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A fact from Andreas Rechnitzer appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 March 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Andreas Rechnitzer helped devise the first scuba diving training program for scientists?
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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.
... that Andreas Rechnitzer helped devise the first scuba diving training program for scientists? Source: "Andy, Connie Limbaugh, and Jim Stewart developed the first SCUBA diver training program for ocean scientists" [1]
Overall: The article is new enough and well sourced, and is long enough. The hook is cited and interesting, but could be expanded slightly to make it more enticing to encourage the reader to learn more about the subject. SquareInARoundHole (talk) 18:44, 24 February 2022 (UTC)Reply