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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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Deadliest British Tornado - 1913, War of the Worlds Broadcast Panic - 1938, The Jam Split - 1982, Freeview Launches - 2002
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