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 Chronotron, the only
flash-based
video game out of ten games nominated for the 2008
Penny Arcade Expo's prestigious "PAX 10," was developed by only one person?
... that in February 1962, Motor Cycling magazine achieved a best one-way speed for the Norton 650SS of 119.5 mph—more than 10 mph faster than the rival
Triumph Bonneville?
... that
Canadianmartial artistTomasz Kucharzewski, who fought in an estimated 300 fights, was described as "happy-go-lucky" by his trainer due to his friendly demeanor?
... that the 21st Chancellor of the
University of Toronto, Samuel Beatty, was the first person to receive a PhD in mathematics from a Canadian university?
... that the
freshwaterturbellarianMicrostomum caudatum can swallow prey about as large as itself?
05:40, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
... that when
Vladimir Putin introduced
George W. Bush to his dog
Koni(pictured), Putin is reported to have said she is "Bigger, tougher, stronger, faster, meaner—than
Barney"?
... that U.S. singer-songwriter
Phil Ochs recorded "Bwatue" with African musicians more than ten years before
Paul Simon famously did the same thing for his Graceland album?
... that the scientific-technical journal Oil Shale is the only journal in the world that focuses on
oil shale as a main subject?
... that Oregon banned alcohol twice before the rest of America: once prior to statehood (from 1844 to 1845) and then again in 1915, four years before passage of the
18th Amendment?
... that a bootstrapping node is a
node in an
overlay network that provides initial configuration information to newly joining computer nodes so that they may successfully join the overlay network?
... that when Frank Fitzsimmons was named acting president of the
Teamsters in 1967, a
union insider said, "He's just a peanut butter sandwich; he'll melt in no time"?
... that the Marine Corps Test Unit along with the 3rd Marine Corps Provisional Atomic Exercise Brigade carried out mock maneuvers 3,500 yards away from the detonation site of a
nuclear bomb?
... that Royce Howes won the
Pulitzer Prize for an editorial on the shared responsibility of labor and management for an unauthorized strike that put 45,000
Chrysler workers out of work?
... that, according to the modern historian
Bo Yang, the large body of petitions written by
Tang DynastychancellorLu Zhi was important to understanding mid-Tang life?
... that the
Tang Dynasty general Li Shigu, in his illness, refused to endorse his brother Li Shidao as his successor because Li Shidao spent too much time painting and playing the
bili?
... that though it is generally agreed that paintings by Jean Malouel survive ([[:|possible work pictured]]), no one work is universally accepted as his?
... that the 1930
silent filmA Daughter of the Congo was billed as a “talking, singing, dancing picture” although it only contained a single short sound sequence?
... that a principal work of mathematician Wilhelm Cauer was twice destroyed during
World War II and was only published after his death by his family, who reconstructed it from the table of contents?
... that Freedom House, founded in 1949, raised money to support Operation Exodus, a voluntary
desegregation and busing project in
Boston before court-ordered desegregation?
... that the history of the ancient
Mayan city of Dos Pilas has been reconstructed in more detail than almost any other Mayan site?
... that the
Chicago Transit Authority closed its Kostner station only eleven years after it opened, making it one of the city's shortest-lived train stations?
... that
Canadian authorities used the academic enrollment list of a
diploma mill to arrest 24 students they wrongly accused of being an "al-Qaeda sleeper cell" in Project Thread?
... that
English dramatist Edward Rose published The Rose Reader, "a new way of teaching to read," that only used words that were spelled as they sounded?
... that the former
Arab village of Majdal Yaba with its large fortress was the center of power of a clan that controlled up to 25 villages in
Sanjak Nablus?
... that Wang Shizhen, then a guard commander for his brother-in-law, the
Tang Dynasty warlord
Li Weiyue, turned against Li Weiyue to allow his father
Wang Wujun to kill Li?
... that 19th-century
CaliforniabanditProcopio, also known as Red-Handed Dick, was said to "love the feel and the color of warm blood," and his name was used by mothers to frighten their children?
... that, during the team's first official season, a Maryland Terrapins football player was accused of "unaccreditable ignorance of football" after running the wrong way for 30 yards (27 metres)?
... that the interior vaulting of the wooden synagogue of Wolpa is considered to have been "the most magnificent of all known wooden ceilings" in Europe?
... that in the town of Santa Claus, Arizona, visitors could once purchase Dasher and Dancer
omelettes and Santa burgers?
... that in 1599, English bookseller William Barley helped publish
Anthony Holborne's Pavans, Galliards, Almains, the first instrumental (rather than vocal) music to be printed in England?
... that despite being described as "one of the strongest
fortifications in the
Atlantic Wall", the fortress of
Le Havre fell after only three days of attacks by British and Canadian forces in Operation Astonia?
... that Julius Fast's first novel, Watchful at Night, won the first award presented at the inaugural
Edgar Allan Poe Award ceremonies in 1946 as Best First Novel by an American author?
... that
linguistCarol Chomsky developed the technique of repeated reading, in which children gain fluency by reading along with a recording of a text until they can do so on their own?
... that "Albino Ballerina", the final single by
indie rock band
Sweet Jesus, gained extensive critical acclaim before the band's commercial success dwindled and they soon disbanded?
... that one of the specimens used to describe the
extinctturtleCearachelys was actually procured eight years prior to it being formally described in 2001?
... that Mildred Constantine organized the 1968 exhibition Word and Image of 300 posters at the
Museum of Modern Art called "so handsome that for a minute you wonder why billboards are disfigurements"?
... that the first themed Lego Modular Houses set, released in April 2007, was designed for people aged 16 and older and meant to be "toys for adults"?
... that Holy Deadlock, a 1934 novel by
A. P. Herbert, was credited with helping create a more favourable attitude toward reform of English
divorce law?
... that the
New York Giants' hype of Andy Cohen was called "the most efficient job of ballyhoo that has been performed in the sport industry", with "ice cream Cohens" sold to fans at the
Polo Grounds?
21 December 2008
18:25, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
... that
masters of
Singapore-registered ships are subject to a fine of
S$1,000 if they do not hoist the Red Ensign(
pictured) before entering or leaving port?
... that during the 1975 earthquake in
Morris, Minnesota,
USA, one man thought the loud bangs he heard came from a nearby gas plant that he thought exploded?
... that 14th-century
shogunAshikaga Takauji(
pictured) sent his son Motouji to
Kamakura to consolidate his rule there, but ended up creating a rival shogunate because Motouji started calling himself Kubō?
... that the USS PGM-17 received no enemy damage while stranded on a coral reef for over a month during intense
kamikaze attacks in the region during the
Battle of Okinawa?
... that the phrase "It's your Wally" refers to
Queensland's
test cricketerWally Grout and typically means that it is the listener's turn to buy a round of drinks?
... that the
Nazi German Reich Office for Economic Expansion got the nickname Office for the Expansion of
IG Farben, because its head Carl Krauch was also the chairman of that company?
... that
Pakistan's newly created Ministry of Human Rights has announced a law which will assist in uncovering the fate of thousands who have disappeared since the
War on Terror began?
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 Chronotron, the only
flash-based
video game out of ten games nominated for the 2008
Penny Arcade Expo's prestigious "PAX 10," was developed by only one person?
... that in February 1962, Motor Cycling magazine achieved a best one-way speed for the Norton 650SS of 119.5 mph—more than 10 mph faster than the rival
Triumph Bonneville?
... that
Canadianmartial artistTomasz Kucharzewski, who fought in an estimated 300 fights, was described as "happy-go-lucky" by his trainer due to his friendly demeanor?
... that the 21st Chancellor of the
University of Toronto, Samuel Beatty, was the first person to receive a PhD in mathematics from a Canadian university?
... that the
freshwaterturbellarianMicrostomum caudatum can swallow prey about as large as itself?
05:40, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
... that when
Vladimir Putin introduced
George W. Bush to his dog
Koni(pictured), Putin is reported to have said she is "Bigger, tougher, stronger, faster, meaner—than
Barney"?
... that U.S. singer-songwriter
Phil Ochs recorded "Bwatue" with African musicians more than ten years before
Paul Simon famously did the same thing for his Graceland album?
... that the scientific-technical journal Oil Shale is the only journal in the world that focuses on
oil shale as a main subject?
... that Oregon banned alcohol twice before the rest of America: once prior to statehood (from 1844 to 1845) and then again in 1915, four years before passage of the
18th Amendment?
... that a bootstrapping node is a
node in an
overlay network that provides initial configuration information to newly joining computer nodes so that they may successfully join the overlay network?
... that when Frank Fitzsimmons was named acting president of the
Teamsters in 1967, a
union insider said, "He's just a peanut butter sandwich; he'll melt in no time"?
... that the Marine Corps Test Unit along with the 3rd Marine Corps Provisional Atomic Exercise Brigade carried out mock maneuvers 3,500 yards away from the detonation site of a
nuclear bomb?
... that Royce Howes won the
Pulitzer Prize for an editorial on the shared responsibility of labor and management for an unauthorized strike that put 45,000
Chrysler workers out of work?
... that, according to the modern historian
Bo Yang, the large body of petitions written by
Tang DynastychancellorLu Zhi was important to understanding mid-Tang life?
... that the
Tang Dynasty general Li Shigu, in his illness, refused to endorse his brother Li Shidao as his successor because Li Shidao spent too much time painting and playing the
bili?
... that though it is generally agreed that paintings by Jean Malouel survive ([[:|possible work pictured]]), no one work is universally accepted as his?
... that the 1930
silent filmA Daughter of the Congo was billed as a “talking, singing, dancing picture” although it only contained a single short sound sequence?
... that a principal work of mathematician Wilhelm Cauer was twice destroyed during
World War II and was only published after his death by his family, who reconstructed it from the table of contents?
... that Freedom House, founded in 1949, raised money to support Operation Exodus, a voluntary
desegregation and busing project in
Boston before court-ordered desegregation?
... that the history of the ancient
Mayan city of Dos Pilas has been reconstructed in more detail than almost any other Mayan site?
... that the
Chicago Transit Authority closed its Kostner station only eleven years after it opened, making it one of the city's shortest-lived train stations?
... that
Canadian authorities used the academic enrollment list of a
diploma mill to arrest 24 students they wrongly accused of being an "al-Qaeda sleeper cell" in Project Thread?
... that
English dramatist Edward Rose published The Rose Reader, "a new way of teaching to read," that only used words that were spelled as they sounded?
... that the former
Arab village of Majdal Yaba with its large fortress was the center of power of a clan that controlled up to 25 villages in
Sanjak Nablus?
... that Wang Shizhen, then a guard commander for his brother-in-law, the
Tang Dynasty warlord
Li Weiyue, turned against Li Weiyue to allow his father
Wang Wujun to kill Li?
... that 19th-century
CaliforniabanditProcopio, also known as Red-Handed Dick, was said to "love the feel and the color of warm blood," and his name was used by mothers to frighten their children?
... that, during the team's first official season, a Maryland Terrapins football player was accused of "unaccreditable ignorance of football" after running the wrong way for 30 yards (27 metres)?
... that the interior vaulting of the wooden synagogue of Wolpa is considered to have been "the most magnificent of all known wooden ceilings" in Europe?
... that in the town of Santa Claus, Arizona, visitors could once purchase Dasher and Dancer
omelettes and Santa burgers?
... that in 1599, English bookseller William Barley helped publish
Anthony Holborne's Pavans, Galliards, Almains, the first instrumental (rather than vocal) music to be printed in England?
... that despite being described as "one of the strongest
fortifications in the
Atlantic Wall", the fortress of
Le Havre fell after only three days of attacks by British and Canadian forces in Operation Astonia?
... that Julius Fast's first novel, Watchful at Night, won the first award presented at the inaugural
Edgar Allan Poe Award ceremonies in 1946 as Best First Novel by an American author?
... that
linguistCarol Chomsky developed the technique of repeated reading, in which children gain fluency by reading along with a recording of a text until they can do so on their own?
... that "Albino Ballerina", the final single by
indie rock band
Sweet Jesus, gained extensive critical acclaim before the band's commercial success dwindled and they soon disbanded?
... that one of the specimens used to describe the
extinctturtleCearachelys was actually procured eight years prior to it being formally described in 2001?
... that Mildred Constantine organized the 1968 exhibition Word and Image of 300 posters at the
Museum of Modern Art called "so handsome that for a minute you wonder why billboards are disfigurements"?
... that the first themed Lego Modular Houses set, released in April 2007, was designed for people aged 16 and older and meant to be "toys for adults"?
... that Holy Deadlock, a 1934 novel by
A. P. Herbert, was credited with helping create a more favourable attitude toward reform of English
divorce law?
... that the
New York Giants' hype of Andy Cohen was called "the most efficient job of ballyhoo that has been performed in the sport industry", with "ice cream Cohens" sold to fans at the
Polo Grounds?
21 December 2008
18:25, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
... that
masters of
Singapore-registered ships are subject to a fine of
S$1,000 if they do not hoist the Red Ensign(
pictured) before entering or leaving port?
... that during the 1975 earthquake in
Morris, Minnesota,
USA, one man thought the loud bangs he heard came from a nearby gas plant that he thought exploded?
... that 14th-century
shogunAshikaga Takauji(
pictured) sent his son Motouji to
Kamakura to consolidate his rule there, but ended up creating a rival shogunate because Motouji started calling himself Kubō?
... that the USS PGM-17 received no enemy damage while stranded on a coral reef for over a month during intense
kamikaze attacks in the region during the
Battle of Okinawa?
... that the phrase "It's your Wally" refers to
Queensland's
test cricketerWally Grout and typically means that it is the listener's turn to buy a round of drinks?
... that the
Nazi German Reich Office for Economic Expansion got the nickname Office for the Expansion of
IG Farben, because its head Carl Krauch was also the chairman of that company?
... that
Pakistan's newly created Ministry of Human Rights has announced a law which will assist in uncovering the fate of thousands who have disappeared since the
War on Terror began?