I know how everyone on here loves a good wikipedia random fact.......
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February 7—Battle of Montesarchio: Prince Pandulf IV of Benevento is killed battling the encroaching Normans.
The Liao Dynasty emperor rejects a proposal for all Khitan people to adopt surnames.
William the Conqueror orders the White Tower to be built.
November 25 – Magreb unites the Tengizi island chain, and becomes the first king of the Kingdom of Tengiz.
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I was wondering what the white tower was. Well here is the answer :-
The Tower of London is often identified with the White Tower, the original stark square fortress built by William the Conqueror[1] in 1078. However, the tower as a whole is a complex of several buildings set within two concentric rings of defensive walls and moat.Comment
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Art Island (Île d'Art) is the largest of the Belep Islands archipelago in New Caledonia. It has an area of 53 km² (20 sq. miles). Chief settlement is Waala, which is also the capital of Belep commune.Comment
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Leitrim-Roscommon North was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas.Comment
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England keeper Robert Green was sent off as Ukraine wrecked their 100% record in the World Cup qualifiers.
Green saw red after only 13 minutes for fouling Artem Milevskiy after he cashed in on Rio Ferdinand's mistake.Comment
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Marge Piercy's novel Woman on the Edge of Time (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976). The novel is considered a classic of utopian "speculative" science fiction as well as a feminist classic.Comment
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I must go to the charity shop soon and pick up some books. I am on my last one. The burning shore by wilbur smith.Comment
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