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Did you know & Signpost

Chili Williams in a polka-dot bikini

• ... that a photograph of Chili Williams, known as the "Polka Dot Girl" (pictured), was one of the "two most famous pin-up pictures" of World War II?
• ... that diverse fields study the mind, including psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, and philosophy?
• ... that NFL player Muadianvita Kazadi viewed football as "war", according to a teammate?
• ... that, despite Delibird being directly inspired by Santa Claus, TheGamer refused to give it the title of Christmas Pokémon?
• ... that a German court's decision involving football stadiums may preclude Facebook from arbitrarily banning users?
• ... that Yang Pao'an refused to forsake the Chinese Communist Party, reportedly even after a telephone call with Chiang Kai-shek?
• ... that despite being commonly found off the coast of Argentina, Diplodus argenteus is not named after the country?
• ... that the music video for John Lennon's "You Are Here", issued half a century after the song was released, shows previously unseen footage of Lennon?
• ... that politician Teleke Lauti unseated a former prime minister, was himself unseated by a future prime minister, and later ran again to replace a former prime minister?

Precious anniversary

precise reduction
Thank you for quality contributions, based on historic knowledge and language skills, to articles about people, places, music, wording with precision and reducing excess with a focus on content and accuracy, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (30 April 2010)!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:02, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Two years ago, you were the 439th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:01, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

Three years ago, you were recipient no. 439 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:08, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

• Very kind of you!_ Dr. Dan (talk) 18:28, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Four years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:45, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

• Es ist schön, sich noch einmal zu erinnern. Danke vielmals._Dr. Dan (talk) 17:09, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

seven years now! ;) - ja, schön --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:26, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

• Lebt noch. Danke._Dr. Dan (talk) 20:33, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

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