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QWhat is officially the shortest street in the world? A According to Guinness World Records, the shortest street in the world can be found in Scotland. Ebenezer Place in Wick – last measured in 2006 –

A clock that first struck the hour as ...

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Dear Simon, My daughter, Wendy, and I have enjoyed so many visits to Singapore, and this year we felt it was about time we put our thoughts and experiences down on paper. Sir Stamford Raffles was knig

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On 1 September 1939, Post Office engineer Tommy Flowers found himself in Berlin to take part in a European conference about telephone systems. Germany invaded Poland the same day. Flowers and a fellow