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... that when scholar Spencer Barrett’s tax return was
challenged, he showed that to understand a text of
Pindar he had to know how
Mount Etna(pictured) had appeared to a passing sailor?
... that in 2008, the German Federation of Internal Medicine awarded its highest honor to Hans Joachim Sewering, a former
Nazi?
...that Edwin Thumboo's 1979 poem Ulysses by the Merlion has influenced so many other
Singaporean poets, it is joked that a true Singapore poet has to have written a "
Merlion poem"?
... that, on opening night of
Samuel Johnson's Irene, audiences cried "Murder!" after seeing the main character strangled on stage?
... that the
RussianfrigateOryol was completed in 1669 as the first Russian naval ship, and flew the earliest recorded white, blue, and red
Russian flag?
... that the
SpanishAMX-30E(
pictured) underwent an extensive modernization program between 1989 and 1993, dramatically improving the
tank's
mobility,
firepower and accuracy?
... that Vasili Blokhin, chief
executioner of the
StalinistNKVD, led a company of executioners that performed more than 828,000 official executions during
Joseph Stalin's reign, including tens of thousands by his own hands?
... that Vasili Blokhin, chief
executioner of the
StalinistNKVD, led a company of executioners that performed more than 828,000 official executions during
Joseph Stalin's reign, including tens of thousands by his own hands?
... that the Passer Angelfish(
pictured) undergoes large changes in coloration during its transition from
juvenile to
sexually mature, going from bright orange, yellow, and blue to a drab brownish-black color?
... that delay certificates issued by
railway companies in
Japan and
Germany to passengers for tardy trains are considered valid reasons by superiors for reporting late to school or work?
... that the
Britishship of the lineHMS Colchester, launched in August 1744, was wrecked just two months later after running aground on her first commissioned voyage?
... that eighteen years ago,
medical schools in the US "covered" sleep medicine in an average total teaching time of just two hours?
... that although the Chapel Royal, Brighton was built to encourage the
Prince Regent to attend church while in
Brighton, he stopped worshipping there after being offended by a controversial
sermon?
... that the last living veteran of the Civil War in Idaho died in 1952?
... that in
1899, Bill Lange, a popular
Major League Baseball player, retired during the prime of his career to marry a woman whose father forbid her to marry a baseball player?
... that the name of Kazabazua in
Quebec comes from the
Algonquin word kachibadjiwan, meaning "underground river", and refers to the
Kazabazua River which disappears underground?
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 when scholar Spencer Barrett’s tax return was
challenged, he showed that to understand a text of
Pindar he had to know how
Mount Etna(pictured) had appeared to a passing sailor?
... that in 2008, the German Federation of Internal Medicine awarded its highest honor to Hans Joachim Sewering, a former
Nazi?
...that Edwin Thumboo's 1979 poem Ulysses by the Merlion has influenced so many other
Singaporean poets, it is joked that a true Singapore poet has to have written a "
Merlion poem"?
... that, on opening night of
Samuel Johnson's Irene, audiences cried "Murder!" after seeing the main character strangled on stage?
... that the
RussianfrigateOryol was completed in 1669 as the first Russian naval ship, and flew the earliest recorded white, blue, and red
Russian flag?
... that the
SpanishAMX-30E(
pictured) underwent an extensive modernization program between 1989 and 1993, dramatically improving the
tank's
mobility,
firepower and accuracy?
... that Vasili Blokhin, chief
executioner of the
StalinistNKVD, led a company of executioners that performed more than 828,000 official executions during
Joseph Stalin's reign, including tens of thousands by his own hands?
... that Vasili Blokhin, chief
executioner of the
StalinistNKVD, led a company of executioners that performed more than 828,000 official executions during
Joseph Stalin's reign, including tens of thousands by his own hands?
... that the Passer Angelfish(
pictured) undergoes large changes in coloration during its transition from
juvenile to
sexually mature, going from bright orange, yellow, and blue to a drab brownish-black color?
... that delay certificates issued by
railway companies in
Japan and
Germany to passengers for tardy trains are considered valid reasons by superiors for reporting late to school or work?
... that the
Britishship of the lineHMS Colchester, launched in August 1744, was wrecked just two months later after running aground on her first commissioned voyage?
... that eighteen years ago,
medical schools in the US "covered" sleep medicine in an average total teaching time of just two hours?
... that although the Chapel Royal, Brighton was built to encourage the
Prince Regent to attend church while in
Brighton, he stopped worshipping there after being offended by a controversial
sermon?
... that the last living veteran of the Civil War in Idaho died in 1952?
... that in
1899, Bill Lange, a popular
Major League Baseball player, retired during the prime of his career to marry a woman whose father forbid her to marry a baseball player?
... that the name of Kazabazua in
Quebec comes from the
Algonquin word kachibadjiwan, meaning "underground river", and refers to the
Kazabazua River which disappears underground?