- ... that the roller coasters Rage (pictured), Crazy Bird, El Loco,Eurofighter, Falcon, Huracan, Timber Drop, Twist Coaster Robin, Typhoon, and Vild-Svinet all have (or were expected to have) steeper-than-vertical drops?
- ... that the Governor of Western Australia sent the lyrics of William Strahan's The Bugle Call to George V?
- ... that the United States Mint sold the 32 Old Slip site in Manhattan for US$27 million, making it the most valuable US Government property sold at public auction?
- ... that the 1959 Typhoon Billie was the first typhoon officially monitored by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center?
- ... that the former oil industry executive Mark Carne is now chief executive ofNetwork Rail?
- ... that the land for St Luke's Church, Formby, was donated by a doctor, and the church is dedicated to the patron saint of doctors?
- ... that the 1340 Great Fire of Spondon may have started at the site now occupied by the Malt Shovel pub?
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