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Maybe it was a Nicola Sturgeon. Such a sighting is enough to terrify even the hardiest of people.

Nessie spotters claim 13th sighting this year: Mother is left 'baffled' after filming mysterious grey object on surface of Loch Ness before it disappeared under the water Louise Power, 38, noticed 'something strange' in the water during a walk The mother-of-two, who has lived all her life next...

They should open a Dracula-themed gift shop next to the church.

The Cheese Rolling at Cooper’s Hill in Gloucestershire is one of the most spectacular and hazardous of rural English customs. It takes place at high noon on an extremely steep hill (45 degrees) and is open to all. It involves competitors hurling themselves 200 metres down this hill in pursuit of...

They may sound ferocious, but whippets are in fact lovable pets who also have an amazing ability to sprint a high speed. This makes them perfect for racing. Each pedigree dog is weighed for its race handicap. They get up to about 35 mph (60 km/h), reaching full speed in only two strides...

I think Bram Stoker based his character upon Vlad.

There wasn't a real Dracula. He's a character created by British author Bram Stoker.

The first appearance of Dracula on film was in the 1921 Austria-Hungary movie "Drakula halála" ("Dracula's Death").

No, it's true. I've read the novel. He was decapitated by Harker's kukri knife and pierced through the heart with Morris's Bowie knife.

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...

It clearly works.

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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...