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rikki

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I bet it hurts coming out.
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Chris S

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People's arm span is approximately the same as their height.

That would explain this then.

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classic33

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The first pylon, in the UK, was put up at Bonnyfield near Falkirk in Scotland on 14 July 1928, but the CEB's new transmission grid didn't begin operating until 1933, when it was run as a series of regional grids.
The grid became a truly national system in 1938, ten years after the first pylon was set up.
 
The tea bag was an accidental invention.

In 1908, New York tea merchant Thomas Sullivan sent samples of tea leaves to some of his customers in small silken bags. Many of the recipients assumed that the bags were supposed to be used in the same way as the metal infusers. So, they put the entire bag into the teapot, rather than emptying out its contents.

After such positive feedback from the happy accident, Sullivan designed intentional teabags for commercial production. In the 1920s, his sachets made of gauze—and later, paper—included the string with the tag hanging over the side so the bag could be easily removed.
 
It’s impossible to hum while holding your nose
 
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