A fact from 1999 Algerian presidential election appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 August 2008, and was viewed approximately 635 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that six of the seven candidates in the 1999 Algerian presidential election withdrew less than 24 hours before the election?
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