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I had lunch with a chess champion the other day. I knew he was a chess champion because it took him 20 minutes to pass the salt. - Eric Sykes
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First Edition of Daily Mirror - 1903, The Balfour Declaration - 1917, BBC Television begins broadcasting - 1936, M1 Opens - 1959, Penguin Wins Lady Chatterley Case - 1960
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