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I remember when some dog shit used to be white. Never see it anymore.

Earth isn't a sphere. It's an oblate spheroid.

Woohoo! The pubs in England are back open from today! Here's The New Inn, Little Lever, Bolton, Greater Manchester, just a few minutes ago. I can hear late night music, laughter and merriment from within, something I've not heard from a pub for a while.

Funny if they all turn out to be a bit of dust on the lenses, like that scene in Red Dwarf.

WR102: The Hottest Known Star

HMS Victory's lower mast removed for first time since 1894 BBC News 15th May 2021 A crane begins the process of removing the main lower mast from HMS Victory at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in Portsmouth The main lower mast of Lord Nelson's HMS Victory has been removed for the first time in...

Flat Earth Fail Compilation 24

The Top 5 Closest Stars to Earth!

'It was found at Billingsgate in London and was my reward for a particularly arduous dig. 'Tokens from the river are usually in good condition as they're in a sealed layer of silt which preserves them from the ravages of time. 'Now I've decided it's time to let my collection go. I'm getting...

Great Fire Sale of London: Collection of trading tokens - including ones minted in year of famous 1666 blaze - are set to fetch £20,000 at auction Roger Green, who is from Kent, spent 35 years collecting the tokens Were issued by traders instead of money due to a lack of available small change...

The Cromwell theory suggested that he was crafted just before the restoration by a local landowner and MP, Baron Holles of Ifield, a bitter rival of the puritan leader. Charles I tried to have Holles and four other MPs arrested, triggering the Civil War, but he later quarrelled with Cromwell...

Is the mystery of the Cerne Giant finally solved? UK's largest chalk man was made in Saxon times 'in tribute to the God Helith' and NOT to insult Oliver Cromwell (but his appendage may have been added later for laughs), scientists say The National Trust has been working to correctly age...

Anglo-Saxon coin collector's unparalleled treasure trove of 576 items sells for £856,000 - including world-record £40,800 for 7th-century King Eadbald gold shilling Tony Abramson started collecting Anglo-Saxon coins aged four, in the 1950s Later amassed a collection of more than 1,200 pieces...

Prince William and Kate Middleton say George, Charlotte and Louis are missing their 'much loved' great-grandfather Prince Philip in thank you note to royal fans offering condolences following his death Prince William, 38, and Kate Middleton, 39, shared a touching note with fans to thank them...

St Michael's Mount in Cornwall seeks live-in castle officer BBC News 11th May 2021 Upsides to living on St Michael's Mount include sea views but the downside is no pizza deliveries If you love sea views and can live without pizza deliveries then a unique job opportunity could be for you. The...

Tielemans screamer wins Leicester City their first FA Cup FA Cup final Chelsea 0-1 Leicester City ...........Tielemans 63 Youri Tielemans produced one of the great FA Cup final goals to give Leicester City the trophy for the first time in their history with victory over Chelsea at Wembley...

The Human League - "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" (1983)

China lands its Zhurong rover on Mars By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent BBC News Saturday 15th May 2021 China has successfully landed a spacecraft on Mars, state media announced early on Saturday. The six-wheeled Zhurong robot was targeting Utopia Planitia, a vast terrain in the...

#PrinceCharles #RoyalFamily #RBL100 Prince Charles Marks Royal British Legion's 100th Birthday