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This DYK STATS/Archive 2019 page is an archive of the monthly DYKSTATS leaders for each month in 2019, recognizing the DYK entries that have received the most page views while being featured on DYK.

On an important note: Please do not see this list as a competition, but rather a celebration of some of the most effective DYK hooks.

2019 DYK page view leaders by month (over 5,000 views)

January 2019

Article	Image	DYK views	Views / hour	DYK hook
Murder of Jane Britton		53,494	2,229	... that the red ochre sprinkled on the body of Jane Britton (pictured) 50 years ago today ultimately turned out to be a red herring in solving her murder?
Soviet destroyer Sposobny (1970)		38,125	1,588	... that the Soviet destroyer Sposobny (pictured) was designed to survive a nuclear explosion?
United States Zouave Cadets		32,243	1,343	... that The New York Times stated that, with one exception, the United States Zouave Cadets (pictured) were "all young men of extraordinary muscular power"?
Greta Thunberg		22,579	940	... that 16-year-old Greta Thunberg (pictured) of Sweden has inspired 20,000 students around the world to strike for climate change activism?
Puertasaurus		20,988	874	... that Puertasaurus (illustration shown), one of the largest dinosaurs, is known from only four vertebrae?
Death and funeral of Winston Churchill		20,765	865	... that Operation Hope Not was the codename for planning Winston Churchill's funeral (procession pictured), the largest state funeral in British history?
Battle of Caen (1346)		18,190	758	... that after capturing the French town of Caen in 1346, an English army massacred the population and engaged in an orgy of rape?
Baker City Tower		17,557	732	... that even though the Baker Hotel (pictured) was nearly fully booked during the filming of the 1969 musical film Paint Your Wagon, it closed shortly thereafter?
Theresienstadt Ghetto		17,194	716	... that the Nazi authorities promoted Theresienstadt Ghetto (caricature shown) as a "spa town" and "retirement settlement" for Jews?
Marc Bloch		16,977	707	... that Marc Bloch (pictured), one of the most influential historians of the 20th century, was also a French Resistance fighter and was executed by the Gestapo in 1944?
Simeon Monument		16,213	675	... that, upon completion of the Simeon Monument (pictured), a local resident complained that "among the generality of the inhabitants it is called a p****** post"?
Michelle Leslie		14,238	593	... that catwalk model Michelle Leslie claimed police in Bali, Indonesia, planted two ecstasy tablets in her handbag and then asked for a US$25,000 bribe to avoid conviction?
Joselyn Alejandra Niño		14,209	592	... that suspected hitwoman Joselyn Alejandra Niño had a nickname which referred to Our Lady of Holy Death?
Sully (dog)		14,117		... that U.S. President George H. W. Bush's service dog Sully (pictured) slept next to Bush's coffin before his state funeral?
Russell Crowe's jockstrap		12,129 1,753 = 13,882	578	... that the money from the sale of Russell Crowe's jockstrap allowed the Australia Zoo to establish a koala chlamydia ward?
Victor Bonney		13,462	560	... that Victor Bonney stained vaginas blue?
Whitespot ghost shark		10,135	422	... that the whitespot ghost shark is known from only four specimens in the Galápagos Islands?
F. W. Bernstein		9,982	415	... that the poet, cartoonist, and satirist F. W. Bernstein (pictured) was appointed professor of caricature and comics in Berlin in 1984, the only such chair in the world at the time?
Convention of Alessandria		9,896	412	... that the historian Thomas Henry Dyer described the Convention of Alessandria as "one of the most disgraceful capitulations in history"?
Lady Shani		9,617	400	... that one wrestler was injured and another stripped of her championship after a professional wrestling bout involving Lady Shani went off script?
Guêpe-class submarine		9,061	377	... that Guêpe-class submarines were solely intended for use in harbor defense?
Emily Lloyd		8,369	349	... that at age 17, the English actress Emily Lloyd reportedly beat over 5,000 others, including Jodie Foster, for the lead role in the 1989 film Cookie?
Herbert Lee (activist)		7,871	327	... that black voting rights activist Herbert Lee was killed in 1961 by Mississippi state representative E. H. Hurst?
Battle of Tororo		7,829	326	... that the Ugandan military indiscriminately bombarded rebel fighters, civilians, and even their own forces during the Battle of Tororo?
Esther before Ahasuerus		7,699	321	... that after various changes to Tintoretto's Esther before Ahasuerus (shown) from the 1540s onwards, the painting now has two figures of Haman?
1999 Matamoros standoff		7,540	314	... that two U.S. agents were nearly killed by a drug cartel in Mexico in 1999?
Scharwenzel		7,068	294	... that Scharwenzel is a card game, at least three centuries old, that is played today only on the German island of Fehmarn?
Dermophis donaldtrumpi		6,984	291	... that the man who named a nearly blind amphibian Dermophis donaldtrumpi did so to raise awareness of Donald Trump's policies on climate change?
Orange-breasted bunting		6,595	274	... that an attempt to introduce the orange-breasted bunting (pictured) to Oahu in 1941 was unsuccessful?
Arlene Hirschfeld, Shangri-La (house)		1,619 71 = 1,690 4,103 417 = 4,520 = 6,210	258	... that Denver community activist Arlene Hirschfeld lives in Shangri-La?
Accident triangle		6,118	254	... that the 1931 accident triangle theory proposed a link between the number of minor accidents and those that led to serious injury?
Crooked Billet		6,011	250	... that Crooked Billet was the site of the first house in London that had a telephone, as well as electricity for illumination, boiling a kettle, and ironing?
Andrew L. Lewis (admiral)		5,343	222	... that, before Andrew L. Lewis became commander of the United States Second Fleet, he flew more than 100 combat missions as a naval aviator?
Eight precepts		5,255	219	... that the Buddhist eight precepts allow lay people to lead a life similar to a monk for a day?
Valjala Stronghold		5,086	212	... that the surrender of Valjala Stronghold in 1227 finalized the Crusader conquest of Estonia?
AMES Type 85		5,017		... that the Royal Air Force's AMES Type 85 radar was already considered obsolete by the time it became operational?

February 2019

Article	Image	DYK views	Views / hour	DYK hook
Loschbour man		24,111	1,004	... that DNA testing suggests that Loschbour man (pictured), an 8,000-year-old human skeleton found in Luxembourg in 1935, had dark skin?
Adele Spitzeder		19,439	809	... that some sources believe Adele Spitzeder (pictured) created the first documented Ponzi scheme in 1869?
Guy Dury		13,958	581	... that after recapturing escaped Luftwaffe prisoners, the British officer Guy Dury is said to have remarked: "one really has to take off one's hat to them ... I really regret having to lock them up"?
2019 EFL Cup Final		13,878		... that Manchester City conceded only one goal in regular time en route to the 2019 EFL Cup Final against Chelsea today?
Nakam		13,104	1,747	... that a small group of Holocaust survivors tried to kill six million Germans?
University of Farmington		12,624	1,052	... that the University of Farmington (logo pictured) was a fake university set up by the United States Department of Homeland Security as a part of an undercover operation to expose immigration fraud?
Boybuloq Cave		11,558	481	... that Boybuloq Cave, the deepest in Asia, is located near Uzbekistan's highest village?
African humid period		11,366		... that changes in Earth's orbit around the Sun over 10,000 years ago led to the disappearance of the Sahara desert?
Homeric Minimum		10,490	437	... that the Homeric Minimum may have been responsible for permanent snow on Mount Olympus, as referred to by Homer and in Greek mythology?
British ambulances in the Franco-Prussian War		10,409	433	... that British ambulance units (stores pictured) served alongside armies of both combatants in the Franco-Prussian War?
OK gesture		10,406	1,387	... that the OK gesture (pictured) can stand for the evil eye, the letter F, the number 9, the rising and setting of the sun, or to signal that a scuba diver is safe?
Nucella canaliculata, Semibalanus cariosus		6,679 3,681 = 10,360	863	... that the channeled dog winkle drills into shells of the thatched barnacle (both species pictured) and injects a toxin to gain access to the soft parts?
HMS Sickle		9,388	782	... that after sailors from HMS Sickle (pictured) boarded a small enemy ship, they brought 1,000 oranges and lemons from the ship's cargo back to their submarine?
Something Good – Negro Kiss		9,293	387	... that the recently rediscovered and restored 1898 short film Something Good – Negro Kiss counters racist caricatures?
John L. Whitehead Jr.		8,935	744	... that John L. Whitehead Jr. (pictured) was the first African American to graduate from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School?
Parliamentary snuff box		8,154	339	... that British MPs are entitled to free snuff from the Parliamentary snuff box, despite it being illegal to distribute it freely elsewhere?
Sue Miller (cancer activist)		7,926	330	... that after a mastectomy ended her professional modeling career, Sue Miller assembled a fashion show featuring only models who had had breast cancer?
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl		7,711	321	... that director Manoel de Oliveira completed the 2009 feature film Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl at the age of 100?
Golden-headed cisticola		7,547	314	... that the golden-headed cisticola (pictured) has been described as the "finest tailor of all birds"?
Spotted wobbegong		7,540	628	... that prey of the spotted wobbegong (pictured) have been known to approach its mouth and nibble on its tentacles?
Emiliano Sala		7,540		... that footballer Emiliano Sala is the most expensive signing in the history of Cardiff City F.C.?
Weewarrasaurus		7,287	303	... that the first discovered fossil of the dinosaur Weewarrasaurus was noted for being preserved in green-blue opal?
Flag of Somerset County, Maryland		7,279	303	... that Somerset County, Maryland, adopted the style of the Union Jack as their flag (pictured) before Great Britain did?
Fulvous owl		7,182	299	... that the rhythm of the call of the fulvous owl has been likened to Morse code?
Zura Karuhimbi		7,128	297	... that Zura Karuhimbi saved the lives of more than 100 refugees during the Rwandan genocide by pretending to be a witch?
Steve Swindal		6,999	292	... that after he was named heir apparent to owner George Steinbrenner in 2005, Steve Swindal was bought out of the New York Yankees in 2007?
Shin Hyun-hwak		6,682	278	... that Shin Hyun-hwak was Prime Minister of South Korea for less than six months?
The Bellboy and the Playgirls		6,669	555	... that Francis Ford Coppola said he added "five three-minute nudie sketches in color to a stupid German movie that had been shot in black-and-white"?
Stephen Godin		6,629	276	... that Stephen Godin was a steward of a house of penitent prostitutes?
David Johnson (photographer)		6,526	272	... that photographer David Johnson (pictured) was the first African American student of Ansel Adams?
Sophie Karthäuser		6,316		... that among the Mozart roles sung by soprano Sophie Karthäuser are Ilia, Tamiri, and Serpetta?
Thessaloniki Metro		6,302	262	... that construction on the Thessaloniki Metro triggered the largest-ever archaeological dig in northern Greece, unearthing more than 300,000 individual artefacts?
Tidying Up with Marie Kondo		6,145	256	... that after the release of the Netflix show Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, charity shops in Washington D.C. reported a 66% increase in donations?
Hohhot Shengle International Airport		6,102	254	... that a river will be diverted for the construction of Hohhot Shengle International Airport?
Walt Torrence		6,038	252	... that Walt Torrence (pictured) was an All-American college basketball player for UCLA before joining the US Army and winning a gold medal at the 1963 Pan American Games?
Kaede Hondo		5,980	249	... that Japanese voice actress Kaede Hondo decided to pursue a career in acting due to a misunderstanding?
North Carolina State House, George Washington (Canova)		2,168 3,734 = 5,902	492	... that the North Carolina State House and Canova's George Washington (engraving shown) were both destroyed by an "awful conflagration" that began while the building was being fireproofed?
Elizabeth Ness MacBean Ross		5,688	237	... that the work of Dr Elizabeth Ross is still commemorated annually in Serbia despite her having spent only three weeks in the country?
Lava balloon		5,627	234	... that lava can form gas-filled balloons that float on water?
Pius F. Koakanu		5,605	233	... that Hawaiian legislator Pius F. Koakanu was beaten by rioters because of his support for King Kalākaua in the monarchial election of 1874?
Earth's circumference		5,295	220	... that Earth's circumference around the poles is almost exactly 40,000 kilometres or 21,600 (i.e. 360 × 60) nautical miles, because it was used to define those units of measurement?
Tucson Girls Chorus		5,249	218	... that in 2017, the Tucson Girls Chorus opened the city's first public choir for girls and boys with special needs?
Philip Petty		5,228	217	... that Philip Petty received the Medal of Honor for raising his regiment's colors during the Battle of Fredericksburg?
Operation Thunderbolt (1997)		5,160	215	... that SPLA rebels captured a large amount of military equipment from the Sudanese Armed Forces during Operation Thunderbolt, but found much of it had degraded and was of no use?
Chesapeake and Ohio 1309		5,111	212	... that the restoration of the Chesapeake and Ohio 1309 locomotive was set back when an employee stole thousands of pounds of brass fittings to sell as scrap?
Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene		5,107	426	... that paintings of Saint Sebastian tended by Saint Irene reflected the position of both Catholic and Protestant churches that people should not flee to avoid the plague?

March 2019

Article	Image	DYK views	Views / hour	DYK hook
Elly Mayday		34,666	1,562	.... that when Elly Mayday (pictured) was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she not only continued to model, but appeared in pictorials with a bald head from chemotherapy and surgery scars?
Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (pilot)		31,511	2,626	... that a gay former British prince died fighting on the side of Nazi Germany despite loathing Hitler and the Nazi Party?
Frog Service		21,022	1,751	... that Josiah Wedgwood "was very unwilling to disfigure" his Frog Service with "this reptile" (pictured), but Catherine the Great insisted it appear on all 944 pieces?
Shepard tables		16,082	1,340	... that in the Shepard tabletop illusion (pictured), identical parallelograms look very different?
HMS Simoom (P225)		14,963	1,247	... that all 15 torpedoes fired by HMS Simoom (pictured) during her career missed their targets, but 3 hit and sank a destroyer instead?
Mary Bulkley		13,136	1,094	... that 18th-century British actress Mary Bulkley (pictured) was once hissed by her audience because she had "taken the son of her long-term lover to her bed"?
Paul Bateson		12,423	1,035	... that real-life X-ray technician Paul Bateson, convicted of murder 40 years ago today, played the X-ray technician in The Exorcist's cerebral angiogram scene?
Coffin of Nedjemankh		11,940	995	... that shortly after purchasing the coffin of Nedjemankh (pictured) for $4 million, the Metropolitan Museum of Art decided to return it to Egypt?
Indo-Russia Rifles		10,427	868	... that Indo-Russia Rifles is a joint venture licensed to produce 750,000 AK-203 rifles, the latest and most advanced version of the AK-47 firearm?
Nao Tōyama		10,318	859	... that Nao Tōyama (pictured), whose solo singles have been used as theme songs for anime series on television and in film, was tone-deaf as a girl?
Gordon Cooper		10,199	849	... that after astronaut Gordon Cooper (pictured) died, his ashes were launched into space three times?
Tugnet Ice House		6,522 3,483 = 10,005		... that the Tugnet Ice House, the largest surviving ice house in the UK, is now a dolphin watching centre?
Ground billiards		9,833	818	... that modern cue sports games such as snooker and nine-ball can be traced back to the game of ground billiards, played with hoops and mallets (illustration shown)?
The Jew Among Thorns		9,254	771	... that the antisemitic tale "The Jew Among Thorns" was used to indoctrinate children in Nazi Germany?
Agats		8,654	712	... that the entire town of Agats is elevated above ground level, including the roads?
Ida Dorsey		8,396	699	...that Ida Dorsey built the last standing bordello (pictured) from Minneapolis' three red-light districts?
Chu Shijian		8,004	667	... that after China's "tobacco king" Chu Shijian was sentenced to life imprisonment, he became the "king of oranges"?
Chicken Pot Pie		7,360		... that the "Weird Al" parody song "Chicken Pot Pie" was not released at the request of vegetarian Paul McCartney, who felt it endorsed eating meat?
From Dixie with Love		6,170		... that the University of Mississippi band was asked to stop playing "From Dixie with Love" because fans kept chanting, "The South will rise again"?
Ishi in Two Worlds, Theodora Kroeber		4,865 1,245 = 6,110	509	... that the 1961 book Ishi in Two Worlds by Theodora Kroeber told the story of Ishi (pictured), the last known member of the Yahi people?
Anastasia Bitsenko		5,831	485	... that convicted assassin Anastasia Bitsenko was one of the seven Soviet delegates to the German-Soviet peace negotiations in World War I?
Brenva Glacier		5,478	456	... that when a massive rockfall in 1920 covered part of the Brenva Glacier (pictured) it caused it to lengthen considerably, at a time when nearby glaciers were retreating?
Baseball Rule		5,484	238	... that the Baseball Rule in American tort law holds that as long as a baseball team has protected seats available, fans injured by foul balls generally cannot hold the team liable?
Margit Bokor		5,451	454	... that the soprano Margit Bokor (pictured) created the role of Zdenka in Arabella by Richard Strauss at the Semperoper in Dresden in 1933, and performed the role in the UK premiere at the Royal Opera House?
Crisper drawer		5,332	444	... that a crisper drawer can help protect fruits and vegetables from ethylene gas?
Belzer v. Bollea		5,327		... that Hulk Hogan was sued for $5 million by Richard Belzer for choking Belzer unconscious with a sleeper hold and dropping him on live TV?
The Democrat-Reporter		5,199	433	... that after the editor of an Alabama newspaper called for the return of the Ku Klux Klan, he was replaced by an African-American woman?

April 2019

Article	Image	DYK views	Views / hour	DYK hook
Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick		44,648	1,860	... that the fashion designer Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick (pictured) is the closest relative of Queen Elizabeth II who cannot succeed to the British throne because of conversion to Catholicism?
Fabiana Rosales		26,823	1,117	... that Venezuelan journalist Fabiana Rosales (pictured) has assumed the role of international ambassador, soliciting support for her husband's opposition party, towards resolving the crisis in Venezuela?
Holden's Lightning flight		24,741	1,030	... that an engineer inadvertently took off in an English Electric Lightning fighter jet after engaging the afterburner by mistake?
Chinese alligator		15,933 2,366 = 18,299	654	... that the critically endangered Chinese alligator (pictured) may have helped inspire the mythology of the Chinese dragon?
Dortan massacre, Dortan		8,453 6,427 = 14,880	620	... that the Wehrmacht killed at least 35 French civilians in the village of Dortan (memorial pictured), and then burned the entire village to the ground?
Eiseman-Renyard and others v. the United Kingdom (Apr. 1, 2019)		6,072 6,615 = 12,687	1,057	... that zombies can be arrested before they've even committed a crime?
Echiura		12,446	513	... that in the 1970s, spoon worms (example pictured) helped promote biodiversity around the effluent outlets from the Los Angeles sewage system?
Judah Samet		11,752	926	... that attendees at Trump's 2019 State of the Union Address sang "Happy Birthday" to Judah Samet (pictured), a Holocaust survivor who narrowly escaped the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting?
Ansel Adams		10,561	880	... that Ansel Adams (pictured), known for his black-and-white landscape photographs, documented a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II?
Pacu jawi		10,424		... that in pacu jawi (pictured), the traditional cattle race of Tanah Datar, Indonesia, the jockey holds the tails of two cattle while they sprint across a muddy rice field?
Sex and Candy		10,029	501	... that John Wozniak took less than an hour to write Marcy Playground's only hit, "Sex and Candy", in his bedroom at 4 a.m.?
Der geteilte Himmel		9,991		... that Christa Wolf's Der geteilte Himmel (cover pictured), published in East Germany in 1963, was called a "socialist bestseller"?
Disappearance of Brittanee Drexel (Apr. 25, 2019)		9,850	410	... that while investigating the case of Brittanee Drexel, who disappeared 10 years ago today, the FBI brought federal charges against someone who had already served state probation for the same crime?
Florida shuffle		9,513	396	... that the Florida shuffle refers to recovering drug addicts caught between multiple rehab centers and "patient brokers" for their insurance money?
Ebbo Bastard (Apr. 1, 2019)		8,811	734	... that Australians refused to call this bastard a bastard?
Flag of Blackbeard (Apr. 1, 2019)		8,722	726	... that the bloody flag of Blackbeard probably wasn't?
Walter Stanley Haines (Apr. 23, 2019)		9,578	798	... that Walter Stanley Haines (pictured) testified about the Haymarket bombing of 1886, the disappearance of Louisa Luetgert in 1897, and the suspicious deaths in multimillionaire Thomas H. Swope's family in 1909?
United States v. 422 Casks of Wine (Apr. 1, 2019)		8,434	702	... that the United States once sued 422 casks of wine, and the wine won?
Fiona Peever (Apr. 1, 2019)		8,373	697	... that a bronze statue co-created by Fiona Peever apparently stepped off its pedestal (pictured) and sat down on some nearby steps?
Young People Fucking 10th Canadian Comedy Awards 29th Genie Awards (Apr. 1, 2019)		6,877 698 671 = 8,246	687	... that a Genie and three Beavers recognized Young People Fucking?
FBI MoneyPak Ransomware (Apr. 1, 2019)		7,528	2,509	... that the FBI can lock your computer (logo pictured)?
Viernes Negro (Apr. 26, 2019)		7,340	612	... that Venezuela's economy still has not recovered from Black Friday in 1983?
Patsy Dan Rodgers (Apr. 1, 2019)		7,338	611	... that Patsy, the recently deceased Irish king, personally welcomed visitors who landed in his realm?
South Lake Union Streetcar (Apr. 1, 2019)		7,102	591	... that 1,900 people in Seattle rode the city's slut on a daily basis?
Chafin v. Chafin (Apr. 1, 2019)		7,014	584	... that the United States Supreme Court had a divorce and the daughter was sent to Scotland?
Hans Bredow		6,814		... that in a telegram to Hitler, Hans Bredow, the former head of the Reich Broadcasting Corporation, requested to be treated like his colleagues who were interred in the Oranienburg concentration camp?
Librotraficante		6,629	276	... that Librotraficante smuggled books into Arizona?
Chen Zhaodi		6,538	272	... that volleyball player Chen Zhaodi, who was nicknamed "One-armed General" despite having two arms, became an actual general after retiring from her volleyball career?
Stomp the Bus (Apr. 1, 2019)		6,434	536	... that a giant has been seen stomping buses underfoot in Arizona?
Aina Mahal, Ram Singh Malam		1320 4557 = 5,877	490	... that Ram Singh Malam designed and decorated the Palace of Mirrors and its pleasure hall?
Nazir Ahmad Wani		5,745	239	... that Nazir Ahmad Wani, the first Ashoka Chakra recipient from Kashmir (posthumous award ceremony pictured), was a militant before he surrendered and joined the Indian Army?
Lirabuccinum dirum		5,732	238	... that the dire whelk sometimes shares the prey of the ochre sea star while it is being eaten?
Worthing Tramocars (Apr. 1, 2019)		5,532	461	... that Bill Gates' converted dustbin lorry helped old people get around Worthing?
French ship Courageux (1753)		5,368	447	... that when HMS Courageux was wrecked, more than 100 men escaped to the shore by clambering along a fallen mast?
Harry B. Neilson		5,145	429	... that Harry B. Neilson's illustrations for The Fox's Frolic (example shown) depict fox hunting in which the foxes do the hunting?
Crinkley Bottom (Apr. 1, 2019)		5,071	422	... that not enough people entered a crinkley bottom to keep it open?

May 2019

Article	Image	DYK views	Views / hour	DYK hook
2019 FA Cup Final		25,906		... that Watford's appearance in today's FA Cup Final is their first since 1984?
Citizens! During shelling this side of the street is the most dangerous		20,508	854	... that during the siege of Leningrad, citizens were warned that "this side of the street is the most dangerous"?
Unwritten rules of baseball		19,457	811	... that Michael Jordan broke one of the unwritten rules of baseball?
ASV Mark III radar		17,754	740	... that the ASV Mark III radar was able to hunt down German U-boats with deadly efficiency in part because of a little white lie?
Redoshi		16,734	697	... that Redoshi (pictured), a West African woman who lived in Alabama and died in 1937, was the last known survivor of the transatlantic slave trade?
Messenger of Peace (missionary ship)		14,861	619	... that the missionary ship Messenger of Peace (pictured) was built in 15 weeks using scrap metal, ropes made of hibiscus, and sails made of matting?
Silesian Wars		14,781	615	... that the Silesian Wars made Frederick (pictured) "Great"?
Katie Bouman		14,114	653	... that at the age of 29, imaging scientist Katie Bouman presented her algorithm used to create the first images of a black hole?
National liberation skirt		12,358	515	... that approximately 4,000 handmade personalised patchwork skirts have been registered as official national liberation skirts (example pictured) in the Netherlands?"
Jeff's Gourmet Sausage Factory		9,490	395	... that in 2015, Jeff's Gourmet Sausage Factory (veal bratwurst sandwich pictured) opened the first glatt kosher hot dog stand at Dodger Stadium?
Deep water cycle		8,441	351	... that recent research has shown the presence of a deep water cycle all the way down through the Earth's lower mantle?
King's Cross Thameslink railway station		8,332	347	... that King's Cross Thameslink railway station, then known as King's Cross Metropolitan (pictured), was one of the initial seven stations on London's first underground line?
Morpeth, Northumberland		8,251	344	... that the town of Morpeth held its own professional Olympic games from 1873 to 1958?
Zhou Tongqing		7,816	326	... that although Zhou Tongqing led the development of China's first X-ray tube, he was denounced as a "bourgeois intellectual" and persecuted during the Anti-Rightist Campaign and the Cultural Revolution?
2019 Peterborough recall petition		7,150		... that the 2019 Peterborough recall petition led to the first successful recall of a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom?
Katja Wulff		7,124	296	... that Katja Wulff (drawing shown) of Hamburg, who learned expressionist dance from Rudolf von Laban, was still running her dance school in Basel at the age of 90?
Pew group		7,017	292	... that the "rigidly posed" figures in English pottery pew groups of the 1740s may play musical instruments, or take snuff?
Konrad Püschel		6,746	281	... that the German architect Konrad Püschel was conscripted into the Wehrmacht during World War II, held as a prisoner of war by the Soviet Union, and returned home weighing only 40 kg (88 lb)?
Island of stability		6,402	266	... that there may be an island of stability with so-called magic numbers of protons and neutrons?
Treating (law)		6,161	256	... that in UK elections, it is illegal for candidates to treat the voters?
I Admit (R. Kelly song)		6,146	256	... that R. Kelly's 19-minute song "I Admit", which contains no criminal admissions, was described as an act of trolling and compared to O. J. Simpson's book If I Did It?
Zechariah Baumel		6,110	254	... that the remains of missing Israeli soldier Zechariah Baumel were discovered in a cemetery in the Yarmouk refugee camp near Damascus, Syria, nearly 37 years after he disappeared in the 1982 Lebanon War?
Hermann Herlitz		6,031	251	... that Hermann Herlitz (pictured), born to Jewish parents in Prussia in 1834, was pastor of the Lutheran Trinity Church in East Melbourne, Australia, for 46 years?
Chen Fangyun		6,011	250	... that Chen Fangyun proposed a control system that was crucial for the launch of China's first geosynchronous communications satellite in 1984?
Pavlos Kouroupis		5,408	225	... that Colonel Pavlos Kouroupis was the first commanding officer defending Cyprus at the start of the Turkish invasion and is considered the first missing person of the conflict?
Six Motets, Op. 82 (Kiel)		5,323		... that "Aus der Tiefe rufe ich" ('Out of the depths have I cried') is one of six 1883 psalm settings by Friedrich Kiel?
First Landing Party of the Founders of Newark		5319		... that First Landing Party of the Founders of Newark went missing for more than a decade?
Five precepts		5,252	219	... that Buddhists consider the precept against killing any living being the most important of the five basic ethical precepts?

June 2019

Article	Image	DYK views	Views / hour	DYK hook
Air lock diving-bell plant		23,297 ([1][2])	971	... that the Air Lock Diving-Bell Plant (pictured), made in Wivenhoe, worked in the Gibraltar harbour for more than 60 years?
That's All, Brother		20,227	843	... that the pilot of That's All, Brother (pictured), the lead C-47 carrying American paratroopers to Normandy 75 years ago today, named the airplane as a message to Adolf Hitler that his rule would soon end?
Oei Hui-lan		16,448	685	... that Madame Wellington Koo (pictured), the Chinese-Indonesian First Lady of pre-communist China, was featured as a "woman of style" in a 2015 fashion exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
Frank Borman		21,659 – (8855 1793)/2 = 16,335	681	... that after retirement from NASA, astronaut Frank Borman (pictured) became a special advisor to Eastern Air Lines, and helped rescue survivors of the Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crash near Florida's Everglades?
Marvel Swimsuit Special		16,256	677	... that Marvel Comics published a parody of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue featuring artwork of superheroes in bathing suits?
Salar del Hombre Muerto		15,428	643	... that the Salt Pan of the Dead Man is one of the most important sources of lithium in the world?
2019 Saudi Arabia mass execution		15,115	629	... that the 37 civilians beheaded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in April 2019 included at least three who were minors at the time of their arrest?
Sylvia Geszty		14,365		... that the Hungarian coloratura soprano Sylvia Geszty (pictured) was a member of the Berlin State Opera in East Germany before joining the Stuttgart State Opera in the West?
Göreme National Park		14,141	589	... that the landscape of Göreme National Park (pictured) has been formed by volcanic activity followed by erosion?
Hevsel Gardens		12,516	522	... that the Hevsel Gardens, a UNESCO World Heritage site, have been compared to the Garden of Eden?
Adriaan de Bruin		12,327		... that Adriaan de Bruin was enslaved in Africa but ended up in Hoorn in the Dutch Republic, where he married a local woman and ran a tobacco shop?
NASA Astronaut Group 4		12,125	505	... that NASA Astronaut Group 4, selected in 1965 for the Apollo program, was the first recruited primarily on the basis of scientific experience?
Nina Salaman		11,825	493	... that the poet Nina Salaman (pictured) was the first woman to deliver a sermon in a British Orthodox synagogue?
Mai Yinghao, Huang Zhanyue		6,135 5,652 = 11,787	491	... that archaeologists Mai Yinghao and Huang Zhanyue led the excavation of the 2,000-year-old mausoleum of King Zhao Mo (jade burial suit pictured)?
Naomi Koshi		11,655	486	... that Naomi Koshi is the youngest woman ever elected mayor of a Japanese city?
Elisabeth Erdmann-Macke		10,227	426	... that during World War II, Elisabeth Erdmann-Macke safeguarded the paintings of her first husband, August Macke, who portrayed her more than 200 times (example pictured)?
Kitty O'Brien Joyner		10,697		... that Kitty O'Brien Joyner (pictured) was the first woman engineer at NACA, the predecessor to NASA?
Tomb of Menecrates		10,352		... that the lion of Menecrates (pictured) was thought to be part of the Tomb of Menecrates in Corfu, built for an ancient Korkyrean ambassador who was lost at sea?
Mickey au Camp de Gurs		9,456	394	... that Horst Rosenthal's 1942 comic Mickey au Camp de Gurs is "perhaps the earliest sequential art narrative dealing with the Holocaust"?
2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final		9,199	383	... that ten years ago today, the United States played in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final after ending Spain's 35-match unbeaten streak?
Dolo hospital airstrike		9162	381	... that Italy bombed a Swedish hospital in Dolo during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War?
North Woods and North Meadow		8,698	362	... that North Woods in New York City's Central Park contains a bridge (pictured) made of boulders, some weighing nearly 100 short tons (89 long tons), which are held together by gravity?
United Airlines Flight 297		8,578	357	... that after the crash of United Airlines Flight 297 in 1962, the Federal Aviation Administration created new regulations that required airplanes to better withstand bird strikes?
Edelio López Falcón		8,221	343	... that suspected drug lord Edelio López Falcón was known as "The Lord of the Horses"?
Rolando López Salinas		8,221	343	... that a Mexican mayor warned that the murder of suspected drug lord Rolando López Salinas would increase drug violence in his city?
Calma glaucoides		8,216	342	... that Calma glaucoides has such a rich diet of eggs that it does not need an anus?
Nancy Pelosi		8,194	341	... that Nancy Pelosi (pictured) is the only woman to have served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and the first former Speaker to return to the post since 1955?
Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia		7,681		... that the symptoms of CPVT, a cause of sudden death in children, are often mistaken for simple faints?
Kyle Garlick		7.503	313	... that Kyle Garlick set the single-season home run record for the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos?
The Twin Miracle		7,378	307	... that according to Buddhist texts, the Buddha performed The Twin Miracle in a miracle contest against six rival religious leaders?
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup		7,258	302	.. that the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, which began 20 years ago today, was moved to large American football stadiums after the success of the 1996 Olympics soccer tournament?
All the Ways		7,239	302	... that Meghan Trainor's song "All the Ways" was inspired by a conversation she had with her husband Daryl Sabara?
Barbie the Welder		7,180	299	... that Barbie likes welding?
Nancy Fish		6,737	281	... that Nancy Fish, widow of P. T. Barnum, is said to have met her second husband when she fell from the Great Pyramid of Giza into his arms?
Liang Shoupan		6,462	269	... that Liang Shoupan is known as the "father of China's cruise missile program"?
Genrikh Novozhilov		6,401	267	... that Genrikh Novozhilov led the development of Ilyushin Il-76, the most popular passenger and military transport aircraft of the Soviet Union?
Ria Thiele		6,250		... that Max Brod reviewed a performance of Ria Thiele, an actress and dancer who played in theatres of Vienna, Berlin and Prague?
Kingdom of the Aurès		6,183	258	... that despite previously being at war with the Kingdom of the Aurès, the Byzantine Empire supported them during the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb?
Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd and others		5,998		... that after Christian bakers refused to decorate a cake in support of gay marriage, the UK Supreme Court ruled that no one could be forced to promote a message with which they disagree?
Chen Tiemei		5,922		... that archaeologist Chen Tiemei proposed the first chronology for Palaeolithic China?
Palmer Street		5,881	245	... that Palmer Street was the location of a secret British spy base that intercepted the communications of London's embassies?
James Bruce Lockhart		5,831	243	... that James Bruce Lockhart's career in the Foreign Office was a cover for his real work with the Secret Intelligence Service?
Ellen Schwiers		5,682		... that Ellen Schwiers, who starred as Buhlschaft at the Salzburg Festival and in a film in 1961, founded a touring theatre company with her husband and daughter?
Hu Jinqing		5,655	236	... that Hu Jinqing's animated film The Fight Between the Snipe and the Clam, based on a Chinese proverb, won a Silver Bear in Berlin?
Lees of Scotland		5,632	235	... that the Lees Macaroon bar was an experiment?
Jakub Wędrowycz		5,503	229	... that the fictional character Jakub Wędrowycz—an exorcist, drunkard, moonshine producer, and poacher—is one of the icons of Polish pop culture?
All About That Bass		5,470	228	... that Meghan Trainor's song "All About That Bass" was written in 40 minutes?
Sangita Magar		5,250	219	... that Nepalese student Sangita Magar became a human rights activist after she survived an acid attack at the age of 16?
Don't I Know You?		5,086	212	... that the Killing Eve episode "Don't I Know You?" was generally praised for including diverse LGBT characters, but also criticised for how one was killed?

July 2019

Article	Image	DYK views	Views / hour	DYK hook
Poutine, peameal bacon, Made in Canada, Canadian Comedy Awards, 1st Canadian Comedy Awards		29,514 18,463 10,639 7,082 1,777 − (1,971 4,528)/2 = 64,225	2,676	... that poutine (example pictured) and back bacon on a bun were served while the Beaver was awarded to Made in Canada at the inaugural Canadian Comedy Awards?
Michael Collins (astronaut)		112,192 - (115,723 34,037)/2 = 37,312	1,554	... that Michael Collins (pictured), the command module pilot for Apollo 11, was the first person to perform two spacewalks in a single mission?
Rosé (singer)		31,699	1,321	... that New Zealand-born singer Rosé (pictured) initially thought her father's suggestion that she audition to become a K-pop star was a joke, as the family lived in Australia?
Elizabeth L. Gardner		27,656	1,152	... that Elizabeth L. Gardner served as a WASP during World War II and was the subject of a well-known photo (pictured)?
Roger B. Chaffee		28,471 - (2,896 3,156)/2 = 25,445	1,060	... that when Roger B. Chaffee (pictured) was selected for Apollo 1, he was the youngest American astronaut to earn a NASA mission assignment?
2008 Universal fire		19,185	799	... that the 2008 Universal fire (pictured) may have destroyed the audio master tapes of up to half a million songs?
Personification, Personification of the Americas		6,550 11,804 = 18,354	272 492 = 764	... that a new personification was developed for the Americas after their discovery by Europeans?
Tito's Tacos		16,225	676	... that Tito's Tacos of Culver City, California, has sold the same hard-shell tacos (pictured) filled with shredded beef, iceberg lettuce, and grated cheddar cheese for 60 years?
Djamaa el Djazaïr		16,206	675	... that the new Djamaa el Djazaïr mosque (pictured) is the tallest building in Africa?
IM 67118		15,165	632	... that a clay tablet at the National Museum of Iraq, dated to c. 1770 BCE, shows a calculation that uses the Pythagorean theorem—twelve centuries prior to the birth of Pythagoras?
Yuri Gagarin		35,088 - (29,117 10,771)/2 = 15,144	631	... that pilot-cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space and first to orbit the Earth, ejected from his descending spacecraft at an altitude of about 7,000 metres (23,000 ft)?
1974 White House helicopter incident		14,965	624	... that in 1974, a United States Army private first class stole a helicopter and landed it on the White House lawn?
Joe Biden (The Onion)		14,503	604	... that Joe Biden prefers the Chevrolet Corvette, but Joe Biden prefers the Pontiac Trans Am?
T-7 (rocket)		13,283	553	... that China's first sounding rocket (monument pictured) was fueled using a bicycle pump?
MAX Blue Line		12,679	528	... that Portland's MAX Blue Line (train pictured) was built as a result of freeway revolts in the 1970s?
Megabat		10,983	458	... that in two species of megabat, males have been observed to produce milk?
Polonium-210		10,570	441	... that polonium-210 is 250,000 times more toxic by weight than hydrogen cyanide?
Joe Bertony		9,332	389	... that French-born Joe Bertony, who twice escaped from Nazi concentration camps, played a key part in the construction of the Sydney Opera House?
Tang Dingyuan		9,186	383	... that Tang Dingyuan co-invented the "split-diamond bomb"?
Susan Beschta		8,937	372	... that Susan Beschta was a punk rocker and federal judge?
David Scott		14,678 - (6,857 5,062)/2 = 8,719	368	... that David Scott's performance under pressure during Gemini 8, the first mission to achieve a docking in space, led to his selection for the Apollo program?
Mandy Moore (choreographer)		8,699	354	... that Mandy Moore choreographed La La Land's opening number using 30 dancers, 100 extras, and 60 cars stuck in traffic on a Los Angeles freeway?
SS Ventnor		8,494	362	... that the bodies of 499 gold miners bound for China were lost when the SS Ventnor sank in 1902?
Stele of Arniadas		8,441	352	... that the verses of the inscription on the funerary Stele of Arniadas have been described as "extraordinarily similar" to the words of Hector in the Iliad?
History of the Caltech House System		8,037		... that while Caltech's historic South Houses were renovated, its North Houses were recommended for demolition for lack of architectural appeal?
WWE 24/7 Championship		7,945		... that the WWE 24/7 Championship, a professional wrestling championship, can be defended anytime, anywhere, as long as a WWE referee is present?
XIX Army Corps		7,601		... that the XIX Army Corps represented Germany as it ceded Brest-Litovsk to the Soviet Union in the German–Soviet military parade (commanders pictured)?
A load of old cobblers		7,559	315	... that this article is a load of old cobblers?
Hours of Louis XII		7,500	313	... that the process of connecting the scattered fragments surviving from the Hours of Louis XII (begun c. 1498) only started in 1973?
Maria Howard Weeden		7,459	311	... that Maria Howard Weeden painted many portraits of African-American freedmen and freedwomen?
Every Frame a Painting		7,102	295	... ... that the editing style of Every Frame a Painting was formulated to avoid copyright claims from YouTube's Content ID system?
Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean		6,847	285	... that Bolivia sued Chile in 2013 to regain land lost in 1884, claiming it had an Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean?
Lesbian erasure		6,805	283	... that some LGBTQ activists have opposed the use of the term "lesbian erasure", because it has sometimes been used in opposition to transgender rights?
Ali Eisami		6,760	282	... that Ali Eisami (pictured), a Kanuri man, dictated his memoirs of his captivity to German missionary and linguist Sigismund Koelle, and helped him produce a Kanuri grammar?
George Gosse		6,750	281	... that George Gosse was awarded the George Cross for disarming three German naval mines under exceptionally hazardous conditions?
HMS Lavinia (1806)		6,547	273	... that HMS Lavinia was saved from being broken up, only to be sunk in a collision with another ship?
JJ Levine		6,434	268	... that Canadian photographic artist JJ Levine is known for portraits in which the same model depicts both the male and female members of a couple?
South Arch volcanic field		6,245		... that the weight of the volcanoes of Hawaii is causing Earth's crust to buckle, generating volcanoes under the sea?
Tundra orbit		6,227		... that satellites in a Tundra orbit trace a figure-eight across the sky?
Hemothorax		6,095		... that endometriosis, a condition in which tissue from the womb occurs in unusual locations, can cause bleeding into the chest during menstrual periods?
Big Bull, India		6,061	253	... hundreds of stockbrokers protested outside the Bombay Stock Exchange demanding removal of the Big Bull after the market crashed?
FM Non-Duplication Rule		5,989	250	... that the FM Non-Duplication Rule adopted by the FCC 55 years ago today led to the creation of the album-oriented and classic rock radio formats?
May Hollinworth		5,966		... that Australian theatre director and former chemistry demonstrator May Hollinworth was described as "a wizard with lighting effects"?
Lilian Benningsen		5,782		... that Lilian Benningsen, a singer at the Bavarian State Opera for decades, appeared as Carolina in the world premiere of Henze's Elegie für junge Liebende (Elegy for Young Lovers)?
2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Final		5,626	234	... that Germany defeated Sweden in the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Final (pictured) with a golden goal, the last time this play was allowed in the final?
Valentina Tereshkova		9,576 - (4,611 3,306)/2 = 5,618	234	... that cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova made 42 trips outside the Soviet Union between 1963 and 1970 in response to invitations she received after becoming the first woman in space?
Gao Xiaoxia		5,553	231	... that Gao Xiaoxia abandoned her PhD studies to leave America in 1951, just before the US government banned Chinese students from returning home?
Hallo Ü-Wagen		5,448		... that Hallo Ü-Wagen (Hello Radio Van, pictured) was a long-running weekly German radio talk show on wheels?
Félicette		5,421	226	... that Félicette, the first cat in space, was subjected to 9.5 g of acceleration and five minutes of weightlessness?
Bohumil Herlischka		5,421		... that Bohumil Herlischka staged Schoenberg's Moses und Aron at the Hamburg State Opera, including a tour to Israel?
Liu Housheng		5,306	221	... that Liu Housheng co-founded the Plum Blossom Award, the highest award for Chinese opera?
Gregory Gray		5,219	217	... that the Irish musician Gregory Gray, who started his career in a boy band, became the cult indie musician Mary Cigarettes?
Facebook Portal		5,212	217	... that a five-star Amazon review of Facebook Portal by a writer, who claimed not to be a "big" Facebook user before buying the device, was traced to a Facebook employee?

August 2019

Article	Image	DYK views	Views / hour	DYK hook
Coxton Tower		18,740	1,561	... that Coxton Tower (illustration shown), despite having been uninhabited since the 1860s, was used to house Canadian troops stationed in Scotland during the Second World War?
Alina Morse		16,583	1,381	... that teenage CEO Alina Morse's (pictured) sugar-free candy company had US$6 million in sales when she was thirteen years old?
Jason Fettig		15,292	1,274	... that Donald Trump's official musical adviser is Jason Fettig (pictured)?
Disappearance of Toni Sharpless		13,976	1,164	... that after a friend told Toni Sharpless 10 years ago today that she was too drunk to drive, Sharpless ordered her out of the car and has not been seen since?
Abolition of the Caliphate		13,688	1,140	... that after the 1924 abolition of the Caliphate (illustration shown), numerous leaders vied unsuccessfully to resurrect the title of caliph for themselves?
We Come in Peace		13,034		... that the 2018 art installation We Come in Peace was described as "eerie, other, unnerving, ambiguous, even alarming"?
Type 271 radar		12,555		... that one of the first microwave radars, the British Type 271 (pictured) on board HMS Duke of York, led to the night-time sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst?
Dad Behavior		12,145		... that critics found the couch gag of The Simpsons episode "Dad Behavior" remarkably "grim" and "bleak", as all but one of the Simpsons die during its otherwise familiar title sequence?
Yvette Lévy		11,505		... that Yvette Lévy (pictured) has returned to the Auschwitz concentration camp more than 200 times with students, to teach them about her experience at the camp where she survived the Holocaust?
Smuggler's Gulch		11,481		... that trash, sediment, and debris from Tijuana flow into the United States through Smuggler's Gulch (pictured)?
Witch-hunts in Nepal		9,692	807.67	... that in one of the vigilante witch-hunts in Nepal, an 18-year-old girl was dragged from her home and tortured for hours in public on International Women's Day 2018?
Chiitan		9,572	397.17	... that a 0-year-old genderless fairy baby otter once threatened to "visit your house" with a baseball bat?
Warming stripes		9,532		... that a British climate scientist invented a graphic (shown) depicting historical global temperatures using coloured stripes to portray global warming to non-scientists?
Carron Bridge (River Spey)		9,051		... that the Carron Bridge (pictured) was the last cast-iron railway bridge to be built and used in Scotland? (pictured)?
Anna B. Eckstein		8,958		... that Anna Eckstein (pictured) dressed in white and collected six million signatures to promote world peace before the First World War?
Royce Coleman Dyer		8,627		... that after their beloved Canadian leader, Captain Dyer, died, his Slavo-British unit took to carrying a massive portrait of him and would later murder all of the unit's other officers?
Wilhelmine Lübke		8,361		... that Wilhelmine Lübke (pictured, center), who joined her husband, President of West Germany Heinrich Lübke, on more than 50 state visits, was fluent in English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Russian?
Collingwood (mansion)		7,716		... that the historic Collingwood mansion in Virginia is expected to be demolished later this year?
Bobby Bostic		7,685	640	... that the sentence of 241 years given to Bobby Bostic was the longest term of imprisonment ever handed down in Missouri to a juvenile for non-homicide offenses?|
Barney Smith (artist)		7,250		... that Barney Smith (pictured) was a pastor before opening a museum at his home dedicated to toilet seat art?
New Portuguese Letters		7,128		...that when the Three Marias published New Portuguese Letters as a direct challenge to Portuguese censors, they were arrested and the book was banned, leading to international protests?
Wibke Bruhns		6,654		... that Wibke Bruhns (pictured), the first female German television news presenter, was a correspondent for Stern in Jerusalem, and wrote the biography of her father who was executed by the Nazis?
SS Grampian		6,559		... that the captain of the SS Grampian intentionally rammed an iceberg head-on so as to avoid the Titanic's fate?
Walter Anderson		6,100		that pilot Walter Anderson and observer John Mitchell were hit by communist fire but landed, rescued two pilots, and took off with Mitchell on the wing and his fingers plugging their leaking tank?
Charles Clarke (RAF officer)		5,907		... that Charles Clarke acted as a watcher for The Great Escape and helped forge papers for the escapees?
Pampa mesa		5,888		... that indigenous people in the Ecuadorian highlands sometimes mark special occasions with a pampa mesa (pictured), a communal meal eaten from a cloth spread on the ground?
Konstantinos Smolenskis		5,765	480	... that Konstantinos Smolenskis (pictured), a future general and hero of the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, was expelled from the Greek military academy by his own father for unruly behaviour?
The Precious Legacy		5,665	472	... that an exhibit of Czech Jewish art and ritual objects confiscated by the Nazis for a planned "Museum of the Extinct Race" was seen by more than half a million people on its U.S. tour?
Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort with Their Tutor and Coachman		5,435		... that Starting for the Hunt by Aelbert Cuyp is an early example of an equestrian portrait of someone who was not a member of court?
Nanoinformatics		5,428		... that the structure of nanoparticle cancer drugs affects their function in such complex ways that nanoinformatics approaches are useful?
My Year of Rest and Relaxation		5359		... that Ottessa Moshfegh's second novel, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, was originally planned to focus on the September 11 attacks?
1919 Norfolk race riot		5,210	434	... that in 1919 a race riot broke out in Norfolk, Virginia, during a homecoming celebration for African-American veterans of World War I?

September 2019

Article	Image	DYK views	Views / hour	DYK hook
Baba Anujka		33,721	2,810	... that Serbian poisoner Baba Anujka (pictured), aged over 90 at the time of her trial, was sentenced to 15 years' hard labor?
Salomon Klass		24,619	1,025	... that when a German colonel found out that Finnish captain Salomon Klass (pictured) was Jewish, he said "I have nothing personal against you as a Jew" and gave him the Hitler salute?
Bernard Schriever		23,430	976	that when Bernard Schriever (pictured) was promoted to general in 1961, General Curtis LeMay looked at his four stars and said that had it been up to him, Schriever would not be wearing them?
LGBT-free zone		21,633	1,802	... that as of August 2019, around thirty LGBT-free zones have been declared in Poland, including four south-eastern voivodeships (depicted on map)?
Central Park		14,833	618	... that in the 1860s, the land for New York City's Central Park (pictured) was purchased for a higher price than was paid for Alaska?
Race to grow the hottest pepper		13,241	1,103	... that according to Guinness World Records, the Carolina Reaper (pictured) is currently the leader in the race to grow the hottest pepper?
Jew with a coin		12,752	1,063	... that in some Polish homes, an image of a Jew holding a coin (example pictured, left) hangs to the left of the doorway, and is customarily turned upside down on the Sabbath so that good fortune may fall upon the household?
Type 271 radar		12,555	523	... that one of the first microwave radars, the British Type 271 (Type 273Q pictured) on board HMS Duke of York, led to the night-time sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst?
Sang de boeuf glaze		10,751	896	... that American potter Hugh C. Robertson was left "nearly penniless" in 1889 by his years of attempts to recreate the Chinese porcelain sang de boeuf glaze (example pictured)?
Patricia Ortega and Being Impossible		6,837 2,910 = 9,747	812	... that Venezuelan director Patricia Ortega (pictured) has drawn strength from her film Being Impossible during both personal and political upheavals?
Brooklyn Army Terminal		9,702	809	... that upon its completion one hundred years ago this month, the Brooklyn Army Terminal (pictured) was the world's largest concrete building complex?
Xu Xiaodong		8,759	730	... that Xu Xiaodong defeated a self-styled kung fu master, who claimed to possess supernatural powers, in 20 seconds?
Yeh Changti, Chang Liyi		4,865 3,250 = 8,115	676	... that after U-2 spy aircraft piloted by Yeh Changti and Chang Liyi were shot down over China, the United States began prioritizing the development of drones at Area 51?
Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431		7,863	655	... that an unauthorized student pilot was in control of Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431 up until five seconds before it crashed?
Lynching of Jay Lynch		7,077		... that the death penalty in Missouri was restored in large part due to the lynching of Jay Lynch?
Charles Sotheby (Royal Navy officer)		6,746	562	... that following an injustice suffered by the British consul, Charles Sotheby trained his frigate's guns on the Bey of Rhodes' house and opened fire?
Janice Kavander		6,729	280	... that Janice Kavander (pictured) once sang both the U.S. and Canadian national anthems at a hockey game – in Sweden?
The woman who made up her mind		6,619	552	... that Better Together's "The woman who made up her mind" advert opposing Scottish independence so upset politician Sandra Grieve that she changed her mind and began supporting independence?
1275 British earthquake		6,599	550	... that an earthquake on 11 September 1275 caused the destruction of the church on Glastonbury Tor (tor and rebuilt church pictured) and was felt across England and Wales, but its epicentre is unknown?
George Bangs		6,506		... that George Bangs's cemetery memorial features a mail car (pictured), carved to scale, commemorating his leadership of the Railway Mail Service?
Trial of Mary Fitzpatrick		6,433	536	... that when rag sorter Mary Fitzpatrick was tried for murder, the jury included six aristocrats and the judge was Sir Henry Hawkins of the High Court, known as "Hanging Hawkins"?
Areyo Hoshikuzu, Sansuke Yamada		[4,252] 2,022 = 6,274	261	... that before he wrote Areyo Hoshikuzu, a manga about demobilized soldiers in occupied Japan, series creator Sansuke Yamada was best known as a gay manga artist?
The Man (Taylor Swift song)		6,266	522	... that Taylor Swift uses Leonardo DiCaprio as an example to explain sexism in her song "The Man"?
Cova Foradà		6,031	503	... that a Neanderthal man, whose upper jaw was found in the Cova Foradà in Spain, used a toothpick because he had sore gums?
Johann Schwarzhuber		5,997	499	... that Johann Schwarzhuber, the leader of the Auschwitz men's camp, was sentenced to death during the first Ravensbrück concentration camp trial?
Kontorhaus District		5,966	497	... that a cholera outbreak was ultimately responsible for the development of Hamburg's Kontorhaus District (building pictured)?
Rugg/Feldman benchmarks		5,966	497	... that Steve Wozniak's Integer BASIC was so fast in the Rugg/Feldman benchmarks that Bill Gates complained?
Chief of the Defence Staff (India)		5,770	480	... that India is creating the post of Chief of the Defence Staff twenty years after it was officially suggested?
iPhone 11 Pro		11,626 - (6,373 6,154)/2 = 5,363	223	... that the iPhone 11 Pro is the first iPhone to feature a "Pro" designation, which was previously used only for larger Apple devices?
Leo Skurnik		5,358	446	... that when offered the award of the Iron Cross from Nazi Germany, Leo Skurnik, a Jewish major in the Finnish Army, refused, reportedly saying "I wipe my arse with it"?
Myth of the clean Wehrmacht		5,330	444	... that the myth of the clean Wehrmacht persisted in Germany until the 1990s, when it was eroded by the Wehrmacht Exhibition?
47th Infantry Regiment (United States)		5,283	440	... that the fictional character Forrest Gump was portrayed as serving during the Vietnam War with the 47th Infantry Regiment?
Brigitte Kronauer		5,217		... that writer Brigitte Kronauer (pictured), who won the Georg Büchner Prize, the Jean Paul Prize, and the Thomas Mann Prize, was described as both "a master of spite" and having "great kindness"?
Chen Shunyao		5,175	431	... that when Chen Shunyao served as deputy party chief of Tsinghua University, the future Chinese president Hu Jintao was a protégé of hers?
Decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts		5,107	426	... that after making a breakthrough in the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs, Jean-François Champollion (depiction shown) cried "I've done it!" and collapsed in a faint that lasted days?
Ursula Boese		5,082	423	... that Ursula Boese, a long-time member of the Hamburgische Staatsoper, appeared as Stravinsky's Iocaste at La Scala, and at the San Francisco Opera in the presence of the composer?

October 2019

Article	Image	DYK views	Views / hour	DYK hook
Franz Halder		37,135	1,547	... that Franz Halder (pictured), a former chief of staff of Nazi Germany's army, was the only German to be decorated by both Adolf Hitler and an American president?
1959 San Diego F3H crash		21,965	915	... that in 1959, an estimated 700 people on the ground were saved when Ensign Albert Hickman stayed with his crippled aircraft (type pictured)?
Hannah Simpson Grant		21,128	884	... that Hannah Simpson Grant (pictured), mother of U.S. president Ulysses S. Grant, did not attend her son's inauguration?
Dabusun Lake, Qarhan Playa		11,245 7,314 = 18,559	773	... that Dabusun Lake (pictured) is the largest remaining lake in China's Qarhan Playa, which 30,000 years ago held a single lake spreading over at least 25,000 km2 (9,700 sq mi)?
Lisa Gordon-Hagerty		17,750	739	... that Lisa Gordon-Hagerty (pictured), head of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration, once said, "I have more important things to do than advise Nicole Kidman"?
Barbecue spaghetti		16,084	670	... that John Shelton Reed wrote that barbecue spaghetti (pictured) "is to spaghetti Bolognese as Cincinnati chili is to the Tex-Mex variety"?
Idalia Ramos Rangel		14,466		... that a US$25,000 bounty is offered for Big Momma?
Lilias Adie		13,287	553	... that forensic artists at the University of Dundee used 100-year-old photographs of a skull to digitally recreate the face of an accused witch in Scotland?
The Life and Deeds of the Immortal Leader Karađorđe		12,545	522	... that the first Serbian feature film, The Life and Deeds of the Immortal Leader Karađorđe (still frame shown), was considered lost for much of the 20th century and only rediscovered in 2003?
Writing lines		12,462	519	... that writing lines (example pictured), as cartoon character Bart Simpson does on a chalkboard, has survived even as other forms of school discipline have fallen out of favour?
Kate Dover, Thomas Skinner (etcher), Crown vs Kate Dover		4,974 1,947 4,161 = 11,082	461	... that in 1881, Kate Dover killed Thomas Skinner by cooking him a roast dinner with arsenic in the stuffing, but was not convicted of murder?
63rd Street Tunnel		11,037	459	... that the upper level of New York's 63rd Street Tunnel took 20 years to open, while the lower level is still under construction after nearly half a century?
Mia Khalifa (song)		10,965		... that more than 4 million videos on TikTok feature the song "Mia Khalifa" – also known as the "Hit or Miss" song – even though the app had not licensed its use and has never paid the artists?
Margaret Macpherson Grant		10,285		... that 19th-century Scottish heiress and philanthropist Margaret Macpherson Grant died, aged 42, shortly after her female partner had abandoned her to marry a man?
Earl's Court Square		10,126	421	... that in the 1970s, London's Earl's Court Square (houses pictured) was the location of two brothels and the site of the "Battle of Earl's Court" between rival poets?
TASBot		9,428	392	... that speedrunning robot TASBot made a Skype call in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past?
Miss'd America		9,416	392	... that the grand prize of the Miss'd America pageant was once a Burger King crown and a bouquet of dead roses?
Mike Wallace Is Here		9,400	391	... that director Avi Belkin said the title of his 2019 documentary Mike Wallace Is Here once constituted "the four most-dreaded words in the English language"?
Jim Furyk's round of 58		9,333	388	... that after 1.5 million rounds played over the history of the PGA Tour, the first 58 was shot by Jim Furyk (pictured)?
Tweed Courthouse		9,286	386	... that the construction of New York City's Tweed Courthouse, prolonged over 20 years, has been called "a classic in the annals of American graft"?
Litsy		8,984	374	... that Litsy is similar to Twitter and Instagram, but is only for books?
London medical students at Belsen		8,646		... that in 1945, a group of London medical students (pictured) travelled to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp to treat the survivors?
Betsy Head Park		8,423	350	... that the namesake of Betsy Head Park left half her estate to the New York City parks system and only $5 to her daughter?
The VelociPastor		8,195	341	... that the director of the film The VelociPastor thought of the idea when his phone autocorrected "Velociraptor" to "Veloci Pastor"?
Eagle Woman		8,054		... that Eagle Woman (pictured) is credited as the only woman to become a chief among the Sioux, and the first woman to sign a treaty with the United States?
Robert N. McClelland		7,951	331	... that surgeon Robert N. McClelland tried to save the lives of both John F. Kennedy and his assassin?
Memorial and Education Centre Andreasstrasse		7,494		... that the occupation of the Stasi district headquarters and Stasi prison (pictured) in Erfurt was a milestone in the Peaceful Revolution?
Uppalavanna		7,122	296	... that one of the Buddha's chief female disciples, Uppalavanna, is said to have become a nun because she was so beautiful that her father feared conflict between her many wealthy suitors?"
Joseph LaBarge		7,068	294	... that in 1863, Captain Joseph LaBarge (pictured) made a trip up and down the Missouri River aboard his steamboat, exceeding existing records for speed and distance?
Yu Zhenwu		7,046	294	... that Yu Zhenwu conducted the maiden flight of China's first indigenously designed jet aircraft and, decades later, became Commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force?
Geostationary orbit		7,012	292	... that satellites in a geostationary orbit appear stationary in the sky to a ground observer?
Benjamin F. Lewis		6,884	286	... that the murder of Chicago alderman Benjamin F. Lewis was considered unsolvable for having too many suspects?
War of the Peters		6,713	279	... that up to 60,000 people were displaced during the War of the Peters?
Samsung Galaxy M30s		6,523	271	... that the 6000 mAh battery on the Samsung Galaxy M30s is the largest ever for a Samsung smartphone?
Jaakko Gauriloff		6,450	268	... that in his youth, Finnish Skolt singer Jaakko Gauriloff (pictured) was called "the James Dean of Nellim" and "the world's northernmost schlager singer"?
Apple maggot		6,427	267	... that adult apple maggot flies (example pictured) use their wing patterns defensively to mimic spiders?
Raúl Alberto Trejo Benavides		6,279		... that after drug cartel member Raúl Alberto Trejo Benavides was killed in a shootout, his comrades tried to fabricate a suicide?
John Mason Loomis		6,116	254	... that industrialist John Mason Loomis, a Union Army colonel in the American Civil War, fought in 57 battles and skirmishes, marching with his men for more than 6,900 mi (11,100 km)?
Hollow Dogū		6,041	251	... that the sexual characteristics of the Hollow Dogū, a National Treasure of Japan, are so mixed that the Jōmon figurine has been said to "transcend gender"?
Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi		6,464 - (578 618)/2 = 5,866	244	... that property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, fiancé of Princess Beatrice of York, co-founded a charity in Rwanda that aims to use cricket to foster social change?
REDress Project		5,782	240	... that the red dresses (example pictured) in Jaime Black's REDress Project represent the missing and murdered Indigenous women of Canada and the United States?
Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station		5,771	240	... that for a time, subway riders exiting the Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station in the evening could find themselves trapped behind a locked gate?
Nitehawk Cinema		5,575	232	... that in 2011, Nitehawk Cinema (pictured) successfully lobbied to overturn a Prohibition-era liquor law that prevented movie theaters in New York from serving alcohol?
Castleford Pottery		5,541	231	... that many Castleford-type ceramic teapots have either hinged or sliding lids (examples pictured)?
Boophis popi		5,524	230	... that the skeleton frog Boophis popi can be identified by its bright red irises?
Podostemum ceratophyllum		5,461	227	... that the cause of the decline in hornleaf riverweed, a foundation species in swift-flowing rivers in North America, is unclear?
Dona Strauss		5,375	223	... that mathematician Dona Strauss left South Africa over apartheid, lost a faculty job at Dartmouth for joining an anti-war protest, and helped found European Women in Mathematics?
Celia Harvey		5,273	219	... that Celia Harvey has been a countess, a lecturer, a parliamentary candidate, and a British Army brigadier?
The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions		5,176	215	.. that the 1977 fantasy novel The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions was originally planned as a children's book?
Archer Avenue lines		5,151	214	... that the Archer Avenue subway took 16 years to finish, was completed at a cost of nearly five times its original budget, and was cut back to a fraction of its original length?
Bissinger Wool Pullery		5,103	212	... that the Bissinger Wool Pullery processed dead sheep?
Brigid Leventhal		5,087	211	... that pediatric oncologist Brigid Leventhal was one of only six women in her graduating class from Harvard Medical School in 1960?
John Hancock (venereologist)		5,063	210	... that in 1945, London medical student John Hancock's studies were interrupted when he contracted typhus in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp?
Marlion Pickett		5,037	209	... that Marlion Pickett (pictured) is the first player since 1926 to win a premiership in his Australian Football League debut?

November 2019

Article	Image	DYK views	Views / hour	DYK hook
Fall of the Berlin Wall		280,266 - (23,750 25,487)/2 = 255,647	10,651	... that the fall of the Berlin Wall (immediate aftermath pictured) was the result of a bureaucratic mistake?
John Ystumllyn		23,882	995	... that John Ystumllyn (portrait shown) has been described as the first black person of North Wales "about whom we have detailed knowledge"?
Fred Rogers		131,836 - (149,878 71,304)/2 = 21,245	885	... that Fred Rogers's 1969 testimony (video shown) resurfaced in 2012 and 2017 to counter calls for defunding PBS and similar non-profit arts-related organizations?
Omelette de la mère Poulard, Anne Boutiaut Poulard		12,747 7,047 = 19,794	825	... that an omelette created by Mother Poulard (pictured) is one of the major tourist attractions in Mont-Saint-Michel, France?
2019 Rugby World Cup Final		26,690 - (9,869 6,435)/2 = 18,538	772	... that today's 2019 Rugby World Cup Final between England and South Africa is a repeat of the 2007 final?
Xia Peisu, Yang Liming		13,801 3,845 = 17,646	735	... that Xia Peisu (pictured), the "mother of computer science" in China, and her husband Yang Liming, who helped explain magic numbers, were elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences at the same time?
Satanic nightjar		16,933	705	... that the Satanic nightjar can make a growling noise when disturbed?
Gara Medouar		12,421	517	... that a film set for The Mummy was built at Gara Medouar (pictured), an 11th-century fortress on a rock plateau near Sijilmasa, Morocco?
Alexandrea Owens		12,360	515	... that Alexandrea Owens became known as "the Titanic girl" after performing with Leonardo DiCaprio in the James Cameron epic at the age of eight?
James Humphreys (pornographer)		12,279	511	... that the diaries of James Humphreys, the "Emperor of Porn", were used to convict thirteen members of the Metropolitan Police Force of accepting his bribes?
Akira the Hustler		12,050	502	... that Akira the Hustler was a member of the Biters, a performance art group whose members were both artists and sex workers?
Eugen Ernst		11,820	492	... that the appointment of Eugen Ernst (pictured) as president of the Berlin police prompted the Spartacist uprising of 1919?
Hedwig Porschütz		11,398	474	... that Hedwig Porschütz, who rescued Jews during the Holocaust, was not honoured as an "unsung heroine" in West Berlin because she had been a prostitute?
Defense of Katowice, Katowice massacre		5,079 5,845 = 10,924	455	... that following the defense of Katowice on 4 September 1939, dozens of defenders, including a number of Polish Boy and Girl Scouts, were summarily executed?
Tamara Vrooman		10,653	443	... that in 2019, Vancity CEO Tamara Vrooman (pictured) received the Order of British Columbia for her contributions to a better quality of life in the province "and beyond"?
MLS Cup 2019		10,431	435	... that today's MLS Cup 2019 will be the third cup final in four years to feature Seattle Sounders FC and Toronto FC?
Yūki Yamato		9,953	414	... that screenwriter and director Yūki Yamato (pictured) created her first film, That Girl is Dancing by the Seaside, while studying philosophy at Sophia University?
Toki Pona		9,896	412	... that Toki Pona, a constructed language devised in 2001, uses only around 120 to 125 root words?
Namio Harukawa		8,228	342	... that Japanese fetish artist Namio Harukawa contributed artwork to a BDSM pulp magazine while still in high school?
Bengal famine of 1943		8,079	336	... that after the Bengal famine of 1943 was denied by authorities, news reports with images of the victims in English-language papers made it known internationally?
Māru-Gurjara architecture		7,708	321	... that Māru-Gurjara architecture (example pictured) originated in Gujarat and Rajasthan from the 11th to 13th centuries, but can now be found in Antwerp and Potters Bar?
Clarendon Shopping Centre		7,381	308	... that A. N. Wilson described Oxford's Clarendon Shopping Centre when it opened as "the most grotesquely horrible building I have ever seen"?
Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times		7,345	306	... that "Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times", a slogan commonly chanted at the 2019 Hong Kong protests (shown), was first used for a LegCo campaign in 2016?
Lois Ellen Frank		7,142	297	... that when Lois Ellen Frank (pictured) first proposed her 2003 James Beard Award–winning cookbook on Native American foods, publishers told her there was no such cuisine?
Li Yin		7,125	297	... that Li Yin's paintings (example shown) were so sought after that as many as forty imitators in her area turned out fakes of her work?
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (film)		7,101		... that Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder, a film adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's play with the Berliner Ensemble, premiered on the author's birthday (opening night pictured)?
500 Fifth Avenue		7,000	291	... that just prior to the construction of 500 Fifth Avenue, the site on which it was built was reportedly the second most valuable undeveloped lot in Manhattan?
Judy Sullivan		6,876	286	... that during the Apollo 11 program, biomedical engineer Judy Sullivan was instantly identifiable if she made an error as she was the only female voice on NASA's headset link?
Ma Weiming		6,726	280	... that Rear Admiral Ma Weiming has led the development of the electromagnetic catapult system for China's future aircraft carriers?
Siege of Masaka		6,629	276	... that soldiers were reduced to eating rats during the Siege of Masaka?
Special Group (India)		6,565	273	... that after a secret purchase from Europe, the Special Group became the first Indian troops to be equipped with the AK-47?
Togashi Masachika		6,367	265	... that Togashi Masachika was restored to power by a rebel army, only to later commit suicide when confronted by a similar force?
Grigory Grigoryevich Skornyakov-Pisarev		5,801	241	... that Grigory Skornyakov-Pisarev wrote on mechanics, investigated a tsarina, was in charge of the Ladoga Canal, and sported with concubines as commandant of Okhotsk?
The Elephant Queen		5,758	239	... that for their 2019 documentary film The Elephant Queen, the two directors followed elephant herds for four years?
Kurt Rackow		5,216	217	... that Kurt Rackow and his soldiers were trapped for hours during the Battle of Verdun, even though their comrades were just 20 ft (6 m) away?
JOSS		5,146	214	... that one user said of JOSS, an interactive programming system at RAND, "it's better than beer"?

December 2019

Article	Image	DYK views	Views / hour	DYK hook
Burnley Embankment		29,761	1,240	... that the Straight Mile (pictured) is not a mile, and includes the Culvert, which is not a culvert?
Bodega cat		29,242		... that bodega cats (example pictured) are used as a form of pest control in New York City?
Pak-Age-Car		17,298	720	... that the Pak-Age-Car (example pictured) is similar in appearance to a horse-drawn delivery carriage, which it was designed to replace?
Disappearance of Steven Koecher		15,186 ÷ 22	690	... that after Steven Koecher's disappearance ten years ago today, his family ate at International House of Pancakes for four straight nights in response to a tip?
Asahishō Kōta		13,921		... that sumo wrestler Asahishō Kōta (pictured) is a regular on chat shows due to his sense of humour?
Susie Owens		13,498	562	... that former Playboy model Susie Owens hand-produced up to 50,000 vials of perfume and lotion each year in her garage?
Christ Mocked		11,158	464	... that Christ Mocked (shown), which recently sold for €24 million, is a long-lost painting by Cimabue discovered in the kitchen of an elderly Frenchwoman?
Heinz Guderian		10,752	448	... that German World War II general Heinz Guderian issued post-war apologetics for Hitler, writing that "his struggle was about Europe, even if he made dreadful mistakes and errors"?
Unhappy the Land		10,008	417	... that Unhappy the Land argues that the Irish are not the "most oppressed people ever"?
Tom Chase		8,529	355	... that Tom Chase has described himself as "the Wally Cleaver of porn"?
Greene Man		8,403	350	... that for a halfpenny fare, children could ride on a small chariot drawn by four muzzled mastiffs to the Farthing Pie House (pictured)?
Sara Braun		7,957	331	... that along with her business partners, philanthropist Sara Braun (pictured), one of the first businesswomen in Punta Arenas, Chile, was involved in the genocide of the Selk'nam people?
Green Man, Ashbourne		6,985	291	... that there is a man in tweeds on a gallows outside the Green Man, Ashbourne?
Battle of Muster Green		6,705	279	... that the site (pictured) of the Battle of Muster Green in Haywards Heath was the farthest a Royalist army advanced through Sussex during the First English Civil War?
Wilhelm Keitel		7191 – (906 827)/2 = 6,324	263	... that Wilhelm Keitel was promoted to Chief of the Armed Forces High Command because of his craven willingness to function as Adolf Hitler's mouthpiece?
Type 277 radar		4885 1023=5,908		...that the Royal Navy's Type 277 radar was so successful that it served as the basis for Navy radars for years, and was used on land by the Royal Air Force and the British Army?
Rick Cluff		5,881	245	... that radio host Rick Cluff (pictured) accepted a position at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation despite his father's belief it was "full of left-wing communists" and that radio was "a dead-end career"?
Brownie Lake		5,765	240	... that Brownie Lake (pictured) is one of two lakes in Minneapolis in which the surface and bottom layers do not intermix?
Peleng tarsier		5,662	235	... that the Peleng tarsier, a small carnivorous primate, can rotate its head nearly 180 degrees in either direction?
Blue-ice area		5,462		... that blue-ice areas are places in Antarctica where snow evaporation and wind have exposed blue-colored ice, which often accumulates meteorites (example pictured)?
Polish–Bohemian War (990)		5,260	219	... that the Polish–Bohemian War of 990 resulted in Poland taking control of Silesia?
Memory: The Origins of Alien		5,159	214	... that Memory: The Origins of Alien defines the Alien franchise as "a collective art form" inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Francis Bacon, and the Greek Furies?

Top hooks of 2019

During 2019, the following hooks generated the most views per hour while featured on the Main Page.

Article	Image	DYK views	Per hour	Hook
1. Fall of the Berlin Wall		280,266 - (23,750 25,487)/2 = 255,647	10,651	... that the fall of the Berlin Wall (immediate aftermath pictured) was the result of a bureaucratic mistake?
2. Baba Anujka		33,721	2,810	... that Serbian poisoner Baba Anujka (pictured), aged over 90 at the time of her trial, was sentenced to 15 years' hard labor?
3. Poutine, peameal bacon, Made in Canada, Canadian Comedy Awards, 1st Canadian Comedy Awards		29,514 18,463 10,639 7,082 1,777 − (1,971 4,528)/2 = 64,225	2,676	... that poutine (example pictured) and back bacon on a bun were served while the Beaver was awarded to Made in Canada at the inaugural Canadian Comedy Awards?
4. Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (pilot)		31,511	2,626	... that a gay former British prince died fighting on the side of Nazi Germany despite loathing Hitler and the Nazi Party?
5. Murder of Jane Britton		53,494	2,229	... that the red ochre sprinkled on the body of Jane Britton (pictured) 50 years ago today ultimately turned out to be a red herring in solving her murder?
6. Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick		44,648	1,860	... that the fashion designer Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick (pictured) is the closest relative of Queen Elizabeth II who cannot succeed to the British throne because of conversion to Catholicism?
7. Frog Service		21,022	1,751	... that Josiah Wedgwood "was very unwilling to disfigure" his Frog Service with "this reptile" (pictured), but Catherine the Great insisted it appear on all 944 pieces?
8. Soviet destroyer Sposobny (1970)		38,125	1,588	... that the Soviet destroyer Sposobny (pictured) was designed to survive a nuclear explosion?
9. Elly Mayday		34,666	1,562	.... that when Elly Mayday (pictured) was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she not only continued to model, but appeared in pictorials with a bald head from chemotherapy and surgery scars?
10. Coxton Tower		18,740	1,561	... that Coxton Tower (illustration shown), despite having been uninhabited since the 1860s, was used to house Canadian troops stationed in Scotland during the Second World War?
11. Michael Collins (astronaut)		112,192 - (115,723 34,037)/2 = 37,312	1,554	... that Michael Collins (pictured), the command module pilot for Apollo 11, was the first person to perform two spacewalks in a single mission?
12. Franz Halder		37,135	1,547	... that Franz Halder (pictured), a former chief of staff of Nazi Germany's army, was the only German to be decorated by both Adolf Hitler and an American president?