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This page should be archived once a month. --> <!--BOTPOINTER--> ===30 April 2023=== *'''''12:00, 30 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Rutherford's Monument.jpg| width=100px|caption=Rutherford's Monument}} * ... that the '''[[Rutherford's Monument|56-foot-tall (17&nbsp;m) monument]]''' ''(pictured)'' to the theologian [[Samuel Rutherford]] near [[Anwoth Old Church|his parish church]] in [[Anwoth]] was badly damaged by a lightning strike five years after its construction? * ... that '''[[Americano Media]]''' wants to be "[[Fox News]] in Spanish"? * ... that [[Joanna Cherry]] showed a printed copy of an Internet meme featuring '''[[Lily Hoshikawa]]''' during a [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK parliamentary]] committee meeting? * ... that 47-year-old Turkish para-karateka '''[[Oya Ekici]]''' won the bronze medal at the [[2022 European Karate Championships|2022 European Championships]]? * ... that producers of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' have spoken about the importance of '''[[List of LGBT characters in The Simpsons|its LGBT characters]]''' in representation? * ... that '''[[HMS Martin (1910)|HMS&nbsp;''Martin'']]''' was part of the [[Grand Fleet]] of the [[Royal Navy]] in the First World War, but after the war was sold to be [[Ship breaking|broken up]]? * ... that the saying "'''[[give me the man and I will give you the case against him]]'''" is usually attributed to Soviet-era public figures such as [[Lavrentiy Beria|Beria]] or [[Andrey Vyshinsky|Vyshinsky]]? * ... that [[Ice Spice]] is '''[[Princess Diana (song)|Princess Diana]]'''? *'''''00:00, 30 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Canterbury Pioneer Women's Memorial (night shot).jpg|caption=Canterbury Pioneer Women's Memorial}} * ... that although it was a centennial project, the '''[[Canterbury Pioneer Women's Memorial]]''' ''(pictured)'' in New Zealand was opened 90 years after the region's organised settlement began? * ... that '''[[Anne Cooke Reid]]''' founded the first Black [[Summer stock theater|summer theater]] in the United States? * ... that '''[[Arthur Arndt]]'''{{`s}} family was the largest known group of Jews to successfully hide in Germany during [[the Holocaust]]? * ... that to prepare for her role in the television film '''''[[Search for Grace]]''''', actress [[Lisa Hartman Black]] underwent hypnosis? * ... that [[United States Air Force]] colonel '''[[Virgil K. Meroney]]''' flew two combat missions with his son before his son was killed in action in March&nbsp;1969, during the [[Vietnam War]]? * ... that '''[[Salar de Pajonales]]''' in Chile has been used as an analogue for environments on [[Mars]]? * ... that in the same year, '''[[WQCY|an Illinois radio station]]''' lost its station manager in a car crash and its advertising revenue to flooding? * ... that '''[[Auto-GPT]]''', an autonomous [[artificial intelligence|artificial-intelligence]] software agent, was used to create ChaosGPT, which has not yet achieved its goal of destroying humanity? ===29 April 2023=== *'''''12:00, 29 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=François Tomb Carlo Ruspi 08.jpg|caption=Reproduced fresco depicting Aulus Vibenna on the far right}} * ... that according to [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscan]] tradition '''[[Aulus Vibenna]]''' ''(depicted)'' helped [[Servius Tullius]] to oust the Roman king [[Lucius Tarquinius Priscus]]? * ... that more than 100 traps were set to catch a single stoat on an otherwise predator-free island in '''[[Taiari / Chalky Inlet|Taiari&nbsp;/ Chalky Inlet]]''' in 2022? * ... that the '''[[Housatonic Railroad (1836)|Housatonic Railroad]]''' used to send 100,000 US&nbsp;quarts (95,000 litres) of milk to New York City per day? * ... that '''[[Godwin Obasi]]''' has been described as "Africa's gift to the world of climate science"? * ... that more than a decade after [[Edgar Wright]] assembled the cast of ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'', he helped to convince them all to reprise their roles in '''[[Scott Pilgrim The Anime|an anime adaptation of the source material]]'''? * ... that as part of '''[[Bahrainization]]''', the Bahraini government prohibited foreigners from driving taxis? * ... that delivering newspapers was how '''[[Garnett Wikoff]]''' became an Olympic runner? * ... that '''''[[Hot Gay Time Machine]]''''' had two life-sized cut-outs of [[Beyoncé]]? *'''''00:00, 29 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=TRAPPIST-1e Const CMYK Print.png|caption=Fictional tourism poster by [[NASA]]}} * ... that the star '''[[TRAPPIST-1|{{nowrap|TRAPPIST-1}}]]''' has seven planets, several of which may [[Circumstellar habitable zone|have temperatures that would allow the existence of liquid water]] ''(artist's impression depicted)''{{-?}} * ... that '''[[Fred Narganes]]''' is said to be the first Latino [[Wrestling|wrestler]] to win an amateur US national championship or to compete for an American university, and among the first Latino-American [[Olympic Games|Olympians]]? * ... that '''[[Weltdeutsch]]''' was a proposal for a German-based language by Nobel-Prize laureate and pacifist [[Wilhelm Ostwald]], created in an episode of [[Chauvinism|chauvinistic]] fervour? * ... that '''[[Mira Bellwether]]'''{{`s}} husband had already read her zine, ''[[Fucking Trans Women]]'', years before he met her? * ... that the publisher of the board game '''''[[Destination (game)|Destination]]''''' faced financial trouble when [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|a ''Harry Potter'' film]] was delayed? * ... that the '''[[Ladies Musical Club of Seattle|Ladies Musical Club]]''' brought [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]], [[Marian Anderson]], and [[Pablo Casals]] to perform in Seattle? * ... that '''[[Mira (YouTuber)|Mira]]''', a Hong Kong YouTuber, was asked by the [[Korea Tourism Organization]] to be a spokeswoman for [[Michelin Guide|Michelin-starred]] restaurants one year after she started her channel? * ... that one can change '''[[Smoking on My Ex Pack|from doing 'sad girl music' to dissing your favorite rapper]]'''? ===28 April 2023=== *'''''12:00, 28 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Drake July 2016.jpg|caption=Drake}}<!--See [[Template:Main page image/DYK]] for other parameters--> * ... that '''[[Drake (musician)|Drake]]''' ''(pictured)'' has the personal approval of U.S. president [[Barack Obama]] to portray him in a biopic if the opportunity came? * ... that in the [[Forum of Augustus]] in Rome, '''''[[Elogium (literary genre)|elogia]]''''' were hung on statues of commanders and [[Augustus]]'s ancestors? * ... that the pseudonymous manga artist '''[[Junichi Yamakawa]]''' never disclosed to his editor his legal name, address, or contact information? * ... that either dog feces, or hen and pigeon manure, were '''[[Bating (leather)|used by tanners to produce a soft leather]]'''? * ... that '''''[[Drag Isn't Dangerous]]''''' is a charitable telethon set to be hosted by numerous [[drag queen]]s to oppose the [[Tennessee Senate Bill 3|Tennessee drag-ban bill]]? * ... that '''[[Leopoldo Salazar Viniegra]]''' laid the foundation for the Reglamento Federal de Toxicomanias, which legalized psychoactive substances in Mexico in 1940? * ... that the mainland portion of '''[[Lake of the Woods Provincial Park]]''' in northwestern [[Ontario]], Canada, was deregulated as part of a [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] land claim settlement? * ... that '''[[Devin Futrell]]''' used a [[Twitter#Tweets|post]] to dodge [[2021 Major League Baseball draft|a draft]]? *'''''00:00, 28 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Court mantua dress at Tullie House Museum A (23).JPG|caption=Margery Jackson's court mantua}}<!--See [[Template:Main page image/DYK]] for other parameters--> * ... that [[Carlisle]] miser '''[[Margery Jackson]]''', who chose to live like a [[Pauperism|pauper]], possessed a fine court [[Mantua (clothing)|mantua]] ''(pictured)''{{-?}} * ... that '''''[[The Steranko History of Comics]]''''' has been described as the first piece of cultural analysis on American comic books? * ... that '''[[Heinz Schwarz]]''' attended all [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]] party conventions from the first ever in 1950 to 2020? * ... that the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]] documented the '''[[Ionia Volcano]]'''? * ... that although he only had ten minutes to learn to play [[Lineman (gridiron football)#Offensive line|offensive lineman]], college football player '''[[Jake Witt]]''' was able to successfully block against "the best defensive line" in the U.S.? * ... that the Irish '''[[N53 road (Ireland)|N53 road]]''' from [[Dundalk]] to [[Castleblayney]] has a 6-kilometre (3.7&nbsp;mi) gap where it enters [[Northern Ireland]]? * ... that Cambodia's first science-fiction film, '''''[[Karmalink]]''''', combines [[karma in Buddhism|Buddhist concepts of karma]] with themes of artificial intelligence? * ... that '''[[Émile Aubrun]]''' flew circles around [[The Golden Virgin|a golden virgin]]? ===27 April 2023=== *'''''12:00, 27 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Hearst Castle at night.jpg|caption=Hearst Castle}} * ... that '''[[Hearst Castle]]''' ''(pictured)'' inspired [[Xanadu (Citizen Kane)|Xanadu]], the lavish mansion in the 1941 film ''[[Citizen Kane]]''{{-?}} * ... that the '''[[Gouzenko Affair]]''' marked the beginning of the [[Canada in the Cold War|Cold War in Canada]]? * ... that '''[[Sujudi]]''' had his election to the post of rector of the [[University of Indonesia]] overruled by the Indonesian government? * ... that when '''[[Zenni Optical]]''' released a [[Super Bowl&nbsp;LIV]] advertisement, its website told a number of customers that eyeglasses deliveries would be delayed for weeks? * ... that Burmese princess '''[[Myat Phaya Gyi]]''' was impregnated by a servant, gave up her royal privileges, and lived a life of poverty? * ... that '''[[Music of The Last of Us (TV series)|the soundtrack of ''The Last of Us'']]''' features a song performed by [[Nick Offerman]], who played a '''[[List of The Last of Us (TV series) characters|character in the series]]'''? * ... that the government of Ethiopia's [[Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region|SNNP Region]] supported local governments calling for '''[[2023 South Ethiopia Region referendum|a referendum to secede from the region]]'''? * ... that British designer [[Alexander McQueen]] constructed a dress made of clear [[Stretch wrap|pallet wrap]] for his Spring/Summer 1995 collection '''''[[The Birds (Alexander McQueen collection)|The Birds]]'''''{{-?}} *'''''00:00, 27 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Maya and Yehuda Devir with their artwork cropped.jpg|caption=Maya (left) and Yehuda Devir}} * ... that after being featured on a Lithuanian website, '''[[Maya and Yehuda Devir]]''' ''(both pictured)'' got so many followers that they thought [[Instagram]] had broken? * ... that ninja families in [[Sengoku period|Sengoku Japan]] established self-governing confederacies '''[[Iga ikki|in Iga]]''' and '''[[Kōka ikki|in Kōka]]''', which formed '''[[Iga–Kōka alliance|an alliance]]'''? * ... that soprano '''[[Carolina White]]''' performed the title role in the United States premiere of ''[[Il segreto di Susanna]]'' at the [[Metropolitan Opera House (39th Street)|Metropolitan Opera]] in 1911? * ... that the gender of the villains in '''''[[Galaxy 4|Galaxy&nbsp;4]]''''' was switched to female partly due to the [[women's liberation movement]]? * ... that '''[[Trinidad Arroyo]]''' was allowed to vote in a Spanish election 17 years before women were granted suffrage? * ... that in 2022 an Egyptian company was awarded the contract to build '''[[Antananarivo–Toamasina toll highway|the first toll highway in Madagascar]]'''? * ... that '''[[Darryl Milburn]]''' made his [[Canadian Football League]] debut on his birthday, but did not appear in any other games that year? * ... that [[Arnold Schoenberg]] composed '''[[Begleitungsmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene|a film score to no film]]'''? ===26 April 2023=== *'''''12:00, 26 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Pizza-3007395.jpg|caption=Pizza divided into eighths}} * ... that exercises in the [[fair division]] of food ''(example pictured)'' are often used to teach '''[[unit fraction]]s'''? * ... that US embassy staff in Moscow during the Cold War used '''[[Magic Slate]]s''' to stop the KGB from intercepting their communications? * ... that the creators of the 1990 game '''''[[Star Control]]''''' designed a starship for an alien race of female humanoids, naming it the ''Penetrator'' for its resemblance to a [[Condom#Ribbed and studded|ribbed condom]]? * ... that '''[[Ilona Tóth]]''' testified that she had injected a man with gasoline? * ... that "Fear", an episode of '''''[[The 1619 Project (TV series)|The 1619 Project]]''''', traces present-day vigilante violence against Black youths in the United States to the fear of slave rebellions? * ... that as mayor, '''[[Muhammad Saleh Arifin]]''' permitted a temporary gambling area in [[Medan]], Indonesia, saying that it would fund a new street? * ... that there was only one '''[[Friedrichshafen FF.1]]''' aircraft and it was destroyed in a crash? * ... that '''[[Mardijo]]''' was sentenced to one, then two, then one, then two years in prison? *'''''00:00, 26 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=The Giant 'Uj and the Prophets Moses, Jesus and Muhammad - Khalili Collection Islamic Art.jpg|caption=''Musa va 'Uj''}} * ... that '''''[[Musa va 'Uj]]''''' ''(pictured)'' depicts figures from all three [[Abrahamic religions]]? * ... that the '''[[Millennium Complex]]''' in [[Plymouth]], England, has hosted a cinema, dance hall, roller disco and night club? * ... that '''[[Aubri Esters]]''' was among the winners of a [[hackathon]] focusing on ways to reduce drug addiction and drug-related deaths? * ... that the bridge on the '''[[R565 road (Ireland)|R565 road]]''' to [[Valentia Island]] was opened twice? * ... that police investigating the '''[[murder of Una Crown]]''' initially thought that she had accidentally set herself on fire and cut her own throat with her scarf? * ... that the '''[[Bishopcroft|bishop of Oregon's residence in Portland]]''' once had a private chapel, a ballroom, and a wine cellar? * ... that '''[[Abdillah (Indonesian politician)|Abdillah]]''' was sworn in as the mayor of [[Medan]], Indonesia, in an abrupt and secretive ceremony? * ... that the [[Play-by-mail game|play-by-email game]] '''''[[Lords of the Earth]]''''' takes about 25 years to play? ===25 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 25 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Former Church Street School Swimming Pool (geograph 6195992) (cropped).jpg|caption=Church Street School swimming pool}} * ... that [[Buddleja|buddleia]] grows from the exterior of the '''[[Church Street School swimming pool]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Glasgow]]? * ... that '''[[Ethan Loch]]''', a blind pianist, was inspired by [[Rowlf the Dog]]? * ... that '''''[[Money Shot: The Pornhub Story]]''''' was described by multiple reviewers as unsalacious? * ... that Liberian factions voted '''[[Bismarck Kuyon]]''' to be the chair of the transitional executive branch of the government, but his nomination was revoked before he was installed? * ... that the '''[[Marble Hall, Derby|Marble Hall]]''' in [[Osmaston, Derby]], was built in 1912 as offices for the factory manufacturing the [[Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost]]? * ... that '''[[Clara Stauffer]]''' was the only woman on the [[Allied Control Council]]'s list of 104 wanted Nazis in Spain? * ... that the '''[[battle of Zama]]''' commenced with a charge by 80 [[war elephant]]s? * ... that former [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] basketball player '''[[Leroy Chollet]]''' benched his own coach? ===24 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 24 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Šventasis Kazimieras, 1520 cropped.jpg|caption=[[Saint Casimir]] wearing Gediminas' Cap}} * ... that during the inaugurations of [[List of Lithuanian monarchs|Lithuanian monarchs]], '''[[Gediminas' Cap]]''' ''(depicted)'' was placed on the monarch's head by the [[bishop of Vilnius]]? * ... that today is the '''[[The Day of Books and Roses|Day of Books and Roses]]''', which originated in [[Barcelona]] in 1926 as the Day of the Book, described as a "festival of civility and intelligence"? * ... that in 2009 '''[[Jeff Wrana]]''' helped to develop a [[Systems biology|biological model]] that might play a role in predicting whether a woman is more likely to recover from [[breast cancer]]? * ... that the elite men's event at '''[[2023 London Marathon|today's London Marathon]]''' featured four of the five fastest competitors of all time? * ... that the first ambassador at the '''[[Embassy of the Philippines, Manama|Philippine embassy in Manama]]''' would later be injured in the [[Philippine consulate bombing in Jakarta|2000 bombing of the Philippine embassy in Jakarta]]? * ... that [[Northern Illinois University|NIU]] dormitory residents cast 65,000 [[Write-in candidate|write-in votes]] to elect '''[[Matt Hicks (basketball)|Matt Hicks]]''' to the 1977 [[Pizza Hut]] All-American game? * ... that the 1917 '''[[Leeds Convention]]''' in Britain passed resolutions calling for the end of the First World War and praising the [[February Revolution]] in Russia? * ... that the 19-story '''[[Starrett–Lehigh Building]]''' was built on the principle of "every floor a first floor"? ===23 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 23 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Superheated molten lava from West Mata submarine volcano cropped.jpg|caption=West Mata erupting underwater}} * ... that the two primary vents of '''[[West Mata]]''' ''(pictured)'', a [[submarine volcano]], are called "Hades" and "Prometheus"? * ... that for a rare performance in 2023 of the ''[[Passions (Homilius)|St&nbsp;Matthew Passion]]'' by the 18th-century composer [[Gottfried August Homilius|Homilius]], the conductor '''[[Clemens Bosselmann]]''' had to track down handwritten sheet music? * ... that '''[[First Battery Armory|a former armory in New York City]]''' later housed [[ESPN]] offices? * ... that '''[[St Julian's Church, Norwich|St&nbsp;Julian's Church]]''' was the only church in [[Norwich]] destroyed during World War&nbsp;II to be rebuilt? * ... that after '''[[Ray Hall (basketball)|Ray Hall]]''' threw an apple at [[Jo Jo White]], White became Hall's [[sports agent]]? * ... that YouTube channel '''[[Trial & Error (company)|Trial & Error]]'''{{`s}} manner of selling live-show tickets—[[Hong Kong dollar|HK$]]10,000 on day&nbsp;one, $5,000 on day&nbsp;two, all the way to $10 on day&nbsp;24—appeared on [[Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education|a university entrance exam]]? * ... that '''[[Maria Stromberger]]''' was sent to [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]] at her own request? * ... that a man dropped his hat while riding '''[[Flight Deck (California's Great America)|Flight Deck]]''' and went to retrieve it, but ended up dying after being struck by the foot of a rider? ===22 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 22 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Li Fu Lee at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's radio experiment station, 1925 (MIT Museum) - Restoration (square crop).jpg|caption=Lee at MIT's radio experiment station, 1925}} * ... that '''[[Li Fu Lee]]''' ''(pictured)'', the first Chinese woman to attend [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], studied electrical engineering, which—according to ''[[The Boston Globe]]''—its undergraduates at the time said was its hardest major? * ... that '''''[[Still Life with Books]]''''' by [[Jan Lievens]] is an example of the ''[[vanitas]]'' genre of painting? * ... that [[Digital Domain]] created a new facial-capture system to help create the look of '''[[Thanos (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Thanos]]''' in ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'' and ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]''{{-?}} * ... that [[Saulteaux]] linguist '''[[Margaret Cote]]''' was the first person in [[Saskatchewan]] to teach a [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] language in a public school? * ... that newspapers in Brazil printed cake recipes and 16th-century poetry to cover material '''[[Censorship under the military dictatorship in Brazil|censored by the military dictatorship]]'''? * ... that President [[James Monroe]] promised the eastern [[Cherokee]] a "gateway to the setting sun" where they were not "surrounded by the White man", which resulted in the creation of '''[[Lovely's Purchase]]'''? * ... that blogger '''[[Vladlen Tatarsky]]''' was '''[[2023 Saint Petersburg bombing|killed by a bomb]]''' hidden in a [[Bust (sculpture)|bust]] of himself? * ... that '''''[[Untitled Goose Game]]''''' escaped being called ''Some Like It Honk''{{-?}} ===21 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 21 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Tachar Persepolis Iran.JPG|caption=Achaemenid inscription at Persepolis}} * ... that the '''[[Achaemenid royal inscriptions]]''' ''(one pictured)'' at [[Persepolis]] allowed for the initial [[decipherment of cuneiform]]? * ... that Confederate troops under Colonel '''[[George Wythe Baylor]]''' disabled two Union tinclad gunboats on the [[Red River of the South|Red River]] in Louisiana on May&nbsp;5, 1864? * ... that during a guerrilla campaign in 1968, the '''[[Iraqi Communist Party – Central Command|Iraqi Communist Party&nbsp;– Central Command]]''' attacked the house of [[Saddam Hussein]]? * ... that [[Medan]] under '''[[Rahudman Harahap]]''' attempted a crackdown on pig farms within city limits, but backed down after local opposition? * ... that after [[Michael Jordan]] was fired by the [[Washington Wizards]], he wanted to move the '''[[Capital Classic (all-star game)|Capital Classic]]''' from the Washington, D.C., area to New York? * ... that after a riot destroyed some local churches, '''[[Marie-Julien Dunand]]''', a French missionary in China, ordered the construction of the [[Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Chengdu|Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception]] in Chengdu and [[Annunciation Seminary (Pengzhou)|Annunciation Seminary]] in Pengzhou? * ... that there was '''[[American Song Contest|an American version]]''' of the [[Eurovision Song Contest]], but it was not renewed for a 2023 season? * ... that '''[[Rosa Smester Marrero]]''' said that without women, men would live the life of a [[turnip]]? ===20 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 20 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Letitia Tyler2 (cropped).jpg|caption=Letitia Tyler}} * ... that '''[[Letitia Christian Tyler]]''' ''(depicted)'' was the first [[First Lady of the United States|United States first lady]] to die in the role? * ... that [[Nationalist government|Nationalist China]]'s own '''[[Northeastern Army]]''' [[Xi'an Incident|captured Chiang Kai-shek]] to convince him to end the civil war against the [[Chinese Communist Party]]? * ... that the 2018 book '''''[[The Longevity Diet]]''''' claims that a "fast-mimicking diet" increases lifespan and healthspan? * ... that [[Rihanna]] and [[Dua Lipa]] participated in '''[[BlueforSudan|#BlueforSudan]]''' to bring attention to the 3&nbsp;June 2019 [[Khartoum massacre]]? * ... that the [[List of periodic comets|periodic comet]] '''[[323P/SOHO]]''' approaches the Sun at a distance of 0.04&nbsp;[[Astronomical unit|AU]], nearer than any other numbered comet, every 4.15 years? * ... that the Berlin embassy of the [[Italian Social Republic]] published the weekly '''''[[La Voce della Patria]]''''' from 1943 to 1944 for distribution among [[Italian Military Internees]] in Germany? * ... that '''[[Francois Massaquoi]]''', who studied economics at [[New York University]], later led the [[Lofa Defense Force]] during the [[First Liberian Civil War]]? * ... that '''''[[The Noble Fisherman]]''''' unusually places Robin Hood in the seaside town of [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]], and he ends up fighting French pirates? ===19 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 19 April 2023 (UTC)''''' <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" /> {{main page image/DYK|image=File:Atzgersdorf, 1230 Vienna, Austria - panoramio (3).jpg|caption=Apartment block at Alterlaa}} * ... that residents at '''[[Alterlaa]]''' ''(building pictured)'', a housing complex in Vienna, have large concrete planters in which plants can be grown? * ... that Swedish footballer '''[[Taha Ayari]]''' made his [[Allsvenskan]] debut by coming on as a substitute for [[Yasin Ayari|his older brother]]? * ... that the court case '''''[[Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Blockbuster Entertainment Corp.]]''''' helped allow the game rental market to thrive for the years that followed the case? * ... that when he was the rector of the [[University of Indonesia]], '''[[Asman Boedisantoso Ranakusuma]]''' sometimes took the train to campus to overhear criticism of the school? * ... that [[Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball|Fairleigh Dickinson]]'s '''[[2023 Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Purdue men's basketball game|upset victory]]''' over [[Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball|Purdue]] was the biggest upset in terms of point spread in [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA tournament]] history, with Purdue being a <span class="frac" role="math">23<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>&frasl;<span class="den">2</span></span>-point favorite? * ... that the '''[[Friedrichshafen FF.19]]''' became the first German aircraft to conduct successful tests with [[wireless telegraphy]]? * ... that both candidates in the '''[[1866 Helston by-election]]''' received the same number of votes? * ... that there are no werewolves in '''''[[Mexican Werewolf in Texas]]'''''{{-?}} ===18 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 18 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Daddy, what did You do in the Great War?.jpg|caption="Daddy, what did you do in the Great War?"}} * ... that some British soldiers hung the First World War propaganda poster "'''[[Daddy, what did you do in the Great War?|Daddy, what did you do in the Great War?]]'''" in the trenches and left sarcastic answers to the daughter's question? * ... that the '''[[Mosaic of Rehob]]''' is the oldest surviving [[Talmud]]ic text? * ... that the men's winner of the '''[[2022 New York City Marathon]]''' was almost hit by a vehicle during the race? * ... that after losing her eyesight to [[toxoplasmosis]], '''[[Rhina Aguirre]]''' dedicated herself to [[Disability rights movement|disability rights]] and was elected to the [[Chamber of Senators (Bolivia)|Bolivian Senate]] in 2009? * ... that you can see the sea from every apartment in '''[[Arlington House, Margate]]'''? * ... that 161 years ago today, '''[[William Y. Slack]]''' was promoted to [[brigadier general]], even though he was already dead? * ... that '''''[[Sasajiscymnus tsugae]]''''' is used as a [[Biological pest control|biological control]] method for the [[hemlock woolly adelgid]], an invasive pest of the [[Tsuga canadensis|eastern hemlock]]? * ... that [[Museum Arnhem]] in the Netherlands celebrated its 100th anniversary with '''[[Wilma with Cat|a giant cat picture]]'''? ===17 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 17 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Lingbaoxiuyuan.jpg|caption=Annunciation Seminary}} * ... that '''[[Annunciation Seminary (Pengzhou)|an abandoned seminary]]''' ''(pictured)'' collapsed during the [[2008 Sichuan earthquake]], upon its 100th year of completion? * ... that a pregnant '''[[Sally Buchanan]]''' was said to have carried bullets in her apron and distributed whiskey while singing during the '''[[Buchanan's Station|Battle of Buchanan's Station]]'''? * ... that Latin [[legal maxim]]s like '''''[[Casum sentit dominus|casum sentit dominus]]''''' have been described as "guardians of eternity [...] more lasting than [[Code of law|codifications]]"? * ... that the ruined '''[[Fort Phantom Hill]]''' was briefly a town that was the seat of [[Jones County, Texas]]? * ... that [[Erich Wolfgang Korngold|Erich Korngold]]'s ''[[Die tote Stadt]]'' had simultaneous premieres in Cologne and Hamburg in 1920, one with '''[[Johanna Geisler]]''' and her husband [[Otto Klemperer]]? * ... that a filing for a temporary restraining order to stop the release of '''''[[Get Up and Dance]]''''' in the United States by the publisher of the ''[[Just Dance (video game series)|Just Dance]]'' series was denied? * ... that the Indonesian town of '''[[Tiakur]]''' experienced a shortage of specialist doctors due to them not renewing their contract? * ... that comedian '''[[Kemah Bob]]''' maintains a [[drag king]] persona, Lil' Test Ease? ===16 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 16 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=The Great Gabbo (1929) cropped 2.jpg|caption=Otto (right) in ''The Great Gabbo''}} * ... that precursors to the '''[[killer toy]]''' include [[Ventriloquism|ventriloquist dummies]] such as Otto ''(pictured)'' in the 1929 film ''[[The Great Gabbo]]''{{-?}} * ... that [[Armenians in Turkey|Armenian-Turkish]] soprano '''[[Sibil Pektorosoğlu]]''' released her first album after singing in a church choir for almost twenty years? * ... that '''[[logic translation]]s''' can be used to analyze whether arguments expressed in ordinary language are correct? * ... that Indonesia and Malaysia founded the '''[[Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries]]''' to promote the use of [[palm oil]]? * ... that [[Meyers Leonard|Meyers]] and '''[[Elle Leonard]]''' donated US$500,000 toward the renovation of the site of their first date? * ... that [[Radiography|X-radiographs]] of [[Jan Lievens]]'s circa 1629–1630 '''''[[Self-Portrait (Lievens)|Self-Portrait]]''''' showed that the artist made "transformative revisions to his appearance" in the portrait? * ... that '''[[Rachel Belden Brooks]]''' was an [[African Americans|African-American]] pioneer who was awarded $1,000 when she sued the estate of her previous enslaver? * ... that [[black lemur]]s use toxic [[millipede]] secretions as insect repellent, and apparently '''[[Recreational drug use in animals|enjoy their narcotic effect]]'''? ===15 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 15 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Snow Franklin Mountains El Paso Texas Dec 01 2009 IMG 1859.JPG|caption=Castner Range National Monument}} * ... that to open for recreation, '''[[Castner Range National Monument]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]]'s [[Franklin Mountains (Texas)|Franklin Mountains]] still needs to be cleaned of live munitions since closing as a weapons test site in 1966? * ... that '''[[Thierry Coquand]]''' won a [[SIGPLAN]] award for his eponymous proof assistant [[Coq]], which was used to find a formal proof of the [[four color theorem]]? * ... that the Chinese-language forum '''[[1Point3Acres]]''' created a [[COVID-19|{{nowrap|COVID-19}}]] tracker used by the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]? * ... that '''[[Mary Shadow]]''', the first unmarried woman in the [[Tennessee House of Representatives]], received fourteen marriage proposals after her election? * ... that the poem "'''[[Ovid in the Third Reich]]'''" has been described as "a classic reaction" to the [[Eichmann trial]], despite being published before the trial was held? * ... that '''[[Airis Computer]]'''{{`s}} 1991 laptop could be powered with ten [[C battery|C&nbsp;batteries]] as an alternative to a rechargeable pack? * ... that '''[[Christian Keller (sports administrator)|Christian Keller]]''' worked as an academic before running [[SSV Jahn Regensburg]]? * ... that [[Ned Beatty]] turned down the role of John Doe in the film '''''[[Seven (1995 film)|Seven]]''''' because the script was the "most evil thing" he had ever read? ===14 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 14 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Alèxia Putellas mural 163033.jpg|caption=TVBoy mural of [[Alexia Putellas]]|border=yes}} * ... that street artist '''[[TVBoy]]''', known for his murals of footballers in Barcelona ''(example pictured)'', painted uplifting art in regions of [[Kyiv Oblast|Kyiv]] ahead of the one-year anniversary of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|2022 Russian invasion]]? * ... that '''[[Foster Loyer]]''' broke [[Michigan High School Athletic Association|Michigan's high-school]] and [[Stephen Curry|Steph Curry]]'s [[Davidson Wildcats men's basketball|Davidson]] records for consecutive [[free throw]]s? * ... that the '''[[2023 United Kingdom student protests]]''' were organised on TikTok and Snapchat? * ... that at the age of 27 New Zealand entrepreneur '''[[Jamie Beaton]]''' had degrees from Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, and [[Tsinghua University]], and was working on his seventh degree, from Yale? * ... that '''''[[It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water]]''''' explores the theme of water and was inspired by [[Phil Elverum]]'s visits to the ocean? * ... that in 1956 [[Green Bay Packers]] athletic trainer '''[[Bud Jorgensen]]''' became the first athletic trainer selected by the [[National Football League]] to treat players at a [[Pro Bowl]]? * ... that the '''[[St. Raphael Provincial Park|St.&nbsp;Raphael Provincial Park]]''' in [[Northern Ontario]], Canada, is part of the 1,530&nbsp;km² (590&nbsp;sq&nbsp;mi) St.&nbsp;Raphael Signature Site, which is recognized for its natural and recreational values? * ... that in the 1970s, residents of '''[[the Belnord]]''' in New York City had to sneak in refrigerators at night? ===13 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 13 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Pizza dolce di Beridde (cropped).png|caption=''Pizza dolce di Beridde''}} * ... that the Jewish-Roman '''''[[pizza dolce di Beridde]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was reportedly the favorite dessert of [[Pope Benedict&nbsp;XVI]]? * ... that '''[[John Hoke III|John Hoke&nbsp;III]]''', who is [[Dyslexia|dyslexic]] and the [[chief design officer]] of Nike, has described drawing as his [[first language]]? * ... that '''[[XHCSAG-FM|The Vision of God]]''' sparked controversy in Mexican radio? * ... that Atari hired a number of [[graffiti]] artists for the remixed versions of classic arcade games in '''''[[Retro Atari Classics]]'''''{{-?}} * ... that '''[[Albert Luthuli]]''' was the first African to win the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]? * ... that '''[[Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park]]''', modeled on the [[National Mall]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], was created to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the statehood of [[Tennessee]] in 1996? * ... that in 1819 '''[[Michael O'Sullivan (politician)|Michael O'Sullivan]]''', a member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada]], fought a duel in [[Montreal]] with William Caldwell over a proposal to create the [[Montreal General Hospital]]? * ... that there is a '''[[Desert of Maine|"desert" in Maine]]'''? ===12 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 12 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=647712 unfa braam.flac|caption=BRAAAM}} * ... that the loud low horn sound ''(featured)'' that often appears in action film [[Trailer (promotion)|trailers]] is known as '''[[BRAAAM]]'''? * ... that '''[[Pubs in Brighton|100 beerhouses were licensed in Brighton]]''' (population 40,000) in the first week after the [[Beerhouse Act 1830]] was enacted? * ... that beekeeper '''[[Erika Thompson]]''' uses her bare hands to scoop up bees? * ... that when recording what became "'''[[Suze (The Cough Song)]]'''", [[Bob Dylan]] started coughing, then said that the song ended before his coughing started, and asked the producer to fade it out? * ... that during the time of the [[Church Fathers]], the '''''[[Care cloth|velatio nuptialis]]''''' was used by the church to validate the sacrament of marriage and emphasize its importance? * ... that Estonian minister of war '''[[Paul Lill]]''' resigned in 1939, citing the unacceptable conditions of the [[Soviet–Estonian Mutual Assistance Treaty|Bases Treaty]] with the Soviet Union? * ... that in 1979, '''[[Vermont Public|Vermont ETV]]''' received more donations from viewers in [[Quebec]] than it did from [[Vermont]]ers? * ... that a local councillor complained that the '''[[R319 road (Ireland)|R319 road]]''' in [[County Mayo]] had more humps and hollows than a camel's back? ===11 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 11 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Rufous Hummingbird, male 01.jpg|caption=Male [[rufous hummingbird]]}} * ... that flying '''[[hummingbird]]s''' ''(example pictured)'' use oxygen at a rate which is relatively ten times greater than elite athletes? * ... that when a tourist's corpse was found atop '''[[the Apthorp]]''', ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that "it struck some tenants not as an oddity but as a metaphor" for life there? * ... that before becoming the mayor of [[Medan]], Indonesia, '''[[Agus Salim Rangkuti]]''' acted in movies and oversaw a real-life political prison camp? * ... that [[M.I.A. (rapper)|M.I.A.]] originally wanted to name her newest album after her son but instead named it '''''[[Mata (album)|Mata]]'''''{{-?}} * ... that [[Yeshiva University]] basketball star '''[[Dave Kufeld]]''' was the first [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jew]] ever to be selected in the [[NBA draft]]? * ... that [[Sonia Chadwick Hawkes]] led a rescue excavation at the '''[[Updown early medieval cemetery]]''' in 1976 because the site was threatened by a planned pipeline? * ...that '''[[Audrey Whitty]]''', who created an exhibition about the [[Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation|thousands of Irish children who died in care]], is now the director of the [[National Library of Ireland]]? * ... that according to legend, the '''[[Third Month Fair]]''' was originally held on the Moon? ===10 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 10 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Harrogate Cemetery with two chapels.jpg|caption=Chapels at Grove Road Cemetery}} * ... that '''[[Grove Road Cemetery, Harrogate|Grove Road Cemetery]]''' once had two chapels ''(pictured)'' by architect '''[[Thomas Charles Sorby]]''', and contains self-made men '''[[George Dawson (builder)|George Dawson]]''', '''[[Richard Ellis (mayor)|Richard Ellis]]''' and '''[[David Simpson (mayor)|David Simpson]]''', banker '''[[John Smith (banker)|John Smith]]''', bandleader '''[[Daniel Schwarz (bandleader)|Daniel Schwarz]]''', newspaperman '''[[Robert Ackrill]]''', kayaker '''[[Fridel Meyer]]''', and miser '''[[John Turner (miser)|John Turner]]'''? * ... that [[Melanie Martinez]]'s song, "'''[[Death (Melanie Martinez song)|Death]]'''", was her first chart hit in more than a decade? * ... that while serving as the mayor of [[Malang]], '''[[Peni Suparto]]''' led a protest in front of the city hall? * ... that '''''[[Splatoon 3|Splatoon&nbsp;3]]''''' became the fastest-selling video game of all time in Japan three days after launch? * ... that '''[[Stefano Vukov|Elena Rybakina's coach]]''' promised to get a tattoo of her name if she ever won [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]&nbsp;– and did so? * ... that [[Jasmila Žbanić]]'s experience of living through the [[Siege of Sarajevo|siege of Sarajevo]] influenced her work on '''[[Kin (The Last of Us)|the sixth episode]]''' of ''The Last of Us''{{-?}} * ... that '''[[Brennley Brown]]''' was a finalist on ''The Voice'' when she was only 15 years old? * ... that the developers of '''[[161 Maiden Lane|161&nbsp;Maiden Lane]]''' offered luxury yachts to attract tenants? ===9 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 9 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Richard Childress Racing Museum October 2022 24 (Dale Earnhardt's 1998 Daytona 500-winning No. 3 GM Goodwrench Plus Chevrolet Monte Carlo).jpg|caption=[[Dale Earnhardt]]'s car in the Richard Childress Racing Museum}} * ... that the '''[[Richard Childress Racing Museum]]''' ''(exhibition pictured)'' is located in the former team workshop in which [[Richard Childress Racing]] won six [[NASCAR Cup Series]] championships and 58 races? * ... that in February&nbsp;2023, Italian footballer '''[[Samuele Parlati]]''' saved a [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalty kick]] while playing as an [[List of outfield association footballers who played in goal|emergency goalkeeper]]? * ... that songs in '''''[[The Beautiful Letdown]]''''' are "chunky", "gentle", and "nois[y]"? * ... that the [[Roman Republic|Romans]] used [[grappling hook]]s during the '''[[Battle of Corycus]]''' to board [[Seleucid Empire|Seleucid]] ships? * ... that [[Paris Opera Ballet]] dancer '''[[Guillaume Diop]]''' co-authored a manifesto that called for the [[Paris Opera]] to make urgent changes to address racial discrimination? * ... that at the 2022 Primetime Emmy Awards '''[[List of awards and nominations received by The White Lotus|''The White Lotus'' was nominated]]''' in five categories and won in all? * ... that '''[[Abbas ibn Abi al-Futuh]]''' was a [[Zirid dynasty|Zirid]] prince who became a [[Vizier (Fatimid Caliphate)|vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate]] after assassinating his stepfather, and was overthrown after murdering caliph [[al-Zafir]]? * ... that in 1967 [[Hilton Hotels & Resorts|Hilton Hotels]] revealed plans for '''[[Lunar Hilton|a 100-room hotel on the Moon]]'''? ===8 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 8 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=0000135227 OG.jpg|caption=''Allegory of Marriage''}} * ... that although Titian's '''''[[Allegory of Marriage]]''''' ''(pictured)'' left England in the 17th century, two early replicas, probably done from the original, remain in the [[Royal Collection]]? * ... that a revival of the comedy series '''''[[Lizzie McGuire]]''''' was ordered in 2019, but canceled mid-production after Disney deemed it not family-friendly enough? * ... that '''[[Charles III of Navarre|King Charles&nbsp;III]]'''{{`s}} wife left him after she found four of his lovers living in his palace? * ... that [[Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest|Sweden]] won the '''[[Eurovision Song Contest 1999]]''', twenty-five years after [[ABBA]] brought the country its first victory in the contest? * ... that Liberian paramount chief '''[[Tamba Taylor]]''' worked as a tailor and claimed to have sewn clothes for Ethiopian emperor [[Haile Selassie]] and Ghanaian president [[Kwame Nkrumah]]? * ... that the '''[[LAPD Special Investigation Section]]''' trains military [[special forces]] in surveillance? * ... that [[Gottfried August Homilius]] wrote '''[[Passions (Homilius)|Passions]]''' for Good Friday services during his time as music director of the [[Kreuzkirche, Dresden|Church of the Holy Cross]] in Dresden? * ... that '''''[[Basic Medicine]]''''' features North Korean propaganda? ===7 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 7 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=David_Bentley_Hart_and_Roland.jpg|caption=Hart (left) and Roland}} * ... that in a recent book, '''[[David Bentley Hart]]'''&nbsp;– a [[New Testament]] translator and proponent of the existence of fairies&nbsp;– engages in dialogues with his dog Roland ''(both pictured)''{{-?}} * ... that '''[[Old Bazaar, Prilep|Prilep's Old Bazaar]]''' contains a [[List of leaning towers|leaning clock tower]]? * ... that in 1945 the [[United States Army|US Army]] confiscated the Hotel Rose in [[Wiesbaden]], which is now the '''[[Hessische Staatskanzlei|Hessian State Chancellery]]'''? * ... that the opera '''''[[Omar (opera)|Omar]]''''', about the Muslim scholar [[Omar ibn Said]], had its world premiere in a theater located less than a mile from the site where he was sold as a slave? * ... that '''''[[Panzer Dragoon II Zwei|Panzer Dragoon&nbsp;II Zwei]]''''' features a villain inspired by ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]''{{'s}} Baron Harkonnen, visuals inspired by the work of [[Jean Giraud]], and a [[fictional language]]? * ... that '''[[Andrew Klemencic]]''' said "I don't think that I blockaded the streets nearly as bad as [[the Salvation Army]]" after Hawaii police fined him for speaking on a street corner in 1900? * ... that the '''[[Monument to the Victims of the Holocaust (Madrid)|Monument to the Victims of the Holocaust]]''' in [[Madrid]] was the first [[List of Holocaust memorials and museums|Holocaust memorial]] in Spain when it opened in 2007? * ... that football [[linebacker]] '''[[Roger Bonk]]''' was nicknamed "the Boinker"? ===6 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 6 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Lithophanie - Tischlampe, Porzellan, Vista Alegre, D2196.jpg|caption=Lamp with backlit lithophanes}} * ... that porcelain '''[[lithophane]]s''' ''(examples pictured)'' are intended to be viewed when lit from behind? * ... that when '''[[Nestor Binabo]]'''{{`s}} wife was freed by her kidnappers, she was given a bag of fish and told to make her husband [[peppersoup]]? * ... that the '''[[Poison Book Project]]''' has identified more than 100 books that contain [[arsenic]]? * ... that for '''''[[Live at Bush Hall]]''''' the band [[Black Country, New Road]] created three distinct backstories for its performances, including one about a pizza chef who comes across a [[poltergeist]]? * ... that the children of [[papercutting]] artist '''[[Claire von Greyerz]]''' received some of their education together with [[Napoleon III]]? * ... that originally, residents of New York City's '''[[the Ansonia|Ansonia Hotel]]''' received fresh eggs from a farm on its roof? * ... that '''[[Bloody Mary (song)|a Lady Gaga song]]''' became popular 11 years after its release, when videos showing [[Jenna Ortega]], as [[Wednesday Addams]], dancing to the song became viral on TikTok? * ... that knees and elbows were censored on '''''[[Manga Up!]]'''''{{-?}} ===5 April 2023=== *'''''00:08, 5 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Allegorie op de vrede Rijksmuseum SK-A-612FXD.jpg|caption=''Allegory of Peace''}} * ... that the '''''[[Allegory of Peace]]''''' ''(pictured)'' by [[Jan Lievens]] celebrates the 1648 [[Peace of Münster|Treaty of Münster]]? * ... that [[UCLA Bruins men's basketball|UCLA basketball]] player '''[[Jaylen Clark]]''' was named the [[Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award|Naismith Defensive Player of the Year]] in 2023, after also significantly improving on offense? * ... that, amongst the kidneys of the [[vertebrate]]s, only '''[[Mammalian kidney|those of mammals]]''' and birds can produce concentrated urine? * ... that '''[[Constantine (son of Theophilos)|Constantine]]''', an infant Byzantine emperor, reportedly died by drowning in a [[cistern]] after escaping the care of his nurse? * ... that '''[[KSMO-TV|a Kansas City TV station]]''' had so many children's shows to air that the station manager talked of "fit[ting] so many ten-pound turnips into a five-pound sack"? * ... that in 1952 a 19-year-old footman '''[[Knowsley Hall shootings|shot Lady Derby and three members of staff]]''' at [[Knowsley Hall]] in England? * ... that the 2023 series '''''[[Farzi]]''''' tells the story of a counterfeiting ring as well as the fakeness of people? * ... that a special case was instrumental to [[harp]]ist '''[[Stephanie Goldner|Steffy Goldner]]'''{{`s}} professional career and legacy? ===4 April 2023=== *'''''00:05, 4 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Parker House of Sea Girt, New Jersey.jpg|caption=Parker House}} * ... that after [[Sea Girt, New Jersey]], passed a law that banned live rock and disco music at the '''[[Parker House (Sea Girt, New Jersey)|Parker House]]''' ''(pictured)'', a state judge overturned the ban as being "silly"? * ... that 22-year-old singer '''[[Milena Warthon]]''' has created a new genre, ''pop andino'', by fusing [[Pop music|pop]] and [[Andean music]]? * ... that [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]'s victory in the '''[[2022 EFL Championship play-off final]]''' gained them promotion to the [[Premier League]] for the first time in 23 years? * ... that at the peak of the 2018 '''[[Tinder Fire]]''' in [[Arizona]], 695 firefighters worked to contain its spread? * ... that the [[Kipsigis people]] wrote a folk song about American singer [[Jimmie Rodgers]], whom they called "'''[[Chemirocha]]'''"? * ... that '''''[[Iyarkai]]''''' is based on the true story of a man who got lost in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and never returned? * ... that '''[[Brightwell Manor]]''' was the home of [[William Inge (priest)|a eugenicist clergyman who did not believe in democracy]]? * ... that the [[Federal Communications Commission]]'s '''[[comparative hearing]]''' criteria for awarding broadcast licenses were struck down as "arbitrary and capricious"? ===3 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 3 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Birobala Rabha.jpg|caption=Birubala Rabha}} * ... that Indian activist '''[[Birubala Rabha]]''' ''(pictured)'' has rescued more than thirty women from being [[Witch-hunts in India|persecuted as witches]] in the last decade? * ... that the '''''[[Alchymic Quartet]]''''' is a [[string quartet]] by [[Graham Waterhouse]], to be performed alongside chemical experiments of [[Andrew Szydlo]], his former teacher at [[Highgate School]]? * ... that during the '''[[1913 El Paso smelters' strike]]''' the [[Industrial Workers of the World]] and the [[Western Federation of Miners]] competed to organize the strikers with their respective [[Trade union|labor unions]]? * ... that '''[[Lewes Road, Brighton|Lewes Road]]''' in Brighton has a [[Roundabout#Gyratory system|gyratory]] named after a pornographic cinema? * ... that the 1919 suite of '''''[[The Firebird]]''''' contained "more than three hundred errors"? * ... that British outrage at the sentencing of a white Kenyan settler to just two years' imprisonment for the '''[[Jasper Abraham murder case|1923 killing of a black employee]]''' eventually led to the replacement of the colony's legal code? * ... that '''[[Avi Kwa Ame National Monument]]''', protected as a [[National monument (United States)|national monument]] since March&nbsp;21, 2023, is a significant habitat of [[Yucca brevifolia|Joshua trees]] and threatened [[desert tortoise]]s? * ... that the game designer of the video game ''[[Hades (video game)|Hades]]'' said that the characters were attractive "because '''[[Jen Zee]]'''"? ===2 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 2 April 2023 (UTC)''''' <div class="dyk-img" style="float: right; margin-left: 0.5em; transform: rotate(180deg);"> {{main page image/DYK|image=New York City I.jpg|caption=''New York City&nbsp;I'' (1941), upside down}} </div> * ... that after '''[[New York City (painting)|one of Piet Mondrian's paintings]]''' ''(shown)'' was discovered to have been hanging upside down for decades, the museum left it as is? * ... that '''[[Charles III, Count of Alençon|Charles III]]''' abdicated to become a monk, leaving his land divided between his younger brothers? * ... that '''[[Harold H. Piffard|an artist]]''' tried to fly on a ''Hummingbird''{{-?}} * ... that the '''[[Loophonium]]''', a cross between a [[euphonium]] and a toilet, was played alongside the [[Royal Liverpool Philharmonic]] on [[April Fools' Day]]? * ... that '''[[Edith of Wilton]]''' was criticized for not working after her death? * ... that '''[[Twelves]]''', a [[pet monkey]], died and [[Synthetic diamond|became a diamond]]? * ... that {{"-}}'''[[Spiders Georg|'average person eats 3 spiders a year' factoid actualy just statistical error]]'''"? * ... that '''[[Rabbit Keen|a rabbit]]''' played for the [[Philadelphia Eagles]]&nbsp;– as there's '''[[a drive into deep left field by Castellanos]]''', that will be a home run. And so that will make it a {{nowrap|4–0}} ballgame? ===1 April 2023=== *'''''00:00, 1 April 2023 (UTC)''''' {{main page image/DYK|image=Fujita and Sirota.JPG|caption=Fujita (standing) with Sirota}} * ... that pianist '''[[Fujita Haruko]]''', one of the first 19 female students enrolled at the [[University of Tokyo]], was taught by '''[[Leo Sirota]]''', who was once called the "god of piano" ''(both pictured)''{{-?}} * ... that the Optimizer by '''[[Capex Corporation]]''' brought memory and runtime savings to [[COBOL]] programs running on [[IBM mainframe]]s? * ... that as part of its strategy of political renovation, [[Plan Progress for Bolivia – National Convergence|National Convergence]] nominated '''[[Farides Vaca|a librarian]]''' to contest one of Bolivia's most competitive legislative districts? * ... that the title of the [[livestreaming]] concert '''[[Freedom (concert)|Freedom]]''' came from [[Regine Velasquez]]'s desire to have freedom of singing anything she wants? * ... that in the 2022 film ''[[Saint Omer (film)|Saint Omer]]'', '''[[Guslagie Malanda]]''' plays a character based on convicted murderer '''[[Fabienne Kabou]]''', while '''[[Kayije Kagame]]''' plays a stand-in for director '''[[Alice Diop]]'''? * ... that the site of '''[[Mount Bibele]]''' is home to a [[necropolis]] with 171 tombs? * ... that '''[[Ruth Scott Miller]]''', the first female music critic for the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', said she was hired to "write for the masses and not for 'four or five thousand freak music lovers{{'"}}? * ... that not all '''[[military rations]]''' are food? {{Main Page topics|state=collapsed}} 4dvczdc8gi4odq1o48y6hceirmx0jtu