Talk:Taisto Mäki

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A fact from Taisto Mäki appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 August 2008, and was viewed approximately 1,210 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Taisto Mäki, one of the so-called Flying Finns, was the first man to run 10,000 metres in under half an hour?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/August.

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Did he actually fight in the war, or not? I.e. what did he do between the war eruption in November 1939 and his relocation to the US in February 1940? Punkmorten (talk) 10:03, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]