Quite Interesting Things about ... March John Lloyd

Sir Mo Farah, Sir Roger Bannister, Sir Chris Hoy and Sir Steve Redgrave were all born on 23rd March.

The best time to find money on the streets of New York City is 18th March: the day after St Patrick’s Day.

Owing to heavy snow in 1891, the 3pm train service from Paddington to Plymouth left on 9th March and arrived on 13th March.

In March 2014, a python in Australia swallowed a chihuahua and found itself chained to a kennel.

In March 2003, the Ocean Journey aquarium in Denver, Colorado, was bought by a seafood restaurant.

On 16th March 1945, bombs dropped by the British on Würzburg, Germany, destroyed 90 per cent of the buildings in 20 minutes.

On 24th March 2015, the temperature in Antarctica was higher than in Madrid, Malta and Marrakesh. JOHN LLOYD

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