A fact from 11th Parachute Battalion (United Kingdom) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 May 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that during the Battle of Kos a British Parachute Company captured the airfield, despite there being 4,000 defenders?
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