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A fact from Can't Touch This (game show) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 July 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Toby Olubi helped fund his Olympic bobsled career by being "shot out of a cannon"?

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The result was: promoted by Schwede66 talk 01:50, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Toby Olubi has claimed to have funded his Olympic bobsled career by being "shot out of a cannon"? Source: https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/sport/national/15893627.human-cannonball-toby-olubi-turns-focus-bobsleigh-duties-pyeongchang/
ALT1: ... that Toby Olubi has claimed to have funded his Olympic bobsled career by becoming "a human cannonball"?
ALT2: ... that Toby Olubi funded his Olympic bobsled career with £12,000 from Deal or No Deal?
ALT3: ... that prior to broadcast, the "unspecified marque" on Can't Touch This had been used as an example of why British game show prizes were "rubbish"?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Claude_Hamilton_Verity
- Comment: I can't get over The Telegraph, The Times, The Guardian, and even the BBC all printing as gospel that he actually did it - he was in fact shot out of a catapult. Where's your fact checking?

5x expanded by Launchballer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 231 past nominations.

Laun chba ller 13:13, 1 June 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Good work Launchballer. 5x expansion, article is properly sourced, and hook is interesting. 48JCLTALK 01:44, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@48JCL: Which article are you referring to? This is a double nomination.--Laun chba ller 14:42, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Launchballer: Both. 48JCLTALK 15:23, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I personally like ALT1 or ALT0, but ALT1 my preference. 48JCLTALK 15:28, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This had already been through admin checks. I've pulled it out of Q3 and put it into the Olympics SOHA. Schwede 66 23:31, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
ALT4 ... that Toby Olubi helped fund his Olympic bobsled career by being "shot out of a cannon"?

Just recording here how the hook was in Q3 when I pulled it, just to make promoting it easier. Schwede 66 01:49, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]