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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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Did you know...

3 June 2024

• 00:00, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Lie Kiat Teng

• ... that Lie Kiat Teng (pictured) appealed to the "moral obligation" of doctors to address a healthcare crisis in South Sulawesi?
• ... that in 1978 the chairman of the Democratic Yemeni Union of Peasants was arrested after the South Yemeni government was taken over by Abdul Fattah Ismail?
• ... that Lyle Bauer continued to attend Canadian Football League executive meetings despite being unable to speak due to his treatment for stage four throat cancer?
• ... that the Capitolium of Constantinople, originally a pagan temple, was later topped by a cross?
• ... that the diss track "6:16 in LA", directed at Drake, samples Al Green's "What a Wonderful Thing Love Is", a song that features Drake's guitarist uncle?
• ... that an essay of jailed Socialist Revolutionary politician Alexander Helfgot was smuggled out of Russia and published in Berlin in 1922?
• ... that when producer Daniel Grodnik proposed the idea for Terror Train to his wife, she thought that it sounded terrible?
• ... that the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 was moved to Rome from Sanremo at a late stage due to increased security concerns resulting from the Gulf War?
• ... that in college, American football player Jarrett Kingston started at the position of left guard, then moved to left tackle, and then played right tackle and right guard?

2 June 2024

• 00:00, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Yunxian 1 skull

• ... that the skulls of Yunxian Man (example pictured) are "relatively complete" despite being heavily crushed?
• ... that Travis Clayton went from the eighth tier of English rugby union to being drafted into the National Football League, even though he had never played in an American football game?
• ... that David Ben Avraham was granted Israeli residency after being killed by an IDF soldier?
• ... that the mouse protagonist Mrs. Brisby from The Secret of NIMH had her name changed because of a trademark issue from a toy named "Frisbee"?
• ... that Tachikawa Sumito made a hit cover in 1976 of a song that he first discovered when a housewife called into his radio show requesting to hear a version of it?
• ... that Riley Testut developed AltStore because he wanted to publish his emulator Delta?
• ... that the Obonga–Ottertooth Provincial Park is a significant habitat for woodland moose?
• ... that Albert Wesker's character design evokes the aesthetic of the Nazi ideal of the Übermensch, reflecting Resident Evil's "core" theme of eugenics?
• ... that after John Henry Newman wrote his Apologia Pro Vita Sua in response to an attack by Charles Kingsley, Kingsley compared Newman to a "treacherous ape" and implied that he was insane?

1 June 2024

• 00:00, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

• ... that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (pictured) was the first Indian actress to be a juror at the Cannes Film Festival?
• ... that Bruce Conner conceived of his short film Cosmic Ray as "presenting the eyes" for blind musician Ray Charles?
• ... that Giovanni Manu was the first player from his university ever to be selected in the NFL draft?
• ... that Barack Obama made an election promise to make non-emergency bills freely available online for a five-day public consultation period under "sunlight before signing"?
• ... that Bob Noel was the one responsible for dealing "with all the dirty laundry" of the Green Bay Packers?
• ... that New England Revolution manager Bruce Arena led the club to a record-breaking 73 points in the 2021 season?
• ... that North West was originally going to be called Kaidence?
• ... that Lock's Quest was said to feature "some of the best original music in a DS game"?
• ... that 69 is "nice"?