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
FrenchphotographerRobert Demachy took hundreds of photographs and wrote more than a thousand articles on photography, but suddenly gave up the subject without any explanation?
... that due to the important archaeological findings near the
Bulgarian village of Durankulak, the area has been dubbed the "Bulgarian
Troy"?
... that
PolishmountaineerTadeusz Piotrowski, one of the finest winter mountaineers of the 1970s and '80s, died during descent from
K2, after completing the first and only ascent by the "South Face"?
... that the 2006 death of
NYPD Detective James Zadroga was the first attributed to exposure to toxic dust at the
World Trade Center site, though the circumstances of his death are disputed?
... that
Tang Dynasty imperial prince Li Chenghong carried the title of emperor for 12 days after invading
Tufan forces captured the capital
Chang'an and declared him emperor?
... that museum examples of sprang were misidentified as
lace or
knitting until
archaeological discoveries brought public attention to the overlooked
needlework technique?
... that after the death of Consort Dugu, the favorite
concubine of
Emperor Daizong of Tang, the emperor was so saddened that he kept her casket in the palace and did not bury her until almost three years later?
... that from its creation in 1963 to its closure in about 2000, the Scottish Tartans Society recorded and documented about 2,700 different designs of
tartan?
... that
Liberian Supreme Court Chief Justice Johnnie Lewis was rescued from an angry mob after a car he was in hit and killed a pedestrian?
... that the Tampa Bay Storm has appeared in the
AFL playoffs 19 of their 22 years?
... that in 1862, Phan Thanh Gian said that
France's "wealth and strength are beyond description"?
... that two trains returning from the 1851
Chester races lost adhesion in Sutton Tunnel, and a third crashed into them, killing nine and injuring up to 40 people?
... that Philippe Suchard was not only the creator of
Milkachocolates, but also had an influence on the discovery of a
La Tène settlement dating back to 450 BC?
... that by the time the Wye Valley Railway opened in 1876, a
Welsh wireworks it was intended to serve had already closed down?
... that
Russian doctor and
serial killerMaxim Petrov was caught because he took the names of his twelve victims all from the same list of patients, enabling police to predict whom he would kill next?
... that the newly discovered Baby Boom Galaxy(
pictured) is seen producing stars at a rate of up to 4,000 per year, compared to our own
Milky Way galaxy that produces an average of just 10 stars per year?
... that
Tang Dynasty judge Pei Zunqing spared a group of soldiers accused of treason by pointing out they had neither money nor talent to carry out a rebellion?
... that a hose strap(
pictured), a piece of
firefighting equipment, has a variety of uses including carrying un-charged
fire hose, opening and closing doors, and dragging the injured?
... that Cyclone Graham dropped 163 millimetres (6.4 in) of rain at
Telfer, Australia in one night, over half the community's annual average?
... that as special counsel investigating loans made to
Jimmy Carter, Paul Curran became the first lawyer to question a sitting
U.S. President under oath in an investigation of that president?
... that architect Albert C. Martin successfully defended his design of the 28-story
Los Angeles City Hall(pictured) against those who argued the city government could fit into the first four floors?
... that prehistoric Orkney has provided so many ancient ruins (
pictured) that one of the islands in the archipelago has been described as "the Egypt of the North"?
... that in 1902, Isabel Gonzalez, a single
Puerto Rican mother, challenged the United States government and helped pave the way for all Puerto Ricans to be recognized as U.S. citizens?
... that carved
Romanesque stone heads (
pictured) were added to the walls of Temple Cronan in
Ireland as decoration during renovation in the 12th century?
... that the Masked Rider mascot (statue pictured), one of the Texas Tech University traditions, was the first
mascot in major college sports featuring a live horse?
... that Sylvester O'Halloran suggested in a 1793 book on external injuries to the head that
Irish fights were often caused by drinking too much
whiskey?
... that
Gibraltar's St. Michael's Cave, prepared as an emergency hospital during
World War II, at present contains an auditorium and receives almost a million visitors a year?
... that when one of the rare recordings of "
Stormy Weather" by The Five Sharps, a
78 rpm record, was broken, the blame was placed on a pet
raccoon that supposedly sat on it?
... that the
Tang DynastychancellorZhang Gao, prior to his civil service career, would attend feasts held by officials just for the purpose of getting drunk?
... that a parade honoring
Jack Benny was held at the Azusa Civic Center, commemorating his running gag in which a conductor called out, "Train leaving now for Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga"?
... that, according to legend, each of the 66 men who laid the tile of the South Dakota State Capitol placed a blue stone in the floor as a personal signature?
... that Henry Clay Fry was the first to imitate cut glass from pressed blanks?
... that the Pomona City Stables, which housed 22 horses upon its completion in 1909, is reported to be one of the oldest municipal buildings still extant in
California?
... that Jerry Shea was the first player to achieve all four
rugby scoring methods—
try, conversion, penalty goal and drop goal—in a single international match?
... that
Norwegian comedian Per Inge Torkelsen caused an international stir when as a 15-year old he placed several ancient Chinese coins in a local excavation field?
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
FrenchphotographerRobert Demachy took hundreds of photographs and wrote more than a thousand articles on photography, but suddenly gave up the subject without any explanation?
... that due to the important archaeological findings near the
Bulgarian village of Durankulak, the area has been dubbed the "Bulgarian
Troy"?
... that
PolishmountaineerTadeusz Piotrowski, one of the finest winter mountaineers of the 1970s and '80s, died during descent from
K2, after completing the first and only ascent by the "South Face"?
... that the 2006 death of
NYPD Detective James Zadroga was the first attributed to exposure to toxic dust at the
World Trade Center site, though the circumstances of his death are disputed?
... that
Tang Dynasty imperial prince Li Chenghong carried the title of emperor for 12 days after invading
Tufan forces captured the capital
Chang'an and declared him emperor?
... that museum examples of sprang were misidentified as
lace or
knitting until
archaeological discoveries brought public attention to the overlooked
needlework technique?
... that after the death of Consort Dugu, the favorite
concubine of
Emperor Daizong of Tang, the emperor was so saddened that he kept her casket in the palace and did not bury her until almost three years later?
... that from its creation in 1963 to its closure in about 2000, the Scottish Tartans Society recorded and documented about 2,700 different designs of
tartan?
... that
Liberian Supreme Court Chief Justice Johnnie Lewis was rescued from an angry mob after a car he was in hit and killed a pedestrian?
... that the Tampa Bay Storm has appeared in the
AFL playoffs 19 of their 22 years?
... that in 1862, Phan Thanh Gian said that
France's "wealth and strength are beyond description"?
... that two trains returning from the 1851
Chester races lost adhesion in Sutton Tunnel, and a third crashed into them, killing nine and injuring up to 40 people?
... that Philippe Suchard was not only the creator of
Milkachocolates, but also had an influence on the discovery of a
La Tène settlement dating back to 450 BC?
... that by the time the Wye Valley Railway opened in 1876, a
Welsh wireworks it was intended to serve had already closed down?
... that
Russian doctor and
serial killerMaxim Petrov was caught because he took the names of his twelve victims all from the same list of patients, enabling police to predict whom he would kill next?
... that the newly discovered Baby Boom Galaxy(
pictured) is seen producing stars at a rate of up to 4,000 per year, compared to our own
Milky Way galaxy that produces an average of just 10 stars per year?
... that
Tang Dynasty judge Pei Zunqing spared a group of soldiers accused of treason by pointing out they had neither money nor talent to carry out a rebellion?
... that a hose strap(
pictured), a piece of
firefighting equipment, has a variety of uses including carrying un-charged
fire hose, opening and closing doors, and dragging the injured?
... that Cyclone Graham dropped 163 millimetres (6.4 in) of rain at
Telfer, Australia in one night, over half the community's annual average?
... that as special counsel investigating loans made to
Jimmy Carter, Paul Curran became the first lawyer to question a sitting
U.S. President under oath in an investigation of that president?
... that architect Albert C. Martin successfully defended his design of the 28-story
Los Angeles City Hall(pictured) against those who argued the city government could fit into the first four floors?
... that prehistoric Orkney has provided so many ancient ruins (
pictured) that one of the islands in the archipelago has been described as "the Egypt of the North"?
... that in 1902, Isabel Gonzalez, a single
Puerto Rican mother, challenged the United States government and helped pave the way for all Puerto Ricans to be recognized as U.S. citizens?
... that carved
Romanesque stone heads (
pictured) were added to the walls of Temple Cronan in
Ireland as decoration during renovation in the 12th century?
... that the Masked Rider mascot (statue pictured), one of the Texas Tech University traditions, was the first
mascot in major college sports featuring a live horse?
... that Sylvester O'Halloran suggested in a 1793 book on external injuries to the head that
Irish fights were often caused by drinking too much
whiskey?
... that
Gibraltar's St. Michael's Cave, prepared as an emergency hospital during
World War II, at present contains an auditorium and receives almost a million visitors a year?
... that when one of the rare recordings of "
Stormy Weather" by The Five Sharps, a
78 rpm record, was broken, the blame was placed on a pet
raccoon that supposedly sat on it?
... that the
Tang DynastychancellorZhang Gao, prior to his civil service career, would attend feasts held by officials just for the purpose of getting drunk?
... that a parade honoring
Jack Benny was held at the Azusa Civic Center, commemorating his running gag in which a conductor called out, "Train leaving now for Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga"?
... that, according to legend, each of the 66 men who laid the tile of the South Dakota State Capitol placed a blue stone in the floor as a personal signature?
... that Henry Clay Fry was the first to imitate cut glass from pressed blanks?
... that the Pomona City Stables, which housed 22 horses upon its completion in 1909, is reported to be one of the oldest municipal buildings still extant in
California?
... that Jerry Shea was the first player to achieve all four
rugby scoring methods—
try, conversion, penalty goal and drop goal—in a single international match?
... that
Norwegian comedian Per Inge Torkelsen caused an international stir when as a 15-year old he placed several ancient Chinese coins in a local excavation field?