Wikipedia's latest "Did you know?" entrieshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Did_you_knowLatest "Did you know?" entries written by English Wikipedia contributorsThu, 14 May 2026 08:30:22 GMTPyRSS2Gen-1.1.0http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss#DidYouKnow that Nancy Chitera leads a university whose commercial subsidiaries plan to manufacture tractors and commence gold mining in Malawi?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_ChiteraDid you know that <b id="mwEQ"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Chitera" id="mwEg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nancy Chitera">Nancy Chitera</a></b> leads <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malawi_University_of_Business_and_Applied_Sciences" id="mwFA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences">a university</a> whose commercial subsidiaries plan to manufacture tractors and commence gold mining in Malawi?Thu, 14 May 2026 02:23:12 GMT#DidYouKnow that an Ibadi mosque in Temezda, Libya, was originally a Byzantine church?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TemezdaDid you know that an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibadism" id="mwFg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ibadism">Ibadi</a> mosque in <b id="mwFw"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temezda" id="mwGA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Temezda">Temezda</a></b>, Libya, was originally a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_architecture" id="mwGQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byzantine architecture">Byzantine church</a>?Thu, 14 May 2026 02:23:12 GMT#DidYouKnow that "We Are Charlie Kirk" was ranked as the worst song of 2025 by the magazine Paste?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_Charlie_KirkDid you know that "<b id="mwGw"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_Charlie_Kirk" id="mwHA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="We Are Charlie Kirk">We Are Charlie Kirk</a></b>" was ranked as the worst song of 2025 by the magazine <i id="mwHQ"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paste_%28magazine%29" id="mwHg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Paste (magazine)">Paste</a></i><span about="#mwt20" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"-?","href":"./Template:-%3F"},"params":{},"i":0}}]}' id="mwHw" style="padding-left:0.15em;" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><span typeof="mw:Entity">?</span></span>Thu, 14 May 2026 02:23:12 GMT#DidYouKnow that writer and composer Stanley Kimmel survived the sinking of SS Antilles after it was attacked by a German submarine?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_KimmelDid you know that writer and composer <b id="mwIQ"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kimmel" id="mwIg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Stanley Kimmel">Stanley Kimmel</a></b> survived the sinking of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Antilles_%281906%29" id="mwIw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="SS Antilles (1906)">SS<span id="mwJA" typeof="mw:Entity">&nbsp;</span><i id="mwJQ">Antilles</i></a> after it was attacked by a German submarine?Thu, 14 May 2026 02:23:12 GMT#DidYouKnow that Danquah Circle was named in honor of J. B. Danquah, one of Ghana's Big Six?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danquah_CircleDid you know that <b id="mwJw"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danquah_Circle" id="mwKA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Danquah Circle">Danquah Circle</a></b> was named in honor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Danquah" id="mwKQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="J. B. Danquah">J.&nbsp;B. Danquah</a>, one of Ghana's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Six_%28Ghana%29" id="mwKg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Big Six (Ghana)">Big Six</a>?Thu, 14 May 2026 02:23:12 GMT#DidYouKnow that sailors in Britain and its colonies used gunpowder to ink their sailor tattoos?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_tattooDid you know that sailors in Britain and its colonies used <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder" id="mwLA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gunpowder">gunpowder</a> to ink their <b id="mwLQ"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_tattoo" id="mwLg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sailor tattoo">sailor tattoos</a></b>?Thu, 14 May 2026 02:23:12 GMT#DidYouKnow that Tim Birkhead wrote a book about bird's eggs after watching a presenter spin an egg on television?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Perfect_ThingDid you know that Tim Birkhead wrote <b id="mwMA"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Perfect_Thing" id="mwMQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The Most Perfect Thing">a book about bird's eggs</a></b> after watching a presenter spin an egg on television?Thu, 14 May 2026 02:23:12 GMT#DidYouKnow that chocolatieres were among the gifts brought by the 1686 Siamese embassy to France?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChocolatiereDid you know that <b id="mwMw"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolatiere" id="mwNA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chocolatiere">chocolatieres</a></b> were among the gifts brought by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_embassy_to_France_%281686%29" id="mwNQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siamese embassy to France (1686)">1686 Siamese embassy to France</a>?Thu, 14 May 2026 02:23:12 GMT