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 * ...that Mary Somerville was the first to sign John Stuart Mill's petition to give women the right to vote?
 * ...that William the Conqueror's transport of over 2000 horses across the English Channel during the Norman invasion of England is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry?
 * ...that the Premier League's proposal to play some matches outside England was condemned by the Football Supporters' Federation as an "outrageous desecration of the national game"?