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Posts in March 2021

11th March 2021: Fun Fact 39

In 2017, a book called Forty Minutes Late was returned to a San Francisco library 100 years late.

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10th March 2021: Fun Fact 38

Tahitian has no word for ‘sadness’.

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9th March 2021: Fun Fact 37

In 2016, a man from Wigan sent to pie into space to promote the World Pie Eating Championships.

Thanks to @qikipedia

8th March 2021: Fun Fact 36

The first loop-the-loop roller coaster had to close down because so many people were passing out.

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7th March 2021: Fun Fact 35

New York cabs and Hertz rental cars have yellow branding because they were founded by the same man.

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6th March 2021: Fun Fact 34

The first crime prosecuted using fingerprint evidence was the theft of some billiard balls.

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5th March 2021: Fun Fact 33

In the Second World War, kegs of beer were flown to the frontline by Spitfire pilots.

Thanks to @qikipedia

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4th March 2021: Fun Fact 32

The ‘coffee break’ was invented in 1952 by the American Coffee Bureau.

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3rd March 2021: Fun Fact 31

The Queen has banned plastic straws from the royal estates.

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2nd March 2021: Fun Fact 30

It’s illegal to swim in the River Seine in Paris.

Thanks to @qikipedia

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