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A fact from White House swimming pool appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 January 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that George H. W. Bush drowned a rat in the White House swimming pool?

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 03:38, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The White House swimming pool in 1992

... that George H. W. Bush drowned a rat in the White House swimming pool (pictured)? Source: "I swim with a mask, and it just went right by in front of me...Fortunately, George Bush was there and drowned the beast. It was horrible" [http://web.archive.org/web/20201221145451/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-10-mn-382-story.html 'Rat Swam Past Her in White House Pool, First Lady Reports', 10 July 1990, Los Angeles Times)
- ALT1:... that Barack Obama would "let his thoughts wander" while having a cigarette by the cabana of the White House swimming pool (pictured)? Source: "In my first year, I would sometimes walk over to the small pool house by the Oval Office and have a cigarette (or two), savoring a quieter moment and letting my thoughts wander and deepen." ([https://barackobama.medium.com/how-i-approach-the-toughest-decisions-dc1b165cdf2d, 'Barack Obama: How I Approach the Toughest Decisions', Medium (website), 9 December 2020)

Reviewed: 1930 United States Senate election in Illinois

Created by No Swan So Fine (talk). Self-nominated at 15:17, 21 December 2020 (UTC).[reply]

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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article's length and age checks out, no copyvio detected, main hook is quite interesting and properly sourced, and image is public domain so no issues there. Cat's Tuxedo (talk) 22:38, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Can we put this on DYK on inauguration day? No Swan So Fine (talk) 15:40, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]