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From Wikipedia's "Did You Know" archives: at Saltford Brass Mill
 * ... that Saltford Brass Mill (pictured) contains a complete annealing furnace claimed to be one of the best remaining examples of this technology in Britain?
 * ... that a Bastard at Oxford University once dismissed Australian cricket captain Billy Murdoch?
 * ... that RAF Weston-super-Mare in South West England was formed in 1940 when the Royal Air Force took over an existing municipal airport?
 * ... that Ralph Allen built Prior Park of Bath Stone to advertise its qualities as a building material?
 * ... that in 1885, Somerset County Cricket Club suffered two of their heaviest-ever defeats under the captaincy of Edward Sainsbury?