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Did you know is a section taking interesting facts from articles that meet DYK requirements. To list a new fact, make a suggestion on the talk page.

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From a collection of Wikipedia's articles: ... that the tradition of dyeing the Chicago River green (pictured) for Saint Patrick's Day started by accident in 1961 when plumbers accidentally spilled fluorescein into the river? ... that Olaf Scholz is the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany to not be a member of the Protestant Church? ... that eight presidents of the United States have graduated from Harvard University? ... that in 2022, the discovery of the tomb of Thutmose II became the first royal tomb to be discovered since King Tutankhamun's in 1922? ... that even though Belarus helped Russia with their invasion of Ukraine, President Alexander Lukashenko said that there is "no way" Belarusian soldiers will attack Ukraine? ... that in 2017, future Australian Greens Party Leader Larissa Waters was forced to resign from the Australian Senate because she was a Canadian citizen?

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