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... that findings at Laili Cave show that
Timor was colonised at least 44,600 years ago, making it the oldest known habitation of
modern humans in
Wallacea?
... that nominations for the UK Picture Editors' Guild awards have included photographs of battlefield conflict, German figure skaters, and
Theresa May laughing?
... that 40 years ago, Gary Mathias disappeared after leaving a working automobile to walk into California's
Plumas National Forest without winter clothing or food, along with four men later found dead?
... that Wat Phra Dhammakaya contains a large monument with a million Buddha statues?
... that in 1977, hostages on board a hijacked airliner escaped when their captors fell asleep?
25 February 2018
00:00, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
John W. Overton
... that John W. Overton(pictured) was killed in World War I, a year after setting the world track and field records in the indoor mile and indoor 1000 yard (910 m) races in 1917?
... that after the
shooting of Trayvon Martin, Seattle author Ijeoma Oluo started writing about her social concerns on a blog that she had previously devoted to food?
... that what at first sight appears to be a single Oedera capensis flowerhead, is in fact typically a group of nine densely cropped heads?
... that because she felt she lacked acting experience, Japanese voice actress Tomori Kusunoki initially auditioned as a singer?
... that the killings at the Alem Bekagn prison were visible from the windows of the
Organisation of African Unity headquarters, but were never mentioned by the OAU?
... that the Yellow River put an end to Wanting in 1168?
24 February 2018
00:00, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
Su Bai
... that Su Bai(pictured), the first head of
Peking University's archaeology department, is considered a pioneer in the archaeology of Buddhism?
... that Satan frequently appeared as a comic relief figure in late medieval
mystery plays, in which he "frolicked, fell, and farted in the background"?
... that
British Army researchers developed SLC radar in their spare time after they grew tired of watching how "searchlight beams swung wildly about the sky but rarely found and held a target"?
... that Joseph Stamler allowed a lawsuit opposing mandatory school sex education to proceed, stating that the
U.S. Constitution protects "the one person who is sincere in a conscientious religious conviction"?
... that before a distraught Marilyn Bergeron disappeared ten years ago today, a friend says she told him what was bothering her was worse than witnessing a murder or being raped, but would not say what?
... that the announcement of the reopening of the Embassy of Poland in Manila coincided with Poland's decision to expand its economic involvement in Asia?
... that the 2017 Finnish film The Unknown Soldier set the Guinness World Record for most
high explosives detonated in a single film take?
... that
Green Bay Packers cornerback Kevin King played most of his first season with an injury to his shoulder which
dislocated several times and left him unable to lift his arm over his head?
... that the Fifth Dynasty Pyramid of Neferirkare(pictured) was originally conceived as a
step pyramid, a design which had been deprecated at the end of the Third Dynasty more than a century prior?
... that in 1912, Granville Pearl Aikman, a judge of the 13th District Court of Kansas, appointed the first female
bailiff in US history?
... that the critically endangered Tuncurry midge orchid is threatened by rabbits and urban developments?
... that the Los Frailes ignimbrite plateau has a volume of about 2,000 cubic kilometres (480 cu mi), and volcanism may have continued into the
Holocene?
... that while five of the states of the US observe a variation of Disability History Month in October, it is unofficially observed in the United Kingdom from November to December?
... that Pandri is the first decentralized solar-powered village in
India?
... that American historian William Chaney would pretend to shiver and look the other way whenever he walked by a statue of
General Sherman?
13 February 2018
00:20, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
Summer Lake Hot Springs bathhouse
... that the Summer Lake Hot Springs bathhouse (pictured), built in 1928, is a timber and tin structure with a 15-by-30-foot (4.6 m × 9.1 m) bathing pool inside?
... that American psychiatrist Bandy X. Lee briefed 12 members of the U.S. Congress on the mental health of
President Donald Trump, although she had never met him?
... that despite being considered obsolete, the yacht Voortrekker placed second in the 1982/83
BOC Challenge, beaten only by a yacht purpose-built for the race?
... that the small town of Mintaro, South Australia, produces world-class
slate from what is believed to be the oldest continuing operating quarry in Australia?
... that "Irish villagers" and "girls in clinging lace costumes" could once be seen along the boardwalk of Bergen Beach, a residential neighborhood in
New York City?
... that Elad Chakrina initially won
Mayotte's 1st constituency by 12 votes, lost by 54 votes after a counting error was corrected, then forced a by-election after an appeal?
... that the North American fungus Boletus aurantiosplendens has been found in only seven distinct locations?
... that Aileen Hernandez was once told that she would have to hire a "black" taxi if she was going to travel to the traditionally African-American
Howard University?
... that, in Māori mythology, the severed tail of a
taniwha which fell at the base of the Wainui Falls(pictured) is thought to be responsible for staining the rocks downstream reddish-brown with its blood?
... that despite director
John Frankenheimer's preference for the first ending he had shot for Ronin, the test audience "hated it"?
7 February 2018
01:50, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
The nine sheets of the Treaty of Waitangi
... that
New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi(pictured), barely escaped burning in a fire, was lost for decades, and then was found in a damp basement heavily water damaged and chewed by rodents?
... that German author Natalie Grams set out to write a scientific defense of
homeopathy, but instead discontinued her homeopathic practice and wrote a book called Homeopathy Reconsidered?
... that General Sir Brian Robertson said: "General
Montgomery does not cheat – whether that is due to his innate honesty or the fact that I watch him like a cat does not matter"?
... that Chinese naval commander Zhang Wendan exchanged information on pirate activity with the Japanese, in a rare occasion of military cooperation between the two countries?
... that the Skydart target rocket (pictured) used the same launching rails as
the missiles used to shoot it down?
... that Donna Kennedy became the world's most-capped women's rugby player in 2004, and by 2007 was also the most-capped player in Scotland, retiring in 2010 with 115
caps?
... that before
one pharaoh could construct his own monument, the Pyramid of Nyuserre, he had to complete the three monuments to his mother, father, and elder brother?
... that in one 1858 baseball game, Frank Pidgeon threw more than 400 pitches?
... that a BBC executive boasts that actors of the Corporation's Radio Drama Company can be "mice, ants,
naiads or
dryads, men
morphing into hares, maggots in a fisherman's sack, or even a tray of fancy cakes"?
... that the first time Ethel Page met
her husband – a future Australian prime minister – he accidentally set her on fire?
... that filming of the two-episode event "Gorilla City" on the
third season of the 2014 television series The Flash was moved south of the original filming location, due to prolonged snowfall in
Vancouver?
... that Savannah Jordan was the first soccer player in the history of the
Southeastern Conference to be named SEC Offensive Player of the Year as a freshman?
... that while pushing for the repeal of
New Jersey's obscenity laws,
AssemblymanWalter Kern argued that "adults should be able to purchase whatever their perverted hearts desire"?
1 February 2018
05:48, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
HMS Mantua
... that in 1918, infected crew members aboard HMS Mantua(pictured) inadvertently spread the
Spanish Flu to Africa?
... that Yves Volel was
Anderson Cooper's math teacher at the
Dalton School in Manhattan before returning to Haiti to run for president, where he was assassinated?
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.
... that findings at Laili Cave show that
Timor was colonised at least 44,600 years ago, making it the oldest known habitation of
modern humans in
Wallacea?
... that nominations for the UK Picture Editors' Guild awards have included photographs of battlefield conflict, German figure skaters, and
Theresa May laughing?
... that 40 years ago, Gary Mathias disappeared after leaving a working automobile to walk into California's
Plumas National Forest without winter clothing or food, along with four men later found dead?
... that Wat Phra Dhammakaya contains a large monument with a million Buddha statues?
... that in 1977, hostages on board a hijacked airliner escaped when their captors fell asleep?
25 February 2018
00:00, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
John W. Overton
... that John W. Overton(pictured) was killed in World War I, a year after setting the world track and field records in the indoor mile and indoor 1000 yard (910 m) races in 1917?
... that after the
shooting of Trayvon Martin, Seattle author Ijeoma Oluo started writing about her social concerns on a blog that she had previously devoted to food?
... that what at first sight appears to be a single Oedera capensis flowerhead, is in fact typically a group of nine densely cropped heads?
... that because she felt she lacked acting experience, Japanese voice actress Tomori Kusunoki initially auditioned as a singer?
... that the killings at the Alem Bekagn prison were visible from the windows of the
Organisation of African Unity headquarters, but were never mentioned by the OAU?
... that the Yellow River put an end to Wanting in 1168?
24 February 2018
00:00, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
Su Bai
... that Su Bai(pictured), the first head of
Peking University's archaeology department, is considered a pioneer in the archaeology of Buddhism?
... that Satan frequently appeared as a comic relief figure in late medieval
mystery plays, in which he "frolicked, fell, and farted in the background"?
... that
British Army researchers developed SLC radar in their spare time after they grew tired of watching how "searchlight beams swung wildly about the sky but rarely found and held a target"?
... that Joseph Stamler allowed a lawsuit opposing mandatory school sex education to proceed, stating that the
U.S. Constitution protects "the one person who is sincere in a conscientious religious conviction"?
... that before a distraught Marilyn Bergeron disappeared ten years ago today, a friend says she told him what was bothering her was worse than witnessing a murder or being raped, but would not say what?
... that the announcement of the reopening of the Embassy of Poland in Manila coincided with Poland's decision to expand its economic involvement in Asia?
... that the 2017 Finnish film The Unknown Soldier set the Guinness World Record for most
high explosives detonated in a single film take?
... that
Green Bay Packers cornerback Kevin King played most of his first season with an injury to his shoulder which
dislocated several times and left him unable to lift his arm over his head?
... that the Fifth Dynasty Pyramid of Neferirkare(pictured) was originally conceived as a
step pyramid, a design which had been deprecated at the end of the Third Dynasty more than a century prior?
... that in 1912, Granville Pearl Aikman, a judge of the 13th District Court of Kansas, appointed the first female
bailiff in US history?
... that the critically endangered Tuncurry midge orchid is threatened by rabbits and urban developments?
... that the Los Frailes ignimbrite plateau has a volume of about 2,000 cubic kilometres (480 cu mi), and volcanism may have continued into the
Holocene?
... that while five of the states of the US observe a variation of Disability History Month in October, it is unofficially observed in the United Kingdom from November to December?
... that Pandri is the first decentralized solar-powered village in
India?
... that American historian William Chaney would pretend to shiver and look the other way whenever he walked by a statue of
General Sherman?
13 February 2018
00:20, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
Summer Lake Hot Springs bathhouse
... that the Summer Lake Hot Springs bathhouse (pictured), built in 1928, is a timber and tin structure with a 15-by-30-foot (4.6 m × 9.1 m) bathing pool inside?
... that American psychiatrist Bandy X. Lee briefed 12 members of the U.S. Congress on the mental health of
President Donald Trump, although she had never met him?
... that despite being considered obsolete, the yacht Voortrekker placed second in the 1982/83
BOC Challenge, beaten only by a yacht purpose-built for the race?
... that the small town of Mintaro, South Australia, produces world-class
slate from what is believed to be the oldest continuing operating quarry in Australia?
... that "Irish villagers" and "girls in clinging lace costumes" could once be seen along the boardwalk of Bergen Beach, a residential neighborhood in
New York City?
... that Elad Chakrina initially won
Mayotte's 1st constituency by 12 votes, lost by 54 votes after a counting error was corrected, then forced a by-election after an appeal?
... that the North American fungus Boletus aurantiosplendens has been found in only seven distinct locations?
... that Aileen Hernandez was once told that she would have to hire a "black" taxi if she was going to travel to the traditionally African-American
Howard University?
... that, in Māori mythology, the severed tail of a
taniwha which fell at the base of the Wainui Falls(pictured) is thought to be responsible for staining the rocks downstream reddish-brown with its blood?
... that despite director
John Frankenheimer's preference for the first ending he had shot for Ronin, the test audience "hated it"?
7 February 2018
01:50, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
The nine sheets of the Treaty of Waitangi
... that
New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi(pictured), barely escaped burning in a fire, was lost for decades, and then was found in a damp basement heavily water damaged and chewed by rodents?
... that German author Natalie Grams set out to write a scientific defense of
homeopathy, but instead discontinued her homeopathic practice and wrote a book called Homeopathy Reconsidered?
... that General Sir Brian Robertson said: "General
Montgomery does not cheat – whether that is due to his innate honesty or the fact that I watch him like a cat does not matter"?
... that Chinese naval commander Zhang Wendan exchanged information on pirate activity with the Japanese, in a rare occasion of military cooperation between the two countries?
... that the Skydart target rocket (pictured) used the same launching rails as
the missiles used to shoot it down?
... that Donna Kennedy became the world's most-capped women's rugby player in 2004, and by 2007 was also the most-capped player in Scotland, retiring in 2010 with 115
caps?
... that before
one pharaoh could construct his own monument, the Pyramid of Nyuserre, he had to complete the three monuments to his mother, father, and elder brother?
... that in one 1858 baseball game, Frank Pidgeon threw more than 400 pitches?
... that a BBC executive boasts that actors of the Corporation's Radio Drama Company can be "mice, ants,
naiads or
dryads, men
morphing into hares, maggots in a fisherman's sack, or even a tray of fancy cakes"?
... that the first time Ethel Page met
her husband – a future Australian prime minister – he accidentally set her on fire?
... that filming of the two-episode event "Gorilla City" on the
third season of the 2014 television series The Flash was moved south of the original filming location, due to prolonged snowfall in
Vancouver?
... that Savannah Jordan was the first soccer player in the history of the
Southeastern Conference to be named SEC Offensive Player of the Year as a freshman?
... that while pushing for the repeal of
New Jersey's obscenity laws,
AssemblymanWalter Kern argued that "adults should be able to purchase whatever their perverted hearts desire"?
1 February 2018
05:48, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
HMS Mantua
... that in 1918, infected crew members aboard HMS Mantua(pictured) inadvertently spread the
Spanish Flu to Africa?
... that Yves Volel was
Anderson Cooper's math teacher at the
Dalton School in Manhattan before returning to Haiti to run for president, where he was assassinated?