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DYK queue status There are currently 5 filled queues – all good, for now! v t e Earliest time for next DYK update: 00:00, 1 November 2024 (UTC) Current time: 14:25, 31 October 2024 (UTC) Update frequency: once every 24 hours Last updated: 14 hours ago( verify reset purge )

Sana, vocalist of Sajou no Hana

• ... that the name of the Japanese band Sajou no Hana (vocalist pictured) has no official meaning?
• ... that From Warsaw to Ojców, a 1897 Polish adventure and travel novel for young readers, was inspired by Jules Verne's works but reflects Polish patriotic and educational values?
• ... that a portrait engraver made the controversial decision to change a Sioux chief's war bonnet so that it would fit on the 1899 United States five-dollar silver certificate?
• ... that Charli XCX once followed George Daniel into a toilet but stopped halfway, and later wrote the song "Talk Talk" about the experience?
• ... that Rose O'Neill's marriage to Hugh Roe O'Donnell united two powerful noble families that had been rivals for centuries?
• ... that the practice of some Christians of making the lesser sign of the cross has been traced back to the 11th century?
• ... that Frederick Prigg and his predecessor as secretary of the Provisional Government of Oregon were both doctors who drowned in a river at Oregon City just three years apart?
• ... that a rainbow plaque marks the site of Peckham's Black Lesbian and Gay Centre?
• ... that, of the paintings sold by Beijing Hanhai, one was stolen by an emperor and another was hidden in a well?

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• Article talk page: ({{DYK talk}}) {{DYK talk|31 October|2024|entry= ... that ...?|nompage=Template:Did you know nominations/Article name}} (check if small style templates in use, if so add |small=yes parm)
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