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<noinclude>{{Did you know/Clear/header}} ==Hooks== </noinclude>{{DYK bottom prep notice}} <!--Hooks--> {{main page image/DYK|image=NGC 1700- Giant X-Ray Disk Sheds Light On Galactic Merger (2002-n1700 - n1700 xray) (cropped).jpg|caption=NGC 1700}}<!--See [[Template:Main page image/DYK]] for other parameters--> * ... that the galaxy '''[[NGC 1700|NGC 1700]]''' ''(pictured)'' has a rotating hot gas disk glowing in [[X-ray]]s after merging with another galaxy three billion years ago? * ... that coach '''[[Ed Storm]]''', after seeing his football team losing late in a game, put on a uniform, entered the game, and made the game-winning score? * ... that the 1731 novel '''''[[Manon Lescaut]]''''' did not become popular in France until after it was banned for immorality? * ... that it took 12 and a half hours for '''[[Rashid Israr]]''' to reach his highest score in cricket? * ... that the American play '''''[[His Majesty Bunker Bean (play)|His Majesty Bunker Bean]]''''' was a national hit that had "been seen by most of the country east of the Mississippi River" before it reached [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]? * ... that singer '''[[Andrew Cushin]]''' used to play as a goalkeeper in [[Newcastle Benfield F.C.]]'s youth team? * ... that a model prototype of the '''[[Helmover torpedo]]''' went out of control while under test and struck a motor launch? * ... that '''[[Bradley Smalley]]''', the [[political boss]] of the [[Vermont Democratic Party]], once received the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nomination for alderman? * ... that Comorian football club '''[[Djabal Club d'Iconi]]''' were deducted two points in the 2023–24 season after a player was found guilty of witchcraft? <!--HooksEnd--> {{flatlist|class=dyk-footer noprint|style=margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: right;}} * '''[[Wikipedia:Recent additions|Archive]]''' * '''[[Help:Your first article|Start a new article]]''' * '''[[Template talk:Did you know|Nominate an article]]''' {{endflatlist}} <noinclude>
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