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 an image of Tesslynn O'Cull, a
child abuse victim who was murdered by her stepfather at the age of two, was used in the Stop the Abuse poster for
Oregon?
...that Hutti Gold Mines Limited, located in the state of
Karnataka, is the only company in
India that produces gold by mining and extracting it from its ore?
...that Jordan Park(
pictured), set up in 1889 as
Kraków's first public playground, gave free meals to children?
...that two Italian towns competed over who would receive
pieces of
SaintPaternian — one receiving a
finger, while the other took the rest?
...that when the roof of
Dublin's Hellfire Club (pictured) blew off, locals attributed it to
Satan's punishment for using a
cairn as building material?
...that the 1758 British construction of
Fort William in the heart of populous Gobindapur incited the whole colony to migrate north of
Calcutta?
...that folktales claim that 19th century
Ethiopian poet Gebre Hanna spread rumors of his own death to trick Emperor
Menelik II of Ethiopia into sending money for a proper funeral?
...that the childhood home of
Emily Carr, one of Canada's most famous
painters, is open to the public today as a
museum known as Emily Carr House — and still contains the family
Bible?
...that the
West End Street Railway fired Cyrus S. Ching in 1901 after he was nearly electrocuted on the job, only to appoint him manager two months later?
...that it has been suggested that using Incan agriculture technologies (such as the
andenes) again, would solve the
malnutrition problems of the modern Andean peoples for many decades?
...that Old College, the first building on
Northwestern University's campus, stood for over 100 years, despite being built as a temporary structure?
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 an image of Tesslynn O'Cull, a
child abuse victim who was murdered by her stepfather at the age of two, was used in the Stop the Abuse poster for
Oregon?
...that Hutti Gold Mines Limited, located in the state of
Karnataka, is the only company in
India that produces gold by mining and extracting it from its ore?
...that Jordan Park(
pictured), set up in 1889 as
Kraków's first public playground, gave free meals to children?
...that two Italian towns competed over who would receive
pieces of
SaintPaternian — one receiving a
finger, while the other took the rest?
...that when the roof of
Dublin's Hellfire Club (pictured) blew off, locals attributed it to
Satan's punishment for using a
cairn as building material?
...that the 1758 British construction of
Fort William in the heart of populous Gobindapur incited the whole colony to migrate north of
Calcutta?
...that folktales claim that 19th century
Ethiopian poet Gebre Hanna spread rumors of his own death to trick Emperor
Menelik II of Ethiopia into sending money for a proper funeral?
...that the childhood home of
Emily Carr, one of Canada's most famous
painters, is open to the public today as a
museum known as Emily Carr House — and still contains the family
Bible?
...that the
West End Street Railway fired Cyrus S. Ching in 1901 after he was nearly electrocuted on the job, only to appoint him manager two months later?
...that it has been suggested that using Incan agriculture technologies (such as the
andenes) again, would solve the
malnutrition problems of the modern Andean peoples for many decades?
...that Old College, the first building on
Northwestern University's campus, stood for over 100 years, despite being built as a temporary structure?