Dr. Dan
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- ... that dominant males of Perugia's limia (species pictured) may be so preoccupied with fighting each other that the females end up mating with the subordinate males?
- ... that Sophie Kropotkin and her husband returned to France despite the risk of being arrested, as they thought that detention in a French prison would be preferable to living in England?
- ... that following the filming of the music video for "Guess", Charli XCX and Billie Eilish donated 10,000 pairs of underwear to charity?
- ... that Winzar Kakiouea was the sole athlete from his nation at the 2024 Olympics?
- ... that resources to fight the 1988 White Mountain Fire were slow to arrive because of fires at Yellowstone?
- ... that journalist Jules Loh reported that Malcolm X told him that "his own people would kill him" before his assassination?
- ... that Bangué, the smallest island of the Bazaruto Archipelago, was formed by ocean waves shaped by the surrounding archipelago?
- ... that The Game led to a boom in all-channel TV sales so viewers could see the game on Ohio State University's TV station?
- ... that Aphex Twin never intended to release Drukqs and only did so because he accidentally left an MP3 player on a plane?
Precious anniversary
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Thank you for quality contributions, based on historic knowledge and language skills, to articles about people, places, music, wording with precision and reducing excess with a focus on content and accuracy, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (30 April 2010)!
Two years ago, you were the 439th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:01, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
Three years ago, you were recipient no. 439 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:08, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
- Very kind of you!_ Dr. Dan (talk) 18:28, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
Four years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:45, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
- Es ist schön, sich noch einmal zu erinnern. Danke vielmals._Dr. Dan (talk) 17:09, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
- seven years now! ;) - ja, schön --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:26, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
- Lebt noch. Danke._Dr. Dan (talk) 20:33, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
- good to know --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:36, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
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sad to have had to contribute to the obit above, - miss her, and too many --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:43, 29 March 2021 (UTC)