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=28 February 2025=

12:00, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Red Velvet Cake Waldorf Astoria.jpg|caption=Slice of red velvet cake}}

... that red velvet cake (example pictured) has been described as "the Dolly Parton of cakes"?
... that Hidayat Arsani, the governor of the Bangka Belitung Islands in Indonesia, was dumped into a trash can as a baby by his birth parents?
... that Operation Dugo commemorates the death march from the Auschwitz concentration camp annually on 18 January with the consumption of falafel?
... that the 1990 Serbian general election returned only two women to the National Assembly of Serbia?
... that a desire to be separated from Chicago has led 33 counties in downstate Illinois to hold referendums on secession?
... that the Mazarrón I shipwreck combines Phoenician and local Iberian shipbuilding techniques?
... that the Sparkles emoji (✨) is used by large software companies to represent artificial intelligence?
... that the exterior of Shamsher Khan's tomb originally featured richly painted designs, of which only traces survive?
... that Bargain Hunters, a game show with elements of home shopping, was described as having "all the most irritating traits of game shows"?

00:00, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Mariann Budde.jpg|caption=Mariann Budde}}

... that US congressman Mike Collins called for Bishop Mariann Budde (pictured) to be "added to the deportation list" after she urged President Donald Trump to "have mercy"?
... that among the fossils of Finland are the remains of a woolly mammoth and a woolly rhinoceros?
... that Gary Tuggle, as head of Philadelphia's Drug Enforcement Administration division, led potentially the largest prepackaged heroin seizure in Delaware history?
... that the production design team for The Prosecutor was entirely female?
... that Honey Revenge{{`s}} debut single contained a voicemail from its subject?
... that in 1984, more than 10,000 Papuans from West Papua crossed into Papua New Guinea as refugees due to a government crackdown?
... that upon learning of the conditions at Sidi Azaz labor camp, the Tripoli Jewish community organized a food relief effort for the prisoners?
... that a botanist initially dismissed this little cactus as "probably just a phase" but came to take it seriously?

=27 February 2025=

12:00, 27 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Plutonium Finishing Plant (animated).gif|caption=Animation of the Plutonium Finishing Plant's demolition}}

... that the Plutonium Finishing Plant, which processed more than 66 metric tons of plutonium between 1949 and 1989, was demolished (animation pictured) between 2016 and 2021?
... that portions of a protected area in Benin have been entrusted to vodún spirits to protect them from destruction?
... that the 2025 U.S. Open Cup will not include its defending champions, Los Angeles FC?
... that a lost stone monument for a park in Seoul that closed in 1919 was discovered lying in the grass in 2002?
... that the Quad Cities forecast office of the National Weather Service has been directly struck by both an F1 tornado and a historic derecho?
... that the hashtag #AlDubEBTamangPanahon set a Guinness World Record in 2015 with 40,706,392 uses in 24 hours, coinciding with the television event "Tamang Panahon"?
... that Elizabeth Teeter was originally cast as Lydia Deetz in Broadway's Beetlejuice in 2020, but did not get to play the role until 2022?
... that "Gyutto" was used by many couples to cope during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan?
... that Episode 6867 of EastEnders was criticised for its depiction of Milton Keynes despite not being filmed there?

00:00, 27 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=David Wright House.JPG|caption=David and Gladys Wright House}}

... that a landscaper was hired to demolish the David and Gladys Wright House (pictured), but he hesitated when he saw the building itself?
... that Jorge Dias has been called "the most important Portuguese anthropologist of the 20th century"?
... that Gerard Way got dental work midway through the recording session for "Vampires Will Never Hurt You"?
... that the Jingtai Emperor was rumored to have been strangled to death by a eunuch?
... that UserBenchmark unlocks free testing only if users can shoot down 13 ships?
... that Giuseppe Panini turned a batch of unsold stickers into a company which had produced over 150 billion trading cards by 1996?
... that Cybermania '94 was the first televised video game awards show?
... that Antiqua et nova is a Vatican document that expresses serious ethical concerns surrounding the usage of artificial intelligence?
... that Kaiapoi Pā has been incorrectly called {{lang|mi|Kaiapohia}}, a pun that can be translated as 'piling up of bodies for eating'?

=26 February 2025=

12:00, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Astronomers Track Jet Launch, Fluctuating X-Rays from Brink of Active Black Hole (SVS14753 - DwarfBH103024).jpg|caption=Artist's concept of 1ES 1927+654's black hole}}

... that 1ES 1927+654 (pictured), a galaxy in Draco, exhibited such extreme nuclear activity that it challenged conventional models of black-hole environments?
... that the musical career of Louise Beach has ranged from nationally recognized compositions to a children's book about the viola?
... that the alpine columbine has been cultivated for centuries, and other columbines have often been mistaken for the species for decades?
... that the Lutheran pastor Théodore Beck employed modern education methods at the École alsacienne in Paris in the 1880s: no prizes and no corporal punishment?
... that Jonathan Rado invited the Lemon Twigs to record their debut album at his house while they were on a school break?
... that Ivan Petrovtsii{{`s}} vulgar poems were condemned by senior Ukrainian officials in spite of their popularity?
... that the CSS-10 (aircraft) aircraft was not produced, despite passing its state trials, as the license for the production of its engine was abandoned?
... that the University of Southwestern Louisiana basketball scandal resulted in one of only five times that the NCAA has applied the "death penalty" against a member institution?
... that Simeon Barclay{{`s}} "sculpture of a chicken on its own little mini-mountain" references a traditional Indian game?

00:00, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Henry at Invercargill.jpg|caption=Henry}}

... that the tuatara Henry (pictured), who was named after Henry VIII, was planned "to have lots of wives"?
... that Los Angeles's Hollyhock House was built for someone who lived there for only one year?
... that a journalist attributed Bonnie Blue going viral to the "outrage economy"?
... that the male members of the band Dingo got bottom pats from local men during a Moroccan photoshoot for the album Kerjäläisten valtakunta{{-?}}
... that the editors of The Philadelphia Inquirer deliberately held back information from the newspaper's TV newscast, Inquirer News Tonight, so as not to be scooped?
... that the villain of a Doctor Who story reappeared after 49 years?
... that the FBI tried to convince H. Bruce Franklin that Leibel Bergman, a fellow communist activist, was an FBI informant?
... that a group of K-pop fans performed a dance with the goal of convincing a company to commit to 100% renewable energy?
... that the thumb cactus crawls over other plants in cultivation – unless you grow it upside down?

=25 February 2025=

00:00, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Diana Vicezar Meta Product Design (cropped).jpg|caption=Diana Vicezar}}

... that Diana Vicezar (pictured) created recycled housing for street dogs, a recruitment platform for international students, and a podcast about Latin American students in Ireland?
... that the Weeping Angels, despite appearing as stone statues, are portrayed by actresses?
... that series fiction often suffers from "melodramatic inflation", requiring increasingly dramatic threats, which can lead to prequels and spin-offs?
... that 9 to 5 actor Dabney Coleman flew to New York City to pursue acting the day after an actor stopped by for a drink?
... that a set of 12th-century Swedish murals in Finja Church is the main achievement of a workshop that decorated at least ten other churches?
... that Ren Jinping fought the backlash against a crime film by calling it educational?
... that the California FAIR Plan could have nearly $5 billion of exposure to damage from the Palisades and Eaton Fires while only having $377 million on hand to pay claims?
... that statements about the character Ridley{{`s}} reasons for not being in the fighting game series Super Smash Bros. led to Internet memes about the character's large size?
... that William Bartram was both the father of William Bartram and the grandfather of William Bartram?

=24 February 2025=

00:00, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=WideAwake250524 (11 of 209) (53748502026) (cropped).jpg|caption=Lambrini Girls}}

... that Lambrini Girls (pictured) have described their January 2025 debut album Who Let the Dogs Out as "a party for pissed off, gay, angry sluts"?
... that Qatari calligrapher Fatma Al Sharshani was commissioned by Paris Saint-Germain FC to design a skateboard and some Arabic lettering for their shirts?
... that some practices found in Jewish customs of etiquette can be traced back to ancient Rome?
... that after chicken keeping was legalized in some U.S. cities, Coastal Farm & Ranch began holding seminars on the subject?
... that during a 1989 visit to the United States, Boris Yeltsin said that "there would be a revolution" if the average Soviet citizen knew of the quality of grocery stores in the United States?
... that Nourah al-Qahtani was sentenced to 45 years in prison based on alleged social media activity?
... that the 1992 video game Otogirisō reinvigorated interest in adventure games in Japan?
... that from 1853 to 1855 the State Emigrant Refuge and Hospital on Wards Island in New York City was the largest hospital complex in the world?
... that Susan B. Anthony delivered her initial speeches advocating for women's rights at a quilting bee?

=23 February 2025=

00:00, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=George Washington by Mahlon Dickerson Eyre, Trenton, NJ.jpg|caption=George Washington}}

... that George Washington (pictured) was first exhibited at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, and later relocated during the 1976 Bicentennial to Trenton?
... that the Directorate General of Higher Education in Indonesia had been dissolved twice before being re-established in 2019?
... that San Antonio declared January 13 to be "Tabyana Ali Day" in honor of the actress and writer Tabyana Ali?
... that one analysis of the song "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" cites the ancient Roman orator Quintilian?
... that Edward III's Breton campaign ended in a truce that was "astonishingly favourable" to the English?
... that the fantasy writer M. A. R. Barker wrote the neo-Nazi novel Serpent's Walk in 1991, but his authorship was only confirmed in 2022?
... that one of the first Polish film producers was prevented from screening his first film in Poland?
... that Fuzhou Road was once the centre of the Chinese publishing industry?
... that nekonomics includes the leveraging of stray cat populations on islands to draw tourists?

=22 February 2025=

00:00, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Railings made from WWII stretchers.jpg|caption=Kink in a stretcher railing}}

... that some railings in London have kinks (example pictured), indicating their original use as stretchers?
... that Yu Xiangdou, unlike most other publishers in Ming-dynasty China, enjoyed including illustrations of himself in his works?
... that Frank Lloyd Wright paid more for a well at his Taliesin West estate than he had paid for the land itself?
... that Yuval Raphael, who is set to represent Israel at Eurovision 2025, survived the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel by hiding under dead bodies for eight hours?
... that the horses pulling the Disneyland Main Street Vehicles{{`}} streetcars include Belgians, Brabants, Clydesdales, Percherons, and Shires?
... that the delegation of the British Virgin Islands at the 2024 Summer Olympics was supported by a scholarship named after their chef de mission{{-?}}
... that Canadian heritage minister Pascale St-Onge was the bassist in an all-lesbian alternative rock quartet?
... that North and South Korean politicians have expressed fondness for Seoul's third-oldest restaurant?
... that scholars have discussed whether a 19th-century artwork by Sengai should be titled "○△□" or "□△○"?

=21 February 2025=

00:00, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=File:Bete mask p1070041.jpg|caption=Sukuma mask from Tanzania}}

... that the catalogue for Tanzania. Masterworks of African Sculpture highlighted traditional artworks such as a Sukuma mask (pictured){{-?}}
... that Ankarette Twynho{{`s}} hanging for poisoning a duchess was a cause célèbre, and has been described by one modern historian as "judicial murder"?
... that China has sanctioned more than 100 foreign individuals and entities with asset freezes and other restrictions?
... that technical issues in the minute before their November 2024 BBC Radio 1 performance meant that South Arcade had to set up while the presenter was announcing them?
... that Kasey Morlock was one of five NCAA Division II women's basketball players selected for the 25th-anniversary team?
... that Doctor Who series 13 told only a single story, the first time for the show since 1986?
... that the scientific name of a species of crustacean is in honor of ambassador Lamtiur Andaliah Panggabean and her two children?
... that Milton Nascimento did not enter himself into the second edition of the Festival Internacional da Canção, yet placed second?
... that one-dollar pizza slices, a unique part of the culture of New York City, were originally sold near homeless shelters?

=20 February 2025=

00:00, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Antimonumento +65 a las víctimas de Pasta de Conchos 03.jpg|caption=Antimonumento +65}}

... that Antimonumento +65 (pictured) bears the names of 65 miners who were trapped 19 years ago today and died during the Pasta de Conchos mine disaster?
... that Joanna of Montfort became known as the "Flame of Brittany" after she led the successful defence of Hennebont against a besieging French army in 1342?
... that Nagi Nemoto made her VTuber debut on a classic television set?
... that National Hockey League players have not yet participated at the Olympics since the league entered its second century of operation?
... that Swen Swenson was born in Norway but pioneered a drainage system for Nicollet County while living in New Sweden?
... that the Alt Llobregat insurrection took place without any looting or killing?
... that Devello Z. Sheffield petitioned for the release of an assailant who had left him with over 30 wounds?
... that the 1924 film Tkies-kaf had no director until its lead actor volunteered?
... that the Māori-language name for Cave Rock, Sumner—{{lang|mi|Tuawera}}—means 'cut down as if by fire'?

=19 February 2025=

00:00, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Mammillaria prolifera145108652.jpg|caption=Texas nipple cactus}}

... that according to one cactus nurseryman, the Texas nipple cactus (pictured) is so easy to grow that connoisseurs almost look down on it?
... that Thomas Burdet supposedly plotted treason against King Edward IV in 1477 after he killed Burdet's favourite white deer?
... that 23 tons of dog food were once stolen from the Malibu Feed Bin?
... that Alf Jacques crafted more than 80,000 wooden lacrosse sticks in his lifetime?
... that the Chinese silent film Lustrous Pearls has been described as blurring the differences between male and female bodies through long shots?
... that by 2006, Catholic sister Rosalind "Sister Roz" Gefre had given an estimated 7,000 massages at St. Paul Saints baseball games?
... that Inky the octopus attracted worldwide media attention after escaping from the National Aquarium of New Zealand?
... that Benedictine monk Brother Justus helped make stills so that farmers could illegally make alcohol during Prohibition?
... that even mpreg enthusiasts disapprove of "ass babies"?

=18 February 2025=

00:00, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Sam Matlock.jpg|caption=Sam Matlock}}

... that Sam Matlock (pictured) formed Wargasm with a woman who photographed Dead!, his rock band?
... that a SpongeBob-themed channel run by AI quickly devolved into characters discussing depression, drug use, kleptomania, communism, and tax fraud?
... that some workers in Japan pay agencies to tell their employers that they are resigning?
... that Jennifer Jones has won a record-tying six Canadian women's curling championships?
... that botanists at Kew Gardens suggested in 2018 that there were only three Madagascar banana trees left?
... that the movies available to Florida's first TV station were so bad early on that the host called his show "The P.U. Club"?
... that Kailash Puri became Marks & Spencer's first advisor on Indian ready meals?
... that the 2021 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in NCAA v. Alston made student athlete influencers eligible for compensation?
... that Jailson Mendes had to gain weight for his first pornographic film?

=17 February 2025=

00:00, 17 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=File:Joe Kosinski by Gage Skidmore.jpg|caption=Joseph Kosinski}}

... that the U.S. military supported Top Gun: Maverick (director Joseph Kosinski pictured), using it to aid recruitment and retention?
... that the artist Fang Rending was likened to a caged chicken after rebelling against his teacher?
... that "Hard Out Here" was written in parallel to Raye's departure from Polydor Records and confronts "white men CEOs"?
... that a Florida TV station received and aired tapes of programs it was not supposed to broadcast?
... that The London Milkman was staged?
... that Jill Yager discovered a venomous crustacean species in 1979 and named its class?
... that a Japanese male singer often sang from a female perspective?
... that until 1827 University of Oxford graduates had to swear never to reconcile with Henry Symeonis, although it appears that by the 1650s everyone had forgotten why, or who he was?

=16 February 2025=

00:00, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Olive Swezy (b. 1878) (12484615373).jpg|caption=Olive Swezy}}

... that zoologist Olive Swezy (pictured) appeared in the 1944 American Men of Science{{-?}}
... that the communist-era science-fiction novel Małe zielone ludziki presents a futuristic depiction of Africa that reflects Polish perceptions of the continent during the Cold War?
... that Bill Pulte describes himself as the "inventor of Twitter philanthropy"?
... that the Andu Masjid, which might have been built as a women's mosque, banned the entry of women?
... that copies of 7 Wonders Duel sold twice as fast as the board game of which it is a spinoff?
... that Oliver Cromwell's decision in 1648 to launch the attack that became the Battle of Preston was an enormous gamble and hardly credible?
... that Allbirds invited Amazon to copy its materials after look-alikes appeared on the site?
... that Chinese embroiderers created seven tapestries about the Trojan War in the 1620s?
... that Jin the otter went loose for almost a month after escaping Auckland Zoo?

=15 February 2025=

00:00, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Assassinat de Milon de Plancy.jpeg|caption=Assassination of Miles of Plancy}}

... that a contemporary chronicler does not dare say who assassinated Miles of Plancy (event pictured), but a later source implicates an in-law?
... that the 1862 Brooklyn riot involved a mob mainly comprising Irish Americans targeting African-American workers at a tobacco factory?
... that A Foreign Sound includes a song that Caetano Veloso called "a fake American song written by a Brazilian", and a song he called "a fake Brazilian song written by Americans"?
... that while George Rolph sued six of his assailants in the Ancaster incident for £1000 each, the trial only awarded him £20 from two of the assailants?
... that a government had to intervene after 80 percent of all personal loans taken out were to cover wedding expenses?
... that Carlos Miguel Buela repeatedly disobeyed sanctions placed on him by the Holy See?
... that an Alaska TV station used home movie cameras to shoot newsfilm?
... that novelist Hal Clement created the planet Mesklin in 1953 based on the real-world suspected detection of an extrasolar planet?
... that the dog Private Chesty was demoted from private first class for willful destruction of government property?

=14 February 2025=

12:00, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Hans Dieter Beck 2022.jpg|caption=Hans Dieter Beck}}

... that Hans Dieter Beck (pictured), a co-head of the publisher C. H. Beck, rode a bicycle to work until he was 92?
... that the 2023 Aston by-election was the first time in more than 100 years that the governing party won a seat from the opposition at an Australian by-election?
... that Walter III Brisebarre renounced the lordship of Beirut to inherit a greater lordship from his father-in-law, only to permanently lose both upon the deaths of his wife, Helena of Milly, and their daughter Beatrice?
... that Born in the U.S.A. was the first compact disc to be manufactured in the United States for commercial release?
... that Ívar Bárðarson{{`s}} 14th-century reports of feral livestock inhabiting a failed Greenlandic colony were corroborated by the discovery of a frozen goat and animal feces inside an abandoned home?
... that Princess Mononoke was the most expensively animated, most expensively promoted, and highest-grossing Japanese film of its time?
... that Raging Bull was the first hypercoaster to feature a twister layout?
... that the Albis Tunnel was the second-longest railway tunnel in Switzerland when it was built?
... that Morph was included in X-Men: The Animated Series because the writers "really wanted to kill somebody"?

00:00, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Khalili Collection Islamic Art av 1047.jpg|caption=Fatimid gold dinar of al-Mu'izz, Palestine 969/70}}

... that the Fatimid Caliphate used gold from the tombs of the pharaohs in its gold coinage (pictured)?
... that Paris was the first county seat of Linn County, Kansas, but hardly a ruin is left to tell where it once was?
... that Américo Ramos became Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe after his predecessor, Ilza Amado Vaz, resigned following a tenure of three days?
... that a million tulips at the 1939 New York World's Fair were destroyed and replaced the month after the fair began?
... that there are more than 100 rock paintings of Aboriginal pictographs on a cliff face in Missinaibi Lake?
... that the Deval Mosque was formerly a Hindu temple?
... that Andrei Demurenko, the first Russian officer to be a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, served alongside the Wagner Group in Ukraine?
... that the Stride bus network will launch with electric double-deckers that charge wirelessly?
... that a Taiwanese livestreamer accidentally solved a missing persons case?

=13 February 2025=

12:00, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=BnF ms. 854 fol. 121v - Jaufré Rudel (2).jpg|caption=Rudel dying in Hodierna's arms}}

... that according to legend, troubadour Jaufre Rudel fell in love with Countess Hodierna of Tripoli without ever having seen her, sailed to Tripoli to meet her, and promptly died in her arms (pictured){{-?}}
... that Marietta College's second radio station, airing classical and jazz music, freed up its original outlet for student programming?
... that the Legends of Tomorrow episode "Wet Hot American Bummer" quotes a bad review for a different episode of Legends of Tomorrow?
... that despite the song "French Letter" being banned in all French territories, members of the French Foreign Legion sang along to the song when the band Herbs performed it while playing in Tahiti?
... that English footballer Ian Wolstenholme once saved three penalty kicks in a 1966 match?
... that an apartment building that once housed North Korean soldiers, the American CIA, and United Nations troops is set to be demolished?
... that two poll workers for the 2024 United States elections were found dead on Election Day, having drowned in a major flash flood event?
... that a North Korean refugee became the "godfather of gangsta rap" by selling records at the Compton Swap Meet?
... that the "world's loneliest seabird" chose a concrete statue as his mate?

00:00, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Church of St Casimir 2020.jpg|caption=Church of St. Casimir}}

... that Victor Cordella designed around twenty churches in Minnesota, including the Church of St. Casimir (pictured){{-?}}
... that the Spring Willow Society probably staged the first full-length Shakespearean play in China?
... that La Querida in Palm Beach, Florida, served as the Winter White House for President John F. Kennedy?
... that residents of Tudor City once put themselves in front of a bulldozer to prevent a park there from being demolished?
... that the logo of the South Korean company LG is based on an ancient roof tile?
... that abortion in the United Arab Emirates has been described by Newsweek as less restrictive than some American states following the overturning of Roe v. Wade{{-?}}
... that opera singer Susan Botti performed an Olympic jingle for Kodak to pay for graduate school?
... that a 15th-century cause célèbre saw a duchess dead, innocents hanged, villains and sorcerers drawn and quartered, and eventually the king's brother executed in a butt of malmsey?
... that the black molly might not be a black molly?

=12 February 2025=

12:00, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Forsterundsohn.jpg|caption=The Forsters in the South Sea}}

... that John Beaglehole described the appointment of Johann Reinhold Forster (pictured with his son George) as naturalist on Cook's second voyage as "one of the Admiralty's vast mistakes"?
... that the University of Virginia threatened to leave the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1949 if the Sanity Code, which barred athletic scholarships, was not amended?
... that Kit Nascimento, a spokesperson for the government of Guyana during the aftermath of Jonestown, disagrees with current proposals to open the former Jonestown site as a tourist attraction?
... that the morning show on an Oklahoma TV station was such a "local phenomenon" that the president of ABC acquiesced to them not airing Good Morning America{{-?}}
... that Riko Dan, who featured on a UK Top 30 hit in 2024, first performed on the radio in 1994?
... that a blizzard across the United States caused a major water crisis in Richmond, Virginia?
... that it is said that Antoinette Lubaki, Congo's first named woman artist, painted her watercolours by candlelight at night, as no stories were allowed to be told during daylight?
... that Graham Crowley entered the John Moores Painting Prize ten times since 1976 before finally winning in 2023?
... that "Dr. Sex" called for a "Big Breast Renaissance"?

00:00, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Johnny Gaudreau.jpg|caption=Johnny Gaudreau}}

... that Johnny Gaudreau (pictured), despite being one of the smallest players in the National Hockey League, was a seven-time All-Star?
... that Paul Steele was elected as council leader on the cut of a deck of cards following the 2022 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election?
... that the Santa Ynez Reservoir in Pacific Palisades, which was built to provide water for firefighting, was empty when the 2025 Palisades Fire began?
... that Polish 1960 sci-fi novel Wielka, większa i największa was very influential for Polish young-adult literature?
... that the Eucharistic liturgies of Seek, a Catholic young-adult conference which attracts thousands of attendees, are planned more than a year and a half in advance?
... that in the early 1170s Humphrey III of Toron may have been the lord of Transjordan, but he also may have been dead?
... that Jane Remover was inspired to create Census Designated after a self-described "near-death experience" traveling through a blizzard?
... that Maria Einsmann claimed to be her own husband, Josef, when she registered the births of her companion Helene Müller's two children in 1921 and 1930?
... that Death Angels are Happy?

=11 February 2025=

00:00, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Maurice Grau - Grand opera in America (1901) (14591942008).jpg|caption=Maurice Grau}}

... that Metropolitan Opera director Maurice Grau (pictured) was "important in the growth of popular musical theatre in America"?
... that televangelist Gene Scott went 65 hours without sleep when he barricaded himself in the studios of his Connecticut TV station to protest an order to pay taxes?
... that a train station in Singapore repeatedly had issues with the design of its stairs?
... that the Olympic shooter Ho Chung Kin translated more than 150 Tang-dynasty and Song-dynasty poems, maintaining a rhyme structure that mirrors the original classical Chinese texts?
... that most or all of the inhabitants of Moneka, Kansas, were abolitionists?
... that David of Sassoun has been called the most recognized symbol of Armenia, along with Mount Ararat?
... that the deaths of five teenagers in Poland in the ToNiePokój escape room fire led to inspections of escape rooms in Lithuania and Czechia?
... that Thomas M. Robins was responsible for the construction of the Bonneville Dam?
... that according to one school of epistemology, nobody knows anything?

=10 February 2025=

00:00, 10 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=North American Medicinal Leech imported from iNaturalist photo 56392667 on 4 December 2022.jpg|caption=Macrobdella decora}}

... that some North American swimming spots have had to be closed because Macrobdella decora (pictured) posed such a hazard to bathers?
... that the majority of Selected Ambient Works Volume II was supposedly composed through lucid dreaming?
... that Karl Malte von Heinz designed the Vatican, Pakistani, Yugoslav and Thai diplomatic missions in India?
... that the anarchist group Los Solidarios assassinated the leader of the Catalan pistoleros, the governor of Biscay, and the archbishop of Zaragoza?
... that photographer Peter Miller stated in 2014 that the "Vermont Way" of grumbling and every so often remembering that "we live in beauty" was "coming to an end"?
... that a group of Jewish refugees continued work on their Yiddish encyclopedia after fleeing from Germany and France?
... that the unlicensed Willy's Chocolate Experience in Scotland led to a crossover event between the American television series Abbott Elementary and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia?
... that Mufasa shared the same voice as Darth Vader?
... that Dez did not actually catch it?

=9 February 2025=

00:00, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

{{main page image/DYK|image=Armes de Louis Malet de Graville.jpg|caption=Coat of arms of Louis Malet de Graville}}

... that Louis Malet de Graville (coat of arms pictured) began a successful career at the centre of French politics after his father was captured by the English?
... that an Ohio TV station bribed ABC to obtain a network affiliation, only to lose it within the year?
... that the Loyang Tua Pek Kong Temple in Singapore houses effigies of both the Jade Emperor and Mahaganapati?
... that Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton spent the last 50 years of her life preserving Alexander Hamilton's and George Washington's legacies?
... that most of the films produced by the Huaju Film Company starred its co-founder and his girlfriend?
... that Demi Lovato changed a lyric from "Cool for the Summer" for Revamped to reflect pride in her sexuality?
... that young male African bush elephants in musth killed about 49 white rhinoceros in Pilanesberg National Park between 1992 and 1997?
... that Scholastique Dianzinga edited a post-independence history of women in the Republic of the Congo that discussed why women's emancipation has been hindered?
... that a host of the Longform.org podcast once interviewed a writer while accidentally high on edibles?

=8 February 2025=

00:00, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

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... that the relationship between the Dirini (example pictured) and its closest relative has been described by researchers as "odd"?
... that Zhang Zhiyun, crowned "movie queen" in a newspaper poll in 1926, is reported to have died homeless in Hong Kong?
... that a summons to the Council of Tripoli was issued in the name of the Church to bypass the issue of whether a king could summon a prince?
... that a Swim School song described by one reviewer as "a heavy dystopian doom rocker" was originally performed by Taylor Swift?
... that the Japanese manga series Mink featured futuristic technology even though its creator was unfamiliar with computers?
... that the Airbnb homestay where a song was recorded by Glaive and Ericdoa was dubbed by fans as the "Hyperpop Hype House"?
... that the fourth president of Austria{{`s}} post-secondary instructors included all three of his predecessors?
... that The Catch II game had "one of the most amazing finishes in NFL postseason history", according to the NFL?
... that the Bank of Korea asked the makers of a cheese-filled waffle to change its design?

=7 February 2025=

00:00, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

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... that the 1972 collapse of the Sidney Lanier Bridge (pictured), which was caused by a collision with a cargo ship, caused ten deaths and over a million dollars in damages?
... that Christian death metal has been called the least likely musical development at the close of the 20th century?
... that the second edition of An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic more than doubled the length of the original text?
... that Wolseley Haig noted that it was not the "city's huge mosque" but the "far less pretentious" Jama Masjid that served as the congregational mosque in Hyderabad?
... that the violent end of a bog body might be related to the cult of the Celtic god Esus?
... that the three costliest tornadoes in Oklahoma's history hit the same town in 2013, in 1999 and in 2003?
... that a TV station in Windsor, Ontario, was spared from closure even though it lost money for ten consecutive years?
... that the leaves of the herb spiked savoury, although protected under Israeli law, are foraged by local people to make a spice mix?
... that the earliest black holes in fiction appeared decades before the term black hole was coined?

=6 February 2025=

00:00, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

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... that Woljeonggyo (pictured) was an 8th-century bridge that was recreated in 2018?
... that Fatima Payman is the first elected woman to wear a hijab in Australia’s parliament?
... that Turkey approved the expansion of a coal-fired power station while also bidding to host the 2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference?
... that the Yiddish writer Shmuel Hurvits quit his job as a teacher to become a street paver due to an ideological appreciation for manual labor?
... that the majority of extrasolar planets in fiction are inhabited by native species?
... that Wu Yun wrote a treatise on immortality but apparently declined to discuss the subject with Emperor Xuanzong of Tang?
... that Notre Dame's win in the 2025 Orange Bowl American football game made Marcus Freeman the first Asian and first Black head coach to earn a spot in an FBS national championship game?
... that Panchiko released their first studio album, Failed at Math(s), more than 20 years after the band's formation?
... that Scrat, who appears in many films in the Ice Age franchise, was originally intended to be killed in the introduction of the first film?

=5 February 2025=

00:00, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

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... that the top of the Julier Pass, 2,284 metres (7,493 ft) above sea level, is flanked by two ancient Roman columns (pictured){{-?}}
... that executive John Spytek helped the Tampa Bay Buccaneers sign Tom Brady, more than 20 years after Spytek played with him?
... that a Florida TV station{{`s}} decision to fire one of its main newscasters led to picketing?
... that the wuxia star Wu Suxin passed as a man in several of her films?
... that the pilot episode for a BBC series on a suicide prevention charity made some critics laugh?
... that Syrian vlogger Hayla Ghazal used online humour to explore the limitations placed on women in the Arab world?
... that the Polish subgenre of speculative fiction known as klerykal fiction emerged in the 1990s as a response to societal fears of church influence in politics?
... that the bugia, a ceremonial candlestick used by Latin Catholic bishops, is named after the Algerian city of Béjaïa, which was a source of candle wax?
... that Brooklyn's Roll-A-Palace has been called "the front-runner of the roller-disco craze"?

=4 February 2025=

00:00, 4 February 2025 (UTC)

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... that An African Song or Chant from Barbados (manuscript pictured) was nominated for inscription on UNESCO's Memory of the World International Register by someone who saw it in an online exhibition?
... that Elisheva Biernoff paints recreations of found vintage snapshot photographs, some including details like lens flare and overexposure?
... that staffers of an Ohio radio station learned that it had been sold on the same day as its owner's death?
... that A Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Paul Aermont Among the Planets (1873), following the cancellation of a planned second edition, was not reprinted until 2018?
... that Harold Harrington did not seek out new species, but was the first to collect a plant that was later named after him?
... that fans of romcom heroine Bridget Jones were shocked at the death of a favourite character in the 2013 novel Mad about the Boy, and then again in a 2025 film?
... that a Bronze Age priestess named Eritha was the focus of the first recorded legal dispute in Europe?
... that the Roman-era Ard-al-Moharbeen necropolis is the largest cemetery discovered in Gaza?
... that the writer of "Crabs for Christmas" joked that it contributed to Baltimore's population decline?

=3 February 2025=

00:00, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

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... that the rose barnacle (examples pictured) eats only when the current is strong?
... that Doris Tulifau, after founding an online campaign to counter Samoan gender-based violence, moved to Samoa to expand the campaign in person?
... that the 2014 chariot racing video game Qvadriga was inspired by a 1979 board game?
... that singer Tomoko Aran became a city-pop icon decades after her initial music career?
... that the owner of a Montana TV station bought an American Legion hall, gutted by fire, to use as a studio building?
... that Ernesius, a 12th-century archbishop of Caesarea, was once prevented from crossing the sea by such a severe storm that he refused to make a second attempt?
... that Olde Raleigh Distillery is not located within its namesake city?
... that archaeologists found evidence at Taur Ikhbeineh in the Gaza Strip of interactions between Egyptians and Canaanites in the 4th millennium BC?
... that an emu named Emmanuel Todd Lopez was the target of a death hoax by undercover journalists?

=2 February 2025=

00:00, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

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... that Li Minghui (pictured) faced accusations of lewdness at the age of 12 after challenging Chinese stage conventions?
... that the Chauburji might have been the Mughal emperor Babur's original burial place?
... that the magazine Science Fiction Chronicle changed its name to just Chronicle two decades after its launch, to avoid being confused with the San Francisco Chronicle{{-?}}
... that football manager Darren Moore led Sheffield Wednesday to promotion even after they lost the first leg of their play-off semi-final {{nowrap|4–0}}?
... that some locals have criticised the flag of Kagoshima Prefecture, which is supposed to depict the prefecture's topography but omits its outlying islands?
... that Richard Davis made the earliest known continuous land-based weather recordings in New Zealand?
... that the month of July is named after Julius Caesar?
... that the first minister of the Hopewell Baptist Church is presumed to be buried under the building?
... that a 2001 book shares the history of a small Tudor community through a 54-year-long "running commentary" by "a somewhat unamiable busybody"?

=1 February 2025=

00:00, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

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... that the common Japanese name of Lilium nobilissimum (pictured) may refer to the sleeves used to carry it from the cliffs on which it grows?
... that the parked vehicle of one candidate in a 2024 Mexico City borough election was shot five times to "give her a scare"?
... that "The Man in the Yellow Tie", an episode of The Flash, concludes a plotline established two years earlier on a different TV series?
... that college football player Chad Brinker continued his career after undergoing brain surgery and eventually signed into the NFL?
... that Their Highest Potential shows the positive side of segregated schools, as written by a student who was taught in one?
... that Ann McMillan recalled "playing" a tape recorder for Déserts, a piece by Edgard Varèse?
... that an Iowa TV station, in one fell swoop, fired nearly a third of its staff and canceled a children's show that had been on the air for 32 years?
... that Henry A. Henry brought an extensive library of Jewish literature when he emigrated to the United States in 1849?
... that King Philip refused to give up Champagne?