Archives are generally grouped by month of Main Page appearance. (Currently, DYK hooks are archived according to the date and time that they were taken off the Main Page.) To find which archive contains the fact that appeared on Did you know, go to article's
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... that author
Ron Chernow was reluctant to write a biography of John D. Rockefeller until being shown a 1,700-page transcript of three years' worth of private interviews with him?
... that South Korean actress Na O-mi's stage name was inspired by the song "
I Dream of Naomi"?
... that while reviewers generally praised The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, one reviewer complained that
the author was "so nice about his colleagues that it makes you long for a juicy academic vendetta"?
... that
Alfie Templeman described the style of his studio album Radiosoul as "incohesively cohesive"?
... that Rosemary Miller won her state's
skeet shooting championship one year after learning the sport, and then won a state shooting championship in all but two years for the rest of her life?
... that the Nazi collaborator Sebastiaan de Ranitz abandoned his office following
Mad Tuesday, leaving his department in turmoil?
... that Gedling Town F.C.'s nickname "The Ferrymen" was inspired by the name of a pub located next to the team's stadium?
... that Antonio Dini was the only survivor of a three-man crew after he crashed a plane into the sea, but had no recollection of the crash due to concussion?
... that Flyover, a 2023 science fiction novel by an American author, portraying a dystopian future where part of the US becomes a
theocracy, was published in French but not in English?
... that the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers players wore white uniforms during a snowy NFL game, which made them extremely difficult for their quarterback to see?
... that schoolchildren in the town of
Kirkby were paid 25 pence an hour to help build Kirkby Ski Slope, even though the slope never opened?
... that Lois E. Trott ran the first lodging house for homeless girls in America, providing shelter and support for over 1,000 girls annually, all without receiving any payment?
... that Jerzy Kosinski: A Biography described
its subject as a "liar", and yet, one reviewer felt that the author's "studiously neutral position ends up sounding like an apologia for Kosinski"?
... that the annual energy cost of a single fume hood in Singapore can be up to US$9,300?
... that Laura Veale was the first woman to practise as a doctor in the town of
Harrogate?
... that to encourage the development of Bissau-Guinean cinema, one foreign filmmaker provided the country's film institute with cameras, lights, and a Steinbeck guitar?
... that professional vibraphonist Joel Ross has called the
vibraphone his "least favorite instrument"?
7 July 2024
00:00, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Paul Parkman
... that Paul Parkman(pictured), one of the developers of the
rubella vaccine, did not monetize the patent so that the vaccine could be freely available?
... that despite specializing in literature and serving as a senior editor of the
Zhonghua Book Company, historian Zhang Zhenglang never published a single book of his own?
... that when MT Petar Hektorović was temporarily reassigned, one resident of
Vis wrote an online memorial to the ship, writing "the bay of Vis grieve for you"?
... that Gladys Stone Wright got started with a year of free piano lessons and a $5 clarinet?
... that "At the Name of Jesus" has been described as "the only completely objective theological hymn to come from the hand of a 19th-century woman writer"?
... that actor George Kunkel(pictured) portrayed in
blackface the character of
Uncle Tom, using it at first to promote slavery during the American Civil War but later to attack it, after his views had changed?
... that American poet Edwin Ford Piper preserved 828 folk songs, most of which were from Iowa and Nebraska?
... that before reading the script for the play Golden Girls, at least nine of the cast members were under the impression that they would be taking the lead role?
4 July 2024
00:00, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
A Guardian Cap being worn in 2023
... that the
NFL has required players in most positions to wear Guardian Caps(pictured) during training even though third-party research has questioned their effectiveness?
... that American Colossus is a biography of a man who was "the most famous sportsman in the world" and "the most forgotten great athlete in American history"?
... that Peewee Jarrett went from having a two-year span with no playing time and being "set on quitting football" to signing into the National Football League?
... that the Wellesbourne, Brighton's lost river, stopped flowing in 1889?
... that when DarkZero contracted Xynew, his teammates highlighted his "communication skills and game brain", which they deemed unusual for a controller player?
... that at the opening ceremony of Brighton Aquarium(pictured), naturalist
Frank Buckland "produced, apparently from his pocket, a couple of juvenile alligators"?
... that a mail-order catalogue offered a "Rocking Ram" toy, designed by Charleen Kinser, for US$1,600 in 1985?
Archives are generally grouped by month of Main Page appearance. (Currently, DYK hooks are archived according to the date and time that they were taken off the Main Page.) To find which archive contains the fact that appeared on Did you know, go to article's
talk page and follow the archive link in the DYK talk page message box.
... that author
Ron Chernow was reluctant to write a biography of John D. Rockefeller until being shown a 1,700-page transcript of three years' worth of private interviews with him?
... that South Korean actress Na O-mi's stage name was inspired by the song "
I Dream of Naomi"?
... that while reviewers generally praised The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, one reviewer complained that
the author was "so nice about his colleagues that it makes you long for a juicy academic vendetta"?
... that
Alfie Templeman described the style of his studio album Radiosoul as "incohesively cohesive"?
... that Rosemary Miller won her state's
skeet shooting championship one year after learning the sport, and then won a state shooting championship in all but two years for the rest of her life?
... that the Nazi collaborator Sebastiaan de Ranitz abandoned his office following
Mad Tuesday, leaving his department in turmoil?
... that Gedling Town F.C.'s nickname "The Ferrymen" was inspired by the name of a pub located next to the team's stadium?
... that Antonio Dini was the only survivor of a three-man crew after he crashed a plane into the sea, but had no recollection of the crash due to concussion?
... that Flyover, a 2023 science fiction novel by an American author, portraying a dystopian future where part of the US becomes a
theocracy, was published in French but not in English?
... that the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers players wore white uniforms during a snowy NFL game, which made them extremely difficult for their quarterback to see?
... that schoolchildren in the town of
Kirkby were paid 25 pence an hour to help build Kirkby Ski Slope, even though the slope never opened?
... that Lois E. Trott ran the first lodging house for homeless girls in America, providing shelter and support for over 1,000 girls annually, all without receiving any payment?
... that Jerzy Kosinski: A Biography described
its subject as a "liar", and yet, one reviewer felt that the author's "studiously neutral position ends up sounding like an apologia for Kosinski"?
... that the annual energy cost of a single fume hood in Singapore can be up to US$9,300?
... that Laura Veale was the first woman to practise as a doctor in the town of
Harrogate?
... that to encourage the development of Bissau-Guinean cinema, one foreign filmmaker provided the country's film institute with cameras, lights, and a Steinbeck guitar?
... that professional vibraphonist Joel Ross has called the
vibraphone his "least favorite instrument"?
7 July 2024
00:00, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Paul Parkman
... that Paul Parkman(pictured), one of the developers of the
rubella vaccine, did not monetize the patent so that the vaccine could be freely available?
... that despite specializing in literature and serving as a senior editor of the
Zhonghua Book Company, historian Zhang Zhenglang never published a single book of his own?
... that when MT Petar Hektorović was temporarily reassigned, one resident of
Vis wrote an online memorial to the ship, writing "the bay of Vis grieve for you"?
... that Gladys Stone Wright got started with a year of free piano lessons and a $5 clarinet?
... that "At the Name of Jesus" has been described as "the only completely objective theological hymn to come from the hand of a 19th-century woman writer"?
... that actor George Kunkel(pictured) portrayed in
blackface the character of
Uncle Tom, using it at first to promote slavery during the American Civil War but later to attack it, after his views had changed?
... that American poet Edwin Ford Piper preserved 828 folk songs, most of which were from Iowa and Nebraska?
... that before reading the script for the play Golden Girls, at least nine of the cast members were under the impression that they would be taking the lead role?
4 July 2024
00:00, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
A Guardian Cap being worn in 2023
... that the
NFL has required players in most positions to wear Guardian Caps(pictured) during training even though third-party research has questioned their effectiveness?
... that American Colossus is a biography of a man who was "the most famous sportsman in the world" and "the most forgotten great athlete in American history"?
... that Peewee Jarrett went from having a two-year span with no playing time and being "set on quitting football" to signing into the National Football League?
... that the Wellesbourne, Brighton's lost river, stopped flowing in 1889?
... that when DarkZero contracted Xynew, his teammates highlighted his "communication skills and game brain", which they deemed unusual for a controller player?
... that at the opening ceremony of Brighton Aquarium(pictured), naturalist
Frank Buckland "produced, apparently from his pocket, a couple of juvenile alligators"?
... that a mail-order catalogue offered a "Rocking Ram" toy, designed by Charleen Kinser, for US$1,600 in 1985?