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The result was: '''promoted''' by [[User:SL93|SL93]] ([[User talk:SL93|talk]])&nbsp;20:06, 5 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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* ... that in 1916 the French appointed '''[[Le Vaillant|a pigeon]]''' ''(pictured)'' to the Legion of Honour? <small>Source: "the bird was suffering from gas inhalation but delivered the message before dying.  It was awarded the Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour), one of France's highest military awards" from: {{cite book |last1=Small |first1=Steve |title=Home Fronts, Technologies of War |date=2002 |publisher=Marshall Cavendish |isbn=978-0-7614-7234-6 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Home_Fronts_Technologies_of_War/Fnl0zsFAZRcC |language=en}}</small>
** ''Reviewed'': [[Template:Did you know nominations/Nathan Smith (footballer, born 1996)]]
<small>Moved to mainspace by [[User:Dumelow|Dumelow]] ([[User talk:Dumelow|talk]]). Self-nominated at 21:31, 1 November 2022 (UTC).</small>
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|comments         = [[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] {{ping|Dumelow}} Good article.  
|sign             = [[User:Onegreatjoke|Onegreatjoke]] ([[User talk:Onegreatjoke|talk]]) 02:41, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
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