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Pelicans have been living in London’s St James’s Park since 1664, when the Russian Ambassador gave a pair of Great White pelicans to King Charles II as a diplomatic gift.
The animals have always been manually replaced because, until June 2026, they never successfully hatched chicks.
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Pelicans have been living in London’s St James’s Park since 1664, when the Russian Ambassador gave a pair of Great White pelicans to King Charles II as a diplomatic gift.
The animals have always been manually replaced because, until June 2026, they never successfully hatched chicks.
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Pelicans have been living in London’s St James’s Park since 1664, when the Russian Ambassador gave a pair of Great White pelicans to King Charles II as a diplomatic gift.
The animals have always been manually replaced because, until June 2026, they never successfully hatched chicks.
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In 1913, Sigmund Freud, Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky, Josip Tito, and Adolf Hitler all lived in Vienna.
Then the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the city attracted the ambitious from across Europe, including many that would later become historical figures.
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In 1913, Sigmund Freud, Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky, Josip Tito, and Adolf Hitler all lived in Vienna.
Then the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the city attracted the ambitious from across Europe, including many that would later become historical figures.
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In 1913, Sigmund Freud, Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky, Josip Tito, and Adolf Hitler all lived in Vienna.
Then the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the city attracted the ambitious from across Europe, including many that would later become historical figures.
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In 1913, Sigmund Freud, Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky, Josip Tito, and Adolf Hitler all lived in Vienna.
Then the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the city attracted the ambitious from across Europe, including many that would later become historical figures.
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In 1913, Sigmund Freud, Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky, Josip Tito, and Adolf Hitler all lived in Vienna.
Then the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the city attracted the ambitious from across Europe, including many that would later become historical figures.
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The short-range wireless technology Bluetooth is named after 10th-century Danish king Harald Blåtand (“bluetooth”), who brought Denmark’s tribes together into a single kingdom.
The Bluetooth logo is a rune merging the Futhark runes ᚼ and ᛒ, Harald’s initials.
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The short-range wireless technology Bluetooth is named after 10th-century Danish king Harald Blåtand (“bluetooth”), who brought Denmark’s tribes together into a single kingdom.
The Bluetooth logo is a rune merging the Futhark runes ᚼ and ᛒ, Harald’s initials.
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The short-range wireless technology Bluetooth is named after 10th-century Danish king Harald Blåtand (“bluetooth”), who brought Denmark’s tribes together into a single kingdom.
The Bluetooth logo is a rune merging the Futhark runes ᚼ and ᛒ, Harald’s initials.
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The short-range wireless technology Bluetooth is named after 10th-century Danish king Harald Blåtand (“bluetooth”), who brought Denmark’s tribes together into a single kingdom.
The Bluetooth logo is a rune merging the Futhark runes ᚼ and ᛒ, Harald’s initials.
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The short-range wireless technology Bluetooth is named after 10th-century Danish king Harald Blåtand (“bluetooth”), who brought Denmark’s tribes together into a single kingdom.
The Bluetooth logo is a rune merging the Futhark runes ᚼ and ᛒ, Harald’s initials.
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When Jews were expelled from the Iberian peninsula in the 15th century, the Ottoman Empire sent ships to bring them into their empire in the Eastern Mediterranean.
That is how Thessaloniki in Greece grew its large Sephardic Jewish community, until World War II.
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When Jews were expelled from the Iberian peninsula in the 15th century, the Ottoman Empire sent ships to bring them into their empire in the Eastern Mediterranean.
That is how Thessaloniki in Greece grew its large Sephardic Jewish community, until World War II.
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When Jews were expelled from the Iberian peninsula in the 15th century, the Ottoman Empire sent ships to bring them into their empire in the Eastern Mediterranean.
That is how Thessaloniki in Greece grew its large Sephardic Jewish community, until World War II.
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Emma Morano’s live spanned three centuries.
Born in 1899 in Civiasco, Kingdom of Italy, Emma Martina Luigia Morano died in 2017 at the age of 117, in Verbania, Italian Republic.
She survived an abusive marriage, the loss of her only son, two World Wars and 90 Italian governments.
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Emma Morano’s live spanned three centuries.
Born in 1899 in Civiasco, Kingdom of Italy, Emma Martina Luigia Morano died in 2017 at the age of 117, in Verbania, Italian Republic.
She survived an abusive marriage, the loss of her only son, two World Wars and 90 Italian governments.
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Emma Morano’s live spanned three centuries.
Born in 1899 in Civiasco, Kingdom of Italy, Emma Martina Luigia Morano died in 2017 at the age of 117, in Verbania, Italian Republic.
She survived an abusive marriage, the loss of her only son, two World Wars and 90 Italian governments.
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Emma Morano’s live spanned three centuries.
Born in 1899 in Civiasco, Kingdom of Italy, Emma Martina Luigia Morano died in 2017 at the age of 117, in Verbania, Italian Republic.
She survived an abusive marriage, the loss of her only son, two World Wars and 90 Italian governments.
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Emma Morano’s live spanned three centuries.
Born in 1899 in Civiasco, Kingdom of Italy, Emma Martina Luigia Morano died in 2017 at the age of 117, in Verbania, Italian Republic.
She survived an abusive marriage, the loss of her only son, two World Wars and 90 Italian governments.
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Ireland’s postal code system is unusually precise.
Where most systems group multiple addresses into a postcode, Eircode gives each address a unique code.
Many Irish addresses had no house number or name; the 2015 Eircode introduction fixed multiple issues at once.
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Ireland’s postal code system is unusually precise.
Where most systems group multiple addresses into a postcode, Eircode gives each address a unique code.
Many Irish addresses had no house number or name; the 2015 Eircode introduction fixed multiple issues at once.
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Ireland’s postal code system is unusually precise.
Where most systems group multiple addresses into a postcode, Eircode gives each address a unique code.
Many Irish addresses had no house number or name; the 2015 Eircode introduction fixed multiple issues at once.
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The Principality of Sealand is an unrecognised micronation on an offshore platform in the North Sea.
A sea fort built some 11 km off the English coast during WW2, it briefly housed pirate radio stations before being seized in 1967 by Roy Bates, who declared it independent.
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The Principality of Sealand is an unrecognised micronation on an offshore platform in the North Sea.
A sea fort built some 11 km off the English coast during WW2, it briefly housed pirate radio stations before being seized in 1967 by Roy Bates, who declared it independent.
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The Principality of Sealand is an unrecognised micronation on an offshore platform in the North Sea.
A sea fort built some 11 km off the English coast during WW2, it briefly housed pirate radio stations before being seized in 1967 by Roy Bates, who declared it independent.
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Although called the New Bridge, the Pont Neuf is actually the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris.
The first stone was laid in 1578 and it was completed in 1607.
Unusual for the time, it was designed without buildings on it, allowing a view of the Seine.
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Although called the New Bridge, the Pont Neuf is actually the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris.
The first stone was laid in 1578 and it was completed in 1607.
Unusual for the time, it was designed without buildings on it, allowing a view of the Seine.
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Although called the New Bridge, the Pont Neuf is actually the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris.
The first stone was laid in 1578 and it was completed in 1607.
Unusual for the time, it was designed without buildings on it, allowing a view of the Seine.
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In 1917, the British Royal Family changed their last name from ‘Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha’ to a more English-sounding ‘Windsor’.
It was the height of WWI, anti-German sentiment was high, and King George V chose a new name based on the English town with the famous castle.
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In 1917, the British Royal Family changed their last name from ‘Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha’ to a more English-sounding ‘Windsor’.
It was the height of WWI, anti-German sentiment was high, and King George V chose a new name based on the English town with the famous castle.
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In 1917, the British Royal Family changed their last name from ‘Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha’ to a more English-sounding ‘Windsor’.
It was the height of WWI, anti-German sentiment was high, and King George V chose a new name based on the English town with the famous castle.
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a village in Wales.
The name was created in the 19th century to attract tourists and it now has the second longest one-word place name in the world.
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a village in Wales.
The name was created in the 19th century to attract tourists and it now has the second longest one-word place name in the world.
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a village in Wales.
The name was created in the 19th century to attract tourists and it now has the second longest one-word place name in the world.
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Frédéric Beigbeder’s 2000 breakthrough novel, criticising the advertising world, had a varying title depending on the currency and edition because its title was its price.
Launched in France as ‘99F’, costing 99 Francs, it was renamed 14,99€ after the introduction of the euro.
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Frédéric Beigbeder’s 2000 breakthrough novel, criticising the advertising world, had a varying title depending on the currency and edition because its title was its price.
Launched in France as ‘99F’, costing 99 Francs, it was renamed 14,99€ after the introduction of the euro.
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Frédéric Beigbeder’s 2000 breakthrough novel, criticising the advertising world, had a varying title depending on the currency and edition because its title was its price.
Launched in France as ‘99F’, costing 99 Francs, it was renamed 14,99€ after the introduction of the euro.
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Frédéric Beigbeder’s 2000 breakthrough novel, criticising the advertising world, had a varying title depending on the currency and edition because its title was its price.
Launched in France as ‘99F’, costing 99 Francs, it was renamed 14,99€ after the introduction of the euro.
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Frédéric Beigbeder’s 2000 breakthrough novel, criticising the advertising world, had a varying title depending on the currency and edition because its title was its price.
Launched in France as ‘99F’, costing 99 Francs, it was renamed 14,99€ after the introduction of the euro.
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Andorra is the world’s largest country without an airport.
Its nearest airport is ‘Andorra–La Seu d’Urgell’, located 12 km south of the country of 90 000, in neighbouring Spain.
Its nearest large airport is ‘Barcelona El Prat Airport’, a three-hour bus ride away.
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Andorra is the world’s largest country without an airport.
Its nearest airport is ‘Andorra–La Seu d’Urgell’, located 12 km south of the country of 90 000, in neighbouring Spain.
Its nearest large airport is ‘Barcelona El Prat Airport’, a three-hour bus ride away.
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Andorra is the world’s largest country without an airport.
Its nearest airport is ‘Andorra–La Seu d’Urgell’, located 12 km south of the country of 90 000, in neighbouring Spain.
Its nearest large airport is ‘Barcelona El Prat Airport’, a three-hour bus ride away.
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The world’s shortest scheduled passenger flight is between Westray and Papa Westray in Scotland.
The flight between the islands covers a distance of just 2.7 km and takes about one minute. The record flight time is 53 seconds.
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The world’s shortest scheduled passenger flight is between Westray and Papa Westray in Scotland.
The flight between the islands covers a distance of just 2.7 km and takes about one minute. The record flight time is 53 seconds.
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The world’s shortest scheduled passenger flight is between Westray and Papa Westray in Scotland.
The flight between the islands covers a distance of just 2.7 km and takes about one minute. The record flight time is 53 seconds.
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The world’s shortest scheduled passenger flight is between Westray and Papa Westray in Scotland.
The flight between the islands covers a distance of just 2.7 km and takes about one minute. The record flight time is 53 seconds.
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The world’s shortest scheduled passenger flight is between Westray and Papa Westray in Scotland.
The flight between the islands covers a distance of just 2.7 km and takes about one minute. The record flight time is 53 seconds.
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The Baltic Way was a peaceful political demonstration that occurred on 23 August 1989.
Two million people joined hands to form a human chain spanning 675 km across the three Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
At the time, the countries were occupied by the Soviet Union.