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An architect named Firth was found at a Weymouth inquest to have shot himself in the side with a toy cannon while temporarily insane.
— The Nelson Evening Mail, Tuesday, December 22 1908
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The SAS have killed some people in Afghanistan.
The Veneziana pizza was invented in the 1970s by Pizza Express.
In China, there’s a Monastery of Sin.
The first artificial Christmas tree wasn’t a tree at all.
Sir Isaac Newton was the last of the magicians.
The half-cock is a purely defensive stroke.
Greed was the cause of Colombo and indolence was that of Star Fort.
The word ‘robot’ is derived from the Russian for ‘to work’.
Wolves are a bit scarier than reindeers.
The average Dutchman is 6’1″.
Every child finds their father’s sneezes loud.
There are about half a dozen booksellers’ shops in Sydney.
A basic awareness of the humanities could make one a little less offensive.
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