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30 December 2011

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29 December 2011

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28 December 2011

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27 December 2011

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26 December 2011

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25 December 2011

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24 December 2011

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23 December 2011

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22 December 2011

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21 December 2011

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20 December 2011

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19 December 2011

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18 December 2011

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17 December 2011

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16 December 2011

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15 December 2011

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14 December 2011

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13 December 2011

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12 December 2011

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11 December 2011

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  • ... that since its 16th-century closure, Bilsham Chapel (pictured) in West Sussex has been two cottages, a shed and now a house?
  • ... that between 1887 and 1888 Alexandre Delcommune explored 12,000 kilometres (7,500 mi) of water routes in the Congo Basin?
  • ... that a 2004 glitch in TriTech emergency-response software rendered Austin, Texas dispatchers unable to locate their patrol cars on the street?
  • ... that the British destroyer HMS Basilisk evacuated a total of 695 men on 31 May 1940 from Dunkirk before she was sunk by German aircraft the next day?
  • ... that ablastin, a rat antibody, prevents the parasite Trypanosoma lewisi from reproducing, yet keeps it in adult form?
  • ... that Hall of Fame pitcher Jack Chesbro received his nickname "Happy Jack" while working in a psychiatric facility?

10 December 2011

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9 December 2011

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8 December 2011

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7 December 2011

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6 December 2011

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5 December 2011

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4 December 2011

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3 December 2011

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2 December 2011

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1 December 2011

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