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From Wikipedia's "Did You Know" archives:
- ... that St John's Hospital in Bath was founded around 1180, by Bishop Reginald Fitz Jocelin beside the hot springs of the Cross Bath (pictured)?
- ... that the Frome Hoard was found by a metal detectorist just 35 cm (14 in) below ground in Somerset and contained 52,503 Roman coins?
- ... that the Great Western Railway operated road motor (bus) services in England and Wales from 1903 until 1933 as it was cheaper than building new railways?
- ... that Hadspen House has been owned by the family of Henry Hobhouse since 1785?
- ... that the fossilised remains of lions have been found at Crook Peak in Somerset, England?