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A fact from Donald Mastick appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 August 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Donald Mastick accidentally swallowed plutonium in August 1944, and his breath became radioactive?

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 22:59, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in August 1944, Donald Mastick accidentally swallowed plutonium, and his breath became radioactive? Source: [1], p. 190
- ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Deal With It!

Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:10, 13 August 2021 (UTC).[reply]

This article is exactly the kind of story that makes for a great DYK.

Review is as follows:

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Found5dollar (talk) 01:09, 13 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Article created on August 12 and is 5271 characters. Each paragraph is cited to a reliable source, and Earwig turns up no copyvios. Hook is cited at the end of the paragraph, it may be neater to add the source to the end of the immediate sentence, but it is cited. QPQ is done. This is an amazing story and a great hook. Good to go!

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