Talk:Westminster Pit

A fact from Westminster Pit appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 October 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know
- ... that the star attraction of the Westminster Pit, a Victorian blood sport arena, was a dog named "Billy", who was reportedly able to kill 100 rats in five minutes?
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NOT ″Victorian”

This pit was suppressed BEFORE Queen Victoria assumed the throne in 1837, so it is in NO sense "Victorian".