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 discovery of Icadyptes salasi, a prehistoric five-foot-tall
penguin in
Peru, has caused scientists to reconsider the timeline of penguin evolution?
...that in
China, access to
water supply and
sanitation varies greatly between rural areas, where only 67% of the population has access to improved water supply, and cities, where 93% does?
...that Paul C. Barth, former mayor of
Louisville, Kentucky, committed suicide after being ridiculed for a scandal involving the use of city funds to buy an expensive saddle horse?
...that American sculptor Lynda Benglis sought to confront the
male ethos in the arts community with an advertisement in which she only wore a pair of sunglasses?
...that Louise Pitre, a
Tony Award-nominated musical theatre actress, was turned down after auditioning for the role of Josephine in the
London musical Napoleon?
...that three years after tying for its final
Kentucky State
Football championship, Flaget High School closed due to falling enrollment?
...that the final episode of the 1986 television series Outlaws recycled footage from The Oregon Trail, because actors
Rod Taylor and
Charles Napier appeared in both programs?
...that income inequality increased in the
United States in 2005 with the top 1% of earners having roughly the same share of income as in 1928?
...that the Lajkonik is an unofficial symbol of the city of
Krakow as well as an annual festival celebrated for over 700 years commemorating victory over the
Tatar invasion?
...that the color signals of
Israel Broadcasting Authority television transmissions were erased until 1981, to insure equality for families who couldn't affored color-tv?
...that
Vancouver police Chief Jamie Graham apologized for leaving a paper target riddled with bullet holes on the desk of the
city manager, his boss, as a joke?
...that the third of four expeditions sent in the late 19th century by
French nobleman
Marquis de Rays to an imaginary majestic colony called New France in present day
Papua New Guinea, saw 123
Italian settlers perish of disease and famine?
...that in the 18th century the owners of Tom King's Coffee House developed their own
argot, Talking Flash, to prevent informers learning of their misdeeds?
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 discovery of Icadyptes salasi, a prehistoric five-foot-tall
penguin in
Peru, has caused scientists to reconsider the timeline of penguin evolution?
...that in
China, access to
water supply and
sanitation varies greatly between rural areas, where only 67% of the population has access to improved water supply, and cities, where 93% does?
...that Paul C. Barth, former mayor of
Louisville, Kentucky, committed suicide after being ridiculed for a scandal involving the use of city funds to buy an expensive saddle horse?
...that American sculptor Lynda Benglis sought to confront the
male ethos in the arts community with an advertisement in which she only wore a pair of sunglasses?
...that Louise Pitre, a
Tony Award-nominated musical theatre actress, was turned down after auditioning for the role of Josephine in the
London musical Napoleon?
...that three years after tying for its final
Kentucky State
Football championship, Flaget High School closed due to falling enrollment?
...that the final episode of the 1986 television series Outlaws recycled footage from The Oregon Trail, because actors
Rod Taylor and
Charles Napier appeared in both programs?
...that income inequality increased in the
United States in 2005 with the top 1% of earners having roughly the same share of income as in 1928?
...that the Lajkonik is an unofficial symbol of the city of
Krakow as well as an annual festival celebrated for over 700 years commemorating victory over the
Tatar invasion?
...that the color signals of
Israel Broadcasting Authority television transmissions were erased until 1981, to insure equality for families who couldn't affored color-tv?
...that
Vancouver police Chief Jamie Graham apologized for leaving a paper target riddled with bullet holes on the desk of the
city manager, his boss, as a joke?
...that the third of four expeditions sent in the late 19th century by
French nobleman
Marquis de Rays to an imaginary majestic colony called New France in present day
Papua New Guinea, saw 123
Italian settlers perish of disease and famine?
...that in the 18th century the owners of Tom King's Coffee House developed their own
argot, Talking Flash, to prevent informers learning of their misdeeds?