Template:Did you know nominations/Moose cavalry

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:43, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Moose cavalry

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• ... that Charles XI of Sweden tried mounting his cavalry on moose? "An attempt by King Charles XI to create a cavalry mounted on moose failed" (Page 242)
  • ALT1:... that a Russian war museum exhibited as fact fake photographs of moose cavalry from an April Fools article by Popular Mechanics? "The blame apparently lies with a museum which used the photos printed by Popular Mechanics as part of its exhibition, much to the delight of the prank’s author." (Russia Today)

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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 19:18, 25 September 2018 (UTC).

• : NEw enough (moved from draft), long enough. QPQ checks out. Both hooks are very interesting. Well sourced. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 23:45, 25 September 2018 (UTC)