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30 September 2016
00:00, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
Former coat of arms of South Africa
... that the South African passport retained the former coat of arms of South Africa(pictured) for seven years after its official replacement?
... that Swedish Paralympic athlete Helene Ripa underwent an above-the-knee amputation at the age of 14 to treat cancer in her right leg?
... that Anthony M. Villane cosponsored a
bill to use a blimp to provide surveillance of waste dumping along the
Jersey Shore, despite his concerns that it would elicit a "giggle factor"?
... that in 1976, Martin A. Herman proposed a bill to allow
New Jersey pharmacists to substitute
generic drugs for their brand-name equivalents, despite claims that drug companies would leave the state?
... that the Women's Antifascist Front of Croatia mobilized women into resistance against fascist occupiers, tasking them with ammunition transport, sabotage and diversion, and economic sustainment?
... that East Orange High School closed its swimming pool in 1933 rather than end a policy allowing black students to swim only on Friday afternoons, after which the pool would be drained and refilled?
... that two beer barrels ended Claude Blair's active military service?
... that Dick Cresswell, the first commander of an
RAAF jet squadron in combat, was
court-martialled for firing a shot at the feet of another officer who had apparently been annoying him?
... that after winning the
Military Medal for bravery in the First World War, the nurse Violetta Thurstan(pictured) studied weaving and ran camps where displaced
Bedouin women made carpets?
... that the Regent Street Cinema, which in 1896 screened the first moving footage in the United Kingdom, was also the first UK cinema to show an X-rated film?
... that the Madelineeducational video game series was created to reach young girls who are "often ignored by multimedia developers"?
... that the Anglican priest Roly Bain used to enter church on a unicycle, open the service with the invocation "Let us play!", and preach while balancing on a
slackrope?
22 September 2016
00:00, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
Dyrham Park
... that the grounds of Dyrham Park(pictured) include an
emparkment granted in 1511 and still populated by fallow deer?
... that
China is the world's largest textile exporter with an export value in 2013 nearly seven times greater than the next largest exporting country?
... that
pioneer doctor Priddy Meeks once told sick patients by messenger to "jump all over the city creek, crawl back into your tent and cover up warm"?
17 September 2016
00:00, 17 September 2016 (UTC)
Angela Madsen
... that Paralympian shot putter Angela Madsen(pictured) has also rowed across the Atlantic and Indian Oceans?
... that the Israeli software company NSO Group has been identified as the possible developer of the
iOS spyware Pegasus?
... that Swedish television presenter Lasse Bengtsson conducted the first televised interview with
Mattias Flink in March 2009, some fifteen years after Flink committed mass murder?
... that fictional character Daniel Wolek on the
ABC soap opera One Life to Live was recast with several actors, prompting a producer to call it "the role from hell?"
... that some employees of Tajikistan's government were required to buy shares in the
Rogun Dam project in order to keep their jobs?
... that though Romanian courtier Ioan Kalinderu lacked any interest in riding, he rode a horse every day after reading that this was the fashion among lords in London?
... that Sarajevo-born musician Tomo Miličević emigrated to the United States and played in a number of local bands, including
Morphic, before joining
Thirty Seconds to Mars?
... that Changes, a 1987 advert for the
Volkswagen Golf, is said to have "spawned a new era in car advertising"?
... that the 18th-century
Burmese court treatiseMani Yadanabon has been described as "a repository of historical examples illustrating pragmatic political principles worthy of
Machiavelli"?
... that whilst loading tanks at night on the Gilling and Pickering Line during World War II, soldiers would stand on either side of the wagons smoking cigarettes to guide the tank drivers?
10 September 2016
00:00, 10 September 2016 (UTC)
Jurassic limestone
... that the Jurassic Coast(pictured) reveals 185 million years of the geological history of southern England?
... that Turkish female
goalball player Sevda Altınoluk was named top scorer at several international competitions?
... that serving as a juvenile court judge motivated William Gant to create the Daviess County Children's Center to provide housing for children in his hometown of
Owensboro, Kentucky?
... that
Anatoliy Golitsyn sparked off the Martel affair when he revealed that the French intelligence agencies and armed forces had been deeply penetrated by the KGB?
... that headlines on Reductress have included "We're Piercing My Baby's Tongue" and "How To Friendzone Ethan While He's Still Inside You"?
7 September 2016
00:00, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
Tunbridge Wells CC'scurrent pavilion
... that suffragettes may have burned down Tunbridge Wells Cricket Club's pavilion (current pavilion pictured) because a
Kent official denying there was a ban on women asked "who do you think makes the
teas"?
... that selected "imaginators"—characters created through the video game Skylanders: Imaginators—will be printed by
3D printers and turned into real-life toys?
... that after 12,000
Wahhabis from the
first Saudi Statesacked Karbala and killed at least 2,000 people, they left the city with 4,000 camels carrying their plunder?
... that after a mixed critical response to their previous album,
Megadeth's 2016 Dystopia was well-received by most critics and charted at number 3 on the Billboard 200?
... that for over 40 years, the artist
Claude Lorrain recorded his paintings by drawing copies in his Liber Veritatis(page pictured) or "Book of Truth"?
... that in 2016, Andrew Butchart broke the Scottish
5000 metres record, despite running the last lap of the race with only one shoe?
... that despite being labeled as "long-winded and pretentious", the legal autobiography My Life in Court spent 72 weeks on The New York Times Best Sellers list?
2 September 2016
00:00, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
Hertzoggies
... that while supporters of South African politician
J. B. M. Hertzog invented the Hertzoggie confection (pictured), supporters of Hertzog's rival created the
Jan Smuts cookie?
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 September 2016
00:00, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
Former coat of arms of South Africa
... that the South African passport retained the former coat of arms of South Africa(pictured) for seven years after its official replacement?
... that Swedish Paralympic athlete Helene Ripa underwent an above-the-knee amputation at the age of 14 to treat cancer in her right leg?
... that Anthony M. Villane cosponsored a
bill to use a blimp to provide surveillance of waste dumping along the
Jersey Shore, despite his concerns that it would elicit a "giggle factor"?
... that in 1976, Martin A. Herman proposed a bill to allow
New Jersey pharmacists to substitute
generic drugs for their brand-name equivalents, despite claims that drug companies would leave the state?
... that the Women's Antifascist Front of Croatia mobilized women into resistance against fascist occupiers, tasking them with ammunition transport, sabotage and diversion, and economic sustainment?
... that East Orange High School closed its swimming pool in 1933 rather than end a policy allowing black students to swim only on Friday afternoons, after which the pool would be drained and refilled?
... that two beer barrels ended Claude Blair's active military service?
... that Dick Cresswell, the first commander of an
RAAF jet squadron in combat, was
court-martialled for firing a shot at the feet of another officer who had apparently been annoying him?
... that after winning the
Military Medal for bravery in the First World War, the nurse Violetta Thurstan(pictured) studied weaving and ran camps where displaced
Bedouin women made carpets?
... that the Regent Street Cinema, which in 1896 screened the first moving footage in the United Kingdom, was also the first UK cinema to show an X-rated film?
... that the Madelineeducational video game series was created to reach young girls who are "often ignored by multimedia developers"?
... that the Anglican priest Roly Bain used to enter church on a unicycle, open the service with the invocation "Let us play!", and preach while balancing on a
slackrope?
22 September 2016
00:00, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
Dyrham Park
... that the grounds of Dyrham Park(pictured) include an
emparkment granted in 1511 and still populated by fallow deer?
... that
China is the world's largest textile exporter with an export value in 2013 nearly seven times greater than the next largest exporting country?
... that
pioneer doctor Priddy Meeks once told sick patients by messenger to "jump all over the city creek, crawl back into your tent and cover up warm"?
17 September 2016
00:00, 17 September 2016 (UTC)
Angela Madsen
... that Paralympian shot putter Angela Madsen(pictured) has also rowed across the Atlantic and Indian Oceans?
... that the Israeli software company NSO Group has been identified as the possible developer of the
iOS spyware Pegasus?
... that Swedish television presenter Lasse Bengtsson conducted the first televised interview with
Mattias Flink in March 2009, some fifteen years after Flink committed mass murder?
... that fictional character Daniel Wolek on the
ABC soap opera One Life to Live was recast with several actors, prompting a producer to call it "the role from hell?"
... that some employees of Tajikistan's government were required to buy shares in the
Rogun Dam project in order to keep their jobs?
... that though Romanian courtier Ioan Kalinderu lacked any interest in riding, he rode a horse every day after reading that this was the fashion among lords in London?
... that Sarajevo-born musician Tomo Miličević emigrated to the United States and played in a number of local bands, including
Morphic, before joining
Thirty Seconds to Mars?
... that Changes, a 1987 advert for the
Volkswagen Golf, is said to have "spawned a new era in car advertising"?
... that the 18th-century
Burmese court treatiseMani Yadanabon has been described as "a repository of historical examples illustrating pragmatic political principles worthy of
Machiavelli"?
... that whilst loading tanks at night on the Gilling and Pickering Line during World War II, soldiers would stand on either side of the wagons smoking cigarettes to guide the tank drivers?
10 September 2016
00:00, 10 September 2016 (UTC)
Jurassic limestone
... that the Jurassic Coast(pictured) reveals 185 million years of the geological history of southern England?
... that Turkish female
goalball player Sevda Altınoluk was named top scorer at several international competitions?
... that serving as a juvenile court judge motivated William Gant to create the Daviess County Children's Center to provide housing for children in his hometown of
Owensboro, Kentucky?
... that
Anatoliy Golitsyn sparked off the Martel affair when he revealed that the French intelligence agencies and armed forces had been deeply penetrated by the KGB?
... that headlines on Reductress have included "We're Piercing My Baby's Tongue" and "How To Friendzone Ethan While He's Still Inside You"?
7 September 2016
00:00, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
Tunbridge Wells CC'scurrent pavilion
... that suffragettes may have burned down Tunbridge Wells Cricket Club's pavilion (current pavilion pictured) because a
Kent official denying there was a ban on women asked "who do you think makes the
teas"?
... that selected "imaginators"—characters created through the video game Skylanders: Imaginators—will be printed by
3D printers and turned into real-life toys?
... that after 12,000
Wahhabis from the
first Saudi Statesacked Karbala and killed at least 2,000 people, they left the city with 4,000 camels carrying their plunder?
... that after a mixed critical response to their previous album,
Megadeth's 2016 Dystopia was well-received by most critics and charted at number 3 on the Billboard 200?
... that for over 40 years, the artist
Claude Lorrain recorded his paintings by drawing copies in his Liber Veritatis(page pictured) or "Book of Truth"?
... that in 2016, Andrew Butchart broke the Scottish
5000 metres record, despite running the last lap of the race with only one shoe?
... that despite being labeled as "long-winded and pretentious", the legal autobiography My Life in Court spent 72 weeks on The New York Times Best Sellers list?
2 September 2016
00:00, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
Hertzoggies
... that while supporters of South African politician
J. B. M. Hertzog invented the Hertzoggie confection (pictured), supporters of Hertzog's rival created the
Jan Smuts cookie?