Wikipedia:Did you know/Monthly wrap/January 2022

DYK's January wrap, 2022[edit]

... That's 'cause you don't know the story of Fishhooks McCarthy... corrupt politician on the Lower East Side in the '20s. Every morning he stopped at the St. James Church on Oliver Street and said the same prayer: "O Lord, give me health and strength. We'll steal the rest".

– Donna Moss (Janel Moloney), from The West Wing's "Guns Not Butter" (2003)

Hi everyone, welcome back to yet another installment of the DYK Wrap! Since this is so late, I'll keep it very brief—let's hop to it, shall we?

For our most viewed hooks of the month, drumroll please... (Did you know...)

... that the 28th Virginia battle flag (pictured) is stored at an undisclosed location in the Minnesota Historical Society, and has not been returned to Virginia despite multiple requests across three centuries? by ezlev—a whopping 47,387 views in 12 hours
... that beauty queen Veronica Volkersz (pictured) was the first woman to pilot an operational jet fighter? by Andrew Davidson—22,859 views in 12 hours
... that "Prawo Jazdy", once considered the worst traffic violator in Ireland, is actually the Polish term for 'driving licence'? by AFreshStart—21,986 views in 12 hours
... that according to legend, the Red Ghost trampled a woman to death, and killed and ate a grizzly bear? by Pladica—19,403 views in 12 hours
... that the viral online word game Wordle (instance pictured) was originally created just for the developer and his partner to play? by eviolite et al.—18,800.5 views in 12 hours

Pretty excellent draw! I was happily surprised to see two of the top five not have an image. Wordle, of course, has gone crazy-viral as of late, and here's to hoping Minnesota keeps that flag until it crumbles to dust. Also, we had hooks that mentioned broken toes, broken fingers, and broken feet; I suppose the bones really are connected.

For the boring internal-works stuff, I had to make my appearances at the prep sets part time this month due to schoolwork, so thanks to everyone who covered, especially SL93 and Kavyansh.Singh :) and we were pretty much at two-a-day the whole month! Pretty sure we'll stay there, because of wikicup. But not so much in policy this month; we still haven't moved the SOHA, so I'm starting to think that's going to become a running segment... Has the SOHA been moved yet?

no.

I'm fine with waiting, honestly—we can do a ribbon-cutting when we finally move it, just for some spice :) In all seriousness, the story of the month was probably a user getting topic banned from DYK. I'm not... inclined to use this space to get into this, so I've linked the discussion if you want to read on your own—and try not to discuss it here, either. We also had someone (who has confidentially requested that we here at the DYK wrap not name her) request a mop for DYK purposes, but whoever it was, they had to withdraw.

Lastly, our quality quirkies of the month:

... that the vegan-food brand Squeaky Bean produces food that does not contain beans? by Raintheone—try as they might, squeaky beans will still never measure up to the greatness of Hedgehog Flavour Crisps
... that Daviesia devito and D. schwarzenegger are two Australian peas? By Gderrin—a shame, this one got modified in WP:ERRORS for proper scientific naming :(
... that the Glen Rock is very gneiss? By Mhawk10—a shame, these "you-have-to-pronounce-it" hooks never get there. maybe we could add an audio recording for it, why not
... that General Antonio Valero de Bernabé is said to have used his skills as a ventriloquist to fool his enemies into believing that their weapons were possessed? by Caribbean H.Q.
... that during a match at the snooker 2021 UK Championship, player Mark Williams fell asleep? by Lee Vilenski et al.

Welp, that's all I've got; like I said in another recent post, I'm going to start to try to release these before the month is over, given my inability to function without a deadline :) Thanks for tuning in, y'all, and have a lovely (rest of your) February! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 10:21, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]