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'''Discover''' is Wikitravel's heading for '''strange but true trivia''' about destinations and events.
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==Criteria==
 
* Keep it short and snappy: no more than twenty words, please.
* <nowiki>[[Link]]</nowiki> any place names.
* <nowiki>'''Boldface'''</nowiki> the fact of interest.
* The articles don't need to be perfect, but preference should be given to those with a [[Project:Article status|status]] of "[[Project:Usable articles|usable]]" or higher.
* The article linked to must contain the fact in question.
* Relevant images are optional but welcome, ideally once for every three facts. They should be placed ''above'' the fact in question, with the following formatting:
 
<nowiki>[[Image:</nowiki>''imagename''|right|100px|''description'']]
The '''interesting fact''' linked to this image goes '''here'''.
 
==Now displayed==
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This selection is once again updated every day ''automatically'' by [[User:(WT-nl) DiscoverBot|(WT-nl) DiscoverBot]] at 01:00 EDT. Older entries can be found in the [[Project:Discover/Archive|archive]].
 
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==Upcoming==
 
Add your entries to the '''end''' of this list. The list is read by an automated bot, which simply reads lines off the top, so please do not leave any space or other commentary between entries. However, feel free to rearrange the list, because geographic variety in what's displayed is good (e.g. if the next three items are all from Asia, it's good to intersperse something from Europe or the Americas).
 
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* Access to [[White Sands National Monument]] in [[New Mexico]], [[United States of America|USA]] is occasionally interrupted by '''missile tests''' launched from a nearby Air Force base.
* In [[Bangladesh]], don't miss the chance to have a '''bony bite''' of ''hilsa'', the '''officially designated national fish'''.
* A move is afoot to rename [[Volusia County]], [[Florida]] to '''NASCAR County''' (note the caps) because of its main attraction, the '''Daytona International Speedway'''.
* The '''[[Thai phrasebook|written language]]''' of [[Thailand]] is notoriously difficult to read because of a '''complete absence of space between words'''.
* Town names on the [[Malaysia]]n island of [[Langkawi]] include '''"Gravy"''', '''"Broken Crockery"''' and '''"Seeping"'''.
* The '''Liberty Hotel''' in [[Boston]] occupies a former '''prison'''.
* The '''Nongae Shrine''' in [[Jinju]], [[South Korea]] memorializes a '''courtesan''' who '''seduced an invading general''' and then killed him (and herself).
* [[Ketchikan]], [[Alaska]] is one of the '''rainiest cities in North America''', with just over '''150 inches of average annual precipitation'''.
* The '''Aloft Loft''' on [[Chicago]]'s [[Chicago/Far West Side|Far West Side]] is home to a '''theater group''' composed entirely of '''trapeze artists'''.
* The [[England|English]] town of [[Woking]] was the landing place for the '''aliens''' in H. G. Wells' original '''"War of the Worlds"''' fiction, a fact commemorated by '''art work''' around the town.
* [[Laos]] derives its roots and its name from a 14th-century kingdom with the name '''Lane Xang''' -- meaning '''"Million Elephants"'''.
* The '''[[volcanoes|volcano]]''' on the eponymous island of [[Vulcano]] is hiker-friendly, and is one of the few places in the world where you can view '''droplets of molten sulfur'''.
* A memorial in [[Sioux Falls]], [[South Dakota]], [[United States of America|USA]] honors '''World War II's most decorated battleship''' (the '''USS South Dakota'''), even though the town is hundreds of miles from any ocean.
 
==On hold==
 
The articles linked in from the entries below need to be improved before they're ready to go. [[Project:Plunge forward|Plunge forward]], edit them, and move to the main queue. If you move trivia to this list, '''please provide a reason''' for doing so.
 
* '''[[Menton]] Fête du Citron''': There's a '''lemon party''' and you're invited! '''Lemon-related festivities''' over several days in '''February'''. ''(de-outline, wait for Feb)''
* The tallest '''flagpole''' in the [[United States of America]] is in [[Sheboygan]], [[Wisconsin]], and is nearly '''340 feet tall'''. ''(destub)''
* The temple of Wat Lan Khuad in [[Si Saket (province)|Si Saket Province]], [[Thailand]] is built entirely from '''glass bottles''' &mdash; and the frescoes are made from '''bottle caps'''. ''(destub)''
* The town of [[Kristinestad]], [[Finland]] has a road called ''Kattpiskargränden'', which means '''Cat Spanker Alley'''.
* By tradition, the sand spit of [[Amanohashidate]], one of [[Japan's Top 3|Japan's Three Views]], is best viewed '''upside down from between your legs'''.
* [[Northern Kentucky]] is home to the '''Creation Museum''', which teaches the '''Book of Genesis as literal truth'''. ''(de-outline)''
* '''The Ox''' in [[Manchester/Castlefield|Castlefield]], [[Manchester]] is the only pub in the [[United Kingdom]] to be '''named after a potato'''.(about to overhaul districts in Manchester)
* The name of the [[Japan]]ese town of [[Shiojiri]] means "'''Salt Butt'''". (''destub'')
 
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The following calendar-related items are "ready-to-go" [[#Criteria|criteria]]-wise and should be moved to the main queue at a date appropriate to the trivia featured:
 
==Archives==
 
* [[Project:Discover/Archive]]
 
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