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A fact from Toby Olubi 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"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Toby Olubi.

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Did you know nomination

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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]