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A fact from Orgill (company) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 May 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Orgill, Inc., now the world's largest independently owned distributor of hardlines, began as a hardware store in 1847, making it the oldest Memphis-founded company still in operation?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 17:47, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Orgill, Inc., now the world's largest independently owned hardlines distributor, began as a hardware store in 1847, making it the oldest Memphis-founded company still in operation?

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Memphis magazine: Joe Orgill actually did sell hammers for a living, from a hardware distribution company that bore his family’s name and traced its origins in Memphis to 1847... he had transformed a small regional wholesaler into the world’s largest independently owned hardware business."

Memphis Business Journal: The oldest private company [in Memphis] is hardware distributor Orgill, Inc., begun in 1847... Originally a hardware store, Orgill gradually morphed the business into selling hardware products to other retailers.

Created by Jordanhughes13 (talk). Nominated by Dominic (talk) at 23:52, 4 April 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Article is new enough (moved from draftspace within the past 7 days), long enough (over 1500 characters), and within policy (neutral, cited, and appears to be free of copyright violations). The hook is interesting, accurate, neutral, and fewer than 200 characters. No QPQ necessary, the nominator does not appear to have any previous DYK credits.--TriiipleThreat (talk) 14:06, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]