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Writer Apologises To 6 Year Old For Below Par Story

October 14th 2008 09:25

Beatrix Potter of Peter Rabbit fame once received a letter from a 6 year old child who wrote of his disappointment with her latest tale, the Tale of Pigling Bland.

The author then wrote a letter of apology to the child explaining that even though she had been quite ill at the time, her publishers had twisted her arm into producing her annual Christmas book.

Potter admitted that because of this her story was not very good, but she promised to do a much better job next time.

In 2006, the letter went up for auction, fetching a purchase price of £8,200.

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8 - The LUCKIEST NUMBER???

August 12th 2008 16:40

Well we know that the Chinese in particular consider the number 8 to be a lucky number, so I wonder what their opinions on the little girl born in this story would be??

In Fergus Falls USA, a baby was born to the Hauer family.
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Posted By: MelissaA - Category: American, Children, Coincidences, Interesting Facts, Strange Occurences

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Santa Claus/ Father Christmas/ St Nicholas - A Man Of Many Names.

December 15th 2007 00:05

Santa Claus/ Father Christmas/ St Nicholas/ Kris Kringle, whatever name you call him, this is one man of which it can be said he has many names.

Depending on the country you're in, he could very well be called more than one name. In Australia he's usually referred to as Santa Claus, but occasionally other names pop up.
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The LIGHTER Side of SCRABBLE!!!

August 3rd 2007 00:35

* In 1996 a woman was charged with assault when she struck her husband over the head with a Scrabble board.

* A resident in an old people’s home was thrown out when she admitted she didn’t play Scrabble.
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Posted By: MelissaA - Category: Children, Humour, Interesting Facts, Loose Ends, Weird Facts

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A Coincidental Life!

July 24th 2007 00:45

We’ve all heard amazing stories of coincidence involving identical twins separated at birth, but some, like this example, really do make you wonder.

Two twin boys were born in Ohio, adopted by different families and completely unknown to each other, were both named James.
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Posted By: MelissaA - Category: Children, Coincidences, Interesting Facts, Strange Occurences, Weird Facts

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Chicken Hatching - LIVE!

July 16th 2007 00:50

Watching chickens hatch out of their small cramped living space can be a fascinating thing to watch.

While over here visiting the UK and looking at primary schools, I've stumbled across one school in particular who has, along with another school, purchased an incubator and is currently hatching out eggs.
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Posted By: MelissaA - Category: Animals, Children, Food, Interesting Facts, Loose Ends, Quotes, Science

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The Facts About SLEEP!

July 2nd 2007 00:25

-The record for the longest period without sleep is 18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes. symptoms experienced included hallucinations, paranoia, blurred vision, slurred speech, memory and concentration loss.

- It's impossible to tell if someone is really awake without close medical supervision. People can unknowingly sleep with their eyes open..

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Some Famous Mothers Facts For MOTHER'S DAY!

May 13th 2007 00:01

The youngest authenticated mother is Lina Medina, who delivered a 6½-pound boy by caesarean section in Lima, Peru in 1939, at an age of 5 years and 7 months. The child was raised as her brother and only discovered that Lina was his mother when he was 10.

Bobbie McCaughey is the mother who holds the record for the most surviving children from a single birth. She gave birth to the first set of surviving septuplets - 4 boys and 3 girls on November 19, 1997, at the University Hospital, Iowa, US. Conceived by in vitro fertilization, the babies were delivered after 31 weeks by caesarean in the space of 16 minutes. The babies are named Kenneth, Nathaniel, Brandon, Joel, Kelsey, Natalie and Alexis.
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Rubber Duckie, You're The One!

April 20th 2007 00:25

We're all familiar with the popular concept of the floating bathtub toy known as the Rubber Duck, although these days some ducks are too hoity-toity for simple bath time fun as discussed in a previous post about quirky Valentine's Day gifts.

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Posted By: MelissaA - Category: Animals, Children, Interesting Facts, Interesting History, Loose Ends

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A POX On All CHICKENS!

April 17th 2007 00:15

OK, so chickens aren't actually responsible for causing chicken pox, but if I find the little ~~bugger~~ chicken who gave my eldest the dreadful pox I'll wring his/her scrawny neck!

As for why it's called chicken pox? I'll get to that a bit later.
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