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Did you know...

...that in January 2006, a bottlenose whale found its way up the River Thames, in doing so becoming a major news story?

...that the first reported sighting had been by a man on a train, who believed himself to be hallucinating?

...that the whale was captured by rescuers near Battersea Bridge, lifted onto a barge and transported towards the Thames Estuary?

...that at 9:08 pm, the day after swimming into London and suffering from heavy breathing and muscle problems, the whale was confirmed to have died after repeated convulsions?


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