A fact from Platigliole Glacier appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 September 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the melting of the Platigliole Glacier in Italy has revealed artefacts of the White War, including clothing and hay more than 100 years old?
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... that the melting of the Platigliole Glacier in Italy has revealed artefacts of the White War, including clothing and hay more than 100 years old? Source: "Melting Alpine glacier reveals hidden WW1 tunnels and bunker ... It is a First World War bunker constructed from timber, scattered with the possessions of its past inhabitants – rusted tins of food, bullet casings and metal cooking implements. It was once used by a platoon of Austro-Hungarian soldiers who repulsed suicidal assaults launched by Italian forces, but in the decades since was surrounded by a glacier. The ice preserved everything – even scraps of paper, shreds of clothing and the hay that the soldiers used for bedding. But a century on, the glacier that once entombed the bunker, located on the slopes of Monte Scorluzzo in the Stelvio National Park, high in the Italian Alps, has largely melted as a result of global warming." from: Squires, Nick (8 November 2021). "Melting Alpine glacier reveals hidden WW1 tunnels and bunker". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
Overall: Only one minor thing: The article states (both in lede & body) in regards to the artefacts: "which are now being studied" This should not be in present tense, it needs some sort of "as of ... were". Another really interesting article! It's hard to imagine that a "White War" happened there not too long ago, with all the glaciers melted or melting nowadays. --LordPeterII (talk) 15:18, 23 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for the review LordPeterII. Yes I was intrigued when I read about it last year and thought it'd make a good DYK article, been on the to do list for a while unfortunately! Quite right about the "as of" dates, I've changed the article - Dumelow (talk) 15:45, 23 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Dumelow: Good. I've also changed the nearby sentences to the past tense, which might not be totally needed right now, but long-term it will read better.
Only one minor thing: The article states (both in lede & body) in regards to the artefacts: "
Approving. --LordPeterII (talk) 15:56, 23 August 2022 (UTC)