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A fact from John Coster-Mullen appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 June 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that John Coster-Mullen discovered that the Little Boy was actually a girl?

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 14:22, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that John Coster-Mullen discovered that the Little Boy was actually a girl? Source: "The atomic-research community was initially dubious about Coster-Mullen’s argument. But even Richard Rhodes, after examining the evidence, admitted that Coster-Mullen was right. Little Boy was female." ([1]

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group 21

Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 02:34, 8 May 2021 (UTC).[reply]

This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral, and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. I have added user Afernand74 to the credits. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:26, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]