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Full DYK list

• ... that the Welsh language was created when someone fell asleep on a keyboard?
• ... that Afghanistan is known for its lush dirt farms, where dirt and dust are cultivated by villagers to enhance the scenic emptiness for which the region is known?
• ... that the great Wall Street Crash of 1929 led to many opportunities for great photography of homeless people and farmers covered in dust the following years?
• ... that the concept of Hell dates back to ancient Egyptians' fear of sand burning your feet?
• ... that Abraham Lincoln was an accomplished skateboarder?
• ... that Thomas Edison was arrested on charges of pornography following the release of his short film, Woman Whose Ankle is Partly Visible?
• ... that statistically, you're probably thinking about the Roman Empire right now? You aren't? Now you are!
• ... that the Salem witch trials were actually a corporate conspiracy propagated by Big Boulder?
• ... that the Byzantine Empire is pretty much the same as the Roman Empire, only not as cool?
• ... that George Washington was an avid heterosexual?
• ... that if Abraham Lincoln was alive today, he would be clawing desperately at the lid of his coffin and screaming for help?
• ... that the Red Baron, in addition to being the deadliest ace fighter pilot of World War I, traveled through time?
• ... that in response to rumors that Hitler has only got one ball, Nazi Germany released a song called, "Hitler has two, perhaps three, very large testes"?
• ... that Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, was famous for his brilliant strategy of firing where the enemy ship will be, rather than where it is?
• ... that José Mourinho would prefer really not to speak, if he speaks he is in big trouble. If he speaks he's in big trouble and he doesn't want to be in big trouble.
• ... that Humphrey Bogart was known for playing "hard-boiled" detectives, known for their milky white skin and round, corpulent figures?
• ... that Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House on the Prarie books, attempted to assassinate Franklin D. Roosevelt via a poisoned turnip?
• ... that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert made love inside every room at Buckingham Palace? It is said one can still hear their romps echoing through the royal halls...
• ... that Erich Hartmann, inspired by the success of Red Baron Pizza, released his own line of Blond Knight Casseroles?
• ... that Pope Francis was the first Pope to ever lay eyes on a woman?
• ... that Queen Elizabeth I used approximately 60 tons of talcum powder throughout her reign?