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A fact from Freddius appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 October 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the flatworm Freddius is named after Freddy Krueger's razor gloves?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2025/October. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Freddius.

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The result was: promoted by Dclemens1971 talk 02:13, 23 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Razor-glove on display

... that Freddius the flatworm is named for Freddy Krueger's razor gloves?

Source: Takeda & Kajihara 2018 "The new masculine genus name is derived from the character name Freddy Krueger, a horror icon in the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street, alluding the resemblance between his razor-armed glove used to kill his victims and the elaborate proboscis hooks of the flatworms in the new taxon."
Article text: "They coined the name Freddius for the iconic horror villain Freddy Krueger of the A Nightmare on Elm Street series. They called out the visual similarity between Krueger's "razor-armed" gloves and the distinctive hooks on the flatworm."

- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Rhene hexagon
- Comment: See this main page thread for image eligibility; This is a Halloween sets nomination.

Moved to mainspace by Kevmin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 378 past nominations.

Kev min § 16:36, 28 September 2025 (UTC).Reply

Hook is verified in source and is interesting. Page is new and long enough. QPQ is done. Earwig finds no copyvio. Approved for Halloween! ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 18:31, 2 October 2025 (UTC)Reply