A 64-yr old man died in Japan in 1996 during a tug-of-war to celebrate ..... National Fitness Day!!!


In 1987, a huge search of Loch Ness for the famous monster, using high-tech sonar devices, was called off, having failed to find any trace of Nessie. What they failed to realise, of course, is that Nessie KNEW they were there, and simply hid from them in her secret cave at the bottom of the Loch!!


The first ever chart entry by a new group called The Beatles entered the Top 50 at number 49 today in 1962. The single was called "Love Me Do"


William Saville was such an ardent Royalist, that when he lost the Battle of Winceby to Cromwell in 1643, he ordered his home to be burned down rather than see it used by Roundheads!!

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind