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This page shows all the hooks currently in the queue for moving to the Main page. If all queues displayed in one place, it can help to give users an idea of how full DYK is. It might also help to know whether or not their hooks have been updated. Hooks that have been approved but are not currently in a queue can be found in the holding area. The holding area is at Template talk:Did you know#Holding area.

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Queue 1

From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

One of the columns of the Mezquita de Córdoba mosque

  • ... that the Mezquita de Córdoba mosque (pictured) in Spain is supported by over 850 columns?
  • ... that at age 88, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter helped build homes that were destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in 2012?
  • ... the first country to make metal coins was called Lydia?
  • ... that the Amazon Rainforest has so much biodiversity that it makes 20% of the world's oxygen, earning it the title "The Lungs of the Earth"?
  • ... that female indentured servants who were raped by their masters and became pregnant would have their contract increased by two years?
  • ... that before becoming "The Unabomber", Ted Kaczynski was a child prodigy and an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley?
  • Queue 2

    From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

    Portrait of Woodrow Wilson in 1912

  • ... that because of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson (pictured) the League of Nations was founded and he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919?
  • ... that Antarctica is the largest and coldest desert?
  • ... that at age 52, Shinzo Abe was the youngest person elected as prime minister of Japan in its post-war history?
  • ... that sometime during the 17th century, the decorated walking stick replaced the sword carried by aristocrats as a status symbol?
  • ... that in some cultures, women would sometimes be naked until marriage, because people thought they had nothing to hide?
  • ... that even though they were first described in 1839, hamsters were not successfully bred and domesticated until 1939?
  • Queue 3

    From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

    Calling the Roll After An Engagement, Crimea

  • ... that the 1874 military painting Calling the Roll After An Engagement, Crimea (pictured) by Elizabeth Thompson was bought by Queen Victoria?
  • ... that Lichen can live on bare rock, walls, trees, wood, gravestones, and on exposed soil surfaces?
  • ... that Carly Fiorina entered an election for the United States Senate less than a year after surviving breast cancer?
  • ... that Canada was pre-approved to become part of the United States in the Articles of Confederation section 11 without further votes?
  • ... that The Chaos is a poem that shows that in English many words are not pronounced the way they are written?
  • ... that because of his illness with diverticulitis, Tancredo Neves was never inaugurated as President of Brazil and remained as president-elect until his death in 1985?
  • Queue 4

    From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

    Hélène Carrère d'Encausse in 2013

  • ... that even though she was the first woman as the head of the Académie Française, Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (pictured) insisted on using the male form of her title?
  • ... that the Great Barrier Reef, located in Australia, is the world's largest coral reef system and can even be seen from outer space?
  • ... that glam rock musician Marc Bolan, who never learned how to drive a car because of a fear of dying young, died in a car crash at aged 29?
  • ... that the first known dinosaurs were bipedal predators that were one to two metres long?
  • ... that Wikipedia started in early 2001 as a "feeder" website to Nupedia?
  • ... that because of the way they treat women, the infant mortality in Afghanistan has gone up since the Taliban took power in 2021?
  • Queue 5

    From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

    A picture of Venus taken by Mariner 10

  • ... that Venus (pictured) is the hottest planet in the Solar System despite being second from the Sun at an average of 480 °C (896.0 °F)?
  • ... that Guillermo Lasso is the first Ecuadorian president to use muerte cruzada which dissolved the National Assembly to avoid his impeachment?
  • ... that more people died due to World War II than any other war in history at around 73 million?
  • ... that while Orrin Hatch was the U.S. Senator from Utah, he earned USD $10,000 for writing songs for the LDS Church?
  • ... that desert kites were probably used for hunting?
  • ... that in August 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dropped 800 pounds of human waste into the Chicago River and onto people on a boat below?
  • Queue 6

    From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

    Luisa González in 2022

  • ... that former Assemblywoman Luisa González (pictured) was pepper sprayed by the National Police of Ecuador while on her way to register her presidential candidacy?
  • ... that the lines on the sides of school buses in the United States have an important safety role in the event of an accident?
  • ... that the great white shark has no natural predators other than the killer whale?
  • ... that Joe Biden's visit to Ukraine was the closest a U.S. president had come to a combat zone since Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War?
  • ... that the Vatican City is the smallest country in the world by size, at 0.49 km² and by population, at 764?
  • ... that when YouTuber Markiplier created an OnlyFans account for charity, the site crashed because of the large amount of people visiting the website?
  • Queue 7

    From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

    An eccentric sand dollar

  • ... that certain species of sand dollar (pictured) clone themselves to better escape some predators?
  • ... that when Dick Clark was running for the U.S. Senate, he walked 1,300 miles across Iowa to raise awareness of his campaign?
  • ... that a 16th century text on syphilis contains the first documented description on how to use a condom?
  • ... that before becoming Moldova's first female president, Maia Sandu worked at the World Bank in Washington, D.C.?
  • ... that Japan is called "Nihon" or "Nippon" in Japanese which means "the origin of the Sun"?
  • ... that the Mud March was an attempt by Union Army Major General Ambrose Burnside to attack Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia?