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30 April 2011
18:00, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
... that the French Government issued a postage stamp (pictured) bringing attention to the theft of
Cézanne's The Card Players in 1961?
... that a 17th-century
YemeniOrphans' Decree requiring the conversion of orphans to
Islam was still being enforced as late as 1948?
... that Wilhelmine Reichard, the first
German woman
balloonist, fell unconscious at 7,800 metres (25,600 ft) during her third flight in 1811 and crash-landed in a forest?
... that despite being told by doctors that he might never walk again, British swimmer Graham Edmunds has won two
Paralympic gold medals in world record times?
... that clips of
VHS tapes from the website Everything is Terrible! include how to massage a cat, an anti-
pedophilia yellow dinosaur, and a direct-to-video crime drama featuring
Jay Leno?
... that the festival of
Ridván, the "King of Festivals" of the
Bahá'í Faith, celebrates events that took place in a garden in Baghdad(pictured) almost 150 years ago?
... that, unlike the closely related
house mouse, the wild Algerian mouse clears away its own droppings?
... that
Burundian Internet journalist Jean-Claude Kavumbagu was arrested and charged with treason after writing a blog post criticizing his country's security forces?
... that the Australian creeping plant Commelina cyanea(pictured) is known as scurvy weed as early settlers ate it to ward off
scurvy?
... that in 2007, the foundation headed by
Guatemalan human rights activist Norma Cruz helped to convict over 30 individuals accused of murdering women?
... that the Janet Smith case, the unsolved 1924 murder of a Scottish nursemaid in
Vancouver, led to an attempt to make it illegal to employ Orientals and white women in the same household?
... that after plans for the Douglas 2229SST left no room for fuel other than in the fuselage, a designer sketched a cartoon with
diving suit-clad passengers immersed in fuel, under "No Smoking" signs?
... that even though ...And the Native Hipsters's first
single, "There Goes Concorde Again" was initially a 500-copy private release, it went on to reach number five on the
UK Indie Charts?
... that the Woodsboro and Frederick Turnpike, which is now part of Maryland Route 194, was the last
privatetoll road in
Maryland when it was purchased by the state in 1921?
... that while playing for
Barrow,
footballerFred Laycock left the pitch to sign for
Nelson before completing the match, and was then fined for representing Barrow while contracted to another club?
... that St Mary Magdalene's Church in
Tortington is decorated with carvings of grotesque, boggle-eyed monsters, rare beakhead figures and chevron ornamentation?
... that in the burrowing
wolf spiderAllocosa brasiliensis, males often eat older, less fecund females that they lured into their burrow using pheromones, while preferredly mating with virgins?
... that police used cryptic messages placed in a newspaper and disguised as
Mensa puzzles to communicate with the perpetrator of a letter bomb campaign?
... that Supernatural, a 1998 album by British singer
Des'ree, sold 50,000 copies in the United States, although her 1994 album I Ain't Movin' sold over a million copies?
... that the flash of light accompanying an earthquake in 1896 was attributed by some residents of North Piddle,
Worcestershire, to a large meteor?
... that when the first cents coined by the
U.S. Mint were ridiculed for their crudeness, Mint worker Adam Eckfeldt replaced the chain design with a wreath and put a
trefoil under
Liberty's head?
... that the medieval fortresses Lardea and Ktenia in modern southeastern
Bulgaria were lost by the
Second Bulgarian Empire to
Byzantium in 1322 only to be recovered in 1324, then ceded back and once again recaptured in 1332?
... that Gandrung traditional dance, popular in
Java,
Bali and
Lombok, was originally dedicated to the rice goddess,
Dewi Sri?
... that when the
ABB Group and
CMS Energy invested US$1.5 billion into projects at the
Moroccan port of Jorf Lasfar, it was the largest foreign investment ever in that country?
... that Mote Park stopped being used by
Kent after a green wicket cost them eight
County Championship points due to a low scoring
cricket game that ended in under two days?
... that Dwight B. Heard is credited with making Arizona's cotton industry more competitive after becoming president of the Arizona Cotton Association?
... that the German
ChancellorOtto von Bismarck sought the imprisonment of Admiral Reinhold Werner, who nearly precipitated a war between Spanish rebels and Germany in 1873?
... that the oldest known museum labels are from c. 1900 BCE, describing 2000 BCE objects?
... that, after chopping off her husband's penis,
Lorena Bobbitt won her trial by employing the abuse defense?
12:00, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
... that the concept of self-propelled particles can explain why
flocking birds(pictured) suddenly change direction for no apparent reason, or abruptly switch from a flying state to a landing state?
... that
Germanart nouveau painter and architect Richard Riemerschmid began designing furniture after he could not find what he wanted for his flat following his marriage?
... that in 1916, members who attempted to remove a "whites only" clause from the constitution of the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America were accused of "fomenting socialism"?
... that in 2010, a white member of the Monticello Association was one of three
Thomas Jefferson descendants given the "Search for Common Ground" award for working to heal the family's past and legacy of
slavery?
... that five members of the popular Irish band The Miami Showband were shot in an ambush by the
Ulster Volunteer Force at a bogus military checkpoint in Northern Ireland?
... that during the 11½ day rescue of Bat 21 Bravo, the Americans flew an average of 90
sorties a day to protect their airman, hitting the
NVA with over 800 air strikes in direct support of his rescue?
... that Warner's Hotel in
Christchurch demolished its northern end and built a theatre in its place to shield its patrons from the noise of the printing presses in the adjacent Lyttelton Times Building(buildings pictured)?
... that the original walk-in
safe from a bank that once occupied the first floor of the Wheeler Opera House(pictured) in
Aspen, Colorado, is still on display in the lobby?
... that, according to the excavator, the more than 3000-year-old "Green Palace" of Tell al-Fakhar in
Iraq was pillaged and burned with the defenders still inside?
... that bizarre silks of the early 18th century feature "some of the most extraordinary shapes to be introduced into
silkdesign" before the development of
Art Nouveau?
... that three million trees, including
pine,
oak,
sweet chestnut, and
acacia(pictured), are being planted every year as part of reforestation efforts in Cape Verde?
... that American artist Colin Campbell Cooper helped rescue survivors of the Titanic, and during the rescue created several paintings (example pictured) which document the events?
... that the 75-metre (246 ft) tall towers of St. Florian's Cathedral(pictured) in
Warsaw's eastern district of
Praga highlight its role as a form of protest against the
Russian domination of
Poland?
... that while building a wagon road along Union Creek, Francis M. Smith and John M. Corbell rediscovered
Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the
United States and one of the clearest in the world?
... that a stained glass window in St. Paul's Church, King Cross,
Halifax built in 1911, is dedicated in memory of Edward Wainhouse, whose daughter married the first
vicar of the prior church built in 1846?
... that the two branches of New Zealand's Ashburton River flow in parallel less than 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) apart for 20 kilometres (12 mi) before they join?
... that approximately 6,500 out of a national population of an estimated 56,452 people (2010) in
Greenland are employed in the fishing industry(fishing vessel pictured)?
... that the Knoxville Riot of 1919, one of the events of that year's
Red Summer, began when a
lynch mob stormed the jail in pursuit of a man believed to have been the mayor's illegitimate son?
... that Abu Ali Iyad was one of the last remaining
Fatah commanders fighting the
Jordanian Army until he was killed near
Ajloun during a major offensive by the latter?
... that the homemade
Israelimortar memorialized in
Jerusalem'sDavidka Square was totally inaccurate, but it made such a huge noise that it sent the enemy fleeing in panic?
... that
Pele's hair, and Pele's tears are well preserved at Devastation Trail after the 1959 eruption of Kīlauea Iki crater?
... that 19th-century English artist John Carter learned to draw, paint and write with his mouth, after a fall from a tree left him
paralysed below the neck?
... that the crew of the Santorini tried and failed to smuggle weapons, hidden inside barrels, into the
Gaza Strip three times, before being caught on their fourth attempt?
... that although the nuclear policy of the United States regulates the
nuclear energy industry more strictly than most others, there have been 52 incidents (Three Mile Island cleanup pictured) costing an estimated $8.56 billion?
... that just one day after arrest,
Lithuanian partisan commander Adolfas Ramanauskas was transferred to a hospital in a critical condition with a punctured eye and missing testicles?
... that the decorative, "humpbacked" Chamberlain Bridge in
Barbados, named after British Colonial Secretary
Joseph Chamberlain, replaced an older bridge destroyed by the Great Hurricane of 1898?
... that Marino Murillo, the former Minister of Economy and Planning of
Cuba, believes the Cuban economic system is too paternalistic and supports the creation of a small-scale private market?
... that the unauthorized use of data from the National Register of Electors, the permanent database of eligible
Canadian voters, can carry a penalty of a year in prison?
... that cadet Francis A. Dales began
Operation Pedestal on an American merchant ship, continued on a British destroyer, and ended it on an American tanker requisitioned and manned by a British crew?
... that the documentary film Berlin im Aufbau has historical significance in that it documents the first phase of the rebuilding of the destroyed city of
Berlin after
World War II?
... that in the Fringe episode "The Ghost Network", the writers wanted guest actor
Zak Orth to shave his head in preparation for a scene, but he successfully "begged" them not to?
9 April 2011
16:00, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
... that trolleybuses in Derby(example pictured) last operated in 1967, but there are still five preserved by collectors?
... that Jayden Pitt, the lightest player on the
Fremantle Football Club playing list at only 70 kg (150 lb), was a surprise selection when he made his début in the opening round of the
2011 AFL season?
... that John T. Cunningham, who has chronicled much of
New Jersey's past, once said, "My goals did not include either the writing of books or becoming a historian"?
... that Dead Women Crossing in
Oklahoma is reputedly haunted by a schoolteacher who disappeared the day after she filed for divorce in 1905, and was found murdered two months later?
... that at the height of battle the wolf's head of the Dacian Draco(pictured), with its several metal tongues, made a shrill sound and its strips of material waved in the wind?
... that
Paul Signac praised Charles Angrand's drawings as "masterpieces", calling them "poems of light"?
... that Kenny Meadows has been described as one of the best illustrators to work for Punch in the magazine's early years?
... that
Grant Hill's response to
Jalen Rose's comments in The Fab Five—the highest-rated
ESPN documentary—was shared by nearly 100,000 people on Facebook in the next few days?
... that Miss San Antonio 2010 Domonique Ramirez temporarily lost her title after pageant officials complained that she had gained weight and allegedly told her to "get off the tacos"?
... that
Cubs' pitcher Carl Lundgren(pictured) had "speed to burn green hickory and an assortment of curves that would keep a
cryptograph specialist figuring all night but he was wild as a
March hare in a cyclone"?
... that Rebecca Black's "
Friday", dubbed the "worst song ever" by some critics, has made Black a "viral star" with the video attracting over 80 million
Youtube hits?
08:00, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
... that the Lion Gate(pictured), the main entrance of the Bronze Age citadel of
Mycenae in
Greece, is the sole surviving monument of
Mycenaean sculpture?
... that during the making of Les Femmes du 6e étage, a 2011 French comedy film by
Philippe le Guay, Spanish actresses Berta Ojea and Concha Galán learnt their French dialogue phonetically?
... that at the end of his career as a professional
handball player in 2005, István Csoknyai had won more
national league and cup titles than any other Hungarian player?
... that after receiving a letter during the 1702 Siege of Nöteborg,
Peter the Great offered the defending officers' wives safe passage, if they took their husbands with them?
... that
Michigan baseball coach Frank Sexton was confronted with a knife, a cane and an arrest warrant after declaring a forfeit when
Indiana refused to continue play due to darkness?
... that a rare breed of horses found in the high mountains of Sierra del Sueve in
Asturias,
Spain, does not trot but moves with an easy gait, leading to its popularity as a "ladies' mount"?
... that the titular character of the 15th-century
romanceSir Degrevant was called the "perfect romance hero" precisely because he was untouched by love?
... that "special correspondent" military artists followed Victorian armies round the
British Empire, sending back illustrations (1881 example pictured) that "left an indelible stamp on the art of the
comic strip"?
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.
Please add the line ==={{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}=== for each new day and the time the set was removed from the DYK template at the top for the newly posted set of archived hooks. This will ensure all times are based on UTC time and accurate. This page should be archived once a month. Thanks.
30 April 2011
18:00, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
... that the French Government issued a postage stamp (pictured) bringing attention to the theft of
Cézanne's The Card Players in 1961?
... that a 17th-century
YemeniOrphans' Decree requiring the conversion of orphans to
Islam was still being enforced as late as 1948?
... that Wilhelmine Reichard, the first
German woman
balloonist, fell unconscious at 7,800 metres (25,600 ft) during her third flight in 1811 and crash-landed in a forest?
... that despite being told by doctors that he might never walk again, British swimmer Graham Edmunds has won two
Paralympic gold medals in world record times?
... that clips of
VHS tapes from the website Everything is Terrible! include how to massage a cat, an anti-
pedophilia yellow dinosaur, and a direct-to-video crime drama featuring
Jay Leno?
... that the festival of
Ridván, the "King of Festivals" of the
Bahá'í Faith, celebrates events that took place in a garden in Baghdad(pictured) almost 150 years ago?
... that, unlike the closely related
house mouse, the wild Algerian mouse clears away its own droppings?
... that
Burundian Internet journalist Jean-Claude Kavumbagu was arrested and charged with treason after writing a blog post criticizing his country's security forces?
... that the Australian creeping plant Commelina cyanea(pictured) is known as scurvy weed as early settlers ate it to ward off
scurvy?
... that in 2007, the foundation headed by
Guatemalan human rights activist Norma Cruz helped to convict over 30 individuals accused of murdering women?
... that the Janet Smith case, the unsolved 1924 murder of a Scottish nursemaid in
Vancouver, led to an attempt to make it illegal to employ Orientals and white women in the same household?
... that after plans for the Douglas 2229SST left no room for fuel other than in the fuselage, a designer sketched a cartoon with
diving suit-clad passengers immersed in fuel, under "No Smoking" signs?
... that even though ...And the Native Hipsters's first
single, "There Goes Concorde Again" was initially a 500-copy private release, it went on to reach number five on the
UK Indie Charts?
... that the Woodsboro and Frederick Turnpike, which is now part of Maryland Route 194, was the last
privatetoll road in
Maryland when it was purchased by the state in 1921?
... that while playing for
Barrow,
footballerFred Laycock left the pitch to sign for
Nelson before completing the match, and was then fined for representing Barrow while contracted to another club?
... that St Mary Magdalene's Church in
Tortington is decorated with carvings of grotesque, boggle-eyed monsters, rare beakhead figures and chevron ornamentation?
... that in the burrowing
wolf spiderAllocosa brasiliensis, males often eat older, less fecund females that they lured into their burrow using pheromones, while preferredly mating with virgins?
... that police used cryptic messages placed in a newspaper and disguised as
Mensa puzzles to communicate with the perpetrator of a letter bomb campaign?
... that Supernatural, a 1998 album by British singer
Des'ree, sold 50,000 copies in the United States, although her 1994 album I Ain't Movin' sold over a million copies?
... that the flash of light accompanying an earthquake in 1896 was attributed by some residents of North Piddle,
Worcestershire, to a large meteor?
... that when the first cents coined by the
U.S. Mint were ridiculed for their crudeness, Mint worker Adam Eckfeldt replaced the chain design with a wreath and put a
trefoil under
Liberty's head?
... that the medieval fortresses Lardea and Ktenia in modern southeastern
Bulgaria were lost by the
Second Bulgarian Empire to
Byzantium in 1322 only to be recovered in 1324, then ceded back and once again recaptured in 1332?
... that Gandrung traditional dance, popular in
Java,
Bali and
Lombok, was originally dedicated to the rice goddess,
Dewi Sri?
... that when the
ABB Group and
CMS Energy invested US$1.5 billion into projects at the
Moroccan port of Jorf Lasfar, it was the largest foreign investment ever in that country?
... that Mote Park stopped being used by
Kent after a green wicket cost them eight
County Championship points due to a low scoring
cricket game that ended in under two days?
... that Dwight B. Heard is credited with making Arizona's cotton industry more competitive after becoming president of the Arizona Cotton Association?
... that the German
ChancellorOtto von Bismarck sought the imprisonment of Admiral Reinhold Werner, who nearly precipitated a war between Spanish rebels and Germany in 1873?
... that the oldest known museum labels are from c. 1900 BCE, describing 2000 BCE objects?
... that, after chopping off her husband's penis,
Lorena Bobbitt won her trial by employing the abuse defense?
12:00, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
... that the concept of self-propelled particles can explain why
flocking birds(pictured) suddenly change direction for no apparent reason, or abruptly switch from a flying state to a landing state?
... that
Germanart nouveau painter and architect Richard Riemerschmid began designing furniture after he could not find what he wanted for his flat following his marriage?
... that in 1916, members who attempted to remove a "whites only" clause from the constitution of the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America were accused of "fomenting socialism"?
... that in 2010, a white member of the Monticello Association was one of three
Thomas Jefferson descendants given the "Search for Common Ground" award for working to heal the family's past and legacy of
slavery?
... that five members of the popular Irish band The Miami Showband were shot in an ambush by the
Ulster Volunteer Force at a bogus military checkpoint in Northern Ireland?
... that during the 11½ day rescue of Bat 21 Bravo, the Americans flew an average of 90
sorties a day to protect their airman, hitting the
NVA with over 800 air strikes in direct support of his rescue?
... that Warner's Hotel in
Christchurch demolished its northern end and built a theatre in its place to shield its patrons from the noise of the printing presses in the adjacent Lyttelton Times Building(buildings pictured)?
... that the original walk-in
safe from a bank that once occupied the first floor of the Wheeler Opera House(pictured) in
Aspen, Colorado, is still on display in the lobby?
... that, according to the excavator, the more than 3000-year-old "Green Palace" of Tell al-Fakhar in
Iraq was pillaged and burned with the defenders still inside?
... that bizarre silks of the early 18th century feature "some of the most extraordinary shapes to be introduced into
silkdesign" before the development of
Art Nouveau?
... that three million trees, including
pine,
oak,
sweet chestnut, and
acacia(pictured), are being planted every year as part of reforestation efforts in Cape Verde?
... that American artist Colin Campbell Cooper helped rescue survivors of the Titanic, and during the rescue created several paintings (example pictured) which document the events?
... that the 75-metre (246 ft) tall towers of St. Florian's Cathedral(pictured) in
Warsaw's eastern district of
Praga highlight its role as a form of protest against the
Russian domination of
Poland?
... that while building a wagon road along Union Creek, Francis M. Smith and John M. Corbell rediscovered
Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the
United States and one of the clearest in the world?
... that a stained glass window in St. Paul's Church, King Cross,
Halifax built in 1911, is dedicated in memory of Edward Wainhouse, whose daughter married the first
vicar of the prior church built in 1846?
... that the two branches of New Zealand's Ashburton River flow in parallel less than 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) apart for 20 kilometres (12 mi) before they join?
... that approximately 6,500 out of a national population of an estimated 56,452 people (2010) in
Greenland are employed in the fishing industry(fishing vessel pictured)?
... that the Knoxville Riot of 1919, one of the events of that year's
Red Summer, began when a
lynch mob stormed the jail in pursuit of a man believed to have been the mayor's illegitimate son?
... that Abu Ali Iyad was one of the last remaining
Fatah commanders fighting the
Jordanian Army until he was killed near
Ajloun during a major offensive by the latter?
... that the homemade
Israelimortar memorialized in
Jerusalem'sDavidka Square was totally inaccurate, but it made such a huge noise that it sent the enemy fleeing in panic?
... that
Pele's hair, and Pele's tears are well preserved at Devastation Trail after the 1959 eruption of Kīlauea Iki crater?
... that 19th-century English artist John Carter learned to draw, paint and write with his mouth, after a fall from a tree left him
paralysed below the neck?
... that the crew of the Santorini tried and failed to smuggle weapons, hidden inside barrels, into the
Gaza Strip three times, before being caught on their fourth attempt?
... that although the nuclear policy of the United States regulates the
nuclear energy industry more strictly than most others, there have been 52 incidents (Three Mile Island cleanup pictured) costing an estimated $8.56 billion?
... that just one day after arrest,
Lithuanian partisan commander Adolfas Ramanauskas was transferred to a hospital in a critical condition with a punctured eye and missing testicles?
... that the decorative, "humpbacked" Chamberlain Bridge in
Barbados, named after British Colonial Secretary
Joseph Chamberlain, replaced an older bridge destroyed by the Great Hurricane of 1898?
... that Marino Murillo, the former Minister of Economy and Planning of
Cuba, believes the Cuban economic system is too paternalistic and supports the creation of a small-scale private market?
... that the unauthorized use of data from the National Register of Electors, the permanent database of eligible
Canadian voters, can carry a penalty of a year in prison?
... that cadet Francis A. Dales began
Operation Pedestal on an American merchant ship, continued on a British destroyer, and ended it on an American tanker requisitioned and manned by a British crew?
... that the documentary film Berlin im Aufbau has historical significance in that it documents the first phase of the rebuilding of the destroyed city of
Berlin after
World War II?
... that in the Fringe episode "The Ghost Network", the writers wanted guest actor
Zak Orth to shave his head in preparation for a scene, but he successfully "begged" them not to?
9 April 2011
16:00, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
... that trolleybuses in Derby(example pictured) last operated in 1967, but there are still five preserved by collectors?
... that Jayden Pitt, the lightest player on the
Fremantle Football Club playing list at only 70 kg (150 lb), was a surprise selection when he made his début in the opening round of the
2011 AFL season?
... that John T. Cunningham, who has chronicled much of
New Jersey's past, once said, "My goals did not include either the writing of books or becoming a historian"?
... that Dead Women Crossing in
Oklahoma is reputedly haunted by a schoolteacher who disappeared the day after she filed for divorce in 1905, and was found murdered two months later?
... that at the height of battle the wolf's head of the Dacian Draco(pictured), with its several metal tongues, made a shrill sound and its strips of material waved in the wind?
... that
Paul Signac praised Charles Angrand's drawings as "masterpieces", calling them "poems of light"?
... that Kenny Meadows has been described as one of the best illustrators to work for Punch in the magazine's early years?
... that
Grant Hill's response to
Jalen Rose's comments in The Fab Five—the highest-rated
ESPN documentary—was shared by nearly 100,000 people on Facebook in the next few days?
... that Miss San Antonio 2010 Domonique Ramirez temporarily lost her title after pageant officials complained that she had gained weight and allegedly told her to "get off the tacos"?
... that
Cubs' pitcher Carl Lundgren(pictured) had "speed to burn green hickory and an assortment of curves that would keep a
cryptograph specialist figuring all night but he was wild as a
March hare in a cyclone"?
... that Rebecca Black's "
Friday", dubbed the "worst song ever" by some critics, has made Black a "viral star" with the video attracting over 80 million
Youtube hits?
08:00, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
... that the Lion Gate(pictured), the main entrance of the Bronze Age citadel of
Mycenae in
Greece, is the sole surviving monument of
Mycenaean sculpture?
... that during the making of Les Femmes du 6e étage, a 2011 French comedy film by
Philippe le Guay, Spanish actresses Berta Ojea and Concha Galán learnt their French dialogue phonetically?
... that at the end of his career as a professional
handball player in 2005, István Csoknyai had won more
national league and cup titles than any other Hungarian player?
... that after receiving a letter during the 1702 Siege of Nöteborg,
Peter the Great offered the defending officers' wives safe passage, if they took their husbands with them?
... that
Michigan baseball coach Frank Sexton was confronted with a knife, a cane and an arrest warrant after declaring a forfeit when
Indiana refused to continue play due to darkness?
... that a rare breed of horses found in the high mountains of Sierra del Sueve in
Asturias,
Spain, does not trot but moves with an easy gait, leading to its popularity as a "ladies' mount"?
... that the titular character of the 15th-century
romanceSir Degrevant was called the "perfect romance hero" precisely because he was untouched by love?
... that "special correspondent" military artists followed Victorian armies round the
British Empire, sending back illustrations (1881 example pictured) that "left an indelible stamp on the art of the
comic strip"?