Wikipedia:Did you know archive
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2 June 2026
- 00:00, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
Elisabeth Park and Basilica of the Sacred Heart
- ... that the layout of Elisabeth Park (pictured) forms the royal monogram of Leopold II of Belgium?
- ... that Robert S. Cooper directed the development of GPS while at the Pentagon?
- ... that staff of the newspaper the Kyoto Hinode Shimbun once defended their office from a mob by spraying rioters with water hoses?
- ... that Shiyazh Pete is the first player from the Navajo Nation to sign with a National Football League team?
- ... that Pisces VII, a dwarf satellite galaxy, is the first galaxy in the Local Group to be discovered by an amateur astronomer?
- ... that John Wilkes Booth gave a thrilling performance at the Cleveland Academy of Music while bleeding heavily from an accidental sword wound?
- ... that Anglican priest Kathryn Otley hosted a drag queen story hour at her church after the event was disrupted by a protest at its original location?
- ... that Krunal Pandya was named the player of the match in the 2025 Indian Premier League final, becoming the first cricketer to win the award in two IPL finals?
- ... that Mary Smith woke hundreds of people up every day by shooting peas at their windows?
1 June 2026
- 00:00, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
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Élisabeth Le Bas
- ... that French revolutionary Élisabeth Le Bas (pictured) declared that she would never accept a pension from her husband's "assassins", signing the statement with her own blood?
- ... that the construction of Tennessee State Route 155 in Nashville facilitated the development of an entertainment district anchored by the relocated Grand Ole Opry in the 1970s?
- ... that a narrative element in The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady was described as "explicitly [...] about class conflict"?
- ... that female Sirex obesus insert fungal spores and a toxic mucous secretion, alongside their eggs, into their pine tree host?
- ... that Elon Musk's daughter appeared in the music video for "Pinky Up"?
- ... that a Polish street was named after a Nazi concentration camp survivor who walked down it every day to get to the church in which he worked?
- ... that AI agents built the initial structure of a Taiwanese open knowledge base in 24 hours?
- ... that Arnold Korff worked as a mechanical engineer and a cowboy before becoming an actor?
- ... that the "man to beat" was beaten in the men's 102 kg weightlifting competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics?