User:Fr33kman/DYKhooks
This page contains just a small portion of the over 150 hooks I have waiting. Please feel free to poach a hook if you can't think of one. . No need to cite. Just please make sure you remove it from this page if you do take one. Thanks :) fr33kman
Free DYK hooks[change | change source]
Beijing[change | change source]
... that In 1989, there were protests in Tian'anmen Square Beijing (pictured) because people wanted democracy?
Brazil[change | change source]
... that in 1889, Brazil became a republic after a military coup kicked Pedro II out of the country?
Devil[change | change source]
... that in the Koran the Devil often appears as an animal and tries to get people to do the wrong thing?
Galaxy[change | change source]
... that some Galaxies can be 100 trillion times the mass of the Sun?
New York City[change | change source]
- ... that the film industry provided nearly $9 billion to the New York City economy as of 2015?
Sausage[change | change source]
- ... that the French word for sausage comes from Vulgar Latin salsica (sausage), which comes from salsicus meaning seasoned with salt?
A Clockwork Orange[change | change source]
- ... that A Clockwork Orange was included on Time magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923?
Potsdam[change | change source]
- ... that Potsdam was intended as "a picturesque, pastoral dream" which would remind its people of their relationship with nature and reason?
John Quincy Adams[change | change source]
- ... that John Quincy Adams who led the fight against slavery in Congress was fluent in Latin and French?
Depression (mental illness)[change | change source]
- ... that at least five symptoms must be present to diagnose depression?
- ... that depression is one of the most common [[mental illness]es in the World?
- ... that thinking badly about yourself can lead to depression?
- ... several scientific studies have found a link between depression and pestacides?
Carl Sagan[change | change source]
- ... that Carl Sagan said that smoking cannabis helped him in writing his books?
Adolf Hitler[change | change source]
- ... that according to historians, Adolf Hitler had only one testicle?
Vegetable[change | change source]
- ... that in 1893 the United States Supreme Court declared that the fruit Tomato is a vegetable for taxation purposes?
Royal Air Force[change | change source]
- ... that the Royal Air Force is the oldest air force in the world?
Acid rain[change | change source]
- ... that acid rain was a term first used in 1872?