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The words Lord and Lady are both derived from the anglo-saxon word for bread.

hlafward (loaf guardian) and hlaefdige (loaf maker).

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Vicars' close, in Wells, England began construction in 1348, making it the oldest standing residential street in Europe.

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@CvBoul1 @ImMeme0 This is a joke video, dummy.

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@Pegasus10000069 It's what the Romans called Artemis.

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A current expedition to the Titanic just found the bronze statue of the Goddess Diana, which once sat on the mantle piece of the first class lounge. It was last seen in 1985, shortly after the wreck was discovered.

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@Jas_Athwal Another slumlord labour MP.

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@sxdoc @gaye_gallops @RenGfor45 You don't have the right to storm the capital building in order to obstruct the democratic process.

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Captain Smith onboard the Titanic, alongside the ship's purser, H. W. McElroy. Both men perished when Titanic sank a few days later.

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Dick Van Dyke is a year older than Lionel Jeffries, who played his dad in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. (Born Dec 25 and June 26, respectively).

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The flag of Jamaica is the only national flag without red, white or blue.

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Snake eats an egg.

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The Titanic's Marconi telegraph broke four days into its maiden voyage. The very expensive equipment was only supposed to be fixed by qualified technicians, but the wireless operators did a DIY fix. If they followed company rules, Titanic probably would've sank with no survivors

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A neighborhood pool in China.

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Victorian heroin cough syrup for children.

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@Jamesstrech Deal with it dude.

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8% of Lion sex is homosexual, bringing a whole new meaning to 'gay pride'.

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@traveluniverse @lf9988 Looks lovely.

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Messages to the fleet at that time were communicated by raising a series of flags, known as flag code. Nelson's message before the battle was "England expects that every man will do his duty".

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The HMS Victory is the oldest ship still in commission. She was the flagship of Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson when he defeated Napoleon's navy at the battle of Trafalgar. HMS Victory has been in service of the Royal Navy for 245 years.

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@GilliRoth @historyinmemes Guy on the left is Henry Brambell from Steptoe and Son (remade as Sanford and Son in America).

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This type of building is called a folly. A decorative building with no real purpose. Usually built to show off wealth. Here's one of my favourite folly buildings, the Dunmore pineapple in Scotland.

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Broadway Tower - Worcestershire, United Kingdom.