Portal:Caribbean/Did you know
Appearance
- ...that in 2004, Hurricane Jeanne (pictured) hit the Haitian coastal city of Gonaïves, where it affected about 80,000 of the city's 100,000 residents? And that official reports counted 3,006 people dead, with 2,826 of those in Gonaïves alone?
- ...that Cuban Olympic athlete Alberto Juantorena's second name literally is Danger, and he is the only man to win an Olympic gold medal in both the 400 metres and 800 metres track events?
- ...that the headquarters of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank are located at on the south western coast of Saint Kitts Island?
Usage
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Nominations
[edit]More "Did you know"s can be nominated here. General guidelines for nominations, loosely based on Wikipedia:Did you know include:
- Pick DYKs in articles that are interesting.
- ... that 42 species of land gastropods lives in Dominica (endemic Amphicyclotulus amethystinus pictured)?