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17 November – The UK inflation rate hits 4.2%, its highest level for 10 years and more than double the Bank of England's target, driven mainly by higher fuel and energy prices. [ 387 ] 18 November – High Speed 2 : The government announces that the HS2 sections to Leeds from both the East Midlands and Manchester will be scrapped in favour of ...
Image credits: astarisaslave #8. TIL in South Korea, only blind people can get a masseur's license. This law was established in 1912, to help visually impaired people earn a living.
Image credits: tyrion2024 Many of us can't imagine flying without Ziploc bags filled with our little toiletry bottles. But that was the reality once, and it wasn't 9/11 that forced airlines to ban ...
Image credits: tyrion2024 The story of Masabumi Hosoto, the only Japanese Titanic survivor, is a fascinating one. Interestingly, Japan didn't celebrate his survival, as the local media condemned ...
8 November – First BBC Local Radio station broadcast, BBC Radio Leicester. 18 November – Movement of animals was banned in England and Wales due to a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. [32] 19 November – The pound was devalued from 1 GBP = 2.80 USD to 1 GBP = US$2.40 because of the UK's
1 November – A temperature of 22.4 °C is recorded in Trawsgoed, Ceredigion in Wales, making it the warmest November day on record in the UK, breaking the previous record set nearly seventy years ago. [241] 2 November Archaeologists accidentally discover a well-preserved family burial vault in Gloucester Cathedral. [242]
10 November – Panic buying of bread stops as most bakers go back to work. 18 November – The British leg of the 1978 Kangaroo tour concludes with Australia winning the Ashes series by defeating Great Britain in the third and deciding Test match in Leeds. 20 November – Buckingham Palace announces that The Prince Andrew is to join the Royal ...
BSc meteorologist Janice Davila tells Bored Panda that one of the most unknown facts from her field of expertise is that weather radars are slightly tilted upward in a half-degree (1/2°) angle.