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“ Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'—Martin Luther King Jr. ”

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		The 500 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
		I'm counting 513 DYKS and am glad to award you this 500 DYK medal. Congrats and thanks for all your great contributions in a wide area of wiki! PumpkinSky talk 03:27, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

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Article (DYK date)	Image	Time on mainpage	DYK views	Views / hour	Net views	Net / hour	DYK hook
Eustace Tilley (00:00, January 3, 2024 - 00:00, January 4, 2024)		24:00	36,133 + 561 = 36,694	1,528.91	36,592	1524.7	... that in 2017, Eustace Tilley (pictured) missed his annual turn on the cover of The New Yorker because of Donald Trump?
Optima Signature (01:45, 12 October 2017 - 01:30, 13 October 2017)		23:45	20,278 + 1,147 = 21,425	902.1	21,386	900.5	... that residents of the top 15 floors of the Optima Signature (pictured) have access to a private club in the building?
Hanna Cavinder (00:00, July 6, 2023 - 00:00, July 7, 2023)		24:00	19,839 + 270 = 20,109	837.9	20,011.5	833.8	... that Haley and Hanna Cavinder (pictured) made over US$1 million in student athlete compensation in the year after the National Collegiate Athletic Association legalized the monetization of personality rights?
Bryant McIntosh (12:01, 18 March 2017 - 00:50, 19 March 2017)		12:49	8,676	676.9	8096	631.7	... that Bryant McIntosh (pictured) holds the single-season and career assist records for Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball?
151 North Franklin (00:00, 23 January 2019‎ - 00:00, 24 January 2019‎)		24:00	8,201	341.7	8022.5	334.3	... that in 2018, 151 North Franklin (pictured) became the new corporate headquarters for CNA Insurance, which continues to be based in the Chicago Loop as it has been since 1900?
Billy Garrett Jr. (00:00, March 26, 2024 - 12:00, March 26, 2024)		12:00	8,133	677.8	8085	673.8	... that the first known NBA player with sickle cell disease (pictured) once nearly died of a sickle cell crisis after a flight to a game?

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Article (DYK date)	Image	Time on mainpage	DYK views	Views / hour	Net views	Net / hour	DYK hook
Anthony Davis (00:00, 3 April 2012 - 08:00, 3 April 2012)		8:00	94,410	11801.3	76,984	9,623.0	... that 2012 National Player of the Year Anthony Davis (pictured) was unknown locally and nationally through his junior year of high school basketball?
Saxbe fix (18:25, 29 November 2008 - 00:30, 30 November 2008)		6:05	39587	6507.5	37468.5	6159.2	... that Hillary Rodham Clinton (pictured) may be ineligible for appointment as United States Secretary of State by Barack Obama unless a Saxbe fix can be worked out?
"Gentleman" (Psy song) (16:00, 1 May 2013 - 00:00, 2 May 2013)		8:00	28195	3649.4	21271.5	2658.9	... that the music video for "Gentleman", the latest single by PSY (pictured), has set a world record with over 38 million single-day page views?
Cat Daddy (08:00, 29 May 2012 - 16:00, 29 May 2012)		8:00	25686	3210.8	25132.5	3141.6	... that a bikini-clad rendition of the "Cat Daddy" dance by the reigning Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover model Kate Upton (pictured) was temporarily banned from YouTube?
Drowning Girl (16:00, 24 May 2012 - 00:00, 25 May 2012)		8:00	23557	2944.6	22981.5	2872.7	... that Roy Lichtenstein's Drowning Girl was adapted from Hokusai's The Great Wave off Kanagawa (pictured)?
The Assembled Parties Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Lucky Guy (play) The Testament of Mary (play) (00:00, 10 June 2013 - 08:00, 10 June 2013)	File:Tom Hanks 2012.jpg	8:00	18027 [1] [2] [3]	2253.4	16247.5	20301.0	... that recently deceased Nora Ephron's last play and Tom Hanks' (pictured) Broadway theatre debut, Lucky Guy, is, along with The Assembled Parties, The Testament of Mary and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, a 67th Tony Awards Best Play nominee?
Vanessa Rousso (02:00, 14 May 2009 - 07:49, 14 May 2009)		5:49	15909	2735.1	15449	2656.0	... that 26-year-old Vanessa Rousso (pictured) is among the top five females in career earnings in poker history?
A Star Is Born (2012 film) (18:00, 31 January 2011 - 00:00, 1 February 2011)		6:00	13336	2222.7	12459	2076.5	... that the 2012 version of A Star Is Born, with Beyoncé Knowles (pictured) slated to star, would be the fourth remake of the film?
Rod Blagojevich federal fraud cases (16:46, 16 December 2008 - 22:51, 16 December 2008)		6:05	11344	1864.8	10140	1666.8	... that the Rod Blagojevich fraud cases (Blagojevich pictured) caused the Illinois General Assembly to consider erasing the Illinois Governor's statutory power to appoint a United States Senate replacement for Barack Obama?
Joe Cada (00:49, 18 November 2009 - 06:49, 18 November 2009)		6:00	10220	1703.3	8365	1394.2	... that at 21 years old, Joe Cada (pictured) is the youngest person to win the World Series of Poker main event?
Red Tail Project (00:00, 6 January 2010 - 06:00, 6 January 2010)		6:00	9938	1656.3	9354	1559.0	... that the Red Tail Project evolved after a United States Air Force P-51 Mustang (pictured) flown by the Tuskegee Airmen was passed through several owners for over 40 years?
Jasmin Ouschan (02:14, 9 August 2009 - 08:14, 9 August 2009)		6:00	7955	1325.8	7892	1315.3	... that Jasmin Ouschan (pictured), who was born in 1986 and won her first European Championship in 1999, is a nineteen-time European billiards champion?
Selina_Meyer (21:14, 1 January 2014 - 08:00, 2 January 2014)		10:46	7455	692.4	7366.5	684.2	... that when Julia Louis-Dreyfus (pictured) won an Emmy for playing Selina Meyer, she became the first actress to win Primetime Emmy Awards for three different regular cast roles?
Kasim Reed (02:10, 3 December 2008 - 08:15, 3 December 2008)		6:05	6831	1122.9	6810	1119.5	... that Kasim Reed, a 2009 Atlanta mayoral candidate, is known for keeping the battle emblem of the Confederate States of America (pictured) from being considered for inclusion on the Georgia State Flag?
Sandi Jackson (17:30, 18 November 2008 - 23:35, 18 November 2008)		6:05	6530	1073.4	5989.5	984.6	... that Chicago alderman Sandi Jackson (pictured) transferred from Georgetown University Law Center to University of Illinois College of Law to be with her future husband, U.S. Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.?

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Article (DYK date)	Time on mainpage	DYK views	Views / hour	Net views	Net / hour	DYK hook
Moritz Wagner (basketball) (00:00, 22 June 2018 - 00:00, 23 June 2018)	24:00	43,692 + 7,675=51,367	2140.3	48597	2024.9	... that Moritz Wagner was the first player to post 20 points and 15 rebounds in a NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament semifinal in over 30 years?
D. J. Wilson 2017–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team (01:37, 23 June 2017 - 01:22, 24 June 2017)	23:45	15,699 + 1,364=17,063	718.4	16,010	674.1	... that D. J. Wilson entered the 2017 NBA draft rather than staying in college and playing for the 2017–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team?
Danielle Herrington (00:00, 27 March 2018 - 00:00, 28 March 2018)	24:00	13,381	557.5	13,100	545.8	... that Danielle Herrington, cover model for the 2018 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, booked her first swimsuit shoot four months after moving to New York City to pursue modelling?
Corinne Foxx (00:40, 22 May 2018 - 01:05, 23 May 2018)	24:25	12,494	511.7	9658	395.5	... that Corinne Foxx changed her surname from Bishop as her father, Jamie Foxx, had done?
NUDE (00:00, 29 October 2017‎ - 00:00, 30 October 2017‎)	24:00	8,285 + 1,133=9418	392.4	8890.5	370.4	... that the film NUDE is about a talent search that was inspired by the Pirelli Calendars of the 1970s?
Cybergeddon (film) (00:00, 21 November 2016 - 00:00, 22 November 2016)	24:00	9,166	381.9	9127.5	380.3	... that when it was released in 2012, Cybergeddon was the most expensive web series ever made?
900 West Randolph (00:00, August 13, 2023 - 00:00, August 14, 2023)	24:00	8,994	374.8	8969	373.7	... that 900 West Randolph, Chicago's first high-rise building built by a black-owned construction firm, has penthouses that can be rented for over $20,000 per month?
Campbell's Soup I (00:00, October 8, 2023 - 00:00, October 9, 2023)	24:00	8,787	366.1	8760	365	... that climate change protesters vandalized and glued themselves to a version of Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup I?
Jordan Poole (00:00, 3 April 2018 - 00:00, 4 April 2018)	24:00	8,517	354.9	7904	329.3	... that Jordan Poole's game-winning buzzer beater three point shot in the 2018 NCAA Basketball Tournament was nearly identical to his shot in the 2017 Dick's National High School Championship Game?
Harald Hasselbach (00:00, January 10, 2024 - 00:00, January 11, 2024)	24:00	7,857	327.4	7826.5	326.1	... that Harald Hasselbach, the only Dutch Super Bowl champion, lived in four continents in his youth?
Olivia Olson (basketball) (00:00, March 4, 2024 - 00:00, March 5, 2024)	24:00	7,286	303.6	7265.5	302.7	... that Olivia Olson won state championships as a soccer goalkeeper and a basketball guard?
Pop out cake (15:33, 5 July 2016 - 03:18, 6 July 2016)	11:45	6,894	586.7	6812.5	579.8	... that an early predecessor of the pop out cake was a pie from which a dwarf emerged for Charles I of England in 1626?
Wonut (00:00, 30 October 2016 - 00:00, 31 October 2016)	24:00	6,684	278.5	6650	277.1	... that the wonut is a combination of a waffle and doughnut that went viral in April 2014 following media exposure?
Away (luggage) (01:35, 8 February 2018 - 01:20, 9 February 2018)	23:45	6,610	278.3	6545	275.6	... that People described a carry-on manufactured by Away as "the little black dress of luggage"?
Elle Leonard (00:00, April 15, 2023 - 00:00, April 16, 2023)	24:00	6,184	257.7	6,159	256.6	... that Meyers and Elle Leonard donated US$500,000 toward the renovation of the site of their first date?
Camino Island (00:00, 9 September 2017 - 00:00, 10 September 2017)	24:00	5,968	248.7	5685	236.9	... that John Grisham (pictured) said his novel Camino Island was conceived on a road trip to Florida while talking about stolen books with his wife?
Sheesh! (12:00, January 13, 2023 - 00:00, January 14, 2023)	12:00	5,944	495.3	5869.5	489.1	... that both Toyota and Pizza Hut have had commercials saying "Sheesh!"?
Lester Rowe (00:00, May 22, 2023 - 00:00, May 23, 2023 )	24:00	5,902	245.9	5893.5	245.6	... that it once took two days to determine whether a slam dunk by Lester Rowe at the buzzer counted?
Max Bielfeldt (00:00, June 11, 2023 - 00:00, June 12, 2023)	24:00	5,620	234.2	5589.5	232.9	... that after the Wolverines released their "Moose" for his fifth season, he went on to win another Big Ten championship with the Hoosiers?
Campbell's Soup Cans II (00:00, December 23, 2023 - 00:00, December 24, 2023)	24:00	5,604	233.5	5590.5	232.9	... that a Hot Dog Bean screenprint from Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans II sold for $258,046 in 2013?
David Webber (basketball) (00:00, August 11, 2023 - 00:00, August 12, 2023)	24:00	5,553	231.4	5512	229.7	... that former basketball player David Webber broke a record previously held by all-time great Larry Bird?

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Article (DYK date)	Time on mainpage	DYK views	Views / hour	Net views	Net / hour	DYK hook
Lucy Li (21:05, 19 June 2014 - 05:20, 20 June 2014)	8:15	29357	3558.4	21637.5	2622.7	... that golfer Lucy Li set records as the youngest U.S. Women's Amateur Championship qualifier at age 10 in 2013 and the youngest U.S. Women's Open Championship qualifier at age 11 in 2014?
Rosemary's Baby (miniseries) (22:21, 11 May 2014 - 10:36, 12 May 2014)	12:15	23292	1901.4	18788	1533.7	... that the 2014 adaptation of Rosemary's Baby starring Zoe Saldana is set in Paris rather than New York City like the original novel?
Emily Ratajkowski (12:11, 24 October 2014 - 00:00, 25 October 2014)	11:49	21069	1783.0	14764.5	1249.5	... that Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model Emily Ratajkowski is featured in the music video for "Blurred Lines", which was the number one song of 2013 in several countries?
Disappearing Model (‎18:48, 1 May 2009 - 00:48, 2 May 2009)	6:00	18300	3050.0	18197.5	3032.9	... that Disappearing Model, a body painting in which a model is painted so that she is indistinguishable from her background, is Joanne Gair's most famous work and was displayed on Ripley's Believe It or Not!?
Ready for Love (TV series) (23:00, 9 April 2013‎ - 07:15, 10 April 2013)	8:15	16148	1957.3	13587.5	1647.0	... that after NBC shuffled its 2012–13 television schedule, Ready for Love was given a two-hour timeslot following The Voice, starting April 9?
Dylan Penn treats! (0:00, 9 September 2014 - 12:00, 9 September 2014)	12:00	16085=12804 + 3281	1340.4	15362	1280.2	... that Dylan Penn—daughter of Sean Penn and Robin Wright—declined a US$150,000 offer to pose for a Playboy cover, but later appeared nude behind a $6000 Fendi bag on a treats! cover?
Maria de Lujan Telpuk (18:38, 21 March 2008 - 02:06, 22 March 2008)	7:28	12238	1639.0	12153.5	1627.7	...that after discovering a suitcase with US$800,000 in Maletinazo (the suitcase scandal), policewoman Maria de Lujan Telpuk appeared on the cover of the Argentine and Venezuelan editions of Playboy?
Willie Gillis (18:51, 9 April 2008 - 03:17, 10 April 2008)	8:26	11721	1389.8	11649.5	1381.4	...that when Norman Rockwell's model for his World War II Willie Gillis series enlisted, The Saturday Evening Post demanded that Rockwell continue the character?
Old Chicago Main Post Office Twin Towers (12:00, 27 October 2014 - 00:00, 28 October 2014)	12:00	11445	953.8	11346.5	945.5	... that if built as planned, the Old Chicago Main Post Office Twin Towers will be the tallest building in North America?
Demi's Birthday Suit (17:39, 30 March 2008 - 01:34, 31 March 2008)	7:55	10448	1319.7	10223.5	1291.4	...that when Demi Moore appeared nude on the cover of Vanity Fair in the body painting/photograph Demi's Birthday Suit, it commemorated More Demi Moore's one-year anniversary?
Sleeping Girl I Can See the Whole Room...and There's Nobody in It! Ohhh...Alright... (00:00, 28 May 2012 - 08:00, 28 May 2012)	8:00	10447 [4] [5]	1305.9	10045	1255.6	... that Ohhh...Alright..., I Can See the Whole Room...and There's Nobody in It!, and Sleeping Girl set records for highest priced Roy Lichtenstein work sales at $42.6, $43.2, and $44.8 million, respectively?
Girl with Ball (16:00, 23 May 2012 - 00:00, 24 May 2012)	8:00	9722	1215.3	9486	1185.8	... that Roy Lichtenstein's pop art painting Girl with Ball, which was based on a newspaper ad that was still running more than 20 years later, was first sold to Philip Johnson?
TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time (16:30, 10 April 2012 - 00:15, 11 April 2012)	7:45	9,606	1239.5	8851.5	1142.1	... that both the 1997 and 2009 versions of TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time included episodes that were only aired two months prior?
Jessica Hart (model) (11:19, 14 February 2009 - 18:33, 14 February 2009)	7:14	9495	1312.7	9212.5	1273.6	... that model Jessica Hart, who was selected to appear in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, is known for her gap tooth smile?
A Christmas Story: The Musical The Trip to Bountiful (play) (16:00, 9 June 2013 - 00:00, 10 June 2013)	8:00	8798 [6]	1035.3	8005	1000.6	... that 67th Tony Awards Best Musical nominee A Christmas Story: The Musical was adapted from a 1980s film and Best Revival of a Play nominee The Trip to Bountiful had been adapted into a 1980s film?
Whaam! (16:00, 22 May 2012 - 00:00, 23 May 2012)	8:00	8669	1083.6	8107.5	1013.4	... that Roy Lichtenstein considered the discordant panels of his diptych painting Whaam! humorous?
Takka Takka (Roy Lichtenstein) (16:00, 26 June 2013 - 0:00, 27 June 2013)	8:00	8544	1068	8495.5	1061.9	...that Takka Takka is a Roy Lichtenstein painting that depicts combat at the Battle of Guadalcanal?
Carly Foulkes Powers (FX TV series) (00:00, 5 August 2011 - 08:00, 5 August 2011)	8:00	8479 [7]	1059.9	6334	791.8	... that T-Mobile myTouch 4G spokesperson Carly Foulkes has been cast in the FX Network television series Powers?
John W. Rogers, Jr. (18:50, 22 December 2008 - 00:55, 23 December 2008)	6:05	8401	1381.0	8332	1369.6	... that at a fantasy basketball camp, John W. Rogers, Jr. defeated Michael Jordan in a game of one-on-one, witnessed by John Thompson, Jr., Mike Krzyzewski and Damon Wayans?
United Nations Honour Flag (16:00, 22 July 2011 - 00:00, 23 July 2011)	8:00	8304	1038.0	8304	1038.0	... that the United Nations Honour Flag was designed as a symbol of the Allies of World War II at the suggestion of Winston Churchill?
Christine Jorgensen Reveals (16:00, 8 July 2011 - 00:00, 9 July 2011)	8:00	8160	1020.0	8160	1020.0	... that Christine Jorgensen Reveals is a docudrama about the first celebrity transsexual, who was called the world's most famous woman at the time?
Ariel Meredith (12:00, 14 March 2009 - 18:51, 14 March 2009)	6:51	8137	1187.9	7975.5	1164.3	... that a modeling agency once demanded that swimsuit model Ariel Meredith have breast reduction surgery, but she refused and was dropped from the agency?
View of the World from 9th Avenue (00:00, 15 October 2012 - 08:00, 15 October 2012)	8:00	8,071	1,008.9	8,071	1,008.9	... that Saul Steinberg's famous New Yorker cover, View of the World from 9th Avenue, was named the fourth greatest magazine cover in a 40-year survey?
More Demi Moore (14:02, 23 February 2008 - 21:27, 23 February 2008)	7:25	7816	1053.8	7564.5	1019.9	...that in More Demi Moore, Demi Moore appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair eight-months pregnant and wearing only a diamond ring?
Freedom of Speech (painting) Freedom to Worship (painting) Freedom from Want (painting) (04:17, 18 April 2008 - 11:20, 18 April 2008)	7:03	7299 [8] [9]	1035.3	7067	1002.4	...that although Norman Rockwell felt Freedom of Speech and Freedom to Worship were the most successful of his Four Freedoms painting series, Freedom from Want has had the most enduring success?
Bratatat! Varoom! (08:10, 26 June 2013 - 16:00, 26 June 2013)	7:50	7144 [10]	908.2	7022.5	896.5	...that Whaam!, Bratatat! and Varoom! are among Roy Lichtenstein's most well-known onomatopoeic works?
Big Painting No. 6 Torpedo...Los! (00:00, 23 May 2012 - 16:00, 2 May 2012)	8:00	7087 [11]	885.9	5060	632.5	... that Big Painting No. 6 set a record for highest auction price for a painting by a living artist and Torpedo...Los! set a record for price for a Roy Lichtenstein work?
Harper Court (05:24, 15 July 2014 - 06:54, 16 July 2014 )	25:30	7082	277.7	7064	277.0	... that the University of Chicago exercised its option to buy Harper Court for $98 million in November 2013 and listed it for sale in March 2014?
A.C.O.D. (00:46, 19 April 2012 - 08:31, 19 April 2012)	7:45	7062	911.2	6994.5	902.5	...that Jessica Alba got a tattoo of a bow on her tailbone for her role in A.C.O.D.?
Quiana Grant (11:47, 19 February 2008 - 17:47, 19 February 2008)	6:00	6859	1143.2	6688	1114.7	...that 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model Quiana Grant served for four years as her mother's eyes while the latter underwent a series of corrective surgeries for chorioretinitis?
Body Issue (16:07, 4 December 2009 - 22:08, 4 December 2009)	6:01	6849	1138.3	6816	1132.9	... that ESPN The Magazine's October 9, 2009, Body Issue sold more issues at the news stand than any other issue of the magazine in the prior two years?
Mural with Blue Brushstroke Look Mickey Artist's Studio—Look Mickey (16:00, 19 June 2012 - 00:00, 20 June 2012)	8:00	6757 [12] [13]	844.6	6615.5	826.9	... that Roy Lichtenstein's Mural with Blue Brushstroke incorporates elements of his earlier works as does Artist's Studio—Look Mickey, which includes most of Look Mickey, the artist's first work to use Ben-Day dots and a speech balloon?
Mike Vranos (01:53, 13 December 2007 - 12:16, 13 December 2007)	10:23	6689	644.2	6634	638.9	...that Mike Vranos, a man considered by some to be the most powerful man on Wall Street in the early 1990s, was known for breaking up business meetings to issue armwrestling challenges?
The Sun Also Rises (ballet) The Sun Also Rises (1984 film) The Select (The Sun Also Rises) (12:00, 9 June 2014 - 00:00, 10 June 2014)	12:00	2720 + 232 1965 + 187 1271 + 114=6489	540.8	6450	537.5	... that The Sun Also Rises is the first version of Hemingway's novel en pointe; The Sun Also Rises increases the story's death count; and The Sun Also Rises is known for its award-winning sound design?
Four Freedoms (Norman Rockwell) (22:01, 13 April 2008 - 04:23, 14 April 2008)	6:22	6450	1013.1	6288	987.6	...that after Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms were published in the Saturday Evening Post, 25 million people bought posters of them?
Jasmine_Tookes (00:00, 22 December 2012 - 12:00, 22 December 2012)	12:00	6449	537.4	6250.5	520.9	... that when Oprah Winfrey saw American model Jasmine Tookes perform on the runway at Lincoln Center, she extolled Tookes' "butter" soft skin and requested that Tookes "rub your face against mine"?
"Hill Street Station" (16:16, 17 April 2012 - 01:31, 18 April 2012)	9:15	6434	695.6	6371	688.8	... that "Hill Street Station", the first episode of Hill Street Blues, suffered "confusion and conflict in its marketing" to the point that it was considered a surprise the show survived to be aired?
Fountain of the Great Lakes (09:17, 25 March 2009 - 15:26, 25 March 2009)	6:09	6411	1042.4	6364.5	1034.9	... that the Fountain of the Great Lakes, with three semi-nude figures, was not dedicated until after Chicago changed its obscenity laws for public art in 1913?
E. Normus Johnson Big Johnson (00:00, 7 September 2010 - 06:00, 7 September 2010)	6:00	6246 [14]	1041.0	6186	1031.0	... that E. Normus Johnson is a fictional advertising mascot depicted in comic art on Big Johnson T-shirts that use double entendres?
As I Opened Fire (08:00, 22 May 2012 - 16:00, 22 May 2012)	8:00	6098	762.3	5797	724.6	... that As I Opened Fire was part of the culmination of the dramatic war-comic works of Roy Lichtenstein?
Nia Sanchez (21:20, 22 June 2014 - 05:35, 23 June 2014)	8:15	6004	727.8	5392	653.6	... that Miss USA 2014 Nia Sanchez is a fourth degree black belt in taekwondo, and once worked at Hong Kong Disneyland?
Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration (19:25, 23 December 2008 - 01:30, 24 December 2008)	6:05	5998	986.0	5041.5	828.7	... that the Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration is scheduled for four days of celebration, with Washington, D.C. bars authorized to stay open until 5:00 a.m.?
1000 South Michigan (12:00, 11 December 2015 - 00:00, 12 December 2015)	12:00	5806	483.8	5776	481.3	... that Chicago's 1000 South Michigan is a supertall skyscraper planned to rise to over 1,000 feet (300 m), even though it is in a historic district zoned for buildings up to 425 feet (130 m)?
The Fab Five (film) (08:00, 7 April 2011 - 16:00, 7 April 2011)	8:00	5536	692.0	5221	652.6	... that in response to Jalen Rose's comments in The Fab Five, which has become the highest-rated ESPN documentary, Grant Hill's response was shared by nearly 100,000 people on Facebook in the next few days?
Olivia Pope (04:35, 17 July 2014 - 15:41, 17 July 2014)	11:06	5496	495.1	5052	455.1	... that Olivia Pope was spoofed by Jennifer Hudson when the Obama administration needed a spokesman for its Affordable Care Act?
Melissa Haro (06:12, 20 February 2008 - 13:35, 20 February 2008)	7:23	5494	744.1	5165	699.5	...that 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model Melissa Haro was the youngest fashion model contestant on the first season of Project Runway?
The Honest Company (23:55, 19 December 2014 - 12:00, 20 December 2014)	12:05	5318 + 135=5453	451.3	5281.5	437.1	... that The Honest Company, which was co-founded by Jessica Alba in 2011, is valued at approximately US$1 billion?
"Semper Fidelis" (march) (12:00, 28 April 2011 - 18:00, 28 April 2011)	6:00	5366	894.3	5254	875.7	... that "Semper Fidelis" by John Philip Sousa is regarded as the official march of the United States Marine Corps?
Diane Guerrero (16:00, 29 June 2014 - 03:40, 30 June 2014)	11:40	5362	459.6	4184	358.6	... that Colombian-American Orange Is the New Black actress Diane Guerrero's parents and older brother were deported to Colombia when she was 14 years old?
Fountain of Time (15:16, 29 January 2009 - 21:09, 29 January 2009)	5:53	5230	889.0	5167.5	878.3	... that Chicago's Fountain of Time by Lorado Taft is considered the earliest outdoor concrete sculpture?
Babette March (22:00, 17 August 2009 - 04:00, 18 August 2009)	6:00	5120	853.3	5070	845	... that Babette March, the first cover model of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, became a farmer in Canada and is now an artist, entrepreneur and chef in Halfway, Oregon?
Next Big Sound (13:40, 20 January 2009 - 19:51, 20 January 2009)	6:11	5053	817.2	5011	810.4	... that venture capitalists committed US$25,000 to the Next Big Sound after a group of Northwestern University students presented it as their entrepreneur class assignment?
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention The Swerve: How the World Became Modern George F. Kennan: An American Life Water by the Spoonful (16:00, 1 July 2012 - 00:00, 2 July 2012)	8:00	5031 [15] [16] [17]	628.9	4917	614.6	... that Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, George F. Kennan: An American Life and Water by the Spoonful won 2012 Pulitzer Prizes for History, General Non-Fiction, Biography or Autobiography and Drama, respectively?
Mermaid (Roy Lichtenstein) (16:00, 11 June 2012 - 00:00, 12 June 2012)	8:00	5028	628.5	4975	621.9	... that Mermaid in Miami Beach was Roy Lichtenstein's first commissioned public art?

Best Months

Article (DYK date)	Image	Time on mainpage	DYK views	Views / hour	Net views	Net / hour	DYK hook
May 2012 — 7 chartmakers
Cat Daddy (08:00, 29 May 2012 - 16:00, 29 May 2012)		8:00	25686	3210.8	25132.5	3141.6	... that a bikini-clad rendition of the "Cat Daddy" dance by the reigning Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover model Kate Upton (pictured) was temporarily banned from YouTube?
Drowning Girl (16:00, 24 May 2012 - 00:00, 25 May 2012)		8:00	23557	2944.6	22981.5	2872.7	... that Roy Lichtenstein's Drowning Girl was adapted from Hokusai's The Great Wave off Kanagawa (pictured)?
Sleeping Girl I Can See the Whole Room...and There's Nobody in It! Ohhh...Alright... (00:00, 28 May 2012 - 08:00, 28 May 2012)		8:00	10447 [18] [19]	1305.9	10045	1255.6	... that Ohhh...Alright..., I Can See the Whole Room...and There's Nobody in It!, and Sleeping Girl set records for highest priced Roy Lichtenstein work sales at $42.6, $43.2, and $44.8 million, respectively?
Girl with Ball (16:00, 23 May 2012 - 00:00, 24 May 2012)		8:00	9722	1215.3	9486	1185.8	... that Roy Lichtenstein's pop art painting Girl with Ball, which was based on a newspaper ad that was still running more than 20 years later, was first sold to Philip Johnson?
Whaam! (16:00, 22 May 2012 - 00:00, 23 May 2012)		8:00	8669	1083.6	8107.5	1013.4	... that Roy Lichtenstein considered the discordant panels of his diptych painting Whaam! humorous?
Big Painting No. 6 Torpedo...Los! (00:00, 23 May 2012 - 16:00, 2 May 2012)		8:00	7087 [20]	885.9	5060	632.5	... that Big Painting No. 6 set a record for highest auction price for a painting by a living artist and Torpedo...Los! set a record for price for a Roy Lichtenstein work?
As I Opened Fire (08:00, 22 May 2012 - 16:00, 22 May 2012)		8:00	6098	762.3	5797	724.6	... that As I Opened Fire was part of the culmination of the dramatic war-comic works of Roy Lichtenstein?
June 2013 — 4 chartmakers
The Assembled Parties Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Lucky Guy (play) The Testament of Mary (play) (00:00, 10 June 2013 - 08:00, 10 June 2013)	File:Tom Hanks 2012.jpg	8:00	18027 [21] [22] [23]	2253.4	16247.5	20301.0	... that recently deceased Nora Ephron's last play and Tom Hanks' (pictured) Broadway theatre debut, Lucky Guy, is, along with The Assembled Parties, The Testament of Mary and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, a 67th Tony Awards Best Play nominee?
A Christmas Story: The Musical The Trip to Bountiful (play) (16:00, 9 June 2013 - 00:00, 10 June 2013)		8:00	8798 [24]	1035.3	8005	1000.6	... that 67th Tony Awards Best Musical nominee A Christmas Story: The Musical was adapted from a 1980s film and Best Revival of a Play nominee The Trip to Bountiful had been adapted into a 1980s film?
Takka Takka (Roy Lichtenstein) (16:00, 26 June 2013 - 0:00, 27 June 2013)		8:00	8544	1068	8495.5	1061.9	...that Takka Takka is a Roy Lichtenstein painting that depicts combat at the Battle of Guadalcanal?
Bratatat! Varoom! (08:10, 26 June 2013 - 16:00, 26 June 2013)		7:50	7144 [25]	908.2	7022.5	896.5	...that Whaam!, Bratatat! and Varoom! are among Roy Lichtenstein's most well-known onomatopoeic works?
April 2012 — 4 chartmakers
Anthony Davis (00:00, 3 April 2012 - 08:00, 3 April 2012)		8:00	94,410	11801.3	76,984	9,623.0	... that 2012 National Player of the Year Anthony Davis (pictured) was unknown locally and nationally through his junior year of high school basketball?
TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time (16:30, 10 April 2012 - 00:15, 11 April 2012)		7:45	9,606	1239.5	8851.5	1142.1	... that both the 1997 and 2009 versions of TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time included episodes that were only aired two months prior?
A.C.O.D. (00:46, 19 April 2012 - 08:31, 19 April 2012)		7:45	7062	911.2	6994.5	902.5	...that Jessica Alba got a tattoo of a bow on her tailbone for her role in A.C.O.D.?
"Hill Street Station" (16:16, 17 April 2012 - 01:31, 18 April 2012)		9:15	6434	695.6	6371	688.8	... that "Hill Street Station", the first episode of Hill Street Blues, suffered "confusion and conflict in its marketing" to the point that it was considered a surprise the show survived to be aired?
December 2008 — 4 chartmakers
Rod Blagojevich federal fraud cases (16:46, 16 December 2008 - 22:51, 16 December 2008)		6:05	11344	1864.8	10140	1666.8	... that the Rod Blagojevich fraud cases (Blagojevich pictured) caused the Illinois General Assembly to consider erasing the Illinois Governor's statutory power to appoint a United States Senate replacement for Barack Obama?
John W. Rogers, Jr. (18:50, 22 December 2008 - 00:55, 23 December 2008)		6:05	8401	1381.0	8332	1369.6	... that at a fantasy basketball camp, John W. Rogers, Jr. defeated Michael Jordan in a game of one-on-one, witnessed by John Thompson, Jr., Mike Krzyzewski and Damon Wayans?
Kasim Reed (02:10, 3 December 2008 - 08:15, 3 December 2008)		6:05	6831	1122.9	6810	1119.5	... that Kasim Reed, a 2009 Atlanta mayoral candidate, is known for keeping the battle emblem of the Confederate States of America (pictured) from being considered for inclusion on the Georgia State Flag?
Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration (19:25, 23 December 2008 - 01:30, 24 December 2008)		6:05	5998	986.0	5041.5	828.7	... that the Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration is scheduled for four days of celebration, with Washington, D.C. bars authorized to stay open until 5:00 a.m.?
June 2014 — 4 chartmakers
Lucy Li (21:05, 19 June 2014 - 05:20, 20 June 2014)		8:15	29357	3558.4	21637.5	2622.7	... that golfer Lucy Li set records as the youngest U.S. Women's Amateur Championship qualifier at age 10 in 2013 and the youngest U.S. Women's Open Championship qualifier at age 11 in 2014?
The Sun Also Rises (ballet) The Sun Also Rises (1984 film) The Select (The Sun Also Rises) (12:00, 9 June 2014 - 00:00, 10 June 2014)		12:00	2720 + 232 1965 + 187 1271 + 114=6489	540.8	6450	537.5	... that The Sun Also Rises is the first version of Hemingway's novel en pointe; The Sun Also Rises increases the story's death count; and The Sun Also Rises is known for its award-winning sound design?
Nia Sanchez (21:20, 22 June 2014 - 05:35, 23 June 2014)		8:15	6004	727.8	5392	653.6	... that Miss USA 2014 Nia Sanchez is a fourth degree black belt in taekwondo, and once worked at Hong Kong Disneyland?
Diane Guerrero (16:00, 29 June 2014 - 03:40, 30 June 2014)		11:40	5362	459.6	4184	358.6	... that Colombian-American Orange Is the New Black actress Diane Guerrero's parents and older brother were deported to Colombia when she was 14 years old?
April 2008 — 3 chartmakers
Willie Gillis (18:51, 9 April 2008 - 03:17)		8:26	11721	1389.8	11649.5	1381.4	...that when Norman Rockwell's model for his World War II Willie Gillis series enlisted, The Saturday Evening Post demanded that Rockwell continue the character?
Freedom of Speech (painting) Freedom to Worship (painting) Freedom from Want (painting) (04:17, 18 April 2008 - 11:20, 18 April 2008)		7:03	7299 [26] [27]	1035.3	7067	1002.4	...that although Norman Rockwell felt Freedom of Speech and Freedom to Worship were the most successful of his Four Freedoms painting series, Freedom from Want has had the most enduring success?
Four Freedoms (Norman Rockwell) (22:01, 13 April 2008 - 04:23, 14 April 2008)		6:22	6450	1013.1	6288	987.6	...that after Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms were published in the Saturday Evening Post, 25 million people bought posters of them?

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