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{{DYK stats table row|Lamprey pie|Lampetra fluviatilis.jpg|2021-12-04|39,220|1,634.2|... that on special occasions, the city of Gloucester supplies a '''[[Lamprey pie|pie made from lampreys]]''' ''(lamprey pictured)'' to the British monarch?}}
{{DYK stats table row|Pronunciation of GIF||2021-12-10|17,473|1,456.1|... that '''[[Pronunciation of GIF|it's pronounced "gif", not "gif"]]'''?}}
{{DYK stats table row|Mombasa tusks|Tusks in City of Mombasa.jpg|2021-12-19|17,356|1,446.3|... that [[United States Marine Corps|United States Marines]] have repainted the '''[[Mombasa tusks]]''' ''(pictured)'' several times?}}
{{DYK stats table row|Teraura|Teraura - Susan Young by edward Gennys Fanshawe - 1849.jpg|2021-12-06|16,974|1,414.5|... that Pitcairn Islander '''[[Teraura]]''' ''(pictured)'' was one of "the most travelled Polynesian women" of her day?}}
{{DYK stats table row|Tina Stege|Tina Stege Screenshot 2021-11-15 at 08.12.51.png|2021-12-13|13,945|1,146.2|... that '''[[Tina Stege]]''' ''(pictured)'', who led the [[High Ambition Coalition]] at [[2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference|COP26]], is from [[Marshall Islands|a country]] that may cease to exist with projected rises in sea level?}}
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{{DYK stats table row|Louis H. Bean||2021-12-09|10,780|898.3|... that '''[[Louis H. Bean|Mr. Bean]]''' accurately predicted the results of many American elections?}}
{{DYK stats table row|Chili crisp|Vanilla ice cream with chili crisp.jpg|2021-12-18|10,557|879.8|... that '''[[chili crisp]]''', a hot sauce with a "cult-like" fandom, is used to top everything from eggs to ice cream ''(pictured)''{{-?}}}}
{{DYK stats table row|Hebetica sylviae|Hebetica sylviae 150773580.jpg|2021-12-20|10,549|879.1|... that '''''[[Hebetica sylviae]]''''' ''(pictured)'' was discovered after a two-year-old named Sylvie [[Houseplant care#Water requirement|overwatered]] her backyard?}}
{{DYK stats table row|Theodore Conrad (criminal)||2021-12-09|10,092|841.0|... that '''[[Theodore Conrad (criminal)|Theodore Conrad]]''', who evaded capture for 52 years after stealing US$215,000, remained a fugitive for so long that he was finally tracked down by the son of one of the original investigators?}}
{{DYK stats table row|New York Marriott Marquis|Ny-marriott-marquis.jpg|2021-12-05|9,158|763.2|... that while the '''[[New York Marriott Marquis]]''' hotel ''(pictured)'' was valued at $579.7 million in 2008, the site was sold five years later for just $19.9 million?}}
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{{DYK stats table row|Franzisca Baruch|Franziska Baruch, Jerusalem 1947.jpg|2021-12-05|14,938|622.4|... that '''[[Franzisca Baruch]]''' ''(pictured)'' designed several Hebrew fonts, the cover of the first Israeli passport, the emblem of Jerusalem, and the logo of the ''Ha'aretz'' newspaper, all while barely knowing [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]?}}
{{DYK stats table row|HMS Seringapatam (1819)|HMS Seringapatam at anchor in Valetta Harbour - Anton Schranz.jpg|2021-12-03|13,909|579.5|... that [[Samuel Warren (Royal Navy officer)|Captain Warren]] of '''[[HMS Seringapatam (1819)|HMS ''Seringapatam'']]''' ''(pictured)'' saw the island of [[Chios]] in flames, but would give no help, as he had been ordered to observe strict neutrality in the [[Greek War of Independence]]?}}
{{DYK stats table row|Black Oxygen Organics||2021-12-20|6,950|579.2|... that '''[[Black Oxygen Organics]]''' sold packs of [[dirt]] to customers for US$110 each?}}
{{DYK stats table row|Sex Ed 120%||2021-12-08|6,939|578.3|... that critics complained about the [[manga]] '''''[[Sex Ed 120%]]''''' being given a "mature" rating by [[Yen Press|its English-language publisher]]?}}
{{DYK stats table row|Desmond Young (British Army officer)||2021-12-08|6,900|575.0|... that '''[[Desmond Young (British Army officer)|Desmond Young]]'''{{`s}} biography of [[Erwin Rommel]] was criticised for portraying him as a "blue-eyed god who could do no wrong"?}}
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