Wikipedia:Recent additions

Did you know?
Did you know?
Introduction and rules
Introduction	WP:DYK
General discussion	WT:DYK
Guidelines	WP:DYKCRIT
Reviewer instructions	WP:DYKRI
Nominations
Nominate an article	WP:DYKCNN
Awaiting approval	WP:DYKN
Approved	WP:DYKNA
April 1 hooks	WP:DYKAPRIL
Holding area	WP:SOHA
Preparation
Preps and queues	T:DYK/Q
Prepper instructions	WP:DYKPBI
Admin instructions	WP:DYKAI
Main Page errors	WP:ERRORS
History
Statistics	WP:DYKSTATS
Archived sets	WP:DYKA
Just for fun
Monthly wraps	WP:DYKW
Awards	WP:DYKAWARDS
Userboxes	WP:DYKUBX
Hall of Fame	WP:DYK/HoF
List of users ...
... by nominations	WP:DYKNC
... by promotions	WP:DYKPC
Administrative
Scripts and bots	WP:DYKSB
On the Main Page	T:DYK
Main Page errors	WP:ERRORS
To ping the DYK admins	{{DYK admins}}
	v; t; e;

Shortcut

WP:DYKA

This is a record of material that was recently featured on the Main Page as part of Did you know (DYK). Recently created new articles, greatly expanded former stub articles and recently promoted good articles are eligible; you can submit them for consideration.

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.

Current archive
2024	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug
2023	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2022	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2021	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2019	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2018	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2017	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2016	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2015	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2014	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2013	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2012	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2011	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2010	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2009	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2008	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2007	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2006	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2005	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2004	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Edit the DYK archive navigation template

Did you know...

12 August 2024

00:00, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Astronauts training in the Reduced Gravity Walking Simulator

... that Apollo astronauts walked on walls (pictured) before walking on the Moon?
... that Finn Butcher is the inaugural Olympic champion in men's kayak cross?
... that Barry Burton's lines such as "You were almost a Jill Sandwich!" from the first Resident Evil game were popular enough to be referenced in following games?
... that locally endangered Eurasian otters along the river Meghri have become a nuisance to local fish farmers?
... that the parents of Olympian Minna Stess built a concrete skatepark in their backyard for their children?
... that wealth generated by tourism in Barcelona is claimed to be a reason for increased social inequality, causing activists to protest against overtourism?
... that Olympic sport shooter Ada Korkhin practiced in her family's apartment, shooting from the kitchen through the living and dining rooms?
... that Alien Blue was the most popular Reddit app for iPhone and iPad at the time of its discontinuation?
... that New York Mets executive Jay Horwitz did not publicly reveal that he had a glass eye until he was in his 70s?

11 August 2024

00:00, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

Ol' Rip the Horned Toad in his casket

... that the National Casket Company made caskets for U.S. president William McKinley and Ol' Rip the Horned Toad (pictured)?
... that Olympic wrestler Gaku Akazawa also runs a popular massage parlor?
... that Richard Beale Davis first published Chivers' Life of Poe almost 100 years after it was written?
... that taekwondo practitioner Alasan Ann was injured by a gunshot four months before an Olympic qualification tournament, but recovered in time and won the competition?
... that some abortions in Malawi are performed by traditional healers?
... that the cuisine of Jerusalem reflects a blend of Jewish culinary traditions, including Sephardic, Kurdish, Ashkenazi, as well as Palestinian Arab traditions?
... that female wrestler Kennedy Blades once won a state championship against boys?
... that Dead Pony renamed themselves after a track expressing how they felt after being told that Santa Claus was fictional?
... that Classic Tetris World Champion Alex Thach celebrates victories by dumping Parmesan cheese on his head?

10 August 2024

00:00, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

Hannibal von Degenfeld

... that Hannibal von Degenfeld (pictured) played the leading role in establishing the Bavarian Army in 1682, before leading it to the Battle of Vienna a year later?
... that a reviewer did not expect a documentary on assisted suicide to be so funny?
... that while Sunny Choi and Logan Edra represent their country at the Olympics in breakdancing, Afghan breakdancer Manizha Talash competes as a member of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team?
... that the 2025 Philippine general election is set to be the first to be held under a new voting system provider after the previous one was disqualified over bribery allegations?
... that the Piano Quintet by Dmitri Shostakovich has been called "the most expensive piece of chamber music ever composed"?
... that workers building Mercy Gilbert Medical Center plowed over alfalfa fields and chased off sheep during construction?
... that the discovery of a coffin belonging to Ahhotep I, which had been reused to bury a high priest, ignited a debate among scholars over the true number of Egyptian queens named Ahhotep?
... that Washington's participation in the 2024 Sugar Bowl marked the first appearance of any Pac-12 Conference team in the Sugar Bowl?
... that British physician John H. Bryant gave the first description of a blue scrotum caused by a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm?

9 August 2024

00:00, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Uniform of Capital Bicycle Club

... that residents reported the first cycling club in Washington, D.C., (uniform pictured) to the police over concerns that bicycles posed a danger to pedestrians?
... that Olympic taekwondo practitioner Emmanuella Atora described her career as "I hit people for a living"?
... that an American citizen was sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to overthrow the government of Cambodia?
... that Sarah Gibson, who formed a piano duo with Thomas Kotcheff, composed warp & weft inspired by the art of Miriam Schapiro, to be played today by the BBC Philharmonic at The Proms?
... that eight cardboard white elephants were put up as a form of public protest to lobby for the opening of Buangkok MRT station in Singapore?
... that "Lucki" Allen's prediction of the Tet Offensive was ignored, but she was later inducted into the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame?
... that the idea for Clustertruck came from a developer wanting to escape traffic?
... that American Olympic rugby player Sarah Levy is the great-granddaughter of a Springbok?
... that David Tennant filmed a Doctor Who mini-episode on his birthday?

8 August 2024

00:00, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

T. acutiloba flowers

... that on top of being used as a culinary herb, Tulbaghia acutiloba (pictured) has traditionally been used in treating infectious diseases and hypertension?
... that Olympian Ruby Remati got into synchronized swimming because she liked the competitors' "sparkly suits" as a child?
... that São Tomé and Príncipe was popularly known as the Chocolate Islands in the early 1900s, when it was the world's top exporter of cocoa?
... that when not rock climbing, American Olympian Jesse Grupper develops exoskeletons?
... that a Japanese essayist and film historian has called Godzilla Minus One a "dangerous movie"?
... that refugee Hadi Tiranvalipour spent his first ten days in Italy living in a forest before joining the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics?
... that in its two years of existence, the Hunter River Railway Company initiated construction on what would eventually become the Great Northern Railway connecting Sydney to Queensland?
... that Patrick Gottsch, the founder of RFD-TV and The Cowboy Channel, led the effort to break the Guinness World Record for the largest parade of pickup trucks?

7 August 2024

00:00, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Céline Dept

... that Céline Dept (pictured) was the first Belgian YouTuber to reach 10 million subscribers?
... that Operation Matterhorn logistics involved the construction of airfields in China by thousands of laborers with hammers and wicker baskets?
... that after qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics at the age of 11, skateboarder Zheng Haohao became the youngest Chinese sportsperson to participate in the Olympics?
... that electrical engineering professor Mariesa Crow raises alpacas?
... that Larisa Latynina became the most-medalled Olympian after she won six medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics?
... that South African singer Tyla delayed her debut album's submission date in order to collaborate with Tems?
... that Jenya Kazbekova, a competition climber on Ukraine's 2024 Olympic team, is the daughter and granddaughter of competition climbing medalists?
... that when delivering his speech "The boys of Pointe du Hoc" on the 40th anniversary of the Normandy landings, Ronald Reagan addressed 62 veteran service members present on D-Day?
... that after the McVey Fire, the United States Forest Service accidentally planted thousands of acres of non-native trees?

6 August 2024

00:00, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Cannonball

... that the Cannonball (pictured), a commuter train on the Long Island Rail Road, was once operated exclusively with parlor cars?
... that Piper Kelly secured her position as a competitor in speed climbing at the 2024 Olympics by reaching the final race at the 2023 Pan American Games, before winning the race?
... that a Bangladeshi government agency collected ৳6.5 billion (equivalent to US$150 million in 2023) from corruption suspects, but a court ruled it was illegal?
... that after Jamal Valizadeh was tortured in Iran, hid for six months, and escaped, he qualified to compete in the Olympics as a member of the Refugee Olympic Team?
... that the electoral victory of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress in 2018 led to DR Congo's first peaceful transition of power since its independence from Belgium in 1960?
... that in May 1983 British public health physician Spence Galbraith suggested withdrawing blood products made from blood donated in the U.S. after 1978?
... that Jack White released his sixth studio album unannounced by including unmarked vinyl copies of it with purchases made at Third Man Records stores?
... that Aniya Holder secured a spot at the 2024 Summer Olympics by winning a speed climbing competition, for which she had started training without even knowing that it was an Olympics qualifier?
... that the only known solution to the Erdős–Moser equation is 1 + 2 = 3?

5 August 2024

00:00, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

Soviet Red Army Monument, Harbin

... that although the Soviet Red Army Monument in Harbin (pictured) was covered with scaffolding during the Sino-Soviet split, wreaths were still laid in front of it during the Qingming Festival and on Victory Day?
... that Femke Bol won the women's 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in an unprecedented double victory?
... that Cambodian architect Vann Molyvann declined a request from Lee Kuan Yew to help design Singapore?
... that Michigan and Alabama entered the 2024 Rose Bowl as the two college football teams with the most all-time wins?
... that the author of the novel Wandering Souls, about Vietnamese refugees, was inspired by an episode of A Very British History?
... that Kim Ye-ji's performance in the 10 meter air pistol at the 2024 Summer Olympics led her to be dubbed the "coolest person on the planet"?
... that for the 1936 Summer Olympics, Liechtenstein flipped their flag upside down?
... that after a British Sikh physician could not find any recent mainstream English film led by a woman that resembled her, she co-wrote and co-produced her own?
... that Frederick Perceval, 11th Earl of Egmont, was nicknamed "the loneliest boy in the world" by journalists?

4 August 2024

00:00, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

Oriana Skylar Mastro

... that Oriana Skylar Mastro (pictured), a Stanford political scientist, joined the U.S. Air Force as a PhD student to better understand military issues in the Asia–Pacific region?
... that the championship record was broken three times in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 World Athletics Relays?
... that in its centennial year, Anderson's Grocery was said to be one of only ten small U.S. groceries that were more than a hundred years old?
... that Israeli archer Mikaella Moshe competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics after having spent less than two years in the sport?
... that a third of London Underground stations have step-free access?
... that Olympic sprinter Filomenaleonisa Iakopo is also a competitive bodybuilder?
... that the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery faced criticism in 2014 when it did not allow a lesbian couple to be buried together?
... that three-quarters of Doctor Who's longest story are missing?
... that had Cambodian swimmer Apsara Sakbun declined her invitation to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics, her sister would have become an Olympian instead?

3 August 2024

00:00, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Leaves of S. tonkinensis seedlings

... that the dried leaves of Strobilanthes tonkinensis (examples pictured) give black tea a sticky rice flavor?
... that at age 12, Emily Ausmus participated in an international water polo tournament against players as old as 19?
... that a crab species was named after both an ancient board game and a League of Legends character?
... that Cho Myung-chul was the first North Korean defector to be elected to the South Korean National Assembly?
... that the flagbearer for the Philippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics also carried a flag of the United States?
... that a geographer determined the surface area of Carl Friedrich Gauss's brain?
... that a Kentucky TV station gained industry attention after it criticized the overuse of the term "breaking news"?
... that citizens of New Westminster burnt effigies of Attorney General George Hunter Cary and drowned the ashes?
... that many enthusiasts say that a good tomato sandwich is so messy, it should be eaten over the kitchen sink?

2 August 2024

00:00, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

Matahi Brightwell

... that Matahi Brightwell (pictured) reintroduced the sport of waka ama to New Zealand?
... that during the First Bishops' War, the Duke of Hamilton's mother intended to shoot him with silver bullets if he landed in Scotland?
... that Warren Lawrence, the first Dominican swimmer at the Commonwealth Games, is the son of the first Dominican swimmer at the Olympics?
... that a high school evicted a Pennsylvania TV station?
... that the National Library of Korea is a no kid zone?
... that in its first appearance at the Olympics, Suriname was represented by a single athlete, who missed his event?
... that Myinsaing withstood a ten-week siege by the Mongols because its three brother leaders bribed the invaders to withdraw?
... that basketball player Marcedes Walker became an Olympian 16 years after her WNBA career ended?
... that "the old man was startled and a little shocked" when he was shown Walter Frere's revision of his book?

1 August 2024

00:00, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Inauguration of Lai Ching-te

... that China launched a military exercise in response to the inauguration of Lai Ching-te as president of Taiwan (pictured)?
... that although Luxembourg has won the Eurovision Song Contest five times, none of the winning artists representing the country have been native Luxembourgers?
... that basketball player Dylan Travis played for nine head coaches in nine years?
... that The Chinese in America documents how people in California, during the gold rush era, mailed their laundry to Hong Kong for cleaning?
... that a member of the House of Lords was the principal of a Canadian junior school?
... that despite being invented in the 2000s, Frutiger Aero was not named until 2017?
... that Roscoe "Red" Jackson was the last person to be publicly executed in the United States?
... that Cameroonian-born Joel Embiid opted to play for the 2024 U.S. Olympic basketball team instead of France in part because his son is American?
... that after Wong Sau Ying attempted to assassinate a British colonial official, the police and press began to associate the bob cut with anarchism?

v t e Main Page and featured content
Main Page topics	Errors Administrator instructions Main Page alternatives FAQ Editing Design Queue Yesterday Tomorrow History Wikipedia languages Sister projects Sandbox April Fools' Day Don't delete!
Today's featured article	Requests Pending requests Recent Oddities Most viewed Not yet used
Featured articles	Criteria Candidates Log Review Archive Statistics Former featured articles Unreviewed
Did you know...	Discussion Rules Guidelines Nominations Reviewer instructions Preps and queues Archive Stats
In the news	Error reports Nominations Discussion Admin guide General criteria Death criteria Recurring items Awards Sports Discussion Candidate archives Posted archives
Current events portal	Current events portal for sports Discussion How the Current events portal works How to archive the portal
Selected anniversaries	Discussion Holidays and observances All
Today's featured list	Submissions Statistics Previously run lists Get involved
Featured lists	Criteria Candidates Log Task force Removal candidates Review list Log Former featured lists
Picture of the day	Guidelines Unused Archive Tomorrow
Featured pictures	Criteria Candidates Nomination procedure
Featured topics	Featured topics on the main page Candidates Log Nomination procedure Criteria Removal candidates Good topics Former featured topics Featured topic questions