User:Synergy/DYK
I have created or expanded number DYK articles, number of which I nominated for inclusion on the Main Page.
I have successfully nominated number articles by others that featured in the DYK section on the Main Page.
If the recent additions link is a redlink, then it is the current month and it hasn't been moved to an archive yet.
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| 1 | Edmund William Berridge | April 9, 2009 | ... that during his time in the Isis-Urania Temple, E.W. Berridge wrote two of the Golden Dawn's knowledge lectures and collaborated on a third? | 10px | 10px | 10px | 243 |
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| 2 | Trithemius cipher | April 12, 2009 | ... that the Trithemius cipher, created by Johannes Trithemius, is vulnerable to attack because it lacks a key, which is said to break a rule of cryptology called Kerckhoffs' principle? | 10px | 10px | 10px | 243 |
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| 3 | Lake Timsah | April 15, 2009 | ... that Suez Canal construction reduced the salinity of Lake Timsah? | 10px | 10px | 10px | 243 |
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| 4 | George W. Barrett | April 17, 2009 | ... that George W. Barrett was the first person sentenced to death by hanging under a congressional act that made it a capital offense to kill a federal agent? | icon | icon | icon | 243 |
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| 5 | Lake Manzala | April 19, 2009 | ... that Lake Manzala (pictured) had to be expanded to allow the building of the Suez Canal, as it was previously less than 5 feet (1.5 m) deep? | icon | icon | icon | 243 |
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| 6 | Four sights | May 2, 2009 | ... that having observed the four sights as a young prince, Gautama Buddha (statue pictured) realized the sufferings in life and started an ascetic life against his father's wish? | icon | icon | icon | 244 |
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| 7 | Julie Wainwright | May 2, 2009 | ... that Julie Wainwright was CEO of one of the shortest-lived public companies on record? | icon | icon | icon | 244 |
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| 8 | Dharma combat | May 2, 2009 | ... that having observed the four sights as a young prince, Gautama Buddha (statue pictured) realized the sufferings in life and started an ascetic life against his father's wish? | icon | 10px | icon | 244 |
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| 9 | Amalia Mesa-Bains | May 5, 2009 | ... Amalia Mesa-Bains, a Ph.D. psychologist, was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for her artwork? | icon | icon | icon | 244 |
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| 10 | Spray-on condom | May 6, 2009 | ... that the application of a spray-on condom was based on the logistics of a drive-through car wash? | 10px | icon | 10px | 244 |
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| 11 | Alice Allison Dunnigan | May 6, 2009 | ... that Alice Allison Dunnigan became the first African-American journalist to accompany a U.S. president while traveling? | 10px | icon | 10px | 244 |
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| 12 | Rigoberto Torres | May 7, 2009 | ... that Rigoberto Torres and John Ahearn collaborated on the South Bronx Hall of Fame, monuments of ordinary people, as a response to the practice of enshrining public figures? | icon | icon | icon | 244 |
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| 13 | John Phillip Santos | May 7, 2009 | ... that in 1979, John Phillip Santos became the first Mexican-American Rhodes Scholar? | icon | icon | icon | 244 |
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| 14 | Plane of ecliptic | May 18, 2009 | ... that the plane of the ecliptic (effect pictured) is the imaginary plane of the Earth as it orbits the Sun? | icon | 10px | icon | 244 |
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| 15 | Harvey A. Carr | May 18, 2009 | ... that John B. Watson and Harvey A. Carr conducted a study called the kerplunk experiment, so named because of the sound the rat made when hitting the end of a maze? | 10px | icon | 10px | 244 |
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| 16 | Kerplunk experiment | May 18, 2009 | ... that John B. Watson and Harvey A. Carr conducted a study called the kerplunk experiment, so named because of the sound the rat made when hitting the end of a maze? | 10px | icon | 10px | 244 |
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| 17 | Gotha Observatory | 19 May, 2009 | ... in the late 18th century, the Gotha Observatory became an international center for astronomy, and the most modern astronomical institute specifically for its instruments? | icon] | 10px | 10px | 244 |
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| 18 | Rick Gibson | ... that Rick Gibson intended his human earrings sculpture to raise questions about the appropriateness and usage of such materials for art and self adornment? | 10px | 10px | 10px | Wikipedia:Recent additions | |
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| 19 | Graham Fuller | ... that a "think piece" written by Graham Fuller was instrumental in leading to the Iran-contra affair? | 10px | 10px | 10px | Wikipedia:Recent additions | |
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| 20 | Winfried Freudenberg | ... that Winfried Freudenberg was the last person to die in an attempt to escape across the Berlin Wall?? | 10px | 10px | 10px | Wikipedia:Recent additions |
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