A fact from William Mason (gunsmith) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 December 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that engineer and inventor William Mason worked for Remington, Colt, and Winchester in the 19th century and patented 125 inventions?
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