Saturday, 11 June 2011 7 National Trust places we've visited
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Tags: Arcitechture, History, Nature
Friday, 10 June 2011 7 Portugese wine regions
- Alentejano
- Beiras
- Duriense
- Minho
- Península de Setúbal
- Terras Madeirenses
- Transmontano
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Tags: Food+Drink, Geo
Thursday, 9 June 2011 7 long reining current monarchs
- King Bhumibol Adulyadej - Thailand - 65 years
- Queen Elizabeth II - UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - 59 years, 123 days
- Sultan Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah - Malaysia - 52 years 330 days
- Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah - Brunei - 43 years, 247 days
- King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu - Zulu People - 42 years, 265 days
- Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said - Oman - 40 years 321 days
- Queen Margrethe II - Denmark - 39 years, 146 days
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Tags: People
Wednesday, 8 June 2011 7 books by George Orwell
Tuesday, 7 June 2011 7 fortified foods
- Some Breakfast Cereals - B Vitamins and Iron
- Milk - Vitamin D
- Marmite - B Vitamins and Folic Acid
- Bovril - B Vitamins
- Flour - Iron
- Some Orange Juices - Calcium
- Some Pasta - Omega 3
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Tags: Food+Drink
Monday, 6 June 2011 7 geographic observations and facts
- Although it appears bigger on most 2D maps Greenland is almost 1/4 of the size of Australia. This is because of the Mercator projection with stretches land near to the poles
- Wrangel Island is the only island that is split across the 180° longitude line
- Australia bares a striking resemblance to the Black Sea in shape
- The Mull of Kintyre test was an unofficial guideline used by the British Board of Film Classification in the UK to decide whether an image of a man's penis could be shown. (The angle of dangle)
- Samoa is planning to move the international date line to the east to be in the same day as Australia and New Zealand
- Lesotho, Vatican City, and San Marino are the only countries completely surrounded by another country
- Glaciers store between 70% and 80% of all the freshwater on the planet
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Tags: Geo
Sunday, 5 June 2011 7 Romani words that have made their way into English
- Chav - Boy
- Cushti - Good
- Pal - Friend
- Kharzy - Toilet
- Spiv - Dodgy Character
- Nark - Informant
- Wonga - Money
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Tags: Language
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