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Jam tarts

... that ants are the main pollinators of jam tarts (example pictured)?
... that a brigade of Russian paratroopers took part in a NATO-led peacekeeping mission during the 1990s?
... that a squirrel helped to steer viewers to its owner's OnlyFans account?
... that energy on the grid can be stored in sand or salt?
... that the Bronx General Post Office's roof once had a shooting range?
... that Thomas Fenner captained an English warship against the Spanish Armada?
... that an AI-generated Minecraft clone has been described as an early glimpse of the future of video games?
... that films were made of plays written by Anthony E. Wills after his death at a relatively young age?
... that archaeologists read an ancient inscription by "unrolling" it virtually?

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+{{main page image/DYK|image=Melichrus procumbens.jpg|caption=Jam tarts}}<!--See [[Template:Main page image/DYK]] for other parameters-->
+* ... that ants are the main pollinators of '''[[Melichrus procumbens|jam tarts]]''' ''(example pictured)''{{-?}}
-* ... that '''[[Yoon Do-young]]''' ''(pictured)'' scored his debut goal for [[Daejeon Hana Citizen]] 50 seconds into a match against [[Gwangju FC]]?
+* ... that '''[[1st Separate Airborne Brigade|a brigade of Russian paratroopers]]''' took part in a NATO-led peacekeeping mission during the 1990s?
-* ... that the '''[[2007 Greensburg tornado]]''' had ten [[Satellite tornado|smaller tornadoes]] orbiting it?
+* ... that '''[[Peanut (squirrel)|a squirrel]]''' helped to steer viewers to its owner's OnlyFans account?
-* ... that a music video for a song on the album '''''[[Dostrotime]]''''' was made with an [[oscilloscope]]?
-* ... that the bacterium '''''[[Ethanoligenens harbinense]]''''' can produce hydrogen?
+* ... that '''[[Grid energy storage|energy on the grid can be stored]]''' in sand or salt?
+* ... that the '''[[Bronx General Post Office]]'''{{`s}} roof once had a shooting range?
-* ... that '''[[Bob Hainlen]]''', at the age of 22, was both a player and an assistant coach for a professional American football team?
+* ... that '''[[Thomas Fenner (sea captain)|Thomas Fenner]]''' captained an English warship against the [[Spanish Armada]]?
-* ... that '''''[[Izvestiya Soveta rabochikh i soldatskikh deputatov goroda Askhabada|Izvestiya Askhabadskogo Soveta]]''''' was the first Bolshevik newspaper published in present-day Turkmenistan?
+* ... that '''[[Oasis (Minecraft clone)|an AI-generated ''Minecraft'' clone]]''' has been described as an early glimpse of the future of [[video game]]s?
-* ... that after he did not come home for dinner, '''[[James Michael Reardon]]'''{{`s}} assistant priests found that he had died in [[Basilica of Saint Mary (Minneapolis)|his basilica]] while praying?
+* ... that films were made of plays written by '''[[Anthony E. Wills]]''' after his death at a relatively young age?
-* ... that the area around '''[[Sams Creek (New Zealand)|Sams Creek]]''' was excluded from [[Kahurangi National Park]] when it was formed in 1996 due to gold-mining interests?
+* ... that archaeologists read '''[[Frankfurt silver inscription|an ancient inscription]]''' by "unrolling" it virtually?
-* ... that '''[[Susan Finnegan]]''' was the first female head of the arachnids section at the Natural History Museum, London, but had to resign her job to marry?
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