Wikipedia:Recent additions

"WP:DYKA" redirects here. For the list of approved Did you know nominations, see WP:DYKNA.

This is a record of material that was recently featured on the Main Page as part of Did you know (DYK). Recently created new articles, greatly expanded former stub articles and recently promoted good articles are eligible; you can submit them for consideration.

Archives are generally grouped by month of Main Page appearance. (Currently, DYK hooks are archived according to the date and time that they were taken off the Main Page.) To find which archive contains the fact that appeared on Did you know, go to article's talk page and follow the archive link in the DYK talk page message box.

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Did you know?
Introduction and rules
Introduction	WP:DYK
General discussion	WT:DYK
Guidelines	WP:DYKCRIT
Reviewer instructions	WP:DYKRI
Nominations
Nominate an article	WP:DYKCNN
Awaiting approval	WP:DYKN
Approved	WP:DYKNA
April 1 hooks	WP:DYKAPRIL
Holding area	WP:SOHA
Preparation
Preps and queues	T:DYK/Q
Prepper instructions	WP:DYKPBI
Admin instructions	WP:DYKAI
Main Page errors	WP:ERRORS
History
Statistics	WP:DYKSTATS
Archived sets	WP:DYKA
Just for fun
Monthly wraps	WP:DYKW
Awards	WP:DYKAWARDS
Userboxes	WP:DYKUBX
Hall of Fame	WP:DYK/HoF
List of users ...
... by nominations	WP:DYKNC
... by promotions	WP:DYKPC
Administrative
Scripts and bots	WP:DYKSB
On the Main Page	T:DYK
Main Page errors	WP:ERRORS
To ping the DYK admins	{{DYK admins}}

Did you know...

2 November 2024

• 00:00, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Chili Williams in a polka-dot bikini

• ... that a photograph of Chili Williams, known as the "Polka Dot Girl" (pictured), was one of the "two most famous pin-up pictures" of World War II?
• ... that diverse fields study the mind, including psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, and philosophy?
• ... that NFL player Muadianvita Kazadi viewed football as "war", according to a teammate?
• ... that, despite Delibird being directly inspired by Santa Claus, TheGamer refused to give it the title of Christmas Pokémon?
• ... that a German court's decision involving football stadiums may preclude Facebook from arbitrarily banning users?
• ... that Yang Pao'an refused to forsake the Chinese Communist Party, reportedly even after a telephone call with Chiang Kai-shek?
• ... that despite being commonly found off the coast of Argentina, Diplodus argenteus is not named after the country?
• ... that the music video for John Lennon's "You Are Here", issued half a century after the song was released, shows previously unseen footage of Lennon?
• ... that politician Teleke Lauti unseated a former prime minister, was himself unseated by a future prime minister, and later ran again to replace a former prime minister?

1 November 2024

• 00:00, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

wooooooOOOOOOoooooo

• ... that slime monsters (example pictured) have been described as both "a tool for questioning the idea of human exceptionalism" and "loyal punching bags"?
• ... that some Idaho mountain deathcamas are pollinated by carrion and flesh flies rather than bees?
• ... that What a Merry-Go-Round closed with evil clowns cavorting around a carousel?
• ... that the ghost of Margaret C. Waites is said to haunt an undergraduate suite at Harvard College's Cabot House, protecting her book collection?
• ... that trunk-or-treating was created as a safer alternative to regular trick-or-treating?
• ... that Vincent Darré had a Parisian apartment decorated with skulls?
• ... that the song "Haunted" "blends cuteness and spookiness"?
• ... that the Australian spider Progradungula barringtonensis has been called a "ghost of Gondwana"?
• ... that Brian David Gilbert released a series of monster-themed ABBA covers under the name AAAH!BBA?
• ... that the zombie film Get the Hell Out was shot at the currently abandoned Kaohsiung City Council Hall, which had neither water nor electricity?
• ... that the Devil's Doorway is found in Wisconsin?