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On moorland north of Danby Beacon are some good examples of 'double embanked pit alignments'. These bronze age monuments are thought to be either tribal boundaries or of ritual significance (i.e. archaeologists haven't got a clue). The 'big lumps' in the image are bronze age burial mounds and the 4 craters are bomb craters from WW2

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Many apologies for a 'moor nerdiness' diversion from the calorific content of spunk.
 
The body of a Native American, Moses Carpenter, is buried in Linthorpe Cemetery.
Carpenter was a member of the Mohawk tribe and was born in Ontario, Canada in 1854; his birth name was Ska-Run-Ya-Te.
In 1889, he visited Middlesbrough as part of a travelling show, where he tragically died of a fever.
 
Carlos Fandango said:
The body of a Native American, Moses Carpenter, is buried in Linthorpe Cemetery.
Carpenter was a member of the Mohawk tribe and was born in Ontario, Canada in 1854; his birth name was Ska-Run-Ya-Te.
In 1889, he visited Middlesbrough as part of a travelling show, where he tragically died of a fever.
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Yes, he was a major celebrity at the time and thousands lined the streets for his funeral.
 
chickenrunner said:
On moorland north of Danby Beacon are some good examples of 'double embanked pit alignments'. These bronze age monuments are thought to be either tribal boundaries or of ritual significance (i.e. archaeologists haven't got a clue). The 'big lumps' in the image are bronze age burial mounds and the 4 craters are bomb craters from WW2

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Many apologies for a 'moor nerdiness' diversion from the calorific content of spunk.
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Grizzled Scottish actor Brian Cox was a member of pop band D:ream Academy. His experience of life in Dundee probably inspired "Life in a Northern Town".
 
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A banana skin takes 7years to fully decompose

You can't sneeze cough or yawn when you're asleep
 
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they selected " Procul Harum" (the name of someones cat) and rejected the name " Mott the Hoople"

The same manager had the newly named " Status Quo" . They close that name without knowing what it meant, but had rejected " The Muhammed Alis" and "The Queers" as alternative names.

The " Someone" who saved Elton John's " Life Tonight" was Long John Baldry.
Persuading him not to commit suicide because of his Homosexuality.
 
Tollcrossmac said:
Not sure it's an interesting fact but why is orange jam called marmalade?
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The word "marmalade" is borrowed from the Portuguese marmelada, from marmelo 'quince'.

Unlike jam, a large quantity of water is added to the fruit in a marmalade, the extra liquid being set by the high-pectin content of the fruit. In this respect it is like a jelly, but whereas the fruit pulp and peel is strained out of a jelly to give it its characteristic clarity, it is retained in a marmalade.
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Currently trying to pinpoint the precise point at which this thread veered off into what Captain Mainwearing might term "entering the realms of fantasy"...
 
Grizzled Scottish actor, the late Robin Williams, was a member of boy band Taking That. His experience of a cameo role alongside fellow scot Sean Connery in Highlander probably inspired the song "Could it be Magic", later covered by indie band Queen.
 
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