A fact from Canal de l'Ourcq appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 September 2008, and was viewed approximately 3,180 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the 108.1-kilometre (67.2 mi) Canal de l'Ourcq(pictured) provides over half of the 380,000 cubic metres (500,000 cu yd) of water used daily by the city of Paris for cleaning public works?
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