A fact from 16-inch gun M1895 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 March 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that in 1915 the US finished a 16-inch artillery piece that weighed 284,000 pounds (129,000 kg) and that could shoot a 2,400-pound (1,100 kg) shell 21 miles (34 km)?
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