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A fact from Mack Trucks in military service appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 April 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Mack Trucks supplied over 32,000 trucks and $3 million in other equipment to the Allies of World War II?

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Written in US English with day/month/year date format. Months are abbreviated with the first three letters and no period. Load ratings are in tons and feet, other dimensions are in pounds and inches. Sammy D III (talk) 18:31, 25 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Inches to feet

I have been told that feet are easier than inches for many people. Sammy D III (talk) 20:12, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

References

Some similar articles have this format. Anything can go into "References" but will not have a footnote. Any inline cites (<ref> xxx </ref>) will come out in "Notes". To make those short ones use " {{sfnp | author or title | 1999 | p=}} " , when the info matches on two or more they will combine below. Sammy D III (talk) 19:00, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]