Wikipedia:Recent additions#19 July 2012

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• 00:00, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

Ahmad Shah Durrani

• ... that Ahmad Shah Durrani (pictured) conducted fifteen major military campaigns during his reign, comprising nine invasions of India, three in Khorasan, and three in Afghan Turkestan?
• ... that, when workers of the Zenkoku Jiren went on strike at a Hitachi factory, anarchist militants firebombed the mansion of Hitachi's president, Namihei Odaira?
• ... that Matilda Freeman did not originally intend to be an actress, but auditioned for a role after being teased by some classmates?
• ... that New Tide was abandoned after many of its contributors left the country or joined the Chinese Literary Association?
• ... that the 2014 Louisville, Mississippi tornado was powerful enough that an entire door was torn off and blown 30 miles (48 km)?
• ... that a park in New York City occupies the former site of a waste transfer station and a heliport?
• ... that reggae musician James Mange formed a soccer-themed political party to compete in South Africa's first democratic election?
• ... that the Queen's Theatre in East London was named to reflect its opening in the same year as the coronation of Elizabeth II?
• ... that "the Boshfather" was deported from Australia in October 2025?

• 00:00, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

Daniela Melchior

• ... that actress Daniela Melchior (pictured) once did an audition with rats?
• ... that scholar Martin P. Nilsson called the Ring of Nestor "a most amazing find", but later doubted its authenticity?
• ... that Ken Selby walked along U.S. Route 66 from Oklahoma City to Tulsa at the age of 73?
• ... that viruses can be catalogued into seven groups in the Baltimore classification?
• ... that a subculture from Asian-American gangs broadened to include women in college sororities and cultural clubs?
• ... that The Republic Newspaper Office was completed under budget despite the plans undergoing more than 100 changes during construction?
• ... that the video game My Time at Sandrock was funded by almost 10,000 people from more than 160 countries?
• ... that Brigadier General William J. Fox retired from the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, moved to Mexico and became a charro?
• ... that HMAS Emu once rescued a cigarette-smoking chimpanzee and his magician owner?

• 00:00, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Size chart of various Plagiolophus species

• ... that the seven­teen known species of the prehistoric horse relative Plagiolophus ranged in weight from 10 kg (22 lb) to more than 150 kg (330 lb) (size chart pictured)?
• ... that in 2025 Oscar Piastri became the first Australian since 2010 to lead the Formula One World Drivers' Championship?
• ... that tens of thousands of Vietnamese Catholics travel to Missouri annually to attend Marian Days at Our Lady of the Ozarks College?
• ... that actress Jessica Forrest performed in a play where venues were transformed into fish-and-chip shops?
• ... that cocoa is grown in Tokyo, almost 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) south of the city centre?
• ... that Jake Bergey was drafted by the Boston Blazers before being traded back to the Philadelphia Wings, twice?
• ... that Battle for Dream Island helped to launch a YouTube genre centered on anthropomorphic objects?
• ... that Agnes Inglis developed her own idiosyncratic cataloging system for the Labadie Collection?
• ... that people greened rubble?

• 00:00, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Sneeze Achiu

• ... that Sneeze Achiu (pictured) had documents listing him as Caucasian so that he would not be segregated from his teammates?
• ... that a nationwide survey found that one in three Japanese people have an oshi?
• ... that in 1900 Isabel Fidler was appointed as tutor to the 70 women students at the University of Sydney; by the time of her retirement in 1939 there were more than 800?
• ... that Luciano Berio composed Sequenza III for diverse mouth sounds interspersed with ecstatic singing?
• ... that Tjoo Tik Tjoen stood for the Indonesian Communist Party in a 1955 election, despite not having officially joined the party?
• ... that Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop 2 features a mini-game called sushi-bowling?
• ... that the United States agreed Australian staff would support the Joint Geological and Geophysical Research Station in Alice Springs, but the United States Air Force runs it instead?
• ... that the Deer Creek Fire developed a nearly stationary fire tornado?
• ... that the appeal of the children's poem "On the Ning Nang Nong" has been attributed to the absurdity of its nonsense sounds, like teapots going "Jibber Jabber Joo"?

• 00:00, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

The Banquet of Cleopatra

• ... that The Banquet of Cleopatra (pictured) depicts Cleopatra drinking a dissolved pearl to impress Mark Antony?
• ... that an on-stage incident traumatized Antonie Mielke so much that she retired from opera?
• ... that people entered the Bronze Age tombs at Volimidia centuries later in the Iron Age to leave offerings to the dead?
• ... that Zhang Xichen founded a magazine to compete with one made by his own employer?
• ... that Harvard's first modern feeder school cost twice as much as Harvard itself?
• ... that the text of "Heaven and Earth, and Sea and Air" was written by the man after whom the Neandertal was named?
• ... that the unique, if "Freudian", partnership between Richard A. Hunter and his mother was the most prolific in publishing in the history of psychiatry?
• ... that, contrary to the perception of Phytoseiidae, Amblyseius anacardii is observed as an agricultural pest?
• ... that, according to legend, Ngataba Min became king after eating the head of a rooster?

• 00:00, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

Marie Goldsmith

• ... that Nestor Makhno described the evolutionary biologist Marie Goldsmith (pictured) as one of the "titans of anarchism"?
• ... that a house that was once called "almost the opposite of a landmark" later became a U.S. National Historic Landmark?
• ... that two successive Hanthawaddy commanders who held the title of Smin Maw-Khwin surrendered to Ava forces in 1414?
• ... that The Patient's Playbook warns against overly hasty medical treatment, citing a case in which a man received heart stents before learning that the issue was in his lungs?
• ... that Renato Candida, not the assassinated general Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa, inspired the character of Captain Bellodi in The Day of the Owl?
• ... that Geordie Greep announced his debut solo album just ten days after revealing that his band was on an indefinite hiatus?
• ... that Chris Jackson left the Cancer Society of New Zealand after his wife was elected to parliament?
• ... that Water World Lloret has been described as "a favourite of foreign tourists", with 60 per cent of its visitors coming from outside Spain?
• ... that the first Mass for Saint Cyprian Church, a Black Catholic congregation, had only one Black Catholic in attendance?

• 00:00, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

Soprillo

• ... that the soprillo saxophone (example pictured) is about half the length of a soprano saxophone and pitched one octave higher?
• ... that Stalin told the Turkestan Autonomy to invade the Soviet Commissariat in Tashkent instead of asking him to dissolve it?
• ... that Josèphe Jacquiot founded a museum that was named in her honour?
• ... that Serbia's smallest passenger airport has only one year-round scheduled flight – to Istanbul?
• ... that Brandon Saad was the first Saginaw Spirit alumnus to win the Stanley Cup?
• ... that a 2025 petition to the International Criminal Court alleges that 122 European politicians have committed crimes against humanity against migrants?
• ... that "nobody among the secretaries of the Middle Ages could reach such a level of influence over kings" as Fernán Díaz de Toledo?
• ... that the 2003 series Trouble frequently appears on lists of the worst or most controversial Spider-Man storylines?
• ... that in Māori culture a woman can end a speech during a pōwhiri by walking in front of the speaker?

• 00:00, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

Artist's depiction of an apocalyptic impact event

• ... that fiction about impact events (pictured) typically focuses more on the societal ramifications than on the science?
• ... that after her father's death, Thora Thersner completed his work documenting Swedish buildings and landscapes?
• ... that a 2025 musical film, which topped the U.S. box office within a weekend, had its global release plan scrapped in multiple countries?
• ... that Michael D. Coe completed The True History of Chocolate to fulfill a promise he made to his dying wife?
• ... that golfer Michael Brennan won in his first start as a professional on the PGA Tour?
• ... that the titular mandolin in Picasso's Girl with a Mandolin has been attributed with "a mild autoerotic suggestion"?
• ... that Jack Teele remained employed by the Los Angeles Rams under three different owners, six head coaches, and "umpteen different quarterbacks"?
• ... that in his early career Charlie Chaplin was booed, heckled, and pelted with oranges and coins until he left the stage of Foresters Music Hall?
• ... that Umamusume character Haru Urara became so popular that a website donating grass to feed her namesake racehorse crashed?

• 00:00, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Fritz Skullerud

• ... that station master Fritz Skullerud (pictured) participated in the 1906 Olympic Games?
• ... that the novel There Is No Antimemetics Division was originally published on the SCP Wiki?
• ... that the author of The Take-Charge Patient became a patient herself half a year into writing the book?
• ... that a viral stray cat was, years later, found and adopted by the same journalist who had inadvertently turned her into a meme?
• ... that accused witch Graciana de Barrenechea was posthumously tried, convicted, and then absolved within a year?
• ... that French general Vital Joachim Chamorin dreamed of his death the night before he was killed in the 1811 Battle of Campo Maior?
• ... that the 2024 United States drone sightings resulted in flight restrictions over 22 communities in New Jersey and other sensitive sites?
• ... that the survival-horror video game Crow Country features a game mode with no enemies?
• ... that Kenneth D. McCullar was killed when a wallaby crashed his bomber on takeoff?