A fact from Marshall JCM800 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 February 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Marshall JCM800 series of amplifiers, used by many hard rock and heavy metal bands of the 1980s, owes its name to the owner's initials and his car number plate?
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