Template:Did you know

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}}

Did you know mentions and links to new articles or articles expanded by a factor of five within the last five days. To propose a new fact for this template, make a suggestion on the talk page.

To report an error, see Main Page errors.

Admins:

• Before updating please protect the featured image.
• After updating please purge the cache of the Main Page so that the updated version appears.

Current hooks

From Wikipedia's newest articles: ... that the Bombardment Aircraft Rocket carried a 20 kiloton nuclear warhead, was unguided, and was launched using an "idiot loop" manoeuvre (pictured)? ... that English actor and opera singer John Fryatt co-wrote a Gilbert and Sullivan pantomime adaptation entitled The Sleeping Beauty of the Savoy? ... that Smaart software was used to tune the sound reinforcement system during U2's PopMart Tour 1997–1998? ... that development of the VisionAire Vantage very light jet was terminated by a U.S. federal judge's order that the company be liquidated? ... that the newly released film Season of the Witch was scheduled to be released in March 2010, but the original distributor, Lionsgate, pulled it five weeks before the release date? ... that early dyers combined natural dyes with salt, vinegar, natural alum or stale urine? ... that the Romanian company Grup Servicii Petroliere owns five jackup independent leg cantilever drilling rigs: Atlas, Jupiter, Orizont, Prometeu and Saturn? ... that the Steele Dunning Historic District in Bloomington, Indiana, includes two different Sears Modern Homes and a shotgun house?

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}}