A fact from Derby Racecourse appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 October 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Derby Racecourse remained closed after the Second World War because the local council feared racing would "bring the wrong sort of people into the town"?
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