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| Today is armistice day, on the 11th of November |
TODAY is Armistice Day, the 11th day of the 11th month when, at 11am, the armistice was signed bringing an end to hostilities in the First World War in 1918.
1. The traditional gift for an 11th wedding anniversary is something made of steel.
2. When England switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar in 1752, 11 days were omitted with September 14 following September 2.
3. Ben-Hur, Titanic and The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King all won a record 11 Oscars.
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| The traditional gift for an 11th wedding anniversary is something made of steel |
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| The Canadian flag features a stylized maple leap with 11 points |
4. Joe Frazier is said to have cut his Olympic boxing gold medal into 11 pieces and given a piece to each of his 11 children.
5. The Canadian flag features a stylized maple leap with 11 points.
6. The Canadian dollar coin has 11 sides. Thanks to its depiction of a common loon bird on one side, it is known as “the loonie”.
7. The word for an 11-sided polygon is “undecagon” or “hendecagon”.
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| To the nearest inch, a rugby ball is 11 inches long |
8. To the nearest inch, a rugby ball is 11 inches long.
9. The UK has won 11 Nobel Prizes for Literature. The only country with more is France with 15.
10. In 2004, Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas set a world record by eating 11 pounds of cheesecake in nine minutes.
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