| frommy favourite edits- ... thatblue tits willpeel wallpaper while searching for insects?
- ... thatyou are more likely to die on or near your birthday than at other times?
- ... thatKasongo Ilunga, DRC Minister for Foreign Trade in 2007, probably didn't exist?
- ... thatCanford Cliffs was home toa controversial branch of HSBC that only served the rich?
- ... thatSheffield was once known as thePeople's Republic of South Yorkshire?
- ... that theColorado Riverdidn't flow into the ocean for 16 years?
- ... that theWestminster system of governmentcan work without any political parties?
- ... thatTommy Wiseaucompares himself toJames Dean,Marlon Brando andTennessee Williams?
- ... that one person in every ten on the island ofPingelap istotally colour-blind?
- ... thatT. S. Eliot,Aldous Huxley andAmy Lowell were all found in an anarchistBomb Shop?
- ... thatfuneral trains once operated in many major cities?
- ... thatFanny Murray was the mistress ofthe inventor of the sandwich, once ate a £20 note between two pieces of bread, and wasfamous for being famous in the 18th century?
- ... thatHugh Franklin once beatWinston Churchill with a whip to protestpolice brutality at a suffragette march?
- ... that his sisterAlice Franklin was honoured by the government for telling unmarried women to leave the country, but also enjoyed making fun of married women?
- ... thatBritish Railpatented the design of a nuclear-poweredflying saucer?
- ... that theCheshire West and Chester Council election, 2015 was the only one that year whereLabour Party won aTory council?
- ... that the German government intends topardon and compensate all gay men convicted underParagraph 175?
- ... that the British governmentdid the same thing?
- ... thatpost-truth politics has existed since at least the 17th-centurypamphlet wars?
- ... thata dog is for life, not just for Christmas?
- ... that thestructure of the pentaquark is still unknown?
- ... that successfulBritish minor parties includeScottish Senior Citizens,Northern Ireland Women's Coalition, andHealth Concern?
- ... that "Throw shoe! Bugger invaded Iraq! (6,4)" definesGeorge Bush?
- ... thatopen and closed is replacingleft and right in politics?
- ... thatagainst a telling remark, an effective riposte is difficult?
- ... thata dining club based in a horse stable was the single biggest donor to Tory candidates inmarginal seats?
- ... thatprinted calendars in the Ottoman Empire used five different date formats simultaneously?
- ... thatSchwesta Ewa was stranded in West Berlin while attempting to flee Poland and became a prostitute, and then a successful rapper, but was arrested for pimping her own fans?
- ... thatQuantum Experiments at Space Scale can beamunbreakable codes from China to Austria - but only when it's not in direct sunlight?
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