Difference between revisions of "WikiRug:Recent additions"

From WikiRug
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 24: Line 24:
 
-->
 
-->
 
<!--BOTPOINTER-->  
 
<!--BOTPOINTER-->  
 +
===7 July 2019===
 +
*'''''00:00, 7 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
 +
<div style="float:right; margin-left:0.5em;" id="mp-dyk-img">
 +
{{main page image|image=Stark's Illustrated Bermuda Guide 1st edition 1884.jpg|caption=''Stark's Illustrated Bermuda Guide''|title="Stark's Illustrated Bermuda Guide" (1884)|width=120}}
 +
</div>
 +
* ... that '''[[James H. Stark]]''', author of six guidebooks to the [[British West Indies]] and [[Bermuda]] ''(pictured)'', was described as a "modern [[Richard Hakluyt|Hakluyt]]"?
 +
* ... that the dome of [[Santa Maria di Collemaggio]] collapsed in the '''[[1461 L'Aquila earthquake]]'''?
 +
* ... that '''[[Tsunekazu Ishihara]]''' was nicknamed "The King of Portable Toys" by coworkers during the development of [[Pokémon Red and Blue|''Pokémon Red'' and ''Green'']]?
 +
* ... that the repeated question "Warum?" ('Why?') from the [[Book of Job]] structures the first of '''[[Two Motets, Op. 74 (Brahms)|Two Motets, Op.&nbsp;74]]''', by [[Johannes Brahms]]?
 +
* ... that wheelchair basketball player '''[[Teisha Shadwell]]''' raised money for a custom-built chair on [[GoFundMe]]?
 +
* ... that [[HMS Imperieuse (1805)|'''HMS&nbsp;''Imperieuse''''']] once sailed under an American flag?
 +
* ... that '''[[Aziz Abu Sarah]]''', a peace activist from [[East Jerusalem]] and promoter of [[Arab–Israeli peace projects]], neither understood Hebrew nor knew any Israeli Jews until after leaving high school?
 +
* ... that an [[artificial intelligence]] wrote '''[[1 the Road|a novel]]''' in the spirit of [[Jack Kerouac]]'s ''[[On the Road]]''{{-?}}
 +
 +
===6 July 2019===
 +
*'''''00:00, 6 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
 +
<div style="float:right; margin-left:0.5em;" id="mp-dyk-img">
 +
{{main page image|image=Ali eisami.jpg|caption=Ali Eisami|width=120|border=yes}}
 +
</div>
 +
* ... that '''[[Ali Eisami]]''' ''(pictured)'', a [[Kanuri people|Kanuri]] man, dictated his [[Slave narrative|memoirs of his captivity]] to German missionary and linguist [[Sigismund Koelle]], and helped him produce a [[Kanuri language|Kanuri grammar]]?
 +
* ... that the '''[[wildlife of Nigeria]]''' includes 940 species of bird and all eight known species of West African [[mangrove]]?
 +
* ... that '''[[Stepan Pimenov]]'''{{`s}} sculptures for the [[Admiralty building, Saint Petersburg|Admiralty building]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]] were removed and destroyed by order of [[Alexander II of Russia|Emperor Alexander{{nbsp;}}II]]?
 +
* ... that [[Werner Egk]] wrote the libretto for '''''[[Irische Legende]]''''', his first opera after World {{nowrap|War II}}, based on ''[[The Countess Cathleen]]'' by W. B. Yeats?
 +
* ... that the designs on '''[[opon Ifá]]''' divination trays praise and acknowledge the work of the [[babalawo]]?
 +
* ... that the '''[[Leagues Cup]]''', an upcoming four-team soccer competition between [[Major League Soccer|MLS]] and [[Liga MX]] clubs, was panned by critics as soon as it was announced?
 +
* ... that '''[[Maria Hueber]]''' founded the first school for girls in the [[Tyrol]] region?
 +
* ... that a five-star [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] review of '''[[Facebook Portal]]''' by a writer, who claimed not to be a "big" [[Facebook]] user before buying the device, was traced to a Facebook employee?
 +
 +
===5 July 2019===
 +
*'''''00:00, 5 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
 +
<div class="dyk-img" style="float: right; margin-left: 0.5em;">
 +
{{main page image|image=Tito's Tacos' cheese, lettuce and beef tacos.jpg|caption=Order of Tito's Tacos|width=160|border=yes}}<!--See [[Template:Main page image]] for other parameters-->
 +
</div>
 +
* ... that '''[[Tito's Tacos]]''' of [[Culver City, California]], has sold the same [[Taco#Hard-shell tacos|hard-shell tacos]] ''(pictured)'' filled with shredded beef, iceberg lettuce, and grated cheddar cheese for 60 years?
 +
* ... that the '''[[Tarzan of Manisa]]''' planted thousands of trees on [[Mount Sipylus]] in [[Turkey]]?
 +
* ... that the creation of the '''[[Swedish Levant Company]]''' in 1738 was controversial because of a disagreement between several Swedish merchants and the [[Hats (party)|Hat Party]]?
 +
* ... that '''[[Eddie Gallagher (Navy SEAL)|Eddie Gallagher]]''', a [[United States Navy SEALs|Navy SEAL]] who had been accused of murder, was transferred to "less restrictive confinement" by direct presidential intervention, the first such transfer since [[William Calley]]'s in 1971?
 +
* ... that the historic French [[Trick-taking game|trick-taking card game]] of '''[[Bête|la Bête]]''' has its origins in 16th-century Spanish [[Ombre]], and was created by introducing the concept of bidding into [[Triomphe]]?
 +
* ... that '''[[Maddie Shevlin]]''' dislocated her thumb on debut in her first season of [[Australian rules football]] and missed the next ten weeks?
 +
* ... that the United States embassy in [[Nicosia]], [[Cyprus]], was bombed while '''[[Fraser Wilkins]]''' was serving as the first [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Cyprus|US ambassador to Cyprus]]?
 +
* ... that '''[[A load of old cobblers|this article]]''' is a load of old cobblers?
 +
 +
===4 July 2019===
 +
*'''''00:00, 4 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
 +
<div style="float:right; margin-left:0.5em;" id="mp-dyk-img">
 +
{{main page image|image=Cycloseris distorta.jpeg|caption=''Cycloseris distorta''|width=160}}
 +
</div>
 +
* ... that the free-living, solitary coral '''''[[Cycloseris distorta]]''''' ''(pictured)'' can subdivide its stony skeleton and form two new individuals?
 +
* ... that when '''[[Joseph Wood (schoolmaster)|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|Thomas Thackeray]]''' in 1760?
 +
* ... that composers [[Alexander Borodin]], [[Mikhail Glinka]], [[Modest Mussorgsky]], [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]] and [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] are '''[[List of burials at Tikhvin Cemetery|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 [[Tristan und Isolde|Isolde]] with the [[Canadian Opera Company]] and the [[Opéra national du Rhin]] in 2013?
 +
* ... that after discontinuing normal programming, '''[[KPPC (AM)|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 [[Special Counsel investigation (2017–2019)|Mueller probe]] was born in a '''[[Crossfire Hurricane (FBI investigation)|crossfire hurricane]]'''?
 
===3 July 2019===
 
===3 July 2019===
 
*'''''00:00, 3 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
 
*'''''00:00, 3 July 2019 (UTC)'''''

Revision as of 05:43, 7 July 2019

"WP:DYKA" redirects here. For the list of approved Did You Know nominations, see WP:DYKNA.
Shortcut
"Did you know..."
DiscussionWT:DYK
RulesWikiRug:DYK
Supplementary rulesWikiRug:DYKSG
Noms (awaiting approval)WikiRug:DYKN
Reviewing guideWikiRug:DYKR
Noms (approved)WikiRug:DYKNA
Preps & QueuesT:DYK/Q
Currently on Main Page
Main Page errorsWikiRug:ERRORS
Archive of DYKsWikiRug:DYKA
StatsWikiRug:DYKSTATS
April 1 hooksWikiRug:DYKAPRIL
April 1 talkWT:DYKAPRIL

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

2019 January February March April May June July August September October November December

Did you know...

7 July 2019

  • 00:00, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
"Stark's Illustrated Bermuda Guide" (1884)
Stark's Illustrated Bermuda Guide

6 July 2019

  • 00:00, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
Ali Eisami
Ali Eisami

5 July 2019

  • 00:00, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
Order of Tito's Tacos
Order of Tito's Tacos

4 July 2019

  • 00:00, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
Cycloseris distorta
Cycloseris distorta

3 July 2019

  • 00:00, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
America in Meissen porcelain, 1760s
America in Meissen porcelain, 1760s

2 July 2019

  • 00:00, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
A serving of poutine
A serving of poutine

1 July 2019

  • 00:00, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
Frank Borman suiting up on Apollo 8 launch day
Frank Borman on Apollo 8 launch day


Retrieved from "https://en.wikirug.org/wiki/index.php?title=WikiRug:Recent_additions&oldid=4198"