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31 March 2018
00:00, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
SS Princess Anne
... that when it entered service in 1936, the ferry SS Princess Anne(pictured) was considered "svelte" and "ultra-modern"?
... that
ProRodeo Hall of Fame steer roper Guy Allen's record streak of 11 consecutive world titles was ended by Buster Record?
... that despite its "tasty flesh" and abundance, the southern cuttlefish Sepia australis is currently of little interest to fisheries?
... that Mexican-American
Holocaust survivor Anthony Acevedo mixed snow and urine with the ink of his pen to ensure he could maintain his concentration-camp diary?
... that Welsh sisters Jessie Ace and Margaret Wright(pictured) used their shawls as a rope to rescue lifeboat crew who had fallen overboard during the rescue of a German
barque in 1883?
... that dark spots on the flowers of Gorteria diffusa(pictured) are thought to resemble
bee flies to attract other bee flies?
... that when the English surgeon Frances Ivens joined the military hospital at
Royaumont in France during the First World War, she had no experience in treating men?
... that dead heats between two or even three racehorses (example pictured) were more common before the introduction of the
photo finish?
... that James W. Downing, a survivor of the
attack on Pearl Harbor, compiled lists of his shipmates' names and addresses to inform their families back home?
... that strandflats are the most studied coastal landform in Norway?
... that while most Indonesians do not speak Arabic, they learn to read the
Quran using a textbook called Iqro?
25 March 2018
00:00, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
"Changing Bodies" diorama
... that at the Bhagavad-gita Museum in Los Angeles,
dioramas(example pictured) featuring almost life-sized dolls convey the philosophy of
Krishna consciousness?
... that the mutualistic
aphidParacletus cimiciformis sometimes develops into a form that feeds on the young of the ants that care for it?
... that the search for near-Earth asteroids large enough to cause a global catastrophe (example pictured) is almost complete, and efforts now focus on smaller asteroids?
... that the first Romanian-language references to "patriotism" are traced back to documents issued by both sides of an armed uprising in 1821(peasant soldiers pictured)?
... that a badly wounded Major Shaitan Singh(statue pictured), who was later awarded the
Param Vir Chakra, ordered his soldiers to leave him behind rather than face enemy fire evacuating him?
... that
Citicorp chose to build a tower near the Court Square–23rd Street station in Queens because it was one subway stop away from the company's headquarters in Manhattan, across the East River?
... that Crimean Tom, a tabby cat, helped save British and French soldiers from starvation after the
Siege of Sevastopol by locating hidden food supplies?
... that the groundbreaking for the New York Coliseum was delayed for ten years, and the demolition took another fourteen?
... that the shortbeard codling crushes the molluscs on which it feeds with its beak-like jaws?
... that despite odds estimated at 17 trillion to one, Evelyn Adams won two multi-million-dollar lottery jackpots in the span of four months?
19 March 2018
00:00, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
Bust of Pythagoras
... that Greek legends claim Pythagoras(pictured) had a golden thigh, could fly thanks to a magic arrow, was greeted by name by a river, and when bitten by a snake, bit it back and killed it?
... that Colophina clematis was the first species of aphid to be identified as having a "soldier" caste?
... that Ali Soozandeh was inspired to film Tehran Taboo, which explores sexual double standards in Iran, by a conversation he overheard on a train?
... that during their winter meetings, members of medical history society the Osler Club drink a
punch made of tangerine oranges,
Tarragona wine, rum, brandy whisky or gin, water, spices and cream?
... that the 5th Marquess of Donegall married at the age of 80, gained a
son and heir nine months later, and died within a year leaving an estate valued at £27?
... that the rose aphid(pictured) and the rose-grain aphid both
overwinter on rose bushes, but the latter disperses to grass and cereal crops in summer?
... that
Igor Stravinsky's Scherzo for piano was composed in 1902 but not published until 1970?
... that
Virginia Woolf was conceived despite her mother Julia Stephen and father doing "what they could to prevent me", since "contraception was a very imperfect art" in the 19th century?
... that according to writer
Charlie Brooker, the Black Mirror episode "San Junipero" was set in California as a "fuck you" to people complaining that the show would become Americanised?
... that Minol Araki, whose art drew on both Eastern and Western traditions, made a series of five paintings over 70 feet (21 m) long that were partly inspired by his mentor
Zhang Daqian's work?
... that the Stephen Court fire, which killed 43 people, was caused by a short-circuit?
... that at the
inquest into the death of Catherine Lynch(pictured), the presiding
coroner described her as "one of a class who were a nuisance to themselves, their husbands and everybody else"?
... that the landmarked 19th-century Robert and Anne Dickey House, which formerly housed the French consulate in
New York City, is being incorporated into a new school building?
... that the Dhammakaya Movement teaches that
Nirvana exists as a literal reality within each individual?
... that Rie Takahashi decided to pursue a
voice acting career after noticing that many male characters were voiced by females?
... that in 1896,
Arthur Schuster illustrated his lectures on the newly-discovered
X-rays with images of his daughter Norah Schuster(hands pictured) that required a 10-minute exposure?
... that the Yalu River Broken Bridge, which connected China and North Korea, was built by Japan and destroyed by the United States?
... that Hanging Sword Alley was also known as "Blood Bowl Alley" after its infamous night life?
... that David Meade's prediction of a hidden planet named
Nibiru hitting Earth on September 23, 2017, was based on what he says are coded messages hidden in the
Giza Pyramids in Egypt?
... that British
suffragettes(pictured) had to stand in the gutter to sell their newspaper Votes for Women, or risk being arrested for obstructing the pavement?
... that Krishna Kohli is the first Hindu
Dalit woman to be elected to the Senate of Pakistan?
... that Emma Jane Gay, known for her photographs of the
Nez Perce people in the late 19th century, is identified as the first American lesbian photographer?
... that an illiterate Thai nun became a highly revered spiritual leader in her community, and more than 250,000 people attended her funeral?
... that Mary Ann Kerwin, co-founder of
La Leche League, said that when
breastfeeding in the US in the 1950s, "we would practically smother our babies with blankets to avoid showing any breast"?
... that while his parents wanted him to serve in the church, Albert Methfessel pursued his interest in music, becoming a key figure in
German folk and male voice singing in the 19th century?
... that nearly US$700 million was allocated to the process of downgrading Interstate 895 in New York City from a freeway to a boulevard?
... that Marcel Cordes(pictured), a German baritone known for Italian opera, appeared as the King in the first recording of
Carl Orff's Die Kluge?
... that WestJet Encore, a Canadian airline which began flights in 2013, deactivates water lines in the lavatory sinks to prevent freezing on cold nights?
... that when the Boy Scouts of America tried changing their name in 1977 to Scouting/USA, they were accused of chauvinism for not considering the effects on the Girl Scouts?
... that the British dentist Neil Swallow often made night calls to make feeding plates for babies born with
cleft palates?
... that until it closed in 2009, J.E. Rhoads & Sons was the longest continually-operating company in the United States, having been in business for more than three centuries?
... that the 2010 Infrastructure Cost Review led to annual savings of £3 billion in British government expenditure on infrastructure by 2014?
... that the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria's name comes from a sign that one of the founders discovered at a liquor shop?
5 March 2018
00:00, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
Bianjing Drum Tower
... that the Bianjing Drum Tower(pictured) in Shangguan,
Shanxi, boasts a 1.9-metre (6 ft 3 in)-tall stone lantern carved into the shape of
Mount Wutai?
... that Der Gemischte Chor Zürich sang the premiere of Nänie in 1881, conducted by its composer
Johannes Brahms, and the premiere of a commission by Edward Rushton in 2013 for the choir's 150th anniversary?
... that the disappearance of Suzanne Lyall from the
SUNY Albany campus 20 years ago led to changes in federal and state laws on how campus police departments handle major investigations?
... that in the mid-3rd centuryBC, the governor of Zhao's Yanmen Commandery lured 100,000 nomad horsemen over the Great Wall before defeating them?
... that vocalist Juliana Walanika's updated versions of old
meles and
chants set the style for the Hawaiian music of her day?
... that Kiyono Yasuno furthered her interest in
voice acting at a young age by watching videos of
dubs being recorded?
... that in Blueford v. Arkansas, the
US Supreme Court allowed a man to be retried on murder charges after a jury unanimously voted to acquit him of those same charges?
... that
ParalympianTommy Taylor won 16 medals across five sports, including 10 gold medals?
... that
Kaiser Wilhelm II was so charmed with the American yacht Yampa(pictured) that he purchased her himself and had another larger yacht built in America based on her design?
... that the 2011 Löfstedt Report proposed to exempt many British self-employed people from health and safety regulations?
... that Polish mountain climber Tomasz Mackiewicz went missing on January 27 during his seventh attempt to reach the summit of the 8,126-metre (26,660 ft) high
Nanga Parbat in Pakistan?
... that Michael F. Adubato tried to block a bill giving
Newark, New Jersey, $18 million in added tax revenue, to protest salary increases for Newark's city council totalling $150,000?
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.
31 March 2018
00:00, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
SS Princess Anne
... that when it entered service in 1936, the ferry SS Princess Anne(pictured) was considered "svelte" and "ultra-modern"?
... that
ProRodeo Hall of Fame steer roper Guy Allen's record streak of 11 consecutive world titles was ended by Buster Record?
... that despite its "tasty flesh" and abundance, the southern cuttlefish Sepia australis is currently of little interest to fisheries?
... that Mexican-American
Holocaust survivor Anthony Acevedo mixed snow and urine with the ink of his pen to ensure he could maintain his concentration-camp diary?
... that Welsh sisters Jessie Ace and Margaret Wright(pictured) used their shawls as a rope to rescue lifeboat crew who had fallen overboard during the rescue of a German
barque in 1883?
... that dark spots on the flowers of Gorteria diffusa(pictured) are thought to resemble
bee flies to attract other bee flies?
... that when the English surgeon Frances Ivens joined the military hospital at
Royaumont in France during the First World War, she had no experience in treating men?
... that dead heats between two or even three racehorses (example pictured) were more common before the introduction of the
photo finish?
... that James W. Downing, a survivor of the
attack on Pearl Harbor, compiled lists of his shipmates' names and addresses to inform their families back home?
... that strandflats are the most studied coastal landform in Norway?
... that while most Indonesians do not speak Arabic, they learn to read the
Quran using a textbook called Iqro?
25 March 2018
00:00, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
"Changing Bodies" diorama
... that at the Bhagavad-gita Museum in Los Angeles,
dioramas(example pictured) featuring almost life-sized dolls convey the philosophy of
Krishna consciousness?
... that the mutualistic
aphidParacletus cimiciformis sometimes develops into a form that feeds on the young of the ants that care for it?
... that the search for near-Earth asteroids large enough to cause a global catastrophe (example pictured) is almost complete, and efforts now focus on smaller asteroids?
... that the first Romanian-language references to "patriotism" are traced back to documents issued by both sides of an armed uprising in 1821(peasant soldiers pictured)?
... that a badly wounded Major Shaitan Singh(statue pictured), who was later awarded the
Param Vir Chakra, ordered his soldiers to leave him behind rather than face enemy fire evacuating him?
... that
Citicorp chose to build a tower near the Court Square–23rd Street station in Queens because it was one subway stop away from the company's headquarters in Manhattan, across the East River?
... that Crimean Tom, a tabby cat, helped save British and French soldiers from starvation after the
Siege of Sevastopol by locating hidden food supplies?
... that the groundbreaking for the New York Coliseum was delayed for ten years, and the demolition took another fourteen?
... that the shortbeard codling crushes the molluscs on which it feeds with its beak-like jaws?
... that despite odds estimated at 17 trillion to one, Evelyn Adams won two multi-million-dollar lottery jackpots in the span of four months?
19 March 2018
00:00, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
Bust of Pythagoras
... that Greek legends claim Pythagoras(pictured) had a golden thigh, could fly thanks to a magic arrow, was greeted by name by a river, and when bitten by a snake, bit it back and killed it?
... that Colophina clematis was the first species of aphid to be identified as having a "soldier" caste?
... that Ali Soozandeh was inspired to film Tehran Taboo, which explores sexual double standards in Iran, by a conversation he overheard on a train?
... that during their winter meetings, members of medical history society the Osler Club drink a
punch made of tangerine oranges,
Tarragona wine, rum, brandy whisky or gin, water, spices and cream?
... that the 5th Marquess of Donegall married at the age of 80, gained a
son and heir nine months later, and died within a year leaving an estate valued at £27?
... that the rose aphid(pictured) and the rose-grain aphid both
overwinter on rose bushes, but the latter disperses to grass and cereal crops in summer?
... that
Igor Stravinsky's Scherzo for piano was composed in 1902 but not published until 1970?
... that
Virginia Woolf was conceived despite her mother Julia Stephen and father doing "what they could to prevent me", since "contraception was a very imperfect art" in the 19th century?
... that according to writer
Charlie Brooker, the Black Mirror episode "San Junipero" was set in California as a "fuck you" to people complaining that the show would become Americanised?
... that Minol Araki, whose art drew on both Eastern and Western traditions, made a series of five paintings over 70 feet (21 m) long that were partly inspired by his mentor
Zhang Daqian's work?
... that the Stephen Court fire, which killed 43 people, was caused by a short-circuit?
... that at the
inquest into the death of Catherine Lynch(pictured), the presiding
coroner described her as "one of a class who were a nuisance to themselves, their husbands and everybody else"?
... that the landmarked 19th-century Robert and Anne Dickey House, which formerly housed the French consulate in
New York City, is being incorporated into a new school building?
... that the Dhammakaya Movement teaches that
Nirvana exists as a literal reality within each individual?
... that Rie Takahashi decided to pursue a
voice acting career after noticing that many male characters were voiced by females?
... that in 1896,
Arthur Schuster illustrated his lectures on the newly-discovered
X-rays with images of his daughter Norah Schuster(hands pictured) that required a 10-minute exposure?
... that the Yalu River Broken Bridge, which connected China and North Korea, was built by Japan and destroyed by the United States?
... that Hanging Sword Alley was also known as "Blood Bowl Alley" after its infamous night life?
... that David Meade's prediction of a hidden planet named
Nibiru hitting Earth on September 23, 2017, was based on what he says are coded messages hidden in the
Giza Pyramids in Egypt?
... that British
suffragettes(pictured) had to stand in the gutter to sell their newspaper Votes for Women, or risk being arrested for obstructing the pavement?
... that Krishna Kohli is the first Hindu
Dalit woman to be elected to the Senate of Pakistan?
... that Emma Jane Gay, known for her photographs of the
Nez Perce people in the late 19th century, is identified as the first American lesbian photographer?
... that an illiterate Thai nun became a highly revered spiritual leader in her community, and more than 250,000 people attended her funeral?
... that Mary Ann Kerwin, co-founder of
La Leche League, said that when
breastfeeding in the US in the 1950s, "we would practically smother our babies with blankets to avoid showing any breast"?
... that while his parents wanted him to serve in the church, Albert Methfessel pursued his interest in music, becoming a key figure in
German folk and male voice singing in the 19th century?
... that nearly US$700 million was allocated to the process of downgrading Interstate 895 in New York City from a freeway to a boulevard?
... that Marcel Cordes(pictured), a German baritone known for Italian opera, appeared as the King in the first recording of
Carl Orff's Die Kluge?
... that WestJet Encore, a Canadian airline which began flights in 2013, deactivates water lines in the lavatory sinks to prevent freezing on cold nights?
... that when the Boy Scouts of America tried changing their name in 1977 to Scouting/USA, they were accused of chauvinism for not considering the effects on the Girl Scouts?
... that the British dentist Neil Swallow often made night calls to make feeding plates for babies born with
cleft palates?
... that until it closed in 2009, J.E. Rhoads & Sons was the longest continually-operating company in the United States, having been in business for more than three centuries?
... that the 2010 Infrastructure Cost Review led to annual savings of £3 billion in British government expenditure on infrastructure by 2014?
... that the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria's name comes from a sign that one of the founders discovered at a liquor shop?
5 March 2018
00:00, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
Bianjing Drum Tower
... that the Bianjing Drum Tower(pictured) in Shangguan,
Shanxi, boasts a 1.9-metre (6 ft 3 in)-tall stone lantern carved into the shape of
Mount Wutai?
... that Der Gemischte Chor Zürich sang the premiere of Nänie in 1881, conducted by its composer
Johannes Brahms, and the premiere of a commission by Edward Rushton in 2013 for the choir's 150th anniversary?
... that the disappearance of Suzanne Lyall from the
SUNY Albany campus 20 years ago led to changes in federal and state laws on how campus police departments handle major investigations?
... that in the mid-3rd centuryBC, the governor of Zhao's Yanmen Commandery lured 100,000 nomad horsemen over the Great Wall before defeating them?
... that vocalist Juliana Walanika's updated versions of old
meles and
chants set the style for the Hawaiian music of her day?
... that Kiyono Yasuno furthered her interest in
voice acting at a young age by watching videos of
dubs being recorded?
... that in Blueford v. Arkansas, the
US Supreme Court allowed a man to be retried on murder charges after a jury unanimously voted to acquit him of those same charges?
... that
ParalympianTommy Taylor won 16 medals across five sports, including 10 gold medals?
... that
Kaiser Wilhelm II was so charmed with the American yacht Yampa(pictured) that he purchased her himself and had another larger yacht built in America based on her design?
... that the 2011 Löfstedt Report proposed to exempt many British self-employed people from health and safety regulations?
... that Polish mountain climber Tomasz Mackiewicz went missing on January 27 during his seventh attempt to reach the summit of the 8,126-metre (26,660 ft) high
Nanga Parbat in Pakistan?
... that Michael F. Adubato tried to block a bill giving
Newark, New Jersey, $18 million in added tax revenue, to protest salary increases for Newark's city council totalling $150,000?