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 DirtyHarry991talk 10:50, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
... that Walt Whitman's brain was donated to the American Anthropometric Society but was accidently destroyed? Source: ""The brain of Walt Whitman, together with the jar in which it was placed, was said to have been dropped on the floor by a careless assistant. Unfortunately, not even the pieces were saved." (Reference: Spitzka page 176) However, in his personal diary sometime between 1891 and 1893, Henry Ware Cattell confessed to accidentally allowing Whitman's brain to decompose during the preservation process by "not having the jar properly covered". (Reference: Gosline page 160)
ALT1: ... that members of the American Anthropometric Society agreed to donate their brains after their deaths for studies to correlate intelligence with brain size? Source: Members agreed to donate their brains after their deaths for analysis by living members of the organization in order to correlate intelligence and other mental qualities with brain morphology. (Reference: Wright)
Overall: I only did a spot check on the copyvio aspect given the more thorough GA review, and didn't find any issues in the sources I looked at. The first hook is very interesting and I'd suggest using that over the others. — Wug·a·po·des 03:46, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
I only did a spot check on the copyvio aspect given the more thorough GA review, and didn't find any issues in the sources I looked at. The first hook is very interesting and I'd suggest using that over the others. — Wug·a·po·des 03:46, 15 January 2024 (UTC)