A fact from Variegated squirrel appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 August 2016 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that a form of encephalitis that killed three people is believed to have been caused by a virus carried by their pet variegated squirrels(pictured)?
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