A fact from Þórkell Þórmóðarson appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 July 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that according to a 13th century saga, Þórketill Þórmóðsson, and two of his sons, were slain in a loch near the Isle of Skye, but another son survived by leaping onto a cask that floated by?
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