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Current DYK count: 4

...that the historical lands and fishing grounds of the Skinpah were buried underwater by the construction of The Dalles Dam? (October 2, 2023)
...that despite having no professional training or experience, DeLancey W. Gill was appointed to take thousands of photographs for the Smithsonian Institution? (October 15, 2023)
...that the Royal Mint reportedly shipped rare silver coins to New Zealand in unsecured bags, claiming they had not been advised to take extra precaution? (November 8, 2023)
...that some ancient Athenian coins featured the faces of gorgons? (November 24, 2023)
...that fridges filled with "frozen duck" sent to Britain actually contained illegal coins? (December 2, 2023)
... that The Math Myth advocates for American high schools to stop requiring advanced algebra? (December 8, 2023)
... that a design for the New Zealand florin was criticized as looking like a violently defecating kiwi? (December 10, 2023)
... that the pastor John Littlejohn went from selling pornographic literature to sailors as a youth to protecting the Declaration of Independence? (December 21, 2023)
... that cabinet-maker Stephen Badlam simultaneously served as a justice of the peace and a brigadier-general? (January 3, 2024)
... that a design for the 1930s New Zealand penny depicted a rugby player? (January 5, 2024)
... that British intervention reversed the lacquering of a statue in New Zealand? (January 6, 2024)
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... that The New Zealand Herald opposed a children's hospital in favour of a statue of Queen Victoria? (January 8, 2024)
... that a New Zealand coin was declared evidence of an atheistic government by detractors? (January 17, 2024)
... that the Māori warrior on the New Zealand shilling (pictured) was actually depicted wearing a dance uniform? (January 24, 2024)
... that a commemorative coin was made for a nonexistent royal visit to New Zealand? (January 25, 2024)
... that two rival designers independently submitted a map for the design of a 1940 New Zealand coin? (January 29, 2024)
... that a hammer and sickle motif was proposed for the New Zealand sixpence? (January 30, 2024)
... that teenage Inuk interpreter Qalaherriaq (pictured) drew an accurate map of northwest Greenland while using a pencil for the first time? (February 6, 2024)
... that the patu clubs on the New Zealand threepence were compared to bottles of ginger beer? (February 9, 2024)
... that a species of butterfly was named in honor of an Inuit interpreter? (February 11, 2024)
... that a law banning Native Americans from living in Seattle was voided when Seattle itself was abolished? (February 12, 2024)
... that despite various proposals, a statue of a renowned Dunedin clergyman was not moved from its location adjacent to a brothel and two parking lots? (February 14, 2024)
... that Eenoolooapik fell ill while kayaking through Aberdeen in traditional Inuit clothing? (February 15, 2024)
... that the "first settler of Asotin County" was the second? (February 24, 2024)
... that a Stone Age Siberian village is the oldest known fortification in the world? (February 27, 2024)
... that Métis guide Pierre St. Germain was forced to remain with an Arctic expedition he considered too dangerous? (March 1, 2024)
... that names have been steadily added to a Bellingham fishermen's memorial as local fishermen are lost at sea? (March 18, 2024)
... that Majed Abu Maraheel, the first Palestinian Olympian, tended flowers for a living before becoming an Olympic runner? (March 29, 2024, conom with Arconning)
... that a massive smallpox epidemic struck the Pacific Northwest shortly before historical records were kept? (March 29, 2024)
... that Native Americans in Seattle sought refuge on an artificial island composed of waste thrown overboard from ships? (March 30, 2024)
... that slave trader Jourdan Saunders greatly profited from a Louisiana law banning slave trading? (April 4, 2024)
... that some Confederate bullets were sourced from a silver mine? (April 6, 2024)
... that a Japanese island has rapidly fluctuated in size? (April 7, 2024)
... that the design on a New Zealand coin was incorrectly alleged to represent a "personified phallus"? (April 10, 2024)
... that Independence Lost argues that most support for the American Revolution was non-ideological? (April 12, 2024)
... that a 17th-century male-authored book was adapted to argue in favor of women's superiority? (April 23, 2024)
... that the Gusuku period saw massive castles built on "virtually every ridge"? (April 30, 2024)
... that John Quincy Adams described Jonathan Elliot, his former printer, as "penurious and venal"? (May 4, 2024)
... that a bust of the notorious slave trader Isaac Franklin was placed on the prow of his slave ship, the Isaac Franklin? (May 7, 2024)
... that ancient humans cared for a 14,000-year-old puppy? (May 13, 2024)
... that after criticizing the political patronage system, John Silva Meehan was hired as Librarian of Congress through "purely an act of political patronage"? (May 20, 2024)
... that an ancient Chinese village likely had its own local pyromancer? (May 23, 2024)
... that Napoleon awarded a medal to English inventor James White? (May 23, 2024)
... that the chief editor of the United States' Telegraph allegedly gouged a rival reporter's eyes inside a Senate office? (May 24, 2024)