DYK
editDYKs that will never be turned into actual DYKs
edit... that O.J. Simpson was considered for the lead role in The Terminator, but director James Cameron did not think he would believable as a killer?
DYKs that will probably never be turned into actual DYKs
edit... that the average adult male triplewart seadevil is around 10 to 20 times smaller than the average adult female?
...that it is illegal in the United Kingdom to dig up dead bodies and sell them, despite the fact that the bodies are already dead?
DYKs that may grace the Main Page someday
edit... that, when viewed from the western entrance during the spring and winter equinoxes, the sun rises directly over the central tower of Angkor Wat?
... that John White discovered the word "CROATOAN" carved into a fence, suggesting that the Roanoke Colony relocated to Croatoan Island?
- ALT1: ... that there is evidence that the people of the Lost Colony assimilated with the Hatteras Indians?
- ALT2: ... that the disappearance of the Roanoke Colony has been described as "the ‘Area 51' of colonial history"?
... that there are turtles all the way down?
- ALT1: ... that the expression 'turtles all the way down' alludes to the mythical World Turtle, infinite regress, and the Ashtadiggajas?
... that Dolly was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell?
DYKs that will never be turned into actual DYKs, but I cry every time I think about these ones
edit... that it is possible that Groom Lake is the only place where humans and extraterrestrial life can build weapon of mass destruction together?
... that watermelon imagery was used by Barack Obama's political opponents in the lead-up to the 2008 United States presidential election?
... that the chemical dihydrogen monoxide, also known as DHMO, is a fundamental part of the hydrologic cycle?