A fact from Green Island Light (Wisconsin) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 November 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Green Island Light was kept lit day and night during the Peshtigo Fire in a failed attempt to prevent a shipwreck?
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