User:Fr33kman/DYKhooks

This page contains just a small portion of the over 150 hooks I have waiting. Please feel free to poach a hook if you can't think of one.. No need to cite. Just please make sure you remove it from this page if you do take one. Thanks :) fr33k man

Free DYK hooks[change | change source]

Beijing[change | change source]

... that In 1989, there were protests in Tian'anmen Square Beijing (pictured) because people wanted democracy?

Brazil[change | change source]

... that in 1889, Brazil became a republic after a military coup kicked Pedro II out of the country?

Devil[change | change source]

... that in the Koran the Devil often appears as an animal and tries to get people to do the wrong thing?

Galaxy[change | change source]

... that some Galaxies can be 100 trillion times the mass of the Sun?

New York City[change | change source]

... that the film industry provided nearly $9 billion to the New York City economy as of 2015?

Sausage[change | change source]

... that the French word for sausage comes from Vulgar Latin salsica (sausage), which comes from salsicus meaning seasoned with salt?

A Clockwork Orange[change | change source]

... that A Clockwork Orange was included on Time magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923?

Potsdam[change | change source]

... that Potsdam was intended as "a picturesque, pastoral dream" which would remind its people of their relationship with nature and reason?

John Quincy Adams[change | change source]

... that John Quincy Adams who led the fight against slavery in Congress was fluent in Latin and French?

Depression (mental illness)[change | change source]

... that at least five symptoms must be present to diagnose depression?

... that depression is one of the most common [[mental illness]es in the World?

... that thinking badly about yourself can lead to depression?

... several scientific studies have found a link between depression and pestacides?

Carl Sagan[change | change source]

... that Carl Sagan said that smoking cannabis helped him in writing his books?

Adolf Hitler[change | change source]

... that according to historians, Adolf Hitler had only one testicle?

Vegetable[change | change source]

... that in 1893 the United States Supreme Court declared that the fruit Tomato is a vegetable for taxation purposes?

Royal Air Force[change | change source]

... that the Royal Air Force is the oldest air force in the world?

Acid rain[change | change source]

... that acid rain was a term first used in 1872?