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Monday 6th March Blog

Posted on Mon 6th Mar, 2017 in: Blog

Good Morning!

Hope everyone is doing well on this sunny Monday morning!

The weather is looking warmer today with highs of 9º and highs of 8º tomorrow.

Sir Bruce Forsyth has sparked health fears after he returned home from hospital in an ambulance surrounded by medics. He was in intensive care for 5 days after suffering with a severe chest infection. Sir Bruce has just celebrated his 89th birthday and is unlikely to return to television again. he has never fully recovered from two aneurysms and surgery in 2015.

Have you ever wondered what the Queen carries around in her handbag? So have I. It's not like she needs house door keys or is running around the house looking for her phone so what could she possibly need in her bag? Well, our questions have been answered! It turns out she keeps a mirror, a lipstick, a pen, some mint lozenges, reading glasses and on Sundays, s few small bills to give to the church as a donation. However, aparrently she doesn't just have her bag to hold things in, she uses it to send signals to her staff. If the handbag moves from one hand to another, it means she's ready to finish the current conversation. If the handbag gets put on the table at dinner, it means she wants the event to end in the next 5 minutes. If the bag gets put on the floor, it means she's not enjoying the conversation and wants to be rescued by her lady in waiting. The most dramatic gesture is if her ring gets spun around on her finger- this means she wants to be rescued immediately. You would never notice if this happens though, it would be done that discreetly.

The list of the most visited cities in the world has been released. Number 3 is Singapore, number 2 is London and the most visited city is Hong Kong. Paris comes in 5th, New York is 8th, Dubai is 12th, Rome 14th, Las Vegas is 22nd, Amsterdam 27th, Los Angeles is 29th, Orlando is 34th, and Florence comes in at 40th.

Today in History

6th March- 1899: Aspirin is patented.  1901: A would-be assassin tries to kill Wilhelm II of Germany. 1947: Winston Churchill opposes the withdrawal of troops from India. 1965: US announces it will send 3,500 troops into Vietnam. 

7th March- 1876: Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for the telephone. 1933: Board game Monopoly is created. 1936: Hitler sends German troops into Rhineland, violating the Locarno Pact. 1979: Voyager 1 reaches Jupiter.

Celebrity Birthdays

6th March: Basketball player Shaquille O'Neal is 45, Singer Kiki Dee is 70, and painter Michelangelo would be 542.

7th March: Novelist EL James (Fifty Shades trilogy) will be 54, actor Brandon T Jackson will be 33 and actress Rachel Weisz will be 47.

Have a great day!

The Millhouse Team

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