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Instructions

Did you know? (DYK) entries are interesting facts that many people may not know. On this page possible entries are listed and members of the DYK project assess the nominations for the DYK section. DYKs are listed on the Main Page.

How to enter a DYK

List articles on this page under the Nominations area, below. The newest nominations go at the top. If you would like to make a nomination, you should read the rules below.

If there is a picture that you would like to see used with your nomination, please add it with your nomination as shown below. Any user may nominate a DYK suggestion.

Rules

• Only one article can be nominated for a Did You Know hook.
  • This does not mean there can only be one link in the hook. It means the hook is to feature one article.
  • This main article is the link which is in bold. This article must meet the DYK rules.
  • Any other links in the hook are minor links.
• Information presented in any article nominated for DYK should be verifiable and unbiased. There must be a citation of a credible source to support the fact contained in the hook.
  • Articles that are tagged for bias with {{NPOV}} or for lack of accuracy with {{Disputed}} are not suitable for DYK.
  • Articles where facts are questioned with {{fact}} tags may not be suitable.
• The article linked should be easy to read.
  • The article should not be tagged as {{complex}}.
  • It should comply with the guideline on writing Simple English articles.
  • If possible, readability tests, such as this, should indicate a U.S. grade level of no greater than Grade 8 on (most) scores.
  • There should be no red linked categories or red linked templates.
• Articles nominated for DYK should not be too short.
  • Three-sentence stubs are not suitable.
  • The text of the article must be at least 800 characters. The number of characters can be measured with this tool.
• The hook used to encourage people to read the article should be interesting to read. Information mentioned in the hook should be in the article text (not in a footnote, or in a linked reference, or in an infobox).
  • Whether a hook is not interesting should not be a matter for only one reviewer to decide. The first reviewer marks as {{DYKalmost}} if they feel the hook is not sufficiently interesting, with wording like "Is there a more interesting hook?". If 2 assessors (including the initial one) agree that the hook is uninteresting and no alternative has been put forward, the nomination is rejected with {{DYKno}} and advice to the nominator that "2 reviewers feel that this hook is not interesting, please suggest an alternative hook."
  • Articles may be re-nominated, but a different hook must be chosen. Also, two different hooks of the same article should not be added to the same update or updates that follow each other.
• DYKs should not be very good articles (VGA) already as VGAs already get their own spotlight on the Main Page as the "Selected article".

Proposed facts should	Suggested facts (also known as hooks) should be	Suggested pictures should be
Have in-line citations	Interesting	From Wikimedia Commons
Articles on living people must be carefully checked to make sure that no unsourced negative information is in the article	Short (less than about 200 characters, including spaces)	Small (100x100px)
Articles with good references and citations are needed.	Neutral	Already in the article

• Editors may only nominate up to four hooks at any one time. If more nominations are desired, existing nominations must either be removed, promoted to one of the DYK queues or placed in the holding area.
• Hooks cannot be moved to a queue or removed from the nominations page until they have been there for a minimum of three days. The only exception to this are hooks that can be "snowed". Hooks can also be removed if there has been no input from the nominator after five days from the last review. Unreviewed hooks however cannot be removed until there has been a review.

Chart

Please use one of the following templates when reviewing nominations.

Symbol	Code	Ready for DYK?	Description
	{{DYKyes}}	Yes	No problems, ready for DYK
	{{DYKagf}}	Yes, WP:AGF	Hook cited to a source not on the Internet, but to a reliable publication.
	{{DYKfixed}}	Yes, issue fixed.	The issue preventing DYK, or request for improvement has now been fixed.
	{{DYKalmost}}	Almost	Article is on the way to being ready for DYK, but the reviewer has questions.
	{{DYKno}}	No	Article is unable to be used on DYK, the time limit has passed, or there are larger reservations.

Nominations

Please add new nominations below with newer nominations at the top. Nominations should be headed with a ===Level Three=== header containing a link to the article that the hook is from. If possible, all hooks should contain a relevant file from Wikimedia Commons – this can be a picture or a sound. The subject article should be '''bolded'''.

Gustavo Petro

• ... that Gustavo Petro is Colombia's first left-wing president and was a member of a guerilla group? --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 11:37, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

Thomas Mifflin

• that Thomas Mifflin was expelled from the Religious Society of Friends because he joined the military and they are pacifists? --Eptalon (talk) 11:33, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

Can't Help Falling in Love

• ... that "Can't Help Falling in Love" was the last song Elvis Presley performed live at a concert before his death? --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 07:22, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

2017 Las Vegas shooting

• ... that before attacking Las Vegas in 2017, Stephen Paddock planned a mass shooting at Chicago's Lollapalooza and even reserved a hotel room? --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 17:59, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Anthony Albanese

• ... that Anthony Albanese is the first Italian-Australian prime minister in the country's history? --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 04:55, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

Holding area

Hooks that are ready to be moved to a queue for update may be held in this area until a space in a queue comes available. To be eligible to move into this area, a hook must meet all of the promotion guidelines as outlined above. Hooks in this area do not count towards a user's nomination limit. If you change or re-review a hook in this area, it must be moved back to the main nominations section for discussion to continue. The only changes permitted here are formatting or spelling changes, or adding an associated file.

Symphony No. 45 (Haydn)

• ... that in the last movement of Joseph Haydn's Farewell Symphony, the musicians leave one by one?

Santa Claus (politician)

• ... that an American monk and activist named Santa Claus (pictured) from North Pole, Alaska ran for Congress in 2022?

Virus

• ...that there are no free-living viruses?

Photosynthesis

• ... that before photosynthesis, the Earth's atmosphere had almost no oxygen?

1915 Çanakkale Bridge

• ... that the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge (pictured) in Turkey is the world's longest suspension bridge at 2,023 m (6,637 ft) long?

Justin Trudeau

• ... that Justin Trudeau led a government with less than 35% of the national popular vote after the 2019 election?

Bally's Chicago

• ... that the casino resort Bally's Chicago was proposed so that its revenue would give money to Chicago's police and firefighter pension fund?

Lincoln Bible

• ... that the bible used by Abraham Lincoln at his first inauguration, was also used for the inaugurations of Barack Obama and Donald Trump?

Lucile Randon

• ... that Lucile Randon, at 116, was the oldest survivor of COVID-19?

Ketanji Brown Jackson

that Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first public defender, and the first black woman, to become an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States?

Georg Philipp Telemann

that the composer Georg Philipp Telemann wrote over 3,000 pieces of music?

Vajiralongkorn

that Vajiralongkorn of Thailand is the world's richest monarch, with a net worth between US$30 billion to US$70 billion?

Something in the Way

...that it is said that Kurt Cobain's 1991 song "Something in the Way" was based on a time when he was homeless and slept underneath a bridge near Aberdeen, Washington?

Marcus Garvey

... that in 1940, Jamaican political activist and black nationalist Marcus Garvey died shortly after reading his own obituary?