The Mini car was the brainchild of British-Greek automotive designer Sir Alec Issigonis and launched by the British Motor Corporation in 1959. #thingilearnedtoday
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Goldfinch numbers have doubled in the UK since the 1970s, with an estimated 1.2 million breeding pairs today. (Woodland Trust) #thingilearnedtoday
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The BBC broadcast Nancy Astor, a nine-part series on the first female MP, in 1982. #thingilearnedtoday
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Historical figures have only featured on UK banknotes since 1970. #thingilearnedtoday
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Jacket potatoes can be cooked in an air fryer, with a cooking time of 40-50 minutes. #thingilearnedtoday
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The vertical moulding profile between double doors is called an astragal. #thingilearnedtoday
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BYD, which stands for Build Your Dreams and is the world's largest electric vehicle maker, was founded in Shenzhen, China in 1995 as a battery manufacturer, and moved into cars in 2003. #thingilearnedtoday
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With a population of 187,800, Maidstone is the largest town and most populated borough in Kent. #thingilearnedtoday
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The collective noun for a group of puffins is a circus. (The Ballad of Wallis Island) #thingilearnedtoday
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The author Mary Wesley was 71 when she had her first novel (Jumping the Queue) published. She went on to sell more than three million books, most famously The Camomile Lawn. #thingilearnedtoday
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With a total of 499 runs, India's defeat of England was the highest scoring game in T20 World Cup history. #t20worldcup #thingilearnedtoday
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Fast Show creators Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse met at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. #thingilearnedtoday
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Arlington House is a hostel for the homeless in Camden Town, London that opened in 1905. #thingilearnedtoday
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Actor Kelsey Grammar who played the psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane was born in Saint Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. #thingilearnedtoday
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After their win over Chelsea, leaders Arsenal have lost just one of their last 26 Premier League London derbies. (Squawka) #ARSCHE #thingilearnedtoday
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Oscar Wilde wrote The Importance of Being Earnest while staying in Worthing in 1894. #thingilearnedtoday
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The Old Church in Stoke Newington, now a not-for-profit arts space, is the oldest surviving Elizabethan church in London. #thingilearnedtoday
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The Gorton and Denton constituency won by the UK's Green Party is a part of Manchester that had been held by Labour since 1931. #thingilearnedtoday
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The UK banned the sale of halogen light bulbs from September 2021 to reduce carbon emissions, forcing a shift to more energy-efficient LED alternatives. #thingilearnedtoday
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Gordon Brown is the only UK prime minister to have earned a PhD having obtained a doctorate in history from the University of Edinburgh in 1982. #thingilearnedtoday
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After his hundred in today's T20 World Cup win over Pakistan, Harry Brook is the third England men's cricketer with centuries in all three formats after Jos Buttler and Dawid Malan. (BBC Test Match Special) #thingilearnedtoday
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Jessie Buckley for Hamnet is the first Irish woman to win best actress at the Bafta awards. #thingilearnedtoday
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The name dunnock comes from the English dun meaning brown and the diminutive ock, making it the original little brown bird. #thingilearnedtoday
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Truro vs Gateshead in the National League is Great Britain's longest football away day entailing a 920-mile round trip for the travelling fans. (Football Away Days Club) #thingilearnedtoday
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The first vacuum cleaner was invented in June 1908 in North Canton, Ohio by James Murray Spengler whose business and patents were subsequently acquired by William Henry Hoover. #thingilearnedtoday
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Moose Jaw is the fourth largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, and was the venue for the 2025 World Men's Curling Championship won by Scotland. #thingilearnedtoday
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The UK's first pedestrian diagonal X-crossing was installed in Balham in south London in 2005. #thingilearnedtoday
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Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim was born Quentin Cook and prior to The Housemartins was in a punk band with Paul Heaton called the Stomping Pond Frogs. #thingilearnedtoday
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The late Robert Duvall was nominated for seven Oscars and was named best actor for Tender Mercies in 1983. #thingilearnedtoday
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The poet T.S. Elliot, born in St Louis, Missouri in USA, was the churchwarden at St Stephen's, Gloucester Road in London for 25 years. #thingilearnedtoday
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