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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.

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5 December 2024

  • 00:00, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
Marie Denizard
Marie Denizard

4 December 2024

  • 00:00, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
Former tin mining pit in Belitung, Indonesia
Former tin mining pit in Belitung, Indonesia

3 December 2024

  • 00:00, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
Zooming In on the Andromeda Galaxy
Zooming In on the Andromeda Galaxy
  • ... that more than one hundred million stars are visible in Zooming In on the Andromeda Galaxy (pictured)?
  • ... that Karen Tei Yamashita realized the structure of her novel, I Hotel, by cutting, folding, and writing on ten cardboard cubes, each representing a year in the book?
  • ... that Carrlyn Bathe met her husband after he sent her gear from his clothing brand?
  • ... that due to the near-miss effect, gamblers may mistake a game of luck for a game of skill?
  • ... that tacklers "bounced off" Chauncey Archiquette "as if he were a brick wall"?
  • ... that the author of the comic book Timeless Voyage was the leader of a UFO religion?
  • ... that Chief Constable James Smart flooded police courts with over 17,000 cases to prove the impracticality of leaving homeowners with the responsibility for lighting stairs?
  • ... that an Indiana university recently argued in court that The Silver Veil and the Golden Gate, a 1914 painting, was too modern for their art collection?
  • ... that Piri Reis did not map Antarctica in the sixteenth century?

2 December 2024

  • 00:00, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
Carmen, canoe designed by Carl Smith in 1882
Carmen, canoe designed by Carl Smith in 1882

1 December 2024

  • 00:00, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
Nayib Bukele
Nayib Bukele