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A fact from Alcatraz Dining Hall appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 September 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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The article says: "Prisoners were forbidden from talking while eating..." This is not correct. A copy of the rules at www.alcatrazhistory.com/ebook.htm says that: "You may converse in normal tones with persons near you." This is on page 19.
