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A fact from Marion Underwood appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 June 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that developmental researcher Marion Underwood found that a group of ninth-grade students sent an average of 1,321 text messages a month?

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Would have been nice if it had said:

... that developmental researcher Marion Underwood found that a group of ninth-grade students each sent an average of 1,321 text messages a month?

As it was, my first thought was "Wow, that's a really low number!" Shenme (talk) 02:04, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Shenme: That would have been a good idea! QuakerSquirrel (talk) 15:51, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Real person

Does this person actually exist or is it a pseudonymous person? Why do we not get to know when she was born? --Rebentisch (talk) 14:15, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Rebentisch: Yes, she's a real person. Her approximate age could be surmised based on her graduation dates. QuakerSquirrel (talk) 15:51, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The reason why I ask is that Underwood is known to be the name of a typewriting company. So it looks like a newspaper pseudonym.Rebentisch (talk) 21:53, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]