A fact from Roy James Carver appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 September 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that American industrialist Roy James Carver's company supplied self-priming pumps to the United States and Allied Forces navies during World War II?
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... that American industrialist Roy James Carver's company supplied self-priming pumps to the United States and Allied Forces navies during World War II?
HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 18:23, 16 August 2020 (UTC)