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Introduction and rules
Introduction	WP:DYK
General discussion	WT:DYK
Guidelines	WP:DYKCRIT
Reviewer instructions	WP:DYKRI
Nominations
Nominate an article	WP:DYKCNN
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Approved	WP:DYKNA
April 1 hooks	WP:DYKAPRIL
Holding area	WP:SOHA
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Preps and queues	T:DYK/Q
Prepper instructions	WP:DYKPBI
Admin instructions	WP:DYKAI
Main Page errors	WP:ERRORS
History
Statistics	WP:DYKSTATS
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Just for fun
Monthly wraps	WP:DYKW
Awards	WP:DYKAWARDS
Userboxes	WP:DYKUBX
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... by promotions	WP:DYKPC
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Jack Russell Terrier

... that dogs (example pictured) have much more sensitive noses and ears than humans, but have trouble distinguishing red from green?
... that in 1809, two ministers leading the British war effort against Napoleon fought a duel against each other?
... that in his first year in the NFL, Lou Rash was told he was released and began flying back home, but was told upon landing that the release was a mistake and he was to return?
... that muthkwey was not harvested or walked over, because oral tradition held that it had grown from the droppings of a two-headed serpent?
... that the Mongol princess Al-Altan was rumoured to have poisoned her brother Ögedei Khan?
... that the Saybrook Colony was sold to Connecticut for an annual payment of 180 pounds of equal quantities of wheat, peas, and either rye or barley?
... that future Olympic weightlifter Chiu Yuh-chuan received a job offer in marketing after media coverage about his difficulty securing employment?
... that out of 148 candidates in the 1957 Manipur Territorial Council election there was only one woman?
... that basketball coach Trisha Stafford-Odom left the Eagles to join the Eagles?