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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'''.

Chuy García

• that Chuy García is the first Mexican-American to be elected to the United States Congress from the Midwest? --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 05:42, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

Wonder Woman

• ... that for two months in 2016, Wonder Woman was an Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls for the United Nations? --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 05:37, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

Ulaanbaatar

• ...that about half the population of Mongolia live in its capital`?--Eptalon (talk) 21:19, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

  @Eptalon Might it be better to say ...that about half the population of Mongolia live in its capital, Ulaanbaatar? Lights and freedom (talk) 21:57, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

50th Anniversary of the Republic Sculptures

• ... that most of the 20 sculptures (one of them pictured), that were placed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Turkey are no longer around today because they were stolen, destroyed or removed?--Gazozlu (talk) 16:45, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

2023 visit by Joe Biden to Ukraine

• that Joe Biden's visit to Ukraine in 2023 was the first time a sitting-U.S. President went to an active war zone not controlled by the American military since 1864? --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 01:08, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Airplane

You actually lose a large percentage of your taste buds while on an airplane. MaizeninReignsapark (talk) 15:10, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

@MaizeninReignsapark You will have to add this to the article airplane. Then it could be posted to Did you know. Lights and freedom (talk) 01:40, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

Conspiracy theory

It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear. MaizeninReignsapark (talk) 15:12, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

@MaizeninReignsapark You'll need to specify an article you're nominating for DYK. I don't think this belongs in DYK. This is purely a numerological coincidence and I don't see how this can be reliably sourced. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 09:57, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

9/11

The Twin Towers stood at 1,368 feet. It is one of the world’s tallest skyscrapers in the 2000s and the world’s tallest skyscraper from 1971 to 1973. MaizeninReignsapark (talk) 15:14, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

You'll want to change that link so that it links to the relevant article, not to a disambiguation page. Also, we don't link years and decades. -- Auntof6 (talk) 01:08, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

President of the United States

• ... that former US Presidents Clinton, Bush and Trump were all born in the Summer months of 1946?

  Trump: June 1946, Bush: July 1946, Clinton: Aug 1946. Pure Evil (talk) 18:48, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Leonardo da Vinci

• ...that Leonardo da Vinci built a giant mechanical lion that could walk? Lights and freedom (talk) 01:50, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Birthday effect

• ... that a 1987 study about the Birthday effect, found that women are more likely to die right before their birthdays while men are more likely to die right after their birthdays? --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 00:37, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

  TDKR Chicago 101, I think this article needs more simplification. --Ferien (talk) 20:39, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

  @Ferien: How about now? TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 00:59, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Atomic theory

• ...that John Dalton developed his atomic theory by watching how chemical elements combined into compounds? Lights and freedom (talk) 22:35, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
  • Does this article qualify for DYK or is it too difficult to read? Lights and freedom (talk) 22:35, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
    • Part of the problem is that we try and add everything into one sentence. If this is split in two ("that..." and "He watched how chemical elements combined") it reads quite nicely. Macdonald-ross (talk) 17:00, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
    • Further comment: I think "saw" or "seeing" is better than "watched" or "watching". We don't quite know that he actually eyeballed this or inferred it from observations. It's also simpler English. Macdonald-ross (talk) 08:26, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
• ...that John Dalton measured how chemical elements combined into compounds, and this led to his atomic theory?
  • Better? Lights and freedom (talk) 18:05, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

  Now it's a compound sentence (no pun intended). How about "that watching how chemical elements combined into compounds led to John Dalton's atomic theory?" Or even leave out "into compounds" to shorten it.

  However, I don't see that specific fact in the article. You kind of have to read between the lines to get it, or am I missing it somewhere? -- Auntof6 (talk) 04:34, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

  • ...that watching how chemical elements combined led to John Dalton's atomic theory?
    • @Auntof6 I like this wording. I have added another sentence to the article to say this directly. It is true that one of the laws was developed by Proust instead of Dalton, but nevertheless, it was created by watching elements combine, and it led to Dalton's theory. Either "watching" or "measuring" could be used here. Lights and freedom (talk) 04:46, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

    @Lights and freedom: There isn't a source for the fact. -- Auntof6 (talk) 04:48, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

    @Auntof6 There was a source for this information before, but this information was briefly touched on and not stated that clearly. I have added another source that devotes more space to this information. Both are at the bottom of the section (Atomic theory#Dalton's atomic theory) but they verify everything in the section below the numbered points. Lights and freedom (talk) 05:02, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Atlantic slave trade

• ...that the United Kingdom and United States both passed laws to ban the Atlantic slave trade in 1807? Lights and freedom (talk) 21:27, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

The text in the page makes clear that the abolition was not simultaneous, but this excerpt does not. And it leaves unsaid that Spain and Portugal carried on the trade for quite a long time. I would prefer a statement with fewer loose ends, such as "Denmark was the first European country to ban the slave trade". Macdonald-ross (talk) 08:38, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

It wasn't one single law that banned both, but it's interesting that both countries, to which the slave trade was pretty important, banned it in the same year. There was probably some coordination involved. I don't see why the DYK has to say everything about the article. It's just an interesting fact that will make people want to read more. Lights and freedom (talk) 17:29, 11 January 2023 (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.