Don't read the FIRST one, dicksbro!!)



In 1970, the Great Bengal Frog War began - a "frantic frog-killing orgy" which left thousands of the poor creatures dead.


In 1974 Covent Garden ceased to be London's flower & vegetable market as it moved across the Thames, leaving the old warehouses and Floral Hall to be re-developed


In the first-ever dogfight between jet fighters, a U.S. Air Force Lockheed F-80 shot down a Soviet MiG-15 over Korea in 1950


The 13-ton bell in the Palace of Westminster clock tower got it's name, Big Ben, from Sir Benjamin Hall, born today in 1802.

(Lots of people think that Big Ben is the tower itself..... which is actually St. Stephen's tower!!)

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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