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People think that Dracula died by having a stake driven through his heart, but he was actually killed by being beheaded with a Gurkha kukri knife and having his heart pierced with a Bowie knife.

She was Greek.

I certainly wouldn't recognise that woman as being Cleopatra. Cleopatra was white with red hair.

Legend has it that the contest, held in Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester (Ramsbottom was in Lancashire prior to 1974), celebrates the ancient rivalry that exists between Lancashire (red rose) and Yorkshire (white rose), utilising the food from each of these counties (black pudding from Lancashire...

The World Gurning Championships have been taking place at the Egremont Crab Fair in Cumbria since the 1200s, and other traditional sports taking place include pipe smoking and pony leaping! The Gurning World Championships, or the world's ugliest sport, is a traditional competition held in...

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That's not very theme parky.

There will be a Star Trek area of the theme park. Construction of the theme park is to begin in 2021 and it's set to open in 2024.

The Oxfordshire town of Abingdon has a unique tradition of throwing buns from the Oxfordshire County Hall roof on royal and special occasions, this one being to commemorate the Centenary of the end of World War I. Weighing the Mayor is unique to High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and goes back...

That wouldn't be the British way. Tapping the ground with pitchforks suffices.

New image of £3.5bn London Resort theme park dubbed 'Britain's Disneyland' reveals eight massive roller-coasters and Crystal Maze-style zones including medieval castles and an Aztec pyramid A stunning aerial rendering of the park, The London Resort, which will be based between Gravesend and...

A small town called Willaston in Cheshire every year hosts The World Worm Charming Championships. The rules are simple: Competitors are each allotted a 3 x 3-metre plot and given thirty minutes to charm the slimy creatures topside. No worms are hurt during the Championships and are given...

Fangs for nothing! Tourist trade uproar as church where 'Dracula is buried' tells visiting goths: It's all fiction Count Dracula and his terrifying exploits have helped to sustain the economy of a seaside town for decades. So it did not go down well when the local church tried to give goths...

Bizarre Britain: From worm-charming to bun-throwing... the age-old traditions Britons can't wait to restart in 2021 From worm-charming to bun-throwing bouts - it may be nearly 2021 but Britain's historic traditions remain as important as ever. More than 10,000 Britons usually take part in...

EU STUNNED As Boris Johnson Set To SIGN LANDMARK Trade Deal 'Worth £18.6bn' With Turkey THIS Week

Brexit VICTORY: India could ignore EU and focus more on a trade deal with UK post-Brexit

My parents' dog doesn't like black people. She always barks at a black passerby when on walkies. It's true.

I'm going to go one night after work. They are near where I work. I finish at 10pm.

With the ink barely dry on the Brexit Free Trade deal between Britain and the European Union (EU) it looks like the dividends on leaving the bloc are starting to flow. Boris Johnson has already announced that the EU's Erasmus Scheme - which saw 10k wealthy young people treated to a free...