I never knew that’s where kiwifruit came from…
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Grim !
Please may you tell me which book this was extracted from? Looks like a brilliant read! 
The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan
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Cheers! I’m going to buy a copy! 
I am astonished that you didn’t know that.
Strange how some things just pass us by 
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Not as astonished as I was Kev - I felt like a total fud 
I didn’t know it … but … well … I just didn’t know it. To be honest it’s not very likely I’ll remember it.
It is on the same level as knowing / not knowing that John Wayne was christened Marion.
No more than the odious cunt deserved
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But not as surprising as not knowing that Jack and Bobby Charlton were Jackie Milburn’s cousins once removed, which Mrs VB didn’t until I told her. Despite the fact that half her family comes from Ashington and quite a few of them still live there.
Dyson doing headphones
Hasn’t Twitter already christened them the “Snot Cannon”? 
Might sell bucket loads in the Far East.
Suspect they will be ££££££s though.
Hope none sell
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Will probably suck all the sound out
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Should be able to pick up a set from Crowndale’s ‘Small Plastic items’ skip in a week or two.
Realistically Dyson needs their own dedicated skip down there.
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They make perfect sense for polluted areas, and if you fancy being a covid super spreader