A fact from Giovanni Bianchi (physician) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 October 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that a monumental plaque to Italian physician Giovanni Bianchi states: Nascitur infelix, vixit infelicior, obiit infelicissime (He was born unhappy, he lived more unhappy, he died maximally unhappy)?
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 14:18, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
... that the Italian physician Giovanni Bianchi wrote an anonymous autobiography in Latin describing himself as a child prodigy?
ALT1:... that a monumental plaque to Italian physician Giovanni Bianchi bears the Latin inscription Nascitur infelix, vixit infelicior, obiit infelicissime (He was born unhappy, he lived more unhappily, he died maximally unhappy)?
Overall: I liked both hooks, with a slight preference for the second. I don't speak Italian but machine translation of the Dizionario Biografico source seems to confirm that it verifies the relevant content. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 20:14, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I liked both hooks, with a slight preference for the second. I don't speak Italian but machine translation of the Dizionario Biografico source seems to confirm that it verifies the relevant content. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 20:14, 12 October 2020 (UTC)