Jump to content

Wikipedia:Recent additions/2017/January

Page semi-protected
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Did you know?
Introduction and rules
IntroductionWP:DYK
General discussionWT:DYK
GuidelinesWP:DYKCRIT
Reviewer instructionsWP:DYKRI
Nominations
Nominate an articleWP:DYKCNN
Awaiting approvalWP:DYKN
ApprovedWP:DYKNA
April 1 hooksWP:DYKAPRIL
Holding areaWP:SOHA
Preparation
Preps and queuesT:DYK/Q
Prepper instructionsWP:DYKPBI
Admin instructionsWP:DYKAI
Main Page errorsWP:ERRORS
History
StatisticsWP:DYKSTATS
Archived setsWP:DYKA
Just for fun
Monthly wrapsWP:DYKW
AwardsWP:DYKAWARDS
UserboxesWP:DYKUBX
Hall of FameWP:DYK/HoF
List of users ...
... by nominationsWP:DYKNC
... by promotionsWP:DYKPC
Administrative
Scripts and botsWP:DYKSB
On the Main Page
Main Page errorsWP:ERRORS
To ping the DYK admins{{DYK admins}}

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.

Current archive
2024 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
2023 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2022 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2021 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2020 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2018 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2017 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2016 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2015 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2014 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2013 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2012 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2011 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2010 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2009 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2008 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2007 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2006 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2005 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2004 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Edit the DYK archive navigation template

Edit the DYK archive navigation template

Did you know...

Please add the line ==={{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}=== for each new day and the time the set was removed from the DYK template at the top for the newly posted set of archived hooks. This will ensure all times are based on UTC time and accurate. This page should be archived once a month. Thanks.

31 January 2017

  • 12:27, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
[[File:|120x133px|Deseret alphabet cursive ]]
Deseret alphabet cursive
  • 00:26, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
A woman with bare shoulders rests her chin on her hands.
Risqué stereoview of writer Ella Wheeler Wilcox

30 January 2017

  • 09:52, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
Pioneer Cabin Tree
Pioneer Cabin Tree

29 January 2017

  • 21:37, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
Capture of Fort Fautaua
Capture of Fort Fautaua
  • 09:22, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
Timex Expedition WS4
Timex Expedition WS4

28 January 2017

  • 21:07, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
Sri Lankan Christmas tree
Sri Lankan Christmas tree
  • 00:30, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
Walt Disney World Railroad
Walt Disney World Railroad

27 January 2017

  • 12:45, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
Sun helmet
Sun helmet
  • 01:00, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
Grace Bochenek
Grace Bochenek

26 January 2017

  • 13:40, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
Sundial cannon
Sundial cannon
  • 00:00, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
Neon triplefin on diploastrea brain coral
Neon triplefin on diploastrea brain coral
  • ... that small gobies are often associated with diploastrea brain coral (pictured)?
  • ... that Herschel K. Mitchell, Roger J. Williams, and Esmond E. Snell isolated folic acid from four tons of processed spinach?
  • ... that the science fiction novella Paradises Lost was adapted as an opera?
  • ... that a Chinese acting troupe was flogged for slander in the 13th century after they portrayed the scholar Wei Liaoweng as a drunkard?
  • ... that writer Ed Brubaker created the murdering vigilante in his comic book Kill or Be Killed because recent news events made him feel there was no justice?
  • ... that the historian who researched early Canadian baseball figure William Shuttleworth believed that "at first people thought I made him up"?
  • ... that the Mazu Temple in Lugang, Taiwan, includes wood carvings of the "Four Best Things in Life": stretching, ear-cleaning, nose-picking, and scratching?

25 January 2017

  • 12:00, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
Naomi Frankel in 2004
Naomi Frankel
  • 00:00, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
Mangal Shobhajatra
Mangal Shobhajatra

24 January 2017

  • 12:00, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
Sonja Vectomov
Sonja Vectomov
  • 00:00, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
Rabbit stew
Rabbit stew

23 January 2017

  • 12:00, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
The Bears Ears
The Bears Ears
  • 00:00, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
King Kalākaua, c. 1881
King Kalākaua
  • ... that one of the goals of King Kalākaua's world tour (Kalākaua pictured) was to save the declining population of Native Hawaiians?
  • ... that monasteries and public buildings are illuminated during the Galdan Namchot festival marking the beginning of new year celebrations in Ladakh, India?
  • ... that for Givat Brenner's 25th anniversary, kibbutz theatre director Shulamit Bat-Dori staged an open-air play with a cast and crew of 1,000, before an audience of 10,000?
  • ... that business historian Robert Sobel has described the New York Gold Exchange as "the most informal and certainly the wildest market in American history"?
  • ... that a study by child psychiatrist Stella Chess and her husband, Alexander Thomas, found that children could be divided into three different categories: "easy", "difficult", and "slow to warm up"?
  • ... that Girls' Generation was among the five South Korean acts that best represent K-pop during the past two decades, according to a 2015 poll by Korea Creative Content Agency?
  • ... that the lemon-bellied flyrobin occasionally catches and eats insects that are one-sixth of its length?

22 January 2017

  • 12:00, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
Excavated 40-metre (130 ft) dragon kiln
Excavated dragon kiln
  • 00:00, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
Levee break at Mound Landing, Mississippi
Levee break at Mound Landing

21 January 2017

  • 12:00, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
Neopalpa donaldtrumpi
N. donaldtrumpi
  • 00:00, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
Bernardo Putairi
Bernardo Putairi

20 January 2017

  • 12:00, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
Fissure at Þingvellir
Fissure at Þingvellir
  • 00:00, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
Soup and sandwich
Soup and sandwich

19 January 2017

  • 12:00, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
Killenworth in 1915
Killenworth in 1915
  • 00:00, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

18 January 2017

  • 12:00, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
Ernst Keil
Ernst Keil
  • 00:00, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
A jumbo slice
A jumbo slice

17 January 2017

  • 12:00, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
  • 00:00, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
Chrysler Building
Chrysler Building

16 January 2017

  • 12:00, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
Comet Hale–Bopp in April 1997
Comet Hale–Bopp
  • 00:00, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
Organ in Neanderkirche
Organ in Neanderkirche

15 January 2017

  • 12:00, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
Martin Luther in 1525
Martin Luther
  • 00:00, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
William Pūnohu White
William Pūnohu White

14 January 2017

  • 12:00, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
Artist's depiction of an asteroid impact
Artist's depiction of an asteroid impact
  • 00:00, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
Wild sweet potato in bloom
Wild sweet potato

13 January 2017

  • 12:00, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
Female hen flea
Female hen flea
  • 00:00, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
Amy Satterthwaite in 2010
Amy Satterthwaite

12 January 2017

  • 12:00, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
European Hansemuseum
European Hansemuseum
  • 00:00, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
Bisaldeo temple
Bisaldeo temple

11 January 2017

  • 12:00, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
Lady Henrietta Cavendish
Lady Henrietta Cavendish
  • 00:00, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
Jingdezhen porcelain
Jingdezhen porcelain

10 January 2017

  • 12:00, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
Ruins of the Üçayak Byzantine Church
Ruins of the Üçayak Byzantine Church
  • 00:00, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
Lee Chong Wei in 2008
Lee Chong Wei

9 January 2017

  • 00:00, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

8 January 2017

  • 00:00, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
Sutton Hoo helmet
Sutton Hoo helmet

7 January 2017

  • 00:00, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
The Biblical Magi visiting Jesus
The Biblical Magi visiting Jesus

6 January 2017

  • 00:00, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
Peter Prevc
Peter Prevc

5 January 2017

  • 00:00, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
Ashurbanipal kills a lion
Ashurbanipal kills a lion

4 January 2017

  • 00:00, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
Oskar Gottlieb Blarr in 2001
Oskar Gottlieb Blarr

3 January 2017

  • 00:10, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
INS Vikrant
INS Vikrant

2 January 2017

  • 00:00, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
Jōmon Venus
Jōmon Venus

1 January 2017

  • 00:00, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
December calendar page from a book of hours
December calendar page