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
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... that the mild climate in the remote mountain village of Wakan in Oman allows the growth of fruits such as
pomegranates in an otherwise hot and dry country?
... that football player Brad Kragthorpe played in an exhibition game named after his grandfather?
27 February 2024
00:00, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Pyaling, a tower complex in Ingushetia
... that
Ingushetia is often called the "land of towers" after the Ingush towers(examples pictured), unique medieval monuments found throughout the region?
... that the album Something Like This by
Ben Rector debuted at number one on iTunes' singer-songwriter album chart five minutes after its release?
... that Marie Vuillemin was acquitted in the trial of the
Bonnot Gang, as the prosecution defined her according to her gender rather than her role in the gang?
... that New Zealand wrestler Leilani Tominiko (aka. Candy Lee) has a signature move called the Candy Crush?
... that for at least 90 minutes, Mori Calliope livestreamed herself begging video game developer
Atlus to allow her to stream their game Persona 3?
... that the principal of a high school in Taiwan resigned after students held a
Nazi-themed parade, complete with mock uniforms and a cardboard tank?
25 February 2024
00:00, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
Cora Agnes Benneson
... that Cora Agnes Benneson(pictured), one of the first female lawyers in New England, was rejected by
Harvard Law School because "the equipments were too limited to make suitable provision for receiving women"?
... that Philipp Tanzer has been an army medic, artist, firefighter, hairdresser, massage therapist, festival organiser, political candidate and gay porn star?
... that food was left to rot outside after the supermarket Supie went out of business?
... that the sea slug Bosellia mimetica benefits from photosynthesis?
... that in December 2022 Panos Katseris scored his first goal for the Italian club
Catanzaro less than a minute after
kick-off?
... that 35.6 percent of counties in the United States are classified as maternity care deserts?
... that Life magazine said that Babe Ruth's funeral was the "kind of tribute normally reserved for kings and presidents"?
... that Mary Clutter used her directorial position at the
National Science Foundation to require scientific conferences to include women speakers when presenting research done by them?
... that chemist Betty Lou Raskin said in 1958 that society was wasting the "brainpower" of women, and blamed the media for making the
mink coat the "symbol of female success" and not the
lab coat?
... that The Drunkard's Progress suggests that a single social drink leads to poverty, crime, and suicide?
... that James Light was threatened by the
Ku Klux Klan when he staged a play with an interracial couple?
... that the performers in the Thai drag show Calypso Cabaret impressed
Lady Gaga with their ability to be open about their identities?
... that Sofia Vakman relinquished a career as a concert pianist because a skin disorder she contracted after swimming made it painful for her to play?
... that The Anxious City introduced a recurring figure in
Paul Delvaux's paintings: a man who is ignorant of the pretty women and disasters around him?
... that Monique Ryan ran for election to the
Parliament of Australia after seeing an advertisement in the newspaper calling for an independent candidate?
... that despite various proposals, a statue of a renowned Dunedin clergyman was not moved from its location adjacent to a brothel and two parking lots?
... that the Chinese play Silang tanmu, which depicts a general returning home to visit his mother, was banned in
Tianjin in 1945 because it "distorted the normal ethics and morality"?
... that New York store Yun Hai raised nine times its fundraising target to support Taiwanese farmers after China banned the import of their pineapples?
... that the use of high-tech surveillance to monitor protests and identify participants has led protestors to use anti-facial recognition masks?
... that Tarcisio Martina, the representative of the
Holy See in China, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1951 over a plot to assassinate
Mao Zedong?
10 February 2024
00:00, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
Jonos Escort
... that Jonos offered
Gucci carrying cases with their Escort portable computers (example pictured) in 1982?
... that swimmer Jin Hao competed in eight events, the most of any participant, during the
2001 National Games of China, causing him to lose 4 kilograms (8.8 lb)?
... that Bdóte, an area of sacred significance to the
Dakota people, centered on the confluence of the
Minnesota and
Mississippi rivers, was also the site of their forced exile from
Minnesota?
... that after
Ursula K. Le Guin published her collection The Wind's Twelve Quarters, a reviewer called her the "ideal science fiction writer for readers who ordinarily dislike science fiction"?
00:00, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
Ludwig Grass
... that in 1857 Ludwig Grass(pictured) donated 20,000 guilders to build the first state secondary school in Liechtenstein?
... that at the age of 14, Jenny Suo conducted a science experiment that ultimately led to
GlaxoSmithKline pleading guilty to breaching consumer protection laws?
02:05, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
Qalaherriaq
... that teenage Inuk interpreter Qalaherriaq(pictured) drew an accurate map of northwest Greenland while using a pencil for the first time?
... that after Nadezhda Bantle was exiled to the
Russian North, she oversaw the development of the hospital in
Nikolskoye to become the most advanced in its region?
... that millions of people from Madagascar claim ancestral ties to ancient
Jews, according to a centuries-old origin myth called the "Malagasy secret"?
... that Minecraft YouTuber SkyDoesMinecraft, once the eleventh-most subscribed creator on the platform, attempted to sell their YouTube channel for nearly a million dollars?
... that Harley Poe's folk punk lyrics have been described as "some of the most deranged in the genre"?
... that Kirk Raymond Jones became the first person to survive going over
Niagara Falls without safety equipment, then died after going over it again in an inflatable ball?
00:00, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
Hanging Stone
... that groups of tourists have unsuccessfully tried to push the Hanging Stone(pictured) into the lake below?
... that a 16-year-old high-school student reverse-engineered
iMessage to let Android users text iPhone users with blue chat bubbles using the Beeper Mini app?
... that voice actress Mako Morino played volleyball for 14 years, but gave up the goal of playing professionally after being assigned to the non-serving
libero position?
... that
Kevin Feige first envisioned a shared universe featuring the Avengers in the mid-2000s?
... that sociologist Richard Twine has developed the concept of the "vegan killjoy" who challenges
anthropocentrism by their mere presence?
... that even though Faith and Confidence(pictured) by William C. Beall won the 1958 Pulitzer Prize for photography, the jurors who selected it were unimpressed by all of the entries?
... that the author of the Alex novels says they are not semi-autobiographical, even though she was herself a champion teenage swimmer like the protagonist?
... that the band Ryokuoushoku Shakai was named after its members misheard "vegetables" (野菜, yasai) as "society" (社会, shakai)?
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 the mild climate in the remote mountain village of Wakan in Oman allows the growth of fruits such as
pomegranates in an otherwise hot and dry country?
... that football player Brad Kragthorpe played in an exhibition game named after his grandfather?
27 February 2024
00:00, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Pyaling, a tower complex in Ingushetia
... that
Ingushetia is often called the "land of towers" after the Ingush towers(examples pictured), unique medieval monuments found throughout the region?
... that the album Something Like This by
Ben Rector debuted at number one on iTunes' singer-songwriter album chart five minutes after its release?
... that Marie Vuillemin was acquitted in the trial of the
Bonnot Gang, as the prosecution defined her according to her gender rather than her role in the gang?
... that New Zealand wrestler Leilani Tominiko (aka. Candy Lee) has a signature move called the Candy Crush?
... that for at least 90 minutes, Mori Calliope livestreamed herself begging video game developer
Atlus to allow her to stream their game Persona 3?
... that the principal of a high school in Taiwan resigned after students held a
Nazi-themed parade, complete with mock uniforms and a cardboard tank?
25 February 2024
00:00, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
Cora Agnes Benneson
... that Cora Agnes Benneson(pictured), one of the first female lawyers in New England, was rejected by
Harvard Law School because "the equipments were too limited to make suitable provision for receiving women"?
... that Philipp Tanzer has been an army medic, artist, firefighter, hairdresser, massage therapist, festival organiser, political candidate and gay porn star?
... that food was left to rot outside after the supermarket Supie went out of business?
... that the sea slug Bosellia mimetica benefits from photosynthesis?
... that in December 2022 Panos Katseris scored his first goal for the Italian club
Catanzaro less than a minute after
kick-off?
... that 35.6 percent of counties in the United States are classified as maternity care deserts?
... that Life magazine said that Babe Ruth's funeral was the "kind of tribute normally reserved for kings and presidents"?
... that Mary Clutter used her directorial position at the
National Science Foundation to require scientific conferences to include women speakers when presenting research done by them?
... that chemist Betty Lou Raskin said in 1958 that society was wasting the "brainpower" of women, and blamed the media for making the
mink coat the "symbol of female success" and not the
lab coat?
... that The Drunkard's Progress suggests that a single social drink leads to poverty, crime, and suicide?
... that James Light was threatened by the
Ku Klux Klan when he staged a play with an interracial couple?
... that the performers in the Thai drag show Calypso Cabaret impressed
Lady Gaga with their ability to be open about their identities?
... that Sofia Vakman relinquished a career as a concert pianist because a skin disorder she contracted after swimming made it painful for her to play?
... that The Anxious City introduced a recurring figure in
Paul Delvaux's paintings: a man who is ignorant of the pretty women and disasters around him?
... that Monique Ryan ran for election to the
Parliament of Australia after seeing an advertisement in the newspaper calling for an independent candidate?
... that despite various proposals, a statue of a renowned Dunedin clergyman was not moved from its location adjacent to a brothel and two parking lots?
... that the Chinese play Silang tanmu, which depicts a general returning home to visit his mother, was banned in
Tianjin in 1945 because it "distorted the normal ethics and morality"?
... that New York store Yun Hai raised nine times its fundraising target to support Taiwanese farmers after China banned the import of their pineapples?
... that the use of high-tech surveillance to monitor protests and identify participants has led protestors to use anti-facial recognition masks?
... that Tarcisio Martina, the representative of the
Holy See in China, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1951 over a plot to assassinate
Mao Zedong?
10 February 2024
00:00, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
Jonos Escort
... that Jonos offered
Gucci carrying cases with their Escort portable computers (example pictured) in 1982?
... that swimmer Jin Hao competed in eight events, the most of any participant, during the
2001 National Games of China, causing him to lose 4 kilograms (8.8 lb)?
... that Bdóte, an area of sacred significance to the
Dakota people, centered on the confluence of the
Minnesota and
Mississippi rivers, was also the site of their forced exile from
Minnesota?
... that after
Ursula K. Le Guin published her collection The Wind's Twelve Quarters, a reviewer called her the "ideal science fiction writer for readers who ordinarily dislike science fiction"?
00:00, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
Ludwig Grass
... that in 1857 Ludwig Grass(pictured) donated 20,000 guilders to build the first state secondary school in Liechtenstein?
... that at the age of 14, Jenny Suo conducted a science experiment that ultimately led to
GlaxoSmithKline pleading guilty to breaching consumer protection laws?
02:05, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
Qalaherriaq
... that teenage Inuk interpreter Qalaherriaq(pictured) drew an accurate map of northwest Greenland while using a pencil for the first time?
... that after Nadezhda Bantle was exiled to the
Russian North, she oversaw the development of the hospital in
Nikolskoye to become the most advanced in its region?
... that millions of people from Madagascar claim ancestral ties to ancient
Jews, according to a centuries-old origin myth called the "Malagasy secret"?
... that Minecraft YouTuber SkyDoesMinecraft, once the eleventh-most subscribed creator on the platform, attempted to sell their YouTube channel for nearly a million dollars?
... that Harley Poe's folk punk lyrics have been described as "some of the most deranged in the genre"?
... that Kirk Raymond Jones became the first person to survive going over
Niagara Falls without safety equipment, then died after going over it again in an inflatable ball?
00:00, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
Hanging Stone
... that groups of tourists have unsuccessfully tried to push the Hanging Stone(pictured) into the lake below?
... that a 16-year-old high-school student reverse-engineered
iMessage to let Android users text iPhone users with blue chat bubbles using the Beeper Mini app?
... that voice actress Mako Morino played volleyball for 14 years, but gave up the goal of playing professionally after being assigned to the non-serving
libero position?
... that
Kevin Feige first envisioned a shared universe featuring the Avengers in the mid-2000s?
... that sociologist Richard Twine has developed the concept of the "vegan killjoy" who challenges
anthropocentrism by their mere presence?
... that even though Faith and Confidence(pictured) by William C. Beall won the 1958 Pulitzer Prize for photography, the jurors who selected it were unimpressed by all of the entries?
... that the author of the Alex novels says they are not semi-autobiographical, even though she was herself a champion teenage swimmer like the protagonist?
... that the band Ryokuoushoku Shakai was named after its members misheard "vegetables" (野菜, yasai) as "society" (社会, shakai)?