A fact from Thuridilla vataae appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 December 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the sea slug Thuridilla vataae collects and stores its worn-out teeth in a sac in its mouth?
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... that the sea slug Thuridilla vataae collects and stores its worn-out teeth in a sac in its mouth? Source: "Les dents se renouvellent en permanence et les dents usées tombent dans un sac buccal spécifique où elles sont stockées."
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
Interesting:
QPQ: Done.
Overall: @Cwmhiraeth: Nominated one day before expiry (21 Nov, nominated on 20 Nov). I'm assuming you meant to attach the proper link to the quote, which was easy to find. I am assuming in good faith that you were meaning to attach this link, as no other page has this quote, and the webpage is cited on the article itself. It is always important to cite where your quote came from, and I am assuming you simply forgot to link the original website. Earwig came up with only 2.9% similarity and none are particularly of note to bring up any significant concerns. I really like this specific and weird little factoid, so good job on finding this fact! Ornithoptera (talk) 06:08, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Cwmhiraeth: Nominated one day before expiry (21 Nov, nominated on 20 Nov). I'm assuming you meant to attach the proper link to the quote, which was easy to find. I am assuming in good faith that you were meaning to attach this link, as no other page has this quote, and the webpage is cited on the article itself. It is always important to cite where your quote came from, and I am assuming you simply forgot to link the original website. Earwig came up with only 2.9% similarity and none are particularly of note to bring up any significant concerns. I really like this specific and weird little factoid, so good job on finding this fact! Ornithoptera (talk) 06:08, 21 November 2021 (UTC)