Template:Did you know
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Did you know mentions and links to new articles or articles expanded by a factor of five within the last seven days. To propose a new fact for this template, make a suggestion on the talk page.
To report an error, see Main Page errors.
Admins:
- Before updating please protect the featured image.
- After updating please purge the cache of the Main Page so that the updated version appears.
Next update
 | Earliest time for next DYK update: Monday, 8 July 2019 00:00 (UTC)
Current time: Sunday, 2 February 2025 11:01 (UTC) Last updated: 5 years ago. (verify⧼dot-separator⧽ reset⧼dot-separator⧽ purge) |
Hooks
Cycloseris distorta
- ... that the free-living, solitary coral Cycloseris distorta (pictured) can subdivide its stony skeleton and form two new individuals?
- ... that when Joseph Wood was appointed as head master of Harrow School, he was by far the oldest to be appointed since the retirement of Thomas Thackeray in 1760?
- ... that composers Alexander Borodin, Mikhail Glinka, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky are all buried in the Tikhvin Cemetery?
- ... that the Touristic Eastern Express makes two-hour-long stops between Ankara and Kars to allow passengers to visit historic and natural attractions?
- ... that the German soprano Melanie Diener began her stage career in Mozart roles in 1996, and appeared as Isolde with the Canadian Opera Company and the Opéra national du Rhin in 2013?
- ... that after discontinuing normal programming, KPPC radio signed on once a week for six months to fulfill a contract to broadcast church services?
- ... that Qian Ji helped design China's first satellite and was the lead designer for its first three-in-one satellite launch?
- ... that the Mueller probe was born in a crossfire hurricane?