A fact from Zappas Olympics appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 September 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Zappas Olympics were a series of four athletic contests held in Athens between 1859 and 1889 and are considered as precursors to the modern Olympic Games?
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