English Wikipedia "Did You Know" updates (enwpdidyouknow)
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...the cleverest fellows of the navy"? http://enwp.org/Humphrey_Fleming_Senhouse
Tuesday, 06-Apr-10 19:25:13 UTC from api -
DYK that King William IV credited Captain Humphrey Fleming Senhouse as "one of...
Tuesday, 06-Apr-10 19:25:12 UTC from api -
...BWV 172 after the final chorale? http://enwp.org/Erschallet,_ihr_Lieder,_erklinget,_ihr_Saiten!_BWV_172
Tuesday, 06-Apr-10 19:21:39 UTC from api -
DYK that Bach marked to repeat the opening chorus of cantata Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten!...
Tuesday, 06-Apr-10 19:21:38 UTC from api -
...Christ in the Desert, but rejected it? http://enwp.org/Christ_in_the_Desert
Tuesday, 06-Apr-10 19:18:05 UTC from api -
DYK that the Russian artist Ivan Kramskoi was offered professorship for his painting...
Tuesday, 06-Apr-10 19:18:04 UTC from api -
...reddishness of half a dozen ripe cherries, but also of their quantity? http://enwp.org/numerosity_adaptation_effect
Tuesday, 06-Apr-10 19:14:30 UTC from api -
DYK that the numerosity adaptation effect demonstrates that we not only have a direct and automatic visual sense of the...
Tuesday, 06-Apr-10 19:14:30 UTC from api -
...a newly nominated President's Counsel to a donkey on State television? http://enwp.org/Ran_Banda_Seneviratne
Tuesday, 06-Apr-10 19:10:57 UTC from api -
DYK that Sri Lankan lawyer and media personality Ran Banda Seneviratne was banned from talk shows after comparing...
Tuesday, 06-Apr-10 19:10:56 UTC from api -
DYK that the belted cardinalfish carries its developing eggs in its mouth? http://enwp.org/belted_cardinalfish
Tuesday, 06-Apr-10 19:07:22 UTC from api -
...is a Fata Morgana (illustrated)? http://enwp.org/Fata_Morgana_(mirage)
Tuesday, 06-Apr-10 19:03:48 UTC from api -
DYK that one possible explanation of the origin of the Flying Dutchman legend...
Tuesday, 06-Apr-10 19:03:48 UTC from api -
...who advocated for the rights of Texas Cherokees? http://enwp.org/William_Penn_Adair
Tuesday, 06-Apr-10 19:00:15 UTC from api -
DYK that Cherokee humorist Will Rogers was named for William Penn Adair, a Cherokee statesman...
Tuesday, 06-Apr-10 19:00:14 UTC from api -
...girl students to perform in theater plays? http://enwp.org/Urani_Rumbo
Tuesday, 06-Apr-10 12:25:11 UTC from api -
DYK that in 1930 Albanian feminist Urani Rumbo was accused by the authorities of encouraging...
Tuesday, 06-Apr-10 12:25:11 UTC from api -
...it took to acquire an Icelandic book or manuscript? http://enwp.org/rni_Magnsson
Tuesday, 06-Apr-10 12:21:36 UTC from api -
DYK that rni Magnsson, who assembled the Arnamagnan Manuscript Collection, would do whatever...
Tuesday, 06-Apr-10 12:21:36 UTC from api -
...son who rose above his handicap? http://enwp.org/Blessings_of_the_Land
Tuesday, 06-Apr-10 12:18:03 UTC from api
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