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14 December 2024

00:00, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Anchorage White Raven.jpg|caption=Anchorage White Raven}}

... that a raven in Anchorage, Alaska (pictured), ate tater tots and toast, fought over ice cream, and disassembled a streetlamp?
... that Wang Hanlun used proceeds from her company's only film to finalize her divorce?
... that Benjamin Britten wanted the score of his An American Overture destroyed after it was rediscovered?
... that Dr Disrespect{{'s}} first videos featured a bombastic "champion" trash-talking game-play footage?
... that Cordova, Alabama, was hit by two tornadoes on the same day in 2011, the second of which was on the ground for more than two hours?
... that Arthur France founded the Leeds West Indian Carnival, the first Caribbean carnival in Europe, in 1967?
... that Spectrum HoloByte published Tetris without permission from the Soviet Union?
... that a future World War II aircraft carrier was used as a hotel during the 7th National Eucharistic Congress in 1935?
... that John Moore{{`s}} mother, after learning that UCLA's student-body president was Black, said "this is where he's going to school"?

13 December 2024

00:00, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Madison Av Oct 2024 30.jpg|caption=Carlyle Hotel}}

... that a staff member at the Carlyle Hotel (pictured) once lent his own bow tie to Laurence Olivier?
... that Yangginu plotted to defeat Khan Wan to avenge his murdered father?
... that to prepare for her role in The Last Dance, actress Michelle Wai learned to perform a Taoist funeral ritual traditionally performed only by men?
... that the city council of Hamtramck, led by Mayor Amer Ghalib, banned the pride flag from publicly owned flagpoles?
... that the death rate from adrenal crises can reach as high as 6 percent?
... that Shane Connolly has provided flowers for two royal weddings and the coronation of Charles III?
... that the Child Law Project reports on Ireland's child-care system?
... that U.S. Army chaplain Patrick Ryan celebrated a Mass of thanksgiving for 10,000 people after the liberation of Rome?
... that Perplexities after Escher, a composition for heckelphone, string quartet and double bass, is based on five graphic artworks by M. C. Escher?

12 December 2024

00:00, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Orphan Rescues Grandfather scene 1.jpg|caption=Scene from Orphan Rescues Grandfather}}

... that Zhou Jianyun pawned his wife's jewellery to make Orphan Rescues Grandfather (scene pictured), saving his studio?
... that Verificado 2018 was a fact-checking collaboration between at least 90 organizations to counter disinformation during the 2018 Mexican federal election?
... that Tommy Suggs recommended using Also sprach Zarathustra as his college football team's entrance music, because he saw Elvis Presley do it first?
... that "unusual choices" at Liliget Feast House included wind-dried salmon and pan-fried oolichans?
... that Rada Dyson-Hudson was denied academic tenure at Johns Hopkins University and Cornell University despite her academic record and capabilities?
... that the Jiangwan Racecourse hosted horse races, a golf club, and prisoners of war?
... that a manuscript of the New Testament was bound in the wrong order, which a scholar decried: "the bookbinder has messed everything up"?
... that Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi was a fan of the series as a child?
... that the backflip ban in figure skating was lifted in 2024 alongside other "somersault type jumps"?

11 December 2024

00:00, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Amiens, musée de Picardie, divinité gauloise à l'oreille de cervidé 03.jpg|caption=Head of the God of Amiens}}

... that the God of Amiens (head pictured) seems to have lost his serpent?
... that Bob Hobman recreated a possible sea journey by Palaeolithic humans after 130,000-year-old tools were found on the island of Crete?
... that Aucklanders have a reputation for making false earthquake reports on New Zealand's earthquake monitoring website GeoNet?
... that in his first electoral victory, Aaron Kennedy defeated the premier of New Brunswick?
... that "Vanishing" is the first song that Mariah Carey produced by herself?
... that Kenneth Creer supported applying cosmology to geological problems?
... that during World War II, Soviet atrocities against prisoners of war included the murder of tens of thousands of Polish soldiers in the Katyn massacre?
... that basketball player Charel Allen was a five-time Bulgarian Cup champion despite knowing only a few words of Bulgarian?
... that coconut cups were believed to have medical benefits?

10 December 2024

00:00, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Lizzie Esau in 2024.png|caption=Lizzie Esau}}

... that Lizzie Esau (pictured) covered a 1955 song for a 2024 series about a 1553 queen?
... that a Syrian filmmaker repurposed footage from his first film in his last film in order to criticize his younger self?
... that Celeste Caeiro{{`s}} actions led to the naming of the 1974 coup in Portugal as the Carnation Revolution?
... that Operation Blooming Onion uncovered instances of "modern-day slavery" amongst H-2A visa workers in the state of Georgia?
... that L'Attaque, the board game that became Stratego, was patented in 1908 by its designer, a 57-year-old woman?
... that the Australian Light Weight Air Warning Radar was once loaded using canoes and later manhandled up a 200-foot cliff?
... that Thomas Sewell said that in 2017 he attempted to recruit the perpetrator of the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings into the Lads Society?
... that while supporting a law easing restrictions on abortion in Gabon, Prime Minister Rose Christiane Raponda said "it is not yet the right time"?
... that "the world's loneliest duck" arrived on the remote Pacific island country of Niue in 2018?

9 December 2024

00:00, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Barquq castle exterior (adjusted).jpg|caption=Barquq Castle}}

... that the 14th-century Barquq Castle (pictured) was damaged during the Israel–Hamas war?
... that David Hilchen played a key role in the establishment of Renaissance humanism in the area of the present-day Baltic states?
... that Gutidara is played with balls made from water buffalo horns?
... that the 1931 Barcelona rent strike resulted in 18 deaths, dozens of injuries and arrests, and an agreement on the reduction of rents?
... that several local residents mistook the production set of Miss Shampoo for a real shop and entered during filming?
... that a columnist described Bern Shanks as "the most open and accessible state wildlife chief in memory"?
... that Ngiam Tong Dow negotiated Singapore's first and largest purchase of gold from South Africa in 1968 by comparing two halves of a United States one-dollar bill?
... that Tiny Glade was developed by a two-person studio and was the fourth most-played demo on 2024's Steam Next Fest?
... that Chen Qiyou, a would-be assassin, later became part of the Chinese Committee for World Peace?

8 December 2024

00:00, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Turner - Regulus, 1828, reworked 1837, N00519.jpg|caption=Regulus}}

... that a man stabbed Regulus (pictured) because he disliked the "misty state of the picture"?
... that Annie Huggett, aged 103, was the oldest living suffragette at the time of her death in 1996?
... that cellist Rohan de Saram's background as a geta bera drummer inspired Luciano Berio's Sequenza XIV{{-?}}
... that a priest canceled 1,600 subscriptions to The Catholic Bulletin over a front-page photograph of nuns dancing?
... that comic-opera performer Celie Ellis Turner pursued a stage career against her family's wishes?
... that the oldest surviving wooden lightship, dating to 1840, is now an Airbnb property?
... that Henry Parnell was the youngest British parliamentarian to die in the First World War?
... that after signing a peace agreement in 1919, Azerbaijan prepared another invasion of southern Armenia that was foiled by a rebellion in Nagorno-Karabakh?
... that schoolteacher Thomas Curnow used a red scarf to stop a train from derailing, leading to the capture of notorious outlaw Ned Kelly?

7 December 2024

00:00, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=240824 FC 서울 vs 강원 (강주혁).jpg|caption=Kang Ju-hyeok}}

... that Kang Ju-hyeok (pictured) became the youngest player in FC Seoul's history at the age of 17 years, 9 months, and 6 days?
... that the political opposition in Saint Kitts and Nevis has viewed the national broadcaster, ZIZ, as a government mouthpiece?
... that Richard Du Cann acted for the defence in the Lady Chatterley's Lover obscenity trial and the trial of the MP John Stonehouse?
... that the funds from the sale of burial lots at Cathedral Cemetery in Philadelphia were intended for the construction of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul?
... that Mary Robertson was the first woman to receive a Doctor of Science degree in medicine from the University of Cape Town?
... that Karl Amadeus Hartmann completed his Hungarian-influenced composition Kammerkonzert during his period of inner emigration after Hitler's seizure of power?
... that one Canadian football announcer refused to mention Tony Pajaczkowski in game broadcasts for several years?
... that Augustus Pugin called St John the Evangelist Church, Islington, a "deformity"?
... that residents of Port Mercer, New Jersey, profited from passing vessels by dragging their tow mules into the Delaware and Raritan Canal and having local boys "rescue" them for a fee?

6 December 2024

00:00, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=File:Brooks Chase Ranger of Jolly Dogs Jack Russell.jpg|caption=Jack Russell Terrier}}

... that dogs (example pictured) have much more sensitive noses and ears than humans, but have trouble distinguishing red from green?
... that in 1809, two ministers leading the British war effort against Napoleon fought a duel against each other?
... that in his first year in the NFL, Lou Rash was told he was released and began flying back home, but was told upon landing that the release was a mistake and he was to return?
... that muthkwey was not harvested or walked over, because oral tradition held that it had grown from the droppings of a two-headed serpent?
... that the Mongol princess Al-Altan was rumoured to have poisoned her brother Ögedei Khan?
... that the Saybrook Colony was sold to Connecticut for an annual payment of 180 pounds of equal quantities of wheat, peas, and either rye or barley?
... that future Olympic weightlifter Chiu Yuh-chuan received a job offer in marketing after media coverage about his difficulty securing employment?
... that out of 148 candidates in the 1957 Manipur Territorial Council election there was only one woman?
... that basketball coach Trisha Stafford-Odom left the Eagles to join the Eagles?

5 December 2024

00:00, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Denizard, Marie.jpg|caption=Marie Denizard}}

... that Marie Denizard (pictured) stood as a candidate in a French presidential election in 1913, thirty years before French women achieved suffrage?
... that The Crystal was one of few publications in early-20th-century China that regularly covered same-sex intimacy?
... that Hanif Kureshi transformed shadows cast by the Sun into street art?
... that Gigarta, a settlement mentioned by Strabo and Pliny the Elder, is believed to have been located on the slopes of Mount Lebanon, although its exact location remains under debate?
... that Al LeBoeuf was diagnosed with a rare condition in 2012 from an injury that he suffered in 1985?
... that the Swedish broadcaster organising the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 refused to allow the contest to be shown in Chile, as a protest against the country's military dictatorship?
... that the Polish manga and anime fandom arose in the 1990s and now numbers over 100,000 people?
... that Frank A. Kimball brought a transcontinental rail terminus to National City, California, in exchange for thousands of acres of land?
... that Aldous Huxley developed his "feelies" in response to the emergence of "talkies"?

4 December 2024

00:00, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Danau Kaolin.jpg|caption=Former tin mining pit in Belitung, Indonesia}}

... that water-filled pits (example pictured) left behind by tin mining activities in Indonesia have become tourist attractions?
... that a senior colonel with 30 years' experience in North Korean intelligence agencies defected to South Korea in 2014?
... that an underground tunnel between two houses in what is now Jugtown Historic District was used to hide fugitive slaves?
... that when John of Montfort was captured in 1341 during the Breton Civil War, his wife took command of the Breton army?
... that Sehome was an incorporated town for only three years?
... that five of the six people killed in the 2011 Cullman–Arab tornado were members of the same family?
... that Ornithoprion was studied primarily using X-rays of its fossils?
... that the author of Oh My Mother! has written about the phenomenon of giving Asian-American girls the name "Connie"?
... that the Campo Valdés Roman baths were rediscovered during the construction of a sewer system in 1903?

3 December 2024

00:00, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Andromeda Galaxy M31 - Heic1502a Full resolution.jpg|caption=Zooming In on the Andromeda Galaxy}}

... that more than one hundred million stars are visible in Zooming In on the Andromeda Galaxy (pictured){{-?}}
... that Karen Tei Yamashita realized the structure of her novel, I Hotel, by cutting, folding, and writing on ten cardboard cubes, each representing a year in the book?
... that Carrlyn Bathe met her husband after he sent her gear from his clothing brand?
... that due to the near-miss effect, gamblers may mistake a game of luck for a game of skill?
... that tacklers "bounced off" Chauncey Archiquette "as if he were a brick wall"?
... that the author of the comic book Timeless Voyage was the leader of a UFO religion?
... that Chief Constable James Smart flooded police courts with over 17,000 cases to prove the impracticality of leaving homeowners with the responsibility for lighting stairs?
... that an Indiana university recently argued in court that The Silver Veil and the Golden Gate, a 1914 painting, was too modern for their art collection?
... that Piri Reis did not map Antarctica in the sixteenth century?

2 December 2024

00:00, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Carmen, canoe designed by Carl Smith (Sweden) in 1882.jpg|caption=Carmen, canoe designed by Carl Smith in 1882}}

... that a canoe (pictured) designed by Carl Smith accompanied a circumnavigation of Earth in 1883–1885?
... that although no people died in the 1984 Southland floods, about 12,000 sheep perished?
... that while conducting research for Kingdom of Characters, author Jing Tsu visited archives across multiple countries and continents?
... that Patriarch Amalric was, according to the archbishop of Tyre, "reasonably well educated but bereft of intelligence and virtually useless"?
... that according to The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, the 1913 Polish novel The Cross and the Crescent is "perhaps the first example" of the genre of military science fiction in Polish literature?
... that the director for Yuzuru Hanyu's Echoes of Life Tour choreographed the 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony?
... that the MrBeast Lab toy line first debuted in a pop-up store in the shape of an overturned tanker truck carrying toxic waste?
... that Peel's Cut, a watercourse in Staffordshire, lasted more than 100 years longer than the mill it was excavated to power?
... that no actual voting took place in the 1939 Liechtenstein general election?

1 December 2024

00:00, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Presidente Nayib Bukele (cropped).jpg|caption=Nayib Bukele}}

... that Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele (pictured) has referred to himself as the "coolest dictator in the world"?
... that following its deconsecration, the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Venice and its grounds have been used as a stable, a tobacco warehouse, and a prison?
... that television director Diana Edwards-Jones introduced earpieces to permit direct communication between a control room and newsreaders?
... that St Francis of Assisi Church, Notting Hill, contains a font designed by John Francis Bentley and in which he was later baptised?
... that the 1983 Spanish floods were the most economically damaging in Spain until the 2024 Spanish floods?
... that the medieval Castle Knob was the site of a Cold War nuclear monitoring station?
... that Zhou Houkun wrote a thesis on the use of bamboo to reinforce concrete?
... that Burrito Express began shipping out its burritos by mail because of demand from former customers who had moved away from California?
... that weightlifter Wu Tsai-fu drank six huge glasses of beer to help himself urinate for a drug test?