Template:Did you know nominations/Schiller Woods magic water pump
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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 00:32, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
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Schiller Woods magic water pump
- ... that some regular users of the Schiller Woods magic water pump near Chicago believe it was covertly blessed by Pope John Paul II in 1979? Source: Borrelli, Christopher (4 October 2019). "There's magic in a Schiller Woods water pump, or so many Chicagoans, for generations, have wanted to believe". Chicago Tribune. And also, yes, I was told, by many, that the pope himself blessed this pump, in 1979. “Holy water” — that’s what they call it. For the record, to play the wet rag of reality: In 1979, 40 years ago this week, Pope John Paul II did visit the Northwest Side of Chicago, but his motorcade stayed primarily along Nagle and Milwaukee avenues and the Kennedy Expressway (and barely slowed down). There is nothing to suggest — from newspaper accounts to official itineraries — that the pope set aside the time to bless a single hand pump.
Created by Ganesha811 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:08, 20 August 2022 (UTC).
New enough and long enough. QPQ present. Hook fact is very interesting and checks out. No copyvio or textual issues. Ready to go. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 08:18, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
