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classic33

Leg End Member
For a while some called the first August Bank Holidays “St Lubbock's Days” after the banker Sir John Lubbock. You really do have a banker to thank for this holiday.

Funnily enough that didn’t stick. It was rumoured that Sir John Lubbock was so keen on cricket he chose the bank holiday dates to fall on the days when village matches were played in his home county!

True or not?
 

classic33

Leg End Member
In the 1980's, the Swedish Navy detected underwater sounds that they suspected to be hostile Russian submarines. This suspicion escalated to a diplomatic conflict between Sweden and Russia. It was later found by a researcher that these sounds, detected by the Swedish Navy, were actually fish farts winning the researcher an lg Nobel Prize for their discovery.
 

Drago

Legendary Member
Linda Baron gave birth to sextuplets. They grew up to form a band, which was named the Baron Knights.
 
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