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A fact from July 2012 solar storm appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 January 2015 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that if the solar storm of 2012 (pictured) had hit Earth, it might have taken several years to recover from the resulting widespread destruction of electronic equipment?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2015/January.

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A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the On this day section on July 23, 2015.

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Edit request

It missed the Earth by 9 days to be exact...saying the exact number of days would be better than saying "about a week", especially in a story as important as this one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.110.98.78 ( talk) 20:51, 24 January 2015 (UTC) reply

Done - Anonimski ( talk) 01:19, 25 January 2015 (UTC) reply