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... that although he wrote six dozen German songs (or Lieder),
Franz Liszt(pictured) was accused by critics of never having had a proper grasp of the German Lied?
... that according to
Hindumythology, the "first king" Prithu chased the
Earth in the form of a
cow(pictured), who eventually agreed to yield her milk as all the world's grain and vegetation?
... that singer
Elvis Presley(pictured) is said to have made an impromptu performance at Colonial Gardens in
Louisville's Senning's Park, while visiting his nearby grandparents?
... that in the 1981 Nepalese national election, one candidate was elected with just 3,137 votes, less than ten percent of what the top candidate received?
... that in
Burkina Faso, Bwa people use
masks made of leaves to represent their god Dwo in performative rituals?
... that a low side window in the 12th-century St Helen's Church, Hangleton, may have been used as a
hagioscope by
lepers wanting to listen to services without entering the building?
... that according to the official
English account of the Battle of Skerries in 1316, the English army suffered only one
casualty, yet lost the battle?
... that Laila Goody has been called "
Norway's most awarded young actress"?
... that
Henry Moore's Nuclear Energy sculpture was erected and dedicated to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first self-sustaining controlled
nuclear reaction?
... that Prince
Mihail Sturdza accepted 33 of 35 demands made by the leaders of the Moldavian Revolution of 1848, and when the leaders stood firm proceeded to crush the revolution?
... that the Rev. William Plenderleath's book Memoranda of Cherhill was first published 95 years after the author's death?
... that attacks by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, led by
Nigerian rebel Henry Okah, are believed to indirectly raise the
price of oil?
... that after a painted garage door was destroyed, the Precita Eyesmuralists salvaged it and merged it into a new one, said to be one of their most beautiful in
San Francisco?
... that Benjamin Ferguson bequeathed a fund to
Chicago,
Illinois that provided for seventeen of the city's most prominent sculptures?
23 July 2008
21:03, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
... that an
obelisk at Mamhead(pictured) was built in the 1740s for "the safety of such as might use to sail out of the Port of
Exon or any others who might be driven on the coast"?
... that Muphry's law states that "if you write anything criticizing
editing or
proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written"?
... that
Polish poet Paweł Kubisz was sentenced in 1928 by Czech authorities for 13 months in prison for alleged transport of illegal literature to
Slovakia and conspiring against the
Czechoslovak Republic?
... that when the
Congolese village of Bogoro was attacked in 2003, survivors were imprisoned in a room filled with corpses, and women and girls were
sexually enslaved?
... that, despite its name, the
soft drinkGrapico, first sold in 1914, did not contain any
grape juice and used deceptive
advertising to promote the product?
... that
MontrealMayorAldis Bernard was the first President of the Dental Association of the Province of
Quebec when it was founded in 1869?
... that the Pisgah Home(pictured) was the centre of a controversial movement in the early 1900s by a
Pentecostalfaith healer to care for the poor and downtrodden?
... that 209 people were killed and 41,000 houses were damaged or totally destroyed in the 1970 floods in Romania, with over a million arable acres inundated, and more than 100,000 animals drowned?
... that the Chianan Plain, the largest plain of
Taiwan located at the central-southwestern region of the island, has three harvests of
rice crops annually?
... that according to legend, a
spring came up on all three spots where the severed head of
CatholicmartyrSaint Baudilus bounced after his martyrdom in
Nîmes?
... that Charlie Waitt was taunted and called a "
sissy" by fans and teammates because he was one of the first to wear
baseball gloves to protect his hands?
... that at the Battle of Bov,
Schleswig-Holstein's senior commander did not arrive until two hours after the fighting had started?
... that the first
Texian to be seriously wounded during the
Texas Revolution was Samuel McCulloch, a freed slave who was shot during the Battle of Goliad(location pictured)?
... that after the
holotype specimen of the Robust redhorse(pictured) was lost in the 1800s, the fish was thought to have become
extinct until its rediscovery in 1991?
... that journalist and art museum curator Erastus Brainerd led the publicity campaign that established
Seattle's role as the gateway to the
Yukon Gold Rush?
... that the Vector Field Histogram (VFH)
algorithm used in robotic
motion planning received two major updates after its original creation in 1991, which were renamed as VFH+ and VFH*?
... that Dr David Moor admitted in a press interview to having helped up to 300 ill patients to
die?
15 July 2008
23:02, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
... that a sotdae(pictured) is a tall wooden
pole or stone
pillar with a sculptured
bird atop, traditionally set up for the purpose of
folk belief in
Korea?
... that Mesotherium ("middle beast") (skull pictured) was so named because its discoverer believed it was an intermediate between
rodents and
pachyderms?
... that Watts Station was the only structure to remain intact along "Charcoal Alley" during the
Watts Riots?
... that the
ABCdocumentary television program Our World was often assigned to students as homework, with ABC distributing 39,000 study guides a month?
... that
conceptual artistJoan Fontcuberta's works include a hoax exhibition of bizarre animals such as winged monkeys and snakes with 12 feet, incorporating
fieldnotes, photographs and X-rays?
... that SS Catalina, after reportedly carrying more passengers than any other ship anywhere, has been stuck half-submerged in
Ensenada, Mexico for more than ten years?
12:49, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
... that Mangalitsa(pictured) is a
lard-type
pig breed that was the most prominent swine breed in
Hungary until 1950?
... that the
tablet known as Gabriel's Revelation, written in
Hebrew before the birth of
Christ, allegedly tells of a man killed by the
Romans and resurrected after three days?
... that over the course of five decades, Toshio Masuda directed 16
films which made the top ten list at the Japanese
box office, a record surpassed by only one other director?
... that
Korean writerPark Kyung-ni spent 25 years writing the 16-volume epic novel Land, which has been included in the
UNESCO Collection of Representative Works?
... that when Teddy Morgan led
Wales in their
national anthem before the 1905
rugby union match, it was the first time a national anthem had been sung before a sporting event?
... that the 1880s
VictorianHale House(pictured), with its exuberant ornamentation and color scheme, has been called "the most photographed house" in
Los Angeles?
... that Adbot, one of the first
internet advertising companies, was forced to close only seven months after opening due to the fraudulent source of its start-up funding?
... that on the
Mars Exploration Rover(artist's impression pictured), a technique known as visual odometry allowed the rover to estimate its position and orientation using only camera images?
... that the Podgórski sisters—six-year-old Helena and her teenage sister Stefania—harbored thirteen
Jews for over two years in the attic of their house during the
Holocaust?
... that construction of the courthouse (pictured) of the Rochester Downtown Historic District may have spurred nearby buildings to have
faux stones cemented upon them?
... that the Hnojníkchâteau(pictured), now in the
Czech Republic, was owned by the Beess family from 1736 until 1945?
... that the first edition of
Henry Fielding's final novel Amelia was published with 5,000 copies while his popular novel Tom Jones had only 3,500 copies for both its first and second edition?
... that Luan Da of the
Han Dynasty was granted 2,000 households to rule over due to his practice of
mediumship?
... that when Daniel Elfrith became admiral of the colonies at Black Rock Fort in 1632, he warned ships of where escaped slaves might attack?
... that a scene from "Rosemary's Baby", an episode of 30 Rock featuring
Alec Baldwin and
Tracy Morgan, was described by one critic as "one of the funniest scenes ... on TV this season"?
... that El Cabrillo courtyard apartments, built in 1928 by
Cecil B. DeMille and later home to transvestite actor
Divine, are said to be "steeped in old Hollywood lore"?
... that the
Australian Army adopted the Pentropic organisation in 1960, but returned to its previous unit structures in 1965 as the new organisation was found to be unsuited to
Australia's strategic environment?
... that The Legend of Chu Liu Xiang received the third-highest viewership of all television series broadcast in 2007 on
CCTV-8, even though it was released in December of that year?
... that although the Collared Lory is only found in
Fiji today,
fossil evidence shows that it once existed in
Tonga and was extirpated by human settlers?
... that the FBI Buffalo Field Office(patch pictured) houses over ten different investigative programs and two different specialty programs?
... that René Victor Auberjonois, one of the leading
Swiss painters of the 20th century, was poorly received in the Romandie, where he lived most of his life?
... that due to shifting political winds, the production of the F-20 Tigershark(pictured) for the
Taiwanese Air Force failed to start on three separate occasions?
... that "Greenzo", an episode of 30 Rock, was part of
NBC’s Green Week that aimed at having every
primetime program aired during the second week of November 2007 contain an
environmental theme?
... that Adolf Dietrich, one of
Switzerland's leading painters of the 20th century, had no formal training and worked for most of his life as an untrained labourer?
... that Blue Tilapia(pictured) have become the most widespread foreign fish in
Florida waters since their introduction in 1961, and are now a serious management problem in
Everglades National Park?
... that the "Livingstone Tree" in Nkhotakota,
Malawi, was never visited by
David Livingstone(statue pictured), though when he travelled there he famously stopped under another tree?
... that the journey described in Eat, Pray, Love, a memoir by
Elizabeth Gilbert, was financed by an advance on the book she planned to write about the trip?
... that the exact
species for which the fish
genusCarangoides(C. orthogrammus pictured) was originally created is unknown?
... that in the 1800s, Chichester, Quebec claimed to have the largest wooden
locks in
Canada, built as part of a scheme to encourage boat travel on the upper
Ottawa River?
... that
ScottishmissionaryCarstairs Douglas compiled the first comprehensive
Amoy-English Dictionary in 1873, which, with revisions, is still in use today?
... that all four stars of Starved, an
FXsitcom about
eating disorders, struggled with eating disorders themselves, a fact unknown to producers until after casting?
... that
anthropologistDavid Zolotarev’s 1930 study of the ethnic tribes of the northern Russian
Lake Imandra region determined they did not understand
Soviet-style "socialist construction"?
... that Vin americanii! ("The Americans are coming!") was a slogan used by
Romanians in the 1940s and '50s to express their hope that a US intervention would topple the
Communist regime?
... that in the six months after the Beerhouse Act was passed in
England in 1830, nearly 25,000 new licenses to open
pubs,
taverns and alehouses were issued?
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 although he wrote six dozen German songs (or Lieder),
Franz Liszt(pictured) was accused by critics of never having had a proper grasp of the German Lied?
... that according to
Hindumythology, the "first king" Prithu chased the
Earth in the form of a
cow(pictured), who eventually agreed to yield her milk as all the world's grain and vegetation?
... that singer
Elvis Presley(pictured) is said to have made an impromptu performance at Colonial Gardens in
Louisville's Senning's Park, while visiting his nearby grandparents?
... that in the 1981 Nepalese national election, one candidate was elected with just 3,137 votes, less than ten percent of what the top candidate received?
... that in
Burkina Faso, Bwa people use
masks made of leaves to represent their god Dwo in performative rituals?
... that a low side window in the 12th-century St Helen's Church, Hangleton, may have been used as a
hagioscope by
lepers wanting to listen to services without entering the building?
... that according to the official
English account of the Battle of Skerries in 1316, the English army suffered only one
casualty, yet lost the battle?
... that Laila Goody has been called "
Norway's most awarded young actress"?
... that
Henry Moore's Nuclear Energy sculpture was erected and dedicated to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first self-sustaining controlled
nuclear reaction?
... that Prince
Mihail Sturdza accepted 33 of 35 demands made by the leaders of the Moldavian Revolution of 1848, and when the leaders stood firm proceeded to crush the revolution?
... that the Rev. William Plenderleath's book Memoranda of Cherhill was first published 95 years after the author's death?
... that attacks by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, led by
Nigerian rebel Henry Okah, are believed to indirectly raise the
price of oil?
... that after a painted garage door was destroyed, the Precita Eyesmuralists salvaged it and merged it into a new one, said to be one of their most beautiful in
San Francisco?
... that Benjamin Ferguson bequeathed a fund to
Chicago,
Illinois that provided for seventeen of the city's most prominent sculptures?
23 July 2008
21:03, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
... that an
obelisk at Mamhead(pictured) was built in the 1740s for "the safety of such as might use to sail out of the Port of
Exon or any others who might be driven on the coast"?
... that Muphry's law states that "if you write anything criticizing
editing or
proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written"?
... that
Polish poet Paweł Kubisz was sentenced in 1928 by Czech authorities for 13 months in prison for alleged transport of illegal literature to
Slovakia and conspiring against the
Czechoslovak Republic?
... that when the
Congolese village of Bogoro was attacked in 2003, survivors were imprisoned in a room filled with corpses, and women and girls were
sexually enslaved?
... that, despite its name, the
soft drinkGrapico, first sold in 1914, did not contain any
grape juice and used deceptive
advertising to promote the product?
... that
MontrealMayorAldis Bernard was the first President of the Dental Association of the Province of
Quebec when it was founded in 1869?
... that the Pisgah Home(pictured) was the centre of a controversial movement in the early 1900s by a
Pentecostalfaith healer to care for the poor and downtrodden?
... that 209 people were killed and 41,000 houses were damaged or totally destroyed in the 1970 floods in Romania, with over a million arable acres inundated, and more than 100,000 animals drowned?
... that the Chianan Plain, the largest plain of
Taiwan located at the central-southwestern region of the island, has three harvests of
rice crops annually?
... that according to legend, a
spring came up on all three spots where the severed head of
CatholicmartyrSaint Baudilus bounced after his martyrdom in
Nîmes?
... that Charlie Waitt was taunted and called a "
sissy" by fans and teammates because he was one of the first to wear
baseball gloves to protect his hands?
... that at the Battle of Bov,
Schleswig-Holstein's senior commander did not arrive until two hours after the fighting had started?
... that the first
Texian to be seriously wounded during the
Texas Revolution was Samuel McCulloch, a freed slave who was shot during the Battle of Goliad(location pictured)?
... that after the
holotype specimen of the Robust redhorse(pictured) was lost in the 1800s, the fish was thought to have become
extinct until its rediscovery in 1991?
... that journalist and art museum curator Erastus Brainerd led the publicity campaign that established
Seattle's role as the gateway to the
Yukon Gold Rush?
... that the Vector Field Histogram (VFH)
algorithm used in robotic
motion planning received two major updates after its original creation in 1991, which were renamed as VFH+ and VFH*?
... that Dr David Moor admitted in a press interview to having helped up to 300 ill patients to
die?
15 July 2008
23:02, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
... that a sotdae(pictured) is a tall wooden
pole or stone
pillar with a sculptured
bird atop, traditionally set up for the purpose of
folk belief in
Korea?
... that Mesotherium ("middle beast") (skull pictured) was so named because its discoverer believed it was an intermediate between
rodents and
pachyderms?
... that Watts Station was the only structure to remain intact along "Charcoal Alley" during the
Watts Riots?
... that the
ABCdocumentary television program Our World was often assigned to students as homework, with ABC distributing 39,000 study guides a month?
... that
conceptual artistJoan Fontcuberta's works include a hoax exhibition of bizarre animals such as winged monkeys and snakes with 12 feet, incorporating
fieldnotes, photographs and X-rays?
... that SS Catalina, after reportedly carrying more passengers than any other ship anywhere, has been stuck half-submerged in
Ensenada, Mexico for more than ten years?
12:49, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
... that Mangalitsa(pictured) is a
lard-type
pig breed that was the most prominent swine breed in
Hungary until 1950?
... that the
tablet known as Gabriel's Revelation, written in
Hebrew before the birth of
Christ, allegedly tells of a man killed by the
Romans and resurrected after three days?
... that over the course of five decades, Toshio Masuda directed 16
films which made the top ten list at the Japanese
box office, a record surpassed by only one other director?
... that
Korean writerPark Kyung-ni spent 25 years writing the 16-volume epic novel Land, which has been included in the
UNESCO Collection of Representative Works?
... that when Teddy Morgan led
Wales in their
national anthem before the 1905
rugby union match, it was the first time a national anthem had been sung before a sporting event?
... that the 1880s
VictorianHale House(pictured), with its exuberant ornamentation and color scheme, has been called "the most photographed house" in
Los Angeles?
... that Adbot, one of the first
internet advertising companies, was forced to close only seven months after opening due to the fraudulent source of its start-up funding?
... that on the
Mars Exploration Rover(artist's impression pictured), a technique known as visual odometry allowed the rover to estimate its position and orientation using only camera images?
... that the Podgórski sisters—six-year-old Helena and her teenage sister Stefania—harbored thirteen
Jews for over two years in the attic of their house during the
Holocaust?
... that construction of the courthouse (pictured) of the Rochester Downtown Historic District may have spurred nearby buildings to have
faux stones cemented upon them?
... that the Hnojníkchâteau(pictured), now in the
Czech Republic, was owned by the Beess family from 1736 until 1945?
... that the first edition of
Henry Fielding's final novel Amelia was published with 5,000 copies while his popular novel Tom Jones had only 3,500 copies for both its first and second edition?
... that Luan Da of the
Han Dynasty was granted 2,000 households to rule over due to his practice of
mediumship?
... that when Daniel Elfrith became admiral of the colonies at Black Rock Fort in 1632, he warned ships of where escaped slaves might attack?
... that a scene from "Rosemary's Baby", an episode of 30 Rock featuring
Alec Baldwin and
Tracy Morgan, was described by one critic as "one of the funniest scenes ... on TV this season"?
... that El Cabrillo courtyard apartments, built in 1928 by
Cecil B. DeMille and later home to transvestite actor
Divine, are said to be "steeped in old Hollywood lore"?
... that the
Australian Army adopted the Pentropic organisation in 1960, but returned to its previous unit structures in 1965 as the new organisation was found to be unsuited to
Australia's strategic environment?
... that The Legend of Chu Liu Xiang received the third-highest viewership of all television series broadcast in 2007 on
CCTV-8, even though it was released in December of that year?
... that although the Collared Lory is only found in
Fiji today,
fossil evidence shows that it once existed in
Tonga and was extirpated by human settlers?
... that the FBI Buffalo Field Office(patch pictured) houses over ten different investigative programs and two different specialty programs?
... that René Victor Auberjonois, one of the leading
Swiss painters of the 20th century, was poorly received in the Romandie, where he lived most of his life?
... that due to shifting political winds, the production of the F-20 Tigershark(pictured) for the
Taiwanese Air Force failed to start on three separate occasions?
... that "Greenzo", an episode of 30 Rock, was part of
NBC’s Green Week that aimed at having every
primetime program aired during the second week of November 2007 contain an
environmental theme?
... that Adolf Dietrich, one of
Switzerland's leading painters of the 20th century, had no formal training and worked for most of his life as an untrained labourer?
... that Blue Tilapia(pictured) have become the most widespread foreign fish in
Florida waters since their introduction in 1961, and are now a serious management problem in
Everglades National Park?
... that the "Livingstone Tree" in Nkhotakota,
Malawi, was never visited by
David Livingstone(statue pictured), though when he travelled there he famously stopped under another tree?
... that the journey described in Eat, Pray, Love, a memoir by
Elizabeth Gilbert, was financed by an advance on the book she planned to write about the trip?
... that the exact
species for which the fish
genusCarangoides(C. orthogrammus pictured) was originally created is unknown?
... that in the 1800s, Chichester, Quebec claimed to have the largest wooden
locks in
Canada, built as part of a scheme to encourage boat travel on the upper
Ottawa River?
... that
ScottishmissionaryCarstairs Douglas compiled the first comprehensive
Amoy-English Dictionary in 1873, which, with revisions, is still in use today?
... that all four stars of Starved, an
FXsitcom about
eating disorders, struggled with eating disorders themselves, a fact unknown to producers until after casting?
... that
anthropologistDavid Zolotarev’s 1930 study of the ethnic tribes of the northern Russian
Lake Imandra region determined they did not understand
Soviet-style "socialist construction"?
... that Vin americanii! ("The Americans are coming!") was a slogan used by
Romanians in the 1940s and '50s to express their hope that a US intervention would topple the
Communist regime?
... that in the six months after the Beerhouse Act was passed in
England in 1830, nearly 25,000 new licenses to open
pubs,
taverns and alehouses were issued?