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 * ...that Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster (pictured), is reputed to have thrown either a Bible or a Prayer Book at the head of King George IV?
 * ...that Raw Head was a Marilyn, but was demoted in 2009 after a re-survey?
 * ...that John Douglas' design for 78–94 Foregate Street, Chester, was so unlike any of his previous architectural styles that it "shocked the City Council Improvement Committee"?
 * ...that the Tarporley Hunt Club, founded in 1762, is the oldest surviving hunt club in England?

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