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A fact from The Great Tea Race of 1866 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on September 30, 2007.

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The article states a bonus of one pound per ton. The newspaper quote states a bonus of 10 shillings per ton. 20 shillings = 1 pound. QED. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.215.196.53 (talk) 06:05, 1 October 2007 (UTC)