[Li Qiaochu]]''' was detained on 31 December 2019 and spent New Year's Day in handcuffs in relation to the "12.26 Citizens Case" while her partner [[Xu Zhiyong]] was still in hiding? <small>(2021-05-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the new director of [[DARPA]], '''[[Stefanie Tompkins]]''', was paid by [[NASA]] to analyze [[moon rock]]s? <small>(2021-05-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the creators of the Indian web series '''''[[His Storyy (web series)|His Storyy]]''''' changed the ending because of [[LGBT rights in India|prevailing social discrimination against the LGBTQIA+ community in the country]]? <small>(2021-05-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the Los Angeles restaurant '''[[El Cholo Spanish Cafe]]''' is credited with introducing the [[burrito]] to the U.S.? <small>(2021-05-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Orgill (company)|Orgill, Inc.]]''', now the world's largest [[privately held company|independently owned]] distributor of [[wikt:hardline#Noun|hardlines]], began as a [[hardware store]] in 1847, making it the oldest [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]]-founded company still in operation? <small>(2021-05-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the supermarket '''[[Omega Mart]]''' has nut-free salted [[peanut]]s available for purchase? <small>(2021-05-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Karlin Lillington]]''', long-time technology writer for Ireland's [[newspaper of record]], [[The Irish Times]], holds a PhD on the poetry of [[Seamus Heaney]]? <small>(2021-04-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that German three-time [[artistic cycling]] World Championship runner-up '''[[Viola Brand]]''' ''(pictured)'' was invited to ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'', having previously watched the show to improve her English? <small>(2021-04-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that due to '''[[Khá Bảnh]]'''{{'s}} success, a dance move originally performed by [[Big Bang (band)|Big Bang]]'s [[G-Dragon]] became a trend in Vietnam? <small>(2021-04-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Auliʻi Cravalho]] ''(pictured)'' was the last person to audition for the role of '''[[Moana (Disney character)|the eponymous character]]''' in ''[[Moana (2016 film)|Moana]]'' and was ultimately cast for the role? <small>(2021-04-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[space industry of India]]''' has supported the launch of more than 100 domestic satellites and more than 300 foreign satellites? <small>(2021-04-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that ballerina '''[[Catherine Hurlin]]''' performed in ''[[Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes|Radio City Christmas Spectacular]]'' between the age of eleven and thirteen? <small>(2021-04-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Benjamin Kapelushnik]]''', also known as "Benjamin Kickz", sold [[sneakers]] at age 16 to celebrity clients such as [[DJ Khaled]], [[Drake (musician)|Drake]], [[Travis Scott]], [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.|Floyd Mayweather]] and [[Kevin Hart]]? <small>(2021-04-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Darrell Blocker]]''', "The Spy Whisperer", began playing live music in Senegal as part of his espionage duties? <small>(2021-04-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[Supreme Court of the United Kingdom|UK Supreme Court]] '''[[Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police|told the Chief Constable that the West Yorkshire Police]]''' are not allowed to knock over old ladies? <small>(2021-04-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that 19th-century French economist '''[[Jean Gustave Courcelle-Seneuil]]''' is considered to be the founder of [[classical economics]] and [[economic liberalism]] in Chile? <small>(2021-04-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that 14 April is '''[[Cake and Cunnilingus Day]]'''? <small>(2021-04-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that actress '''[[Isabel Bonner]]''' died on stage while performing in [[The Shrike (play)|a play]] written by [[Joseph Kramm|her husband]]? <small>(2021-03-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a rented [[Ducati SuperSport]] that was scratched during the making of '''''[[Road Rash (1994 video game)|Road Rash]]''''' was kept and displayed in the [[Electronic Arts]] lobby? <small>(2021-03-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Khalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage]]''' has a 16th-century manuscript ''(pictured)'' showing [[Alexander the Great]] praying at the [[Kaaba]]? <small>(2021-03-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Governor [[Greg Abbott]] initially blamed the '''[[2021 Texas power crisis]]''' on frozen [[wind turbine]]s? <small>(2021-03-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that badminton player [[P. V. Sindhu]] became the inaugural recipient of the '''[[BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year]]''' award in 2020? <small>(2021-03-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that conductor '''[[Volker Wangenheim]]''' opened the [[Beethovenhalle]] in [[Bonn]] for music by [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] on 15 November 1969, including the world premiere of ''[[Fresco (Stockhausen)|Fresco]]'' for four orchestral groups? <small>(2021-03-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Caroline Parker]]''', a deaf performer, signed the song "[[I Am What I Am (Broadway musical song)|I Am What I Am]]" at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony]]? <small>(2021-03-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a commercial for the food delivery app '''[[Domino's App feat. Hatsune Miku]]''' went viral on YouTube in 2013, and was described by journalists as "bizarre"? <small>(2021-02-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[wind phone]]''' in Japan was set up to allow people to talk to the dead? <small>(2021-02-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that philanthropist '''[[Sidney Hill]]''' began a new life in England as a gentleman farmer, adding stables to the estate, a dairy and ''Langford Bullock Palaces'' for his prized [[shorthorn]] cattle? <small>(2021-02-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a seven-figure deal was made for [[Soman Chainani]]'s debut book ''[[The School for Good and Evil]]'' to make a '''[[The School for Good and Evil (film)|film adaptation]]''' less than two weeks after the book's publication? <small>(2021-02-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[solar radio emission]]''' was first observed in 1942 during [[World War II]] by British [[radar]] operators? <small>(2021-02-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[2021 New York City Comptroller election|2021 New York City Comptroller candidate]] '''[[Zach Iscol]]''' was awarded the [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]] for bravery during the [[Second Battle of Fallujah]] in the [[Iraq War]]? <small>(2021-02-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the 1989 book '''''[[Serendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science]]''''' examines the role of happenstance in the history of science? <small>(2021-02-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that there are other causes of '''[[climate change in Brazil]]''' besides the [[deforestation of the Amazon rainforest]]? <small>(2021-02-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Anna Utenhoven]]''', who was [[premature burial|buried alive]] in 1597, was the last person executed for [[heresy]] in the [[Low Countries]]? <small>(2021-02-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[The Mahdi's tomb|tomb]]''' of [[Muhammad Ahmad]] in Sudan was desecrated by British forces after the [[Battle of Omdurman]] in 1898? <small>(2021-01-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[northern masked owl]]''' ''(example pictured)'' chicks hiss to ask for food, while adults hiss to defend nests? <small>(2021-01-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Bernie Sanders]] '''[[Mayoralty of Bernie Sanders|was the first socialist mayor]]''' in New England since [[Jasper McLevy]]? <small>(2021-01-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that attorney '''[[Styles Hutchins]]''' was the first African American to argue a case in a court in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]? <small>(2021-01-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Khalili Collection of Aramaic Documents]]''' ''(example pictured)'' includes the earliest known use of the name "Alexandros" to refer to [[Alexander the Great]]? <small>(2021-01-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that when [[Abbey House Museum]] curator '''[[Violet Crowther]]''' wanted to add old-fashioned household objects or "bygones" to the collection, she advertised for a pair of bellows in the local newspaper? <small>(2021-01-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that an obituary of [[Neil Peart]] said he was "sent to Earth to destroy '''[[drummer jokes]]'''"? <small>(2021-01-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that people with '''[[fish allergy]]''' are unlikely to be allergic to shellfish, because fish and shellfish do not have the same allergenic protein? <small>(2021-01-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that American-Israeli basketball player '''[[Bryan Cohen]]''' is the only athlete in the history of the [[Patriot League]] to win its Defensive Player of Year award three times? <small>(2021-01-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the 1983 memoir '''''[[Home Before Morning]]''''', which details the author's time as a [[Vietnam War]] nurse, is dedicated to "all of the unknown women who served forgotten in their wars"? <small>(2020-12-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that during the [[1973 oil crisis]], material scientist '''[[Henry Ehrenreich]]''' assessed [[Solar cell|photovoltaic cells]] and was an advisor to the [[United States Department of Energy|U.S. Department of Energy]]? <small>(2020-12-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 1875, '''[[streetcars in Santa Barbara, California]]''', were drawn by [[Mule|mules]]? <small>(2020-12-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[1958 Lebanese presidential election]]''' was held during an armed rebellion while 10,000 [[United States Armed Forces|US troops]] were deployed in the nation? <small>(2020-12-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in Russian folklore, the '''[[Alatyr (mythology)|Alatyr]]''' is considered the "father to all stones"? <small>(2020-12-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the Spanish writer '''[[Eva Forest]]''' was imprisoned for alleged complicity in multiple terror attacks by the separatist group [[ETA (separatist group)|ETA]]? <small>(2020-12-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Ben Carter (basketball)|Ben Carter]]''' and his brother Tim played basketball for Team USA at the [[2013 Maccabiah Games]], winning a gold medal? <small>(2020-12-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a '''[[multi-component gas analyzer system]]''' can allow for real-time forecasting of [[Volcano|volcanic]] eruptions? <small>(2020-12-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a petition by Canadian member of parliament [[Pierre Poilievre]] to stop the '''[[Great Reset]]''' amassed 80,000 signatures after a conspiracy theory spread about it? <small>(2020-12-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the old baptismal font of the '''[[Vaxholm Church]]''' became a [[bird bath]]? <small>(2020-11-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that ''[[Giovanni's Room]]'' both influenced and appears in the 2020 novel '''''[[Swimming in the Dark]]''''', a gay love story set in the last years of the [[Polish People's Republic]]? <small>(2020-11-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[2b2t]]''', a no-rules [[Minecraft server|''Minecraft'' multiplayer server]] running since 2010, has seen more than 510,000 distinct ''Minecraft'' players join and explore its eight-terabyte map ''(pictured)''{{-?}} <small>(2020-11-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Yemeni poet '''[[Fatima al-Suqutriyya]]''' saved the island of [[Socotra]] by writing a [[qasida]] to Imam [[Al-Salt bin Malik|al-Ṣalt ibn Mа̄lik]] requesting military help? <small>(2020-11-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Khalili Collection of Enamels of the World]]''' includes a throne table made for the 18th-century [[Qianlong Emperor]]? <small>(2020-11-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that actress and dancer '''[[Raissa Calza|Raissa Gourevitch]]''' performed in surrealist plays before becoming an archaeological authority on Roman statuary? <small>(2020-11-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Ethel Maynard]]''' was the [[List of first African-American U.S. state legislators|first black woman]] elected to the [[Arizona State Legislature]]? <small>(2020-11-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that ''[[The Times]]'' said that '''[[Sheila Atim]]''' "sings [[Bob Dylan|Dylan]] better than Bob"? <small>(2020-11-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Bups Saggu]]''' learned to play the [[tabla]] at the local [[gurdwara]] in [[Wolverhampton]], but later moved on to playing the [[dhol]] because he "took a liking to the larger and louder sound"? <small>(2020-11-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that ''[[Coronet (magazine)|Coronet]]'' magazine was deluged with letters and phone calls when '''[[Margueritte Harmon Bro]]''' wrote about the "[[Edgar Cayce|Miracle Man of Virginia Beach]]"? <small>(2020-10-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[ChilledCow]]''' has one of the longest videos on [[YouTube]], totaling over 13,000 hours? <small>(2020-10-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Philharmonia Quartet Berlin]]''', formed by principal players of the [[Berlin Philharmonic]], celebrated its 30th anniversary with a recording of all of [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s [[string quartet]]s? <small>(2020-10-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Pink Loerie Mardi Gras and Arts Festival]]''' celebrates LGBTQ culture with [[Wigstock]] events for [[drag queen]]s, a [[Bear (gay culture)|bear]] fest, athletic events, and an art festival? <small>(2020-10-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Khalili Collection of Spanish Metalwork]]''' includes a Moroccan-style dagger ''(pictured)'' previously owned by King [[Alfonso XII|Alfonso XII of Spain]]? <small>(2020-10-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Albert Johnson (New Mexico politician)|Albert Johnson]]''' was the first black mayor in [[New Mexico]]? <small>(2020-10-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that soprano '''[[Ilse Helling-Rosenthal]]''', [[Wolfgang Rosenthal|her husband]], and two others formed a vocal ensemble that appeared as the soloists in Bruckner's ''[[Te Deum (Bruckner)|Te Deum]]'' at the Leipzig [[Gewandhaus]] in 1920? <small>(2020-10-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that state representative '''[[Angela Russell (politician)|Angela Russell]]''' introduced legislation to recognize [[Martin Luther King Jr. Day]] in [[Montana]]? <small>(2020-10-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[New York Tribune Building]]''', once New York City's second tallest building, "vanished almost without a trace, and barely a whimper"? <small>(2020-10-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Dawa Dem]]''' was the first woman to join the [[Bhutan]]ese civil service and to become a member of the [[National Council (Bhutan)#History|Royal Advisory Council]]? <small>(2020-10-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[British Board of Film Classification]] was forced to '''[[Watching paint dry|watch paint dry]]'''? <small>(2020-10-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Bill Nation]]''' rejected an attempt by the [[American Nazi Party]] to establish a headquarters in [[Cheyenne, Wyoming]]? <small>(2020-10-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the 2017 [[Bishop Maginn High School]] baseball team largely consisted of '''[[Karen people in the United States|Karen refugees]]'''? <small>(2020-09-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Jim Drucker]]''', the founder of the world's largest online-only comic bookstore, was also the commissioner of both the [[Continental Basketball Association]] and the [[Arena Football League]]? <small>(2020-09-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Durbin Feeling]]''' was named a [[Cherokee National Treasure]] for his contributions to the preservation of the endangered [[Cherokee language]]? <small>(2020-09-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that despite an extensive history of '''[[Islam in the Arctic]]''', the first mosque ''(pictured)'' in the Canadian Arctic was only built in 2010? <small>(2020-09-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Nasser Khalili]] assembled the '''[[Khalili Collection of Swedish Textiles]]''' ''(item pictured)'' because he felt that art historians undervalued works by anonymous creators? <small>(2020-08-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Molly Neptune Parker]]''' was able to support her family, buy a home, and pay for her grandchildren's education through [[basket weaving]]? <small>(2020-08-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Lynching of Wilbur Little|Wilbur Little was lynched]]''' for wearing his World War I uniform after being discharged from the army? <small>(2020-08-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[070 Shake]] said that it felt "crazy" to have been on '''[[Ghost Town (Kanye West song)|a record]]''' with [[Kanye West]]? <small>(2020-08-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that to reduce [[greenhouse gas]] emissions from shipping, the '''[[e5 Project]]''' is producing solar- and wind-powered [[Tanker (ship)|ships to transport fuel oil]]? <small>(2020-08-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Theo Akkermann]]''', whose first major work was a war memorial, created a sculpture for his family's grave? <small>(2020-08-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 1960, British [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] researcher [[Donald Michie]] made '''[[Matchbox Educable Noughts and Crosses Engine|a noughts-and-crosses-playing algorithm]]''' out of matchboxes? <small>(2020-07-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that it took {{convert|190|litre}} of paint to complete the livery of the '''[[Indian locomotive class WDG-4G|Indian locomotive class {{nowrap|WDG-4G}}]]''' ''(pictured)''{{-?}} <small>(2020-07-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Ralph Debbas]]''' founded [[W Motors|the first Middle Eastern automotive company]] in 2012, making him the first automotive executive in the Middle East? <small>(2020-07-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Fred Sargeant]]''' was one of the [[LGBT rights in the United States|gay rights]] activists who proposed the first Christopher Street Liberation Day—now the [[NYC Pride March]]—to commemorate the [[Stonewall riots]]? <small>(2020-07-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that U.S. admiral '''[[Edward J. O'Donnell (military)|Edward Joseph O'Donnell]]''' passed responsibility for [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]] to its new commander on a golf course? <small>(2020-07-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Seraph Young Ford]]''' was the first American woman to cast a vote under a women's equal-suffrage law? <small>(2020-07-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Robert Plunkett]]''' resigned as the first [[List of presidents of Georgetown University|president of Georgetown College]] in 1793 because he preferred a rural life of ministry? <small>(2020-07-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that fans were asked to return their copies of '''''[[The Lot (album)|The Lot]]''''', a 2013 compilation album by [[Queen (band)|Queen]] drummer [[Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)|Roger Taylor]], due to audio and typographical errors? <small>(2020-07-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Wells curve]]''', which illustrates what happens to [[respiratory droplet]]s once they are exhaled, helps explain the spread of respiratory infections? <small>(2020-06-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Strawberries and Cream Tree]]''' ''(pictured)'' is noted for producing pink blossoms on one side of the tree and white on the other, when it blooms every spring? <small>(2020-06-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[VivaTaiwan|#VivaTaiwan]]''' campaign started when a letter to Brazilian parliamentarians from the Chinese embassy in [[Brasília]] was leaked online? <small>(2020-06-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that after the king of [[Dimasa Kingdom|Kachar]] died whilst invading the '''[[Pratapgarh Kingdom]]''', his widow Kamala commanded its conquest herself to avenge him? <small>(2020-06-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the Vietnamese pop song "'''[[Ghen Cô Vy]]'''" was produced to educate people on how to avoid contracting {{nowrap|COVID-19}}? <small>(2020-06-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the installation of a garbage-eating sculpture in '''[[Riverfront Park (Spokane, Washington)|Riverfront Park]]''' caused an uproar from goat farmers, concerned that it perpetuated the false stereotype that [[Goat#Diet|goats eat anything]]? <small>(2020-06-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Ole Børud]]'s guitar music on the album '''''[[Sonrise]]''''', by the band '''[[Schaliach]]''', was likened to a "metal symphony"? <small>(2020-05-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Nasser Khalili]]'s '''[[Khalili Collection of Japanese Art|1,400-piece collection of Meiji-era Japanese art]]''' ''(object pictured)'' is equalled only by the Japanese imperial collection in size and quality? <small>(2020-05-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Yan (Three Kingdoms)|Yan]]''', a fourth kingdom during the [[Three Kingdoms]] period of China, was conquered only one year after its establishment in 237? <small>(2020-05-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Sampson Mathews]]''' was nicknamed the "master driver of cattle" for transporting more than 100 cattle {{convert|160|mi}} through the [[Allegheny Mountains]] in 19 days for the [[Battle of Point Pleasant]]? <small>(2020-05-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that older adherents of the Hindu sect '''[[Ramnami Samaj]]''' have the word "[[Rama|Ram]]" tattooed over their entire bodies? <small>(2020-05-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[Northern line]], which already served the southernmost station on the [[London Underground]], was proposed to be extended southward to '''[[North Cheam tube station|North Cheam]]''' in 1946? <small>(2020-05-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a young Ruth McLain Smith, member of '''[[The McLain Family Band]]''' ''(pictured)'', had been playing the [[Appalachian dulcimer]] for only two weeks when she performed at the [[White House]] on national television? <small>(2020-04-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that during filming of the banned '''[[ski-BASE jumping|ski-BASE jump]]''' performed by [[Rick Sylvester]] in [[Yosemite Valley]], the film crew were threatened with arrest but not caught afterwards? <small>(2020-04-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Syrian refugee '''[[Hassan Al Kontar]]''' was stranded at [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport]] for seven months? <small>(2020-04-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that U.S. Representative [[John Conyers]] proposed legislation to create [[Martin Luther King Jr. Day|a federal holiday]] honoring [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] during every session of Congress from 1968 to 1983, when '''[[Passage of Martin Luther King Jr. Day|the bill finally passed]]'''? <small>(2020-04-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that publishers have had their pre-approved books confiscated, or their stalls dismantled overnight, during the '''[[Riyadh International Book Fair]]'''? <small>(2020-04-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the visual style of African-American artist '''[[Henry Speller]]''', who was also an accomplished [[blues]] musician, was described as "blues aesthetic"? <small>(2020-03-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that sculptor '''[[Dan Lam]]''' was born in a refugee camp in [[Morong, Bataan|Morong]], Philippines? <small>(2020-03-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Senator [[Ted Kennedy]]'s '''[[Ted Kennedy 1980 presidential campaign|1980 presidential campaign]]''' may have weakened support for incumbent U.S. president [[Jimmy Carter]], who later lost [[1980 United States presidential election|the general election]]? <small>(2020-03-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Cecylia and Maciej Brogowski]]''', a Polish Catholic couple, were posthumously recognised as [[Righteous Among the Nations]] for having sheltered a Jewish girl during the Holocaust? <small>(2020-03-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[horse surfing]]''' involves a person surfing while being towed by a horse? <small>(2020-03-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a man shouted "This is madness!" during a production meeting for '''''[[The Goes Wrong Show]]'''''{{-?}} <small>(2020-02-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Leprous]]'s 2019 album '''''[[Pitfalls]]''''' took shape from its songwriter's depression and anxiety? <small>(2020-02-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that since its completion in 2015, '''[[Liberty Plaza (Atlanta)|Liberty Plaza]]''' in [[Atlanta]] has hosted demonstrations for both [[March for Our Lives]] and the [[September 2019 climate strikes]]? <small>(2020-02-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[hedge fund]] manager Jacob Gottlieb hired [[Status Labs]] to counteract negative news coverage of him over the closure of '''[[Visium Asset Management]]'''? <small>(2020-02-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Tulsa Club Building]]''' suffered four major fires in 2010, including three in a two-week period, yet remained strong enough to allow conversion to a hotel instead of demolition? <small>(2020-02-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management]]''' has conducted research to improve the taste and nutrition of a children's [[dietary supplement]] distributed by the government of [[Kerala]]? <small>(2020-02-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Widener University Commonwealth Law School]]''' is one of two independent law schools run by [[Widener University]]? <small>(2020-01-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Carnegie Building (Atlanta)|Carnegie Building]]''' in [[Atlanta]] was designed by [[G. Lloyd Preacher]], who moved his offices to the building after its completion? <small>(2020-01-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Raja Rao Award for Literature]]''' was bestowed only seven times before it was discontinued? <small>(2020-01-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Lake Kristi]]''' in North Carolina was built specifically to allow [[water skiing]] champion '''[[Kristi Overton Johnson]]''' to train? <small>(2020-01-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the oldest part of the '''[[Western Block of the North China Craton|Western Block]]''' of the [[North China Craton]] formed 2.7 billion years ago? <small>(2020-01-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[The Sack of Bath]]''''', a collection of newspaper articles by [[Adam Fergusson (MEP)|Adam Fergusson]], sparked a resurgence in architectural conservation in Britain? <small>(2020-01-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that British neuroscientist '''[[Rebeccah Slater]]''' led a study that showed that not only do [[Pain in babies|babies experience pain]], they may be more sensitive to it than adults? <small>(2020-01-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that as a child, American Civil War historian '''[[Charles P. Roland]]''' heard first-hand accounts of the war from veterans who served in it? <small>(2019-12-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Nellie Two Bear Gates]]''' made beaded artwork that depicted Yanktonai [[Dakota people|Dakota]] history and culture? <small>(2019-12-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[2001 Major League Baseball contraction plan]]''' would have resulted in the elimination of two teams from MLB? <small>(2019-12-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that letters which '''[[Charlotte Pistorius]]''', the self-taught wife of a country pastor, wrote to intellectuals [[Friedrich Schleiermacher]] and [[Ernst Moritz Arndt]] were published with their works? <small>(2019-12-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that structural biologist '''[[Erica Ollmann Saphire]]''' traveled to Africa to observe rodents in the field in order to study how viruses like [[Zaire ebolavirus|Ebola]] are spread? <small>(2019-10-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that despite a name meaning "strong-smelling [[durian]]", '''''[[Durio graveolens]]''''' has been described as odorless? <small>(2019-10-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Bissinger Wool Pullery]]''' processed dead sheep? <small>(2019-10-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that at the '''[[2010 World Team Championship]]''' pool event, a first-to-six-{{cuegloss|racks}} playoff match was won by '''[[Daryl Peach]]''' after 52 racks? <small>(2019-10-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the red dresses ''(example pictured)'' in Jaime Black's '''[[REDress Project]]''' represent the [[missing and murdered Indigenous women]] of Canada and the United States? <small>(2019-10-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that 16th-century Chinese painter '''[[Qiu Zhu]]''' was known for her depiction of [[Guanyin]] ''(pictured)'', the goddess of compassion popular among women? <small>(2019-09-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that during the '''[[Battle of Bovey Heath]]''', [[Cavalier|Royalist]] officers escaped by "throwing their stakes of money", which the enemy soldiers paused to collect? <small>(2019-09-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that American actor '''[[Matt William Knowles]]''' was a "rotating mayor" of [[Danzhai Wanda Village]] in [[Guizhou]], China? <small>(2019-09-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach|C. P. E. Bach]]'s '''[[Sonata in A minor for Solo Flute, Wq. 132|Sonata in A minor for Solo Flute]]''', composed around 1747 for [[Western concert flute#Traverso|flauto traverso]] without [[Figured bass#Basso continuo|bass]] and printed during his lifetime, is one of the few significant pieces for solo flute? <small>(2019-09-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege]]'', the [[player character]] '''[[Caveira (Rainbow Six Siege)|Caveira]]'''{{`s}} "Silent Step" ability featured a game-breaking bug? <small>(2019-09-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Betty Cantor-Jackson]]''' recorded over 1000 tapes of the [[Grateful Dead]], [[Legion of Mary (band)|Legion of Mary]], [[Jerry Garcia Band]], and [[Old & In the Way]], but lost them when she could not pay the storage fees? <small>(2019-08-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the Italian '''[[Nicholas Laucella]]''' became principal flute of the [[New York Philharmonic]] in 1909 when [[Gustav Mahler]] was chief conductor? <small>(2019-08-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[manhua]] artist '''[[Xia Da]]'''{{`s}} ''April Story'' was published in 2003 before she had even graduated college? <small>(2019-08-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Nicolas Joel]]''', general manager of the [[Paris Opera]] from 2009 to 2014, directed Wagner's ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen|Ring]]'' in 1979 after having assisted [[Patrice Chéreau]] for [[Jahrhundertring|the cycle's centenary]]? <small>(2019-08-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that pool player '''[[Han Yu (pool player)|Han Yu]]''' did not celebrate after winning her first world championship? <small>(2019-08-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[William Pope (naturalist)|William Pope]]''' created "the first comprehensive, well executed pictorial record of Canadian birds"? <small>(2019-08-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that nearly 80,000 black Mississippians cast a vote in the '''[[1963 Freedom Ballot]]''' mock election, four times more than the number of black registered voters? <small>(2019-07-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[XIX Army Corps]]''' represented Germany as it ceded [[Brest, Belarus|Brest-Litovsk]] to the Soviet Union in the [[German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk|German–Soviet military parade]] ''(commanders pictured)''? <small>(2019-07-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that New Zealand-born singer '''[[Rosé (singer)|Rosé]]''' ''(pictured)'' initially thought her father's suggestion that she audition to become a [[Korean idol|K-pop star]] was a joke, as the family lived in Australia? <small>(2019-07-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that abnormal structures inside [[white blood cell]]s called '''[[critical green inclusion]]s''' can indicate impending death? <small>(2019-07-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the dome of [[Santa Maria di Collemaggio]] collapsed in the '''[[1461 L'Aquila earthquake]]'''? <small>(2019-07-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the creation of the '''[[Swedish Levant Company]]''' in 1738 was controversial because of a disagreement between several Swedish merchants and the [[Hats (party)|Hat Party]]? <small>(2019-07-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Canadian journalist '''[[Katherine Hughes (activist)|Katherine Hughes]]''' became [[Alberta]]'s first provincial [[archivist]], but later became a political activist, fighting for [[Irish Home Rule movement|Irish self-determination]]? <small>(2019-06-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that prolific songwriter '''[[Matt Farley (musician)|Matt Farley]]''' says he makes US$500 a month from a song containing only the word "poop"? <small>(2019-06-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the soprano '''[[Elżbieta Szmytka]]''' recorded Chopin's [[Polish songs (Chopin)|Polish songs]] and performed in Górecki's ''[[Symphony No. 3 (Górecki)|Symphony of Sorrowful Songs]]'', celebrating a century of Polish independence? <small>(2019-05-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that before she became an expert on wild animals, '''[[Hope Ryden]]''' was an international flight attendant and used her long layovers to observe wildlife in Africa and Asia? <small>(2019-05-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Massachusetts Bay Colony|Massachusetts Bay]] settler '''[[Robert Coles (settler)|Robert Coles]]''' was sentenced to wear a red letter "D" for drunkenness, which some scholars have argued later inspired [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]]'s 1850 novel ''[[The Scarlet Letter]]''{{-?}} <small>(2019-05-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Shirou Emiya]]''' was initially conceived as a female character but was changed to a male in order to fit the demographic of the visual novel ''[[Fate/stay night]]''{{-?}} <small>(2019-05-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Carey Wentworth Styles]]''' founded ''[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|The Atlanta Constitution]]'', then had to surrender his interest in the newspaper when he could not pay for the purchase? <small>(2019-05-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Wells Gray Park Cave discovery|a newly discovered cave]]''' has been temporarily named after [[Sarlacc|a Star Wars character]]? <small>(2019-05-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that, on average, Greece has changed its electoral law regarding '''[[apportionment in the Hellenic Parliament]]''' once every 1.5 elections? <small>(2019-04-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[hearing protection fit-testing]]''' is used to determine if devices like [[earplug]]s or [[earmuffs]] are providing the right amount of sound reduction? <small>(2019-03-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that laboratory experiments suggest that the free-swimming larva of the [[whale barnacle]] '''''[[Coronula diadema]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is induced to settle on a host whale in response to chemical cues from its skin? <small>(2019-03-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Mount Ferguson in [[Nevada]] was named after geologist '''[[Henry G. Ferguson]]'''? <small>(2019-03-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Cleitarchus]]{{`s}} '''''[[History of Alexander]]''''', written in the fourth century BC, was criticized by contemporaries as being overly sensational? <small>(2019-02-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that some water birds use their '''[[webbed foot|webbed feet]]''' ''(illustration shown)'' as an aid in elaborate courtship displays? <small>(2019-02-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Helmut Kleinicke]]''' was dismissed from his job because he was caught helping Jews escape? <small>(2019-02-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Joseph Jenckes Sr.]]''', a 17th-century blacksmith in Massachusetts, was granted the first machine [[patent]] in America? <small>(2019-02-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Connect Airways]]''', a consortium that includes [[Virgin Atlantic]], was created to take over [[Flybe]]—which had previously absorbed Virgin's domestic operations at [[Heathrow Airport]]? <small>(2019-02-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Shin Hyun-hwak]]''' was [[Prime Minister of South Korea]] for less than six months? <small>(2019-02-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that educator [[Joseph Forbes (educator)|'''Joseph Forbes''']] had twenty-four children and two wives? <small>(2019-02-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that cases against 9,700 Kashmiri youth in India were withdrawn by the government as part of its "healing touch" policy for '''[[peacebuilding in Jammu and Kashmir]]'''? <small>(2019-02-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in the fourth quarter of 2017, '''[[Transsion Holdings]]''' had the largest market share for sales of smartphones in Africa, overtaking [[Samsung]]? <small>(2019-01-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[space climate]]''' discipline researches how [[solar wind]] and [[interplanetary magnetic field]] fluctuations can affect Earth over timescales ranging from a few weeks to more than 1,000 years? <small>(2019-01-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Windmill Hill Cavern]]''', which provided the first scientifically accepted proof that humans and now-extinct animal species coexisted in Britain, was found accidentally while searching for a lost pickaxe? <small>(2018-12-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the victim of the first [[Structure fire|house fire]] in America for which an account was published can be found at the '''[[Point of Graves Burial Ground|Point of Graves]]''' in [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]]? <small>(2018-12-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[EuroTrump|a documentary]]''' which follows [[Geert Wilders]]'s campaign for Prime Minister of the Netherlands in 2017 compares him to [[Donald Trump]]? <small>(2018-12-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Angus Barbieri's fast|Angus Barbieri fasted]]''' for more than a year, losing {{convert|276|lb}} and setting a world record? <small>(2018-12-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the interactive game '''''[[Your Call Football]]''''' allows participants to [[Play calling|call plays]] in real time for live exhibition [[American football]] games, featuring some former [[National Football League|NFL]] and [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] players? <small>(2018-12-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that American businesswoman and suffragist '''[[Anna Shelton]]''' was driven to eschew traditional women's roles because of a [[bigamy]] scandal involving her sister's husband, a [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] mayor? <small>(2018-12-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the tombstone of Vietnamese anti-colonialist '''[[Phạm Thận Duật]]''' was buried face-down for nearly a century to conceal it from the French authorities? <small>(2018-11-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[Vigdís Finnbogadóttir|first woman voted in as head of state]] says she would not have got her job if '''[[women in Iceland]]''' had not walked away from theirs? <small>(2018-11-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Padule di Fucecchio massacre]]''', in which at least 174 Italian civilians were murdered, has been described as "one of the worst [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] atrocities in Italy"? <small>(2018-10-25, 2019-02-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Adivasi]]-organized '''[[Plachimada Coca-Cola struggle|protests in Plachimada, India]]''', succeeded in removing a [[Coca-Cola]] factory that was polluting the groundwater? <small>(2018-09-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[General Frisbie (steamship)|General Frisbie]]''''' ''(pictured)'' accidentally sank two ships and disabled a third, was renamed ''Commander'', and then turned into a [[salmon cannery]]? <small>(2018-09-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that despite the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]'s $24 trillion in mineral reserves, '''[[Poverty in the Democratic Republic of the Congo|more than 80% of its residents live in extreme poverty]]'''? <small>(2018-09-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Fredy Hirsch]]''' saved the lives of children at [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]] by impressing [[SS-Totenkopfverbände|SS guards]], even though he was Jewish and openly gay? <small>(2018-09-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that despite homosexuality being [[LGBT rights in Iran|punishable by death]], Iranian LGBT activists celebrate '''[[IranPride Day]]''' ''(logo pictured)'' by secretly photographing themselves holding [[Rainbow flag (LGBT movement)|rainbow flags]] in [[Tehran]] and other cities? <small>(2018-09-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in most of the killings of the '''[[Bangladesh Drug War]]''' the victims were shot at night, and weapons and drugs were found near the bodies? <small>(2018-09-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Ronald Smelser]]'''{{`s}} 2008 book ''[[The Myth of the Eastern Front]]'' focuses on the [[Clean Wehrmacht|myth of the clean Wehrmacht]]? <small>(2018-09-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Robert Einstein, a cousin of Nobel Prize Laureate [[Albert Einstein]], committed suicide less than a year after '''[[Murder of the family of Robert Einstein|his family was murdered]]''' by German soldiers in World War II? <small>(2018-08-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that video artist [[Joan Braderman]] '''[[Joan Does Dynasty|superimposed herself]]''' onto scenes from the television series ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'' to critique the characters, plots, and themes? <small>(2018-08-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Carrie Goldberg]]''', who is representing two women accusing [[Harvey Weinstein]] of sexual abuse, once served as a case manager for [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] victims? <small>(2018-08-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[butyrolactol A]]''', a [[polyketide]] derived from ''[[Streptomyces rochei]]'', demonstrates broad antimicrobial activity against fungi, including ''[[Candida albicans]]''? <small>(2018-08-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Jean-François Bony]]''' designed fabrics for the rulers of France before, during, and after the [[French Revolution]]? <small>(2018-07-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Shadwell forgeries]]''', crude 19th-century fake medieval artefacts, are now sought-after collectibles in their own right? <small>(2018-07-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Hocking Lake was renamed '''[[Lake Logan State Park|Lake Logan]]''' after [[Logan (Iroquois leader)|Chief Logan]] of the [[Mingo]] Native American tribe? <small>(2018-07-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Thuy Bo village memorializes 145 Vietnamese civilians who were killed during the 1967 '''[[Thuy Bo massacre]]'''? <small>(2018-06-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the barque '''[[City of New York (1885 ship)|''City of New York'']]''' ''(pictured)'' was [[Richard E. Byrd]]'s flagship on his [[Richard E. Byrd#First Antarctic expedition (1928–1930)|first Antarctic expedition]]? <small>(2018-06-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Leiden Law School]]''' ''(pictured)'' is housed in the former laboratory of [[Heike Kamerlingh Onnes]], a [[physicist]] and [[List of Nobel laureates in Physics|Nobel laureate]]? <small>(2018-06-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a theory that English nursery rhymes such as "'''[[Hark, Hark! The Dogs Do Bark]]'''" could be understood by translating sound-alike [[Dutch language|Dutch]] words back into English was called "ingenious if somewhat addlepated"? <small>(2018-06-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa]]'''{{`s}} feminist group New Wave Feminists was removed as a partner of the [[2017 Women's March]] after organizers discovered the group was [[United States anti-abortion movement|pro-life]]? <small>(2018-06-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Danzig Street shooting|Toronto's worst mass shooting]]''' was committed by teenagers at a [[block party]]? <small>(2018-05-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that "'''[[This Is America (Childish Gambino song)|This Is America]]'''" by [[Donald Glover|Childish Gambino]] addresses the themes of [[African-American culture|being black in America]] and [[gun violence in the United States]]? <small>(2018-05-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Blanche McVeigh]]'''{{`s}} home workshop had a Sturges [[printing press]] so heavy that the floor needed to be shored up to support it? <small>(2018-05-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Gavin Lowe (computer scientist)|Gavin Lowe]]''' went from being at [[St John's College, Oxford|John's]] to being at [[St Hugh's College, Oxford|Hugh's]], but finally ended up at [[St Catherine's College, Oxford|Catherine's]]? <small>(2018-04-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 2015, [[Kjell N. Lindgren|Kjell Lindgren]] played a plastic set of bagpipes made by '''[[McCallum Bagpipes]]''' on the [[International Space Station]]? <small>(2018-04-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Goat Canyon Trestle]]''' (''pictured'') is the world's largest curved wooden trestle? <small>(2018-03-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Lion Forge Comics]]''' was founded to provide [[Multiculturalism|ethnically diverse]] creators an outlet to create ethnically diverse characters? <small>(2018-03-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[cell isolation]]''' techniques can be used to help study individual living cells from tissue normally discarded during [[Cardiac surgery|open heart surgery]]? <small>(2018-03-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Clementi rail accident]]''' on the [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Singapore MRT]] was caused by a {{convert|50|L|adj=on}} oil spill? <small>(2018-02-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Youth in Africa|Africa's large population of youths]]''' and children makes it the youngest continent, with 60% of residents younger than twenty-five? <small>(2018-02-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the 2017 Finnish film '''''[[The Unknown Soldier (2017 film)|The Unknown Soldier]]''''' set the Guinness World Record for most [[Explosive material#High explosives|high explosives]] detonated in a single film take? <small>(2018-02-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in '''[[Ninetieth Minnesota State Senate v. Dayton|a recent court case]]''', the [[Minnesota Supreme Court]] resolved a dispute between the state's [[Minnesota Legislature|legislative]] and [[Governor of Minnesota|executive]] branches for the first time in its history? <small>(2018-02-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that of the [[Sutton Hoo helmet#Anglo-Saxon|six known Anglo-Saxon helmets]], the '''[[Shorwell helmet]]''' was originally mistaken for a pot, the [[Pioneer Helmet|Pioneer helmet]] for a bucket, and the [[Coppergate Helmet|Coppergate helmet]] for a rock? <small>(2018-01-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Houdini Museum of New York]]''' houses the world's second largest collection of "Houdiniana"? <small>(2018-01-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that before becoming a [[New York Supreme Court]] justice, '''[[Irwin Untermyer]]''' successfully argued to preserve the [[New York City Subway]]'s five-cent fare in a U.S. Supreme Court case? <small>(2018-01-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that American construction company '''[[RMK-BRJ]]''' trained 200,000 Vietnamese workers in construction and administrative trades during the [[Vietnam War]]? <small>(2018-01-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that both [[Oliver Cromwell]] and [[Kylie Minogue]] have stayed at the '''[[Lygon Arms]]''' ''(pictured)''? <small>(2018-01-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[The Hammer of Thor]]''''' by [[Rick Riordan]] won a [[Stonewall Book Award]] for its portrayal of the [[genderfluid]] character [[Alex Fierro]]? <small>(2018-01-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Ottawa Art Gallery]]''' acquired the [[Firestone Collection of Canadian Art|Firestone Collection]] of over 1,600 pieces of [[Canadian art]], including landscapes by the [[Group of Seven (artists)|Group of Seven]], in 1992? <small>(2018-01-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Desmarestia tropica]]''''', or tropical acidweed, is possibly extinct because of the [[1982–83 El Niño event]]? <small>(2018-01-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Yiqu]]''' was conquered by [[Qin (state)|Qin]] after its king was killed by his mistress [[Queen Dowager Xuan]], or by her son the king of Qin? <small>(2018-01-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[art of Uruk]]''' includes the 5,000-year-old [[Mask of Warka]], probably one of the earliest known near life-size sculptures? <small>(2018-01-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in a '''[[legacy game]]''', players may be instructed to destroy physical components? <small>(2018-01-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a '''[[collaborative practice agreement]]''', which allows a pharmacist to prescribe medications, order [[Pharmacotherapy|drug therapy]]-related laboratory tests, and design therapy plans, can improve people's health? <small>(2018-01-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 1860, '''[[Edric Norfolk Vaux Morisset]]''' became the first Inspector General of Police in [[Queensland]]? <small>(2018-01-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Xing Zi Ming Chu|Human Nature is Brought Forth by Decree]]''''', an ancient Chinese philosophical text, was rediscovered about 2,300 years after it was buried? <small>(2017-12-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''{{PS|Duchess of Fife}}''' received a [[Battle honour#Naval battle honours|battle honour]] for saving 1,633 [[Allies of World War II|Alllied]] troops from the [[Dunkirk evacuation|beaches of Dunkirk]]? <small>(2017-11-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Cranston Public Library]]''' delivered 4,657 items to homebound residents of [[Cranston, Rhode Island]], in 2016 alone? <small>(2017-10-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Rebecca Thomas]] wrote and directed '''''[[Electrick Children]]''''', a film with a budget of US$1 million, while she was still a university student? <small>(2017-10-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Andy Boarman]]''' ran a popular music store and instrument workshop out of his [[Hedgesville, West Virginia|Hedgesville]] barber shop? <small>(2017-10-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the creator of the popular YouTube channel '''[[Ali-A]]''' has been called a "YouTube megastar" by the [[BBC]]? <small>(2017-09-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Norman Mailer]] wrote "'''[[The Man Who Studied Yoga]]'''" in 1952 in order to free himself from the past success of his first novel? <small>(2017-09-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Kim Cobb]]''' used coral to profile [[El Niño]] over seven thousand years? <small>(2017-09-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Europol]] was able to identify a hotel used in [[Child pornography|child porn]] using Twitter and '''[[Stop Child Abuse – Trace an Object|a crowdsourced website]]'''? <small>(2017-09-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the UK organization '''[[Serious Hazards of Transfusion]]''' discourages hospitals from using some blood products donated by women? <small>(2017-09-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[forest ring]]s''' had gone unnoticed by geologists until [[aerial photography]] became a common surveying tool in the 1950s? <small>(2017-09-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Thirteenth Doctor]]''', to be portrayed by [[Jodie Whittaker]], will be the first female incarnation of [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]] in the continuity of ''[[Doctor Who]]''? <small>(2017-08-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[video game walkthrough]]s''' are typically designed to assist other players in accomplishing certain feats within video games? <small>(2017-08-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[History of Medicine Society]]''', founded by Sir [[William Osler]] in 1912, is one of the oldest in the world? <small>(2017-08-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[regrelor]]''' ''(pictured)'', a new experimental [[antiplatelet drug]], was withdrawn during a phase II [[clinical trial]] due to an increased risk of bleeding? <small>(2017-08-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Thukkachi Abatsahayesvar temple]]''' ''(pictured)'' was greatly expanded by [[Vikrama Chola]] after he was supposedly cured of [[vitiligo]] by praying to the presiding deity for 48 days? <small>(2017-08-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a '''[[clinical pharmaceutical scientist]]''' is both a practicing [[pharmacist]] and a [[scientist]]? <small>(2017-08-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Don Reitz]]''' incorporated his niece's drawings into a series of [[Studio pottery|ceramic pieces]] that came to be known as the ''Sara Period (example pictured)''? <small>(2017-07-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Women Wage Peace]]''' held a 50-day [[hunger strike]] outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's formal residence in 2015? <small>(2017-07-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Bis(cyclopentadienyl)titanium(III) chloride|Nugent–RajanBabu reagent]]''' can be used to prepare a key intermediate in the synthesis of [[vinorelbine]], a treatment for [[non-small-cell lung carcinoma|non-small-cell lung cancer]]? <small>(2017-07-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that American trade unionist '''[[George Baldanzi]]''' worked out of [[Greensboro, North Carolina]], as part of [[Operation Dixie]] because it was close to many textile plants? <small>(2017-06-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Desideria Quintanar de Yáñez]]''' was reportedly inspired by a dream to join [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in 1880 in Mexico? <small>(2017-06-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that professional wrestler '''[[Jerry London (wrestler)|Jerry London]]''' worked in the main event of both the [[EMLL 33rd Anniversary Show (1)|first]] and [[EMLL 33rd Anniversary Show (2)|second EMLL 33rd anniversary show]], three weeks apart? <small>(2017-06-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the journalist behind the '''[[Narada sting operation]]''' was inspired by Israeli [[Mossad]] officer [[Mike Harari]]? <small>(2017-06-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the prosecution of '''[[Theoris of Lemnos]]''' is the most detailed account of a [[Witch-hunt#Classical antiquity|witch trial]] to survive from Classical Greece? <small>(2017-05-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] '''[[King Kaluha]]''' was the hand-picked opponent for [["Dr. Death" Steve Williams|Dr. Death]]{{`s}} comeback match after battling throat cancer? <small>(2017-05-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that after '''[[Christian Hamburger]]''' oversaw her sex reassignment, [[Christine Jorgensen]] chose her new name in his honor? <small>(2017-05-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the 17th-century German hymn "'''[[Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan]]'''" has been described as "one of the most exquisite strains of pious resignation ever written"? <small>(2017-03-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Akatombo]]''', or "Red Dragonfly", written by poet '''[[Rofū Miki]]''' and composed by [[Kosaku Yamada]], is one of the [[100 Japanese Songs|most-loved Japanese songs]] according to a 1989 survey? <small>(2017-03-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Donald Trump]] and [[Merv Griffin]] fought for control of casino operator '''[[Resorts International]]''' in 1988? <small>(2017-03-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Cecil E. Harris]]''', the U.S. Navy's second most successful World War II [[flying ace]], was a school teacher from landlocked South Dakota? <small>(2017-02-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Hanzo (Overwatch)|Hanzo]]''' and his brother Genji from ''[[Overwatch (video game)|Overwatch]]'' were originally a single character that was split during development? <small>(2017-02-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Al-Jahith's Treasury]]''', an [[Amman]] bookstore chain, may have been named for theologian [[al-Jahiz]], who was supposedly crushed by a stack of books? <small>(2017-01-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that during World War II, '''[[International Hat Company]]''' was one of the two main manufacturers of the [[American fiber helmet|sun helmet]] ''(pictured)'', one of the longest-used helmets of the United States military? <small>(2017-01-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Michael Stevens (educator)|Michael Stevens]]''', creator and host of ''[[Vsauce]]'', uploaded his first [[YouTube]] videos under the username "pooplicker888"? <small>(2016-12-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the statistician '''[[Kai-Tai Fang]]'''{{`s}} dissertation was written in two weeks but not published for 19 years because of the [[Cultural Revolution]]? <small>(2016-10-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in their second year of providing a free mobile laundry service for the homeless, the co-founders of '''[[Orange Sky Laundry]]''' were jointly awarded [[Young Australian of the Year]]? <small>(2016-09-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Stipple-throated antwren|stipple-throated]]''', the '''[[Ornate antwren|ornate]]''', and the '''[[rufous-tailed antwren]]''' ''(pictured)'' are all of the genus '''''[[Epinecrophylla]]''''' and specialise in extracting insect prey from dead leaves? <small>(2016-09-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Theodore de Korwin Szymanowski]]''' ''(pictured)'', one of the earliest promoters of a [[Unified Europe]], proposed a customs union, a central bank, and a single currency as far back as 1885? <small>(2016-08-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that mathematician '''[[Sergei Nikolaevich Chernikov]]''' already had the first of his five department chairs before defending his [[Doktor nauk|DSc]] in 1940? <small>(2016-07-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Henry Ford]]'s personal secretary, '''[[Ernest G. Liebold]]''', was investigated by the [[United States Department of War]] as a suspected German spy during World War I? <small>(2016-07-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 1937 '''[[Ingrid Christensen]]''' became the first woman to set foot on mainland [[Antarctica]]? <small>(2016-07-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[My Chemical Romance]] drummer '''[[Bob Bryar]]''' suffered third-degree burns on his arms and legs during the filming of the music video for "[[Famous Last Words (My Chemical Romance song)|Famous Last Words]]"? <small>(2016-07-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Lois Jones (scientist)|Lois Jones]]''' led the first all-woman science team to [[Antarctica]] in 1969? <small>(2016-07-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that starting in 1991, former test pilot [[Neil Armstrong#Test_pilot |Neil Armstrong]] hosted an aviation television series, '''''[[First Flights with Neil Armstrong]]'''''? <small>(2016-07-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Elizabeth Truswell]]''' used ancient [[pollen]] to show that plants existed in [[Antarctica]] before the ice cap formed? <small>(2016-07-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[food fight]] scene from ''[[Cheers]]''{{`}} '''[[Thanksgiving Orphans|Thanksgiving episode]]''' was shot twice, resulting in a strong odor around the set? <small>(2016-07-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[In-Young Ahn]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first Korean woman to visit [[Antarctica]]? <small>(2016-06-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Barbara Robb]]''' ''(pictured)'', a campaigner for the well-being of older people, was described by a Cabinet Minister as a "terrible danger" to the British government in 1969? <small>(2016-05-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that when the '''''[[Archie vs. Predator]]''''' comic was first announced, many media outlets noted in their headline that the news was not a joke? <small>(2016-05-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Richmond F.C.]] returned to the professional '''[[2016–17 RFU Championship]]''' after climbing eight tiers following [[Administration (law)|administration]], but chose to remain semi-professional? <small>(2016-05-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[L. Douglas Smoot]]''' made contributions both locally and nationally with his [[chemical engineering]] work in [[combustion]] research? <small>(2016-05-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that during an 8-week period in World War II, Major General '''[[Douglass T. Greene]]''' was consecutively commander of the [[16th Armored Division (United States)|16th Armored Division]] and the [[12th Armored Division (United States)|12th Armored Division]] and then Deputy Commander of the [[Second United States Army]]? <small>(2016-05-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Chip Fairway]]''' left the sporting world at age 31 so that he could spend more time with his family? <small>(2016-05-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that "'''[[We Don't Have To Dance]]'''" by [[Andy Biersack|Andy Black]] was written with [[Fall Out Boy]] singer [[Patrick Stump]]? <small>(2016-05-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Ho Sin Hang]]''' conceived the idea of creating the [[Hang Seng Index]] as the "[[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] of Hong Kong"? <small>(2016-04-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that when three and a half years old, '''[[Elizabeth Randles]]''' played piano for [[George III|King George III]] and his family? <small>(2016-04-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Major General '''[[Carlos Brewer]]''' asked to be demoted to colonel so he could command combat troops during World War II, because he was too old to command a division as a general? <small>(2016-04-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that according to the Official Charts Company, [[Lady Gaga]]'s song "'''[[Applause (Lady Gaga song)|Applause]]'''" sold over 10,000 copies within a few hours in the UK? <small>(2016-04-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that after [[synthwave]] producer [[Com Truise]] made his third extended play '''''[[Wave 1]]''''', he said he had not realized it was really a reflection of the previous few months of his life? <small>(2016-04-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Richard Strauss composed '''''[[Die Tageszeiten]]''''', setting poems about four times of the day, for the men's chorus that serenaded him for his 60th birthday? <small>(2016-04-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that lean finely textured beef, also known as '''[[pink slime]]''', in the U.S [[ground beef]] supply declined from 70% in March 2012 to around 5% in March 2013, in part due to news media coverage about it? <small>(2016-04-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a 1960 telecast of '''''[[Night of the Auk]]''''' was the first time [[William Shatner]] played a spacecraft crew member on television? <small>(2016-04-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[PlatinumGames]] and [[Activision]] held an "official leak" to announce '''''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan]]'''''? <small>(2016-03-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Lucinda Lee Dalton]]''', an early Mormon feminist, argued that polygamy allowed many women to marry the few good men? <small>(2016-03-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the tower attached to '''[[All Saints Church, Huntsham|All Saints Church]]''' in [[Huntsham]], [[Devon]] dates to the 14th century, but the rest of the church was completely rebuilt by [[Benjamin Ferrey]] in 1854–56? <small>(2016-03-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Benoit & Sergio]]''' describe their sound as "an [[alloy]] of copper and silk"? <small>(2016-03-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Brent E. Huffman|the director]] of '''''[[Saving Mes Aynak]]''''' presented Afghani leaders with a [[petition]] signed by 100,000 people in support of the preservation of the [[Mes Aynak|5,000-year-old archaeological site]] ''(excavations pictured)''? <small>(2016-02-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Donald Lavoie]]''', a [[contract killing|hit man]] for Montreal's [[Dubois Brothers|Dubois Gang]], escaped his intended execution at their hands by sliding down a laundry chute? <small>(2016-02-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[BMW]] engineer '''[[Paul Rosche]]''' continued to design Formula One engines for them after the company withdrew from the tournament? <small>(2016-02-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Little Pine (restaurant)|Little Pine]]''' is a [[Veganism|vegan]] restaurant founded by American singer–songwriter [[Moby]] that donates all of its profits to [[animal welfare]] organizations? <small>(2016-02-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Ford Fry]]''' has been described as one of the most prolific chefs and restaurateurs in the United States? <small>(2016-02-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the overwater [[bungalow]]s at '''[[Hotel Bora Bora]]''' were the first on [[Bora Bora|that island]], and set a precedent for future developers? <small>(2016-02-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the first '''[[Cafe Barbera]]''' [[coffeehouse]] was established in 1870 in Southern Italy? <small>(2016-02-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Ted Stanley]]''' donated over $825 million to support work and research at the [[Broad Institute]]? <small>(2016-02-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 2001, '''[[Cliff Lett]]''' broke the official land speed record for [[radio-controlled car]]s, exceeding {{convert|100|mph}} for the first time? <small>(2016-02-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Conor McGregor]] became the cover athlete of '''''[[EA Sports UFC 2]]''''' by defeating [[José Aldo]] at [[UFC 194]]? <small>(2016-01-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Museum of Goa]]''' in India does not host a permanent collection, instead operating as a [[Art museum|gallery]] temporarily exhibiting works from around the world? <small>(2016-01-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Ghana Code Club]]''' is an [[After-school activity|after-school program]] in Ghana that teaches children [[computer programming]] skills? <small>(2016-01-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[The Pink Assassin]]''' was a flamboyant [[masked wrestler|masked villain]] from [[Fire Island]], [[New York]]? <small>(2016-01-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Lindbergh Beacon (Los Angeles)|Lindbergh Beacon]]''' atop [[Los Angeles City Hall]] was deactivated after the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] and not fully restored and reactivated until 2001? <small>(2016-01-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that American wrestler '''[[Dr. Heresy]]''' has a real-life career in the mental health industry? <small>(2016-01-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Nellie Campobello]]'s '''''[[Cartucho]]''''' is the only canonical literary representation of the [[Mexican Revolution]] written by a woman? <small>(2016-01-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Carrie Mac]]''', a Canadian author specializing in Young Adult fiction, is a winner of the CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize, the [[Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize]], and the [[Arthur Ellis Award]]? <small>(2016-01-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Sir George Kenning]]''' called his [[Derby]] car showroom ''Morris House'' and it was opened by [[William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield|Sir William Morris]]? <small>(2016-01-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the title of '''[[Monica Byrne]]'''{{`s}} drama ''What Every Girl Should Know'' is drawn from a sex education column in the ''[[New York Call]]'' by [[Margaret Sanger]]? <small>(2016-01-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Bionade-Biedermeier]]''' might be replaced by rhubarb spritzer-Rokoko? <small>(2016-01-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Commonwealth Games multiple medal-winning gymnast '''[[Nathan Gafuik]]''' was diagnosed with [[Addison's disease]] at the age of 15? <small>(2016-01-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Izzy Slapawitz]]''' was responsible for several fan riots in the [[Southern United States]] between 1978 and 1982? <small>(2016-01-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[real ear measurement]]''' used by [[Audiology|audiologists]] involves insertion of a probe to within 6 mm of the [[eardrum]]? <small>(2016-01-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the suicide of Chinese [[silent film]] actress '''[[Ai Xia]]''' inspired a film starring [[Ruan Lingyu]], who also committed suicide soon after the film's release? <small>(2015-12-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Etta Federn]]''' received Nazi death threats because of her [[Walther Rathenau]] biography? <small>(2015-12-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Rachel Davis Harris]]''' was an influential African American library director in the [[Jim Crow laws|Jim Crow]] South? <small>(2015-12-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[John Martin (judge)|John Martin]]''', the first Chief Justice of the Cherokee Supreme Court, had no formal legal training? <small>(2015-12-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Canada's first-ever match between [[André the Giant]] and [[Hulk Hogan]] took place in '''[[Lutte Internationale]]''', preceding their more famous showdown at [[WrestleMania III]] by seven years? <small>(2015-12-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[seductive details]]''' may have a negative effect on learning? <small>(2015-11-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[The Bunbury Herald]]''''' has been digitised as part of the [[Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program]]? <small>(2015-11-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Soundway Records]]''' has released compilation albums and re-issues of African, Caribbean, Latin, and Asian music from the 1950s to 1980s? <small>(2015-11-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that some of the British painter '''[[Nahem Shoa]]'''{{`s}} portraits ''(example pictured)'' were painted at up to 15 times life size? <small>(2015-11-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in the early 1940s, '''[[Beatrice Beeby]]''', [[Joan Wood]], and Inge Smithells established the first nursery playcentres, precursor to the present-day [[Playcentre]] organisation in New Zealand? <small>(2015-11-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Shirazi salad]]''' is a traditional salad in [[Iranian cuisine]] that originated from [[Shiraz]] in Southern Iran? <small>(2015-11-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that starting in 2020, '''[[The Ocean Cleanup]]''' will endeavour to rid the [[Great Pacific garbage patch]] of [[marine debris|plastic debris]]? <small>(2015-11-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Program for Action]]''', a transportation proposal in [[New York City]], was drastically truncated in the 1970s due to a lack of funds? <small>(2015-11-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Tracy Dahl]]'''{{`s}} voice has been described as "filled with sunshine, rainbows and laser light"? <small>(2015-10-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[William Richardson Linton|Reverend Linton]]'s book has '''''[[Rubus durescens]]''''' in gold leaf on its cover ''(pictured)''? <small>(2015-10-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that between 1942 and 1944, Polish resistance fighter '''[[Antoni Koper]]''' hid Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto in his apartment? <small>(2015-10-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Lee Ee Hoe]]''' was conferred the [[Order of the Rising Sun]] for his contributions to tourism between Japan and Malaysia? <small>(2015-10-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the construction of the [[Panama Canal]] and [[Mount Rushmore]] used cranes from '''[[American Crane Corporation]]'''? <small>(2015-10-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Trigona corvina]]''''' is a highly aggressive species of stingless bee? <small>(2015-10-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Michigan Heritage Park]]''' ''(typical exhibit pictured)'' is an outdoor attraction that spans 10,000 years of Michigan history? <small>(2015-10-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Touran Mirhadi]]''' has been called "the godmother of progressive education in Iran"? <small>(2015-09-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[flail space model]]''' models how a passenger will move in a collision with a roadside feature like a [[Traffic barrier|guardrail]], since [[Crash test dummy|crash test dummies]] are not accurate in such cases? <small>(2015-09-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Doris Cole]]''' wrote the first book on female architects from the United States? <small>(2015-09-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Tarik Badwan, the vocalist of '''[[Loom (band)|LOOM]]''', has been called "the angriest man to stalk a stage in ages"? <small>(2015-08-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that American entrepreneur '''[[Pamela Meyer]]''' has been described by ''[[Reader's Digest]]'' as "the nation's best known expert on lying"? <small>(2015-08-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 2015, '''[[Alissa St Laurent]]''' became the first woman to win the [[Canadian Death Race]]? <small>(2015-08-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that gospel singer '''[[Zella Jackson Price]]''' had not seen her daughter for almost 50 years until they were reunited in 2015? <small>(2015-08-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that volunteers at the '''[[Sorby Research Institute]]''' were made to wear the dirty underpants of [[scabies]] sufferers? <small>(2015-08-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Royal Castle (restaurant chain)|Royal Castle]]''' was a Miami, Florida-based hamburger [[Chain store#Restaurant chains|restaurant chain]] known for its miniature hamburgers, where were similar to [[White Castle (restaurant)|White Castle]] hamburgers? <small>(2015-08-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that author [[Graham Greene]] chose Father '''[[Bede Jarrett]]''' to be his daughter's godfather? <small>(2015-08-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[oleogustus]]''' is a proposed sixth [[basic taste]], most easily identified in [[Rancidification|rancid]] fatty foods? <small>(2015-08-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[The Batten Twins]]''' played [[college football]] against each other while attending different universities? <small>(2015-08-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that professional wrestling [[Referee (professional wrestling)|referee]] [[Brian Hildebrand|Mark Curtis]] made an unannounced appearance at '''[[Curtis Comes Home]]''', his own benefit show? <small>(2015-07-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Climate Hawks Vote]]''' rated [[Bernie Sanders]] as the senator with the highest score for climate leadership in the [[113th United States Congress]]? <small>(2015-07-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad]]''' operates a [[steam locomotive]] that was once operated by the [[McCloud Railway]]? <small>(2015-07-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Polish Catholic midwife '''[[Stanisława Leszczyńska]]''' ''(pictured)'' delivered 3,000 babies at the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]] during [[the Holocaust in occupied Poland]]? <small>(2015-07-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Military Working Dog Teams National Monument]]''' at [[Lackland Air Force Base]] is dedicated to U.S. [[Dogs in warfare|war dogs]] and their handlers? <small>(2015-06-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that houses of many '''[[University of Virginia Greek life|University of Virginia fraternities]]''' were styled after residences of the [[Old South]], including [[Monticello]], [[Farmington (Albemarle County, Virginia)|Farmington]], and [[Carr's Hill]]? <small>(2015-06-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Gender roles in non-heterosexual communities|gay and bisexual boys who adopted more feminine gender roles]]''' at a younger age are at higher risk for [[Suicide among LGBT youth|suicide]], [[sexual abuse]], and [[Substance abuse|drug abuse]] than other gay and bisexual youth? <small>(2015-05-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the fictional '''[[SCP Foundation]]''' ''(logo pictured)'' contains and documents thousands of [[paranormal]] objects? <small>(2015-05-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that ''{{lang|de|Die Plage}}'', created by composer and visual artist '''[[Harley Gaber]]''' ''(pictured)'', is a historical narrative of Germany, from the [[Weimar Republic]] to the end of World War{{nbsp}}II, in 5,000 canvases? <small>(2015-05-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] composed an [[obbligato]] part for the flute of '''[[Johann Baptist Wendling]]''' in an aria of his ''[[Idomeneo]]'' sung by Wendling's wife? <small>(2015-05-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Gabriele Zerbi]]''', author of the first guide on [[geriatrics]], was sawn in half? <small>(2015-05-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the release of the 2002 documentary '''''[[War and Peace (2002 film)|War and Peace]]''''' was blocked by the [[Central Board of Film Certification|Indian censor board]], which demanded 21 cuts? <small>(2015-05-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that newspaper publisher '''[[Bob Brown (newspaper publisher)|Bob Brown]]''' became involved with [[organized crime|the mob]] in order to keep the '''''[[Valley Times (North Las Vegas)|Valley Times]]''''' in business? <small>(2015-04-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Tygerberg Zoo]]''' sought to breed look-alikes to South Africa's [[Cape lions]], extinct since the 1850s, with two cubs from [[Novosibirsk Zoo]] in [[Siberia]]? <small>(2015-04-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[People v. Marquan M.]]''''' was the first case in which a US court weighed the [[United States Constitution|constitutionality]] of criminalizing [[cyberbullying]]? <small>(2015-04-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that German-American economist '''[[Edith Hirsch (economist)|Edith Hirsch]]''' met her husband at the childhood home of [[Elsa Einstein|Albert Einstein's wife]]? <small>(2015-04-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Camille Dow Baker]]''', a petroleum executive, received awards for humanitarian efforts? <small>(2015-04-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that rapper '''[[Rome Fortune]]'''{{`s}} ''Beautiful Pimp II'' EP features his grandfather on the [[vibraphone]]? <small>(2015-03-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that ''[[The Times]]'' dubbed '''[[John Pickard (professor)|John Pickard]]''' one of Britain's top doctors? <small>(2015-03-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Sara Goldrick-Rab]]'''{{`s}} advocacy of free [[community colleges in the United States]] influenced [[President Obama]]'s [[2015 State of the Union Address|own plan]]? <small>(2015-03-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Helen Papashvily]]'''{{`s}} story ''Anything can Happen'' argues that we should be tolerant of those who are not born in our country? <small>(2015-03-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that on 11 September 2002 '''[[Andrew Dallmeyer]]''' premiered a one-man show in which he played [[Osama bin Laden]] as a shopping-mall [[Santa Claus]]? <small>(2015-03-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a photo of '''[[Lutz Bachmann]]''' dressed as [[Adolf Hitler]] sparked controversy before his resignation as leader of [[Pegida]], an [[Islamophobia|anti-Islamic]] organisation? <small>(2015-02-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that on her first mission, the [[Phoenix (1973)|'''''Phoenix''''']] ''(pictured)'' helped to save over 3000 [[immigrant|migrants]] and [[refugee|refugees]] in less than three months? <small>(2015-02-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that during the [[Iran–Iraq War]], an Iraqi major told his prisoner '''[[Ali Akbar Aboutorabi Fard|Aboutorabi]]''', "if [[Khomeini]] is like you, I will follow him"? <small>(2015-02-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Methodist Episcopal Church|Methodist]] preacher '''[[Stephen G. Roszel]]''' opposed [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolition]]? <small>(2015-02-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that 40% of '''[[Gardens Alive!|Gardens Alive]]'''{{`s}} revenue comes from non-gardening merchandise? <small>(2015-02-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Christian Socialism in Utah]]''' prompted a debate on whether "socialism or individualism was taught by the New Testament as a basis for Christian government"? <small>(2015-02-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that during the apartheid era, South Africa's [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] won a by-election in Oudtshoorn after waging a "'''''[[Boerehaat]]''''' campaign"? <small>(2015-02-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that football player '''[[Brad Craddock]]''' of the [[Maryland Terrapins]] was tutored by [[NFL]] [[Pro Bowl]]er [[Matt Stover]]? <small>(2015-02-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that medical missionary '''[[Victor Clough Rambo]]''' removed nineteen cataracts in one day using a desk as an operating table? <small>(2015-02-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 1629 a Virginia court sentenced '''[[Thomasine Hall]]''' to wear items of both male and female clothing simultaneously? <small>(2015-02-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that, during his 1903 campaign for [[Governor of Kentucky]], '''[[Morris B. Belknap]]''' got to a speaking engagement on time by pumping a [[handcar]]? <small>(2015-01-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Mellcene Thurman Smith]]''' was the first woman sworn in as a member of the [[Missouri General Assembly]]? <small>(2015-01-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Sala House]]''' ''(pictured)'' is built around a spacious farmhouse-style kitchen based on a memory from a childhood visit to the south of France? <small>(2015-01-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[continental arc]]''' volcanoes have magma formed from a mixture of melted [[asthenosphere]] and crustal rocks? <small>(2015-01-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Sefton Park Cricket Club]]''' was founded over 150 years ago? <small>(2015-01-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Mites of livestock|mites that infect livestock]]''' have no eyes? <small>(2014-12-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Fence Cutting Wars]]''' caused more than 20 million [[United States dollar|dollars]] of damage in [[Texas]] by 1883? <small>(2014-12-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[salt surface structures]]''' include the extrusive advance structure where salt flows under gravitational pressure? <small>(2014-12-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the modern city of [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]] was founded in 1836, when the Lochapoka Creeks created the town of ''talasi'' at the '''[[Creek Council Oak Tree]]''' in Indian Territory? <small>(2014-12-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Salvatore Stabile]]''' wrote, directed, and produced his first feature film when just 19? <small>(2014-12-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the voice actors in '''''[[Chaar Sahibzaade]]''''', the first [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] 3D animation film, were kept anonymous? <small>(2014-12-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Israel College of the Bible]]''' offers both international and Hebrew [[Bachelor of Theology]] degrees? <small>(2014-12-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the ''London Evening Standard'' asked whether '''[[Richard Banks (banker)|Richard Banks]]''', the Chief Executive of the UK's "bad bank", was "Britain's best banker"? <small>(2014-12-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a [[dye]]stuff extracted from the endangered '''[[Armenian cochineal]]''' was historically used to dye rugs and paint manuscripts and frescoes? <small>(2014-11-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the Somali tectonic plate is breaking into tectonic micro-plates, like the newly-formed '''[[Lwandle Plate]]'''? <small>(2014-11-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Lou Reed]] directed '''[[Red Shirley|a short film]]'''? <small>(2014-11-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Eddie Golden]]''', a [[List of family relations in professional wrestling|third-generation]] [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]], has teamed with his real-life uncle [[Jimmy Golden]] on the [[independent circuit]]? <small>(2014-11-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Protonectarina|Protonectarina sylveirae]]''''' can increase the yield of coffee crops? <small>(2014-11-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Lord Zoltan]]''' was one of the first American pro wrestlers to start wearing [[facepaint]]? <small>(2014-11-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the Holmes family of the early Colorado '''[[HOP Ranch]]''' befriended Southern [[Ute people|Ute]] Native Americans, fed them biscuits and lent them field glasses and rifles for hunting expeditions? <small>(2014-11-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Emily Sartain]]''' was the first woman in Europe and the United States to practice the art of [[mezzotint]] engraving? <small>(2014-10-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that burglars attacking a '''[[Barretville, Tennessee]]''', bank vault with blowtorches in 1930 failed to steal any money, but burned down the adjacent general store? <small>(2014-10-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Mostafa Salameh]]''' ''(pictured)'' rang his partner, his parents, and the King of Jordan via satellite phone from [[Mount Everest]]? <small>(2014-10-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Bruce Mozert]]''' took [[Underwater photography|underwater photographs]] in [[Silver Springs, Florida]], as early as the 1940s? <small>(2014-10-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Reginald's Tower]]''' in Ireland has served as a fortified tower, a [[mint (coin)|mint]], a prison, a military storehouse, an air raid shelter, and a museum? <small>(2014-10-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that one of the founders of '''[[Lemurs' Park]]''' near [[Antananarivo]] is the grandson of [[Pierre Boiteau]], the Founding Director of the [[Tsimbazaza Zoo]]? <small>(2014-10-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that both of the lead actors in the 2013 film '''''[[Short Term 12]]''''' were cast through [[Skype]]? <small>(2014-08-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a '''[[Church of All Saints (Sutton Courtenay)|single village churchyard]]''' ''(pictured)'' contains the graves of [[George Orwell]], [[H. H. Asquith|Earl Asquith]], and [[David Astor]]? <small>(2014-08-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Texas All-Star Wrestling]], the oldest [[independent promotion]] in [[Texas]], was honored at the '''[[Texas Wrestling Hall of Fame|2013 Texas Wrestling Hall of Fame]]'''? <small>(2014-08-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Indian industrialist '''[[Shrenik Kasturbhai Lalbhai]]''' headed [[Anandji Kalyanji Trust]], which manages 1200 [[Jainism|Jain]] temples? <small>(2014-08-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Indian poet '''[[Chandrakant Topiwala]]''' translated [[Rainer Maria Rilke|Rilke]]'s ''[[Duino Elegies]]'' into [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]? <small>(2014-08-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[John von Neumann]]'s theorem that every closed real [[matrix group]] is a [[Lie group]] inspired [[Élie Cartan]] to prove a generali{{shy}}za{{shy}}tion, the '''[[closed subgroup theorem]]'''? <small>(2014-08-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that with the prosthetic arm he had fitted after an electrical accident, "bionic chef" '''[[Eduardo Garcia (chef)|Eduardo Garcia]]''' has "superpowers"? <small>(2014-07-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that legend has it that a [[Teutonic Knight]] built the '''[[Leaning Tower of Toruń]]''' as punishment for falling in love with a woman, the tower's tilt signifying his deviant conduct? <small>(2014-07-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the popular [[children's literature|children's book]] '''''[[The Discovery of America]]''''' (1781) portrayed [[Christopher Columbus]] as a [[hero]], and [[Hernán Cortés]] and [[Francisco Pizarro]] as [[antihero]]es? <small>(2014-07-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[eggshell membrane]]''' is extracted from many of the two billion dozen eggshells produced annually at US egg-breaking facilities? <small>(2014-07-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Damien Miller]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the first [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous Australian]] to be an Australian ambassador? <small>(2014-07-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a ''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'' writer called '''[[Lou Marconi|"Beef Stew"]]''' his "least favorite nickname" in [[professional wrestling]]? <small>(2014-07-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the 2013 [[short film]] '''''[[Right There (film)|Right There]]''''' is a homage to [[comedy film#1895–1930|comedies]] of the [[silent film|silent film-era]]? <small>(2014-07-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[The Lost Boys (professional wrestling)|The Lost Boys]]''' invented a [[Finisher (wrestling)|finisher]] that had one man "[[Professional wrestling holds#Electric chair|hoisting their victim]] onto his shoulders" and the other "executing a [[moonsault]] that sends the opponent crashing to the mat"? <small>(2014-07-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[VetUK]]''', which has annual revenues of more than £10 million as of 2010, initially operated out of the living room of co-founder Iain Booth? <small>(2014-06-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a crossroad near [[Gujarat University]], where Gujarati author '''[[Bholabhai Patel]]''' taught, is named after him? <small>(2014-06-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that businessman turned political candidate '''[[Will Brooke (businessman)|Will Brooke]]''' described the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act|Affordable Care Act]] as a "planned economy disaster"? <small>(2014-06-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[super yacht|super-yacht]] builder '''[[Jonathan Quinn Barnett]]''' also made model [[Klingon]] ships for ''[[Star Trek IV]]'' and renovated the [[Rubicon Estate Winery]] mansion for [[Francis Ford Coppola]]? <small>(2014-06-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that over ninety percent of the historic '''[[Fire of Manisa|town of Manisa was burned down]]''' between 5 September and 8 September 1922? <small>(2014-06-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that "'''[[Turn Up the Radio (Madonna song)|Turn Up the Radio]]'''" is [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]'s 43rd number-one single on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Dance Club Songs|Dance Club Songs]] chart, the most for any artist? <small>(2014-06-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Jesuit priest '''[[Carlos G. Vallés]]''' was awarded [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]], the highest literary award in the [[Gujarati language]], in 1978? <small>(2014-06-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the 39th annual '''[[GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards]]''' ceremony was referred to as the 40th due to superstition? <small>(2014-06-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[1949 Sun Bowl controversy|Sun Bowl Committee's decision]]''' to exclude '''[[David Showell]]''' from playing in the 1949 [[Sun Bowl]] based on his race led to demonstrations at [[Lafayette College]] against segregation? <small>(2014-05-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that before entering politics, British [[Member of Parliament]] '''[[Ayscoghe Boucherett]]''' became friends with Sir [[Thomas Lawrence]], whose painting ''The Children of Ayscoghe Boucherett'' ''(pictured)'' is now held in [[The Louvre]]? <small>(2014-05-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that one reviewer said that the 1991 [[gay pornography|gay pornographic]] film '''''[[Jumper (pornographic film)|Jumper]]''''' was "modeled somewhat" on the 1978 film ''[[Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait]]''? <small>(2014-05-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Australian Renewable Energy Agency]]''' is helping fund construction of the southern hemisphere's largest [[Photovoltaic power station|solar power station]]? <small>(2014-04-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Early Nationalists]]''' were the beginning of the organised national movement in India? <small>(2014-04-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[The Psycho Ex-Wife]]''', an [[anonymous blogging|anonymous blog]], was shut down by a U.S. [[family court]] judge? <small>(2014-04-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Ada Hitchins]]'''{{`s}} measurements of [[atomic mass]] from [[uranium]] ores ''(pictured)'' provided the first experimental evidence for the existence of [[isotope]]s? <small>(2014-04-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 2006, the '''[[Flying Lions Aerobatic Team]]''' [[waterski]]ed across the Klipdrift Dam in [[Johannesburg]] flying [[North American Harvard]] aircraft? <small>(2014-04-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Matthew Grocoff]]''' lives in America's oldest [[Zero-energy building|net zero energy]] home? <small>(2014-04-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Frontier Series|Canada's new money]]''' features too much pornography and not enough women? <small>(2014-04-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that scientists observed '''[[Echo (elephant)|an echo]]''' which lasted 65 years? <small>(2014-04-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[street photographer]] '''[[Martin Elkort]]''' ''(pictured)'' took his first professional photograph at age 10 and it made the front page of ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]''? <small>(2014-03-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that aged 15 and never having seen a live opera, '''[[Alessandra Marianelli]]''' placed second in the Cascinalirica singing competition and made her professional opera debut the following year? <small>(2014-03-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Helen M. Roberts]]''' mentored [[Barack Obama, Sr.]], and helped his family in [[Kenya]] with finances while he was a student at the [[University of Hawaii]]? <small>(2014-03-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Ken Block (politician)|Ken Block]]''', who founded the [[Moderate Party of Rhode Island]] and was its nominee for [[Governor of Rhode Island]] in [[Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 2010|2010]], is running in the [[Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 2014|2014 election]] as a [[Republican Party of Rhode Island|Republican]]? <small>(2014-03-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a Chinese '''[[Group of glazed pottery luohans from Yixian|set of glazed pottery figures]]''' ''(example pictured)'' from {{circa|lk=no|1000}} has been called "one of the most important groups of ceramic sculpture in the world"? <small>(2014-03-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Angela Stent]]''' is on the advisory committee of Women in International Security, an organization dedicated to promoting women's careers in the field of national security? <small>(2014-03-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that there were actually 40 variants of the "[[One Ring|One Ring]]" designed by '''[[Jens Hoyer Hansen]]''' for use in shooting [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'']] films? <small>(2014-03-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[The Elstree Project]]''' is an ongoing oral history of [[Elstree Studios|the studios of Elstree and Borehamwood]], with interviewees including [[Brian Blessed]], [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[Roger Moore]]? <small>(2014-02-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Hilary Wayment]]''' took a sabbatical to study the 16th-century [[stained glass]] windows in [[King's College Chapel, Cambridge]]? <small>(2014-02-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Iranian writer '''[[Ahmad Kamyabi Mask]]''' was named Chevalier of the [[Order of Academic Palms]] for his contribution to French literature? <small>(2014-02-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that segregation in [[Mississippi]] was challenged in 1959 when police prevented Dr. Gilbert Mason from swimming in the ocean, precipitating the '''[[Biloxi Wade-Ins]]''' and subsequent race riots? <small>(2014-01-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that 95 churches in the USA and one in Haiti are both '''[[Progressive Primitive Baptists|''Primitive'' and ''Progressive'']]'''? <small>(2014-01-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Dread Pirate Roberts (Silk road)|Dread Pirate Roberts]]''' is the founder of the [[Silk Road (marketplace)|"Amazon.com of illegal drugs"]]? <small>(2014-01-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[George Burditt (writer)|George Burditt]]''' was a writer on many episodes of the sitcom ''[[Three's Company]]'' and later became the show's executive producer? <small>(2014-01-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Bay Area Museum]]''' in Texas occupies a former church building and continues to host weddings in the old sanctuary? <small>(2014-01-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Brian Davies (activist)|Brian Davies]]''' founded the [[International Fund for Animal Welfare]] in 1969 and Network for Animals in 2010? <small>(2014-01-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Aaron McDuffie Moore]]''' was the first [[African American|black]] physician in Durham, North Carolina, and founded a [[Lincoln Community Health Center|hospital for African Americans]] there in 1901? <small>(2014-01-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Hillsboro, Oregon]], politician '''[[Katie Eyre Brewer]]''' was honored for helping to save a heart attack victim's life by performing [[Cardiopulmonary resuscitation|CPR]]? <small>(2014-01-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[David Bosco]]''' served as deputy director of a joint [[United Nations]]–[[NATO]] project on refugee repatriation in [[Sarajevo]]? <small>(2014-01-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) [[professional wrestling promotion]] held a '''[[Chris Candido Memorial Tag Team Tournament|memorial tournament]]''' to honor a wrestler who had died as a result of an injury sustained at one of their events? <small>(2014-01-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Randall Carver]]''' portrayed taxi driver John Burns in the television series ''[[Taxi (TV series)|Taxi]]'' for only the [[Taxi (season 1)|first season]] (1978–79)? <small>(2014-01-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Fraternal Society of Patriots of Both Sexes]]''' met in the [[Jacobins (religious order)|Jacobins]] convent which also hosted meetings of the [[Jacobin Club]]? <small>(2013-12-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[England (band)|England]]'''{{`s}} Robert Webb took a saw to his [[mellotron]] and played only the right half? <small>(2013-12-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that, in 2009, [[Los Angeles Police Department|Los Angeles police]] detectives investigating a '''[[Murder of Sherri Rasmussen|23-year-old murder]]''' found that the killer was a fellow detective? <small>(2013-12-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the former owner of '''[[Rainthorpe Hall]]''', J Maurice Hastings, was described by [[Maurice Bowra|Sir Cecil Maurice Bowra]] as throwing "wild parties" there? <small>(2013-12-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that during the [[2013 UFL Cup]], [[Loyola Meralco Sparks F.C.|Loyola Meralco Sparks]] outscored '''[[Blue Guards F.C.|Blue Guards]]''' in an [[association football]] match by a margin of 33 goals? <small>(2013-12-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the two-part [[gay pornography|gay pornographic]] film '''''[[Out of Athens]]''''' was loosely based on the director John Rutherford's past experiences in [[Greece]] as a young man? <small>(2013-11-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[growth fault]]s''' form in the sediments parallel to the margin of a continent and can form a reservoir for oil? <small>(2013-11-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200]]''' was the first [[NASCAR]] points race run with grooved [[rain tyre|rain tires]]? <small>(2013-11-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 2013, '''[[The Minories, Colchester|The Minories in Colchester]]''' held an art exhibition by [[Blur (band)|Blur]] frontman [[Damon Albarn]]'s father [[Keith Albarn|Keith]]? <small>(2013-11-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope]]''', is the oldest continuously existing scientific institution in South Africa? <small>(2013-11-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that American professional wrestler '''[[Romeo Valentino]]''' was the first and only [[Triple Crown Championship|Triple Crown Winner]] of [[Maryland Championship Wrestling]] and the [[Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation]]? <small>(2013-11-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Gerard Fowke]]''' spent much of his life studying ancient [[tumulus|burial mounds]], trying to prove the existence of a civilization that predated what we currently understand to be the Native Americans? <small>(2013-11-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Isle of Man Pure Beer Act]]''' meant that from 1874 to 1999 it was illegal to use anything other than water, [[malt]], sugar, and [[hops]] for brewing [[beer]]? <small>(2013-11-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Plaga Zombie (film series)|Plaga Zombie film series]]''' is the first and only zombie horror film trilogy to come out of [[Latin America]]? <small>(2013-11-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that when the [[Maine State Legislature]] came to inspect '''[[Eastern Maine Medical Center]]''' in 1897, patients were told to "smile, look comfortable, and not require [[bedpan]]s"? <small>(2013-11-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Garry Mederios, writer-director of '''''[[The Terror Factor]]''''', was forced to become the film's main protagonist when its original star abruptly left the project? <small>(2013-11-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that American frontier doctor '''[[Charles Boarman Harris]]''' delivered over 3,000 babies in [[Pembina County, North Dakota]], during his 60-year medical career? <small>(2013-11-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the 2010 '''[[Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival]]''' featured a "Zombiethon Battle"? <small>(2013-10-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Brussels Philharmonic]]''' recorded the score for the award winning film ''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]''? <small>(2013-10-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that American frontier doctor '''[[Charles Boarman (pioneer)|Charles Boarman]]''' ''(pictured)'', a founding member of the [[Society of California Pioneers]], died fighting a [[smallpox]] epidemic in [[Amador County, California]]? <small>(2013-10-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[Lion Capital of Asoka]], a leading emblem of India, was rediscovered by '''[[F.O. Oertel|an amateur archaeologist]]'''? <small>(2013-09-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the best error rate a computer program has gotten on the '''[[MNIST database]]''' of handwritten digits is 0.23 percent? <small>(2013-09-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in January 2009 the Mexican government '''[[Casitas del Sur case|rescued 126 minors from a shelter]]'''? <small>(2013-09-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[John Worsley (artist)|John Worsley]]''' helped another British officer escape their POW camp by making a dummy to replace him at roll call, with blinking ping-pong ball eyes powered by a pendulum made from a sardine tin? <small>(2013-09-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the book '''''[[The Age of Miracles (novel)|The Age of Miracles]]''''' chronicles the fictional phenomenon of "slowing", in which one earth day takes longer to complete? <small>(2013-08-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Deming Armory]]''' in [[Deming, New Mexico|Deming]], [[Luna County, New Mexico|Luna County]] was a training center for U.S. troops during the [[Mexican Revolution]]? <small>(2013-08-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Singaporean film director '''[[Anthony Chen]]'''{{`s}} ''[[Ilo Ilo]]'' (2013) earned him the [[Caméra d'Or]] at the 2013 [[Cannes Film Festival]]? <small>(2013-08-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[The Bronx|Bronx-born]] [[folk art]]ist '''[[Malcah Zeldis]]''' began painting in a [[kibbutz]] in Israel? <small>(2013-07-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Zou Jiahua]]''' served as Vice Premier of China for seven years? <small>(2013-07-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that after the Japanese lighthouses on '''[[Japanese Lighthouse (Garapan, Saipan)|Saipan]]''' and '''[[Japanese Lighthouse (Poluwat, Chuuk)|Poluwat]]''' were attacked during World War II, neither was ever used again? <small>(2013-07-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that from 2000 to 2002, over 100,000 Brazilians participated in '''[[Organization Workshop]]s''', creating over 3,000 [[Startup company|startup companies]]? <small>(2013-07-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that child star '''[[Miriam Battista]]''' ''(pictured)'' was often called upon to cry on camera? <small>(2013-07-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Steven Balbus]]''' and '''[[John F. Hawley]]''' shared a US$1,000,000 prize for their astronomical discovery? <small>(2013-06-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that many species of [[fungi]] involved in '''[[ectomycorrhiza]]s''' are capable of degrading and [[mineralization (soil science)|mineralizing]] a variety of [[persistent organic pollutant]]s found in the soil? <small>(2013-06-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the tiger moth ''[[Bertholdia trigona]]'' ''(pictured)'' produces clicks at a very high rate (up to 4,500 clicks per second) to '''[[Echolocation jamming|jam]]''' [[bat]] echolocation? <small>(2013-05-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that one of about 1,000 English poetry '''[[miscellany|miscellanies]]''' ''(pictured)'' of the 18th century included "the Lucubrations of the Polite Part of the World, written upon walls, in Bog-Houses"? <small>(2013-05-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Lawrence Fuchs]]''', an [[American studies]] professor at [[Brandeis University]], was also a [[Peace Corps]] country director in [[The Philippines]] and a [[U.S. Navy|Navy]] [[medic]]? <small>(2013-05-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the first fashion show of [[Ahmedabad]] was held under '''[[Calico Dome]]'''? <small>(2013-04-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Walter Baxter]]''' wrote about the gay Batman–Kent relationship? <small>(2013-04-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Josh Linkner]]''' ''(pictured)'' was awarded a ''Champion of Change'' award in the youth entrepreneur category by President [[Barack Obama]]? <small>(2013-03-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that American industrialist '''[[Bradish Johnson]]''' ''(pictured)'' was involved in the "swill milk" scandal, in which organic distillery waste was fed to sick old cows and their milk sold as "farm-fresh"? <small>(2013-03-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that households in the '''[[Lammas Ecovillage]]''' purchase a one thousand year lease from the organisation which runs it? <small>(2013-03-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that individual patients, doctors, and organizations are questioning waste in [[health care in the United States]] through the '''[[Choosing Wisely]]''' campaign? <small>(2013-03-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a tower clock at '''[[Bhadra Fort]]''' was the first electrical connection of [[Ahmedabad]]? <small>(2013-02-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 2011 the '''[[Automotive industry in Thailand|Thailand automotive industry]]''' was the largest in [[Southeast Asia]] and the [[List of countries by motor vehicle production|15th largest in the World]]? <small>(2013-02-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Ratha Kalpana]]''''' is a metaphor used in [[Hindu texts|Hindu scriptures]] to describe the relationship between the [[sense]]s, [[mind]], [[intellect]] and [[Self Knowledge|Self]]? <small>(2013-02-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that temperature and [[salinity]] variations produced by ocean tides and freshwater rivers in [[estuaries]] make them ideal [[habitat]]s for studying how these factors affect the '''[[Shell growth in estuaries|growth of shells]]'''? <small>(2013-01-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that five auspicious events in the life of each [[Jainism|Jain]] [[Tirthankara]], are known as '''[[Panch Kalyanaka|Kalyanaka]]'''? <small>(2013-01-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Cheyenne]] artist '''[[Bently Spang]]''' satirized anthropologists' depictions of [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]] as a "lost culture" with a museum exhibit showcasing ordinary objects? <small>(2013-01-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that an [[internet video]] by conservative blogger '''[[Bill Whittle]]''' criticizing the [[Occupy Wall Street movement]] has been watched by over 2.4 million viewers on [[YouTube]] since October 2011? <small>(2013-01-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[María Isabella Cordero]]''', a former Mexican anchorwoman on [[Televisa]], was killed in [[Chihuahua (state)|Mexico's most violent state]] in 2010? <small>(2012-12-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Defense Officer Personnel Management Act]]''' instituted an "[[up or out]]" promotion system across the [[United States Armed Forces]]? <small>(2012-12-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Amdavad ni Gufa]]''' ''(pictured)'', a cave-like underground art gallery in [[Ahmedabad]] designed by [[B. V. Doshi]], exhibits works of [[M F Hussain]]? <small>(2012-12-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Mal Sanders, the winner of the '''[[Mike Marino Memorial Shield]]''', had been travelling with [[Mike Marino|Marino]] when he died on the [[M20 motorway]] in 1981? <small>(2012-12-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Mahagujarat Movement]]''' in 1956, led by [[Indulal Yagnik]], resulted in formation of [[Gujarat]] and [[Maharashtra]] states on May 1, 1960, by dividing [[Bombay state]]? <small>(2012-12-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[film producer|producer]] and [[screenwriter]] '''[[Jeremy Boreing]]''' met future writing partner [[Joel David Moore]] by helping move Moore's couch with his pickup truck? <small>(2012-12-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Bin Weevils]]''''' is a [[video game]] in which children play as [[weevil]]s inside of a trashcan? <small>(2012-12-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Kappa Andromedae b]]''', despite being only 12.8 [[Jupiter mass|Jupiter masses]] and located about 170 [[light year|light years]] away, has been directly imaged by astronomers? <small>(2012-11-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[South Tibetan Detachment]]''' inserted the Greater Himalayan Crystalline complex between the Lesser Himalayan Sequence and the Tethyan Himalayan Sequence? <small>(2012-11-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Russia has the largest number of brown bears, '''[[Lists of organisms by their population|believed to exceed 100,000]]''', while estimates in the U.S. are around 33,000, Canada 25,000, and Europe (excluding Russia) 14,000? <small>(2012-11-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Suhaimi Yusof]]''', a [[Malays (ethnic group)|Malay]] stand-up comedian, received the ''Best Comedy Performance'' award at the 2011 [[Asian Television Awards]] for his efforts in ''[[The Noose (TV series)|The Noose]]''? <small>(2012-10-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Neil Young]]'s '''[[Pono (audio format)|new audio format]]''' takes its name from the [[Pono|Hawaiian word]] for righteousness? <small>(2012-10-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that German historian '''[[Hellmut G. Haasis]]''', who won the [[Schubart Literature Prize]] for his biography of [[Joseph Süß Oppenheimer]], also performs for school children as "Druiknui, the fairy-tale clown"? <small>(2012-10-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in the "drinking and hacking" scene in ''[[The Social Network]]'', [[Jesse Eisenberg]], as [[Mark Zuckerberg]], can be seen wearing an '''[[Ars Nova (theater)|Ars Nova]]''' T-shirt which originally belonged to Eisenberg himself? <small>(2012-10-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Columbia University]] failed to turn a profit on '''[[Fathom.com]]''', an early [[online learning]] website? <small>(2012-10-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Brow Monument and Brow Monument Trail]]''' ''(geo disc pictured)'' still has a survey marker placed by [[John Wesley Powell]] in 1872? <small>(2012-10-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that police [[fingerprint]]ed over 45,000 men to find the killer of '''[[Death of June Anne Devaney|June Anne Devaney]]''', the first time mass fingerprinting had been used to solve a crime? <small>(2012-10-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Josh Falkingham]]''' scored a goal during his first match in the [[Scottish Football League First Division]]? <small>(2012-09-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[North-West University Botanical Garden]]''' is currently the only [[botanical garden]] in the [[North West Province]] of [[South Africa]]? <small>(2012-09-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that after [[Theo van Gogh (film director)|Theo van Gogh]]'s murder, '''[[Ebru Umar]]''' took over his regular column in '''''[[Metro (Dutch newspaper)|Metro]]'''''? <small>(2012-09-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 1979 [[Irish people|Irish]] horse trainer '''[[Edward O'Grady]]''' became only the fifth individual to train the winner of the [[Galway Plate]] and the [[Galway Hurdle]] in the same year? <small>(2012-09-12)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Rear Admiral '''[[Charles Boarman]]''' ''(pictured)'' was a member of the U.S. Naval Board in Washington during the [[American Civil War]] while two of his sons-in-law served in the [[Confederate Army]]? <small>(2012-09-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[New York Police Department|NYPD]] detective '''[[Barney Ruditsky]]''' once stopped a robbery with the help of his wife on their [[wedding anniversary]]? <small>(2012-09-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the work of '''[[Jimmy Robinson (recording engineer)|Jimmy Robinson]]''' was mistaken for that of [[Led Zeppelin]]'s [[Jimmy Page]]? <small>(2012-08-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Portland (steam tug 1947)|''Portland'']]''', a restored 1947 [[sternwheeler]] based in [[Portland, Oregon]], was the last steam-powered [[tugboat]] built in the United States? <small>(2012-08-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 2012 '''[[Jenny McCudden]]''' became the first female editor in the 176-year history of the newspaper ''[[The Sligo Champion]]''? <small>(2012-08-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[parental brain]]''' is changed by parental experience, as well as changing hormone levels during pregnancy and postpartum? <small>(2012-08-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Tacoma Speedway]]''' ''(pictured)'' had a dangerous reputation among drivers because of flying gravel and splinters? <small>(2012-08-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that, after low first-run viewership, the [[Nielsen ratings]] of ''[[Cheers]]'' improved during the [[rerun|summer]] between the '''[[Showdown (Cheers)|finale]]''' of '''[[Cheers (season 1)|the first season]]''' and '''[[Power Play (Cheers)|the second season premiere]]'''? <small>(2012-08-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that American [[astronomer]] '''[[Mark R. Showalter]]''' has discovered five [[Natural satellite|moons]] and three [[planetary ring]]s in our solar system? <small>(2012-07-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Great Polish Map of Scotland]]''' ''(portion pictured)'' was the brainchild of a Polish war veteran and is claimed to be the largest terrain relief model in the world? <small>(2012-07-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that before award-winning author and poet '''[[Peter Spiegelman]]''' starting writing, he spent 20 years on [[Wall Street]] and was vice president of [[J.P. Morgan & Co.|J.P. Morgan]]? <small>(2012-07-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that for lumber production the company '''[[Goodwin Heart Pine]]''' retrieves submerged logs that were felled as long ago as the 1800s? <small>(2012-07-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the fruit of the rare subterranean parasitic plant '''''[[Hydnora triceps]]''''' smell and taste of coconut? <small>(2012-07-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that as late as 1945, between 450 and 500 [[stallion]]s owned by the '''[[U.S. Army Remount Service]]''' bred with over 11,000 civilian-owned [[mare]]s, producing 7,293 [[foal]]s? <small>(2012-06-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[R. L. Holdsworth]]''' ''(pictured)'' reached the summit of [[Kamet]], the [[World altitude record (mountaineering)|highest mountain climbed]] at the time? <small>(2012-06-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[professional wrestler]] [[Antonio Inoki]] organized the '''[[World Wrestling Peace Festival]]''', an international [[supercard]], as a way to promote [[world peace]]? <small>(2012-06-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the career of [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] '''[[Quinson Valentino]]''', one of [[Ontario]]'s top [[heel (professional wrestling)|heel performers]] during the 2000s, ended after losing a [[retirement match]] in 2008? <small>(2012-06-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that cancer cell chromosomes undergo '''[[Cancer epigenetics|distinctive changes]]''' in addition to mutations? <small>(2012-06-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the first 140 [[amino acid]]s encoded by the gene '''[[TMEM106A]]''' are deleted along with [[BRCA1]] during early-onset [[breast cancer]]? <small>(2012-05-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the first [[privateer#United States|privateer]] battle of the [[American Revolutionary War]] was fought at '''[[Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet|Turtle Gut Inlet]]'''? <small>(2012-05-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a physical examination of strongman '''[[Gino Martino]]''' by [[Harvard Medical School]] discovered that his skull was more than 2.3 times thicker than the average human skull? <small>(2012-05-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that on 7 June 1998, the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] electorate rejected the '''[[Gene Protection Initiative]]''', which would have banned scientific research using [[genetically modified organisms|genetically modified animals]]? <small>(2012-05-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Israel's '''[[Chamber of the Holocaust]]''' museum includes urns with the ashes of victims from 36 [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[Extermination camp|death camps]]? <small>(2012-05-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[The Vachon Brothers|Pierre and Damien Vachon]]''' have been billed as the [[List of family relations in professional wrestling|youngest sons]] of legendary Canadian professional wrestler [[Paul Vachon|Paul "The Butcher" Vachon]]? <small>(2012-05-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the Chinese political cartoon '''''[[Hexie Farm]]''''', critical of the government, is written by someone identified only as "Crazy Crab"? <small>(2012-05-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the New York apartment of advertising consultant '''[[Cindy Gallop]]''' was the set for the music video for "[[Nasty Girl (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Nasty Girl]]" by [[The Notorious B.I.G.]]? <small>(2012-05-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the proceeds of the '''[[Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup#Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup (2008)|2008 Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup]]''' were donated to a two-year-old child diagnosed with [[neuroblastoma|a rare form of cancer]]? <small>(2012-05-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Barry Klarberg]]''' manages celebrities including [[Charlie Sheen]], [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[Anna Kournikova]]? <small>(2012-04-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that while researching his debut novel, '''''[[The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi]]''''', Dutch author [[Arthur Japin]] discovered the head of the Ghanaian prince [[Badu Bonsu II]]? <small>(2012-04-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the new '''[[Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library]]''' in Indianapolis, Indiana, houses a pack of the writer's [[Pall Mall (cigarette)|Pall Mall]]s as well as his [[Purple Heart]]? <small>(2012-04-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that artist '''[[Sydney John Bunney]]''' created over 500 works depicting the city of [[Coventry]]? <small>(2012-04-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that until Justice [[Sonia Sotomayor]] ordered the creation of '''[[Krimstock hearing|Krimstock hearings]]''', there was often no way for thousands of owners to promptly recover their seized vehicles from the [[NYPD]]? <small>(2012-04-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a joint musical venture between a Dutch and Indonesian band resulted in '''''[[Chaos & Warfare]]'''''? <small>(2012-04-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that before being forced to resign from the [[U.S. Naval Academy]] in 1987 for homosexuality, '''[[Joseph Steffan]]''' sang the [[The Star-Spangled Banner|U.S. National Anthem]] at two [[Army–Navy Game|Army–Navy games]]? <small>(2012-03-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Fedor Baranov]]''', a founding father of [[fisheries science]], was saved from a [[Gulag]] by one of his students? <small>(2012-03-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Crissi Cochrane]]''' reached No. 5 in the Canada national folk chart for campus/community radio? <small>(2012-03-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that nearly 1,000 airmen such as '''[[Pruett Mullens Dennett]]''' who were killed on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] and have no known grave are commemorated on the '''[[Arras Flying Services Memorial]]''' ''(pictured)''? <small>(2012-03-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that American professional wrestler '''[[Otto Schwanz]]''' is also a [[high school athletics]] instructor in [[Four Oaks, North Carolina]]? <small>(2012-03-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that an actor in the film '''''[[Somewhere I Have Never Traveled]]''''' played the roles of two different people, one with long hair and a beard and one with short hair and clean-shaven? <small>(2012-03-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Abbas Kazmi]]''' was asked, by a United States diplomat, to construct a [[brainwashing]] defense for [[Ajmal Kasab]], the gunman who was tried for the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]]? <small>(2012-03-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that English adventurer Sir '''[[Francis Verney]]''' spent two years in the [[galley slave|Sicilian slave galleys]] before being rescued by an English Jesuit priest? <small>(2012-03-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] dedicated his second piano [[Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)|sonata quasi una fantasia]], widely known as the ''Moonlight Sonata'', to his pupil, Countess '''[[Giulietta Guicciardi]]''' ''(possible portrait pictured)''? <small>(2012-03-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Gilles (stock character)|Gilles]]''' of [[Antoine Watteau|Watteau]]'s poignant portrait ''(pictured)'' was a lewd and credulous clown who starred in ''The Shit Merchant''? <small>(2012-03-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Federal Web Managers Council]]''' is the steering committee for the Web Content Managers Forum, an ad hoc community of more than 2,000 U.S. government web and new media professionals? <small>(2012-02-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that findings of '''''[[Cylindroteuthis]]''''' and other [[Belemnitida|belemnites]] in [[Greenland]] suggest that an early form of the [[Gulf Stream]] existed as early as the [[Valanginian]] ([[Early Cretaceous]])? <small>(2012-02-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Spanish character actor '''[[José Manuel Martín]]''' starred in one of the earliest [[Spaghetti western|Spaghetti Westerns]], ''[[Savage Guns (1961 film)|Savage Guns]]'' (1961), and went on to become one of the most prolific villains of the genre? <small>(2012-02-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that after the '''[[Krejci Dump]]''' became part of the [[Cuyahoga Valley National Park|Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area]] in Ohio, the [[National Park Service]] discovered the land qualified for [[Superfund]] cleanup? <small>(2012-02-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Henry Seymour (secularist)|Henry Seymour]]''' was a secularist and anarchist who introduced the Edison Disc record to England in 1913? <small>(2012-02-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Liverpool]] charity '''[[Bradbury Fields]]''' runs a club for [[Blindness|blind people]] to ride [[Tandem bicycle|tandem bicycles]]? <small>(2012-02-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the director who discovered Italian film actress '''[[Lorella De Luca]]''' followed the 14-year-old girl to her home, where he convinced her father that she should pursue an acting career? <small>(2012-01-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that authorship of the 16th-century [[manuscript]] usually referred to as Cronaca Magno is attributed to '''[[Stefano Magno]]'''? <small>(2012-01-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Chief Joseph ''(pictured)'' and his warriors defeated the U.S. Army in 1877 at the '''[[Battle of Cottonwood]]''' as the [[Nez Perce people|Nez Perce]] began their 1,400 mile (2,300 km) fighting retreat? <small>(2012-01-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that a duel between '''[[Clay Beauford]]''' of the [[13th Arizona Territorial Legislature]] and a copper company{{'s}} lobbyist was called off due to difficulties in finding [[saber|French sabres]]? <small>(2012-01-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the term '''''[[sex and/or gender diverse]]''''' is beginning to be used in Australia to replace ''[[transgender]]''? <small>(2011-12-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the Mayan archaeological site '''[[Baking Pot]]''' covered a {{convert|9|sqkm|adj=on}} area? <small>(2011-12-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Jerry Blackwell]]'s '''[[Southern Championship Wrestling (Georgia)|Southern Championship Wrestling]]''' was the last [[National Wrestling Alliance#Decline of the territory system|"territorial" wrestling promotion]] in the U.S. state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]? <small>(2011-12-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Count Grog]]'s '''[[Southern Championship Wrestling]]''' once promoted a benefit show in [[Louisburg, North Carolina]], from which all the proceeds went to a seriously injured wrestler? <small>(2011-12-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Paleodictyon nodosum]]''''' made use of a new source of energy not dependent on the Sun? <small>(2011-12-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Chief [[Wahoo McDaniel]] came out of retirement in 1996 to wrestle '''[[Death & Destruction]]''' in a [[tag team]] match? <small>(2011-12-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that ''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'' has called [[manager (professional wrestling)|manager]] '''[[Count Grog]]''' the "least employee friendly boss around" due to his frequently [[swerve (professional wrestling)|double-crossing]] his own wrestlers? <small>(2011-12-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Corporal Punishment (wrestler)|Corporal Punishment]]''' went professional in 1993? <small>(2011-11-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[professional wrestler]]s '''[[Mark Shrader]]''' and [[Corporal Punishment (wrestler)|Corporal Punishment]] established the first permanent [[wrestling school]] in [[Maryland]]? <small>(2011-11-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Bubba Monroe]]''', son of [[Continental Wrestling Association|Memphis wrestler]] [[Sputnik Monroe (wrestler)|Sputnik Monroe]], was featured in Texas [[independent circuit|regional and independent promotions]] during the 1990s? <small>(2011-11-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Dutch singer Henk Pleket performed for around thirty years in the group '''[[De Havenzangers]]''', singing songs of sailors and the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]]? <small>(2011-11-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that professional wrestler '''[[Bob Starr (wrestler)|Bob Starr]]''' was called to work for [[World Championship Wrestling]] but hung up because an ear injury prevented him from knowing who had called? <small>(2011-11-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Lucas Hoge]]''' has been nominated for the Inspirational Country Music awards New Artist of the Year 2011? <small>(2011-11-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Tim Burke (wrestler)|Lucifer]]''' died in 2011? <small>(2011-10-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Mad Dog O'Malley]]''' teamed with [[Tim Burke (wrestler)|Lucifer]] to take down his former partner? <small>(2011-10-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that physicists running the [[OPERA experiment]] detected neutrino particles '''[[OPERA neutrino anomaly|apparently moving faster than light]]'''? <small>(2011-10-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that professional wrestler '''[[Frank Stalletto]]''' once claimed to be a [[celebrity lookalike|lookalike]] for country music star [[Billy Ray Cyrus]]? <small>(2011-10-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[GrubHub Food Delivery & Pickup]]''' advertises its food delivery services as free, but has been sued for allegedly charging a customer an extra dollar? <small>(2011-09-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Deaf Wrestlefest]]''' provides funding for educational programs for hearing-impaired students? <small>(2011-08-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that former professional wrestler '''[[Brick Bronsky]]''' was a [[leading man]] for [[Troma Entertainment|Troma Studios]] in the early 1990s? <small>(2011-07-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Victoria Roberts (cartoonist)|Victoria Roberts]]''' received an [[Australian Bicentenary| Australian Bicentennial]] grant for '' Australia Felix'', a cartoon history of Australia? <small>(2011-06-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the Canadian '''[[Opimian Society]]''' wine purchasing [[cooperative]] is named after Roman consul [[Lucius Opimius]]? <small>(2011-05-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Linwood Pendleton]]''' discovered that 49% of U.S. economic output comes from [[estuary|estuaries]] and [[coast]]s, which account for only 13% of its land? <small>(2011-05-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Gene Schoor]]''', the author of more than forty "juvenile" sports biographies, was awarded [[United States dollar|US$]]5000 damages in a suit against boxing champion [[Rocky Marciano]] for being punched by him? <small>(2011-05-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Nathan "Ned" Miller]]''' had two hit songs in the 1920s at the age of 22? <small>(2011-05-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Chinese explorer '''[[Jin Feibao]]''' has completed the [[Explorers Grand Slam]] in only 18 months and 24 days, the fastest recorded time? <small>(2011-05-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[professional wrestling]] events have been held to honor '''[[Sensational Sherri Memorial Cup Tournament|Sherri Martel]]''', '''[[Shinya Hashimoto Memorial Legacy Cup Tournament|Shinya Hashimoto]]''' (also known as '''[[Hustle King Memorial Six Man Tag Team Tournament|Hustle King]]'''), and '''[[Fred Ward Memorial Show|Fred Ward]]'''? <small>(2011-05-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that 17 years after [[Bruiser Brody#Death|Bruiser Brody's 1988 murder]], the stadium where he was killed was one of the venues of the '''[[Bruiser Brody Memorial Cup|Bruiser Brody Memorial Cup Tour]]''', which featured his assailant, [[José González (wrestler)|Invader I]], on the [[card (sports)|card]]? <small>(2011-04-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Ox Baker]], a former tag team partner of [[Killer Kowalski|Walter "Killer" Kowalski]], was among the wrestling legends who spoke at the '''[[Killer Kowalski Memorial Show]]''' in 2008? <small>(2011-04-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Jersey J-Cup]]''', patterned after the [[Super J Cup]] [[Puroresu|Japanese wrestling]] [[Professional wrestling tournament|tournament]], is the second-oldest [[independent circuit|independent wrestling]] tournament in the United States? <small>(2011-04-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Acid-Fest: A Tribute to Trent Acid|Acid-Fest]]''', a [[list of professional wrestling memorial shows|professional wrestling memorial show]] for [[Trent Acid]], featured one of the largest [[battle royal (professional wrestling)|battle royals]] ever held? <small>(2011-04-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Stan Hansen]], a longtime "[[Gaijin#Usage|Gaijin]] [[heel (professional wrestling)|heel]]" in [[Puroresu|Japanese professional wrestling]], officially retired at the '''[[Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular]]'''? <small>(2011-03-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Firemen and Deckhands' Union of New South Wales]]''' sent a delegate to the first legal meeting of the [[African National Congress]] in 1991? <small>(2011-03-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[The Headshrinkers]], who had last wrestled in the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] in 1994, were reunited at the '''[[Yokozuna Memorial Show]]''' in 2001? <small>(2011-03-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Ralph Stackpole]]'s {{convert|81|ft|m|adj=on}} statue '''''[[Pacifica (statue)|Pacifica]]''''' was at one time planned for permanent construction on an island in [[San Francisco Bay]]? <small>(2011-03-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Switzerland|Swiss]]-born U.S. soldier '''[[Rudolph Stauffer]]''' was one of 22 [[Medal of Honor]] winners from Lieutenant Colonel [[George Crook]]'s 1872–73 "winter campaign" against renegade [[Apache]]s in the [[Arizona Territory]]? <small>(2011-02-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Japanese people|Japanese]] wrestler [[Taiyō Kea|Maunakea Mossman]] made his wrestling debut in the United States at the '''[[Gary Albright Memorial Show]]'''? <small>(2011-02-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that German-born U.S. soldier '''[[John Schnitzer]]''' received the [[Medal of Honor]] along with First Lieutenant [[Wilber Elliott Wilder|Wilber Wilder]] for rescuing a wounded comrade during battle with the [[Apache]] Indians in 1882? <small>(2011-02-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Medal of Honor]] recipient '''[[Cornelius C. Smith]]''' later led U.S. troops during the [[Philippine–American War|Philippine Insurrection]]? <small>(2011-02-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that 19-year-old [[Medal of Honor]] recipient '''[[Albert Sale]]''' received the award for killing an [[Apache]] warrior in hand-to-hand combat and taking his war pony? <small>(2011-02-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Thomas W. Stivers]]''' was issued the [[Medal of Honor]] for his actions at the [[Battle of the Little Bighorn]], but he was murdered in a business dispute before he could receive his medal? <small>(2011-02-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Switzerland|Swiss]]-born [[Medal of Honor]] recipient '''[[Julius H. Stickoffer]]''' was the only U.S. soldier to receive the award for actions during the [[Black Hawk War (Utah)|Black Hawk War in Utah]]? <small>(2011-02-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that German-born U.S. soldier '''[[Christian Steiner]]''' was one of 32 soldiers who received the [[Medal of Honor]] for battling against [[Cochise]] and the [[Apache|Apache Indians]] in the [[Chiricahua Mountains]] in 1869? <small>(2011-02-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the 150-million-year-old [[Cephalopod ink|ink]] of the [[extinction|extinct]], [[squid]]-like '''''[[Belemnotheutis]]''''' ''(artist's rendition pictured)'' was used to draw a picture that [[Paleontology|paleontologist]]s called "the ultimate self portrait"? <small>(2011-02-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that American minister and [[Free Will Baptist]] theologian '''[[Ransom Dunn]]''' rode over thousands of miles of frontier on horseback, collecting donations for the opening of [[Hillsdale College]]? <small>(2011-02-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Peter Grippe]]''' was awarded a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] in the category of [[List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1964|fine arts in 1964]]? <small>(2011-01-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that former [[Professional wrestling in New Zealand|New Zealand wrestler]] '''[[Onno Boelee]]''' worked as an actor and opened a [[private security company]] after his retirement from wrestling? <small>(2010-12-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in certain organisms '''[[female sperm storage|sperm stored by females]]''' allows for a process called [[sperm competition]]? <small>(2010-12-10)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the 1976 [[thriller movie]] '''''[[Deadly Hero]]''''' features [[James Earl Jones]] as a mugger named Rabbit? <small>(2010-12-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Jacob B. Warlow]]''' was commended for his service as a police captain during the [[New York Draft Riots]], which protested the [[American Civil War]]? <small>(2010-12-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Oliver Dyer]]''' established the first American [[periodical publication|periodical]] devoted to [[shorthand]]? <small>(2010-12-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Thaddeus P. Mott]]''' ''(pictured)'', a 19th century adventurer and [[mercenary|soldier of fortune]], recruited ex-[[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] and [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] veterans for service in the [[Egyptian Army]]? <small>(2010-12-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Cavell Van]]''' ''(pictured before restoration)'' carried the bodies of [[Edith Cavell]], [[Charles Fryatt]] and [[The Unknown Warrior]]? <small>(2010-11-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Fine art photography|fine art photographer]] '''[[Michael Dweck]]''' was the first living artist to have a solo show at [[Sotheby's]] of New York, in 2003? <small>(2010-11-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[UTIAS Snowbird]]''' is the first [[ornithopter]] powered by [[human-powered aircraft|human muscles]] to be capable of straight-and-level flight? <small>(2010-11-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that according to the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], purported [[mobster]] '''[[Joseph Miranda]]''' once owed his life to [[DeCavalcante crime family|family]] boss [[Sam DeCavalcante]]? <small>(2010-11-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that American burglar '''[[Johnny Hope]]''', the son of [[Jimmy Hope|another burglar]], may have been part of his father's gang that robbed the Manhattan Bank in 1878, netting nearly {{Nowrap|$3 million}} in cash and securities? <small>(2010-11-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the autobiographical film '''''[[Orchids, My Intersex Adventure]]''''' (which is about an [[intersex]]ed woman) won a 2010 [[ATOM Award]] for Best Documentary (General)? <small>(2010-11-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Joseph Tehawehron David]]''' was a [[Mohawk people|Mohawk]] artist who became known for his role as a warrior during the [[Oka crisis]] in 1990? <small>(2010-11-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in an 1883 gunfight, '''[[Billy Porter (criminal)|Billy Porter]]''' ''(illustrated)'' of the [[Dutch Mob]] shot and killed [[Johnny Walsh|"Johnny the Mick" Walsh]] at [[Shang Draper]]'s saloon? <small>(2010-11-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross]]''' [[Diocese|diocesan]] community in [[Wisconsin]] was founded in 1868 to teach and provide medical care to the [[Belgians|Belgian]] residents? <small>(2010-10-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Pedro Borrell]]''', the [[Dominican Republic|Dominican]] architect of the National Aquarium, is designing a million square meter coastal reclamation project for the [[Caribbean Sea]]? <small>(2010-10-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[The Waybacks]]''', a four-piece band from [[San Francisco Bay]], played covers from [[The Beatles]]' album ''[[Abbey Road]]'' at the 2010 [[MerleFest]]? <small>(2010-10-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that, in 2004, '''[[Shikha Tandon]]''' became the first female [[India]]n [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]] to qualify for two separate events at a single [[Olympic Games|Olympics]]? <small>(2010-10-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Rusty Mike Radio]]''' broadcasts [[Internet radio|over the internet]] to the two hundred and fifty thousand [[Anglo]]s in [[Israel]]? <small>(2010-10-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the directors of '''[[ForceSelect]]''', a charitable foundation aimed at supporting military service leavers, include [[Mike Jackson|General Sir Mike Jackson]] and bestselling author [[Andy McNab]]? <small>(2010-10-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Liberty Green Historic District]]''' in [[Clinton, Connecticut]], contains a [[time capsule]] that should be opened on {{Nowrap|4 July}} 2976? <small>(2010-10-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Elina Ringa]]''', who was the [[Latvia|Latvian]] national [[pole vault]] champion on ten occasions, has also published a book about [[Microsoft Office]]? <small>(2010-10-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] and [[Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia|Maori Anglican Church]] member '''[[Ike Robin]]''' was once said to be "so absorbed in his preaching that he failed to notice that the congregation comprised only his dog"? <small>(2010-10-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that English photographer '''[[Greg Williams (photographer)|Greg Williams]]''' used a [[Red Digital Cinema Camera Company|high-resolution video camera]] to create a photograph of [[Megan Fox]] for the cover of ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' magazine? <small>(2010-10-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Philadelphia School of Circus Arts]]''' teaches [[static trapeze]], [[corde lisse]], [[Aerial hoop|lyra]], [[unicycling]], [[tightwire]], and [[Chinese acrobatics]]? <small>(2010-10-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Military Engineering-Technical University]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Saint Petersburg]] was the [[alma mater]] of author [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]? <small>(2010-10-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] was ceremoniously read on the '''[[140th Year Anniversary Celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation|140th anniversary of its signing]]''' under the [[Emancipation Oak|oak tree]] where [[Mary Smith Peake]] taught children of former slaves in 1861? <small>(2010-10-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center]]''' was created in {{Nowrap|July 2008}} to protect [[United States|American]] [[consumers]] from potentially harmful trade goods? <small>(2010-10-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Len Garrison]]'''{{`s}} writings about black British identity and history led to formation of the Black Cultural Archives, and plans for the first UK national Black heritage centre in 2011? <small>(2010-10-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[jazz]] musician '''[[Phil Moore (jazz musician)|Phil Moore]]''' arranged and worked on the [[Film score|scores]] of over 30 [[film]]s? <small>(2010-10-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Ka'Kabish]]''' archaeological site in [[Belize]] has revealed evidence of a [[Maya civilization|Mayan]] city? <small>(2010-10-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Robert Twycross]]''' was a pioneer of the [[hospice]] movement during the [[1970]]s? <small>(2010-10-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Canadian charity '''[[Actua]]''', which delivers educational programs to young people, received the 2009 [[Ontario Trillium Foundation]] Minister's Award? <small>(2010-10-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Hong Kong]]-born '''[[Rebecca Nolin]]''' plays as a [[defender (association football)|defender]] for the [[Atlanta Beat (WPS)|Atlanta Beat]] and helps coach the [[Kennesaw State Owls]]? <small>(2010-09-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Graham Hawkes]]''' is a deep-sea explorer and ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|James Bond]]'' stuntman, who invented the first robot armed with a machine gun? <small>(2010-09-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that now-retired [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] '''[[Abe Jacobs]]''' once defeated three other wrestlers in [[Johannesburg]] despite suffering from [[jet lag]] and competing at a high altitude? <small>(2010-09-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in April 2010, [[New Jersey]] [[animal sanctuary|cat sanctuary]] '''[[Tabby's Place]]''' received three cats from a [[U.S. Marine]] in [[Okinawa, Japan]], marking the organization's first international rescue? <small>(2010-09-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar|St. Luke's Hospital]]''' in [[Rathgar]], [[Ireland]], was awarded an [[Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland|RIAI]] [[RIAI Triennial Gold Medal|Gold Medal]] for architecture? <small>(2010-09-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that, in the early years of the '''[[Dominion Wrestling Union]]''', many [[National Wrestling Association]] wrestlers came from [[Canada]] and the [[United States]] to face off against [[New Zealand]] wrestlers? <small>(2010-09-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Caroline test]]''' of self-defence is based on a burning ship going over [[Niagara Falls]]? <small>(2010-08-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that former [[professional wrestler]] '''[[Steve Rickard]]''' was once stranded in Greece after airports in the country were closed due to [[Greek–Turkish relations|trouble with Turkey]]? <small>(2010-08-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 2009 the '''[[Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre]]''' produced one of the first regional theatre productions of ''[[The Wedding Singer (musical)|The Wedding Singer]]'' in the United States? <small>(2010-08-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that according to [[(RED)]], providing health-restoring [[antiretroviral drug]]s to [[HIV|HIV positive]] people in Africa, as described in the documentary '''''[[The Lazarus Effect (film)|The Lazarus Effect]]''''', costs [[United States dollar|US$]]0.40 per person per day? <small>(2010-08-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Australian and British members of the '''[[Egyptian Camel Transport Corps]]''' were often bitten by the [[camel]]s they were handling? <small>(2010-08-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[The Buckminster Fuller Challenge]]''' awards [[United States dollar|US$]]100,000 every year for solutions to solve pressing complex global problems? <small>(2010-08-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Cardiff School of Art & Design]]''', established in 1865, is the oldest constituent part of [[University of Wales Institute, Cardiff]]? <small>(2010-08-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Claude Aveline]]''' met [[Jean Vigo]] in a health clinic and 28 years later founded [[Prix Jean Vigo|an award in his honor]]? <small>(2010-08-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Aberdeen Student Show]]''' has happened every single year since 1921, and has featured [[The Flying Pigs|Flying Pigs]]? <small>(2010-08-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Light front holography|light front holographic]]''' methods were originally found by mapping the spatial [[quark]] distribution in a [[proton]] to a higher dimensional warped space ''(example pictured)''? <small>(2010-07-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[SteelPath]]''' is the first investment firm to offer [[master limited partnership]] [[mutual fund]]s? <small>(2010-07-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that, although police later found the [[getaway car]] used in the murder of '''[[Morris Kessler]]''', the crime remained unsolved? <small>(2010-07-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[DirectHit]]''' is the only accurate pharmacodiagnostic test to determine possible treatment outcomes of [[anticancer]] [[chemotherapy]] drugs for [[breast cancer]]? <small>(2010-07-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[J. Woodland Hastings|"Woody" Hastings]]''' was one of the founders of circadian biology ([[circadian rhythms]])? <small>(2010-07-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that during 2002 and 2003, [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] '''[[Justin McIsaac]]''' would make three-hour drives from [[New Hampshire]] to [[Massachusetts]] so he could compete in [[Top Rope Promotions|Yankee Pro Wrestling]]? <small>(2010-07-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Crime and Punishment (play)|Crime and Punishment]]''''' is a stage adaptation of [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]′s classic [[Crime and Punishment|novel]], performed by just three actors, with each playing multiple roles? <small>(2010-07-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the work of American artist '''[[Sanford Biggers]]''' has been characterized by meditation and improvisation? <small>(2010-07-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Private (rank)#United States|Private]] '''[[James Pym]]''' won the [[Medal of Honor]] for carrying water to wounded soldiers while under heavy fire during the [[Battle of Little Bighorn]]? <small>(2010-07-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Medal of Honor]] recipient [[First_Lieutenant#United_States|First Lieutenant]] '''[[Lewis Warrington (Medal of Honor)|Lewis Warrington III]]''' is the grandson of [[United States|American]] [[US Navy|naval]] hero [[Lewis Warrington]]? <small>(2010-07-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[James H. Turpin]]''' was among 23 U.S. cavalrymen awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for "gallantry in actions with [[Apache]]s" in the winter campaign of 1872–1873? <small>(2010-07-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Andrew J. Weaher]]''' was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] in 1869 at one of the [[US Army]]'s largest-ever presentations of the medal at the time? <small>(2010-07-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Henry R. Tilton]]''' ''(pictured)'' risked his life protecting wounded soldiers at the [[Battle of Bear Paw]] but wasn't awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] until almost 20 years after the act? <small>(2010-07-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[GRB 980425]]''' provided the first evidence that [[gamma-ray burst]]s and [[supernova]]e might be related? <small>(2010-07-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that 23 U.S. cavalrymen, including '''[[Jacob Trautman]]''' and '''[[Paul H. Weinert]]''', were awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for their actions at the [[Battle of Wounded Knee]] in 1890? <small>(2010-07-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the grave of [[Medal of Honor]] winner '''[[John Tracy (Medal of Honor)|John Tracy]]''' was unmarked for almost a century after his interment? <small>(2010-07-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Antonio Liozzi]]''', an 18th century [[Italy|Italian]] artist, trained under the tutelage of [[Marco Benefial]]? <small>(2010-07-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that after earning the [[Medal of Honor]] in 1890, [[7th Cavalry Regiment (United States)|U.S. Cavalryman]] '''[[Frederick E. Toy]]''' went on to serve as an orderly to [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]]? <small>(2010-07-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Frank Tolan]]''' was one of 22 American soldiers awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for volunteering to carry water to comrades wounded in the [[Battle of the Little Bighorn]]? <small>(2010-07-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[4th U.S. Cavalry|U.S. Cavalry]] officer '''[[William Foster (Medal of Honor)|William Foster]]''' earned the [[Medal of Honor]] for gallantry in a surprise raid on the [[Comanche|Comanche Indians]] at the [[Red River (Mississippi River)|Red River]] in 1872? <small>(2010-07-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that after being ambushed by the [[Tonto Apache]]s, [[5th Cavalry Regiment (United States)|U.S. Calvaryman]] '''[[Bernard Taylor (Medal of Honor)|Bernard Taylor]]''' carried his wounded commanding officer half a mile back to their encampment under heavy fire? <small>(2010-07-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that six-year-old Elena Desserich left hundreds of notes, which were published in '''''[[Notes Left Behind]]''''', for her parents to find after her death? <small>(2010-07-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[John H. Foley]]''' was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for leading a charge into a [[Sioux]] encampment without knowing the enemy's strength? <small>(2010-07-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that two years after winning the [[Medal of Honor]] for gallantry in the [[American Indian Wars]], '''[[George W. Thompson (Medal of Honor)|George W. Thompson]]''' deserted the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]]? <small>(2010-07-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Thomas H. Forsyth]]''' was denied the [[Medal of Honor]] by the [[United States Department of War]] but later received it after a [[petition]] nearly 20 years later? <small>(2010-07-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the villagers of the [[Romania]]n village of '''[[Bigar]]''' largely speak [[Czech language|Czech]] rather than [[Romanian language|Romanian]]? <small>(2010-07-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[John James (Medal of Honor recipient)|John James]]''' was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for "gallantry in action" after defending the Lyman Train from [[Native Americans in the United States|Indian]] attacks for three days? <small>(2010-07-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]] '''[[James Jackson (US Army officer)|James Jackson]]''' was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] twenty years after his actions in the pursuit of [[Chief Joseph]] following the [[Battle of the Clearwater]] in 1877? <small>(2010-07-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Frederick Jarvis]]''' is one of only eight [[Medal of Honor]] recipients from [[Utah]] and one of only three buried in the state? <small>(2010-07-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[William O'Neill (Medal of Honor recipient)|William O'Neill]]''' was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for his part in a charge at [[Fort Sill]] in 1872 which ended 17 years of combat? <small>(2010-07-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that art collective '''[[Vertical Submarine]]''', winners of President’s Young Talents award 2009, placed gray sunflowers in the [[Singapore Botanic Gardens|Botanic Gardens]] with a poem by the fictional Chien Swee-Teng? <small>(2010-07-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that on May 16, 2002, '''[[Susan Ershler]]''', with her husband Phil, became the first married couple to reach all [[Seven Summits]]? <small>(2010-07-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[John O'Callaghan (Medal of Honor)|Sergeant John O'Callaghan]]''' and '''[[Michael O'Regan (Medal of Honor)|Private Michael O'Regan]]''' were among thirty men in the same regiment to be awarded the [[Medal of Honor]], one of the largest presentations ever made at the time? <small>(2010-07-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Frederick S. Neilon]]''' received the [[Medal of Honor]] but was forced to retire from the military due to a leg injury, and was discharged on a certificate of disability in 1875? <small>(2010-07-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Canada|Canadian]] TV series '''''[[Brothers TV]]''''' was described as "lowbrow comedic stuff that is ever-so-watchable" but only ran for eight episodes? <small>(2010-07-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the residence of [[Medal of Honor]] recipient '''[[Solon D. Neal]]''' later became the site of the [[HemisFair '68]] Tower? <small>(2010-07-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[John Francis O'Sullivan]]''' was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for his gallantry at the [[Staked Plains]] in 1874? <small>(2010-07-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Saint Mary's Catholic Church (Rome, Georgia)|Saint Mary's Catholic Church]]''' in Rome, Georgia, was designed by a [[Benedictine]] Monk and architect from [[Belmont Abbey, North Carolina|Belmont Abbey]]? <small>(2010-07-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Medal of Honor]] recipient '''[[John Nihill]]''' won so many shooting medals, he was barred from competing for further [[US Army]] awards? <small>(2010-07-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that, along with Michael Glynn and John Nihill, '''[[Henry Newman (Medal of Honor)|Henry Newman]]''' was awarded the [[Congressional Medal of Honor]] for gallantry? <small>(2010-07-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[George H. Eldridge]]''' received the [[Medal of Honor]] for gallantry fighting the [[Kiowa]] Indians and Chief [[Kicking Bird]] at the Battle of the Little Wichita River? <small>(2010-07-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Edwin L. Elwood]]''' received the [[Congressional Medal of Honor]] during the Campaign of the Rocky Mesa, in which he was shot in the chest? <small>(2010-07-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[U.S. Army Reserve]] Center in [[Missoula, Montana|Missoula]], [[Montana]], was named for [[Medal of Honor]] recipient '''[[Ernest Veuve]]'''? <small>(2010-07-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 1993, [[U.S. Senator]] [[Ben Nighthorse Campbell]] suggested that '''[[William G. Austin]]'''{{`s}} [[Medal of Honor]] be rescinded due to the [[Battle of Wounded Knee|controversial battle]] after which it was given? <small>(2010-07-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that British pubs, bars and nightclubs operate a safety initiative called '''[[PubWatch]]''' that may [[Ban (law)|ban]] individuals for drunken or [[Asbo#United_Kingdom|anti-social behaviour]]? <small>(2010-07-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Medal of Honor]] recipient '''[[William R. Parnell]]''' died in [[San Francisco]], [[California]] on August 20, 1910, after falling from a [[street car]]? <small>(2010-06-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Aquilla Coonrod]]''' was one of only two men from [[Williams County, Ohio|Williams County]], [[Ohio]], to have ever received the [[Medal of Honor]]? <small>(2010-06-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that although '''[[Neil Bancroft]]''' was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]], he had died by the time the government located him to issue the medal? <small>(2010-06-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[John W. Comfort]]''' enlisted in the [[Regular Army (United States)|Regular United States Army]] just four months after leaving the 29th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry? <small>(2010-06-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Henry Wilkens]]''' received the [[Medal of Honor]] for his part in the battle of Little Muddy Creek? <small>(2010-06-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[James Anderson (Medal of Honor recipient)|James Anderson]]''' was one of six men awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for gallantry against a group of [[Plains Indians]] at the [[Wichita River]] in [[Texas]]? <small>(2010-06-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Zachariah T. Woodall]]''' was awarded the [[Congressional Medal of Honor]] for his participation in what was later known as the Battle of Buffalo Wallow? <small>(2010-06-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[This is a magazine]]''''' is an experimental art publication founded in 2002? <small>(2010-06-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[George H. Sutton]]''' was renowned as the "handless [[Cue sports|billiard]] player", but his [[cigarette card]] depicts him with hands? <small>(2010-06-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the first of [[Denmark]]’s '''[[Galathea expeditions]]''' had a budget of nearly half a million [[Rixdollar]]s, equivalent to 3% of the state’s annual revenues at the time? <small>(2010-06-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the single known population of the [[Ecuador]]ian rodent '''''[[Lagidium ahuacaense]]''''' may contain only a few dozen individuals? <small>(2010-06-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that author Debbie Renner claimed to have once competed in '''[[professional wrestling in New Zealand|professional wrestling]]''' as the "Tasmanian Devil" prior to becoming a full-time writer? <small>(2010-06-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Mike Khoury]]''' wrestled his final [[World Wrestling Federation|WWF]] match against [[Solofa Fatu|The Sultan]] at the [[Bryce Jordan Center]] on September 24, 1996? <small>(2010-06-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that now-retired [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] '''[[Scotty Summers]]''' was once [[powerbomb]]ed during a match and had to be carried backstage on a [[stretcher]]? <small>(2010-06-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that now-retired [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] '''[[Mark Freer (wrestler)|Mark Freer]]''' was once [[handcuff]]ed to ring ropes and beaten with a [[nightstick]] at the end of a match? <small>(2010-06-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that during a match in 2000, [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] '''[[Ricky Blues]]''' left the ring to argue with hecklers at ringside? <small>(2010-06-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Walter Conway]]'''{{'}}s '''[[Tredegar Medical Aid Society]]''' was a model for [[United Kingdom|Britain]]'s [[National Health Service]]? <small>(2010-05-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Rocky Iaukea]]''', a second generation American professional wrestler, is the son of [[King Curtis Iaukea]]? <small>(2010-05-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Doug Yasinsky]]''' and Brick Bronsky started their own Harrisburg-based wrestling league, International Pro Wrestling? <small>(2010-05-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[The Headbangers]] were reunited during the '''[[Break The Barrier]]''', a [[professional wrestling]] [[supercard]] in 1999? <small>(2010-05-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Polydorus (Priam's Son)|Polydorus]]''' ''(pictured being killed by [[Polymestor]])'', son of [[Priam]], features in [[Euripides]]' Greek tragedy ''[[Hecuba (play)|Hecuba]]'', [[Virgil]]'s Roman epic ''[[Aeneid|The Aeneid]]'' and [[Homer]]'s ''[[Iliad]]''? <small>(2010-05-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that professional wrestler '''[[Cueball Carmichael]]'''{{`s}} [[championship belt]] was stolen during one of his matches? <small>(2010-05-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[John Ashley (bandit)|John Ashley]]''', American outlaw and occasional pirate, robbed banks and hijacked whiskey shipments from the [[Bahamas]]? <small>(2010-05-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Ronald Skirth]]''' wrote ''The Reluctant Tommy'', a memoir of [[World War I]], about his deliberate acts of sabotage to avoid killing enemies? <small>(2010-05-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in 1901, ''The Juridical Review'' reported that the female [[Prison|inmates]] in Irish prisons most favored the books of Scottish writer '''[[Annie Shepherd Swan]]'''? <small>(2010-04-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[theologian]] '''[[Pender Hodge Cudlip]]''' cowrote an article for the ''[[Helston]] Grammar School Magazine'' while still a teenager at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]]? <small>(2010-04-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Native American jewelry]]''' includes beadwork on herbal bag necklaces, believed to increase the healing power of [[Medicine man|Medicine Men]]? <small>(2010-04-23)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that although English author '''[[Henry Thomas Mackenzie Bell|Mackenzie Bell]]''' was trained in law at [[Cambridge University]], he chose to study abroad and lived in Portugal, Spain, Italy, France and [[Madeira]]? <small>(2010-04-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Annie Hall Cudlip]]''', one of the most prolific writers of romantic fiction in during the [[Victorian era]], wrote over 100 novels and short stories from 1862 to 1900? <small>(2010-04-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that essayist '''[[William Francis Barry]]''' had his writings about the [[History of medieval Christianity#Early Medieval Papacy|medieval papacy]] censored by his superiors? <small>(2010-04-19)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[William Henry Oliphant Smeaton|William Henry Oliphant Smeaton's]]''' ''The Life and Works of William Shakespeare'' was so popular that it was even reprinted several times? <small>(2010-04-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the best known work of [[lecturer]] '''[[James Bass Mullinger]]''' is ''History of the University of Cambridge Down to the Decline of the Platonists'', which took three decades to complete? <small>(2010-04-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Nicholas J. Corea]]''' was once a sergeant in the [[U.S. Marine Corps]] before achieving success as writer, director, and producer of the television series ''[[The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' in 1978–1981? <small>(2010-04-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[philosopher]] '''[[John Alexander Stewart (philosopher)|John Alexander Stewart]]''' was appointed [[White's Professor of Moral Philosophy]] at [[Oxford University]] in 1897? <small>(2010-04-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that author '''[[Henry Brereton Marriott Watson|H.B. Marriott Watson]]''' spent much of his childhood in [[Christchurch]], New Zealand, later using it as a setting for many of his novels? <small>(2010-04-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Alice Dudeney]]''' was called one of the most powerful writers of fiction among modern English women by ''[[Putnam Magazine]]''? <small>(2010-04-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Walter Herries Pollock]]''', editor of the ''[[Saturday Review (London)|Saturday Review]]'', was close friends with a number of writers including [[Robert Lewis Stevenson]], [[Rudyard Kipling]] and [[Oscar Wilde]]? <small>(2010-04-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Fred Whishaw]]''' was the first to translate the works of [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]] into the [[English language]]? <small>(2010-04-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''''[[The Journal of Pathology|Journal of Pathology]]''''', founded in 1892, has been the official journal of the [[Pathological Society|Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland]] since 1906? <small>(2010-04-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[HanWay Films]]''' was originally founded by British [[film producer]] [[Jeremy Thomas]] as an adjunct of his [[Recorded Picture Company]]? <small>(2010-04-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Claude Phillips]]''' was the first [[curator|keeper]] of the [[Wallace Collection]], writing its first catalogue, and held that post from 1900 until his retirement in 1911 whereupon he was knighted for his service? <small>(2010-04-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[frost flower (sea ice)|frost flowers]]''' are [[ice crystals]] commonly found growing on young [[sea ice]] and thin lake [[ice]] in cold, calm condition? <small>(2010-04-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the idea for '''[[MyTwoCensus]]''', a [[Watchdog journalism|political watchdog]] of the [[2010 U.S. Census]], was first conceived by journalist Stephen Robert Morse as he was looking for a job on [[Craigslist]]? <small>(2010-03-27)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Typhoon Nida (2009)|Typhoon Nida]]''' was the [[List of the most intense tropical cyclones|most intense]] [[Tropical Cyclone|tropical cyclone]] during 2009? <small>(2010-03-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Grace Voss Frederick]]''' (November 3, 1905 – January 16, 2009) was the creator of the [[Grace Museum of America]] and the Grace Museum for the Preservation of Americana? <small>(2010-03-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria|Duchess Sophie of Alençon]] died in a fire at a '''[[Bazar de la Charité|French charity bazaar]]''', but some hotel visitors escaped through the kitchen window of the adjoining hotel with the help of the cook? <small>(2010-03-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Agalinis aspera]]''''' (tall false foxglove), a purple and pink flowering plant native to the United States and Canada, is endangered? <small>(2010-03-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Printer (publisher)|printer]] and [[engraver]] '''[[Edmund Evans]]''' collaborated with [[Victorian era|Victorian]] book illustrators [[Walter Crane]], [[Randolph Caldecott]] and [[Kate Greenaway]] to create classic illustrations ''(example pictured)'' for children's books? <small>(2010-03-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that when '''[[Francis Close]]''' retired as [[Dean (Christianity)|Dean]] of [[Carlisle Cathedral]] in 1881, he was the oldest dean in the [[Church of England]]? <small>(2010-02-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Gandhi]] biographer '''[[Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar]]''', a student of [[Sergei Eisenstein|Eisenstein]], is considered to be one of the pioneers of [[Documentary film|documentary film]] making in [[India]]? <small>(2010-02-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[Royal Navy]] sloop '''{{HMS|Beagle|1804|6}}''' captured three [[France|French]] [[privateer|privateers]] during her ten years of service? <small>(2010-02-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Roanoke, Virginia]], television station '''[[WROV-TV]]''' was the first [[UHF]] station in the [[United States]] to shut down? <small>(2010-01-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that an attempted [[Russia]]n conquest of [[Hawaii]] in 1815–1817 was led by a '''[[Georg Anton Schäffer|German physician]]'''? <small>(2009-12-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that after [[World War II]], US General [[Douglas MacArthur]] placed '''[[Sankichi Takahashi]]''' on the list of the 59 most wanted Japanese? <small>(2009-11-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that after being told he was too small for [[professional wrestling]], '''[[Sam DeCero]]''' increased his weight from 75 to 90 kg (165 to 200 lbs) within three months? <small>(2009-11-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that former [[Professional wrestling|pro wrestling]] announcers, and real life husband and wife, '''[[Joe Pedicino]]''' and '''[[Boni Blackstone]]''', often referred to themselves humbly as "wrestling fans who got lucky"? <small>(2009-11-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the name of the [[flowering plant]] [[genus]] '''''[[Tetracarpaea]]''''' refers to its four conspicuous and separate [[Gynoecium|carpels]]? <small>(2009-11-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[John P. Yount]]''', an American soldier and [[Medal of Honor]] recipient, was buried with full military honors in 2007, over a century after his death? <small>(2009-11-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''''[[Women of the Sun]]''''' was the first [[Television in Australia|Australian television]] series to portray the lives of [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] women in 19th-century [[Australia]]? <small>(2009-10-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling]]''' saw the reunions of both [[Tekno Team 2000]] and the father and son team of [[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)|Dusty]] and [[Dustin Rhodes]]? <small>(2009-09-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[19th century]] [[New York City]] [[Bar (establishment)|saloon]] '''[[Hole-in-the-Wall (saloon)|Hole-in-the-Wall]]''' employed two female criminals as [[Bouncer (doorman)|bouncers]]? <small>(2009-09-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Jewish cemetery in Chernivtsi]]''', [[Ukraine]], is one of the biggest historic Jewish cemeteries preserved in Central and Eastern Europe? <small>(2009-08-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the death of John Lewis (better known as "'''[[Spanish Louie]]'''") was the first recorded use of a [[drive by shooting]] as a means of gangland execution in [[New York City]]? <small>(2009-08-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Albert Bates (criminal)|Albert Bates]]''', partner of [[Machine Gun Kelly]], participated in the kidnapping of oil tycoon Charles Urschel in 1933? <small>(2009-08-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Basil Banghart|Basil "The Owl" Banghart]]''' (1900–1982), an American burglar and prison escape artist, acquired his nickname because of his abnormally large eyes? <small>(2009-08-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[George Leese|George "Snatchem" Leese]]''' was a member of the [[Slaughter House Gang]] who was known for being the official "bloodsucker" at [[Prize fighting|prize fights]] in [[New York]]? <small>(2009-08-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[James Brady (criminal)|James Brady]]''' and his gang, the [[Yakey Yakes]], forced their rivals, the [[Eastman Gang]] and the [[Five Points Gang]], to "do their fighting north of Catherine Street" in [[New York City]]? <small>(2009-08-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the farming of [[celery]] was first introduced to the United States by '''[[George Taylor (gardener)|George Taylor]]''' in 1856? <small>(2009-07-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that, originally established as the Federation of Crippled and Disabled in 1935, '''[[Fedcap Rehabilitation Services]]''' switched to its current name in 1992? <small>(2009-07-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that although [[professional wrestler]] '''[[Max Bauer (wrestler)|Max Bauer]]''' won the 2008 [[Toxic Waltz tournament]], it was not counted because he competed under a [[Lucha libre#Masks|mask]]? <small>(2009-05-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Stephen Elliott (botanist)|Stephen Elliott]]''', a [[South Carolina]] politician and bank president, was considered by the journal ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'' to be "the father of Southern botany"? <small>(2009-04-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Geoffrey Cornish]]''', a [[golf course architect]], has designed a total 146 golf courses throughout his career? <small>(2009-04-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[clade]] '''[[mesangiosperms]]''' ''(pictured)'', representing one of four major clades of [[flowering plants]], contains 99.95% of flowering plant [[species]]? <small>(2009-03-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that if the beak-like [[rostrum (anatomy)|rostrum]] on '''''[[Caridina gracilirostris]]''''' is broken off, it will regrow itself? <small>(2009-03-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Galen T. Porter]]''' was a New York City [[police captain]] who led the defense of the NY [[Conscription in the United States|Draft Office]] when it was attacked by angry [[firefighter]]s and mobs during the 1863 [[New York Draft Riots]]? <small>(2009-03-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that former Union Army Brigadier-General '''[[Patrick Henry Jones]]''' acted as a negotiator in the [[Alexander Turney Stewart|Alexander Stewart]] body snatching case? <small>(2009-03-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[New York City Police Commissioner]] '''[[Douglas I. McKay]]''' was so successful in reviving the use of the [[police lineup]] that the [[New York City Police Department|police department]] kept it on a permanent basis? <small>(2009-03-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Bay Area Puma Project]]''' is the first major study of [[cougar|mountain lions]] living in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]? <small>(2009-02-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Francis Mallison]]''' was elected to the [[New York State Assembly]] after being held as a [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] [[prisoner of war]] during the [[American Civil War]]? <small>(2009-01-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that, upon being hired by the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF]], professional wrestler '''[[Lanny Kean]]''' was told to base his persona on Jethro Bodine from ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]''? <small>(2009-01-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that during the '''[[Dead Rabbits Riot]]''' of 1857, residents of [[Mulberry Street (Manhattan)|Mulberry Street]] in [[New York City]] were forced to barricade themselves in their homes? <small>(2008-12-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[John Daly (gambler)|John Daly]]''', a [[New York City]] criminal, was rumored to be paying $100,000 a week in protection money to the [[New York Police Department]] in the late 1800s? <small>(2008-11-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Florence Wald]]''', former Dean of [[Yale School of Nursing]], has been credited as "the mother of the American [[hospice]] movement"? <small>(2008-11-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in the only [[inning]] he pitched in [[Major League Baseball]], '''[[Cal Cooper]]''' gave up five [[Hit (baseball)|hits]], a [[walk (baseball)|walk]] and five [[run (baseball)|runs]] for a lifetime [[Earned Run Average|ERA]] of 45.0? <small>(2008-10-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Edward Jardine]]''', after commanding 200 Union troops in an attempt to quell the [[New York Draft Riots]], only escaped the rioters by wearing civilian clothes? <small>(2008-10-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Tropical Storm Kirsten (1966)|Tropical Storm Kirsten of 1966]]''' did $35.18 million (2008 [[USD]]) in damages and caused heavy rain all the way to [[Phoenix, Arizona]] when it made landfall? <small>(2008-10-17)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that, in a video released by the '''[[Millennium Wrestling Federation]]''', the [[Iron Sheik]] ''(pictured)'' challenged ''[[Seinfeld]]'' character [[Cosmo Kramer|Kramer]] to a match? <small>(2008-09-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Rob Stewart (filmmaker)|Rob Stewart]]''' made the [[2007 in film|2007]] [[documentary film]] ''[[Sharkwater]]'' after learning that [[longline fishing]] in the [[Galapagos Islands]] was killing the sharks? <small>(2008-09-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Professional wrestling|pro wrestler]] '''[[Gregg Groothuis]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s ring name "Jack Bull" was inspired by an interview with [[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]], in which Rhodes described looking into a ring full of bulls? <small>(2008-08-28)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that child actress '''[[Jillian Clare]]''' has been nominated for five [[Young Artist Award]]s, winning twice? <small>(2008-08-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[C.W. Bergstrom]]''' was the last [[professional wrestler]] to ever hold the [[NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship]]? <small>(2008-07-22)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that two former species of '''''[[Oioceros]]''''', ''O. grangeri'' and ''O. xiejiaensis'', have been recently identified as separate [[genus|genera]]? <small>(2008-07-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Mesotherium]]''' ("middle beast") ''(skull pictured)'' was so named because its discoverer believed it was an intermediate between [[rodent]]s and [[pachyderm]]s? <small>(2008-07-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[fossil]] collectors often call '''''[[Polyptychoceras]]''' vancouverensis'' the "paperclip [[ammonite]]" or the "candy cane", due to its shape? <small>(2008-07-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Vincent Gambi]]''' was one of several [[piracy|pirates]] associated with [[Jean Lafitte]], and assisted him during the [[Battle of New Orleans]]? <small>(2008-07-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that when '''[[Daniel Elfrith]]''' became admiral of the colonies at Black Rock Fort in 1632, he warned ships of where escaped slaves might attack? <small>(2008-07-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Canada|Canadian]] [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] and [[Promoter (entertainment)|promoter]] '''[[Bronko Lubich]]''' was influential in the careers of several wrestlers such as [[Mick Foley]], [[Steve Austin (wrestler)|Steve Austin]] and [[Percy Pringle]]? <small>(2008-07-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that when [[wrestler]] '''[[George Scott (wrestler)|George Scott]]''' and his brother Sandy were in [[Australia]], they won the [[IWA World Tag Team Championship]] three times between 1966 and 1968? <small>(2008-07-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the extinct [[sea turtle]] '''''[[Psephophorus]]''''' was once mistaken as an ancient [[armadillo]] due to the [[specimen]]'s poor condition? <small>(2008-07-01)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Matsuura Takanobu]]''' was an early host and [[patron]] to the [[Jesuits]], whom he hoped would influence an increase in trade between [[Europe]]an traders and [[Japan]]? <small>(2008-06-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that after paying £500 in 1623 for a pardon, '''[[John Nutt]]''' was arrested in [[England]] and convicted for [[piracy]] regardless? <small>(2008-06-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Jan Willems]]''' was present at [[Roatan]] in 1683 for one of the largest "[[Brethren of the Coast]]" [[pirate]] gatherings? <small>(2008-06-20)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that after ten years as an [[outlaw]] in the [[Southwestern United States|American Southwest]] in the 1890s, '''[[Nathaniel Reed|Nathaniel "Texas Jack" Reed]]''' became an [[Evangelism|evangelist]] and sold copies of his memoir on life as a bandit? <small>(2008-06-04)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that 17th-century [[French people|French]] [[buccaneer]] '''[[Daniel Montbars|Montbars the Exterminator]]''' attacked [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish settlements]] in the [[New World]], after reading about [[conquistador]] atrocities? <small>(2008-05-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that after preaching [[Baptist]] ideas in the 1760s, '''[[Toliver Craig, Sr.]]''' and his sons were imprisoned by colonial authorities? <small>(2008-05-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Joseph M. Street]]''', a [[19th century]] [[United States|American]] pioneer, was present at the signing of the [[peace treaty]] ending the [[Winnebago War]]? <small>(2008-05-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the present-day city of [[Davenport, Iowa]] is named after '''[[George Davenport]]''', a 19th century American frontiersman, trader and US Army officer? <small>(2008-05-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[18th century]] American soldier '''[[Isaac Bowman]]''', his father [[George Bowman (pioneer)|George Bowman]], and his grandfather Jost Hite were all prominent pioneers in the [[Colony of Virginia]]? <small>(2008-05-07)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that Monk Estill, who was captured by the [[Wyandot]] prior to the '''[[Battle of Little Mountain]]''' and escaped during the battle, was the first [[slavery|slave]] to be freed in the state of [[Kentucky]]? <small>(2008-04-26)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[American pioneer]] '''[[John Bowman (pioneer)|John Bowman]]''', granduncle of [[Transylvania University|Kentucky University]] founder [[John Bryan Bowman]], presided over the first county court held in [[Kentucky]]? <small>(2008-04-24)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Levi Todd]]''', the grandfather of [[Mary Todd Lincoln]], wrote the first and last contemporary accounts of the [[Battle of Blue Licks]], one of the last battles of the [[American Revolutionary War]]? <small>(2008-04-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the brother of [[Australia]]n [[Rugby union|rugby player]] '''[[Dean Mumm]]''' was assistant coach to the [[Fiji national rugby union team|Fijian rugby team]], whilst their grandfather played for the [[All Blacks]]? <small>(2008-04-14)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Battle of Sugar Point]]''' was the last major battle fought between [[Native Americans]] and the [[United States Army]]? <small>(2008-04-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that soon after '''[[John Gabriel Jones]]''' helped convince the [[Virginia General Assembly]] to create [[Kentucky County, Virginia|Kentucky County]], he was killed in an ambush led by [[Mingo]] chieftain '''[[Pluggy]]'''? <small>(2008-04-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the town of [[Gratiot, Wisconsin]] is named after [[French American|French–American]] [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|U.S. Indian Agent]] '''[[Henry Gratiot]]'''? <small>(2008-03-15)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Keewassee]]''', a [[Potowatomi]] warrior, attempted to destroy a [[dam]] built by settler William Davis and was severely beaten with a [[hickory stick|hickory rod]] when caught? <small>(2008-03-13)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the author of the best-selling book '''''[[Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years]]''''', who claimed to be a [[Holocaust]] survivor, admitted her memoir was a [[hoax]]? <small>(2008-03-05)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Willis Adcock]]''', a [[Canadian-American]] [[chemist]], helped create the first [[atomic bomb]], the [[silicon]] [[transistor]], and the [[integrated circuit]]? <small>(2008-02-25)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Jeff Groscost]]''' oversaw the passing of an [[alternative fuels]] [[Bill (proposed law)|bill]] in [[Arizona]] whose cost ballooned from $10 million to $140 million? <small>(2008-02-18)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that [[Anarchism in France|French anarchist]] '''[[Théodule Meunier]]''', responsible for several bombings in [[Paris]] in 1902, was featured as a [[Sherlock Holmes]] antagonist in René Réouven's ''L'Assassin du Boulevard''? <small>(2008-01-03)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[Swedish Armed Forces|Swedish military unit]] '''[[Kustjägarna]]''' has been working in [[Kosovo]] and [[Bosnia (region)|Bosnia]] [[United Nations Protection Force|under the UN flag]]? <small>(2007-12-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Macy DuBois|Gazell Macy DuBois]]''' designed the [[Ontario]] [[pavilion]] at [[Expo 67]] ''(pictured)'' which looked like "a mess of paper triangles or mentally disarranged envelopes"? <small>(2007-11-29)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the '''[[Carlsberg papyrus]]''' is the most complete of the ancient Egyptian [[medical papyri]], containing substantial amounts of artifacts of the original papyrus? <small>(2007-11-21)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Les Parrott]]''', a professor of clinical [[psychology]], a [[motivational speaker]], and a [[Church of the Nazarene|Nazarene]] [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]], co-created, along with his wife, the [[eHarmony]] Marriage program? <small>(2007-11-11)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the slang term '''''[[brass razoo]]''''' is speculated to have originated from [[Egypt]]ian or [[India]]n currency? <small>(2007-11-06)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[John L. Fugh]]''' was the first [[Chinese American]] to be [[Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Army|Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army]]? <small>(2007-10-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that "'''[[On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog]]'''" is the most reproduced cartoon from [[The New Yorker]] magazine, and its title a phrase still used around the world? <small>(2007-10-08)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Jay Barbree]]''' is the only [[journalist]] to have covered every manned [[Spaceflight|space flight]] in the [[United States]], beginning with [[Alan Shepherd]]'s maiden voyage in [[1961]]? <small>(2007-09-16)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that the [[calligraphy|calligraphic]] script of the [[Ford Motor Company]] logo is credited to '''[[Childe Harold Wills]]'''? <small>(2007-09-09)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[Ed Trice]]''', creator of the [[chess variant]] known as [[Gothic Chess]], helped [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] solve the game of [[checkers]], the largest game ever solved? <small>(2007-07-31)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that in [[New South Wales]], a '''[[New South Wales Sentencing Council|Sentencing Council]]''' which is the first of its type in [[Australia]], conducts research to improve the consistency of sentencing of criminals? <small>(2007-07-02)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that '''[[structure relocation]]''' has saved several buildings from destruction by moving them without the need for disassembly? <small>(2006-08-30)</small> *{{icon|DYK}} ... that as of 2023 only about 150 people had been diagnosed with '''[[Skraban–Deardorff syndrome]]'''? <small>(0000-00-00)</small> </noinclude> <includeonly>Transcluding 25 of 1498 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/DYK|total]]</includeonly><!-- End of content generated by JL-Bot --> </onlyinclude>
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