What do you know today, that you did not yesterday?

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Jigs Mar 2024 7:55am, 14 Mar 2024 14,492 posts	0 Jigs Dave Gorman is a crossword setter for the Independent, Guardian and The Telegraph.
Cheeky’s Dad Mar 2024 7:58am, 14 Mar 2024 5,009 posts	0 Cheeky’s Dad Thanks SailorSteve. Excellently comprehensive
GordonG Mar 2024 10:13am, 14 Mar 2024 10,266 posts	0 GordonG That when the world's first underground station was opened in London, the American Civil War was still going on (and wouldn't end for another two years)
stilldreaming Mar 2024 1:22pm, 14 Mar 2024 1,366 posts	0 stilldreaming Every day's a school day! Thanks SailorSteve 🙂
57.5 Days of Pain Mar 2024 1:28pm, 14 Mar 2024 17,478 posts	0 57.5 Days of Pain That the chirpy if darkly themed 'Seasons in the Sun' was an English reworking of a Jacques Brel song. It's only been 50 years that this fact has eluded me.
Rossco Peeko Mar 2024 8:19pm, 14 Mar 2024 275 posts	0 Rossco Peeko Airport runways are numbered according to their heading (I knew that bit) and the numbering can change over time as the heading is relative to the magnetic north, which moves around.
ChrisHB Mar 2024 9:14pm, 14 Mar 2024 22,996 posts	0 ChrisHB The runways at Heathrow and Manchester have changed number during my lifetime.
Eynsham Red Mar 2024 7:49am, 15 Mar 2024 10,827 posts	0 Eynsham Red The runways at Heathrow and Manchester have changed number during my lifetime. Likewise at London (Oxford) Airport. (Previously known as Kidlington Airfield when I first started work there and pterodactyls were the preferred means of air transport).
DeeGee Mar 2024 10:46am, 15 Mar 2024 22,818 posts	0 DeeGee That the chirpy if darkly themed 'Seasons in the Sun' was an English reworking of a Jacques Brel song. It's only been 50 years that this fact has eluded me. Brel's "Le Moribond" is a lot less chirpy, and has a somewhat darker theme going through it, as Brel tells his friend of many years "I know you'll look after my wife."
macca 53 Mar 2024 11:07am, 15 Mar 2024 32,270 posts	0 macca 53 The runways at Heathrow and Manchester have changed number during my lifetime.Likewise at London (Oxford) Airport. (Previously known as Kidlington Airfield when I first started work there and pterodactyls were the preferred means of air transport). Manchester will always be Ringway Airport to me!