Template:Did you know: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively ← Previous edit Next edit →Content deleted Content addedVisual WikitextInline

Revision as of 00:00, 29 December 2024 view sourceDYKUpdateBot (talk \| contribs)Bots, Administrators249,377 edits Bot automatically updating DYK template with hooks copied from queue 5 ← Previous edit		Revision as of 09:54, 29 December 2024 view source Amakuru (talk \| contribs)Autopatrolled, Administrators111,197 edits Change Ceechynaa hook to positive-sounding review instead of a negative one per WP:DYKBLP Next edit →
Line 5:		Line 5:
	{{main page image/DYK\|image=File:Sons of Mawali sheikh Ali Diyab deriv.jpg\|caption=Mawali tribal sheikhs, 1880s}}<!--See ] for other parameters-->		{{main page image/DYK\|image=File:Sons of Mawali sheikh Ali Diyab deriv.jpg\|caption=Mawali tribal sheikhs, 1880s}}<!--See ] for other parameters-->
	* ... that in the 18th century the ''']''' tribe ''(pictured)'' was driven from the ] to the regions of ] and ], where their descendants live today?		* ... that in the 18th century the ''']''' tribe ''(pictured)'' was driven from the ] to the regions of ] and ], where their descendants live today?
	* ... that a reviewer ~~identified an "audible contempt" for men in the songs of~~ ''']''', who entered the ] earlier this month with "''']'''"?		* ... that a reviewer described ''']''', who entered the ] earlier this month with "''']'''", as "proudly waving the sexual liberation flag"?
	* ... that ''']''' was named "tocopherol" as it was identified as essential for live births in rats?		* ... that ''']''' was named "tocopherol" as it was identified as essential for live births in rats?
	* ... that in the 1950s ''']''' opened one of the first veterinary practices in Paris?		* ... that in the 1950s ''']''' opened one of the first veterinary practices in Paris?

Revision as of 09:54, 29 December 2024

DYK queue status

There are currently 6 filled queues. Humans, please consider promoting a prep to queue if you have the time!

Earliest time for next DYK update: 12:00, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Current time: 06:15, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Update frequency: once every 12 hours

Last updated: 6 hours ago(

)

DYK queues: Clear

Next queue

DYK prep areas: Clear

Next prep for promotion

For instructions on building prep sets, see WP:DYKPBI. For supplementary rules on the same, see WP:DYKPBR.

Did you know?
Introduction and rules
Introduction	WP:DYK
General discussion	WT:DYK
Guidelines	WP:DYKCRIT
Reviewer instructions	WP:DYKRI
Nominations
Nominate an article	WP:DYKCNN
Awaiting approval	WP:DYKN
Approved	WP:DYKNA
April 1 hooks	WP:DYKAPRIL
Holding area	WP:SOHA
Preparation
Preps and queues	T:DYK/Q
Prepper instructions	WP:DYKPBI
Admin instructions	WP:DYKAI
Main Page errors	WP:ERRORS
History
Statistics	WP:DYKSTATS
Archived sets	WP:DYKA
Just for fun
Monthly wraps	WP:DYKW
Awards	WP:DYKAWARDS
Userboxes	WP:DYKUBX
Hall of Fame	WP:DYK/HoF
List of users ...
... by nominations	WP:DYKNC
... by promotions	WP:DYKPC
Administrative
Scripts and bots	WP:DYKSB
On the Main Page	T:DYK
Main Page errors	WP:ERRORS
To ping the DYK admins	{{DYK admins}}
v t e

Hooks

Mawali tribal sheikhs, 1880s

... that in the 18th century the Mawali tribe (pictured) was driven from the Syrian steppe to the regions of Hama and Idlib, where their descendants live today?
... that a reviewer described Ceechynaa, who entered the UK singles chart earlier this month with "Peggy", as "proudly waving the sexual liberation flag"?
... that vitamin E was named "tocopherol" as it was identified as essential for live births in rats?
... that in the 1950s Michel Klein opened one of the first veterinary practices in Paris?
... that the sexual onomatopoeia puff-puff was censored in English releases of Dragon Quest until Dragon Quest XI?
... that newspaper publisher Jacob Frolich built trapdoors and hiding places in his house in case it was raided by Radical Republicans?
... that nearly 300 construction workers showed up at 8 am to continue building Chernobyl Reactors 5 and 6, unaware of the Chernobyl disaster earlier that day?
... that war correspondent Bernard Gray was killed while travelling as an unofficial passenger aboard a Royal Navy submarine during the Second World War?
... that Good Gravy!, a Thanksgiving dinner–themed roller coaster, was first tested with a train full of plush turkeys?