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A fact from Galileo's middle finger appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 May 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Galileo's middle finger (pictured) is considered a secular relic?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 03:59, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Galileo's middle finger

... that Galileo's middle finger (pictured) is considered a secular relic?

Source: "Excising and preserving parts of a body, before burying or burning them, is a long and well-established tradition, which goes back to ancient times, both in religious and secular contexts. In the eyes of those attending the ceremony, Galileo was a hero transfigured into a ‘martyr’ and a ‘saint’, and his remains could be seen as ‘sacred’ items with highly evocative content. It is no surprise, then, that some of the bystanders decided to keep parts of Galileo’s body for themselves; and that if some of them were somehow ashamed of this act, others proudly showed the relics to friends and scholars".

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jex Blackmore

Created by Gobonobo (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 116 past nominations.

gobonobo ⁺ ^c 20:09, 12 May 2024 (UTC).[reply]

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

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Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
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QPQ: Done.

Overall: an absolutely incredible bit of knowledge! HAS to be promoted with the image, surely. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:30, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinates

Assuming the museum doesn't move the finger around very much it should be possible to add coordinates.©Geni (talk) 16:31, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if they've moved it since, but Google Street View has an image from September 2014. Coords are about 43°46'03.6"N 11°15'20.7"E. gobonobo ⁺ ^c 17:21, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]