A fact from John Blackwell (engineer) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 December 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that John Blackwell was dismissed for being "bigoted and obstinate" by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for suggesting a new road might cause a landslide, which indeed happened once the road was built?
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