User:Generalissima/Did you know?

(For my DYK chains, see User:Generalissima/QpQ)

Current DYK count: 58


 * 1) ...that the historical lands and fishing grounds of the Skinpah were buried underwater by the construction of The Dalles Dam? (October 2, 2023)
 * 2) ...that despite having no professional training or experience, DeLancey W. Gill was appointed to take thousands of photographs for the Smithsonian Institution? (October 15, 2023)
 * 3) ...that the Royal Mint reportedly shipped rare silver coins to New Zealand in unsecured bags, claiming they had not been advised to take extra precaution? (November 8, 2023)
 * 4) ...that some ancient Athenian coins featured the faces of gorgons? (November 24, 2023)
 * 5) ...that fridges filled with "frozen duck" sent to Britain actually contained illegal coins? (December 2, 2023)
 * 6) ... that The Math Myth advocates for American high schools to stop requiring advanced algebra? (December 8, 2023)
 * 7) ... that a design for the New Zealand florin was criticized as looking like a violently defecating kiwi? (December 10, 2023)
 * 8) ... that the pastor John Littlejohn went from selling pornographic literature to sailors as a youth to protecting the Declaration of Independence? (December 21, 2023)
 * 9) ... that cabinet-maker Stephen Badlam simultaneously served as a justice of the peace and a brigadier-general? (January 3, 2024)
 * 10) ... that a design for the 1930s New Zealand penny depicted a rugby player? (January 5, 2024)
 * 11) ... that British intervention reversed the lacquering of a statue in New Zealand? (January 6, 2024)1933 Shilling, New Zealand, Reverse.pngQalasirssuaq (Erasmus Augustine Kallihirua) (cropped).tiff
 * 12) ... that The New Zealand Herald opposed a children's hospital in favour of a statue of Queen Victoria? (January 8, 2024)
 * 13) ... that a New Zealand coin was declared evidence of an atheistic government by detractors? (January 17, 2024)
 * 14) ... that the Māori warrior on the New Zealand shilling (pictured) was actually depicted wearing a dance uniform? (January 24, 2024)
 * 15) ... that a commemorative coin was made for a nonexistent royal visit to New Zealand? (January 25, 2024)
 * 16) ... that two rival designers independently submitted a map for the design of a 1940 New Zealand coin? (January 29, 2024)
 * 17) ... that a hammer and sickle motif was proposed for the New Zealand sixpence? (January 30, 2024)
 * 18) ... that teenage Inuk interpreter Qalaherriaq (pictured) drew an accurate map of northwest Greenland while using a pencil for the first time? (February 6, 2024)
 * 19) ... that the patu clubs on the New Zealand threepence were compared to bottles of ginger beer? (February 9, 2024)
 * 20) ... that a species of butterfly was named in honor of an Inuit interpreter? (February 11, 2024)
 * 21) ... that a law banning Native Americans from living in Seattle was voided when Seattle itself was abolished? (February 12, 2024)
 * 22) ... that despite various proposals, a statue of a renowned Dunedin clergyman was not moved from its location adjacent to a brothel and two parking lots? (February 14, 2024)
 * 23) ... that Eenoolooapik fell ill while kayaking through Aberdeen in traditional Inuit clothing? (February 15, 2024)
 * 24) ... that the "first settler of Asotin County" was the second? (February 24, 2024)
 * 25) ...  that a Stone Age Siberian village is the oldest known fortification in the world? (February 27, 2024)
 * 26) ... that Métis guide Pierre St. Germain was forced to remain with an Arctic expedition he considered too dangerous? (March 1, 2024)
 * 27) ... that names have been steadily added to a Bellingham fishermen's memorial as local fishermen are lost at sea? (March 18, 2024)
 * 28) ... that Majed Abu Maraheel, the first Palestinian Olympian, tended flowers for a living before becoming an Olympic runner? (March 29, 2024, conom with Arconning)
 * 29) ... that a massive smallpox epidemic struck the Pacific Northwest shortly before historical records were kept? (March 29, 2024)
 * 30) ... that Native Americans in Seattle sought refuge on an artificial island composed of waste thrown overboard from ships? (March 30, 2024)
 * 31) ... that slave trader Jourdan Saunders greatly profited from a Louisiana law banning slave trading? (April 4, 2024)
 * 32) ... that some Confederate bullets were sourced from a silver mine? (April 6, 2024)
 * 33) ... that a Japanese island has rapidly fluctuated in size? (April 7, 2024)
 * 34) ... that the design on a New Zealand coin was incorrectly alleged to represent a "personified phallus"? (April 10, 2024)
 * 35) ... that Independence Lost argues that most support for the American Revolution was non-ideological? (April 12, 2024)
 * 36) ... that a 17th-century male-authored book was adapted to argue in favor of women's superiority? (April 23, 2024)
 * 37) ... that the Gusuku period saw massive castles built on "virtually every ridge"? (April 30, 2024)
 * 38) ... that John Quincy Adams described Jonathan Elliot, his former printer, as "penurious and venal"? (May 4, 2024)
 * 39) ... that a bust of the notorious slave trader Isaac Franklin was placed on the prow of his slave ship, the Isaac Franklin? (May 7, 2024)
 * 40) ... that ancient humans cared for a 14,000-year-old puppy? (May 13, 2024)
 * 41) ... that after criticizing the political patronage system, John Silva Meehan was hired as Librarian of Congress through "purely an act of political patronage"? (May 20, 2024)
 * 42) ... that an ancient Chinese village likely had its own local pyromancer? (May 23, 2024)
 * 43) ... that Napoleon awarded a medal to English inventor James White? (May 23, 2024)
 * 44) ... that the chief editor of the United States' Telegraph allegedly gouged a rival reporter's eyes inside a Senate office? (May 24, 2024)
 * 45) ... that John Gould Stephenson fought at the Battle of Gettysburg while serving as the librarian of Congress? (May 25, 2024)
 * 46) ... that within years of Aza Arnold inventing a device to improve cotton roving, it was plagiarized across the United States and Europe? (June 7th, 2024)
 * 47) ... that over the course of several decades, the missionaries of New Zealand's German Mission House failed to convert a single person? (June 9th, 2024)
 * 48) ... that academic Bunny Mellor served as a secret agent alongside Peter Fleming? (June 16, 2024)
 * 49) ... that Drake discovered an ancient Chinese city? (June 17th, 2024)
 * 50) ... that the sheep-farming founder of Kekerengu in New Zealand became an international fugitive? (June 21st, 2024)
 * 51) ... that the Creamoata Mill, which once produced a now-nonexistent breakfast food, was listed as Gore's only "place of outstanding historical and cultural influence"? (June 22, 2024)Kweichow Auto Dollar Obverse.png
 * 52) ... that a Chinese warlord put his car on coinage (pictured), in lieu of his own portrait? (June 24, 2024)
 * 53) ... that Dick Walker 's discovery of Saturn's moon Epimetheus was only realized twelve years later? (June 26, 2024)
 * 54) ... that despite spe cializing in literature and serving as a senior editor of the Zhonghua Book Company, historian Zhang Zhenglang never published a single book of his own? (July 5, 2024)
 * 55) ... that a video gam e consisting solely of a clickable image of a banana was briefly the second-most played game on Steam? (July 11, 2024)
 * 56) ... that when sales slowed on the Texas Centennial half dollar, Senator Tom Connally suggested minting five separate versions? (July 13, 2024)
 * 57) ... that carpenter C umming Haswell erected a historic villa, later described as "modestly-scaled but ornamental"? (July 18, 2024)
 * 58) ... that musician He nry Donch witnessed the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and served on the grand jury that indicted the assassin of President Garfield? (July 21, 2024)