User:Seth Whales/Barnstars, Did You Knows & In The News

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Did You Knows

 * ... that attempts to merge Cardiff Rugby Football Club and Cardiff Cricket Club to form Cardiff Athletic Club began as early as 1892, but were unsuccessful until 1922?


 * ... that legend has it that anyone who spends a night at Tinkinswood on the evenings before May Day, St John's Day (23 June), or Midwinter Day would either die, go mad, or become a poet?


 * ... that the Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust's income comes from a levy that is paid on every ticket that is purchased for public events at the Millennium Stadium in Wales?


 * ... that Rodney Pattisson became Great Britain's most successful Olympic yachtsman in the 1976 Montreal Olympics until Ben Ainslie bettered his two gold medals and one silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?


 * ... that it took William Edwards four attempts to build the Old Bridge at Pontypridd in Wales?


 * ... that the Inmos microprocessor factory in Newport was the first building in Wales designed by Richard Rogers?


 * ... that the annual Emsley Carr Mile was created to encourage athletes to break the four-minute mile, but by the second race in 1954, Roger Bannister had already broken it?


 * ... that the Lennox Lewis vs. Frank Bruno fight was the first time that two British-born boxers had fought for the world heavyweight title?


 * ... that the first sub-four-minute mile in athletics was achieved at the Roger Bannister running track, then known as the Iffley Road Track?

 — Rlevse • Talk  • 18:03, 23 June 2010 (UTC)


 * ... that Accordia became the first housing development to win the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Stirling Prize?

-- Cirt (talk) 18:06, 15 September 2010 (UTC)


 * ... that for music concerts held at the Millennium Stadium, 12 drapes can vary the audience size from over 73,000 down to between 12,000 and 46,000, depending on where they are hung?

Casliber (talk · contribs) 03:13, 25 March 2012 (UTC)


 * ... that there is no evidence that the 13th-century Morgraig Castle (pictured) in Wales was ever completed or occupied?

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:04, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
 * ... that Carl Llewellyn has won the Whitbread / Bet365 Gold Cup both as a jockey and as a trainer?

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
 * ... that in 1972 Captain Tim Forster became the first victorious racehorse owner and trainer since World War II by winning the Grand National with Well To Do?

Mifter (talk) 00:02, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
 * ... that Llanrumney Hall has been a stately home, a remand centre, and a pub?

Alex ShihTalk 00:02, 3 September 2017 (UTC)


 * ... that Manon Antoniazzi (pictured) gave Welsh lessons to Prince William, the son of the Prince of Wales?


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