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June 15

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• ...that the Russian courtier Ivan Betskoy was rumoured to have been not only Catherine the Great's confidant but also her father? --self-nom by Ghirla ^-трёп- 15:32, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• ...that people protested outside NASCAR's headquarters after African-American driver Bobby Norfleet was not allowed to qualify for a 2000 Craftsman Truck Series race at Pikes Peak International Raceway? article by D-Day, nom by Royalbroil 14:06, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

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• ...that the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church in Sofia, Bulgaria is in fact a reorganized Ottoman mosque, itself built at the place of an Early Christian temple? Todor→Bozhinov 14:26, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• ...that one of RUF/NEKS' (an all-male pep squad at the University of Oklahoma) shotguns they use during football games is displayed in the Smithsonian Institution?--NMajdan•talk 15:48, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that the Russian playwright Yakov Knyazhnin was formerly believed to have been tortured to death after he had presented a libertarian play to Catherine the Great? --article by User:Meladina, nom by Ghirla ^-трёп- 17:04, 15 June 2006 (UTC), please vet my nom
• ...that the Namibian city of Otjimbingwe was the capital city before the modern capital, Windhoek, replaced it in 1892? Soo 19:09, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

June 14

• ...that the Dover Straits earthquake of 1580 raised tsunamis in the English Channel that flooded Calais and Boulogne? -self-nom, --Wetman 06:19, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• ...that because straw processing was always very important for the town, Twistringen's 750th anniversary was celebrated by building the world's largest straw hat with a diameter of 5.50 meters? self-nom--Carabinieri^T_T^a_a^l_l^k_k 00:27, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• That by the mid-1990s Hewlett Packard's popular LaserJet 4 range of printers had allowed them dominance in the whole laser printer market? - self nom, Master Of Ninja 12:55, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
  • The article does make this claim but it's a bit buried in the lead and then not really referred to again. Was it really this series that did it? Why? The cite supporting the claim just gives a resource, not a more explicatory support. Could either of those things be addressed? The hook itself could be a bit more punchy, as this is an important idea... the dominance by HP of this market was remarkable, in my view. Hope that helps (and yes, LJ4s are well nigh indestructable and still are a good value used if got cheaply enough) ++Lar: t/c 18:59, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
    • It's a nice article for a successful and popular model, but the hook here is really dodgy, as it was the LaserJet Series II that established their market dominance. First printer to use the Bitronics interface? To use the Canon EX engine? --Dhartung | Talk 07:06, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
      • The cite that Lar did mention that as HP now had the laserjet 4 series ranging from personal printers (4L) to high end (4Si) and graphics (4V) it now had market leading laser printers in all segments of the market. However finding additional cites is difficult as all you can google is adverts. Additionally looking at the history of laerjets seem to show that HP from the beginning were building very popular lasers. I'll try and find some more cites, but Dhartung's point that a different hook might be better. An example could be with the Bitronics example as That Hewlett Packard's popular LaserJet 4 range of printers were the first HP printers with the bi-directional Bitronics interface? or ending with first HP printers with bi-directional communications, allowing printers and PCs on a network to communicate with each other? Just suggestions. The EX engine was only used in the LJ4/4+ and none of the other variants. Tell me what you think. Making these things up is hard... - Master Of Ninja 08:41, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
      • Actually one other interesting bit of information could be That Hewlett Packard's popular LaserJet 4 range of printers included the LaserJet 4LC, the first printer designed exclusively for the Chinese market? - an interesting fact from Hewlett Packard's own information archives - Master Of Ninja 09:25, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
        • Bingo, I think we have a winner. --Dhartung | Talk 19:58, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
        • I'll second that one :) Valentinian ^(talk) 20:06, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• ...that Francesca Caccini's La liberazione di Ruggiero, premiered in 1625, was the first opera written by a woman? --AlbertHerring 19:41, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Is this under the right date? I started the article on the 11th. Mak (talk) 16:52, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• ... that the Malay word Merdeka has been used in both Singapore and Malaysia to describe the campaigns for self-government and independence for both countries? — (self-nom) Elle _{vécut heureuse} ^{à jamais} (Be eudaimonic!) 23:50, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

• There are some previous deleted revisions, but they had been wiped out and converted into a redirect, so I hope this can be treated as a new article. Also I hope no one minds two closely related DYKs in the short span of two days. :p Elle _{vécut heureuse} ^{à jamais} (Be eudaimonic!) 23:50, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that the Weld Club is an exclusive men-only club in Perth, Western Australia, founded in 1871 by former British military officers and named after the then Governor, Sir Frederick Weld. (self-nom) -- I@n ≡ talk 08:06, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that tradition traces Clan Drummond, a Scottish clan from Stirlingshire, to Hungarian origins? (self-nom)- THE GREAT GAVINI {T-C} 08:40, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

June 13

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• ...that on the coat of arms of Greenland instead of the Danish version in the royal arms and flag which follow the heraldic tradition in raising the right forepaw, the polar bear on the Greenlandic coat of arms raises the left forepaw because real polar bears are left-handed? self-nom, --Brand ????? 22:06, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Can you reduce the length of the fact, or supply another interesting fact? — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-13 23:11
    • May be like that:

...that on the coat of arms of Greenland despite the heraldic tradition in raising the right forepaw, the polar bear raises the left forepaw because real polar bears are left-handed?

or:

...that the coat of arms of Greenland has a blue shield, however the adherents of the full independence of Greenland use the green background? --Brand спойт 00:10, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

First replacement sounds fine to me, though grammar is a tad awkward. GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 03:09, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Specifically, change "tradition in" to "tradition of" and probably add a comma after "Greenland". Art LaPella 22:39, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Try: ...that the coat of arms of Greenland depicts a polar bear raising his left forepaw, which breaks with heraldic tradition showing the right forepaw raised because polar bears are left-handed? --Dhartung | Talk 20:02, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that the last male-line descendant of Alexander III of Russia, Count George Brasov, died in a road accident at the age of 20? --article by User:Cladeal832, nom by Ghirla ^-????- 13:24, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
  • The article needs some sources. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-13 15:20
  • Any other interesting facts about this person? — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-13 23:09
    • I don't really care. If you think that the only son of the last Tsar is not interesting, well, it's your decision. --Ghirla ^-трёп- 15:29, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
      • Sheesh, the hook should be smuggled to England to escape execution ... but died in a car accident. --Dhartung | Talk 20:07, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that Epiphanius's most important work, the Panarion, is ironically the only surviving source of information on several early Christian sects that he sought to eliminate with his writing? (self-nom) — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-13 01:41
  • I asked a few others to be sure this was irony. I received only agreement, and the best-worded response I received was: "Yes, Epiphanius meant to stamp out heresy, and instead gave it a longer life." — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-13 01:57
    • Seems to be an import from Catholic Encyclopaedia. If this stuff was really written a full century ago, it is too stale to be featured in DYK. --Ghirla ^-????- 12:37, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
      • It wasn't simply an "import", I had to clean up the wording/style/grammar, and it incorporates content from other places. And the content certainly has not become "stale", because the subject is from the 4th century. I'm not finished with the article; I've simply laid the foundation. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-13 15:15
        • It is ironic, although it's not actually unusual (much of the info for performance practice of early music comes from criticisms), and I wouldn't say it's stale, I think it's pretty interesting. Mak (talk) 18:51, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that polyphenol antioxidant is a class of over 4000 nutritionally derived chemicals linked to immune system and cardiovascular health, due to their cellular role of oxidative species scavenging? selfnom Anlace 02:29, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

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  ...that smooth jazz band Physical Therapy's album Casino was featured on the Weather Channel's local forecast twice in 1998? --Zeality 22:50, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
  • The articles needs sources and categories, and the Physical Therapy article is pretty short. Can you expand it? Are there any other interesting facts that could be used here? — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-13 23:08
    • Okay, I added references and expanded the main article and the albums. Band article should be "Good Article" ready. As for something interesting...we could try - ...that despite featuring tight arrangement, jazz fusion band Physical Therapy's eponymous debut album features no drum machines or sequencing? --Zeality 01:58, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that Chicago composer Margaret Bonds wrote her first work, the Marquette Street Blues, at the age of five? (self-nom) --AlbertHerring 01:34, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
• ...that Chile's current Interior Minister Andrés Zaldívar was also a senator and cabinet member in pre-Pinochet democratic Chile, and a prominent democracy activist and member of the successful opposition to the subsequent military regime? Dmcdevit·t 03:41, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Article has no references. Even if you references are in spanish, it is appropriate to give them. Circeus 03:51, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
    • The "external links" were indeed the references, just not as accurately named. I corrected that. Dmcdevit·t 03:57, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

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  ...that the Stinkpot turtle deters predators by releasing a musky smell from glands under its shell? (2 pics) article by Dawson nom by --HJMG 07:33, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
• ...that the University of Oklahoma Marching Band marched in the inauguration parade of the first Oklahoma governor?

June 12

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  ...that Typhoon Patsy of 1970 was the deadliest tropical cyclone to strike Manila since the establishment of the Philippine Weather Bureau in 1865? - íslenska hurikein #12_(samtal) 12:08, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

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  ...that Szinva Terrace, the newest public square in Miskolc, Hungary features a small artificial waterfalls built into the wall bordering the Szinva stream? // self nom. – Alensha ? ? 23:26, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Could use references. Circeus 17:46, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
    • I added some, but all of them are in Hungarian, since it's impossible to find info about it in English (the WP article is probably the first). BTW thanks for cleaning up in the article. I'd love to see it in the DYK :) – Alensha ? ? 21:07, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
      • references in foreign languages are fin when tnere are none in English, but an article without any has no chance at DYK. Circeus 22:30, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
        • Should it be "features a small artificial waterfall" or "features small artificial waterfalls"? i.e. is one waterfall or several? Mak (talk) 18:54, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that the Russian Party of Revolutionary Communism was dissolved in 1920 after a decision of the 2nd Comintern congress which ordered there could only be a single communist party in each country? (self-nom) --Soman 18:24, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that the remnants of Tropical Storm Henri produced severe flooding in northern Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania, causing heavy, yet localized damage? Hurricanehink (talk) 21:57, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Can you suggest a more interesting fact? — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-14 21:56

• .... that although the Constitution of Singapore had been revised in 1958 to implement self-government for the then British colony of Singapore, self-government was only officially achieved with the Singapore general election of 1959? — (self-nom) Elle _{vécut heureuse} ^{à jamais} (Be eudaimonic!) 23:47, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that Atlantica, a proposed trade bloc incorporating parts of New England in the US and the Atlantic Provinces of Canada, had anti-globalization protestors at its first conference in June 2006? (self-nom) --Dhartung | Talk 06:55, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

June 11

• ...that Gregorian chant has influenced modern music ranging from the classical choral works of Arvo Pärt to the black metal music of Deathspell Omega? (self-nom) Peirigill 06:43, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
  • None of those articles seem to be new or recently expanded. smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 15:57, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
  • DYK can only accept newly-created articles. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-12 16:49
    • I expanded the Gregorian chant article substantially on 6/9/06 [1]and on 6/11/06 [2]. What criteria for "substantial expansion" do these changes fail to meet? Also, why must the article be newly created? At the top of the page, it says, "Only articles that were created or significantly expanded in the last 5 days are eligible for use." If this isn't accurate, someone should change that line... Peirigill 16:59, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
      • The criterion is that the article was a stub beforehand, and was expanded beyond a stub. Your article was already large beforehand. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-12 17:06
        • Okay, now I understand. Well, that's disappointing. Sorry for wasting your time. Peirigill 17:10, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
          • Sorry for not being clear about that. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-12 17:11
            • How about Peer reviewing it and aiming for Featured status, instead? :) -Obli (Talk)^? 21:53, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

• ...that Richard Roach Jewell (1810-1891) was an English architect who designed many of the important public buildings in Perth, Western Australia during the latter half of the nineteenth century. (self-nom) -- I@n ≡ talk 08:23, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

June 10

• ...that the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals defines the shape, size and colour of all road signs and traffic lights internationally, in order to improve road safety and increase trade? (self-nom. Two images are available, one of a yellow roadsign, one of a white, showing the two main variants allowed) smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 21:36, 10 June 2006 (UTC) File:Zeichen 101.png

• • Can you suggest a more interesting fact to pull in a variety of readers? This one seemed kind of obvious. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-12 23:01
    • ...that under the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, it is not allowed to place a flashing red light on a road anywhere except for at level crossings, swing bridges, airports, fire stations and ferry terminals? smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 10:58, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Stubby. Please add more text. --Ghirla ^-????- 12:24, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

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• ...that Saltwood Castle (pictured) in Kent, England, was the site where four knights plotted to kill Thomas Becket in 1170? (Saltwood Castle, Kent, 1831)

• ...that the fruit of the colocynth is such a violent laxative that it was even used by pregnant women to induce abortion?

• ...that U.S. Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient Jay R. Vargas, one of four brothers who were decorated war veterans, requested that his medal be engraved with his mother's name instead of his own?

• ...that the blind cave beetle Anophthalmus hitleri is threatened by poaching due to its curious name, which is a dedication to Adolf Hitler?

• ...that M. E. Clifton James posed as Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery as part of an Allied deception plan called Operation Copperhead in 1944, and then went on to play himself in a 1958 biopic called I Was Monty's Double?

• ...that Jean-Baptiste Le Blond, chief architect of Saint Petersburg from 1716 until his death, introduced the distinctions between state apartments and private apartments into French architectural practice?

• ...that the Hairpin Banksia spike (pictured) contains over 1,000 individual flowers around a central woody axis? (Banksia spinulosa)

• ...that in Japan, the Simpsons are better known for appearing in C.C. Lemon commercials than for their television show?

• ...that Perth Gaol was built in the 1850s to house convict labour, but by 1891, it was a geological museum?

• ...that the native ornate plainchant of Benevento, Beneventan chant, co-existed with Gregorian chant for over a century before it was abolished by papal decree?

• ...that the music video for the song "Vindaloo" was a direct parody of that of "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve, which was in turn a mocking recreation of the music video for "Unfinished Sympathy" by Massive Attack?

• ...that Aleksander Krzyżanowski , commander of Polish resistance in the Vilnius region, was arrested by the Soviets after his unit helped them liberate Vilnius from the Germans?

• ...that the noble rhubarb (pictured) of the frigid, sunburnt Himalaya creates its own protective greenhouse with ultraviolet-blocking panels? (90px|Noble Rhubarb)

• ...that the Christian sect of Collegiants was formed in 1619 to defy the Synod of Dort, which had forced Holland to dismiss liberal ministers?

• ...that according to the U.S. NIH, elective c-section and natural birth have "similar degrees of risk" for most women?

• ...that the Neo-Baroque equestrian Monument to Nicholas I (1859) is the only statue of a 19th-century tsar in Saint Petersburg that was not demolished or relocated during the Soviet era?

• ...that American country musician Cowboy Copas's private plane crashed in Tennessee in 1963, killing him and everyone onboard, including fellow country music star Patsy Cline?

• ...that Hindustani classical musician Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande (pictured) ushered in a renaissance of Hindustani music by his reorganisation of Ragas? (Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande)

• ...that the Diademed Sifaka is an athletic lemur whose small groups defend a rainforest territory of up to 125 acres by scent marking?

• ...that Britain's regulations on bread sales, as originated from the Assize of Bread and Ale (1266), were enforced for six centuries?

• ...that a type of reflex hammer was popularized as a medical instrument after two neurologists brawled in Vienna?

• ...that web notes were an experimental attempt by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing to find a cheaper alternative to intaglio printing, but ultimately failed due to quality issues?

• ...that Sonoma Creek (pictured), a California-designated critical coastal watershed, drains the acclaimed Sonoma Valley Wine Country, and provides a home to many endangered species? (Waterfall at Sugarloaf Mountain, headwaters of Sonoma Creek)

• ...that the prosecution of writer and poet Perihan Magden for urging defiance of mandatory military service has complicated Turkey's negotiations for membership in the European Union?

• ...that Indian classical dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai was married to Vikram Sarabhai, considered the Father of the Indian space program?

• ...that the Railsback curve shows that on a normally-tuned piano, low-octave notes will be lower and high-octave notes higher than expected, due to inharmonicity?

• ...that Saugumas, a Nazi-controlled Lithuanian secret police of the 1940s, was modelled after the infamous Gestapo?

• ...that the Chinese box turtle (pictured) has at least four common names, and there is debate over its genus classification? (Chinese Box Turtle)

• ...that ANTARES, a neutrino telescope under construction in the Mediterranean Sea, will find neutrinos from outer space by looking downward, into the Earth?
• ...that Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour featured frontman Chris Martin performing songs after inhaling a helium balloon?

• ...that Szeged's public transport company is one of only four city transport companies that operate tram service in Hungary?

• ...that Maraba Coffee, the first Rwandan coffee to gain Fairtrade status, is used to make the only coffee beer sold in the British Isles?

• ...that the legendary Tamil stage and film artiste K. B. Sundarambal was also a political activist, and the first film personality to enter an Indian state legislature?
• ...that a new "dwarf" dinosaur, a sauropod named Europasaurus (pictured), was recently discovered in Northern Germany?(|Size comparisons of adult and juvenile Europasaurus, and human.)
• ...that economist Barbara Ward, an early advocate of sustainable development, was the first woman ever to address a synod of Roman Catholic bishops?
• ...that climacteric years, occuring septennially, were considered critical and dangerous moments in an Ancient Greek's life?
• ...that New York Times theater critic Howard Taubman said, "it is the destiny of the theatre nearly everywhere and in every period to struggle even when it is flourishing"?
• ...that due to protests and financial problems, the Saint Petersburg Dam was one of the Soviet Union's most notorious long-term construction projects?
• ...that shortly after Capt. William Swift was given command of the maiden voyage of USS Connecticut, it was recalled to port because of a bout of typhoid, and then run aground near Culebra, Puerto Rico?
• ...that Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (pictured) was noted as a patroness of Schiller, Goethe, and Liszt? (Portrait of Maria Pavlovna)
• ...that Super Typhoon Kate of the 1970 Pacific typhoon season, which struck the Philippines less than a week after Super Typhoon Joan, was at the time the deadliest typhoon ever to strike the Philippines?
• ...that 18th-century professional portrait painter Tilly Kettle was the first British painter to work in India?
• ...that, at the time of its construction in 1838, the Moscow Triumphal Gate in Saint Petersburg was the largest cast-iron structure in the world?
• ...that British pianist Antony Peebles has performed in concerts in 128 different countries around the world?
• ...that the DSSAM Model is a computer simulation used to study water quality of the Truckee River, and assisted in conservation of two endangered species?
• ...that on every December 8^th, families celebrating Fête des lumières in Lyon, France, line their windowsills with candles to express gratitude to Mary, mother of Jesus? (pictured) (Cathédrale Saint Jean during La fête des Lumières)
• ...that Abner Kneeland became the last person in the U.S. jailed for blasphemy, in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Kneeland?
• ...that cledonism was an ancient form of divination by listening to the chance words of passers-by, an example of which appears in the Odyssey?
• ...that in almost 100 years of existence, Ireland King of Arms granted only three coats of arms?
• ...that a client was an Ancient Roman who traded his vote for protection, in a similar way to the activities of modern organized crime?
• ...that if U.S.-based PacifiCorp decommissions the Condit Hydroelectric Project in 2008, Condit Dam will be the largest dam ever removed for environmental reasons?

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