A fact from Fingos appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 February 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that despite a $34 million advertising campaign in the United States by General Mills, their breakfast cereal snack Fingos only lasted from 1993 to 1994?
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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 The C of E (talk) 17:17, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Created by SL93 (talk). Self-nominated at 07:25, 17 January 2021 (UTC).[reply]
ALT1: .. . that consumers were confused by the marketing concept of the now discontinuedFingos due to it being advertised as a snack despite being in the cereal section? SL93 (talk) 07:28, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Article satisfies newness and length requirements, is well sourced, and appears compliant with policy. Earwig found no issues. Hooks are interesting, short enough, and sourced. QPQ satisfied. Cbl62 (talk) 20:31, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
