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For instructions on building prep sets, see WP:DYKPBI. For supplementary rules on the same, see WP:DYKPBR.

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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
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}}

Hooks

Zooming In on the Andromeda Galaxy

• ... that more than one hundred million stars are visible in Zooming In on the Andromeda Galaxy (pictured)?
• ... that Karen Tei Yamashita realized the structure of her novel, I Hotel, by cutting, folding, and writing on ten cardboard cubes, each representing a year in the book?
• ... that Carrlyn Bathe met her husband after he sent her gear from his clothing brand?
• ... that due to the near-miss effect, gamblers may mistake a game of luck for a game of skill?
• ... that tacklers "bounced off" Chauncey Archiquette "as if he were a brick wall"?
• ... that the author of the comic book Timeless Voyage was the leader of a UFO religion?
• ... that Chief Constable James Smart flooded police courts with over 17,000 cases to prove how impractical it was for home owners to light their own stairs?
• ... that an Indiana university argued in court that The Silver Veil and the Golden Gate, a 1914 painting, was too modern for their art collection in 2024?
• ... that Piri Reis did not map Antarctica in the sixteenth century?