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Pirates wore earrings because they thought it improved their eyesight

There are 1,710 steps in the Eiffel Tower

I float in a swimming pool
My grandson who is an exceptional competitive swimmer cannot float because his bones are so dense

Twelve plus one is an anagram of eleven plus two!
Both add up to thirteen.

MiniMoon that has to be my favourite so far!

Blinko Box tunnel is indeed in Wiltshire; a few miles from where we live. Always look at the tunnel when driving through en route to Bath.

Thought Pirates wore gold earrings so someone would bury them? Sailors friends auction their kit.

Ooops no, Coventry is well over 100 miles from the sea

LornaS I think it depends what you define as sea as tidewater ingress counts. Realistically though I agree with you.

The first recorded example of artificial insemination was in the 1400s (King Enrique IV of Castille also known as Enrique the Impotent). It wasn't successful although his wife, Queen Joan did later have a child, widely believed to be a result of an affair. She did run off with her lover in the end and had at least two more children by him.

agranbytheendofsummer
Lovely news. Congratulations X

Cheers, Glammagran. (I am of course rather younger than IKB...)

Random fact..our ( late) cat used to mesmerise birds by lying on the ground and staring at them, they used to gradually hop closer and closer to him and then.....he closed his eyes and they lost interest in him and flew away.
He did this on a regular basis, it was his little game.