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In 1945 a flock of birds landed on the minute hand of Big Ben (Big Ben is not actually the name of the clock,it is the name of the bell which is inside the clock) and put the time back by five minutes.
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Scotland is the home to some of the worlds more significant inventions, including the telephone, the television, the modern steam engine, the adhesive stamp, penicillin and the pedal bicycle.
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It is stil illegal to die in the houses of parliament.
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eboswan wrote:If you swing a cat around by its tail and its head hits all four walls
It means its rather a small room
And a prompt visit from both the RSPCA & Cats Protection League !
Why be awkward, when with a bit of effort you can be really impossible!
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Bunny Bagger wrote:Scotland is the home to some of the worlds more significant inventions, including the telephone, the television, the modern steam engine, the adhesive stamp, penicillin and the pedal bicycle.
The Scots invented the modern world, a super book...
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Sake-san wrote:Bunny Bagger wrote:Scotland is the home to some of the worlds more significant inventions, including the telephone, the television, the modern steam engine, the adhesive stamp, penicillin and the pedal bicycle.
The Scots invented the modern world, a super book...
James Clerk Maxwells " A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field"?

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool
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Edinburgh is the top destination for overseas and UK visitors to Scotland.
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50% of Scotland's land (area) is owned by fewer than 450 people
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Edinburgh has 112 parks as well as more trees per head of population than any other City in the UK.
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Bunny Bagger wrote:Edinburgh has 112 parks as well as more trees per head of population than any other City in the UK.
Every tree has six empty Buckfast tonic wine bottles buried around the roots and a ginger minger snoring on the grass.

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