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  • ... that Kingsif is a regular contributor at DYK with prep-building experience?
  • ... that Kingsif wrote over 50 DYKs before anyone noticed?
  • ... that Kingsif's first DYK hook received an image slot?
  • ... that Kingsif has written DYKs about a bottomless pit and invisible aircraft?

DYKs

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... that the 31 acoustic panels (pictured) on the ceiling of the Central University of Venezuela's Aula Magna auditorium were originally meant to be an art installation in the outside corridor? (25 September 2018)

... that Venezuelan political activist Rafaela Requesens was a flamenco dancer for fifteen years from the age of six? (15 October 2018)

... that Ana María Campos, who died 190 years ago today, is celebrated (monument pictured) as a heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence? (17 October 2018)

... that the death of Venezuelan politician Fernando Albán Salazar led to protests in Caracas, and calls for investigations by the European Union and the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner? (15 December 2018)

... that Venezuelan director Román Chalbaud became interested in camera angles after playing an angel in a Nativity play and seeing the stage and the audience from on high? (24 December 2018)

... that the production of the film El Caracazo required a military security presence for the filming of scenes of riot and massacre in the centre of the Venezuelan capital of Caracas? (17 January 2019)

... that Román Chalbaud's 1977 film El Pez que Fuma was inspired by stories from prostitutes at a brothel he used to frequent? (20 January 2019)

... that Swedish logging sportsman Ferry Svan accidentally severed a tendon in his leg with an axe only weeks before the 2018 Timbersports Champions Trophy, but still competed and set a national record? (21 January 2019)

... that for nearly 100 years, people thought Manuel Trujillo Durán introduced cinema to Venezuela, though he was just a film technician at the time? (11 February 2019)

... that Venezuelan journalist Luz Mely Reyes was one of the "Guardians" spotlighted for the 2018 Time Person of the Year? (17 March 2019)

... that Venezuelan politician Miguel Pizarro was expelled from high school for starting protests against military education? (25 April 2019)

... that Venezuela's economy still has not recovered from Black Friday in 1983? (26 April 2019)

... that former astrophysicist Alejandra Melfo now works on preserving microbial life from Venezuela's rapidly receding last glacier? (28 April 2019)

... that a pink Molly Goddard dress worn in the Killing Eve episode "I'll Deal with Him Later" inspired a trend of pink dresses worn to the 91st Academy Awards? (26 May 2019)

... that the Killing Eve episode "Don't I Know You?" was generally praised for including diverse LGBT+ characters, but also criticised for how one was killed? (4 June 2019)

... that the Creole Petroleum Corporation's 1956 propaganda film Assignment: Venezuela sought to convince American oil workers that the anti-capitalist military dictatorship had embraced the American way of life? (6 August 2019)

... that Perla Farías has created telenovelas, such as Juana la virgen and La Reina del Sur, which avoid classic stereotypes? (20 August 2019)

... that there has been a boom in LGBT+ cinema produced in Latin America, in contrast to its traditionally religious and machismo culture? (27 August 2019)

... that Venezuelan director Patricia Ortega (pictured) has drawn strength from her film Being Impossible during both personal and political upheavals? (8 September 2019)

... that despite its title, the Venezuelan film Muchachos bañándose en la laguna de Maracaibo ('Kids bathing at the lagoon of Maracaibo') also features street shots of the city of Maracaibo? (25 September 2019)

... that the Colombian television series Bolívar used 6,000 extras? (13 October 2019)

... that subjects of Venezuelan films of the 1890s include a dentist pulling teeth in a hotel and a man getting into a brawl with a stagecoach driver? (13 November 2019)

... that the Mexican Netflix series The House of Flowers has been compared to such disparate films as Sharknado and the Oscar-winning All About My Mother? (26 December 2019)

... that the Baralt Theatre (pictured) in Maracaibo, the location of Venezuela's first film screenings, now hosts the country's short-film festival? (3 January 2020)

... that although he was a renowned writer, Miquel Bauçà was so reclusive that his body was not discovered until the year after he died? (3 January 2020)

... that Sangrador, Venezuela's submission for the 2003 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, had only 31 box-office attendances in the country that year? (16 January 2020)

... that the first episode of Welcome to the Family was Catalan network TV3's most watched premiere in over a decade? (16 January 2020)

... that Antares Point, the part of Route 66 that runs through Antares, Arizona, is the longest continuous curve on any U.S. highway? (18 January 2020)

... that actress Georgina Amorós has worked in three languages: Catalan, Spanish, and English? (22 January 2020)

... that Infection, the first Venezuelan zombie film, has been banned in the country despite horror being a popular genre there? (23 January 2020)

... that the degradation of a mural (pictured) by Francisco Narváez in the University City of Caracas led to the formation of a group dedicated to preserving his works there? (24 January 2020)

... that marketing for the Venezuelan film That's the Woman I Want told prospective viewers it was so funny they would forget about foot-and-mouth disease? (1 February 2020)

... that Carlos Vives once invited Paraguayan violinist Ana Lucrecia Taglioretti to play with him on stage after she tried to sneak into his concert without a ticket? (15 February 2020)

... that British screenwriter Gaby Chiappe has worked with the Rape Crisis centre in Leeds to develop a storyline about rape? (25 February 2020)

... that Mary Helen Johnston (pictured) was awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal before being selected as an astronaut, but has never gone into space? (11 March 2020)

... that Edgar Wright, director of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, thinks that the film is different from other comedies because it has "a lot of funny women in it"? (24 March 2020)

... that due to its similarity to the coronavirus pandemic, Warner Bros.' second most successful film of 2020 so far is 2011's Contagion? (27 March 2020)

... that Mary Taylor Brush filed a 1917 patent (drawing shown) for a design to make aircraft "practically invisible when in the air"? (28 March 2020)

... that Maria Josep Colomer i Luque (pictured) became Catalonia's first female pilot at 17 years old, and had flown thousands of Republicans out of Francoist Spain by the end of the Spanish Civil War? (31 March 2020)

... that Juan Guaidó, president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, tried to climb over a fence to vote in the 2020 committee elections after being blocked from entering the building? (11 April 2020)

... that Venezuelan film editor and director Alfredo Hueck became interested in film after learning how to set up his family's Betamax player? (20 April 2020)

... that Kathleen Pelham Burn, Countess of Drogheda, was nicknamed "The Flying Countess" because of her involvement with early aviation? (21 April 2020)

... that actor Erik Knudsen worked with Kevin Drew from Broken Social Scene, his favorite band, in a fictional band based on them for the soundtrack of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World? (23 April 2020)

... that actress Cecilia Suárez first met director Manolo Caro when he was 14, and would later go on to star in almost all of his films? (2 May 2020)

... that Renate Brümmer (pictured) and Heike Walpot were the only two women originally selected for the German astronaut team, but neither has gone to space? (4 May 2020)

... that Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma was nicknamed the "Red Princess" because of her socialist activism? (14 May 2020)

... that Jean Arp designed the wavy form of the Berger des Nuages sculpture to simulate nature and express opposition to the machines that caused wars? (15 May 2020)

... that Venezuela won its first Olympic medal in 1952 with triple jumper Asnoldo Devonish, who competed while injured? (28 May 2020)

... that production on the first season of The House of Flowers was shut down twice—after an earthquake injured one of the leads, and when a store objected to homosexual content being filmed there? (7 June 2020)

... that Ken Nightingall, an uncredited boom operator on Star Wars, was not mentioned in the citation for his sound team's Academy Award, but was still invited to Buckingham Palace with the winners? (7 June 2020)

... that a version of Alexander Calder's hanging mobile Snow Flurry sold for more than $10 million in 2012? (10 June 2020)

... that legislation for a Hong Kong national security law was attempted during both the SARS and COVID-19 epidemics? (13 June 2020)

... that a well-preserved ghost town lies intact at the bottom of an Arizona lake? (16 June 2020)

... that Danielle Lessovitz found respite in New York's ball culture after her father's suicide, later setting her first feature film, Port Authority, within it? (25 June 2020)

... that film producer Sue Bruce-Smith was credited with the success of Oscar-winning films including 12 Years a Slave, The Favourite, Room, and Slumdog Millionaire? (2 July 2020)

... that the languorous voice of television character Paulina de la Mora is seen as a socioeconomic commentary on the Mexican stereotype of high-class young women? (14 July 2020)

... that although it depicts an indigenous goddess, the statue María Lionza is deliberately located in the middle of a highway? (15 July 2020)

... that Operation Gideon, an attempt to infiltrate Venezuela by sea and remove Nicolás Maduro from office, was stopped before it got further than the beach? (18 July 2020)

... that critics called for a boycott of transgender filmmaker Rhys Ernst's film Adam for perceived transphobia? (27 July 2020)

... that a short film made by Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann at university was screened at both the Telluride Film Festival and South by Southwest? (9 August 2020)

... that the Spanish city of Algeciras took down a statue of a medieval Islamic Spanish ruler for restoration in 2013 and has yet to put it back? (1 September 2020)

... that in both his 2010 film roles, Kjartan Hewitt's characters notably attend a Broken Social Scene concert? (4 September 2020)

... that a flag pole named a city? (22 September 2020)

... that Rachel Sennott stars in two 2020 queer Jewish films about funerals, but is neither queer nor Jewish? (12 December 2020)

... that there has been a bottomless pit in East Flagstaff, Arizona, for more than 100 years? (1 April 2021)

... that Chadwick Boseman (pictured) was the seventh actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination? (25 April 2021)

... that for the construction of the Mediterranean-style Jesús Soto Museum of Modern Art (pictured), architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva brought builders from Spain to Venezuela? (18 May 2021)

... that some of the Science Museum Group's collection have Never Been Seen? (18 May 2021)

... that as a child, future script supervisor Pamela Mann-Francis went to the cinema multiple times a week, even during Second World War air raids? (27 May 2021)

... that the 2017 film Suburbicon was inspired by Daisy Myers's family, who faced racially charged harassment and violence in all-white Levittown, Pennsylvania? (29 May 2021)

... that Gertrude Michelson sat on the board of trustees of Columbia University before it began admitting female students? (31 May 2021)

... that Robert J. Ulrich was asked to cast Glee because of his musical background? (3 June 2021)

... that actress Rebecca Dayan developed a love for acting while being raised in a hotel? (12 June 2021)

... that Kata Wéber moved to Berlin to write the play that would become Pieces of a Woman to avoid her husband, who had encouraged her to write it after finding her personal notes? (30 June 2021)

... that Aya Mpali, a flagbearer for Gabon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, was motivated to take up swimming competitively after her parents drowned? (30 July 2021)

... that Yulimar Rojas is good at jumping, but her sister Yerilda Zapata is good at throwing? (19 August 2021)

... that Julio Mayora was most happy about winning his silver medal for Venezuela at the 2020 Summer Olympics because it meant the government might give his mother a house? (18 September 2021)

... that David Whiting was nicknamed "Golden Boy" by Henry Grunwald, "Preppy" by Candice Bergen, and "Whiz Kid" by Sarah Miles? (10 December 2021)

... that besides their usual pop fare, the Glee cast sang hymns in traditional arrangements on Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album? (24 December 2021)

... that the Florida beach festival Surfing Santas, held regularly on Christmas Eve, was inspired by a Honda commercial? (24 December 2021)

... that the origin of Christmas is uncertain? (7 January 2022)

... that although Ovad Efrat was a commando in the Israel Defense Forces, his son Daniel Efrat was rejected after conscription? (17 February 2022)

... that Avraham Tamir was the first Israeli official to hold talks with the Palestine Liberation Organization leadership? (22 February 2022)

... that Dianna Agron auditioned for Glee using a high voice because she interpreted her character as a perfectionist who would not want a deep voice, something for which Agron had been teased at school? (12 March 2022)

... that Cane Beds replaced Virgin Bottoms? (16 March 2022)

... that Agron House was one of the first Israeli cinemas to show films on the Sabbath? (5 April 2022)

... that Shiva Baby was one of the most-awarded films not to receive an Oscar nomination in 2022? (20 April 2022)

... that Craig Braun's Grammy-nominated album packaging for School's Out had to be recalled for including underwear that constituted a fire hazard? (23 May 2022)

... that a giant breast destroying a spaceship Mark Zuckerberg in the music video for "Ay mamá" is a criticism of Meta's censorship of female nipples? (28 May 2022)

... that the adapted TV series Ten Percent was criticised as being too faithful to the original? (3 June 2022)

... that Tzedi Tzarfati directed a production of Annie decades after becoming enamored with its song "Tomorrow"? (5 June 2022)

... that the 47 in the marijuana strain AK-47 may refer to the number of days between its planting and harvest? (15 June 2022)

... that years after he played a recurring character on Glee during its first season, Dijon Talton reprised his role as Matt Rutherford in the final two episodes? (27 July 2022)

... that though Haiti did not compete at the 1936 Summer Olympics, its presence there made Liechtenstein change its flag? (15 September 2022)

... that, in 2018, Tara Jones both captained a women's Super League team and was the first female match official in the men's Super League? (1 November 2022)

... that Carol Wilson had to pretend that she was a schoolteacher when unofficially representing England at the 1971 Women's World Cup? (6 November 2022)

... that the Dutch campaign OneLove (logo pictured) inspired football captains to wear rainbow armbands at the 2020 and 2022 European Championships? (18 December 2022)

... that in local Afro-Colombian and Catholic tradition, residents of Guapi sing and dance while sailing the Virgin Mary down their coconut-candlelit river to church every Christmas Eve? (24 December 2022)

... that after amputating the same limb six years earlier, Elizabeth Mary Wells fitted a girl with a prosthetic arm for Christmas? (25 December 2022)

... that critics were confused by Justin Bieber's version of "Drummer Boy", in which he raps about himself and consumer products, which was seen to bastardize the original sentiment? (25 December 2022)

... that Starbucks raised money for HIV/AIDS research using their red holiday cups? (25 December 2022)

... that the attendance record for a women's club football game that was set on Boxing Day 1920 would not be exceeded for 99 years? (27 December 2022)

... that after leaving his job promoting Qatar ahead of the 2022 World Cup, Marc Bennett alleged he was tortured before being found hanged in his hotel room? (5 January 2023)

... that Josiane Lima won Brazil's first Paralympic rowing medal? (10 March 2023)

... that street artist TVBoy, known for his murals of footballers in Barcelona (example pictured), painted uplifting art in regions of Kyiv ahead of the one-year anniversary of the 2022 Russian invasion? (13 April 2023)

... 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 an anime adaptation of the source material? (29 April 2023)

... that Belén Barenys and Berta Prieto's short film was picked up by Filmin after they suggested the idea on Instagram? (6 June 2023)

... that Antoni Gaudí wanted a tile design (pictured) for one building that was so complex that the main panot manufacturers were too slow in production, and the tiles were only used in a later building? (16 June 2023)

... that María Pérez was signed to FC Barcelona Femení's B team in 2020 but started for the first team by the end of the season? (2 July 2023)

... that when TVBoy's daughter said she wanted to be a footballer like Alexia Putellas, he painted a mural of Alexia as a superhero to inspire other girls? (21 July 2023)

... that Carol Thomas began her football career at the age of 11, while the sport was still banned for women? (22 July 2023)

... that Michaela Foster, a New Zealand footballer playing in the 2023 World Cup, is known for her mana? (23 July 2023)

... that New Zealand footballer Grace Wisnewski's bottom-ranked team upset the defending league champions when she scored what an A-League statistician called an "acrobatic" 99th-minute equalising goal? (28 July 2023)

... that a minute's silence was incorporated into the opening ceremony of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup after a deadly shooting in a host city earlier that day? (29 July 2023)

... that Heba Saadia, the first Palestinian referee at a World Cup, only took up the profession when she noticed there were no women among a group of referees she saw training? (30 July 2023)

... that Catalina Estrada (pictured) and two of her thirteen siblings played as forwards on the same men's football team? (1 August 2023)

... that New Zealand footballer Milly Clegg was called "an absolute unicorn" after appearing at three FIFA World Cups in under twelve months? (4 August 2023)

... that footballer Kameron Simmonds, who plays for Jamaica, only took up the sport after a gymnastics injury? (18 August 2023)

... that goalkeeper Daniela Solera had the most touches of any Costa Rican player in their opening match of the 2023 World Cup, saving all but two of Spain's 46 shots? (30 August 2023)

... that footballer Sara Mérida played for Espanyol Femení, was a physiotherapist for the club, and ultimately helped coach her former team to promotion in 2022? (17 October 2023)

... that Martina Fernández plays football for Barcelona and studies part-time at a biomedical laboratory? (4 February 2024)

... that the video game mode Ultimate Team has been criticized for its reliance on loot box packs, considered to be a controversial form of gambling? (26 March 2024)

... that footballer Keira Walsh first captained England in 2018, when she was the youngest player in the squad? (28 March 2024)

... that Barcelona Femení were unbeaten in their first season in 1971 when their captain announced that she would leave football? (11 April 2024)

... that footballer Wyll Stanway was a National Counties cricketer and a football centre-back before becoming a goalkeeper? (11 April 2024)

... that horses were responsible for delaying the deciding match of the Barcelona women's football team's 1973 winning season? (15 April 2024)

... that Vicky López (pictured) took up horse riding during a six-month period when she was not allowed to play football? (25 April 2024)

... that wealth generated by tourism in Barcelona is claimed to be a reason for increased social inequality, causing activists to protest against overtourism? (11 August 2024)

... that though Donatello was a Bardi, he was not a Bardi? (25 August 2024)

... that in 1989 the Barcelona women's second football team was knocked out of the Catalan Cup in the same round as the Barcelona women's first team? (5 October 2024)

... that cyclist Daniela Larreal competed in five Olympic games for a country that later exiled her? (12 October 2024)

... that despite being Barcelona's starting goalkeeper for 1972, Núria Llansà (pictured) played one match as right-back? (10 November 2024)


Reviews

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(or at least most)

Article reviewed Date Result QPQ
Boelcke's barracks 19 September 2018 checkY (Rafaela Requesens) X
Stag Hill, University of Surrey 25 October 2018 checkY Fernando Albán Salazar
Yum Balam 15 December 2018 checkY Manuel Trujillo Durán
Peter Morris (baseball) 15 December 2018 checkY El Pez que Fuma
St. Lawrence Island famine 17 December 2018 checkY El Caracazo (film)
Eight Li brothers 17 December 2018 checkY Cinema of Venezuela
The Common Wind 17 December 2018 checkY Román Chalbaud
Earl Heikka 17 December 2018 checkY Ferry Svan
R. Hari Kumar 17 December 2018 checkY Miguel Pizarro
Motivation crowding theory 17 December 2018 checkY Luz Mely Reyes
Joseph Jagger 17 December 2018 checkY X
Charlie McGeever 17 December 2018 checkY
Peng Shilu 17 December 2018 checkY
Tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite 17 December 2018 checkY
Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen 17 December 2018 checkY Alejandra Melfo
Webbed foot 17 December 2018 checkY Viernes Negro
Adoration of the Shepherds (Cariani) 17 December 2018 checkY
Mary Jobe Akeley 20 January 2019 checkY I'll Deal With Him Later
Fabiana Rosales 3 April 2019 checkY Patricia Ortega
Bara (genre) 10 April 2019 checkY Don't I Know You?
Der geteilte Himmel 11 April 2019 checkY Perla Farías
Gilberto García Mena 11 April 2019 checkY Assignment: Venezuela
Die sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz 11 April 2019 checkY Being Impossible
My Song Is Love Unknown 11 April 2019 checkY
Disappearance of Brittanee Drexel 20 April 2019 checkY LGBT cinema in Latin America
Muchachos bañandose en la laguna de Maracaibo
Jakub Różalski 20 April 2019 checkY Venezuelan cinema in the 1890s
Emma Ghent Curtis 20 April 2019 checkY Bolívar (TV series)
Ruth-Margret Pütz 20 April 2019 checkY The House of Flowers (TV series)
LGBT history in Poland 20 April 2019 ☒N Antares, Arizona
Irische Legende 25 June 2019 checkY Baralt Theatre
Sangrador
Facebook Portal 23 June 2019 checkY Miquel Bauçà
Cozzi porcelain 23 June 2019 checkY Welcome to the Family (2018 TV series)
Empress Elisabeth Bridge 8 September 2019 checkY
Samsung Galaxy A70 8 September 2019 checkY Infection (2019 film)
Colleen Barrett 27 November 2019 checkY Georgina Amorós
I-17 Mystery Christmas tree 16 December 2019 checkY Art of Francisco Narváez in University City of Caracas
Kate Griffiths 16 December 2019 checkY 2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election
Du Ruiqing 16 December 2019 checkY That's the Woman I Want
Semisimple representation 26 December 2019 checkY Ana Lucrecia Taglioretti
Ronald Grossarth-Maticek 21 December 2019 checkY Alfredo Hueck
Gott, der du warst und bist und bleibst 21 December 2019 checkY Gaby Chiappe
Lotus throne 21 December 2019 checkY Mary Helen Johnston
List of Chris Evans performances 21 December 2019 checkY Maria Josep Colomer i Luque
Thomas I. Gasson 21 December 2019 checkY Kathleen Pelham Burn
Ashnikko 21 December 2019 checkY Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Battle of Mulroy 22 December 2019 checkY Mary Taylor Brush
Diversity ideologies 22 December 2019 checkY Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (soundtrack)
Fountain of the Canals of the Pear Tree 22 December 2019 checkY Renate Brümmer
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalyani 22 December 2019 checkY Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibinagar 22 December 2019 checkY
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar 22 December 2019 checkY
Independent Network Charismatic Christianity 22 December 2019 checkY History of Flagstaff, Arizona
Tochter Zion, freue dich 22 December 2019 checkY Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak on cinema
Cypress Creek Middle High School 22 December 2019 checkY Rio de Flag
Charles H. Mahoney 22 December 2019 checkY Berger des Nuages
Kaschlan 22 December 2019 checkY Venezuela at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Social class differences in food consumption 22 December 2019 ☒N Snow Flurry (design)
Laura Aikin 22 December 2019 checkY Cecilia Suárez
WYCB 22 December 2019 checkY Macuto Bay raid
WFAB (Miami) 22 December 2019 checkY María Lionza (statue)
Figuralchor Frankfurt 22 December 2019 checkY Ken Nightingall
Totzeret HaAretz Towers 22 December 2019 checkY The House of Flowers (season 1)
The Idea of Pakistan 22 December 2019 checkY Paulina de la Mora
Jutta Hering-Winckler 22 December 2019 checkY Hong Kong national security law
Kim A. Wagner 22 December 2019 checkY Alamo Crossing, Arizona
Khabzela 22 December 2019 checkY Danielle Lessovitz
Fleet Street (album) 22 December 2019 checkY Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann
Raymond Wolansky 22 December 2019 checkY Rhys Ernst
Charlotte whale 22 December 2019 checkY Sue Bruce-Smith
Six13 22 December 2019 checkY Kjartan Hewitt
A Rubber Band Christmas 24 December 2019 checkY History of Flagstaff, Arizona 2
Wellacre Academy 4 January 2020 checkY Rachel Sennott
Cassington Canal 8 January 2020 checkY Evermore (Taylor Swift album)
Mayerlin Rivas 3 March 2020 checkY Chadwick Boseman
Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World 2 18 March 2020 checkY Pamela Mann-Francis
Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the restaurant industry in the United States 24 March 2020 checkY Robert J. Ulrich (casting director)
San Michele Arcangelo ai Corridori di Borgo 16 April 2020 checkY Jesús Soto Museum of Modern Art
HP Slate 21 16 April 2020 checkY Never Been Seen
Open Secrets: India's Intelligence Unveiled 16 April 2020 checkY Gertrude Michelson
Chuck Wilson (USAF U-2 pilot) 16 April 2020 checkY Rebecca Dayan
500 Queer Scientists 16 April 2020 checkY Pieces of a Woman
Archie, Marry Me 16 April 2020 checkY Kata Wéber
KTLV 16 April 2020 checkY Aya Girard de Langlade Mpali
GirlsDoPorn 16 April 2020 checkY Yerilda Zapata
V.M.M. Nair 16 April 2020 ☒N Venezuela at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Ecem Güzel 16 April 2020 checkY David Whiting
Jamal Farhan 16 April 2020 checkY Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album
Hellmut Stern 16 April 2020 checkY Surfing Santas
Pasquinade 16 April 2020 checkY Christmas (surname)
Up from the Ashes (song) 16 April 2020 checkY Avraham Tamir
Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains 18 May 2020 checkY Daniel Efrat
Zoltán Peskó 25 May 2020 checkY
Doktor Johannes Faust 26 May 2020 checkY
Andy O'Brien (journalist) 3 June 2020 checkY Dianna Agron
1970 United States Senate election in New York 19 June 2020 checkY Cane Beds, Arizona
Connie Carberg 1 July 2020 checkY Agron House
Organ donation in India 23 June 2020 checkY AK-47 (cannabis)
Zamia pygmaea 23 June 2020 ☒N List of accolades received by Shiva Baby
Mongol campaign against the Nizaris 23 June 2020 checkY Craig Braun
Burchell Whiteman 23 June 2020 ☒N Ten Percent (TV series)
Hebraization of Palestinian place names 23 June 2020 checkY Tzedi Tzarfati
Hope Runs High 23 June 2020 checkY Ay mamá
Edward J. O’Donnell (military) 7 July 2020 checkY Dijon Talton
Jyotigram Yojana 19 July 2020 checkY Haiti at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Statue of Hans Christian Heg 9 August 2020 checkY Tara Jones
McGuinn, Clark & Hillman 21 August 2020 checkY Carol Wilson (footballer)
Fort Trump 23 August 2020 checkY OneLove
Kumbharia Jain Temples 14 September 2020 checkY Starbucks Red Cup
2020 United States Supreme Court vacancy 6 October 2020 checkY Dick, Kerr Ladies 4–0 St Helens Ladies
City Investing Building 19 October 2020 checkY Death of Marc Bennett
Ann Bedsole 27 October 2020 checkY Guapi, Cauca
Joseph Stephen Paduano 28 October 2020 checkY Elizabeth Mary Wells
Kirsten Boie 7 November 2020 checkY Drummer Boy (Justin Bieber song)
L'An 2440, rêve s'il en fut jamais 9 November 2020 checkY Josiane Lima
Norma Shearer filmography 11 November 2020 checkY TVBoy
Sanders-Trump voters 11 November 2020 checkY Scott Pilgrim The Anime
Jane Withers 11 November 2020 checkY Belén Barenys
Reuven Fahn 23 November 2020 checkY María Pérez Rabaza
Four Seasons Total Landscaping press conference 24 November 2020 checkY Panot
Three Warfares 27 November 2020 ☒N X (Carol Thomas)
Piotr Potworowski 27 November 2020 checkY
Air pollution in Turkey 1 December 2020 checkY Super Alexia
Sandister Tei 6 December 2020 checkY Michaela Foster
Cistercian numerals 15 December 2020 checkY
Erfreue dich, Himmel, erfreue dich, Erde 16 December 2020 checkY Catalina Estrada
Jacob Marley 17 December 2020 checkY Carol Thomas
They Live on The Land 19 December 2020 checkY
Meenakshi Pahuja 20 December 2020 checkY 2023 Auckland shooting
Paper Mario: The Origami King 22 December 2020 checkY Grace Wisnewski
Violet Crowther 24 December 2020 checkY Heba Saadia
Geotechnical applications of Lidar 28 December 2020 checkY Daniela Solera
Herman Asaribab 7 January 2021 checkY
Ümit Şamiloğlu 12 January 2021 checkY Milly Clegg
SS John V. Moran 17 January 2021 checkY
Smell training 20 April 2021 checkY
Katherine, Lady Berkeley 26 April 2021 checkY
Five Pianos 26 April 2021 checkY
Sarah Zettel 26 April 2021 checkY
1928 Austin city plan 26 April 2021 checkY
Alec Sutherland 30 April 2021 checkY
Karl Schuke 1 May 2021 checkY Nike Phantom Luna
A Boy with a Flying Squirrel 3 May 2021 checkY
Rashid Mahdi 10 May 2021 checkY
Stephanie Longfellow 10 May 2021 checkY
Kosrae State Museum 16 May 2021 checkY Kameron Simmonds
Halston (film) 19 May 2021 ☒N Sara Mérida
Uyanış: Büyük Selçuklu 19 May 2021 ☒N Martina Fernández (footballer)
Sonic deception 19 May 2021 checkY Martina Fernández (footballer)
A Tale of Magic... 21 May 2021 checkY Ultimate Team
English Building 21 May 2021 checkY Wyll Stanway
Sasaki Tōichi 10 June 2021 checkY Keira Walsh
Julie Wera 28 July 2021 checkY 1971 P.F. Barcelona season
Abul Kalam Qasmi 4 August 2021 checkY
Ni Yulan 11 August 2021 checkY
Wolf Matthias Friedrich 11 August 2021 ☒N
Death of Orville Blackwood 15 August 2021 checkY
Maw Htun Aung 29 December 2021 checkY 1973 P.F. Barcelona season
Liverpool Women's Hospital bombing 29 December 2021 checkY Bardi (surname)
2022 Challenge Cup 29 December 2021 checkY 2024 Anti-tourism protests in Spain
Nebraska v. One 1970 2-Door Sedan Rambler (Gremlin) 14 January 2022 checkY
O'Halloran and Francis v. United Kingdom 15 February 2022 checkY 1988–89 Barcelona Atlétic femenino season
Zionism as settler colonialism 21 April 2022 checkY Daniela Larreal
Revenge buying 14 December 2022 checkY Núria Llansà
Messe de minuit pour Noël 20 December 2022 checkY
Vom Himmel hoch (Mendelssohn) 22 December 2022 checkY
Sheika Scott 18 July 2023 checkY
Lara Esponda 19 July 2023 checkY
Elene Lete 20 July 2023 checkY
M-Beat 8 March 2024 checkY 1971 P.F. Barcelona season
Tapir! 8 March 2024 checkY 1973 P.F. Barcelona season
Thomas S. Gathright 4 April 2024 checkY Vicky López
Frank Saddler 4 April 2024 ☒N Vicky López
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Viren Nettasinghe 2 21 July 2024 checkY
Viren Nettasinghe 3 21 July 2024 checkY
Viren Nettasinghe 4 21 July 2024 checkY
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Kim Ye-ji (sport shooter) 1 August 2024 checkY
Hadi Tiranvalipour 2 August 2024 checkY

Statistics

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All-time DYK page view leaders

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Lead hooks with at least 25,000 views
Article (DYK date) Image DYK views Views / hour DYK hook
Chadwick Boseman
(Apr. 25, 2021) – Oscars
48,465
70,227 - (18,963 + 24,561)/2 = 48,465
4,038.8 ... that Chadwick Boseman (pictured) was the seventh actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination?
Non-lead hooks with at least 15,000 views
Article (DYK date) DYK views Views / hour DYK hook
Rio de Flag
(Apr. 1, 2021) – April Fool's Day
20,815 1,735 ... that there has been a bottomless pit in East Flagstaff, Arizona, for more than 100 years?
Haiti at the 1936 Summer Olympics
(Sep. 15, 2022)
15,045 626.9 ... that though Haiti did not compete at the 1936 Summer Olympics, its presence there made Liechtenstein change its flag?

Monthly DYK page view leaders

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Article (DYK date) Image DYK views Views / hour DYK hook
Ana María Campos
(Oct. 17, 2018) – anniversary
12,960 540 ... that Ana María Campos, who died 190 years ago today as a result of injuries from torture, is celebrated (monument pictured) as a heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence?
Viernes Negro
(Apr. 26, 2019)
7,340 ... that Venezuela's economy still has not recovered from Black Friday in 1983?
Don't I Know You?
(Jun. 4, 2019)
5,086 212 ... that the Killing Eve episode "Don't I Know You?" was generally praised for including diverse LGBT+ characters, but also criticised for how one was killed?
Patricia Ortega
Being Impossible
(Sep. 8, 2019)
9,747
6,837 + 2,910
812.25 ... that Venezuelan director Patricia Ortega (pictured) has drawn strength from her film Being Impossible during both personal and political upheavals?
Mary Helen Johnston
(Mar. 11, 2020)
14,232 593 ... that Mary Helen Johnston (pictured) was awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal before being selected as an astronaut, but has never gone into space?
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
(Mar. 24, 2020)
8,781 366 ... that Edgar Wright, director of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, thinks that the film is different from other comedies because it has "a lot of funny women in it"?
Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on cinema
(Mar. 27, 2020)
9,303 388 ... that due to its similarity to the coronavirus pandemic, Warner Bros.' second most successful film of 2020 so far is 2011's Contagion?
Mary Taylor Brush
(Mar. 28, 2020)
13,032 543 ... that Mary Taylor Brush filed a 1917 patent (drawing shown) for a design to make aircraft "practically invisible when in the air"?
Maria Josep Colomer i Luque
(Mar. 31, 2020)
11,626 484 ... that Maria Josep Colomer i Luque (pictured) became Catalonia's first female pilot at 17 years old, and had flown thousands of Republicans out of Francoist Spain by the end of the Spanish Civil War?
Alamo Crossing, Arizona
(Jun. 16, 2020)
12,238 1019.83 ... that a well-preserved ghost town lies intact at the bottom of an Arizona lake?
María Lionza (statue)
(Jul. 15, 2020)
5,954 496.17 ... that although it depicts an indigenous goddess, the statue María Lionza is deliberately located in the middle of a highway?
Operation Gideon (2020)
(Jul. 18, 2020)
6,154 512.83 ... that Operation Gideon, an attempt to infiltrate Venezuela by sea and remove Nicolás Maduro from office, was stopped before it got further than the beach?
Statue of Almanzor, Algeciras
(Sep. 1, 2020)
6,056 505.67 ... that the Spanish city of Algeciras took down a statue of a medieval Islamic Spanish ruler for restoration in 2013 and has yet to put it back?
History of Flagstaff, Arizona
(Sep. 22, 2020)
6,802 566.83 ... that a flag pole named a city?
Rachel Sennott
(Dec. 12, 2020)
5,212 434.33 ... that Rachel Sennott stars in two 2020 queer Jewish films about funerals, but is neither queer nor Jewish?
Kata Wéber
Pieces of a Woman
(Jun. 30, 2021)
14,106
7,101 + 7,005
587.75 ... that Kata Wéber moved to Berlin to write the play that would become Pieces of a Woman to avoid her husband, who had encouraged her to write it after finding her personal notes?
David Whiting
(Dec. 10, 2021)
5,197 433.1 ... that David Whiting was nicknamed "Golden Boy" by Henry Grunwald, "Preppy" by Candice Bergen, and "Whiz Kid" by Sarah Miles?
Christmas (surname)
(Jan. 7, 2022)
6,480 540 ... that the origin of Christmas is uncertain?
Dianna Agron
(Mar. 12, 2022)
6,973 581 ... that Dianna Agron auditioned for Glee using a high voice because she interpreted her character as a perfectionist who would not want a deep voice, something for which Agron had been teased at school?
Ay mamá
(May 28, 2022)
10,350 431.3 ... that a giant breast destroying a spaceship Mark Zuckerberg in the music video for "Ay mamá" is a criticism of Meta's censorship of female nipples?
Carol Wilson (footballer)
(Nov. 6, 2022)
5,332 444.3 ... that Carol Wilson had to pretend that she was a schoolteacher when unofficially representing England at the 1971 Women's World Cup?
OneLove
(Dec. 18, 2022) – World Cup Final
10,332 430.5 ... that the Dutch campaign OneLove (logo pictured) inspired football captains to wear rainbow armbands at the 2020 and 2022 European Championships?
Drummer Boy (Justin Bieber song)
(Dec. 25, 2022) – Christmas
7,155 298.13 ... that critics were confused by Justin Bieber's version of "Drummer Boy", in which he raps about himself and consumer products, which was seen to bastardize the original sentiment?
Dick, Kerr Ladies 4–0 St Helens Ladies
(Dec. 27, 2022) – anniversary
6,977 290.71 ... that the attendance record for a women's club football game that was set on Boxing Day 1920 would not be exceeded for 99 years?
Death of Marc Bennett
(Jan. 5, 2023)
14,858 1,238.1 ... that after leaving his job promoting Qatar ahead of the 2022 World Cup, Marc Bennett alleged he was tortured before being found hanged in his hotel room?
TVBoy
(Apr. 13, 2023)
9,707 404.46 ... that street artist TVBoy, known for his murals of footballers in Barcelona (example pictured), painted uplifting art in regions of Kyiv ahead of the one-year anniversary of the 2022 Russian invasion?