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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on January 21, 2013.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that during the Siege of Mecca by the Umayyads in 683, the Kaaba (pictured) caught fire and burned down?

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