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Happy Leap Year Day
A Quick History Lesson
The Egyptians first came up with the idea of adding a leap day
once every four years to keep the calendar in sync with the solar year.
Later, the Romans adopted this solution for their calendar,
and they became the first to designate February 29 as the leap day.
But Wait! It’s Not Quite that [...]
Earthquake
Was woken at 1am by a herd of wilderbeast
being chased by the Flying Scotsman (Steam engine)
outside bedroom window.
Then realised it was an Earthquake.
The British Geological Survey (BGS)
said the earthquake was of the magnitude of 5.3
and the epicentre was near Market Rasen in Lincolnshire.
The BBC reports here
Coming Soon-
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Producer Frank Marshall has claimed that the new Indiana Jones movie
is most similar to the third movie in the franchise,
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Marshall admitted that the humour in the new film,
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,
matched up to Crusade more than than the first two action adventures.
can’t wait.
Cow-abunga
Salem Sue is the World’s Largest Cow,
she is 38 feet high, 50 feet long, & weighs 12,000 pounds.
Location:New Salem, ND. USA
Can you imagine the size of the cow pat !
Stockport Sapphires shine again
Megan and the Stockport Sapphire team qualified again
for the Nationals later on this year.
the competition was harder this year and they came
joint 1st out of 14 teams.
well done team,good luck in the finals
