For those of you that believe the myth about man landing on the moon, allegedly Buzz Aldrin was the first person to go to the toilet on the moon.
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I think he went behind a tree
The equivalent of 160% of the UK population pass through Heathrow each year.
3 average sized Americans then
The Eiffel Tower was the tallest man made structure in the world from 1889 to 1930.
Amazing photos here
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Amazing photos here
Amazing images of the Eiffel Tower show its construction over two years
The Eiffel Tower turns 128 years old this month. Here's a look back at the feat of its rapid construction.
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One of our students trips was Paris.
One of them was bulking at going up the tower.
I persuaded her to go, once in a lifetime thing. When we got to the top I looked around to speak to her. She was standing with her back to the wall arms spread out as if she was stuck to the wall. She was terrified.
At least she will remember Paris.
These were 18 to 23 years old.
One of them was bulking at going up the tower.
I persuaded her to go, once in a lifetime thing. When we got to the top I looked around to speak to her. She was standing with her back to the wall arms spread out as if she was stuck to the wall. She was terrified.
At least she will remember Paris.
These were 18 to 23 years old.
The largest mass of gold ever found was in Australia and weighed 630lbs.
Known as The Holtermann Nugget it would be worth about US$8m at today’s price.
Known as The Holtermann Nugget it would be worth about US$8m at today’s price.
The opening lines of The Beatles classic ‘I saw her standing there’ was
”She was just seventeen
Never been a beauty queen”
Until literally the final studio recording that was released as an iconic single.
Doesn’t really sound right does it?
”She was just seventeen
Never been a beauty queen”
Until literally the final studio recording that was released as an iconic single.
Doesn’t really sound right does it?
One of Terry’s Capri s used in Minder had the same registration number as Cowley’s Rolls Royce in The Professionals.
I regularly check the Tax & MOT details every time I see a ‘classic car’ being restored by Wheeler Dealers and Car SOS just because I’m a nosy bugger. It’s quite regularly that that same car doesn’t get Taxed - yes you can see if it’s SORNed
and the one above is Taxed on a ‘77 Ford. 1993cc.
and the one above is Taxed on a ‘77 Ford. 1993cc.
A mate has been doing that with 4 similar triumph bikes for 40 years ..... all legal and legally owned apart from only one is insured etc and the plate moves around from week to week
I seem to recall a guy getting a speeding ticket & he challenged it as the plate belonged to his car but not the car that was flashed, it happened again & when enquiries were made it turned out the guy owned a few cars & often swapped the plates to beat speeding fines.
The World’s largest producer of mince pies is in Carlton in Barnsley, about a mile away from me.
Terrys Chocolate Orange has been in production since 1932.
Didn’t know that, just read it off the box.
Didn’t know that, just read it off the box.
Paul Jeffreys of Be Bop Deluxe was one of the casualties in the Pan-Am flight blown up over Lockerbie