A fact from Abraham O. Woodruff appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 September 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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... that Abraham O. Woodruff practiced plural marriage 11 years after his father, Wilford Woodruff, issued the 1890 Manifesto that banned the institution? Source: "That Owen entered into a post-Manifesto polygamous relationship in 1901 is ironic, of course, because it was his own father who had issued the 1890 Manifesto proclaiming the end of plural marriage." ([1])
ALT1:... that Abraham O. Woodruff married a second wife 11 years after his father, Wilford Woodruff, issued the 1890 Manifesto that banned the practice of plural marriage? Source: "That Owen entered into a post-Manifesto polygamous relationship in 1901 is ironic, of course, because it was his own father who had issued the 1890 Manifesto proclaiming the end of plural marriage." ([2])