A fact from William Smeathers appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 June 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the various state monuments to William Smeathers, a pioneer settler of Kentucky and Texas, use three different versions of his name (Smeathers, Smithers and Smothers)?
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