A fact from John Harrison (Leeds) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 October 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that John Harrison(pictured), seventeenth century benefactor of Leeds, is reputed to have slipped Charles I a tankard of gold coins disguised as beer?
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